Tag: High Rise

  • Fun n Games till someone gets hurt. – from Kenna Brah

    Warmy
    Imperial Walkers =20
    Tin Soldiers – 20
    Abe Vigoda – 20
    Seal Claps/Overhead/Arm Circle
    High Knees/Butt Kickers
    -FUN –
    Sit Down/Get UP NO HANDS
    Turkish Get UP Training
    Press Up on Tree Branches

    Round-n-Round w/Blocks
    A – 3x
    15 SUMO Squat
    15 Servers – Hands Pressed to Middle – stretch out
    15 One Arm Swings L/R
    15 TriCep Ext – Hands Pressed to Middle

    B-3x
    15 L/R One Arm Row – Grasp Middle
    On your 6 w/no Hands w/block
    15 Pullover/Chest Press – Squeeze Middle
    On your Feet w/no Hands w/block
    15 OHP – Squeeze Middle
    15 L/R Static Lunge Twist
    REPEAT

    Heard some grumbling so I must have done it right. I hope I left you all better than I found you.

  • No Asses in the Grasses – from Baywatch

    It was a nice, balmy morning at the lakefront as 10 PAX gathered for a beatdown. The pre-run Lakeview crew arrived with a minute to spare, including Breadsticks who was apparently worried that YHC had wet and grassy ideas. After disclosures were given, we moseyed around the fountain and over to the waterfront for a warmup as I assured the PAX grass wasn’t on the menu today.

    30 SSH IC
    25 Hillbillies IC
    15 Arm circles IC F/B
    15 overhead claps IC
    15 seal claps IC
    15 concrete grabbers IC (had to make sure grass was avoided)

    Next, we moseyed down to the bridge. All the Pax lined up facing the water at the top of the incline. While one PAX ran across the bridge and back, everyone else did decline merkins or flutter kicks. We rotated each round between merkins and flutter kicks.

    After 6 rounds we moseyed over the bridge and a little further down the water front. We then did a 10 light pole doozy. We did 5 burpees at each light pole while alternating between bear crawls and jogging to the poles. So, we bear crawled to light pole 1, did 5 burpees, ran to light pole 2, did 5 burpees and so forth until we reached light pole 10 and completed 50 burpees.

    Next, we moseyed back to the bridge for 4 more rounds of alternating merkins (inclined this time) and flutter kicks. Then it was back to the warmup spot for 25 step-ups, 20 shoulder taps, 15 dips, 10 squats, and 5 8-count bodybuilders.

    To close it out, we did 20 dying cockroaches, 20 wife pleasers, and 20 leg raises. Then back to the flag for CoT.

  • Non-Traditional 610 Stompees – from Catfish

    Conditions – Chilly, but not as bad as Monday

    The Thang

    10 PAX started with 10 burpees, then began the run. 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back, stopping for 10 burpees every 5 minutes.

    For the remainder, grabbed 20 LBTs in cadence, and 10 more burpees for a full 100. Finished up with CoT.

  • Naperville beatdown – from Hokie

    F3 NOLA (Okwata) – 12.30.21
    Circle Up
    -Disclaimer: F3 is #1 FREE, #2 open to all men, #3 peer-led in a rotating fashion, #4 held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold, and #5 we always end in a circle of trust. I am not a professional. You are here of your own free will. I am not aware of any injuries you may have – MODIFY as necessary – push yourself, but do not hurt yourself. The creedo of F3 is, “Leave no man behind, leave no man where you found him.”

    Warm-A-Rama / Stretch-A-Rama
    Motivators from 5.
    Arm Circles Forwards – IC count for 10.
    Arm Circles Backwards – IC count for 10.
    Arm/shoulder stretches.
    Shoulder Taps IC to 20.
    Tempo Merkins IC to 10.
    Tempo Squats IC to 10.
    Quad Stretches – hold quad in place – count to 10 each leg Hamstring Stretches (lean down and stretch with one leg over the other, switch, and then legs together) Downward Dog Calf Stretch.

    Thang 1
    11’s (variation) – Start at the bottom of the hill. Perform 10 Merkins, run to the top of the hill and perform 1 burpee, run down the other side of the hill and perform 1 Big Boy Situp. Rinse repeat all the way down to Perform 1 Merkin, run up, Burpee, run down, 10 Big Boy Situps, finish with a Burpee and then run back down.
    10, 1, 1, 1
    9, 1, 2, 1
    8, 1, 3, 1
    7, 1, 4, 1
    6, 1, 5, 1
    5, 1, 6, 1
    4, 1, 7, 1
    3, 1, 8, 1
    2, 1, 9, 1
    1, 1, 10, 1 (END AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WHERE YOU STARTED)

    Mosey over to one side of the fountain. London Bridge using the vertical iron barrier around the fountain. IC to 20.

    Thang 2
    Head over to the Lakeside area
    “Compass Derkins”
    4 PAX to each circular area in derkin position. On “down,” perform a derkin, PAX call out the count and then Q calls out “rotate” – all PAX rotates around the circle using hands and feet still in the derkin position (like a compass moving around the point). 5 reps.
    Step-ups (R leg lead), 20 count. Up called out by Q.
    Dips, 20 count. Down called out by Q.
    Compass Derkins, 5 more.
    Step-ups (L leg lead), 20 count. Up called out by Q.
    Dips, 20 count. Down called out by Q.

    Mosey back to the same side of the fountain. London Bridge using the vertical iron barrier around the fountain. IC to 10.

    Thang 3
    “BurpMerk Inchworm”
    All but one PAX spread out on every other parking stripe. The lone PAX remaining stands facing the others and starts at one end doing Burpees (one burpee in line with each PAX and then runs in a parallel line to the next PAX and continues the string of burpees). Meanwhile, all the other PAX are in Plank position and pump off 5 Merkins when he gets to each one of them and does his Burpee. When he gets to the last PAX, he assumes the Plank position at the next available spot and the first PAX in the group line starts his own Burpee run. Continue until everyone has had a turn at the Burpees. We went light pole to light pole – almost everyone had 2 times through.

    MARY:
    -Heel Touches IC to 30
    -Various Plank positions
    -Freddy Mercury’s IC to 20
    -Various stretches (knees tucked, pigeon stretch, “wife pleasers” etc.) -Stargazers for the last 30 seconds

    COUNT-O-RAMA XX PAX in attendance.
    FNG’s???
    NAME-O-RAMA
    ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRAYER REQUESTS –
    COT
    Will it matter in 1,000 years? Focus on the things that might (like how you treat your M, 2.0s and community). Put your energy into that!
    (End in prayer).

  • 6-10 Sprint on Hokie’s Bday – from Thumb War

    After a prior week’s SwoleFest, Kuch EH’d me for the Stomp Q stating that the Q can do whatever he wants, including sprint work on the track. I was sold.

    I naturally knew I should seek input from Sprint guru Pai Gai and that I did during the second half of the Ian Book beating. This is what we came up with this version of the 6-10 Sprint.

    I showed up to a Pax of 3 stretching and that’s all that would show as 5:30 struck.

    We slow pace jogged up Roosevelt Mall around NOMA to Wisner and back around NOMA but detoured around LCM to enter the track on the railroad side. I believe we covered a little over a mile before our track thang. Track was dark and wet but no problem.

    We would stay as a pax for 100 Meters easy jog/ recovery then 200 Meters hard / sprint. Once you concluded your 200 Meters sprint you would do a burpee. Then rinse and repeat adding a burpee. You would plank and wait for the 6. We did a total of 8 rounds with last round sprint being an entire lap (400 M). 8 carried significance as it was the # of times Ian Book was sacked the night before.

    With about 9 mins to spare we moseyed to the flag for Mary (Freddie mercuries, tin snips and LBT’s) and stretching led by High Rise. All in we covered about 3.3 miles.

    We concluded with COT.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the convo with our small PAX and a nice change of Tuesday scenery and faces I haven’t seen in a while. Don’t be afraid to put your stamp on the stomp!

  • Foundered It! (Foundry 2021-12-22) – from Catfish

    Conditions – Rather Chilly

    The Thang

    Quick Mosey over to the pad for a warmup:

    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabber x 10 (in cadence)
    8-Counts x 20 (in cadence)
    Peter Parker Peters x 20 (in cadence)
    Burpees x 5 OYO

    Mosyed to other side of track, got on sixes for:

    Flutter Kicks x 20 (in cadence)
    Leg Lifts x 20 (in cadence)
    Flutter Kicks x 20 (in cadence)

    Kept moseying around the back road to the foundry. Grabbed 10 burpees at the entrance to the Celebration in the Oaks tunnel, then another 10 at the exit.

    Stopped at Foundry for an OYO quarter murph. Grabbed some LBTs and Pengin Toe Taps while waiting for the six.

    Moseyed to the museum and grabbed some stairs for:

    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises x 20 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises (other leg) x 20 (in cadence)
    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to back of museum for:

    Donkey Kicks x 20 (in cadence)

    Moseyed back to flag zone. Did a modified jack webs, starting at four, then doubling each round. We got to 16. 5 OYO burpees for the finish.

  • Battle of the Bulge – from Hokie

    The Q was caught up reading The MiniVan Centurion and had to come rolling in hot but made it with 2 minutes to spare…. Reminder, the Q’s should be present at least 10 minutes before workouts to ensure guests are greeted.

    We started with a mosey to the Mardi Gras Fountain where we did warmup.

    The Warm Up

    SSH x 15
    Hillbillies x 15
    Abe Vigoda x 15
    Grass Grabbers x 15
    Mosey to the top of the levee for an explanation of Battle of the Bulge
    Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945

    12 (for December) Hokies (Lay on your back with heels and backs of hands on ground like a giant X. Lift torso and bring in legs to a cannon ball position. Then back to X and repeat)

    Quadrophelia (aka Bernie Sanders) up the levee and at top of levee do

    16 Hand release merkins

    Bear crawl down levee toward street and do

    44 Squats and plank for the six (12.16.44)

    We took a brief moment to reflect on the start of the Battle of the Bulge was December 16, 1944.

    We then discussed the Battle’s end date of January 25, 1945 so we could then do

    1 (for January) Burpee

    Quadrophelia (aka Bernie Sanders) up the levee and at top of levee do

    25 Shoulder taps (2 is one) then

    Bear crawl down levee towards lake and

    45 Jump Squats and plank for the six.

    We took a brief moment to reflect on the start of the Battle of the Bulge ended January 25, 1945. So during the Battle of the Bulge there was no break so we did everything again without a stop after the 44 squats. 12.16.44 – 1.25.45 then plank for the six.

    Now that we all have the exercises down for the Battle of the Bulge, we discussed each time up and over the levee AND back again is one round and switching to talking about our beloved Saints, a round would be comparable to a quarter and since there are four quarters in a game, we will rinse and repeat 4 more times! (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 ) x4.

    Let the Football portion of the Battle of the Bulge begin so (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 ).

    At the end of the 1st quarter, our Q (the coach), eliminated bear crawls and modified the game plan to running down the levee.

    So the 2nd Quarter we ran instead of bear crawl (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 )

    Looking at his watch, the coach (aka the Q) made a half time adjustment for the 3rd quarter and switched all six exercises to 10 instead of 12.16.44 – 1.25.45 so 10 Hokies, quadrophellia, 10 hand release merkins, run down, 10 squats, 10 burpees, quadrophellia, 10 shoulder taps, run down and 10 jump squats….

    End of the 3rd quarter and looking at his watch the Q decided to run the 2 minute drill for the 4th quarter

    2 Hokies, quadrophellia, 2 hand release merkins, run down, 2 squats, 2 burpees, quadrophellia, 2 shoulder taps, run down and 2 jump squats….

    Timing was perfect for a mosey back to the flag where High Rise helped us recover and educated us on injury prevention with some mobility.

    Thank you for the privilege and honor to Q

  • SwoleFest has Backblasts too – from Thumb War

    Mosey over the bridge to the Labyrinth for Warmup:

    SSH
    Hillbillies
    Grass grabbers
    Peter Parkers
    Parker peters
    Mountain climbers
    Arm Circles F & B
    Self love

    *All In Cadence

    THANG – DORA:

    *Partner up with 2 blocks. Pax 1 carries the block for a trip up and leaves at the top for Pax 2 to pick up return the block back to the start when it’s his turn.

    Exercises
    50 block burpees
    100 Block Merkins
    200 LBC’s no block
    300 Squats with block
    200 Freddie mercuries no block (2 is 1)
    100 block swings
    50 thrusters

    Saban’s team finished up first and he started some Mary as the pax finished up.

    YHC’s team finished up as Six at 6:13 with just enough time finish this week’s edition of Swole Fest with guns work and Colt 45’s. (Visit Exicon for description).

    COT with spoken prayer intentions for Gabby’s family still grieving the loss of his Father in Law and for the Pearl Harbor anniversary and former, current and future veterans. Announcements:
    -City Park Clean up this Saturday after The Ship
    -F3 Christmas celebration next Saturday. Bring the M’s and 2.0’s

    *YHC had a playlist to push us through and Amnesty approved!!

  • Death by Peter Rabbit – from Baywatch

    15 PAX met in the early Monday morning gloom to get swole…and get swole we did. After a disclaimer and a pronouncement of the F3 tenets, we began.

    Warmup:
    1. SSH 25x IC
    2. Grass grabbers 10x IC
    3. Abe Vagodas 10x IC
    4. Overhead claps 20x IC
    5. Seal claps 20x IC
    6. Self love OYO
    7. 5 Blockees OYO

    The Thang:

    5 rounds

    20 Murder Bunnies>25 switch merkins>walk back to start with coupon over head>25 squat press>run the loop. Each round reps for switch merkins and squat presses decreased by 5. So, the last round was 5 switch merkins/5 squat press. If you finish early, you kept doing the last round until the six finished.

    Next came the rings of fire. First ring was flutter kicks with block. Static hold of 6 inches. Second ring was Floyd Mayweather with a block tap (2 is 1) with static plank.

    Lastly, we circled up for some abs. 25 reps IC for each exercises, which included Freddy Mercury’s, penguins, windshield washers over block, X ups, leg raises, and American hammers.

    Closed it out with the COT.