Tag: Hokie Pokey

  • Chad meets The Grizzly – from Hokie

    On Saturday evening YHC noticed no one had signed up to take the Q at Renaissance so I signed up 😉

    Sundays gathering at 0630 had a small group of 5 Pax including one, Fryin’ Pan, posting down range from Rock Hill, SC

    The last few weeks I have talked about Veteran Suicide Prevention and the upcoming Chad 1000. The CHAD 1000X has brought together thousands looking to be a part of something greater than themselves. Not only bring awareness to the epidemic of suicide, particularly among veterans, but also to help be part of the solution.

    After a brief WarmORama consisting of SSH x 20, Concrete grabbers x10, Slow Vigoda’s x10, arm circles x10 we moseyed to the fountain surrounding The Bacon so we could do some step ups

    The Thang:
    Round 1 ~ 5 Minutes of Step ups, stopping every minute on the minute for 10 squats
    1st minute ~ 10 squats then Alternating leg step ups
    2nd minutes ~ 10 squats then Left leg power ups
    3rd minute ~ 10 squats the right leg power ups
    4th minutes ~ 10 squats then Left leg power ups
    5th minute ~ 10 squats the right leg power ups
    then 10 Burpees

    Round 2 ~ 5 Minutes of switching every minute
    1st minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    2nd minutes ~ Squats
    3rd minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    4th minutes ~ Squats
    5th minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    then 10 Burpees and 25 Merkins

    Round 3 ~ 5 Minutes of Step ups, stopping every minute on the minute for 10 squats
    1st minute ~ 10 squats then Alternating leg step ups
    2nd minutes ~ 10 squats then Left leg power ups
    3rd minute ~ 10 squats the right leg power ups
    4th minutes ~ 10 squats then Left leg power ups
    5th minute ~ 10 squats the right leg power ups
    then 10 Burpees, 25 merkins and 50 Lunges (2 is 1 of course)

    Round 4 ~ 5 Minutes of switching every minute
    1st minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    2nd minutes ~ Squats
    3rd minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    4th minutes ~ Squats
    5th minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    then 10 Burpees, 25 merkins, 50 backwards Lunges

    Round 5 ~ 5 Minutes of switching every minute
    1st minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    2nd minutes ~ Squats
    3rd minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    4th minutes ~ Squats
    5th minute ~ Alternating leg step ups
    then 10 Burpees, 25 merkins, 50 backwards Lunges, and 100 Cross Arms to shoulders big boi sit ups.

    We then moseyed to the back of NOMA for Sunday Mornings before calling it a day and heading to coffeeteria.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead back to back days this weekend.

  • Something for Everyone – from Boo-Boo

    13 men came to the Wally Sprint for varying flavors of difficulty, but all with the purpose of becoming stronger than when they arrived.

    Ruckers- Logo, Charmin, Hokie, Kenner Brah, Macgyver, Boo-Boo, Klinger, and Baloo completed 2.37 miles followed by nine minutes of Mary incorporating weighted rucks.

    Tenderloin did his thing.

    Sprinters- Hawg, Frac, Pai Gow, Mambi mindlessly sprinted around the track and showed up to COT dizzy.

    COT, prayers, OUT! Coffeteria followed with partial attendance.

  • No Q at 0610 – from Hokie

    As of 0610 there was no Q so YHC thought of how to help those getting ready for the Grand Canyon Rim 2 Rim

    After disclaimer & traditional Warmorama we went to The Bacon for steps & more step ups

    5 minutes step ups
    10 burpees
    Lap of NOMA
    Burpess waiting on 6
    1 minute recovery

    Rinse and repeat for 4 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes & 1 minute of step ups

    Lunge to green box
    Mosey to back of NOMA for Sunday mornings

  • Back to the 40 – from Rudy

    Stop me if you’ve heard this before (as most of you have). The levee was strangely dry, given how much water was covering the roads. YHC was prepared to find something else to do, expecting much grumbling about wet grass and such. But no – lets do this. Had to modify parking spot, due to Lakeshore drive closures. So circle up on top of the levee at Canal for a quick High Rise led warmup while we waited for the final stragglers to locate us.

    Then 8 PAX (including Dreamliner, DR from Virginia) hit the levee for the traditional 40. 10 exercises, 4 sets, back and forth over the levee. Usual exercises (Lunges, Squat Jumps, Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Plank Walk, Peter Parker, Parter Peker, Situps, Dying Cockroaches, and finishing with everyone’s favorite – BURPEES). Some new mixins including bernie sanders up the levee while doing lunges. That may take 2 weeks for my quads to recover.

    Belloq joined us for the COT – hope you continue recovering, brother. Look forward to you being back with us in the gloom!

  • Chad 1000 training …. Step ups and lunges oh my – from Hokie

    As of Saturday 6 pm no one had taken the Q so YHC decided to commit even though I would miss coffeeteria 😜😂

    5 Pax gathered on this glorious Sunday morning Under Frac’s shovel flag with Old Glory laying limp with no breeze in the air.

    Starting with Warmorama on the front of NOMA facing the bacon

    SSH x 20
    Open the gate for 1 minute
    Close the gate for one minute
    Then a balancing act of grab an ankle, pulling it over the opposite knee while then pushing down on the knee to open the hips for one minute

    The Thang – Round 1

    100 Step ups each leg then 8 count body builders waiting on the six

    The Thang – Round 2

    Route 66 up the entrance to NOMA with Bernie as the mode of Transportation and Bobby Hurleys at each light pole

    Then 8 count body builders waiting on the six

    The Thang – Round 3
    Head back to NOMA with 10 burpees at each light pole and the mode of transportation being the Lunge

    At 0710 the alarm sounded to close our Chad training and head to the back of NOMA for Sunday mornings

    0714 the alarm sounded and we headed back to the flag for COT where we lifted Surge’s MIL, Frac’s mom and Tenderloin

    Thanks for the opportunity to Q.

  • Stations and Decking – from Fracsac

    11 Pax at El Diablo to get stronger, witness the bat and the wood, and to partake in some COT Coffeteria.

    Warmup with the regular warmup stuff, although many strange looks when moving on without any MNC.

    First up, Stations. There were coupons and a sandbag, a jump rope and a battle rope. There were also two cones. The timer was bear crawl 25 yards, then have LBC station throw the football. A clean catch and we rotate, a dropped pass and we all do 5 burpees. We did a few…..

    After one full rotation, off to giant deck of death!
    Diamonds – 8 count body builders
    Hearts – Big Boi sit-ups
    Spades – Squats
    Clubs – Flutter Kicks

    After a bunch of cards, left enough time for one more round of stations.

    COT

    Coffeteria at the flag.

    NMM

    YHC woke up early to grind some PJs Anniversary Blend beans and brew about 60 ounces of awesome coffee with the French Press! Great opportunity to mingle post beat down!

    Mahatma was key in fixing our battle rope bench.

    Passed the bat around during name-o-rama. The bat is going limp…..?

    SYITG

  • False Fall is gone – Make America Burpee Again – from Hokie

    YHC awakened to another day and another Q-less calendar so I took the Q at Renaissance

    As 0630 approached 8 Pax gathered at NOMA

    WARMORAMA
    20 SSH
    Roll some ankles
    Shrug some shoulders
    Roll some necks

    THE THANG
    Partner workout

    Team up in teams of two
    EVERYtime the team pairs up 10 Burpees

    Pax 1 then runs around NOMA
    while Pax 2 start towards 100 team count of called exercise

    EVERYtime the team pairs up 10 Burpees
    Switch and Pax 1 continues exercise and Pax 2 runs around NOMA

    That is a lot of burpees over 35ish minutes!

    At 0710 back of NOMA for 10 more burpees and 100 seconds of Sunday mornings