Tag: Runway

  • The 5-6 Stomp – from Rudy

    YHC picks up Q #2 in the Birthday Week bonanza. Thanks, Heisenberg, for going 2 for 2!
    Humidity was MUCH higher than Monday. And only gonna get worse this week. Hydrate well, everyone!

    10 PAX joined for a run. 20 out, 20 back along the traditional route. A birthday variation of the traditional 6-10, today we ran the 5-6 Stomp: Every 5 minutes, 6 burpees. This took a remarkable amount of explaining, causing YHC to turn into Angry-Q. ITS NOT HARD. EVERY 5 MINUTES, DO 6 BURPEES.

    Several runners (looking at you, Screwtop Runway and Breadsticks) revolted and just ran. And ran fast. And far.

    The rest of us ran and burpeed. Pop-Tart, thanks for the enjoyable convo!

    Finished up with COT and Prayers. Be well, Mr. Rogers!

  • We’re Conveniently Located Near Alabama – from Glitter Balls

    5th or July, 5th week of GB Q’ing The Foundry, coincidence? Follow the numbers, trust no one.

    Another conspiracy that the astute Foundry regular may notice, we’re being invaded by F3 Birmingham. Last week we had Upchuck, this week we had Bullseye. Who will we see from Alabama next week? Stay tuned.

    Started with some SSH, Mountain Climbers, Windmills, Hillbillies and a mosey towards the Children’s Museum with some bear crawls and crab walks for good measure.

    In the outdoor AC of the Museum we did 50 LBCs, 25 Merkins, 50 Squats. Mosey to the Foundry for some dora. Run to the track and back for timer with Pull-ups/Inverted Rows and Step Ups, 3 times.

    Mosey towards NOMA, then back around to Roosevelt Mall with stops for Richard Simmons’s (reaching plank-jacks), V-Ups, Karaoke, Dips, Incline Merkins, Decline Merkins, Box Jumps, Dry Docks, Wife Pleasers, Slow Peter Parker’s, Dips and a run back to the flag for COT.

  • Thanks, I Hate It – from Glitter Balls

    YHC decided to try some new things today, and some twists on popular and beloved exercises – let’s see how the crowd felt about that.

    Warm up:
    SSH
    Hill Billies
    IWs
    Grass Grabbers
    Arm Circles
    5 8-Count Bodybuilders

    Thang:

    Starting at the top of Roosevelt Mall, exercise, run 2 benches down, repeat. Exercises were-
    Lateral Bear Crawl
    Forward/Reverse Bear Crawl
    Decline Merkins
    Freddie Mercuries
    Superman w/ Lat Pull
    Plank Jack Reaches

    Mosey to the Old Foundry:

    4 Stations, 3 Sets at each station, 40 second timer-

    Pull-ups
    Dips
    Squats
    Inverted Rows

    Loop around to other side of Roosevelt Mall to run it back how we started-

    5 6x High Knee Burpees (Burpee, but do 6 high knees between each one)
    Right Side Plank Dips
    Left Side Plank Dips
    Right Leg V-Ups
    Left Leg V-Ups
    Right side NRR
    Left side NRR

    Run it back to flag, plank for a minute.

    COT.

    General consensus was that the High Knee Burpess were bad and not fun, 0/10. Might run them back if Tool calls me “Tim” again though.

    Congrats on our FNG getting his name, Flexolite©!

  • 4×20 on 420 – from Rudy

    Delightful gloom at the lakefront! 8 PAX celebrated 420 day. Thanks to all of the millenials who were able to explain to YHC *why* 420 is now associated with weed. Rest assured, no weed was present at the workout.

    Mosey to the foot of Canal Street for a quick warm up, then lets get to work.

    4×20: Run up/across/down/across. At each corner, 20 reps of an exercise.
    * Hand Release Merkins (Jesus Juice notes that “4 sets didn’t sound so hard when we started”)
    * Big Boy SitUps (High Rise wants Crunches. YHC says “Listen to the Q”)
    * Lunges (Glitter Balls rejects the “2 is 1” count, YHC concurs. 1 is 1 it is)
    * Peter Parkers (Kuch – my gosh, the man is a never ending stream of conscience. QUIET PLEASE)

    Head to the top of the levee – 10 burpees OYO.

    4:20 of Quadrophelia

    Off to the house of pain for 1 round (all we had time for)
    * Pull Ups (Ya Mom and Dem casually knocked out about 75 pull ups. Impressive)
    * Step Ups
    * Crunches
    * Up the hill for 5 burpees

    Back to the flag for a last 5 burpees and a few rounds of Mary

    COT, Name-o-Rama. There’s a lot of 39 year olds out here…

    Be on the lookout for the 40th Lake View beer run in the coming months.

    Intentions and a prayer to close out a glorious morning.

  • Stations of the Cross – from Rudy

    The usual Good Friday beat down. Lets take a walk with Jesus, reflect upon his suffering and offer a bit of our own suffering along side his. Quick warmup, then head across the street to the green grass. There will be no mountain today, no running. Just a quick warm up, then start the walk.

    Each station: 90 seconds of exercise, 60 seconds lunge walk, 30 seconds recovery and presenting of the next station.

    Station 1: Pontius Pilate sentences Jesus. Peter-Parker-Peters
    Station 2: Jesus takes up his cross. Merkins
    Station 3: Jesus falls the first time. Burpees (down and get right back u again)
    Station 4: Jesus meets Mary. BBSU
    Station 5: Simon shoulders the cross. Carolina Dry Docks
    Station 6: Veronica wipes Jesus’ face. V-Ups
    Station 7: Jesus falls the 2nd time. Burpees
    Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. Hello Dolly (word has it that “Dolly” was a common name at the time of Christ)
    Station 9: Jesus falls the 3rd time. Burpees
    Station 10: Jesus Stripped of his cloths. Jump Squats (reaching here… “J”esus “S”tripped = “J”ump “S”quats). Legs are starting to burn
    Station 11: Jesus nailed to the cross. American Hammer
    Station 12: Jesus dies on the cross. T-Merkins
    Station 13: Jesus taken down from the cross. Genuflects
    Station 14: Jesus laid in the tomb. Low Plank as long as you can. T-Claps to Frac who made the full 3 minutes

    Name-o-rama, COT. Thanks for walking the journey with me, gentlemen.