Talking with Tenderloin after a 2+ miles run, he said that we all just need to keep moving.
Tag: Triple Shift
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Push It to the Limit – from Charmin
Today was about pushing it to the limit, either with running, KnOTibg, or running back to your house for a stretching pad becuase Boo-boo can’t handle the ground.
Either way, we all came back (with some additional late comers) for the COT. Prayed in thanksgiving for new life and in supplication for those who need help.
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Cold Play – from Vagabond
Music Coldplay
Pumpkins around museum race – hand off chain, holder is stationary
Jump rope, LBCs, step ups, 5 burpees, run corner route
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540
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5Frisbee Toss closest to the pumpkin
Closest nothing but calls penalty for furthest and everyone elseSunday mornings
Mary
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Can you see it? – from Charmin
Today was all about seeing. Seeing 16 PAX show up, seeing Rudy not read the “No Parking”, and YHC and others seeing how hard we could push ourselves in the gloom.
Typical, KnOTers, Stretchers, and Runners were there.
Ended with COT emphasizing that we are all figured a spiritual battle and asked for our guardian angels’ help.
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Easy as 1, 2, 3 plus an FNG – from Bolt
The pax gathered in the gloom, buzzing with excitement at the mere sight of the JBL speaker; great to see Kotters: Left Coast and Mambi along with Boo Boo who was doing penance for missing Thursday Rucking. Upon giving the disclaimer KnOTS headed their way while we were off to the middle of the field where the pax’s exuberance exploded upon hearing Rapper’s Delight, especially Vagabond, while Triple’s FNG certainly started to question exactly what he’d gotten himself into. Warmorama of the usual with demonstration/explanation for the pax who’d become Malware by the end of the BD (welcome to the gloom, brother). Music skip rule in effect.
The Thang:
Dry dock ladder up the bleachers
Squat ladder in reverse count down the bleachers, mosey to playground.Morning Call: all pax high plank while two pax do 5 pull ups, calling out the count for planking pax to merkin, Triple doled out a 5 burpee penalty about half through on a 5 minutes song with only 30 seconds to go. Mosey to the rocks.
Easy as 123 (AMRAP):
Chest press 1 min (really made the burpees tougher)
Burpees 2 min (goal 20+, Triple, fueled by competitiveness and his younger, lighter FNG’s stamina hit 32—impressive)
Step ups 3 min (the “Halfway there” announcement seemed to take 3 minutes)Circle up for 5 Absolutions OYO followed by Mary where Triple and YHC were feasted on by ants, ironically after YHC encouraged pax to seek an area without visible ant piles (the best laid plans…). KennaBrah took over the lead after my LBCs and Protractors (a pax favorite—Rudy where were u!?) with a plank/reverse plank alternating leg lift, while I disposed of the ants and passed it Cheese Steak for Hello Dollys and Mambi brought us home with ???
Return to the flag, COT and naming ceremony for FNG/Malware; come back for ur second BD and discover that F3 is for YOU. SYITG.
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The not so secret Wally Sprint – from Fracsac
The Wally Sprint AO is no longer a secret, as could be seen with 17 posting today. Dinghy scoped it out last week and inevitably reported back to Moana that it was indeed an acceptable place to post. So Moana put his EH hat on and brought in a new member to our cult….err….Group!
10 Pax sprinted under the direction of Pai Gow while rest did Knots or S&M. There’s something for everyone on Tuesday at Pontiff, so come on out and then hit up the Discipline is Destiny discussion after.
COT
NMM
Welcome Judy P! It’s a reference to a judge and his last name is Long. Apparently we need help in the naming category. TCLAPS to Moana for the EH!
Oh, and Strava tells me I’m a local legend in the 400M at Pontiff. Think you can take the title? C’Mon!
SYITG
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Remember 9/11 – from Fracsac
With a Q-less Rock City at 0530, the Knot’s Pax left to do their thing so YHC gave a disclaimer and took the reins. Started with a warmup on the field.
Mosey to Rock pile and grab a medium rock.
With this being anniversary of 9/11 we had a 9/11 themed beat down.10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuff10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuff10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuffMosey to gym and find some bleachers.
9 steps up and down x 11 roundsLots of calf raises followed by some Mary.
COT remembering the attack 22 years ago.
SYITG
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Uptowner Old School AMRAPs – from Mahatma
YHC – showed up with 5 minutes, planted the flag AT the Rock Pile as we did pre plandemic. Dropped off his TJ Max bag with Pickleball gear then headed down to the cage arriving just as the seconds ticked off to 5:30. Quick disclaimer as the Knots crew headed to the track and the rest of the pax to a slow walk back to the rock pile all the while with chatter as to what’s this about an “old” starting spot for “the” Uptowner!
After 6 years YHC learned a few things and one is don’t get sucked in to the chatter as it will never go your way! So circle up for a warm up.
Various cadence:
2 rounds Scantron stretch
Side Lunge
Windmills
Nolan Ryan’s
Peter Parker’s
Mnt Man Poopers
Parker Peter’s
Forward Lunge Left leg with Arm circles
Flap Jack
SSHGrab a rock
1st AMRAP (as many ROUNDS as possible)
Thrusters (a.k.a. squat press) x 10
Merkins x 10
10 wall jumps or alternating step ups
Lunge walk from tree to light pole
Walk or run back
This is 1 round – complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutesGrab your rock relocate on the other side of the road – 4 rounds of Mary
2nd AMRAP
6 burpees
Extended Curls x 10
6 burpees
Squat front raises x 10
Bernie Sanders from tree to power pole
Walk or run back
That is one round – again complete as many possible in 10 minutesRtn the rocks – 1 minute of plank to push ups
COT
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79° with a gentle breeze – from Hokie
12 pax awakened to 79° and a gentle breeze and came to the Wally to run, run faster, run not as fast, walk, ruck & KnOT
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Tests of Strenth – my Festivus – from Rudy
YHC decided to try out some fitness tests that have been bouncing around in my head. Whenever I think “this is a bad idea, it probably won’t work”, I recall the immortal words of Hawgcycle from years ago – something to the effect of “Only one way to find out.”
So at 530 am, a solid group of PAX moseyed off towards the rock pile to get started. A warm up of some stretching and imperial walkers. Then a quick trip to the train tracks for some balance work. Try your best to get 5 squats in. Several minutes of this – SOGO was up to 20 squats, Mahatma had quit in frustration, and finally YHC managed 5 things that sort of loosely resembled squats. So lets grab a rock and head to the field.
At the field – YHC announces the Thang. 5 Fitness Tests. My Festivus, if you will.
Test 1: Rifle Carry your rock for 1 lap around the trap. YHC had been curious if this was doable, and if so – how long it would take. The answer: sort of doable, and roughly 5 minutes.
Test 2: The suck (7 SSH, 7 Merkins, 7 Squats), for 5 minutes instead of the usual 3. Dang, FracSac. Those farts were AWFUL.
Test 3: Bear crawl the length of the field, then lunge walk back.
Test 4: The Rock-Suck for 5 minutes. 7 Overhead Press, 7 Curl, 7 Row. Dang, Frac. Those farts were AWFUL. PAX kept shifting to avoid being close, but it didn’t matter. lack of wind meant that noxious fume just hovered over us.
Return the rocks.
Test 5: EMOM burpees for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, the Pickle-ballers decided to bail on this.
Back to the flag for COT. Thank you all for the many years of inspiration you have provided. And thank you Sky Q for the gift of one more year around the sun.
