Category: colosseum

Not Fun…Ladder of Pain

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WARMUP: @BattleBots started with 9 count Motivators, which set the tone for what was about to follow.
THE THANG: YHC used @Kodak’s “Anchorbar’s Ladder of Pain”. This was introduced at The Yard by @kodak, and YHC wanted to give it another go today, this was the perfect morning.

Run to the basketball court and back, add the next exercise. Rinse and Repeat by adding the next one on the list.
Some of the frontrunners got all the way to Moroccan Nightclubs.

Exercises:
1) 1 Burpee
2) 3 Big Boys
3) 6 Shoulder Taps
4) 10 Flutters
5) 15 Merkins
6) 21 Freddies
7) 28 Dry Docks
8) 36 LBC’s
9) 45 Overhead Claps
10) 55 Squats
11) 66 Baby Arm Circles
12) 78 Monkey Humpers
13) 91 Moroccan Nightclubs
14) 105 Calf Raises
15) 120 Overhead Presses

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter, etc.
COT: Lifted up prayers and praises

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Humpty Dumpty Jumped the Wall ………..

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WARMUP: in cadence, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers. Mosey to Square Lot or Rectangle Lot who knows?
THE THANG: Sofrito Led:
Squat Jacks x 10
Paired Shoulder Taps with Fist Bumps x 10
Paired Wheel Barrow one way, switch and repeat
Alabama Ass Kickers x 10
Outlaws x 10
Back Scratchers x 12
2 Laps Around the Ring
DarkHelmet Led:
Burpees Run to the wall (5ft) jump over it and perform donkey kicks at opposing wall, then jump over wall again for burpees, for a series of Sevens. I’m sure there is a better way of explaining that. (Q School)
Mosey to the road behind the school for a series of run segments with Merkins and more Burpees.
Run back to COT, over achievers paused for a series of dips and back to COT.
MARY: We had some or a few sets. Hard to remember now!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shanking with Stang reminder. Need for volunteers, Christmas Party at Airborne’s House with some pocket pool?, and reminder to checkout your NewsLetter !
COT: Should Stay in COT !

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Spidey Modification

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WARMUP: mosey, merkins, arm circles, wind mills
THE THANG: EMOM 10 merkins then do a leg exercise until the next minute. No standing around chatting …just working. Do for 10 minutes. Leg exercises: split squat single leg pump, squats. Calf Raises, Al Gore. DORA: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 heel taps from a crunch position. Finisher: my hip exercises
MARY: not needed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: stays at COT

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Spidey Modification

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WARMUP: mosey, merkins, arm circles, wind mills
THE THANG: EMOM 10 merkins then do a leg exercise until the next minute. No standing around chatting …just working. Do for 10 minutes. Leg exercises: split squat single leg pump, squats. Calf Raises, Al Gore. DORA: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 heel taps from a crunch position. Finisher: my hip exercises
MARY: not needed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: stays at COT

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2023.34 Colosseum

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Ball2wall / shoulder tap stack
Pogo stick / squat jump stack
Bearcrawl / merkin stack
wallsit / single-leg air humper stack
half-mile run to end

Slackblast or it didn’t happen (according to slackbot).

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Stolen moments

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Birdcage was supposed to Q, but due to his training schedule— YHC sat in instead.

WARMUP: yep, with some yoga.

T HE THANG: stolen from Old Bay

Mosey to light poles along back entrance for light pole accumulator exercise.

1 rep at 1st light pole
2 reps at 2nd
3 reps at 3rd…etc.

When first pax gets to 10th light pole (and does 10 reps), run back to first light pole and sweep the rest of the pax.

Rinse and repeat with following exercises.

1. Flying Squirrels
2. Squats
3. Plank Jacks
4. Merkins

MARY: naw, instead we did Bearpees up to 20/5. Look it up in the exicon

ANNOUNCEMENTS: https://mailchi.mp/844d41eccef9/thefort-weekly-newsletter-1325706

COT: in the rain. Prayers specifically for the Salazar family and Esso’s mom

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Hope you brought your running shoes

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WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, MNC, low slow squats , mosey
THE THANG: Do reps of exercise at one station, run a lap and decrease reps by 5(or10) each time around, move to next station when done
Merkins
Squats
Mike Tysons
Lunges
CDD
Hillbilly squats
MARY: American hammers till
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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Spring Training with Cake

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WARMUP:
Mosey with stops for
⚾️Toy Soldiers
⚾️Low Slow Squat
⚾️Hill Billy Walkers
⚾️CDDs
⚾️Dips
⚾️Irkins
⚾️StepUps
⚾️partner LBCs, Big Boys, Freddy’s while partner runs out and back

THE THANG:
7 rounds of 8 exercises 10 reps each with lap around track
Jump squats
Merkins
Leg lifts
CDDs
Sumo Squats
Flutters
Donkey Kicks
Burpees
Take a lap

MARY:
Jailbreak back to COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
D2D events – check out newsletter

COT:
Prayers for recovery, woman assaulted, new jobs,
Reach out to relationships in your life and let people know you love them

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Tabatas

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Back Blast
Tabata workout
DATE: 17 Oct 2023
AO: #ao-colleseum
Q: @Airwolf
PAX: @Rebound @Tesh @Backdraft @Barkley @Wooden leg @Grassy Knowl
FNGs: 0
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Windmill

TABATA: 4 rounds of each
40 sec. Rowers. 10 sec. Rest
40 sec. Flutters 10 sec. Rest
2 min. Bear crawl
40 sec. Rear Lounge 10 sec. Rest
40 sec. Shoulder taps 10 sec. Rest
2 min Karaoke’s
40 sec. High knees 10 sec. Rest
40 sec. Side hops 10 sec. Rest
2 min Nur and mosey
40 sec. Hillbilly Walkers 10 sec. Rest
40sec. Skier 10sec. Rest
2 min planks

Last 10 minutes we did some side struggle hops 😂, standing shoulder taps, military presses, forward, and overhead claps.

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Shield Lock, not Shield Walk

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WARMUP: Wooden Leg: SSH, fastest windmills ever, cherry picker aka tappy taps, imperial walkers
THE THANG: Barkley: 25 split squats each leg, run, 25 step ups 25 squats, run, incline and 25 decline merkins, run.
Lighthouse: Mozy to the light posts, attempted Indian run but not everyone cooperated, 1st post, 25 merkins, 2nd post, 25 squats, 3rd post, 25 big boys repeat
Rebound: Mozy to wall by playground for partner Dora 100 Merkins while partner did wall sits followed by 100 squats while partner did shoulder taps. Slowly back to COT with a little wisdom shared by Long Duck
MARY: Long Duck called American Hammers and Heels to Heaven
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Poker Fundraiser, upcoming Q’s, read your newsletter
COT: New career, being good to your M

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