Tinsel Utensils back for a combined Bushwood/Snake Pit

It all started with an invitation from LTrain a few months ago to Q Bushwood and a quick chat with 3D last week to take over Snake Pit since Shatner was IR and do a combo AO beatdown.

I decided to revive Tinsel Utensils and make everyone’s time worth of getting up early and showing up.

We started with a quick mossey around the parking lot followed by moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, low slow merquins and windmills. We split in 3 groups and head over to the next parking lot where I had 4 stations setup with the following, bear crawl to the next station after all exercises have been completed:

Station 1

-> 10 diamond merkins

-> 20 wide arm merkins

-> 30 regular merkins

-> 30 battle rope wave SC

-> 40 Shoulder taps

-> 40 plank jacks

Station 2

-> 5 burpees

-> 5 tractor tire flips

-> 10 sandbag toss (choice of 40# or 50#)

-> 20  Monkey Humpers

-> 30 low squat (touch the ground with hand)

-> 50 calf raises

Station 3

-> 20 slam ball to ground (choice of 10# or 20#)

-> 30 Freddy Mercury

-> 30 Rosalitas

-> 40 Heel Touches

-> 40 American Hammer

-> 40 LBC

Station 4 with cindy

-> 30 overhead press

-> 30 biceps curls

-> 30 high pulls

-> 30 triceps dips

-> 30 Carolina dry docks

Once all station have been completed by everyone about  (30 minute mark) we grabbed the tire and the two sandbags  for an indian walk type of thing, get in line, flip the tire/toss the sandbag once and go back to the end of the line,  alternate between toss and flip; we went up and down the length of the parking lot (about 100 yards)

With about 12 minutes to spare we circled up around the tire, and we took turns flipping the tire, two flips and go back to your spot, one round of plank, one round of squats, one round of LBCS, with one minute left we hauled all the gear back to the trailer for COT.

Some PAX loved it and some whined a  lot, it was a great opportunity to meet new guys.

Thanks LTrain and 3D for the opportunity to lead.

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SeeSaw at the SnakePit

YHC led a kettlebell workout on what turned out to be a perfect morning in the gloom.

Warmup:

MNC x 15

Windmill x 15

Cherry Pickers x 15

Mountain Climbers x 15

5 burpees OYO

Thang:

The workout consisted of 4 sets of the same 5 exercises were the reps started at 20 and decreased by 5 each set. At the end of each set there would be a lap that increased in distance.  The total distance of completed would be just about 2 miles.

the exercises:

Man Makers

Thrusters

Tri extensions

Upright Rows

Big Boy Sit-ups

Thanks to 3D for the call!

 

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Even an IR Guy can Q Part 2

Answering the call of my Shieldlock brother needing a Q for The Ballroom, I figured I could dish out some pain.  PAX could modify up or down as needed.  Its YOUR acceleration. OWN it!

Warmup

Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Big Arm Circles, Baby Arm Circles, Moroccan nightclubs, Arm Stretch, Down dog, Calves, Honeymooner, Down dog, Calves, Honeymooner, Down dog, Walk leg and hands together and stand slowly

The Deal – 3 Rounds, 9 exercises each focusing on Upper body, Core and Legs

Round 1 – 10 each exercise

Merkins, LBCs, Calf Raises, Diamond Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Squats, Wide Arm Merkins, Hello Dolly, Lunges

Take a lap or Bear Crawl until crew gets back

Round 2 – 10 each exercise, find a curb

Incline Merkins, Bridges, Step Ups, Switchboards on and off the curb, Rosalitas, Side Lunges, Dip, Freddie Mercuries, Back Lunges

Take a lap or Crawl Bear until crew returns

Round 3 – 10 each exercise, find a curb

Decline Merkins, Heel taps, Al Gore, Left Incline Merkins (left foot and hand on curb), BB Situp, Right Incline Merkins (Rt foot and hand on curb), WWI situp

Take a lap (fast guys were to take 2 laps)

Airborne Hip Flexors

Round of Mary

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Even an IR Guy can Q

While on recovery I have found ways to still participate and push my brothers.  I brought a Deck of Pain to The Hive.

Each Suit was a part of the body (Shoulders, Arms, Legs, Core).  Odds was one exercise for that part, Even was another.  8 total  exercise.  Suit, Odd/Even and Face value determined the Exercise and Reps.

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We’ll Drive Home Backwards

9 Men showed up at The Pit for a Kettlebell Workout from a Runner (not a professional).  YHC made a commitment to less than a mile of total distance.  Fortunately Odometer Fraud (look it up) works for the workout as well.

Here’s what we did:

COP – SSH, Windmills, IW, MNC

Paula Abdul

Carry the bell 2 lines forward, 1 line back, set of KB exercises, Repeat till end of lot

  • 20 Swings (160)
  • 15 Goblet Squats (90)
  • Interlude – KB Bear Crawl the Line
  • 10 Curls 5 Ea. Arm (60)
  • 10 Overhead Press (60)
  • 2 Man Makers alternating arms on the Merkin (12)

Mosey back for COT

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Double Trouble At The Hive

It was a dark and rainy morning… but that didn’t stop six Pax from getting up and after it at The Hive.

This workout is called Double Trouble and was named that before we lost our Metro brother of the same name, but this workout is done in his honor and memory.  Great high impact man who we just lost due to Covid.

The workout goes like this.  Each round of two exercises you complete 10 reps then 15 round two, 20 round three.

The exercises are:

Kettlebell swings
Shoulder shrugs

Goblet squats
Flutters

Curls
Merkins

Tricep extensions
Squats

Sumo squats (what more squats?!)
LBCs

Skull crushers
Rosalitas

Dead lift
Calf raise

Lawnmower
American hammer

Romanian dead lift
Dips

The mission of F3 is to plant, grown and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of mail community leadership.

I hope this one was a challenge and it was great to see Geronimo again, who we thought was leaving town already but has s reprieve.

Hope you have a great weekend and hopefully you enjoyed all the squats.

Thrill is gone!

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“Just the Facts, Ma’am.”

YHC picked up the Q yesterday from 3D after a message was shot across Slack. With little prep time I went into the annals of prior weinkes and pulled out a subtle burner. Four showed up with their bells and we headed to our section of CRHS for the morning.

 

Mosey out to far lot, drop bells

COP

5 Burpees OYO

Bear crawl to next row

10 Goofballs (in honor of Geronimo)

5 burpees

Bear crawl to next row

10 Tappy Taps

Bear crawl to next row

10 Imperial Walkers

Crawl Bear back to KB

 

WEINKE

Five Stations 

15 Reps Each Stop

Method of Travel 

Round 1: Lunge walk

Round 2: Bear Crawl w/KB drag

Round 3: Lunge Walk

Row 1

Halos

Kid Launch

Row 2

One Legged RDL both sides

Row 3 

Tricep Extensions

Curls

Row 4

Goblet Squats

KB Swings 

Row 5 

Burpee Snatch

Run to end of lot and back

First round took about 13 minutes, so we kept pressing and were able to finish three rounds – that’s 405 reps in total not including the warm up. Nice job.

 

OH carry KB back to COT

 

Last Minute Mary (#LMM)

Z Press x 10

Flutter w/Press x 10

 

#NMM

The group was small but close today. Good talk about sons and wrestling and career changes. No matter what stage of life you’re in, there is impact to be made on your family and community. Let that not be forgotten in the midst of our day to day.

 

Punch List out.

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Grateful without being complacent

14 Total PAX – 9 split off to run with Dark Helmet. See his well-written and coherent backblast for report. 🙂

Warmup
Round the world
SSH
Good Morning
Arm Circles
Some Burpees interspersed

The Thang:

20 Merkins
10 KB Swings
20 Merkins
15 KB Swings
20 Merkins
20 KB Swings
20 Merkins
25 KB Swings
Short mosey

20 Goblet Squats
10 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
15 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
20 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
25 KB Swings

20 Flutters bell held overhead
10 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
15 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
20 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
25 KB Swings
Short mosey

20 Cossack Squats – no bell
10 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
15 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
20 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
25 KB Swings

Short message on my struggles with Gratitude vs. Complacency
Grateful that I’d already Qed this workout (and had a lot of the backblast written), but we don’t want to remain complacent. So let’s tack on 20 more of each.
I also thought repeating the Weinke was a metaphor for doing the same thing again, but not remaining complacent.

Final round to get to 100 of each exercise and 300 swings
20 Merkins
20 Goblet Squats
20 Flutters bell overhead
20 Cossack Squats
20 Kettle Bell Swings (As Dark Helmet and crew arrived back. He then hollered that it was 0600 when it was really 0559 because he wanted to read: https://dailystoic.com/no-one-escapes-this-law/. Which, in his defense, was worth listening to and is certainly worth reading.)

COT

Prayers for:
Those dealing with the emotional struggles that the holidays can bring
Those dealing with the COVID-related struggles that these holidays are bringing
3D’s upcoming surgery
Prayers that God will make us equal to the tasks set before us.

Grateful for the opportunity to lead and the PAX that showed up. Thanks 3D for the invite.

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12ish Days of Christmas at Snake Pit

Been a while since I was Q at the ol’ Snake Pit and as I’m not scheduled for next month, I figured it was time to pull th5e 12 Days of Christmas workout out of the bag.

After a short warm up, we got after it.  Despite what U Haul said, we got to day 9.

Just like the song, you repeat each set every time you add another exercise.

1 – Run/Walk
2- Turkish getups
3- Goblet squats
4- LBCs
5- Shoulder press
6- Chest press
7- American hammers
8- Calf raises
9- Sumo squats
10- Lunges
11- Lawnmowers
12- Dead lifts

 

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Snake Pit 10/21/20

Six men showed up for the Kettlebell workout at Snake Pit this morning.  I was a little unsure about whether I had enough planned to fill the time since it has been a while since I’ve lead a KB workout.

Warm-ups

SSHs

Imperial Walkers

Windmills

Moroccan Night Clubs

Plank Stretches

 

Next, we moved to the main event.  Three partner workouts similar to a Dora, each a bit more difficult.

First:  Copperhead (The bite hurts, most likely you would survive)

100 KB Swings

150 Curls

200 LBCs

One partner ran to the second light post while the other started with the exercises above.  Flapjack until the reps are complete.

Second: Rattler (The bite hurts like hell, you may survive)

150 Overhead Presses

200 Calf Raises

200 Flutters

One partner lunge walked with bell 20 yards and back.  Flapjack until the reps are complete.

Third:  Cobra (Low probability of survival)

150 Squat Thrusters

200 Upright Rows

200 America Hammers

One partner did burpee broad jumps while the other started with the exercises above.  Flapjack until the reps are complete.

Most of the group got through the Upright Rows and started on the American Hammers.

 

Great job Everyone!

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