Reminiscing the BLIMPs

The Pax were enthusiastic about a mid-summer retreat from the hot weather this AM. YHC had researched previous backblasts in an effort to find a BLIMP style workout and found one from 2017 led by Old Bay. I remember this one well and was recognized for my mumblechatter in the backblast. Let’s do that!

WARMUP:

Circle the HT
SSH x 30
Windmill x 10
CDD x 20
MNC x 20

Run to the other side of HT

Time on the Wall
Wall sits with alternating burpees x 2
BTW x 30 count
Wall sits with bear crawls

On to the main thing

THE THANG:

BLIMPS around Walgreens – stopping at each corner

Round 1 – 1 burpee
Round 2 – 1 burpee, 2 lunges
Round 3 – 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 IWs
Round 4 – 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 IWs, 4 merkins
Round 5 – 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 IWs, 4 merkins, 5 Plank Jacks
Round 6 – 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 IWs, 4 merkins, 5 Plank Jacks, 6 Jump Squats
Round 7 – Remove the burpee
Round 8 – Remove the burpee and lunges
Round 9 – Remove the burpee, lunges and IWs

3 Minutes of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Read the newsletter

COT:
– Good reminder from Anchorman on being challenged by those who care about you to get better
– Great wisdom (and funny anecodotes) from IJ today

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Better late than not at all!!

Your on Q and plan a great morning then you open your eyes and the clock says 0511
Oh crap is the words and feelings and begin stumbling to get dressed pee and get to AO
While driving I was like I am going to get hammered but we need to face to music even when it’s not the best of intentions.
The PAX were gracious and Slapshot led them well until YHC arrived
#keepposting

WARMUP:
Slapshot had them doing some Tabata
Looked awful
THE THANG:
Mosey to church lot and partner up
8 exercises AMRAP
Partner 1 does exercise
Partner 2 runs lap
See if I can remember all of them
Merkins
Big Boys
Shoulder Taps
LBCs
Mtn Climbers
Flying squirrels
Wide Arm Merkins
Plank Jacks
MARY:
Indian Run back to COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read Newsletter
Start Using Gloom Schedule
COT:
Own mistakes and face the consequences and trust in the future that you’ve learned

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Violating the chicken wing

Warmup: Motivator, IW, CP, WM

Appetizer (before leaving the parking lot): The-Violator to one end,  Cocaine-Bear-crawl back.

Thang#1:  Out windward to hill

1st hill Dora: 1 pax jogs down, Nur Back to switch
• 50 Fisherman’s Calf Raises each
• 100 Merkins
• 200 Flutters
• 200 good AMs

2nd (shorter) Hill: jog up, Crawl-bear down or lunge walk down
• 25 Burpees
• 50 CDD
• 75 box-cutters
• 100 calf-raises (alt toes in/out every 10)

#2:  Back to P.Lot – 4 corners chicken wing (12, 9, 6, 3 reps)
Change MOT between Corners: Mosey, Toy Soldier, Carioka, etc…
R.1: Seal Jacks, SSH, Smurf-Jacks, Bomb-Jacks 
R.2: LBC’s, Gas-Pumpers,  Big-Boiz, Partner Big Boiz
R.3: Flying Squirrels, Burpees, Kraken Burpees, Calimari/Krakens

MARY: she stayed in our car and ogled us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: coffee at TCD, stuff, the Bus, Bethel

COT: held… Prayers for lost loved ones, patience with transition to school season.

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The NOT SO Sweaty Barry

If I missed your name, feel free to edit it in….

The weather did not agree with us, but I hope everyone had a nice evening at The Barry (aka The Sweaty Barry). I’m really not sure how a person could not have a good time with Milwaukee’s Beast and PBR being served.

Winner (repeat), Harry Carry … new traveling trophy awarded

Ruck winner (repeat), 3D … we’ll rustle up an award for the ruck winner next year

Thanks to the volunteers.

Thanks to the Rock Hill participants.

Thanks to Twister for gracing us with his presence.

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Hulkamania Tribute Ruck

WARMUP: SAH, IW, Ch Pickers, Tag-Team Merkins

THE THANG: interval timer – three minute RUCK, one minute AMRAP exercises some music was played…
PLAYLIST 
Real American (3:30)
• H – Heavy Ruck Presses (Gorilla Press) 
• U – Undertaker Get-Ups (Turkish get-up variation with ruck)
Undertaker Gong intro 
• L – Leg Drops (flutter/leg raises with ruck on chest) The Rock – Electrifying Theme (2:30)
• K – Knee Strikes (high knees with ruck overhead) Ultimate Warrior
• A – Atomic Squats (bear-hug ruck, squat fast) – John Cena – The Time is Now

• M – Muscle Man Rows (bent-over ruck rows) Ultimate Warrior

• A – Ankle Grab Sit-Ups (ruck sit-ups, reach to feet) Shawn Michaels – Sexy Boy

• N – Neck Bridge Holds (wrestler bridge or low plank hold) Kurt Angle – Medal

• I – Irish Whip Sprints (ruck sprint 20 yards, jog back)… ideally around a light post!Rowdy Roddy Piper

• A – Andre Carries (partner carry or farmer carry with two rucks if solo. Hulk promo for Andrè
• NWO theme (>4 min)

Also… manmakers & Curls (for those 24 inch pythons!)

MARY: Am Hammers, Pax-Ab-Lab

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter stuff

COT: held

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Old School Beatdown

WARMUP: Old School 15 minute warm up: IWx15, HW x15, WM x15, CP x15, Plank: Peter Parkers x15, Parker Peters x15 and Mountain Climbers x15 then 6 inches, Plank each side with legs, then regular and repeat.
THE THANG: Mosey to wall: Peoples chair until each person does 5 burpees and then BTW with 5 count each, rinse and repeat and rinse and repeat.
Mosey to short wall: 11s starting with 10 Durkins and 1 Dips then 20 step ups each leg.
Move to grass for Jack Webbs
Mosey to Napa parking lot: 2 parking spot Bear Crawl then 10 squats and 2 parking spot crab walk and 10 lunges each leg. Alternate until we are at the end of the lot.
Mosey to COT for abs.
MARY: Ab Webs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Forged Fathers for those with children with disabilities.
Trash Pick up.
Care Center.

COT: Done and Done

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Swing Fest

WARMUP: Windmills, Produce Pickers, SSH, Merkins
THE THANG:
Workout#1
17 Swings
17 Crunches with KB
17 Sumo Squats
Run a lap
4 Rounds

Workout #2
200 KB swings
2 burpees every 2 minutes until the 200 reps are completed

Workout #3
21 Jumpover KB Burpees
21 Clean with OHP

15 Jumpover KB Burpees
15 Clean with OHP

9 Jumpover KB Burpees
9 Clean with OHP
MARY: Freddie Mercury’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sweaty Barry, Trash Pick Up
COT: Closed in prayer

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Spicy

WARMUP: Motivator – have pax pick a number between 7 & 10 (9 was the count)
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Arm Circles – front and back
Michael Phelps
Downward Dog
Honeymooners
Runner’s Stretch

We moseyed to the bottom of the steep hill.

THE THANG:
Thang 1 – Welsh Dragons
Starting at the bottom of the hill, Bear crawl forward 4 steps, then do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and 1 shoulder tap (R + L =1). Repeat, adding 1 rep to each exercise each time—bear crawl forward 4 steps, then do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, and 2 shoulder taps. Repeat until you reach 10 reps or the top of the hill. We didn’t make it to the top so Nur to the top.

Mosey to the basketball courts.

Thang 2 – Wilt Chamberlains
Named for Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record 100-point game. Starting at one baseline do 100 LBCs, then run to the opposite baseline and do 100 squats. Return to the first baseline to do 100 flutter kicks (R+L =1), and then run to opposite baseline and do 100 lunges (50 each leg).

Thang 3
Using the Parking spaces start at one end, Bear Crawl 2 lines do 1 Merkin, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 12 squats. Bear Crawl 2 lines do 2 Merkins, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 11 squats. Repeat until you do 12 Merkins an 1 squat. My math was off so we finished 10 and 2 or something like that.
Moseyed to the field.

Thang 4 – Four Corners Escalator
Corner 1: 10 SSH
Run to corner 2
Corner 2: 10 SSH, 20 CDD
Run to corner 3
Corner 3: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats
Run to corner 4
Corner 4: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats, 40 LBCs
We started back down the escalator.
Corner 1: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats, 40 LBCs
Run to corner 2
Corner 2: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats

We had a few minutes left and went back to COT for some stretchy things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Blood Drive
Stuff the Bus
Read the news letter.

Prayers:
Prayers for kids and teachers as they head back to school in a couple weeks.
Reede Family
Hucklebuck (my apologies if I got that wrong.)

<@U03L09PTADU> Thanks for the opportunity to lead!! And for helping me name the workout “Spicy”…LOL!!!

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This is the workout that happened at slow burn today

WARMUP: ssh, hb walkers, imp walkers, Abe vigotas, plank time, Peter Parkers
THE THANG: the road along the storefronts has 4 crosswalks starting at one end, we ran suicides, with the crosswalks serving as successive end points. Each time we hit one of those end points, we did merkins and mountain climbers, and each time we returned to start we did big bois and flutters

Rep count for each exercise was 5 the first time through, then 10, then 15 and we got part way into 20s when time expired.

I often wonder what the people sitting at the Tesla charging station think while they’re sitting there adjacent to our tom foolery. And if any of them haven’t returned because of us. In all honesty, being held captive to whatever madness is going on around you during your charging is 1% in the con column of any of my EV buying decisions. But I digress
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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