Author: Justin Hewlett

It was a glorious morning at Sir Ellington with 18 PAX arriving for the festivities.

QIC: Boyband

PAX: FloppyD, PSL, DillyDilly, RedSkull, Prevac, CAPSLOCK, Foxtrot, BigStick, Edibles, BagsofAnts, Yard Sale, Movin on Up, Black Lung, Vegemite, Dr. Smartt, Hunter Mayhem, JK

We took a short lap  around the near hill and back to the parking lot for some warm-o-rama.

SSH x30, Squats, slow and low merkins, baby arm circles, and emperial walkers

The group split in half with Bagger taking the charge in IronPax week 1 makeup, and YHC taking the rest of the PAX to the Cochran hill.

Announcement: Per Strava Floppy Disc is the king of the Cochran hill segment with a 1:30 time up the VERY steep 0.2mi segment. He wouldn’t toot his own horn, but he went up the hill 3x that day collecting the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fastest times for the segment’s all-time history, all while completing a 7 mile run.  In order to see just how fast that was, we tried to replicate it as a group.

Round 1:

We climbed the hill with goal of <2min pace; most finished in <1:45. At the mid way point, mumblechatter was heard “Oh wait…it keeps going?!”  On the way down we performed the BOMBS workout with a stop at each light pole for one exercise before moving on to the next. Burpees, Overhead claps, Merkins, Big Boy Situps, and Squats. 20 reps each.  (Flutters/LBCs for the 6)

Round 2:

Climb the full hill again, but turn it around and run in reverse half way up. We performed BOMBS on the way down again with 10 reps each.  (Flutters/LBCs for the 6)

Round 3:

Race to the top; first man there stopped the group where they were. Go to the nearest lightpole and repeat BOMBS stopping at each remaining pole on the way down with 10 reps each.  (Flutters/LBCs for the 6).

At that point, there were 10 minutes left and the Cochran group ran back to the IronPax set up where we performed suicides with 10 merkins at the end. Rinse and Repeat and bearcrawl it in with the last man standing on Ironpax.

Mary: Freddy Mercury’s x20, Flutters x20, Supermans x20, Dying Cockroach x20

COT

Announcement: Don’t forget the 9/14 convergence.

Moleskin: I have a new appreciation for each time I get the opportunity to lead you men. I am thankful to have the opportunity to know all of you and for the support you bring to me and each other. Keep up the good work. Prayers for OchoCinco who’s mother recently died.  Reach out and show your support.

12 PAX greeted the brisk morning gloom for a Cochran hill climb.

QIC: BoyBand

PAX: Pope, Dupree, Floppy D, Dilly Dilly, Razorback, Too Tall, Yard Sale, Renegade, PSL, Tampa-Libra, Dr. Smartt

We started with a short mosey to the bottom of Cochran hill for warm-o-rama.

WOR: SSH x25, Good mornings, willy mayes, baby arm circles forwards and backwards

Thang: Paula Abdul

-As the song “opposites attact” goes (and I mis-quoted this morning) 2 steps forwards and 2 steps back. Well, that gets you nowhere so we did 2 steps forwards and 1 step back all the way up the hill and then 1 step forwards and 2 steps back down the hill. Each “step” was a light post on the East side of Cochran.  We stopped at each light-post to perform an exercise before heading to the next designated stop.

Up: 2 up – Clock Merkins – 5 in each position; 1 down – WWIs x20 facing up the hill

Alternating sets of flutter kicks and supermans for the 6.

Down: 1 up – Derkins x10, 2 down – 10x4ct flutter kicks (we ran the uphill portions of the hill backwards to get a good leg burn)

Alternating sets of hello dolly and supermans for the 6.

Still 10 minutes of time….Short course pull ups and bear-crawls!

Started at the playground and performed the following in sequence:

5 pull ups -> bear-crawl up the hill -> bear-crawl down the stairs -> rinse/repeat

MARY: Hello Dolly x20, Alabama Prom Dates x20, LBCs x20, Side hip raises x10 each side

COT

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Don’t forget the leadership lunch coming up on 7/20.  Keep Ludwig’s wife, Dupree’s wife, and Spicolli in your prayers.

SYITG

15 total PAX (13 actually completed the workout) showed up in the early morning gloom. Spring has settled in and the level of sweat has been increasing with each workout as the early morning temperatures rise.

QIC: BoyBand

PAX: Black Lung, Pope, Razorback, Yard Sale, PSL, CCR, Brother-at-law, Duvall (Willy Lowman from Seattle), CAPSLOCK, Too Tall, Red Skull, Dupree

Bagger Vance (left before the workout, but after a speed ruck) and Big Stick (showed up late and couldn’t find us until the last minute of Mary).

We started with a lap around the church and then settled in for…

WOR: SSH x20, Good Mornings, Willy Mays, Baby Arm Circles forwards … Black lung arrives… 10 Burpees, Baby arm circles backwards, overhead claps

Thang:

Mosey over to the Cochran hill for a duplication pyramid.  At each light post (there are 6 total) we performed an increasing number of the following 4 exercises:

Burpees – Squats – Merkins – WWIs

The sequence was as follows:

1-2-4-8-16-32 on the way up

32-16-8-4-2-1 on the way back down -> Flutter kicks for the 6

While the pain and dizziness left us seeing double, it was time for Cochran suicide runs.  Stop at each street light and return to the bottom. 1 Burpee at each stopping point to mark the stop. We completed 6 of the 8 possible stops before we ran out of time.

Mary: Almost didn’t make it, flutter kicks for the 6 and then 1 minute of low plank

Thanks for letting me lead, good to see everyone out there.

SYITG

19 PAX posted for a glorious morning of strength building exercises. YHC had prepared a running-lite workout to save the legs of those who would be running the upcoming marathon this weekend (Nashville and others).

QIC: BoyBand

PAX: Big Stick, Dmish, FTTAL, Floppy Disk, Bagger Vance, PSL, Too Tall, Dilly Dilly, Prevac, Danger Zone (FNG), Yard Sale, Tiny Dancer, Blue Mule, Red Skull, Edible Arrangement, Umbrella, … I lost track

We started with a lap around the church and then it was time for

WOR: SSH x50, Squats x15, Good mornings x4, Willy mays x8, baby arm circles forwards/backwards, overhead claps, seal claps

Thang:

We broke in to groups for 3 separate pyramid workouts.  Goal was to go to failure, once failure reached in any of the exercises, go back down the pyramid. Each pyramid was a set 3 exercises that would be done sequentially.  Exercise 1 would set the pace. Exercise 2 would be double and exercise 3 would be triple that of exercise number 1 for each step of the pyramid.  Once you were done with your pyramid, it was time for an interlude and moving on to the next pyramid.

Pyramid 1:  Pull ups 1x, Merkins 2x, Squats 3x  (sequentially increasing to 2, 4, 6 then 3, 6, 9, then 4, 8, 12, and so forth); then back down once you reached failure on any exercise

Interlude 1: Lap around the church

Pyramid 2: Rows 1x, Derkins 2x, Freddy Mercury 3x

Interlude 2: Bearcrawl to basketball hoop and crawlbear back

Pyramid 3: Hand release merkins 1x, Supermans 2x, 4ct flutter kicks 3x

Interlude 3: Burpee Apocalypse; counting down from 10

At about 10 minutes in to the first pyramid it was quite obvious that the HIM of SirE are beasts and would not reach failure in each set within the confines of a roughly 40 min workout. Thus we modified each round to last no more than 10 minutes.  Interludes remained the same.

We finished the pyramid sets with 2 minutes left and Mary consisted of burpees until time was out.

COT

Mumblechatter: 

This workout was designed to focus on upper body strength with equal attention to chest and back.  It was intended to allow for those of us who are running the upcoming marathons to rest our legs, but still get in a good workout. Based on the amount of sweat that I saw after the workout, it’s either summer or mission accomplished or a little of both.  As always, thanks for letting me lead.

SYITG