Category: Cruel Hall

Temp: 59
Gloom Factor: Full Effect
PAX: Lumbergh, Strangler, Big Stick, PREVAC, Calf Killer, Rafiki (Greeneville, NC), Bagger Vance (QIC)

0529:45 – Disclaimer

Mosey top loop and reverse the bus loop up T-dale and circle up near gate.

WOR:
SSH x 13 IC, IW x 13 IC, LBAC F x 10 IC, LBAC R x 10 IC, HB x 13 IC (enter Lumbergh)

Forward Leaning Rest for explanation of

Thang:

Hero WOD Maupin

4 Rounds
Run 800M
49 Merkins
49 Squata
49 LBCs

We partnered up for accountability. Big Stick was OMO.

Head North on T-dale, East on Bwood and first work-set nearish Grisham’s hooch.

Keep heading E on Bwood over Marchant to just below the Bagger Bolt hill for second work-set.

Circle back W on Bwood and turn S on Marchant to Sir E lower lot for work-set three.

PAX slow walked it over to Marchant and Hogan stop sign and instructed to run until next stop sign at T-dale and Hogan for fourth work-set. SSH or F kix for the 6.

Back to main lot of CH for

Mary:
High plank 30 sec
F Kix x 20 IC
5 Merkins
AL prom dates x 13 IC
5 Merkins
LBCs x 3 IC

TIME

NMM: Well done this AM men. Honor to lead and honored to be able to commemorate the life of a fallen hero, SSG, Matt Maupin, US Army. SSG Maupin was KIA by insurgents in ‘04 and his remains weren’t recovered until ‘08. The attack took place on 9 April ‘04, hence the 4 rounds and 49 reps. Here is the story behind the workout: https://youtu.be/txHXy2xADJo

BH: Prayers up for PREVAC’s nephew, Lane and his family as they navigate an auto immune and blood disease diagnosis.
Calf Killer’s friends, the Coopers in Fayetteville, Arkansas lost their daughter after only 48 hours. Please pray for peace, mercy and God’s redemption of their family.
Dupree and his wife are expecting a baby any day now.
Vegemite’s wife is still in recovery from her foot surgery and they will need prayers, food and service. Hit up CCR for more info.
NYD workout at The Hill on Tue, 0700-0800.

YHC,
BV

Mid 40’s and a downpour greeted the 6 PAX who made the correct decision. Contrary to popular belief, we did not actually traverse the undying lands of middle earth or summit the top of Minas Tirith.

PAX: Brother-at-Law, Floppy Disk, Donuts, PSL, Black Widow, Ludwig Vas Deferens

We moseyed down to the pavilion to have a drier workout.

WOR:
20 SSH
10 Butt Kickers
10 High Knees
10 Good Mornings
10 WMH
10 Air Presses

Thang:

This was YHC’s first time to lead after undergoing a male sterilization procedure, so I thought it was appropriate to have a SNIP SNIP themed workout.

S – Squats and Merkins — 15 and 10 on the minute for 10 minutes. The balance of the minute is used for recovery. Mumble Chatter was inspiring and spirited during recovery times.

N – Nines (like elevens) with WW1s and 2 count Crunchy Frogs on the other end

I – Iron Mikes – Also known as Jump Lunges – one set of 20

P – Partner Carry to the other end of the pavilion. Flapjack on the way back.

But that only cuts one tube, and we need to sever the other as well. So rinse ‘n repeat.

S – Squats and Merkins — 15 and 10 on the minute for 10 minutes. (May modify to 12 and 8)

N – Nines (like elevens) with WW1s and 2 count Crunchy Frogs on the other end

I – Iron Mikes – Also known as Jump Lunges – one set of 20

P – Partner Carry to the other end of the pavilion. Flapjack on the way back.

Mosey back to the parking lot.

20 ASTs – time

We did name and count-o-rama, but an hour later I realized I completely forgot COT, as our conversation quickly shifted to having coffeeteria under the covered awning of the gym to get out of the rain.

I’ll do better next time.
Ludwig

PAX: Big Stick, Umbrella, Accounts Receivable, Big Bopper, Venus, Cathy, Magic Mike, Swamp Fox, Black Widow, Offshore, PSL, Black Lung, Prevac, Floppy Disk

QIC: Floppy Disk

15 assembled in the gloom this am at Cruel Hall for a brisk Friendly Friday. YHC dispensed with the disclaimer, explained the 6-count IC Burpee and we were off.

No formal warmup this morning. We moseyed, occasionally stopping for an increasing number of 6-count IC Burpees. The mosey took us around Crievewood Baptist, in between the baseball fields and down towards the playground where we stopped at the rails for some rows and calf raises.

THANG
3 sets of:
10x Rows
20x Calf Raises (each leg)

We finished this with AMRAP Rows to be performed until failure.

Feeling a bit warmer we moseyed to the pavilion for the main part of the morning. 3 sets of 11s with increasing level of difficulty.

Round 1: Merkins/Squats
Round 2: Mt Merkins/Jump Squats
Round 3: Atomic Merkins/Jump Lunges (both legs=1)

With the 11s under our belt we moseyed to the bus hill and did: Broad Jumps to the first speed bump, Bear Crawl to the second speed bump and Duck Walk (proper form emphasized) to the third.

Final mosey back to the parking lot for a quick Mary

Mary
Flutter Kix x20 (IC)
Freddie Mercuries x20 (IC)
Supermans x15 (IC)
Low Plank 1:00

YHC,
Floppy Disk

28 PAX beat out the early morning desire to fartsack and posted for a cool and humid morning at Cruel Hall with the fog rolling out of the holler and steam rising off of the necks of the PAX.

QIC: Skid Mark

PAX: Yardsale, CCR, Edible Arrangements, Bagger Vance, Prevac, Frugal McDoogal, Numtucks, Ludwig van Oshkosh, Off Shore, Floppy Disk, Lumberg, Reefer, Igloo (FNG), Olan Mills, Barf-ista (FNG), Venus, Dupree, Yumi, Calf-Killer, Capslock, Donuts, PSL, Backlash, Change order, Hollow-back-girl, Tampa Libra, Dine-n-Dash

We started with a quick mosey to the back of the school.  Circle up for WOR.

WOR:  SSH x25, LBAC 25 forwards, 25 backwards, Keep arms up for lunging calf stretch x8 each. Drop arms for willie mays x10 ct.

Mosey to the playground and partner up for…

Thang:

Dora 1, 2, 3…4: 100 Pull ups, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats, 400 4ct Flutter kicks; laps around the baseball field.

We put in about 2 miles of running. Significant mumblechatter erupted about “1600” flutter kicks, but he PAX pushed on.  Eventually, we started to run out of time and YHC called for 1 more minute of flutters before we moved on to the next exercise.

The Hang Off:

The 1s hung from the swing set, monkey bars, or other pull up bar for as long as possible in a battle of forearm strength. Meanwhile the 2s were holding low plank. Flapjack for a second set. Each competition was fierce as Floppy just narrowly beat out Olan Mills for the 1s, and Prevac beat out Donuts for the 2s.  Both Floppy and Prevac were holding on to the small poles of the monkey/pull-up bars rather than the big rod of the swing set which was probably an unfair advantage….due to it’s familiarity.

Back to the parking lot for…

Mary: Circle up in high plank for 2 minutes of Merkins to “Up Down” by Morgan Wallen (ft. Florida Georgia line).

Thanks to everybody for giving me the opportunity to lead again this week. SYITG.

It was a near perfect morning as 29 PAX, including 8 FNGs, arrived for a Cruel Hall friendly friday.

PAX: BV, Robin Hood, Ludwig van oshkosh, Brother-at-Law, Donuts, Reefer, Yard sale, Hollow-back Girl, Joey Freshwater, Dupree, CCR, Floppy D, Venus, Acounts Receivable, Life Champ, Numb Tucks, 3rd Degree, Off Shore, Black Widow, Big Perm, and the FNGs: Change order, Bob Ross, Matthew Luke, GunderArmour, Yumi, Lumberg, Search committe, and South Beach.

QIC: Skid Mark

Disclaimer given at 05:29 and we started off on a quick mosey around the bus loop. Lunge walks between first 2 speed bumps, then bear crawl the second set, then shuffle steps to the last speed bump. Finally we circled up for…

WOR: SSH x30, Windmills x15, LBAC forwards and reverse x15, Overhead claps x15, Willie Mays x10

THANG:

PAX counted off by 4s and mosey’d down to the playground. Brother-at-law seemed to have an issue with short term memory loss as he held 4 fingers up during the <20 second trip from the parking lot to the playground to remember his number. Once at the playground, we separated into our 4 groups for a rotating AMRAP workout as follows:

Group 1: Row Station (at the hand rails)
Group 2: Merkin Station (at the swingsets)
Group 3: Leg Station (at the playground)
Group 4: Core Station (on the path between hand rails and playground)

PAX proceeded to perform exercises specific to each station AMRAP in 1 minute with 20s rest between sets. Rotating to the next station after completing each set. Following the completion of each round of 4 exercises we took a lap around the baseball fields.

Round 1: Rows, merkins, squats, WWIs
Round 2: Commando rows, diamond merkins, lunges, flutter kicks
Round 3: Typewriter rows, carolina dry docks, Lt. Dans, V-ups
Rapid fire Round 4 (30 seconds AMRAP with 10s rest): Reverse grip rows, Typewriter merkins, monkey humpers, LBCs

Following the last round, we mosey'd to the parking lot for some…

MARY: Mountain climbers x15, J-los x15, Freddy Mercuries x15, Homer-2-Marge

TIME

Thanks to everyone for giving me the opportunity to lead, it's always an enjoyable experience. Welcome to all the FNGs, we're excited to have you out. Don't forget about the TN Can Ruck and Warpath on 7/21.