Tag: Hot Route

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RIP Quincy Jones

AO: toratoratora
Q: greyalbum
PAX: The Bobs, Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree, 40 Minutes, Invictus, Long Cut, Wrangler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Breezy, mild

WARMUP:

Mosey to runway
SSH
WMH
Seal Claps
Air Press
LBAC
Runner’s Stretch

THE THANG:

DORA

Leapfrog down to first building
1 man in plank
1 man holding coupon jumps over

200 squats
/ mosey out to far hangar and back

Pull-up Waterfall at the bars 10-6

AB break 50 LBC / 20 Crunchy Frog

Pull-up Waterfall cont’d 5-1

Fortune Cookie Run

PAX begin a first people’s run until a PAX chooses to yell out “FORTUNE COOKIE” at which point the running stops and the PAX calls out a number between 1-15, which corresponds with a mystery exercise/rep count on my list. The group then completes the exercise and resumes running.

We did 1, 2, 7, 15 and then finished with 10 WW1

1. 20 Carolina dry dock
2. 30 drop squats
3. 1 min Al Gore
4. 20 Crunchy Frog
5. 25 squat
6. 1 min box cutters
7. 15 burpee
8. 25 merkin
9. 5 hand release push-up
10. 20 flutter kick 2 is 1
11. 15 jump squats
12. 1 min high plank
13. 20 WW1
14. 15 single leg squats each leg
15. 20 Superman

COT:

Family health gratitudes
Election
Peace for our country

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Italo-Turkish Aerial Bombing Campaign

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Giving Tree, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Daylight, Goose, Black box
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Crisp, breezy

WARMUP:

Mosey to picnic shelter
WMH
Imperial Walkers
LBAC
Cherry Pickers
Overhead Press

THE THANG:

Merkins 20
Shoulder Taps 20
Dips 20

1 min dead hang

Bear crawls around the circle
Decline Merkin 20
Plank hold 30 seconds

1 min dead hang

Plank ups 20
Wide merkins 20
Incline merking 20

1 min dead hang

Mosey to waterfront

Step ups 20
Split squats 20
Step ups 20

Up/Down Steps with lunges

Mosey back to startex

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tree planting tomorrow

COT:
Loving those struggling with addiction
Family health
Election/Peace

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Creedence

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goose, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: great temp, very dark, extra foggy

WARMUP: jogging and stretching

THE THANG: Tabata

– 40 seconds on and 20 seconds rest for 5 sets of each exercise (squats, curls, American hammers, lunges)
– Sprint up the hill in between each exercise

ANNOUNCEMENTS: happy b-day Giving Tree; hiawaska night moves soon 🙂

COT: grateful

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Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, Invicutus, Longcut
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: forward fold, Willie mays hays, arm stretchs, cherry pickers

THE THANG:
-Dora: 300 squats, Imperial walkers, calf raises, SSH while partner runs
-lunges: 2 trips down and back
-Arm Circles and over head press 50 reps each
-Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: prayers for any victims of the severe weather recently

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Peace Up, A Town Down

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Hipster
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Strutter, greyalbum, Goose, Black Box
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Pristine Pre-Fall

WARMUP: WOR in parking lot

THE THANG:

Mosey to golf course parking lot, stopping for burpees along the way

At the parking lot – burp ‘n’ murk pyramid to 10

Mosey to #10, 2 down and backs to the culvert

Mosey back to greenway, stops for burpees and leg sets on the way

Greenway – walking lunges back to startex, with stops for monkey humpers

Mosey to playground, 7 minutes of mary (dealer’s choice)

MOLESKINE: The golf course hill ain’t no joke.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fridays by the River tonight (Shelby Park), Walk for Apraxia Saturday (Cornelia Fort)

COT: TAPs for Goose’s cousin, Black Box’s kiddo, Hot Route’s sanity

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Overtime Pickleball

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Chunks
PAX: Giving Tree, Hot Route, greyalbum, Dragon Spark, Hipster, The Bobs, Grape, Ultratecht, Chemical Brother
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Humid

WARMUP: Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Overtime Pickleball

King of the Court with winner serving. Team that wins the rally stays on the court. Team that loses picks the exercise for the PAX waiting.

Good time had by all and I believe Ultratecht is now hooked on Pickleball. LOL

MOLESKINE:

Don’t focus on criticism from anyone you wouldn’t ask for advice from.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack. Lots of stuff going on.

COT: Prayers for the PAX.

Always an honor to lead you HIMs. See y’all soon.

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FNG Friday

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Hipster
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Brian Schneider (Chemical Brother)
FNGs: 1 Brian Schneider (Chemical Brother)
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Pristine

WARMUP: Mosey down to the pond, stop for standard warm-a-rama movements

THE THANG:

Pt. 1 At the south end of Sevier Pond, each man grabs a bollard for 1 min AMRAP for each of the following, with a 1 minute mosey between each movement:

– Box Jumps
– L and R Step Ups
– L and R Split Squats
– L and R Romanian Dead Lift
– L and R Step Downs
– Box Jumps

Mosey to pavilion

Pt. 2 – Murph EMOM

Every minute, each PAX does 4 pullups, 8 merkins, 12 air squats
Repeato 4 rounds

Interlude – mosey over to and up the cave spring path, lunge up the steps, trudge up to the tennis court parking lot then playground

Pt. 3 – Mary and Finisher

Dealer’s choice Mary, with 5 burpees to finish us out thanks to some late “Name That Tune” success from the PAX.

MOLESKINE: Lots of nostalgia for the 90’s music scene, but some struggles with band names and titles at times.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergences coming up 9/11 and 9/14, check slack

COT: TAPs for Neal and his crew, and everybody else going through some shit. We’re all in this together my dudes.

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Back to School

AO: toratoratora
Q: Grape
PAX: 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Hot Route, The Bobs, Squatter (F3 Muletown), Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: cooler than recently

WARMUP: SSH, LBAC

THE THANG: 10 reps per grade, run after finishing a grade, escalator on exercises (i.e. 1st grade is exercises for 1st and Kindergarten), wait for the 6 after run (attempt to increase mumble chatter)

K- SSH
1- LBC (2 count)
2- OH Claps
3- WW1
4- Squats
5- Iron Mikes (2 count)
6- American Hammers (4 count)
7- Merkins
8- Pull ups
9- Burpees
10- Reverse lunges (2 count)
11- Dry docks
12- 8 count body builders (didn’t make it here, couldn’t graduate)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sounds like there’s some concert and a fish fry coming up

COT: prayers for Invictus and their third child, the Bobs and his son, Squatter and his dad, and other quiet intentions

:grapes:

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Simple and Complex movements

AO: thebuffalo
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Daylight, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Thick

WARMUP:
Simple Movements
shoulder routine, wall sit challenge, high/low plank hold

THE THANG:
Complex Movements
2 rounds x 20 reps
1. Merkin —> Downward Dog —> DryDocks
2. Crunchy Frogs —> American Hammers —> Flutter Kicks
3. Squats —> Single Leg DL —> Single Leg Line Hop
4. Alabama PDs —> V-Ups —> Heel Touches
5. Shoulder Taps —> Incline xMerkins —> Mtn Climbers

MOLESKINE:
A hamstring injury altered my original plan for this Q but made the best of limited mobility

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Take advantage of an opportunity to visit another AO as part of gullivers-travels-challenge with extra encouragement to visit thestronghold with accountability partners.

COT:

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Thanks For The Coffee

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Superchick, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willie mays hays cherry pickers, forward fold, arm stretch, calf stretch.

THE THANG:
100 reps of squats, SSH, and curls in 25 set increments. Rifle carry coupon in between sets.

Adora: 300 ww1 while parter lunges.

Mary