The answer to this question is yes. It happened today at Twin Team. Read on to learn more. 5 men joined YHC and committed to finishing Gumbo’s Tour de Twin. A beautiful morning for us all and at 530am we launched from the BWE parking lot. Jog to backside of James River High School and pay tribute to Karen’s parking lot with a little warmarama and Thang 1. Warmarama: Side Straddle Hops, Dead Man Hangs, Arm Circles, Helicopters. Thang 1: Grab a tire and head to Karen’s parking lot. Flip the tire 10 times then complete 2 burpees. Repeat until…
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11 intrepid dwellers of the GLOOM, including 1 FNG and 1 Downrange Double RESPECTer posted in the beautiful Gloom of BWES this morning. Even Don Draper and Boberry donned gloves for a bootcamp because YHC promised some miles. As the clock struck 0530, the tour began and off to the namesake we go… Mosey across Robious to the base of Twin Team and circle up for the disclaimer and COP, including DQs performed at the impeccable speed. We were all limbered up so time to climb – mosey up Twin Team to the top stopping at each drive way (and…
With Big Rig making his first appearance at Twin Team, plans were scrapped, and we headed to the AO’s namesake hill. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure. To the back of the school for Warm Up:Side Straddle Hops, Bruce Lee Punches, Cherry Pickers, Alabama Prom Dates, Freddy Mercuries, Various Broga Stretches.Lap around the school to pick up the Kettles.In route to Twin Team: Around the Worlds. Stop for Kettle LBC’s (25) and American Hammers.At the Bottom of the Hill: One Minute or so of the following:Mississippi Side Lunges, One Legged Bendovers (??), Halo’s, Curls.Exercise Two: Run…
3ish cars waited with drivers in the parking lot until the last possible minute step into the soggy gloom. 530am hit and we got out of vehicles and moseyed to the overhang. Turn on some Andrew W. K. and get to work. wamrerama including, ukranian soldiers, collard pickers, flutters. triple check with a runner running the bus loop. Then right on time with the downpour we did a nice loop through around the school. More triple checks, another lap around the school, Merkin jacks and captain Thor’s, finished with gorilla shuffles, curb crawls and Mary. announcements good luck to those…
9 strong showed up to see what YHC had cooked up for the TT crowd. Mystery abounds but soon all questions were answered. Mosey to the bus loop for 4 DQ, 21 SSH, 19 IW and 53 LBC for my dad’s 70th birthday. Next up APD TTT. 8 count marching APD with a Tuscaloosa Titty Twister, good stretch, best done on grass. Note taken. Quick circle to the playground, 5 pullups each whole PAX planks and does 5 shoulder taps for each man. Stop for a near perfect bob and weave and monkey humpers on the way to TwinTeam Hill.…
Five faithful found their way to Twin Team to breathe in the yellow pollen air and toss around some weights. YHC’s watch died so according to OCs watch we took off at 5:30 for: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks(tempo speed) Mosey to front lawn and grab a bench. 4 rounds of: 20 Lawnmowers & 10 step ups. 3 sets of 15 Pullovers and 20 Reverse crunches. Another 25 pullovers. Mosey over to 2nd grass loop: 4 stations: 1) Swings 2) Squats, 3) Boat/Canoe 4) Curls. 5 PAX runs the loop as time. Drop KBs and…
5 men gathered at Bettie Weaver Elementary for another round of fitness and fun that we call Twin Team. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.To the parking lot for warm-up: Don Quixote’s, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Shoulder Stretches, Dead Man Hang, Plank Jacks, LBC’s.Grab the Kettlebells and head across the baseball field. Shoulder Shrugs, and Around the worlds across the field. At the parking lot: 25 WWII situps with liftTowards the Track: Reverse Forearm Curls, Upright hold until we get to the track.Exercise One: The Kettlebell Mile4 laps around the track. After each lap: 25 upright rows,…
According to the surprised teacher heading into the school early and what could turn out to be some interesting security footage, this is what happened when 6 bootcampers rolled around the JRHS campus. (oh yeah and 2 runners did everything they could to avoid hills). A loose idea for a workout avoiding Twin Team and KB brought out a few that don’t normally post to TT. Easy warmup with tight cadence until we tried the Scapula merkins – a Toga? favorite. Poor explanation and cadence led to completing 2 or 27 of these depending on how you were counting. Mosey…
5 Pax came together this morning for a nice easy (read: brutal) workout. Don Draper and Greenbow took off running and managed to find every spider web on this side of the county. Florence, Chaplin and Footloose stuck to kettlebells. The workout- All about the Benjamins: 25 curls for the girls, 25 lunges, 25 KB swings, 25 lunges, 25 overhead presses, 25 lunges, 25 squats, 25 lunges The pax moved into a circuit of 12 weighted calf raises,12 chest presses, 12 cleans/arm, 12 rows/arm. 6 rounds in total. 11’s: American hammers, weighted WWII’s. Only had time for about half. Numbers,…
4 gentlemen of SOJ met in the gloom to sling some iron around and 1 reluctantly joined since no other runners posted to keep him company. Carry said iron around to the back of the school in various holds. Brief warm up before the quintuple check – Timer runs to the playground for 5 pulls ups – others do presses, around the world, plank pull through, and goblet squats. Stopped at 3 rounds to have more time for other fun stuff. More carries to the bus loop – slow rows, slow presses, and maybe something else. More carrying to the…