AO: backblasts Q: Alan Hockenjos (Walden) PAX: JM ROONEY (GROVER), Patrick Chow (Black Hole) FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Thanksgiving themed warm-up Turkey wings (arm circle arms, pretzels,seal and overhead claps), cranberry pickers, march of the wooden soldiers, Finkle leg swings, Heismans, side straddle turkey hops. All X10 THE THANG: Turkey Merkin day. Breast andContinue reading “Happy Merkinsgiving! @theSwamp”
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Getting ready for Thanksgiving
AO: ao-the-big-house Q: Sachin Kulkarni (Scoop) PAX: Klondike, Adri Tolstrup (Pharaoh), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), Dick Clark, Leif Bergman (Yahtzee) FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: 12 SSH 12 Imperial Walkers 12 Windmills 12 Arm Circles forward/12 backwards 12 Weedpickers THE THANG: Thang 1 – Walls of Jericho 7 rounds of: 7 coupon curls 7 MerkinContinue reading “Getting ready for Thanksgiving”
Yacht Club. Mario and Luigi!
AO: backblasts Q: Marc Rubenstein (ScarU) , Sunny The Machine Sehgal PAX: Sunny The Machine Sehgal FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: none THE THANG: Ruck 3 mi MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bear sighting in Mercer County Park :bear:, train for Solstice Ruck, Movember, Scrambled, Merkins COT: No man left behind
G.O.B.B.L.E P.I.E
AO: ao-the-rising Q: Matt Hopkins (Brisket) PAX: Sunny The Machine Sehgal, Morpheus FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP Turkey Jacks – Jumping jacks while flapping elbows like wings. Pilgrim Squats – Air squats with a pause on the down to give thanks. Harvest Hillbillies Gravy Stirrers – Big arm circles forward and backward. Turkey Trots –Continue reading “G.O.B.B.L.E P.I.E”
DayWOD-atTheAnchor-2025-11-22
AO: ao-the-anchor Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: Alan Hockenjos (Walden) FNGs: None COUNT: 2 Conditions: 47 deg and tapering rain WARMUP: BatWings, IW, squat – all IC x 10 THE THANG: the date 11’s w burpees and SSH’s (=55 reps) 22’s w merkins and squats (=231 reps) Attempted 25’s w foxholes and LBC’s butContinue reading “DayWOD-atTheAnchor-2025-11-22”
Movember Mosey Around Princeton
AO: backblasts Q: Marc Rubenstein (ScarU) PAX: Klondike, Nathan Arrington (Apollo), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), Wayne Frost (Takedown), beater, Ryan Kingsbury (Scrubbing Bubbles), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Sachin Kulkarni (Scoop), Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth), 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 10 WARMUP: Cardinal cherry pickers, windmills, calf stetches THE THANG Thang 1 Its Movember! Move Obama 4 bearContinue reading “Movember Mosey Around Princeton”
YAMM! (Yet another Merkin Monday)
AO: ao-the-swamp Q: Matt Hopkins (Brisket) PAX: Patrick Chow (Black Hole), Alan Hockenjos (Walden), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Paul Harrison (Launchpad), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis) FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Had a great time working out with the HIMs of the Swamp! Excellent meeting Launchpad and getting to do a Lunge Act with Dos for the firstContinue reading “YAMM! (Yet another Merkin Monday)”
Sunday ruck-run
AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth), Fred Kelly (Grassy Knoll), Brian Huang (Zelda), Slugger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: 50 minutes on the track either running and/or rucking MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: keep rucking! COT: thankful for mutual support
Death by Skinny Runner Anchor edition @theAnchor
AO: backblasts Q: Alan Hockenjos (Walden) PAX: Nick Behmke (Watson), Harjot Pannu (Cruiser), The Mentor, NightWalker FNGs: None COUNT: 5 IPC 22‘ inspired workout. WARMUP: arm circle, circle arms, windmills, tappy taps, imperial walkers, ssh x10 THE THANG: AmHams & Squats 25 x 2 Jump ropes x50 Run a loop Hello Dollie’s & burpees 25Continue reading “Death by Skinny Runner Anchor edition @theAnchor”
DayWOD-atTheBigHouse-2025-11-15
AO: ao-the-big-house Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), M B (F3 Aviator), Hitchcock (Randy Sherman), Justin Taffer (Sandtrap), beater, Uday Jain (WallE), Klondike, Sherlock, Slugger, Wingman FNGs: None COUNT: 12 Conditions: 32 deg WARMUP: 💪⭕️, ⭕️ 💪, IW, squat, windmill IC x 10 THE THANG: the date 11’sContinue reading “DayWOD-atTheBigHouse-2025-11-15”