One around the stadium, Jeeves, with FNG

AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: Hitchcock (Randy Sherman), MIGUEL SALINAS (Cool Breeze), Aaron Bennett nickname pending FNGs: 1 Aaron Bennett nickname pending COUNT: 4 WARMUP: standing stretches THE THANG: it’s around those stadium stairs! MARY: none! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Burlington Garden party Sunday afternoon, see Dick Clark for details COT: thankful for new guys!

LXX at The Rising

AO: backblasts Q: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis) PAX: Marc Rubenstein (ScarU), Aryaman Kulkarni (MasterChef), Matt Hopkins (Brisket), Fred Kelly (Grassy Knoll), @bobramani62 – Unicorn, @divesh – Superfly FNGs: 2 @bobramani62 – Unicorn, @divesh – Superfly COUNT: 7 Welcome. DiCCS (Disclaimer, Cell Phone present, CPR trained person present, safety; Crossing the roadways in the park) MissionContinue reading “LXX at The Rising”

LXX at The Swamp

AO: backblasts Q: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis) PAX: Patrick Chow (Black Hole), Dustin Crosby (Kolisi), Switchblade (Jack C.), Ryan K. (Scrubbing Bubbles), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Alan Hockenjos (Walden) FNGs: None COUNT: 7 LXX at The Swamp Welcome. DiCCS (Disclaimer, Cell phone present? CPR Certified PAX present? Safety) Mission 5 Core Principles Credo = WARMUP: InvisibleContinue reading “LXX at The Swamp”

Stadium walkers, ruckers, and runners

AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: Ritesh Mitra (Munchies), Barry Brown (Striper), MIGUEL SALINAS (Cool Breeze), Subramanian Triprayar (F1), Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth), Slide FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: standing stretches THE THANG: 45 minutes of walking, rucking, or running—we had at least two of each! MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sunday June 8: The Mentor from BurlingtonContinue reading “Stadium walkers, ruckers, and runners”

Wind-driven Anchor Beatdown

AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: seighaomuso, Nightwalker, Location-Location-Location FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: DC stretches THE THANG: Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC. Chumbaburpees, 1round. Mosey a lap EMOM: 10 merkins, 10 squats, 15 curls. MARY: no time! ANNOUNCEMENTS: **NEW: Burlington, Sun June 8: afternoon lawn party at Mentor’s community center. Farmer’s marketContinue reading “Wind-driven Anchor Beatdown”

LXX

AO: backblasts Q: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis) PAX: Uday Jain (WallE), Alex (Spine) Englert, MIGUEL SALINAS (Cool Breeze), beater, Klondike, Slide FNGs: 1 Slide COUNT: 7 LXX Welcome. DiCCS (Disclaimer, Cell phone present? CPR Certified PAX present? Safety) Mission 5 Core Principles Credo = WARMUP: Invisible Jump Rope (35) Side Straddle Hops (35) Abe VigodaContinue reading “LXX”

Oak Apple Day

AO: backblasts Q: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis) PAX: Sunny The Machine Sehgal, W. Jason Griffith F3 Risky Business, killbill FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Oak Apple Day Welcome. DiCCS (Disclaimer, Cell phone present? CPR Certified PAX present? Safety) Mission 5 Core Principles Credo Oak Apple Day, observed on May 29th, is a traditional English celebration markingContinue reading “Oak Apple Day”

Burlington block party

AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: Steven Squibb (Splinter), Night Walker FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: basic stretch THE THANG: three rounds of upper body with coupon: curls, overhead press, Alpo, Merkin, row, dips. First round normal speed, second round slow negative reps, third round was speed round. Short mosey MARY: Core exercises: flutters, legContinue reading “Burlington block party”

Stadium ruck, with pain stations!

AO: backblasts Q: Dick Clark PAX: Attila (Jeremy Stitts), MIGUEL SALINAS FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: standing stretches, with the ruck THE THANG: 35 minutes of rocking around the university campus, with two pain stations thrown in. Sets of squats, side lunges, hip abduction, calf raises. All with the ruck! MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: 6/21 beachContinue reading “Stadium ruck, with pain stations!”

Big House Sat!

AO: backblasts Q: Uday Jain (WallE) PAX: beater, Hitchcock (Randy Sherman), Dick Clark, Pharaoh, SandTrap FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: DC stretches THE THANG: Run to stadium track, do two rounds of 3 exercises (arm, leg, core), then run 1/4 mile, repeat with new exercises. Run Back to the Big House MARY: (built in! ANNOUNCEMENTS:Continue reading “Big House Sat!”