π-day at TheSwamp 2024 edition

AO: ao-the-swamp Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: Harjot Pannu (Cruiser), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), David Sherry (Bucky), Dustin Crosby (Kolisi), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Uday Jain (WallE), Switchblade FNGs: None COUNT: 8 Conditions: 42 deg WARMUP: none THE THANG: a series of exercises where the number of reps is dictated by the numbers in π.Continue reading “π-day at TheSwamp 2024 edition”

Steppin up

AO: ao-the-big-house Q: beater PAX: Uday Jain (WallE), David Sherry (Bucky), Maverick FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: SSH, weedpickers, seal claps, OH claps, copperhead squat. Mosey to Blair Arch/Steps THE THANG: Partner up for Dora, subbing doing a movement up the stairs (33 total steps) instead of the usual run: Rd1: 400 cumulative steps, frogContinue reading “Steppin up”

Leap into the Swamp

AO: ao-the-swamp Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: David Sherry (Bucky), JM ROONEY (GROVER) FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Conditions: 30 and windy at times WARMUP: none THE THANG: adapted from Mountie’s 2020 leap day WO – 2 rounds of 29 reps of each exercise below. – Bear Crawl, squat, merkins (1st round hand-release, 2nd roundContinue reading “Leap into the Swamp”

HOWE Commons field trip at TheSwamp

AO: ao-the-swamp Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: David Sherry (Bucky), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Ryan K. (Scrubbing Bubbles), Uday Jain (WallE) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Conditions: 24 degrees WARMUP: Motivators from 10 THE THANG: 4 routines to Howe Commons and back H – Humpers – Rt 66 to Howe Commons O – Overhead press (10Continue reading “HOWE Commons field trip at TheSwamp”

Year of the Dragon at TheBigHouse

AO: ao-the-big-house Q: Patrick Chow (Black Hole) PAX: beater, Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), David Sherry (Bucky), Dick Clark, Harjot Pannu (Cruiser), Manish Bhansali (F3 – Aviator), Marc Rubenstein (ScarU), Ryan K. (Scrubbing Bubbles), Uday Jain (WallE), Jae Lee (Skynet), Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth) FNGs: None COUNT: 12 Conditions: 34 deg WARMUP: – Motivators from 10 Rt66Continue reading “Year of the Dragon at TheBigHouse”

Workin’ the (sand)bag

AO: backblasts Q: Ryan K. (Scrubbing Bubbles) PAX: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), Uday Jain (WallE), beater, JM ROONEY (GROVER), Dustin Crosby (Kolisi), Patrick Chow (Black Hole), David Sherry (Bucky), switchblade FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: SSH Arm circle / circle arms Weed pickers DC stretches Mosey ~500 m THE THANG: Round 1 Tabata-style workout withContinue reading “Workin’ the (sand)bag”

On the ropes for 16 rounds

AO: ao-the-swamp Q: beater PAX: Dustin Crosby (Kolisi), David Sherry (Bucky), Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), JM ROONEY (GROVER), Uday Jain (WallE), Patrick Chow (Black Hole), Switchblade FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: SSH, OH claps, arm pretzels, copperhead squats, weed pickers THE THANG: Tabata workout with a human timer manning the battle rope: Round 1: PaxContinue reading “On the ropes for 16 rounds”

[ao-the-swamp] The PAX Defroster

AO: ao-the-swamp Q: Ryan K. (Scrubbing Bubbles) PAX: Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis), JM ROONEY (GROVER), David Sherry (Bucky), beater, Patrick Chow (Black Hole) FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: SSH x 20 Bobby Hurley x 5 Arm Circle / Circle Arm x10 Tippy Tap x10 Thang 1 11’s with hard chargers and side plank merkins 1Continue reading “[ao-the-swamp] The PAX Defroster”