11.18.19 – Back to the Basics

After a hiatus due to illness and 2.0 duties, Noodles stepped back into Q mode for today’s Ruck Club. 3 PAX posted for an Archive mile ruck and PT along the way. Basic workouts included some oldies but goodies.

WoR: Abe Vigodas x20, Ballerina Toe Squats x15

Thang: Moseyed along Archive mile w/ Noodles on Q. Performed the following exercises at stations along the route:

Exercise #1 – Thrusters x25 – OYO

Exercise #2 – Merkins x25 – In Cadence

Exercise #3 – Squats x50 – OYO

Exercise #4 – Ruck Pulls x25 – OYO

Exercise #5 – American Hammers – x25 – OYO

Exercise #6 – Get Ups – x10 each arm – OYO

Ended the morning w/ a sprint up Hoffa and closed w/ Side Straddle Hops x30. Total mileage – 1.5 miles.

CoR/NoR: Archive, Banks, Noodles (QIC)

CoT: Prayers for motivation to start and end our week right. Praying for guidance, direction and revelation of God’s path in our lives w/ regards to our careers. Submit to our selfish desires and be reminded of God’s mission according to the gifts he’s given us to serve others.

11.16.19 — Circuit Breaker

4 PAX (Banks, Hot Box, Gummi Bear, and Crunch) posted in a now typically chilly day with a promise to that work and warmth was on the horizon. We dusted off some old reliable standards and got some new stuff to add to our core routines.

Warm O Rama:

  • Motivators ICx7

Thang #1: 

  • The Murph (almost)
    • 1 mile
    • 20 min AMRAP circuit (aim for 20 sets)
      • 5 Pull-ups
      • 10 Merkins
      • 15 Squats
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Thang #2:

  • The Cora (aka, “Core” Dora) (Partner exercise)
    • Shoulder Taps ICx100
    • Pickle Pointers (aka, Glute Bridges) x200
    • LBCs x300

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5MoM:

  • Ol’ Ironsides (Boat/Canoe + American Hammers ICx10)(x2)
  • Flutters ICx30

COR/NOR/COT: Prayers for the brothers travelling or otherwise unable to make it that day — prayers for incoming family this week and over the holidays, that they would be close, connected and able to draw near to one another and to the Lord.

11.14.2019 Threes Company

Hotbox, Banks and Gummibear posted.

The Thang;

We moseyed the Crunch mile (in honor of him) stopping at stations along the way:

Station #1: 10 pulls ups & 10 Aussie Pulls ups.

Station #2: 3 sets of the following: 100 jumping jacks, 25 squats (50 first round).

Station #3: Bars: monkey bars: 7 sets total

Station #4: Lunge from final bridge to Coupons

Station#5: 3 sets of: 10 coupon curls, 30 coupon presses

Station#6: Mosey up the hill: 3 sets: 25 sit ups, 25 heel touches.

Station#7: 3 sets: 10 pulls ups, 15 shoulder touches, 25 leg spreaders.

NOR/COT: Pray for year end that we would rely on God’s strength and get what needs to be done accomplished.

11.7.2019 On Your Own, All together Now.

5 pax posted; noodles, banks, hotbox, captain crunch, and gummibear.

Warm Up: Mosey to Coupons, Overhead Coupon Squats as we made our way over to the pull up bars.

Thang: As many Sets as Possible on your own prior to time expiring

10 pull ups

10 Hodors

10 reverse push ups

10 push ups

1 lap (running) around playground Hill

On average each of us completed about 3.6 rounds of each.

Cool Down: Jog over with coupons and return.

Quick abs by the flag:

I/C Leg Spreaders & Flutter Kicks (24 & 30 reps)

NOR/COT/Prayers

Prayers for Captain Crunch and Noodles and their respective families to be healed of colds.

11.11.19 – 11.11.1918 The “Armistice” Shuffle

6 PAX posted were not deterred by the beginnings of our Veteran’s Day snow-dump. For their valor against the fartsack on a blustery day in the Gloom they received a Ruck-Day inspired by Team RWB’s “Armistice” WOD.

The Set:

  • 11 Thrusters IC
  • 11 Burpees OYO
  • 19 Squats IC
  • 18 Lunges OYO

The Mileage:

Perform the set. Ruck 1.1 miles to the Wheaton North HS flag-pole, repeat the set, ruck 1.1 mi back to the shovel flag. Lotta shuffling.

  • 11 Ruck-Deadlifts IC

(Total Mileage: 2.4mi at a 4.8 mph pace! Way to get after it, men!)

COR/NOR/COT: Prayers for our Vets for community, encouragement, support and serving them as they have served and continue to serve us. — for health and support in Gummi Bear’s family (esp. M. and youngest) as they live and grow — for Noodles as he holds the line at home — all the brothers as we start a new week: strength, endurance, courage, leadership

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11.9.19 – Upper Body Blast

It was another beautiful day at AO Mastodon, and we had 8 PAX (Noodles, TBTF, Hotbox, Gummibear, Archive, Jazz Hands, Captain Crunch, Banks) show up for the promised upper body shredding. As an added bonus, the forecasted wind did not materialize, so with the sun shining thanks to daylight savings time, our PAX headed off for a beatdown in fantastic weather.

Warm-O-Rama: The Usual

  • 7x Motivators
  • 15x Tin Soldiers

Thang 1:

We started with a mosey through AO Mastodon completing the following exercises along the way:

  • Route 66 – Stop at each light post and complete 1 Burpee, increasing burpees at each light post until 11 are completed – 66 total burpees
  • Flat Tire – The PAX partnered up and performed a wheelbarrow followed by derkins in the following counts: 4 steps wheelbarrow, 1 Derkin; 8:2, 12:3,… finishing with 40 steps wheelbarrow and 10 Derkins. (This was definitely a challenge to complete and the PAX traded roles frequently)
  • Bataan Death March – Run in a line and the last PAX drops and does 5 Burpees, and then catches back up. We completed 1 round and finished at the C.O.O.T.I.E.S station (Shoutout to Captain Crunch for the naming rights)

Thang 2: Interval training

We completed sets of Pullups, Burpees, Merkins, & Dips. Starting at 5 reps each and increasing to 10 reps each in 2 minute intervals.

3 MOM

  • 20x LBC’s
  • 20x Oblique LBC’s to each side

COR/NOR/COT

Prayers for Jazz hands Mom on her upcoming surgery, his coworker, and for his knee to heal. Prayers for a strong week, and for TBTF to get good news about his job.

11.4 Will Battle Hero WOD and Ruck

6 PAX for a very un-gloomy Monday (Archive (QIC), Banks, Captain Crunch, Gummi Bear, Noodles, TBTF). Daylight savings got to Hotbox’s 2.0s….

No WOR- straight to the good stuff:
10 rounds each
-10 Ruck Squats
-10 American Ruck Twists
-10 Ruck Push-Ups
-10 Ruck High-Pulls

1 Mile Ruck, We overachieved and did 1.6 miles at a 12:31 pace…

COR COT- Prayers for sleep and a good start to the work week!

11.2.19 – They Came, They Saw, They Conquered

*They came* – 5 PAX in attendance (Captain Crunch, Archive, Hot Box, Banks, TBTF)

*They saw* – A fun filled hour of physical achievement. We utilized the jogging paths starting out on the Archive mile and then worked our way around the inner loop (not sure if that route is named after anyone yet). The structure of the workout was to do a 2 minute light jog then stop and do 2 minutes AMRAP of a specified exercise and ending each stop with 5 burpees. Also if we were to pass anyone on the path we were to stop and do 10 mountain climbers. This only happened twice and it was the same person both times (she was just jogging the same route we were but in reverse)

The routine looked like this:

2 minute slow jog – Warmup – Motivators x7, Tin Soldiers x20

2 minute slow jog – Merkins (AMRAP in 2 minutes), Burpees x5 (We forgot the burpees on this set:))

2 minute slow jog – Squats (AMRAP in 2 minutes), Burpees x5 (We forgot the burpees on this set too :))

2 minute slow jog – Sprints (sprint distance/jog back) x3, Burpees x5

2 minute slow jog – Heavily Modified Bruce Lee Routine – We did 6 moves (listed below) x 30 seconds each (superset) x 2 sets (30 seconds rest between sets), Burpees x5

1 – American Hammers

2 – Leg Raises

3 – LBCs

4 – Heel Touches

5 – Crunchy Frogs

6 – 100’s

2 minute slow jog – Merkins (AMRAP in 2 minutes), Burpees x5

2 minute slow jog – Squats (AMRAP in 2 minutes), Burpees x5

2 minute slow jog – Sprints (sprint distance/jog back) x2, Boo-urpees x5 <– Shout out to @Noodles

We then moseyed back to the flag.

*They conquered* – Everything they saw! Great job gentlemen!

CoT:

Prayers for Jazz Hands that his knee feels better and doesn’t linger, safe travels for Gummi Bear and family (includes honorary PAX Gummi Worm), and that we be present and contributing at home.

10.31.19 – The Walking Dead

Excitement was brewing leading up to Noodles’ Halloween BC workout. Either too many emojis or too many mind games. Either way, 7 PAX posted at AO-Mastodon for a workout meant to raise the DEAD!

WoR: Frankensteins x20, Batwings x10 (3 count – Forward Arm Circles, Backward Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps), Webbecides (Suicides adding +1 Merkin at each line – total 78 Merkins)

Thang #1 – Body Snatchers (Coupons = Corpses) 2 sets

In sequence – Corpse Presses x30, Dead Lifts x30, Skullcrushers (Triceps – behind head to over head) x30 – Repeat x10 each exercise.

Thang #2 – Zombie Hill AKA Hoffa

Zombie Crawl uphill x3. Perform the following exercise at top of the hill on each round.

Round #1 – Crucible Merkins x20 (wide merkin, hands 90 degree to the side)

Round #2 – Dying Cockroach (4 count – Lying down, legs up, hands up and hold 4 count = 1)

Round #3 – BOO-Urpees (classic adding an extra step prior to overhead clap, cover face and yell “BOO” on overhead clap).

NoR: Captain Crunch, Gummi Bear, Archive, Hotbox, Banks, TBTF, Noodles (QIC).

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CoT: Archive – Prayers for continued motivation and direction as he continues his job search, provision for his family. Gummi Bear – Prayers for safe travels to Minnesota in celebration of his wife’s grandfather, turning 90. Noodles – Praise report for 2.0 gaining 1.6 lbs, continued prayers for 2.0 health, rest and patience.

10.28.19 — Every Ruck Day Shufflin’

With a new appreciation for just how warm 40 degrees is, 5 PAX (Noodles, Gummi Bear, Too Big To Fail, Archive, Crunch(QIC)) posted in the Gloom for another Ruck Day. This time it was two quick laps around followed by a little PT circuit to finish out the time.

Warm-o-Rama:

  • Mountain Man Poopers IC x 10 (we miss you, Banks!)
  • Imperial Walkers IC x 20

The Shuffle:

  • 1.75 miles in 21 minutes flat for a solid 12:00 mile-time (5mph)

The Team Spartan ruck circuit:

1 PAX each on the following exercises, rotate when the hill runner returns:

  • Hill Run + 10 ruck-pushups
  • Thrusters
  • High Pull / Ruck Swings
  • Plank Pull-through
  • Ruck Lunges

COR/NOR/COT: Prayers for Noodles’ family and their rest (praise for breaking the 4 hour mark on sleeping!) — for Archive and the long wait to hear back from the hiring process — for focus, discipline and character for the week ahead.