12 Rounds In The Ring

12 Rounds In The Ring

QIC: Van Gogh

Date: 05/09/2018

PAX: Cobra, BAM, Toe Tag, Full Nelson (WB), Light Brigade (WD), Poncho, Burns, Interference, Tuco, Closer, Bluto, Van Gogh (QIC)

12 Rounds In The Ring

QIC – Van Gogh

Date – 05/09/2018

PAX – Cobra, BAM, Toe Tag, Full Nelson (WB), Light Brigade (WD), Poncho, Burns, Interference, Tuco, Closer, Bluto, Van Gogh (QIC)

Having just watched some UFC fights recently, the theme of “Getting your bell rung” was in YHCs head, as it played well with the AO name. Upon searching through my music library, YHC got tired of looking up “Fight” related songs, so it quickly transformed into a “12 Rounds” Boxing type theme. It was meant to be as we ended up with 12 PAX total!

Warm-o-rama

• SSH x 16 IC
• Abe Vigoda x 8 IC
• Toy Soldiers x 16 IC
• IST x 16 IC

The Thang

• ROUND 1: Curls L/R x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpees x 4 between change over
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 2: Overhead Press L/R x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpees x 4 between change over
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 3: Clean and Press x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpee in between reps
        • Bear Crawl around Flag pole
• ROUND 4: Deadlift x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpee in between reps
        • Bear Crawl around Flag Pole
• ROUND 5: Lunge L/R x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpees x 4 between change over
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 6: Bentover Row L/R x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpees x 4 between change over
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 11: Bring Sally Up
  • • • • Started about 30 seconds in
        • Switch to squats after failure
• ROUND 7: Goblet Squat x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpee in between reps
        • Bear Crawl around Flag Pole
• ROUND 8: Kettlebell Swing x 12 OYO
  • • • • Burpee in between reps
        • Bear Crawl around Flag Pole
• ROUND 9: Tricep Press x 12 OYO (x2)
  • • • • Burpee x 4
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 10: Front Raises x 12 OYO (x2)
  • • • • Burpee x 4
        • Run a lap
• ROUND 12: Mary!

Mary

• LBCs x 12 IC
• Penguin Crunch x 12 IC
• Mutton Crunch L/R x 12 IC
• Cumberland County Viaducts x 12 IC
• American Hammer x 12 IC
• Freddy Merc x 12 IC

Playlist (Played on Shuffle):

• AC/DC – Thunderstruck
• Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
• Audioslave – Cochise
• Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right
• Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
• Dropkick Murphy’s – I’m Shipping Up To Boston
• Foo Fighters – My Hero
• Green Day – Hitchin’ A Ride
• Moby – Flower (Bring Sally Up)
• Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
• NEEDTOBREATHE – Brother
• Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now In The FIre
• Linkin Park – Bleed It Out
• Black Sabbath – Paranoid
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Saturday Night Special
• Stroke 9 – Kick Some Ass
  • Possibly a @VanGogh Theme Song? “But I’m really just a sensitive artist”

CoT

• A perfect 12 PAX for a 12 round themed beatdown, it was meant to be!
• Closer has Q at #UrbanAssualt – which he pointed out tends to skew younger – and declared we should come out to feel younger as well!
• Congrats to Boomerang on his engagement!
• YHC took us out giving thanks for the 1stF and 2ndF and lifted up the 3rdF to make us stronger physically, mentally and spiritually so that we may be better leaders in our community and to one another

NMM

• YHC showed up in a sleeveless shirt today… must be overdue on laundry! Could have worn something dirty though, as the smell of skunk was thick in the air upon arrival.
• YHC recorded a 1.5 miles, in between our 72 burpees and various reps.
• The idea was to suck the wind out of our lungs in between reps… YHC definitely felt it.
• @Cobra is growing a Mustache for the month of May that has great potential. The PAX gave him some grief over having it in a school zone. It might possibly be giving him strength, as he made it to the end of Bring Sally Up, and also busted out a @Hedwig like Bear Crawl at one point in the workout!
• @BAM kept the MC to a minimum this morning, but was kicking ass during #BringSallyUp making it to the end with some downward dog modifications.
• @Full Nelson was back! #Kotters Great to see him in the Gloom. When asked, he said he had no desire to be running things at Reagan… he’s too smart, and knows it’s better to influence things from the shadows. He will also be interning at the hospital this summer! #TClaps
• @ToeTag has been a busy man as of late, it was great to catch up a bit for the first time since he and @Poncho ran #SMR and YHC the #SpartanUltra.
• @Burns was repping his “Hit The Bricks” 2016 shirt from when he was a grad student. He’s a teacher at Reagan and told Full Nelson to keep an eye out for him (but not to use each others F3 Names).
• @LightBrigade was still riding high on his terrific VQ a few days ago. It seems the only thing that went wrong was his voice cracking. @Tuco provided comfort in saying that his still cracks during his cadence regularly. #Puberty
• @Interference showed no signs of being sore after TimeLaps this past weekend at NWWC. #TClaps to that whole team, and thanks for the push this morning!
• When the burpees kept coming, @Bluto brought up the topic of banishing YHC from Qing at #BNW again, which brought me great joy. A fist bump after CoT seems to mean that YHC can still Q again!
• I owe #Kobains to a few PAX, definitely @Closer, who seemed to be doing full burpees the entire time between for our between rep rounds. YHC’s intent was to have PAX do a partial burpee, replacing the jump with a rep on those moves… but failed to mention it. @Closer was doing them in full, and looking strong!

I wish this AO was closer… I’ll frequent more often in the summer when I don’t have to take the kids to school in the AM. Until next time, thanks for the keys and allowing me to lead such fine men, @Cobra!

– Van Gogh