Taking some advice from the Northshore’s Turbo regarding this months ISI Challenge, YHC sent out a mission today for 5 sets of 1 minute Al Gore and 1 minute Mission Impossible. When Amnesty texted me this morning that the hammy was going to keep him from his scheduled Q, I decided to work in the ISI challenge as a substitue – with one minor enhancement.
Warm-up
The first thing we had to do was mosey to the Foundry, which may be half a mile. Rudy was obviously itching to get out and run. For one, he showed up on a Wednesday. For two, he took off for the Foundry like a bat out of hell. During his hiatus he must have forgotten our motto of “No Man Left Behind,” as he proceeded to break that rule x 6.
Once we got to the Foundry, we proceeded with some standard warm-up fare. YHC tried to structure it so we were getting into plank and back up every other exercise. I figure people like that. I also switched to a Red Bull cadence after 10 reps of most exercises. This sufficiently worried the pax when I started doing windmills (aka Hammy Poppers)
- SSH (IC) x 25
- Mountain Climbers (IC) x 25
- Imperial Walkers (IC) x 25
- Peter Parkers (IC) x 25
- Hammy Poppers (in honor of our fallen Q and IC) x 10
- Parker Peters (IC) x 25
- Squats (IC) x 10 followed by Squat Pulses (IC) x 20
- Plank Jacks (IC) x 25
ISO Suckfest
Each set consisted of 1 minute of Al Gore, 1 minute of Mission Impossible, and 1 minute of Bernie Sanders (90 degree pull-up hold – hang in there as long as you can.) There were 15 seconds between exercises for transitioning. We did 5 sets.
From there we took the long way back to the track and did 1 bear crawl across the field (a little over 50 yards). We finished our short time at the track with 15 burpees and headed back to the flag (on time mind you), where we enjoyed a COT.
Moleskin
- Normally when you bear crawl a long distance you inevitably have a few guys getting up several yards short of the end and walking the last bit. Not today. These men saw the bear crawl all the way through. Very impressed with our group today.
- I’m used to a lot of noise like grunting and heavy breathing, etc. As you may have noticed, JV has been to over 200 workouts this year. However, JV is a Birdcage man, so he was no where near the Foundry. T-claps to the Pax for pushing through even when it meant making some noise to get it done.
- We fell well short of my 100 burpee standard. I’ll do better next time.
- I would much rather be moving forward than holding a position.
- Al Gore I can handle, but not Bernie Sanders. In the beginning I could stand about 40 seconds of Sanders, by the end, I could barely take 10 seconds. I should probably get to know him better.
