Conditions: 50 and clear with no pollen stirring yet. 3 pax gathered in the gloom for a real Amble run. YHC unveiled a new classic route: the Shandon/Old Shandon Zipper (SOS Zipper) in an effort at unity between Old and New. Leaving from Earth Fare, we headed down Ott and right onto Duncan, right on …
Conditions: Crisp, cool (51) and clear fall morning 4 pax gathered in the gloom to run on a perfect fall morning. With safety at the top of the list, all pax had running lights and (per Snowden) stayed with safe left turns. Pax completed route options between 3.6 and 4.5 miles. Schweddy ran the route …
8+ (mostly) regular SCORE pax met in the gloom at Club Carlisle for some work on an overcast 64 degree morning. After the required warm-up exercises (24 SSH, LBAC rotation, and 26 Imperial Walkers), the pax moseyed to the corner of Daly and Michigan and lunge walked down Michigan for various distances due the the …
7 pax met in the gloom at Club Carlisle to start the beatdown. 1 fashionably latecomer joined in the fun. Beautiful 55 degree fall morning Nails started the fun with the always popular SSH x 25, IW x 25 and a medley of LBAC and OH Claps x 20 each. A short mosey, short Lunge …
Conditions-Perfect Running Weather-54, clear skies, pollen not as bad as it could be. 4 Amblers left the Earth Fare down Devine and left onto Holly Street. Holly to the end and around to Bonham then Ott, uphill all the way back and 5 finished up at Earth Fare. COT and BOM at safe social distance.
Conditions: 45 and no rain. Great running weather 9 pax came together in the gloom to get the week started off strong with the classic Amble route-The Zipper (best route ever); a 4.4 mile mostly flat route with almost no cars and very modifiable. Only 1 pax (YHC) got off route and all finished. Kotters …
Conditions- 27 and breezy Always good to be back in the Midlands and lead the SCORE guys. Given the below freezing temps and breeze, YHC put a priority on keeping the Pax warm, so we started with 30 SSH, then moseyed a few yards and started a ladder of exercises, all in cadence 30 SSH …
Beautiful Fall morning in Columbia- only 75 degrees and 90% humidity! 9 pax gathered in the gloom to take on the High Intensity Interval Training developed by Dr. Tabata. These workouts consist of a 4 minute sequence of 1 exercise, performed for 20 seconds with a 10 second rest, repeated 8 times for the 4 …
4 pax ventured into the hot, muggy morning at Crayton Middle School, weekday home of Swamp Fox for a YHC Birthday party and YHC brought presents for everybody. Based on the mumblechatter, the pax really enjoyed their presents Conditions: a cool 75 degrees with max humidity. The Thang: 3 sets, each set was 15 reps …
Conditions – 74 degrees and humid, a preview of summer mornings The Thang – The Zipper, an long time staple in the Amble Route playbook; easily modifiable up to about 4.5 miles; quiet neighborhood run with minimal traffic, sneaky hill work near the end and YHC’s favorite route. 7 pax gathered on a warmish morning …
5 pax ventured into a lovely springtime gloom with 56 degrees and only 85% humidity to join the Q for a taste of mountain life. Pax went on a 1 mile Heathwood tour with 8 stops. At each stop, pax completed the following: 10 Mountain Climers 20 yard Bear Crawl (or Lunge walk with a …
7 pax beat the Fartsack and posted on a cloudy 40 degree morning for a SCORE beatdown at the Mothership. After a short mosey to the Betty, the pax was joined by Dr Izumi Tabata. (google it). 4 minutes per exercise-20 seconds work-10 seconds rest. Pax completed: SSH Squats Mosey to corner Imperial walkers Plank …
7 pax braved the chilly (42 degrees) gloom to get better at SCORE. Moseyed to the courtyard at the back of the school and started with SSH x29. The Q then broke the F# Workout Deck, following Rule #1-There are no rules. The workout deck has 52 different exercises, broken down by Core, Cardio, Legs, …
13 started out for The Famous Zipper tour back and forth on the streets of Heathwood on a beautiful fall (57 degree) morning and 15 finished. Great start to a week of celebration of our abundance. Kotters to Pretty Boy and Cheddar both returning from injuries.
Conditions: 73, cloudy and HUMID; just another beautiful Columbia spring morning. The Thang: Bowing to the extreme pax pressure from prior Q’s, YHC wanted to lead a SCORE workout with #AlmostNOrunning but still high intensity and good, continuous heart-rate elevation. Dr. Tabata had the prescription: Only 8 exercises with minmal running (.6 miles total). Each …
4 pax gathered on this HUMID Saturday morning to #getbetter. Kotters to Hooker and Rated R. Not often you get to do a Rated R workout with Hooker PreNup started the pax and the group finished with a bunch of good work including a modified Murph to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. #Workwasdone, the …
8 pax gathered for a muggy 71 degree 60 minute SCOREPile workout. We got in some running (2.7 miles) and lots of exercises at the 15 pain stations throughout the Heathwood tour of neighborhood pax. Joined at 1 location by Pinky (Rivet’s pre-teen daughter). She complained a lot less than the the adult males! We …
8 pax gathered in the warm and muggy gloom to #getbetter. YHC planned for a nice and easy workout focused on keeping a good heart rate going. Short mosey for a little warm-up – SSH x 35 then a short mosey to the new porta-potty for a sequence of 5 burpees (OYO), 5 8-count merkins …
8 or 9 pax braved the weather ( a lovely 71 with no clouds) for a blast from the past Out and Back route down and then up, up, up Kilbourne Hill with runs from 2 (YHC) – 4,2 miles. Feels good to be back with the Amble pax after a 3-4 month stint on …
Still Collectively Opposed to Running Exercises, AKA-SCORE pax had a taste of a No Running workout and still had a high level of mumblechatter. What’s up with that? Conditions: Maybe the nicest/warmest morning this year – 67 and a little windy The Thang: Since we didn’t run, we had a Tabata Thursday and got some …
Conditions: 60ish, breezy with some drizzle. Just another hot and humid morning in Columbia 9 Pax enjoyed the early winter thaw to #getbetter. The Thang: Tabatas with a new twist. Instead of doing 1 exercise for 4 minutes in a 20 second exercise, 10 second rest sequence, we did a different exercise for each 20 …
4 pax braved the cool temps (30 and Sunny at game time) and the Nails Q to get better and celebrate the return of Boris. Excuses ranged from Work to golf to just plain fartsacking. Really?? In honor of Boris’ return from a 3 month #vacation, YHC hoped he got a good workout: The Thang: …
Conditions: 58 and clear skies. Perfect morning for BLIMPS spotting The Thang: After a brief OYO pre-warm-up, pax chose to run more than less, so we mosey’ed up Adger to Cassina and started the BLIMPS (1.0), then up Cassina to Albion for BLIMPS (2.1), on to Albion and Deveraux for BLIMPS (3.0), on to Albion …
Conditions: Fall-like cloudy & 65 with a slight mist The Thang: 7 pax converged on a fall-like morning tour of the Heathwood neighborhood. We headed out of the parking lot and up Adger to Cassina for the 1st pain station: 10 Mercans-OYO 20 LBC-OYO 25 Flutter kicks – IC 30 LBAC – 15 forward, 15 …
Conditions: Perfect 62 degrees, clear skies, lots of stars, and a full moon The Thang: Warm-up by RipCord including SSH, Mercans, Flutters, Mountain Climbers and several stretches. The Pax was then ready for the main event-Dr. Tabata’s favorite High Intensity Interval Training (each exercise is performed as follows- 4 minutes total, 20 seconds AMRAP, 10 …
Conditions: 73 and warmish The Thang: When YHC is the Amble Q chances are pretty good The Zipper will be the route. #The Zipper is a good, fairly flat and flexible route. It never gets too far away from the AO but can be modified for a run distance of anywhere from 1 mile to …
Conditions: 69 degrees and dark The Thang: Mosey to the cage to pick up blocks and assemble on the goal line. Modified BLIMPS (MLIMPS?) : 8-count Manmakers x 5 Lunge Walk down the field x 10 each leg Imperial Walkers IC x 15, then mosey about 20 yards Merkins OYO x 20, then mosey to …
7 pax assembled for what had been advertised as an “easy” workout because YHC would be bringing a “kotter” pax. He was a no-show, but we pushed on anyway. Conditions: 71 with a intermittent drizzle and lots of humidity The Thang: COP- All IC SSH x 15 Windmills X 17 Through the Tunnel X 12 …
10 Pax gathered in the warming, muggy gloom for another “easy” #SCORE beatdown. The Thang: Most In Cadence. SSH (#Sledspeed) x 25 BLIMPS= Burpees X5 OYO Lunges x10 (each leg) OYO Imperial Walkers x 15 Mercans x20 OYO Plank Jacks x 25 Squats x 30 Tabatas (4 minutes each exercise-20 seconds with 10 second rest=8 …
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7 pax attacked triple digit humidity and broke all the rules for SCORE. Rain would have lowered the humidity The Thang: COP at the shovel flag – SSH x30 then mosey off campus to Adger & Cassina for Squats x 30 then mosey to Adger and Deveraux for Imperial Walkers x 25 then mosey to …
3 Pax braved the harsh elements (70 degrees, 170% humidity) for KB Beatdown and embarked on a modified Tabata KB workout. The Tabata High Intensity Workout is doing 1 exercise, AMRAP, for 20 seconds, then 10 seconds of rest, then continue for 8 sets or a total of 4 minutes. Each set is followed by …
8 pax for Brickpile and SCORE came together for a pre-Memorial Day workout. Conditions: Perfect Spring Saturday morning The Thang: Meet at the rocks and slow mosey to Heathwood Park Not very SCORE-like but it was short and slow. At Heathwood Park, the pax circled around a playground and executed The Murph (with modifications as …
Amble celebrated it’s 4th anniversary last week so it was only fitting to go to one of the original, out and back, modifiable routes-the ever popular Kilbourne out and back! The Conditions: Humidity was a preview of July and August… The route: leave Dreher, up Adger, right on Deveraux, left on Kilbourne. All the way …