2 Minutes of Love (and Hate) at the Firehouse
AO: Firehouse
When: 2025-05-13
QIC: Macchio
PAX (8): Beanz, Better Call Saul, Dunshire, Fish Fingers, Hazmat, Lightweight, Macchio, Maybelline
Preamble:
This workout is inspired by the novel 1984, where the people wait for their 2 minutes a day to scream their hatred of the opposition party before returning to “loving” Big Brother. I’m not sure who technically created it, but I was happy to pass it along to PAX this morning.Warm-O-Rama:
Half lap mosey, followed by exercises. In order:
1. Side Straddle Hops
2. Weed Pickers
3. Abe Vigoda
4. Willie Mays Hayes (spelling uncertain)
5. Sun Gods
6. Michael Phelps on your own
The Thang:
2 minutes of Love (Hate) is a revised HIIT/tabata, where PAX go all-in on exercise for 2 minutes and are rewarded with a 1 minute break before rotating to the next exercise. The goal is muscle fatigue by working the same thing for 2 minutes straight - a very long time in the moment. Exercises were as follows:
1. White Collar Hands (using an agility ladder, move laterally in plank to either end and complete 10 merkins)
2. Big Boy Sit-ups
3. One-armed Rows
4. Goblin Squats
5. Rifle Carries (not Grocery Carries, as I learned)
6. Plank
7. Merkins
8. American Hammers (featuring my 20 lb ball named Olga)
9. Kettlebell Swings
10. Reverse Lunges
11. Stick of Doom (a delightful contraption consisting of a pipe and a weight attached to a string, where PAX rolls the weight up and down while extending their arms straight out)
12. Run a Lap!COT:
May 17th at the Storm will be a beatdown instead of the normal Ruck/Run.
Naked-Man Moleskin:
Many people are going through difficult times right now, but it’s never too difficult to reach out and find support if you need it.