Category: The Ballroom

Super 7 and a Burpee Mile

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WARMUP: extended warmup with the usual suspects
THE THANG: mosey to the back wall of the school for some wall sits/exercises. Then to the track for the Burpee Mile= stop at 3 spots along the track & do 3 then 6 then 9 Burpees. Rinse & Repeat for 4 loops. Stole idea from . #crowdpleaser
Finished up with Jack Webb
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jaeger, Amrap 4 Autism
COT: great reminder from to reach out to a Pax that you may not have seen in a while.

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Total respect

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Since we are all respectable and it was raining we stayed dry under the awning.

WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan night clubs, overhead claps, windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers. Mosey around the big circle
THE THANG: One minute of 3 exercises with a lap between 6 exercises. Sets of 10 each for 1 minute. Burpees, SSH, overhead claps rest, hello dolly, dips, monkey humpers-run- plank jax, Amer hammers, squat jumps, rest, seal jax, flutters, lunges-run- CDD, mtn climbers, LBCs, rest, squats, merkins, SSH – run. Repeat until 5 min left
MARY: flutters, hello dolly, LBCs, gas pumpers, Amer hammers, weezy Jeff, Freddy mercs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: litter pickup 4/27
COT: prayers.

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Choose not to cheat 2.0

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In preparation for my Q at Ballroom, YHC reviewed a previous backblast from 2018 where the theme was choosing not to cheat based on a book by Andy Stanley. In that workout, we discussed the idea of decision making and cheating based on prioritization.

YHC still suffers from poor decision making in spite of the clear model that Concentrica offers. It’s a life long battle that I need my faith and accountability from this group to support me in making improvements.

In keeping the same theme, the Pax were challenged not to cheat on the workout today with good form and group accountability.

The Thang

Mosey to football field

COP

SSH
Windmills
IW
CDD
MMC

Mosey to 50 yard line for a burpee starfish

Burpee ladder in the middle from 2-10 with exercises in the corners including:
Merkins
Mountain climbers
Squats
Bombjacks

in cadence

Ab Suicide

Starting from the end zone running 10 yards each time doing the following

5 Big Boys
10 Flutters
15 Freddy
20 hello dolly
25 LBCs

Finish with 5 burpees for preparation for the day

Mosey back to the flag

COT

Lots of prayers and praises
Reminder to pray, to be grateful and to breathe during stress

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It was a solo

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YHC found himself alone at the site.
Started with a mosey to warm up, with three rounds around the parking area.

Got back to the shovel flag location for 100 each of the below.
100 LBCs
100 Calf Raises
100 Arm Raises
100 Squats
100 Carolina Dry Docks
100 Lunges
100 Mountain Climbers
100 Skipping Without Rope
100 Shoulder Taps
100 Freddie Mercury
100 Merkins
100 Monkey Humpers

Prayers

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Moderate Mobility

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WARMUP: yes, of course!

THE THANG: carry a sandbag from Clickbait’s collection while partner does some exercises.
Also did a cumulative merkin & squat series parking space to parking space

MARY: flutter and side plank

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter. There’s a link on the homepage

COT: prayers for aging parents

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The Waltz

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WARMUP:
Ran to field
SSH
Windmill
Merkins
Squats
Shoulder taps
Down dog
Honeymooner

THE THANG:
Run to 10, nur back to goal
10 flying squirrels
Run to 20, nur back to goal
10 merkins
….stopping at every 10 yrd line
Insert whatever exercise you want, but end with 10 more flying squirrels

Ran back out to back of gym for the following:
Rd 1 – 10 step ups each leg
Run to top of hill
Rd 2 – 10 step ups, 10 Mike Tyson’s
Run to top of hill
Rd 3 – same as rd 2 + 10 dirty Myrtles
Run to top of hill
Rd 4
10 big boys, flutters, incline merkins
Run to top of hill

Bear crawl to COT and end with Airborne special hip exercises.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Little of this, little of that

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WARMUP: mossy to football field for COP (gates locked so couldn’t get into field), wish @shield was there to let us in.
THE THANG: mossy to basketball courts for 7 rounds of Crab Cakes special Rugby Sprints, 3 rounds of suicides with various merkins and squats. Mossy to gym doors for some Mary and 3 sets of dips and step ups on benches. Mossy to COT
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Fuzzy balls and random things

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WARMUP: we had 3 track runners and 3 boot campers…so the runners ran away. SSH right out of the gate, merkins, low slow squats, maybe a burpee…sadly didn’t write down the warmup and I don’t remember but it was cold – I remember that part…and we ran away trying to get warm.
THE THANG: pearls on a string was the jam.
5 burpee, run. Saw some benches so did 10 step ups (or 20 if you’re Twister) and 10 dips…then saw a random fence with a swing and a ball and junk inside the locked gate – weird.

10 bomb jacks to go with 5 burpees…more running to other school where twister had to make a pit stop. So Sugar and YHC did more dips on the curb and then added 15 gorilla jumps (squat jump but you touch the ground with your hand), then the 10 BJ, then 5 burpees….more running.

Back of school added 20 merkins, then 15, 10, 5. Ran back up to middle school by the gym and found more benches for step ups and dips – 10 each. Then did 25 LBCs, 20-5 of the above exercises.

Ran down the cool bridge tunnel thing to the field for 20 flutters – and all the above. Saw our friends running so joined them for a lap.

15 hammers once we left the field and cross the bridge – and then all the above. Then ran back to COT.
MARY: quick round robin of Mary where Twister was happy his infamous gas pumpers got to be called out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: most definitely
COT: cmon man

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Balls (as in Coors Light party balls) Room

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I warned a select group that we would be “running”, in fact, I called it speed(ish) training. As we arrived and the wind was whipping through, I realized “sprints” on the football field were not in the cards for this young crowd.

On to plan B

Mosey around the school and down towards the gym, too cold, back up the hill, we tucked ourselves in against the building and did our token warm ups, I’m sure they were spectacular.

Mosey on down to the other school (less windy).

We did some exercises and ran a bunch, some bear crawl, lots of squats, a few merkins. Ran some more. Calf raises. Ran some more.

Then came the Burpees, both of them, a total of 12 for the group, a few were questionable, Re: form. Claps were completed on 50% of them.

When you Q and it is cold out, keep the PAX warm, running would be the preference, as opposed to constant hugging, but you do you.

we logged 2.67 miles, officially, that is 3-ish or “3” depending on your math skills.

Chatter was had, primarily topics were Black Label, Stroh’s, Coors Light Party Balls, Schlitz, Old Milwaukee, Meister Brau, PBR (was it always a craft beer?), Red, White & Blue, etc, etc.

Short Sale was a SC, but showed
Twister did not, some BS about “getting miles”
Consul did not even pretend he was on the invited text group
DOJO ran with Bass
Bass led the pack
Anchorman did the work after realizing this was not SlowBurn
Boogie Down is a stellar site Q

I heard it, and can’t unhear it … my Q was referred to as “a black diamond for old guys”

I appreciate the fill-in opportunity … or maybe … thanks for asking, if I came to mind in the top 10, I’m doing good.

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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8 Guys at the Ballroom

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WARMUP:
Mosey to the backlot, line up and do some walk stretches: knees to chest, toy soldiers, arm circles, and lunge twists.

THE THANG:
Mosey to the side of the school for COP (all in cadence):
SSH x 20, windmill x 10, merkin x 10, squat x 20, Imperial/Hillbilly walker x 10 x 2, Carolina dry dock x 10, Rosalita x 15, Boat/Canoe x 5, Downward/Upward dog, Cat/Cow.
Mosey to the entrance to the steel bridge and partner up: Inchworm/merkin 3/4 of the length of the bridge, mosey to the opposite end. Lunge walk/squat the full length back to the start.
Classic Jack Webb: 1:4 to 10 merkins

MARY:
Freddie Merc x 15, Hello Dolly x 15, LBC x 15, Box cutter x 10. Finish up with Body Destroyer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dam to Damn Bar this Saturday. Amor Artis fundraiser tonight for one their employees. Read your newsletter

COT:
Prayers for Airborne’s family

NMM:
YHC is coming off of a 2 week illness and was thankful to be well enough to Q today. The workout was truly moderate which provided ample opportunity for mumble chatter and the Pax didn’t disappoint. It’s always a good time with these guys and perfect F3 weather this morning was icing on the cake. @CakeBoss and @BarryManilow rolled in from their run at exactly the right time. Well done, gentlemen! Thanks for the Q spot, @Boogie!

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