The Ranch in Cadence!

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WARMUP: SSH, Stretches, Merks, Mosey, Squats, Walkers, Nightclubs, and some core work.
THE THANG: Ladder work w some cones that labeled the reps and exercise. We all started with BombJax at the bottom of the ladder and added one rep each Time we returned.
Moved to a WallSit with the pax jumping out of line to knock out some Merks.
Moved to a 4 set series of exercises with a mosey to the end of parking lot and back to break up the series.
MARY: 2 mins of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence for the 4th, Bethel Shelter each month, 3rd Qtr litter pick up coming soon, and res the newsletter.
COT: Prayers for aging family, marriages, summer travel, and F3.

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Balls and Burpees

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey behind the movie theatre
Run to each of the 8 parking spot sections and perform ascending reps (1-8) of the below exercises, then run back to beginning (~100 yards)
SSH
Merkins
Big boy sit ups
Squats

Mosey back to COT

PAX circle up, one PAX in middle. PAX in middle performs 8 sand ball over shoulder (100lb or 60lb scaled). PAX in middle calls out a burpee style for pax in circle to complete 8 reps. Options included navy seals, 180 turns, tuck jump, hand release, and more! 2nd time around 4 reps. Then 2. Then 1. 125 total burpees performed. 15 total ball tosses.
MARY: Abs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: pizza, bethel, sweaty Barry
COT: yes

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Juggernaut June-week 4

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WARMUP: trot over to starting line of track, and a bit of the old stretchy stretch

THE THANG: the impossible Mile: 1/4 mile each of Burpee Broad jumps, walking-lunges, bear-crawl, mosey.

Target was 60 minutes, we went a little over.

MARY: not today, pal… Though we might take our girls out tomorrow

ANNOUNCEMENTS: no, because we both read our newsletters.

COT: held informally, conversations about 2.0s mostly

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1 is the loneliest number but 3 makes a party

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WARMUP: slow mosey through parking lot stops at speed bumps for some exercise moves
THE THANG:
Band lot endzone line
Bear crawl 10 yards so 10 LBCs
Continue bear crawl ever 10 yards and do LBCs for yard marker 20,30,40,50

Mosey to end of lot and over to lacrosse practice field for Jacobs ladder
1 bombjack
6 big boy sit ups

Mosey to front of school for
3 rounds of
10 dips
10 step ups
10 bicycles (Freddy’s)

Mosey to driveway
Run to light pole 10 dying cockroaches
Repeat two more time for 3/30 total in cadence

Few dynamic exercises as we moseyed around school

At back of school hit some Derkins and Dips in honor of CSPAN :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
MARY: all along the way
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel serve 3rd of July
4th of July convergence
The Barry July 22

COT: right on time

“A cord of three strands is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12

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You Don’t Lick Them!

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4 runners: NASA, Double D, Sprocket, Cubbie
4 ruckers: BassOMatic, Fogarty, Crab Cakes, and THE Twister
WARMUP: Yes, mother nature warmed things up for us, a very swampy 78 deg start at 0515.
THE THANG:
The ruckers went off holding hands and singing camp songs, while the runners went to the lot between the football field and the school. It was partially under construction but still provided a 400m loop where we did pyramid Fartleks:
5 min easy warmup run, then hit the intervals:
2 min hard, 1 min off
3 min hard, 1 min off
4/1
5/2
Then back down
5/2, 4/1, 3/1, 2/1
Then a 3-4 min cool down run to COT, where the ruckers met us along the way there.
Everyone crushed it, even though it felt like we were running inside a steam sauna. Zero air movement too. We all left some water weight behind.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter and get involved!
COT: mentioned Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month again and had a brief discussion on that. Lifted up P&P.

Speed work is the way to becoming a better runner. It is not just for sprinters, and it does more than just improving your average run pace. Endurance, leg strength, lung capacity, VO2, aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, threshold limits, and more all benefit from speed work. Ideally it is done regularly in ones running plan, like monthly or bi monthly. You won’t expand your limits unless you push your limits.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG and Blessings,
NASA

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Smoke Out the Gophers…

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WARMUP: WARM-UP (10 minutes)

Activation Circuit (4 minutes – 40 seconds each)

1. Low Slow Squats (focus on depth and control)
a. 1-2-3-1, 1-2-3-2 – 10X
1. Push-up to Downward Dog (shoulder activation)
2. Pickle Pointers with Pause (2-second hold at top)
3. Plank with Shoulder Taps
a. 1-2-3-1, 1-2-3-2 – 10X

Dynamic Movement Prep (6 minutes)

• SSH (wake up the nervous system)
o 1-2-3-1, 1-2-3-2 – 10X
• Arm Circles: 10 forward, 10 backward each arm
• Leg Swings: 10 front-to-back, each leg
• Torso Twists: 15 each side (extra for spine mobility)

WARM-UP – PART II

LINE UP

• Walking High Knees: 30 steps
• Butt Kickers: 30 steps
• Bear Crawl forward 10 steps
• Crawl Bear backward 10 steps
• Walking Lunges: 12 each leg (slower, deeper)
• Low Slow Squats (focus on depth and control) 15 reps (slow and controlled)

THE THANG:

WITH SANDBAGS – ROUND I
5 MM. JOG to end of parking lot-> 10 SQUATS
LUNGES back to start – 5 MM
OH Toss to EOPL 10 SQUATS
Jog back to start 5 MM

1 minute rest

WITH SANDBAGS – ROUND II
10 Seal jacks Rifle Carry to EOPL 10 Merkins
Lunges back to start 10 Seal jacks
Jog to EOPL – 5 Merkins
Walking OH press back to start – 10 Seal Jacks

STAIRS WITH SANDBAGS
2 rounds of bleachers then walk to COT

MARY: Had heat stroke. Didn’t show.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, Independence Day convergence, Sweaty Barry
COT: prayers and praises for Luka, Matteo, <@U08NJ8FF1PF> 1st child is coming soon!!, <@U011KKZ17U6> 14th anniversary

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Flat tire

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WARMUP:
We rode to meet up spot, Wells Fargo
THE THANG:
We rode around town and YHC had a flat near Steve’s Fish camp
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Wally World Run

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Nine men joined our brothers from Colosseum for a little Walmart shopping spree. Conditions were…unpleasant. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up
– 10 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Seal Claps (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)

The Thang
– Run 1.25 miles to Walmart
– Partner up for Dora (100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBCs)
– Run 1.25 miles back
– 3.5 ish miles total

Before we left the parking lot, we put the rogue carts back into the corrals. It wasn’t our job and it wasn’t required, but if we didn’t do it, then I wonder who would have. Sometimes things have to get done even if it’s not our responsibility. Do them anyway. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

-IJ

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Salty chicken – IYKYK

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WARMUP:
SSH, windmill, Broga, low slow squats, moroccan nightclub, arm circles

All were done to a count of 15 just to let Falcon Crest know he has the ability to move the start time back to 5:15 if he chooses.

THE THANG:
Overhead carry around large school loop around fields. Every time you dropped the ruck, you had to do 5 man makers.

To give our shoulders a break
5 man makers
Curls – 20
Squats – 20

Next we teamed up. Looping around the parking lot one Pax would overhead carry and partner would front carry behind you. After both pax carry to failure, 5 man makers and keep moving until you finish the loop.

Next we moved down to the pavilion for:
3 rounds starting at the bottom
Bear crawl to first level
10 merkins with ruck
Walk to 2nd level
15 squats with ruck
Walk to 3rd
20 LBCs with ruck

Walk along path back to bottom. Repeat until 3 rounds are completed.

Move up to playground behind school

Place all rucks in a pile and pax line up shoulder to shoulder
One pax starts to pull ruck through passing to next. Pull all rucks to one side.
5 merkins
Pull all rucks back through
5 merkins

Bear crawl with ruck pull to opposite end of playground.
10 OH press in cadence
Crab walk with ruck back start.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Copperheads and Coyotes

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WARMUP: None
THE THANG: We ran! Or rather swam in the thick humidity. 4 runners, 2 ruckers. Run route was:
Out to Dobys Bridge, left onto it. Then right into Dominion Bridge neighborhood. Exit hood left onto Whites Rd. After a quarter mile or so, take a right into Catawba Ridge HS. Take that access road all the way behind the school to where the baseball/softball fields are. Stay on the outer perimeter of that parking lot, bearing right, heading in the direction towards the Parkway. Turn right to run along the front of the school, then cut across the sidewalk that connects to the East parking lot, near the band practice field. Stay on the outer perimeter of it, then turn right, headed to where the Snake Pit AO meets. Run the perimeter of that lot, interrupting the Snake Pit PAX, then exit the school. Cross over Whites Rd into Forest Creek Middle School. Run around the perimeter of the school, then back to Whites Rd. Right on Whites, then right back into Dominion Bridge neighborhood, then back to COT.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read The Fort Weekly newsletter and get involved.
COT:
A LOT lifted up. June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. We don’t hear much about it at all, and that needs to change. Considering that 80% of all suicides globally are men, the awareness is much needed. Also considering that at least half of the men in the world will have a mental health issue in their life, yet less than 30% will not discuss it or seek help, the numbers are against us. It is the byproduct of societal expectations and stigmas, but also the expectations and perceived norms we put on ourselves. Yet men are suffering, falling apart inside, but the facade of smiles or toughness is all people see. I opened up about how I’ve been dealing with issues over the past year or two, and my mom getting sick then passing away only magnified it all. I’m done with covering it up, and I am working towards getting better. Another PAX shared his story about getting in a bad mindset, dealing with mental health issues himself, even thinking about ending it all via suicide. One thing that helped was breaking down the wall, the facade, and opening up about it. He mentioned that even being out in the gloom talking to guys helped. Don’t isolate.

A quote I recently saw really stuck out to me:
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what are often temporary problems.

Life is precious. Yes, it is full of ups and downs. Add expectations and what not to those downs, and it multiplies the weight of those burdens, then you end up pulled down a deep worm hole really quick. One that seems impossible to get out of. If you seek help, it makes things a little easier. We men are happy and fulfilled when we provide, build, create, teach, love, and help others in various ways, but we don’t do that very well for ourselves. Educate yourself about Men’s Mental health issues. Education is power, but it also helps you see the signs. Signs in others and in you. Raise awareness starting with you, then help beat the drum. It may not get as popular as Save the Ta-Tas (Breast cancer awareness month), but we all need to help elevate it.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA

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