Spring Closeout

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GTL Gym, Tan, Laundry.
Gym-check
Tan-suns out guns out
Laundry-please do this, we smelled great this am.

WARMUP: 25 SSH IC / 15 Imperial Walkers IC / 9 Moroccan night clubs IC / 5 Arm circles each way / worlds greatest stretch
THE THANG: Mosey to the track and do a warmup lap. Line up on the 0 yard line. Bear crawl from EZ to EZ stopping every 10 yards to do ascending burpees from 1-10. Mosey another lap and end up on the touch line for a Dora. One partner runs the width of the soccer field while the other does 100 flutter kicks on a 4 count, 200 squats, and almost 300 BBS. Close it out with a push up the full back to AO.
MARY: Not on earth today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Couple CSAUP’s coming up.
COT: always

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Halfway there…… 10 Seconds….

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Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer.

Warmup:

SSH x 15
Seal Jack x 15
Plank Jack x15
Mountain Climber x 15

Pick up something heavy get to the field

All Pax line up facing a series of cones. All Pax have to do the following with their Block or Sandbag

50 Curls
75 Flutters with Press
100 Squats
25 Man makers

Every minute on the minute they will hear a beep. When you hear the beep you move to a cone.
Mode of Transportation between cone 1 and 2 is Overhead carry. Mode of Transportation of cones 2 and 3 are murder bunny or Bag toss.
Wash rinse repeat until all reps are done.
There was also a 20 minute timer on this. All pax finished just under the 20 minutes mark.

Next Phase
All pax line up in an Indian run format. The 6 will do 5 squats. We run for a minute then do a minute of an exercise. 8 rounds.

The exercises were
Bent over rows
Lunges
Big boy sit ups
Burpee jump overs.

Did this right up until 6:00am.

Theme today was motivation. Do you rush through to get the reps done…do you take your time and try to run out the clock. Or do you have a consistent approach that maximizes your effort and results. Only you know.

Thanks to Brawny for the opportunity to lead!

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Clovis with a side of Kudzu

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WARMUP: brief: SSH, IW, HW, dynamic stretching
THE THANG: the Clovis
15 burpee pull-ups
1 mile run
10 rounds

Maximus got 5 rounds before time. The rest got less.

The kudzu behind the school is threatening to take over.

1st Lt. Clovis T Ray’s son was 5 years old when he died in Afghanistan. He’d likely graduated high school this year

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What’s the Cadence

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WARMUP: LOL. Just counted # of packets
THE THANG: Jog to town of Fort Mill wall 15 Derkins in cadence, jog to WEP stage 20 LBCs in cadence, Jog a loop round WEP back to stage 25 Merkens in cadence, jog to Massy Hill 15 squats in cadence. Rinse and repeat OYO. Some got 3 the King (Max) got 4.
MARY: brief. Don’t know grabbing phone.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter.
COT: what happens stays

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Finding the Way

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It was raining. A storm had just rolled through. I spent 30 minutes watching the lightning strike map before the workout. The electricity faded just before 0515, leaving behind a steady rain that cut the humidity.

We moseyed.

My eyes were on effort—and the promise of a road shorter than we wanted. I found one. We did 7s: merkins and squats. Basic doesn’t mean easy. We bear crawled between.

Another mosey.

Chasing the dream of democracy, I created an illusion of choice. Ten parking spaces. One more burpee at each stop. After nine, I had us pause to “vote” on whether we’d do ten. It was a sham. We were doing all ten—because this isn’t a democracy. But just saying we’re doing it wasn’t the point. We did it in cadence, because a leader leads.

It’s better when we go alongside those we lead. It takes longer. It’s more work. But it keeps everyone engaged. When I ask my kids to do the dishes, they’ll do it—but they do it better when I’m with them. I’ve got plenty of other things to do, but the most important job I have is to be their dad. And that means leading with them, more often than letting them go OYO.

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Little Moist Fathers Day tribute

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WARMUP:
Couple of exercises in the COP to loosen up the PAX
Then dynamic around the WEP path with stops along the way for some more exercise moves
Back to main lot where DD took over
THE THANG:
Lunge walk up hill with incremental squats at each light pole 5,10,15,20,25,30
Mosey to hill for Jacob ladder
1burpee 5 donkey kicks

Back to CB where we headed to the playground
Partner 1 – swing crunches
Partner 2 – lap around playground
Swap for 3 rounds
Partner 1 – dips
Partner 2 – lap
Swap for 3 rounds

Back to DD
Circle up for some
Knee tar jai up to 5 rounds
Then into
MAK tar jai for full 9 rounds :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Back to COT

MARY: Is the Mother of Jesus
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nov 7 bourbon tasting
July 4 convergence
The Barry July 22
COT:
Good dads bad dads they all teach us something
Take from it and share with next generation
Be the servant leader you were made to be and love your wives and kids and yourself 3rd #iam3rd

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? Alcatraz Smokin Jailbreak

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? Warm-Up – “Prison Intake”
Done in a circle; all IC (in cadence)
SSH – 25x IC
Imperial Walkers – 25x IC
Hillbillies – 25x IC
Windmills – 15x IC
Plank Jacks – 15x IC
Merkins – 10x IC
Moroccan NC – 10x each
Strawberry Pickers – 10x IC

? Main Event – “The Yard”
? Part 1: Hard Time Grinder
3-station grinder — simulate a hard day in “The Yard”
Set up: 3 stations about 20-30 yards apart. Plank until six is in.
Station 1 (Solitary Confinement) – Core:
20 Big Boy Sit-Ups
20 Flutter Kicks (4-count)
20 LBCs
Mosey to next station

Station 2 (Hard Labor) – Upper Body:
15 Merkins
15 Carolina Dry Docks
15 Diamond Merkins
Bear Crawl to next station

Station 3 (Escape Plan) – Legs & Cardio:
20 Jump Squats
20 Lunges (10 each leg)
10 Burpees
Crab Walk back to Station 1

? Part 2: “Swim for It”
Escape-style Dora with a “swim”
Partner up:
100 Merkins
200 Squats
300 LBCs
One partner does reps, the other “swims”:
Sprint ~50 yards and mosey back

?‍♂️ Escape Phase 1: “The Crawl Through the Tunnels”
5 Burpees OYO
SSH (x15 IC)
5 Burpees OYO

Mosey 2 laps (around parking lot)

Mary:
Call out a rotating set of PAX to lead:
Hello Dollies (IC x25)
Grave Digger (IC x15)
American Hammers (IC x20)
LBCs (IC x20)
Xs & Os (x20)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Always a crowd pleaser…

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WARMUP: Mosey’d around the parking lots and picked up Sugar Bug so he got a chance to run. Back at COT we did: windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parker’s, Parker Peter’s.
THE THANG: Everyone’s favorite- the deck of cards.

Do what the cards say based on suit and #.

– Diamonds: 2-7 was merkin with a bell lat pull; 8-ace was man makers (everyone loved these!)
– Clubs: 2-7 was flutter with a press; 8-ace was American hammers
– Spades: 2-7 was lunge with bell pass through leg; 8-ace was squat with should press
– Hearts: 2-7 was single arm curl; 8-ace was kb swings
– Joker was 50 SSH and 10 bomb jacks
– After every 6 cards, we did a farmers carry in 1 arm about 100 yards, then switched hands for the walk back

MARY: did about 4 rounds
ANNOUNCEMENTS: hog and coyote
COT: complete!

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Flag Handoff = Wings & Entertainment

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, ChPickers, Windmills

Mosey to stairs, Merkins, up the stairs, Motivators (from 7… as a Moderate)

THE THANG:

Chicken Wing 4-Corners
4 Corners: “regular”, “hot”, “Spicy”, “nuclear”
Reps at each: 12,9,6,3

Change MOT between Corners: Mosey, Toy Soldier, Carioka (alt. L/R), butt-kickers/high-knees…

R.1: Merkin, Wide Merkin, Diamond, Partner (3’s/4’s IC)
R.2: Seal Jacks, SSH, Smurf-Jacks, Bomb-Jacks
R.3: Flying Squirrels, Burpees, Kraken Burpees, Calimari/Krakens

Thang-2:
Chumbaburpee – Tubthumper by Chumbawumba (3:35)
SSH or stationary toy-soldiers
“Catchphrase of pain“ (CPOP)

CPOP:, “I get knocked down, – do a burpee. (Mod down= FSquirrel)
Bear crawl OUT / Nur or Mosey Back

MC Hammer – Can’t touch this Remix – 3:47
Dying Cockroaches until CPOP#1

CPOP #1: Can’t touch this —> heel taps until CPOP #2

CPOP #2: “stop, Hammer time” – Amer. hammers till CPOP #1 again

Proud Mary (3:07) CCR.  CPOP = “Rolling” → Switch Exercise
Big Boys….Rolling…Gas Pumps
….Rolling….Flutter Kicks …REPEAT til song ends or COT

MARY: last 2 songs above

ANNOUNCEMENTS: H&C CSAUP, flag handoff

COT: held… Prayers lifted

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I told you there was an awning

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It was a dark and stormy morning and all the pax of the Fort made their decisions, the red pill or the blue pill.

Most fartsacked.

YHC was prepared for the elements and taylored a workout accordingly. We first went and saved a Cindy from the rain and took her up to the awning at NaFo’s bus drop off. Then, the music was set (Octane Workouts) and the cards were shuffled.

Deck if cards where drawn and reps were done.
:heart: = overhead press
:clubs: = curl
:spades: = squat with block
:diamonds:= Merkin
:black_joker:= 10 burpees (there were 4 in the deck)

After starting with a bunch of :diamonds: we knew it was going to get spicy at the end with :heart:.

There were also lots of spectators this morning as the basketball, football and track teams were going somewhere or doing something. I’m pretty sure they thought us old men were crazy.

Finished with some Marry and took Cindy back home.

Rain and lightning doesn’t have to stop you. Like they say, it’s only bad weather if you have bad gear, or don’t use your resources 😉

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