Honoring the 4,414

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WARMUP: none
THE THANG:
Tomorrow is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. 81 years ago isn’t that long ago. Tens of thousands of troops from 15 Allied nations had the unified goal to stop a madman from taking over the world. Many knew they were not coming back, yet they had no reservations about stepping up to perform the daunting tasks ahead of them. 4,414 Allied troops were killed in action, approx 2,500 of them from the USA alone. About 2/3 of them were KIA at the 5 assault points, beaches at Normandy- Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. The remainder were KIA as paratroopers behind enemy lines. Today we honored them.

A 1,944 meter loop (1.2 miles for us Americans), with 5 pain stations for each of the landing zones.
Utah – 5 burpees
Omaha- 10 merkins
Gold – 15 big boy sit-ups
Juno – 20 CDDs
Sprint up the hill, then
Sword – 25 LSS
Repeat 3x

MARY: a little, about a minute worth
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: this is the place to open up and share. I have trouble with this, but getting better at it. We spent a good 5-10 minutes sharing. Don’t take the COTs for granted. It may be the only place you can share your burdens with guys who literally have your back and support you. Most of the time after workouts we rush the COTs, eager to get home and get on with our days. Do not be afraid to be the one to tap the brakes, slow things down, and open up….or allow others to do so as well. We had some great conversations this morning. Warning Track put it well….vulnerability is not weakness, rather a sign of strength and leadership. I needed that COT today. Thanks fellas. Love you guys.
SYITG
NASA

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Sink Flag Handoff

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WARMUP: Is for sissies.
THE THANG: A .75 lap around the campus with full gear (weight vest and sandbag on your back, kettlebell in one hand and cinderblock in the other) each time you had to set down the block and hell it was ten bag tosses mosey back to your bell and block for ten merkins, load back up and carry on.

7s with thrusters and four count mountain climbers with farmer carry each way with the bell and block.

MARY: Circled up, geared up, static hold with everything until you couldn’t. Planked and ten merkins over the span of two minutes to wrap it up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Flag handoff to the man <@U088CUMTQ05>
COT: Yep

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Harold and Kumar go to coaches box

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WARMUP: helping one another pull our rain coats over our rucksacks.

THE THANG: Headed out towards the coaches box, logged around 3 miles total.

– Went one way to find a locked gate.
– Second shot was through the construction site but decided against.
– Third idea was the baseball field but with the rain we didn’t want to ruin the field.
– Finally we found a quick sneak through and made it to coaches box…just in time for some merkins and to turn around a high tail it back.

Along the journey we stopped for merkins; calf raises, and squats few times.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brawnys new site Q announced, tort and hare, Hog and Coyete; Bethels Men shelter.

COT: Prayers and praises for the guys being out there and supporting one another, stress of things not going according to plan, and hope for a none stressful environment with extended family.

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Recycled in the rain

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WARMUP:
10 Windmills
10 Imperial Walkers
THE THANG:
Modified 4 corners with three rounds of 30, 20 and 10

Station 1
– side straddle hops
– Donkey kicks
– Penguins
– Run

Station 2
– Mountain climbers
– Squat jumps
– Shoulder taps
– Run

Station 3
– Merkins
– Plank jacks
– Shoulder taps
– Run

Station 4
– Burpees
– CDD
– Run

Rinse and repeat
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel men’s shelter
Tortoise and hare
COT:
– PAX down rang
– Loved ones who are struggling
– Patience with kids this summer

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Juggernaut June Week-1

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WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, light yoga/stretch… Reaffirming that we are men who are ready to get ISH done in the rain.

THE THANG: EMOM mile race
Every minute, when the bell chimed, PAX choice of: five Burpee’s, 10 Merkins, 15 air squats… Then resume.
When the fifth lap (1 mile) is finished, short break to record time, then resume until 530.

MARY: not today… She stayed dry and fart-sacked I guess

ANNOUNCEMENTS: T&H, H&C CSAUP’s
SSST @ BoG Sunday

COT: Poppins led talk on Candor: defining & characterizing, application, and general discussion of how to effectively bring this into our lives.

After a name-o-rama: praise is lifted for good medical news, prayers for patience and other stuff, too, approved by Sky-Q

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Q school June 2025

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WARMUP:
SSH, windmill, low slow squat, butt kickers, side shuffle, high knees
THE THANG:

Bear crawl to 10
Lunge walk to 20
Rinse and repeat until other end zone

Move to stairs
Run two laps then 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 Bulgarian split squats
Go all the way down and back on stadium

Bear crawl to 10, 10 merkins
Lunge walk to 20, 10 LBCs
Rinse and repeat

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Rocky Road

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5 @ golden-corral for a rocking good time. We started with a lap around the parking lot and stopped for a few warm-up exercises.
Next, we each picked a stone and performed the following exercises in cadence: Curls, shoulder press, and bend over rows. Short lap around the parking lot.
Next, Dora with stone, 100 shoulder press, 200 squats, 300 chest presses.
We ended with a man-maker accumulator. Man-Maker at parking space line, +1 at each addition line. Partner 1 did MM, while Partner 2 ran, switch out.
Total MM = 66

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Cross Pollination at Bushwood

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WARMUP: IC: IW HW CP WM AST MC

THE THANG:
Mosey to side of AO and partner up. Catch Me If You Can to the covered walkway. Partner starts slowsying while other partner drops, 3 merkins then jailbreaks to partners and flap Jack.
Bench work: IC
Erkins 10
Dips 10
Derkins 10

Mosey to parking lot.
AMRAP partner:
Timing is Mario Carts. Partner 1 in lot between 2 islands jailbreaks to next island, side shuffle across, nur back and side shuffle across to partner that is working.
Prison Cell Merkins
Kracken Burpees
Burpees

Mosey to front of CR.
Cocaine BearCrawls
In parking lot bear crawl to first line and do a merkin, and the length between 2 islands adding a merkin at each snort for a total of 11 merkins at the end.

Angry DORA
50 Merkins
75 Squats
100 LBCs
Timing is partner burpee broad jumps between islands and bear crawls back.
Got into squats then called for time.

Mosey to wall.
AMRAP
10 Muscle Ups
Donkey Kicks until MU completed, flap Jack.

Explained JackAss Burpee Webs. Hope to see it recorded in a BB!

Mosey to COT

MARY: LB started with Freddie’s while I was grabbing my phone. Then I did a quick Circle Of Hate where YHC called out merkins which the group did as I bear crawled back and forth from the nearest light pole.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tortoise & Hare this Saturday. Next Saturday Hog & Coyote. CSAUP CENTRAL! Get signed up, support the HIMs leading these events, support your region and the greater good it is providing. Read your newsletter.

COT: Prayers & praises and YHC prayed us out.

Spoke on 5 core principles, all equally weighted however COT, it sets us apart from every other workout group.
Spoke on Mission statement, are we a workout group???
Spoke on Visions statement, be real about picking up the 6. Make it a point to offer an encouraging push. That next man may need it more than you know.

Appreciate the Q and the continual cross pollination between our 2 regions with all these HIMs. I encourage RH pax to take a trip north and you Fort pax to take a trip south every so often. A little flavor in your bland weekly routine is good every so often #zesty.

Thanks <@U061P7HUFRR> for the opportunity to Q <#C02PN2Z6QV8>!

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Party on Massey Hill

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WARMUP:
40 SSH
10 windmills
20 Merkins
Mosey up Massey Hill

THE THANG: DORA style, 4 rounds:
One partner runs down and up Massey hill, other partner accumulates reps.

Round 1:
100 merkins
150 CDD
200 shoulder taps

Round 2:
75 big boys
100 flutters
150 mountain climbers

Round 3:
100 monkey humpers
100 jumping split lunge
100 squats

Round 4:
75 navy seal burpees
+9 navy seal burpees at the end of

MARY: Flutters, but mostly gasping for breath

ANNOUNCEMENTS: several

COT: don’t be generic – be specific and willing to open up about your struggles

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Metallica leading us through Abs

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WARMUP: Some SSH, windmill, Moroccan nightclubs, imperial walker, hillbilly walker, cherry picker

THE THANG:
Accumulating ladder with 20 reps of ab exercises, 10 reps of others. Lap in between. (ie. 20 LBC, lap, 20 LBC + 10 merkin, lap, etc)

-LBC
-Merkins
-Flutter
-Squats
-Heels to Heaven
-Dry Docks
-Freddie Mercury
-Step Ups
-Hello Dolly
-Burpees

MARY: a little bit to finish up

ANNOUNCEMENTS: there were some

COT: this happened

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