What’s a Kraken Man-Maker?

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WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Low slow squats

Head to entrance hill and complete a “7”. Man-makers at the bottom and squats at the top

THE THANG:
Card game:
Numbers 1-10, do the number of reps per card:
Hearts – Goblet squats
Clubs – overhead press
Diamonds – KB swings
Spades – 2-hand upright rows
 
A – 5 Man-Makers
K – 10 Lunge squats w/bell overhead, single count
Q – 15 flutter with press – count on press
J – 20 Plank pull-throughs
 
Joker – 5 Kraken Man-Makers. Pick a partner and do these together
MARY: American hammers and Freddy mercury’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Free the animal

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WARMUP:
– 10 Side Straddle Hops
– 10 Moroccan Nightclubs
– 10 Windmills

THE THANG:

– Jog to HT wall by O’Reilly – 3 min wall sit hands out, Drop 1 in at min 2 to finish

– Jog to back parking lot – Bear crawl w/ Merkins at each parking line

– Jog to Grace – 50 Jump-ups on benches

– Jog to Kids R Kids Learning parking lot – 50 Hip-Dips (25 each side) and 10 side plank crunches each side

– Jog to end of Grant Farm Dr. – 50 Squats

– Jog (L) to end of Palmdale Walk Dr. – 25 Merkins

– Jog up Reynolds Ridge Ln, take (R) on Berkley Hall Way, (L) on Stockbridge to Stockbridge Commons entrance by the dog spot – 3 Hill Sprints

– Jog to COT – 10 Burpees

2.2+ Miles of pain

MARY:
Cadence led by PAX
– 50 – Open Leg LBC’s (Come and get me LBC’s),
– 30 – Heel Touches,
– 10 – Back Extensions,
– 10 – Windshield Wipers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletters
COT: It is what it is…

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Ok it’s 061……what??!?

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WARMUP: mosey to the upper lot for windmills. I/C, burpees, imperial walkers I/C, burpees, Hillbilly walkers I/C, burpees, Moroccan night clubs I/C, burpees, Seal jacks I/C, burpee

Mosey to the Pike Electric lot

THE THANG: Rugby sprints and swings
Part 1 – rugby sprints

6 rounds – an exercise called in cadence, then a sprint to the middle pole, then a cool
Down jog (soft j) to the far pole
Round 1 – Merkins
Round 2 – Low slow squats
Round 3 – Diamond merkins
Round 4 – Monkey humpers
Round 5 – Lunges
Round 6 – sumo squats

Mosey to WEP swings

At each swing, 5 reps of an exercise, 10 reps of an exercise and 15 reps of an exercise. PAX made all the way around the park.

Total number of swings: ALL OF THEM

Total number of Reps: ALL OF THEM

Even squeezed in a stop at the statue of a historic fort mill figure. It may or may not have been from Spitz’s original home. PAX did monkey humpers facing East.

Mosey to COT

MARY: She wasn’t there. Open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You bet.
COT: Remains the 5th core principle as disclaimed at 0615.

YHC was a bit off from the later start time but good to have some built in “disruption” on occasion to build our durability.

The message left with the PAX with was:
The best fruits of this life are an unstained character and acts for the common good. As leaders, what are we doing to cultivate the former and initiate the latter?

Thanks for the call <@U78QN5XU5> . :eye:

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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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