Burpees and a Late Backblast

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It was a steamy morning in the Fort and the mumble chatter was second to none.

Warmup then a quick Mosey over to Grace Church for some pain.

Cones setup for a Canadian Football style gauntlet of pain.
Round 1: 20 burpees
Round 2: 20 burpees, 40 squats
Round 3: 20 burpees, 40 squats, 60 CCDs
Round 4: 20 burpees, 40 squats, 60 CCDs, 80 monkey humpers
Round 5: 20 burpees, 40 squats, 60 CCDs, 80 monkey humpers, 50 Flutters.

We ran a lap between rounds.

Back to COT for prayers and praises.

JWow

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Bushpit Revival

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WARMUP: I showed up 2 minutes late because no one pre-ran with me. Since I was warm the PAX were instructed to stretch or do whatever while I shared about me. Simple things like my name, kids, job, etc. Its amazing how so many forget those after we name someone. During my time of sharing Bandcamp was preforming uncomfortably close SSH.

THE THANG: Crazy 8s at the Forest Creek baseball concession stands. 8 figure 8 loops with a different exercise each time passing through the middle. Viewers choice on the exercise, only rule is cant repeat the same one twice.

Then we did some 50-75-100 running where I once again proved I’m the fastest in the Fort

Closed with a dance off. If you know, you know

MARY: Hail

ANNOUNCEMENTS: We have to many fricken blood drives around here

COT: Lord give me the strength to do what I know is right

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Remembering Cash

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Took a few moments to remind the Pax about the AO. The Coop was renamed “Ring of Fire” in honor of Cash (Hospital name Jay Griggs) . He was given the name “Cash” as in Johnny Cash due to his all black outfit he worn at his first workout along with his hometown of Nashville, TN. Cash passed away in September 2020. I did not know him personally, but he had a significant impact to several Pax. This impact is continues to shine bright in The Fort.

Warm-up lap around the parking lot. Circle up for exercises ( SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Wind Mills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Arm Stretches).
Next, we each grabbed a cinder block.
Round 1 – Catch me if you can
Partner 1 – farmer carry both blocks
Partner 2 – Merkins and Squats, 5 each
Flip flop
Round 2
Partner 1 – Carry block up to school and back
Partner 2 – Squat Thruster
Flip flop
Round 2
Partner 1 – Carry block up to school and back
Partner 2 – Bent over row
Flip flop
Round 3
Partner 1 – Run to school and back
Partner 2 – Pull-up + Man Maker starting at 1 rep +1 rep until partner returns.
2 sets

We finished with Cash’s prayer:
Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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Heart Rates & Deck of Cards

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WARMUP: Run around the school then the large loop doing a variety of warmup exercises along the way.
THE THANG: It’s the deck of cards:
Hearts: Burpees
Diamonds: Staggered Merkins
Clubs: Plank Jacks I/C
Spades: Butt Kickers I/C
Total count of each: 104
(4) Wild Cards: 25 Flutter Kicks I/C

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive & engage some 2nd F opportunities, ya’ll, whether that be with a large group or 1:1.
COT: It stays at COT.

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Smokin Modification

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Imperial Walkers, Strawberry Pickers, and Broga
THE THANG:
3 Rounds of (10) Burpees, (20) Lunges, (30) Shoulder Taps, and (40) LBCs
Mosey to Church parking lot to perform 2 Rounds of the Cheese Shredder
Ran to the Print Shop for 3 Rounds of (5) Pull-ups, (10) Dips, and (20) Big Boy Sit Ups. Ran back to COT
MARY: American Hammers, Hello Dollies, Flutters, and Box Cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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School Yard Laps

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WARMUP: Some guys preran a few miles
THE THANG:
Ran down to Dolby’s Bridge Elementary, and did laps around the school. 3 laps at a comfortable pace, 4th lap at a fast pace. Complete as many laps as possible till 06:00.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Group Therapy

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WARMUP: Ran to back parking lot of middle school for a quick set of exercises and some broga. Exercises included SSH, windmill, low slow squat, Maracan night clubs, toy soldiers and butt kickers.

THE THANG:
Bonsai portion of the Q:
Nur to rock bed down by light post to grab a rock for the following.
20 INC overhead chest press
15 INC chest press on your six
15 INC lat raises
15 INC curls

Sir Top Hat portion:
Moved back up to half wall behind elementary for 8’s. It’s been a while since he has been to a workout so he forgot we could only count to 7.
Burpee and muscle ups on wall

STH had a few extra minutes left because all the men were such studs and cruised right through the workout without a problem.
Wall sits with 15 heel raises mixed in for two cycles.

Weezer’s portion:
Mini Dora
75 merkins
100 squats – most of us didn’t listen very well and did 125
125 LBCs.

Cyclops portion:
Back down to the light poles, Long Duck was expressing his displeasure about how we kept moving him around back and forth between locations.
Each light pole – 9 merkins, 12 squats. I think we got to 4 before time to head to COT. On the way back to COT, Cyclops thought we should do 5 more burpees, but Barkley, Rebound and YHC bat flipped and kept running. We wanted to make sure we made it in time.

MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Blood drive, D2D fundraiser
COT:
Marriage, Super Squirrels family,

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In Honor Of September, 11, 2001

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WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees

THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press

We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.

In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.

Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.

MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed

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