When I run you run

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WARMUP: cmon man
THE THANG: downtown FM, through whiteville park (go to back for 5 miles, cut over streets for 4 mile range), go down by Footloose, down academy, back 160 to COT.
MARY: please
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots
COT: of course! 5th core principle!!

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Mission: Tripod

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WARMUP: ran parking loop with side shuffles, butt kickers and high knees
THE THANG:

Ark Loader: bear crawl, crab walk, alligator merkins, duck walk.

Tripod: splitting into groups of 3, we used the 3 legs of the breeze way. Running to each end and complete exercise. 20 merkin, 20 squat, 20 LBC. come through center and do 5 burpees. Made two cycles for 40 merk, 40 squat, 40 LBC and 30 burpees.

Sprint series

MARY: community Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: wine dinner to raise money for dam to dam on Feb 2nd. Sign up in 2nd F or mumblechatter channels.

Aye!

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12 days of Christmas

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WARMUP:  Quick mozy followed by SSH, low slow squats, Moroccan night clubs
THE THANG:  Overhead ruck around the smaller parking lot loop.  Every time you lower your ruck, do two burpees.
Mozy to front school entrance closest to the baseball field.   Challenge was to know the 12 days of Christmas song and what happened on the first, second, third, etc day of Christmas.  To start, the group decided what the first day answer is (partridge in a pear tree) and ran to the first post in front of the school to check their answer.  The answer was correct, so the Pax did one lunge, rucked back to the fire hydrant, dropped their ruck, then ran back to the start.  Rinse and repeat with the second day of Christmas (turtle doves).  Run back to pick up ruck then run to the second post to check the answer.  There the Pax did 1 lunge and 2 ruck getups.  Rinse and repeat with cumulative exercises to the 12th day.  
  Exercises were 1 lunge, 2 ruck getups, 3 Diamond merkins, 4 flutters with press, 5 ruck swings, 6 plank jacks, 7 upright rows, 8 triceps presses, 9 curls, 10 8-count burpees, 11 ruck swings (whoops, didn’t mean to repeat), and 12 curb dips.
 Pax did great until 9 “ladies dancing”, when the penalty was to run back to the start for five  burpees then return.  11 and 12 weren’t any better, but with us running out of time, we did stationary burpees instead.
MARY:  Out dancing with the ladies
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Lots!
COT:  Marriages, travel, family visiting.

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Jingle (Kettle) Bells

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WARMUP: 12 SSH, 12 Windmills, 12 Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Ladder format.
Do the first exercise, run to the bins and back. 2nd then 1st exercise, bin and back. 3rd, 2nd, 1st exercise. Bin and back. Keep going until the ladder is complete. Once the ladder is completed, work it back down.

Ladder as follows:
1 man maker
2 snatches
3 upright rows
4 cleans
5 swings
6 lawnmower pulls (single count. 3 each side)
7 skull crushers
8 lunges (4 each leg)
9 goblet squats
10 single leg deadlifts (5 each leg)
11 bicep curls
12 manmakers

MARY:
Some Q jackers decided to do some Mary after completing the ladder instead of working it back down. lol.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Clave Boss 5k/10k and Christmas convergence. Dam2DamBar

COT:
Patience, travel, family, addictions, loneliness.

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Ten Secrets to Success

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7 strong at The Stockade. We began with warm-ups (SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, and extended plank stretches).

Next, the main event. When you have been around for a while, you can recycle your old workouts. Pro tip: Be sure to do a backblast so you can copy and paste the content.

I always enjoy reading and hearing about success stories.  The struggles, hardships, and the eventual victories.  Since I am old as dirt, I can tell you there is no secret sauce but I came across this list of traits published by Investor’s Business Daily after studying leaders and successful people.  These  traits, when combined “can turn dreams into reality.” 

Back to the workout. . Each trait was read then we completed 90 seconds of the exercises listed below.  We ran a lap around the carpool circle and repeated process until all ten traits were covered.

 HOW YOU THINK IS EVERYTHING: Always be positive. Think success, not failure. Beware of a negative environment.  (Merkins)
DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE DREAMS AND GOALS: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them. (Squats)
 TAKE ACTION: Goals are nothing without action. Don’t be afraid to get started. Just do it. (Freddy Mercuries)
 NEVER STOP LEARNING: Go back to school or read books. Get training and acquire skills. (Flutters)
BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD: Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up. (Carolina Dry Docks)
 LEARN TO ANALYZE DETAILS: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes. (Plank Jacks)
FOCUS YOUR TIME AND MONEY: Don’t let other people or things distract you. (Lunges)
DON’T BE AFRAID TO INNOVATE; BE DIFFERENT: Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity. (Shoulder Taps)
DEAL AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY: No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others. (Calf Raises)
BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: Otherwise, Nos. 1-9 won’t matter. (Burpees)

Great job everyone!  

Final note..I know from experience that you tend to fall on your face several times before you see a victory.  It doesn’t get easier as you get older, but you continue to get up, dusts yourself off, and keep moving forward.

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Old School Kingsley Route

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WARMUP: Pledge
THE THANG: Out and Back with Merkins
Kingsley loop was an optional add-on.
MARY: Yes – 3 mins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Clave Boss:10k/5k Dam2Dam sign up :
COT: Worth the wait

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Not Fun…Ladder of Pain

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WARMUP: @BattleBots started with 9 count Motivators, which set the tone for what was about to follow.
THE THANG: YHC used @Kodak’s “Anchorbar’s Ladder of Pain”. This was introduced at The Yard by @kodak, and YHC wanted to give it another go today, this was the perfect morning.

Run to the basketball court and back, add the next exercise. Rinse and Repeat by adding the next one on the list.
Some of the frontrunners got all the way to Moroccan Nightclubs.

Exercises:
1) 1 Burpee
2) 3 Big Boys
3) 6 Shoulder Taps
4) 10 Flutters
5) 15 Merkins
6) 21 Freddies
7) 28 Dry Docks
8) 36 LBC’s
9) 45 Overhead Claps
10) 55 Squats
11) 66 Baby Arm Circles
12) 78 Monkey Humpers
13) 91 Moroccan Nightclubs
14) 105 Calf Raises
15) 120 Overhead Presses

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter, etc.
COT: Lifted up prayers and praises

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Stole Badlands Winkie

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WARMUP: 25 SSH to warm up quickly. Mosey to Middle School Entrance: 10 Windmills, 10 Hill Billy Walkers
THE THANG: #1
10 Step Ups, 10 Durkins, 10 Monkey Humpers, 10, Dips: Lunge Walk 20 Yards (5 rounds)
*mosey to back of school*
Wall sit: each person did 2 burpees (2 rounds)
THE THANG #2
Bear Crawl Ladder:
Bear Crawl to each cone to do exercise and run back to start.
10 Heels to Heaven
20 Flutters
30 LBC’s
40 Shoulder Taps
50 American Hammer
Partner Up:
1 partner plank wile the other runs lap around parking lot: (6 laps total)
MARY: 20 Squats at the end, 10 Grave Diggers, 10 Box Cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Patience during the holidays. Keep in mind there are some things very important to others that may drive us nuts but patiently deal with it.

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Pre-Convergence Convergence

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There were Ruckers and runners.

Barry Manilow led the runners for 5+ miles around The Fort.

The bootcampers were led first by Maximus with a SSH x Merkin combo x2 to warm up.
After a quick warm up, the weinke was
10 merkins, 10 mountain climbers (double count) at each of the 9 swings around the park. When done and waiting on the 6 to fill in, hold an Al Gore. To wrap up, starting at the bottom of the grassy hill from the parking lot, flutter kicks, then burpees at the top of the hill.

Cake Boss took second shift with playtime at the playground.
Partnering up, one partner does squats, while the other runs around the playground. Then flapjack. Next was pull ups/merkins following the same format. To wrap up, keeping the same partner, one bear crawled across the field and run back, while the other did flutters. Flap jack until 3 rounds were done.

Fogerty took us home with some 11’s and hill repeats.
At the bottom of the hill with the statue, started with 10 merkins and bombjacks. Half way up the hill, 5 burpees, then 1 squat and big boy sit-up. No burpee on the way back down the hill. Repeat until 11’s are done cutting out the burpees when you hit 5 & 6.

This was a fun 60 min bootcamp.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Clave Boss & convergence in 12/23. Happy Birthday Walker. Tallawah is officially closed for good.

COT:

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