Start your One Word at Alcatraz for 2023

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11 pax gathered at Alcatraz this AM to make their downpainment on 2022 and create momentum for 2023. The Site Q, Uber, requested a discussion on One Word and Double D and YHC obliged that request by incorporating this into the workout. We also celebrated DD 56th birthday today. He is a fantastic leader and has been a huge influence on my life over the past 10 years. I am blessed to have him in my life.

Similar to years past, this week has been a time of reflection for YHC. The time between Christmas and New Year offers an opportunity to review the previous year, recognize the blessings in my life, assess how the year went and get organized for next year. I review my One Word, journal entries, calendar, budget, etc. as part of this “Year End Review”.

As I reflect on 2022, my One Word was “intentional” yet the word I would use to describe the year was “unsteady”. Some parts of acceleration including my relationship with my M and 2.0s, a strong D2D performance, deepening of relationships with SL, Whetstone and other, increased faith with Shady/Backdraft and the McGospel crew and my job environment has improved. Some deceleration particularly in the Spring/Summer, continued identity in my Mammon, some struggles at home including a torn ACL and a continued jester around self worth that leads to various symptoms. Overall, there was growth particularly as we close 2022 and I have hope for 2023.

In preparation for the workout, I mentioned to Maximus and DH to join us and they requested a difficult workout. DD was quick to oblige using his One Words from previous years and I decided to crack the seal by leading my first ever cinder block workout. I search “F3 cinder block” and found lots of good ideas.

WARMUP: DD
After sharing that DD woke up with a sense of being “full” this morning celebrating his birthday with a group of HIMs we circled up for COP:

SSH x 20
Mtn Climbers x 20
Peter Parkers x 10
Parker Peters x 10

Mosey to the baseball field

THE THANG:

DD at the Q
14 Big Boys
15 Burpees
16 hand release merkins + shoulder tap
17 Mahktar Jai
18 Apollo Ono
19 Kneetar Jai
20 Mike Tysons
21 Backward lunge
22 Freddy Mercury
23 Big Boys
24 Burpees
25 HR merkins + shoulder taps
26 Mahktar Jai (

After each exercise run to the fence and back

Handoff to Pusher

Grab cinder blocks from DD truck and mosey to basketball courts

Partner up

P1 does the following:
1 Merkin
1 Squat
1 Curls for the girls
1 Shoulder press
1 Tricep Extension
1 lunge each leg

Partner 2 planks while P1 does exercises
Rinse and repeat adding a rep up to 5

Gassers
50/50
75/25
100/25

Round 2 – rinse and repeat from round 1

Coin flip – heads equals (2) manmakers/tails equals (2) big boys

Mosey back home

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Dam to Dam for a Cause fundraising focus over the next 8 weeks
– Q Source relaunches on 1/3
– Upcoming BBQ fundraiser
– Murder Bunnies hockey team starts this week – great 2nd F opportunity
– Opportunity to EH younger guys in the Fort and responsibility for older guys to serve as Whetstone

All men in attendance created momentum heading into 2023. YHC is thankful that I just “keep posting” because the men of the Fort inspire me.

#SYITG

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Goodbye 2022

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WARMUP:
– SSH, WM, IW, some mosey
THE THANG:
– set of 2 exercises with 20/22 rep count and then run a lap, rinse and repeat 6 times with different exercises
– Jack Webb: 10/40 Merkin/OHC
MARY:
– round of mary right before COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 2 FNG’s for Dec. 31 is awesome!
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held

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What’s that noise?

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Yard Q
12 31 20 22

Warmup
12 SSH
31 Moroccan NC
20 imperial walkers
22 hillbilly walkers
12 mountain climbers
31 LBC
10 merkin (20)
22 low slow squat
12 windmills
31 overhead claps
20 calf raises
22 raise the roofs
12 Bobby Hurley
31 American hammers
20 Freddie Mercury
22 flutters
25 CCDs

365 reps

Thang
Pick PAX
best accomplishment
One thing could have done better
Name exercise 22 reps
Do exercise then move to next pole or something

Hip flexors

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Bushpit – 28DEC2022

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WARMUP: We did some warming up
– SSH, Windmills, mild stretching

THE THANG:
– Mosey to upper lot toward entrance
• At every island (10) do 5 merkins to the other side of the lot – SSH for the 6

-Mosey to front of school
• Partner carry to end of the school – switch at the flagpoles – SSH for the 6

– Mosey around corner
• At path, bear crawl to first path then switch and crawl bear to the island – SSH for the 6

– Mosey to pull up bars
• Pax do SSH while each person does 5 dead hang pullups – For every pullup you can’t do – 3 burpees penalty

– Mosey to the benches around the corner
• Dips on the benches, In cadence – 20

– Mosey toward the hill, and is that a wall to scale?
• Yup, over the wall – 5 CDD – repeat 3 times

– Mosey up the hill to the little building on the right
• Stairway to 7 – Run to 1st parking space line, 1 burpee, back to start — run to next line, 2 burpees…
• Add one burpee each line until complete

– Mosey to front of stadium
• More partner carries and more bear crawls

MARY: No chicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Probably

COT: Core Principle #5

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Crossing State lines… running up hills.

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3 pax joined YHC on what is a balmy (relatively) morning for the last Friday in 2022.

The workout was simple but effective.

Run for 2 minutes “rest” for 1 minute. The rest part is where YHC led the pax in 10 Merkins or 10 low slow squats in cadence.

The route we ran was a very long loop. Starting at the Stockade we ran back through the forest grove development to Zoar rd. Ran .2 miles on Zoar to the state sign and then went into Hawks Creek.

We ran through my neighborhood and I pointed out homes of Pax past and present.

Back to Gold hill rd we ran all the way to the 7-11 and then headed back towards the Stockade. Before hitting COT we made a brief detour to “the hill” by the Fire station.

After running the hill we wrapped back around to Gold Hill rd entered the HT parking lot and ended at COT with 35 seconds left.

5 burpees later we hit 6:00 on the button.

The one message I left for the pax today was that no matter what your “hill” is this coming year go get after it. The hill won’t shrink the more you stare at it. You need to run it to get over it…. even if you can only go 2 minutes at a time.

Great group of men this morning. Thank you and Happy New Year!

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Adequacy in Question

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Kermit was not having the thought of a Clemson party at the Hive, so he came decked out in his Vols gear to represent. One would say he was adequate in his preparedness. Although his attire was the wrong color of orange, YHC would say…

Wegmans and I are currently doing a workout program, complete with exercise movements that tend to make you scratch your head at how they are possible.

Each of us questioned our adequacy in attempting the below movements. Between each set we ran a quarter mile.

Core
• Landmine Wood Chop x 36 (18 ea side)
•  Single-Arm Overhead Sit-Up x 60 – 30 ea side
• Deadlift x 40

Lower
• KB Goblet Squats x 40
• Calf Raises x 50
• OH KB Squat x 40

Upper
• Half-Kneeling Single-Arm Landmine Press x 48 – 24 per side
• One armed KB Row x 48 – 24 per side
• KB Chest Press x 20

Core 2
KB Side Bends x 40 – 20 per side
• KB Straight Leg Sit-Up X 40
• KB Deadlift x 16

At the end of it all, layers were shed and sweat was dripping. Solid work by all involved.

COT was good. Prayer requests spoken and prayed together. Show up next time to be part of it.

Thanks Airborne for the final Friday of the year!!

Punch List out.

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Chupacabra farewell with ladders 🪜 sandbags and rucks

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WARMUP: no warm up
THE THANG: Tabata every 2 minutes, drop and do 10 merkins with ruck on… first one was even before we launched… whining coming from everywhere…

We had a ladder 🪜 loaded with sandbags (4×40 plus 2×60) pick up the ladder, put it on shoulders and start moving around the 1/4 mile loop, every time the timer went off we had to do 10 merkins, do Tabata and pick up ladder again and keep moving… stop about 1/3 of the loop right after the buzzer went off, form two lines and start passing the Sandbags sideways to the pax next in line, return Sandbags to starting point, now pass sandbags overhead to pax next to you, rinse and repeat twice… buzzer went off a couple of times during the sandbags exercise so everyone knew what to do…

Load sandbags back on ladder and keep moving, we didn’t get too far went buzzer went off again.. 10 more!! Advanced to starting point just in time for another buzzer, another 10 merkins; form two lines and start tossing the Sandbags to the other end of parking lot… yes, you guessed it, buzzer went off a few times… rinse and repeat… load up the ladder and keep moving… another 1/3 of the loop and buzzer went off again, 10 more, fork two lines and unload ladder, this time it was over the shoulder toss to pax next/behind you.. rinse and repeat twice and yes, buzzer went off a couple times…

Load up the ladder and keep moving.. another buzzer 2/6 of the loop, drop do merkins and grab ladder and keep moving… we had enough time to go back to COT
MARY: 20 squats with ruck on… buzzer went off one last time, 10 merkins… another round of 20 squats… 6 o’clock

It’s been my pleasure to be the site Q for Chupacabra for the past 16-18 months but it was time to put Chupa to sleep… we’ve had some great events and variety of WODs, and some times miles and smiles…

Thanks for everyone’s support…

Tinsel OUT

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