Tax Man Cometh

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WARMUP: SHH, IW, squats, run a lap in silence to remember Liza Fletcher. Lady from Memphis that was kidnapped, assaulted, and murdered while out on her morning run. She was a friend of my sisters and this hit home for me.

THE THANG: 3 rounds max reps you vs partner. A 100 dash was the timer for each exercise for each person. Upon completion of the exercise each person shared their total rep count. The person with the fewest reps had to do Burpees. Total number of burpees was the rep count differential after each exercise.
Round 1: curls, Uhauls, swings
Round 2: hammer curls, squats, tri extensions
Round 3: merkins on the bell, deadlifts, lawnmower pulls

Bonus: Sugar bug and Slash teamed up to tie every round. As a result they received burpee penalties every round.

My merkin form was called into question by Band Camp. I think this is purely a result of his kettlebell weight being 52lbs vs my 45lb. Band Camp had burpee penalties every round 🙂
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT:

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Armor Fati – Love Fate

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WARMUP: Run school loop – side shuffle, buttkickers, karaoke, high knees, walking lunges. Merkins – wide, regular, military.

THE THANG: F3 Deck of Pain with miscellaneous cardio after each exercise.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Prayers for 38’s son Bruce and resolution to student threats at Fort Mill High.

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Jack Webb from hell – remix

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WARMUP: a little upward & downward dog, some low slow squats and single count merkins

THE THANG: moseyed over to WEP.  Starting at the first bench swing the PAX did 1 burpee and 4 merkins, ran to the next swing did 2 and 8, ran back to the first swing and then went to the 3rd swing did 3 & 12, then to the 2nd swing and up to the 4th bench swing, did 4 & 16 and so on until we got to 10 and 40.  
Since we still had some time left, YHC didn’t want to waste any time so we moseyed over to the playground and did a dead hang for a 10- count, 10 low slow squats, 5 pull ups and then 10 more squats.  With 4 minutes left we headed back to COT.  Arrived at 0600.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: prayers for schools, kids, teachers, admin as well as others

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It hurt me more that it hurt you

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The intention was a traditional bootcamp and not a minnie pond-esque run and gun (yes, that’s a shot)

Dynamic warm-up
butt kickers, high knees, toy soldiers, overhead claps walking, shuffle L and R, karaoke L and R, lunge walk, bear crawl

Circle up (various counts between 11 and 18)
low slow squat, shoulder tap, imperial walker, LBC, hillbilly walker, plank-elbow-plank-elbow (yes long sleeves are recommended, its getting chilly in the morning anyway), SSHop, dying cockroach, bobby hurley with a pause by al gore, merkins (instead of mahktar n’diayes, note long sleeves)

1st ramp up, with run in between
5 burpees
5 burpees, 10 big boys
5 burpees, 10 big boys, 15 merkins
5 burpees, 10 big boys, 15 merkins, 20 squat jumps
5 burpees, 10 big boys, 15 merkins, 20 squat jumps, 25-2ct flutters
5 burpees, 10 big boys, 15 merkins, 20 squat jumps, 25-2ct flutters, 30 SSHops

to the grass (elbows)
10 mahktar n’diayes
10 kneetar n’diayes

2nd ramp up with shorter wog in between
5 flying squirrel
5 flying squirrel, 10 HR merkins
5 flying squirrel, 10 HR merkins, 15 gas pumpers
5 flying squirrel, 10 HR merkins, 15 gas pumpers, 20 LSSquats

back to the grass
JACK WEBB (yes, a traditional Jack Webb, a complete Jack Webb)

Get off my lawn!

COT

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Bring Home the Bacon

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COP
SSH – Low Slow Squats – Merkins – Southern Gentleman – Northern Aggressor

11’s on Backside Hill (Grant Farms Dr)
CDD’s/Lunges

1.5 Miles and 240ft of Elevation Gain later… Mosey to wall behind express oil change

DORA
50-100-150
Derkins – Dips – Step Ups

Jail Break to COT

At the outset of the workout, YHC offered actual bacon to the pax. The challenge was whoever is #king gets to bring home a bag of home cured/smoked bacon. Who would have thought that a vegetarian would bring home the bacon? Gears said his kids will enjoy it.

Announcements
Cash Memorial WOD tomorrow at Ring of Fire
Charity Shoot 11/11 with Change Order for the FM Care Center
Blood Drive coming to a text message near you – hit 3D up for more details

COT
FMHS threats being made against the principal, prayers for all involved and that the person making the threats does not follow through.
Prayers for Gears’ mother.
Prayers for Slow Jams’ wife.
Prayers for we leaders.

Thanks for the repeat Q, Slow Jams. Glad I was able to show up to this one!

Punch List out.

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4 Season of a Man’s Life

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Run to the hill by the football stadium. Stopped at each light pole for 8 HR Merkins. Once at the top we planked for the 6. 40 merkins total.

Continued to mosey past the church and armory. Entered back into the high school by the gym where we circled up.

With an impending birthday I have been reflecting a lot on where I am during my life. One such message that resonated with me is the idea that a man’s life is divided up into seasons. As a result the theme for today was the 4 seasons of a man’s life. I tried to mirror the workout with the nature of each season.

Season 1. : Spring Age 0-20. Theme is Identity.

This stage of a man’s life a man determines who he is, what skills he has, and what are his limitations.

SSH IC x10
Seal Jacks ICx10
Plan Jacks IC x10
Mountain Climber x10.

Did 2 rounds at 10 reps IC then 1 round of 20 IC to get to 40 IC reps in total for each exercise.

Ran to the next corner of the big parking lot for Summer

Season 2 : Summer Age 20-40 Theme is Learning and Growing

This stage of mans life is perfecting your skill set, and distinguishing your expertise for the good of society. How do you prioritize the things in your life (work v life balance). How do you establish family and your role in the community.

10 HR Merkins IC
10 Squats
10 Merkins IC
10 Lunges OYO

Repeated this 4 times to get to 40 reps of each exercise.

Run to the next corner of the parking lot for Fall

Season 3 : Fall Age 40-60 Theme is Influence

Key questions for this stage Have I achieved what I wanted to, can my mistakes be redeemed, and how to avoid having a mid-life crisis. Another key thing is to think about how you can influence the next generation. Particularly your family and close friends.

For this round of exercises I did a Tabata format

40 seconds on 20 seconds off.

Burpees
Catalina Wine Mixers
Bombjacks
HR Merkins

With time running out we ran to COT for the last season.

Season 4: Winter Theme is Investment.

At this stage you should have composure maturity and insight. You don’t see others as competition but as an opportunity to mentor and invest in the next generation. The greatest danger at this stage is for a man to believe he can no longer contribute. Of course in F3 we know this to be a lie. We have HIM’s all throughout the Fort as examples of what it is to be mentors, champions and examples.

The exercises at this stage were:

40 BBS
40 LBC’s IC
40 4-ct Flutter Kicks IC
40 American Hammers IC

With 8 seconds left I ended the workout…….with 5 more burpees OYO.

Honored to spend this day and this morning with the men of F3, members of my shieldlock and at Laces IN one of my favorite AO”s.

Until next time…..

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9/11 Remembrance Run

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Cherry Pickers, and Stretches
THE THANG: L-Shaped Path Run for over 3 miles with (2) Pain Stations that consisted of (9) Merkins and (11) Squats
MARY: LBCs, American Hammers, Hello Dollies, and Shoulder Taps
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Board of Pain at Laces In this Thursday and other upcoming 10-year Anniversary Events
COT: Paddle is starting a new job, Badlands grandfather is turning 90 in October with a party in Mexico, and Flounder keeps accelerating and consistent at the age of 86 and counting.

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