Win the Morning, and the Day

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WARMUP: Quick run around the parking lot, back to an area close to COT then circle up for 15 reps each of the following:
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial Walkers
* MNC
* Strawberry pickers
That got the heart rate up. muscle groups loose, and blood flowing nicely.
THE THANG:
Keep it simple. Starting from where warmups were done near COT, do the following in order…..
* 5 Burpees
* 10 Box cutters
* 20 Hand-release merkins
* 40 Mountain climbers (2 ct)
* Run a lap around the shopping center’s parking lot (approx 1/4 mile loop)
* Repeat until time is up

Not much mumblechatter because we were all in constant movement. Everyone got in at least 2.5 miles, others got in more. Tesla was King, lapped everyone at least once. I think he got me twice. Ugh!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* A LOT going on! Read the newsletter, get involved.
* Thanksgiving convergence this Thursday at The Ranch!
* Raised approx $1,100 at the Bourbon Tasting! Great job Cyclops organizing and hosting, and great job Wegmans on the catering.
COT:
* A lot of P&P.
* Special prayers for Spectre and his M.
* Blessings for Beaker and his M in celebrating their 5th anniversary.
* Prayers for my youngest son as he is battling flux at school still trying to get accustomed to the workloads and responsibilities of 6th grade.
* Sorry if I missed posting any of them in this backblast. My mind is still covered in frost.
* Give thanks this week, pay forward your blessings to someone less fortunate and in need.

Thank you Badlands for the opportunity to lead. Thank you PAX for showing up and pushing yourself and each other. We won the morning!

Thankful and blessed,
-NASA

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You Could’ve Stayed In Bed

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WARMUP: Run the parking lot down and back, twice. 5 Jump Squats. 10 Merkins. 15 Mountain Climbers. 10 Windmills.
THE THANG: I’m not sure how much ground we covered but the intent was to get ~2mi plus a good workout to make getting out of bed worth it. After all, we have way too many guys staying in bed on a Saturday morning. Anyways, back to the topic at hand.
Line up on the left field line and bear crawl to the McDonald’s sign on the outfield fence. 20 Mountain Climbers. Bear crawl back for 20 more Mountain Climbers.
Run to the main hill on the back side. Run to the bottom, dodging deer, 5 burpees, NUR up the other side, 10 Carolina Dry Docks. Run back to the bottom for 5 Burpees then NUR up to the original start point for 10 more Carolina Dry Docks.
Head to the Pull-Up Bars:
Each PAX must complete 20 Pull-Ups and while you’re not doing Pull-Ups, you’re cycling through 10 Merkins and 20 American Hammers on repeat until everyone is done their Pull-Ups.
Head over to the 2nd most famous hill, Tara Tea Drive, again, dodging more deer.
Run to the bottom, 10 Jump Squats, run up, 10 Diamond Merkins. Complete 3 rounds.
Head to the field for a modified Jack Webb series:
1 WWII sit up : 4 Flutter Kicks. Complete all the way to 10:40.
Get on the line and run to the net and back.
Here’s the new one. Two lines, get in a plank position, head to toe. Man in the back does 5 Wide-Arm-Merkins then bear crawls to the front of the line (Indian Run style). Keep cycling through for about 50yds.
3-tier suicides.
MARY: Sprinkled in throughout the workout…that’s more my speed. We did finally close it out with Grave Diggers, Toe Touches and elbow planking.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter (3 convergences in a row starting on Thanksgiving, Turkey money drive, clay shooting, etc)
COT: You should’ve been there. Our guys are carrying a lot these days. Head up, shoulders back, eyes clear and lean on each other as needed.

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Ghost Flag meets Board of Pain – Metro takes the flag

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WARMUP:
Mosey to WarmORama
Small Arm Circles
Side Straddle Hop
Produce Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey around the parking lot, then
Lunge Walk
Toy Soldiers
Bear Crawl

Mosey to Board of Pain, then

5x Burpees – Run – 5x – Run – 10x – Run – 15x of each exercise below:

Merkins
Shoulder Taps
CDD
Mountain Climbers
Low Slow Squats
Calf Raises
Lunges
Monkey Humpers
LBCs
Freddie Mercury
Box Cutters
Flutter Kicks

Run back to shovel flag for CoT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the Newsletter

COT:
Personal Successes, Prayers for a friend who passed away, Prayers for family of PAX, Prayers for health and happiness.
Metro takes the flag.

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300 – The Spartan WOD

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WARMUP:
– SSH, WM, IW
THE THANG:
– 10x burpee + 20x MC (1:1) + short run
– 10x burpee + 20x Big Boys + short run
– 10x burpee + 20x Peter P. (1:1) + short run
– 10x burpee + 20x A. Hammer (1:1) + short run
– 10x burpee + 20x dips + short run
–> long run and rinse and repeat
MARY:
– sandbag carry with some man-makers and squats
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was done throughout the workout with great mumblechatter

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Chatty Cathys Coming Thru!!!

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Pyramid of pain
Do 5 Merkins run a lap
5 merkins, 10 squats, run a lap
5,10,15, run a lap
…
All 6 exercises run a lap
Now drop SSH and work back down. 5,10,15,20,25 run a lap
…
5.10 run a lap
5 merkins run a lap
If you do all of it the totals are to the right

5 merkins. 55
10 squats.  90
15 calf raises. 105
20 LBCs.   120
25 Moroccan nightclubs. 75
30 SSH.  30

Wall sits for a few minutes
7 minutes of Mary

To round it out we did 5 merkins in warmup and another 10 in Mary to get 70 for those doing Shieldlock challenge

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Deep Burn at The Stockade

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It was a cold November morning in the Fort, but there was an lingering anticipation of a deep burn to keep the PAX warm.

Warmups:

·  Side Straddle Hops
·  Windmill (Trucker Friendly)
·  Tappy Taps
·  Hillbilly Walkers
·  Donkey Kick (In Cadence)
·  Down/Up Dog
·  Let Stretch

Everyone was feeling warm and we were off.

The Thang:

We were all feeling lucky this morning, so the Q decided to invite a friendly game of blackjack into the mix.

·   1 Merkin & 20 Leg Lifts = 21 reps of a deep burn
·  Run to the other side of the HT parking lot
·  2 Merkins & 19 Leg Lifts = 21 reps of a deep burn
·  Run to the other side of the HT parking lot

You can see a patter forming. We worked our way down to 20 Merkins & 1 Leg Lift.

If my Zima math is correct we did 210 Mekins, 210 Leg Lifts, and ran across the parking lot 10 times….Carry the 1.

We moseyed over to a wall for what the holy grail of the Exicon calls “Descending Testicles”

Descending Testicles:

·   15 degrees on the wall and 10 Derkins
·  45 degrees on the wall with 10 Derkins
·   Ball to Wall with 10 Derkins

We added 30 American Hammers & 30 squats.

Mosey over to COT with 5 minutes left. Might as well throw some Bear Crawls with Carolina Dry Docs in.

We did a Jack Webb with 4 Bear Crawls & 1 CDD. We made it to 36 Bear Crawls and 9 CDD’s until time ran out.

Prayers for Slapshot’s Mother-In-Law, my friends Mother-In-Law that passed, and safe holiday travel.

JWow

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Rinse and Repeat

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WARMUP:
Quick jaunt to just inside the gate of the football stadium
Keep it simple …..SWIMS
4-count, 15-20 reps, of each
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial Walkers
* Moroccan night clubs
* Strawberry pickers
Then to the track….

THE THANG:
Keep it simple yet effective
Perform the string of exercises…..
* 10 burpees
* 20 box cutters
* 30 hand-release merkins
* 40 LS squats
* 50 mountain climbers (2ct)
* Then run a lap (400m)
>> Repeat until time’s up

Everyone got in 4 complete rounds. We could have started on a 5th but took the final 5-6 minutes to work in some yoga to focus on legs, lower back, and hips.

GREAT mumblechatter!! Rainmaker, in his 2nd week of F3, mumblechattered into what became job networking with Splinter that may hopefully lead to a new job. More than a workout!! Awesome!!

COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* A LOT going on! Read the newsletter and try to get involved.
P&P:
* Pulled a CSPAN an went to each PAX asking for a P&P. Alot lifted up to and laid at His feet.

Thank you Bodywash for the opportunity to lead.

Thankful and blessed,
– NASA

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The Zipper

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Pledge of Allegiance at 5:14 and then off to Hardee’s. The plan is called the zipper. Main spine is Springs St, 20 Merkins, at Unity Street, 25 LBC at Pine St 25 Flutter each leg. Meet back at Hardee’s at 5:55.

Got the call yesterday for the Q and luckily this site is easy Q to plan. The zipper didn’t disappoint and provided the sweat on a cool morning. Thank Jekyll for the call.

MARY: Plank Crunches and LBC with feet at 6”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive, Bourbon and BBQ, Charity Shoot
COT: Prayers lifted

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