Co-Q at the Colosseum

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It was warm and humid this morning at the Colosseum. I led the first 22.5 and Dark Helmet was set to take the second half. 10 Bootcampers were joined by Maximas, Gears and Vuvuzela who went running OYO.  

I led us off with a quick 10 SSH and then moseyed to my portion of the workout.

I wanted to do something hard but self contained. The first workout that came to mind was Iron Pax 2019 Week 1: The Killer B’s.  

Starting at Cone 1 you broad jump 10 yards to cone 2. Complete 10 burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, and 10 Big Boy Situps-
Broad Jump to cone 3 and repeat the exercises and the reps. Broad Jump to Cone 4 repeat the exercises and the reps.

Once through the cones YHC gave everyone the option to either BearCrawl back or Sprint back. (if you were seen not sprinting I blew the whistle and the offending PAX was given 5 burpees OYO) I only blew the whistle once….on myself because I love burpees apparently.

Our goal was to get through 4 times in the 20ish minutes. I’m happy to say everyone worked hard and we got through it.

Once my time was up Dark Helmet took over and we moseyed down towards the school entrance. He handed us all a pen/marker and some paper and asked us to write a message to Decibel and his son Noah who is recovering from an operation. Once we all wrote down our messages we then raced to his office to put the messages on the door. The first one there got to pick the routine for the next portion of the workout.

After a loooong mosey up the hill where YHC HR hit 190 I was able to get to the office first and got the chance to pick the next part of the workout. Starting at the top of the hill we ran back and did 15 merkins and 25 4-CT clutters 4 different cones.

At that point we were getting close to 6 and we all made a jailbreak to COT. We were reunited with the runners who I think did 7ish miles and joined in on some LBC’s and Hello Dolly’s as we hit 6:00.

Announcements included F3 Dads, the Site Change of the Swamp, and a makeup of the Misogi. Prayers for health, mental, physical and spiritual.

Always great to Q and especially grateful for partnering with DOAH today. Thanks to all who showed!

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SL Speed Work

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Hot, humid, muggy, soupy, delightful morning. Thermometer said 75 when firing up the truck this morning. It’s gonna be a hot one. Best way to pay the man is to get it in early.

WARMUP: 1.5 mile run
THE THANG: 28 minutes of sprint repeats around the Kingsley Parking Lot
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A
COT:
Prayers for DH’s father in law, Roger. He has a bad report from a biopsy indicating cancer on two organs.

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We saw a bear

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WARMUP: Ruck a lap
THE THANG: Deck of pain with mosey breaks every 7th card.

2-7
– Heart – Man Maker
– Diamond – Ruck Curl
– Clubs – Shoulder Press
– Spade – Ruck swing
8-A
– Heart – Calf Raises
– Diamond – Squat
– Clubs – Merkin
– Spade – BBS

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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15 pounder

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WARMUP: Did some stretching and had a nice Indian run

THE THANG:
Did some time at the small wall/firepit with various sets of muscle exciters. Got in lots of kettlebell swings, lawnmower pulls and laps in between.

KB Swings
Lawnmower pulls
Triceps extensions
Halo circles
Hillbilly walkers w bell

-Lap-

Squats
LBC w bell
Deadlifts
KB Swings

-Lap-

KB Swings
Tricept extensions
Around the World

-Lap-

Lawmower pulls
Clean press
Halo circles
KB swings

-Lap-

Squats
LBC’s
Around the world
Shoulder presses

-Lap-

Lawnmower pulls
Tricept extensions
Deadlifts
Clean press

-Lap-

Then, pass the duitchie, where we all got to feel Tesh mammoth and Destiny’ 15 pounder.

COT: Mentioned a few things in the newsletter including FM Care Center lawn sign up, Pusher bringing back Q Source

Prayers for Destiny’s colleague with health issues, Band Camp’s church for VBS (for seeds to be planted) and for Pusher’s daughter Emma and surgery/recovery for torn ACL.

Good crew this morning. Lots of good mumble chatter. Missed Battle Bot…..Appreciate the opportunity to lead!

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The Ghost of Band Camp Haunts Alcatraz

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WARMUP: Mosey to the roundabout for some COP fun — mtn climbers, Parker Peter, SSH, IW, HW, Carioca, burpees
THE THANG: Mosey to one of those Hawaiian names side streets
Plank series on a side street
Mosey to cul de sac on right and continue down to the golf course for a
Jacob’s ladder (jumping lunges at bottom, 3-way calf raises at top)
Mosey back home

Handoff to Trucker

Back on the mosey train (somewhat surprisingly) over to that nasty neighborhood hill right off the park entrance (oh no!) down to the bottom

10 Merkins
Nur to the top
10 LBCs
rinse and repeat for 3 rounds
(The Suck got very real by this point!)

Pearls on a strong out past the tennis courts to the short wall by the golf course with several stops for LBCs, merkins, flutters, dips, derkins, etc. Same drill on the return to the firehouse for more of the same, then a continuation on the path around Runde with stops for pain and a final sprint home.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Swamp and Quagmire relocations coming this week.
QSource mtg returning 6/21 at Baxter Starbucks after workouts
F3 Dads starting 6/11 for 4 weeks at WEP at 0900

COT:
The spirit of Band Camp was with us front he start as YHC mistake preferred to Backdraft as BC — that only fired up BD to prove himself, and he did, coming in as king ong with Fishstix. nice work!

Great to Q with BAOPS OG Trucker! for the record, I told him I would focus on cardio, hills and legs so he could cover the rest of the body. He did cover the rest but not without giving us all a real beating of the hill, cardio and leg flavor. nice work!

great to have Masterpiece in the gloom after a long stretch off. T-claps to Decibel for getting him back out. great to have MP’s EH of Paint Can put for his first Alcatraz rodeo — great job pushing through a tough morning!

Thx to Skipper for the invite and the leadership at Alcatraz!

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Yard Work Completed!

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walker, Merkins, Rebel Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Stretching, M Nightclubs, Low slow squat.
THE THANG: Hill work (5’s) Squats and Burpees. Followed by Bear crawl with Merkins up the hill!  Mosey over to the benches on the bus line with a mini DORA completed. ( 50 Derkins, Dips, and Squats) 10 reps each partner while other partner planked.  Mosey down to Football field for some 100 yard work stopping at every 10 yd line for a mix of exercises.  Back to COT w 2 mins to spare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  CSAUP discussion
COT; Wrapped up w prayers, graduation for kids, time-away from kids and remembering how much our kids and family mean to each of us.
Nice work!

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Quagmire moving to Earth Fare next Monday

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Quagmire is relocating to the same startEx as sweep the leg. We have tried to keep a presence in the Steele Creek area for years since Lake Wylie launched as its own region and the PAX numbers have faded since. What used to be the middle ground has now became an island. I feel like a failure giving up on it but am greatful for the opportunity to have more time to coffeeteria after the workout and fellowship. Come out and have a cup of Steele Creeks finest coffee around Monday. See you in the gloom.

Olaf

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The Final Episode

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3 showed up for the Final Episode of The Swamp.

We warmed up in standard fashion with:

15 SSH
10 MNC

Mosey to CVS Parking Lot.
15 Seal Jacks
10 Arm circles forward
10 Arm circles backward
5 Burpees OYO

Mosey to Target

We did 10 HR merkins and 10 4-ct flutters at every other ball. We did 4 rounds taking a lap around Walker Branch Road each time. We also reduced the reps at each ball by 2 each lap.

Once complete we moseyed over to the fountain. We completed 10 Inclined merkins, 10 decline merkins, and 10 dips with a lap around the traffic circle. Repeated 3 times then headed to COT.

With 3 minutes to go we did a brief EMOM 5 burpees and 15 LBCs.

COT: Thanked the PAX for coming out for the sendoff. Looking forward to the next chapter as the Swamp comes to a close.

See you all Next week at the Harris Teeter 160/Gold Hill Rd. for the launch of (REDACTED)

SYITG

THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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