Dozens at S2S

WARMUP:
Wide, regular, and diamond half merkins in cadence, alternating with wide, regular, and close ankle half squats in cadence.

THE THANG:
Partnered and alternated burden carries of sandbags, kettlebells, Spartan Bucket, and a sand-ball. Added isometric holds at exchange switch points.

MARY: n/a

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party, career support.

COT:
Prayers for health, renewed careers and discernment.

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Park to Calhoun

WARMUP: it was cold. we’ll warm up on the run
THE THANG: cover distance stop for:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
added some lunges once
did some leg lifts after a muscle up twice
bear crawled the length of Calhoun St. Parking lot twice too
covered 3.11 miles–except for Beaker (his strava only said 2.98, which feels like a failure on my part. see NMM below)
MARY: flutters in cadence for 1:30 to hit 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas Party 12/12, Bethel service tonight

NMM:

You ever just 3000% took care of everything and crushed it by all outward metrics, but you didn’t do it with JOY in your heart? So your wife, kids, or close friend noticed and it wasn’t the reaction you expected…even though the mission was fully accomplished

It isn’t enough to just do a good job

Handle the mess your kids created with success, but did it in a way that made them feel scared rather than safe? Failure

Take care of business for your family, but made your wife feel like it was a burden rather than a mission? Failure

Maybe it’s just me… 😉 Good thing failure is a way point and not an end point. Let’s stay after it!

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A bunch of EMOMS and Gratitude

Warmup:
SSH IC x 20
Windmill IC x 10
Seal Jack IC x 20
MNC IC x 20
Plank Jack IC X 15
Lap

Series of 3 10 minute Emom’s with 3 minutes of rest/recovery lap in-between

Emom 1
10 Burpees Every minute on the minute

Emom 2
15 Merkins 10 Squats 5 Diamond Merkins (dropped the diamonds after minute 5)

Emom 3
20 Flutters
10 Hello Dollys
20 Hammers
5 In and Outs

Retrun to COT

10 Peter Parkers IC

And then….5 Merkins…and then…5 merkins….and then…5 merkins…and then 5 merkins…and then 5 merkins

Close right at 6:00.

Message today was not feeling that we “Deserve/are owed” anything vs. feeling gratitude for what we are given. Message really hit because of how grateful everyone was for the 100 burpees to start things off.

Thanks to BC for the opportunity!

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Brick by brick/Post by post

WARMUP: Did some moseying around with SSH, Hillbillies, and Squats
THE THANG: A Dip/Derkin 11 at the Ampitheater/ mosey to the Stairs in Textile Way / pax planked and elbow planked while one at a time went up/down.
Mosey to Sunbelt lot.
Quick DORA like run with merkins/lbc’s/squats.
Mosey to Main Event – Starfish type workout with 7 solid stations. Burpees/Merkins/Big Boys/LBC’s/Mak Tar Jyes/Dry Docks/Jump Squats. All stations had high rep counts for max suffering.
Mosey to a station, near crawl back, do 1 burpee on first round, 2 burpees on second, etc…
All pax gave max effort to complete, but fell a little short on time. Moseyed back to COT.
MARY: Not her day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party! Get there!
COT: All shared. Live your best life!

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Modified Belle Ringer

WARMUP: Set-up for the workout, guys showed up, gave the disclaimer, and we completed SSHx10IC at each station with 1 burpee OYO as the exercise and flow was explained. Came back to the center to start.

THE THANG:
Modified Belle Ringer
Format: AMRAP for 30 minutes
Set-Up: Make a 5-point star with each point of the star being 10 – 15 yards away from the center.
Workout starts with:
1. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 2 and perform 10 “We’re Not Worthy”. Farmer carry back to center.
2. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 3 and perform 15 Goblet Squats. Farmer carry back to center.
3. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 4 and perform 20 CurltoCleantoPress. Farmer carry back to center.
4. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 25 KB Swings. Farmer carry back to center.
5. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 30 Bent Over Rows. Farmer carry back to middle.

Each complete trip is 125 reps

Most PAX made 2 complete trips!

MARY: NONE – Cindy would have been jealous.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Bethel serve, read your newsletter

COT: The second half of this workout is really COT centered around a topic of conversation. All guys participated which was great to witness and sparked back and forth conversation that I pray helped those who are seeking a Shield Lock. Will not go into the specifics of what was shared, gotta STK!

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Deck The Halls with reps and running

WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Deck of Pain on the main stage. The suit is the workout the number on the card is the reps.
Hearts: Merkins – Ace: Plank 60s
Spade: Squat – Ace: Wall Sit 60s
Diamonds: SSH – Ace: Line Jumps :left_right_arrow: then :arrow_up_down: 60s each.
Clubs: BBS – Ace: Feet on wall sit ups. X25
Joker: Lap around the Christmas tree then 10 burpees
90 reps each suit workout
Next up Indian run around WEP
Finally end up at the top of the hill on the south end for some 7’s with squats up top and v-ups at the bottom. Slippery slopes with leaves when going up and down. One casualty… RIP <@UMVTXH0BX>

MARY: she found us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, Christmas party
COT: YES!

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Diaper Board Circuits

WARMUP: SSH, Bent over Rows, sandbag hear hug with a march. mosey around the lot with some shuffles, high knees and butt kickers
THE THANG: 3 circuits. 10 minutes each.
1st circuit – 4 exercises
-Bear hug squats x15
-Deadlift x15
-Overhead hold and march x30 steps
-Bent over rows x15
-50yd carry
Repeat :repeat_one: until time

2nd – 4 ab exercises
-Sandbag American hammers x20
-Merkin on bag x15
-Plank pull through x10ea
-Single leg lowers with overhead hold x20
-50yd carry
Repeat :repeat_one: until time

3rd – 4 exercises
-Thrusters x10
-Man makers x10
-Bear crawl with sandbag pull through 20 ft
-Curl and press x10
-50yd carry
Repeat :repeat_one: until time

Finish it out with a 5 minute sandbag hold. If you drop it you have 5 burpees.
MARY: Nowhere to be seen
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party
COT: Yessir

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Singing in the Rain

WARMUP: No, too cold
THE THANG: Run down and up through Dominion Bridge, Over to Catawba Ridge HS, loop around the property then over to Forest Creek MS, loop around the property and back through Dominion Bridge and loops around Blue Smokehouse. Many loops.
MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: No
COT: Yes

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Ice Ice Baby – Board pushing

WARMUP:
Short: SSH, windmill, down dog, Honeymooner, Down Dog, sprinter stretch

Partner up with similar size guys. Each pair gets a brick and 2×4 board. Mosey to stadium

THE THANG:
All line up at the track by the field’s end zone line. Race your partner:
– Partner 1 performs “board push” across the turf (along end zone line) to the other side of the track
– Partner 2 performs Cindy carry around track, past the scoreboard, to opposite side of track by end zone line

Partner who loses: 5 burpees
~30s rest
Swap coupons with your partner and then race back in a similar fashion

Repeat until 5:45 – we got about 4 down and backs

Finisher: Board push sprint relay
– Split into two teams
– 1 pax at a time from each team performs a Board push down and back across the field,
– Relay race style, Cycle through all pax
– Losing team: no further punishment needed

MARY: 4 minutes of ab work, everyone got to call an exercise

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes

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