Laps of Pain

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It was a brisk morning in The Fort. The temps were cold but the mumble chatter was fire.:fire: Quick mosey and a warmup.

Thang:
Laps of pain..Escalating latter with a lap around the track after each set.
30 Squats
25 Flutters
20 CDDs (CCDs)
15 Mtn. Climbers
10 Merkins
5 Burpees

Jack Web with Stepups and Dips.

Back to COT for prayers and praises plus a locked car.

JWow

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One lap is all it takes

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WARMUP: ssh, wind mills, imp walkers, plank, up and down dog, Peter Parker’s
THE THANG: we moseyed one lap around the large loop around the pond and LPL (counter clockwise) starting at cot. We stopped at every other street light and did some exercises

Along the first road ( through the row of restaurants, etc) we did 1 burpee, 2 bomb jacks, 3 big boys, 4 merkins and 5 squats

Along the second road towards the back of Kingsley, we did all the previous things, and added 6 side straddle hops.

We stopped along the way at the rip rap for a quick and painful interlude where we each grabbed a rock and carried it over our heads up to the LPL parking sign and back. We then continued our journey.

Along the next road, across the back of LPL, we did the previous 6 exercises at the designated street lights and added 7 monkey humpers.

Finally, along the road back to cot, we did these same 7 exercises, but doubled the rep count of each

We did one last set when we arrived back at cot and then we caught our breath, wiped the sweat from our brows and enjoyed the sunrise.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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It is what it is!

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As is typical of YHC, I wanted to do some ladder work at the Ballroom to keep the Pax moving today so I researched old backblasts for ideas. While not original, I love reading the old backblasts to see the Pax, the mumblechatter and the work being done. I stumbled on a few good ideas from Fogerty and Cake Boss but settled on a Bonsai from 2022 that included over 700 reps which I thought was appropriate for our 1st sub 30 degree day this Fall.

WARMUP:
After a thorough disclaimer, we commenced to Indian Run to the track with the 6 doing 5 merkins and then sprinting to the lead.

We circled up in the track/football field parking lot for the following:

SSH x 30
Cherry Pickers x 10
Seal Jacks x 20
Windmills x 10
Plank Jacks x 20
IW x 15

We moseyed to find a gate that was open so that YHC could deploy the Weinke.

THE THANG:

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 1 burpee
Run to the 20 yard line, do 2 burpees
Ladder up then down to other goal line

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 5 merkins
Run to the 20 yard line, do 10 merkins
Ladder up then down to the other goal line Run

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 10 squats
Run to the 20 yard line, do 20 squats
Ladder up then down

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 10 flutters
Run to the 20 yard line, do 20 flutters
Ladder up to the 50 then pause
Bear crawl the remaining 50 yards

Mosey home

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Read the newsletter

COT:
Many prayers and praises abound this AM; All were lifted up and a prayer to continue this momentum for the remainder of the day by accepting our strength in Christ

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Choose your own snakepit adventure

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WARMUP: the usual suspects
THE THANG:

Rack up as many points as possible in 3 categories. However, PAX must do 1 exercise per a category in order (BW, gear, MOT). Within category, Pax has choice of exercise and can keep score themselves

Body weight
1 point:
• 10-SSH
• 25 LBC
• 30 ankle taps each side
2 points: 
• 10 merkins
• 10 bomb-jacks
• 20 flutters each side
• 20 BBSU
3 points: 
• 10 Burpees
• 20 jump Squats
• 10 Apollo ono each side
4 points:
•  10 Lt. Dan
• 20 box cutters
5 points: 
• 10 Kraken-merkins
• 5 Navy Seal Burpees
10 points:
• 10 Kraken Burpees

Gear
1 point: 
• 10 KB swings
• 20 kb bicep curls
• 10 OH Press
2 points: 
• 10 cleans each side
• 10 Goblet Squats
• 10 KB Halos each side
3 points: 
• 10 Snatches each side
• 20 KB Gorilla-smashes each side 
• 5 manmakers w Cindie
• 15 Sledge-tire
4 points: 
• 10 crab-press each side
• 10 deadman-to-barbarian
• 5 tire flips
5 points: 
• 10 underswitch to crab-press each side
• 10 tire flips
10 points: 
• 5 “Tower of Power” (2x Cindie Merkin pyramids)
• 15x 80# sandbag ground-over-shoulder

MoTs 
1 point: mosey
2 points: 
• Nur
• Side shuffle
• Carioca 
3 points: 
• Farmer Carry – 1 coupon
• Lunge walk (BW)
4 points: 
• Nur w 1-coupon
• Lunge walk w 1-coupon
5 points: 
• nur or F-Carry w DOUBLE coupon
10 points:
• Lunge-walk w double coupon
•  burpee-broad-jump up & back
• Roll tire up, flip it back
• Lt-Dan magic legs up/crawl-bear down
MARY: kettlebell slalom… That’s all we had time for
ANNOUNCEMENTS: operation love (turkey collection for 11/23), other newsletter stuff
COT: held… Fifth core principle

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Cuomo And Stang Board Games At The Fort

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WARMUP: Run Around WEP stop at every swing and do 10 SSH
THE THANG: Cuomo Had A Board and I Had A Board. Mine Was Better Only Because It Had Mac Tar Dyes Involved
MARY: Some In Cadence Which Pax Thought I Couldn’t Do
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Your Newsletter
COT:

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The Impossible Mile

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WARMUP: barely
THE THANG: impossible mile
400m Bear Crawls
400m Lunge Walks
400m Burpee Broad Jumps (no one got past this)
400m sprint
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Operation Love, Christmas Party, Bethel
COT:
Yes

So this workout was one of many that remind me why we do what we do.
Unexpected FNG came out this am, dudes an ex marine and a solid dude. Knew we would be there. But really it’s because every single man made a decision they weren’t going to leave the next man hanging. That’s why we post in unpleasant conditions, wee hours of the morning and in some cases with little sleep the day after a birthday where it would have been nice to sleep in if I’m being honest. I wouldn’t have been there for my brothers, and I also wouldn’t have gotten to see Private Dancer who came up from Florida, Dear Abby from Chicago, Boomhaur on his second post, met Hershey and MP, and gotten to see DH do some DH ish, with an FNG onboarding and so and and so on….So all in all a great morning. Welcome Body Butter!

The workout itself, well that’s another story. I wouldn’t say I regret it but I am going to be feeling that one for a few days…

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When you show up to Band Camp without your instrument, you get Squatched

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WARMUP: Spectre reading message from Bandcamp – “Welp, Bandcamp overslept.” YHC leads SSH, short run to 160 and then Peter Parker and mountain climbers…
THE THANG: the route is called “The Reverse <@U014K6EAUFM> neighborhood” + add on of back entrance to Gold Hill Middle… intermittent stops throughout the route
3-5 reps of “windmill merkins” followed by broga stretches
MARY: replaced by 60″ of Bandcamp’s portion of today’s Q
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bandcamp overslept.
COT: Honorable of Bandcamp to show up and still get in the miles.

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The Artie

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Today we honored Police Officer Arthur “Artie” Lopez of the Nassau County Police Department. Artie was part of the Emergency Services Unit and was killed in the line of duty in October of 2012
WARMUP: SSH, Morrocan Nightclubs, Imperial Walkers and some stretching
THE THANG: 10 Pullups, 20 SQUATS ,15 Merkins ,10 Curls and 10 Cindy Thrusters. 5 Rounds with a run down to the elementary school after each round.
Called an audible:
Then we had 3 rounds of Cindy exercises. CURLS,PRESSES, OH PRESSES,SQUATS, DIPS, BENT OVER ROWS and some I can’t remember.
Then we proceeded to the benches at the school for someone shenanigans. STEP UPS, BULGARIAN SPLITSQUATS, ERKINS,DERKINS, CALF RAISES and finished with Mary.

MARY: Was boxcutters, mountain Climbers, hello dolly and I think crunches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party and Thanksgiving convergence
COT: Prayers and praises

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Who are you?

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Three got a little stronger and a bit deeper at Armory. Here’s what we did.

WARMUP:
– 10 SSH
– 10 Seal Jacks
– 10 Imperial Walkers
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers
Mosey to front of church

THE THANG:
Do the exercise, jog down to the crosswalk and back. Add the next exercise. Repeat for 12 rounds.

– 10 Goblet Squats
– Add 10 Curls
– Add 10 Calf Raises
– Add 10 American Hammers
– Add 10 Skull Crushers
– Add 10 Flutters with a Press
– Add 10 Pull Throughs
– Add 10 Swings
– Add 10 Lunges
– Add 10 John Deeres
– Add 10 Sit-up to Press
– Add 10 Manmakers

NMM
So many zoom from womb to tomb and never truly understand their purpose. Ask yourself today, “who are you and why are you here?”

You are more than your job title. You are more than your hobbies. If you don’t know who you’re serving, you may be living for your own ego. Discover who you are today.

Aye!
IJ

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