Category: Alcatraz

Maximus look-a-like

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WARMUP: windmills, low slow squats, IW
THE THANG: mossy to Anchorage Ln. Each PAX was being held accountable as the instruction was do 50 merkins and run to white mailbox at bottom of hill. You vs you as you can break up the 50 and run the hill as many times as you want. This is not a Dora partner WO. Most ran the hill 2xs, some 3. Next: 75 leg raises and you vs you. Finally 100 LBcs and you vs you. Mossy to parking lot so Fish “half” Stick could go home and crawl back into bed crying of running hills. Mossy to swings for 3 rounds of planks and 15 gas pumps using the swing. Mossy to trail near trash can. Pendulum series. One end 15 merkins, middle 10 leg raises, other end 15 squats. 4 rounds. Mossy to COT for Broga.
MARY: Broga lead by CO
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Skeet shooting, need 9 more to make it happen! Sign Up!!!
COT: FMHS football player and two other football players from PKMS and FMHS JV who got concussions this week in games. PAX to find balance in home/work. Helping PAX get out of ruts.

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Cake crumbs and Mr Clean up 🧹

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WARMUP: mosey around runde park and down towards marina with stops for some exercise moves
THE THANG:
CakeBoss at helm: traditional Dora
100 merkins
200 LBCs
300 Squats
Partner runs hill (50yrds)
Swap
Mosey back to runde for handoff to Mr Clean

12 or so Cindy exercise moves with a run in between each

MARY: breathing exercises 😜
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon tasting,
COT:keep posting

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Ian Spawned Off A Sharknado As It Left Tega Cay

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WARMUP: Moraccian Nightclubs, Overhead Claps, Peter Parkers, Hill Billy Walkers, Cherry Pickers and Sumo Squats all in reps from 7 – 10.

THE THANG: Today seemed like a appropriate time to bring back out a workout that is a real ass kicker that I haven’t done in awhile. It’s called Sharknado. The running part is meant to be done in a relatively flat parking lot but since Alcatraz is where real men post I figured we needed to throw some Tega Cay hills in the mix. We started on a street in a neighborhood but after several dogs started barking at us running back and forth on the hill we decided to Omaha over to a even steeper hill with less houses. Here’s how Sharknado goes

Start with 10 burpees followed by a run up the hill and back.
Next 20 Hand Release Merkins run up and back
20 Big Boy Sit Ups run up and back
20 Monkey Humpers run up and back
20 Scorpion Dry Docks run up and back

Goal is try to make it through 5 rounds. 2 achieved 5 rounds the others completed 4 rounds and some change.
This workout sucks and will test even the fittest of Pax. Total of 2.5 miles of hills.

MARY: We returned to COT for 10 minutes of stretching which we found out Fishstix needs much more of in his life. There was much moaning and groaning for this segment of my Q.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon Tasting, Skeet Shoot and Golf Tournament are all coming up for D2D fundraiser.
COT: Prayers for some Pax injured while running Bourbon Chase this weekend and their safe return home. Prayers for Pax in Florida and others we don’t know that got devastated from Ian. Let us be a huge support for them.
Thanks again for the Q stick fellas. Time for a nap.

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Uphill NURing and lots of webs

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We had 11 Bootcampers and 2 runners, quick disclaimer before getting into the warm up.

Mosey to fire station
20 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
15 LSS IC
15 MNC IC

Mosey to pull-up bars and plank. Waterfall of 5 pull-ups, and then back down the waterfall.

Mosey to bottom of Tara Tea and partner up.
DORA
NUR uphill and run back while partner completes
50 – merkins
100- overhead claps
150 – LBCs
200 – flutters

Back to the baseball field for some core, legs and upper body webs:

CORE
Captain Thor, 1 big boy sit-up – 4 American hammers, run 10 yards; 2 BBSU – 8 AH, run 10 yards; 3 BBSU – 12 AH, run 10 yards… repeat until completion of 10 BBSU – 40 AH
Total: 55 BBSU and 220 AH

Take a lap around the field.

LEGS
1 squat – 4 calf raises, run 20 yards; 2 squats – 8 calf raises, run 20 yards; 3 squats – 12 calf raises, run 20 yards… repeat until completion of 10 squats – 40 calf raises.
Total: 55 squats – 220 calf raises

Take a lap around the field.

UPPER BODY
Lots of mumble chatter while explaining this one, no running in between series this time
1 merkin – 4 shoulder taps; 2 merkins – 8 shoulder taps; 3 merkins – 12 ST; took a brake after 5-20, then another brake after 7-28 and YHC had already lost count and whining came into the game so as a crowd pleaser we repeated 7-28… finished up with 10 merkins – 40 shoulder taps.
Total: 62 merkins – 248 shoulder taps

We had a couple of minutes to go back to COT with smoked shoulders and Badlands thought it was a good idea to keep doing merkins, add 10 IC to the count. 9 for YHC, apparently my watch was out of whack and alerted me it was 0730.

Great work by everyone.

Announcements:
9/11 WOD at NaFo on 9/5 starting at 0600, bring sandbags and rucks.

10 year anniversary festivities start officially on Wednesday with someone named Zima at the PAINtheon games.

Final countdown happening on 9/10

Prayers and praises were lifted.

Tinsel and Kermit out…

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Bak too Skool

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walker, Windmills, merkins, mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Around the park with various pain stations along the way. Next, infamous Uber hill. 2minutes to carry brick up and down hill. 4 periods simulated carrying books from class to class. We had a chance to discuss Site Q opportunities 😀

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Jamaica’s Independence Day Workout

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WARMUP: None
THE THANG:

8/5 1962

8 x 50m sprints
19 exercises – 62 reps (except burpees)
60 burpees to represent 60 years of independence.

1. 20 burpees
2. LSS
Sprint
3. Merkins
4. LBC
5. HW (single count)
Sprint
6. Row the boat (American Hammers)
8. Lateral jumps
Sprint
8. OH Clap
9. Flutter Kicks
10. 20 Burpees
Sprint
11. Lunges (single count)
12. IW (single count)
Sprint
13. CDD
14. SSH
15. Freddie Mercury’s (single count)
Sprint
16. Jump Squats
17. Calf raises
Sprint
18. Penguins (double count)
19. 20 burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There’s a lot going on. Check your weekly newsletter. Also submit any announcements that you would want to be seen.

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Alcatraz Soup

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WARMUP: IC
15 IC – Side Straddle Hops
10 IC – Windmill
15 IC – Moroccan Night Club
10 IC – Cherry Pickers
15 IC – Merkins

THE THANG:

Merkin Indian Run around Runde Park down hill and back up
A combination of Catch Me If You Can and a traditional Indian Run. The last person drops and does 5 Merkins, while the rest of the Pax mosey in a line. After completing the Merkins, the last guy runs to catch the group, tapping the (new) last Pax on the shoulder, who then stops to begin his 5 Merkins, while the (former) last guy continues on to the front of the line. Continue until all Pax have performed a set of Merkins or until the Q calls it.

Charles Bronson on the Baseball Field
Performed exercises at entrance to baseball field, run to infield dirt/grass line. First round bear crawl, Second round walking lunge, Third round walking lunge. 50 Merkins, 50 LBC’s, 50 Jump Squats.

Partner D.O.R.A. run down parking lot and back.
100 – Merkins
200 – LBC
300 – Squats

MARY:
ABC’s of Abs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP
COT:
Safe travels
Clarity on home buying process

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Trucker’s worst nightmare

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WARMUP: poppins led off with 20 SSH, 10 WM, 10 Merkins (IC) then some honeymooners and downward dig

THE First THANG:
3 laps around the AO with 5 pain stations each lap (1st time through do exercise 1, 2nd time through do exercise 2, 3rd time through do both exercises)

station 1)
exercise 1: 5 burpees
exercise 2: 10 star sits

station 2)
exercise 1: 5 bomb jacks
exercise 2: 15 monkey humpers

station 3)
exercise 1: 5 jump squats
exercise 2: 20 merkins

station 4)
exercise 1: 5 jump lunges
exercise 2: 25 LBCs

station 5)
exercise 1: 5 knees Tar Jar
exercise 2: 30 plank jacks

THE Second THANG:

un-BEAR-AB-le Ladder

cones at 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 yards

bear crawl to first cone, do 10 American Hammers, crawl bear back to start

bear crawl to first cone, do 10 AH, bear crawl to second cone, do 20 shoulder taps, crawl back to start

you get idea… 30 yard mark was 30 flutters, 40 yard was 40 LBCs, 50 yard was 50 plank jacks

THE Last THANGs:
mosey to pullup bars – each PAX does 5 pullups calling up – other PAX perform merkins on the up call

Mosey to big hill and do Indian Run up and down hill while 1 PAX drops and does 2 burpees and sprints to catch line of runners.

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter Creole – first Thursday of August

COT: be there

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Escalator Goes Up, De-escalator Goes Down

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WARMUP:
Divac
Moseyed around the park & stopped by pull-up bars for IC windmills and 5 Merkins OYO. Moseyed further down the path and did IC cherry-pickers and 5 Merkins OYO. Finished Mosey to basketball court.
THE THANG:
4 corner escalator (increasing reps each corner) with bear crawl the short side and burpee broad jump/walking lunges the long side.
10/20/30/40 reps.
Round 1 – Merkins
Round 2 – Jump Squats

Suicides on the basketball court
Round 1 – 3 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 2 – 2 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 3 – 1 Merkin at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 4 – 0 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full

Spectre
Ladder de-escalator with run down parking lot and back each round
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4
Merkin, Air Humpers, Diamond Merkin, Squats, Merkins with taps, Leg Raises

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chatted about housing market and who’s gonna pay kids going away to college
COT:
God’s Will Be Done

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24….

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It was a gloriously humid morning at BAOPS where I was joined by 4 other pax to tackle the hills of Tega Cay.

WARMUP: 24 SSH. That’s all we needed to get warm with 70ish relative humidity.

THE THANG: Sprinted out of the parking lot for roughly.25 miles.

Performed the following:

12 Merkins IC
12 Squats IC
12 LBCS IC
12 Flutters IC

Sprint another .25

Repeat the exercises reducing the reps by two.

We would run from the traffic circle by Anchorage all the way to the marina and back towards the fire station to complete this sequence. When we got to 4 reps I had us run up “the hill” and then back down to get our set of 2 reps in.

From there we ran back up “the hill “ to the fire station for part 2 of the Weinke.

Here I began part 1 of a Webb. HR Merkins and Double Count shoulder Taps. We got to 6 and 24 and then sprinted a little over .25 miles up towards the TC clubhouse. Here I flapjacked the exercises so we would do 1 shoulder tap for every 4 HR Merkins. We got to 5 and 20 where YHC looked at the time and got us back to the Runde parking lot.

Back at the lot we finished with 6 Taps and 24 HR Merkins.

Part 3 of the Weinke took us to the basketball court where I led the pax in a core focused Tabata. This included BBS, LBCS, Flutters, Hello Dolly’s, Freddy Mercurys, Dying Cockroach, Hammers, FGLbcs, and a plank. The “rest” in between sets was a sprint in the parking lot.

With exactly 35 seconds left YHC realized there was an exercise he didn’t call but everyone expected. So we ended with 10 burpees OYO.

Great Work by everyone as we ended with over 3 miles and lots of Merkins.

I spoke a little today about an accomplishment I had earlier in the week and how great it felt to get it done. But I also mentioned that with accomplishment comes the threat of complacency. While we should be proud and enjoy achieving a goal… that doesn’t mean we don’t stop pushing or finding that next “hill” to climb. A message I thought appropriate for Alcatraz.

Announcements were plenty. We have a lot going on in the Fort and are blessed with the opportunities we have.

Prayers for health and guidance.

Until the next time …. Slapshot 👊

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