Category: Alcatraz

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WARMUP:

Yes. Usual suspects and some dynamic stretching followed by some plank work (side note: Fishstix is a badass and did a pre-workout with sandbags)

THE THANG:

Starfish Routine or as Change Order called it, “Spread Eagle”

Center complete three man makers with sandbag every time you were back in center, 17 times total

complete x amount of reps at each of the 4 corners

Increase reps each round, 20, 25, 30 and 35

Exercises

CDD
Hand Release Merkins
LBCs
Monkey Humpers

MOD changed per round

Lunge walk
Bear crawl
Crawl bear
Walk :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: (After 501 reps we were a bit fatigued)

From there we moseyed to the pull-up bars because BAOPS.

Took turns calling out ab exercises while one PAX did pull-ups to failure
:two: rounds of this was sufficient

Mosey back for Mary

MARY: 3 minute more of her
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Golf tournament
Invergence
Convergence
Fundraising for clean water for Kenya will be starting up!

COT: lifted up DDs M, Badlands, and praises for Pax supporting one another!

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OGs at Alcatraz

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It was a perfect weather morning
WARMUP: Mosey, windmills, IW, merkins, plank stretches
THE THANG:
Smuggler Q
Modified Dora on the Hill.
Big boy sit ups /run 1 lap
Flutters/ run 2 laps
LBCs/ run 3 laps

Step ups/dip/derkin series

Wall sit with bear crawls

Hand off to Jekyll Q
Ring of Fire. 8 cones 20 paces away from center. Do exercise at cone, bear crawl or lunge walk to center for 5 burpees. Run out to next cone. Merkins, LBC, plank punch, squats, bombjacks, mountain climbers and two I can’t remember.

Everyone got Two rounds. Leaders got 3+.
MARY: included during workout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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Alcatraz OG’s

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Warmup with a short mosey, windmills, imperial walkers, merkins, plank stretches, and then off to the hill.

Modified Dora: using the top half of the hill.

  • Half the group does big boy sit-ups, half the group runs a lap. Flip flop.
  • Round 2:  Flutters for two laps.  Flip flop.
  • Round 3: LBC’s for three laps.  Flip flop.

A few rounds of step ups on the backstop benches, with a set of dips and a set of decline merkins.

Over to the wall where we had the opportunity to sit against the wall while taking turns critiquing both technique and form during individual bear crawls.

Q swap, and Jekyll took us straight to the Wheel-o-pain.  Credit and respect to Funhouse!
Everyone completed at least two full rounds of the wheel performing exercises at each spoke, lunge or bear crawls to the hub,  for 5 burpees and mosey tot he next spoke.  #brutal.

Thanks @Masterpiece for the opportunity to lead.

Praise for all of our blessings, including this community of men. Prayers for marriages, those sick, injured, or struggling, and those supporting them.

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Keeping it simple

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WARMUP: SSH, windmills, up/down dog, world’s greatest stretch
THE THANG: Mosey to circle. Partner up, partner runs to bottom of Harbor Ct. Other partner AMRAP. Rd 1 CDD, Rd 2 LBC, Rd3 MT Climbers Rd 4 Merkins Rd 5 Jump Squats Rd 6 Flutters
MARY: Time for box cutters and windshield wipers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Golf, HIM camp, convergence
COT: always

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The Traz – 080925

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WARMUP: Probably some.
THE THANG: We ran to the Golf Club and back and did a lot of dumb stuff on the way… there were bear crawls around the circle in front of the clubhouse, carrying rocks up and down the cart path hill, and other silliness.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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Violating the chicken wing

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Warmup: Motivator, IW, CP, WM

Appetizer (before leaving the parking lot): The-Violator to one end,  Cocaine-Bear-crawl back.

Thang#1:  Out windward to hill

1st hill Dora: 1 pax jogs down, Nur Back to switch
• 50 Fisherman’s Calf Raises each
• 100 Merkins
• 200 Flutters
• 200 good AMs

2nd (shorter) Hill: jog up, Crawl-bear down or lunge walk down
• 25 Burpees
• 50 CDD
• 75 box-cutters
• 100 calf-raises (alt toes in/out every 10)

#2:  Back to P.Lot – 4 corners chicken wing (12, 9, 6, 3 reps)
Change MOT between Corners: Mosey, Toy Soldier, Carioka, etc…
R.1: Seal Jacks, SSH, Smurf-Jacks, Bomb-Jacks 
R.2: LBC’s, Gas-Pumpers,  Big-Boiz, Partner Big Boiz
R.3: Flying Squirrels, Burpees, Kraken Burpees, Calimari/Krakens

MARY: she stayed in our car and ogled us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: coffee at TCD, stuff, the Bus, Bethel

COT: held… Prayers for lost loved ones, patience with transition to school season.

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Beat the deck #2

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WARMUP: side straddle hop, imperial walker, cherry picker, windmill

THE THANG:

Beat the deck: 9 cards face up and the pax go around guessing higher and lower on any of the cards. You get it right and you do the workout associated. You get it wrong and you do the workout associated and do a lap of different MOT.

Card breakdown:
2 Moroccian night club
3 flutter
4 calf raise
5 hammer
6 shoulder taps
7 big boys
8 Peter Parker
9 burpees
10 Merkin
J cherry picker
Q imperial walker
K LBC
A squat

MOT based on suite
Spade – bear crawl
Club – lunges
Heart – sprint
Diamond – broad jump

Ended up doing two rounds of beat the deck with modifications on the 2nd in the save time
7

MARY: didn’t have the time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: decibel hosted event, bethels, stuff the bus, highway cleanup

COT: prayers and praises

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Spicy

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WARMUP: Motivator – have pax pick a number between 7 & 10 (9 was the count)
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Arm Circles – front and back
Michael Phelps
Downward Dog
Honeymooners
Runner’s Stretch

We moseyed to the bottom of the steep hill.

THE THANG:
Thang 1 – Welsh Dragons
Starting at the bottom of the hill, Bear crawl forward 4 steps, then do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and 1 shoulder tap (R + L =1). Repeat, adding 1 rep to each exercise each time—bear crawl forward 4 steps, then do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, and 2 shoulder taps. Repeat until you reach 10 reps or the top of the hill. We didn’t make it to the top so Nur to the top.

Mosey to the basketball courts.

Thang 2 – Wilt Chamberlains
Named for Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record 100-point game. Starting at one baseline do 100 LBCs, then run to the opposite baseline and do 100 squats. Return to the first baseline to do 100 flutter kicks (R+L =1), and then run to opposite baseline and do 100 lunges (50 each leg).

Thang 3
Using the Parking spaces start at one end, Bear Crawl 2 lines do 1 Merkin, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 12 squats. Bear Crawl 2 lines do 2 Merkins, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 11 squats. Repeat until you do 12 Merkins an 1 squat. My math was off so we finished 10 and 2 or something like that.
Moseyed to the field.

Thang 4 – Four Corners Escalator
Corner 1: 10 SSH
Run to corner 2
Corner 2: 10 SSH, 20 CDD
Run to corner 3
Corner 3: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats
Run to corner 4
Corner 4: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats, 40 LBCs
We started back down the escalator.
Corner 1: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats, 40 LBCs
Run to corner 2
Corner 2: 10 SSH, 20 CDD, 30 Squats

We had a few minutes left and went back to COT for some stretchy things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Blood Drive
Stuff the Bus
Read the news letter.

Prayers:
Prayers for kids and teachers as they head back to school in a couple weeks.
Reede Family
Hucklebuck (my apologies if I got that wrong.)

<@U03L09PTADU> Thanks for the opportunity to lead!! And for helping me name the workout “Spicy”…LOL!!!

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1776 Patriot Games

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10 men attempted the 1776 Patriot Games at Alcatraz this morning. Here’s what we did.

Warm-up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)

The Thang
– 1776 Yard Run (1.01 miles)
– 100 Merkins
– 100 LBCs
– 100 Moroccan Night Clubs
– 100 Pullups
– 100 Squats
– 100 Mountain Climbers
– 100 Lunges
– 100 Overhead Claps
– 100 Dips
– 100 Flutters
– 100 Step Ups
– 100 American Hammers
– 100 Shoulder Taps
– 100 High Knees
– 100 Side Straddle Hops
– 100 Yard Bear Crawl
– 76 Burpees

NMM
None of us made it to the Burpees, but all of us questioned why we were doing this to ourselves. The run had about 100 feet of elevation gain, which none appreciated. Nevertheless, we had good mumblechatter and welcomed our newest FNG, “Chester Drawers.” Thanks for the opportunity, Masterpiece.

Aye!
IJ

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