Category: Currahee

Stupid face cards!

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WARMUP: quick mosey around parking lot, SSH, windmills, squats, merkins, up and down dogs, back and hamstring stretches
THE THANG: as we surrounded 4 KBs and 3 sandbags, we looked at the deck of cards along with the wienke that had all the exercises. Face cards are Jack 11, Queen 12, etc. “Breaks” were after 6-8 cards…I’ll explain later. Ruck was worn for most exercises.
• Hearts 2-7 chest press and swings; 8-Ace curls
• Spades 2-7 lunges (double count); 8-Ace merkins
• Diamonds 2-7 man makers; 8-Ace squats
• Clubs 2-7 clean and press; 8-Ace flutter with press
• joker – carry all the from the front of the school down to the softball field…maybe 200 yards there and back
• after 6-8 cards we took a break which consisted of a shuffle with ruck, gear carry swapping after 200 yards, mosey slick
• after we got back from breaks or jokers, we’d rotate positions so we had different gear in front of us given the different items in our arsenal.
MARY: none today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: skate or die has JOC tomorrow for a ruck workout, dam to dam fundraising
COT: praying for illnesses

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exercise roulette at currahee

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WARMUP: SSH and some merkins
THE THANG: everyone got a coupon. Range from 60ish lb sandbag, 50lb laptop bag, GoRuck pillow, 25lb rucksack,
Lots of cones with exercises written on them. Each PAX toed the line on the field with their coupon. Everyone picked a cone that was facedown and performed the exercise after dragging the coupon some 20 yards via bearcrawls. Perform 10 reps of exercise listed on your cone. Bearcrawl drag coupon back to start line. Grab another cone and rotate to the coupon to the left bc sharing is caring. After everyone got a chance to “experience” the bearcrawls drag of each coupon. We then did some ruck shuffling with each coupon and some more exercises. Big boy burpees and 8 count body bag builders were the crowd favorite
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Road less traveled

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3.2 miles rucked across the street near the water tower to the new neighborhood. Took a connecting road (still under construction) to Hawks Creek. Back to the school.

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Late Q, late backblast

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One of the worst feelings is rolling over and seeing the clock say 5:10 and you’re supposed to Q starting at 5. Quick decision that something was better than nothing, throw some clothes on and sprint out the door. Thankfully Divac had extra gear and put the PAX in motion. When YHC showed up we rucked around the front school loop stopping for some squats, merkins, curls and OH presses. The plan was 8 rounds of: 8 sandbag over the shoulders, 8 ruck pull throughs w/merkins, 8 curls, and 8 V-ups w/ruck OH. On odd rounds sprint to left fence then jog back. On even rounds OH carry to right fence then suitcase carry back. Due to YHC being late we didn’t get through all rounds. But times up back to COT. Thx Divac. Next time I won’t be late!

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ACT Right

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It was a privilege to spend an hour under ruck with three HIM this morning. Conditions were fair (45 and rain), but the conversation was worth it. Here’s what we did:

Ruck 1.2 miles to Harris Teeter lot and about 1.4 to the gas station bathroom (Spider-Man can elaborate).

Round 1
25 Ruck Curls
25 Squats
25 Hammers
Loop the lot

Round 2
25 Overhead Presses
25 Swings
25 Skull Crushers
Loop the lot

Round 3
30 Ruck Rows
50 Flutters with Press
25 Sit-ups to Press

Ruck back
3 Miles Total

NMM
Days like today remind us of the value of friendship. Today would have sucked if I were left alone in the Gloom. I would’ve probably quit early or stayed in bed had it not been for a commitment to the men waiting on me. When things get tough and you want to quit, how will you ACT?

Are you Accountable – can you be relied upon?
Are you Committed – will you finish what you start?
Can you be Trusted – does the team know you have their back?
We are known not but what we say, but what we do/how we ACT. These men keep me on track. They help me ACT right. And I’m thankful for them.

Aye!
Italian Job

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4 corner sandbag mile

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WARMUP:
The usual
Deadlifts

Focus on doing Cleans correctly… because there will be a LOT of them. If done properly, lower back shouldn’t hurt, but your traps will be sore.

THE THANG:
With 40lb and 60lb sand bags

4 corners – 10 reps, increasing by 5 each lap
Mode of transport: Sandbag mile (clean the bag up, and throw it)

Corner 1: Chest Press
Corner 2: Overhead Press
Corner 3: Flutters
Corner 4: Curls

Made 3 laps, which got us to right about a mile. Bloody knuckles and all

MARY: Ain’t nobody got time for dat
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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Band Camp took the hill

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Very delayed in writing this but since Band Camp finally came to a ruck workout and keeps ‘reminding’ me about it, I’ll try to remember what we did.
Ruck up and grab sandbags and head over to small field for some sandbag relays. Grab everything and head over to base of heart attack hill. Partner up and split taking sandbags up the hill. Drop the sandbags at the top and head back down. This trip up no straps. Suitcase, fireman, overhead, however you want to carry your ruck up the hill. Almost lost Tinsel to hills namesake bit his BP finally came down. Link the sandbags together for team weight. Everyone rotated on and off to help carry the weight most of the way back to COT. Times almost up so break apart the sandbags and huff it back for COT. Thanks for the Q opportunity Divac! And I promise next year when Band Camp returns the back blast will be prompt.

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