Category: Golden Corral

Importance of Running Backwards

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WARMUP: Plank-updog-downdog-merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-shoulder taps; Plank-updog-downdog-peter parker; Plank-updog-downdog-plank jacks; Plank-updog-downdog-diamond merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-other variety of dynamic plank work and so on and so on
THE THANG: Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x10 — a little extra Mary mixed in.
Mosey to the apartments- complete dynamic warmup including hamstring sweeps, walking RDLs, deep lunge walks, toy soldiers, high knees, butt kicks; BACKWARDS sprints up the hill towards the fire station x4; Last sprint was a challenge- each pax had to surpass their previous stopping point before tagged by YHC, otherwise the group was subject to an unknown penalty (probably burpees)… no one will ever know because the threat of penalty motivated everyone to sprint backwards that much faster!
We discussed THE IMPORTANCE OF RUNNING BACKWARDS at COT. If you’re getting some miles in with your fellow pax and they’re dogging it for whatever reason, it’s important to be able to run backwards faster than they’re progressing forwards, look them in the eyes, and say whatever motivating (or demeaning) statement to give them a kind gut check! SkateOrDie knows this too well from YHC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints & Padres tonight!
COT: Beaker’s son turns 4 today. Prayers for physical and mental illness among the pax. Prayers/praise for Halfshell’s boys heading to camp.

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I’m old enough to be Battle Bot’s dad. Are you?

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WARMUP:
SSH x 35
Mountain climbers x 35
Low slow squats

Balls to wall
Leapfrog bear crawl
x2

THE THANG:
The goal of the workout today was to hit shoulders hard, and progressively increase the reps throughout.

Set 1 – at the wall
5-10-15
Wall walks w/ Merkin
Jump squats
Big Boys
I didn’t intend for wall walks to be the main focus of the workout, so we called an audible on wall walks to drop reps to 5.

Set 2 – at the roundabout
Bear crawl around roundabout
10-20-30
plank Jacks
Grave Digger
Peter Parkers

Set 3 – Apartment hill
20-40-60
Lunges
Shoulder Taps
Monkey Hampers
Bomb Jacks
Hill sprint

MARY:
Didn’t finish the last round of Bomb Jacks before returning to COT, so we did 60 Bomb Jacks in lieu of Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Locking Shields

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WARMUP: stretching, mosey, and sprints
THE THANG: monkey humpers, Carolina dry docks, step ups, irkins, calf raises, wall sits, bear crawls, sprints, curls
MARY: 5 minutes of married with multiple call outs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp, 4th of July convergence
COT: prayers and praises by all pax

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All about Mark’s Ass

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This morning started innocently enough. Good group of PAX showed up and as we were about to get started Change Order mentions his butt was sore from all the squats and lunges yesterday. So we mosey over to behind the tire shop to warm up. He immediately says he’s not sure he can do step ups on the wall so we start with windmills…then do step-ups. It all pretty much went downhill from here. Series of exercises using the wall: windmills, step-ups, SSHs, derkins, squats, inkerins, mtn climbers, more step-ups, overhead claps. From there mosey to the far end behind the center, past the ever-ripe dumpsters, for some shredder sets.

First set – 10 hand release merkins, 9 mtn climbers, 8 hr merkins, 7 mtn climbers…..down to 1 mtn climber then finish with 10 hr merkins.
2nd set – Legs, more Change Order mumblechatter: 10 squats, 9 lunges, 8 squats…..1 lunge then 10 squats.
3rd set – 10 hello dollies, 9 freddie mercs, 8 hello dollies….1 freddie merc then 10 hello dollies. Keep feet off ground for entire sequence.

Mosey up to parking lot in front of church. Series of cards on far end of lot. Each card has a group exercise and a hold exercise. While 1 PAX runs to get card, rest of PAX do the hold exercise. Then when PAX returns we do the group exercise. Group exercises were 10 burpees, 15 diamond merkins, 15 jump squats, etc while hold exercises were plank punches, squats, SSHs, etc. However it worked out the first couple of cards were mostly leg exercises so Change Order was really happy to talk about his ass soreness some more. Finished a round of this and then moseyed back to COT for a few abs. A little light on the miles today but we got in everything else. Thanks for the opportunity to lead today Slow Jams!

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Merkin Tuesday

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THE THANG:
Disclaimer given
Warm up
SSH
Windmills
Up/down dog, with J Lo’s
Mosey to wall – wall sits while each Pax does 3 burpees
Mosey behind Jiffy Lube
 Step ups 20
 Erkins 25
 In/out abs 25
 One leg squats standing on wall 15
 Derkins 25
Go to HT parking lot
 Pair up – one pax does pull ups on cart  
 corrals while other does merkins 50/200

Mosey to church
 25 Squats OYO – run to circle, bear crawl around, head back to benches
 15 Step ups (each leg)
 20 more Derkins
 15 hello dollies
 
Head back to COT to do:
21 merkins & 21 LBCs (single count)
18 merkins & 18 LBCs (single count)
15 merkins & 15 LBCs (single count)
12 merkins & 12 LBCs (single count)
9 merkins & 9 LBCs (single count)
6 merkins & 6 LBCs (single count)
3 merkins & 3 LBCs (single count)

10 Freddie Mercuries IC

2 minutes of full body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter, HIM camp and blood drive
COT: prayers

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Show Tune Tuesday

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WARMUP:
Mosey around parking lot. Stop for a few quick warm-up exercises:
– SSH
– Mountain Climbers
– Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Run to Rite-Aid
4-Corner Accumulator
Round 1- 1 burpee at each corner – run in between corners
Round 2 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks at each corner
Round 3 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch
Round 4 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins (4 count)
Round 5 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks (4 count)
Round 6 – 1 Burpee, 2 Dokey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 7 – 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 8 – 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 9 – 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 10 – 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 11 – 6 box cutters

Made it half way through round 11. Totals:

Burpees: 24
Donkey Kicks: 48
Run Stance Switch: 72
Merkins: 192
Plank Jacks: 240
Box Cutters: 72
Mileage: 2.1

Great work by all men! Thanks again, SlowJams!

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Back to school with Billy Madison

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This morning 11 studs went back to school with Billy Madison. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
10 SSHs (IC)
Take a lap

The Thang
12 rounds of 12 exercises (adding new exercises each round) to simulate 12 years of school Billy had to complete.

12 American Hammers
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins, 12 Burpees

Some guys got to the Diamond Merkins. Most guys hit two miles. All guys got smoked.

NMM
“Billy Madison” taught us to make the best of your second chances. Call the friend or family member you lost connection with. With the knowledge you have now, give that business venture a try. You’re never too old to complete the goals you had when you were younger.
Today was fun. The exercises weren’t, but the conversation was. Great energy today. I hope this was the hardest and stupidest thing you do today. If not, there’s always tomorrow. Thanks for the opportunity, Slow Jams.

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No Stank at the Corral

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WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot, approx 3/4 mile, then circle up for the following
15-20 of each
* SSH
* Windmill
* Imperial walker
* Moroccan night clubs
* Strawberry pickers
THE THANG:
Starting at where the warmup was, perform the following exercises OYO
* 5 burpees
* 10 box cutters
* 15 hand-release merkins
* 20 LS squats
* 25 mountain climber (2 ct)
* Run same lap we did for warmup
* Repeat

Did this for approx 35-40mins. Everyone got in at least 6-7 rounds. Great work! We stayed out front of the Teeter and avoided the skank stank out back! YAY!!

MARY:
Spent the last 2-3 minutes doing bird dogs – on hands and knees, then reach out the left arm and right leg, hold for a 60-sec count. Swap arms/legs for another 60-sec count. Then on to COT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter! Get involved!

COT:
* Prayers and praises for the end of school year! Kids and teachers/staff have worked hard this year.
* Prayers continuing for Kevin Eby, missing for over a week. He frequented western NC and the mountains, so if you are out that way please keep a lookout.
* Praises for the return of Chicken Hawk as well as good luck with him creating his own job.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!
-NASA

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Escalator

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WARMUP:
SSH
Windmill
Honeymooner
Downdog

THE THANG:
We did a thing I later learned is called the escalator.

Set up 10 cones spaced 2 parking spaces apart over in the church parking lot. Each time through you would add an exercise on the next cone. Then run a lap.

10 Merkins
20 Monkey Humpers
10 Mike Tyson’s
20 Flutters
10 side lunges
20 LBCs
20 CDD
10 Big Boys
10 Burpees

For demonstration purposes the first lap pax did 10 merkins and ran the lap. Second lap 10 merkins and 20 monkey humpers…all the way up to 10 where all exercises were done.

MARY:
Had a few minutes for the airborne special
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Swinging tire flipping hip flexing WOD

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WARMUP:
– SSH, WM, IW
– mosey to fountain
THE THANG:
– Swing:
– run to left stop-sign: 20x shoulder taps + 10x Big Boys
– run to fire station: 20x x&o + 10x Jlo
– rinse and repeat 3x
– mosey to Church
– Tire flip: split PAX in 2 teams and space them apart. 1 PAX travels with tire (flipping) from one side to other. Traveling PAX calls exercise which everyone else does while he is traveling. Cycle thru all PAX.
– Mosey to COT
MARY:
– Airborne Hip Exercise
– 13 burpees to 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– see newsletter
COT:
– was held

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