Tabata and Talk

WARMUP: Various Calisthenics
THE THANG: 6 rounds of Tabata (5-1min exercises) targeting upper body, core, Lower Body, and Total Body with
MARY: Various Ab Exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens Shelter and Kenya Charity Drive (see Poppins for Details)
COT: Prayer Request for Kaisers Friends who were displaced by Home Fire 🔥.

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Honoring Battan Death March Survivors

WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: Honoring Col Ben Skardon. Clemson University Class of 1938. Col. Skardon, U.S. Army (Ret.), passed away on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at the age of 104, days after being informed of the approval of his honorary promotion to the rank of Brigadier General.
Following his graduation from Clemson in 1938, he served in World War II as the commander of Company A of the 92nd Infantry Regiment PA (Philippine Army), a battalion of Filipino Army recruits on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. He led his troops through some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict, earning the Combat Infantryman Badge, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star with “V” device, and a Purple Heart during the first four months of the war.

On April 9, 1942, he became a prisoner of war when American troops were forced to surrender to the Japanese. He then endured one of the most notorious war crimes in history: The Bataan Death March.

Skardon survived the march and more than three years as a POW, despite becoming deathly ill. Two fellow Clemson alumni, Henry Leitner and Otis Morgan, kept him alive by spoon-feeding him and eventually trading his gold Clemson ring — which he had managed to keep hidden — for food. Leitner and Morgan did not survive the war. Their story is now told at every Clemson Ring Ceremony.

As WWII came to an end, Skardon also survived the sinking of two unmarked Japanese transport ships carrying him and other POWs to mainland Japan. Russian units finally freed him in August 1945. He went on to serve in Korea from 1951-52 and retired from the Army at the rank of colonel in 1962.

In 1964 he returned to his alma mater, joining the Clemson faculty in the Department of English, where he taught for more than 20 years until his retirement in 1985.

In 2006, at the age of 88, Skardon became the only survivor to walk in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. He walked more than eight miles and returned to walk 12 more times, the last when he was 101. He came to consider it a pilgrimage, and his duty to walk in honor of his brothers-in-arms who did not return from the war. When the COVID pandemic forced the cancelation of the New Mexico event in 2020, a team of students, veterans, alumni and friends created the Clemson 8 Challenge to honor eight Clemson alumni who survived the Bataan Death March and carry on Skardon’s mission of honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Skardon, then 103, walked more than three miles for the event, which raises money for ROTC scholarships.
Among his numerous accolades, Skardon received the Clemson Medallion, the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, the Alumni Master Teacher Award, the Order of the Palmetto, and a Congressional Gold Medal.

In 2006 the Col. Beverly N. Skardon ’38 Clemson Corps Endowment was established to benefit ROTC cadets, and in 2013 the Col. Beverly N. “Ben” Skardon Clemson Ring Endowment was established to fund the Clemson Ring Ceremony. The flagpole in Memorial Stadium was dedicated to him in 2016.

The workout to Honor Col. Skardon was as follows:
104 Hand-release Merkins
800mm Run
104 Squats with Block
400mm Block Carry
104 LBCs
800mm Run
104 Curls
400mm Block Carry
104 Flutters with Block Overhead
800mm Run
104 Shoulder Taps
400mm Block Carry
MARY: Take the block back to it’s home behind the ROTC buidling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for the Clemosn 8 Challenge to honor those that survived the Batan Death March. https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Clemsonoratyourownlocation/ClemsonEightBataanDeathMarchRemembrance
Great work D2D teams. Jaeger coming up.
COT: What’s said in COT stays in COT, but this is where you need to talk about what’s happening in your life that you need others to listen to. Be open and be there to listen to your brothers.

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2023.07 Honey Badger

Warmup stuff

2x20min AMRAPs (keep warm heartrate reset in between)
Rd 1: 10 pullups, 20 merkins, 30 squats
Rd 2: 10 toes2bar/knees2chest, 20 balls2wall/plank shoulder taps, 30 Apollo Ono’s

Round 1 was the volume exercise, round 2 used the same muscles with more emphasis on core and balance/coordination

I wasn’t making it up as I went, Bandcamp…

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Seven Minute Burpees and Leg Day

WARMUP: Army Warm Up
THE THANG: 7 Min Burpees, 100, 200, 300 ladder, 100 Yd Plyometric Jumps, 200 Squats, 400 Lunges, Mile Run
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nome
COT: General Health and Wealth to all Monday Morning Heros.

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The Badges rides the Coaster

WARMUP:
– SSH / WM / IW / CP / mosey
THE THANG:
– Rollercoaster: 10/20/30/40/50 with 10x Burpees every 5 min
– squats / MC / Plank Jacks / LBC
MARY:
– mosey to dry spot and benches, some dips and various core exercises plus Airborne’s hip exercise, mosey to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Heroes from Gettysburg to Ukraine to Fort Mill

In the spirit of MLK, who fought for peace and justice, we tapped the history books to honor another minister from the battlefield. Fr. William Corby served for 3 years during the Civil War as chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry, which was one of the five regiments of the Irish Guard. He was at Gettysburg and a statue there memorializes his blessing of the Union troops on the 2nd day of the battle. His unit originally included 3,000 troops, and started the battle with 500, only to lose 200 to death, wounds or MIA. Fr Corby went on to become the president of the University of Notre Dame 2x later in his life.

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climbers, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Carioca, Toy soldiers, Butt kickers, Run, Nur

THE THANG: In honor of Fr Corby and his regiment, we did 88 reps of three exercises as follow:
Round 1: Run lap then do 22 burpees (4 cycles)
Round 2: Run lap then do 22 Squats (4 cycles)
Round 3: Run lap then do 22 Mahktar N’Dyaes (4 cycles)

MARY: Flutters, Freddys, Box cutters, Big boys, LBCs, American Hammers, Planks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB 10k Jan 28; Murder Bunnies game 3 Wed 7p, Weekend in woods event in Blue Ridge, VA in late Feb

COT: Words from Clickbait, kidney donor request from Splinter, & prayers from Mark Twain

Thanks to Saw Dust for the Q stick. Always an honor to lead the heroes of The Fort!

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229 Police Officers Lost In The Line Of Duty 2022

WARMUP: 10 each- Cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs, SSH
THE THANG:
Started on the field with:
129 yards of bear crawls
100 yards of crawl bears
Bleachers:
Ran up and down each aisle (8) and did a workout at the bottom
28-burpee’s
28-squats
28-monkey humpers
28-LBC’s
28-Lunges
28-big boys
28-HR Merkins
33-Dips
=229
Went to the hill for a Dora:
229 reps each
Merkins
Squats
LBC’s
MARY:
5-min rotating
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s
COT: Had to be there

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Burpee Challenge and 4 corners

WARMUP: 7 minutes of Burpee Challenge
THE THANG: 4 corners of workouts with 3 burpees in between.
MARY: Core exercises including box cutters, flutters, j-lows, American hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam on January 28th
COT: It happened

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Tom Hall WOD

Thomas Lee Hall was the son of Fort Mill Mayor, William Lee Hall. He gave his life in WW1. Here’s the Citation from his Congressional Medal of Honor:

Having overcome two machine-gun nests under his skillful leadership, Sgt. Hall’s platoon was stopped 800 yards from its final objective by machine-gun fire of particular intensity. Ordering his men to take cover in a sunken road, he advanced alone on the enemy machine-gun post and killed five members of the crew with his bayonet and thereby made possible the further advance of the line. While attacking another machine-gun nest later in the day this gallant soldier was mortally wounded.

The main part of HWY 160 through Fort Mill was renamed from “[John Wilkes] Booth Street” to “Tom Hall Street.” His heroic deeds helped our town move on from its secessionist past.

Warmup:
SSH
IW
HW
Mosey
118 Swings w/ cinder block
30 Squats w/ Block overhead
30 Merkins
(Sgt Hall was in COMPANY G of the Army’s 118TH INFANTRY, 30TH DIVISION)

Laps in front of sugar creek
One lap – just mosey (Sgt. Hall survived the first attack on the German position)
One lap – bear crawl/lunge walk/block carry (Sgt. Hall’s second attack was the one that took his life)

After each of the two laps, we sprinted the hill alone to honor Sgt Hall ordering his men to stay behind and advancing solo to take the German machine gun positions. At the pull-up bars: 5 pull-ups, 5 knees to chest, 5 L leg raises. 5 manmakers back down at the bottom of the hill for the 5 Germans he killed at bayonet point.

Rinse and repeat. We sprinted the hill 3 times.

COT

Welcome FNGs Easy A & Portal

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WW1 Hero & 21s

WARMUP: Asked the PAX to hold plank while I read the story of the hero we were about to honor, read below:

Today we have the privilege to honor U.S. Army Sergeant Richmond Hilton. Richmond Hobson Hilton was born in Westville, SC on Oct 8, 1898. He joined the army in Westville, SC. and was assigned to Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division during WW1. On October 11, 1918, a couple of days past his 20th birthday, while fighting near Brancourt, France, Hilton’s unit was held up by intense machine gun and small arms fire. Sgt. Hilton recognized that the machine gun fire was coming from a shell crater just ahead of them. Accompanied by several other soldiers, but moving out well ahead of them, Sgt. Hilton engaged the enemy machine gun nest, advancing using his rifle until his ammunition ran out, and then continued advancing alone using his pistol. Sgt. Hilton took the enemy machine gun nest using only his pistol killing 6 German soldiers and capturing 10 others. During the course of his actions on that day, Hilton was wounded by an exploding shell, which resulted in the loss of his arm. For his acts of bravery Sgt. Hilton was awarded several medals from many different countries, including the Medal of Honor. After his discharge from the army he returned home to Kershaw County a hero. He joined the Civitan Club of Columbia, of which he as a proud member. Richard Hobson Hilton died on August 13, 1933 and was buried in the Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, SC.

After reading was completed, PAX joined me on an approx. 1/2 mile Mosey with karaoke both sides for 15 yards, high knees for 20 yards and butt kickers for 20 yards. We ended where the tough part was to begin.

THE THANG: I did not find any WODs for WW1 heroes, but during my search I found a workout dedicated to the Unknown Soldiers. The number 21 symbolizes the highest symbolic military honor that can be bestowed: the 21-gun salute. So, the format was simple, 21 exercises – 21 reps of each exercise. Split the 21 exercises into 2 groups. 1st group was at the top of the hill by the pull up bars and the 2nd group of exercises was to be performed at the bottom of the hill. Simple -complete the 1st exercise at the top of the hill and then run down to the bottom and complete the next exercise at that location, when done run up the hill and continue down the list. Here are the exercises:
Top of the Hill:
Burpees
Pullups
Diamond Merkins
Chinups
Mike Tyson Merkins
Knees to Chest while hanging from the ba
Derkins ( feet on the curb )
Switch Grip Pullups
Peter Parkers ( count 1 leg only )
Straight lower leg raises into L position while hanging from the bar
Parker Peters ( count 1 leg only )

Bottom of the hill ( all of these exercises were completed with Cindy! )
Overhead Squats
CurltoCleantoPress
Goblet Squats
Swings w/ Cindy
Man Makers
Thrusters
1-arm bent over rows ( 21 reps each arm )
Dead Lifts
Big Boy Situps
American Hammers
MARY: Made it back to COT with enough time to complete 21 side-straddle-hops in cadence!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Christmas Eve Convergance, D2DB10K
COT: Lifted up the prayers of the PAX, asked for help to always be prepared to help and serve others.

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