Keep working

WARMUP: dynamic and regular warm-up exercises
THE THANG: mosey to hill. 1 at bottom bear crawl up hill 9 at top squats at bottom CDD at top. 2/8, 3/7, you get the picture. Mosey to parking lot. 4 exercises merkins, big boy, mtn climbers, ssh. Start at 22 drop 1 each round work until time runs out we got down to 14. Started at 22 to remeber and think about the average number of veterans that take their life each day.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: chili/ cornhole at forest hill church Thursday night. Poker tournament Saturday night in Springfield.
Prayers- marriages, addictions, pray for Solos brother Adam who has 4 daughters at home 1 is newborn and he has to prepare to deploy right after Christmas. He is in the Army.
COT:

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Decomplexification

WARMUP: mosey to basketball court behind the school with a stop along the way to  complete some basic broga/stretching.  Also completed karaoke, toy soldiers, as knees to chest stretches.
THE THANG: (1) line up along the baseline of the basketball court. (2) provide instructions (3) follow instructions – kind of like a pirate map

Using a 60 second timer, perform the following every minute on the minute for 30 minutes:
– 1 burpee
– 2 alternating lunges (each leg)
– 3 merkins
– 4 low slow squats
– 5 side straddle hops
Run to opposite baseline and wait for the bell

MARY: one the mosey back to COT, stopped and performed planks: 60 seconds low plank, 30 seconds side plank (each side), 30 seconds low plank, 20 seconds (each side)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Come to Alcatraz on Saturday for 10-year; read your newsletter

COT:Prayers for men of Bethel Men’s Shelter; everyone is dealing with “stuff”, so keep in mind that people you interact with may be dealing with things you don’t know about which may be coming out in the wrong way in their interaction with you!

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Ruck Around and Find Out

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers and Windmills
THE THANG:7 Rounds
10 Ruck Merkins
22 Ruck Single arm Rows
11 Sandbag/Ruck press
10 Ruck SQUATS
10 Ruck Reverse Lunges
13 Ruck Swings
Ruck a Lap around the parking lot
MARY: no time for Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Heart Rates & Deck of Cards

WARMUP: Run around the school then the large loop doing a variety of warmup exercises along the way.
THE THANG: It’s the deck of cards:
Hearts: Burpees
Diamonds: Staggered Merkins
Clubs: Plank Jacks I/C
Spades: Butt Kickers I/C
Total count of each: 104
(4) Wild Cards: 25 Flutter Kicks I/C

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive & engage some 2nd F opportunities, ya’ll, whether that be with a large group or 1:1.
COT: It stays at COT.

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Cindys at the Kitchen Sink

1. Big loop: high knees while partner carries Cindy above head, switch off as needed
2. Small loop: bear crawl while partner carries Cindy in front of body, switch as needed
3. Straight away behind school: toy soldiers while partner does walking curls, switch as needed
4. DORA: partner runs straight away in from of school while other partner does…100 curls, 150 dead lifts, 200 swings
5. Big loop: partner runs lap while other partner lunge walks with Cindy above head

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Heart Attack Hill

Heart Attack Hill

On the way to heart attack hill, drop and
do 10 merkins at each crosswalk/intersection.

Sevens
CDD’s, Dips
Quadzilla for the second round
Big Boys, Leg Raises

On the way back, do 10 squats in like fashion

COT
Prayers/Praises
Spectre’s 2.0 – Jedediah (Jed) – congenital heart defect – surgery in about 6 months – 2.5 years old
Maximus’ family – heaviness of current situation.
Those in the path of Hurricane Idalia
Prayers that our memories of God helping us through hard times continues to strengthen our faith as more hard times abound.

Pleasure as always.

Punch List out.

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Tortoise and Hare (Slow and Fast Movements)

WARM UP
– Overhead clap tempo x 12
– Tempo merkins x 10
– Upward dog to downward dog x 2
– Repeat Merkins and yoga x2
– Plank kick through x10 (4 count)
– Low slow squat with coupon of choice
– Lunge with torso twist x5 each leg
– Karaoke

THE THANG
Exercise (10 reps each)
– Burpee deadlift
– Bicep curl
– Tri extension
– Squats

Mode of transportation for ~25 yards
– inchworm to frog jump
– Crab walk
– Duck walk
– Long jump

Using coupon of choice, conduct exercises. After completing the list, start with the first mode of transportation followed by a run around the big loop (~0.3mi). Repeat exercises then move to the second mode of transport. Keep going until all modes of transports are finished.

Had enough time to go back to the first mode of transportation. Followed with some cool down.

Cool down:
Michael Phelps x10
Itty bitty circles x10
Deep breathing

ANNOUNCEMENTS: IPX, 9/11 workout and 5K, shovel flag hand offs on Friday.
COT:

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Bells, Bags, and The Sink

It was a less-hot morning in the Fort, and you could cut the anticipation with a knife. Like Phil Collins said:
I can feel a beatdown in the air tonight, oh, lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment, for all my life, oh, lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh, lord, oh, lord

Thang:
600 yard Indian Run with kettlebell
25 yard partner push
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag
25 yard partner push
600 yard Indian Run with kettlebell
Half Jacob’s latter with bear crawl/CDD
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag
Half Jacob’s latter with bear crawl/CDD
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag

Back to COT for Mary/prayers/praises

-JWOW

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What do you call a Kitchen sink filled with sand?

WARMUP:
Worked our way around the school drop off lane stopping along the way with the following:
SSH, low slow squats, tempo merkins, toy soldiers, butt kickers, high knees and windmills
THE THANG:
Carried sandbags down to amphitheater where we did the following:

From the bottom each pax had a sandbag or rock.
Man makers with sandbag toss up to the third level
20 squats with coupons
Man makers with toss
20 squats with coupons
Clean and press then toss sandbag up to third level
15 deadlifts
Clean and press with toss
15 deadlifts
MARY:
Airborne hip specials
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stuff the bus on Saturday
Convergence on Friday, bring school supplies
Dam to Dam fundraisers start in Sept
COT:

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Elite 8

WARMUP: Mosey to the light poles in front of the school.  One in cadence exercise was called with 5 burpees OYO after each exercise.  

Bear crawl between the last two light poles before moseying to the basketball court behind the school for act 1

THE THANG
Act 1 – On the line
Each PAX shot a free throw.  A make meant a lesser penalty.  A miss, a greater one. 8 sets of 2 liners, 4 liners, and a few burpees mixed in.  
We took our ball and moved on to act 2 on the south end of the school.

Act 2 – 4 corners (5-10-15)
At each corner – 5 hand release merkins, 10 squats and 15 lunges per leg.  

Mode of transport – bear crawl between station 1 and 2, nur between station 2 and 3, Bear crawl between station 3 and 4 and side shuffle between station 4 and 1.

Mosey to the front of school stopping at a light for monkey humpers in cadence and then made is back for 3 minutes of…..

MARY: PAX called out exercises and all were done in cadence until 0600 brought us to name-o-rama and……

ANNOUNCEMENTS: August has opportunities. Get involved.

COT: 5th core principle (YHTBT).

Closing thought – if life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond. Is your 90% consistent enough to lead right?

Maximus – Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Cyclops.

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