Upward pussy

WARMUP: not much
THE THANG: partner work: partner pushes across field, three trips back and forth with Kraken Burpees on either side, 3, 2, 1 was the count.

Next we busted out cindies and did a Dora with:

50 manmakers
100 goblet squats
150 flutter presses
100 curls
50 tricep extensions

First partner does exercise other partner runs lap around field.
After each set one partner has to murder bunny across field, then back after set, so on and so forth
MARY: American hammers, Heels to heaven, Freddy Merks and hello dollys
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Misogi Saturday, wild at heart starting on Wednesdays, bethel mens shelter mentorship program looking for men to step up!
COT: prayers for marriages and happy birthday Flounder! 77 and counting!

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Got A Little Sandy

WARMUP: Escort the sand bags to the field and run a lap around the field. SSH, Wind Mill, Tappy Taps
THE THANG: Bear crawl the width (or depth depending on how you look at it) of the field while performing 3 Carolina Dry Docks every 10 paces. Crawl Bear back to the start while performing the same CDD movement.
Sand Bag toss the width of the field and overhead carry back.
15 Bent Over Rows, 15 Curls, 15 Merkins
10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Curls, 10 Merkins
4 corners on the right half of the field:
Corner 1: 15 Overhead Press
Corner 2: 15 Overhead Press
Corner 3: 15 Carolina Dry Docks
Corner 4: 15 Carolina Dry Docks
SSH x 25
Merkins x 15
SSH x 25
Merkins x 15

Mixed in a few other things…
Abbreviated Capt Thor:
1 WWII sit up: 4 American Hammers
We completed up to 6:24
MARY: Worked throughout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & Spectre needs help moving 4/15.
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Was it 41 or 42? I can’t remember…

WARMUP:
25 – SSH (Cadence)
10 – Windmills (Cadence)
15 – Moroccan Night Club (Cadence)
5 – Burpees (OYO)

Mosey the big outside loop over to the school doors.

THE THANG:

Jack Webb 1:4
1 – 8-count Burpee
4 – LBC

Mosey over to the bus stop man.

“Loredo”
6 Rounds
24 Air Squats w/Cinder Block
24 Merkins
24 Alternating Lunges w/Cinder Block
Run “Medium” Loop

MARY:
Popcorn abs work

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AKA

COT:
Show to know

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Early Morning Wal Mart Run

Nine men covered more than three miles with an early morning trip to Wally World. Here’s what we did:

The Thang

21s – In unison PAX does cadence count Side Straddle Hops, counting aloud 1-5. Reps 6-21 are all mental and everyone must stop together at 21. Five Penalty Burpees for missing the cut off.

Run 1 Mile to Wal Mart

7 of Diamonds – Four corners with exercise reps increasing by seven at each corner (7, 14, 21, 28)
70 Merkins
70 Flutters
70 Squats
70 Bombjacks
70 American Hammers

Mosey back to AO – stopping periodically for 21 Carolina Drydocks and 21 Knee Tar Jais.

NMM
There’s an old Italian saying, “after the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” When our days are done, it doesn’t matter how much money we made or how fine our possessions were. We should use our time to get right, live right, and lead right so we can leave right. Stay humble, be kind, and love always. That’s the legacy that lasts beyond when we close the box on the game.

Aye!

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45 min miles

WARMUP:
Yes, we did that. Solid mosey for a while. Plank/yoga for the 6. Then the “Cha Ching” warmup, 5 minutes with 35 SSH and 8 burpees each minute. Followed by, IW, HW, Squats

THE THANG 1:
mosey to picnic tables
11 merkins, 10 diamond merkins, 9 merkins, 8 diamond merkins, 7 merkins, 6 diamond merkins, 5 merkins (then YHC had to tap out….if you can’t do it, don’t Q it. Attempting the remaining 10 merkins could have resulted in a face plant)
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Low Slow Squats 10
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Jump Squats 10
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Alternating Lunges 10 (each leg)
Pistol Squats (just 2)

THE THANG 2:
Bearpees:
Jack Webb w/ 4 count bear crawl and 1 burpee, 8/2, etc.
When we got to 7 burpees we did them in cadence.
When we got to 10 burpees we modified to an 8-count burpee with a plank jack before the merkin.

MARY:
Flutters in cadence to 35
QL stretch
Seated forward bend
Pigeon Lunge
Wide angle forward bend

ANNOUNCEMENTS: the Jaeger is coming 3/11

All told we only covered a mile in distance today. YHC hopes the PAX still got their money’s worth of out this free workout, open to all men, held outdoors, peer led with no assumption of expertise, that ended in a COT.

COT:
Shot for the Prayer of St. Francis, but didn’t quite have the thing memorized. Memorize is my word of the year, I’m working on it.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

An honor to lead such a solid crew.

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2023.08 Kitchen Sink

2 rounds (3 laps each round) of 4 corners around the soccer field (~1/3 mile)

1st Rd: 20yd Bear Crawl, Squats, Merkins, Flutters
2nd Rd: 20yd Burpee Broad Jumps, Bob Hurleys, Carolina Dry Dox, American Hammers

2+ miles, some exercises, and fun had by all.

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The Kitchen Sink – 01FEB2023

WARMUP:
We stretched a bit, some windmills, light jogging, tappy-taps, some SSH, you get the idea…

THE THANG:
Sandbags required. YHC had and recommended a 60lb, but no one was weighing anything…
– First it was a long, bagless loop around the parking lot/car loop with some stops to do things like Merkins, squats, and the like.
– Then we grabbed our sandbags and partnered up for a little catch me if you can from the flag to the top of Hubert Graham — 5 burpees while your partner farmer carried your bags, catch and switch
– At every manhole cover on the way down the hill (for 7 covers), do 5 manmakers
– On the way back up the hill, do 20 flutters (2-count) with press at each manhole cover
– Next round, 3 curls on the way down and up
– REPEAT as time allows… time didn’t allow…
– Back to flag for cool-down and Mary

MARY: No Chicks Allowed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle

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The Battle: Kitchen Sink edition

Nice cool morning here in the greater Tega Cay area. As we were waiting in the parking lot YHC was hoping for at least 1 more pax to show up for what I had planned. Thankfully PETA pulled in at 5:14 and we were ready to go!

Warmup:

25 Merkins IC ( I’m a little disappointed in myself when I struggled with my last rep. I will do better next time)
25 Flutters IC
10 Merkins IC
10 Flutters IC
5 Merkins IC
5 Flutters IC

Mosey to the Tree within the Traffic Circle

Counted off the pax into team 1 and team 2. Facing opposite ways we did a competitive “challenge run” running around the large traffic circle in front of the school. This run required the 6 to do 2 burpees before running to the front. To win each team had to complete 4 laps. Winners got to do 10 Burpees and losers had to do 20. Pax pushed and it was a VERY close race as a result we both won and did 10 burpees.

Mosey to the front of the school.

We began the 2nd portion of the workout doing a Tabata style sequence 45 seconds of work 15 seconds of rest.

2 Rounds of :
HR Merkins
Squats
Diamond Merkins
BBS

After the second round we did a recovery lap and got into the mental battle known as “last man planking” In short we circled up and held plank as long as we could until no one could plank anymore. I would periodically call merkins to “thin the herd”. After calling 5 merkins IC everyone held fast. After calling 6 merkins IC we had 4-5 drop. After calling 7 Merkins IC we had everyone else drop except for YHC and Maximas. With that Maximas was declared the winner and we moved on to COT with just about 7 minutes to go.

With a little under 7 minutes to go of course I called a Burpee EMOM. Started with a round of 10, moved to 11, moved to 12, back down to 11, down to 10, and then one last round of 10. With only 30 seconds left we did a light stretch and 1 more HR merkin for good measure.

Great work by all the men who showed especially Flounder as he sets a great example for all the other PAX.

The Theme today was “the Battle”. Not only the battle we face with competition, or each other but mostly the battle we have with ourselves. How much can you push yourself and how far are you willing to go? Chances are you can go at least “one more rep” you just need to believe you can and people to help push you further.

Thanks for the opportunity! Until Next Time!

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