Category: Minnow Pond

Meander around town

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WARMUP:
The pledge

THE THANG:
Launch point was parking lot across from old Hardee’s

Exercises
10 merkins
20 squats
20 LBCs

Loop
Run up main
Left at Post office
Left on Elliot
Left back to launch point.
Repeat exercises

Go one street farther each time past Elliot until you get to E Close St.

The. Reverse the route and work back.

All pax got 3 so got close to 5.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Guess who’s back…back again

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WARMUP: pledge to the flag and disclaimer
THE THANG: on the corner of downtown, instructions were given for the .5 mile loop.
– merkins with a shoulder tap at the top (15) in corner one where we were at
– At the 4 corners bottom of the hill we did CDD (20)
– Ran up the hill at 75% sprint and flutters in the “smooth” parking lot at the top (25 double count)
– Ran to print shop for 5 pull ups
– Ran back to start…6 loops minimum was the goal.
MARY: just a bit
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter with tortoise and the hare
COT: did it!

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Just a big suicide

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WARMUP: mosey up to the base of spring street, near where the old Hardee’s was
THE THANG: run up and down spring street, suicide fashion. Run out to the first cross street, and do 15 merkins, then return to start for 5 bomb jacks. Run out to the second cross street and do 15 merkins, then return to start for 5 bomb jacks. Repeat this for 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc cross streets

At the end of the workout, the pax gathered at the far end of spring street, and ran the half mile back to the start point at pace (some very fast)
MARY: there were a few interludes waiting for the pax to reassemble where some Mary was executed
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Murph prep 2.0

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WARMUP: Mosey and five reps at each pain station starting at the furtherst one out. Pain stations were: Burpee. Jump squat. Hand release merkins. Squats. Merkins. And pull ups.

THE THANG: Home base was at pull up bars where we did max reps drop down and then do two more. Run to first pain station and do 15 reps. Then back to home base for max pull ups plus two. Off to pain station two and then hit pain station one and then home base for more pull ups. Repeat this all the way out to final pain station.
MARY: no she wasn’t allowed today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: probably a couple. Don’t remember.
COT: there was a circle and things of an entrusted nature were disclosed and I can’t tell you about them without breaking this trust.

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Graveyard shift

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WARMUP: Pledge if you pledge. Ruckers did their thing
THE THANG: Head to Hardees, which is fenced off, so we kept running to Elliot and up to the cemetery. Right on Unity to start our loop.
20 squats at the West entrance to Unity church
20 merkins at Steele St
20 LBCs on E Hill
20 Grave Diggers on Unity

Three laps were completed. Then 20 squats at Unity church. Then run up and down the steps at First Baptist for 20 merkins. Down to Academy and up to do LBCs at the Axe place. Then back to COT

Everyone got ~3.7miles
MARY: 90 seconds of Mary
COT: Circle of Trust initiated. What’s on men’s hearts? Get the internal external. F3 is for all men. ALL of them. Not just those of our preferred flavor of a religion. F3 helps everyone. If somehow it saves a soul from the perspective of any particular PAX, great. We’re here to make leaders of all men, let’s keep on keeping on.

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Complex Math

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16 at Minnow Pond for a test of speed and math skilz.
Simple loop around town, four stops
Stop 1 – COT – Merkins
Stop 2 – Pharmacy – LBCs
Stop 3 – Parking lot – SSHs
Stop 4 – Gazebo – Squats
Back to COT for lap 2
Rep count Lap 1 was 2 for everyone
Rep count Lap 2 was 4 for everyone
Rep count Lap 3 was 6 for everyone except the lead pax, 8 reps
additional laps: Lead Pax rep counts = 2 x prior lap reps
everyone else rep count = lap # x 2
Guys out front reach the 64 rep count based on the compounding.
Short lesson, compounding can be excellent when you are looking at saving money, over time it accumulates to a nice sum of money. On the other hand, when you have issues that go unchecked, they can result in a bigger problem down the road. Make sure you keep coming out, share what’s on your mind with your shield lock.

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It Pays to be a 1

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It was a relatively warm morning at Minnow pond where 17 strong PAX met to get some miles..but only limited smiles.

Ran straight to WEP in front of the stage.

The workout:

Start with 10 Burpees

Run to the first swing along the paved path do 10 merkins and 10 lbcs

Run back to the stage do 9 burpees

Run to the 2nd swing on the path do 10 merkins and 10 Lbcs

Run back to the stage and do 8 burpees

Keep going along the path as far as you can until time.

It was here that YHC made the decision to split the pax up into 1’s and 2’s.

I was thinking I just wanted to create some space on the path….unfortunately…what happened was the 2’s were given the opportunity to run up the WEP hill pretty much the entire time.

Despite the complaints the PAX handled it extremely well.

At 5:55 we headed back to COT and got there just in time for 10 more merkins 10 more LBCs and 1 last burpee.

Thanks to Nasa for the opportunity. It was great getting out amongst the PAX this morning.

Until Next Time….

It PAYS TO BE A 1!

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The Sheldon Cooper

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WARMUP:
Run up main street, stop to do 1 burpee, around clebourne stop to do 1 squat, over to entrance of WEP and do 1 merkin, stop at amphitheater and do 1 Big Boy
THE THANG:
The Sheldon Cooper
10 burpees
10 squats
10 merkins
10 big boys
Run 0.3 miles around the park and stop at lit swing and do:
9 burpees
9 squats
9 merkins
9 big boys
Run 0.3 miles back to start and do 8 of each. Repeat down to 1 each
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Did You Pass the Test? APFT at MP

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Pledge of Allegiance at 05:14
WARMUP: Quick warmup in the parking lot of the following:
– 20 SSH 4 ct
– 10 windmills 4 ct
– 15 imperial walkers 4 ct
– 15 MNC 4 ct

Runners and ruckers went running and rucking. The bootcampers ran to corner of Confederate and Main.
THE THANG: Army APFT
2 mile timed run, 2 min BBSU AYG, 2 min merkins AYG. Scoring is based on age.
Started off with the 2 mile run. Loop was down main, left onto Academy, left onto Monroe White, left onto Confederate, back to start. That’s about .47 mile. Did 4 loops of that. End was down Academy at the Loom parking lot to get the full 2 miles. It is not completely flat loop, but that’s as flat as you can get in the MP area.
Next up we did merkins, then finally BBSU.
We had extra time, so we went to Print Shop for 2 mins AYG pull-ups.
That gave us about 5-6 min before COT. Ran back to COT for some Mary.
MARY: 5 min worth of ab/core work
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter, get involved.
COT: Alot lifted up.
My mom passed away on Tues 3/3. She was 91. She had a pretty rough childhood. Raised by her dad who immigrated from Portugal as a teen, her mom left when she was 6. Her oldest sibling sister was 9 at that time and became the mom for everyone. He had anger issues among other things and abused them regularly, but he also provided the best he could and kept the family unit together. There were more good times than bad, but the bad was really bad. She could have easily brought those demons into our lives as children, for children who are abused often become abusers when they are adults, but instead she and all her siblings chose to break that chain and live in love as much as possible. It takes a strong person to do that, break those chains. I am forever thankful she did. She touched a LOT of lives by this, living in love. She was an amazing, strong, loving, caring woman, who near always put others ahead of her. She is the embodiment of living in love. That’s what I ask of you all. We are given choices every moment in our lives, every day. Choose to live in love whenever possible. That will leave a lasting impact more than anything else you do.

Blessings and SYITG,
NASA

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