DJ IJ’s 80s Rock Block

13 men took a trip down memory lane at The Ballroom this morning for an 80s music-themed beatdown. Conditions were brutal (79 degrees and 95% humidity – air you can wear). Here’s what we did. It was more of difficult that it looks on paper.

The Thang
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 MNCs (IC)
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)
Mosey to front of school

Perform the first exercise until you hear the keyword. At the keyword, you perform the second exercise, then back to the first.

Song 1 – “Who Can it Be Now” – Men at Work
– Exercise 1 – Plank, exercise 2 – Plank Jack every time you hear “Who can it be” (13 Plank Jacks)
– Mosey around the lot
Song 2 – “Your Love” – The Outfield
– Moroccan Night Clubs, Overhead claps when you hear “Your Love” (21 Overhead Claps)
– Mosey around the lot
Song 3 – “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield
– American Hammers, Big Boy Situps when you hear “Jessie” (28 Big Boys)
– Mosey around the lot
Song 4 – “tel:867-5309/Jenny” – Tommy Tutone
– SSHs, Flying Squirrels each time you hear “Jenny” (12 Flying Squirrels)
– Mosey around the lot
Song 5 – “You Spin Me Right Round” – Dead or Alive
– People’s Chair, Calf Raises on every “Spin me” (10 Calf Raises)
– Mosey around the lot
Song 6 – “Take on Me” – A-Ha
– Flutters, Freddies every “Take on Me” (16 Freddies)
Song 7 – “Down Under” – Men at Work
– Dip position up, Dip position down on every “Down Under” (5 Dips)
Song 8 – “Roxanne” – The Police
– Mountain Climbers, Merkins on every “Roxanne” (26 Merkins)

NMM
We have two options in life: put in the work or complain about the circumstances. Only one will make a difference.
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We have the same tools in the tool chest. How will you use them?

-IJ

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Cha-Cha Slide, 1-2-3

WARMUP: Disclaimer Given & We Warmed Up with the Following: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Moroccan Nightclubs,
THE THANG:
Mosey down towards the bleachers where work was done with some juicy tunes:
Multiple Sets with Alternating Reps of 5, 10, 15, 20 Exercises:

SSH, Lunges, Slow Low Squats, LBC’s, Air Bomb Jacks, Calf, Raises, Merkins, Donkey Side Kicks, Glute Bridges, Planks, Honey Mooners, Walk the dog, Broga-ish, Moroccan NC, Dry Docks, Shoulder Taps, Flutter Kicks, All reps were done.
MARY: In alternating fashion pax called out the follow movements: Box Cutters, Hello Dolly’s, Merkins, Glute Bridges, SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Cherry Pickers, too many to be named
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4th July Convergence, Sweaty Barry, Bethel Church, Summer CSAUPS
COT: Always Stays in COT

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1st dance at the ballroom

Started with broga did a little mosey. Dips and derkins at tables. Did some more running to loosen up. At basketball court Warmup SSH, overhead claps, Moroccan knight clubs then some running again on the court. Slow mosey to football field. Did 10,20,30,40 exercises for BASS big boys, American hammers, sSH and seal jacks. Mosey to Cindy for curls squats and overhead press. Then we did some light poles burpees, overhead claps, hello dolly’s , dips, plank jax, amer hammers, squat jumps, seal jax, flutters, lunges, CDD, mtn climbers, and LBCs. Yes it took 45 minutes.

Announcements shovel flag transfer and prayers.

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Lucky Sevens

Lucky Sevens
Began with short mosey followed by a warmup: SSH, windmills, imperial walkers, low slow squats, peter parkers and some plank stretches (up/down dogs).
Ran to the benches and did: step ups, derkins, butt touch squats, incline merkins, dips, calf raises.
Ran to parking lot and did lucky sevens, started with:
7 burpees, run loop
14 merkins, run loop
21 SSH, run loop
28 squats, run loop
21 bobby hurleys, run loop
14 monkey humpers, run loop
7 dry docks, run loop.
Loop was a choice of 900 feet on the outer loop or 600 feet on the inner loop.
Ended up repeating burpees and merkins segments.

Mary: round robin; Freddies, LBC, WWI situps, crossover crunches, rosalitas, flutters.

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Moderate sandbag workout

WARMUP: moroccan night clubs, windmills, hill billi walkers, low slow squats, lap around the parking lot alternating toy soldiers and high knees
THE THANG: find a partner and grab a sandbag, toss the bag to the curb alternating with your partner, back to start, repeat bag tossing to the curb and back, take a lap with the bag on shoulders, pass bag to partner and take another lap.
Rinse and repeat 4 times, last bag tossing we switched to lateral toss.
MARY: broga and stretching, LBC’s for the last 2 minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: hog and coyote
COT: stays in COT

Tinsel OUT…:christmas_tree:

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Fame-What a Feeling vs Welcome to the Jungle

WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Downward Dogs, Honeymooners, Imperial Squat Walkers, MNC, SSH,
THE THANG: Mosey to benches- 3 sets of 10-Bulgaria Squats, Derkins, Dips, Step Ups.
Mosey to Basketball court-Pax lined up at baseline for 1 flying squirrel, sprint to the foul line for 5 sumo squats, run back to baseline for 5 flying squirrels, sprint to half court for 5 sumo squats, return to baseline for 5 more flying squirrels, sprint to opposite baseline for 5 more sumo squats. Sprint back to opposite baseline, rinse and repeat.

Mosey down the hill for wall sits. Each Pax bear crawled toward the opposite end. Then each crawl beared for another set.

With 15 minutes left, 7s were up- 6 jump squats them sprint across the bridge to the bathrooms for 1 merkin. Time ran out when we 1/2 way through. We Indian ran back to COT.
MARY: Circled up while each HIM called out an ab workout for a 10 count.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter this Thursday, upcoming CSAUPS, Fort Mill Care Center Lawn maintenance sign ups for Saturdays.
COT: Dream House’s close friend’s ilness, Teens out of school and on vacation.

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Ab-Lab

WARMUP: Mosey
THE THANG: Ab-Lab
(Run a lap of the parking lot between each exercise)
LBC x 100
Flutter Kick x 90
Freddie Mercury x 80
American Hammer x 70
Mountain Climber x 60
Reverse Crunch x 50
Big Boy x 40
Leg Lift x 30
V-Sit up x 20
1 min. plank
(If PAX finish, start again in reverse order)
MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Together

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Light Pole Work

WARMUP: Mosey and did 4-5 exercises
THE THANG: Light pole work. 6 poles
1st – 5 Big Boy
2nd – 10 Plank Hops
3rd – 15 Merkins
4th – 20 Squats
5th – 25 CDD
6th – 30 Flutter

Completed 2x
Mosey to wall and did wall sits, merkins, calf raises.

Mosey back to COT to Mary.

Thank Boogie for the opportunity to lead.

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2fer Tuesday

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

We did stuff around campus. Easy yogs. Wall sits. Dips. Step ups. Lots of talking.

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Super 7 and a Burpee Mile

WARMUP: extended warmup with the usual suspects
THE THANG: mosey to the back wall of the school for some wall sits/exercises. Then to the track for the Burpee Mile= stop at 3 spots along the track & do 3 then 6 then 9 Burpees. Rinse & Repeat for 4 loops. Stole idea from . #crowdpleaser
Finished up with Jack Webb
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jaeger, Amrap 4 Autism
COT: great reminder from to reach out to a Pax that you may not have seen in a while.

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