Category: the coachs box

A brick workout broke out in the midst of a Shield Lock discussion

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WARMUP: Took a lap around the COT parking lot performing karaoke, buttkickers, and highknees. Circled up close to my vehicle because we needed to grab some bricks. But, before each man grabbed his source of pain we performed 10xSSHinCadence, 10xWMinCadence, 10xCPsinCadence, 10xMNCsinCadence, and 10xMerkinsinCadence. Short mosey to the vehicle, popped open the tailgate, and everybody grabbed some bricks.
THE THANG: COT parking lot is marked as a football field. Started at the goal line and lunged walk to the 50yard line. Every time PAX went down into their lunge they were asked to perform a lateral raise with the bricks. We stopped every 10 yards and executed 10 Burpees.

Next, we moseyed to a nearby grassy area. Time for a Jack Web of pain. 1 Merkin – 4 OCs w/ bricks. We definitely felt the pain by the time we made it to 10 Merkins – 40 OCs w/ bricks.

Moseyed back to the 50yard line. Ask the PAX to reverse lunge walk back to the goal line. Every time the PAX went down in to their lunge they performed a front raise with the bricks. We stopped every 10yards to perform 10 BombJacks with the bricks.

Didn’t need to travel far for the next Jack Web of pain. PAX circled up and we started with 1 Squat – 4 LowSquatPulses. While pulsing PAX were asked to hold their bricks in a front raised position. Legs & shoulders were burning by the time we made it to 10 Squats – 40 LowSquatPulses. A lot of funny commentary regarding everyone’s pulsing technique and pulsing speed ( apparently I’m a slow pulser ).

Last, but not least, asked the PAX to lie down on their bellies for some Superman Poses. We held each pose for a 10 count by YHC ( apparently, I’m also a slow counter, blame it on my Southern upbringing ). 1st pose was arms straight out with bricks in hand and legs together, 2nd pose was arms in field goal position and legs spread slightly apart, 3rd pose was arms in airplane position with legs spread shoulder width apart, and 4th pose was arms in parachute position with legs spread wide apart. Performed 2 sets of each pose.
MARY: Had time for 15xAlternating Single Leg V-Ups and 30x Touch your toes crunches, of course, all exercises performed with bricks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter serve tonight, the upcoming Jager CSAUP ( can’t wait for this one ), Rock Region’s 10 year anniversary, and a few others that I’ve failed to remember.
COT: ShowtoKnow

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Shorties at The Coaches Box

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WARMUP: Brief topics on experiences as a shortie, myself.
Run past the circle by the football stadium for burpees and back to the circle.
THE THANG:
On the curb, 10 Mike Tysons.
At the stadium lot, 3-tier suicides.
To the big gym parking lot for 4-corners.
Run to a corner and back to the center. At the corners:
Corner 1: 10 Deadlifts & 10 Cyclist Squats
Corner 2: 10 V-Ups & 10 10 WWI Situps
Corner 3: 10 Deadlifts & 10 Cyclist Squats
Corner 4: 10 V-Ups & 10 10 WWI Situps
8 Burpees

Run all the way to the other side of campus to the pull-up bars and partner up:
75 Pull-Ups
100 Carolina Dry Docks
75 Heels To Heaven
Other partner runs about 75yds total.

More shortie words (as a dad)

Back to the main COT lot and line up on the 0:
30yd sprint and back
80yd spring and back
100yd sprint to COT

More shortie words.

MARY: Indeed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Present
COT: 5th Core Principle

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No talking = leadership opportunities…and a shovel flag handoff!

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WARMUP: started things up with very little voice and the voice lasted about 2 min before going out.

Got things going with SSH, low slow squat, merkins. I think that was about it because talking and calling cadence was not happening.

Mosey over to the front of the school for some additional warm up.

Ran over to the corner for some partner work.
THE THANG: Dora is game so we partnered up.

Shower curtain helped call out the exercise.
100 diamonds
200 lunges
300 flutters (4 count)

Partner 1 runs back to the front of school, partner 2 does exercises until back

We then ran over to all the benches by the R wing and did some 7s using the benches running back and forth between benches.

Exercises were dips and derkins.
MARY: some stretching, some core, and some burpees??
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jester was our Q source point today so this was covered throughout the workout thanks to JWOW, shower curtain, and Esso.

Also a big shovel flag transfer! Thanks to Cyclops and congrats to Warning Track!
COT: of course!

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To the 50….and beyond

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Nice morning for Acceleration at The Box. First day on site as Site Q and on the the Q as well. Middle and Upper Management present to ensure flag in ground and disclaimer read. Following Qsource, the topic today was “M”.

WARMUP:
Mosey, SSH x 26 (IC), Windmill x 10 (IC), stretched the calves, MNC x 15 (IC)

Spur #1 – Accelerating Fellowship requires Relational Rhythm –> Preparedness. Goal is not a static state of balance.

THE THANG:

Mosey to hill closest to Hwy 21
Down and up the hill x 3. Burpees at the top, Merkins at the Bottom. (15-10-5). Complete 20 reps each hill completion (i.e. 15 burpees/5 merkins, 10/10, 5 burpees/15 merkins).

Spur – You do not meet your M at the 50 yard line. This is not a balancing act, it may not be fair. You go beyond the 50 and to the endzone if need be.

To illustrate this, we did a 4th round down and up the hill even though the thought was we were doing 3 and recovering.

We then moseyed to the pull up bars for some AMRAP. We made it through 4 rounds of: 5 pullups – 10 merkins – 15 squats – 20 LBCs. Then partnered PAX up. One PAX would hang from pullups bars while the other held 6 inches merkins. Loser had to complete 5 burpees. Rotate.

Mosey back to benches.

Spur #2 – The M is the most important relationship –> Quiver of arrows to target the M in the Concentrica

Mosey to the 50 yard line on the band lot football field. Reminder that we do not stop at the 50.

Spur #3 – Accelerating the M requires skill and love –> 1) Maintenance = Deceleration, 2) Culture is a Jester, 3) No 50 yard line, 4) M is not your best friend, 5) Joy > Happiness.

Finished with some diamond merkins, flutters, protractor and freddie mercuries. Mosey back to COT.

MARY: A little
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive, Hanging with Stang
COT: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davewillis/a-prayer-for-today/

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2024.10 The Coach’s Box

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Warmup then run to parking lot on way to pullup bars.

1st order of business get the HR up as quickly as possible:
4x Suicides distance was 1 to 5 parking spaces

2nd order of business is endurance and strength
20min AMRAP:
5xToes to bar
10x Squat jumps
10x Merkins
10x Lunges (EL)

Run back to 2x Suicides

COT

Discussion on Servants and Masters. All the “things” of this world are good Servants but bad Masters: money, food, popularity, aesthetics, power… So how do you keep them in their proper place? It’s Discipline (1st F), Council (2nd F), and Mission (3rd F). So you wonder why this thing of F3 works, but it’s a model for behavior that works on so many levels.

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DRP

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WARMUP: SSH, Cherry pickers, IW, HW

THE THANG: In light of the Q Source topic of DRP, the weinke reflected the Spurs.
1. “A man needs help to get right.”
The first portion of the workout was a team effort. Teams of 2 had to complete 50 merkins, 50 big boys, and 50 squats total reps.

During the next portion of the workout we discussed the second spur
2. “A man must turn pro to get right.”
Second workout 25 minutes of 100yd sprints EMOM.
Turning pro means that you’re making the decision every day to work towards your goals, being a true HIM. Often times with the help of a Disrupter.

Third spur is “Discretion is a cage with velvet bars”
This means that when you give yourself too many options, giving up is easy. Before every workout the disclaimer is made “modify if necessary” and too often we modify our goals to make it easier to quit.

Wrapped up the workout with 50 merkins, 50 big boys, and 50 squats. If you finished before someone else, take a portion of their reps to help them finish up as well. A man needs help to get right.
Final buy out was a 200yd sprint.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Getting Right

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WARMUP: mosey to the top of the hill. Low slow squats, imperial and hillbilly walkers, Moroccan night clubs, planks, merkins, salutations
THE THANG:

Spur 1 – A man must get right before he can do anything else: 7’s on the hill – burpees at the bottom and squats at the top

Mosey to pull up bars

Spur 2 – An unfit man is a slave to his lack of self-control.

7’s at the pull up bars and at end of the driveway. Pull ups and Diamond merkins

Spur 3 – To help others, a man must first help himself. Mosey to school wing for wall sits of gratitude x 2 then back to COT.

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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Preparedness at the Coaches Box

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Weather was 32 degrees and chilly but the lights were on and YHC was prepped for a Q to discuss Jester and Preparedness

Simply defined, the Jester is temptation of the flesh that hinders Acceleration. It is a stumbling block that a man continuously trips over in his effort to become a Pro.

The Jester tells a man several lies including:

1. You are the boss of me
2. You are what you do
3. You are not a bad guy
4. Jester and Virtue can coexist
5. You can’t live, if living is without me

But the antidote to the Jester is preparedness, preparing for what is expected and what is unexpected. The addition of love to this preparation leads to diminishing the Jester. But it is a battle that a Man must fight throughout his life.

THE THANG:

Mosey to the front of FMHS

COP
SSH
Merkins
Windmills
CDD
MNC
Plank Jacks

Mosey to the band lot

Deconstructed Burpee – STAR model

Burpees in the middle x 5
Bobby Hurley x 25
Squats x 25
Merkins IC 12
Mtn Climbers x 25

Mosey to pull up bars

Grip Strength work
Partner 1 – hang
Partner 2 – Mary

Rinse and Repeat x 3

Mosey home for COT

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LDP 10 Count Buffet

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Moracan night clubs, mosey to the thang

THE THANG: 10 Count buffet-Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Taps, Big Boy Situps, LBC’s, SSH, Lunges, Squats, Bobby Hurley’s, Dips completed 10 of each, ran lap after each round

MARY: Flutters, Freddy Mercury’s, Big Boys

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints and Padres, Bethel Men’s Shelter

COT: 1 prayer or praise from each lifted up

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