Category: The Ranch

A Little of This and a Little of That

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On a brisk morning in the gloom we began by heading to the soccer fields.

Butt Kickers, HIgh Knees, Karaoke, Other direction, NUR.

Mosey to parking lot by playground:

SSH x15, plank, Peter Parker x15, Honey Mooner, Down Dog, Parker Peter x15, Honey Mooner, Down Dog, IW x20

To the playground

10 Pull ups, 20 Merkins, 20 swing knee ups, One Lap around the parking lot, Rinse and Repeat, Rinse and Repeat.

Mosey to parking lot with big island.  Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Crawl Bear and Walk Crab.  Stopping  3x for AB LAB.

Mosey to side of school:  Peoples Chair (person on each end does 5 burpees and repeat until all have done them), BTW (10 count each person down the wall), rinse and repeat.

At picnic tables and 10 step ups each leg.

It was great getting out to the Ranch.  Seeing some HIM that I don’t regularly see.

Thanks to Mainframe for the opportunity.

 

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Staying Warm at The Ranch

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WARMUP: SSHx30InCadence, run to the front of the school with buttkickers, high knees, and karoake on both sides.
THE THANG: Arrived at the front of the school after warmups and quickly started to work.
Round #1 – 4 sets – Leg Day HIIT – Complete rep count of 1st exercise and then move right into the 2nd exercise and continue until time is called. Each set is 1 minute with 10sec of rest after the 1st set, then 15sec after the 2nd, and so on.
1st exercise was BSSx10 each leg
2nd exercise was Alt Jumping Lunges

After 4 sets were completed of the above we moseyed to one of the back parking lots behind the school.
Round #2 – Started on one end of the lot and made it to the other end by bearcrawling 2 spaces forward- stop to perform 2 Diamond Merkins, then crawlbear one space back and perform 1 Diamond Merkin. Lots of grumbling as it was a longer parking lot than I remembered.
After completion of the above we moseyed to the playground Round #3 – Performed same routine as the 1st round but with different exercises.
1st exercise – 10xPullups
2nd exercise – V-Ups
After completion of the above we moseyed to the backside bus loop. Split the group into 3s.
Round #4 – Half the circle by placing 2 PAX on both sides, they both start to perform burpees. 3rd PAX on the team runs from PAX#1 to PAX#2. When he reaches PAX#2 the 3rd PAX stays put and starts to perform burpees while PAX#2 runs to PAX#1. Performed this routine for 7 minutes.
MARY: 10xLBCInCadence, 15 Straight Lower Leg Lifts
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: SHOW TO KNOW!

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Photobombed Selfie

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Attendance was light today. Sawdust is still nursing an injury, so he does his own thing. But it is important to point out that he is still posting! Maximus and Mainframe have signed themselves up for some next level stupid this weekend. So their plan was to stretch and move around a little to stay on taper. That left YHC and Photobomb for the standard Ranch content of the day.

WARMUP:
Moving warmup.
– Mosey to small drop off circle and complete 25 SSH in cadence and 10 windmill in cadence
– Mosey past the playground to the large parking lot. Complete 10 Imperial Walkers in cadence and stretch out the hamstrings (was a little tight after Kitchen Sink)

THE THANG:
Mosey to the back of the Home bleachers.
Ladder:
– 9 pull-ups on the bleachers
– Run to the second light pole on the right in the parking lot
– 1 rep of either a flying squirrel with a plank jack (YHC and bad shoulder) or a Burpee (PhotoBomb)
– Run back to the bleachers and continue the ladder series

Had some shenanigans planned for the field, but those involved some things not ideal for Photobomb’s back issues, so we audibled.

Mosey back to the starting parking lot where we found the rest of the PAX in some strange positions. We stopped short because we didn’t want to get too close.

100 squats together. One guy squats while the other ran the parking lot. 2 laps each and then we switched to a bear crawl chase. One PAX bear crawls while the other runs the loop until they catch the bear crawler and they switch. Remember the bad shoulder, yeah dumb idea.

MARY:
Took turns calling Mary for the final 5 minutes

Thank you Mainframe for the opportunity. One of my favorite AOs!!

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Tour da Ranch

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WARMUP: dynamic stretching along with ssh, Cherry pickers, mtn climbers.

THE THANG: 3 sets dips and step up. Wall sits with rounds of burpees. Pull up 5,4,3,2,1- merkins, squats, lbcs 15,14,13 etc. more pull up then Indian run to cot for some Mary
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon and bbq, golf, blood drive
COT: prayers and praises.

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7 Cowboys in the Gloom

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WARMUP:
Standard disclaimer and mosey around the parking lot to the center of the front soccer field for COP
THE THANG:
COP (all in double count cadence): SSH x 25, windmill x 10, imperial walker x 25, merkin x 10/left and right arm and leg high/plank/mountain climber x 25/6″ recover, squat x 20, wide arm merkin x 10, peppermill x 15, freddie mercury x 25, Morrocon night club x 30ish while we walked out of the field and head to the back of the elem school.

From the field across from the playground, we split into 3 groups and did 40 yard sprints with short recovery (7 or 9 reps)

Recovery walk to the playground. 5 pullups, 10 burpees, and 15 squats. Do 5 sets.

Mosey back to the soccer field for Mary.
MARY:
Pretzel crunch x 25, Rosalita x 25, LBC x 25, Hello Dolly x 25, End with the body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter
COT:
Prayers for Trucker’s dad with dizzy spells, and for his new job opportunity, ST’s mom with cancer and financial challenges ahead

We had a strong group and the weather was perfect for an F3 workout. Shout out to Decibel for making the trip all the way from his home on Lake Wylie to attend my Q. It’s always a pleasure to lead such a fine group. Way to go after it today, men!

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Thank God TimeMachine showed up

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Thank God @TimeMachine showed up or Jekyll and YHC would have walked in a big circle and quoted Seinfeld episodes for 45 minutes.
WARMUP: Standard YHC warm up.
SSH, IW, Squats, MNC, Lunges, Merkins, HBW, CDD, SSH.
THE THANG: Standard YHC Pearls on a string. Run then work.
10 Merkins, 10 Plank Jax, 10 Mtn Climbers, 20 Squats, 20 Lunges, 20 Calf Raises, 5 diamond merks, 10 Peter Parker, 5 6-count Burpees
MARY: NA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Prayers for kids, healing and marriages

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Ramblings at The Ranch

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Five guys rambled around The Ranch for an assortment of exercises and much mumblechatter. Here’s what we did:

Warm-Up
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Seal Jacks (IC)

Mosey to the picnic tables
– 10 Irkins (IC)
– 10 Dips (IC)

Mosey to the back lot
– 4 Corners Escalator (10, 15, 20, 25)
– Merkins, Calf Raises, LBCs, Overhead Claps (70 reps of each exercise)

Mosey to the back of SMS
– Boberry Laps (4 laps, 10 Burpees per lap)
– Various stretches to catch our breath

Mosey back to the picnic tables
– 15 Step-ups each leg
– Calf Stretches

Mosey to the hill
– Sevens with Bobby Hurleys and Monkey Humpers

Mosey back to COT
– 3 Minutes of Mary
– 10 American Hammers (IC)
– 10 Hello Dollies (IC)
– 10 Gas Pumpers (IC)
– 10 Boxcutters (IC)
– 10 V-Ups (IC)
– 10 Ab Mat Sit-ups

2.41 miles total

NMM
Today I learned that Mainframe calls Food Lion the “Shitty Kitty,” Change Order was the reason the bell curve exists at school, Saw Dust cried when Coach K retired, and Senator Tressel is running off to Europe with a much younger woman. If that type of info doesn’t get you interested in The Ranch, I don’t know what will. Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Enjoyed our time this morning.

-IJ

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50bpm Metronome

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WARMUP: mosey to playground; upward<>downward dog variations, high plank<>merkin/peter parker/plank jack/parker peter/wide-arm merkin; child’s pose
THE THANG: partner up- listen to 50 bpm metronome, merkins to 50 bpm metronome until failure (your total + partner total x2 = merkins for Dora later); 50 bpm metronome big boys (your total + partner total = big boys for Dora later)
[Partner merkins x10 and partner leg throws x15] x3
Dora: Toes2Bar/Knees2Chest x50, Hand-release Merkins (total from above), Big Boys (total from above); other partner bear crawl across turf and returns on foot
MARY: Brief Broga Session
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thou must read thy newsletter.
COT: My Grandmother (Betty) is getting married to her partner (Patricia) of nearly 20 years. Prayers for them and my family, please.

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Just a little chicken fried atThe Ranch

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WARMUP:
mosey
SSH, Merkins, Hillbilly Walkers
Mosey
Lunge walk
Bear crawl
Mosey
Irkins, dips, step ups
Mosey
THE THANG:
5 light poles
Mosey to each pole
Perform
5burpees
10merkins
15squats

Playground partner
15 swing crunches/partner pull-ups
3 rounds

Mosey
Bear crawl

Partner1 Suicide/Partner2 LBCs

Mosey

4 light poles
Mosey to each pole
Perform
5burpees
10merkins
15squats

Bear crawl to 5th light pole

MARY:
Flutters
Boat/Canoe/ big boy
Hello dolly
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Blood Drive
Read Newsletter

COT:

God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble
James 4:6

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We all have trampstamps👍

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WARMUP: SSH,Moroccan NC, Merkin
THE THANG: Dora: With a Partner-partner A runs 1/4 mile loop with hill at the end and partner B does exercise: 100 Burpee, 200 Squats, 300 BBSitups(I think max was 150-200),400 flutters
MARY: Finish the Flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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