Category: the yard

Moderate burn

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WARMUP: SSH, low slow squats, MNC and in honor of the strawberry festival, strawberry pickers.
THE THANG: Mosey to the basket ball court/track, one lap warm up.
Ladder workout, 10 exercises(Merkins, mountain climbers, shoulder taps, Big boys, LBC’s, SSH, squats, lunges, Bobby hurley’s, dips) 10 reps each, pick up an extra rung each round. After completion of round 1, mode of transportation was toy soldiers down and jog back. After round 3, mode of transportation was side shuffle up, side shuffle back, after round 6 the mode of transportation was high knees down, butt kickers back. Ended with another lap around the track.

MARY: Airborne stretch, Flutters, V Ups, gas pumpers, dying cockroach

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli run, tortious and the hare, read your news letter

COT: Prayer or praise from everyone, families, marriages, safe travels home

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1Minute per Year

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WARMUP: Burpee, cherry picker, imperial walker, mosey through cones
THE THANG: on the hill: 1 double count merkin, mosey down, 9 double count merkin, mosey up, 7 double count merkin, mosey down, 9 double count merkin, mosey up; parking lot lights poles: MOT to be chosen from toy soldier, lunge walk, bear craw, karaoke, side squat lunge; exercise to be chosen from: big boy, merkin, mountain climbers, flutter kicks, Freddie Mercury, plank jack, monkey humper; all 10 count in cadence; end with Airborne hip workout lead by Harry
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: share, pray, accelerate

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Ass Kicking April – Yard

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WARMUP: Mosey to warmup – SSH, windmill, imperial walker, cherry picker, hillbilly walker, Moroccan nightclub, merkins, calf raises.
THE THANG: Mosey to parking lot with track to complete 7 of diamonds – 4 laps around the track with 4 sets of an exercise. 7 merkins at each (4) station, 14 squats, 21 flutter kicks, 28 LBCs… utilizing the same parking lot, complete exercise from one end to the other – toy soldiers, lunges, bear crawl, karaoke 2… Dora after that – 100 squats, 150 M.C (D.C), and 200 LBCs. End with dips and then a job around the lap.
MARY: Ab workouts throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Street clean up, cannoli run, bethels.
COT: Prayers and praises, ended with prayer.

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AC/DC – Get hype for my daughter’s volleyball game

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Musical Soundtrack: AC/DC Live Album (1991) Released Oct 27, 1992, edited for brevity.
See Amazon Playlist: “AC/DC Live F3 Workout 45 minutes”

Warmup:
– Mosey a lap
– Side Straddle Hop
– Heels to Heaven
– Imperial Walkers
– Hillbilly Walkers
– Windmills
– LBC

THE THANG:
WANNABE A BALLER?
80-160-240 Dora. Run down and take a shot on the hoop. If you make the shot, then you get to take 10 off of your required number of reps for the current exercise.
– 80 Merkin
– 160 Squat
– 240 LBC

ALTERNATING CURRENT: Do an exercise, and then bear crawl to the line, and then nur back.
– 30 Big Boys
– 15 Merkins
– 30 Low Slow Squats
– 30 Bicycles

DIRECT CURRENT: Do two exercises, then run a lap.
– 20 Carolina Dry Docks 30 second plank
– 30 Calf Raise 20 Flutters (count on the left leg)
– 10 Mike Tysons 30 LBC
– 30 Squats 20 American Hammer

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Circle of intensity

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WARMUP:
Windmill
Morrocan nightclub
Imperial walker

THE THANG:
Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest
Squat jack
Side straddle hop
Windmill
Plank jack
Seal jack
You pick
Merkin
Mountain climber
Shoulder taps
Imperial walker
Flutter kicks

Run 2 laps

DORA
40 burpees
60 merkins
80 squats
100 LBC
120 side straddle hop

Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest
Squat jack
Side straddle hop
Windmill
Plank jack
Seal jack
You pick
Merkin
Mountain climber
Shoulder taps
Imperial walker
Flutter kicks

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Luka 5 km – April 12
Cannoli run – May 17th
COT:

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Moderate My A$$ Kickin April

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmill, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers.
THE THANG:
Phase 1: Cheese shredder 2 Rounds
Phase 2: 4 Corners of Doom:
1st Corner: Peter Parkers and Lunges
2nd Corner: Shoulder Taps and Seal Jacks
3rd Corner: Donkey kicks and Carolina Dry Docks
4th Corner: Mountain Climbers and Tricep Dips
2 Rounds with reps at 10 during Round 1 and Bear Crawl as mode of transportation and 20 reps during Round 2 with mode of transportation being the Crab Walk.
Phase 3: Dora:
100 Merkins
200 Squats
Clock was the other partner not doing exercise would run from one end of parking lot to the other.
Phase 4: Sprint
Everyone sprinted from one end of parking lot to passing the striped crosswalk. Winner chose an exercise. Kodak won and made everyone do 10 burpees.
MARY: She was afraid and didn’t show up
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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4-Square fun at The Yard

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WARMUP: SSH, ImpWalk, Windmills, yoga-Merkins

THE THANG:

Appetizer:  
• Buy-in: 10 Lt. Dan (IC)
◦ OYO after this
• To end of lot: “Cocaine Bear crawl“
◦ Every powder-lines x 1-2 merkin each…
• Cash out: 10 Lt. Dan OYO

First course:

Dribble Sprints Fun
• PAX in a circle.
• 1 PAX dribbles 2 basketballs ? around the circle while everyone else performs the following exercises:
◦ SSH, LBC, WM, IW, HW, etc.

Second course:

Caterpillar-Relay” –  -ball-pass Indian runs: pax lay head-to-foot in long line, using only feet, pass ball over head, then jump up, run to join end of line.

Main course 4-square (Basket-Ballz); sidewalk chalk to seal & # 2 spaces, timer. 1 min. On/20 sec. Off. [alt: “Triangle of Doom” if fewer PAX]
• 4 pax play ES/MS style 4-square.
• Whoever is out moseys a lap before joining end of Queue
• Extra pax in Queue doing pain during 1-min & resting / shifting up during 20 seconds
• Queue stations go easiest to hardest (I.e. #1 in line does MNC)
• 1-MNC, 2-windmills,3-Imp.Walkers, 4-LSSquats….

MARY: one legged LBC complex, Shakira

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Luca 5K, cannoli run in May, other newsletter items

COT: held… Praises for youth sports victories and 2.0 birthdays

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5.5 tested The Gauntlet

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WARMUP: Dynamic Warmup included Butt Kickers, High Knees, etc. Then SSH, Hillbilly Walks, Mtn Climbers. Ended with 5 Burpees OYO
THE THANG: Mosey to loading dock for the Gauntlet (stolen from a Pusher Q many years ago). 10 exercises, 1minute AMRAP, 30 seconds rest. Exercises included SSH, Merkins, Squats, CDDs, Seal Jacks, etc.. Right down how many reps you did in a minute.
Then mosey to drop off lane for a classic Dora. Back to the loading dock for Gauntlet round 2. See if you can do one more rep than round 1.
MARY: No time for Proud Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive
COT: Prayers for marriages, kids and community

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Finding Geometrical Objects at the Yard

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WARMUP: x10 = WindMills, Pineapple Pickers, Hillbillies Walker, Imperial Walker
THE THANG: 12 Stations for Geometric Circuit, 12 Reps at each Station, Followed by a lap around the track! Rinse and Repeat
LBC
SQUATS
MERKINS
AMERICAN HAMMERS
DONKEY KICKS
CAROLINA DRY DOCKS
CALF RAISES
OVER HEAD CLAP
BOMB JACK
FLUTTER KICKS
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUBS

X4 Circuits and Laps
MARY: she couldn’t be found
ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pickups, convergence, jeager, read da news letters
COT: Always Stays in COT

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Not at all easy this Saturday morning

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Five brave men weathered the cold Saturday morning and made it to the Yard for a YHC led beat down, and arrived two minutes before the start time.

Warmorama:
After a quick circle on the tracks, Floatbridge led us for some warm up exercises with,

Side straddle hops
Imperial Walkers
Moroccan Nightclubs
Seal Jack’s
And more…

The Thang:

High knees then sprint
Lunge walk and sprint back
Toy Soldiers then sprint back
Butt Kickers and Sprint back

We headed to the benches for some,
Step ups – 25 each leg
Followed by different flavors of calf raises 20 each

Then back to the basketball courts for,
7s
CDD & Squats
Merkins & Lunges
Mountain Climbers & Bomb Jacks

Mary’s
Burpees
PAX choice round Robin

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