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Lots of Lightposts

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Five men showed up on a crisp morning right before sunrise. We moseyed out to the main road stopping at each light pole for an exercise. The rep count was low so we focused on good form. We headed back to the school performing exercises at each lightpole back to the main lot.
With five minutes remaining, we repeated multiple rounds of dips, Mike Tyson’s, and wall taps.
Great job guys!

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You can’t out-Merkin a BigMac.. but you can try

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WARMUP:
– 25 SSH
– 10 Windmills
– 15 Imperial Walkers
– 10 Moroccan Night Club
– Mosey 1 lap around the parking lot

THE THANG:
1. Improvement contest -> Record the results
1. 1 minute Merkins
2. 1 minute Big Boy Situps
3. 1 minute Shoulder taps
4. 1 minute Mountain Climbers

2. Big Mac Burn-off -> takes 2,000 merkins to burn off a Big Mac
– 7 rounds EMOM – 10 merkins then plank

3. Whopper Crunch -> takes 3,300 situps to burn off a Whopper
– 25 big boy situps
– 25 American Hammers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– repeat

4,.Chick-fil-a Challenges -> burning off one spicey nugget, one spicy rep at a time.
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Shoulder taps
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– Repeat

5. Sweet Tea-Spring -> 700 jumping for one glass of sweet tea
– 50 jumping jacks
– 25 squats
– Mosey 1 lap
– Repeat 2

MARY:
– 5 Burpees OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Trash pickup Nov 1
– Massey blood drive Nov 1
– Beers for Beetus Nov 1
– Christmas Party Dec 12th
– Ruck and Roll – Dec 13th
– 4B’s – Nov 7th
– Charlotte Half Marathon – 11/15
– Family Care
– Bethel Men’s Shelter – Nov 6th
COT:

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Gone fishin at the yard

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WARMUP: SSH-IC, 5-Burpees, ImpW-IC, 4-Burpees, cherry pickers-IC, 3 Burpee, HillW-IC, 2 Burpee‘s, windmill-IC,

10-Burpees (2.0 failed to recognize pattern…)
Mosey to Football field

THE THANG: #1: Go Fish Fitness Game
Concept: Each team “fishes” for cards to make a match 
Setup: Place deck at top of hill / Pax form groups on the field.
How to Play:
1 One PAX per group goes to the deck, draws a card, and brings it back.
2 Each new card drawn = a new “round” of a light exercise for the waiting group.
3 When a group has two of the same rank (like two 7s), they call out “Go Fish!” and everyone does the exercise for that rank together.
finish when deck is empty

Card Exercise Key (for when a “Go Fish” match happens):

Black Card
h (AMRAP)
A-4
Squats (w/ or w/o Jump)
5-9
Shoulder taps or CDD’s
10-K
Seal Jacks

RED Card
Exercise (AMRAP)
A-4
Plank (+ “High-Five” your kid/ partner)
5-9
Step-back Lunges (5 ea leg)
10-K
March in Place w/ Arm Circles

THANG #2: Chicken Wing 4 Corners Use ½ Football Field… we only had time for two rounds
Mild Wings – 12 Reps 
• Round 1: Seal Jacks
• Round 2: LBCs
•  MOT: Bear Crawl or Side-Lunge-Walk

Medium Wings – 9 Reps
• Round 1: SSH
• Round 2: Gas Pumpers
•  MOT: Toy Soldiers

Hot Wings – 6 Reps 
• Round 1: Smurf Jacks
• Round 2: Big Boys 
•  MOT: Carioca

Thermonuclear Wings – 3 Reps 
• Round 1: Bomb Jacks
• Round 2: Iron Eagle Protractor (AKA Hello Ladies)
 MOT: Walk

MARY: circle of [hate]…”dislike“ (1 PAX calls exercise and bear crawls around perimeter while others engage).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter stuff

COT:  2.0’s → they hold their own COT ~ 20 yards away…
Men shared prayers for ailing friends and loved ones

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Spicy Light Pole Accumulators

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WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Squatches (like Squats, but spoken in correctly by the Q)
Imperial Squat Walkers
Maybe so more…

THE THANG:
Mosey to start of light poles along back entrance.
Exercise revealed from an envelope.
Pax do 1 rep, run to 2nd light pole and does 2 reps, run to 3rd and do 3 reps….all the way to the 9th light pole.
First pax to complete the 9 reps at the 9th pole is the “Sweeper” and sweeps up all the other pax as he runs back to the first light pole.

Next exercise is reveal, and process repeats.

We got through 7 of the 10 exercises, and over 3 miles:
1. Merkins
2. Heels to heaven
3. Seal jacks
4. Box cutters
5. Shoulder taps
6. Freddie Mercurys
7. Carolina Dry Docks

Great work by all pax! Welcome Fresh Prince’s 2.0, Quidditch!

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No Cheese Shredder Moderate Workout

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. 4 Corners:
Corner 1: 10 Carolina Dry Docks
Corner 2: 15 Jump Squats
Corner 3: 20 Big Boys
Corner 4: 25 Calf Raises
➡ Lap 1: Mosey between corners, Lap 2: Bear Crawl between corners, Lap 3: Crab Walk between corners

2. Partner Work Bleachers:
P1: 20 Incline Merkins
P2: Run up and back on Bleachers
Repeat with:
20 Decline Merkins
20 Step Ups
20 Tricep Dips

3. Dora:
Partners:
100 Peter Parkers
200 Lunges
300 Seal Jacks
➡ One partner works, the other jogs 25 yds and back.

Announcements:
Read your newsletter

COT:
Prayers and Praises

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What to do on a bench or with a wall???

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WARMUP: The regular exercises, all in cadence

THE THANG: Various exercises using a bench and a wall, completed various rep counts, some in cadence and some oyo.

Bench Work:
Bulgarian Split Squats
Taint Touch Squats
Step Ups
Derkins
Gerkins
Dips
Hip Thrusters
Calf Raises

Wall Work:
Feet tar Jai ( hands and feet on ground, place one foot at a time on the wall, you get the idea )
Mac tar Jai on the wall ( switch the position stated above )
Shoulder Taps with feet on wall
Mountain Climbers with feet on wall
Wall Sit with burpee timer
Wall Sit with calf raise timer

ABS/Core:
LBCs
Flutters
Straight Lower Leg Lifts
SuperMan Poses

MARY: NONE

ANNOUNCEMENTS: READ YOUR NEWSLETTER

COT: STK

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T A R H Y E D

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We warmed up with a few stretches here and there and moseyed to the back lot where we met up with light poles. Broke into three groups to tackle the course and

Each pole had a letter composed of the site THEYARD, but the letters were scrambled to ensure misery and extended running between poles. Most of us got two rounds under each pole.

T
Donkey Kicks
Merkins

A
Squats
Lunges

R
Box cutters
Burpees

H
SSH
Burpees

Y
Man climbers
Grave diggers

E
LBCs
Dying Cockroaches

D
Bobby Hurleys
Hello Dollys

We had a great COT with announcements and genuine prayers and praises. Prayers for Tater’s M!

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Honoring the OGs-13 years of The Dort

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WARMUP: mosey to front of FMMS. All exercises done IC, 13 reps. SSH, squats, Mtn. Climbers, MCs
THE THANG: head to the bottom of the entry hill & grab a coupon. 20 curls, run up and back, 20 tri extensions, up & back, 20 squats, up & back. Rinse & Repeat. Head to the wall for wall sits & Flying Squirrels. To the court for an old school Dora with Merkins, Squats, LBCs. Last stop: grassy area for some Jack Webb. Solid group that included all 3 of Headspin’s sons. Enjoyed leading these men in the Gloom
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: FM Care Ctr., upcoming Convergence, read newsletter
COT: prayers for Badland’s biopsy & Double D’s family.
Signed,
Short Sale

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