Runway down

5 at The Hive, what more needs to be said?!?!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, no, it wasn’t the worst of times at all. YHC showed up to preset some lights, but the gate dividing the FMHS campus was closed for this first time ever. So, there was a quick audible and YHC set up some lights and cones on the hill down to the handicapped parking lot, which most PAX don’t even know exists. But for future reference, that hill sucks.

1 red herring light at the top of the entrance driveway
4 lights along the handicap driveway just out of sight

Warmup – yes, that’s an important part preceding physical activity. Do one, slacker.

Thang:
Bottom of the hill:
Farmers carry up to cone one
2 swings
Farmers carry up to cone two
2 swings
2 snatches
Farmers carry up to cone three
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked reverse lunges
Farmers carry up to cone four
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thrusters one arm
Farmers carry up to cone four
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thrusters one arm
Farmers carry up to top
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thruster one arm
2 manmakers

Then we did the full sequence
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thruster one arm
2 manmakers
Every time, but bear crawling down and then back up the hill.
Cone 1 – full sequence
Cone 2 – full sequence
etc.

Went to the red herring cone just for fun and did 20 Single Leg Deadlifts. Then COT and some Mary. I’ve already written too much and nobody will read this BUT………

NMM: nobody would have known that I had to audible. Just carry on with your plan, and act like you meant it.

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Black Friday “Convergence”

WARMUP: Toy soldiers, butt kickers, karoaci and mosey around the parking lot.
THE THANG: Base number is 10 reps. Stacked deck of cards so that there were only aces through 5 cards. PAX pulled a card from deck and that was the multiplier on the reps…eg a 3 card would mean 30 reps of the exercise.
Exercises:
Merkins
Squats
Rows
Chest Press
Lunges
OH press
Diamond merkins
Figure 8
Triceps ext
KB swing
Single leg deadlift
Arm curl
MARY: airborne ship exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: maximas and airborne are going to pull off the Christmas party
COT:

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The Perfect Storm

The fog was thick, the rain was coming down in buckets, it was the perfect storm for pain. Just like the movie Waterworld, dry land wasn’t a myth as we headed for cover in the church parking lot.

Warmup:
SS Hops
Windmill
Cherry Pickers 🍒
Low Slow Squats

The Thang:
Kettlebell Swings
Squats
Run a lap

Bent Over Rows
Chest Press
Run a lap

Curls
Flutters
Run a lap

Snatch
American Hammers
Run a lap

3 round of the above then COT.

JWow

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Creative Assembly ( Tesh )

WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops ( 10 ), Diamond Merkins ( 5 ), Front Straddle Hope Seal Jacks ( 10 ), Regular Merkins ( 5 ), Side Straddle Hop Press Jacks ( 10 ), Wide Grip Merkins ( 5 ).

THE THANG:
1 2 3 4
REPS 20 15 12 8 Cardio
Strength KB Hip Swing KB HS Front Raise KB HS FR Press KB HS FR P – Tri-X SSH Press
Core 30 Secs Skull Crunch SitUp SitupBoat SitUpBoat Scissor A Frame Crunch
Strength Chair Hold 1/2 Sumo 1/2 Sumo UpRow 1/2 Sumo UpRow Curl High Knee Jaw Breaker
Core 30 Secs Plank Hold 1 arm PetPark – L 1 arm PetPark – R SuperMan ISO MTN Climbers
Strength 1 arm Supin Row – L 1 arm Supin Row – R Shrug ScapTrap Side Lunge Bus Driver

MARY: I forget what this is, loopy lexicon!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 on Good Morning America today at 1pm EST, Bourbon Tasting, Bourbon Trail Race in May.

COT: Prayers for Lookouts son’s shoulder surgery and seizures, Prayers for 3d’s Mother’s Knee Surgery, Praise for Uhaul’s family chemo recovery.

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Band Camp Tabata Kettle Bell WO

WARMUP: Started the Motivator, but Pax were unruly and we stopped after 5.
THE THANG:
Tabata 40/20
Performed 2 rounds of each row below before moving to the next exercises.
Burpee jump over / over shoulder toss
Chest press / overheads
Squats with sandbag / deadlift
Curls / triceps
Lawn mower / upright rows
Swings / front pat raises
LBC / leg raises
Bulgarian Split Squats / Calf raises

Since we didn’t finish the rest of the motivator we had about 5 minutes left so we finished with the following

2 Broadway Burpees – ask BOB and training wheels
10 curls
10 squats

Repeat until 6:00

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Mucho Chesto

WARMUP: mosey with toy soldiers and karaoke. Then SSH, windmills, mini mucho chesto and Peter Parker’s
THE THANG: 20 air squats with ass in grass, 25 chest press, 20 KB Squats, 20 shoulder press, 20 split squats, 20 skull crushers. Take a lap. Every Minute on the Minute (EMOM): 11 merkins for 10 minutes. Take a lap. 20 air squats with ass in grass, 25 chest press, 20 KB Squats, 20 shoulder press, 20 split squats, 20 skull crushers. End with Airborne’s Hip Exercises
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pickup moved to 10/8
COT:

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War eagle swoops down to attack the liger

WARMUP: yes…ran up the hill by the football stadium for SSH, windmills, merkins, Moroccan night clubs, squats, and some stretching of the shoulders.
THE THANG: deck of cards was the game. Every 6 cards we ran about 100 yards and back. And let’s just say the exercises didn’t line up so well with the cards.
Diamonds: 2-7 were merkin with a KB pull; 8-A (fan favorite) we’re man makers
Spades: 2-7 lunges with bell; 8-A squat thrusters
Clubs: 2-7 flutter with a press; 8-A American hammers
Hearts: 2-7 curls; 8-A KB swings
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10 year coming up
COT: prayers for YHC’s M for job offer (which she got the next day), health for friends and families, schools and kids

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Turkish Bapstismal Getup

WARMUP:

yes….SSH for the stragglers to start, then a few of the standards: IW, Burpees, Shoulder Tap, Yoga, Slingshot, Halos, slight moseys, windmills with the bell low and high (not a crowd pleaser)
THE THANG:
Dan John’s Humane Burppee – look it up. It’s good stuff
Series of 5 reps with some moseys occasionally
– Cleans
– Racked Reverse Lunge
– Single Leg Deadlift
– Racked Bulgarian Split Squat
– Single Arm overhead press

The fun bit was a table of Dixie water cups set up. We did Turkish Getups with the water cups in our hands. Then Turkish Getups with the water cup resting on our knuckles. Good times. A few guys got wet; all of us were challenged

Finished with burpee snatches and pigeon lunge

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Virtual Sweet Tooth run tomorrow 5am
10 year convergence tomorrow 6:30am
10 year hang at the Print Shop tomorrow at 5pm

COT:
Prayers for Grout’s sister and her four children on the loss of her husband

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Tax Man Cometh

WARMUP: SHH, IW, squats, run a lap in silence to remember Liza Fletcher. Lady from Memphis that was kidnapped, assaulted, and murdered while out on her morning run. She was a friend of my sisters and this hit home for me.

THE THANG: 3 rounds max reps you vs partner. A 100 dash was the timer for each exercise for each person. Upon completion of the exercise each person shared their total rep count. The person with the fewest reps had to do Burpees. Total number of burpees was the rep count differential after each exercise.
Round 1: curls, Uhauls, swings
Round 2: hammer curls, squats, tri extensions
Round 3: merkins on the bell, deadlifts, lawnmower pulls

Bonus: Sugar bug and Slash teamed up to tie every round. As a result they received burpee penalties every round.

My merkin form was called into question by Band Camp. I think this is purely a result of his kettlebell weight being 52lbs vs my 45lb. Band Camp had burpee penalties every round 🙂
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT:

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KB Mashup

7 showed up this morning at the Hive to the sound of Garth Brooks. Uhaul knows how much I dislike it so he made sure it was playing loud. We debated on what music to play for a bit and settled on 90’s Alternative.
Warm-ups consisted of several dynamic arm and leg stretches along with a plank routine to stretch out the back and hips.
The Mash-Up:
Each routine consisted of three exercises in each set with the fourth combining all three exercises. Here are the five routines:
• HALO
• ROUND THE WORLD
• SMURF ROTATION
• COMBO

• RACKED SQUAT
• RACKED LUNGE
• CALF RAISE
• COMBO

• PLANK PULL THROUGH
• ROW
• CURL
• COMBO

• SWING
• WINDMILL
• SHOULDER PRESS
• COMBO

• GOBLET SQUAT
• SKULL CRUSHER
• LBC
• COMBO (Most difficult, from squat transition to ground and back up to your feet after LBC)

First round 10 reps, second round 5 reps with some running in between rounds. Lots of discussion about Ben and JLO and their movie careers.
Great job everyone!

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