The Mogadishu Mile

WARMUP:
THE THANG: 4 Rounds with coupon for time:
-19 Ground to Overhead
-19 Front Squats
-19 coupon push-ups (one hand on coupon left then right for a total of 38)
-400 m run with KB/DB (1600m total)
– Dora-style: 60 pull-ups/hill descent & climb
MARY: Misc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, helo landing,
COT: Yes

TClap |
0

Happy 11th Anniversary

WARMUP: mosey to a random lot for 11 of various exercises

THE THANG: mosey to the east of Lowe’s for 11’s – hand release merkins and squats. Mosey to rail behind Lowe’s for 3 sets of 11’s – dips followed by merkins, dips and wide arm merkins and dips and diamonds.

Mosey to the mulch piles for more 11’s – flying squirrels and lunges.

Mosey to cot doing 2 flying squirrels after every island.

With 1 minute to spare pax stretched and did a 20 second body destroyer.

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: affirmative and in the newsletter you should read.
COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Peach Stand. Honored to lead on the 11th anniversary of the fort. Keep giving away what’s been generously given us.

Cyclops

TClap |
0

Trip to Wally World and Back

THE THANG:
Up 160, loop around Walmart, optional dip into GHMS, back to COT. 4.5-5 miles.

Welcome FNG Tinman! Thanks Assassin for the opportunity to lead!

TClap |
0

Down Set ouch!!

WARMUP:
Ran over to lot behind Witts for the following:
SSH
Low slow squats
Down dog / honey mooner
Morrocan night club
Inch worm merkins

Moseyed back over to Vampire Pizza
Karaoke down and back
Butt kickers
THE THANG:
Played a game of football.
– once pass was completed play stopped
– merkins was the penalty for all dropped and completed passes
– each score the opposing team did 15/15 squats and LBCs

JWOW tried to take out Backdraft with his tooth, but he bounced back after visiting the medical tent and tried to mount a comeback, but the better team held them out of the end zone to win the game.

Finished with two rounds of 7s
Merkins / squats
Plank jacks / jump squats
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Get out and vote!
COT:

TClap |
0

Shocker….We Ran

We ran to Downtown up banks street down Academy and back. Great morning to run.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead Anchorman.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

TClap |
0

In Honor Of September, 11, 2001

WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees

THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press

We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.

In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.

Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.

MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed

TClap |
0

Zone 2 and The Slowest Burn

Warmup:
9 Motivators
Windmill
Moroccan night clubs
Baby arm circles
Overhead claps
Seal jacks
Low slow squat
Tempo merkin
Tempo CDD

Practice balancing:
Stand on right leg
Stand on left leg

Walk down the 5 stairs slowly and without the handrail. It’s harder than it sounds.

The Thang:
Yog to Armory

2 teams Pick a co-Q
Team A
Tempo step downs/ups on the wall

Team B – Board of pain (switch after each movement)
In SLOW cadence
5 six count burpees
10 tempo merkins
20 low slow squats
15 slow flutters
20 slow monkey humpers
10 tempo diamond merkins

MARY:
There was some

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There were some

COT:

TClap |
0

Buckets… again.

Nice group this morn found three sets of buckets with painful suggestions inside and some nice running in between stations. The Shorty’s watch said 1.7 miles and I guess that includes the time I caught him (not mall) walking.

We can feel the cooler air coming and see the leaves staring to fall as we admire God’s creation. Prayers for my friend Amy, our kids and school folks, and thankful for those around us who are patient mentors.

TClap |
0

Dance Naked Reboot

Eight boot campers met at Pleasant Knoll Middle for a great start to Tuesday morning. Here is what they did:

THE THANG:
Mosey out of the COT and circle up at the cement pad by the teacher’s smoking lounge for COP: All in cadence:
SSX x 20, merkin x 10, windmill x 10, cherry picker x 10, little/big arm circles x 20ea and both directions, IW x 15, mountain climber x 15 hold/6″ hold/honeymooner/downward dog/6″/L/R arm/leg high/6″ hold, Freddie Merc x 15

Mosey to the parking lot and line up facing the cement island.

1. Bearcrawl to the island, 10 merkins, return to the start
2. Lungewalk to the island, 10 squats, return.
3. Powerskip to the island, 10 bombjacks, return.
4. Inchworm to the island, 10 merkins
5. Pick partner (someone you don’t know well), walk to the island and get to know them better. At the island, do 10 partner merkins (hand slap), walk back to the start.

Mosey to the walking bridge for Jacob’s ladder. Run to the end of the bridge and do 1-5 burpees, run back. (5 reps total)

Walk to the school building for 2 rounds of People’s Chair (60 sec hold). The pax were encouraged to sit at a 90 degree angle.

MARY: Flutter x 10, Box cutter x 10, Pretzel crunch x 10, Superman x 3

NAKED MAN MOLESKIN:
Good mumble chatter today by the Pax. Twister started it during the opening SSH’s when he noticed a small fenced-in area with a chair placed in it. What purpose did it serve? (time out chair?, teacher’s smoking lounge?)
Today’s workout was one I pulled from the archives (08/01/2019) and executed almost identically. Noteworthy of that workout was when I asked the pax to take a few minutes and get to know someone new in the group. I took that cue from C-Span who did something similar years before at WEP. It’s a neat way to make a connection with the guys you see in the gloom, but may not know very well.

COT: Barry Manilow joined us at COT following his 6 mile run.
Good to have you with us, brother! We prayed for ST’s mom and longtime friend John with terminal cancer. Prayers also for Dixie’s 5 yr old niece whose body started rejecting a donated kidney

TClap |
0