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Minnow Pond 12.17.2020

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The promo:
https://twitter.com/jisenhour/status/1339217811231674368

The route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/2773907426356036818

10 stops along the way
5 burpees/10 merkins/15 squats each time

16 PAX. It was hard. Had to average 10min/mile with the exercises to finish at COT by 0600. We did.

Strava Stats: https://twitter.com/jisenhour/status/1339542289048285184

NMM:
Today was a workout where I tried harder because I was on Q. Being a leader isn’t just about exhorting acceleration in others or the group; it also forces you to accelerate individually. That was pretty evident to me this morning from my heart rate monitor. All the guys that came out today pushed me to be better. When you’re a follower, are you following in a way that is helping your leaders be better?

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Band Camp dismissed

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12/11/2020 Mettle Forger Mixed Obstacle Course

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6 Posted for a mixed obstacle course/sandbag/kettlebell and other various accessories to support.  Fence hops in between each station.  Sunny day with temps in the 60’s.  500 calories torched!

Warmup:

  • 10 each at various speeds of  Side Straddle Hops, Honey Mooners, and Front Straddle Hop Seal Jacks.

The Thang: 

  • The pax received the assignment8 alternating stations on the field and parking lot with 3 exercises each with various equipment including fence hops in a rotating fashion.
Field Reps Lot Reps
Bucket Carry to fence
20lb SB American Hammer 20
Low Platform – calf raises 20
Fence Hop
Lunge Slam Throw – Mid Field
10 Burpees 10
20 Flutters 20
Fence Hop
Pullups/20 sec hang 10
35lb SB Curls 10
Mid Platform – step ups 20
Fence Hop
Sled Pull – Mid Field
10 Bombjacks 10
20 Crunches 20
Fence Hop
25lb DB Pullovers 20
50lb SB Press 10
Tall Platform – Squat Jumps 10
Fence Hop
Bear Crawl
20 Parker Peters 20
20 Box Cutters 20
Fence Hop
30lb KB Swing 10
65lb SB Row 10
Highest Platform – Decline Merks 10
Fence Hop
10 Squat Jumps 10
20 Diamond Merkins 20
20 Peter Parkers 20

Announcements:

  • Read your newsletter, Baxter Gnome Event, Pantheon New Years Eve extravaganza,

Prayers/Praises:

  • Slapshots Mother In Law hip repair, Orange Crushes Son return to wellness, COVID-19 relief.

Aye!

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Dead Hang at The Ranch

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0510 – no PAX present
0515 – 5 PAX ready to go

Disclaimer
Short Mosey

Warm Up
– Merkins
– Peter Parkers

Short Mosey
– 25 burpees in cadence
– some yoga

Move to playground
– called up & down on pull-ups

Move to Square of Pavement
The Thang:
– 25 Bomb Jacks & Bear Crawl to other side
– 25 Jump Squats & Crawl Bear to other side
– 25 more Jump Squats & Bear Crawl
– 75ish calf raises (in cadence to 38) & crawl bear
– 100 SSH (50 in cadence) & bear crawl
– 100 Flutters & crawl bear
– 75 CDD & bear crawl
– 25 Merkins & crawl bear
– 25 more Merkins & bear crawl

Back to the pull-up bars
– called up and down with Toes-to-Bar
– 10 pull-ups
– dead hang to 15
– dead hang to 15 and then a dead hang pull up

Short Mosey
– 15 burpees in cadence

Mosey back with an additional burpee at each light pole
– 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 = 21 burpees

Total burpee count = 61

Dying cockroaches
Split Squats
Pistol Squat (called down and up)

NMM:
Tried to integrate some exercises where PAX knew the rep number we were going to, and some where we were going to keep going until I called stop. Do we work differently towards a goal we can see and know before hand? How does our effort level change if there’s an unknown amount of time or we don’t know how long things are going to last? (Think COVID….)

–Band Camp dismissed

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Acceleration Through Consistency

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COP/Warm Up

Lap around lot to warm up. YHC played Christmas tunes today.

SSH

Moroccan Night Clubs

Low Slow Squats

Slow Windmills

Round 1

20 KB Swings

20 Shoulder Press

20 Around the World

Method of Travel: Bear Crawl/KB Drag to next line of spaces, rinse/repeat out and back

Round 2

10 Merkins w/Hand on Bell

10 Halos

10 Skull Crushers (The halo/tricep combo got real hard real quick)

Method of Travel: Lunge Walk w/Bell to next line of spaces, rinse/repeat out and back 

Round 3 

5 Burpee Snatches

5 One Arm Curls (Both sides)

5 One Legged RDL’s (Both Sides)

Method of Travel: Crab Walk w/Bell to next line of spaces, rinse/repeat out and back

Finisher/Mary

High Plank/Drag Bell Left/Right 10 times.

Mosey back to COT, 18 flutter kicks w/press as the boot campers rolled back in.

Complete

 

NMM

YHC gave a quick message to the PAX about how this weinke was mostly copied by a Fishsticks burner in October. The idea was that we as a group constantly focus on the next big thing or the hardest movement combo to spice things up. While that makes us better in a way, getting stronger at things we’ve done in the past is another way to accelerate. Focus on what you’re good at and master it. We won’t always benefit from doing the next big thing.

YHC played a song this morning during the warmup by Straight No Chaser (which as Wegmans put it is like “Music ADHD”). This song is a fantastic medley, but it shows what putting too much into something can do to the flow of things and the overall effectiveness.

 

Announcments

Dam to Damn Bar 10K Jan 30th. Sign up!

Slash will be buying rounds at Amor Artis after Stangs Fort Mill Golf Tournament this weekend.

 

Prayers/Praises

Mills’ family via Drop Thrill

Splinter is donating a kidney to a friend in need

3D’s surgery

Praises for health 

Praises for our kids and their joy that is so visible

 

Thanks for the opportunity to lead, 3D. YHC is always ready.

Punch List out.

 

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Expect the Unexpected

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As the first Q to kickoff the Block Party December to Remember, I knew I had a huge shoe to fill seeing the lineup Bobber scheduled. So I figured I had to take a page out of my Yinzer’s Q book and do something that I am not a fan of – burpees. If you have ever posted to one of my Q’s, you know there will be plenty of merkins and pull-ups, but not burpees nor running. Well, expect the unexpected.

I pulled in to the parking lot with some ideas, but no Weinke. When I mentioned this as we were standing around waiting for 05:15 start, you could imagine the mumble chatter!

So the Thang:

Was about to mossy when I called a Switzer and circled up for some stretching, then we mossy to Hobo parking lot for a little bit of COP. Low slooowww squats, merkins, and OH claps. Lines up at dumpster and for 5 rounds: 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 merkins, run to Main Street Gazebo and back and rinse and repeat. Tesh was on round 5 when most PAX were on round 3…but his shirt was still on so maybe that slowed him down.

Mossy to “The Hill”. I figured most of the PAX won’t travel west of the Peach Stand on a Saturday to experience #BAOPS, so why not bring it to them! NUR up the hill and perform 1 burpee. Run down the hill, 10 LBCs. NUR up to 2 burpees, run down to 20 LBCs. NUR up to 3 burpees, run down to 30 LBCs. NUR up to 4 burpees, run down to 40 LBCs. NUR up to 5 burpees, run down to 50 LBCs.

Run to the park across from Main Street/160 intersection. 10 merkins, run up the stairs to the Xmas tree for 20 Freddie Mercury’s. Run back. Rinse and repeat by adding 5 additional reps at each end, with running the stairs in between. I realized I still had 8 minutes, so went back down the ladder to 15 merkins then 10 merkins with runnign the stairs in between each set with Freddies at the tree.

There is a snippet of what you  would experience at #BAOPS @ Alcatraz. Fill up your gas tank, get your M’s approval, and get your passport stamp some Saturday at #BAOPS – YOU WON’T REGRET IT

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

Prayers go to Splinter’, Bobber, Trucker, and more recently Orange Crush son!

Trucker

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Grateful without being complacent

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14 Total PAX – 9 split off to run with Dark Helmet. See his well-written and coherent backblast for report. 🙂

Warmup
Round the world
SSH
Good Morning
Arm Circles
Some Burpees interspersed

The Thang:

20 Merkins
10 KB Swings
20 Merkins
15 KB Swings
20 Merkins
20 KB Swings
20 Merkins
25 KB Swings
Short mosey

20 Goblet Squats
10 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
15 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
20 KB Swings
20 Goblet Squats
25 KB Swings

20 Flutters bell held overhead
10 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
15 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
20 KB Swings
20 Flutters bell held overhead
25 KB Swings
Short mosey

20 Cossack Squats – no bell
10 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
15 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
20 KB Swings
20 Cossack Squats
25 KB Swings

Short message on my struggles with Gratitude vs. Complacency
Grateful that I’d already Qed this workout (and had a lot of the backblast written), but we don’t want to remain complacent. So let’s tack on 20 more of each.
I also thought repeating the Weinke was a metaphor for doing the same thing again, but not remaining complacent.

Final round to get to 100 of each exercise and 300 swings
20 Merkins
20 Goblet Squats
20 Flutters bell overhead
20 Cossack Squats
20 Kettle Bell Swings (As Dark Helmet and crew arrived back. He then hollered that it was 0600 when it was really 0559 because he wanted to read: https://dailystoic.com/no-one-escapes-this-law/. Which, in his defense, was worth listening to and is certainly worth reading.)

COT

Prayers for:
Those dealing with the emotional struggles that the holidays can bring
Those dealing with the COVID-related struggles that these holidays are bringing
3D’s upcoming surgery
Prayers that God will make us equal to the tasks set before us.

Grateful for the opportunity to lead and the PAX that showed up. Thanks 3D for the invite.

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Stealing from Metro

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11 PAX on a crisp November morning

YHC got some influence one from one of the few backblasts written at F3-Metro’s Combine (Kettlebell and Sprinting) AO.

Warm-up
Run a big lap with unnecessary looping
Plank
– shoulder tap
– yoga
– mountain climber
– yoga
– peter parker
– yoga
– parker peter
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker

Move with bells to parking lot
Line up from one island facing another

Ladder:

  • 5 manmakers
    -bear crawl to the next island and back
    KB Swings for the six
  • 5 manmakers
    5 goblet squats in cadence
    -bear crawl to the next island and back
    KB Swings for the six
  • 5 manmakers
    5 goblet squats in cadence
    10 upright rows in cadence
    -crawl bear to the next island and back
    KB Swings for the six
  • 5 manmakers
    5 goblet squats in cadence
    10 upright rows in cadence
    10 overhead presses in cadence

Move with bells to the farthest parking lot
Line up between one set of lights facing the other
We did an exercise with the bells and then sprinted to the other set of lights. At the other end, we did a descending count of merkins and sprinted back to our bells. So:

10 Merkins/Sprint/10 Alternating Lunges in cadence/Sprint back
9 Merkins / 5R & 5L Single Legged Dead-lifts
8 Merkins / 10 Sumo Squats
7 Merkins / 5 Manmakers, then 5 more
6 Merkins / 5R & 5L Snatches
5 Merkins / 5R & 5L Single arm overhead press
4 Merkins / 5 Lawnmower pulls each side, then 5 more, then 5 more
3 Merkins / 5 Goblet Squats in cadence
2 Merkins / 10 Swings
1 Merkin / 10 Overhead Presses

Move with bell back to COT

Flutters with press
Seated Yoga until 0600

Prayers:
Fathers that have passed recently
Those battling illness (COVID, Cancer)

NMM:
I sat on this backblast a bit and have lost my steam on a message. I remember an idea of checking in with your word of the year and how much of a struggle this year has been.

My word was Input. And I’ve been letting the world decide what my mental input is more often than deciding myself. There’s still days in the year left to get better…so let’s go work on it.

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Band Camp dismissed

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Douangdara

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11 men posted at Honey Bader on a cool damp morning.
Disclaimer given and we were off with a mosey run (side shuffles, high knees, toy soldiers included)
Circle up for the WARMUP
SSH (12x I/C)
Windmills (12x I/C)
Imperial Walkers (12x I/C)
Morrocan N/C (12x I/C)
Low Slow Squats (12x I/C)
Arm Circles (12x I/C)
Peter Parkers (12x I/C)
Plank Stretches (12x I/C)

Run to school entrance
Plank
Read the account of the 31 US soldiers killed in the Extortion 17 Chinook helicopter shot down in Afghanistan (copied below).

Bench work
Derkins (17)
Step ups (20)
Dips (17)
Butt touch squats (17)
Incline Merkins (20)
Calf raises (17)
Leg lifts, grab post (17)

Run to pull up bars
Pull up routine:
Regular pull up (8)
Switch grip (6 and 6)
Toes to bar (11)

All pax grab a cinder block go to street
All pax Plank
Read hero story of 1st class Petty Officer John Douangdara, 26, and his Military Working Dog Bart (copied below)
Relay/block routine #1
Run to distance #1, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 curls, 13 squats (13+13=26)
Run to distance #2, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 curls, 13 squats
Run to distance #3, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 curls, 13 squats

Flutter for six, with block

Relay/block routine #2
Crawl Bear to distance #1, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 OH Press, 13 KB swings
Crawl Bear to distance #2, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 OH Press, 13 KB swings
Crawl Bear to distance #3, run back to start
Blocks: do 13 OH Press, 13 KB swings
Flutter w/ block for six,
Return blocks

Pull up routine again:
Regular pull up (8)
Switch grip (6 and 6)
Toes to bar (11)

To the street, a little mary to collect everyone:
Gas pumpers,
American Hammers

Run suicides to three cones.

Run to shovel flag.
Mary: Freddie Mercuries, Mountain Climbers, LBCs

Fini, COT
TWO FNG’s!  first is “Poppins” (a chimney sweep) EH’d by Refugee, and “Yeti” (2.0 of Sasquatch).

Take Aways: Need lights for the cones to see better in the dark.

Extortion 17
On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 40 miles southwest of Kabul. The helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was on a mission to support the 75th Ranger regiment that had secured an insurgent compound and were tracking down fleeing enemy militants.

As the chinook approached the landing zone, two enemy fighters ran out of a building and launched rocket propelled grenades. The first round missed the helicopter, but the second struck its rear roto blade. The resulting explosion caused a disastrous imbalance and tore the chinook apart. The helicopter spun out of control and crashed. There were no survivors.
The loss of 31 us military service members was devastating singular loss. Those killed were some of the U.S.’s most highly trained and battle-honed commandos.

In past Honey Badger workouts, I have chosen other Extortion 17 members to honor: Snr CPO Kraig Vickers; CPO Stephen M Mills; Specialist Spencer Duncan; Senior Chief Petty Officer Heath Robinson

Today we honor:
Petty Officer 1st Class John Douangdara, and military working dog Bart
John (nick named “Jet Li”) Douangdara was born on December 29, 1984, in Sioux City, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on February 15, 2002, and served at posts in the US, Europe and Iraq. In 2008 John became an Assault dog handler and deployed multiple times to Afghanistan to support SEAL team operations; and was the lead dog handler for SEAL team six. John and One of his dogs, toby, saved the lives of six Canadian service members, where unfortunately his dog died of injuries received in the actions. Later, both john and his dog received honors from the Canadian military for their actions.
On Aug 6 2011 1st class PO Douangdara (aged 26)  and his military working dog Bart were killed in the extortion 17 chinook crash from being shot down by enemy fire.
John is survived by his parents and four brothers and sisters.
Today There is a dog park named after John in Sioux City Iowa. John is laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with Valor, and the Purple Heart.

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Demerits

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5 PAX at 0515, no rain

Moseyed up past the stadium
Found the new handicapped parking lot

COP:
Yoga
Shoulder Taps
Yoga
Monkey Humpers

Mosey towards the admin parking lot
Mike Tysons on the islands bear crawl between

Mosey to the Annex building
Dips in cadence on benches
Burpees on the ground OYO
Alternating 11/1, 10/2, 9/3, 8/4, 7/5

Mosey to pull-up bars
Now it started to rain

2 groups: one on the ground, one on the bars

I called up and down at random intervals to keep PAX from using momentum.

Round 1: pullups and merkins (flip groups and repeat)
Round 2: squats and toe touches (flip)
Round 3: pullups and merkins (flip)
Round 4: squats and toe touches (flip)
Round 5: pullups and merkins (flip)

We did roughly 5 pull-ups or toe touches to the bar each time

Mosey back to the benches
Dips in cadence on benches
Burpees on the ground
Alternating: 6/6, 5/7, 4/8, 3/9
Rain let up

Mosey back to COT

Flutters till 0600

NMM:
Reading the book How Ike Led written by his granddaughter.

Mentions the Q-source idea of taking the blame and passing the praise with a speech President Eisenhower never had to give. Also talks about he was in the lower half of his class at West Point on demerits, because he was NOT a follower in a leader’s clothes.

Something to think about…

COT:
Prayers for marriage, our country, Bodywash’s upcoming trip, and my brother-in-law currently in the hospital with COVID

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Band Camp dismissed

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22 in the Rain

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Veterans Day 2020.
Formerly known as Armistice Day which was to honor the end of WWI, Veterans Day was established in 1954 to honor  all veterans, those deceased and those still with us.

As we’ve all become familiar with, the number 22 is often referenced as the number of veterans who take their own life, everyday. While there is varying research out there to suggest the number might be a little less or a little more, there is one thing that cannot be disputed. Veterans are taking their own lives at a greater rate than civilians/those of us who didn’t serve. THAT is where we need to focus. Don’t worry about whether the number is really 19 or 23, know that our veterans are living with experience we, as those who didn’t serve, can’t begin to imagine. It is for that sacrifice and humility to serve above all, that we honor them on Veterans Day and yet again say, “Thank you for your service.”

Disclaimer then Snake Pit and Bushwood broke off.
Snake Pit:
Establish the 1/4mi loop around the parking lot with a warm up jog followed by
Arm Circles, Overhead Claps, SSH and a few Jump Squats

22
Will be in a circle and each exercise will consist of 22 reps, varying between 11 of each side or 22 in cadence.

22 Flutters w/ the press I/C, lunge walk to the center, 5 burpees, lunge back out.
22 LBC’s I/C, bear crawl in, 5 burpees, bear crawl out

Run 1/4mi loop

22 Overhead Press (11ea arm), crab walk in, 5 burpees, crab walk out
22 Merkins (11ea side with hand on the bell), lunge in, 5 burpees, lunge out

Run 1/4mi loop

22 Reverse lunges (11ea side), bear crawl in, 5 burpees, bear crawl out
22 Calf Raises, crab walk in, 5 burpees, crab walk out

Run 1/4mi loop

22 Bicycles (like Freddies but the bell held overhead or behind you), lunge in, 5 burpees, lunge out
22 Bells to Toes (it’s a V-up with the bell-11 I/C), bear crawl in, 5 burpees, bear crawl out

Run 1/4mi loop

22 Upright  Rows, crab walk in, 5 burpees, crab walk out
22 Curls

COT – THANK YOU VETERANS

SYITG
Maximus

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