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The Legend of Dora and the Burpee Hill

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WARMUP: SSH 25x, Imperial Walkers 10x, Hillbilly Walkers 10x, Peter Parker 10x, Merkins 10x, Honeymooner, Downward Dog

THE THANG:
To the hill for 11s: Bear crawl to the top for Burpees, run to the bottom for Squats
Mosey up to the Massey St parking lot.
DORA style workout – Count off into groups
100 Merkins, 200 Big Boys, & 300 squats per team. As the group completes the exercise, a pax runs down the hill and back. Swap out till all reps are done.
Run Back to COT

MARY: Jackknife sit-ups w/clap 10x, Flutters 15x, American Hammer 10x

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam, Volunteer Events, New accountability meeting once per month at Hanging with Stang

COT: Prayers for Grout’s wife and her family due to the loss of her mother-in-law.

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Start your One Word at Alcatraz for 2023

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11 pax gathered at Alcatraz this AM to make their downpainment on 2022 and create momentum for 2023. The Site Q, Uber, requested a discussion on One Word and Double D and YHC obliged that request by incorporating this into the workout. We also celebrated DD 56th birthday today. He is a fantastic leader and has been a huge influence on my life over the past 10 years. I am blessed to have him in my life.

Similar to years past, this week has been a time of reflection for YHC. The time between Christmas and New Year offers an opportunity to review the previous year, recognize the blessings in my life, assess how the year went and get organized for next year. I review my One Word, journal entries, calendar, budget, etc. as part of this “Year End Review”.

As I reflect on 2022, my One Word was “intentional” yet the word I would use to describe the year was “unsteady”. Some parts of acceleration including my relationship with my M and 2.0s, a strong D2D performance, deepening of relationships with SL, Whetstone and other, increased faith with Shady/Backdraft and the McGospel crew and my job environment has improved. Some deceleration particularly in the Spring/Summer, continued identity in my Mammon, some struggles at home including a torn ACL and a continued jester around self worth that leads to various symptoms. Overall, there was growth particularly as we close 2022 and I have hope for 2023.

In preparation for the workout, I mentioned to Maximus and DH to join us and they requested a difficult workout. DD was quick to oblige using his One Words from previous years and I decided to crack the seal by leading my first ever cinder block workout. I search “F3 cinder block” and found lots of good ideas.

WARMUP: DD
After sharing that DD woke up with a sense of being “full” this morning celebrating his birthday with a group of HIMs we circled up for COP:

SSH x 20
Mtn Climbers x 20
Peter Parkers x 10
Parker Peters x 10

Mosey to the baseball field

THE THANG:

DD at the Q
14 Big Boys
15 Burpees
16 hand release merkins + shoulder tap
17 Mahktar Jai
18 Apollo Ono
19 Kneetar Jai
20 Mike Tysons
21 Backward lunge
22 Freddy Mercury
23 Big Boys
24 Burpees
25 HR merkins + shoulder taps
26 Mahktar Jai (

After each exercise run to the fence and back

Handoff to Pusher

Grab cinder blocks from DD truck and mosey to basketball courts

Partner up

P1 does the following:
1 Merkin
1 Squat
1 Curls for the girls
1 Shoulder press
1 Tricep Extension
1 lunge each leg

Partner 2 planks while P1 does exercises
Rinse and repeat adding a rep up to 5

Gassers
50/50
75/25
100/25

Round 2 – rinse and repeat from round 1

Coin flip – heads equals (2) manmakers/tails equals (2) big boys

Mosey back home

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Dam to Dam for a Cause fundraising focus over the next 8 weeks
– Q Source relaunches on 1/3
– Upcoming BBQ fundraiser
– Murder Bunnies hockey team starts this week – great 2nd F opportunity
– Opportunity to EH younger guys in the Fort and responsibility for older guys to serve as Whetstone

All men in attendance created momentum heading into 2023. YHC is thankful that I just “keep posting” because the men of the Fort inspire me.

#SYITG

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So Long, Farewell…….

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So Long, Farewell……

It was cold morning at Laces In as 6 PAX posted to say good bye to Laces In

Disclaimer was given and pain was promised.

Circle Up

All sets today will add to 22

22 SSH
22 Wind Mills

Mosey to Band lot

25 Yrd Line – 22 Mtn Climbers (2 Ct)
50 Yrd Line – 22 American Hammers(2Ct)
25 Yrd Line – 22 LBC
End Zone Yrd Line – 22 Hand Release Merkins

We did one set of 22 Flutters

Mosey to Back entrance

22 jump Squats

We moseyed back to hill by the stadium

Final Laces In sets ended with 3 rounds of 22 total reps

At the Bottom

4 – Burpees
5- Grave Diggers

Nerr to Top

6: Big Boy Sit Up
7: Box Cutters

Mosey back to COT

Prayers: For Health of our 2.0s

Come out to the new AO next Thursday at Gold Hill Middle School!

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Xmas Eve below Zero

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Some PAX ran the Clave Boss and then rolled out. Other PAX rolled in for only the workout. Some PAX did both.

Split quickly into 3 groups. Rebound, Sprocket, and Mark Twain each took a group through a warmup and then visited 3 stations. Double D, 38 Special, and Band Camp lead the PAX at each stations. It was too cold (11 degrees Fahrenheit with some biting wind) to vote on which station was the Ghost of Christmases Past, Present and Future (see we did work in a little Xmas theme)

38’s portion:

The Roshamburpee-fest
Demonstrated a roshamburpee (plank position, 1, 2, 3 shoot).
Assigned one PAX to the end of each of the concrete paths. Everyone will run up the concrete paths in succession (or do whatever) and challenge the guy stuck at the end with a roshamburpee.
Winner gets up and runs up to the next level to challenge the next PAX. Loser stays put and keeps plank (or just tries to keep warm). At the five minute mark called “Sudden Death!”. Everyone tries to do laps but they always challenge anyone they run by (passing challenges in progress) and basically it looks like a bunch of pool balls knocking into each other the whole way. A lot of burpees. A lot of laughs. A lot of running. A lot of fun

Double D’s portion:

Started with 10 burpees OYO.
Group then broke up into 3-5 pax.
1 pax runs to block does 1st exercise in red while others in group do exercise in green.
Cycle all pax in group through, then move to second set of exercises.

Exercises:
RED:
1.Blockees
2.Swings
3.Curls
4.OH Press
5.Rows
GREEN:
1.Squat
2.Clave Raise
3.Sumo Squat
4.Monkey Humpers
5.Lunges

We planked for 6 and a short msg. Then group moved on.

Band Camp’s Portion:
Buy in with 20 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg
Ran a version of Red Barchetta-style workout
Run down – exercises
Mosey back – 5 burpees in cadence
50 in cadence Mountain Climbers (cold hands)
49 in cadence Flutters
48 in cadence Squats
47 in cadence Merkins

COT – and to all a good night!

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Gusts 💨 of wind and pain at The Stockade

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WARMUP: mosey around Harris Teeter with stops for some exercise moves
5burpees – mosey
4 burpees- bear crawl
3 burpees- lunge walk
2 burpees- run backwards
1 burpee- mosey

THE THANG:
CakeBoss version of 12 days of Christmas was 12 exercises 12 reps each

4 corners has 3 exercises each
Do one exercise at each corner run to each pain station for 3 rounds which ended about 2mi
Exercises included the following
1. Apollo Onos
2. American Hammer
3. Dry docks
4. Peter Parkers
5. Freddy Mercury’s
6. Merkins
7. Jump squats
8. Sumo Squats
9. Lunges
10. Merkins
11. Diamond Merkins
12. Burpees

MARY:
Mosey to drive thru at drug store
10 LBCs
10 Merkins
10 dying cockroaches
10 Merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See newsletter
COT:
Do good and influence those around you

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Repeat the 400

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18 pax posted at Clydesdales this morning for a chilly mid week jaunt over to FMHS and some interval training. Weather was 35 but felt like 31

THE THANG:

Mosey to FMHS – 0.7 miles
400 m at 10k pace followed by 400 m walk/jog
Rinse and repeat for 6-8 times
Mosey back to COT – 0.7 miles

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Clave Boss 5k/10 at 6:30 on 12/24 at Pantheon (bootcamp after)
– 8 Blocker at Q Source on 12/27 at Panera
– 1/28 Dam to Dam Bar run

Mumblechatter
– DQ closes early (9 PM) provided by Sugar Daddy

Prayers
– Walker 61st birthday
– Middle school kid lost his father (Patel)
– Lost loved ones from 2022
– Andy Burkholder has AML

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Coming in Hot on a cold Tuesday morning

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WARMUP: laps until Q showed up
THE THANG:
Mosey to front of school
3 rounds of 10 dips, 10 Derkins, 10 squats
Mosey towards elementary school entrance
Run to 5 light poles and perform exercises
Round 1: 10 lunges each pole
Round 2: 10 Carolina dry dock
Round 3: 5 Weezy Jefferson’s
Round 4: 10 calf raises
Round 5: 10 diamond merkins
Round 6: 10 flutters

Mosey to back of school
Partner 1 runs across bridge and back Partner 2 exercise
1) LBCs
2) Merkins
3) Sumo Squats

Wall sit
PAX bear crawl
Wall sit
PAX 5 Merkins

Indian mosey back to COT
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Eve Clave Boss and Convergence Saturday 0630 wheels up

Dam2Dam- look it up

COT:
Lots of prayers and praises
Enjoy the moments and don’t get fought up in the complaints
Peace Joy and Love men!!

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12 days of painmas

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WARMUP: mosey to parking lot across the street for a circle and warm up exercises.

THE THANG: mosey more over to medical building and get going on the 12 days.  

Not moderate.  Good work put in. Fellowship was pretty quiet by about day 5.

Do day one, run around building.

Plank for 6.  

Do day two, day one then around the building, etc

1 Donkey Kick

2 WAM

3 Jumping Lunges

4 Merkins

5 Squats

6 Burpees

7 Bombjacks

8 Sumo Squats

9 CDD

10 Flutters IC

11 Monkey Humpers

12 Diamond Merkins

During Plank we got to hear about Pax fav Christmas gift memory as a kid.  Sounded like a lot of our folks were hitting the Sears catalog or the local KB Toy in the mall for the best stuff.  

Outside of Old Bay who got a dot matrix printer.  Prob from Radio Shack.  We are renaming him Tandy.

MARY:  no time for her.  It took all 45 to wrap the 12 days.  Site q was nervous we’d be late during run back.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Mississippi Mud

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It was a chilly morning in The Fort, but the firey mumble chatter kept us all warm. So did the pain!

After a plethora of warmup exersices we were off for some wall work.

The Ascending Testicles (not so distant cousin to Balls to the Wall)

15 Degrees – 10 Derkins
45 Degrees – 10 Derkins
Balls to the Wall – 10 Derkins

Then a round of The Australian (aka decline mountain climbers

We then moseyed over to the track to celebrate the birthday of our beloved state Mississippi.
Fun Facts: Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state on December 10th 1817 and gets its name from the Mississippi River, which forms its western border. Mississippi is known for being the birthplace of American blues music and is also famous for its fertile soil, which makes it an agricultural powerhouse, as well as for its catfish farming industry.

The Thang:
18 of one exercise, run half a lap around the track. Then 17 of the same exercise, and run the other half of lap (year 1817). We worked our way all the way down the list.

M – erkins
I – material Walkers
S – ide Straddle Hops
S – it Ups
I – nch Worms
S – holder Taps
S – umo Squats
I – ron Mike Tysons
P – eter Pointers
P – eter Parkers
P – eter Pointers
I – mperial Storm Kickers

Back to COT

-JWow

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Pre-D2D Golf Tournament Mini Golf Workout

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WARMUP: Mosey’d to the Armory via the Forbidden Highway. Stopped halfway to do some warmup exercises (can’t remember which ones) and a 5-count motivator.
THE THANG: Played mini golf in the Forest Hill parking lot. Started at hole 1, did an exercise, ran a lap, and moved to hole 2. Repeated until everyone worked their way through the front 9. Exercises were cumulative as the PAX progressed through each hole.

Indian ran along the Forbidden Highway back to COT.
MARY: Finished out with a 10-count motivator and some Mary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: There were some.
COT: It took place. There was a circle and some praying. It was good.

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