It is what it is!

As is typical of YHC, I wanted to do some ladder work at the Ballroom to keep the Pax moving today so I researched old backblasts for ideas. While not original, I love reading the old backblasts to see the Pax, the mumblechatter and the work being done. I stumbled on a few good ideas from Fogerty and Cake Boss but settled on a Bonsai from 2022 that included over 700 reps which I thought was appropriate for our 1st sub 30 degree day this Fall.

WARMUP:
After a thorough disclaimer, we commenced to Indian Run to the track with the 6 doing 5 merkins and then sprinting to the lead.

We circled up in the track/football field parking lot for the following:

SSH x 30
Cherry Pickers x 10
Seal Jacks x 20
Windmills x 10
Plank Jacks x 20
IW x 15

We moseyed to find a gate that was open so that YHC could deploy the Weinke.

THE THANG:

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 1 burpee
Run to the 20 yard line, do 2 burpees
Ladder up then down to other goal line

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 5 merkins
Run to the 20 yard line, do 10 merkins
Ladder up then down to the other goal line Run

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 10 squats
Run to the 20 yard line, do 20 squats
Ladder up then down

Line up on the goal line
Run to the 10 yard line, do 10 flutters
Run to the 20 yard line, do 20 flutters
Ladder up to the 50 then pause
Bear crawl the remaining 50 yards

Mosey home

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Read the newsletter

COT:
Many prayers and praises abound this AM; All were lifted up and a prayer to continue this momentum for the remainder of the day by accepting our strength in Christ

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Run, Do The Thing, Repeat

After a prompting from Farmers Only (On Q elsewhere today), I decided to recycle a workout from last year.
WARMUP: No
THE THANG:
Run to a stop, do exercises, run to the next, etc…
The first 3 stops had 3 exercises at each stop.
The next 3 stops had 2 exercises at each stop.
The final 4 stops had 1 exercise at each stop.
The rep count was always 10 which in some cases, meant 5 each leg.
Total distance covered was ~3.6m.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All the same + the formation of a BRR 2026 Slack Channel with more comm’s coming from Pusher.
COT: Oh absolutely. Strong.

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Pray for Jamaica

WARMUP: sure
THE THANG:

Out and back – 4.3mi

L on Munn
R on Harris
R on Sam Smith
R on Choate
L on Drew
L on Sharon Lee
R on Sutton
Out to 6 Baxter

MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4Bs, Xmas party
COT: prayers for Jamaica recovery efforts, medical treatments/procedures, home repairs

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The Waltz

WARMUP:
Mosey over near field
SSH, windmill, Broga, butt kickers, high knees, low slow squat, merkins

Kept moseying over to bball courts for a few defensive slides and then down to the elementary school.
THE THANG:
Modified Daytona 500
At each turn of the drop off circle
Lap 1 – 15 merkins at each turn
Lap 2 – 15 squats
Lap 3 – 15 CDD
Lap 4 – 15 LBCs
Lap 5 – 15 OH claps

Mosey back up to middle school then bear crawl about 30 yds just because.

Kept moving over to picnic benches where two pax got on opposite ends of the bench.
Each pax picked up their end of the bench for shoulder shrugs- 10 reps in cadence
Then 10 dips
Repeat

Finally moved over toward COT for block work
Partner up
One pax run to end of parking lot while the other performs the exercise
OH press
Curls
Repeat

Chest press
Modified flutter

Ran out of time to repeat.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Over and Under I77

WARMUP: Chatting
THE THANG: 6 mile loop within the Forbidden area utilizing the I77 overpass and Sam Smith to Harris to Munn.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Bourbon and Christmas party!
COT: Prayers and Praises shared with a focus on health and being vulnerable.

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Springs street spine

15 total with six runners at Minnow Pond. Remainder did rucking.
Pledge and then run to former Hardee’s lot where the thang is explained as follows:
Parking lot is base camp. Do 10 burpees here.
Run up Springs st to its end (Summersby/Cone #1) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Close st (Cone #2) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Oak st (Cone #3) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Leroy st (Cone #4) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
–>Jackrabbit pax restart to Leroy st and so on (reverse order).

We all ran back to Veteran’s park, did some stretches and then COT.

Stats: 3.3+ miles, 100+ push ups, 40 burpees.

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What costume are you wearing?

We did a little warmup with the usual exercises. I proceeded to introduce the topic for thought. What costume are you wearing? Are you being an imposter?

Mosey over to the first stop for some 4 corners. 3 exercises then a lap around the parking lot. Kinda went like this merkins, mtn climbers, shoulder taps 10,15,20. Take a lap. Squats, monkey humpers, calve raises 10,15,20. Take a lap. LBCs, American hammers, flutters 10,15,20. Take a lap. Side straddle hops, over head claps,Moroccan night clubs 10,15,20. Take a lap. Mosey to the next spot behind Lowe’s. Rail work with dips, irkens, derkins with a bear crawl across lot. Headed to the wall for some sitting and merkins. Back to COT for the finale. Wrapped it up with we should be putting on the full armor of God and not covering ourselves up with costumes. Eph. 6:12-24

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run, rundown, run-of-the-mill, runaway

WARMUP: assorted stretching, grunting, groaning, whining about the cold
THE THANG: FMHS to new Kingsley, out/back to 21, around Sunbelt parking lot, back out. Studs add old Kingsley.
MARY: assorted stretching, grunting, groaning, whining about the cold
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon & BBQ, Trash pick-up, Christmas Party, read your newsletter
COT: as per usual

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Pick a card

WARMUP: usual SSH, windmills, stretching, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers
THE THANG: we did a little mosey to the back of the school for a little wall sit while pax would take a sprint up the stairs all participated. Took another mosey around the campus until we found a way into the track. That’s when the fun began. Pax chose a card for the next set of exercises. 30 was the count for the first set of exercises imperial walkers, Peter Parker’s, Parker peters, hello dollys. Lap around the track. Next round was 15 counts for merkins, big boys, squats, lbcs and plank jacks. Another lap around the track. Next round 10 counts of flutters, SSHs, mtn climbers, American hammers, shoulder taps. Another lap. Next round 25 counts American hammers, mtn climbers, squats, SSH, rosalitas. Guess another lap? Nope headed to COT and finished last round Monkey humpers, calve raises, sumo squats, seal jacks, and weezy Jefferson.

Finished with a few abs and closed with COT.

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