Harris Street x2
120 merkins
120 LBC’s
4 miles
Loops around Gardenia. Oof!
Track workout including 2 options:
Run a mile on the track then:
1. Calculate Vo2 max by running hard for 12 minutes
2. Sprint workout with race pace followed by jog (400,800, 1200 meters)
WARMUP: Spectre reading message from Bandcamp – “Welp, Bandcamp overslept.” YHC leads SSH, short run to 160 and then Peter Parker and mountain climbers…
THE THANG: the route is called “The Reverse <@U014K6EAUFM> neighborhood” + add on of back entrance to Gold Hill Middle… intermittent stops throughout the route
3-5 reps of “windmill merkins” followed by broga stretches
MARY: replaced by 60″ of Bandcamp’s portion of today’s Q
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bandcamp overslept.
COT: Honorable of Bandcamp to show up and still get in the miles.
WARMUP: The usual suspects & a bit of Ye Olde “Stretchy-stretch”
THE THANG: 3 rounds of ~ 15 min. gear/pain… then ~ 5 min. Convo. on the Queen
Round-1: 3 pax take on Burning Skidmark
Switch positions each side of the triangle
Extra Pax have choice of Gorilla-Smashes or Sledgehammer on Tire
Rotate new pax onto Burning skidmark
– Repeat until time is called
Discussion: Core Idea:
– The Queen = discipline over input. You can’t “out-King your Queen.”
– Pride whispers that we can outwork bad habits or outshine accountability—this is the Queen of narcissism pretending she serves the King.
Discussion Questions:
1. What’s one area where you’ve tried to “out-King your Queen”—to compensate for poor discipline with more effort or pride?
2. How can physical training mirror spiritual or emotional discipline?
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Round-2: Same as R.1… but now w/ RAM-JAM
Switch positions at the turn
Extra Pax have choice of mace-Swings … or … Tire-Flips
an attempt at the “wheel of burden“ was made, but abandoned for safety reasons.
– After full rotation, jog to far end zone. Run forward 20 yards, back 10… Repeat. Each stop, add five Merkins.
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Discussion: Core Idea:
– Guardrails protect acceleration. The faster you move, the higher the need for discipline.
– Portion control = stewardship, not restriction. Life/Heart change always beats rule-following.
– Accountability prevents drift—especially when comfort or ego dulls your senses.
Discussion Questions:
4. What’s a “Queen” in your life other than food—something that offers comfort but slowly takes control?
5. Who holds you accountable when you start believing your own excuses?
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Round 3:
Partner up… 1 pax takes Cindie (on Grass) to light pole
Murder-Bunny-humpers out to pole …
Resurrection Bunnies back
Partner performs w/ Cindie:
deadman-to-barbarian (2-Bi/2-Tri)
Swap upon return
Repeat until all pax cycle through
Run to our end zone, same as after R-2, But now with squats at the yard lines.
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Discussion: Core Idea:
Bricklaying = daily habit formation.
The King = your purpose (faith, family, legacy).
Misplaced priorities and narcissism threaten that King by exalting self over service.
Discussion Questions:
7. What’s a “Brick” you could lay this week—one simple, sustainable act to better serve your Queen?
8. When have you seen self-focus (narcissism, image, pride) pull men off mission?
MARY: There’s something about her….
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon, Christmas, Turkey day converg.
COT: Worked it in – Yup…
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
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:
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
Crappy Weinke
YHC took an empty diaper box, put a bunch of exercises on it and had the PAX roll it around like a die (not dice) and completed the exercises. Somehow a bunch of exercises not on the die were called?
WARMUP:
– Moroccan nightclubs
– Windmills
– Cherry pickers
– Imperial walkers
Mosey to benches and do a W.A.S.H.
– 50 hand release Werkins
– 50 American Hammers
– 50 Step ups (25 each leg)
– 50 Hip thrusts
THE THANG:
Mosey to poles
There are exercises at each pole around the middle school bus loop. Stop at each pole, starting with 1, compete exercise, then return back to starting pole and do one burpee per pole (1 burpee for pole 1, 2 burpees for pole 2, etc.). Run to next station, but stop at each station you pass and complete those exercises, run back to start.
Pole 1 – 5 Mike Tyson’s
Pole 2 – 10 Merkins
Pole 3 – 15 Squats
Pole 4 – 20 Monkey humpers
Pole 5 – 25 Big boy sit-ups
Pole 6 – 30 Diamond Merkins
Pole 7 – 35 Leg raises
Pole 8 – 40 Carolina Dry Docks
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: