Tag: Bonsai

Taking responsibility

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YHC clipped the Ms car on the way out of the driveway this morning – initial reaction was to find anything and anyone else to blame…. I was running late because no one moved the elf, and I couldn’t find my running shoes because my son “put them away in the garage”, and my M didnt pull all the way up in the driveway.

The truth is I didn’t do the basic things required for the task like taking a walk/look around the car or adequately use my mirrors. These were all completely under my control and I failed.

Human nature is to deflect blame to others, as HIMs we need to resist this urge. We can’t blame other’s for our own complacency.

THE THANG:
run to Allison park stopping every 1/4 mile for 10 merkins.

once at the park, yhc led IC exercises until the 6 arrived (squats, reverse lunges, sumo squats). Once all PAX arrived, we assumed plank position and performed in cadence shoulder taps (40) and then in cadence squats (30) while each PAX performed one max set of pullups.

ran back to Earthfare stopping every 1/4 mile for 10 merkins.

used remaining time to do 4 corners at Earthfare with10 reps of sumo squats and wide arm merkins at opposite corners.

couple minutes of Mary to finish.

strong work by all today.

-Badlands

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2023.34 Colosseum

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Ball2wall / shoulder tap stack
Pogo stick / squat jump stack
Bearcrawl / merkin stack
wallsit / single-leg air humper stack
half-mile run to end

Slackblast or it didn’t happen (according to slackbot).

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Monday Mini-Set Maddness

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WARMUP: 20xSSH, 10xIW, 10xMNC, 10xHBW, Walk to front entrance of FHC w/KB raised overhead.

THE THANG: Sets of 3 Exercises. Brief pause between sets. All sets done at each station. Rep count changes at each station. Core exercises done w/bell chest presses.

OH Tri Extensions / Curls / Squat Thrusters
Flutters / Box Cutters / Hello Dolly’s
LBC’s / Am Hammers / Freddie Mercury’s
Bent Over Rows (ea arm) / OH Press (ea arm) / Swings

Walk w/KB overhead to next station.

Station 1 = 5 Reps
Station 2 = 10 Reps
Station 3 = 15 Reps (done 5+10)
Station 4 = 15 Reps (5+10)
Station 5 = 10 Reps

Back to COT as the clock struck 0600

MARY: Included.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. BBQ & optional Bourbon Tasting coming up – Cyclops needs a headcount so RSVP. Golf Tourney fundraiser w/hole sponsorships available… sponsorship includes advertising at the tee box (not req’d to be company logo…)

COT: Praises & prayers. Lots of prayers for mental health & well being.

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Ft Mill Laps

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WARMUP: Jog over Walter Elisha Park for a few warmup exercises and an explanation of the plan.
THE THANG: 6 individual ~.5mi laps spread around downtown with 3 exercises after each lap. The exercises were:
10 Mountain Climbers I/C (scaled down to 5 for time)
10 Mak Tar Jai’s I/C (scaled down to 5 for time)
5 Burpees
I could provide the turn-by-turn directions for each lap but instead, call me and I’ll explain.
MARY: A few exercises performed just prior to COT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Golf, D2D info, upcoming Shovel-flag transition at Colosseum, Newsletter
COT: 5th Core Principle

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11-11

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WARMUP: Mosey to the gym entrance – windmills (I/C & trucker-approved) and Cherry pickers (I/C). Mosey to the back of the school at bus loop – imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers and low slow squats with Moroccan night clubs all in cadence. Mosey to benches for dips I/C and Bulgarian split squats (Single count)

THE THANG: at the poles varying exercises of 11’s were completed in pairs. Mode of transport between the poles was lunge walking and lieutenant Dan’s. Every 3 sets or so – YHC called mosey around the car loop.

After completing the poles pax moseyed to the basketball court for four corners of 11 & 11 – notable callout of gas pumpers at one corner by twister.

From there – PAX Moseyed to the dumpster where pax did 20 d/c monkey humpers (facing footloose of course).

Mosey to gym entrance for dips and a little Broga- but just a little.

Mosey to cot for Mary

MARY: a few of airborne’s hip exercises and a inner thigh stretch brought us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Boogie Down. Always an honor to lead.

👁️

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There and back again, a runner’s tale

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: ran oven to gold hill middle and back, with the route going through Baxter and earth fare parking lot
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: praises to be thankful for!

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Rain, no shine

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WARMUP: Grinder stretch
THE THANG: 100 big boys, Bobby Hurley’s, flutters, LBC‘s, squats, monkey humpers, Freddie Mercury’s,
MARY: wind mills, rosalitas, 6 in 10 count to plank to shoulder taps, Morrocan night clubs all in the pouring rain
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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27 – ALL of them were there

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WARMUP: mosey to the high school gym parking lot for:
Windmills x 10 (d/c, i/c)
Cherry pickers x 10 (i/c)
Imperial walkers x 10 (I/c)
Hillbilly walkers x 10 (I/c)
Seal jacks x 15 (I/c)
Plank
Down dog, walk dogs
Merkins x 10 (I/c)
Should taps x 10 (I/c)

Hand off to warning track for the main event

THE THANG:

Light poles are the Diamond
4 rounds
Home base – pole 1 – 5 burpees
1st base – pole 2 – 10 Bobby hurleys
2nd base – pole 3 – 15 LBC’s
3rd base – pole 4 – 20 merkins

Mosey to hill out to Munn road
Partner DORA – partner 1 runs, partner 2 does exercises and then flapjack
100 – Shoulder Taps
200 – LBC’s
300 – squats

On to the high school wall for BTTW.  Holding for an excessive period of time.  Once time was called pax moseyed to COT

MARY: Time for one minute of flutters.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

Warning Track and YHC were given AAR’s and pax were dismissed after COT.

Always a privilege to see an accelerating HIM rise at The Coach’s Box.  T-Claps Warning Track.

👁️

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Grab ‘em by the ears

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WARMUP: ran around big parking lot. Max was right that when you say “he won’t run far, he has boots on”, that’s a bit of a lightning bolt to make you want to run further and faster.

We stopped for round 1 of 11×33 paying tribute to our boy Cha-Ching. 11 burpees, 33 SSH OYO. Kept running back to COT for round 2 of 11×33. Rucks on, sandbags on, 10 squats OYO.
THE THANG: Picked up our kb and headed towards the stop light. Dropped the gear for 20 in / erkins (incline merkins). Grabbed the rucks for 20 shoulder presses.

Headed down the hill with all our gear and stopped half way for 20 tricep extensions (dropped sandbag, kept ruck on). Left kb and put the sandbag on for the bottom of the hill. Bottom of hill with ruck on, AMRAP the sandbag for shoulder presses. Back up the hill to the kb spot.

Drop the sandbag, grab the kb (by the ears I guess) for front shoulder lifts – AMRAP. Reason for the AMRAPs is because we wanted to max out and guys had different weights…and different stopping points.

Gear up and back up the hill to our incline merkin spot at the light. After 20, gear up to the school entrance for the last stop. Drop all the gear, ruck overhead for another 20 shoulder presses. Back to COT to drop the gear, then a lap around the small lot…with round 3 of 11×33. (We did have at least 4 former 1stF Qs present so why not…and then 9 other beasts, all with 1stF leadership qualities and/or current or previous site Q roles.)
MARY: Mixed it up and replaced core work with stretching let in a rotating fashion (core principle #4).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: thanksgiving convergence is on…thanksgiving. Upcoming December CSAUP- be there and get a team.

Do difficult and uncomfortable things! Life is going to throw these at you – why not prepare yourself!
COT: CSPAN style because we all need this.

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