They’re Playing Baaaasketball…..”

WARMUP: Stretch Lab: Abe Vigoda, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooner, Left over right, Right over left, Pidgeon Stretch, Trunk Twisters
THE THANG: Mosey to gym entrance, CDD, Peter Parker’s. People’s Chair up against the wall, bear crawl to the curb & back, burpees.
Mosey to the B’ball court. Two teams play HORSE. Any airballs or bricks warrant a burpee from that team. Blame the early morning cold weather for the burpees that resulted. The PAX preferred wind sprints, up and down the court to keep warm.
MARY: Ab Lab to close out the last 4 minutes before COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 5K, Upcoming Convergence.
COT: Prayers for PAX’s personal health and families.

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Hold on to your balls

Everybody issued a soccer ball to keep for the duration.

Run with ball. Then hop with ball between ankles past all the fit freaks of f45.

Circle up w the usual, but make sure you include your ball.

Take a break and dribble ball around lot.

More circle of the usual.

Dribble ball again.

Hop ball back towards cot and engage in a crazy 8.

Mary.

Hop back towards cot and return your blue ball.

The end.

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Breezy beat down

WARMUP:
Seal Jacks, Moroccan Night Clubs, Windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey to parking lot with some Karaoke, Butt Kickers, and High Knees along the way.

Dora with one partner running the perimeter of the parking lot while the other works the board:

Merkins – 100
LBCs – 150
Bomb Jacks – 200
Burpees – 100
Box Cutters – 150
Flying Squirrels – 100ish

MARY:
no time for her!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s Shelter tonight, convergence next Friday, Jaeger next Sat.

COT:
Prayers for PAX who lost their moms this week.

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Back to the basics at Ballroom

WARMUP: stretching (because we all need more)
THE THANG: move to multiple locations and complete the following in cadence at each location.
10 SSH, 10 merkins, 10 mak-tar-jai, 10 Parker Peters, 10 jump squats, 10 reverse lunges, 10 imperial walkers, 10 arm circles front and back. We also added in some wall sits while pax took turns doing dips.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter (come does a great job with it)
COT: prayers for my mom, kids in school, marriages

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Around The Fort to Return The Pond to Its Roots

WARMUP: Skip to the Thang.
THE THANG: In an effort to return Minnow Pond to its roots, we ran, stopped for exercises, ran, stopped for exercises, repeat. I will write the stop then the qty & category of exercises.
Fort Mill Pharmacy-3 Core Exercises
Jackson St/Sidney Johnson-3 Upper
Harris St-3 Lower

First Flat up the Harris St hill-2 Core
Massey St-2 Upper
Bottom of Massey-2 Lower

Up Main St to Leroy St-1 Core
Leroy/Summersby-1 Upper
Back to Leroy-1 Lower

Back to COT for a few more core exercises

All got 3.5+mi. 1 got 4mi.

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Elevated 4 Corners

WARMUP:
Quick warmup on the Kingsley amphitheater stage (SSH, Windmills, Toy Soldiers).

THE THANG:
Run to building near the hotel for 4 corners.

Round 1- 1 burpee at each corner
Round 2 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks at each corner
Round 3 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch
Round 4 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins
Round 5 – 1 burpee, 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks
Round 6 – 1 Burpee, 2 Do key Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 7 – 2 Donkey Kicks, 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 8 – 3 Run Stance Switch, 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 9 – 4 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 10 – 5 plank jacks, 6 box cutters
Round 11 – 6 box cutters

For rounds 5-8, we ascended the stairs to get corners 2 and 3 on the second floor of the building.

MARY:
Back at the amphitheater stage, we did American hammers, flutters, and 60 seconds of total body destroyers.

Great work men! Thanks for the chance to lead, Jekyll!

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Sweating with the oldies

WARMUP:
SSH, windmill, but kickers, high knees, inch worm merkins on the field

Bear crawl back across the bridge

THE THANG:
7’s on the hill while nur up merkins at the top and big boy sit-ups at the bottom

Moves over to the basketball courts

2 rounds of
Dips, decline merkins and step ups
20 each

1 round of
American hammers, squats, wheezy jeffersons

Move to the picnic tables
1 round
Bent over rows by grabbing one side of picnic table and picking it up
Dead lift

MARY:
Airborne hip exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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You’re Living in a Relay

WARMUP: SSH (of course/, seal jacks, mtn climber, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Windmill, mosey to Lowes

THE THANG: After a wandering mosey through Lowe’s Mulch Maze (think corn maze) without getting lost, we took advantage of a long tunnel of mulch for most of the rest of the way, relaying in two teams while mixing in all sorts of exercises and modes of transport. We transitioned to the end of strip center where Cindy was waiting our arrival for some People’s chair while passing Cindy along and back.

The relay theme was relevant to D2D on Saturday as well as the generational relay we all live within — things we picked up from prior generations of family and things we pass on to future generations. Pax swapped perspectives on their experiences. What have you inherited? What are you passing on?

MARY: only time for Plank Jacks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 1 farewell for Battle Bot at Alcatraz, March 14 convergence, March 15 Jaeger
COT: prayers for Battle Bot’s move, struggling kids/parents

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1% better at Slow Burn

YHC was honored to be given the Q stick at Slow Burn and challenged the Pax to get 1% better this AM. You see, status quo is comfortable and safe because it is known. Showing up to an AO offers disruption because you do not know what you will encounter from the Q. As a Fort Redwood I dont have tons of new ideas but I do challenge those in attendance to get better as I am confident that this momentum will carry you through the day as it has for me over the years.

WARMUP:
Mosey to Persis parking lot and circle up
Windmills x 10
SSH x 20
Mtn x 20
MNC x 10
IW x 10
Lets go!
THE THANG:
Mosey to Lowes with (3) stations. At each station, we completed max number of reps for each exercise within a minute. Pax were instructed to use sidewalk chalk to note their number

Station 1
Burpees
Flutters
WAM

Station 2
Lunges
Hammers
Diamond merkins

Station 3
CDD
Big Boy

Rinse and repeat but with a caveat to do 1 more rep of each exercise with a partner

MARY:
Twister on Gas Pumpers
Boogie Nights on LBCs
Barry Manilow on Dying Cockroaches
Assassin on Peter Pointers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter

COT:
Prayers for safe travels, new jobs and for grace

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