On the fly

WARMUP: Imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, mountain climbers, shoulder taps

THE THANG: 11’s to start: Manmakers and tricep extensions. Method of transportation changed each round between toy soldiers, over head carry, arms out, suitcase carry, around the world and lunge walk to name a few

Wrapped up 11’s and moved on to ab work:
5,5,5 leg lifts, flutters and LBC’s, run lap
10,10, 10, repeat exercises, run lap
Completed 5 rounds

MARY: Didn’t show up!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam, Christmas party, Thanksgiving convergence

COT: Asked each pax to share something on their heart. Took us out in prayer!

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4 corners beatdown!

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walker, super fast windmills,
THE THANG: 4 corners with over head carry in between. 60/40/20. KBS/Rows(RH)/Rows(LH), gobblet squats
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: dad2dam, Xmas party, etc
COT: prayers or praise from all

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A runner leads a bootcamp?

WARMUP: SSH IW, Cherry Picker, Down Dog, Honeymoon, Merkins, Some light Broga stretch, Mtn Climbers, Sumo Squats.
THE THANG: Mosey to the back entrance. At light pole 1 30 second plank- run to light pole 2, 1 Burpee. Back to light pole 1 30 sec. Plank, run to light pole 3- 2 Burpees. All the way up the hill and back down. Got to 6 Burpees. Slow mosey back to COT.
A little Mary and finished off with a 30 second Body Destroyer!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, D2D Bar
COT: prayers needed for family illness and parenting struggles! Praise for the men who came out!

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Snatch jokes for days

Lots of jokes. small ball jokes. snatch jokes. runner jokes.

WARMUP: carry the bells to the top of the steep hill near entrance. SSH, Windmills, Produce Pickers all in cadence

THE THANG:
3 sets of a 9 round tabata (40 seconds on 20 seconds off) with an active recovery between each set

9 rounds:
Thrusters
Bent Over Rows
Swings
Halos
American Hammers
Chest Press
Snatch
OH Tricep extension
Goblet Squat

(third round I swapped a few exercises out so ended up with some deadlifts, curls, skull crushers, LBCs mixed in).

Active recovery included mosey up and down steep hill a couple times between sets 1 and 2, bear crawling down steep hill between sets 2 and 3, and an all you got sprint up the steep hill after set 3.

MARY: carry bells back to COT and in cadence flutter press, box cutters, more flutter press, and LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon fundraiser tonight, Christmas party signups, Thanksgiving convergence, etc = read newsletter

COT: yup – No OYO – a lot of good dudes that can help each other through hard times here so be vulnerable with each other.

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Halls of Pain

It was a rainy Tuesday morn and The Pax were fired up to get out of the elements, so we headed over to The Hall of Pain.
Quick warmup with some Australians and a few other warming techniques and we were off.
Thang:
200 Merkins
300 squats
400 LBCs
Partner 2 ran the halls.

Ended with some bench work and back to COT for announcements and prayers.

Get out and vote.

-JWow

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Richard Simmons

WARMUP: imperial walker, LBC, squat, travolta, hillbilly walker, plank stuff, stationary toy soldier, dying cockroach, SSH

THE THANG:
12 stations: curls, goblet squats, BB sits w/ bell up, swing, clean and press L/R, around the world, figure 8, russian twist, flutter w/ bell high, OH pre L/R, bentover row L/R, 2 hand OH press/2 hand clean press
alternation transit between station:
w bell … bear crawl, bell OH, lunge
run around lights, about 150 yards after every station

MARY: windmill x 10

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes

COT: yes

Appreciate the opportunity to lead the youngsters

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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By way of instruction… The Ranch. Halloween.

WARMUP:
How do you know you’re just getting started? Well, <@UGU3XR5RP> tells you that you are taking too long with the disclaimer and such. But there was an FNG and I wanted to be a good example. I have no idea what possessed me to do so, as I typically (according to everyone) am NOT one, but alas… here we are. With a mustache that originated in 18th Century Europe and eventually made its way to the Western US roughly 100 years later, this FNG sported a handlebar that was worthy of a Wyatt Earp or William Howard Taft, duly elected 27th President of the US (that was for you, Camp). After a short warm-up lap there were, presumably somewhere in here, a few slow <@USBP08L1G> style windmills, some SSHs, and other activities to get the blood circulating. The FNG didn’t quite look afraid, only perhaps marginally confused, so we continued…

THE THANG:
We headed down the hill toward the entrance to the school(s) from Springfield pkwy, with a brief stop to pick up some rocks and lift them. Because we are men. Why else you would you do such a thing?

We also spent a moment or two of instruction along the way regarding the Mission, Credo, and 5 Core Principles. I am proud to state that the guys there actually did a really good job of getting them correct and I think the only penalty burpees that got leveled were my fault because I got ahead of myself and opened F3 to all men before first making it free.

Then we proceeded to complete a 1-mile circuit around both schools, with 9 or so stops along the way to perform 20 reps of everything as we went. First round was all together in cadence, including the burpees (in memory of Band Camp), the next round was on your own.

Exercises included:
– Side Straddle Hops
– Merkins
– Muscle-ups
– Flutters
– Burpees
– Curb Alperts
– Squat Jumps
– Double Leg Lifts; and
– Dips

Naturally, somewhere in there, Change Order (<@U012K8DDK7V>) managed to pull a Matthew McConaughey and get his shirt off. (see Matt Damon’s impression on David Letterman from like 20 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-HYL7VPNXI) .

As we returned back to COT, it was time to name the FNG. There is no moleskine section, so I will put this here. The FNGs name was Matt Mahood. Plenty to work with there… then there was the Taft-stache… plenty there as well… then he rips out that he loved cocaine and alcohol back in the day… he was a veritable fountain of interesting things… nothing was quite sticking and so I asked him about his family. In his deoxygenated stupor, he had to think for half a second before gently huffing out “wife, 2 kids”… then with no prompt “Amanda”… I said, “you named both your kids Amanda?” He looked a little befuddled and that was just long enough of a hesitation for the swirling snakes in my brain to land on “well, your name is now Hug&Kiss, as in Amanda Hugandkiss). And that was that. Welcome, brother… and way to take the name like a champ.

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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Training Ground – Heavy Style

So, it started as an idea for a nice, or heavy, Sunday ruck before Church. Well, it’s now turned into a morning staple for some. I’ll tell you this, I always walk away grateful. Grateful that Crystal Lake was willing to make this official. Grateful that the hour ALWAYS includes laughs, even teenage boy humor. Grateful that we typically have a few “real” conversations and today was no different. To land the plane, I started the day, grateful.
WARMUP: Sure. It included rucking up and 5 of the 9 PAX grabbed a sandbag, too. We’d rotate on/off the sandbags every 6mins unless I forget, of course.
THE THANG: I don’t remember all the roads traversed but we started by making our way to WEP then meandering our way to “Gun Shop Hill” where everyone had the opportunity to walk down and “KLAW” (walk backward) up the hill with ruck & sandbag. We then made our way around our farming village some more and even made it back to the hill for a repeat of the walk/klaw experience.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Register for the Christmas Party if you haven’t and you’re still reading.
COT: Yes.

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Dads/2.0 – Playground Obstacle course & Perimeter carry

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imp.-Walkers, Ch.-pickers. Disclaimer including why F3 & why they’re 2.0’s
THE THANG:
Phase-1: Obstacle Course:
#Reps = age of 2.0 (kid)

1. Entry: dad’s and kids – Burpee (#Reps = kids age for both)

1. Slides: climb up, walk down stairs
1. <5 - small slide 2. 5-10 - medium slide 3. >10 – big/twisty slide
4. dads: if not directly assisting: Low-Slow Squats

1. Swings: 4-count knee-tucks (modify-up = add a push up), swing-pull jump-squats
1. Dads: if not directly assisting: Mike-Tyson Pushups

1. Benches: inclined or declined Pushups
1. Dads: if not directly assisting: Crunches / Sit-ups

1. EXIT: same as Entry… Then move onto phase 2

Phase 2 – Carry and Jog

– every other cone: dad‘s pick up kids off the ground (if you have two, smaller/lighter one goes up on your shoulders.)
– Type of lift is up to Dad
– Kids must lift legs up (tuck or otherwise)
– Kids drop their legs, or dad puts kids down, Burpee for everyone before resuming

– At the next cone, dad and kids jog together to the following cone where they repeat previous instruction.
– Repeat around the perimeter of park, then go back to phase 1 (obstacle course)

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 info given to FNG & a few passers by who were invited to the excess coffee/hot-cocoa
COT: Held… generic prayer offered

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