Decomplexification

WARMUP: mosey to basketball court behind the school with a stop along the way to  complete some basic broga/stretching.  Also completed karaoke, toy soldiers, as knees to chest stretches.
THE THANG: (1) line up along the baseline of the basketball court. (2) provide instructions (3) follow instructions – kind of like a pirate map

Using a 60 second timer, perform the following every minute on the minute for 30 minutes:
– 1 burpee
– 2 alternating lunges (each leg)
– 3 merkins
– 4 low slow squats
– 5 side straddle hops
Run to opposite baseline and wait for the bell

MARY: one the mosey back to COT, stopped and performed planks: 60 seconds low plank, 30 seconds side plank (each side), 30 seconds low plank, 20 seconds (each side)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Come to Alcatraz on Saturday for 10-year; read your newsletter

COT:Prayers for men of Bethel Men’s Shelter; everyone is dealing with “stuff”, so keep in mind that people you interact with may be dealing with things you don’t know about which may be coming out in the wrong way in their interaction with you!

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100 yards of fun

WARMUP:
Quick mozy around the perimeter of the band practice area (parking lot/football field).  Brief warmup of mountain climbers followed by squats and plank jacks.

THE THANG:
– Partner leapfrog starting in the endzone with partner 1 lunge walking to the 10 yard line and doing 10 merkins.  He then runs to the 20 yard line.  At the same time, partner 2 does 10 merkins in the endzone then runs to the 10 and lunge walks to the 20.  Flip flop until full length of field covered.  
– With minor confusion after round 1, we modified and returned as a group to the original start with bear crawls, jogging and 15 squats every 20 yards.

– Cones were then set out every 10 yards to the 50 with one exercise on each. Pax would run to the 10 and do 10 reps of the exercise shown, then run to the far end of the field to reach the next 10 yard line and repeat the exercise. Pax would then repeat coming back down the opposite side of the field and stop at each 10 yard line for 10 reps.
– After a full lap, Pax moved to the 20 and did 20 reps at each 20. Laps and reps increased until we reached the 50.
– Exercises and total reps completed:
– 10 yard line: 8-count burpees (40 total)
– 20 yard line: squats (80 total)
– 30 yard line: plank jacks (120 total)
– 40 yard line: SSH (160 total)
– 50 yard line: Merkins (100 total)

– With a little time remaining we returned to the end zone and bear crawled the length of the lot. At each 10 yard line we did 10 LBCs. (100 total)

– Closed things out by walking back the length of the field/lot to COT. On the walk we discussed empathy and the importance of understanding other’s perspectives to provide insights into their beliefs and actions. Pax was encouraged to apply it at home, work and while traveling on I-77 during rush hour.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Cindys at the Kitchen Sink

1. Big loop: high knees while partner carries Cindy above head, switch off as needed
2. Small loop: bear crawl while partner carries Cindy in front of body, switch as needed
3. Straight away behind school: toy soldiers while partner does walking curls, switch as needed
4. DORA: partner runs straight away in from of school while other partner does…100 curls, 150 dead lifts, 200 swings
5. Big loop: partner runs lap while other partner lunge walks with Cindy above head

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Shieldlock Shakedown

WARMUP:
3D started us off with a nice warm up for a cool day. YHC missed some of it, but there were windmills and Moroccan night clubs.

Harry Carey and Splinter were doing Iron Pax
THE THANG:
38 brought us down the hill behind the pull-up bars where we did the dragon walk (look it up). Starting at the bottom and stopping at each tree for 10 BBSU, then continue to the 4th tree (that’s 3 sets of big boys). Nur back down and one more day set.
Cubbie instructed us to grab a Cindy each and we lined up in the street facing the school. 15 reps of the following with a full karaoke up the road, and mosey back between sets
1. Arm curls
2. Tricep extensions
3. Chest press
4. Forearm curls
Then a quick relay with the Cindy to determine who would win the prize of not doing 10 kraken burpees while the winners put away everyone’s blocks

MARY:
3D taking the reins once again to lead us through hip flexor madness
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 Q tomorrow at the Fort with a shovel flag handoff
COT: Prayers and openness

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Kingsley Loops just for fun

WARMUP: Review of the Loops
THE THANG: 2 loops: 1.5 miles or 1 mile
MARY: Stretch
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam2Dam and Men’s Shelter needs help
COT: Prayers for sick family members and friends. Prayers for Sprocket!

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Is eight enough for a party… it was today at Block Party

8 at Block Party for some time in all three Fs… The humidity was @ 100% and even though water wasn’t falling from the sky there were plenty of sweat puddles!

Mosey to the top of the hill for Warmup

  • SSH (25)
  • Imperial Walkers (15)
  • Windmills (10)

Mosey to the bottom of the hill for suicides x2 (even though Dark Helmet wanted to do another round)

  • Start with 10 burpees
  • 1/3 up hill running backwards
  • 2/3 up the hill running with side-shuffle
  • 3/3 (all the way) up the hill sprinting

Mosey back up the hill to the wall pair up

  • Wall up/ muscle ups with a 50 LBC as the timer x3 rounds
  • Wall Sit with 20 merkins down the line

Mosey to step wall in the court yard

  • Round 1 – 20 step ups, 20 dips, 20 derkins
  • Round 2 – 30 step ups, Max (or 60) dips, Max (or 30) derkins
  • Round 3 – 10 step ups, 10 dips, 10 derkins

Back to COT for 4 minutes of Mary.  It was a pleasure to lead, thank you for the opportunity.

CH out.

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Yes, we can play with those toys. But first, we must play with ourselves

WARMUP:
9 motivators
Low slow squats
Merkins
Peter Parkers

Hill sprints x2

THE THANG:
Mosey to Print Shop
Obstacle course x2
Monkey bars. 1 Burpee for each bar you miss.
1 pullup at each pullup bar
10 dips on parallel bars

Station 1 – the timer
Run to flower shop and back. If you get back early pick up the 6. Scratch that. You WILL come back together. Today’s lesson is on checking your ego and serving your fellow man.

Station 2- pull-ups and dips
5-10-15-20

Station 3 – squats and lunges
5-10-15-20

Station 4 – Curls and Overhead press with the assortment of available gear
5-10-15-20

MARY:
Flutters and American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bobber read the newsletter to us

COT:
A lousy excuse for a bed at the hospital while your wife is in labor

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Ring of Fire – Q 3.6

– Dynamic warm up, 15 min of movement exercises and motion
– Merkinfest Dora, 15 min
– Up on the bar Dora, 15 min
Close with Q 3.6 Persuasion discussion

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The Shirtless Wonders

WARMUP: Change Order with stretching and other fun stuff
THE THANG:
Trucker started off with some wind sprints between the light poles in the back parking lot. Merkins completed at the end of each round. Four rounds finished before next hand-off. Fishstix had next. Partner up, One partner bear crawled to the wall and completed 5 muscle ups and back to other partner. The other partner did the following exercises: HR Merkins (Rd1), CCD (Rd2), and Flutters (Rd3).
Hand-off to Mainframe. Partner burpees, each partner alternated doing burpees starting at 1, when the team reached 20, they ran a lap. Four rounds, lots of burpees.
Finished with Change Order broga

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Stuff the Bus Convergence

WARMUP:
Ran over to parking lot behind football fields
SSH – all exercises were to 20 INC
1 burpee
Windmill
2 burpees
Cherry Pickers
3 burpees
Squats
4 burpees
Moroccan Night Club
5 Burpees
Imperial walkers
6 burpees
Merkins
7 burpees
LBC
8 burpees
CDD
9 burpees
Flutter
10 burpees

Throughout the workout we had pax share about different opportunities we have within The Fort to serve our community. We had the following speak (Fogerty – Trash Pickup, Cousin Eddy – Bethel Men’s shelter, Jiffy – FM Care Center, Stuff the Bus)

Partner Up
Round 1 –
Squats
Flying Squirrels
Inch worm merkins

Round 2
Big boy sit-ups
Jump Squats
Wide arm merkins

We have an amazing opportunity in The Fort to impact our community. We have pax impacting our community through service. Challenge was raised, if you aren’t actively impacting the community, why not?

It was an honor to be able to lead the workout this morning. This was diffident from most workouts because of the number of times we stopped to talk. However I felt it important to share with the guys what is happening around them. We also were able to congratulate Double D in his hand off of Nantan to Esso. Double D, thank you for you service to the pax. You have always been someone who ask the tough questions that challenge us and I thank you for that and what you did for our Region during your reign as Nantan. Esso, I look forward where you are going to take us and your energy to lead. We have a bright future ahead.

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