Freeze warning

WARMUP: A jog down the hill for some COP. Tesh was shirtless.
THE THANG: after running back to our bells, a four corner AMRAP session ensued. 8 minutes for as many rounds as possible of the following:

Corner 1 – 5 manmakers 10 merkins on the bell 15 swings and 20 tricep extensions

Corner 2 – 5 burpees, 10 goblet squats, 15 swings, 20 curls

Corner 3 – 5 manmakers, 10 lunges, 15 swings, 20 calf raises

Corner 4 – 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 swings, 20 curls

MARY: had to hustle back at make 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: happened
COT: you had to be there.

Thanks 3D for the opportunity. Always an honor to lead.

Cyclops

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Cuts like a knife-Get Sharper(Wet Stone&Blade)

WARMUP:
THE THANG: Re-start Wet Stone and the blade relationship.
The value in the relationship:
1.Makes you better
2.helps someone else.
3.a confidant for life
4.Helping another person is Gods plan for all of us.
5.Life is better not alone
6. gain perspective on the way you see things.

Who to pick as a Wet Stone; Someone who has something you want or like or respect.
1.Paece and happiness
2.a good attitude
3. A good relationship with spouse /God
4.Content with what they have
5.Responsible or dependable
6.A good friend
7.A good leader
8. Great shape

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Shower Curtain outruns Long Duck…again

WARMUP: SSH, squats, windmill, merkins, stopped at a few benches for some dips and derkins
THE THANG: did a bit of a ladder back and forth on the basketball courts.  After each exercise, we ran to the other end of the parking lot / basketball court until we ran out of time…but we got through the list.

List 1:
– 5 hand release merkins
– 10 derkins (plank on partners back)
– 20 knee to chest jumps
– 30 CDD
– 40 plank jacks
– 50 LBC
– 60 ski jumps
– 60 squats
– 50 calf raises
– 40 dips
– 30 monkey humpers
– 20 lunges
– 10 apolo ohno
– 5 shoulder taps

List 2:
– 5 burpee broad jumps
– 10 diamond merkins
– 20 merkins
– 30 mountain climbers
– 40 seal jacks
– 50 American hammers
– 60 Moroccan night clubs
– 60 SSH
– 50 shoulder presses
– 40 crab cakes
– 30 flutters
– 20 big boys
– 10 flying squirrels
– 5 dive bombers
MARY: not enough time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: yes…completed

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Figure 8s on the Minnow Pond

WARMUP: The first lap behind the pacer (YHC) served as the warmup with three stops for exercises along the way.

THE THANG: The route today was a figure eight on the map — out the lot up to Skipper for a right turn at the Pharmacy (fka bank) down 160 to a right turn on Main street, down hill to a left turn on Railroad Ave left turn at Print Shop across the connector to Munroe White down the hill to Academy back to Main Street and Memorial Park.

Each time pax get to Print Shop it’s 10x Perfect Merkins (= Hand release Merkin with Shoulder tap at the top)

Each time pax get to Pharmacy lot it’s 20x Squats + 30x Plank jacks.

All pax got at least 3 laps for 3.3+ miles each.

MARY: Rebel led some Mary as the pax reconvened at the lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whetstone revival at Hanging with Stang today (if you’re reading this you either made it or didn’t), Beers for Beetus, read your newsletter

COT: Pax pushed hard today, esp after lap 1 during which there was much mumblechatter. It’s cold out but not too cold for these HIMs!

Tesla and Shady were kings — crushed it, nowhere in sight!

16 pax owned Main St Fort Mill during first lap…should’ve had a camera recording the scene for a hype vid

Themes of Grace, Disgrace, Expectations and Shame running across my radar in recent days/weeks. Stirring interview with Marcus Mumford included his living for a long time “under layers and layers of shame.” Reflections on that article and his recent songs continue to draw me deeper. Check it out and reflect on your own experience — https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-marcus-mumford

Thanks for the invite Jekyll! Missed you!

Always an honor, pax! Thanks for pushing yourself and me today!

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Hump Day Burpee fest

WARMUP: mosey to far side of soccer fields and 10 double count windmills approved by Trucker, 5 burpees, 10 low slow squats with a hold to Moroccan night clubs while in the peoples chair. Recover, 4 burpees, 10 imperial walkers I/C, 3 burpees, 10 hillbilly walkers I/C, 2 burpees, 10 merkins I/C, 1 burpee

THE THANG: partner Dora 100-200-300: 100 burpees, 200 squats, 300 S/C flutters

Mosey to side parking lot for four corners of 5, 10,15,20 with nurring and side shuffles between corners. 3 rounds

5- h/r merkins, kraken burpees, burpees
10 – jump squats, lunges, merkins
15 – merkins, Carolina dry docks, squats
20 – big boy sit ups, shoulder taps, calf raises

One lap around the soccer fields with 2 burpees at each light pole. Just enough time to get to COT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: you had to be there, but read your newsletter.
COT: you had to be there. It was held.

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Deck of Awesomeness

WARMUP:
Mosey to FM Church of God…SSH, Low slow squats, seal jacks and Moroccan nightclubs. Mosey to FM Baptist rear parking lot.

THE THANG:
Deck of cards: Hearts = Merkin. Spades = BBSU. Diamonds = Lunge. Clubs = Crab cakes. Joker = 15 burpees. 2s = Lap around parking lot. PAX made it through 90% of the deck before DOAH decided to “help” by selecting new cards for the remainder of the WO. As punishment for DOAH’s “help,” we pivoted to 7’s on the Withers St hill. Jump Squats at the bottom and merkins at the top.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many options for community leadership coming up in the next few months.

COT:

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One day only!!!

WARMUP: SSH, windmills, IW, Cherry pickers, mountain climbers, merkins
THE THANG: Dirty McDeuce
Round 1 – 12 Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Big Boy Sit-ups
Round 2 – 12 Wide Merkins, 12 sumo squats, 12 X and O’s.
Round 3 – 12 Diamond merkins, 12 monkey humpers, 12 WWII sit-ups.
Round 4 – 12 Dry Docks, 12 calf raises, 12 Flutter kicks.

Little mosey around the HT then some Dora
100 Merkins
200 Squats
300 Flutters (aka the Walker Special)

Dips and merkins with burpees.
Burpees circle – basically jogging in place and doing up downs all the way around the circle.
MARY: LBC’s, Freddy Mercuries, hello dolly,
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon tasting coming up in November to raise money for Pushers off shore account
COT: prayers for schools, those doing the Bourbon Chase this weekend, and Walker getting some blood work done today.

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Jeyklls Terrible Idea from Years past

The Thang:
Finish each exercise before moving on to the next. In between, complete a recovery run. Normally, distance is 1/4 mile.

§Burpees – 100
§ Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
§ Ski Abs – 100
§ Merkins – 100
§ Deep Squats – 100
§ LBCs – 200 (beaker – 200)
Carolina dry docks – 100 (Cheddar, Shady, Funhouse, NASA – 100)
§ American Hammers –100 (yard sale – 100)
§Mac Tar Jai– 100 (Double D – 12, Bonsai – 35, Happy Hour – 40, Imagineer and Cohiba – 100)
§ Jump Squats – 100 – (Fish Sticks – 80)
§ Mountain Climbers – 100
§ Shoulder Raises – 200
§ Mary Catherines – 100
§ Hello Dolly – 200
§ Wide Arm Merkins – 100
§ Squat Jacks – 100
§ Nippler– 100
§ Burpees – 100

Shout out to the originator, Jekyll. He started this many years ago. Each week during the month of June, he would q this workout at Laces. Pax would show each week trying to get better each week. So it was fitting to do as a 10 year celebration

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10 Year Convergence

Ten year celebration came to a close this morning with a convergence at WEP. 12 men came earlier for a run to support Operation Sweet Tooth. 84 men attended the main event with three great HIM leading the workout: CSPAN, Maximum, and WWL. No warm-ups this morning. CSPAN took his group around the block with various stops along the way. Seven reps of Flying Squirrels, Merkins, and Sit-ups. WWL had playtime at the playground. Burpees and Pull-ups along with running fast around the playground. Did I mention Power Skips? Maximum had a simple plan. Run backwards up the hill many times and destroy your abs with American Hammers.
We closed the chapter on the first 10 years.
Monday begin the next.
The future is bright.
How will you contribute to the next 10 years?
Make an impact.

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Turkish Bapstismal Getup

WARMUP:

yes….SSH for the stragglers to start, then a few of the standards: IW, Burpees, Shoulder Tap, Yoga, Slingshot, Halos, slight moseys, windmills with the bell low and high (not a crowd pleaser)
THE THANG:
Dan John’s Humane Burppee – look it up. It’s good stuff
Series of 5 reps with some moseys occasionally
– Cleans
– Racked Reverse Lunge
– Single Leg Deadlift
– Racked Bulgarian Split Squat
– Single Arm overhead press

The fun bit was a table of Dixie water cups set up. We did Turkish Getups with the water cups in our hands. Then Turkish Getups with the water cup resting on our knuckles. Good times. A few guys got wet; all of us were challenged

Finished with burpee snatches and pigeon lunge

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Virtual Sweet Tooth run tomorrow 5am
10 year convergence tomorrow 6:30am
10 year hang at the Print Shop tomorrow at 5pm

COT:
Prayers for Grout’s sister and her four children on the loss of her husband

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