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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Tire Flips and Blips

WARMUP: yep, did it on the run and in between some Indian runs
THE THANG:
had some tires to flip and kettle bells to deadlift, press, and swing.

second round was no tires, but still stations
-3 on pull-ups
-1 on merkins
-3 with a kettlebell to squat
The man doing the merkins called up and down for 5 reps at each station

Moseyed back with some mobility exercises throw in (shin box!)

MARY: a tad
ANNOUNCEMENTS: DD hands off Nantan Flag to Esso tomorrow

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What do you call a Kitchen sink filled with sand?

WARMUP:
Worked our way around the school drop off lane stopping along the way with the following:
SSH, low slow squats, tempo merkins, toy soldiers, butt kickers, high knees and windmills
THE THANG:
Carried sandbags down to amphitheater where we did the following:

From the bottom each pax had a sandbag or rock.
Man makers with sandbag toss up to the third level
20 squats with coupons
Man makers with toss
20 squats with coupons
Clean and press then toss sandbag up to third level
15 deadlifts
Clean and press with toss
15 deadlifts
MARY:
Airborne hip specials
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stuff the bus on Saturday
Convergence on Friday, bring school supplies
Dam to Dam fundraisers start in Sept
COT:

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On the AO hunt

WARMUP: count off
THE THANG: run through Baxter down by mushroom pool, then all the way down to STL, then to Colosseum, then back to COT…and any extra laps / miles. 4-5 for runners, 2-3 for those rucking folks.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff that bus
COT: praying for our boy drop!

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Elite 8

WARMUP: Mosey to the light poles in front of the school.  One in cadence exercise was called with 5 burpees OYO after each exercise.  

Bear crawl between the last two light poles before moseying to the basketball court behind the school for act 1

THE THANG
Act 1 – On the line
Each PAX shot a free throw.  A make meant a lesser penalty.  A miss, a greater one. 8 sets of 2 liners, 4 liners, and a few burpees mixed in.  
We took our ball and moved on to act 2 on the south end of the school.

Act 2 – 4 corners (5-10-15)
At each corner – 5 hand release merkins, 10 squats and 15 lunges per leg.  

Mode of transport – bear crawl between station 1 and 2, nur between station 2 and 3, Bear crawl between station 3 and 4 and side shuffle between station 4 and 1.

Mosey to the front of school stopping at a light for monkey humpers in cadence and then made is back for 3 minutes of…..

MARY: PAX called out exercises and all were done in cadence until 0600 brought us to name-o-rama and……

ANNOUNCEMENTS: August has opportunities. Get involved.

COT: 5th core principle (YHTBT).

Closing thought – if life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond. Is your 90% consistent enough to lead right?

Maximus – Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Cyclops.

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We are the Knights who say Nee – Leave Right

COACHES BOX – Leave Right – 07-27-2023
Intro – Always leave something better than the way you found it. King, Queen, Jester, Ms, Shorties, Mammons, Faith,
Mosey to HS Student lot:
WARMUP:
SSH, Mountain Climbers, Low slow squats, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Moroccans
PLANK – Legacy is created by the HIM’s development of Virtuous Leaders
1. Sua Sponte Leader (Latin: “of his, her, its or their own accord”) or suo motu (“on its own motion”) describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party
a. Make the Mission Clear – Completing experiences that are not commonly found else where while also maintain our laid Back Pack attitude.
b. Teach All that you know –Become unnecessary. Work your way out of a job so the group can thrive without you. – Copying my assistants on emails – They can see the examples.
c. Incentivize Individual Initiative while gracefully managing failure – Let someone else lead and guide them along the way. If they fail, accept responsibility in front of the group. Then review the failure, in private, with the leader.
Mosey to Football Field area: Shuffle L / R, Karaoke L / R, Nur,

The THANG
Part I: 4 trips around the square:
2. Schooling: Leadership Training provided – Lead by example
Cone 1: 10 Burpees, 8 Burpees, 6 Burpees, 4 Burpees
3. Apprenticeship: Positive Habit Transfer – Sitting down with a leader on a new process, piece of software, any new skill this person has not done and walk them through it. I have reviewed how to plan a camping outing with a person who has never done it before, step-by-step. I documented my lessons learned and shared this with a timeline.
Cone 2: 40 LBCs, 30 Big Boy Situps, 20 flutter kicks, 20 American Hammers
4. Opportunity: To practice what leader has learned. Means as the leader you will need to give up control
Cone 3: 25 Merkins, 20 Diamond Merkins, 15 Wide Arm Merkins, 10 Hand Release Merkins
5. Failure – An undesirable outcome that builds Leadership Foundation – This is where you will learn the most.
Cone 4: 40 Squats, 30 Bobby Hurleys, 20 Mountain Climbers each leg, 20 Donkey Kicks
Part II: Grab a 1 stone for 2 people – take it to the bottom of the hill
6. Accountability – Setting and Maintaining High Standards in the Team. A Team and Individual needs standards to strive towards. Don’t give up on the person who can’t – Move on from the person who won’t.
DORA – With stone
​100 squats, 50 curls, 50 tricep extensions, 200 chest presses on your back,
​Runs up the hill – Bear crawls around circle at bottom, then switches
1. Lizard Building – Next generation of leaders
a. Be on the lookout for the next leader
b. Once you identify, tell that person why they would be a good leader.
Indian Run back to COT

Closing thoughts:
Have I done all of these? No.
Don’t try to do everything yourself. You are a leader. Act like one and delegate. Too many times in my earliest weeks I took everything on. I soon realized I could not do it all, and started asking for help, nervously at first, confidently soon after (ie Equipping)
Hire the right person the first time. Hiring the wrong person sets the team back and makes everyone wait. Hire based on what the position needs and the person can provide. Person meet the position needs but told they would be limited in providing time. I hired this person when I should have moved onto the next. I was about to confront this person about it not working when that person reached out to me. I wasted 9 months of time and the team spun their wheels until the right person was hired (who is now excelling at the role). (Accountability)

PRAYERS:
Hotcakes has Stage 2 lymphoma and started treatment on Tuesday. All things considered, the treatment went well.
Cohiba’s wife is going back to work
Soup to Nuts wife needs extra prayers as she isn’t feeling well.
38’s in-laws are in town. He needs prayers for patience.
Sugar Daddy prays for patience for our country, sons and Daughters. It is tough growing up with outside social media trying to tell your child how to behave.
Cyclops will be transitioning to his new company within 30-45 days.

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The Recipe at Block Party

15 hard chargers embraced the recipe of pain at Block Party this AM and started the day 1-0.

Run to WEP Amphitheater

Warmup
SSH x 30
Windmills x 10
Hillbilly x 10
Mtn climber x 20
CDD x 10

Pearls on a string at each swing in WEP
10 Big Boys
20 Hello Dollies

Lazy Dora – Partner up
100 Merkins/Hold Plank
200 LBCs/6 inches
300 Squats/Al Gore

Partner 1 does 25 reps while Partner 2 does other exercise. Flip flop to reach the desired count

2 Minutes of Broga

Run back to COT

2 Minutes of Mary

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The 3 costs of leadership

WARMUP: Mosey to springs building lot for various exercises with 2 burpees in between each. Mosey to the pike energy lot for act 1

THE THANG: Cost #1 – You will have to make hard decisions that negatively affect people you care about.
Partner up for Dora
100 – Boxcutters
200 – Squats
300’- Flutters

Mosey to Act 2 at Subway
Cost #2 – You will be disliked despite your attempts to do the best for the most
Dora – Same partner, new count
50 – Burpees
100 – Merkins
150 – Squats

Mosey to bank lot for a plank and act 3:
Cost #3 – You will be misunderstood and will not always have the opportunity to defend yourself.
Mosey to the WEP running path – with 12 minutes to go YHC called 5 burpees, 10 squats and 15 SSH’s at each swing. It was a bit aggressive. Modified to 5 hand release merkins from the 4th swing on.

JWOW found his landholdings at WEP to be in good working order, so we proceeded and
all finished in time for COT at 0730.

YHC is also pleased to report that the perceived minimum burpee requirement of Slapahot’s was also reached – all of them.

MARY: No time – had work to finish
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Go pick up trash afterward. So many PAX did.
COT: 5th core principle

Thanks to Grinder for the call. Always a privilege to lead where it all started.

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Oklahoma at STL

Warmup: None

The Thang:

BLIMP inspired workout
Burpees x 10
Lunges x 10
IWs x 10
Merkins x 10
Plank Jacks x 10

Route looked a lot like the state outline of Oklahoma. Tesla was the King with 4.25 miles. All others had 3+ including a minimum of 5 laps.

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