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Balls and Burpees

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey behind the movie theatre
Run to each of the 8 parking spot sections and perform ascending reps (1-8) of the below exercises, then run back to beginning (~100 yards)
SSH
Merkins
Big boy sit ups
Squats

Mosey back to COT

PAX circle up, one PAX in middle. PAX in middle performs 8 sand ball over shoulder (100lb or 60lb scaled). PAX in middle calls out a burpee style for pax in circle to complete 8 reps. Options included navy seals, 180 turns, tuck jump, hand release, and more! 2nd time around 4 reps. Then 2. Then 1. 125 total burpees performed. 15 total ball tosses.
MARY: Abs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: pizza, bethel, sweaty Barry
COT: yes

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Wally World Run

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Nine men joined our brothers from Colosseum for a little Walmart shopping spree. Conditions were…unpleasant. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up
– 10 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Seal Claps (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)

The Thang
– Run 1.25 miles to Walmart
– Partner up for Dora (100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBCs)
– Run 1.25 miles back
– 3.5 ish miles total

Before we left the parking lot, we put the rogue carts back into the corrals. It wasn’t our job and it wasn’t required, but if we didn’t do it, then I wonder who would have. Sometimes things have to get done even if it’s not our responsibility. Do them anyway. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

-IJ

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Hero WOD +

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WARMUP: Jog around the parking lot, including some NUR and side lunges.
THE THANG:
Part 1:
Police Officer Tara Christina O’Sullivan
Sacramento Police Department, California
End of Watch Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot and killed at the scene of a domestic disturbance in the 200 block of Redwood Avenue at 6:10 pm.
She was standing in the yard while assisting a woman to retrieve belongings from a home when a male subject inside opened fire with a rifle, striking Officer O’Sullivan. The subject continued to fire at other officers, preventing them from reaching Officer O’Sullivan or rendering aid to her. Approximately 30 minutes later, an armored vehicle arrived, and they were able to rescue her from the yard. She was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her wounds.
The subject remained barricaded inside the home for several more hours while negotiators communicated with him. He surrendered at 2:00 am the following morning. The suspect had a lengthy criminal history of violence and abuse. He pleaded guilty to her murder, and in 2025, a jury recommended the death penalty.
Officer O’Sullivan had served with the Sacramento Police Department for six months. She previously served as a Community Service Officer and an Explorer. She was survived by her parents.
Tara set the Sacramento Police Department record for the plank hold at 26 minutes and 7 seconds straight when she was a recruit at the Sacramento Police Academy. The academy’s gym, now named the Officer Tara O’Sullivan Memorial Gym, was dedicated in her honor on August 30, 2019.
Buy-In: 26 Burpees
6 Rounds: 19 Cinderblock Swings
20 Push-Ups
19 Goblet Squats
Buy-Out: 3min 49sec Forearm Plank Hold (We’ll do as a group w/ 1 timer) – Dark Helmet & Harry Carry ruled this one.
If you need a break during the Plank Hold:
1st Break: 3 Burpees and return to the Plank Hold
2nd Break: 4 Burpees
3rd Break or more: 9 Burpees
The reps signify:
– 26 Burpees for the number of years she lived in this world
– 6-19-20-19 rounds and reps for her end of watch date
– 3 minutes and 49 seconds plank hold for Tara’s badge number
– 3-4-9 Burpees penalties also correspond to her badge number.

Upon completion of the “Tara” Hero WOD, we moved to Part 2:
The target is 4 Rounds:
5 Pull-Ups
10 Cinderblock Simbas
Run to the bottom of the hill
15 Carolina Dry Docks
NUR back to the top
20 Dead Lifts
Run to A.O. Jones & back

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Need assistance with Bethel service.
COT: Indeed

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Trials and Tribulations

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WARMUP: couple thangs, stretching etc
THE THANG:

PT test!

2 mi. Timed run
2 min merkins
2 min big boy sit ups
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of opportunities to serve this summer in the fort, couple CSAUPS, 4th of July convergence
COT: use trials and tribulations to lean into God and your fellow brethren!

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Ring of Fire around the rosie

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers in sync, cherry pickers, windmill, moroccan nightclubs
THE THANG: 10 Hill sprints with exercises in between. We covered pull-ups, planks, Cindy presses, swings, merkins, man makers and more
MARY: Plank to the finish
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Clovis with a side of Kudzu

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WARMUP: brief: SSH, IW, HW, dynamic stretching
THE THANG: the Clovis
15 burpee pull-ups
1 mile run
10 rounds

Maximus got 5 rounds before time. The rest got less.

The kudzu behind the school is threatening to take over.

1st Lt. Clovis T Ray’s son was 5 years old when he died in Afghanistan. He’d likely graduated high school this year

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What’s the Cadence

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WARMUP: LOL. Just counted # of packets
THE THANG: Jog to town of Fort Mill wall 15 Derkins in cadence, jog to WEP stage 20 LBCs in cadence, Jog a loop round WEP back to stage 25 Merkens in cadence, jog to Massy Hill 15 squats in cadence. Rinse and repeat OYO. Some got 3 the King (Max) got 4.
MARY: brief. Don’t know grabbing phone.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter.
COT: what happens stays

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Finding the Way

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It was raining. A storm had just rolled through. I spent 30 minutes watching the lightning strike map before the workout. The electricity faded just before 0515, leaving behind a steady rain that cut the humidity.

We moseyed.

My eyes were on effort—and the promise of a road shorter than we wanted. I found one. We did 7s: merkins and squats. Basic doesn’t mean easy. We bear crawled between.

Another mosey.

Chasing the dream of democracy, I created an illusion of choice. Ten parking spaces. One more burpee at each stop. After nine, I had us pause to “vote” on whether we’d do ten. It was a sham. We were doing all ten—because this isn’t a democracy. But just saying we’re doing it wasn’t the point. We did it in cadence, because a leader leads.

It’s better when we go alongside those we lead. It takes longer. It’s more work. But it keeps everyone engaged. When I ask my kids to do the dishes, they’ll do it—but they do it better when I’m with them. I’ve got plenty of other things to do, but the most important job I have is to be their dad. And that means leading with them, more often than letting them go OYO.

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Primal Screaming

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WARMUP: SSH, iw, hw, Peter Parker, collect cinder blocks, pull-ups and toes to bar slowly
THE THANG:
25 yrd square
4 corners, 25 reps each
– Merkins
– Big boy sit-ups
– Bomb jacks
– Goblet squats with Cindy
Did 3 rounds
Bear crawl, bear crawl r, crawl bear, bear crawl l, as the mode of transportation

Thang 2
Carry the block to the 10 yrd line
10 man makers
Run back to the 0 (goal line), 3 burpees
To the 20, 20 merkins on the Cindy
Run to the 0, 3 burpees
To the 30, 30 goblet squats w/ Cindy
Run to the 0, 3 burpees
To the 40, 40 overhead press w/ Cindy
Run to the 0, 3 burpees
To the 50, 10 thrusters (psyche!! Only 10. Guys thought we’d do 50) then 50 Cindy swings

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: tortoise and hare mañana

COT: Rumbling Bald asked for a challenging workout, hopefully this delivered.

I struggle to push myself with an AMRAP style IronPAX workout like Thang 1. Usually I get bored and my motivation wanes after round 3. So, I switched it up and called the reps. This was to keep me motivated as much as the PAX.

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Party on Massey Hill

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WARMUP:
40 SSH
10 windmills
20 Merkins
Mosey up Massey Hill

THE THANG: DORA style, 4 rounds:
One partner runs down and up Massey hill, other partner accumulates reps.

Round 1:
100 merkins
150 CDD
200 shoulder taps

Round 2:
75 big boys
100 flutters
150 mountain climbers

Round 3:
100 monkey humpers
100 jumping split lunge
100 squats

Round 4:
75 navy seal burpees
+9 navy seal burpees at the end of

MARY: Flutters, but mostly gasping for breath

ANNOUNCEMENTS: several

COT: don’t be generic – be specific and willing to open up about your struggles

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