The Impossible Mile

WARMUP: barely
THE THANG: impossible mile
400m Bear Crawls
400m Lunge Walks
400m Burpee Broad Jumps (no one got past this)
400m sprint
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Operation Love, Christmas Party, Bethel
COT:
Yes

So this workout was one of many that remind me why we do what we do.
Unexpected FNG came out this am, dudes an ex marine and a solid dude. Knew we would be there. But really it’s because every single man made a decision they weren’t going to leave the next man hanging. That’s why we post in unpleasant conditions, wee hours of the morning and in some cases with little sleep the day after a birthday where it would have been nice to sleep in if I’m being honest. I wouldn’t have been there for my brothers, and I also wouldn’t have gotten to see Private Dancer who came up from Florida, Dear Abby from Chicago, Boomhaur on his second post, met Hershey and MP, and gotten to see DH do some DH ish, with an FNG onboarding and so and and so on….So all in all a great morning. Welcome Body Butter!

The workout itself, well that’s another story. I wouldn’t say I regret it but I am going to be feeling that one for a few days…

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Small white sacks

WARMUP: SSH, low slow squat, navy seal burpees
THE THANG:
Mosey to front of movie theatre
7’s – navy seal burpees and box jumps. Run across parking lot in between

Run to the hill by the Biergarten.
Partner carry up hill. At top of hill, partner who was being carried do dirkins putting feet up on partners back who holds a plank. Go back down hill and switch roles. Add 1 dirkin each hill ascent. We did around 5-6 rounds.

Killed time in a parking lot where we did variety of MOTs with merkins, squats etc mixed in.
MARY: yes bc YHC didn’t plan enough shit to do
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Complicated not Hard

WARMUP: 105 SSH in Cadence

THE THANG:
– Bear crawls and jump squats
– Lunge walk and merkins
– Hill run + 6-count burpees in cadence
– Hill run + LBC in cadence
– Derkins, dips and incline merkins

3 minutes of Mary

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6-count Burpees in German

WARMUP:
– SSH / WM / IW / running with burpees
THE THANG:
– JackWebb 1-4
– 4-corners: bells, blocks, wheels and sandbags (timer)
– brief broga
MARY:
– Thunderstruck the right way
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Trick or Treat at Sweep the Leg

We Monster Mashed 3 miles with 10 studs doing our best to hit the cul de sacs for all treats and no tricks. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 SSHs (IC)

The Thang
Mosey to 160 and Dave Gibson
– 20 Monster Merkins
– 20 Goblin Squats
– 20 Coffin Crunches
– 20 Pumpkin Patch Plank Jacks

Mosey to 160 and Old Tara Lane
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to the 12 foot skeleton
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Old Tara and Turnridge
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Winding Trail cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Turnridge cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Old Tara cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey the cut through trail to Braden

Mosey to Galbreath and Afton
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Braydon Pkwy
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to 160 and Braydon Pkwy
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to COT
– Repeat exercises

3 ish miles, 220 Merkins, 220 Squats, 220 LBCs, 220 Plank Jacks

NMM
I recently read a thread on a Facebook post about being a dad. The comments hit close to home.

“Them: How’s dad life treating ya?
Dads: It’s good. I’m doing alright.”

“Because we can’t sit around and complain and breakdown about it. We have to figure shit out and pull through it for the family.”

“Because we are supposed to be the pillar upon which the house stands. Pillars cannot afford to crack. Which is exactly what the Lord designed us for. We are not supposed to put it on our family’s. The Bible says that iron sharpeners iron. Therefore fathers sharpen fathers. There is a reason the Lord made men more aggressive and stronger built. As pillars, our foundation should be that the Lord is our strength.”

“Because good father’s have to. We have to create the solid foundation that stands strong no matter what. Everything in this world can fall apart, and does. Our families have to be able to rely on us through all of their problems. We have to steer the ship through the storm, even if the sails are torn and the hull is cracked. We are our own lone ship out in the vast unforgiving ocean, fighting the crashing waves and darkened storm skies.”

I think this commentary captures a lot of how we feel as dad‘s in today’s society. However, we are not a loan ship in the storm. As Olaf reminded us, we have a fleet for protection. Yes, we have quite the responsibility and the weight is heavy, but our brothers have shoulders to help us carry the load. Never give up fellas. Reach out when you need it.

Aye!
IJ

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What’s your WHY?

WARMUP: Yes

THE THANG:

Mosey to Print Shop
Partner Dora
25 – Pull Ups
50 – Dips
75 – Squats
100 – LBCs
Partner run around the building

Mosey to lot at top of lot at Watson and Monroe White
5 burpees

Mosey to COG lot
Partner Dora
50 burpees
100 MNC’s
150 flutters

Mosey to corner of Main, Academy and Railroad Ave
Hold Plank, wait for the 6

Mosey to Massey
Up Massey and down
Merkins at top
Squats at bottom

MARY: Yep

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter

COT: Every time

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Pain and suffering with a happy ending

WARMUP:
– Moroccan nightclubs
– Windmills
– Cherry pickers
– Imperial walkers
Mosey to benches and do a W.A.S.H.
– 50 hand release Werkins
– 50 American Hammers
– 50 Step ups (25 each leg)
– 50 Hip thrusts

THE THANG:
Mosey to poles
There are exercises at each pole around the middle school bus loop. Stop at each pole, starting with 1, compete exercise, then return back to starting pole and do one burpee per pole (1 burpee for pole 1, 2 burpees for pole 2, etc.). Run to next station, but stop at each station you pass and complete those exercises, run back to start.

Pole 1 – 5 Mike Tyson’s
Pole 2 – 10 Merkins
Pole 3 – 15 Squats
Pole 4 – 20 Monkey humpers
Pole 5 – 25 Big boy sit-ups
Pole 6 – 30 Diamond Merkins
Pole 7 – 35 Leg raises
Pole 8 – 40 Carolina Dry Docks

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Kingsley Apparatus and 2 FNGs

WARMUP: SSH, WM, CP
THE THANG:
Thang 1: 40 Step-ups, 20 Erkins, 10 Derkins
Thang 2: From the front entrance at Kingsley (near RT 160), we made our way around the Kingsley Loop.
At every light post : 3 burpees
At every Fire Hydrant: 25 Squats
At every pathway intersection: 20 Merkins
At every Transformer: 25 Flutter Kicks
MARY: No Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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Zipper backwards

WARMUP: run to new Arbis parking lot, plank for the 6, then 10 burpees oyo. Run 2 blocks straight on Spring st, plank and do 10 Merkins OyO. Run down two More blocks on Spring and plank then 10 mike Tysons. Run down to the end of Spring st.
THE THANG: run the zipper backwards. On one side of the zipper do 10 Merkins, on the other side do 10 Mike Tysons. Every time that the runner go accross Spring St, stop and do 5 burpees.
MARY: 5 Burpees, 10 Mile Tysons.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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