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Trick or Treat at Sweep the Leg

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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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“No Mercy” Monday @ STL

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WARMUP: NONE
THE THANG:
19 men took off at quickly for No Mercy Monday. After a quick mosey to South State Bank, we fired up the legs with 5 Bonnie Blairs to get loose.

From there, we charged down Dave Gibson Blvd to the bottom under the light pole — 5 Jump Squats at the base — then sprinted back up that glorious hill of pain. At the top, we pushed toward the school where, under the next light post, we knocked out 5 Apollo Onos before turning around and heading back for more.

Rinse and repeat. Several rounds. Just under 5 miles of pure burn, grind, and grit.

Bones and Farmers Only quietly crushed it, while Sasquatch somehow wasn’t even breaking a sweat while he led the pack and completed each excercise with amazing form.

Legs smoked. Lungs torched. Mission accomplished.

Quote of the Day:

“Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy.” – Cobra Kai

MARY: NONE
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Golf outing, trash pickup,donate to accelerate
COT:

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13 YR Anniversary Convergence

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WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Here is my weinke – Assassin

We had about 12 runners and 6 ruckers tackle the tundra of the paved loop around the schools.

Starting at the front door we headed around the back, past the shop, past the ROTC HQ, down to the elementary playground, back by the stadium, out to Jones Road and back to the front.

All enjoyed. Thanks to Sasquatch and Spectre for the preview lap and suggestions.

Convergence bootcamp Q- Backdraft

Warmup- SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, mtn. Climbers, Moroccan night clubs

The thang-
Count off for groups of 3s
Mosey to pull up bars
Group 1 wall sits
Group 2 merkins

Group 3 13 pull ups 13 burpees

Stay in groups Dora on the hill
Bottom 300 CDDs top 300 squat jumps mosey from top to bottom

Line up in parking lot for 43 seconds of following exercises followed by bear crawls in-between
Exercises were as follows
Merkins, air squats, flutters, alt. Shoulder taps, jump squats, lbc’s, Carolina’s dry docks, alt lunges, burpees,

Mosey back to COT in original 3 man groups

KB workout- Boogie Nights

Ladder of pain- it sucked

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Burpee Fest

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WARMUP: mosey to top of Massey for a nice 8 min warmup with all the fixins.
THE THANG: Indian run up and down massey
Mosey to church parking lot for burpee broad jumps
Mosey to Monroe White street for merkins at bottom and squats/ LBCs at top. Mosey back to church parking lot for 7’s w burpees at both sides.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf tournament
COT: epic

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Don’t Get It Caught in The Zipper

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WARMUP:
Run up to old hot dog place parking lot corner of Main and Clebourne, plank then wait for the group to explain the thing.

THE THANG:
THE ZIPPER
– Ran to end of Springs St to Summersby, then took a right to corner of Unity and Lockman. That was the start, or hoped it to be.
– For every road we headed west on (from Unity St, ending at Pine St), we did 10 squats, 10 merkins.
– For every road we headed EAST on (from Pine St, ending at Unity), we did 10 mountain climbers (double count) and 10 bombjacks.
– Whenever we crossed Springs St, we did a burpee.
– Proceeded street to street until we got back to Main and Tom Hall.

This was the plan, but evidently I did not communicate it clearly enough. Even so, PAX figured it out and got all the miles and pain stations in.

Guys were REALLY moving today, we all put in at least 3.5-3.75 miles, yet still got back to COT in time to do some Mary
Flutters
American Hammers
Hello Dollies
More
Next time I will add more pain stations.

Thanks self for the opportunity to lead.
NASA

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