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What’s a Kraken Man-Maker?

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WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Low slow squats

Head to entrance hill and complete a “7”. Man-makers at the bottom and squats at the top

THE THANG:
Card game:
Numbers 1-10, do the number of reps per card:
Hearts – Goblet squats
Clubs – overhead press
Diamonds – KB swings
Spades – 2-hand upright rows
 
A – 5 Man-Makers
K – 10 Lunge squats w/bell overhead, single count
Q – 15 flutter with press – count on press
J – 20 Plank pull-throughs
 
Joker – 5 Kraken Man-Makers. Pick a partner and do these together
MARY: American hammers and Freddy mercury’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Sink Flag Handoff

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WARMUP: Is for sissies.
THE THANG: A .75 lap around the campus with full gear (weight vest and sandbag on your back, kettlebell in one hand and cinderblock in the other) each time you had to set down the block and hell it was ten bag tosses mosey back to your bell and block for ten merkins, load back up and carry on.

7s with thrusters and four count mountain climbers with farmer carry each way with the bell and block.

MARY: Circled up, geared up, static hold with everything until you couldn’t. Planked and ten merkins over the span of two minutes to wrap it up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Flag handoff to the man <@U088CUMTQ05>
COT: Yep

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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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The Time is Always Now

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WARMUP: methodical
SSH
1 burpee
Windmill
2 burps
IW
3 burps
HW
4 burps
J-Lo
5 burps

Farmers carry

https://medium.com/@danjohn84123/humane-burpee-342d0054a13f
Finished with swing sequence to hit 100 total
5 swings
5 America swings
5 swings
5 swing squats
5 swings

Farmers carry

12 halos
10 split squats
Bear crawl the hill with the bell
12 halos
10 split squats

Waiter’s carry

3 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHj1DVQSau2/?igsh=MXZhMjY4MGZlcHltbA== each side
(Couple of rounds)

3 dead lift
3 goblet squats
3 swings
SPRINT the hill
(Couple of rounds)

Farmers carry

4 clean to squat
4 thrusters
4 swings
4 rows right
4 rows left
8 merkins
(Couple of rounds)

5 burpee snatches each side to close out

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel service next week
Tortoise and Hare
Suplex has a long term EH coming to the Yard tomorrow

COT:
https://f3nation.com/get-right is never over because “The Time is Always Now.”

If something isn’t solid in your world, what are you gonna do about it? The time is now.
Put aside your ego, doubts, fears, worry, hesitations, past, limiting beliefs, and get started. The time is now.
You know what needs to be done. Gentlemen, the time is now.

“There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge
is in the moment, the time is always now.”
—James Baldwin

Grateful to share the gloom with you this morning

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Choosing the Hard Thing

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Nine men (including one FNG – welcome SIB) started their day with the hard thing at the Kitchen Sink. We had a quick disclaimer then jumped right in – no warm-up. Here’s what we did.

Grab your Ruck and Block
– Cinderblock pull to flags, OH Carry back

Grab your Ruck, Bell, and Block
– Farmer Carry with Bell and Block around the Lower Lot circle

– 10 Burpees with Ruck

Grab your Ruck, Block, and Bag and take the large loop

Block Work
– 10 Flutter with a Press (IC)
– 10 Hammers (IC)
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– 10 Skull Crushers
– 10 Pull Throughs
Leave Block

Large Loop with Ruck, Bell, Bag

Bell Work
– 10 Flutter with a Press (IC)
– 10 Hammers (IC)
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– 10 Skull Crushers
– 10 Pull Throughs
Leave Bell and Ruck

Large Loop with Bag

Bag Work
– 10 Flutter with a Press (IC)
– 10 Hammers (IC)
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– 10 Skull Crushers
– 10 Pull Throughs

NMM
Life is hard. Choose your hard. Marriage? Hard. Divorce? Hard. Fitness? Hard. Obesity? Hard. Debt? Hard. Discipline? Also hard. You can’t avoid hard, but you can choose your hard. Choose wisely.

I hope the workout is the hardest thing you do today. Maybe, maybe not. But when you train hard, you’re more prepared for the hard things life throws at you. You’re building strength and resiliency now to access later. Keep pushing.

Aye!
Italian Job

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Memorial Day at American Jackal

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WARMUP: SsH, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan night clubs, Cherry picker, low slow squat
THE THANG: 5 stations, we honored a fallen soldier to start each station.
5 minutes of work at each

Station 1: Spc. Joseph Nurre

“Volunteered to serve so his best friend wouldn’t be alone. He was killed by a road side bomb on August 21st, 2005.”

Focus: Leg endurance + cardio
• AMRAP 5 min:
• 20 Squats (scale: jump squats or air squats)
• 40 Mountain Climbers (4-count)
• 10 Step-back Lunges (scale to lunge hold for knee-friendly)

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Station 2: Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith

“Held his position under attack and manned a .50 cal, saving over 100 men at the cost of his life.”

Focus: Agility + balance
• 5-min Ladder:
• 5-10-15-20…
• Cone shuffles (10 yards out/back)
• Single-leg deadlifts (alt. legs, bodyweight or sandbag)
• Broad jump → backpedal return

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Station 3: Spc. Ross A. McGinnis

“Threw himself on a grenade in a Humvee, absorbing the blast and saving his crew.”

Focus: Core and grit
• EMOM x 5 min:
• 15 Flutter Kicks (4-count)
• 10 Heels to Heaven
• Plank hold for remaining time
(Modify by reducing reps or sub flutter kicks with bent knee variations)

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Station 4: Cpl. Jason L. Dunham

“Used his helmet and body to shield fellow Marines from a grenade, ultimately giving his life for theirs.”

Focus: Mobility + lower-body strength
• AMRAP 5 min:
• 20 Walking Lunges (or lunge in place)
• 15 Groiners (hip mobility)
• 20 Side Lunges (10 each side)

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Station 5: Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti

“Repeatedly braved enemy fire to rescue a wounded soldier. Was killed on his third attempt.”

Focus: Speed + explosive lower body
• Tabata (20:10 x 8 rounds) – Alternate:
• Box Jumps or Tuck Jumps (scale: step-ups)
• Sprint or High Knees
(Modify jumps to step-ups or fast step-backs)
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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The Hive Shovel Flag Hand-Off

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WARMUP: Happy Hour warmed us up for the impending bear down
THE THANG:
Round 1: 10-min AMRAP
10 x KBS
10 x KB squats
10 x KB deadlifts
10 x KB clean and jerk

Round 2: 25-min of suffering

PAX circle up at bottom of the hill.
Non-stop KB swings, accumulate as many as possible – every time you stop swinging you complete:
5x burpees
10x merkins
15x squats
Resume swinging

Meanwhile…pax take turns carrying heavy objects up the hill to the speed bump. Options included:
100lb sandy nut sack
60lb sandy hog (sand bag)

Everyone worked hard, everyone complained, everyone got better

MARY:
LBCs
American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes there were several

COT: Had to be there

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Fake playlistst band, real legs workout

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WARMUP:
Side straddle hops -Windmill, Merkin, Downward dogs, Honey Mooney, Mosey

THE THANG:
3 – Exercises 20 Min = legs
3 stations
40s work, 20s rest / 3x

Repeated exercises for 4 min, one minute rest thinking on grateful moments.
20 speed squats
Plank hold, hold for 20 seconds, count starts after the last man planks

Repeat for 4 min
6 Burpees
12 Side straddle hops
Bear crawl

Repeat for 4 min
10 Mountain climbers
20 Drop lunges
Bear crawl

Repeat for 4 min
10 Squat Sholders tap
20 Smurf Jacks
Bear crawl

Repeat for 4 min
10 – skaters
20 – American hammers

VQ take over – Exercises 15 Min = Core/cardio Non Stop
12 -Freddie Mercury sit up
12 – Flutter kicks
20 – Smurf Jacks

12 – Big boys sit up
12 – LBC
20 – Pop squats

12 – Jump lunge
12 – Jump squat
2 – Burpees

MARY: Hello Darling
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Broga at the Yard

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WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Slow Merkins, Windmill, Mosey
THE THANG: 4 corners that were actually a straight line
Lunges, Shoulder taps, good mornings, BBS, Slow Merkins, glute bridges, squat to calf raise, grave diggers, Freddy Mercurys, bear crawl, SSH, Imperial Walkers out of sync, slow squats
Broga
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Almost too much

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WARMUP: SSH out of sync optional, Cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs, slow merkins, Imperial walkers
THE THANG: 1 man tosses the 60# 30 yards, NURs back. Meanwhile, groups of 4 rotate between pull-ups, merkins, and thrusters. 11 rounds.
Bag carry hill walk
EMOM 10 burpees for 6 rounds
MARY: Core baby
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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