Figure 8s on the Minnow Pond

WARMUP: The first lap behind the pacer (YHC) served as the warmup with three stops for exercises along the way.

THE THANG: The route today was a figure eight on the map — out the lot up to Skipper for a right turn at the Pharmacy (fka bank) down 160 to a right turn on Main street, down hill to a left turn on Railroad Ave left turn at Print Shop across the connector to Munroe White down the hill to Academy back to Main Street and Memorial Park.

Each time pax get to Print Shop it’s 10x Perfect Merkins (= Hand release Merkin with Shoulder tap at the top)

Each time pax get to Pharmacy lot it’s 20x Squats + 30x Plank jacks.

All pax got at least 3 laps for 3.3+ miles each.

MARY: Rebel led some Mary as the pax reconvened at the lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whetstone revival at Hanging with Stang today (if you’re reading this you either made it or didn’t), Beers for Beetus, read your newsletter

COT: Pax pushed hard today, esp after lap 1 during which there was much mumblechatter. It’s cold out but not too cold for these HIMs!

Tesla and Shady were kings — crushed it, nowhere in sight!

16 pax owned Main St Fort Mill during first lap…should’ve had a camera recording the scene for a hype vid

Themes of Grace, Disgrace, Expectations and Shame running across my radar in recent days/weeks. Stirring interview with Marcus Mumford included his living for a long time “under layers and layers of shame.” Reflections on that article and his recent songs continue to draw me deeper. Check it out and reflect on your own experience — https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-marcus-mumford

Thanks for the invite Jekyll! Missed you!

Always an honor, pax! Thanks for pushing yourself and me today!

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Negative Splits

WARMUP: Nay
THE THANG: Half mile segments, targeting negative splits from 8:45 down 15 seconds per segment to 7:30. 3 min pain stations between segments:

SSH
IW
MNC

Peter Parker
Parker Peter
Bombjacks
Burpees

Squats
Monkey Humpers
HB Squats

Freddy’s
Box Cutter
Grave Digger

Merkins
CDD
Werkins
Mountain Climbers

MARY:
Hammers
Boat/Canoe
Protractor
Rosalita
Hello Dolly
Body Destroyer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter

COT:
Prayers for Kielbasa’s Son & Anchorman’s Daughter

Honor to Serve

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It’s easy…All 100 Reps

WARMUP:
Mosey around the parking lot to WarmORama

Side Straddle Hop
Produce Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the benches towards the rear of the building

100 Step ups OYO

Mosey to the Rear Parking lot

Toy Soldier/ Run Back
Lunge Walk/ Run Back
Karaoke Walk/ Left & Right
Side Run/ Left & Right

Mosey to the front entrance for partner dora work with,
100 LBCs
100 Calf Raises
100 Arm Raises
100 Squats
100 Carolina Dry Docks
100 Lunges
100 Mountain Climbers
100 Skipping Without Rope
100 Shoulder Taps
100 Freddie Mercury
100 Merkins
100 Monkey Humpers (Ran out of time)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s shelter and other events in November.
COT: Prayers for family members wellbeing and health

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Deck of Awesomeness

WARMUP:
Mosey to FM Church of God…SSH, Low slow squats, seal jacks and Moroccan nightclubs. Mosey to FM Baptist rear parking lot.

THE THANG:
Deck of cards: Hearts = Merkin. Spades = BBSU. Diamonds = Lunge. Clubs = Crab cakes. Joker = 15 burpees. 2s = Lap around parking lot. PAX made it through 90% of the deck before DOAH decided to “help” by selecting new cards for the remainder of the WO. As punishment for DOAH’s “help,” we pivoted to 7’s on the Withers St hill. Jump Squats at the bottom and merkins at the top.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many options for community leadership coming up in the next few months.

COT:

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Boys in Toyland

WARMUP: We did some stuff around the SF then crossed the street to find better pavement and church cameras for Monkey Humpers

THE THANG: We moseyed behind the church where the pax found a stack of toys and chalk. Each pax picked a partner and together they picked a toy and then set up a station with an exercise. Partner 1 did the exercise while Partner 2 ran a short loop. Flapjack. Then move to next station with Partner. After completing all stations, we changed partners and stations, made up new exercises and repeated the cycle.

MARY: We split Mary between the back lot and the SF lot. Cousin Eddie earned his War Baby label for the morning by pushing the pax a little extra with BBSU x20 as we closed out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pick up Sat, clown car Sat for COLA 10yr, CPR training Sat

COT: The open-ended weinke today was aimed at sparking some creativity among the pax and inspiring potential Site Qs. Our 4th core principle is “peer led in a rotating fashion” and that applies to Site Qs as well as to workout Qs. I look forward to the day when I’ll take a Shovel Flag once again. Our Site Qs lead right on the front lines — it’s not easy…and that’s why it’s so important and so fulfilling!!!

Thanks to Dojo for his leadership and the opportunity to carry The flag this am!

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Ironclad for the Win

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, LSS, Moroccan Nightclubs, downward dog/honeymooners
THE THANG: my son Ironclad (11) has been posting at the Yard and was very eager to help create the winky.  He wrote out the exercises so this is a workout an 11 year old can do 😉

5 reps of Merkins, Derkins, Diamond Merkins, Parker Peters.  Run half way around the loop and complete another set of 5 reps of each exercise.
Rinse and repeat but increase the rep count to 10 of each exercise.

Mosey to the back of the school for some wall work. Balls to the Wall. Every man does a 10 count (hold position for 90 seconds). Recovery is a wall sit for 90 seconds. Rinse and repeat!

Mosey to the next station:  
Round 1: 20 SSH, 20 Flutters, 40 squats, 40 shoulder taps (double count), 30 Carolina Dry Docks – run a lap around the parking lot
Round 2: 20 Xs & Os, 15 Big Boys, 20 LBCs, 15 Flutters, 10 Diamond merkins

Mosey to the pull up bars:
Split in 2 groups. 1st group completes 10 pull ups. 2nd group completes 10 knees to chest using the swing sets. Flapjack and complete 2 rounds

Mosey back to COT for 2mins of Mary to finish.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: t laps for Poppins and his work on the Kenya shoes collection.
COT:praying for Double Ds father in surgery today, for Lookout’s son as he is dealing with seizures. Spectre’s family as they fly in from Chicago before hurricane Ian. Praying for all this impacted by the hurricane.

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Disco Dan Does Da Thang

WARMUP: COP warmup to get Cake Boss loose for his walk before the rest of dashed for the Main Event
THE THANG: Run down to SIM parking lot for a series of carioca, high knees, butt kickers, Nur and sprints with burpees intermingled throughout.

Pax each grabbed two bricks for a series of brick work including Seal Jacks, Moroccan nightclubs, overhead claps, burpees and other fun.

Run back to Walgreens for series along the wall round 1 solo and round 2 with partner

Balls to the wall
Bear crawl across lot
Crawl bear back
10 burpees
People’s chair

Mosey to side of Indian restaurant for 11s on the picnic tables (derkins & dips)

Mary– pass the baton among the pax

Mosey home

COT: Great to lead the pax in place of Cake Boss whose on IR (but still posting in the Gloom for some light work and 2nd F — way to go brother)!

My first workout with Hayden Fry who smartly waited to make his first post at The Fort instead of Chicago before he moved south. Great to have you on board!

Vuvu can’t decide whether to run or bootcamp so he got a little of both, walking with CB, then running all over the Gloom to find us, then joining for the final 15. Nice work!

Prayers for Slapshot and his M and family as they navigate unfortunate health news for is MiL. TAPs, brother.

Thanks to the pax for pushing throughout and especially for posting. I can’t do this thing we call life alone, and it’s invaluable to know you’re always there.

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You never know whats next…

WARMUP:
Mosey to WarmORama at Fort Mill City Hall
in Cadence,
Side Straddle Hop
Produce Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey to Withers/Academy for Partner Work on the hill.
100 Mountain Climbers
100 Plank Jacks
100 Squats
100 Lunges
200 LBCs

Parking Lot:
20 CDD
20 Calf Raises
Lunges Walk
Toy Soldiers
Bear Crawl
20 CDD in Cadence
20 Merkins in Cadence

MARY:
Under Leg Claps
Freddie Mercury
Flutter clicks
LBC
Dead Bug

Run to Shovel Flag for CoT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Flag Handoff

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8 counts to quit

WARMUP:
SSH x15
IW x10
HW x10
Slow count merkin x15
Mosey to basketball hoops
Carioca down and back
Toy soldier
High knees
Butt kickers
Run the entire light post hill with 1 burpee at each light pole
Mosey back

THE THANG:
8 count burpees in cadence every time
10 8-count burpees
Bear crawl
9
Lunge walk
8
Crawl bear
7
Modified due to the food truck delivery

30 Bulgarian split squats (15 each leg)
Run to cones and back
20 Jump squats
To cones and back
10 tuck jumps
Down and back

Modified for time to:
30 Bulgarian split squats
20 jump squats
10 tuck jumps
With no break….that was hard

Headed towards COT
6 – 8 count burpees
Flutters
5 – 8 count burpees
Hello Dolly
4 – 8 count burpees
Some yoga to close

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/24 – trash pickup
10/22 – Diabetes fundraiser at Amor

COT:
Praise for a great 10-year celebration
Prayers for teachers and students hitting a stride
Prayers for DD’s father-in-law

NMM:
Often all that’s necessary to succeed is to just not quit. But often I’ll quit on my parenting priorities because a screen is easier, or I’ll quit on house work cause there will be more laundry tomorrow….why do I refuse to quit on 8-count burpees, but don’t transfer that over to other areas of my life? Need to work on transferring the durability we build on the gloom to my entire life

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