Convergence??

WARMUP: mosey up the hill behind the AO. Warm up exercises every few lightpoles

THE THANG: go to wal mart and meet Golden Corral PAX for a partner DORA 1/2/3

100 merkins
200 squats
300 LBC’s

Mosey back with a few exercises in cadence on the way.

MARY: she wasn’t there. Open to all men.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Barkley. :eye:

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Hero WOD +

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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Halfway there…… 10 Seconds….

Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer.

Warmup:

SSH x 15
Seal Jack x 15
Plank Jack x15
Mountain Climber x 15

Pick up something heavy get to the field

All Pax line up facing a series of cones. All Pax have to do the following with their Block or Sandbag

50 Curls
75 Flutters with Press
100 Squats
25 Man makers

Every minute on the minute they will hear a beep. When you hear the beep you move to a cone.
Mode of Transportation between cone 1 and 2 is Overhead carry. Mode of Transportation of cones 2 and 3 are murder bunny or Bag toss.
Wash rinse repeat until all reps are done.
There was also a 20 minute timer on this. All pax finished just under the 20 minutes mark.

Next Phase
All pax line up in an Indian run format. The 6 will do 5 squats. We run for a minute then do a minute of an exercise. 8 rounds.

The exercises were
Bent over rows
Lunges
Big boy sit ups
Burpee jump overs.

Did this right up until 6:00am.

Theme today was motivation. Do you rush through to get the reps done…do you take your time and try to run out the clock. Or do you have a consistent approach that maximizes your effort and results. Only you know.

Thanks to Brawny for the opportunity to lead!

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What’s the Cadence

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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Sink Flag Handoff

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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Harold and Kumar go to coaches box

WARMUP: helping one another pull our rain coats over our rucksacks.

THE THANG: Headed out towards the coaches box, logged around 3 miles total.

– Went one way to find a locked gate.
– Second shot was through the construction site but decided against.
– Third idea was the baseball field but with the rain we didn’t want to ruin the field.
– Finally we found a quick sneak through and made it to coaches box…just in time for some merkins and to turn around a high tail it back.

Along the journey we stopped for merkins; calf raises, and squats few times.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brawnys new site Q announced, tort and hare, Hog and Coyete; Bethels Men shelter.

COT: Prayers and praises for the guys being out there and supporting one another, stress of things not going according to plan, and hope for a none stressful environment with extended family.

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Memorial Day continuation

WARMUP: mosey with ssh and merkins
THE THANG: Modified combination of the Danny Dietz and Matthew Axleson hero wods. Lots of running. Lots of reps.
MARY: only a little
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some
COT: yes

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Choosing the Hard Thing

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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