*THE THANG:* ran up 160, up academy to golf course, back academy, up the big and around printshop, back up 160. About 4.2 miles.
WARMUP: run, shuffle, toy soldier, high knee, butt kicker, bear crawls, low slow squats, merkins, mountain climbers
THE THANG: run to the back parking lot and go to the middle by the basketball hoops.
I tell the guys this workout is from a moderate workout back in June 2020…which I don’t think I treated it as moderate back then.
Point out 4 corners about 40 yards from the center. At each corner, start with 5, then come to middle for 1 burpee, then to the next corner for 5, back to center for 1, until you hit all corners and center. Then go up to 10 at each corner and back to center for 2 burpees…and so on. Do this increase of 5 at corners and then keep adding burpees until 25 at the corners and 5 burpees in the center.
4 corners were: ranger merkins, knee jumps, American hammers, CDD.
It was a crowd pleaser and took pretty much the full time. We picked up the 6 so some guys got some bonus which was nice and we did the last round of 25s and 5 burpees as a group.
MARY: Did some round robin Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check
COT: of course
WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3.74 miles
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fundraising check presentation
COT: Prayers for Arlene, Marriages, mental health, still sick and suffering alcoholics
WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: mosey to WEP and partner up. Each partner runs in opposite direction around the WEP path and each time they meet do the next installment in a 1/4 jack webb with burpees/ merkins ( 1 burpees and 4 merks, etc) cap of 7 burpees and 28 merkins before starting back down the mountain
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Warm Up
SSH (IC)
Windmill (IC)
Mosey to top of Massey Hill
Downward Dog, stretch the calves
The Thang
#1
Massey Hill
Run to bottom and top x 5
At the top:
-20 shoulder taps
-15 planks jacks
-10 good mornings
Mosey to Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene Parking Lot
#2
Nazarene Parking Lot
11’s with Burpees and Bomb Jacks
Started at 1 burpee and 10 bomb jacks and went to 7 burpees/4 bomb jacks
Mosey to Print Shop pull up bars
#3
Print Shop Pull up bars
AMRAP
5 pull ups
10 merkins
15 squats
20 LBCs
25 calve raises
We did about 15 minutes and failed some and then failed some more
Mozy back to COT
Mary: 1 minute of flutters
Announcements:
2/24 get in a car and go support our brother, Helmet
3/1 Q School
3/2 Print Shop
3/9 Spring Invergence
COT: Prayers for leadership
WARMUP: Valentine’s Day themed warmup
Diamond Merkins x 10 – for all the diamond rings being given away today
Lunges x 10 – in preparation for getting down on one knee
Pickle Pounder x 10 – if you know you know, you know?
Monkey Humpers x 10 – reference above
THE THANG:
1) Lunges for Lovers
Partner Up
Down and back in front of school
Partner #1 carries sandbag rotating between sang bag toss and overhead carry. Partner #2 stays at home base working on series of exercises. Rotate until exercises are complete.
50 lunges
50 squat and jumps
50 over the shoulder toss
2) Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
PAX take turns pulling cards with exercises from “box of chocolates”, never knowing (but having a general idea) of what they’re going to get.
Front Squats x 10
Front Squats x 10
Back Squats x 10
Back Squats x 10
Overhead Press x 10
Overhead Press x 10
Bent Row x 10
Bent Row x 10
Curls x 15
Curls x 10
Curls x 5
Deadlift x 10
Deadlift x 10
Bench Press x 10
Bench Press x 10
Manmaker x 10
Manmaker x 5
Firemans Carry
Overhead Carry
Bearhug Carry
Merkins with sandbag pull thru x 10
Merkins with sand bag pull thru x 10
20 LBC’s
20 Big Boys
MARY: Negative. Finished with a bit of Broga.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Q versus Q in March. 3/1 Q School and Stockade. 3/2 Print Shop to present Bethel check @ 1pm. 3/9 Springtime Invergence. Get on a Rooster Team with @StraightUp. Maximus is hosting a Christmas Party.
COT: Don’t carry your weight alone. Prayers for healing of cancer/illness. Prayers for the men at Bethel and those that support. Travel.
Disclaimer disclaimed
Valentine’s Day Eve – Accelerating the M requires both Skill and Love. Just like our fitness, relationships are either Accelerating or Decelerating, Aye?
If you think you are “Maintaining” your relationship, you are actually Decelerating.
Mosey to WEP Stage
The Culture is a Jester
• Our culture likes to present marriage as easy, but a HIM knows virtue takes work, and thus marriage will take work.
Warm Up
20 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
10 LSS IC
Al Gore w/ 10 MNC IC
11 Hill Billy Walkers IC
Yoga?
There is NO 50 Yard Line
• Halfway is not good enough when it comes to the M. An Accelerating HIM will go the length of the field for his M.
The Thang – Pearls on a String became chase Maximus (and Clickbait and Poppins, with Band Camp on form patrol) around the WEP loop, at each swing, do the following:
10 Merkins
10 Squats
10 Flying Squirrels
Your Wife is NOT Your Best Friend
• She is made for a much higher purpose, put her on the pedestal alone.
Mosey to Pike Entrance
7s of Derkins and Bomb Jax
7s of Step Ups and Dips
Mosey to Pike Wall
Wall Sits and Burpee Waterfall
Joy Trumps Happiness
• Happiness is a transitory positive feeling
• Joy is a permanent state of hopeful satisfaction
• A healthy and vital M is a lifetime pursuit
Mary – Flutters until 0600
Marriage requires Proximity and Purpose. It transforms a man from a selfish Happiness-junkie into a selfless Joy-seeker. The HIM knows if he fails at his M, nothing else he does will matter.
Announcements: Q-Source after this. D2D celebration on 3/2
COT: stays in COT
Weather was 32 degrees and chilly but the lights were on and YHC was prepped for a Q to discuss Jester and Preparedness
Simply defined, the Jester is temptation of the flesh that hinders Acceleration. It is a stumbling block that a man continuously trips over in his effort to become a Pro.
The Jester tells a man several lies including:
1. You are the boss of me
2. You are what you do
3. You are not a bad guy
4. Jester and Virtue can coexist
5. You can’t live, if living is without me
But the antidote to the Jester is preparedness, preparing for what is expected and what is unexpected. The addition of love to this preparation leads to diminishing the Jester. But it is a battle that a Man must fight throughout his life.
THE THANG:
Mosey to the front of FMHS
COP
SSH
Merkins
Windmills
CDD
MNC
Plank Jacks
Mosey to the band lot
Deconstructed Burpee – STAR model
Burpees in the middle x 5
Bobby Hurley x 25
Squats x 25
Merkins IC 12
Mtn Climbers x 25
Mosey to pull up bars
Grip Strength work
Partner 1 – hang
Partner 2 – Mary
Rinse and Repeat x 3
Mosey home for COT
WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Run to Colosseum, 15 Mac tar jai’s; run back to StL, 5 Jack Webb’s; repeat again; run, 15 CDD’s; run, 5 plank Webbs; repeated by the gazelles
Mini QSchool for 7 min: For pax that have never Q’d, schooling given on proper cadence; given an exercise to lead pax in: SSH, merkins, American hammers
WARMUP:
– SSH x 20 (IC)
– Hamstring stretches (left, right, middle)
– Quad stretch (left and right)
– Yoga like movements
THE THANG:
– Mosey from WEP to hill at Massey . Up and down the hill 3x. Burpees at top (15-10-5) and Merkins at bottom (15-10-5).
– Mosey to Print Shop. Pull ups, 3 rounds, max. One partner does pullups, other partners does step ups.
– Mosey to Hardees Parking Lot. 4 Corners Elevator. 10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 30 Plank Jacks, 40 Shoulder Taps. Add an exercise each corner on the way through, drop an exercise at each corner on the way back. Pivot Squat, Bear Crawl, Backwards Run from corner to corner.
– Mosey to FM Pharmacy for a quick round of exercises while gathering The Six.
– Mosey back to WEP. PAX led Mary while gathering The Six.
– 10 minutes of F3 “Cube of Exercises”. PAX took turning rolling and performing determined exercises.
– Back to COT to finish up with Airborne Hip Exercises.
MARY: Some mixed in throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trash pickup, Coffeteria, Murder Bunnie’s playoff game
COT:
Prayers family and friends close to PAX dealing with illness. Prayers for those suffering from mental illness and addiction. Prayers for leadership.