Lots of Chatter at The Ranch

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Lap around the front of the school for warm-ups. Lots of chatter so we had some burpees thrown in for good measure.
Next, we traveled to the other school entrance
Dora – partner 1 performed exercises (merkins, squats, LBCs
Partner 2 ran down hill, 5 muscle ups and back

Next, version of impossible mile. Partner 1 – burpee broad jumps around the bus loop
Partner 2 ran opposite way and switched out with partner 1. Continued loop until teams finished loop.
One minute of muscle ups then returned to COT.

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Almost an “SWF”

It’s “Varsity” so I took the approach that we’d essentially cut right to the chase. Out of my own need, we needed a little bit of a warmup. So…
WARMUP: Run a bit then circle up:
The typical hits: Windmills, SSH, Squats, Merkins

THE THANG: Grab a cinder block and post up at a pull-up bar as our home base. We had 4 points of interest we’d travel to after completing 5 Dead-Hang Pull-Ups (DHPU) each time, more details below. Some PAX were more “dead” than others on their pull-ups…IF you know what I mean. Here was the order of events:

1. (5) DHPU, hoist the cindy overhead and walk down the hill, make a left into the parking lot for (10) Man Makers, (10) Thrusters, (10) Leg Lifts. Travel back to the bar with cindy overhead.
2. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run down the hill make a right and stop at the start of the circle. Bear crawl the circle then (10) each leg Spiderman Merkins, (10) 4ct Mountain Climbers, (10) each leg Peter Parkers. Run back to the bar.
3. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run to the stop sign at A.O. Jones Road. (10) Diamond Merkins, (10) Regular Merkins, (10) Mike Tysons. Run back to the bar.
4. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run to the entrance of the band practice lot. Modified Jack Webb to include 1 Burpee:4 Carolina Dry Docks. We went up to 5:20. Run back to the bar.

That concluded the 4-corner portion but we still had a little left in the tank and a little time on the clock.

With Cindy’s
(15) Curls
(15) Overhead Press
(10) Simbas (Thanks Rafiki)
(10) Toe Touches

Drop the cindy’s back at their rightful home and mosey to COT for a little bit of Mary.

MARY: Included above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All about the Fast 5 for Luke tomorrow.
COT: 5th CORE PRINCIPLE

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4 corners of pain in the sink

WARMUP: A little plank calf stretch, Moroccan Nightclubs, Windmills, Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG: Mosey with sandbags to start, overhead sandbag carry’s to the pillars, 1 min wall sit with sandbags then drop bag and 1 min without, 25 calf raises, overhead sandbag carry’s to 1st corner, 25 Romanian deadlifts, Bag throws to 2nd corner, 25 bent-over rows, overhead bag carry’s to 3rd corner, 25 sandbag curls, bag throws to 4th corner, Sandbag carry around the sink, REPEAT 4 corners of pain, bag carry to COT, 50 Bag presses, then 4 rounds of Mary
MARY: laying flutters, LBCs, dying cockroaches, sitting flutters w/legs shoulder width apart
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5K for VuVu’s son, Waxhax Trail Fest (WTF), read your newsletters
COT: It is what it is… notes, we are all still or have been at a point of struggle in our lives for various reasons. Know we are not alone (ie not the only ones), people need us, our family’s need us, and we all have an obligation to be there for anyone else who needs it.

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Pyramid of Pain

Quick disclaimer
And warmup
5 windmills, 10 IW/10MNC

Mosey to behind school on bball courts where the pyramid of pain was set up

5 stations, 4 corners and 1 in middle
Partner up ( work is completed together)
Each of the corners had a cone with an exercise listed
LBCs, CDDs, Squats Monkey Humpers and then Hand release merkins in the middle
The corners increase by 10 each round but the HR merkins stay at 10- changed to this after realizing that having to do 4 sets per round, and increasing would be impossible. So at the corners 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 ( didn’t make it to round 5)
Mode of transport changed every round:
Bear crawls
Crawl bears
Partner carrys
Wheel barrows
Leap frogs (we didn’t make it to this round)
Two teams got through the full 4 rounds without bat flipping- lots of modifications happened so ppl took my disclaimer to heart ?

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Complex Math

16 at Minnow Pond for a test of speed and math skilz.
Simple loop around town, four stops
Stop 1 – COT – Merkins
Stop 2 – Pharmacy – LBCs
Stop 3 – Parking lot – SSHs
Stop 4 – Gazebo – Squats
Back to COT for lap 2
Rep count Lap 1 was 2 for everyone
Rep count Lap 2 was 4 for everyone
Rep count Lap 3 was 6 for everyone except the lead pax, 8 reps
additional laps: Lead Pax rep counts = 2 x prior lap reps
everyone else rep count = lap # x 2
Guys out front reach the 64 rep count based on the compounding.
Short lesson, compounding can be excellent when you are looking at saving money, over time it accumulates to a nice sum of money. On the other hand, when you have issues that go unchecked, they can result in a bigger problem down the road. Make sure you keep coming out, share what’s on your mind with your shield lock.

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Fast 5k Training

Lap around old Kingsley and back to the school. Hill repeats. To the front entrance. Fast lap around the car pickup line, recovery lap, rinse and repeat. Mosey to main lot. Sprints between the light poles. Rinse and repeat 6x. Back up the hill near the stadium and return to COT. 4+ miles

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Halfpipe Hell

WARMUP:
– Mosey around the park
– SSH
– Windmill
– Imperial Walker

THE THANG:
Everyone pulled a block from my truck. These are pavers that weigh slightly more than a cindy.

One end of the parking lot
– 26 curls
– 26 leg raises with block held overhead

Run to the other end of the parking lot
– 25 Bentover Rows
– 25 Bigboy situps with the block on your chest

Run back and do the same exercises as before while continuing to decrease the count. We did 4 rounds.

Run to big hill and go to the bottom for the “Half-pipe”
5 cones on each side
– Run to the first cone on the moderate hill and do 2 merkins
– Run back past the start (bottom of the hill) and up to the first cone on the big hill. Complete 2 burpees.
– Run back to the first cone on the moderate hill, complete 2 merkins, continue to the second cone, complete 4 merkins.
– Run back to the big hill. First cone = 2 burpees, Second cone = 4 burpees.
– Continue until both sides of the hill are done (5 cones each)

Run back to COT. Some Mary and done.

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Grocery Bag of 2# Weights

Partner Up, 1 partner carries (2) 2# weights, other doesn’t
Run to end of parking lot near Duck Donuts, 10 SSH in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run to bottom of Brayden Pkwy, 10 SSH in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run down Afton Way to the corner of Afton Way & Afton Way, 10 partner merkins in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run to the ammenities building on Emory & Helton Ln, skip halfway around the parking lot with your partner, swithc 2# weights with your partner, skip the remaining half of the parking lot with your partner.
Run back to the lot behing Duck Donuts…
REPEAT
AND
REPEAT
MARY: 90″ led by The Pirate
COT: Prayers for mental health of the pax; Praise for promotions, Prayers for physical health of the pax

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Make Arms Great Again

10 at Slow Burn this morning. We began with a lap around Lowe’s parking lot and stopped in front of Persis for the typical warm up exercises.
Next, we did 7s between the sidewalks, dips and merkins on each end, bear crawls in between the sides.
Another lap around Lowes
Dora – 150 merkins, 250 squats, 350 LBCs
Burpee ladder with partner – alternate running and burpees. 1 burpee at each painted line add 1 at each line, total of 12 lines or 78 burpees.
Back to COT for Ab work. Twister got in some Gas Pumpers.

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