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WARMUP: We warmed up by no one reading the backblasts
THE THANG:
We do this for the stats
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: If more than one person comments on this backblast without being prodded by Band Camp I will buy him lunch
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Grab ‘em by the ears

WARMUP: ran around big parking lot. Max was right that when you say “he won’t run far, he has boots on”, that’s a bit of a lightning bolt to make you want to run further and faster.

We stopped for round 1 of 11×33 paying tribute to our boy Cha-Ching. 11 burpees, 33 SSH OYO. Kept running back to COT for round 2 of 11×33. Rucks on, sandbags on, 10 squats OYO.
THE THANG: Picked up our kb and headed towards the stop light. Dropped the gear for 20 in / erkins (incline merkins). Grabbed the rucks for 20 shoulder presses.

Headed down the hill with all our gear and stopped half way for 20 tricep extensions (dropped sandbag, kept ruck on). Left kb and put the sandbag on for the bottom of the hill. Bottom of hill with ruck on, AMRAP the sandbag for shoulder presses. Back up the hill to the kb spot.

Drop the sandbag, grab the kb (by the ears I guess) for front shoulder lifts – AMRAP. Reason for the AMRAPs is because we wanted to max out and guys had different weights…and different stopping points.

Gear up and back up the hill to our incline merkin spot at the light. After 20, gear up to the school entrance for the last stop. Drop all the gear, ruck overhead for another 20 shoulder presses. Back to COT to drop the gear, then a lap around the small lot…with round 3 of 11×33. (We did have at least 4 former 1stF Qs present so why not…and then 9 other beasts, all with 1stF leadership qualities and/or current or previous site Q roles.)
MARY: Mixed it up and replaced core work with stretching let in a rotating fashion (core principle #4).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: thanksgiving convergence is on…thanksgiving. Upcoming December CSAUP- be there and get a team.

Do difficult and uncomfortable things! Life is going to throw these at you – why not prepare yourself!
COT: CSPAN style because we all need this.

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Google it…

I promised a workout that was simple yet effective… and that was my plan.

Also No Burpees!!

Started with an extended mosey to the “Badlands” Library. There’s even a book named in his honor there!

After that Moseyed to the corner in between First Watch and Cyclebar.

Did 20 HR Merkins and 20 Toe Touches. Then ran up to 160…turned right… turned right again then made another right… ending right back where we started for just about a .25 loop.

Then we did 19 Hr Merkins and 19 Toe touches.

So the plan was to continue the loops reducing the reps by one each time.

So at this point it became a you Vs. you. 33 minutes later…everyone was well over 3 miles and had their fill of merkins.

Simple… effective… Ocham’s Razor.

Thanks for the opportunity! Always appreciate the chance to start 1-0.

👊👊👊

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Grading parking lot grittiness

WARMUP:
Lap around the parking lot, COP (SSH, WM, IW)
THE THANG:
Stops are various parking lots around the major metropolitan city of Fort Mill. Exercises – Merkins (various types) and squats. Stopped at The Print Shop for pull-ups, monkey and parallel bar exercises. Minnow Pond sharks joined in on the fun. We continued our loop around town and back to COT.

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Took Cindy Around The Block 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨

WARMUP:
First 7 minutes is to warm-up the way you like to/want to. Run, stretch, walk, yoga. Meet back here at 5:22.

THE THANG:
Cindy is your friend/date. Some things you will have to use her for, other things you will have to carry her, some times you will have to leave her behind.

10 cones = 10 stations
20 is the rep count.

1. 20 Burpee Block Jump Overs
(Carry Cindy to Station 2)
2. 20 Murder Bunnies
(Carry Cindy to Station 3)
3. 20 Thrusters
(Carry Cindy to Station 4)
4. 20 Combo Merkins
(Carry Cindy to Station 5)
5. 20 Curl Press
(Carry Cindy to Station 6)
6. 20 Vertical Block Windshield Wiper
(Carry Cindy to Station 7)
7. 20 Cindy Swings
(Carry Cindy to Station 8)
8. 20 Overhead Squat
(Carry Cindy to Station 9)
9. 20 Bent Over Row
(Carry Cindy to Station 10)
10. Leave Cindy and Run a Small Loop
(Carry Cindy to Station 1)

Completed 2 full laps.

MARY:
20 4-count Flutter
20 4-count Hello Dolly
20 4-count Freddie Mercury

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter

COT:
Marriages, Israel, Kids

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Pull up your zipper

WARMUP: run to old Hardy’s and do something while waiting for the six
THE THANG: the zipper run to Elliot street turn right. Run to Unity turn left. Do 10 merkins and 15 squats run to pine turn right and repeat till you run out of time.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: to many to list. Call pusher
COT: prayers and praises.

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Too Much Candy

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot.
20 SSH, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 M. Knight Clubs
THE THANG:
Round 1:
20 EA. Merkins: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
20 EA. Squats: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
20 EA. Mountain Climbers: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
20 EA. Flutters: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
Round 2
18 EA. Merkins: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
18 EA. Squats: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
18 EA. Mountain Climbers: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
18 EA. Flutters: Run to end of lot and do 3 Burpees
**each round reduce reps by 2**
We made it to 6 before we ran out of time.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Safe Travels for Ft. Mill Band Students, Prayers and support for schools, parents, and leadership. Hope we have plenty of healthy runners this weekend.
COT:

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Yo dude.. that’s creepy…

A dark and scary morning at Alcatraz.

Thankfully 4 of the fort’s finest joined me for my Q that was a mix of chance and a mix of choice.

Part 1:

Warmup

Long Mosey up and down the road. Then circled up in the parking lot closer to the playground.
15 SSH IC
10 MNC IC
5 Burpees
15 Seal Jacks IC
5 SLOW windmills IC
5 Burpees
15 Plank Jacks IC
Stretch
15 Mtn Climbers IC
5 Burpees

Let the games begin.

We played a card game. Suit determines Exercise and Number/Face Card determine Reps
Hearts= Mericans
Diamonds = Diamond Mericans
Clubs = Burpees
Spakes= Squats

We did 4 initial rounds.

Round 1 each person had to pick the color Red or Black. If you got it right no reps for you. (but for everyone else) If you got it wrong everyone had to do the exercise and the reps.
Round 2 You had to guess higher or lower than your first card. So if you had a 6 of spades…you had to guess would your next card be higher than 6 or lower
Round 3 You had to guess if your next card would be “inside” the other two cards or “outside” the other two cards.
Round 4 You had to guess the suit of the card.

Once we all had our 4 cards (and did a ton of burpees) We moved to phase 2.

Pick your poison:

100 reps of HR Mericans OR Diamonds / 100 reps of Squats OR Lunges /100 Reps of Flutters OR Heels to Heaven.

Either way you had to do 100 reps of mericans 100 reps of legs and 100 reps of abs but you could pick your exercise to do this. In the interest of time this section was truncated and we moved into phase 3.

Phase 3 the final card draw.

I laid out 12 cards a “take” side and a “give side” In short if your card was on the take side you had to do the exercise and reps. If it was on the Give side….you would be exempt from the exercise and the reps.

We got through this pretty fast which gave us time to rip through the remainder of the deck. Everyone Enjoyed it!

All told…over 200 push-up related exercises over 100 burpees over 100 squats/lunges and even time for some ab work.

Candy was passed around at COT and all left with smiles.

Thanks Uber for the opportunity! Until Next time!

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Sweet Sixteen at Sweep the Leg

Big crowd on a Monday morning..clown car arrived early from the far reaches of Catawba Ridge. Simple 1+ mile route around the connecting parking lots with four stations. First lap was done backwards so the greyhounds could get out front.
Stop #1 – End of street near Velux, exercises Lunges and jump squats (10 each)
Stop #2 – End of street half way down big hill to school, exercises, CDDs, Plank jumps (10 each)
Stop #3 – Bank parking lot, exercises, Heals to heaven, flutters (10 each)
Stop #4 – Near Pet Supply Plus, exercises, Mike Tysons, Squat Thrusters (10 each)
Most got in 3 laps
Great job this morning.

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