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Back to school with Billy Madison

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This morning 11 studs went back to school with Billy Madison. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
10 SSHs (IC)
Take a lap

The Thang
12 rounds of 12 exercises (adding new exercises each round) to simulate 12 years of school Billy had to complete.

12 American Hammers
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins, 12 Burpees

Some guys got to the Diamond Merkins. Most guys hit two miles. All guys got smoked.

NMM
“Billy Madison” taught us to make the best of your second chances. Call the friend or family member you lost connection with. With the knowledge you have now, give that business venture a try. You’re never too old to complete the goals you had when you were younger.
Today was fun. The exercises weren’t, but the conversation was. Great energy today. I hope this was the hardest and stupidest thing you do today. If not, there’s always tomorrow. Thanks for the opportunity, Slow Jams.

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Trail Ruck

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WARMUP: None
THE THANG: Just under 2 miles of trail rucking behind Earth Fare, GHMS, back through the woods, and to COT.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Sweep the Leg Q (Olaf) closed us out in prayer.

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Bo-berry day

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Quick disclaimer then mosey over to front of school. Some basic warm-ups: SSHs, windmills (with appropriate amount of moaning), mtn climbers, parkers. Lap around drop off line to show everyone the .25 mile loop.

The Bo-berry mile (no clue where this name came from). 10 burpees, 15 merkins, 20 squats, run a lap. Repeat this series 4 times.

Partner up for some jump overs. P1 does a burpee while P2 holds plank. P2 then drops to 6″ hold while P1 jumps over to do burpee on other side. 10 burpees for P1 then flapjack. Repeat but this time only do 8 each partner.

Mosey over to benches under awning. 5 box jump burpees, 10 derkins, 15 dips, then run to stop sign and back. Rinse and repeat.

Mosey back for about 4 rounds of abs before times up and COT. Lots of chatter about FishStix’s form today but it was hard to really tell b/c he was usually so far in front of everyone. Great work by all this morning and thanks Headspin for chance to Q!

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No Stank at the Corral

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WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot, approx 3/4 mile, then circle up for the following
15-20 of each
* SSH
* Windmill
* Imperial walker
* Moroccan night clubs
* Strawberry pickers
THE THANG:
Starting at where the warmup was, perform the following exercises OYO
* 5 burpees
* 10 box cutters
* 15 hand-release merkins
* 20 LS squats
* 25 mountain climber (2 ct)
* Run same lap we did for warmup
* Repeat

Did this for approx 35-40mins. Everyone got in at least 6-7 rounds. Great work! We stayed out front of the Teeter and avoided the skank stank out back! YAY!!

MARY:
Spent the last 2-3 minutes doing bird dogs – on hands and knees, then reach out the left arm and right leg, hold for a 60-sec count. Swap arms/legs for another 60-sec count. Then on to COT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter! Get involved!

COT:
* Prayers and praises for the end of school year! Kids and teachers/staff have worked hard this year.
* Prayers continuing for Kevin Eby, missing for over a week. He frequented western NC and the mountains, so if you are out that way please keep a lookout.
* Praises for the return of Chicken Hawk as well as good luck with him creating his own job.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!
-NASA

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Looked better on Paper!

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walker, Nightclubs, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Squats, Merks, Flutters, …etc
THE THANG: Pick a parking spot – let the fun begin – round 1: 3 exercises 10 reps each SSH, PlankJax, seal jack – flutters as the pax rotate down to next parking spot vacated in a rotating fashion ( bear crawl was mode of transportation)
Continue this cadence until you arrive back at original spot.
Round 2 – same cadence – 5 reps each – using parking block – Iron Mikes, Dips, and Bomb Jax – mode of transportation (mosey)
Time was flying so we stopped midway and headed for the “hill” by the football field that has a small minor smidge of an incline – where we began a round of 6s( modified to 4 s) due to time with Squats at bottom and Merks at top of hill.
Headed back to COT at the clock was ticking …
Mainframe helped us knock out 3 mins of Mary. Nice work by all!!!
The weinke looked better on paper. Q had to call a few audibles to make the time and reps bearable ( no pun)
Bear Crawls were welcomed with some mumblechatter:)
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli run, Triple down Saturday w either the Yard or the Fort boot camps – coffee – then 5k at the Cannoli. Cake Boss celebrates a birthday yesterday 05/17, and read newsletter. Prayers for Luka and family. Sign up for meal train for Vuvu!!!

COT:

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Sandbag Toss

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WARMUP: Stretch OYO
THE THANG: Shuffle with sandbag 1 mile out; toss the sandbag back to COT
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run this weekend, Newsletter
COT: Continued prayer for Vuvu and his family, prayers for all our students and teachers and parents as the school year winds down, prayers for Eby family as they try to locate Kevin.

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Gas station route of pain

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WARMUP: massey uphill to utility parking lot
THE THANG:
I. Partner DORA – 100 Merks, 200 squats, 300 LBC with run up and down hill.
II. 1 mile loop with pain stations at each gas’s station. Same exercises as DORA but rep was 15 each.

Touch workout with the hills!

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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DOAH Sweeps the Q

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YHC was scheduled to Q, but had some 2.0 troubles overnight… so Dark Helmet graciously picked up the pre programmed Q.

World’s Worst Suicide
Mosey over to GHMS rear bus entrance. Start at basketball court.
PAX will travel forward three light posts and perform 5 burpees.
PAX will then travel backward two light posts and perform 5 merkins.
Rinse and Repeat as needed.

Thanks to DOAH for the help. Below is his version of what happened… can verify.

13 of the faithful came to a YHC led
“@Punch List is here in Spirit” Q…
• @Solo gave up his executive suite at
Planet Fitness to rejoin us in the gloom
• @Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) may be old, but at least he’s fast
• @Cobra Kai may be old, but at least he’s slow
• @fishstix may be old..
.. уир
• @Ölaf won the Fireball trophy
• @Poppins and @Vuvuzela were the kings today… by a fair margin
• @Badlands can be slowed down by excessive Merkins
• @Cyclops may or may not have done all of the reps while calling out to his estranged pets
• @SouptoNuts got faster as the workout went on… or I got a lot slower… or both… (probably both)
• @trucker is like Craftsman tools.
Reliable and not prone to wearing out.
• @Flounder ventured out as a lone man to discover the new world… still made it back for COT

Punch List out.

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Are you “tired” yet?

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WARMUP:

SSH
Windmill
MNC
Cyclops
Imperial squats
Plank exercises
Merkins

THE THANG:

Mosey to circle
bear crawl around then do 10 burpees
Mosey to bigger circle
bear crawl around then do 9 burpees
Mosey back to small circle
Crab walk around then do 8 burpees

Mosey to do some
Benchwork at church
On the way use curb to curb walk up towards pavilion

Exercises in cadence

Step ups x40
Irkins x 20
Derkins x 20

Complete 7 burpees

Mosey back towards HT,
Found wall
Wall sits
Take turns lunge walking to curb and back
Alternate with balls to walls during rotation

Complete 6 burpees

Mosey to tire store

More step ups or box jumps x20

Grab a tire- Tire tabata (AMRAP)

Man makers
Tire press
Tire merkins
Tire derkins
Carolina Dry docs
Ab crunches x2
Sled to line 20 ft or so
Sled back

Mosey back to COT
complete 5 burpees

MARY:

American hammers x 20
Flutters to time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Trash pickup, cannoli run, Doty, Konvergence 6/10
COT:

Had to be there

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Simplistic Black Diamond

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WARMUP: Wind Mills, Imperial Walkers, SSH – all fairly slow(ish)
THE THANG: Quick overview of the plan. Followed by execution of the plan.
Run an unknown distance.
5 Burpees
10-12 reps of a core exercise
Run
Repeat
In some cases, we were able to incorporate pull-ups.
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Upcoming “K”onvergence
COT: Yes

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