Quarter shuffle

WARMUP: one guy got in trouble for trying that at this AO one time
THE THANG: double Kingsley, try to push the last 1/4 of each mile
MARY: again, there was an issue one time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: youth sports….why can’t all the kids just try hard? Flux

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Fun with Kettlebells

WARMUP:

  • Side straddle hop
  • Moroccan Night Club
  • Imperial Walker
  • Hillbilly walker

THE THANG:

  • Four Rounds with three exercises each at three stations Reps 5, 10 and 15
  • Station #1 – Halo, Overhead Press, Squats
  • Station #2 – Swings, Clean & Press, Thrusters
  • Station #3 – Round the world, Lunges, American Hammers
  • Station #4 – Tricept extensions, Goblet March, Bent over rows
  • Dora
  • 100 American Hammers
  • 200 Flutter kicks – count one leg
  • 300 Situp Press

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Greater than event
  • Cannoli Run

COT:

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Staff Sgt. Benjamin Noah Pennington

Staff Sgt Ben was KIA at Prince Sultan Air Base on March 8, 2026 due to injuries sustained in an attack by Iran in Operation Epic Fury. He was 26 years old, from Glendale, Kentucky. An Eagle Scout who knew from a young age that he would join the army, he enlisted at age 18. Ben grew up in Glendale Christian Church, and recently in January 2026 he had reconnected with Jesus Christ by being baptized. His parents survive him; Tim & Carrie Pennington. Lt. General Sean Gainey said, “He gave the ultimate sacrifice for the country he loved. That makes him nothing less than a hero, and he will always be remembered that way.”

Warmup:

Imperial Walkers
Windmills
Merkins
Big Boy Situps
Low Slow Squat
Plank (Read about Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington)

Grab Cinder blocks, one per person. Farmers Carry to Bottom of Hill.

DORA:
100 Merkins
200 Squats
300 LBC
The partner farmer carries two cinder blocks up the hill and back.

Cindy Exercise. 10 pace bear crawl. Mosey. Merkins. Mosey back.
Complete one cindy exercise. Transit and return.

  • 20 Overhead Press
  • 20 Swings
  • 20 Chest Press from laying on back
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Curls
  • 20 American Hammers

Repeat this list as time requires. (We barely made it to the end one time.)

Return cindys. Return to COT.

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11’s in the Rain

WARMUP: WM, CP, HW, stretching
THE THANG: Moseyed to the hill at the entrance. Pax picked a rock, first set of 11’s were curls with a nut to the top of the hill for merkins, second set was OH press and big boys. Yogged over to the benches for Irkins, Dirkins and Dips
MARY: last bit of stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Good showing at Bethel, Minute Man’s wife was a great General of the kitchen. Bowser Jr wants a cannoli and thinks he can do the greater than in less than 12 hours
COT: Always

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Tic Tac chain/Cindie

WARMUP: usual stuff, emphasis on shoulders

First 30: Chain Fiesta… do these near gazebo…. Tic-Tac-Toe grid on sidewalk

  1. Dora-1: Partner moseys out & back for swap… complete the following:
  1. 50 Ch-ickle Pointers (Pickle Pointers w/ Chain)
  2. 50 Lonely C(h)owboys (Lonely Cowboys w/ chain)
  3. 50 Dirty-CHyrtles (Dirty Myrtle w/ chain)
  4. 50 Man Of Steel: basically a Superman( on your belly), with chain across back out to each hand
  1. “Tic-Tac-Brick”: Team Chain vs. Team Cindy
  1. Relay race: 1 team bear-crawls w/ chain, other murder-bunnies w/ cindy
  1. Place Coupon in open square (tic-tac-toe) & mosey back to line
  2. Next pax can take off once partner ahead has dropped coupon in square
  1. Winning team does Windmills w/ chain while losing team does 10 Man-makers w/ Cindie
  2. We got two rounds of this when 530 hit

Next 30
Conversation: “Now vs. Later – The Discipline of Discernment”Set-up (1–2 min)

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555-5555

Warmup

  • Bear Crawl
  • Goblet Squats
  • Heels to Heaven with Kettlebell Press
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Hillbilly Walkers
  • Windmills
  • American Hammer with Kettlebell
  • Plank (remain in plank, then put right arm then left arm in air)

DORA #1 Transit: 10 paces of bear crawl. Mosey the remainder.

  • 100 Kettlebell Clean (alternate after each 1)
  • 200 Back Rows (alternate sides after every 10)
  • 300 Swings

Partner walk. Alternate between the following with your partner:

  • 10 step lunge walk (5 on each side.)
  • Farmer’s Carry of both kettlebells.

Called Exercises as we walk back towards COT

  • Goblet squats
  • American Hammers
  • Swings
  • Merkins
  • Curls
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Sgt. Joe Nurre

WARMUP:

  • Moroccan Nightclub
  • Imperial walker or hill billy walker -> I was confused
  • Cherri Picker

THE THANG:

  • Bucket of fun
  • Pick a card -> announce exercise
  • One person runs with 30 lb vest to the island and back
  • PAX complete the exercise -> Squat kick, South Carolina Crab, Archer Pushup, Imperial Squat Walker, You Pick, Mike Tysons,
  • 3 Pain stations -> reps 5, 10, 15, 10 and 5
  • Station 1 – Wide Arm, LBC, Mike Tyson
  • Station 2 – Jump Squat, Lunges, Plank Jacks
  • Station 3 – American Hammers, Leg Raises, Big Boy Situps

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bethel Men's Shelter
  • Cannoli run
  • Ruck Event

COT:

  • We remember Sgt. Joe Nurre. KIA Aug 21, 2005 in Iraq. He was my soldier. He volunteered to deploy with my unit to prevent his best friend from deploying alone. He paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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Dual Q

WARMUP: SSH, HW, IW, MNC, WM

THE THANG:

Mosey to flagpole for DORA:
100- merkins
200- squats
300-Lbc
… partner run to curb at beginning of car line pickup

Mosey to blacktop and Loop around track
MOTs: Bear crawl – NUR – crab walk

Mosey back to car line covering for wall sits with various stuff interspersed including (but not limited to): Mike Tyson’s, dirty Myrtle, diamond merkins, wall penguins, asymmetric merkins (one hand on curb other on the ground), merkin curb walk, mountain climbers

MARY: throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: cannoli run, >
COT: prayers for physical and relational healing,

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City Hominy

Warmup:

  • Mountain Climbers
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Hillbilly Walkers
  • Windmills
  • LBC
  • Mosey a lap

Dora: 80-160-240

  • 80 Merkin
  • 160 Squat
  • 240 LBC

At the end of each run, you attempt to write the name of one of the #11-#20 cities by population in the USA (2024 US Census Estimate)
After we’re done, everybody does a burpee for each city that we don’t write down.

Lightpole to Lightpole:
At each lightpole, the PAX have to name one of the #3-10 cities by population in a state (2024 US Census Estimate). If they don’t get one, then it’s 20 reps. If they do get one, then it’s only 15 reps.

  1. Merkins
  2. Lunges (both sides)
  3. Big Boys
  4. SSH
  5. Mike Tysons
  6. Squats
  7. Freddy Mercuries
  8. Flying Squirrels
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Bucket of Death with Circle of Fun

WARMUP:

  • Moroccan Night Club
  • Windmill
  • Cherry pickers
  • Imperial walker

THE THANG:

  • partner workout x 2 – 40 CDD, 60 Merkins, 80 Squats, 100 LBC, 120 side straddle hops
  • Circuit x 2 50 sec exercise + 20 sec rest – Archer Merkin, American Hammer, Imperial Squat Walker, Low Country Crab, Makhtar N’Diayes, Mike Tyson, Squat Kick, You Pick, Jump Rope, Mountain Climber, Plank Jacks, Peter Parker

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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