Welcome to Thrillville

Thrillville is the latest amusement park from the mind of Drop Thrill. Will you survive the day?

Parking Lot – Time to pay up!

Round 1 = 2 Burpees
Round 2 = 4 Burpees
Round 3 = 6 Burpees
Round 4 = 8 Burpees

Ticket Booth – Really time to pay!

Round 1 – Hand Release Merkins x10
Round 2 – Add Clap Merkins x10
Round 3 – Add Toe Touch Merkins x10
Round 4 – Add Mike Tysons x10

Bathrooms – First stop when you enter the park is of course the bathroom.

Round 1 – monkey humpers
Round 2 – squats
Round 3 – calf raises
Round 4 – raise the roof

Now you’re ready to ride the big coaster but you’ve got to beat the crowd there!

Running of the bulls !

Run a lap.

Ride Time

Round 1 – Monkey Humpers x20
Round 2 – Add Bonny Blairs x20
Round 3 – Add Side Lunges x20
Round 4 – Add Jump Squats x20

Lunchtime

Round 1 – LBCs x25
Round 2 – Freddy Mercuries x25
Round 3 – Heels to Heaven x25

Lunch time is over and you see your favorite coaster just reopened so you run to ride the reopened coaster l.

Run a lap.

Oh no! It Broke down again!

Time to run again as you have to run across the park to another coaster.

Finally the day is over. You’re exhausted but you’ve got to make it back to your car.

Time for toy soldiers down and back.

Finally you’re back relaxing at the hotel. Time to cool down with stretching and some Broga.

You survived a day at the virtual park!

Well done! Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Thrill reminds you that you can’t always predict the twists and turns of life, but you can be strong enough to push through when you need to.

With that, The Thrill is gone.

1. Although men are marginally less likely than women to develop a significant mental illness during their lifetimes, about 1 in 2 men will have a diagnosable disorder at some point in their lifetimes.
2. Men are about 2x less likely than women to seek help if problems do occur.
3. Almost 50% of men feel that they are struggling more than they admit to people in their life.
4. Depression looks significantly different in men than in women… Women tend to present as sad and withdrawn, while men tend to present as irritable and angry.
5. Men are 2-3x more likely to abuse substances in an attempt to manage their mental health, which often leads to other health problems.
6. Suicide rates in men have been steadily increasing over the past 20 years, and at present, men are 4x more likely than women to die by suicide, and this risk increases with age.
7. Therapists that specialize in working with men often use different strategies to make therapy feel more approachable… therapy doesn’t have to look like sitting in an office and crying about your feelings!
8. Therapists have historically done a pretty crappy job of helping men, though things are slowly changing. Men often go to therapy at the urging of a loved one, but men tend to drop out of therapy sooner than women because they find it unhelpful. This is a legitimate problem, and you’re not crazy if you’ve tried therapy before and it wasn’t helpful for you! If you’re thinking about reaching out to a therapist, consider finding one that has specific expertise in working with men. (from Giles, who is a therapist and can offer this opinion form a place of experience).

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Bear crawls and Doras

WARMUP:
SSH
Moroccan Nightclubs
Michael Phelps
Imp Walkers
Abe Vigodas
Cherry pickers

THE THANG:
4 corner islands trip
MOT: bear crawl and toy soldiers
Pass around bell while doing timed workout
Squats
Lunges
Man makers
Plank
Deadlift

Worlds shortest Dora
10 merkins
15 squats
20 LBCs

Mary
Freddy mercury
LBC
Squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel
7/4 convergence
Sweaty Barry

COT:
Brotherhood
Family and marriage
Luka
Matteo

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Sea Biscuit

WARMUP: We did a head count (8) reviewed route, start running

THE THANG: Running 4.25 miles route was Old Dominion to Whites Rd down to Waterside into neighborhood and returning back to Blue Smoke House.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Slack
COT: prayers and praises starting with Tiller then proceeding around the circle with prayer or praises. Finished with a prayer

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Spring Closeout

GTL Gym, Tan, Laundry.
Gym-check
Tan-suns out guns out
Laundry-please do this, we smelled great this am.

WARMUP: 25 SSH IC / 15 Imperial Walkers IC / 9 Moroccan night clubs IC / 5 Arm circles each way / worlds greatest stretch
THE THANG: Mosey to the track and do a warmup lap. Line up on the 0 yard line. Bear crawl from EZ to EZ stopping every 10 yards to do ascending burpees from 1-10. Mosey another lap and end up on the touch line for a Dora. One partner runs the width of the soccer field while the other does 100 flutter kicks on a 4 count, 200 squats, and almost 300 BBS. Close it out with a push up the full back to AO.
MARY: Not on earth today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Couple CSAUP’s coming up.
COT: always

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Flag Handoff = Wings & Entertainment

WARMUP: SSH, IW, ChPickers, Windmills

Mosey to stairs, Merkins, up the stairs, Motivators (from 7… as a Moderate)

THE THANG:

Chicken Wing 4-Corners
4 Corners: “regular”, “hot”, “Spicy”, “nuclear”
Reps at each: 12,9,6,3

Change MOT between Corners: Mosey, Toy Soldier, Carioka (alt. L/R), butt-kickers/high-knees…

R.1: Merkin, Wide Merkin, Diamond, Partner (3’s/4’s IC)
R.2: Seal Jacks, SSH, Smurf-Jacks, Bomb-Jacks
R.3: Flying Squirrels, Burpees, Kraken Burpees, Calimari/Krakens

Thang-2:
Chumbaburpee – Tubthumper by Chumbawumba (3:35)
SSH or stationary toy-soldiers
“Catchphrase of pain“ (CPOP)

CPOP:, “I get knocked down, – do a burpee. (Mod down= FSquirrel)
Bear crawl OUT / Nur or Mosey Back

MC Hammer – Can’t touch this Remix – 3:47
Dying Cockroaches until CPOP#1

CPOP #1: Can’t touch this —> heel taps until CPOP #2

CPOP #2: “stop, Hammer time” – Amer. hammers till CPOP #1 again

Proud Mary (3:07) CCR.  CPOP = “Rolling” → Switch Exercise
Big Boys….Rolling…Gas Pumps
….Rolling….Flutter Kicks …REPEAT til song ends or COT

MARY: last 2 songs above

ANNOUNCEMENTS: H&C CSAUP, flag handoff

COT: held… Prayers lifted

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Don’t need a lot of ground to cover

Form matters and our space is limited. Let’s get to work.
WARMUP: A short jog with some butt-kickers & side shuffles.
THE THANG: Grab the (2) 60lb sand bags and introduce them to our kettle bells.
One PAX would farmer carry the two sand bags (leaving his bell behind) and travers roughly 40yds total while the other PAX completed an exercise. Everyone got 2rds on the bags while the following exercises were completed.
Thrusters, OH Press (L), OH Press (R), Simbas, Curls, OH Tricep Extensions, Flutters w/ Press, Bent Over Rows, Dead Lifts, Standing Lunge (Left leg in front), Standing Lunge (Right leg in front).
Ditch the bags and overhead carry the bells to the front of the stadium. Form 2 lines facing each other.
Focus on form and identify the man across from you. He was your competition and your accountability.
Perform real squats until one of you take a break then we do 5 Man Makers
Repeat this evolution but doing overhead presses then 5 thrusters when failure occurs.
Very interesting to realize when these are the parameters, you’re apt to work much harder. Nobody wants to quit on someone else.
Shuffle with your bell over to the circle and form 2 columns (formation) facing me. Very reminiscent of the way Santini used to line us up.
20 KB Swings then a 20 second hold with the KB out front.
20 Low Squat pulses (yes, you Redwoods remember these) then a 20 second low squat hold (keep your chest up)
20 Flutters w/ Press and a 20 second Canoe hold
Shuffle up the hill to the maintenance entrance, do some more work.
Down to the gate for more work. Back to COT for more work.

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Indeed. Stays in COT.

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EMOM HELL

WARMUP: SSH, merkins, windmill, navy seal burpees

THE THANG:
30 min EMOM
Ascending Rep Count
Mins 1-5: 5 reps
Mins 6-10: 10 reps
Mins 11-15: 15 reps
Mins 16-20: 25 reps
Mins 21+ 40 reps

Exercises: (if you fail to complete required reps, move to next exercise in next round)

Navy seal burpees
Burpees
Hand release merkins
Jump squats
SSH
Sprint

Had some extra time so did some sprints with exercises

MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: only you can hold yourself accountable. What do you do when your jester tempts you and nobody else is around to hold you accountable? Do you do the right thing?

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A dead end and a roundabout.

Solid effort by the PAX today. 4×4 Run & Ruck. The pace was steady but the mumblechatter was strong. Then there were planks. They were… plank-y. Moseyed around little bit of Massey then into sunset circle. It said dead end, but we found a way out. Kept on trucking down Athena, went around a fence that was not keeping anyone out. Then around FCMS with some unexpected hills. Ended up at the Waterside roundabout where we laid on the grass to kill our running pace did some planks and sounded professional by saying abs are important for running. Clarified that I am only semi-pro. Moseyed back just in time to stop the watch at AO.
LTrain: said running was easier last year
Band Camp: shared stories with Sock Monkey
Sock Monkey: Showed us what Colorado lungs can do. Also distracted Band Camp which led to a race and a photo finish to see who could make it back first. The youth prevailed.
YHC: Still learning directions as well as counting. We will get there.
The Ruckers were right where we left them when we got back.
WARMUP: SSH / Moroccan night clubs / Worlds greatest stretch
THE THANG: Ran 4.25 miles at the pace of a lost new seabiscuit Q. Found a couple hills and a lot of mud with some wet grass to wash off in.
MARY: M.I.A.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hog and Coyote.
COT:

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Ole McHominy had a Farm

Soundtrack: See Amazon Playlist: “Farm F3 Workout”

WARMUP:
In Cadence:
Plank Lawn Mower Pulls
Cherry Pickers
Windmills
LBC
Low Slow Squat

THE THANG:

Part 1: Unloading & Loading the Trailer. The group split into two groups. Group A unloaded, stacked, and then reloaded 12 bales of pine needles from my utility trailer. Group B worked on an exercise while this occurred. Then the groups switched. This was repeated for the following four exercises: LBC, Merkin, Squat, Plank.

Part 2: Bucket Carry. Partners. One partner carries a weighted bucket to a point and back while the other partner completes an exercise. Switch roles and repeat. This was repeated for the following four exercises: LBC, Merkin, Squat, Plank.

Part 3: Hominy Hole Challenge. Cornhole boards were set up. Every man takes a toss.
Miss – 3 Burpees
On Board – 1 Burpee
In the Hole – No burpees
Take a lap. Repeat.

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