Merkins on Merkins

WARMUP: mosey around the parking lot with karaoke, high knees, toy soldiers, butt kicks. Circle up for SSH, cherry pickers, windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, plank, etc.
THE THANG: Mosey to practice band/football lot – mode of transportation was lunge walks, stop at the 10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10 yard lines and do half that amount of merkins. Mode of transportation on the way back was bear crawls, stop at the 10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10 and do that amount of LBCs. Mosey to benches and complete – 20 dips, 20 step ups, and 20 calf raises – repeat 3 times. Mosey back to mary.
MARY: ab exercises until 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party
COT: prayers and praises

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It’s raining Cindys

WARMUP: 67 SSH’s and then I Fd up cadence on the rest.
THE THANG: Tabata with cinder blocks 55 seconds AMRAP
-man makers
-OP
-Curls
-merkins – 25
-Goblet squats
-Chest Press
-Bulgarians
-merkins – 25
-Swings
-Lunges
-Rows
-merkins – 25
Farmer Carry to hill. 7’s squats and lunges. No laying on puddles.
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: what happens stays.

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McHale’s Navy 8 blocker theme

WARMUP: windmills, arm circles, grass grabbers, copperhead squats, side saddle hops (8 each)
THE THANG: Toy Soldiers, mosey to poles, next exercises at next poles 8 counts: Carolina Dry Docks, Mountain Climbers, Peter Parker’s, Flying Squirrels, Shoulder Taps, American Hammers, Burpees
MARY: Swimming Superman & banana
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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7 of Diamonds / Fatherhood

We had a 7 of Diamonds workout in the band lot.
7 burpees at each corner(28)
14 Merkins each corner (56)
21 LBC’s each corner (84)
28 squats each corner (102)
21 LBC’s each corner (84)
14 merkins each corner (56)
7 burpees each corner (28) (Skipped for ABC’s)
Finisher of ABC’s on your 6
feet elevated like 6-inch hold – spell out the alphabet with your feet. Capital letters only.
Close it out with 30 minutes of fatherhood wisdom

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Massey Christmas lights

WARMUP: MUST when it’s this cold
THE THANG: 4.2mi

Head towards 7-11
L on trail b/f Dobys Bridge to Neff Ct
L on Dudley drive
L on Thomas Knapp Parkway
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Callahan
R on kings bottom Dr
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Thomas Knapp Parkway
R on Dudley drive
R on dragon way
Loop around DBES and back to trail cut thru to 7-11 and home to Blue.

MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party Friday, 4.01k charity run for Crisis Response international Saturday,

COT: men’s mental health – Speak up – you have a purpose. You are not alone. Be the light. Check on a friend.

Prayer and Praise for wedding anniversaries, baby announcements, loved ones passing, safe travels, new jobs

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Blimps, SSoP, & Dora at the Jackal

WARMUP: Motivator, Imp-Sqt-Walkers, Rolling Kickstand Irrkins, chPickers

#1:Fire water burn  ~4:50 by Bloodhound Gang
Chorus = Low-(super…6 ct.) slow-squats, in time (come up on”fire”)… hold for “we don’t need no water..BURN MF” Instrumental breaks = Monkey Humpers
Versus = Imperial Squat Walkers

#2: BLIMPS: add 2 reps each bench (to 10, then down)

high/Low/Buffalo as a “10-count”

#3: Mama Said Knock You Out – – FFDP & Tech N9ne 2:48 → Plank Jacks in between
CPOP: “Mama said knock you out” (16 x)  – do a Mike Tyson Pushup

#4: Dora
1 pax Nur up/ mosey down to switch
• 50 Fisherman’s Calf Raises each
• 100 big boiz
• 200 Flutters
Jailbreak sprint to COT
MARY: embedded in the above, no need for a separation
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, newsletter type stuff
COT: prayers lifted for marriages, 2.0 communications, coping with grief.

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Date with Cindy

WARMUP: Absolutely, too old not to
THE THANG: Moseyed to the High School where someone had left some Cindy’s out and a winkie. Had an escalator, 10 reps was the count, adding an exercise after each round. Ran to the back of the field between rounds.
Swings, Squats, Rows, Curls, Dips, OH Press, Hammers, Offset Merkins, Simbas and Man Makers. Cleaned up the mess and headed back to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for the dang Christmas Party you slackers
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Modified Belle Ringer

WARMUP: Set-up for the workout, guys showed up, gave the disclaimer, and we completed SSHx10IC at each station with 1 burpee OYO as the exercise and flow was explained. Came back to the center to start.

THE THANG:
Modified Belle Ringer
Format: AMRAP for 30 minutes
Set-Up: Make a 5-point star with each point of the star being 10 – 15 yards away from the center.
Workout starts with:
1. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 2 and perform 10 “We’re Not Worthy”. Farmer carry back to center.
2. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 3 and perform 15 Goblet Squats. Farmer carry back to center.
3. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 4 and perform 20 CurltoCleantoPress. Farmer carry back to center.
4. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 25 KB Swings. Farmer carry back to center.
5. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 30 Bent Over Rows. Farmer carry back to middle.

Each complete trip is 125 reps

Most PAX made 2 complete trips!

MARY: NONE – Cindy would have been jealous.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Bethel serve, read your newsletter

COT: The second half of this workout is really COT centered around a topic of conversation. All guys participated which was great to witness and sparked back and forth conversation that I pray helped those who are seeking a Shield Lock. Will not go into the specifics of what was shared, gotta STK!

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Deck The Halls with reps and running

WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Deck of Pain on the main stage. The suit is the workout the number on the card is the reps.
Hearts: Merkins – Ace: Plank 60s
Spade: Squat – Ace: Wall Sit 60s
Diamonds: SSH – Ace: Line Jumps :left_right_arrow: then :arrow_up_down: 60s each.
Clubs: BBS – Ace: Feet on wall sit ups. X25
Joker: Lap around the Christmas tree then 10 burpees
90 reps each suit workout
Next up Indian run around WEP
Finally end up at the top of the hill on the south end for some 7’s with squats up top and v-ups at the bottom. Slippery slopes with leaves when going up and down. One casualty… RIP <@UMVTXH0BX>

MARY: she found us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, Christmas party
COT: YES!

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