45 min miles

WARMUP:
Yes, we did that. Solid mosey for a while. Plank/yoga for the 6. Then the “Cha Ching” warmup, 5 minutes with 35 SSH and 8 burpees each minute. Followed by, IW, HW, Squats

THE THANG 1:
mosey to picnic tables
11 merkins, 10 diamond merkins, 9 merkins, 8 diamond merkins, 7 merkins, 6 diamond merkins, 5 merkins (then YHC had to tap out….if you can’t do it, don’t Q it. Attempting the remaining 10 merkins could have resulted in a face plant)
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Low Slow Squats 10
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Jump Squats 10
Bulgarian Split Squats 10
Alternating Lunges 10 (each leg)
Pistol Squats (just 2)

THE THANG 2:
Bearpees:
Jack Webb w/ 4 count bear crawl and 1 burpee, 8/2, etc.
When we got to 7 burpees we did them in cadence.
When we got to 10 burpees we modified to an 8-count burpee with a plank jack before the merkin.

MARY:
Flutters in cadence to 35
QL stretch
Seated forward bend
Pigeon Lunge
Wide angle forward bend

ANNOUNCEMENTS: the Jaeger is coming 3/11

All told we only covered a mile in distance today. YHC hopes the PAX still got their money’s worth of out this free workout, open to all men, held outdoors, peer led with no assumption of expertise, that ended in a COT.

COT:
Shot for the Prayer of St. Francis, but didn’t quite have the thing memorized. Memorize is my word of the year, I’m working on it.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

An honor to lead such a solid crew.

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2023.08 Kitchen Sink

2 rounds (3 laps each round) of 4 corners around the soccer field (~1/3 mile)

1st Rd: 20yd Bear Crawl, Squats, Merkins, Flutters
2nd Rd: 20yd Burpee Broad Jumps, Bob Hurleys, Carolina Dry Dox, American Hammers

2+ miles, some exercises, and fun had by all.

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Who’s the Q

WARMUP: Led by Senator Tressel 👊

THE THANG: D2D Friendly 4 Corners

MARY: Called her sister ‘oh Sherrie’ for a circle of stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: upcoming events

COT: prayers for pax safety. Prayers for family & friends recent loss & health.

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The Dillinger Run

THE THANG: PAX joined YHC in hitting each Bank from the AO to Tega Cay (South State, TD Bank, First Horizon & First National) ~ 2 mi away and hit ‘em again on the way back. PT withdraw at ea: 3-burpees, 6-squats, 9–merkins, 12-4 Ct flutters). Jailbreak back!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thanks Flounder for reminder that Valentines Day is tomorrow
COT: Prayers spoken and unspoken, marriages, health and safe travel for the PAX.

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broke my rake

WARMUP: grab tools
THE THANG: mosey to trail while survey areas needing improvement.
MARY: keep that core tight while you transport buckets full of gravel to areas of need.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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It was the Damn Sasquatch

WARMUP: carry something heavy (sandbags, slamball, rucks) with dynamic warmup (i.e. toy soldier, side steps, back steps)
THE THANG: 4 stations behind earth fare with 5th pax running ~100yds total to stop sign and back as the timer.
Station 1: Sandbag back squats
Station 2: over the shoulder sandbag toss (alternate sides)
Station 3: Slamball (20lb) thruster and throw
Station 4: plastic crate bear crawls/runs
Once everyone finished each station including run, ruck to the office for weighted pull-ups, modify as needed, then back to stations to repeat aforementioned THANG.
Last thang to travel back towards COT was sandbag and slamball Indian ruck- pax in front launches slamball forwards, pax in back has sandbag and drops it on ground once pax in front retreats to the back to pick it off the ground, the next pax in line gets slam ball and repeats- did this from behind earth fare to COT
MARY: circle up in plank position, pax roll 20lb slamball to a non-adjacent pax- rucks were on because that’s the manly thing to do. THIS TORE UP THE CORE! I forgot what we decided to call this… “plank potato?”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some relay coming up soon
COT: Thanks to Olaf for the Q and for retrieving the great I left behind.
Saw Tsunami out for the first time in over a year, getting after it at STL!
Lifting up all thoughts and prayers to our wonderful and gracious Heavenly Father!

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Mosey Free Friday

WARMUP: 10 each- Cherry Pickers, Moroccan NC
THE THANG:
ROUND 1
2 rounds of Tabata 60 seconds with 30 second rest. PAX was challenged to beat the first count on the second round. They probably went soft expecting a 3rd round but I failed to meet their expectations 😂
The Exercises-
Merkins
Squats
Burpees
Big boys
Shoulder taps
LBC’s
Lunges

ROUND 2
Dora with lunge walk out and toy soldier back mode of transportation.
100- Merkins
200- Dips
300- Squats

MARY: 2-rounds
ANNOUNCEMENTS: News Letter
COT:Had to be there

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The Battle: Kitchen Sink edition

Nice cool morning here in the greater Tega Cay area. As we were waiting in the parking lot YHC was hoping for at least 1 more pax to show up for what I had planned. Thankfully PETA pulled in at 5:14 and we were ready to go!

Warmup:

25 Merkins IC ( I’m a little disappointed in myself when I struggled with my last rep. I will do better next time)
25 Flutters IC
10 Merkins IC
10 Flutters IC
5 Merkins IC
5 Flutters IC

Mosey to the Tree within the Traffic Circle

Counted off the pax into team 1 and team 2. Facing opposite ways we did a competitive “challenge run” running around the large traffic circle in front of the school. This run required the 6 to do 2 burpees before running to the front. To win each team had to complete 4 laps. Winners got to do 10 Burpees and losers had to do 20. Pax pushed and it was a VERY close race as a result we both won and did 10 burpees.

Mosey to the front of the school.

We began the 2nd portion of the workout doing a Tabata style sequence 45 seconds of work 15 seconds of rest.

2 Rounds of :
HR Merkins
Squats
Diamond Merkins
BBS

After the second round we did a recovery lap and got into the mental battle known as “last man planking” In short we circled up and held plank as long as we could until no one could plank anymore. I would periodically call merkins to “thin the herd”. After calling 5 merkins IC everyone held fast. After calling 6 merkins IC we had 4-5 drop. After calling 7 Merkins IC we had everyone else drop except for YHC and Maximas. With that Maximas was declared the winner and we moved on to COT with just about 7 minutes to go.

With a little under 7 minutes to go of course I called a Burpee EMOM. Started with a round of 10, moved to 11, moved to 12, back down to 11, down to 10, and then one last round of 10. With only 30 seconds left we did a light stretch and 1 more HR merkin for good measure.

Great work by all the men who showed especially Flounder as he sets a great example for all the other PAX.

The Theme today was “the Battle”. Not only the battle we face with competition, or each other but mostly the battle we have with ourselves. How much can you push yourself and how far are you willing to go? Chances are you can go at least “one more rep” you just need to believe you can and people to help push you further.

Thanks for the opportunity! Until Next Time!

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Smokin Workout for a Slow-Burn

WARMUP:
SSH, Morrocon NC, Hillbilly Walkers, and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG:
15s= Plank Jacks & Shoulder Taps
4 Corners = 20-15-10-5:
Corner #1 – Dips & LBCs; Corner #2 – Merkins & Squats; Corner #3 – Carolina Dry Docks & Mountain Climbers; Corner #4 – Monkey Humpers & Seal Jacks, Round 1 Transportation- Bear Crawl, Round 2- Crab Walk, Round 3- Lunges, Round 4- Mosey
MARY:
American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Riggs is gonna have to help Murtaugh off the pot…

WARMUP: mosey to Lowes for
20 SSH
10 Windmill
10 Cherry Picker
10 Merkins
THE THANG:
11s running from the road to the front of Lowes. Start at one BBSU and 10 Leg Lifts (whatever they’re called)
Give the PAX a 10 count and change things up with…
21s?! running half the distance. Starting with one calf raise in squat position, and 20 squats
Upon completion we did some 10 counts in downward dog position to stretch our calves
Mosey back to COT and partner up for 3 minutes of Roshamburpees!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D and the Jeager
COT: Prayers of thanks and prayers for the lost

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