Big Bertha visits the Hive

WARMUP: the usual suspects
THE THANG:
Thang#1: muzac
1. https://youtu.be/FNxGcVVkheA?si=66YM98r8lt2Q4uUY-69 by cody parks & dirty south (~4 min): prisoner bell Squats-AMRAP during instrumental, Fig-8’s during lyrics,… on “shot a man” do 15 merkins
1. Short mosey
1. https://youtu.be/t6q9Vc1ZtQI?si=4hWCrXxR1LWp8YrO by Fabulous (~4 min): BBSU on “Breathe”, AmHammer or LBCs otherwise
1. Bell optional…but encouraged
Thang#2: Dora
Timer for Partner Switch = Nur up hill, mosey back
Rack up the following:
Tire Group:
Sledgehammers/Gorilla Smashes
Tire Flips
Clockwork Irkins/Derkins
TRX Group → Timer for Station Switch
Inverted Rows – 250
Floating Mountain Climbers – 500
Grass Group:
Man-Makers
Underswitch-to-Crab Press
Bertha Slams/Suplexes
MARY: pax-Ab-Lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Op. love poultry collections
COT: held, U-Haul lifted, prayers offered

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Ladders and The Queen

WARMUP: ssh, iw, hillbilly walker, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, mosey

THE THANG:

start at goal line. Run to 10 – do the exercise – run back – do the burpee… run to 20….

Ladder:
10 – big boy situps
1- burpee
20 – merkin
2-burpee
30-mountain climber
3-burpee
40 – squat
4-burpee
50 – LBC
5- burpee

We made it up to 50…back down to 10 on the far side… back up to 50…and between 40 and 20 back on the near side

MARY: in the ladder
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
QSource – Q1.3 – Queen – what we put in our bodies – nutrition. You can’t or king your Queen. Meaning you cannot do enough fitness (king) to get to ignore nutrition. The sooner we accept this the sooner we can work on the balance. It is as much( if not more) a quality game as it is a numbers(calorie) game. AND factors like Sleep & Stress have proven physiological impacts on the what the body does with the food you give it.

Lay the bricks –
build positive habit through trial and error – one brick at a time. What works for 1 may not work for another.

Setup Accountability
-Standard
-enforcement
-consequence

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Eve of the Lord’s birth – convergence

WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose

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Spicy Light Pole Accumulators

WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Squatches (like Squats, but spoken in correctly by the Q)
Imperial Squat Walkers
Maybe so more…

THE THANG:
Mosey to start of light poles along back entrance.
Exercise revealed from an envelope.
Pax do 1 rep, run to 2nd light pole and does 2 reps, run to 3rd and do 3 reps….all the way to the 9th light pole.
First pax to complete the 9 reps at the 9th pole is the “Sweeper” and sweeps up all the other pax as he runs back to the first light pole.

Next exercise is reveal, and process repeats.

We got through 7 of the 10 exercises, and over 3 miles:
1. Merkins
2. Heels to heaven
3. Seal jacks
4. Box cutters
5. Shoulder taps
6. Freddie Mercurys
7. Carolina Dry Docks

Great work by all pax! Welcome Fresh Prince’s 2.0, Quidditch!

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The Smokin Ladder Beatdown

Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC
Imperial Walkers- 20 IC

The Thang:
1. Ladders
Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down.
Exercises:
KB Swings
Goblet Squats
KB Rows (each arm)

Ladder format: 5-10-15-20-25-20-15-10-5

2. Grinder (3 Rounds)
10 KB Chest Press
15 KB Deadlifts
20 KB American Hammers (with KB, 2-count = 1)

Round 1 MOT: Bear Crawl
Round 2 MOT: Lunges
Round 3 MOT: Farmer’s Carry Above Head

3. Last Minute Arms:
10 KB Curls IC
10 KB Triceps IC

Mary was a no show

Announcements: Read your newsletter

COT: Prayers and Praises

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Frying pan Substi-Q

WARMUP: nope… Just heavy stuff
THE THANG: misery involving kettle bells, and sandbags of varying sizes
MARY: ain’t got no time for that
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: held mostly in relation to the second half… Which was a talk on when to be a nice guy and when to be a good man.

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Non-Alcoholic Drinking Game F3 Workout

Soundtrack: Amazon Music Playlist (curated by Amazon Music) “REDISCOVER THE ‘80S: College Rock

WARMUP:
– Mosey a lap
– Mountain Climbers
– Big Boy Sit-ups
– Imperial Walkers
– Hillbilly Walkers
– Windmills
– LBC

FLIP CUP DORA: 80-160-240 Dora. Run down to the table, and try to flip the cup upside down. One attempt only. If you do it successfully, then you get to take 10 off of your required number of reps for the current exercise.
– 80 Merkin
– 160 Squat
– 240 LBC

RED OR BLACK: Do an exercise, and then bear crawl to the table. Declare red or black. Flip a card. If you get it wrong, you do a burpee. If you get it right, carry on. Nur back to the starting line and repeat with the next exercise.

– 30 Big Boys
– 15 Merkins
– 30 Low Slow Squats
– 30 Bicycles

WATER PONG: Split into two teams. Do two exercises, then run to the table. Take one shot. Run back. Repeat with the next set of exercises. When the game is won, the losing team does six burpees. The winning team only has to do the amount of burpees of the cups that are left on their side. No bringsies backsies. No bouncing allowed. No rebuttal.
– 20 Carolina Dry Docks 30 second plank
– 30 Calf Raise 20 Flutters (count on the left leg)
– 10 Mike Tysons 30 LBC
– 30 Squats 20 American Hammer

Concluded with MARY.

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4 corner of unity

WARMUP:
SSH
Windmill
Hill Billy Walker

THE THANG:
Run to 20, nur to 10 – 1 merkin
Run to 30, nur to 20 – 2 merkin
Until 100 yard
Then lunge walk to 10, 1 squat
lunge walk to 20, 2 squat
To 100 yard line

Then 4 corners
– 15 burpees
– 15 flutter kicks
– 15 big boys
– 15 Carolina dry docks
3 rounds

MARY:

Mary
– LBC
– American hammer
– 5 seal burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See newsletter

COT: talk on unity

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2025.37 Slow Burn

TBH All I knew I wanted to do was 10 sets of burpees and bear crawls. Each bear crawl was 40 yds and burpees started at 10 and went to 1. In between sets run toward Shutterfly and find the next opportunity to find 40 yds of unoccupied pavement.

I have a heavy heart now and it wasn’t any better at the time. The fact that flags were there flying at half mast in front of Shutterfly was a good reminder of who we are and what needs to happen next from an immediate and existential standpoint, so we recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

I’m currently reading Plato’s writing on Socrates and the present parallels are not lost on me. A man was executed for “impiety” and “corrupting the youth”. He asked questions. He didn’t properly attend to the gods. He challenged authority.

The bottom line is that we need both political parties. Without challenge, a uniparty would become weak and invalid. I would say we need more, but I digress. We should all be praying for the prosperity of both political parties to the betterment of the individuals they serve.

God forgive us, for we know not what we do.

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