BDE at the Stockade

We had 9 at the Stockade for one of the last days of 2023

Started off with a basic warmup.

Short Mosey around the parking lot back in front of the Dance studio.

15 IC SSH
10 IC Windmills
5 Burpees OYO
15 IC Seal Jacks
10 IC MNC
5 Burpees OYO
15 IC Plank Jacks
Stretch
15 IC Mnt Climbers

First Routine

12 Days of Christmas. This is where the Mumblechatter got dialed up a notch.

Basic 12 days of Christmas set up. Started with day one and got to day 12. Reps of a given exercise matched the day.

Day 1 Burpees
Day 2 Burpees
Day 3 Burpees
Day 4 Burpees
Day 5 ( 5 Count rest)
Day 6 Squats
Day 7 SSH
Day 8 IW
Day 9 Calf Raises
Day 10 LBc’s
Day 11 Flutters
Day 12 BBS

I set this up so after day 5 we ended each “round” with 10 Burpees. Again, this was a crowd pleaser.

We then took a short mosey around the parking lot again for the second routine of the morning.

This format was similar to the Laredo workout but obviously modified.

4 rounds

25 Merkins
25 Squats
25 BBS

Lap that we just did in the parking lot.

It was here I put on some music for the PAX as we did these exercises.

With only 5ish minutes to go I got us back to COT for a 4-minute AMRAP. I would call out an exercise and we would max out reps.
Minute 1- HR Merkins
Minute 2 – Flutters
Minute 3- HR Merkins
Minute 4- Plank.

COT: Show some BDE guys and share whats on your hearts. Be specific. As someone said in COT today you can’t get specific help if you don’t have a specific ask.

AYE!

Always fun to lead.

Thanks to all of you!

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Cuban Style Buffet of Pain

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG:
Round 1:Cheese Shredder, Wall Sit, and Balls to the Wall
Round 2: Dora with 100 reps each following exercise:
Crunches
Overhead Claps
Hello Dollies
Inclined Merkins
Burpees
American Hammers
Timer was other partner running to end of parking lot and back
Closed with Bear Crawls and Crab Walks to first parking lot island.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Rain, no shine

WARMUP: Grinder stretch
THE THANG: 100 big boys, Bobby Hurley’s, flutters, LBC‘s, squats, monkey humpers, Freddie Mercury’s,
MARY: wind mills, rosalitas, 6 in 10 count to plank to shoulder taps, Morrocan night clubs all in the pouring rain
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Snarky Title Here

WARMUP: We warmed up by no one reading the backblasts
THE THANG:
We do this for the stats
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: If more than one person comments on this backblast without being prodded by Band Camp I will buy him lunch
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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FlightPlan:Running with purpose

WARMUP: say hello and set your watch
THE THANG:
Run down 160 to left at Baxter Bubble mushroom pool
Do loops around Berkshire and run back
MARY:
Touch your toes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Attend all fundraising events
COT:
Don’t mess with Gears efficiency as he runs a tight ship
Prayers and Praises 🔥👆🏻

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Sweet Sixteen at Sweep the Leg

Big crowd on a Monday morning..clown car arrived early from the far reaches of Catawba Ridge. Simple 1+ mile route around the connecting parking lots with four stations. First lap was done backwards so the greyhounds could get out front.
Stop #1 – End of street near Velux, exercises Lunges and jump squats (10 each)
Stop #2 – End of street half way down big hill to school, exercises, CDDs, Plank jumps (10 each)
Stop #3 – Bank parking lot, exercises, Heals to heaven, flutters (10 each)
Stop #4 – Near Pet Supply Plus, exercises, Mike Tysons, Squat Thrusters (10 each)
Most got in 3 laps
Great job this morning.

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Reduce Reuse Recycle

having been put in charge of both of our running with push-up AOs this week, I decided to make them entry level. it does not mean easy, it just means easy to understand what is required to do. to that end, I decided to recycle some of the easier to follow Qs in which I have participated.

the word, recycle and reuse together often. remind me of a program I saw in fourth grade. you may have bag memories of being hurted into your elementary school gymnasium in order to see what amounts to a public service announcement or little skit or play put on by a bunch of kids , maybe a small performance by the 5th graders who got to start orchestra. but the one I remember most vividly is being brought to that sad little gymnasium to watch a dude dressed up as McDonald’s mascot and Ronald McDonald caper about singing about reducing reusing and recycling. somehow they burned half an hour of our day listening to Ronald McDonald it’s founding on the virtues of mineralism in a 1980s world where everything was designed to be thrown away immediately after use.

WARMUP: the pledge of allegiance
THE THANG: run to Hardee’s. pair up. run opposite directions saying the block. On the east side (post post office) do 5, 10 and then 15 partners BBSU. Then 15 every time. continue running until meeting up at or around the Hardee’s lot. where you at 5, 10, 15 partner pushups. after the pushups, run the way you came back. this way each partner gets to run both directions around the block multiple times. sort of like a weird freaking Newton cradle
with about 4 minutes left PAX were gathered and Bandcamp led burpees while YHC perform the exhausting job of keeping an eye out for stragglers
MARY: 30-45s of flutters while YHC grabbed my phone
ANNOUNCEMENTS: duties were assigned to Funhouse
COT: duties were assigned to Funhouse

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Entry Level Sweeping

WARMUP: STL has no warmup. STL needs no warmup.
THE THANG: Run to Emory/Helton for an easy loop to where these two streets meet again.
At the top upper abs, 10 LBC, and 10 elbow to knee on the six
At the bottom, 10 leg lifts and 10 flutter.

Simple. Effective
MARY: We run until it’s over
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D is coming. Fundraisers are everywhere. Contribute if you can.
COT:

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14 STL Runners and 2 VA Ruckers for minimum plus miles and merkins

WARMUP: SSH x30, Windmills x10, M. Nightclubs x10, Plank, Parker Peters x10, Plank, Peter Parkers x10, broga poses to stretch legs. Mosey around the Long Loop.
THE THANG: Short Loop in the Earth Fare parking lot, each corner complete exercise. 1st corner = 10 Merkins. 2nd corner = 10 Mountain Climbers. 3rd corner = 10 CDDs, 4th = 10 Flying Squirrels. Next complete a hot lap on the long loop, up to 160 take the sidewalk to the east entrance of Earth Fare, proceed at a fast pace around the back of Earth Fare. I believe the short lap + long lap was about a half a mile.
MARY: 10 American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Litter pickup on Hwy 21 this Saturday. 2.0 friendly. Gloves, bags and litter picker sticks will be provided. Please read your newsletter for the details.
COT: Praise for those participating in SoberOctober and Battlebot for leading. Prayers for our Wives. Thank you Badlands for your leadership at this awesome AO and for leting me lead today. Video evidence may follow.

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Decomplexification

WARMUP: mosey to basketball court behind the school with a stop along the way to  complete some basic broga/stretching.  Also completed karaoke, toy soldiers, as knees to chest stretches.
THE THANG: (1) line up along the baseline of the basketball court. (2) provide instructions (3) follow instructions – kind of like a pirate map

Using a 60 second timer, perform the following every minute on the minute for 30 minutes:
– 1 burpee
– 2 alternating lunges (each leg)
– 3 merkins
– 4 low slow squats
– 5 side straddle hops
Run to opposite baseline and wait for the bell

MARY: one the mosey back to COT, stopped and performed planks: 60 seconds low plank, 30 seconds side plank (each side), 30 seconds low plank, 20 seconds (each side)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Come to Alcatraz on Saturday for 10-year; read your newsletter

COT:Prayers for men of Bethel Men’s Shelter; everyone is dealing with “stuff”, so keep in mind that people you interact with may be dealing with things you don’t know about which may be coming out in the wrong way in their interaction with you!

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