Clyde in the dales

WARMUP: nope, just counted off. Then I promptly forgot how many we had. Luckily Anchorman remembered we had Repeat and that he peeled off early. Q-fail. Will learn from that.
THE THANG: ran – https://strava.app.link/KeQquGKGmvb
MARY: nope, just a pigeon lunge
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read the newsletter
COT: had to be there, it was more meaningful

First time to Q at Clydesdales or any running AO. Not my forte, but we made it work. Not too many actually made the route I drew up work, but everyone was generous about not letting me know.

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Monday morning Bells

WARMUP: Basic Warmup: disclaimer , short mosey, SSH, windmills, hillbilly walkers, MNCs, Mountain Climbers, Merkins
THE THANG: Walk to opposite parking lot. 20 each of Swings, Upward Rows, Curls, Tricep Extensions, and Bell Merkins, then a short loop. 3 rounds.
Transferred the KBs to the other side of the lot for another set of exercises. 20 each of Am Hammers, Flutters, Skull Crushers, Chest Press, and Goblet Squats.
Only 2 rounds completed due to time.
On your six bell pass back to starting point.
Walk back to COT.
2O each of Pass Through Lunges, Dead Lifts, Overhead Press, Figure 8s.
Ended at 0600.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Thanksgiving Convergence 2023z
COT:Yes. Lots to be grateful for, lots to pray about.

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2022 Thanksgiving Day Convergence

Welcome/disclaimer
Warmup: SSH (I/C 15x), Windmills (I/C 10x). Imperial walkers (I/C 15x), Moroccan Nightclubs (I/C 10x), Mountain Climbers (I/C 15x), right arm high, left arm high
Ruckers dismissed with Olaf. Pax count off by threes; pax split up and will rotate between
JWOW Q:
Partner up for a Jack Webb. Mode of transportation is a partner push across the field (crowd pleaser).
1 Big Boy Sit-Up – Partner 1 pushes partner 2 across the field
4 Merkins – Partner 2 pushed partner 1 across the field
The goal was to get to 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups and 40 Merkins.

Grout Q:
1. 5 EA Burpee
2. 10 EA LBC
3. 15 EA CDD
4. 20 EA Lunges
5. 25 EA American Hammers
6. 30 EA Shoulder Taps
7. 35 EA Flutters
8. 40 EA Mountain Climbers
9. 45 EA Squats
Run to top of hill and back.
Complete # 1 thru # 8 and run to top of hill Ann’s back.
Continue dropping the last exercise.

HarryCarry Q:
At the middle school’s loop, start at the bottom of the loop and do exercise noted (listed below). Run to the short brick wall at other end of loop, jump the wall, continue running up the loop. Stop at flag poles and do Bobby Hurleys (15 oyo). The proceed to run back to bottom of the loop; do the noted exercise there and repeat with the run/wall jump/run/bobby’s etc.
Smurf jacks (20 OYO)
Squats (20 OYO)
Monkey Humpers (20 OYO)
Lunges (20 OYO)
Lunges (10 each leg OYO)
Sumo Squats (20 OYO)
At 07:25 Pax reconvened at field.
Six-count burpees (I/C 6x)
End. COT

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Win the Morning, and the Day

WARMUP: Quick run around the parking lot, back to an area close to COT then circle up for 15 reps each of the following:
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial Walkers
* MNC
* Strawberry pickers
That got the heart rate up. muscle groups loose, and blood flowing nicely.
THE THANG:
Keep it simple. Starting from where warmups were done near COT, do the following in order…..
* 5 Burpees
* 10 Box cutters
* 20 Hand-release merkins
* 40 Mountain climbers (2 ct)
* Run a lap around the shopping center’s parking lot (approx 1/4 mile loop)
* Repeat until time is up

Not much mumblechatter because we were all in constant movement. Everyone got in at least 2.5 miles, others got in more. Tesla was King, lapped everyone at least once. I think he got me twice. Ugh!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* A LOT going on! Read the newsletter, get involved.
* Thanksgiving convergence this Thursday at The Ranch!
* Raised approx $1,100 at the Bourbon Tasting! Great job Cyclops organizing and hosting, and great job Wegmans on the catering.
COT:
* A lot of P&P.
* Special prayers for Spectre and his M.
* Blessings for Beaker and his M in celebrating their 5th anniversary.
* Prayers for my youngest son as he is battling flux at school still trying to get accustomed to the workloads and responsibilities of 6th grade.
* Sorry if I missed posting any of them in this backblast. My mind is still covered in frost.
* Give thanks this week, pay forward your blessings to someone less fortunate and in need.

Thank you Badlands for the opportunity to lead. Thank you PAX for showing up and pushing yourself and each other. We won the morning!

Thankful and blessed,
-NASA

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Deep Burn at The Stockade

It was a cold November morning in the Fort, but there was an lingering anticipation of a deep burn to keep the PAX warm.

Warmups:

·  Side Straddle Hops
·  Windmill (Trucker Friendly)
·  Tappy Taps
·  Hillbilly Walkers
·  Donkey Kick (In Cadence)
·  Down/Up Dog
·  Let Stretch

Everyone was feeling warm and we were off.

The Thang:

We were all feeling lucky this morning, so the Q decided to invite a friendly game of blackjack into the mix.

·   1 Merkin & 20 Leg Lifts = 21 reps of a deep burn
·  Run to the other side of the HT parking lot
·  2 Merkins & 19 Leg Lifts = 21 reps of a deep burn
·  Run to the other side of the HT parking lot

You can see a patter forming. We worked our way down to 20 Merkins & 1 Leg Lift.

If my Zima math is correct we did 210 Mekins, 210 Leg Lifts, and ran across the parking lot 10 times….Carry the 1.

We moseyed over to a wall for what the holy grail of the Exicon calls “Descending Testicles”

Descending Testicles:

·   15 degrees on the wall and 10 Derkins
·  45 degrees on the wall with 10 Derkins
·   Ball to Wall with 10 Derkins

We added 30 American Hammers & 30 squats.

Mosey over to COT with 5 minutes left. Might as well throw some Bear Crawls with Carolina Dry Docs in.

We did a Jack Webb with 4 Bear Crawls & 1 CDD. We made it to 36 Bear Crawls and 9 CDD’s until time ran out.

Prayers for Slapshot’s Mother-In-Law, my friends Mother-In-Law that passed, and safe holiday travel.

JWow

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The Zipper

Pledge of Allegiance at 5:14 and then off to Hardee’s. The plan is called the zipper. Main spine is Springs St, 20 Merkins, at Unity Street, 25 LBC at Pine St 25 Flutter each leg. Meet back at Hardee’s at 5:55.

Got the call yesterday for the Q and luckily this site is easy Q to plan. The zipper didn’t disappoint and provided the sweat on a cool morning. Thank Jekyll for the call.

MARY: Plank Crunches and LBC with feet at 6”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive, Bourbon and BBQ, Charity Shoot
COT: Prayers lifted

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STL Teams

Chilly morning so mosey over to medical offices behind bank at top of Dave Gibson to warm-up. Break out into teams of 4 or 5.
Laps are up Dave Gibson, down 160 to Arby’s, right into Earthfare lot, right on road that returns to start.
Hills are down Dave Gibson up to GHES and then back to start.
As a team complete the following as efficiently as possible:
6 Laps, 6 Hills, 50 Burpees, 100 HR Merkins, 150 Bomb-Jacks, 200 Mtn Climbers.
Every PAX had to run one loop and one hill. From there it was up to the team to figure out how to divide and conquer.
The goal was to get through this the first time and then challenge the teams to figure out how to improve their plan in order to reduce their overall time. Probably due to poor communication on YHC part, we ran short on time to complete the second round. Teams completed as much as time allowed on second round and then returned to COT. This was Wipeout’s second work-out so we went over the 5 core principals and then a quick summary of the 3Fs.

Lots of 2nd F events in the newsletter. Get out and participate!
Thanks Badlands for the Q opportunity!

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Breakfast Buffet

WARMUP: Normal stuff like SSH, windmill, Morrocan night club, inch worm merkins, low slow squats
THE THANG:
Moved over behind the service center by the knee high wall for the following:

10 Burpee step ups (both legs) – run a lap
Then 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Plank on the 6

Next:
Mike Tyson merkins – 10 in cadence
Dirty Myrtles – 10 in cadence
LBC with feet on wall – 10 in cadence
2 rounds of the above

5, 3, 2, 1 Burpee step ups with lap
7 Mike Tyson’s
7 Dirty Myrtles
7 LBCs
2 rounds

3,2,1 Burpee step ups with lap
5 Mike Tyson’s
5 Dirty Myrtles
5 LBCs
2 rounds

MARY: ran out of time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your news letter

COT: Remember that you aren’t just making decisions for yourself. Your decisions impact your inner circle. Think about that before you make important decisions today.

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…and then there were 3

WARMUP: None
THE THANG: Do the Zipper! Ran just under 4 miles with some merkins, squats and LBCs at each intersection.
MARY: Had a little lamb
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter, Skeet shooting is postponed
COT: Prayers for family and all the Pax on IR right now

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It’s only 30 seconds can you last that long

Rolled in with 8 min till go times with only 3 pax there. Soon more and more started to pour in till there were 14 of us. T since we did not have any FNG’s we got right after it.

The Warm Up
10 Wind Mills
10 Imperial Walkers
6 On Your Six Reach For Your Toes And Hold

The Thang with the help of my Seconds App
30 seconds of Kettle Bell Goblet Squats
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Sumo Squats With A Pulse
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Left Leg Lunge
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Right Leg Lunge
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Right Leg Roman Dead Lift
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Left Leg Roman Dead Lift
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Wide Leg Kettlebell Deadlift
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Left Leg Apolo Ohno Kettlebell Lunge
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Right Leg Apolo Ohno Kettlebell Lunge
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Pass Under Lunges
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Lateral Kettlebell Lunges
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Right Arm Kettlebell Bent Over Rows
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Left Arm Kettlebell Bent Over Rows
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Overhead Press
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Right Arm Kettlebell Chest Press On Your Six
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Left Arm Kettlebell Chest Press On Your Six
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Upright Row
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Kettlebell Thrusters
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Rest
30 seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 seconds of Halo’s

The music selection was as follows
Click Click Boom by Saliva
Superstar by Cypress Hill
Fade to Black by Metallica
I Hate Everything About You by Three Days Grace
Sabotage by Beastie Boys
Head Strong by Trapt
Dig by Mudvayne
Monster by Skillet
Fade by Stained
Sober by Tool

Last but not least some Global warming with a twist. I broke out the 15lbs slam ball as we got in to Al gore position and each person took a turn slamming the ball as hard as you lived 5 times. Based how hard some slammed the ball they had pretty easy lives so far or they where just hurting from all the kettlebell swings.

Announcements
BBQ & Bourbon
Shanking with Stang
Skeet shoot

Prayers and praise’s
Straight up son Yoshie killing his Cross Country Meet
Crab Cakes neighbor that fell with a broken ribs and punctured organs
YHC little brother visiting and it’s been 12 plus years since I have seen him.

Great work by all men, my legs and lower back are going to feel this one for a few days.

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