899 Reps with Virtual Deck of Cards

Since snowmageddon partly melted yesterday and refreezed on the roads overnight, I offered up a virtual beatdown again. Last time was the spinning wheel, so I figured the next iteration should be a deck of cards. For all of our <#C08ST83CF1T> friends, I used Manus to build a customized deck of cards that we used for the workout. Bureeps, Shoulder Taps (increments of 4) Merkins (increments of 2) and Big Boys (increments of 2) and 2 jokers of 30 and 50 squats. In case anyone wants to play with it at a future date: https://exercisedeck-zacxsa5x.manus.space/

THE THANG: I hit deal and we did whatever the card showed. It feel like a lot of shoulder taps to start. A lot of merkins in the middle and finished with burpees and big boys. All told, we did 91 Burpees, 364 shoulder taps, 182 Merkins, 182 big boys, and 80 squats. That’s 899 reps. We then added some Mary, which got us over 900 reps for the 45-minute session.

MARY: Hello Dollys, LBC, American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam moved to 2/28/26. Bethel Shelters 2/5. Lots of guys are there because of the cold right now. Yetti Challenge. Read your newsletter for a leaderboard update.

COT: Prayers for healing. Lots of people who have some serious medical issues they are dealing with right now in each person’s circle.

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Cold as Ice!

WARMUP: mosey behind HT
SSH
Low slow squat
Hillbilly walker
Toy soldiers
Butt kickers
High knees
Shuffle right
Shuffle left
Karaoke left/right
Mosey to entrance of apartment complex
Merkins with toe touches
Broga
THE THANG:
Mosey to other side of complex by the hill

DORA deconstructed burpee
100 hip thrusters
100 merkins
100 jump squats
100 burpees

Partner 1 runs, P2 does the exercises

Making our way back through complex we stopped at all speed bumps for 10 merkins (40 total).

Back at HT we lined up across the parking spaces to lunge walk two line and then a squat. Add a squat every two lines.

MARY:
Toe touches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT:

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Cold Laps.. with Merkins

Cold day at the Forge.

Warmup mosey to the School by Mavis.

15 SSH IC
15 SJ IC
10 Windmills IC
20 Merkins IC
Stretch

Run to parking lot by crossroads

10 merkins IC
10 LBcs IC
10 Flutters IC
10 Squats IC

Run back to school parking lot and repeat the above.

Then run back to Crossroads repeat exercises reducing reps by 2.

Repeat this sequence until we had 10 minutes left where we ran to Grace Church and did the final set.

Got back to COT in time for 10 burpees EMOM for 3 minutes.

Thanks to Miyagi for the opportunity!!

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Because Miyagi gave me an unfriendly reminder

WARMUP: We did
THE THANG:
– Go to the rocks
– 1st phase:
– EMOM – 10/10/10 (15?) – curls, OHP, Bent over rows
– 2nd phase:
– 11s – Manmakers (leave the rock), jump squats – the run is to the cigar lounge and back (touch the wall)
– 3rd phase:
– Abs Dora – run the triangle
– 100 LBC, 200 DLL, 300 flutters
– We modified this one for time…
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Wheel of Pain Virtual Beatdown

WARMUP: No warm-up, just spun the wheel
THE THANG: The wheel has a bunch of exercises on it. I spun the wheel, and we did the exercise. We did 125 burpees and 250 LBC’s with a bunch of other merkins, lunges, squats, etc. in there. Got 43 spins in over the 45 minutes
MARY: Did you see we did 250 LBC’s? We did plenty of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam, Bethel, Read your newsletter
COT: prayers for health, healing, understanding and being grateful for what we have.

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Hitting all the Corners

WARMUP: Mozy past the bathrooms and stopped for SSH. We kept going and headed up the hill toward the parking lot for windmills then ran back down the hill and stopped near COT for squats.
THE THANG: We continued past COT ran up the parking lot entrance and across the street to the adjacent parking lot where four cones were roughly placed at each corner. (Not exactly a square and more like a “P” than anything else.). We did a “four corners” workout where each Pax did a full lap and stopped at the next cone for reps. After doing 20 reps of each exercise we ran a full lap + the distance to the next cone. Rinse and repeat until we completed all four cones. Cones were broken out as follows:
– Upper: Merkins, CDD, Dips, Shoulder tap merkins
– Lower: Calf raises, Bomb jacks, Squats, Monkey humpers
– Abs: Big boy sit-ups, American Hammers, Flutters, Box cuttahs
– Full Body: Burpees, SSH, Mike Tysons, Single-leg merkins

Once completed, (we did more running than planned) we found a patch of grass for Jack Webbs. Overhead claps/Plank jacks. 4/1, 8/2….32/8.

Mozy back to the Clam Shell for a wall sit ladder. Everyone in wall sit position with the person at the end bear crawling out to the grass for 5 Merkins. Rinse and repeat down the line until everyone took their turn. Back to COT with 2.6-2.9 total miles completed depending on whose watch you were going off of.
MARY: Just a bit. Hammers, Box cuttahs, Double D’s SSH thing while we were all face down on the pavement.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: upcoming CSAUPs.
COT: All prayers/praises mentioned family in one way or another. Sickness, surgery, travel, thankfulness for what we have.

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You never forget your first

Warmup
SSH
Imp Walkers
HB Walkers
Low slow squat
Merkin
Broga

Bear crawl Indian run – 6 does 5 flutters

Subdivisions
Cocaine bear crawls
Lunge Walk
Compounding SSH
Duck Walk with compounding squats

Dora

50 CDD
75 SSH
100 Big Boys
125 Flutters

Card Draw Wild Card Mary

COT
Announcements
Break the Dam
Bethel

Prayers and praises
Family
Health

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Closeout 2025 before opening 2026

WARMUP: SSH, MCs, Parker Peter, Peter Parker, Plank, L/R planks,. Mosey to back parking lot, cariaco
THE THANG: Muster on the grassy patch in back parking lot where we started, left, and returned a few times. Running took us to the south wall of HT, the tire shop and the north wall of HT in between stops at the grass. Pax fit 100 burpees into the workout in doses of 10. Other fun included bear crawl, crawl bear, crab walks, lunges, various flavors of Mary, and it was all topped off with suicides.
MARY: Included along the way
ANNOUNCEMENTS: New name of HT workouts Wed/Fri is The Forge! also encouragement to register for Break the Dam run on 1/31, plus 8-blocker on Jan 3rd at Panera
COT: Encouragement for pax to bring some closure to 2025 before starting 2026 by reviewing photos on their phone from Thanksgiving through Christmas period. This practice always grounds me and give me perspective. It especially deflates anxious thinking/feeling about future and various regrets/shame by providing a very real and visible depiction of the true blessings and joy in my life.

Thanks for the invite Miyagi! Carry on with your mission of forging HIM!

#KeepPosting

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Leg-Heavy, Imagine That

WARMUP: Run the entirety of the larger Teeter/Stockade lot then NUR up and back the main straightaway.
THE THANG: Run to the circle at Stockbridge at the entrance to the apartments.
25 Squats & 25 Peter Parkers I/C
Run to Grant Farm Drive (past the next apartment circle)
25 half-squats (top of the squat) & 25 Flutters (I/C)
Lunge walk up the hill to the fire department
25 half-squats (bottom of the squat) & 25 American Hammers (I/C)
Run to HWY 160 and turn right to Stockbridge and into Grace Church
25 Straight-Leg Dead Lifts & 25 Leg Lifts
Reverse lunge walk length of parking lot & forward lunge walk back.
Run this parking lot twice and 25 V-Ups at the end.
Run back to COT.

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: 5th Core Principle

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