Tag: Half Shell

4 Corners

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WARMUP: Everything in cadence to 10
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Moroccan night clubs
SSHs
1 lap around the full parking lot

THE THANG:

Upper Body 4 Corners )4 laps)
4 corners:
1st – 10 merkins
2nd – 10 diamond merkins
3rd – 10 wide grip merkins
4th – 10 merkins

4 laps
Before each lap:
5 burpees
10 Tricep dips
10 CDDs
10 shoulder taps

Leg Day Pyramid:
5 Jump Squats
10 lunges
15 squats
20 sumo squats
25 calf raises
30 SSHs

MARY:
4 minutes of ab work.

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Christmas Convergence

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WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Broke out into two groups. Half went with Soup to Nuts to the football field and half went with Sprocket to the grass field
Warmups were done at the workout sites
Soup2Nuts thang at the football field: Partner Dora
50 burpees
75 WWI Situps
75 Squats
75 Merkins
75 American Hammers
200 Clave Boss Clave Raises
75 Dips
Timer: bear crawl 20 yards; run 30 yards; run back 50 yards to workout area

Sprocket thang at the grass field: Wheel Spoke

Center Hub: 5 burpees

Spoke 1: Rd.1 25 merkins bear crawl to center hub; Rd.2 50 squats broad jump to center hub; Rd.3 40 lunges crawl bear to center hub

Spoke 2: Rd.1 25 Bomb jacks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 shoulder taps, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 3: Rd.1 50 American hammers, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 100 calf raises, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 100 Side straddle hops, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 4: Rd.1 100 Flutter Kicks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 LBCs, crawl bear to the center hub

After 26 minutes Group 1 and Group2 swapped workout sites and did the workout.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Cake Boss closed us out in prayer

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The 2 big questions

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WARMUP: mosey to the band stand after disclaiming- all exercises I/C – SSH, MNC, windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, merkins and planks.

THE THANG: two important questions – pax started by answering question 1 with the two words you want to be said in describing you in 2024.  After answering with the chalk, pax moseyed to the bus loop for 7’s. The exercises changed with each lap.

Mosey to the side lot for question 2 – “what will you do to make your answer to question 1 clear?”  Then pax took the hill and changed the mode of transportation every few light poles until the top was crested.

5 merkins at very light pole on the way back to COT.  Note: there were a lot of light poles.

MARY:  No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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The 2 bug questions

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WARMUP: mosey to the band stand after disclaiming- all exercises I/C – SSH, MNC, windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, merkins and planks.

THE THANG: two important questions – pax started by answering question 1 with the two words you want to be said in describing you in 2024.  After answering with the chalk, pax moseyed to the bus loop for 7’s. The exercises changed with each lap.

Mosey to the side lot for question 2 – “what will you do to make your answer to question 1 clear?”  Then pax took the hill and changed the mode of transportation every few light poles until the top was crested.

5 merkins at very light pole on the way back to COT.  Note: there were a lot of light poles.

MARY:  No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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The 2 bug questions

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WARMUP: mosey to the band stand after disclaiming- all exercises I/C – SSH, MNC, windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, merkins and planks.

THE THANG: two important questions – pax started by answering question 1 with the two words you want to be said in describing you in 2024. After answering with the chalk, pax moseyed to the bus loop for 7’s. The exercises changed with each lap.

Mosey to the side lot for question 2 – “what will you do to make your answer to question 1 clear?” Then pax took the hill and changed the mode of transportation every few light poles until the top was crested.

5 merkins at very light pole on the way back to COT. Note: there were a lot of light poles.

MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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Pick you poison

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WARMUP: mosey to Walgreens for IC windmills, Moroccan nightclubs, Cherry pickers, hillbilly and imperial walkers, merkins and stretching
THE THANG: mosey to grace church lot for partner pick your poison Dora that included 100 merkins(sen tressel), 200 step ups(grassy knoll), 300 squats(half shell), 400 lbc(slow jams). We also did some more stretching at the end.
MARY: went around the circle for some more ic stretching and ending with a 30 sec full body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: dam to damn bar, wine dinner at fish market
COT: prayers and praises for friends, family, and loved ones

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12 days of Christmas

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WARMUP:  Quick mozy followed by SSH, low slow squats, Moroccan night clubs
THE THANG:  Overhead ruck around the smaller parking lot loop.  Every time you lower your ruck, do two burpees.
Mozy to front school entrance closest to the baseball field.   Challenge was to know the 12 days of Christmas song and what happened on the first, second, third, etc day of Christmas.  To start, the group decided what the first day answer is (partridge in a pear tree) and ran to the first post in front of the school to check their answer.  The answer was correct, so the Pax did one lunge, rucked back to the fire hydrant, dropped their ruck, then ran back to the start.  Rinse and repeat with the second day of Christmas (turtle doves).  Run back to pick up ruck then run to the second post to check the answer.  There the Pax did 1 lunge and 2 ruck getups.  Rinse and repeat with cumulative exercises to the 12th day.  
  Exercises were 1 lunge, 2 ruck getups, 3 Diamond merkins, 4 flutters with press, 5 ruck swings, 6 plank jacks, 7 upright rows, 8 triceps presses, 9 curls, 10 8-count burpees, 11 ruck swings (whoops, didn’t mean to repeat), and 12 curb dips.
 Pax did great until 9 “ladies dancing”, when the penalty was to run back to the start for five  burpees then return.  11 and 12 weren’t any better, but with us running out of time, we did stationary burpees instead.
MARY:  Out dancing with the ladies
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Lots!
COT:  Marriages, travel, family visiting.

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Ten Secrets to Success

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7 strong at The Stockade. We began with warm-ups (SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, and extended plank stretches).

Next, the main event. When you have been around for a while, you can recycle your old workouts. Pro tip: Be sure to do a backblast so you can copy and paste the content.

I always enjoy reading and hearing about success stories.  The struggles, hardships, and the eventual victories.  Since I am old as dirt, I can tell you there is no secret sauce but I came across this list of traits published by Investor’s Business Daily after studying leaders and successful people.  These  traits, when combined “can turn dreams into reality.” 

Back to the workout. . Each trait was read then we completed 90 seconds of the exercises listed below.  We ran a lap around the carpool circle and repeated process until all ten traits were covered.

 HOW YOU THINK IS EVERYTHING: Always be positive. Think success, not failure. Beware of a negative environment.  (Merkins)
DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE DREAMS AND GOALS: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them. (Squats)
 TAKE ACTION: Goals are nothing without action. Don’t be afraid to get started. Just do it. (Freddy Mercuries)
 NEVER STOP LEARNING: Go back to school or read books. Get training and acquire skills. (Flutters)
BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD: Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up. (Carolina Dry Docks)
 LEARN TO ANALYZE DETAILS: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes. (Plank Jacks)
FOCUS YOUR TIME AND MONEY: Don’t let other people or things distract you. (Lunges)
DON’T BE AFRAID TO INNOVATE; BE DIFFERENT: Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity. (Shoulder Taps)
DEAL AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY: No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others. (Calf Raises)
BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: Otherwise, Nos. 1-9 won’t matter. (Burpees)

Great job everyone!  

Final note..I know from experience that you tend to fall on your face several times before you see a victory.  It doesn’t get easier as you get older, but you continue to get up, dusts yourself off, and keep moving forward.

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Cuban Style Buffet of Pain

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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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Real or imagined?

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WARMUP: mosey to the bus loop- various exercises I/C and 5 burpees – just because….
THE THANG: 12’s – running the bus loop pax did burpees at the entrance and squats at the top of the loop. Maximus was king

PAX did abs until the six was finished.

Mosey to the band lot starting at the south goal line:

Bear crawl to the 20 – then 20 shoulder taps

Lunge walk to the 40 – 15 squats OYO

NUR to the 20 – 5 kracken burpees OYO

Bear crawl to goal line to finish in time for COT

MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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