Christmas spelled out

WARMUP: mosey to back of school – exercises in cadence were windmills x 12, beet pickers x 12, imperial walkers x 12, hillbilly walkers x 12 and side straddle hops x 12

THE THANG: 5 rounds of Christmas – 23 reps on rounds 1&2 and 12 reps for rounds 3 & 5
Carolina Dry Docks
Heels to Heaven
Rosalitas
Incline Merkins
Sumo squats
The Lunge
Merkins
American Hammers
Side Straddle Hops

Splinter was king and we had enough time to mosey behind the school for dips and incline merkins.

Mosey on the COT in time for 0600

MARY: no time. She wasn’t there anyway – open to all men
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: 5th core principle

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Movie Trivia

Killed a minute or two for warm ups waiting for Boogie to arrive, he was still late and found us at the elementary bus drop off.

Do the exercise, ask the Question If correct run a lap, if incorrect, 5 Burpees then run a lap.
· In what city does the Polar Express pick up the Hero Boy?”
– Grand Rapid MI – 10 SSHs (IC)
· In “A Christmas Story,” which department store has the item in its window that Ralphie wants?
– Higbee’s – 10 Monkey Humpers (IC)
· Where is the McCallister family planning to spend Christmas in the original Home Alone
– Paris – 10 Moroccan Night Clubs (IC)
· What is the name of the dog in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas?”
– Max – 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
· In “ELF” what department store does Buddy work in (before getting fired)?
– Gimbels – 10 Merkins (IC)
· In “Jingle All the Way,” what is the name of the action figure that the father is desperately trying to obtain?
– Turbo Man – 10 Mak Tar Jai (IC) – up downs/plank
· What are the neighbor’s names in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?”
– Margo and Todd – 10 American Hammers (IC)
· What color is the ornament Charlie Brown puts on his tree?
– Red – 10 Hand-Release Merkins (IC)
· What is the name of the head elf in “The Santa Clause?”
– Bernard – 10 Smurf Jacks (IC)
· In “A Christmas Story” what happens to Ralphie’s little brother Randy”? (multiple choice) Wear a bunny costume; Tongue stuck to a frozen pole; Falls in the snow and can’t get up? Mouth washed out with soap?
– He Falls in the Snow – 20 Calf Raises
· In the movie, “Fred Claus”, Santa’s bitter older brother was played by? (multiple choice) Vince Vaughn; Bradley Cooper; Owen Wilson, or Bill Murray?
– Vince Vaughn – 10 Wide Arm Merkins (IC)
· What’s the name of the town It’s a Wonderful Life takes place in
– Bedford Falls – 10 Jump Squats (IC)
· In, “Home Alone”, what was the name of the traveling polka band Kevin’s mom travels with?
– The Kenosha Kickers – 10 Carolina Dry Docks (IC)
· In the movie “Elf” what does Buddy make on the Etch a Sketch that is displayed in the store?
– Mona Lisa – 10 Singlet Merkins (6 count: Mak Tar Jai + merkin)
· Twice in “Die Hard,” Sgt. Al Powell sings a Christmas-related song to himself. What’s the song?
– “Let it Snow” – 5 Burpees
· In “Christmas Vacation”, how many lights were on the Griswold house? (multiple choice) 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, or 75,000
– 25,000 – 10 Hello Dolly’s (IC)
· In “Home Alone”, where does Kevin’s family go for Christmas?
– Paris – 10 Reverse Crunches (IC)
· In “The Santa Claus”, how does Scott Calvin become Santa?
– Previous Santa fell off the roof – 10 Flutters (IC)
· What’s the name of the young girl who befriends Frosty in the classic TV movie Frosty the Snowman
– Karen – 10 Box Cutters (IC)
· What city did Miracle on 34th Street take place? (multiple choice) Boston, New York, Chicago or New Jersey
– New York – 10 Alternating Shoulder Taps (IC)
· What is the name of the opening song in The Nightmare Before Christmas
– This is Halloween – 10 LBCs (IC)
· In the Nightmare Before Christmas, what does Jack call Santa Claus
– Sandy Claws – 10 Freddy Mercury’s (IC)
· In “Christmas Vacation” what is the final spoken line? (multiple choice) “Where is Eddie?”; “Merry Christmas, kiddo”; “And to all a good night”; “I did it”
– I did it – 10 Bobby Hurleys
· In “Christmas Story”, what is the name of Ralphie’s Father?
– The Old Man – 10 Plank Jacks (IC)
· What type of animal blocks the Polar Express on its way to the North Pole?
Caribou – 10 Curtsey Lunges (each leg)

We got most wrong, but are stronger for it.
Some COT was done per requirements.

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Boxing Day ?

WARMUP: windmills, SSH, IW’s, Plank, Up Dog, Down Dog, Merkins, Mosey w some shuffles and butt kickers.
THE THANG: 3 rounds of Merkins, Big Boys, Squats, Dips, Bobby Hurleys, Hammers and Derkins. Mosey around Lowe’s. 3 reps- 25/10/5.
Dora – 150. -LBCs 100 – Lunges 50- Hand Release Merkins 25 – Burpees.
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Hangin w Stang
COT: continued prayers for Geronimo. Several others lifting up those dealing w health, grief, patience.

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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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Cubbie and friends did some exercising

WARMUP: Meh

THE THANG:

– Mosey to Pharmacy
– 25 SSH

– Mosey to parking lot at top of Main (touched Millstone) <@UGND8G4TD>
– 20 SSH
– 20 Mountain Climbers

– Mosey to post office
– 1 Windmill <@UJD744C3T>
– 15 SSH
– 15 Mountain Climbers
– 15 Plank Jacks

– Mosey to First Baptist
– 10 SSH
– 10 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Plank Jacks
– 10 Shoulder Taps

– Mosey to COG
– 5 SSH
– 5 Mountain Climbers
– 5 Plank Jacks
– 5 Shoulder Taps
– 5 Burpees

4 Corners in COG Parking Lot

– Corner 1 – 10 squats, Corner 2 – 20 Merkins, Corner 3 – 30 MNC’s, Corner 4 – 40 Flutters
– Mode or transport: Mosey, Bear Crawl, Nur, Crawl Bear
– Did it again, but mixed of Mode of Transport (Lunges of every variety)

– Mosey to Print Shop
– Partner Work
– 25 pull ups (partner one pull, partner 2 squat) Alternate until reach 25 pull ups

– Mosey to COT
– Finish with:
– 5 SSH
– 5 Mountain Climbers
– 5 Plank Jacks
– 5 Shoulder Taps
– 5 Burpees

MARY: Had a little lamb

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve Convergence

COT: Yes we did

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Run Run Rudolph

This ended up basically being a shield lock workout. With several of us having nagging injuries, we mainly did running today.

WARMUP: warm-up lap around the track, SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: The Laredo- 6 rounds. 24 Squats, 24 Merkins, 24 Lunges, run a lap around the track. Since it was just the 4 of us, we decided to do this together in cadence.

Then we did some mountain climbers & sprints. For 4 minutes, 25 mountain climbers and the goal-line then sprint to the other goal-line. Rinse and repeat for the full time.

MARY: LBC, Box Cutters, Big Boys, Roseletta, Flutters, American Hammers, Freddy Mercury, something else I can’t remember.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve Convergence, Bethel on 1/1, pending AO changes, read your newsletter.

COT: Prayes for travels, family, marriages, recovery

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8 Days Till Christmas

WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Moroccan Night Club.
THE THANG: 5 Burpees, Over Head Press (20), 5 Burpees, Curls (25), LBC’S (30) Hello Dolly’s (20), Goblet Squats (20), Incline Merkins (20), KB Swings (25), Dips (20), Single Arm Rows Left (10) Right (10).
MARY: LBC’S 10 Hello Dolly’s 10.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break The Dam Series January 31st 2026.
COT: Prayers went up for Teddy and his family and Harry Carry for his ankle and shoulder.

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It’s raining Cindys

WARMUP: 67 SSH’s and then I Fd up cadence on the rest.
THE THANG: Tabata with cinder blocks 55 seconds AMRAP
-man makers
-OP
-Curls
-merkins – 25
-Goblet squats
-Chest Press
-Bulgarians
-merkins – 25
-Swings
-Lunges
-Rows
-merkins – 25
Farmer Carry to hill. 7’s squats and lunges. No laying on puddles.
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: what happens stays.

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Transparent Thought Life

WARMUP: 50xSSHIC followed by a short mosey to our first pain station.

THE THANG:
At the end of the warm-up mosey we found ourselves at the entrance to the loop at the front of the school.
Played Catch Me If You Can with the finish line being opening to the road that leads to the back of the school
Partner#1 Bear Crawled while Partner#2 performed 5 burpees and then moseyed to catch Partner#1. Continue to flapjack until you reach the finish line.

Nex, moseyed to the back of the school to use the benches and stairs. Reverse 1/2 Jack Webb: Started with 10 step-ups each leg and then went into 40 squats. We stopped after completing the 5 & 20 mark.

Next, moseyed to the playground for a Mini No-Run Dora.
Partner#1 moved into a straight arm plank position with feet in a swing – performed one knee tuck followed by a Merkin – that equals 1 rep – Partners need to complete accumulative rep count of 100. While Partner #1 performs the exercise, Partner #2 completes 10 pullups, returns to Partner #1 and flapjack until accumulative rep count is complete.

Finally, moseyed to COT from some AB work.
30 sec. of scissor kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

Straight Arm Plank Position – held for 2min.15sec. – removed hands and feet from base in a rotating fashion, 1 at a time for 15 sec. and then removed 2 posts for 15 sec a pop.

30 sec. of flutter kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jan 1st Bethel Serve, Christmas Party, couple of Saturday runs supporting good causes – CRI & Teachers with Cancer

COT: Shared from the heart. STK.

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