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Ironclad for the Win

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, LSS, Moroccan Nightclubs, downward dog/honeymooners
THE THANG: my son Ironclad (11) has been posting at the Yard and was very eager to help create the winky.  He wrote out the exercises so this is a workout an 11 year old can do 😉

5 reps of Merkins, Derkins, Diamond Merkins, Parker Peters.  Run half way around the loop and complete another set of 5 reps of each exercise.
Rinse and repeat but increase the rep count to 10 of each exercise.

Mosey to the back of the school for some wall work. Balls to the Wall. Every man does a 10 count (hold position for 90 seconds). Recovery is a wall sit for 90 seconds. Rinse and repeat!

Mosey to the next station:  
Round 1: 20 SSH, 20 Flutters, 40 squats, 40 shoulder taps (double count), 30 Carolina Dry Docks – run a lap around the parking lot
Round 2: 20 Xs & Os, 15 Big Boys, 20 LBCs, 15 Flutters, 10 Diamond merkins

Mosey to the pull up bars:
Split in 2 groups. 1st group completes 10 pull ups. 2nd group completes 10 knees to chest using the swing sets. Flapjack and complete 2 rounds

Mosey back to COT for 2mins of Mary to finish.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: t laps for Poppins and his work on the Kenya shoes collection.
COT:praying for Double Ds father in surgery today, for Lookout’s son as he is dealing with seizures. Spectre’s family as they fly in from Chicago before hurricane Ian. Praying for all this impacted by the hurricane.

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IronPax Week 4. The End

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WARMUP: Instructions and quick SSH and Windmills.
THE THANG: The last IronPax of the season was build for runners and titled “Death by Skiny Runner”. It was 3 miles
Of running and 650 reps for time.

100 Gas Pumpers (Knees to Chest – watch the video)
50 Jump Rope
1 mile run
25 Hello Dollies (seriously, watch the video)
25 Burpees
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 Hand Release Merkins (we explain a lot in the video)
25 V-Ups
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 Leg Raises
25 Jungle Boi Squats – 2 spoons style (we will even do demonstrations)
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 4-count flutter kicks (watch the video)
25 Bonnie Blairs (hard way – right leg and left leg counts as 1 – if there is any question about this, re-watch the video)
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
100 Big Boy Sit-ups
50 Jump Rope
1 mile run

MARY: none. We were all gassed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethal Mens Shelter service opportunity. Read your Newsletter
COT:

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Crawling around Varsity

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WARMUP:
After a quick disclaimer and explanation of ignorance of site and Broga we moseyed over to where the lights were actually on. This way I could actually see who was there and to critique form.
Windmills, Slow Low Squats, Moroccan Night Clubs, Peter Parker, Seal Jacks. A little “stretching” was added to meet the BROGA standard.
THE THANG:
Started with some partner work:
5 Rounds (Moving across parking lot with partner to complete exercises)
10 Merkins then Bear Crawl across, 10 Jump Squats then lunge walk back, 20 Flutters. (Repeat)
Moseyed to nearby traffic circle. Bear crawl around.
Moseyed further away from AO to complete “Lazy DORA”
100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 Flutters
100 Merkins: Partner 1 started with 10 Merkins while partner 2 held plank (alternating holding plank and Merkiens until reach 100)
200 Squats: Partner 1 started with 20 squats while partner 2 held Al Gore (Alternating until 200)
300 Flutters: Partner 1 started with 30 Flutters (DC) while partner 2 held 6 inches (Alternating until 300)
Moseyed back to COT

MARY:
Not much…..did some basterized BROGA

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trash pick up
COT:
All shared what they were thankful for.

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WOD-Kerrie Orozco

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WARMUP: mosey and the a quick warmup with windmills, low and slow squats and then a plank hold while I read the story of Kerrie Orozco
THE THANG: Kerrie Orozco- WOD (AMRAP 10-15 rounds)

▪️ 100-m sprint (Down the hill)
▪️ 5 burpees
▪️ 20 LBC
▪️ 15 Merkins
▪️ 100-m sprint (Up the hill)
▪️ 1 Min Dead Hang (switched to overhead holds with Cindy after 30 min)
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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30 min Dora then broga

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WARMUP: little mosey then some
SSH
HULA HOOPS
LOW SLOW SQUATS
MERKINS
then YHC took the opportunity to let some of the new faces I’d not recognized lead the PAX in some SSH. Yeah it wasn’t perfect but it got better and the importance of language was discussed. Great job BowWow and Marty Byrd. Thank you PAX for the constructive feedback in helping these men get some playing time in the arena.
THE THANG: Dora 1-2-3 as easy as can be.
Merkins
Squats
Crunches.
Other partner runs loop as timer.

Mosey back and Marty bird showed us he’s been paying attention in class with 10 text book SSH.
Finished in order to get in some much needed Broga.
Don’t know the names of the moves but Shield told stories about pigeons getting chased by rats the size of small wolves.
MARY: we planked for a min of gratitude
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers for family and healing of those sick.

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10 Year Convergence

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Ten year celebration came to a close this morning with a convergence at WEP. 12 men came earlier for a run to support Operation Sweet Tooth. 84 men attended the main event with three great HIM leading the workout: CSPAN, Maximum, and WWL. No warm-ups this morning. CSPAN took his group around the block with various stops along the way. Seven reps of Flying Squirrels, Merkins, and Sit-ups. WWL had playtime at the playground. Burpees and Pull-ups along with running fast around the playground. Did I mention Power Skips? Maximum had a simple plan. Run backwards up the hill many times and destroy your abs with American Hammers.
We closed the chapter on the first 10 years.
Monday begin the next.
The future is bright.
How will you contribute to the next 10 years?
Make an impact.

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IronPax make-up day at NAFO

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WARMUP: Collecting the cinderblock from behind the ROTC building
THE THANG: Beatdown with Cindy! 45 minute AMRAP to smoke your triceps and destroy your lower back with a large cinderblock.
-Lots of rifle carries, uphill, both ways. Because… who doesn’t want a large chunk of concrete over their head as their arms start to weaken?
-All Pax became penitent men with multiple reps of We’re Not Worthy.
-It wasn’t leg day but we dropped it low with some goblet squats.
-30lbs of concreted never felt so good against the back of your head on the tricep extensions.
-Barely missed the boys on the downswing with some cinderblock swings.
-Took a rest from the pain by doing LOTS of curls at the top of the parking lot.
MARY: …had a little lamb
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None
COT: caught up with #ao-varsity for announcements and prayer

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Honor of Cash

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Today, we honored Cash, hospital name Jay Griggs, who passed away in Sept 2020 of cancer. He was given the name “Cash” as in Johnny Cash due to his all black outfit he worn at his first workout along with his hometown of Nashville, TN. The Coop was renamed “Ring of Fire” in honor of Cash. Double D shared stories through the workout. Cash was a genuine person who was always ready to help out a friend.
Jekyll provided me with a backblast from 2015 where Cash was in attendance. I decided to copy it on a piece of paper and unfortunately dropped it in the gloom so it did not match the exact workout.
We first moseyed to the front entrance of the school for COP (SSHs, IWs, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Plank Stretches, and Mountain Climbers)
Next, we moseyed to the gym wall for People’s Chair with each pax running out to the parking lot for 5 merkins. One round of Balls to the Wall.
The lights came on making it easier to navigate, mosey to the ROTC building.
Dirty McDeuce (3 exercises, 12 reps) Run to the top of the hill, 5 burpees and back down to starting point.
R1: Merkins, LBCs, Lunges
R2: Wide Arm Merkins, Hello Dollies, Squats
R3: CDD, Flutters, Jump Squats
R4: Stagger Merkins, X/Os, Calf Raises

Back to the top of the hill near the school
Three rounds of toe touches, Dips, Derkins (12 reps)

Back to COT
Closed with Cash’s prayer

Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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The non-runners running

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WARMUP:
SSH x10, IW x10, HWx10, Moroccan Night Clubs x10, Windmills x10

THE THANG:
A 4-Corners workout
Station 1 – KB curls x25
Station 2 – Squats x25
Station 3 – Mountain Climbers (2ct)
Station 4 – Lunges x10 (2ct)
Do a lap around the 4 corners then back to station 1
Repeat 10x

Announcements:
10 year is in full swing.

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Week 1 Iron Pax

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So Humid…so dark….so wet….

In other words conditions were perfect for IPX week 1.

WARMUP: We did some SSH, windmills, and other stuff. It was all to loosen up for the inevitable beatdown.

THE THANG:

45 minute EMOM

4 Cones in a square. Each 25 yards apart

Start at cone 1 bearcrawl to cone 2 do 25 Squats,

sideways bearcrawl to cone 3 do 25 merkins,

Crawlbear to cone 4 do 25 Big Boy Sit-ups

sideways bearcrawl back to cone 1 do 25 burpees.

As many reps as you can in 45 minutes.

This was tough. Sweat poured, merlot was spilled, no tears shed but weakness did leave the body.

Grateful for the men that showed and did the really….really…. hard thing.

Week 2 here we come!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️

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