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Full-body Beatdown at Block Party

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One dozen took a tour of Fort Mill with a full-body beatdown at Block Party. Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 20 SSH (IC)
– 20 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 20 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 20 Plank Jacks (IC)
Mosey to Founders
– 20 Squats, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, 20 Burpees, Lap
Mosey to Kimbrell’s
– 20 Forward Arm Circles (IC), hold
– 20 Backwards Arm Circles (IC), hold
– 20 Seal Claps (IC), hold
– 20 Overhead Claps (IC)
Run to FBC
– Four Corners: 20 American Hammers, 20 LBCs, 20 Flutters at the four corners
Mosey to Kimbrell’s
– 20 Wall sits (IC)
– 20 Dirty Hookups w/ feet (IC)
– 20 count BTTW
– 20 Dirty Hookups (IC)
Mosey to Fort Mill Dentistry
– Four Corners: 20 Bomb Jacks, 20 Calf Raises, 20 Werkins, Lunge Walk, 20 Ab Mat Sit-ups
Mosey to Pike parking walls
– 10 Muscle-ups
Mosey back to COT

2.14 miles total

NMM
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is that discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” John Rohn

Each day we have the option to take the daily red pill in an effort to get better. So many men live in regret wishing they would have taken care of their body in their younger years. So many men wish they would have found balance with their work and relationships. We are living the lives they wish they would have. We have the opportunity every day to build the legacy for our children. We can either be their example to follow or the motivating factor to break the cycle.

Keep pushing. Your kids are watching.

Aye!
IJ

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Moderately Done @ Slowly Burnin

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WARMUP: Um – YES. SSH, Merk, Nightclubs, Squats, LBC, Mtn Climber.
THE THANG: Mosey, 7s (Merks, Bomb Jax), DORA ( Derkins, Dips, Squats), Ladder work w DK, DiaMerks, squats, BobHurl, BBs.
MARY: Yes – 4 mins with Pax taking turns leading the group.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes. CSAUP, Fort Mill Care Center, Christmas Party, Fathers Day
COT: Solid discussion

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Honoring a Hero

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This hero workout is in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Four took on the challenge and were rewarded with a sunrise for the ages. Here’s what we did:

– Run 1 Mile
– 5 Minute Plank
– 200 Calf Raises
– 300 LBCs
– Run 1 Mile
– 100 Muscle-ups
– 200 Merkins
– 300 Squats

Mark was a 4.25 GPA student, captain of the soccer team, and an all-around great young man. He was the guy you wanted to hate because he was good at everything. But once you got to know him, you learned that he was the type of guy you strived to be. When he graduated high school, he attended the Air Force Academy. Upon graduation in 2005, he completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Captain McDowell completed the Basic Qualification Course – F-15E in May of 2008 and was assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Mark’s plane went down in Afghanistan. He left behind a wife, loving family, and many friends. As his grandfather said at his service, “He was born to fly and he died doing what he loved.”

If Mark were here today, he would have been the guy crushing the workout from the front with a smile on his face. He would have been the guy to encourage the whole time.

Remember, we GET TO do this. Some others aren’t as blessed.

-IJ

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Pendulums and clocks at Golden Corral

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WARMUP: Mozy to the corner of the HT parking lot then mountain climbers, merkins, CDD, Moroccan nightclubs, American hammers.
THE THANG: Mozy to the side of HT for wall sits. First person bearcrawls to the other side and does two burpees. Bearcrawls back. Each Pax goes once while others wall sit. Next round, everyone moves to plank position facing the wall. First person does 5 wall-tar-jai five then crawlbears to the other side for five merkins. Bearcrawls back. Rinse and repeat until all pax go once.
Mozy around back of HT and stop in front of the dumpster for three burpees. (Dumpster season not in full bloom yet, but it’s coming soon). Continue mozy through the neighborhood to the water fountain for pendulum 7s. Pax starts at top of the hill for big boy sit-ups and runs down (and back up) the hill to the fire department for Carolina dry docks. (6/1, 5/2, 4/3 etc.)
Once 7s completed, we 10-count walked to the fountain for clock merkins. Everyone starts at their own 6 o’clock and does 6 merkins. From plank position, side shuffle to 7 o’clock for 7 merkins. Rinse and repeat until we got to 12 o’clock. Due to limited time, we skipped 1 o’clock through 5 o’clock.
Mozy to COT.
MARY: not present. (Open to all men only)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Upcoming CSAUPs, blood drive, newsletter
COT: prayers for family health, end of school year

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Jason Richards “Falcon”

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13 PAX + Falcon = 14. The same number of PAX that showed up in the gloom on 4/29/2024 when Falcon collapsed after his first workout. We are here to honor this man

WARMUP:
9 motivators – a crowd favorite
Low slow squats with coupon
Low slow merkins

THE THANG:
“Falcon Heavy”
14 SSH in cadence buy-in
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4 rounds of 26 each with coupons. Only progress to the next movement once everyone except Cohiba is done
Flutters with press (the hard way)
American Hammers (the hard way)
Lunges (the easy way)
Curls
Overhead press
No rest Thrusters – if the coupon drops below your chest, 5 manmaker penalty for everyone. This was abused
Shuffle a lap with the coupon
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14 SSH in cadence (called correctly)

We made 3 full rounds. Some would say we could have finished if we didn’t mess around with motivators during warmup. Scientists are now referring to these claims as “wrong”.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: loads of stuff this summer
COT: Lifting up Falcon’s family

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We was rollin

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WARMUP: moseyed over to side by Persis and did a warmup with

SSH
Windmills
Strawberry pickers
MNC
Overhead Claps
Low and slow squats
Cyclops
Plank
Downward Dog
Upward Dog
Runners stretch
Merkins

THE THANG: back towards COT where I had a shoebox with two sets of dice and 12 exercises listed for respective dice combinations
We did three iterations with partners of 3, one person rolls, then runs a lap while two ppl do the exercise, then we did person that rolls and both other ppl run while they do the work and then finally one partner rolls and does does exercise with one partner while third runs.

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CANNOLI RUN
COT: YES!

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Roll around the store

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Quick warmup, SSH, windmills, cherry pickers. Short Mozy to Walgreens.
Start with 10 merkins at drive thru, bear crawl or lunge walk to front corner for 20 mt climbers, butt kickers across the front of the store to other corner for 30 squats. Karaoke down the side, switch half way and do 20 imperial walkers at back. Mozy across back of store for 10 SSH’s then back to merkins to rinse and repeat

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Sloppy Sink

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8 men got better and wetter at the Kitchen Sink Wednesday morning. Here’s what we did.

– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)
Sandbag march around school
– 10 Sandbag Bench (IC)
– 2 Minute Sandbag Wall Sits
– 10 Calf Raises (IC)
Bear Crawl Drags the length of the parking lot
– 10 Squats (IC)
– 10 Bent over Rows (IC)
– 10 Curls (IC)
Lunges Walk with sandbag
– 10 Overhead press (IC)
– 10 American Hammers (IC)
– 10 Manmakers
Loop the Lot
– 10 Plank Pulls Merkins
– 10 Big Boys (IC)
– 10 Flutters with a press (IC)
Long loop around the lot with Shuffle mixed in.

NMM
Two days later and I still hurt, Spidey’s sandbag has been laid to rest, and everything is still wet. I’d say that’s a successful sink workout.

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Pendulums with absolution

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WARMUP: IC exercises and stretches, wall sits, bearcrawl, crabwalks, oh my
THE THANG: 11’s pendulum with squats and monkey humpers at tops and 5 absolutions in the middle each time you pass
MARY: 10 IC American hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: free suicide prevention class, jaeger, amramp for autism
COT: yes

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