In Honor Of September, 11, 2001

WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees

THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press

We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.

In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.

Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.

MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed

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“Da Dip”

WARMUP: A healthy variety of 20 4-counts
THE THANG: Dips. Dips. Crazy 8s up and down Main Street. Dips. Dips. Dips. Dora. Sprint home.
MARY: Included.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 convergence, 5k run/ruck today
COT: Schools, Good Doctors’ Reports, Grace for Perseverance

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Zone 2 and The Slowest Burn

Warmup:
9 Motivators
Windmill
Moroccan night clubs
Baby arm circles
Overhead claps
Seal jacks
Low slow squat
Tempo merkin
Tempo CDD

Practice balancing:
Stand on right leg
Stand on left leg

Walk down the 5 stairs slowly and without the handrail. It’s harder than it sounds.

The Thang:
Yog to Armory

2 teams Pick a co-Q
Team A
Tempo step downs/ups on the wall

Team B – Board of pain (switch after each movement)
In SLOW cadence
5 six count burpees
10 tempo merkins
20 low slow squats
15 slow flutters
20 slow monkey humpers
10 tempo diamond merkins

MARY:
There was some

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There were some

COT:

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Shovel Flag Handoff

WARMUP:
– was done!
THE THANG:
– first 30 min by Grinder with focus on legs and abs
– last 30 min by Portal with focus on arms
MARY:
– was done as well!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Find your Joy/ Shovel Flag Hand off

WARMUP: all Exercises IC: SSH, IW, Squats, LBCs, MNCs- Flying Squirrels between each set
THE THANG: Yog to guardrail on the side of Lowes, 10 Derkins, 15 Dips, 20 step ups. Rinse & Repeat. Then mosey to one corner of Lowe’s & partner up. Partner 1 runs clockwise around the building, Partner 2 run counter clockwise. Meet in the middle for 5 partner Merkins. Run back to startex and do 5 partner Big boys (locking feet together). 3 rounds
MARY: 5 minutes of Broga led by Change Order
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shovel Flag handoff, Weezer to Peach Stand. Inspired words from both of these High Impact Men.
COT: Find Some Joy in life and share it with others. May it come back to you tenfold.
Short Sale out.

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Pleasing Others

WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, MNC
THE THANG:
3 sets of wall sit while partner does 3 sets of 10 merkins
3 sets of wall sits while partner does 3 sets of 10 squats

7’s
Burpees at the top & side straddle hop at the bottom

4 corners at the coutyard

Corner 1: 10 Merkins
Transportation: run
Corner 2: 10 Merkins, 20 (4ct) mountain climbers
Transportation: skip
Corner 3: 10 Merkins, 20 (4ct) mountain climbers, 30 LBCs
Transportation: run
Corner 4: 10 Merkins, 20 (4ct) mountain climbers, 30 LBCs, 40 flutter kicks
Transportation: lunge walk

MARY: LBC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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What are we doing here today?

WARMUP: SSH, windmills, IW, willie mays hayes, morracan night climbs into overhead claps, Michael Phelps
THE THANG: run a loop around the park stopping at every wood swing for 5 merkins, 10 squats, 15 LBC’s.
Run to the old springs building 10 step ups each side, 10 derkins. Run a lap. Repeat but 10 incline merkins and add 20 dips. Lunge lunge squat the parking lot then head up the big hill.
4 Corners. 3 laps. 30 Flutter kicks. 25 hand release merkins. 20 Bobby Hurleys. 15 Peter pointers (Alabama Prom Night in GA).
People’s chair and balls to the wall. Head to the playground for some fun.
MARY: 1 Pax calls an exercise to do. Other Pax do said exercise while the Pax that called it ran up to the slide and then slid down it. Definitely some humor at the end of a workout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Baby Shanks coming in March!
COT: prayer to Walker with the death of his sister. To my pregnant M. To all the kids going back to school next week and their teachers.

NMM – Always great to be back in The Fort to see my brothers in the gloom. The slide was a much needed laugh for the PAX.

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Mountain Climbing HIMs

WARMUP: None. It was big boy day!
THE THANG: We hit 6 hills across The Fort with 10 Burpees + 20 Squats at each plus misc work in between in places.
COT: Yes, this group is bound by Trust!

Happy belated bday @BandCamp!

Thanks for the Q stick @SoupToNuts!

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