Honoring Navy SEAL Lt Brendan Looney with TMF trailer of pain

I was able to convince one of the Travis Manion Foundation managers (Chris) to bring one of their trailers of pain to honor a fallen hero. Today we honored 1st Lt Travis Manion’s best friend Lt Brendan Looney. They were best friends and they are buried side by side at Arlington National Cemetery after their heroic acts and careers.

WARMUP:

windmills, low slow squats, Moroccan night clubs

THE THANG:
Our friend Chris AKA “Hawkeye”now, had all sorts of toys 🧸 🚂🪀in his trailer but we went for 60lbs sandbags.

The WOD:

DOB // 02.24.1981
2 laps run/ruck
24 Over the head/shoulder sandbag toss
81 calf raises

He died on his 59th mission.
59 squats with sandbag optional, all of us did the majority of squats with a bag on our shoulders.

DOD // 09.21.2010
9 man makers
21 front sand bag tosses
10 lunges

Rinse and repeat!! We completed two full rounds.

Everyone was smoked 💨

MARY: flutter kicks, LBC’s and box cutters for 2 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, trash pick up,
COT: stays in COT

Tinsel 🎄 OUT… you are welcome!!

Honoring Navy SEAL Lt Brendan Looney with TMF trailer of pain

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Sgt. Joe Nurre

WARMUP:

  • Moroccan Nightclub
  • Imperial walker or hill billy walker -> I was confused
  • Cherri Picker

THE THANG:

  • Bucket of fun
  • Pick a card -> announce exercise
  • One person runs with 30 lb vest to the island and back
  • PAX complete the exercise -> Squat kick, South Carolina Crab, Archer Pushup, Imperial Squat Walker, You Pick, Mike Tysons,
  • 3 Pain stations -> reps 5, 10, 15, 10 and 5
  • Station 1 – Wide Arm, LBC, Mike Tyson
  • Station 2 – Jump Squat, Lunges, Plank Jacks
  • Station 3 – American Hammers, Leg Raises, Big Boy Situps

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bethel Men's Shelter
  • Cannoli run
  • Ruck Event

COT:

  • We remember Sgt. Joe Nurre. KIA Aug 21, 2005 in Iraq. He was my soldier. He volunteered to deploy with my unit to prevent his best friend from deploying alone. He paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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Campus Tour

WARMUP: SSH, merkins, planks, stretching, mosey around w/ high knees, butt kicks, karaoke * 2, and stop for low slow squat, imperial walker, and hillbilly walker.
THE THANG: Start at the benches near the main entrance – 10 step ups (each leg), 10 dips, 10 inclined merkins, 6 declined merkins * 3 sets of each. Mosey to practice band field – bear crawl from one to the other – stopping at the 20, 40, 40, and 20 completing that amount of LBCs. Mosey to pull up bars and complete set of hanging for 10 seconds, hanging with knees to chest and hanging with feet up to 90 degrees – 10 reps each. After that, grab a cinder block and complete the following – 10 curls, 10 OH presses, 20 flutters with chest presses * 3 sets of each. Mosey around a little more and end with a very short mary.
MARY: American hammer, hello dolly, body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read newsletter – lots of races and a CSAUP coming up.
COT: Prayers and praises from everyone.

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Bob Kalsu

WARMUP: WM, IW, HW Merkins
THE THANG: honored Bob Kalsu, 100 Thrusters with Cindy while doing 5 burpees EMOM. After done we did 7’s Bigboys with Cindy and Merkins at the bottom of the hill.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Springfield 5K >2026
COT: Yes

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Smokin Cindy Beatdown

Specialist Ryan Dennis Orin Riley was a 22-year-old soldier from Richmond, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army. He is remembered for his dedicated service during Operation Inherent Resolve.

## Service History:
* Enlistment: He joined the Army in October 2016.
* Unit Assignment: He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
* Specialization: He served as a 13J Fire Control Specialist, responsible for integrating and processing tactical battlefield information.
* Deployments:
* South Korea: Served at Camp Casey from March 2017 to March 2018.
* Iraq: Arrived in Iraq in December 2018 for his first combat deployment.
* Passing: Specialist Riley died on April 20, 2019, in the Nineveh province of Iraq in a non-combat related incident while supporting missions to defeat ISIS.

## Awards & Decorations:
During his service, he earned several recognitions, including:

* Combat Action Badge
* National Defense Service Medal
* Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
* Korea Defense Service Medal
* Army Service Ribbon
* Overseas Service Ribbon

He was buried with full military honors at Madison County Memorial Gardens in Richmond, Kentucky, following a funeral service on May 6, 2019.

Warm-Up:
SSH – 25 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan NC – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
Cheese Shredder

The Thang:
1. Dora: Partner up. One works, one runs 50 yards and back. Switch.

Exercises (with cinder):
100 Block Chest Presses
100 Block Curls
100 Block Overhead Presses

2. Perform a Ladder: (Start with 5 reps; Add +5 each round except Blockees; 5-10-15-20-15-10-5)
After each round, run 1 lap around track

Exercises (with cinder):
1 Blockees (burpee w/ cinder)
2 Block Squats
3 Block Swings
4 Block Thrusters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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All in cadence?

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers
Mosey/karaoke around bus loop, stoping for inclined merkins and then calf raises on the curb
Grab a cinder block and shuffle down to the school in the back for 4 corners
5 manmakers every time you get back to the middle
Corners are: 20 thrusters, 15 Cindy swings, 20 2-hand upright rows, 15 goblet squats
THE THANG:
Drop cinder blocks back off and then do an abbreviated Hightower on our way to the end zone of the football field

The rest is all called in cadence:
Interlink arms and lunge walk, stop after 4 count, perform exercises, then lunge walk again, exercise, lunge walk, exercise, lunge walk, etc. below are the stops
mike Tyson’s
Freddy mercury
squats
Ranger merkins
Lbc
Carolina dry docks
Low slow squats
Wide arm merkins
American hammers

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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All in cadence?

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers
Mosey/karaoke around bus loop, stoping for inclined merkins and then calf raises on the curb
Grab a cinder block and shuffle down to the school in the back for 4 corners
5 manmakers every time you get back to the middle
Corners are: 20 thrusters, 15 Cindy swings, 20 2-hand upright rows, 15 goblet squats
THE THANG:
Drop cinder blocks back off and then do an abbreviated Hightower on our way to the end zone of the football field

The rest is all called in cadence:
Interlink arms and lunge walk, stop after 4 count, perform exercises, then lunge walk again, exercise, lunge walk, exercise, lunge walk, etc. below are the stops
mike Tyson’s
Freddy mercury
squats
Ranger merkins
Lbc
Carolina dry docks
Low slow squats
Wide arm merkins
American hammers

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Bam Bam Board of Pain

WARMUP: Moroccan Night Club, Windmills, Side Straddle Hops
THE THANG: Over Head Press, KB Swings w/Block ,Merkins, Big Boy Situps w/Press, Curls,Squats w/Blocks.
MARY: LBC’S, Hello Dolly’s and other core exercises to name a few.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: Prayer for Uhaul family

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St.Patricks Day WOD in Honor of Joe McGarry

Today we Honored my friend amd Mentor Officer Joe Mcgarry. Joe was a US Marine who served in Vietnam and 33 years in the NYC Transit Police and NYPD after the hostile takeover. Joe was a great cop and would drop everything to help a fellow cop
On 9/11 Joe answered the call like many of us and worked down at ground zero. Joe sadly passed from cancer two years ago in April from 9/11. He will be forever missed and never forgotten.
WARMUP: WINDMILLS,IMPERIAL WALKERS,HILLBILLY WALKERS AND SOME STRETCHING
THE THANG: WE DID 17 REPS OF EACH EXERCISE AMD RAN THE BUSLOOP. MOST GOT AT LEAST 5 ROUNDS SOME GOT MORE.
LEPRCHAUN LUNGES
LORD OF THE DANCE SSH
GREEN MT CLIMBERS
DROPKICK MURPHY SHOULDER TAPS
IRISH TWISTS
POT O’GOLD SQUATS
PATTY O’PUSHUPS W/ PLANKJACK
KISSE IM IRISH SITUPS
MARY: NO MARY
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: PRAYERS FOR UHAUL AND MARRIAGES

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2026.11 Ring of Fire

Starting from the endzone of the field:
10 burpees, 20 Merkins, 20 squats
40 yard dash on one foot (alternating feet every 5 yards) then finish run to other endzone.
After down and back, 20 big boys which completes a round.

As many rounds as possible.

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