Swole Chicken with a Side of Mary

Swole Chicken with a Side of Mary
WARMUP: Ruck to lot behind Starbucks
– SSH
– CASBAH #2’s
– CHERRY PICKERS
THE THANG:
– Ruck to the stairs up and down to the hotel for Irkins.
– Ruck back to the amphitheater. More Irkins.
– Ruck to the roundabout. More Irkins.
– Ruck up to “21” and about face.
– Ruck to the roundabout. More Irkins.
– Ruck back to the amphitheater. More Irkins.
– One more time up and down the stairs
– Back to COT for some Mary

MARY: Round Robin U-Call-It
– LBCs
– Flutter press
– Box cutter
– Big boys
– Dolly Partons
– Heel taps

Mary left and some called out arm work
– Curls
– OH Press
– Lat extension
– Dead lift

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter tonight (5:30 Curtis St -Rock Hill), Independence Day convergence, Sweaty Barry (he got new shoes BTW)
COT: prayers for the job hunt, for school transition, court hearings, family, growth, freedom and healing.

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Does it stink everywhere or is that one of us?

DISCLAIMER: Disclaimed
WARMUP: Mosey around parking lot to alley next to HT.
– 20 SSH IC
– 10 LSS IC
– 10 Windmills IC
– 10 Imperial Walkers IC
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
– 10 MNCs IC
– Yoga
– Wall sits with waterfall of bearcrawls and burpees

THE THANG: Mosey back over to parking lot near Dogtopia.
Perform 1 burpee on one side of parking lot, and list of exercises on other end of parking lot. Burpees increase every round.
– 10 Bomb Jax
– 20 Merkins
– 30 Wide Arm Merkins
– 40 Squats
– 50 LBCs
– 40 Lunges
– 30 American Hammers
– 20 Diamond Merkins
– 10 CDDs

MARY: Flutters, Big Boys, Hello Dollys, Box Cutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter

COT: Stays in COT

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Rose Infested Snake Pit

WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Windmill, Cherry Pickers, Out of sync Hillbilly walkers
THE THANG: 1 man performs 10 sandbag tosses, while the remaining PAX rotate between stations of Goblet squats, Single Arm Rows, Romanian Deadlifts (1 or 2 leg), OH Press
MARY: You know I timed it perfect
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Pauly D in the home stretch. Being a dad can be tough.

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Always a crowd pleaser…

WARMUP: Mosey’d around the parking lots and picked up Sugar Bug so he got a chance to run. Back at COT we did: windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parker’s, Parker Peter’s.
THE THANG: Everyone’s favorite- the deck of cards.

Do what the cards say based on suit and #.

– Diamonds: 2-7 was merkin with a bell lat pull; 8-ace was man makers (everyone loved these!)
– Clubs: 2-7 was flutter with a press; 8-ace was American hammers
– Spades: 2-7 was lunge with bell pass through leg; 8-ace was squat with should press
– Hearts: 2-7 was single arm curl; 8-ace was kb swings
– Joker was 50 SSH and 10 bomb jacks
– After every 6 cards, we did a farmers carry in 1 arm about 100 yards, then switched hands for the walk back

MARY: did about 4 rounds
ANNOUNCEMENTS: hog and coyote
COT: complete!

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1 mile and no smiles

WARMUP: WINDMILLS/IW/HW/PICKERS/PLANK STRETCHING
THE THANG:
The Thang – Stairway Grinder:
6 Rounds – Ruck on for this half

Ruck to top of Amphitheater and then back down
At the bottom of each round, perform cumulative exercises:

Step-Ups – 20 total
Ruck Upright Rows – 15
Sandbag Front Squats – 15
Ruck Curls – 15
Overhead Ruck Press – 15
Sandbag toss – 5 per side

Round 2 Slick

HR Merkins – 5
Big Boys – 10
LBCS- 15
Humpers- 20
Flutters – 25

MARY: 2 rounds of a bench Webb with step ups and Bulgarian SS, then we took a lap to get to 1mi.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: mental health

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What’s a Kraken Man-Maker?

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Low slow squats

Head to entrance hill and complete a “7”. Man-makers at the bottom and squats at the top

THE THANG:
Card game:
Numbers 1-10, do the number of reps per card:
Hearts – Goblet squats
Clubs – overhead press
Diamonds – KB swings
Spades – 2-hand upright rows
 
A – 5 Man-Makers
K – 10 Lunge squats w/bell overhead, single count
Q – 15 flutter with press – count on press
J – 20 Plank pull-throughs
 
Joker – 5 Kraken Man-Makers. Pick a partner and do these together
MARY: American hammers and Freddy mercury’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Party on Massey Hill

WARMUP:
40 SSH
10 windmills
20 Merkins
Mosey up Massey Hill

THE THANG: DORA style, 4 rounds:
One partner runs down and up Massey hill, other partner accumulates reps.

Round 1:
100 merkins
150 CDD
200 shoulder taps

Round 2:
75 big boys
100 flutters
150 mountain climbers

Round 3:
100 monkey humpers
100 jumping split lunge
100 squats

Round 4:
75 navy seal burpees
+9 navy seal burpees at the end of

MARY: Flutters, but mostly gasping for breath

ANNOUNCEMENTS: several

COT: don’t be generic – be specific and willing to open up about your struggles

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Never skip leg day

WARMUP: 0.8 miles lap around LPL building
THE THANG:
At the amphitheater, elevens using the concrete steps: 1 step up each leg, 10 calf raises; 2 SU, 9 CR… progressive to 10 SU, 1 CR.

Ruck to the building behind Epic, up the stairs, one lunge on each light on the second floor, all the way down to stairs in front of hotel, went down the stairs on the back, up the stairs again, lunges on each lights on second floor, down the stairs in front of corkscrew bar, rinse and repeat up the stairs but switch to back lunges this time, down the stairs at the end, turn around and complete back lunges on each light on second floor. Down the stairs again.
Loop around packs tacos and back to the amphitheater.

Rucks off, elevens again:
1x 4 count pickle pointers, 10 squats; 2×4 count PP, 9 squats… progressive to 10 PP, 1 squat… those 4 count PP added up quickly

It was a full leg workout with plenty of complaining
MARY: 10 minutes of broga and stretching.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hog & Coyote; Tortoise & Hare
COT: YES

Tinsel :christmas_tree: out!!

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The Hive Shovel Flag Hand-Off

WARMUP: Happy Hour warmed us up for the impending bear down
THE THANG:
Round 1: 10-min AMRAP
10 x KBS
10 x KB squats
10 x KB deadlifts
10 x KB clean and jerk

Round 2: 25-min of suffering

PAX circle up at bottom of the hill.
Non-stop KB swings, accumulate as many as possible – every time you stop swinging you complete:
5x burpees
10x merkins
15x squats
Resume swinging

Meanwhile…pax take turns carrying heavy objects up the hill to the speed bump. Options included:
100lb sandy nut sack
60lb sandy hog (sand bag)

Everyone worked hard, everyone complained, everyone got better

MARY:
LBCs
American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes there were several

COT: Had to be there

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Secret Service Social Security

WARMUP: ImpWalkers, ChPickers, SSH, Windmills, Bro(Y)oga

THE THANG:
1. Modified Secret Service Snatch Test.
1. Bell weight/ Required Reps / Time limit
1. 50 / 200 / 10:00
2. 45/ 222 / 11:06
3. 40 / 250 / 12:30
4. 35 / 286 / 14:18
5. 30 / 333 / 16: 39
1. If done early… Repeat warmup exercise of choice until all are done
1. Dora: 150 Merkins & 2-Bell Farmers Carry
1. More was planned, but was cut short due to time

Actual SSST: https://movemoresitless.wordpress.com/tag/secret-service-snatch-test/

MARY: 100 LBC, mixed Bro(Y)oga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive, Bethel, etc…
COT: Held / Aye

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