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Back to the Roots

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YHC wanted to take Seabiscuit back to its roots and hit a speed workout. So we hit the road and went toward the track at Forest Creek Middle. Much to our delight the gate was unlocked and no inseams were torn.

WARMUP: Brief mosey down the hill of Dominion Ridge to the gate, one east lap around the track.
THE THANG: 8×2 Minutes of 80% effort , 2 minutes recovery pace
At the 35 minute mark we hit the road back up the hill toward COT
MARY: 20 Flutters IC, 10 Gas Pumpers IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: TRASH PICKUP this Saturday. Meet at Peach Stand at 0745. 2 hours max.
COT: Prayers for UHauls family, sickness abounding in extended relatives.

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Staying on Brand

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Going into todays WO I was thinking I’d hold off on the merkins and the Burpees. Unfortunately , I couldn’t help myself.

While no pre-run today I did a pre-mosey with the vest and discovered all the other options that this site has. It’s a great place and I encourage PAX all over the fort to make the drive down to Catawba Ridge. It’s well worth it!

Warmup:

Mosey to the band lot where we would sprint every two islands followed by a recover mosey to the next island. We repeated this until the end of the lot.

Circled up near the car line.

15 SSH
10 MNC
3 Burpees
15 Seal Jacks
5 SLOOW Windmills
15 Mountain Climbers

Mosey to the bottom of the hill behind the football field.

2-Minute Drill

Each Pax are to perform:

25 Burpees
50 Jump Squats
75 LBC’s
100 4-CT Flutters
100 Hello Dolly’s
75 LBC’s
50 Jump Squats
25 Burpees

Every 2 minutes though they would be required to run to the next cone do Hand Release Merkins and then continue with the reps of the exercises.
The cones went from the bottom all the way to the top of the hill. Once at the Top of the hill Pax needed to run all the way back to the start stopping at each cone for additional HR merkins.

1 additional wrinkle in this routine is that I had a whistle. Every time I’d blow the whistle I would “audible” to another exercise or a new rep count. For Instance, I upped the HR merkins from 3-5-7 during this workout. In addition, I changed the total burpees from 25 to 35.

Everyone got done with this portion of the workout with about 8 minutes to spare so we ran to the last cone on the top of the hill and did 5 reps of each exercise then ran back down to the bottom of the hill. Doing 3 HR merkins at each cone on the way down and doing 10 HR merkins at the bottom of the hill. With just under 4 minutes left we ran the hill one more time doing 5 burpees and 10 flutter kicks on the way up at each cone.

We timed it so we got back to COT right at 6:00.

Appreciate Cohiba for the call and welcome Voltage all the way from Charleston!

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First in Speed, Not Last in Reporting…

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Maximus and Punch List showed for a whetstone pre-biscuit.

L Train took the Q and called his famous “Seesaw route” which – in the words of Hardwood – is “downhill both ways!”

It’s true. You just don’t think about the hills when going up.

We ran down Doby’s, through Dominion Bridge to the backside of Forest Creek Middle. Run up the hill to the main entrance on Whites Rd, cut across and down the hill to the rear entrance of Catawba Ridge. Repeat twice and head back to COT.

5 miles were run by most.

I am writing this backblast strictly for reporting purposes, as it was not YHC’s Q.

COT –

Prayers for school starting, our children having new experiences, and for our marriages as we lead said children.

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With Not more the 15 seconds to Spare

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Still reeling from how Cubbie measures shapes and distance, I took the reins to the Stockcade for the first time. These southern PAX also were reminded of the great term Rotary!(vs traffic circle)

Disclaimer was given no FNGs present

Quick mosey across the parking lot.

Warm up:
-15 SSH
—15 windmills
—15 Cherry Pickers

Mosey to Church Lot

Doings double 11’s
Church lot: Merkins and plank jacks
Rotary: Jump Squats and Burpees

With 180 seconds to spare we headed back to COT where we met up with Chuppacabra.

Prayers for marriageS, those in hospice, health of the kids.

Thankful for the opportunity to lead a great group of PAX

-Yard Sale

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Merkin Infused Happy Hour

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WARMUP: 10 each/ Side straddle hop, windmill, imperial walkers, arm circles
THE THANG: Catawba ridge loop run with 10 pain stations.
1) 25 squats, 20 flutters, 15 merkins
2) 25 calf raises, 20 monkey jumpers, 15 merkins
3) 25 box jumps, 20 hello dollies 15 merkins
4) 25 lunges, 20 Am hammers, 15 merkins
5) 25 mountain climbers, 20 big boy sit-ups 15 merkins
6) 25 shoulder taps 20 burpees 15 merkins
7) 25 dips, 20 LBCs 15 merkins
8) 25 bent over rows w plate weight, 20
Weight flutters, 15 merkins
9) 25 tricep extension w dumbbell 20 bicep curls 15 merkins
10) 25 Ass kickers, 20 sumo squats 15 merkins
MARY: wall walls, merkins, cockroaches LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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We Went Bass Fishin’

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WARMUP: Discussed the route, got a head count. It was… poorly understood.
THE THANG: Old Kingsley loop over to Bob Jones stadium for some hill repeats, then back through the old Kingsley loop for 2.5 miles and 20 minutes of hills.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Get your 10 year gear, Stuff the Bus.
COT: Bass-O went off the beaten path and was MIA until Vuvu went fishing and came back just in time for Boss Hogg closing us out in prayer.

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I’m Not A Runner?

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WARMUP:
Slight mosey to the road leading from the Fort Mill parkway entrance to the AO.
Some 21’s of SSH and IW/HW (alternating IW and HW every round of 5)
20 SSH & 1 IW
19 SSH & 2 IW
…
16 SSH & 5 IW

THE THANG:

DORA of
100 Merkins
200 LBCs
300 Squats
One partner runs ~70yards up and down the slight incline
Continued the 21’s from above for another 5 rounds.

5 burpees
Run the same distance as from the DORA
10 squats
Run
10 Merkins
Run
10 LBCs
Run
X2

Then wrapped up as many of the 21’s as possible before COT.

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The Forts fastest AO

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Tuesday July 12th seabiscuit becomes the Forts newest official AO. Join us in the parking lot of Blues smokehouse @5:15am at the corner of Doby’s bridge rd and the bypass. This is going to be a speed based running AO, geared towards improving overall speed. If you’re not fast, then this is for you. If you are fast, this is also for you. It’s kinda like Disney, there’s something for everyone.

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The Spirit of the AO

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WARMUP:
Merkins x 10
Donkey Kicks x 10 OYO
SSH x 34

THE THANG: Treehugger WOD – “Crossett Fit Games” honoring our fallen brother from F3 Lehigh Valley.

5 Rounds
10 Pull-ups
20 V-sits (ups)
30 Merkins
40 yd Broad Jump Burpees
50 yd Heart Chargers
1/2 Mile Run

MARY:
Finished out with a few flutters at the end

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q Source Tuesdays – hit up Backdraft
Straight Up is tired of male apathy – and he’s doing something about it. Hit him up about raising strong sons and forming a strong male community around those sons.

COT:
Praise for Straight Up’s 2.0, Yoshi, going on his first mission trip
Praise for El Spaniard taking his family to visit extended family in Portugal for a month
Prayers for YHC (and all of us dads) for our abilities to connect with 2.0’s and lead right.

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Field trip day

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WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: 3.5 fast miles with a spoke style workout consisting of burpees, merkins, bomb jacks, and jump squats
MARY: 6 1/2 minutes of Mary with flutters, Freddy Mercury’s, heels to heaven, shoulder taps, hello dolly’s, big boy’s, and American hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dads on tap at Amor Artis 6/7, @poppins is looking for help on 6/9 at Bethel mens shelter,
COT:

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