Kicking Ass & Chewing Bubble Gum

Driving around FM the night before running errands and thinking about my Q at the Stockade. Reviewed a few BBs and didn’t see any references to coupons. Messaged The Pirate, who was Qing at Varsity, and asked if I could borrow a few Cindys. He was very much obliged as I took a few off his AO. Woke up this morning with a car packed full of Cindys and a plan, the only thing left to do was to kick ass and chew gum.

WARMUP: Short mosey around the small parking lot which led into the larger parking lot where I had the Belle Ringer IPC wo laid out. Performed a few SSH & Burpees while explaining the format of the workout. Time to work.

THE THANG:
Belle Ringer
Format: AMRAP for 40 minutes
Set-Up: Make a 5-point star with each point of the star being 25 yards away from the center.
Workout starts with:
1. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 2 and perform 10 “We’re Not Worthy”. Farmer carry back to center.

2. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 3 and perform 15 Goblet Squats. Farmer carry back to center.

3. 5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 4 and perform 20 CurltoPress OH. Farmer carry back to center.

4. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 25 Cindy Swings. Farmer carry back to center.

5. 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 30 BentOverRows. Farmer carry back to middle.

Scoring: Total reps for 40 minutes of the exercises
Each complete trip is 125 reps

MARY:
1min total – 30sec of Scissor Kicks right into 30sec of LBCs

2mim-30sec Straight Arm Plank – removed posts in a rotating fashion for 10-15 second holds.

1min total – 30sec of Flutter Kicks right into 30sec of LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, 2 charity runs tomorrow morning, Bethel Serve on Jan 1st

COT: STK!

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Transparent Thought Life

WARMUP: 50xSSHIC followed by a short mosey to our first pain station.

THE THANG:
At the end of the warm-up mosey we found ourselves at the entrance to the loop at the front of the school.
Played Catch Me If You Can with the finish line being opening to the road that leads to the back of the school
Partner#1 Bear Crawled while Partner#2 performed 5 burpees and then moseyed to catch Partner#1. Continue to flapjack until you reach the finish line.

Nex, moseyed to the back of the school to use the benches and stairs. Reverse 1/2 Jack Webb: Started with 10 step-ups each leg and then went into 40 squats. We stopped after completing the 5 & 20 mark.

Next, moseyed to the playground for a Mini No-Run Dora.
Partner#1 moved into a straight arm plank position with feet in a swing – performed one knee tuck followed by a Merkin – that equals 1 rep – Partners need to complete accumulative rep count of 100. While Partner #1 performs the exercise, Partner #2 completes 10 pullups, returns to Partner #1 and flapjack until accumulative rep count is complete.

Finally, moseyed to COT from some AB work.
30 sec. of scissor kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

Straight Arm Plank Position – held for 2min.15sec. – removed hands and feet from base in a rotating fashion, 1 at a time for 15 sec. and then removed 2 posts for 15 sec a pop.

30 sec. of flutter kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jan 1st Bethel Serve, Christmas Party, couple of Saturday runs supporting good causes – CRI & Teachers with Cancer

COT: Shared from the heart. STK.

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Carrying a Balanced Load

WARMUP: Windmills x10, Cherry Pickers x10, Plank, Down Dog, HoneyMooner
THE THANG: Grab Rucks and 2 sandbags. Ruck behind school.
2 carry sand bags 50 yards and back (overhead carry, Farmers Carry, Shoulder carry and Farmers carry agin). Rest of Pax does exercises (Curls, Swings, Squat, Upright Row, Lunge).
10 Manmakers.
Ruck to COT and drop bags.
Ruck to Hill:
First 3 sets of Bear Crawl to next platform.
1. 5,10, 15 Squats
2. 5,10, 15 Merkins
3. 5,5,5 Manmakers
Next 2 sets of Bear Crawl with Ruck pull through:
1. 10,20, 30 LBC
2. 5,10,15 Lunges
Ruck around pick up loop, when get to small loop do partner Catch me if you can.
1 partner farmer carries both rucks second does 5 Burpees and runs to catch up then switch. Do this to COT
MARY: 20 Flutters with press
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: It was perfect!

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End of the Road

WARMUP: Yea, this is important.
SSH
IW
HW
Plank sequence
Included some dynamic stretching

THE THANG:
String of Pearls
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
20 lunges
25 ……. something

added an exercises each stop. (e.g., first stop = burpees only, second stop = burpees and merkins, etc.)

the 25 rep count was one of the previous exercises. So, when we found the literal end of the road it was stop 5 and we did:
5-burpees
10-merkins
15-squats
20-lunges
25-burpees in cadence

Next end of the road stop was
5-burpees
10-merkins
15-squats
20-lunges
25-merkins

Ran out of time before finding all the ends of the road.

MARY: did imperial squat walkers at COT for the 6….that’s kinda a core exercise, right?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Food Drive happening now. Thanksgiving Convergence at the Ranch
COT: was held

NMM:

When you find yourself at the end of the road, your left with the same resources that got you there. Gotta use them to get moving again!

I heard a reference to a “second starting” line in terms of my mammon (teaching music). That is: once we learn the notes and rhythms, there’s a second starting line. We’re finally ready to make art rather than simply craft.

When you hit end of a road, turn around and think of it as the second starting line. Ain’t nothing to it, but to do it.

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Back to Skool

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers

Mosey around park, stopping for merkins, calf raises, then down the big hill in back for some low slow squats and Mime Tyson’s, then back up the hill to a whiteboard.

THE THANG:
Each exercise gets 12 reps. Complete round 1, mosey to fence by the fire department and back and you’ve graduated from first grade. Next do first and second, then run to complete second grade and so on.
1 – Moroccan nightclubs
2 – LBCs
3 – Calf raises
4 – Merkins
5 – Flutters
6 – Squats
7 – Shoulder taps
8 – American Hammers
9 – Lunges
10 – Burpees
11 – Big boy sit-ups
12 – Good mornings
MARY:
4 boards for a star workout to finish. Mike Tyson’s, Bomb Jacks, Squats, American Hammers, each board had a mode of transportation back to the center, where you do 2 burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Ring around the stockade

WARMUP: mosey around and did some reps of the exercises at each station that the workout would have. Hand release merkins, mountain climbers, calf raises, step ups, dips, Superman’s, j los and burpees.
THE THANG: Dora work with four stations set up around campus. One partner did the stationary work while the other moseyed. Finished at one station and moved to the next.
MARY: the bear crawl merkin complex. One bear crawl with each arm followed by one merkin. Two bear crawl each arm followed by two merkin. So on and so forth through ten reps each.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter.
COT: yes

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Execute, execute, execute!

We had 13 this morning for a full-body beatdown at The Stockade. Here’s what we did.

Warm-Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Plank Jacks (IC)
– 10 Merkins

The Thang
– Serpentine the HT Parking lot
– Run
– Nur
– Side Shuffle
– Butt Kickers
– Karaoke

Mosey to the Wall
– 10 One-legged Lunges ea. Leg
– 10 Dirty Hook-ups (IC)
– 10 Wall Tar Jais (IC)
– 10 Wall LBCs
– 5 Australian Mountain Climbers

Long Run behind HT back to Mailboxes
– Take turns jogging the loop with the 60lb sandbag – everyone else does the following AMRAP:
– Merkins
– Squats
– LBCs
– Wide Arm Merkins
– Calf Raises
– American Hammers
– Ranger Merkins
– Pistol Squats
– Flutters
– Burpees
– Monkey Humpers
– Plank
– Copperhead Merkins
– Low Slow Squats
– Freddies

Mosey to Walgreens
4 Corners:
– Round 1 – 10 Diamond Merkins at each corner
– Round 2 – 10 Big Boys at each corner
– Round 3 – 10 Seal Jacks at each corner
– Round 4 – 10 OH Claps at each corner

Serpentine the HT Parking lot back to COT
– Run
– Nur
– Side Shuffle
– Butt Kickers

NMM
I recently watched the below video about taking action for those relying on you. In it, Chadd Wright describes his role as a breacher in the Seal Team. He would plan the breaching of an obstacle so his team could accomplish their mission. He describes three words that took planning into action: execute, execute, execute.

That’s what people fail to do. If you don’t execute on your plan, especially when you’re tired or scared or stressed, you’re not just cheating yourself, you’re cheating those they rely on you – your family, co-workers, or team.

So ask yourself, what is one decision I’ve been avoiding making that I should instead boldly execute today? When I say, “I’ll wait until conditions are perfect,” am I actually just waiting to avoid discomfort? How clear is my “why” for the work I’m doing — and does it anchor me when things get hard?

Execute today, gentlemen!
IJ

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Longevity

WARMUP: dynamic mobility movements followed by SSH, cherry pickers, IW’s, paeter parkers, parker peters
THE THANG: mosey to front of middle school- 3 sets of 20 step ups, 20 derkins, 20 LBCs
3 sets of 20 dips, 20 calf raises, 20 flutters. bear crawl from speed bump to speed bump mosey to back of school chair sits while the pax does bear crawls, broad jumps, burpee broad jumps. mosey to playground. 3 sets of 5 strict pullups and 10 in and outs on the swings (no jokes about these movements)
Mosey to side of school for 10 squats, 10 irkins, 10 big boys for 2 sets.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: christmas party, thanksgiving convergence
COT: prayers for families, 2.0s, Ms

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Miyagi’s Reign Begins

WARMUP: Yes

THE THANG:
<@UQ50TPDLH> Gave us the opportunity to do 100 burpees with a run EMOM.

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Chipper 100
– Merkins
– Squats
– BBS
– Flutters
– Dips
– Lunges

100 reps of each, broken up however the PAX wanted.

MARY: Around the circle

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

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