Tag: Mark Nestel

Keep working

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WARMUP: dynamic and regular warm-up exercises
THE THANG: mosey to hill. 1 at bottom bear crawl up hill 9 at top squats at bottom CDD at top. 2/8, 3/7, you get the picture. Mosey to parking lot. 4 exercises merkins, big boy, mtn climbers, ssh. Start at 22 drop 1 each round work until time runs out we got down to 14. Started at 22 to remeber and think about the average number of veterans that take their life each day.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: chili/ cornhole at forest hill church Thursday night. Poker tournament Saturday night in Springfield.
Prayers- marriages, addictions, pray for Solos brother Adam who has 4 daughters at home 1 is newborn and he has to prepare to deploy right after Christmas. He is in the Army.
COT:

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ALCATRAZ 10 YR ANNIVERSARY PARTY

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PRE-WORKOUT: Pullups with Trucker

WARMUP: Run back and forth two times in the Runde parking lot

THE THANG:

After a brief introduction including some history of Alcatraz, Funhouse kicked off COP with 50 SSH, (although I believe 100 were planned in homage to Santini). From there it was imperial walker x 10, hillbilly walker x 10. Before we got to the meat of the workout, YHC called out a classic Alcatraz upper body workout called Green Sally (Decibel/2014). It’s a song by Moby called ‘Flower’ where you plank when he sings ‘Green Sally Up’ and drop to 6″ when he sings ‘Green Sally Down’. It’s pretty tough to complete the whole song and I don’t think anyone did today. But, you have to have monster shoulder strength. Because we had a large group today, we split them in half and started our Q’s:

Funhouse on Q:
The Wheel of Pain (Funhouse/2013)
Each PAX gets a cone with an excercise and reps.
40 yard diameter circle with a cone in the middle.
Do the excercise on the cone, run to the middle and out to the cone to the right.

Freddy Mercury – 25
Lunges – 30
Burpees – 15
Merkins – 15
Rosalita- 30
Squats – 25
LBC – 25
Burpees – 10
SSH – 30
Parker Peter – 25
Plank Punches – 30
Mountain Climbers – 30
Merkins – 15

Senator Tressel on Q
Mosey to the bottom of the hill on Tara Tea Drive for ‘Quadzilla’ (Zima/2018)
Group 1 does squats while Group 2 runs backwards up the hill and does 5 bombjacks at the hilltop. Run back down and flapjack. Rinse and repeat 2 more times.

Mosey to the playground for pullups, step ups, and ab exercises (Senator Tressel/2013) We did 2 rounds today

Mosey to the wall by the concessions stand and split into two groups.
Group 1 does Peoples chair and passes a kettle bell (White Lightning/2018), while Group 2, runs to the fence, hops over it, sprints up the hill, does 3 burpees at the top, and runs back to the wall. Flapjack. (Jekyll/2017) We did 2 rounds today.

Form a line for tunnel of love (stolen from Santini at WEP/2012)

MARY: Hello Dolly x 20, Seal walk (Cornhole/2013), Navy Seal Team Sit Ups (Santini/Trucker 2013)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: Today we celebrated 10 years at Runde Park by paying homage to some of the classic beatdowns led by the great Q’s of Alcatraz. Funhouse and I drew an Alcatraz record 32 Pax and that made me very proud (of course, we advertised heavily, offered free coffee, beer, cake, and closed the other two Saturday AO’s so maybe that had something to do with it – LOL). Although, attendance at bootcamps on Saturdays isn’t what is used to be, I will post whenever I am able. Runde Park has been my home on Saturday mornings, and even after all these years, I still look forward to getting up early, meeting the Pax at 6:30, and doing that tough bootcamp workout. Many thanks to all that posted with us this morning and special thanks to our current and former site Q’s: Funhouse, Smuggler, Trucker, Skipper, and Uber for their leadership and help pulling this all together. I appreciate all you guys!

Prayers: ST’S mom with cancer, DD’s friends with a new pregnancy, Long Duck recovering from burns and back injury

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Rocktober Jams Vol 1

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WARMUP: took a quick slowsy to the sidewalk in front of the tipsy bottle for some IC exercises and stretches
THE THANG: Head to toes Tabata – 7 cycles, 6x sets ea. 25 secs on, 15 secs rest. 1 min recovery run/walk.
1. cdd
2. Shoulder taps
3. Merkins
4. Big boys
5. Superman’s
6. Monkey humpers
7. Side to side Squats
MARY: no time for her
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alcatraz 10 year convergence Saturday, poker tourney 10/14, bbq and bourbon 2nd F in Nov, Shanking with Stang
COT: prayers for safety and travel mercies for our in-laws on vacation, prayers for healing for long duck, prayers for marriages and 2.0s, praise to our fellow pax for accountability

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CLYDESDALES VQ

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WARMUP: Welcome, disclaimer (lame today) and explanation of route.
THE THANG: Take the walking path toward town and take a left on Skipper and a right onto Tom Hall St. Follow Tom Hall and right onto Main St back to 160. Right on 160 and left onto Massey Street (up that hill) all the way to Harris. Right on Harris, right on Ardrey, left on 160 and back on the trail to COT. About 4 miles total
MARY: No Mary was done today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alcatraz 10 yr anniversary workout this Saturday at Runde Park. Dam to Dam 10K and fundraising events starting now. Support your local community
COT: Prayers for my mom with dementia and terminal cancer, and the men and women serving our country.

This was my first Q at Clydesdales and the 1st time I’ve Q’d a run in several years. It was great to be back on that familiar trail and to spend time time with my friends Twister and Change Order. The cool fall weather was the icing on the cake. What a great way to start the day!

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Skipper’s Tour de Corral

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WARMUP:
– Quick mosey around the lot followed by COP…windmill, produce picker, low slow squat, merkin, up dog and down dog.
THE THANG:
– Started with a merkin gauntlet in front of Bubbles ‘N Bows. PAX formed a line arms length apart and held plank. PAX took turns traveling the gauntlet, stopping to do a merkin at each planking PAX. Rinsed and repeated, swapping out Al Gore for the plank and burpees for the merkins.
– Mosey thru the parking lot to Stockbridge Dr, right on Arbor Village to Grant Farm Dr. Completed a round of 7s on Grant Farm hill. Burpees at the bottom (entrance to apartment complex) and hand release merkins at the top (fire department parking lot).
– Mosey back to Bubbles ‘N Bows for a DORA…300 sumo squats, 200 Superman, 100 wide arm merkin. Cut the Dora a little short to save 5 minutes for Mary.

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On the fly(forgot to schedule a Q)

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WARMUP: IC exercises and stretches
THE THANG: mosey to side wall at teeter for wall work that included wall sits and Moroccan nightclubs while 1 pax ran to other side and performed 5 flying squirrels and ran back. Next round included Mike Tyson’s on the wall while pax ran out and performed 5 burpees. Alternating to wall plank and then wall sits until complete. More moseying behind teeter for curb 7’s that had us bearcrawling to one curb for incline merkins and crab walk back for dips. More mosey for partner AROD hill work at the apartments. One partner ran up to the firehouse and back while other partner performed 300 lbcs, 200 squats, 100 merkins.
MARY: some IC work
ANNOUNCEMENTS: upcoming BBQ/bourbon event, upcoming poker event, q source, read your newsletter
COT: enjoy the little things in life, travel mercies

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Happy 11th Anniversary

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WARMUP: mosey to a random lot for 11 of various exercises

THE THANG: mosey to the east of Lowe’s for 11’s – hand release merkins and squats. Mosey to rail behind Lowe’s for 3 sets of 11’s – dips followed by merkins, dips and wide arm merkins and dips and diamonds.

Mosey to the mulch piles for more 11’s – flying squirrels and lunges.

Mosey to cot doing 2 flying squirrels after every island.

With 1 minute to spare pax stretched and did a 20 second body destroyer.

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: affirmative and in the newsletter you should read.
COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Peach Stand. Honored to lead on the 11th anniversary of the fort. Keep giving away what’s been generously given us.

Cyclops

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Jams Sesh at the traz

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WARMUP: Stretches and IC exercises
THE THANG:
1)Tabata – 6 cycles, 6x sets ea. 20 secs on, 11 secs rest. 1 min recovery run. Run around lot.
1. Squats
2. Flutters  
3. Monkey humpers
4. American hammers
5. Lunges
6. Vups

2)DORA at steep road. Partner does 5 flying squirrels at the top.
1. 100 jump squats
2. 200 hillbilly Walker
3. 300 lbcs

3)Round of 11 motivator to end things

MARY: 2 remaining minutes were used for IC on your 6 exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: poker night, bbq and bourbon night, read your newsletter
COT: prayers for those that are ailing and those dealing with loss of a loved one. Prayers for our 2.0s. Always thankful for what we have.

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Ramblings at The Ranch

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Five guys rambled around The Ranch for an assortment of exercises and much mumblechatter. Here’s what we did:

Warm-Up
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Seal Jacks (IC)

Mosey to the picnic tables
– 10 Irkins (IC)
– 10 Dips (IC)

Mosey to the back lot
– 4 Corners Escalator (10, 15, 20, 25)
– Merkins, Calf Raises, LBCs, Overhead Claps (70 reps of each exercise)

Mosey to the back of SMS
– Boberry Laps (4 laps, 10 Burpees per lap)
– Various stretches to catch our breath

Mosey back to the picnic tables
– 15 Step-ups each leg
– Calf Stretches

Mosey to the hill
– Sevens with Bobby Hurleys and Monkey Humpers

Mosey back to COT
– 3 Minutes of Mary
– 10 American Hammers (IC)
– 10 Hello Dollies (IC)
– 10 Gas Pumpers (IC)
– 10 Boxcutters (IC)
– 10 V-Ups (IC)
– 10 Ab Mat Sit-ups

2.41 miles total

NMM
Today I learned that Mainframe calls Food Lion the “Shitty Kitty,” Change Order was the reason the bell curve exists at school, Saw Dust cried when Coach K retired, and Senator Tressel is running off to Europe with a much younger woman. If that type of info doesn’t get you interested in The Ranch, I don’t know what will. Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Enjoyed our time this morning.

-IJ

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