Closing out 2025

Eight men showed up for the final workout at Alcatraz this year. We began with some stretching and a slow jog to the fire station. We traveled up and down the three streets across from the park, at the bottom and top of the streets, 10 merkins and 10 squats. After we took a moment to catch our breath, we made our way back to the parking lot and on to the field.
For the remaining time, we performed the Accumulator. List of exercises, sprint across the field and back, add an exercise.

Exercises:
– CCDs
– Jump Squats
– Flutters
– Shoulder Taps
– Side Lunges
– Box Cutters
– Hand Release Merkins
– SSHs
– Burpees

I ended with an analogy. I asked if anyone heard of Stanley Drukenmiller (nope) , or David Tepper (yes). Both of these men have consistently outperformed the stock market over the past 30 years. Doubling their money in less than 3 year compared to 7.2 if invested in an index fund. Relating it back to fitness, you can continue to be average or you can seek out those men who excel and find out what they do differently.
Start now…It doesn’t get any easier when you get older.

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12 days of kettle bell

WARMUP: morrocan night club, windmill, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, plank, downward dog, honey mooner.
THE THANG: latter adding a new exercise for 12 rounds.
10 x curls
10 x goblet squats
10 x calf raises
10 x over head press
10 x american hammers
10 x pass thrush
10 x flutters with press
10 x lunges pass through
10 x simba
10 x push ups on bell
10 x man makers

MARY: america hammer, x and o’s, freddy merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel men’s shelter, convergence.
COT: thankful for another day and patience around the holidays

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Here, There and Everywhere

WARMUP: None until 3/4 of the way through the workout
THE THANG: Mosey to pull up bars. Plank while each Pax does 5 pull ups.
Mosey to pickle ball courts and do 20 monkey humpers.
Mosey to wall and do: 25 dips, 20 step ups and 20 Derkins.
Mosey to Golf Course Hill: Pair up and grab a rock: 1 pax runs while other does exercise with a rock. Exercises: Curls, Overhead Press, Squat, Chest Press and Bent Over Row.
Mosey back to wall: 25 dips, 20 step ups and 20 Derkins.
Mosey past pickle ball courts and do 20 monkey humpers.
Mosey to pull up bars. Plank while each Pax does 5 pull ups.
Mosey past fire station for warm ups: 10 IW and 10 HW
Mosey down hill: 5 burpees, Quadzilla up (NUR up hill and 5 squats)x3
Mosey to parking lot for Broga.
MARY: 1 minute of mary (LBC and Freddy)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Yes

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Kingsley loops

WARMUP: none
THE THANG: right on Mun left and Kingsley park circle, cross over 160 to Kingsley do as many loops as possible, head back
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party
COT: keep several father in laws and uncles in your prayers plus prayers for direction.

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Deck The Halls with reps and running

WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Deck of Pain on the main stage. The suit is the workout the number on the card is the reps.
Hearts: Merkins – Ace: Plank 60s
Spade: Squat – Ace: Wall Sit 60s
Diamonds: SSH – Ace: Line Jumps :left_right_arrow: then :arrow_up_down: 60s each.
Clubs: BBS – Ace: Feet on wall sit ups. X25
Joker: Lap around the Christmas tree then 10 burpees
90 reps each suit workout
Next up Indian run around WEP
Finally end up at the top of the hill on the south end for some 7’s with squats up top and v-ups at the bottom. Slippery slopes with leaves when going up and down. One casualty… RIP <@UMVTXH0BX>

MARY: she found us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, Christmas party
COT: YES!

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Doom Loop

Started with a mosey run

Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp walkers, Moroccan N/C, low slow squats, arm circles, peter parkers, plank stretches.

Doom Loop: start on the line with 5 burpees, run to the wall and climb up/over it, run towards front of the school, bear crawl between the cones, run back to start line. We repeated for three loops.

Mosey run

Wall work: wall sit and pax at both ends run out for 3 burpees. Then did some BTW for five counts.

Mosey run

Push up circle: each pax did one thru the circle, then two…all the way to five.

Mosey run

Playground: partner DORA: P1 stays and does leg lifts (we held the fence), while P2 runs out to the concrete path and back. Count was 100.

Then did 10 pull ups OYO.

Mosey run

Bench work: step ups, ten each leg. Dips.

Run to COT for slam ball toss.

Fini

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Light Poles of Death

WARMUP: Some
THE THANG: Mosey to school-10 WindMills- Mosey to Benches- 25 dips.
Mosey to light poles- 10 Merkins and 15 Squats every time at the 1st light pole. Run to next light pole 1 burpee 20 LBC. Back to first the to 2nd 2 burpees and 20 LBC. Every lap add a burpee. On way back stop at benches for 25 Dips, 10 cherry pickers at school and 20 Hello Dollies at Bank. Over 3.5 miles for all.
We had a couple people recovering from Spartan and a couple ruckers.
MARY: Heck No
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: YEs

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