Fast Ruck was name of the game. Some faster than others. Top score was 4.17 miles in 1:02.
Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Cheese Shredder
Mosey around the parking lot
The Thang:
1. 4 Corners:
Corner 1: 10 Merkins
Corner 2: 15 Squats
Corner 3: 20 Plank Jacks
Corner 4: 25 American Hammers
➡️ Lap 1: Mosey between corners, Lap 2: Lunges between corners, Lap 3: Bear Crawl between corners, Lap 4: Crab Walk between corners
2. Partner Work:
P1: Plank
P2: 10 Burpees,
Repeat with:
20 Squats / partner holds Al Gore
10 Big Boys / partner holds 6 inches
20 Mountain Climbers / partner holds plank
3. Dora:
Partners:
100 Carolina Dry Docks
200 Shoulder Taps
300 LBCs
➡️ One partner works, the other jogs 25 yds and back.
Mary:
American Hammers – 15 IC
Box Cutters – 15 IC
Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises
WARMUP: Mosey up and down a few parking lot lanes with a round of NUR and some exercises after each round.
THE THANG: Mosey to the curb on the side of Persis
10 Mike Tysons
20 Squats & 20 Squat Pulses
Over to the curb on the side of Lowe's & PAX line up on the curb. The man on each end of the line will bear crawl out 15yds, perform 3 Diamond Merkins and bear crawl back. The rest of the PAX will hold a plank. Perform this until all men complete 1 crawl round.
Run behind Lowes to the front of the garden center & circle up
20 Wheezie Jeffersons
20 Flutters
10 X's & O's
20 Freddy Mercury's
10 X's & O's
Back to the lot on the side of Persis
20 Standing Lunges each leg
10 Jump Squats
10 Mike Tysons
It was now 0543 and I ran out of material….AGAIN.
So we ad-libbed with more running, burpees, core work and merkins. It's up to the PAX to decide the effectiveness of both the Weinke and the ad-lib.
MARY: See Above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pick Up, Excavation, Bethel
COT: 5th Core Principle
WARMUP: Non existent
THE THANG: Super simple…running with push-ups, V-ups and American Hammers.
At every stop, the PAX would perform:
5 V-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers
Here's the route we took:
Up Massey and R/T Harris St.
Stop at Church of the Nazarene for the prescribed exercises (PE).
Continue down Harris St to the entrance of Harris St park for PE.
Head up Jackson St and stop at the intersection with Sidney Johnson St for PE.
Continue up Jackson St to the intersection with N. White St. for PE.
L/T onto Clebourne St into FMRX for PE.
Continue on Clebourne to the intersection with Springs in the public parking lot for PE.
Continue down Springs to the end for PE.
R/T Summersby St to Unity for PE.
Run up Unity to the intersection with Hill St for PE.
Run up to the Post Office parking lot for PE.
R/T Tom Hall back to the public parking lot for PE as time permits.
Back to COT.
MARY: See above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots.
COT: Like they do.
WARMUP: You should've done that & stretched prior to launch.
THE THANG: Run to the bottom of the hill at the entrance of the school compound for 5 of each of the following Merkin series:
Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular, Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular
NUR back up the hill to the small parking lot
20 Oblique Crunches each side
Run to the front of GHES
10 Mike Tysons
Bear Crawl to the opposite curb, Crawl Bear back
20 V-Ups
Bear Crawl to the opposite curb, Crawl Bear back
Run to the back wall behind GHES (so glorious)
Run to the wall, go over, touch the school, 2 Burpees
Run to the wall, go over, back to the start, 2 Burpees
That's 1 Round. Complete 5 Total Rounds
Slow Flutter Kicks
American Hammers while touching both hands on each side.
Run about 100 yards to a random light pole
20 Carolina Dry Docks & 20 Flutter's I/C
Run to the basketball court for a 3-tier suicide set with 5 lunges each leg after the full set.
Complete 2 full sets.
Run to the benches at GHMS
10 step-ups each leg followed by 20 Derkins
10 Bulgarian split squats each leg followed by 20 slow dips
Back to COT for a little more Mary
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8/28 Excavation, Bethel, Trash Pick Up, Cut Da Grass
COT: 100%
WARMUP: briefly
THE THANG:
Double 11s (22s?)
Suitcase carry to other side
E2MOM
Buddy curls, start with 1 rep up to 10 then back down. Do burpees until the 6 finishes
MARY: big boys!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP:
10 Mountain Climbers
10 Windmills
10 Cherry pickers
Mosey around the parking lot loop
THE THANG:
With Rucksacks and Sandbags
20 sandbags curls, reverse drag sandbag across the field, 20 sandbag curls, reverse drag sandbag back across the field, 20 sandbag curls, sandbag toss across the field, 20 sandbag curls, sandbag toss back across the field, 20 sandbag curls.
Shoulder the sandbag walk around to the zipper sign on the outer loop sprint to the next light pole, walk to the next light pole, sprint to the next.
Walk over to the corner on Dave Gibson
3 rounds of 10 Romanian deadlifts
Walk down to the next light pole 3 rounds of 10 bent over rows, walk down to the next light pole 3 rounds of 10 overhead presses.
Sprint back up to the corner, 3 rounds of 10 guardrail merkins
Return to COT. Various stretches for a full stretch.
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletters.
COT: It is what it is…
WARMUP: dynamic
10 Wind mill
5 bend & Reach
THE THANG:
1 mile
1 stop (20 low slow squats, 10 hand release merkins, 30 American hammers)
Competition test
1 minute ARAP Merkins
1 Minute ARAP curlups
1.5 mile run
MARY:
ARAP
10 Merkins
20 Squats
30 Crunches
Flutters
Merkins
Big boys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers for new beginnings for people.
Eagle Claw going to The Citadel
WARMUP: Run a bit in the Sweep parking lot then a few warm up exercises: 10 Lunges each leg, 10 Mountain Climbers I/C, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Mak Tar Jah
THE THANG: The "theme" this morning, albeit unspoken, was to run to a spot and do the work. In some cases, we'd repeat it and in others, it was a one-and-done. I know, novel idea.
Exit the lot, run to Dave Gibson and turn left onto Dave Gibson's, stopping at the bottom of the hill.
10 Diamond Merkins
10 Mountain Climbers I/C
10 Carolina Dry Docks
10 Mak Tar Jah's
Run up the hill to the small parking lot and back down.
Repeat the exercises.
Run back up and down.
When all finish the final run, run up opposite hill to the realty office. Perform:
10 Hand-Release Merkins
10 V-Ups
10 Shoulder taps (ea side)
10 Jump Lunges
Run back down then up to Ben Casey Dr.
10 Hand-Release Merkins
10 V-Ups
10 Shoulder taps (ea side)
10 Jump Lunges
Run to Discount Tire
20 Dips & 20 Peter Parkers (10 ea side)
Run to the light at the 1st Brayden entrance: Emory Lane
10 Burpees
Run through the neighborhood and down to the bottom of Brayden Parkway
15 Squats & 15 Hand-Release Merkins
Run to the top of Brayden Parkway for 5 Burpees
Wrap it up at COT for some additional Mary.
I leave it to 38 Special to verify the accuracy of my reporting.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The team spends a lot of time developing the newsletter with great content, leverage it.
Bethel needs on 8/6
Excavation on 8/28
Stuff the bus on 8/8
There were more
COT: 100%
WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: squats, merkins, flutter kicks and hills
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: