WARMUP: SSHs
THE THANG:
Dora #1 – Farmers Carry
– 50 burpees
– Squats w calf raises 100
– Mike Tyson’s 150
– Mountain climbers 200
Dora #2
– Man makers 50
– Goblet squats with calf raises 100
– Halos 100
– Plank pass throughs 100
WARMUP: Jog around the parking lot, including some NUR and side lunges.
THE THANG:
Part 1:
Police Officer Tara Christina O’Sullivan
Sacramento Police Department, California
End of Watch Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan was shot and killed at the scene of a domestic disturbance in the 200 block of Redwood Avenue at 6:10 pm.
She was standing in the yard while assisting a woman to retrieve belongings from a home when a male subject inside opened fire with a rifle, striking Officer O’Sullivan. The subject continued to fire at other officers, preventing them from reaching Officer O’Sullivan or rendering aid to her. Approximately 30 minutes later, an armored vehicle arrived, and they were able to rescue her from the yard. She was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her wounds.
The subject remained barricaded inside the home for several more hours while negotiators communicated with him. He surrendered at 2:00 am the following morning. The suspect had a lengthy criminal history of violence and abuse. He pleaded guilty to her murder, and in 2025, a jury recommended the death penalty.
Officer O’Sullivan had served with the Sacramento Police Department for six months. She previously served as a Community Service Officer and an Explorer. She was survived by her parents.
Tara set the Sacramento Police Department record for the plank hold at 26 minutes and 7 seconds straight when she was a recruit at the Sacramento Police Academy. The academy’s gym, now named the Officer Tara O’Sullivan Memorial Gym, was dedicated in her honor on August 30, 2019.
Buy-In: 26 Burpees
6 Rounds: 19 Cinderblock Swings
20 Push-Ups
19 Goblet Squats
Buy-Out: 3min 49sec Forearm Plank Hold (We’ll do as a group w/ 1 timer) – Dark Helmet & Harry Carry ruled this one.
If you need a break during the Plank Hold:
1st Break: 3 Burpees and return to the Plank Hold
2nd Break: 4 Burpees
3rd Break or more: 9 Burpees
The reps signify:
– 26 Burpees for the number of years she lived in this world
– 6-19-20-19 rounds and reps for her end of watch date
– 3 minutes and 49 seconds plank hold for Tara’s badge number
– 3-4-9 Burpees penalties also correspond to her badge number.
Upon completion of the “Tara” Hero WOD, we moved to Part 2:
The target is 4 Rounds:
5 Pull-Ups
10 Cinderblock Simbas
Run to the bottom of the hill
15 Carolina Dry Docks
NUR back to the top
20 Dead Lifts
Run to A.O. Jones & back
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Need assistance with Bethel service.
COT: Indeed
WARMUP: Running with burpees
THE THANG: Golf
10 merkins and 10 LBC’s at every tee box
5 burpees at every green
Each hole varied in length – par 3, par 4, or par 5
Front 9 was both hills on Monroe white
Back 9 was from footloose to amor Artis.
PAX got to the back 9.
MARY: no time – pax were playing golf
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: 5th core principle
Thanks for the call, NASA. :eye:
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers in sync, cherry pickers, windmill, moroccan nightclubs
THE THANG: 10 Hill sprints with exercises in between. We covered pull-ups, planks, Cindy presses, swings, merkins, man makers and more
MARY: Plank to the finish
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Windmill, Cherry Pickers, Out of sync Hillbilly walkers
THE THANG: 1 man performs 10 sandbag tosses, while the remaining PAX rotate between stations of Goblet squats, Single Arm Rows, Romanian Deadlifts (1 or 2 leg), OH Press
MARY: You know I timed it perfect
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Pauly D in the home stretch. Being a dad can be tough.
Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer.
Warmup:
SSH x 15
Seal Jack x 15
Plank Jack x15
Mountain Climber x 15
Pick up something heavy get to the field
All Pax line up facing a series of cones. All Pax have to do the following with their Block or Sandbag
50 Curls
75 Flutters with Press
100 Squats
25 Man makers
Every minute on the minute they will hear a beep. When you hear the beep you move to a cone.
Mode of Transportation between cone 1 and 2 is Overhead carry. Mode of Transportation of cones 2 and 3 are murder bunny or Bag toss.
Wash rinse repeat until all reps are done.
There was also a 20 minute timer on this. All pax finished just under the 20 minutes mark.
Next Phase
All pax line up in an Indian run format. The 6 will do 5 squats. We run for a minute then do a minute of an exercise. 8 rounds.
The exercises were
Bent over rows
Lunges
Big boy sit ups
Burpee jump overs.
Did this right up until 6:00am.
Theme today was motivation. Do you rush through to get the reps done…do you take your time and try to run out the clock. Or do you have a consistent approach that maximizes your effort and results. Only you know.
Thanks to Brawny for the opportunity to lead!
WARMUP: brief: SSH, IW, HW, dynamic stretching
THE THANG: the Clovis
15 burpee pull-ups
1 mile run
10 rounds
Maximus got 5 rounds before time. The rest got less.
The kudzu behind the school is threatening to take over.
1st Lt. Clovis T Ray’s son was 5 years old when he died in Afghanistan. He’d likely graduated high school this year
WARMUP: LOL. Just counted # of packets
THE THANG: Jog to town of Fort Mill wall 15 Derkins in cadence, jog to WEP stage 20 LBCs in cadence, Jog a loop round WEP back to stage 25 Merkens in cadence, jog to Massy Hill 15 squats in cadence. Rinse and repeat OYO. Some got 3 the King (Max) got 4.
MARY: brief. Don’t know grabbing phone.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter.
COT: what happens stays
Form matters and our space is limited. Let’s get to work.
WARMUP: A short jog with some butt-kickers & side shuffles.
THE THANG: Grab the (2) 60lb sand bags and introduce them to our kettle bells.
One PAX would farmer carry the two sand bags (leaving his bell behind) and travers roughly 40yds total while the other PAX completed an exercise. Everyone got 2rds on the bags while the following exercises were completed.
Thrusters, OH Press (L), OH Press (R), Simbas, Curls, OH Tricep Extensions, Flutters w/ Press, Bent Over Rows, Dead Lifts, Standing Lunge (Left leg in front), Standing Lunge (Right leg in front).
Ditch the bags and overhead carry the bells to the front of the stadium. Form 2 lines facing each other.
Focus on form and identify the man across from you. He was your competition and your accountability.
Perform real squats until one of you take a break then we do 5 Man Makers
Repeat this evolution but doing overhead presses then 5 thrusters when failure occurs.
Very interesting to realize when these are the parameters, you’re apt to work much harder. Nobody wants to quit on someone else.
Shuffle with your bell over to the circle and form 2 columns (formation) facing me. Very reminiscent of the way Santini used to line us up.
20 KB Swings then a 20 second hold with the KB out front.
20 Low Squat pulses (yes, you Redwoods remember these) then a 20 second low squat hold (keep your chest up)
20 Flutters w/ Press and a 20 second Canoe hold
Shuffle up the hill to the maintenance entrance, do some more work.
Down to the gate for more work. Back to COT for more work.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Indeed. Stays in COT.
WARMUP: right to business, broke out into two teams
THE THANG: 4 levels of action:
Round 1) work you way through exercises by flipping over papers, you either advance, go back, or go back to start and have to redo the exercises.
– squats
– American hammers
– Lbc
– Burpees
– Merkins
– ANd more
Round 2) cinder block relay/dora. Teams had to go end to end with the blocks and a KB and use the KB as the baton for the next guy.
Round 3) card sharks, every card had a work out associated, you needed to guess if the next card is higher or lower and do the workout, if you guess wrong you do the exercise and guess again.
Round 4) sandbag relay with man maker stops.
Hats off to Barkey, Brawny, and Conundrum for taking the crown!
MARY: LBC, Box Cutter, flutters, heels to heaven and others
ANNOUNCEMENTS: kitchen sink tomorrow, hog and coyote
COT: prayers and praises