Tag: Maximus

Remember 9/11 – Honor The Sacrifice

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WARMUP: No.
THE THANG:
Grab your sandbag, shoulder it and run 5 laps around the perimeter of the parking lot, totaling an estimated 2,001m.

Start at the parking lot “goal line”:
Pick up your sandbag, run 20yds, 24 Overhead Presses, run back
Pick up your sandbag, run 40yds, 24 Bent Over Rows, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 60yds, 24 Curls, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 80yds, 24 Chest Presses, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 100yds, 24 Squats, run back and drop your sand bag.

100yd sand bag toss and overhead carry back
50yd sand bag lift, twist, toss, rotate and repeat.

24 Flutter Kicks with press
24 Simbas but I had to call it at 12, eventually.

9 Man Makers

MARY: See above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I love you men.
COT: Yes.

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No one asks me to carry heavy things.

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WARMUP: A variety of warmupy things. Maximus could have done windmills the whole time.
THE THANG:
Everyone carried a ruck or weight vest, sand bag and KB. Did. Big loop of the car line and then stopped in the parking lot
Worked island to island in the parking lot
KB 20 curls / lunge walk with torso twist
Repeat
Sandbag 20 squats / Sumo walk
Repeat
KB 20 OH press / waiter carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 upright rows / sand bag toss
Repeat
KB 20 tricep ext / goblet carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 Deadlift / rifle carry on chest
Repeat
KB 20 American Hammers / Farmer carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 Clean / Shoulder carry
Repeat
Back to COT the short way
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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No Distance, Just Work

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WARMUP:
Ruck over to Trailhead Park playground.
Slick: Windmills, Squats, Merkins

THE THANG:
25 Step-Ups (ea leg), 5 Man Makers, 10 Curls
Repeat
25 Step-Ups (ea leg), 5 Man Makers, 10 Simbas
Repeat

Ruck back to the rock at TCES
Bear Crawl ~1/2 way down the back stretch & lunge walk to the corner.
15’s: Carolina Dry Docks, Tricep Extension, Flutter Kicks w/ Press, Simbas

Hold ruck at the top of a curl and walk back to the rock.
15’s: Ground-to-Overhead, Dead Lifts, Curl into a Press

Overhead carry to the flags
15 Overhead Press, Flutter Kicks w/ Press
Lie on your back, hold your feet 6″ off the ground and ruck off the ground behind you. Go around and everyone gives a 10-count.

Overhead carry back to COT.
American Hammers, X&O’s

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Title McTitle-Face

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WARMUP:
– Air Squats
– Good Mornings
– Lunges
– The Windmill
– Imperial Walkers
– Hillbilly Walkers

THE THANG:
– Mike Tysons # 5
– Squats # 10
– Good Mornings # 10
– LBCs # 10
– Merkins # 10

After you completed the exercises you ran a lap. After each time you completed the thang you added one lap to the run.

Ended with some good ol stretching

MARY: Around The Circle
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Yes, there was COT

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Where Hmastrings & Quads Go to Die (Iron Pax Week 0 – Tellier WOD)

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Warm-Up
Run from COT to the Band practice parking lot.

The Thang – Tellier Hero WOD
Format: For Time
Equipment: Cones/markers at 5, 10, 15, and 20 yds
1. Round 1
– 10 Burpees
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 2
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 3
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 4
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 5
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 150 Squats
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
:stopwatch: Stop timer. Collapse. Wonder why you signed up for this.

Moleskine
Week 0 of Iron Pax delivered a gut check. The Tellier WOD is no joke — if your legs weren’t on fire, you’re probably not human.

The grind of burpees, merkins, lunges, sit-ups, and squats under shuttle-run fatigue was a brutal reminder of what sacrifice feels like in the smallest of ways.

When you’re tempted to quit or wish you had music blasting to push you through, remember — those this WOD honors didn’t get the choice to quit. They leaned into the hard. We honor them by finishing the reps, staying the course, and giving all we’ve got.

Shoutouts
– :clap: <@U5CVD8D7V> & <@U0603USPHAS> – came out on top today with strong finishes.
– :fire: The Machine (<@U19FA0Q8Z>) – strictest form in the lot, ensuring every rep was to standard. No shortcuts, no compromise.
– :raised_hands: <@U01JUGK82TY> – thanks for the opportunity to lead and set the tone.

COT / Takeaway
Steadfastness doesn’t come easy. It’s built under strain, in the moments when you want to stop but don’t. Today’s work was a small reminder of the cost others paid for our freedom — and the standard we’re called to uphold in return.

Prayers
:pray: For loved ones gone too soon.
:pray: For marriages — to be strengthened and rooted in faith.
:pray: For children as they grow into adulthood.
:pray: For the grace, gratitude, and discernment to ride the highs and endure the storms.

Do the hard things. Honor the sacrifice. Be the man your community needs.

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Mark “Pitbull” McDowell WOD

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We had 4 PAX at Honey Badger for a hero WOD in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Here’s what we did:

The Thang

– Run 1 Mile
– 5 Minute Plank to honor the 5 service branches of the US Armed Forces
– 200 Calf Raises
– 300 LBCs
– Run 1 Mile
– 100 Muscle-ups on the wall at the school
– 200 Merkins
– 300 Squats
Return to COT

NMM

Monday we honored my friend Mark. Mark was a 4.25 GPA student, captain of the soccer team, and an all-around great young man. He was the guy you wanted to hate because he was good at everything. But once you got to know him, you learned that he was the type of guy you strived to be. When he graduated high school, he attended the Air Force Academy. Upon graduation in 2005, he completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Captain McDowell completed the Basic Qualification Course – F-15E in May of 2008 and was assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Mark’s plane went down in Afghanistan. He left behind a wife, loving family, and many friends. As his grandfather said at his service, “He was born to fly and he died doing what he loved.”

If Mark were here today, he would have been the guy crushing the workout from the front with a smile on his face. He would have been the guy to encourage the whole time. Remember, we GET TO do this. Some others aren’t as blessed.

Aye!

Italian Job

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substi-Q at the pond

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My boy Poppins blew out his hammy doing something in the shower… sounds wild… so I figured PAX could chase me around for 45 minutes instead.

Pledge at 5:14 brief disclaimer and LFG

Out and back route up main street, right at light, turn around at QT.

Stopped a bout every 1/4 to 1/2 mile for in-cadence exercise escalator style.
Instructed PAX to join in on whatever exercise happening when they arrived

20 SSH IC
Add 5 merkins IC
Add 10 Squats IC
Add 15 OH Claps IC
Add 20 wide arm Merkins OYO
Add 25 LBCs IC
Add 15 Lunges IC

3.5 miles total

Feel better Pop

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BHAG at the Hive

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YHC was making up for a missed Q two weeks ago due to sickness. As I was reviewing previous backblasts, I came up with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal for the workout to circle the entire FMHS while carrying the KB with pain stations along the way. I hadn’t seen it done so that was the plan.

Weather was perfect. Felt like an early Fall and time for college football.

WARMUP:

SSH x 10
Windmills x 10
Merkins x 10
Arm Circles x 10

THE THANG:

With the BHAG of circling the school, which is approximately 1.5 miles, we moseyed stopping (4) times for the following:

21 KB swings
18 Upright rows
15 Goblet squats
12 Curls
9 Tricep extensions
6 Manmakers

MARY:

Finished at the end with a circuit of the following:

LBCs
Flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Read the newsletter

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No lube needed

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So here’s the thing, I missed a few guys. Not bc I don’t appreciate my fans, but bc I was having oxygen issues in the brain and the video evidence was maliciously destroyed.

The 4 headed monster(ish) was fantastic and went as follows

Birdcage- 5 minute run for a warm up
LTrain- bear crawls, lunges, merkins, lbc, squats, running
Cohiba- Step ups, derkins, irkins, crab walks, more running
Fogerty- burpees, bear crawl, diamond merkins, uphill, more running
Liberty Biberty- wall sits, and running, and more running

Here’s the deal, we are accelerating. We are taking the first step TODAY. I couldn’t be any happier to be taking over #Bushpit. I have ideas, you want more, I will give the people what they want. Today is a new day for me, and you, and the Wood. Show to know what I got in store for next week. #MILGA

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