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Burpees in the Gloom: Because Therapy is Expensive

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YHC Arrived 15 minutes early. Stretched in the stillness. As the PAX rolled in, we opened with this thought:

Opening Message:

““We showed up before the sun—when it’s quiet, still, and easy to stay hidden. But it’s in the dark where integrity is tested. In life, leadership, and faith, it’s not about how loud we are in the light, but how consistent we are in the dark.””
Warm-Up:
– 20 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
– Deep Stretch: Wide leg, center, right leg, left leg

The Thang:
Mosey to Harris Street Park
Along the path, we stopped at 4 points—each time completing:
– 2 Burpees OYO with a reflective question:

1. Who are you when the world’s not looking?
2. What habits are you building in the unseen hours?
3. Is your character the same at home, at work, and in the gloom?
4. What dark corners still need light in your life?
—
At Harris Street Park Basketball Court
Escalating Suicides:
– Run suicides. After each round, add reps

– 15 Carolina Dry Docks
– 20 Wide-Arm Merkins
– 25 Squats
– 30 LBCs
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Mosey up Harris Street to the Church
– At each power pole: 3 Triad Burpees (Wide, Regular, Diamond)
– At each street sign: 15 Big Boy Sit-Ups
– Modified to 2 Triads, then 1 Burpee + 10 BBSUs due to time constraints
—
Mosey Back to COT
Slowed the pace for final thought:
““Nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” – Luke 8:17 (ESV)”
Jailbreak to COT
Minute Man smoked it, proving 52 looks strong when you own the dark.

COT:

““As the sun rises today, ask yourself—what part of your life do I need to start owning better in the dark, so I’m stronger in the light?””
We closed with praises and prayer—each man shared one thing they’re bringing from the shadows into the light.

Honor to lead.
– Cornerstone

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When we are dancing tip to tip !

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WARMUP: None. We stretched
THE THANG: Two Routes
Provided = Trails and Road
Ruckers Rucked. Sydney Swam
MARY: She was missed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Convergence 4th of July, Fort Mill Care center lawn, Newsletter, Trout to trout
COT: Always Special Always Private

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Looked good on Paper-Too Many Burpees (sorry @slapshot)

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WARMUP: mosey tube behind epic chophouse for a COP. Included SSH‘s, mountain, climbers, imperial walkers, squats, and finished with five Burpee‘s OYO.
THE THANG: head behind Panera for a starfish WO. Three Burpee’s every time you return to the middle and the exercises were Freddie Mercury‘s, squats, flying squirrels and Merkins. Then head behind the Swim place for Tote The Rock”-one pack carries a Cindy for about 50 yards while the rest do the exercise specified on the block. 10 rounds, 10 different exercises and we started with Kraken Burpee’s. ouch. Head back to the amphitheater for a round of Jack Webb crowdpleaser.
MARY: Mary showed for the last 3 minutes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Prayers for our country, continued healing for Luka & Matteo, praises for some things going well in our lives.
COT:
Shortest of all Sales.

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Huey, Dewy and Sweaty

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WARMUP: Cyclops kindly warmed up the Pax as YHC was coming in hot after doubling down
THE THANG: Moseyed to the field next to the park, laid out the Starfish workout, the 5 arms were counts of 15 each and they were: Swing Crunches, BBSU, Singlet Merkin (crowd favorite), Squats (real ones not Twerks) and flutters, count one leg. Each time we can back to the center of the Starfish it was 3 Burpees, rinse and repeat 3X (Total of 45 reps of each exercise). We then moseyed to the parking lot, bottom of the hill we did a decelerator, 3 exercises, started at reps of 25 then 15 and 5, exercises were LBC, Merkins and Seal Jacks. Between each set run to the top of the hill, jump and smack the stop sign (Minute Man didn’t have to jump!)

Per Lamar Jackson on your excuses: “No one cares, work harder!”

MARY: Couple of minutes to dedicate to Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, 7/4, Sweaty Berry, Trout to Trout, Bourbon tasting and even a rumor of a Christmas party.
COT: Always

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Crawl-Climb-Conquer

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WARMUP: 100 SSH
THE THANG:

5 cones spaced ~15 yards apart
Bear crawl from cone to cone
Perform cumulative exercises at each cone:
Cone 1: squats – 10
Cone 2: humpers – 20 IC
Cone 3: CDD – 15
Cone 4: LBCS – 15 IC
Cone 5: Hand-Release Merkins – 10
Forward and reverse ladder format

Took a lap to the apartments and back

Round 2

Lunge walk – MOD

Cone 1: Carolina Dry Docks – 10
Cone 2: Shoulder Taps – 10
Cone 3: Squats – 10
Cone 4: Crab Cakes – 10
Cone 5: Hand-Release Merkins – 10

took lap

Round 3

MOD – Burpee bear crawl

5 reps this time
CDD
Big Boys
LBCs
Shoulder taps
HR merkins

MARY: couple- bacon learned how to count
ANNOUNCEMENTS: trout 2 trout, hog & coyote
COT: Luka, Matteo mental health

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Ok it’s 061……what??!?

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WARMUP: mosey to the upper lot for windmills. I/C, burpees, imperial walkers I/C, burpees, Hillbilly walkers I/C, burpees, Moroccan night clubs I/C, burpees, Seal jacks I/C, burpee

Mosey to the Pike Electric lot

THE THANG: Rugby sprints and swings
Part 1 – rugby sprints

6 rounds – an exercise called in cadence, then a sprint to the middle pole, then a cool
Down jog (soft j) to the far pole
Round 1 – Merkins
Round 2 – Low slow squats
Round 3 – Diamond merkins
Round 4 – Monkey humpers
Round 5 – Lunges
Round 6 – sumo squats

Mosey to WEP swings

At each swing, 5 reps of an exercise, 10 reps of an exercise and 15 reps of an exercise. PAX made all the way around the park.

Total number of swings: ALL OF THEM

Total number of Reps: ALL OF THEM

Even squeezed in a stop at the statue of a historic fort mill figure. It may or may not have been from Spitz’s original home. PAX did monkey humpers facing East.

Mosey to COT

MARY: She wasn’t there. Open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You bet.
COT: Remains the 5th core principle as disclaimed at 0615.

YHC was a bit off from the later start time but good to have some built in “disruption” on occasion to build our durability.

The message left with the PAX with was:
The best fruits of this life are an unstained character and acts for the common good. As leaders, what are we doing to cultivate the former and initiate the latter?

Thanks for the call <@U78QN5XU5> . :eye:

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Running with scissors

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WARMUP: listening to Twister talk
THE THANG: running and listening to Twister talk
MARY: was listening to Twister talk
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes, official (corporate was present)
COT: yes, pre and post

Welcome FNG, Shaqaroni

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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My Pet Rock

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WARMUP:
Mosey to main road beside the pond, then SSH, Seal Jacks, Windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey to rip rap pile. PAX picked a rock, then we did 15 in cadence of each:

– Derkins (feet on rock)
– LBCs (holding rock)
– American Hammers (holding rock)
– Curls with rock

Mosey up base of parking lot hill, then:

– 5 man-makers (modified) with rock – burpee then a squat to overhead press

Mosey to top of the hill, then:

– 5 man-makers (modified) with rock – burpee then a squat to overhead press

Repeat: 5 more at base and 5 more at the top, then return rocks to the pile.

Mosey to roundabout and partner up, then:

– 1 PAX bear crawls the roundabout while partner does Derkins off the wall, then switch.
– 1 PAX lunge walks the roundabout while partner does LBCs, then switch.
– 1 PAX bear crawls the roundabout changing half way to lunge walk, while partner does American Hammers, then switch.

Mosey to pier behind Napa, then:

– Walk the Plank – PAX lunge walk the pier (2-3 at a time) and then run back, while the other PAX plank it up. (Repeat until all PAX have lunge walked.)
– Plank the Walk – PAX reverse lunge walk the pier (2-3 at a time) and then run back, while the other PAX plank it up. (Repeat until all PAX have lunge walked.)

MARY:
Present throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dawn Patrol on Tuesdays @ 6:15 am is now a boot camp format and the AO has moved to WEP.

COT:
(With cameo from <@U5GURQX88> on IR.) Ongoing interviews, parents health, Luka’s ongoing treatment

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The Wetter the Better

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WARMUP: Brief COP and stretching by the bandshell

THE THANG:
We made our way around WEP stopping for fun in some traditional old school ways.

From the path along 160 at the far end we Inch Wormed across the field towards the hill. Midway across we rose and sprinted to top of hill.

Jacob broke out his ladder for us and we climbed it with burpees and flutters.

On the way back to starting point we stopped at playground for a series of laps around it including core exercises — Freddys, shoulder Taps, big boys, LBCs .

We made it over to Stairway to Heaven where we lunge walked stopping for squats at each light post (5, 10, 15, 20, 25).

We concluded with Round the Clock Merkins on the curb.

MARY: Yes, she beat us up for the final 4 mins.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tortoise + Hare, Hog + Coyote, DP Tuesdays now at WEP every week

COT: It was a wet day with rain soaked park and more falling throughout the workout. Pax pushed each other with no complaints. Time Machine completed his first post at DP and his Daily Double!

Thanks for putting in the work men!

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Return of the buckets

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Six young men enjoyed running thru Kingsley this morning, picking exercises out of three different buckets spread out around the campus. The required number of burpees was achieved and there was little complaining.

Prayers for graduates, travel for families coming to town, C Kasum is moving a kid to Pensacola. Big weekend.

Don’t forget about the lawn mowing at the Care Center and Thursday night Bethel Shelter meal is coming up.

Aye

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