Locking Shields with the King

7 was the number of HIMs that showed for a conversation about the 👑 this morning at Baxter’s finest caffeinated drink emporium.

Takeaway: how much further can we go if we treat posting in the AM as an opportunity to lock shields? Am I willing to make myself accountable in the PM today to someone else that I will meet in the AM tomorrow? Ask one of these guys when you see them.

@Dojo @NASA @Barry Manilow @Pusher @Cyclops @Sprocket

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Hill repeat Monday

At 0515, YHC told the PAX there is no warm up we were ready to roll and headed out toward Gold Hill Middle. It was supposed to be a mosey, but was more running.

At the first parking lot we counted off and gave a very bastardized disclaimer- basically modify as necessary and you should read the disclaimer on the website.
From there I explained what the workout was,;
25 merkins at the school, then head up the hill to the bank, do 25 Freddy Mercurys (4 count- like in cadence), then back to school and rinse/repeat until 0600.

Most got in 4-5 rounds and all got in at least 3.5 miles.

COT: lots of announcements and prayers – I was oxygen deprived so I don’t recall them at this point 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Eight is enough

WARMUP: Mosey, toy soldiers, butt kickers, caraoke, mosey, windmills arm circles
THE THANG: mosey to round about at stadium. Pax pick from index cards. Each card has one exercise. One pax serves as a timer. The timer carries a 40 lb ruck and/or 47 lb sandbag to top of the hill and returns. During the timers absence, the pax are working on the exercise listed on the card. Fellowship was kickin since nobody had to count.
MARY: Airbornes hip thingies
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: stays at COT

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The Afterburners Flamed Out Quick

We met up at Fort Mill High School thinking we could get into the track as done in the past. Nope. Locked up tighter than Fort Knox. So we modified the route and did some speed work (Fartleks) in the back parking lot for about 1.5 miles, then ventured off for a brisk pace fellowship run with some great convo. Appreciate you Kermit!!
COT: It was had. Lifting up prayers for my neighbor’s kid AB to sort out his demons, become the great kid he is, and also for the family in all they’re going through.

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Glorious Gloom at the GC

WARMUP: Mosey behind Red Bowl to stink central for a COP: SquatS, IWs, Mtn. Climbers, LBCs, SSHs. All IC and interrupted by a burpee ladder, 5 down to 1.
THE THANG: head to the hill behind Express Oil change. Count adds to 10, started with 1 Big Boyat the bottom & 9 Bombjacks at the top. Omaha after 5 rounds as traffic was getting heavy. Head behind the Oil Change garage for a partner Dora. Derkins, Dips & Step ups. Finish up with a crowd pleaser, “Tote The Rock”. 1 pax runs around O’Reilly’s carrying a Cindy while Pax do the exercise listed on the sheet. Round 1 was Kraken Burpees and it went downhill from there.

MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Another Blood Drive (god bless @3D, he’s a marketing genius), D2D fundraiser
COT:Prayers for various family members.

I’m off and amazed how nervous and sleepless I am the night before a Q. Must be because it’s an important role to play. We all wanna do a good job for the Pax that show up. Always an honor to lead.
“The” Shortest of All Sales.

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Road Warrior Visits Mr Smith

We ran
Munn to Harris, R on Harris, R on Sam Smith (enjoyed that long steady hill), R on Sutton, R on Sixth Baxter Crossing, L on Drayton, R onto paved path around the pond thru the woods to Baxter YMCA, Out of Baxter Y onto Shady Grove Crossing, R onto Market, R onto 160 back to start.

Great crew out there! We all pushed thru the hills and ran strong. We all got at least 5 miles, some got more.

Next week we will be in Tega Cay running to Windjammer Park and back.

SYITG
NASA

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Bushwood Zipper

WARMUP: Short mosey around the south end of the parking lot then circle up for the following:
10 ea
* SSH
* WM
* IW
* MNC
* Strawberry pickers
Then on to the main event
THE THANG:
Bushwood zipper. No field trip anywhere. Start right where we finished warmups. Borrowed a theme from Minnow Pond – the zipper. Do a set of exercises, then run down the entire length of a parking aisle to the end, then repeat set of exercises, then run down the entire length of the next parking aisle. Repeat until we covered the entire parking lot.
Exercises:
5 burpees
10 box cutters
15 merkins
20 mountain climbers (2ct)
Overall about a mile running and 50 burpees, 100 box cutters, 150 merkins, 200 mountain climbers (2ct)

Next, partner up for a Dora of
100 LBCs
200 squats
300 flutters (2ct)
Runner did a loop that was approx 200-300m.
We all finished everything, so we did an Indian Run back to COT just in time to meet up with the gear guys from Snake Pit.

MARY: 3D led about a minute or so of ab-lab.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– A LOT going on, read the newsletter and get involved!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead East of the Peach Stand! Well worth the drive. Great AO.

God bless and SYITG,
NASA

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All of them

PAX we’re disclaimed and the five core principles were voiced.

WARMUP: Mosey to Grace Presby – Various exercises with burpees mixed in for fun.

THE THANG: Partner DORA behind Harris Teeter so PAX could experience the “Golden Corral fresh air” 100-200-300: Burpees, Squats & Flutter Kicks. Mosey off campus to office park and former Gold Hill Y property.

1-17-23 at each stop sign/corner – time for 3 rounds:
Stop 1 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 hand release merkins & 23 big boy sit ups

Stop 2 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 wide arm merkins, 23 sumo squats

Stop 3 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 diamond merkins, 23 flutter kicks

Mosey to gold hill Y driveway for 5 more burpees OYO then a jog to COT.

MARY: no time for it
ANNOUNCEMENTS: were announced
COT: YHTBT

Thanks to Slow Jams for the opportunity. It’s always an honor to lead.

Gratefully,
Cyclops 👁

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Are you a Lizard Bullfrog or Leach 🤷🏻‍♂️

WARMUP: Cornerstone prayed us in
THE THANG:
We discussed F3: Groups
Organizations
Communities
Teams

Lizards
Bullfrogs
Leaches

Where are we leading in each of these groups

Most influential is in our HOME TEAM

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Cyclops prayed us out!

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CVS Loop

It was a frigid morning in The Fort, but the high intensity of the PAX kept us warm. We warmed up the engines and we were off.

The Thang – 4 Corners Jack Webb with running as the mode of transportation.
Cone 1 Merkins 1 – 10
Cone 2 Overhead Claps 4 – 40
Cone 3 Flutters 4 – 40
Cone 4 Squats 1 – 10

We had some time for wall work with bear crawls and some Mary.

JWow

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