Ballermann Workout

WARMUP: 15 Wind mill
15 Hill Billy walkers
15 cherry pickers
20 sumo Squats
20 Merkins
THE THANG: Mosey to the fountain @arbors
Bear crawl around the spring
At each quarter stop to do 5 burpees

Mosey to church

Exercise at patio
Stacking exercises:
10 LBCs
20 step ups
30 Flutters
40 Squats
50 merkins

In between run a round
On the short sides lunge walk
Long sides mosey

Mosey back to COT

5 burpees as finisher

MARY: –
ANNOUNCEMENTS: –
COT: –

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Run, Do The Thing, Repeat

After a prompting from Farmers Only (On Q elsewhere today), I decided to recycle a workout from last year.
WARMUP: No
THE THANG:
Run to a stop, do exercises, run to the next, etc…
The first 3 stops had 3 exercises at each stop.
The next 3 stops had 2 exercises at each stop.
The final 4 stops had 1 exercise at each stop.
The rep count was always 10 which in some cases, meant 5 each leg.
Total distance covered was ~3.6m.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All the same + the formation of a BRR 2026 Slack Channel with more comm’s coming from Pusher.
COT: Oh absolutely. Strong.

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Indian OR Shuttle Run

WARMUP:
20 SSH IC
Karaoke
10 Cherry Picker IC
Indian/Shuttle Run to School
THE THANG:
5 Lt. Dan Magic Legs
10 Hand Release Merkins
Run to other end of parking lot
15 X’s and O’s
20 SSH
Run to other end of parking lot
Rinse and repeat
Indian/Shuttle Run back to COT
5 burpees OYO at Stop sign
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4B’s event
Bethel Mens Shelter
Newsletter
COT:
We can do hard things, be prepared

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Springs street spine

15 total with six runners at Minnow Pond. Remainder did rucking.
Pledge and then run to former Hardee’s lot where the thang is explained as follows:
Parking lot is base camp. Do 10 burpees here.
Run up Springs st to its end (Summersby/Cone #1) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Close st (Cone #2) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Oak st (Cone #3) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Leroy st (Cone #4) and do 25 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
–>Jackrabbit pax restart to Leroy st and so on (reverse order).

We all ran back to Veteran’s park, did some stretches and then COT.

Stats: 3.3+ miles, 100+ push ups, 40 burpees.

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Nice New Pavement at WEP

WARMUP: Run to the top of Main Street and take a left and head to the WEP amphitheater. Then some windmills and Moroccan nightclubs.
THE THANG: run around the nice new pavement at WEP. When you get back to the amphitheater, 10 merkins, 10 big boys, 10 squats. Increase by 5 after each of the first 3 rounds, then back down the ladder.
MARY: flutters to time (about 1 minute)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of opportunities to get involved, so pick something and get involved
COT: prayers for good reports and prays for those taken too soon.

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Parking Lot Tour

15 (12 boot, 3 run) toured Slow Burn’s parking lots. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up
– 10 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Plank Jacks (IC)

Four Corners (front, sides, and rear of restaurant row)
– 15 Merkins at each corner
– 15 Squats
– 15 LBCs
– 15 Alternating Shoulder Taps

Mosey to BP
– 15 Irkins
– 15 Derkins
– 15 Dips

Mosey to the upper lot at Chick-fil-A
– 5 (if older than 45) or 10 Burpees (if 45 and under) at each corner

Mosey back to COT lot
– 15 Big Boys at each corner
– 15 American Hammers
– 15 Boxcutters
– 15 Freddies

NMM
The distance between your dreams and your reality is discipline. You have to do the thing, especially when you don’t feel like it. 80% of success is showing up. The rest is willingness to work and learn. Put in the work and reap the rewards.

-IJ

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Don’t Get It Caught in The Zipper

WARMUP:
Run up to old hot dog place parking lot corner of Main and Clebourne, plank then wait for the group to explain the thing.

THE THANG:
THE ZIPPER
– Ran to end of Springs St to Summersby, then took a right to corner of Unity and Lockman. That was the start, or hoped it to be.
– For every road we headed west on (from Unity St, ending at Pine St), we did 10 squats, 10 merkins.
– For every road we headed EAST on (from Pine St, ending at Unity), we did 10 mountain climbers (double count) and 10 bombjacks.
– Whenever we crossed Springs St, we did a burpee.
– Proceeded street to street until we got back to Main and Tom Hall.

This was the plan, but evidently I did not communicate it clearly enough. Even so, PAX figured it out and got all the miles and pain stations in.

Guys were REALLY moving today, we all put in at least 3.5-3.75 miles, yet still got back to COT in time to do some Mary
Flutters
American Hammers
Hello Dollies
More
Next time I will add more pain stations.

Thanks self for the opportunity to lead.
NASA

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IPC Week 3 – Chris Kyle WOD

WARMUP: grab a Cindy, stretch OYO while honoring Chris Kyle
THE THANG: 40 min AMRAP – 40 reps of Cindy swings, 40 reps Cindy jump overs, 40 reps Cindy thrusters, 40 reps derkins (feet on vertically oriented block)… then EVERY 5 MINS, run 25 yards, complete 5 burpees, go back 25 yards to your Cindy and pick up wherever you left off on your last Cindy exercise [8 rounds of 5 min AMRAP]
MARY: return your Cindy
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your Newsletter.
COT: Convergence this coming Monday at NAFO.

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STL meets Jack Webb

No warm-ups, no disclaimer (oops)
Ran down to school parking lot
Simple routine, at first light pole, kick off Jack Webb (1 merkin, 4 OH claps), run to the far end parking lot, 1 burpee. Add to the count +1 merkin, +4 OH claps and +1 burpee.
Finished with some time to spare, sprints between light poles and back to COT for bonus round of Jack Webb.

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Inaugural The Fort 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb

When: Saturday 9/13/2025, 06:00 – completion
Where: Nation Ford High School, Football Stadium
Why:
9/11 is a day nobody will ever forget. Nobody should ever forget. Many lives were lost and America as we knew it was forever changed after that day.
What:
In honor of the 24th anniversary of that fateful, horrible day, we will be doing a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
Each of the NYC Twin Towers had 110 stories and 2,070 steps. The football stadium bleachers at Nation Ford High School (aka Honey Badger, Ring of Fire, and Varsity), there are 6 rows (the larger two-way rows) of steps, each row with 34 steps. Going up then down each of the 6 rows gets you 204 steps, which is one round. Repeat that 10 times, or 10 rounds, +1 more row, you have 2074 steps. We would run all 6 rows 10 rounds, then add one row to make it 66 rows total. Granted we’d be going up 66 times, down 66 times, but we’d get the total step count in. To keep things easy, we decided to do 11 total rounds.

After some encouraging words and lifting up some words in respect and honor of those lost, we set off. Some ran, some speed walked, others rucked. A few replicated the 60-70 lbs average load a fireman carries when prepped to fight. Coupons were added to the mix too. Work was done, excellent fellowship was shared, and the patches were well earned. Everyone did a GREAT job. It was quite a morning.

One thing – the stairs in twin towers, all 110 stories, would yield an elevation gain of 1,100 ft. Unfortunately, after 12 rounds or so, I only got 900 ft elevation gain. SO…..doing the math, next year we will be going for the elevation gain, which means we will have to do 15 rounds total of all those steps.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
NASA

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