The Assembly Line

WARMUP: SSH, front plank, upward dog<>downward dog, dynamic front plank exercises (i.e. plank jacks, Peter parkers, etc), repeat all above until shoulders VERY warm
THE THANG: each pax grabs a cinder block and places on field in 1 yard increments
field assembly line
round 1: side shuffle between blocks and 15 yd bear crawl to beginning of blocks- repeat 2-3x
round 2: lateral merkin walk on cinder blocks left, bear crawl back, repeat going right, bear crawl back
round 3: forward and back shuffle in between cinder blocks and bear crawl back 2-3 rounds
round 4: lateral toe taps on Cinder blocks left, bear crawl and then repeat going right, bear crawl back
round 5: partner up at 2 blocks and alternate with partner 3 burpees with hands on cinder blocks for 60″
round 6: forward hop over block x2, alternating with partner for 60″

bars assembly line
1 pullup, 2 toes to bar or knees to chest, hang until pax to your right drops and then move to the bar to your right – repeated 10x total

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sawdust is finally 50! RESPECT

COT: HORIZONTAL assembly lines sucked. Quit the horizontal living and strive for VERTICAL relationship with the Lord!

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The Pain is real

WARMUP: Mosey, 25 SSH, 10 – 4 count merkins, 10 v-ups, 15 flutters and 10 CDD. we did this 4 times.
THE THANG: Elevens Merkins and burpes, alternating run and NUR- up the hill of deathat GHM entrance. We finished right on time.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Olaf starting an USUP around Earth Fare area., Read newsletter
COT: Prayers for Marriages, Praises for Straight Ups son , beating him in a raining trail race. Praise for the Pax showing for Incoming(Italian Job) help getting a falling tree out of the way.

Message was be careful how you start your day with positive thoughts and stay away from selfish thoughts.

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Introducing the Office

WARMUP: disclaimer
THE THANG: took a tour around the outer perimeter of the Manliest AO in the Fort. We stopped at what is now referred to as “The Office” where each man did a weighted pullup while another man stabilized the pull up station by holding a dip. After each man did their rep @Flounder decided to show us all up with preforming 3 weighted pull ups at the ripe old age of 76. We made one last lap around the VA and made it to the base of the hill by cycle bar where we took turns calling squats while passing a baby sandbag around the circle. Introduced the hillbilly squat: a deep squat followed by two hillbilly walkers. Then sprint up the hill to COT.
MARY: we did a few flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Journey groups will be forming soon. If interested contact me
COT: prayers for schools, parents dealing with teens, marriages, work stress, and patience with in-laws.

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Jeyklls Terrible Idea from Years past

The Thang:
Finish each exercise before moving on to the next. In between, complete a recovery run. Normally, distance is 1/4 mile.

§Burpees – 100
§ Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
§ Ski Abs – 100
§ Merkins – 100
§ Deep Squats – 100
§ LBCs – 200 (beaker – 200)
Carolina dry docks – 100 (Cheddar, Shady, Funhouse, NASA – 100)
§ American Hammers –100 (yard sale – 100)
§Mac Tar Jai– 100 (Double D – 12, Bonsai – 35, Happy Hour – 40, Imagineer and Cohiba – 100)
§ Jump Squats – 100 – (Fish Sticks – 80)
§ Mountain Climbers – 100
§ Shoulder Raises – 200
§ Mary Catherines – 100
§ Hello Dolly – 200
§ Wide Arm Merkins – 100
§ Squat Jacks – 100
§ Nippler– 100
§ Burpees – 100

Shout out to the originator, Jekyll. He started this many years ago. Each week during the month of June, he would q this workout at Laces. Pax would show each week trying to get better each week. So it was fitting to do as a 10 year celebration

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Wally World

WARMUP: none… Just go
THE THANG: Run to Wally World via 160 left on stone crest until hit Model A. Then do BASS which consists of 5 burpees, 20 American hammers, 10 squats and 10 SSHs. Run back to COT do exercises again and repeat back to Wally World. Just a little over 4mi.
MARY: optional
ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pickup Christmas party
COT: marriages, 2.0s

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Compound Progressive Stress w/Isometrics

WARMUP: Mosey with buttkickers, high knees, side shuffle r/l, then wide, regular, and diamond merkins in cadence, followed by a second mosey with rucks.

THE THANG:

30 20 10
Ruck Off: Good morning-GM Curl-GM Curl Press
30 Count – Ruck Front Side Plank – R-RegPlank-Side Plank – L
Ruck Front: Half Squat-Full Squat-Squat Jump
30 Count – Ruck Back-Down Dog-Crock Plank-HoneyMooner
Ruck Off: Sumo Squat Tip Toe-Tip Toe AroundtheWorld Jump Run In Place Press Hold

-Ruck Shuffle-

Ruck Back ; Bear Crawl-Inchworm-Crawl Bear
30 Count – Ruck Front: Bicycle-Box Cutter-Hello Dolly
Ruck Off: Chest Pullover-Chest Side Fly-Big Boy Situp Slam
30 Count- Ruck Front-Crab Walk-Peter Pointer-Crab Table Run
Ruck Off Front Raise: Front Raise to Tri Press-Side Lunge JumpShot
Ruck Off – Overhead: L/R Front Lunge Hold Overhead-Chair Incline Hold-Lunge Runners

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Defer to STL COT

COT: Defer to STL COT

Spartan Playlist: https://youtu.be/CVSswPyf94M

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perfect GTE31 recap

WARMUP: ruck towards bank
THE THANG: squats, pick up bottles and find trashcan.
Found the largest telephone pole ever. Picture available on request.
MARY: ruck shuffle back from fire-station
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yep
COT:

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30 min Dora then broga

WARMUP: little mosey then some
SSH
HULA HOOPS
LOW SLOW SQUATS
MERKINS
then YHC took the opportunity to let some of the new faces I’d not recognized lead the PAX in some SSH. Yeah it wasn’t perfect but it got better and the importance of language was discussed. Great job BowWow and Marty Byrd. Thank you PAX for the constructive feedback in helping these men get some playing time in the arena.
THE THANG: Dora 1-2-3 as easy as can be.
Merkins
Squats
Crunches.
Other partner runs loop as timer.

Mosey back and Marty bird showed us he’s been paying attention in class with 10 text book SSH.
Finished in order to get in some much needed Broga.
Don’t know the names of the moves but Shield told stories about pigeons getting chased by rats the size of small wolves.
MARY: we planked for a min of gratitude
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers for family and healing of those sick.

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10 Year Convergence

Ten year celebration came to a close this morning with a convergence at WEP. 12 men came earlier for a run to support Operation Sweet Tooth. 84 men attended the main event with three great HIM leading the workout: CSPAN, Maximum, and WWL. No warm-ups this morning. CSPAN took his group around the block with various stops along the way. Seven reps of Flying Squirrels, Merkins, and Sit-ups. WWL had playtime at the playground. Burpees and Pull-ups along with running fast around the playground. Did I mention Power Skips? Maximum had a simple plan. Run backwards up the hill many times and destroy your abs with American Hammers.
We closed the chapter on the first 10 years.
Monday begin the next.
The future is bright.
How will you contribute to the next 10 years?
Make an impact.

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Honor of Cash

Today, we honored Cash, hospital name Jay Griggs, who passed away in Sept 2020 of cancer. He was given the name “Cash” as in Johnny Cash due to his all black outfit he worn at his first workout along with his hometown of Nashville, TN. The Coop was renamed “Ring of Fire” in honor of Cash. Double D shared stories through the workout. Cash was a genuine person who was always ready to help out a friend.
Jekyll provided me with a backblast from 2015 where Cash was in attendance. I decided to copy it on a piece of paper and unfortunately dropped it in the gloom so it did not match the exact workout.
We first moseyed to the front entrance of the school for COP (SSHs, IWs, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Plank Stretches, and Mountain Climbers)
Next, we moseyed to the gym wall for People’s Chair with each pax running out to the parking lot for 5 merkins. One round of Balls to the Wall.
The lights came on making it easier to navigate, mosey to the ROTC building.
Dirty McDeuce (3 exercises, 12 reps) Run to the top of the hill, 5 burpees and back down to starting point.
R1: Merkins, LBCs, Lunges
R2: Wide Arm Merkins, Hello Dollies, Squats
R3: CDD, Flutters, Jump Squats
R4: Stagger Merkins, X/Os, Calf Raises

Back to the top of the hill near the school
Three rounds of toe touches, Dips, Derkins (12 reps)

Back to COT
Closed with Cash’s prayer

Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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