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so much chatter at slowburn

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WARMUP: windmill mosey, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, low slow squats
THE THANG: Dora with merkins, squats, crunches. Other guy runs loop. Lunge walk then bearcrawl, across the parking lot. Goldilocks squats,
MARY: crunches,
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp.
COT:

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Trick or Treat at Sweep the Leg

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We Monster Mashed 3 miles with 10 studs doing our best to hit the cul de sacs for all treats and no tricks. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 SSHs (IC)

The Thang
Mosey to 160 and Dave Gibson
– 20 Monster Merkins
– 20 Goblin Squats
– 20 Coffin Crunches
– 20 Pumpkin Patch Plank Jacks

Mosey to 160 and Old Tara Lane
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to the 12 foot skeleton
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Old Tara and Turnridge
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Winding Trail cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Turnridge cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Old Tara cul de sacs
– Repeat exercises

Mosey the cut through trail to Braden

Mosey to Galbreath and Afton
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to Braydon Pkwy
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to 160 and Braydon Pkwy
– Repeat exercises

Mosey to COT
– Repeat exercises

3 ish miles, 220 Merkins, 220 Squats, 220 LBCs, 220 Plank Jacks

NMM
I recently read a thread on a Facebook post about being a dad. The comments hit close to home.

“Them: How’s dad life treating ya?
Dads: It’s good. I’m doing alright.”

“Because we can’t sit around and complain and breakdown about it. We have to figure shit out and pull through it for the family.”

“Because we are supposed to be the pillar upon which the house stands. Pillars cannot afford to crack. Which is exactly what the Lord designed us for. We are not supposed to put it on our family’s. The Bible says that iron sharpeners iron. Therefore fathers sharpen fathers. There is a reason the Lord made men more aggressive and stronger built. As pillars, our foundation should be that the Lord is our strength.”

“Because good father’s have to. We have to create the solid foundation that stands strong no matter what. Everything in this world can fall apart, and does. Our families have to be able to rely on us through all of their problems. We have to steer the ship through the storm, even if the sails are torn and the hull is cracked. We are our own lone ship out in the vast unforgiving ocean, fighting the crashing waves and darkened storm skies.”

I think this commentary captures a lot of how we feel as dad‘s in today’s society. However, we are not a loan ship in the storm. As Olaf reminded us, we have a fleet for protection. Yes, we have quite the responsibility and the weight is heavy, but our brothers have shoulders to help us carry the load. Never give up fellas. Reach out when you need it.

Aye!
IJ

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Running with some exercises

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Pre-Run:
1.3 miles with Halfback

WARMUP:
Imperials, Hillbillies x10 each in cadence

Ran to the basketball court
10 dips & 10 step ups each leg

Short Jack Web of
Jump over the wall and back (that’s 1 rep) followed by 4 merkins.
Went up to 5 wall jumps.

Went back to the basketball court,
10 dips followed by 100m run x5
5 step ups (each leg) followed by 100m run x5

Ran to the bottom of the hill and faced the elementary school.

There are 4 light poles from the bottom to the top. Shuttle run from the first light pole to the second and do 10 jump squats. Repeat for the 3rd and 4th poles.

Wrapped up with 30 seconds of flutters.
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Zipper backwards

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WARMUP: run to new Arbis parking lot, plank for the 6, then 10 burpees oyo. Run 2 blocks straight on Spring st, plank and do 10 Merkins OyO. Run down two More blocks on Spring and plank then 10 mike Tysons. Run down to the end of Spring st.
THE THANG: run the zipper backwards. On one side of the zipper do 10 Merkins, on the other side do 10 Mike Tysons. Every time that the runner go accross Spring St, stop and do 5 burpees.
MARY: 5 Burpees, 10 Mile Tysons.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Creekside Adventure

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THE THANG: 5K & 4-mi option from the HS to Creekside and the trail connector to Harris St Park. There were hills.
MARY: didn’t see here
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter-Golf Tournament, F3Chester, HIM Camp
COT: Prayers for the DD and his M!

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sprints at the biscuit 3 weeks ago

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WARMUP: jog over to school
THE THANG: sprints going from 40 to 80 yards up to 100 and back down. Did some backwards runs, some walking, and a few dry heaves to honor those they have gone too soon.
MARY: keep that core tight
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: greatful for opportunities to lead those that the skyQ has put in my flock.

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“No Mercy” Monday @ STL

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WARMUP: NONE
THE THANG:
19 men took off at quickly for No Mercy Monday. After a quick mosey to South State Bank, we fired up the legs with 5 Bonnie Blairs to get loose.

From there, we charged down Dave Gibson Blvd to the bottom under the light pole — 5 Jump Squats at the base — then sprinted back up that glorious hill of pain. At the top, we pushed toward the school where, under the next light post, we knocked out 5 Apollo Onos before turning around and heading back for more.

Rinse and repeat. Several rounds. Just under 5 miles of pure burn, grind, and grit.

Bones and Farmers Only quietly crushed it, while Sasquatch somehow wasn’t even breaking a sweat while he led the pack and completed each excercise with amazing form.

Legs smoked. Lungs torched. Mission accomplished.

Quote of the Day:

“Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy.” – Cobra Kai

MARY: NONE
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Golf outing, trash pickup,donate to accelerate
COT:

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30 for 30

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WARMUP:
10 – Moroccan Nightclubs
THE THANG:
– Run to circle on Ben Casey Dr. – 30 reverse lunges
– Run down to circle on Patricia Ln. – 30 forward lunges
– Run over to the parking lot entrance at the bottom of the hill on Dave Gibson – 30 jump squats
– Run up the hill ~ +30 ft elevation back to the circle on Ben Casey
– REPEAT until ~5:55am ish and run back to COT.

– Tried to get in 10 x repeats, maybe we got in 6-7 or so for about 3.5 miles on leg day at Sweep the Leg.

MARY: Nada

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletters.

COT: It is what it is…

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You Don’t Need A Headlamp, But It Would Be Nice

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WARMUP:
30 SSH, 30 IW, 10 HBW, 1 burpee

THE THANG:
Jack Web:
1 burpee, 4 merkins with a 0.1 mile travel between. Modified down to 0.07.
Called an Audible at number 7.

Moseyed to another parking lot and lunge walked from one end to another then reverse lunge walked back. That was followed by 10 LBCs. Rinse and repeat for about 10 min.

Moseyed over to the Print Shop for a short Jack Web of 1 pull-up, 4 dips up to 4 pull-ups and 16 dips.

Headed back to COT, wrapped up with 10 big boys
Covered a total of about 2.5+/- 0.2 miles

MARY: Check above

ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp

COT:

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No Barkley, No Peace

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Roughly, this is what was done:

Run to the back of the school.
Here’s the series… run to the 3rd light pole out back
– Grab a rock, here’s the sequence
– 15 curls, run two light poles, 15 flutters, run back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, run, 15 flutters, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, run, 15 flutter, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, 15 chest press, run, flutter, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, 15 chest press, 15 tricep, run, flutter, run

Back to the front for more light poles
– Partner up
– Alternate carrying your partner down, at each light pole, 10 derkins each
– On the way back, run, 10 hand slap merkins at each pole
Head back to COT

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