Did you bring your best?

WARMUP: Short mosey with rucks on.
Arrive for warm up – rucks off

Windmills I/C
Cherry Pickers I/C
Seal Jacks I/C
Imperial Walkers I/C
Merkins I/C

Rucks on and mosey to the main event

THE THANG: PAX did 7 rounds of the following exercises followed by a run at the end of each round:

Each round consisted of:
Ruck on – 15 shoulder taps on each shoulder
Ruck off – 15 ruck pull thrus
Ruck off – 15 ruck curls
Ruck off – 15 ruck swings

Quick run (slick) to the driveway turn and back

All rounds were completed just in time to return to COT at 0600.

MARY: No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Reqd your newsletter

COT: Shared some tough stuff – burdens shared are burdens lighter. No OYO.

NMM – When we look in the mirror at the end of each day – can we say we gave our best? PAX were asked to bring two things to the workout today – their rucks and their best. Life requires the same from us. Let’s give it men. The world needs you and your example more than ever.

Brawny – thanks for the call. 👁️

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Simple and sweaty

I saw something online about how the 21-15-9 series was the most optimal workout routine so I decided to test it out. Quick disclaimer, light jog around the lot, some warm-up stretches, then pick up bags and move to front of school.

21 reps each of clean and presses, bent over rows, and jump overs. Front rack carry bag to end of columns and back. Repeat same 3 exercises but 15 reps of each. Bear hug carry bag to end and back. 9 reps of same 3 exercises then front rack carry down and back.

Next series is walk over push ups, squats with bag on back, and over the shoulders. 21 of each, single shoulder carry down and back. 15 of each, other shoulder carry, 9 of each, then front rack carry down and back.

Over head carry to end of columns. Bag toss to next cross walk. Back to COT and finish with 21 big boys. Solid work by all PAX. Thanks for opportunity @U088CUMTQ05

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250th Birthday Party

WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Picker, Hilly Billy and Imperial walkers

THE THANG: DORA with 250 reps of Merkins, Squats, LBC running part was around the Harris teeter parking lot and we worked in front of the firework stand because we had the free will to do so MERICA

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4th workout at Catawba ridge
COT: prayers for marriages and anniversaries, prayers for travel, prayers for everyone coming back Monday with all the fingers they had on Friday.

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Forged…for Sprinting

WARMUP: We charted a lap around the parking lot and completed a few warmup exercises.
THE THANG: Before we took off, I asked the PAX to remember one thing. When the assignment is to run to a specific destination, do not stop short. Don't run 45 yards to a target 50 yards away. 5yds doesn't seem like much but what happens when you get used to not completing the job?

Stop 1: The circle on the other side of the apartment complex.
Jump Squats, Low Slooooow Squats, Lunge walk around the circle.
Stop 2: Fire Station
Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Taps, Slow Peter Parkers
Run back to the circle.

Sprint to the top of the hill (160)

Run to Grace Presbyterian Church
5 Burpees, Unweighted Simbas(?), Slow Dying Cockroaches, 3 Burpees

Run to O'Reilly Auto Parts
Hand Release Merkins, Bear Crawl in cadence, Curb dips, Crawl bear back, Slow Carolina Dry Dock

Run to Dollar Store
Sprint the straightaway, Mountain Climbers
Spring back, American Hammers
Sprint out again, Jump Squats

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Service, 4th of July Convergence
COT: No doubt.

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Carl Lewis

Active stretching before and After is a HUGE MUST!!!

WARMUP:

Hillbilly walkers x10
Bend & Reach x5
Windmill x8
Slow jog
20yards of

  1. High knees
  2. Buttkicks
  3. Walking worlds greatest stretch
  4. Elephant walks
  5. Dinosaur walks
  6. Soldier walks
  7. Side shuffle each way
  8. Karaoke each way
  9. Power skips
  10. Sprints

THE THANG:
Phase 1
Circuit (AMRAP style): 10 mins

  • Sandbag Front Squats x 10
  • Walking Lunges (with sandbag) x 20 steps
  • 40-yard Sprint
  • Broad Jumps x 10

Phase 2
Circuit (AMRAP): 10 mins

  • Sandbag Deadlifts x 20
  • Sandbag Step-Ups (bench/curb) x 10 each leg
  • Bear Crawl (20 yards down & back)
  • Jump Lunges x 20 total

Phase 3 – Cool down
Descending Ladder + Sprint:
Start at 10 reps each, go down to 1:

  • Sandbag cleans
  • Jump Squats
  • 50 meter sprint

Stretch last 3 minutes

  1. Feet together
  2. Pigeon toe
  3. Legs spread L/R/M
  4. Sumo Squat
  5. Hip flexor
  6. Quad stretch

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: News Letter & Mens Shelter
COT: Wisdom and Family

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Sandbag workout #49

WARMUP:

  • Mosey around the parking loop
  • Down-dog to honeymooner
  • 10 Moroccan Nightclubs

THE THANG:
Movement with Sandbags: Various Exercises along the way

  • 49 Sandbag overhead lunges [49 steps]
  • 49 – 4ct flutter kicks [49 sandbag press]
  • 49 sandbag front tosses
  • 49 sandbag squats
  • 49ish (50) McFerrin man-makers [1 every don’t worry] – Song – Bobby McFerrin: Don’t Worry Be Happy
  • 49 sandbag merkins
  • 49 sandbag rows

  • Finish: max overhead sandbag hold [49 sec min]

MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter!
COT: It is what it is… Prayers for marriages, healing, and overall wellbeing.

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Failure will bring future success

Sometimes you have a plan and it fails miserably. This morning I loaded a cart with sandbags, kettlebells , and other heavy objects, over 320 pounds. I thought the weight would have enough resistance to challenge the person pulling it. Unfortunately, it was only challenging pulling uphill. Not a total failure, the cart held the weight it advertised as its capacity.
We ventured around the carpool path stopping for three exercises. Bent-over rows, curls, shoulder press, Simbas, flutters with press, over shoulder toss, man-makers are some of the exercises we did this morning.
I will retry this cart at a future Q and get it right.

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Honor, Courage, Integrity

WARMUP:

  • Side-straddle hop,
  • Strawberry pickers,
  • Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner

THE THANG:
Honor, Courage, Integrity

3 Corners x 20 rounds

  • Honor – 10 Merkins (200)
  • Courage – 20 Squats (400)
  • Integrity – 30 LBC’s (600)

MARY: NA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: It is what it is…

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Ascending Everest

WARMUP: Returned to Golden Corral COT to pay respects with Hillbilly walkers, imperial walkers, MNCs
THE THANG: 5/29 1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to summit Mt. Everest 73 years ago. In honor of that, the Pax completed their own tribute climb. There are five camps plus the summit when taking the southern route to the peak:
Base camp 5364 meters (17,598 feet)
Camp one 6065 (19,900)
Camp two 6400 (21,000)
Camp three 7200 (23,600)
Camp four 7920 (26,000)
Peak 8,849 (29,032)
After a brief warmup and mozy to the church parking lot, we completed exercises at each camp as we ascended Everest. To acclimatize for the altitude, at camps one, two, three, and four we completed the exercises, returned to the previous camp (and the exercises there) before moving on to the next camp. (E.G. complete exercises at camp one, returned to base camp and the exercises there before ascending to camp three). Exercises reflected the altitude in meters:
Base camp: 53 flutters/64 shoulder taps
Camp one: 60 SSH/65 dips
Camp two: 64 merkins
Camp three: 72 LBCs
Camp four: 79 CDD, 20 Diamond merkins
Peak: 88 plank jacks, 49 overhead claps
With little time remaining, climbers did 25 squats at each base camp during their descent.
One oversight on YHC’s part is we did exactly ZERO mountain climbers during the ascent. We rectified the situation at COT with 10 mountain climbers just before 6:00.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Golf tournament
COT: Family, Jobs, Summer break and prayers for kids, parents, teachers

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