Tag: Pollo Hermano

Rucking with…….thoughts, a Socratic and a few exercises (but just a few)

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WARMUP: Nope – off at 0500

THE THANG: Ruck and insert exercises at different points along the 3 mile route.
Merkins with ruck on
Calf raises
Peter Parker’s
Parker Peter’s
Incline merkins with Ruck on
Squats
Lunge walks around circles
More merkins with rucks on

Lessons and questions shared from a recent reading YHC absorbed:
Be tolerant of others and strict with yourself
Control what you can control
Raise your children well
Contribute to your community
We are all vessels of something – what are you a vessel of?

All PAX got 3 miles plus exercises – 60 minutes of solid work put in by all. And great to see some newer and less familiar faces returning to the gloom. In the words of DD – Just Keep Posting.

MARY: nope – open to all men

ANNOUNCEMENTS: took place

COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Sofrito – always honored to lead. :eye:

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Q School at RoF – Leadership

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YHC was honored to lead the Pax at Q School at Ring of Fire. T-claps to Cake Boss for leading this monthly event in an effort to standardize the Q across the region. While well suited for FNGs as part of the onboarding for the Fort, Q School represents an opportunity for all Pax as being the Q represents a leadership opportunity and leadership requires practice.

WARMUP:
After reviewing this disclaimer, YHC instructed the Pax on leading as a Q as part of the responsibility to positively influence himself and others. Within this responsibility lies trust that the Pax will follow the Q until the he leads them beyond reason until an unsafe environment or without proper instruction.

Mosey to NaFo band lot for COT and review of cadence counting
SSH x 20
Mtn x 20
IW x 10
CDD x 10
MNC x 10
Merkins x 10

THE THANG:
The next discussion focused on preparedness as a Q and focused on the following:
– Reading backblasts
– Simple in design
– Scalable
– Challening effort across all fitness levels

Mosey to end of the lot for “lazier Dora” which included an explanation on Dora from Harry Caray.

Partner Up
100 merkins alternating by 10 while other partner holds plank
Run to flag pole and back
200 Squats alternating by 20 while other partner holds Al Gore
Run to flag pole and back
300 LBCs alternating by 30 while other partner holds protractor aka 6 inches
Run to flag pole and back

Next up a discussion on Vision and Articulation and a reference to Exhortation.

Mosey back while stopping for “Death By” for burpees.
Every minute counts go from 3 to 6 to 9 to 12
MARY:
Finished with 10 Big Boys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Wine Dinner
– Bethel Men’s Shelter
– Jaeger
COT:
We went around the Pax “CSPAN style” expressing gratitude and prayers across jobs, healing, children being saved and our parents. YHC was blessed by the presence of these men today and hopefully each feels challenged to be the light for the remainder of the day.

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Back to School

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5 brave men beat the fart sack and trekked close four miles. Took a trip back to School to check in at the coaches box.
THE THANG:
Trek to the School
20 Low Slow Squats
20 Lunges x 2
20 Mountain Climbers
Trek back to Kingsley
40 Step ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the newsletter
COT:
Prayers & Praises

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Blimps at the GC

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Short disclaimer then jog around back of center for warm-ups. Normal stuff: SSHs, imperial Walker’s, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parkers, Parker Peter’s, and MNCs. Mosey to back hill for accumulating BLIMPS. 5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, 15 Imperial Walker’s, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jack’s, and 30 Squats. Start at bottom with 5 burpees, run to firestation for 10 donkey kicks, run back to start. 5 burpees, 10 lunges, run to station for 10 donkey kicks, run back to start. Repeat adding letter each round. Pollo had to duck out due to asthma flair up but it took us a while to find him. So good lesson to always pay attention to all PAX. After we got that squared away back to blimps. I think we figured out how to count the imperial Walker’s by the 5th round. Finished up back at fountain so we bear crawled one loop around it. Jog back toward cars stopping at other traffic circle. Partner up for 20 partner merkins with hand slap in-between then 20 partner big boys with hand slap at top. Jog back to cars for a few rounds of Mary, except somehow Autobobn thinks Merkins qualify as Mary. But all good, recover and COT. Lots of sickness going around and PAX coming back from being out. So prayers for health right now. Thx for the opportunity 1/2 shell!

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The Safe Sink

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WARMUP: A little of this, a little of that…

THE THANG:
We took our rucks and sandbags and traveled to the top of gentle slope of the entrance to the school in the hopes of finding a less icy spot. We were disappointed. It was slick most everywhere. Kind of like the top of <@USBP08L1G>‘s (not present) head.

After letting men know that it was ok to feel their feelings, no matter how big they were (TWSS), we all cuddled for a few minutes and affirmed one another’s masculinity. We decided we were both good enough AND smart enough, and we think that people like us.

Then it was basically taking turns releasing our trauma and making space for each other. We even all took turns going to the crying room that Farmers had installed. It was very affirming.

From there we did 3 very thoughtful and mindful rounds of 7s with our rucks on and with our sandbags.

It was a round of manmakers and squats, one of curls and bag ups, and one of merkins and flutters with a press.

Peta reached a whole new level and had a real breakthrough in accessing his inner child.

MARY: We decided it best to just have men present for this session.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The newsletter contains the latest, please avail yourself of this wonderful resource.

COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Carry the heavy stuff, makes carrying the small stuff easier | Kitchen Sink

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Buy-In: 10 Man-Makers, 20 weighted squats, 30 SSH + Mosey around parking lot

Lunge Walk the back of the school, ~200 yds:
– 20 merkins in cadence
– Lunge walk 20 paces with sandbag racked on back
– 10 low slow merkins IC
– Lunge walk 10 paces with sandbag above head
– 15 wide grip merkins IC
– Toy soldiers with sandbag front racked
– 10 diamond merkins IC
– 20 lunges w/bag back racked, 10 lunges with bag above head, 20 toy soldiers with bag front racked
– 15 CDD IC
– and so on, and so on

Pass every bag down the line while sitting shoulder to shoulder…pass them back

DORA #1: 100 merkins, 100 squats > Partner farmer carries both sandbags 80 yds.

DORA #2: 50 weighted dips, 50 shoulder presses with sandbag > Partner shuffles 80 yds with one sandbag back racked

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Ranger Merkens

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WARMUP: YOG with stretches mainly to the groin region
THE THANG: 4 corner Loops round the parking lot with curls, squats, curls, and dead lifts.
Dora – Ranger Merkens 75, Overhead Press 75, farmer carry to other side of parking lot
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: thanksgiving convergence and Christmas Party
COT: what happens stays

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Ladder Day

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WARMUP: mosey round parking lot. Indian run to Hampton Inn w 6 completing 1 burpee. All your regular warmup exercises.
THE THANG: ladder loops with pain stations. Merkens, Big Boys, LBCs, CDD, lunges, dips.
DORA
75 Big Boys
75 Squats
Mosey around restaurant circle
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Thanksgivingweek convergences.
COT:

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Failure is fine

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WARMUP: Gathered with our sandbags and left those for a quick mosey after a quick disclaimer. Came back for SSH, windmills, low slow squats, merkins, cherry pickers.
THE THANG: Came back to our sandbags and took our carabiners and clipped the ends to each other. Put them on our shoulders and then walked VERY close to each other. Alternating shoulders as needed but honestly, this lasted about 200 yards before the Q realized this wasn’t shaping up as it was in his head. Along the way we did curls and then curls and overhead presses.

We then unclipped and did 10 manmakers. We then took our bags to the tiered area and partnered up at the bottom. 1 partner with a 40 and 1 with a 60.

Partner 1 took both sandbags to the top and partner 2 stayed at the bottom doing pushups. Once partner 1 got back, there was a flip flop. Rinsed and repeated this.

Did this again with dips (just 1 round) and finished with flutters but for flutters it was a farmer carry.

Headed back towards COT but stopped at the curb for another idea…that didn’t pan out. With 2 sandbags removed, each pax laid down with a sandbag held in a press and then passed it down the line (last 2 guys had no bag yet) and then the first 1 guy that passed the bag ran to the other end in an Indian run style plan. Again, idea was ok but execution wasn’t great.

Moral of the story today – have a plan, execute plan, adjust plan, move forward.
MARY: we spared a few min
ANNOUNCEMENTS: complete
COT: complete

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