Tag: Retiree

Welcome Outback

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WARMUP: side straddle hop, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, mosey around the lot
THE THANG:
11’s on hill by gas station
At bottom – Big boy sit-ups
At top – Jump squats

4 corners in lot behind CFA. (2 rounds)
10 merkins
Lunge walk
15 squats
Side shuffle
15 calf raises
Lunge walk
20 lbc
Side shuffle

MARY: flutter, pickle pointer, Freddie mercury

ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence Tuesday at WEP, bethel men’s shelter Thursday,

COT: aging parents, neighbors moving, adolescent mental health, family businesses, financial challenges

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Bells, Bags, and Burpees

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WARMUP: stretching, washers, grass pickup, iron cross
THE THANG: 400 m run with weight, 30 lateral burpees, 30 lunges each leg, 30 kettle bell swings, rinse and repeat going down to 10 reps and back up again for extra credit
MARY: planks, merkin hold at 6”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, convergence coming up
COT: Remember Vietnam vets, families and marriages

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Two Qs Walk Into The Fort… One Brought Coupons, The Other Brought Regret

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Conditions: Humid, heavy, and perfect for the grind

Warm-Up (Cornerstone on Q):
– 10 Windmills
– 10 Cherry Pickers
The Thigh Fryer (3 Sets):
– 20 Squats
– 20 Merkins

EMOM Hill Burn (4 Rounds – 12 Minutes Total):
Every 2 minutes:
– Run ~200m to the top of the hill
– 10 Mike Tysons
– Kraken Burpees until the timer ends
– 1 min rest between rounds

Slowsy to the car for coupons and made our way to the amphitheater for some station-based brutality:

Coupon Circuit – 45 sec work / 15 sec rest (8 Stations):
– Alternating One-Arm KB Swings
– Wall Ball Squats
– KB Curls
– Slam Ball Smashes
– KB Goblet Squats
– Dumbbell Lateral Raise → Front Raise
– Sandbag Deadlifts
– Sandbag Sit-Ups

Half-Time Substitution: Cuomo on Q

Playground Pain – “5/31 Special” (6 Rounds):
Each round:
– 5 Pull-Ups
– 31 of the following (new one each round):
– LBCs
– American Hammers
– Big Boys
– Flutters
– Boats & Canoes
– Mountain Climbers
– Lap after each set
Finisher – Modified Elevens on the Hill (aka Sixes):
– Bottom: Carolina Dry Docks
– Top: Overhead Claps

Time Called: Right on schedule

Moleskine: Cornerstone brought the burn, Cuomo brought the creativity, and the PAX brought the grit. Solid mix of cardio, strength, and coordination. The coupons didn’t disappoint and neither did the effort. Strong push all around.

COT: Prayers and Praises

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SlowBurn with a Kick in the A….

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WARMUP: Dynamic warm up around Lowe’s stopping along way to circle up and exercise
Crowd pleaser was the duck walks in honor of Retiree

THE THANG:
The accumulator
10 exercises starting with one rep
Moving to next parking space line 2 reps, next line 3 reps and continuing to 10 spaces 10 reps
Modes of transportation were
Bear Crawl
Lunge walk
Crawl Bear
Reverse Lunge walk

Shoulders were toast but Twister kept us motivated :cold_sweat:
MARY:
Back at COT some dying cockroaches
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fast5k Saturday 3pm do it for Luka!!
COT:
Prayers for all dealing with life and it’s disappointments but also recognizing the blessings :fire: :point_up_2: :raised_hands:

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The Kickoff of the Funhouse Farewell Tour

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WARMUP:
I am certain we warmed up.

THE THANG:
It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either commit to memory, or will even shove a printout in my pocket to reference just in case. I didn’t do that this time. I know that I tried to call a few of the favorites of <@UGNDJBDU3> in his honor. I know we hit The Zipper and we definitely performed the Gonorrhea Burpee (because it has The Clap), but that’s all I really recall…

Now, the only person likely to read this is <@UGU3XR5RP>, but I just got painfully convicted about not writing Backblasts in a timely nor efficient manner. As I was looking back to see if I could find this weinke, I discovered that I have the BB from both my FNG post (administered by <@UN6U5PXNJ> and <@U08GGTLHL>) and from my VQ at The Armory.

<@U07QXBKKF5F> joined us as an FNG that morning. As it turns out, this came at a critical time in his life… and is hopefully blessing it. But, I failed him as a Q. He now does not have the enjoyment or blessing of being able to go back and read the report from his first post and reflect on that in the same way that I do. The first day I posted, I was sure I was going to die when Pusher said, “And now for the second half, I’ll hand this off to Jekyll”. I didn’t understand how the toughest workout I had ever done to that point in my adult life could have a SECOND HALF.

That’s a cherished memory. So, for Road Rash and every man after him, I commit to writing BackBlasts, making them interesting and timely, and hyping the reading of them after the fact. I also will attempt to persuade other men to do the same.

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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75mins, a little complexity, a lot of effort

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The image of the board will be used as the workout details but in case others want to use this, here are a few notes to consider:
– Split the group if needed.
– Predetermine a good distance for the Mode of Transportation (M.O.T.) and ensure it’s clearly articulated.
– Keep repeating the “Thang” section until every PAX completes 1 time on the M.O.T.
– Give example of the exercise before that “Thang” section, not all examples in the beginning.
– Open to other feedback
WARMUP:
THE THANG: See image.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter content.
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Tortoise and Hare pre-yog

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Accepted this Q invite before I realized it was same day as the Tortoise and Hare CSAUP. No worries – all bad decisions can be compounded with other bad decisions so decided to let her rip.

A few PAX were out running already when we started. For normal start time PAX, 2 went trails and 5 hit the streets.

Trail – enter kingsley and immediate right – continue to dogwood and stay right on dogwood all the way to Cantrell ave where you will get on Muscadine. Stay course until you get to Azalea where you will find your way back to the spillway. you will hop on Haigler and go around lake and get to timberline and bring you back to Kingsley and back to CoT.

Road – get on 160 and dodge traffic over I77. Left on sutton rd then right on front st into baxter. Continue onto settlers height/Stratford run/harvest point until you reach the end. Turn around and come back

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

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