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Holy $@&! there are trails over there?!?

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WARMUP: Straight Up probably got to The Colosseum at 2am to get his warmup in. Gecko did some stretching. I thought about it. River Rat and Sasquatch stretched the tensile strength of their vehicles coming in on two wheels and Beaker materialized out of nowhere.
THE THANG: we ran through the woods in the dark and rain. All in all, not too slippery. 4.5ish miles 11:20 pace 1100ft of elevation gain
MARY: we did 1 random bomb jack in my the middle of the run and a few other exercises when we got back to COT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Monday morning Bells

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WARMUP: Basic Warmup: disclaimer , short mosey, SSH, windmills, hillbilly walkers, MNCs, Mountain Climbers, Merkins
THE THANG: Walk to opposite parking lot. 20 each of Swings, Upward Rows, Curls, Tricep Extensions, and Bell Merkins, then a short loop. 3 rounds.
Transferred the KBs to the other side of the lot for another set of exercises. 20 each of Am Hammers, Flutters, Skull Crushers, Chest Press, and Goblet Squats.
Only 2 rounds completed due to time.
On your six bell pass back to starting point.
Walk back to COT.
2O each of Pass Through Lunges, Dead Lifts, Overhead Press, Figure 8s.
Ended at 0600.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Thanksgiving Convergence 2023z
COT:Yes. Lots to be grateful for, lots to pray about.

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Ghost Flag meets Board of Pain – Metro takes the flag

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WARMUP:
Mosey to WarmORama
Small Arm Circles
Side Straddle Hop
Produce Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey around the parking lot, then
Lunge Walk
Toy Soldiers
Bear Crawl

Mosey to Board of Pain, then

5x Burpees – Run – 5x – Run – 10x – Run – 15x of each exercise below:

Merkins
Shoulder Taps
CDD
Mountain Climbers
Low Slow Squats
Calf Raises
Lunges
Monkey Humpers
LBCs
Freddie Mercury
Box Cutters
Flutter Kicks

Run back to shovel flag for CoT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the Newsletter

COT:
Personal Successes, Prayers for a friend who passed away, Prayers for family of PAX, Prayers for health and happiness.
Metro takes the flag.

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Is it Cold or Hot?

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WARMUP: seal jacks, side straddle hops, windmills, Michael Phelps, overhead claps
THE THANG: bear crawl as mode of transportation around parking lot dragging hardware, hit up spots to stop and do overhead presses, swings, curls, chest press, rows, squats. Stopped and did some dips and irkins, round two with partner dora style involved running and same set of exercises
MARY: flutters, v ups, LBCs, American hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf tournament coming up, thanksgiving convergence
COT: discussion about legacy and the need to pour into generation Z, thanks to BOB for sharing a testimony about his daughters anxiety and recovery, prayers for battle bot work opportunities

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Spooky pumpkin of pain and suffering

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WARMUP:
The usual

THE THANG:
Spooky pumpkin of pain. To the tunes of Halloween
DORA style – man in the middle does 10 manmakers as the timer
1. Squats
2. Deadlifts
3. Lawnmower pulls
4. Chest press
5. Overhead press
6. Clave raises
7. LBC
8. Flutters
9. Swings
10. Snatch
11. Clean
12. Push-ups with bell
13. Pull overs
14. Reverse Lunges

Last round, we switched it up for 20 american style KB swings (that’s the ones where it goes over your head). Finished right at 6

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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Let’s Try That Again…

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After double booking a few weeks back… River Rat was able to get me back on the schedule to continue Rucktober into November… Ruckvember? The truck was loaded down with coupons, and we showed up on time. Check, check.

Now it’s time to work. We grabbed a few sandbags and one Jerry can and headed off into the gloom.

Iteration 1
Carry Coupon/Ruck up and down bleachers
10 Ruck Merkins
Switch Coupons, Rinse and Repeat
Ruck Lunges

Ruck around the track

Repeat with Squats, Coupon OH Press
Ruck another lap

Iteration 2
Coupon/Ruck CMIYC

There were three of us – so an improvisation was made. Drop rucks.

Pax 1 farmer carries two rucks, two other pax drop for 5 burpees. Up and sprint to Pax 1, swap position. Repeat for a lap. (Sprocket is faster than he looks, by the way!).

Grab two sandbags, no rucks. Pax 1/2 move forward while Pax 3 does 10 bomb jacks. Catch up/swap. Repeat for a lap.

Grabs rucks and sandbags. Pax 1/2 move forward with both while Pax 3 does 3 8-count body builders with ruck. Catch up/swap. Repeat for a lap.

Time was nearing expiration – so we headed back to COT.

Ended with 5 Ruck American Hammers IC.

Announcements
Thanksgiving convergences for both The Fort and The Rock. The Rock’s will take place at the JOC at 0630. Something mean and green and with casseroles… 🤷🏻‍♂️
Donut dash this weekend for The Rock
The Fort is having another blood drive on 11/17. Hit up 3D if interested. #freedtobleed

COT
Heavy prayers lifted up today. Pray the Lord’s will be done and the Kingdom of God can prevail in all of our lives.

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Rucktober sandbag exchange at the JOC

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WARMUP: mosey around the parking lot loop
THE THANG: we took a few minutes to learn how to transition a sandbag between men since it was frustrating to see so many guys struggle during GTE32.

We then took some cones and threw them out and bearcrawled to pick one cone each and bring it back to a parking spot. There we each did what was on our cone while using the bearcrawls exercise station as the timer. Then we rotated to the next spot and performed that exercise. It was a great time. We did all kinds of ruck swings, ruck rows, big boy burpees, around the dome, squat thrusters, bear crawling finished with a 3 minute sandbag shuffle.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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IAN

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Hurricane Ian was rolling through town. Light drizzle. We did three rounds of exercises that started with the letter i a and n. IAN. https://youtu.be/FpvJsUOgWlg

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Pathfinder: Was that a Grey Wolf or a Coyote (or a Mountain Lion)?

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WARMUP:  I’m pretty sure 3 out of 4 of the PAX came in HOT today…so clearly no need to warm up. Headlamps on! Let’s roll!!
THE THANG: Launched from ASC Greenway Horse Barns toward “No Name” trail. Stumbled upon a [probably not] wild horse. Alright… it was a horse (yes, a ginormous horse) just strolling around in the dark looking for snacks (we presumed). Since we had CC ( 🐕 ) with us, we opted to turn back and head out another way. The course was 5 miles-ish+ total. We ran to the top of Cantrell, onto Muscadine to Wagon Loop, up and over the Wagon Loop hill (renamed “Opportunity” because it gives you the opportunity to run up the “beast of a hill” from the swinging bridge to the Canteen) to Blue Star, around the lake to Timberline and back up to the peach orchards and the on to the horse barns.

So, to the title of the workout…While running up timberline we (possibly just me) saw what appeared to be a grey wolf dart across the trail about 20 yds ahead of us (yes, grey wolves apparently don’t live here) or maybe it was a large coyote (more than likely not a mountain lion – they apparently don’t live here either, but…a story for another time). No one was eaten and our pace mysteriously accelerated for the last portion up the hill, so there was that!!

MARY: This is a running Workout – we’re lucky to just survive that!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter!
COT: Lots to be thankful for and prayers spoken for the “stuff” going on in our lives!

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10 Year Convergence

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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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