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Smokin Cindy Beatdown

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Specialist Ryan Dennis Orin Riley was a 22-year-old soldier from Richmond, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army. He is remembered for his dedicated service during Operation Inherent Resolve.

## Service History:
* Enlistment: He joined the Army in October 2016.
* Unit Assignment: He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
* Specialization: He served as a 13J Fire Control Specialist, responsible for integrating and processing tactical battlefield information.
* Deployments:
* South Korea: Served at Camp Casey from March 2017 to March 2018.
* Iraq: Arrived in Iraq in December 2018 for his first combat deployment.
* Passing: Specialist Riley died on April 20, 2019, in the Nineveh province of Iraq in a non-combat related incident while supporting missions to defeat ISIS.

## Awards & Decorations:
During his service, he earned several recognitions, including:

* Combat Action Badge
* National Defense Service Medal
* Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
* Korea Defense Service Medal
* Army Service Ribbon
* Overseas Service Ribbon

He was buried with full military honors at Madison County Memorial Gardens in Richmond, Kentucky, following a funeral service on May 6, 2019.

Warm-Up:
SSH – 25 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan NC – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
Cheese Shredder

The Thang:
1. Dora: Partner up. One works, one runs 50 yards and back. Switch.

Exercises (with cinder):
100 Block Chest Presses
100 Block Curls
100 Block Overhead Presses

2. Perform a Ladder: (Start with 5 reps; Add +5 each round except Blockees; 5-10-15-20-15-10-5)
After each round, run 1 lap around track

Exercises (with cinder):
1 Blockees (burpee w/ cinder)
2 Block Squats
3 Block Swings
4 Block Thrusters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Little bit more

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Arrived on the scene early so I could mosey around the grounds and firm up my plans for the workout. Good thing to because during the pre-mosey had to alter my route and hit the gas station to make a deposit. Left feeling a little lighter and made it back to COT with a couple minutes to spare. Go time baby ( for the 2nd time )!

WARMUP: Recently posted at a Slapshot Q so borrowed this one from him. If you read this @UQ50TPDLH just know I had to 1 up you my friend by adding a rep, because 6 is not good enough man, we needed 7 reps ( SomethingAboutMary reference-hahaha ). Below was done at COT:
5 min EMOM
7 HR Merkins
7 Squats
7 Burpees

THE THANG: After the warm-up was complete we moseyed around Harris Teeter parking lot and traveled to the back of the store making it all the way around to the backside of Red Bowl where we found a strip of parking spaces to perform our Paula Abdul routine.
Bear Crawl 2 parking space lines forward, complete 2 merkins
Crawl Bear 1 parking space line backward, complete 1 merkin
Started from an island and the finish line was the next island. Mainframe finished first and ended the misery for the rest of us.
Upon completion asked the PAX to perform 1 set of Merkins to failure. Everyone shared their number, again, Mainframe was the King, that dude is a beast.

From the backside of Red Bowl we traveled across the street to the church where there is a nice, covered area with plenty of benches. Time to trash the legs.
PAX were asked to complete 15-10-5 reps – each leg – of the following exercises: Step-ups & BSSs
Upon completion we partnered up to spend some time under tension.
1 partner holds Al Gore while the other partner completes 10 jump squats. Keep trading places until you complete an accumulative rep count of 100 jump squats.

From there we moseyed back to the main grounds area and found a smooth surface near a set dumpsters ( can't remember the store next to the dumpsters ). Perfect for a Jack Webb core routine.
1 count exercise was BBSs
4 count exercise was Flutter Kicks ( count 1 leg )
1 count completes at 10 and 4 count completes at 40.
Upon completion asked the PAX to hold a 2 minute high plank.

From there needed to kill 2 minutes so we moseyed around the Harris Teeter parking lot and back to COT right on time. Theme of this workout was to give a little more when you already completed a difficult task. The little more you have to give is not for yourself, but for those who count on you, who need you. You always have a little bit left in the tank to give gents!

MARY: No time for her!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL!

COT: STK!

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2026 QvQ Round 2

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QvQ Format:
20/20
PAX Vote in 4 categories
V.A.P.E.

Rabbit:
Divide into two teams

Every man runs 25m and nurs 25 back and the completes 2 squat jumps and 2 burpees.
WWR but add 2 reps to each exercise after each trip out and back. Team with the most reps in total wins.

In addition, each team selects 2 pax to hold Cindy’s above head … Cindy can't drop below the head… if they do the team loses their count and starts over at zero

15 minutes of work.

After time expires, Hold AlGore and plank while the preacher preaches about asking for help and looking for a brother that might need it. (Let's do this for each other men!)

Last 4 minutes jail break 50m and do 5 Big Boys… again but do 10… keep adding 5 and sprinting until time expired.

Stage Coach:
Partner work
Partner 1 will run to the other side of the field and back to partner 2. Partner 2 will be doing an exercise that slowly progresses across the field until Partner 1 returns and switch. Continue switching off between running and exercises until you’re across the field.
Exercises – Bear Crawl, lunge, broad jump burpee, crawl bear and reverse lunge

Results:
Stage Coach won two categories, but Rabbit also won two and had the most overall votes. Win goes to Rabbit.

Great work by both Qs sharpening their leadership today.

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Ruck Shuffle

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WARMUP:
From COT start with a brisk ruck towards back of the school. About a minute in halted the PAX and suggested they do the following warm-up exercises OYO: 10 Squats w/ ruck on, 10 lunges ( 5 ea leg ) w/ ruck on, 10 HR Merkins w/ ruck on, 10 ruck swings, 10 OH Presses, put the ruck back on and start another brisk ruck around the back of the school. About a minute of briskly paced rucking and it was time to start the real work.

THE THANG:
3 minute Ruck Shuffle
20 HR Merkins w/ ruck on + 20 front squats with ruck
3 minute Ruck Shuffle
20 Thrusters w/ ruck + 20 Bent Over Rows
3 minute Ruck Shuffle
15 ManMakers + 15 Ruck Swings
3 minute Ruck Shuffle
15 Simbas w/ ruck, 15 ruck presses while performing FlutterKicks
3 minute Ruck Shuffle

This routine helped us travel 2 times around the perimeter of the school and we ended up back in the COT parking lot. Had time to complete the following:
DORA
50 HR Merkins w/ ruck on
75 Squats w/ ruck on
100 Ruck Swings

MARY: Ended right at 0600 so no time for Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL!

COT: STK!

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2026 QvQ Round 2

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QvQ Format:
20/20
PAX Vote in 4 categories
V.A.P.E.

Rabbit:
Divide into two teams

Every man runs 25m and nurs 25 back and the completes 2 squat jumps and 2 burpees.
WWR but add 2 reps to each exercise after each trip out and back. Team with the most reps in total wins.

In addition, each team selects 2 pax to hold Cindy’s above head … Cindy can't drop below the head… if they do the team loses their count and starts over at zero

15 minutes of work.

After time expires, Hold AlGore and plank while the preacher preaches about asking for help and looking for a brother that might need it. (Let's do this for each other men!)

Last 4 minutes jail break 50m and do 5 Big Boys… again but do 10… keep adding 5 and sprinting until time expired.

Stage Coach:
Partner work
Partner 1 will run to the other side of the field and back to partner 2. Partner 2 will be doing an exercise that slowly progresses across the field until Partner 1 returns and switch. Continue switching off between running and exercises until you’re across the field.
Exercises – Bear Crawl, lunge, broad jump burpee, crawl bear and reverse lunge

Results:
Stage Coach won two categories, but Rabbit also won two and had the most overall votes. Win goes to Rabbit.

Great work by both Qs sharpening their leadership today.

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Bobby madness

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Warmup: Motivators from 7, run, circle up for: windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan n/c, low slow squats, peter parkers, some plank stretches.
Run
Thang 1: pull up bars. Each pax does 10 pull ups, while others do LBCs. Then each pax does 10 knees to chest, while others do flutters.
Run
Thang 2: bench work: step ups, dips, butt-touch squats, derkins, calf raises
run
Thang 3: leg lift DORA. Do collectively 100 leg lifts, partner runs 250 feet and back.
Run
Thang 4: march madness: at b-ball court: start at baseline, do 10 bobby hurleys, go to half court and do 20 bobby hurleys, go to far baseline and do 30 bobby hurleys.
Run a short loop
Thang 5: EMOM: do exercise to the count shown, if done within the minute=get to rest.
30 squats; 20 merkins; 40 mtn climbers; 20 big boys; 10 burpees. Run a short loop.
35 jump squats; 25 dry docks; 20 bobby hurleys; 30 amer hammers; 10 burpees. Run a short loop.
Thang 6: music routine: do a push up at every ‘sexy’…song is “I’m too sexy” (Right Said Fred).
Thang 7: slam ball toss: pax on their six in a tight circle; one with the ball: do a sit up and then toss to another pax; repeat and get to two, three, four sit ups before the toss.
Thang 8: Airbornes.
Fini.

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Very creative

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WARMUP: nah, we pledged the flag
THE THANG: ran to FMHS and back with 2 exercises at the stops below – exercises were 10 merkins, 10 big boys.

  • John’s gas station at the top of Massey
  • Little baby Jesus church
  • Park at the bottom of the hill
  • Light at the top of Harris
  • At the pull up bars
  • Split the group for 10 pull ups – one group ran down to the light at the school entrance, one group did a lap around the back parking lot – then each group swapped and ran the route and did the pull ups
  • Back to the bottom of Harris
  • To the top of Harris at Aubrey
  • To the parking lot at pike

Finished up with down the hill at Massey, then up at 90%
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: csaups and newsletter
COT: uhaul, kids growing up, Harry Carey’s wife’s bday!

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Very creative

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WARMUP: nah, we pledged the flag
THE THANG: ran to FMHS and back with 2 exercises at the stops below – exercises were 10 merkins, 10 big boys.

  • John’s gas station at the top of Massey
  • Little baby Jesus church
  • Park at the bottom of the hill
  • Light at the top of Harris
  • At the pull up bars
  • Split the group for 10 pull ups – one group ran down to the light at the school entrance, one group did a lap around the back parking lot – then each group swapped and ran the route and did the pull ups
  • Back to the bottom of Harris
  • To the top of Harris at Aubrey
  • To the parking lot at pike

Finished up with down the hill at Massey, then up at 90%
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: csaups and newsletter
COT: uhaul, kids growing up, Harry Carey’s wife’s bday!

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Bam Bam Board of Pain

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WARMUP: Moroccan Night Club, Windmills, Side Straddle Hops
THE THANG: Over Head Press, KB Swings w/Block ,Merkins, Big Boy Situps w/Press, Curls,Squats w/Blocks.
MARY: LBC’S, Hello Dolly’s and other core exercises to name a few.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: Prayer for Uhaul family

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