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Welcome back to the 90s

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WARMUP: SSH while we gathered everyone to get the party started. Then took off for a short mosey over to the flags. Windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins. Then ran to the back of the school.
THE THANG: we setup the DJ station for some 90s jams. Stating point was by the gym where the picnic tables were at and we would do 1 exercise, run to the end of the parking lot where the orange cones are normally at, then back to the music for the following exercise, reading left to right and then progressing down. But 1 exercise, then run every time. I think 2.5 miles were got or close to, and the kings were somewhere down to the jump squats.

10 burpees (30 seconds Al Gore)
15 diamonds (30 monkey humpers)
20 hand release (50 calf raises)
25 wide arm (50 flutters)
30 merkins (40 step ups total)
35 rangers (25 incline merkins)
40 carolina dry docs (30 hammers)
45 plank jacks (30 sec wall sit)
50 mountain climber (50 LBC)
60 shoulder taps (25 jump squat)
90 sec plank (25 decline merkins)

MARY: didn’t happen today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter and shovel flag handoff to Halfback!! Congrats!
COT: love these guys and the support they give each of us!

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Pass the Praise and Take the Blame

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There is no one to blame but myself for the pain inflicted on eight at the American Jackal. Here’s what we did.

Warmup
– 15 SSHs (IC)
– 15 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)

The Thang
– Hill repeats with Squats (10 at the bottom, 9 at the top, 8 at the bottom…all the way down to 1) – 55 Total

Mosey to the Track
– 1 lap followed by 25 Merkins, 25 Flutters, 25 Wide Arm Merkins (repeat 4 times) – 100 Merkins, 100 Flutters, 100 Werkins, and 1 mile

Mosey back to COT
– 10 Bombjacks at each light pole -70 total

Bench Work
– 10 Irkins (IC)
– 20 Dips (IC)
– 20 Step-ups
– 10 Derkins (IC)

Back to COT – 2.3 miles total

NMM
The quickest way to lose credibility as a leader is to pass the blame to someone else. We are better than that. Great leaders pass the praise and take the blame. It builds trust, earns respect, and shows true character. Ego divides. Ownership unites.

Aye!
IJ

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Someone turned on the bacon smell

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WARMUP: Gathered at the top of the heart of Kingsley with 8 HIMs ready to start their Thursday. Started out with SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, down dogs and some honeymooners.
THE THANG: Instructions were 3 exercises per stop. First stop was fire pit. 20 merkins, 20 squats, 20 shoulder taps. Next stop was by the waterfall for the same count and exercises. Next stop was the round about for the same 3 exercises and counts.

Next stop was half way towards the trails for: 30 lunges, 30 hammers, 50 calf raises. To the top of the hill at the light for the same 3 exercises and counts. Back down the hill where we stopped for a min for the six, then ran to the round about.

At the round about, we did 25 CDD, 25 plank jacks, 25 seal jacks. Ran towards sunbelt rental down the road, stopped half way for the 6. Then ran all the way down to the corner for another round of the 25s. Ran half way up the hill, then ran back to pick up the 6, then did another round of 25s.

Last was 50s up the hill to COT. 50s were: 50 step count of 80-90% sprint, 50 steps at 5k’ish speed, 50 steps walking which landed us at COT.

MARY: Full round of cadence counting for each pax.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: Davinchi’s father in law, Wyatt and his recovery, travel for the holidays, patience for those of us with kids at home

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C for creativity, not c for cookie

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WARMUP: disclaimer and go. No messing around.
THE THANG: Ran to the bank for stop 1. 5s and 10s.
– 5 = hand release merkin
– 10 = squats with chin up and hands touching the ground

Next stop was First National bank…5s and 10s. Thanks to Change Order for the idea for the next stop.

Next stop was the round about by model A. 5s and 10s with a 30 count in cadence of flutters.

Head down Hubert Graham to the bottom of the hill. 5s and 10s with 15 in cadence flutters partially sitting up.

Up HG to the light which wasn’t super close so was out of gas at the top. 5s and 10s with American hammer.

Now to head back the same way we came with 5s and 10s at each of the same stops.

Back at COT we did 5s with hand release diamonds and 10s of jump squats.
MARY: 3 rounds of Mary: LBCs, wipers, bicycles
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 7/22 Barry, 7/3 men’s dinner, 7/4 convergence
COT: ball of man for prayers and praises

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It wasn’t that hot or humid

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WARMUP: not at MP
THE THANG: Running was the game. Up Massey to gas station. Each stop was 5 Spider-Man merkins, 10 CDD. Next stop was corner of Aubrey for same 5 and 10. To Skipper cross road for 5 and 10. All the way to the City Hall office building (I think it’s called), 5 and 10. Up to the painful glass filled parking lot for 5 and 10. To the print shop for 5 pull ups, 5 and 10, then 5 pull ups again. To the corner down by burrito place, 5 and 10. To COT, 5 and 10. Back up to gas station, 5 and 10. Down the street past the park to 160, 5 and 10. All the way back to COT, 5 and 10.

Then to the church 4 corners for…5 and 10. Shortcut back to print shop for Soup, earned $1, but up the hill and back to print shop for the rest of us for the 5, 5, 10, 5 series.

Then back to COT.
MARY: not really
ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4 convergence, July 3 men’s food shelter
COT: completed

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F3 Hyrox OR a Sink Workout

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WARMUP:
15 SSH IC
10 Cherry Pickers IC
10 Windmills IC
10 Imperial Walkers IC
10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
5 Burpees OYO

THE THANG:
F3 Hyrox

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 1: 100 HR Merkins

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 2: 100m Weighted Lunge

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 3: 100 Thrusters
(Modified to 50)

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 4: 100m Farmers Carry

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 5: 100 Bent Over Rows

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 6: 100m Bear Crawl

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 7: 100 Weighted Squats

Run: 1/4 mile loop
Working Station 8: 100m Burpee Broad Jump

Made it through the start of rows
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sweaty Barry
Fourth of July Convergence
Bethel Men’s Shelter
COT:
Be cautious of pride and ego
Patience
Heat exhaustion

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Sore in all the Wrong Places

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WARMUP: IWx15, WMx15, HW x15
THE THANG:
All number 25 unless otherwise noted
10 Burpees, Chest to Back Pullover, Back Lunge with Pass through, curl (15 each), Goblet Squat
Right handed overhead carry to next station
KB Merkin, Figure 8, 90/45, Toe Taps, 10 Manmakers
Left Handed Overhead Carry
Halo, Upright Row, Dead Lift, Hip Circles
Farmers Carry
Chest Presses (50), Skull Crushers, Upright Row
Farmers Carry other hand to wall
Squat Curl, Peoples Chair with KB pass x2, peoples Chair with arms straight out, Balls to the wall.

MARY:
Russian Twists, LBC with KB, Corkscrew Plank, Xand O
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read slack
COT: successful

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Forecast: Pain with a 100% Chance of Perspective

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Conditions: It poured all night. But as I pulled up—miraculously dry skies and just enough gloom to get uncomfortable.

YHC rolled in not knowing if anyone would show after a night of monsoon-style weather. But there they were—cars parked, PAX ready. Let’s go.

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? Warm-Up (Standard Flow):
• Imperial Walkers – Yes, right there on the damp pavement.
• LBCs – Because we like getting uncomfortable.
• Superman w/ Ripcord Pull – To wake up those neglected back muscles.

Then we moseyed to the front entrance for Global Warming – Al Gore hold while each PAX delivered 30 monkey humpers. Humbling. And hilarious.

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? Testimony Drop – Part 1:
Shared some of my story—growing up in California, an early move to Connecticut, and the brokenness that began to shape me.

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? Main Work: The Grinder Loop (4 Rounds):

Each Round:
• 20 Irkins
• 30 Bulgarian Split Squats (15/leg)
• 20 Dips
• 5 Burpees
Then: Lap around the front of the middle school.

Confessions flowed like sweat:
• Round 1: Life in a 1% MC environment. Drugs. Death. Uncertainty.
• Round 2: Homelessness. Fighting. Survival. Muscle-up stop on the hill.
• Round 3: Dropping out. Prison visits. Grief. Grace.

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? COT:
Slow walk back. Talked about how I didn’t just get through the storm—I was cleansed by it. Not because I was strong… but because the Spirit wouldn’t let go.

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? Announcements:
[Insert relevant AO or region updates]

? Prayers & Praises:
Spoken and unspoken. We’re in this together.

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Always a crowd pleaser…

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WARMUP: Mosey’d around the parking lots and picked up Sugar Bug so he got a chance to run. Back at COT we did: windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parker’s, Parker Peter’s.
THE THANG: Everyone’s favorite- the deck of cards.

Do what the cards say based on suit and #.

– Diamonds: 2-7 was merkin with a bell lat pull; 8-ace was man makers (everyone loved these!)
– Clubs: 2-7 was flutter with a press; 8-ace was American hammers
– Spades: 2-7 was lunge with bell pass through leg; 8-ace was squat with should press
– Hearts: 2-7 was single arm curl; 8-ace was kb swings
– Joker was 50 SSH and 10 bomb jacks
– After every 6 cards, we did a farmers carry in 1 arm about 100 yards, then switched hands for the walk back

MARY: did about 4 rounds
ANNOUNCEMENTS: hog and coyote
COT: complete!

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