Deck of Awesomeness

WARMUP:
Mosey to FM Church of God…SSH, Low slow squats, seal jacks and Moroccan nightclubs. Mosey to FM Baptist rear parking lot.

THE THANG:
Deck of cards: Hearts = Merkin. Spades = BBSU. Diamonds = Lunge. Clubs = Crab cakes. Joker = 15 burpees. 2s = Lap around parking lot. PAX made it through 90% of the deck before DOAH decided to “help” by selecting new cards for the remainder of the WO. As punishment for DOAH’s “help,” we pivoted to 7’s on the Withers St hill. Jump Squats at the bottom and merkins at the top.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many options for community leadership coming up in the next few months.

COT:

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Hills & Thrills

WARMUP: run to starting point – Academy & Monroe by churches
THE THANG: 4 street hill repeats with pain stations station 1) 20 Merks 20 squats 20 seal jacks
Station 2) 10 burps 10 shoulder taps 10 Peter Parker’s
Station 3) 30 plank jacks 30 sumo squats 30 lbc’s
Station 4) 15 monkey jumpers 15 big boy sit-up 15 calf raises

MARY: flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: spartin beast November 19th
COT: check

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bells with the boys!!!

WARMUP: CHERRY PICKERS, windmill, side straddle hop
THE THANG: Goblet clean X10 each arm
Goblet squat low and slow x10
Bent over row x10 each arm
Murder bunny 10 meters and return
Turkish get up .25….. x10 each side
American hammer way too fast for those with something heavy x15
Lunge walk with a pass thru…. 10 meters there 10 meters back
Plank drag x10 on each arm.
Shower curtain slide… 10 meters there 10 meters back
Trade your weight with another pax Rinse and repeat

MARY: @battlebot asked me to q in the ambulance,
@hardwood was confused from the start,
@longduck paid for coffee
@showercurtain wrote his first backblast
Everybody had something to say and plenty to do!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter!!!
COT: No prayer requests. Praise to the good Lord for giving us another day!

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Getting swole

Warm up: SSH, Squat, burpee, merkins

Slow shoulder raise
21s: curls: 7 half down, 7 half up, 7 full
Jacob’s ladder series: 7 Count, run in between
swings/squats
curl/overhead tri
lawnmower/American hammer
Mary

Great morning with even better chatter with even better better tunes. We ran a bit more than Snake Pit is used to but we ate better for it.

Aye!

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War eagle swoops down to attack the liger

WARMUP: yes…ran up the hill by the football stadium for SSH, windmills, merkins, Moroccan night clubs, squats, and some stretching of the shoulders.
THE THANG: deck of cards was the game. Every 6 cards we ran about 100 yards and back. And let’s just say the exercises didn’t line up so well with the cards.
Diamonds: 2-7 were merkin with a KB pull; 8-A (fan favorite) we’re man makers
Spades: 2-7 lunges with bell; 8-A squat thrusters
Clubs: 2-7 flutter with a press; 8-A American hammers
Hearts: 2-7 curls; 8-A KB swings
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10 year coming up
COT: prayers for YHC’s M for job offer (which she got the next day), health for friends and families, schools and kids

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The Bushwood Gamble

While I tagged the entire PAX from both AOs, the BB is only for Bushwood.
WARMUP: Essentially non-existent. We ran to the bottom of the hill on the backside of the school. We then NUR’d about 75 yards back up the hill then ran back down to the benches for 30 Derkins. We then did 15 pull-ups, ran to the stop sign, NUR’d back for 15 more pull-ups & planked for the 6.
THE THANG: Run back to the parking lot for the deck of cards:
For the 1st-Timers, each suit is an exercise and each card represents the reps (Ace=14).
Hearts: Jump Squats
Diamonds: Diamond Merkins
Spades: Carolina Dry Docks
Clubs: V-Ups
For the other 4 cards, ya know, the ones that have the ads or some other nonsense on them, those were 25 American Hammers I/C.
MARY: Included in the above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the NYT article, watch (record) Fox News at midnight tonight for additional F3 sharing. Be grateful for this brotherhood and welcome the FNGs.
COT: You had to be there.

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Sweet home AL

WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: Alabama route 2mi. BASS exercises Bombjacks, American hammers, Squats, SSHs. 10 ea. 2 stops. 2 laps or 2nd lap circle up main and back to COT x2 for 3mi total.
MARY: PAX choice
ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pickup this Sat. Shooting in Nov.
COT: praises prayers.

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“Shop Vacs- Cinderblock of pain”

WARMUP: Mosey and Circle up, exercises for starters
THE THANG: Cinder block work- 15 shoulder Presses- a lap(with cider Block) x2, 20 curls- a lap (with block)x2, 15 uprights-a lap (with Block) x2, 20 Bench press-a lap(block) x2, 20 merkins on block- a lap (with block) x2, 10 manmakers- a lap(with block) x2. Then transitioned to pull up bars and did elevens, 10 pull ups and to bottom of hill 1 merkin, 9 & 2, 8&3 and so on! some finished!
MARY: ran out of time- Read a Sean Kelley prayer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers for Marriages , I forget the specifics

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10 Year Convergence

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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Four of us tackled four corners of fun at The Stockade this morning. Conditions were stellar (63 degrees and low humidity). A quick disclaimer was disclaimed, a few warm up exercised were done and we were off. Here’s what we did:

  • 10 Burpees at each Corner (40 Burpees)
  • 20 Merkins at each Corner (80 Merkins)
  • 30 Shoulder Taps at each Corner (120 Shoulder Taps)
  • 40 Squats at each Corner (160 Squats)
  • 50 Side Straddle Hops at each Corner (200 SSHs)
  • 40 Moroccan Night Clubs at each Corner (160 MNCs)
  • 30 LBCs at each Corner (120 LBCs)
  • 20 Lunges at each Corner (80 Lunges)
  • Return to COT
  • Total Mileage: 2.0

NMM

Every day we wake up with a choice. Will we think of what we have to do or what we GET to do? Do we think about the stresses of the day or the opportunities the day presents? We can choose positivity or negativity. Negativity is easy to find. It’s what sells ad space on TV and radio. It’s what gets clicks online. Positivity takes effort. Sometimes you have to find it.

We are blessed that we GET to have adult recess with our friends. We GET to go to work to provide for our families. We have so many opportunities to better this place. If not us then who? If not now then when?

Aye!
Italian Job

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