The Armory 13

A bakers dozen (13) pax came out to the Armory.

Started with: SSHs, windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan n/c, Low slow squats, big arm circles, peterparkers, plank stretches.

Then into a tabata/HIIT routine: 45 seconds ON exercise, 15 seconds rest/transition. The sets were:
Set One:
KB Swings
Side bends
Tricep press
Goblet squats
Burpees (without coupon)

Set Two:
Curls
Shoulder press
Bent over rows
Thrusters
Mountain climbers (without coupon)

Set Three:
Bob & weave
Standing rows
Alternating revers lunges
America Hammer
Merkins (without coupon)

In between of each set we did a short run.
Rinse/repeat sets.

Finish with some mary: Flutters, freddies, box cutters, LBC

Fini
COT

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Doras under Tension

WARMUP: It was cold so the 3 of us needed to get moving ASAP. Moseyed for 5 minutes and wound up in parking lot in front the baseball field. Triangled up and performed the following all in cadence: SSHx20, WMx8, CPx8, Merksx10. We were warm and ready to work.
THE THANG: Different take on Dora that worked out well with 3 and would work with pairs as well. The flow was to run for 5 minutes ( make use of the campus ) and then perform a 1 exercise DORA routine, run for 5 minutes, another 1 exercise DORA routine, etc… We got in 3 DORA routines which were as follows:
DORA#1 – run distance was approx. 25yards out, partners performed 10 alternating lunges together, once completed 1 of the group took off on the run while the others held AG until the runner returned. Completed 6 rounds as each of us ran twice.
DORA#2 – run distance was approx. 40yards out, partners performed 10 merkins together, once completed 1 of the group took off on the run while the others held Plank until the runner returned. Completed 6 rounds as each of us ran twice. There were multiple merkin variations used.
DORA#3 – run distance was approx. 20yards out, partners performed 10 lower leg lifts, once completed 1 of the group took off on the run while the others held 6in until the runner returned. Completed 6 rounds as each of us ran twice.

MARY: Alternating single V-Upsx20, V-Upsx15
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Show to Know!!!

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Birdcage is a slacker site Q

The workout Q was Ringer a slack less Kotter. Birdcage hasn’t done the BB in his place as a good site Q should so I’ll do it to keep BandCamp happy.

Exercise cones were set out in a large loop in the parking lot. KB were left a cones as needed. PAX broke off in two groups. Exercise at the cone as specified on the cone and run to next cone. Repeat until COT.

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4 Horsemen Preview The 23 Mental Battle WOD

The pax got a sneak peek at the Mental Battle WOD for 2023.

Starfish workout after the warmup with the following exercises and returning to the center each time for 20 squats

Round 1 – Shoulder Tap x15 (Double  Count)
Round 2 – Add Mountain Climbers x15 (Double Count)
Round 3 – Add Peter Parkers x15 (Double Count)
Round 4 – Add Donkey Kicks x15 (Double Count)

Round 1 – Monkey Humpers x20
Round 2 – Add Bonny Blairs x20 (Single Count)
Round 3 – Add  Side Lunges x20 (Single Count)
Round 4 – Add Jump Squats x20
Station 4 (Peer Led)

Round 1 – LBCs x25
Round 2 – Add Freddy Mercuries x25 (Double Count)
Round 3 – Add Heels to Heaven x25
Round 4 – Add Superman

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Pitt’s Birthday

WARMUP: mosy to the back of the school. SSH, MNC, Arm Swings
THE THANG:
4 Rounds
12- squats
12 – merkins
12 – mnt climbers
12 – inch worms
Mosey to the fieldhouse and back

3 rds of 20 reps -15 reps -10 reps
Squats
Merkins
Squat Thrust
Flutters
Mosey to the fieldhouse and back

AMAPs 30 sec on 15 sec rest
Set 1
Speed Skater
S.S. Hops
Bomb Jacks
Mnt Climbers

Set 2
Russian Twists
Flutter Kicks
LBCs
Plank

Mosey back to COT

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jaeger, Bethel Mens Shelter, Mental Health Awareness is coming up,
COT: Closed out in prayer

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38 Specials borderline triumphant return to the Gloom

it was my borderline triumph at return of the gloom after having injured my ankle back on January 31st! I would have felt like it was a lot more triumphant if during the first side startle hot my ankle didn’t tell me I had to stop doing these pretty quickly.
WARMUP: SSH, low slow squat, windmill
THE THANG:
round one
count off and pair up for a simple DORA. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC. the partner not doing reps farmer carries both bells ~60m (it really adds up over time)
round two
everyone grabbed their bells and walk to the north end of the parking lot. where a deck of cards with all of the faces removed dictated what we would do next. hearts were curls, clubs were shoulder, press, diamonds or chest press, and spades were deadlifts. any jokers were a run up the hill and every six cards we would mosey down to the end of the parking lot back. unfortunately my shuffling skills were terrible because both Jokers ended up being at the bottom . I noticed this and very secretly inserted one of the jokers into the middle of the deck but not high enough. apparently that we would get to it, much to everyone’s great annoyance
MARY: 60 seconds of flutter with a chest press
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of sea sops and events coming up
COT: asked everyone to think about responsibilities that they may not want or may feel a bit of animosity toward and reflect on why and how to deflect or reduce the stress they feel from that

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Four Smokin Corners

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Overhead Claps, Calf Raises and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG:
Four Corners: 20-15-10-5
Corner #1= Merkins & Squats
Corner #2= Dips & Lunges
Corner #3= Mountain Climbers & Monkey Humpers
Corner #4= Parker Peters & LBCs
Dora (Partner Up): Timer- Running Across Parking Lot
100 = Shoulder taps
200 = Plank Jacks
300 = Hello Dollies
MARY: American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Respawn of Tomahawk

WARMUP: 4:45 Prerun (Sherlock was conspicuously absent)

THE THANG: Disclaimer was disclaimed and the PAX were instructed to carry ~150lbs of extra coupons in addition to their bells on an Indian Run to the workout location…

The PAX moseyed their way on a poor form Indian Run to the field/hill adjacent to the basketball arena and circled up for the main event…a KB and Coupon Jacobs Ladder

PAX completed 10 reps of each exercise:
– KB Swings
– Single Arm Overhead Press (each arm)
– Overhead Tricep Extension
– Curls (each arm)
– Upright Rows
– Lawnmower Pulls (each arm)
– Merkins (1 hand on bell, switch halfway)
– Alternating Lunges (each leg)
– KB Goblet Squats
– KB Calf Raises

All of the coupons were picked up and moved to the top of the hill for 1 burpee, before returning all of the coupons back to the bottom of the hill

Rinse and repeat (reducing the KB and increasing the Burpee rep count by 1)

The PAX completed 5 rounds (45 reps of each exercise and 10 burpees) before needing to return to COT with all of the KBs and Coupons (0.6 miles round trip).

Great work by all! Glad to see the return of an OG AO in The Fort!!!

Thanks Birdcage for the opportunity!!!

MARY: We watched the Bushwood PAX complete some, too gassed to care!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Rooster, Burpees and BBQ, The Jaegar are all coming up; read your newsletter
COT: what was shared in COT stays in COT – show to know!!

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52 Pickup

WARMUP: SSH, planks, arm circles, etc
THE THANG: Deck of cards workout
Spades = Thrusters
Clubs = High pull and shrug combo
Diamonds = Curls
Hearts = Tricep extensions
Ace = Mosey
Jokers = Wild (pax that draws it picks the exercise)

Took turns drawing cards, reps equaled face value of the drawn card. Ultimately we did a total of 90 reps of each of the exercises above.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas convergence
COT: we all shared something we are grateful for, Prayers for patience, family going through medical procedures, etc.

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Mississippi Mud

It was a chilly morning in The Fort, but the firey mumble chatter kept us all warm. So did the pain!

After a plethora of warmup exersices we were off for some wall work.

The Ascending Testicles (not so distant cousin to Balls to the Wall)

15 Degrees – 10 Derkins
45 Degrees – 10 Derkins
Balls to the Wall – 10 Derkins

Then a round of The Australian (aka decline mountain climbers

We then moseyed over to the track to celebrate the birthday of our beloved state Mississippi.
Fun Facts: Mississippi joined the Union as the 20th state on December 10th 1817 and gets its name from the Mississippi River, which forms its western border. Mississippi is known for being the birthplace of American blues music and is also famous for its fertile soil, which makes it an agricultural powerhouse, as well as for its catfish farming industry.

The Thang:
18 of one exercise, run half a lap around the track. Then 17 of the same exercise, and run the other half of lap (year 1817). We worked our way all the way down the list.

M – erkins
I – material Walkers
S – ide Straddle Hops
S – it Ups
I – nch Worms
S – holder Taps
S – umo Squats
I – ron Mike Tysons
P – eter Pointers
P – eter Parkers
P – eter Pointers
I – mperial Storm Kickers

Back to COT

-JWow

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