Tag: Shield

Back Breaker

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WARMUP: helmet kept making fun of my warmup exercises so we stopped warming up since he poked the bear…So the pain started early
THE THANG: elevens with block swings and Bobby Hurleys, a couple of rounds of pull ups, dips, merkins, chest press with block, and upper row exercise with block (new name the “Kaiser”)
MARY: yeah we did a lot of painful ab stuff
ANNOUNCEMENTS: highway cleanup this weekend
COT: 1 Peter 5:7 cast your cares on him
Carry each other’s burdens and don’t be afraid to share yours with other men

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“Shop Vacs- Cinderblock of pain”

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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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30 min Dora then broga

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WARMUP: little mosey then some
SSH
HULA HOOPS
LOW SLOW SQUATS
MERKINS
then YHC took the opportunity to let some of the new faces I’d not recognized lead the PAX in some SSH. Yeah it wasn’t perfect but it got better and the importance of language was discussed. Great job BowWow and Marty Byrd. Thank you PAX for the constructive feedback in helping these men get some playing time in the arena.
THE THANG: Dora 1-2-3 as easy as can be.
Merkins
Squats
Crunches.
Other partner runs loop as timer.

Mosey back and Marty bird showed us he’s been paying attention in class with 10 text book SSH.
Finished in order to get in some much needed Broga.
Don’t know the names of the moves but Shield told stories about pigeons getting chased by rats the size of small wolves.
MARY: we planked for a min of gratitude
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers for family and healing of those sick.

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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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Miles and Smiles

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WARMUP: No Warmup….we got right to it
THE THANG: We started our journey from Kingsley and took Munn road to Fort Mill High School…walked through the school grounds stopping along the way for 20 SQUATS and 20 Ruck curls…we rucked 3.1 miles
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence on 9/17
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Honor of Cash

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Today, we honored Cash, hospital name Jay Griggs, who passed away in Sept 2020 of cancer. He was given the name “Cash” as in Johnny Cash due to his all black outfit he worn at his first workout along with his hometown of Nashville, TN. The Coop was renamed “Ring of Fire” in honor of Cash. Double D shared stories through the workout. Cash was a genuine person who was always ready to help out a friend.
Jekyll provided me with a backblast from 2015 where Cash was in attendance. I decided to copy it on a piece of paper and unfortunately dropped it in the gloom so it did not match the exact workout.
We first moseyed to the front entrance of the school for COP (SSHs, IWs, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Plank Stretches, and Mountain Climbers)
Next, we moseyed to the gym wall for People’s Chair with each pax running out to the parking lot for 5 merkins. One round of Balls to the Wall.
The lights came on making it easier to navigate, mosey to the ROTC building.
Dirty McDeuce (3 exercises, 12 reps) Run to the top of the hill, 5 burpees and back down to starting point.
R1: Merkins, LBCs, Lunges
R2: Wide Arm Merkins, Hello Dollies, Squats
R3: CDD, Flutters, Jump Squats
R4: Stagger Merkins, X/Os, Calf Raises

Back to the top of the hill near the school
Three rounds of toe touches, Dips, Derkins (12 reps)

Back to COT
Closed with Cash’s prayer

Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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Not the Burpee Beast, but…

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WARMUP:
Mosey to the front of the school for YHC’s V-broga Q.  ~10 mins, saved some time for the some additional broga at the end of the workout
THE THANG:
PAX asked to pair up at the bottom of the hill (exit road to Springfield Pkwy).  PAX 1 was the timer and ran a suicide of 3 light poles up the hill. PAX 2 completed AMRAP merkins during the run to/from light pole 1, squats during the run to pole 2, and big boy sit-ups during the run to pole 3.  Switch.  Rinse and repeat.

Next, we moved to the soccer field and found some tires, so we flipped them for a bit (2 flips of the tire per PAX then keep rotating through the line.  ~20yds down and back)

Then, lined up on the sideline of the field.  Burpee broad jump across the field, run up and down the staircase to no where 2x, then bear crawl across the field.  Some more bear crawls and some bomb jacks mixed in before finishing out the Thang with a few sprints, followed by some cool down broga.

MARY:
Nothing specific today, besides the big boys during the Thang!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
10yr events, upcoming charity shoot, bourbon tasting…read your newsletter
COT: 7 HIM challenged themselves and got better today. Keep getting after it!

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Week 1 Iron Pax

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So Humid…so dark….so wet….

In other words conditions were perfect for IPX week 1.

WARMUP: We did some SSH, windmills, and other stuff. It was all to loosen up for the inevitable beatdown.

THE THANG:

45 minute EMOM

4 Cones in a square. Each 25 yards apart

Start at cone 1 bearcrawl to cone 2 do 25 Squats,

sideways bearcrawl to cone 3 do 25 merkins,

Crawlbear to cone 4 do 25 Big Boy Sit-ups

sideways bearcrawl back to cone 1 do 25 burpees.

As many reps as you can in 45 minutes.

This was tough. Sweat poured, merlot was spilled, no tears shed but weakness did leave the body.

Grateful for the men that showed and did the really….really…. hard thing.

Week 2 here we come!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️

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‘Tis an unfortunate thing…

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WARMUP: I’m sure we did something.
THE THANG:
Run to the pull-up bars and grab a cinderblock…
BUY-IN: Bear Crawl down the hill toward the Elem School, then CrawlBear back up.
25 Pull-ups
400M run (up and down the hill twice)
25 4-ct curls
400M
25 burpees (no block)
400M
25 4-ct flutters with press
400M
onto Phase 2…

Mosey to the track with your brick…
1 lap with brick
25 overhead press
1 lap with brick
25 curls
1 lap with brick
25 overhead press
25 curls
No more laps, ran out of time…

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: So many thoughts about backblasts and about the process I went through on my own to write this one. One day, if you are interested, ask me and I’ll gladly share…
For now, here is the BB.

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Mercy and Grace

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Lead with disclaimer, five core principles.

COP
30 SSH IC
10 Merkins IC
Southern Gentleman, Northern Aggressor
Side Planks
Upward/Downward Dog

WEINKE
Mosey to pull up bars

5 Rounds Chelsea to kick off –
5 Pull Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats
Mosey down to stop sign and back in between rounds

Run up backside of NaFo, stop at cafeteria tables
Partner DORA 1-2-3
50 Derkins, 100 Dips, 150 Step Ups

Keep moving around school to traffic circle

Football Season. Circle Up Downs.
Run Counterclockwise – drop, burpee, jump, clap. Change direction. 10 Rounds.

Mosey back to COT

MARY
LBCs, Gas Pumpers, Body Destroyers

NMM
Lately, I’ve been reading this book called the exemplary husband. The definitions of mercy and grace were given. Though the words are similar in meaning, they are very different.

Mercy means not getting what you deserve. Grace means getting what you don’t deserve.

If God gives us what we don’t deserve freely, and withholds from us what we truly deserve, how should we live our lives? What do we deserve? I can tell you, it’s not very good. Yet God lavishes his grace on us. Think about that as you carry yourself in your concentrica.

Announcements
F3 10 Year + The Final Countdown coming
Shower Curtain Meal Train is up and running.
Get you in a shield lock!!

Prayers/Praises
Our developing children and the phases they face. Let us be intentional fathers who want to love on our children to help them thrive through what they are facing.

Felt good to be back to the old stomping grounds. Thanks Kaiser for letting YHC jump in on short notice.

Punch List out.

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