Importance of Running Backwards

WARMUP: Plank-updog-downdog-merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-shoulder taps; Plank-updog-downdog-peter parker; Plank-updog-downdog-plank jacks; Plank-updog-downdog-diamond merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-other variety of dynamic plank work and so on and so on
THE THANG: Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x10 — a little extra Mary mixed in.
Mosey to the apartments- complete dynamic warmup including hamstring sweeps, walking RDLs, deep lunge walks, toy soldiers, high knees, butt kicks; BACKWARDS sprints up the hill towards the fire station x4; Last sprint was a challenge- each pax had to surpass their previous stopping point before tagged by YHC, otherwise the group was subject to an unknown penalty (probably burpees)… no one will ever know because the threat of penalty motivated everyone to sprint backwards that much faster!
We discussed THE IMPORTANCE OF RUNNING BACKWARDS at COT. If you’re getting some miles in with your fellow pax and they’re dogging it for whatever reason, it’s important to be able to run backwards faster than they’re progressing forwards, look them in the eyes, and say whatever motivating (or demeaning) statement to give them a kind gut check! SkateOrDie knows this too well from YHC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints & Padres tonight!
COT: Beaker’s son turns 4 today. Prayers for physical and mental illness among the pax. Prayers/praise for Halfshell’s boys heading to camp.

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I’m old enough to be Battle Bot’s dad. Are you?

WARMUP:
SSH x 35
Mountain climbers x 35
Low slow squats

Balls to wall
Leapfrog bear crawl
x2

THE THANG:
The goal of the workout today was to hit shoulders hard, and progressively increase the reps throughout.

Set 1 – at the wall
5-10-15
Wall walks w/ Merkin
Jump squats
Big Boys
I didn’t intend for wall walks to be the main focus of the workout, so we called an audible on wall walks to drop reps to 5.

Set 2 – at the roundabout
Bear crawl around roundabout
10-20-30
plank Jacks
Grave Digger
Peter Parkers

Set 3 – Apartment hill
20-40-60
Lunges
Shoulder Taps
Monkey Hampers
Bomb Jacks
Hill sprint

MARY:
Didn’t finish the last round of Bomb Jacks before returning to COT, so we did 60 Bomb Jacks in lieu of Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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1 Hr Warm-up

Change Order filled in for the schedule d Q. Initially, he said he would take the warm-up, but kept on going. We hit the pull up bars and went up and down the hills several times. Finished off with some boulder exercises. No bees present.

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Old School

WARMUP: a warm-up with side, straddle hop NOT the first exercise
THE THANG: a lap around Runde park followed by a hill ladder with cinder block curls at the top and merkins at the bottom by twos until 20 reps; another lap around Runde; laps down and back the road with cinder block oH press by 2 to 20 and LBCs by 5 to 50-back to COT
MARY: 5 reps of FLUTTER JACKS
ANNOUNCEMENTS: PLEASE consult slack
COT: Pray for traveling mercies for uber; Fish Stix son wisdom teeth pray for addictions

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“The Hip Thing” By Airborne

WARMUP: What Warmup?
THE THANG: Run… far….
Head from COT to Munn. South on Munn to Harris St. East on Harris St. to the Godfather of hills in The Fort. Depending on the distance desired, take Spratt or Massey to 160 and back to COT for a total of ~4 miles.
MARY: Not necessarily Mary but Airborne brought out a 5 minute Hip workout to help with strength, tone and maintain the swim bod for the summer. It was a burner!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. Convergence on July 4.
COT: Prayers for calm minds and patience, Cakeboss’s family after losing his step-father and the Cox family who lost their father leaving behind two young children and a wife.

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Locking Shields

WARMUP: stretching, mosey, and sprints
THE THANG: monkey humpers, Carolina dry docks, step ups, irkins, calf raises, wall sits, bear crawls, sprints, curls
MARY: 5 minutes of married with multiple call outs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp, 4th of July convergence
COT: prayers and praises by all pax

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Spiderman Loop, without all the Spiderman crap

WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance
THE THANG: Spiderman Loop. Up Main, right on Tom Hall, right at Town Hall, right at top of hill at LOom. Stop at Town Hall to max Merkins, stop at Print Shop for 10 Pull Ups.
MARY: None that I can remember
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Click Bait has something awesome going on the weekend of August 11.
COT: Prayers for healing.

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Avoid the Joker

WARMUP: run, stretch, etc
THE THANG: deck of cards
Spade ♠️ = squats
Heart ❤️ = merkins
Diamond ♦️ = dips
Club = step ups
Jack = 10 burpees
Queen = 25 LBCs
King 👑 = bear crawl around circle
Ace = player choice
Joker = Slapshot Says!!!!!
MARY: no we ran out of time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp
COT: Fishsticks won poker with 3 of a kind (thanks to pulling two joker wild cards)

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All about Mark’s Ass

This morning started innocently enough. Good group of PAX showed up and as we were about to get started Change Order mentions his butt was sore from all the squats and lunges yesterday. So we mosey over to behind the tire shop to warm up. He immediately says he’s not sure he can do step ups on the wall so we start with windmills…then do step-ups. It all pretty much went downhill from here. Series of exercises using the wall: windmills, step-ups, SSHs, derkins, squats, inkerins, mtn climbers, more step-ups, overhead claps. From there mosey to the far end behind the center, past the ever-ripe dumpsters, for some shredder sets.

First set – 10 hand release merkins, 9 mtn climbers, 8 hr merkins, 7 mtn climbers…..down to 1 mtn climber then finish with 10 hr merkins.
2nd set – Legs, more Change Order mumblechatter: 10 squats, 9 lunges, 8 squats…..1 lunge then 10 squats.
3rd set – 10 hello dollies, 9 freddie mercs, 8 hello dollies….1 freddie merc then 10 hello dollies. Keep feet off ground for entire sequence.

Mosey up to parking lot in front of church. Series of cards on far end of lot. Each card has a group exercise and a hold exercise. While 1 PAX runs to get card, rest of PAX do the hold exercise. Then when PAX returns we do the group exercise. Group exercises were 10 burpees, 15 diamond merkins, 15 jump squats, etc while hold exercises were plank punches, squats, SSHs, etc. However it worked out the first couple of cards were mostly leg exercises so Change Order was really happy to talk about his ass soreness some more. Finished a round of this and then moseyed back to COT for a few abs. A little light on the miles today but we got in everything else. Thanks for the opportunity to lead today Slow Jams!

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Merkin Tuesday

THE THANG:
Disclaimer given
Warm up
SSH
Windmills
Up/down dog, with J Lo’s
Mosey to wall – wall sits while each Pax does 3 burpees
Mosey behind Jiffy Lube
 Step ups 20
 Erkins 25
 In/out abs 25
 One leg squats standing on wall 15
 Derkins 25
Go to HT parking lot
 Pair up – one pax does pull ups on cart  
 corrals while other does merkins 50/200

Mosey to church
 25 Squats OYO – run to circle, bear crawl around, head back to benches
 15 Step ups (each leg)
 20 more Derkins
 15 hello dollies
 
Head back to COT to do:
21 merkins & 21 LBCs (single count)
18 merkins & 18 LBCs (single count)
15 merkins & 15 LBCs (single count)
12 merkins & 12 LBCs (single count)
9 merkins & 9 LBCs (single count)
6 merkins & 6 LBCs (single count)
3 merkins & 3 LBCs (single count)

10 Freddie Mercuries IC

2 minutes of full body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter, HIM camp and blood drive
COT: prayers

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