communication is key

WARMUP: Intro, mosey, warmup on the hill next to the church then mosey to church.
THE THANG: Thang 1: Deliberately gave confusing ab instructions with a run but ended with 300 reps for Leg lifts, American Hammers and LBC. Talked about the message of communication being vital. Especially with our kids, M’s, jobs and as leaders.
Thang2: Mosey to Walgreens to the side road between buildings. Picked Pax to give 20 reps of an ab exercise and sprint to the other side. Rinse and repeat 4 times. Again, clear communication needed.
Thang 3: Mosey to HT and to the wall near the Auto shop. Split Pax up on opposite walls and bear crawled towards each other having to communicate so heads did not get hit.
MARY: Mosey to COT, and BW lead is brogo for cool down.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AMRAMP for Autism, Q School, Ass Kicking April and Rock Hill 10 year.
COT: Prayers for health, communication with kids and patience.

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AKA meets BOP

17 men showed up at The Stockade this morning for AKA Friday. Quick disclaimer and warm-ups consisted of SSHs, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, and Plank Stretches. Mosey around the parking lot for the main event, Board of Pain. Men have laughed, men have cried, but no man has ever completed all exercises within a 45-minute period.
Today, we would tackle the board as a two-man team, split the reps into two rounds. Once the team completed the exercise, we ran a lap. Exercises listed below:

Round 1

Burpees – 50
Calf Raises – 75
Ski Abs – 50
Merkins – 50
Deep Squats – 50
LBCs – 100
Carolina Dry Docks – 50
Russian Twists – 50
Mac Tar Jai– 50
Jump Squats – 50
Mountain Climbers – 50
Shoulder Raises – 100
Mary Catherines – 50
Hello Dolly – 100
Wide Arm Merkins – 50
Squat Jacks – 50
Flutters– 50
Burpees – 50

Round 2

Repeat Round 1

Some of the team made it to the second round complaining about the burpee count. Farthest team made it to Ski Abs. Great work men!

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Backblast! QvQvQvQ Finale 2024

WARMUP: River Rat led us in Side Straddle Hops and Windmills before taking off to the RV Lot
THE THANG:
Anchor Bar kicked things off:
Starfish routine with coupon:
5 Manmakers
Ex 1 – 30 Jump Squats
Ex 2 – 30 American Hammers – DC
Ex 3 – 30 Big Boy Sit-ups
Ex 4 – 30 overhead Flutter Kicks – DC
Return to the center after each exercise for 5 Manmakers.

Since Esso planned to use the same parking lot he went next.
6 groups of men and exercising in cadence while one group member plays with Cindy:
• Mountain climbers IC > 5 Cindy Manmakers
• SSH IC > 10 Cindy swings
• 6 ct burps IC > Cindy overhead carry
Message: Ignite your fire, use F3 as your fuel, let the fire spread. :fire:
Next Homer led us out the entrance to a brand new feature of the AO. Stairs to the overflow parking lot. There we had 4 coupons and they started with the 4 Qs then passed among the PAX on each trip up and down the stairs. Each PAX also stopped for 10 squats at the top and bottom portions.
Message: share your heavy burdens.
Lastly Bandcamp tookover the group:
Crawl Bear an uncomfortable distance to the starting point using some feature of the AO
4 corner transport:
Burpee Broad Jump
Bear Crawl
Lunge walk
Toss 12 sand bags over the shoulder
Rinse and Repeat
Keep going!

Message:
Who is it that we say we are?
If you get tired, learn to rest.
There is no quitting.
You don’t get to decide when you can stop.
Who is it that we show people we are?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Homer came out victorious mainly due to votes received for use of AO. Thanks to all who participated in 1 or all 4 weeks. It was great to see some bonding between the regions through this event. Don’t be afraid to cross the river.

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All About the Ass Kicking Benjamins

WARMUP:
Warmup:

SSH
Imperial Walker
Windmill
Hillbilly Walker
Honeymooner/Downward Dog

THE THANG:
Mosey to Grace

Dora at Grace
100 Merkins
5 Burpees with partner
100 Squats
5 Burpees with partner
100 Dry Docks
5 Burpees with partner
100 Lunges
5 Burpees with partner
100 LBCs
5 Burpees with partner

Serpentine Run with 5 merkins

Mosey to COT

Mary was completed

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s Shelter
AMRAP for Autism
Jaeger

COT:
Health
Recovery
Patience

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Don’t take it for granted.

Warmup:

47 SSH (IC)
20ish merkins (IC)

Mosey around the elementary school car line.

Killer B’s:

Bearcrawl 10 yards do ten burpees
Bearcrawl 10 more yards do 20 bombjacks
Bearcrawl 10 more yards do 30 BBS

Broad jump all the way back to the start. Do this 3x

15:00 minute time limit.

After this I asked the pax if when I put the time limit on the routine it made them push harder or slack off. The point being we all have a time limit. Our time is finite, if they’d true then why not push yourself… why not try and maximize your minutes?

2nd routine Pick your poison:

Since Duquesne made the tournament for the first time in 47 years everybody got to choose how they wanted to get 47 reps in.

47 HR OR Diamond merkins
Run a lap
47 Jump Squats OR Lunges (2-cr)
Run a lap
47 (4-CT) flutters OR HD
Run 2 Laps

This took us straight to COT.

Men…Maximize the minutes given to us. Lost time is never found again.

👊👊👊

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Don’t take it for granted.

Warmup:

47 SSH (IC)
20ish merkins (IC)

Mosey around the elementary school car line.

Killer B’s:

Bearcrawl 10 yards do ten burpees
Bearcrawl 10 more yards do 20 bombjacks
Bearcrawl 10 more yards do 30 BBS

Broad jump all the way back to the start. Do this 3x

15:00 minute time limit.

After this I asked the pax if when I put the time limit on the routine it made them push harder or slack off. The point being we all have a time limit. Our time is finite, if they’d true then why not push yourself… why not try and maximize your minutes?

2nd routine Pick your poison:

Since Duquesne made the tournament for the first time in 47 years everybody got to choose how they wanted to get 47 reps in.

47 HR OR Diamond merkins
Run a lap
47 Jump Squats OR Lunges (2-cr)
Run a lap
47 (4-CT) flutters OR HD
Run 2 Laps

This took us straight to COT.

Men…Maximize the minutes given to us. Lost time is never found again.

👊👊👊

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DewKesNee

WARMUP:

Good Mornings x 10

Disruption in the form of Olaf arrived around this time and removed to large metal poles from the bed of his truck.

Windmill x 10
Calve Stretch
MNC x 10

THE THANG:

Mosey to Walgreens. Pax completed a March Madness bracket special, completing:

64 SSH
32 LBC’s
16 Merkins
8 Bobby Hurleys  
4 Burpees
2 Big Boys
1 Diamond Merkin

*1 lap around Walgreens after completion of each exercise.

Mosey to Grace church parking lot. In honor of 11 seed Duquesne, completed a round of 11’s with Merkins and Big Boys. Olaf continued to kindly share coupons.

Next completed a static round of 6’s in honor of the fallen 6 seed (including my own SC Gamecocks). Bobby Hurley’s and Lunges.

Mosey back to COT. Finished up with about 4 minutes of Mary.

Thanks to all who showed and the opportunity to lead! Go Dukes and all the other disruptors to status quo!

MARY: Yes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Composition notebooks, Red Truck Men, a lot of site promotion

COT: Indeed

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DewKesNee

WARMUP:

Good Mornings x 10

Disruption in the form of Olaf arrived around this time and removed to large metal poles from the bed of his truck.

Windmill x 10
Calve Stretch
MNC x 10

THE THANG:

Mosey to Walgreens. Pax completed a March Madness bracket special, completing:

64 SSH
32 LBC’s
16 Merkins
8 Bobby Hurleys  
4 Burpees
2 Big Boys
1 Diamond Merkin

*1 lap around Walgreens after completion of each exercise.

Mosey to Grace church parking lot. In honor of 11 seed Duquesne, completed a round of 11’s with Merkins and Big Boys. Olaf continued to kindly share coupons.

Next completed a static round of 6’s in honor of the fallen 6 seed (including my own SC Gamecocks). Bobby Hurley’s and Lunges.

Mosey back to COT. Finished up with about 4 minutes of Mary.

Thanks to all who showed and the opportunity to lead! Go Dukes and all the other disruptors to status quo!

MARY: Yes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Composition notebooks, Red Truck Men, a lot of site promotion

COT: Indeed

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Intangibles

WARMUP: Lunged 150′ run back
bear crawled 150′ run back
partner carried 150′
THE THANG:
DORA
Get a Partner If 3 in a group
200 Step-Ups 300 Step-Ups
150 Erkins 150 Erkins
125 Squats 200 Squats
75 Derkins 75 Derkins
100 Calf Raises 150 Calf Raises

Timer: lap+wall climb

Super Sets from 10 reps down to 1 rep

SSH
Burpees
Merkins
Mountain Climbers
V-Ups

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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4-corners

*WARMUP:*  SSH, Big Boys, Windmills

*THE THANG:* 3 Round Run to CVS, 10-20-30 count exercise at each corner, back to COT for 3 burpees after each round. 3 Round Run around Harris Teeter parking lot 10-20-30 count exercise at each corner, back to COT for 3 burpees after each round, Finished with one more round to CVS then an Airborne special to close it out at COT

Prayer or praise from everyone

Olaf took us out in prayer

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