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Football!!!! (Or something like it…)

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Nice Cool(ish) morning here at the Stockade.
So typically my Q’s involve a lot of running, merkins, and of course Burpees. Today though, I was looking forward to Week 0 of College Football and wanted to do something a little different. So myself and my fellow pax did a F3 inspired football Combine.

Brief run to the parking lot of Grace church where I had some cones laid out and some plans to push the Pax but have some fun.

Warmup:

SSH: 43 IC (for Troy Polamalu)
Windmills : 7 IC (For Big Ben the QB not the Clock)
Plank Jacks: 14 IC (for the last Super bowl won by the “Super Steelers” )
LBC’s 32 IC ( For PSU and Steeler Star Franco Harris)

Round 1: 2:00 of Jump Squats
Recovery Lap
Round 2: 2:00 of Merkins (first minute was all hand-release second minute was traditional)
Recovery Lap
Round 3 : 20 Yrd Broad Jump
Recovery Lap
Round 4: 20 Yrd Shuttle Run
Recovery Lap
Round 5: “Hands Drill” We partnered up and played catch with a football while the rest of the Pax would run a lap. Switched out until everyone got a turn.

Round 6: The reason we all were here. The 40 yrd Dash!

The times were unofficial but still proud to say we have some burners here in the Fort:

Italian Job : 4.37
Slow Jams 4.57
Half Shell: 4.52
Skipper: 4.50
Grassy Knoll: 4.49
FishTix: 4.44
YHC: 3.2 (world record)   Again….I said it was unofficial.

After the dash we divided up into 2 teams with YHC as the full time QB. Team Fishtix defeated Team Slow Jams 1-0. My QB rating was sub 70 but I had 1 TD with 1 INT.  

Some takeaways:

I should get a brighter ball
Italian Job is as quick as a hiccup.
Half Shell is an offensive genius. (just didn’t have a QB who could execute)
Skipper has really good hands (especially considering that no one could really see the ball)
Being QB is hard.

Fishtix was the MVP with the game sealing INT.  His trophy and the team championship rings are pending.

Today’s workout was not a traditional workout. There were no coupons (well other than the football), no miles and no pearls on a string. That said, the fellowship was outstanding, we did get some exercise in and the best part nobody tore a hamstring.

Thanks to all that came out. Appreciate any opportunity to lead.

All the best!

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Tortoise and Hare (Slow and Fast Movements)

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WARM UP
– Overhead clap tempo x 12
– Tempo merkins x 10
– Upward dog to downward dog x 2
– Repeat Merkins and yoga x2
– Plank kick through x10 (4 count)
– Low slow squat with coupon of choice
– Lunge with torso twist x5 each leg
– Karaoke

THE THANG
Exercise (10 reps each)
– Burpee deadlift
– Bicep curl
– Tri extension
– Squats

Mode of transportation for ~25 yards
– inchworm to frog jump
– Crab walk
– Duck walk
– Long jump

Using coupon of choice, conduct exercises. After completing the list, start with the first mode of transportation followed by a run around the big loop (~0.3mi). Repeat exercises then move to the second mode of transport. Keep going until all modes of transports are finished.

Had enough time to go back to the first mode of transportation. Followed with some cool down.

Cool down:
Michael Phelps x10
Itty bitty circles x10
Deep breathing

ANNOUNCEMENTS: IPX, 9/11 workout and 5K, shovel flag hand offs on Friday.
COT:

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Miles and Merkins

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Muggy start to the week at Sweep the Leg

Ruckers rucked. The rest of us ran. Starting at the stop sign by COT we went all the way to the cul de sac past Thomas Gibson Rd. Planked for the 6.

1 by 1 each of us ran back to that stop sign by COT stopping at all subsequent stop signs for 10 merkins and 10 lbcs. We did this 3 times. After a brief recovery we did a pendulum at the top of the hill starting with 10 HR merkins, 3 burpees in the middle and then 10 4 Ct. Flutters at the bottom of the hill. Reduce the exercises at the top and bottom by 1 each trip down and back. Everyone got to at least 5 before heading back to COT where we had 1 minute left for 15 merkins, 15 Lbcs and 5 Burpees

All told 3+ miles and over 150 Merkins to start the day.

Thanks to Badlands for the Opportunity

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Football = Rugby? American? European?

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WARMUP: very slow windmills, very slow low slow squats, IW, Morrocan nightclubs
THE THANG: 2 rounds of suicides with LBCs at the end of each, 5 rounds of rugby sprints, mossy to oil change back lot for 2 rounds of step ups and dips, mossy to HT wall for merkin murders (first pax run to opposite wall and back while all PaX do merkins, and then move down the line). Missy back for 2 more rounds of rugby sprints, then 5 min of Mary
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Walker and his family loss, patience, schools, health

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Shieldlock Q at The Fort

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WARMUP: Destiny took the Pax thru some stretches that included warm up exercises.
THE THANG: Rebel broke out a Dora that offered the Pax 100 Wide Arm Merks 200 Dry docks 300 Dips 400 Flutters
Bass offered up some Wall work w bear crawls and lined up in plank positions and knocked out mtn climbers, walk around building w some incline merkins, around building again w flutters around building again with wall sits again with curls.
Fogerty closed us out with a quick round of 5s ( Bombjax and Merks) w the hill at the entrance then finished w 3 mins of Mary
MARY: YES
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many discussed including Coffeeteria- Dam to Dam fundraising
COT: prayers and praises around the COT.

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We found a snowman and a new site Q

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WARMUP: Put rucks on back. Started moving.
THE THANG: This was an old school fire ant wienke YHC had in storage from Dec 2020 and seemed fitting for a longer distance touring of Tega Cay.

We set off towards Walmart and at the bottom of Hubert Graham (maybe 16-17 min pace), we stopped for a series of exercises we’d repeat 3 other times with increases in rep count of 5 (started with 5 reps).

Exercises were: man makers, lunge walks (both legs is 1), curls, swings, up rows.

On our way up the hill, we crossed paths with a running snowman who was moving and in training for GrowRun NO. Next stop was Walmart parking lot by brewery for 10 reps, same exercises. Discussions with DR Pax Rousey uncovered his past experiences with GrowRuck Myrtle that Mainframe and Divac tried to not relive in their minds. Wegmans and PL May have come up.

Once finished with our counts of 10, we went in the back of Walmart and made a quick decision not to see if we could make it over to Colosseum…that would have been tight getting back to COT.

At the bottom of HG once again, we started or rep counts of 15 and found our frosty snowman yet again, this time with a ruck on his back…running no less. He joined us for our final 15 before heading back to COT.

Before getting to COT, we had just enough time for a quick mosey shuffle around the small parking lot with rucks on.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: completed
COT: also check

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When Triple Lindy got Footloose

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WARMUP: @beaker, @slapshot went for a run. @beaker stayed for the remainder
mosey to far corner
The usual (ssh, IW, hw, etc)
THE THANG: Corner 1 – randomizers
Corner 2 – heavy thing
Corner 3 – randomizer
Corner 4 – heavy thing
MARY: merkins and other stuff
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Oklahoma at STL

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Warmup: None

The Thang:

BLIMP inspired workout
Burpees x 10
Lunges x 10
IWs x 10
Merkins x 10
Plank Jacks x 10

Route looked a lot like the state outline of Oklahoma. Tesla was the King with 4.25 miles. All others had 3+ including a minimum of 5 laps.

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Black Diamond is uncovered at The Stockade

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Warm-up began with short mosey to church parking lot. Some pax were lucky enough to carry a sandbag. Teams of three were formed, luckily we had just enough to form six teams. Seven rounds of exercises, team members rotated to each exercise. The first exercise (motion) acted as the clock. Once complete, rotate to next exercise.

Round Motion Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1 Run to church Squat with SB SSHs
2 Sandbag carry H/R Merkin LBCs
3 Inch Worm merkins Flutter/press Calf Raise
4 Sandbag toss Shoulder Taps Jump Squats
5 Burpee Broad Jump Diamond Merkin S. Press
6 Lunge walk w/bag Carolina Dry Dock Hello Dollies
7 Bear Crawl Man Maker American H

Most got through round 6, need to adjust cone distance or save the workout for 1hr.
Great job everyone!

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