WARMUP: Dynamic Stretches
THE THANG: Dora! Dora! Dora! Hills, bearcrawls, kraken burpees, and monkey humpers galore
MARY: LBCs x 200 and Stang is more flexible than anyone could have guessed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 6k 6pm 6 Biers
COT: Occupations, back to school cold season
WARMUP:
Quick mozy around the perimeter of the band practice area (parking lot/football field). Brief warmup of mountain climbers followed by squats and plank jacks.
THE THANG:
– Partner leapfrog starting in the endzone with partner 1 lunge walking to the 10 yard line and doing 10 merkins. He then runs to the 20 yard line. At the same time, partner 2 does 10 merkins in the endzone then runs to the 10 and lunge walks to the 20. Flip flop until full length of field covered.
– With minor confusion after round 1, we modified and returned as a group to the original start with bear crawls, jogging and 15 squats every 20 yards.
– Cones were then set out every 10 yards to the 50 with one exercise on each. Pax would run to the 10 and do 10 reps of the exercise shown, then run to the far end of the field to reach the next 10 yard line and repeat the exercise. Pax would then repeat coming back down the opposite side of the field and stop at each 10 yard line for 10 reps.
– After a full lap, Pax moved to the 20 and did 20 reps at each 20. Laps and reps increased until we reached the 50.
– Exercises and total reps completed:
– 10 yard line: 8-count burpees (40 total)
– 20 yard line: squats (80 total)
– 30 yard line: plank jacks (120 total)
– 40 yard line: SSH (160 total)
– 50 yard line: Merkins (100 total)
– With a little time remaining we returned to the end zone and bear crawled the length of the lot. At each 10 yard line we did 10 LBCs. (100 total)
– Closed things out by walking back the length of the field/lot to COT. On the walk we discussed empathy and the importance of understanding other’s perspectives to provide insights into their beliefs and actions. Pax was encouraged to apply it at home, work and while traveling on I-77 during rush hour.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees
THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press
We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.
In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.
Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed
Warmup:
9 Motivators
Windmill
Moroccan night clubs
Baby arm circles
Overhead claps
Seal jacks
Low slow squat
Tempo merkin
Tempo CDD
Practice balancing:
Stand on right leg
Stand on left leg
Walk down the 5 stairs slowly and without the handrail. It’s harder than it sounds.
The Thang:
Yog to Armory
2 teams Pick a co-Q
Team A
Tempo step downs/ups on the wall
Team B – Board of pain (switch after each movement)
In SLOW cadence
5 six count burpees
10 tempo merkins
20 low slow squats
15 slow flutters
20 slow monkey humpers
10 tempo diamond merkins
MARY:
There was some
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There were some
COT:
WARMUP:
– was done!
THE THANG:
– first 30 min by Grinder with focus on legs and abs
– last 30 min by Portal with focus on arms
MARY:
– was done as well!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held
The aim today was simple; remind men our mission never ends, what we PAX have is a gift to give, and looking around, there’s a legion of men we can give it to in order to amplify our impact and invigorate male community leadership in our very small corner of Fort Mill that has over 4,500 students.
We had an FNG (JCruises’) son with us., sophomore at Catawba Ridge Highschool, the NextGen.
Bandcamp had informed me of a region that starts its disclaimer by reciting our mission. That’s a best practice we should adopt to remind us why we are here. It’s even more critical when an FNG is present, you can get a good workout at numerous establishments including the comforts of your own home, what makes us different if it’s only a workout?
WARMUP: Run aimlessly to Forest Creek Middle School and do stuff while plotting a few tweaks to the weinke.
THE THANG: 5 stops was the plan with exercises in FOOPC order.
We commonly forget our 5 core principles or at least do not recall them in order (I still need to figure out why that may matter, but it does). We all love our acronyms; therefore, I dug deep into the exicon to arrange a workout based on FOOPC. I should of just asked @italianjob who quickly rattled off a number of exercises to pull from.
F – Free of charge
O – Open to all men
O – Held outdoors
P – Peer-led in a rotating fashion
C – Ends in COT
Stop 1
FCMS light posts 5,10,15,20,25
Flying Squirrel
One legged burpees
Peter Parker
CDDs
Stop 2: Omaha to basketball courts with gorilla walk merkin across the court.
Stop 3: Run to the student parking area, repeat FOOPC with a couple exercises swapped.
Stop 4: Wrap around to our favorite hill by the football field, and repeat FOOPC up light posts. While en route, heckled by our Weasel Shaker to lead from the front and our FNG is not breaking a sweat. I expected nothing less from the source.
Stop 5: Arriving to COT, called Captain Therkin Webb, a complicated webb you call in cadence. Took a couple of rounds but think we synced up to 5 rounds
1 – BBSU
1- American Hammer (4 count is 1)
4 – Merkins
Summary
I came in today with a lot on my mind; conviction about the NextGen, F3 in our community east of the peachstand, and feeling spicy that we’re not doing enough and can do better.
Honored to lead 13 PAX this morning, a responsibility I never take lightly. That number should be the bar here at Bushwood, and the majority should reside within 3 miles. It’s a crime against humanity to have less given the thousands of men in close proximity who may be a Sad Clown, need us to lean in and ignite them so that they may in turn perpetuate the cycle and cumulatively, have a broader impact than any one of us will ever have on our own. These men need us, our community needs us, and most importantly the next generation needs us.
Our mission is clear so do for one what you wish you could do for many.
8 at Block Party for some time in all three Fs… The humidity was @ 100% and even though water wasn’t falling from the sky there were plenty of sweat puddles!
Mosey to the top of the hill for Warmup
Mosey to the bottom of the hill for suicides x2 (even though Dark Helmet wanted to do another round)
Mosey back up the hill to the wall pair up
Mosey to step wall in the court yard
Back to COT for 4 minutes of Mary. It was a pleasure to lead, thank you for the opportunity.
CH out.
WARMUP: Mosey to Harris Street Park, SSH, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Shuffles, High Knees, Heels to Butt, Karaoke.
THE THANG: Dora on Basketball Court- 50 burpees/bear crawl was mode of transport, 75 Big Boys/NUR mode of transport, 100 squats/NUR mode of transport. Everyone takes a shot w flat basketball – 15 merkins if you miss. We all did 15 merkins bc the ball was flat.
Mosey back to WEP for deck of death on stage. Bday Cakes still present. Merkins,Big Boys, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats, Mosey for the 2, 30 second rest for joker (gladly).
Ran to hill near bathrooms w 10 min left for 11’s. Flutters at top, LBC’s at bottom.
MARY: 11’s was the Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: iron pax and 9/11 Heroes 5k
COT: prayers for our kids, our jobs as professionals and as fathers.
WARMUP:
9 motivators
Low slow squats
Merkins
Peter Parkers
Hill sprints x2
THE THANG:
Mosey to Print Shop
Obstacle course x2
Monkey bars. 1 Burpee for each bar you miss.
1 pullup at each pullup bar
10 dips on parallel bars
Station 1 – the timer
Run to flower shop and back. If you get back early pick up the 6. Scratch that. You WILL come back together. Today’s lesson is on checking your ego and serving your fellow man.
Station 2- pull-ups and dips
5-10-15-20
Station 3 – squats and lunges
5-10-15-20
Station 4 – Curls and Overhead press with the assortment of available gear
5-10-15-20
MARY:
Flutters and American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bobber read the newsletter to us
COT:
A lousy excuse for a bed at the hospital while your wife is in labor
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