WARMUP:
– Mossy around parking lot
– COP: SSH, Windmill, LSS, Merkin
THE THANG:
– Deck of cards
– Hearts = Merkins
– Spades = BBSU
– Diamonds = Lunges
– Clubs = Crabcakes
– Jokers = 15 Burpees
– 2’s = Run a lap
We were able to make it through approx 90% of the deck.
WARMUP: Run from Earth Fare to end of Ben Casey Drive.
THE THANG: Complete 8 windmill merkins. Run through adjacent parking lot down to end of Patricia Lane. Complete 8 inch worm merkins. Run to end of Gold Hill Middle parking lot. Complete 8 curb burpees. Run back to Patricia Lane. Complete 8 inch worm merkins. Run back to Ben Casey Drive. Complete 8 windmill merkins. Repeat all of the above AMRAP until 5:57AM.
Run back to Earth Fare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I opened the newsletter at COT. Too many things happening to share… so read your newsletter!
WARMUP:
SSH x13 while we wait for Twister
Mosey to small Springs parking lot right off 160
SSH x20
IW x10
Windmills x10
Flutters x10
Mountain Climbers x10
Mosey to Millstone Park
THE THANG: Webb-O-Rama
4 cones set up along path heading from Millstone Park toward Main Street. On each cone were 2 exercises to be done in Jack Webb style (1:4 ratio)
Cone 1- 1 Burpee : 4 SSH
– >> Bear crawl to next station
Cone 2 – 1 Big boy sit up : 4 American Hammers
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 3 – 1 Knee tar N’Diaye : 4 Squats
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 4 – Traditional Jack Webb –
– >> Run down to Main Street then around to first station
Instead of doing all 10 reps at once, we broke it up into 3 rounds.
Round 1: 1-4
Round 2: 5-7
Round 3: 8 and 9 for cone 1, then just 8 for cones 2-4 since we ran out of time.
Total mileage clocked in at 2.7 miles.
Lots of mumble chatter about runaway Q-drenaline, prime number counting, Knee tar N’Diayes speed, Weinke timing, and murder.
Thanks Kermit for the opportunity to lead!
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 20 Nightclubs, 20 Randy’s, 20 Through The Tunnel.
THE THANG:
-Mosey from Vet Park to WEP .50.
Bear Crawls with indigenous runs through 14 bear crawlers.
On the Stage – 20 burpees, 20 big boys, 20 leg flutters right foot count, 20 squats, 20 merkins.
Run
.20 miles and rinse and repeat.
10 sets of all the above
5 sets of all the above
2 lines – squat while head of class lunges through 7 PAX in each line.
Run back to COT
MARY: flutters, LBC, planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dark Helmet reviewed mission of F3. TO PLANT, GROW AND SERVE SMALL WORKOUT GROUPS FOR THE INVIGORATION OF MALE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
COT: prayers for patience.
WARMUP: no warmup
THE THANG: moseyed for about a mile around the school towards the benches
Where we did our first tabata
Step ups r leg
Step ups l leg
Derkins
Irkins
Split squats r
Split squats l
Dips
Air squats
Completed bear crawl, Ran .5 miles back and bear crawl for 2nd round of first Tabata
Then ran .5 miles to another parking lot for a 2nd set of Tabata exercises.
Flutters
LBCs
Freddie mercuries
Plank jacks
Taps
Parker peters
Peter Parker’s
Mountain climbers
Ran another .5 miles and then began
2nd set ⬆️
Then we tried to get in 11s with Cindy, man makers at top of hill, kraken burpees at bottom. We failed to finish before running out of time. Thank goodness.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AKA, Bethel
COT: challenge to restore severed relationships
WARMUP: mosey to a church parking lot
Do some burpees and some dynamic warmups along with some exercises in cadence.
THE THANG: NUR up the hill to a different church parking lot. Introduce 5/10/15 of big boy sit ups, merkins and squats. Run to other places to do 5/10/15. Hit a record for most churches hit, unofficial of course.
Held AL Gore and did squats in a circle.
Introduced walk like an Egyptian.
Duck walked up Main Street with squats at light poles.
Some more running to churches for more 5/10/15
MARY: Souptonuts led us in some Mary as a warmup for next week’s VQ.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: burpees for bbq round 2. March 2nd 2024.
COT: CSPAN style.
We warmed up and then dove into this year’s Mental Battle WOD which can be viewed here.
Men don’t fight alone. Don’t live alone (no friends, family, community) and don’t forget about your brother.
With that The Thrill is gone.
13 did the hard thing this morning at Varsity. Disclaimer was disclaimed and we were off. Here’s what we did:
Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Overhead Claps (IC)
– 5 Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
Mosey to the Track
– 1 Mile
– 100 LBCs
– 100 Moroccan Night Clubs
– 100 Squats
– 100 Mountain Climbers
– 100 Calf Raises
– 100 American Hammers
– 100 Dips
– 100 Shoulder Taps
– 100 Side Straddle Hops
– 100 Flutters
– 100 Merkins
– 1 Mile
NMM
There’s a 4-letter word that has dashed more dreams and held back more potential than any other. “Just.”
“You’re just not my type.”
“You’re just not smart enough for this class. Just quit now and save yourself the embarrassment.”
“You’re just not tall enough. You’re just not fast enough.”
“You’re just not college material.”
They said Jesus was just a carpenter from a nowhere town. They said his followers were just fishermen and outcasts. Just is a way people try to hold you back. Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do or who you can’t be. Just do it.
WARMUP: Various Calisthenics
THE THANG: 6 rounds of Tabata (5-1min exercises) targeting upper body, core, Lower Body, and Total Body with
MARY: Various Ab Exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens Shelter and Kenya Charity Drive (see Poppins for Details)
COT: Prayer Request for Kaisers Friends who were displaced by Home Fire 🔥.
Average age, 49, a bit young for my Q’s.
The youngster, Ruby Slippers let the way, followed by … everyone, he lead the way.
Soup To Nuts was notably near the front of the pack. Yes, he is the guy that delivers that huge Uline catalog to your mailbox every month.
YHC was the sweeper, apparently that is another way of say you are last, who knew.
The Thang:
We started with a short mosey to the Sugar Creek Elementary back lot, mostly for the light, I’m scared of the dark.
7 minutes of warm-up, windmill, SSH, other stuff. When we did the Hillbilly Walker, the mumble chatter was about Tennessee, OK South Carolinians.
Then back to the top of the hill. The board said 5-10-15-20 of each exercise, 5 at the top, same 5 at the bottom, 5-10 and the top, 5-10 at the bottom, and so on. There was also extra credit when you were done, for fast guys, I’m looking at you Ruby Slippers.
Some did burpees, some put their hands on the curb and did bunny hops, it was cute. I’ll grade YHC with a C- on burpees, done, was all of them with about 1/2 of them correct-ish and 1/2 – 1/2 arsed.
Other stuff, super hard core, liver eater stuff, jump squats, merkins, shoulder taps, pull-ups, you know. Just kidding, I’ve never done a pull-up in my life.
There was a lively discussion about counting, apparently touching one shoulder is a complete shoulder tap, who knew. I guess next time we just touch the left should 20 times and call it a day.
Then some curb and bear crawl stuff
Then the board flipped, another set of 5-10-15-20. This time we did not accumulate, but did go up and down the hill with only one exercise each trip.
That is about all we had time for, YHC was sweaty and hot as balls, dang weather is saweeet!
Return to Mary was 1.2 exercises and the clock struck 6.
Right about now, Saw Dust is under the knife for a toe deal, send prayers his way. Next week he will be hitting abs on a yoga mat at an undisclosed location … if you see him, join him for an LBC.
This was my first trip to Varsity, makes me want to change up the schedule, good so see some faces that I normally do not see.
Looks like we made it,
Barry Manilow