Escalator Goes Up, De-escalator Goes Down

WARMUP:
Divac
Moseyed around the park & stopped by pull-up bars for IC windmills and 5 Merkins OYO. Moseyed further down the path and did IC cherry-pickers and 5 Merkins OYO. Finished Mosey to basketball court.
THE THANG:
4 corner escalator (increasing reps each corner) with bear crawl the short side and burpee broad jump/walking lunges the long side.
10/20/30/40 reps.
Round 1 – Merkins
Round 2 – Jump Squats

Suicides on the basketball court
Round 1 – 3 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 2 – 2 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 3 – 1 Merkin at free throw, half, free throw, full
Round 4 – 0 Merkins at free throw, half, free throw, full

Spectre
Ladder de-escalator with run down parking lot and back each round
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4
Merkin, Air Humpers, Diamond Merkin, Squats, Merkins with taps, Leg Raises

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chatted about housing market and who’s gonna pay kids going away to college
COT:
God’s Will Be Done

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The Dirty 21s

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Merkins, Burpees, Hillbilly Walkers, Overhead Claps, Calf Raises, and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: 21s of Big Boy Sit Ups and Carolina Dry Docks with running in between; Light Poles: 5 Burpees then Lunges and Nur to next light pole and then 10 Squats then bear crawl to next light pole and run back to COT
MARY: Flutters until 6am
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP Relay Race and Check your bulletin
COT: Spectre buying a house and trying to get pregnant

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24….

It was a gloriously humid morning at BAOPS where I was joined by 4 other pax to tackle the hills of Tega Cay.

WARMUP: 24 SSH. That’s all we needed to get warm with 70ish relative humidity.

THE THANG: Sprinted out of the parking lot for roughly.25 miles.

Performed the following:

12 Merkins IC
12 Squats IC
12 LBCS IC
12 Flutters IC

Sprint another .25

Repeat the exercises reducing the reps by two.

We would run from the traffic circle by Anchorage all the way to the marina and back towards the fire station to complete this sequence. When we got to 4 reps I had us run up “the hill” and then back down to get our set of 2 reps in.

From there we ran back up “the hill “ to the fire station for part 2 of the Weinke.

Here I began part 1 of a Webb. HR Merkins and Double Count shoulder Taps. We got to 6 and 24 and then sprinted a little over .25 miles up towards the TC clubhouse. Here I flapjacked the exercises so we would do 1 shoulder tap for every 4 HR Merkins. We got to 5 and 20 where YHC looked at the time and got us back to the Runde parking lot.

Back at the lot we finished with 6 Taps and 24 HR Merkins.

Part 3 of the Weinke took us to the basketball court where I led the pax in a core focused Tabata. This included BBS, LBCS, Flutters, Hello Dolly’s, Freddy Mercurys, Dying Cockroach, Hammers, FGLbcs, and a plank. The “rest” in between sets was a sprint in the parking lot.

With exactly 35 seconds left YHC realized there was an exercise he didn’t call but everyone expected. So we ended with 10 burpees OYO.

Great Work by everyone as we ended with over 3 miles and lots of Merkins.

I spoke a little today about an accomplishment I had earlier in the week and how great it felt to get it done. But I also mentioned that with accomplishment comes the threat of complacency. While we should be proud and enjoy achieving a goal… that doesn’t mean we don’t stop pushing or finding that next “hill” to climb. A message I thought appropriate for Alcatraz.

Announcements were plenty. We have a lot going on in the Fort and are blessed with the opportunities we have.

Prayers for health and guidance.

Until the next time …. Slapshot 👊

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Patriotic 7/4/1776 Beatdown

WARMUP:

Disclaimer

(American Themed Music Throughout)

50 SSH IC
50 High Knees IC
50 Butt Kicks IC
50 Arm Circles (25 forward, 25 backward) IC

Mosey over to church parking lot

THE THANG:
7/4/1776 Workout
7 burpees
4 lunges (each leg)
1 minute plank
7 mountain climbers
7 squats
6 merkins
Run a lap around the parking lot
4x

Addressing Fear Message

4th of July Tabata
7 rounds / 4 exercises
20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest
Exercise 1: Bobby Hurley
Exercise 2: Plank Jack
Exercise 3: Burpees
Exercise 4: Bomb Jacks

Mosey back to Parking lot

MARY:
Captain Thor
Jack Webb: 1 BB Sit up: 4 American Hammers

Broga and PAX ab workout callouts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Dad’s final workout this Saturday
2200 Merkins for Veteran Suicide Awareness in the month of July

COT:
Prayers for safe travels over the holiday
Family and friends dealing with sickness, hospitals, anxiety

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What the Beep test?

Warm up:
SSH
1 burpee
IW
2 burpees
HW
3 burpees
Shoulder Taps
4 burpees

Then we ran almost every hill I
YHC could find within the time frame. Even sprinted a few… We stopped for burpees or bomb jacks occasionally. Got stung by a Yellowjacket running too close to some bushes avoiding a car. Much rather it be me that got stung than someone else who might be severe allergic.

Before handing off we did called up/down pull-ups for 1 pax and squats for the other 5.

Handed over to Divac

The 20m multistage fitness test (MSFT) is a commonly used maximal running aerobic fitness test. It is also known as the 20 meter shuttle run test, beep or bleep test among other names. It is a maximal test involving continuous running between two lines 20m apart in time to recorded beeps

procedure: This test involves continuous running between two lines 20m apart in time to recorded beeps. For this reason the test is also often called the ‘beep’ or ‘bleep’ test. The participants stand behind one of the lines facing the second line, and begin running when instructed by the recording. The speed at the start is quite slow. The subject continues running between the two lines, turning when signaled by the recorded beeps. After about one minute, a sound indicates an increase in speed, and the beeps will be closer together. This continues each minute (level). If the line is reached before the beep sounds, the subject must wait until the beep sounds before continuing. If the line is not reached before the beep sounds, the subject is given a warning and must continue to run to the line, then turn and try to catch up with the pace within two more ‘beeps’. The subject is given a warning the first time they fail to reach the line (within 2 meters), and eliminated after the second warning.

30 BBS, 20 squats, 10 merkins until last man finishes (for the record, everyone was super gassed. no body got much past the sit ups -Band Camp)

https://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/20mshuttle.htm

3.5 miles total.
Finished with some Mary. Photobomb and Fishstix have some serious speed and core strength

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No Miles Today

WARMUP: A quick mosey around the parking lot
THE THANG:
Every Minute On the Minute (EMOM) for 15 minutes.
Started out with 5 Merkins and 5 Squats
After 5 minutes, upped it to 10 merkins and 10 squats

Next was
33 Mountain Climbers
19 Flying Squirrels
33 SSH
19 Flying Squirrels
33 Freddie Mercury’s
X 3.
Flying squirrels were modified to 10 after first round.
28 tricep dips to buy out.

Wrapped up the last 5 minutes with a plank hold. Every time you dropped the plank, 5 merkins and 5 mountain climbers.

MARY: all throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Dad’s, July 4 1776 workout at NaFo and check your newsletter

COT: focused on gratitude. It helps us reprioritize our focus in life.

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sleeveless loops for Cheech

WARMUP: 1 min plank of gratitude. Each man must say one thing he’s greatful for. Go around the circle until time is up. SSH, HOLA HOOP, HOOP Hola
THE THANG: introduced necessary exercises during warmup. . Going to run around front parking lot loop and stopping at each corner to do one set of a given exercise. 4 corners with standing penguins, cha-cha merkins, jump lunges and suicide squats. Got close to 3 miles in. Also paid tribute to the five year anniversary of loosing one of our own. Sleeveless4cheech. To honor John “Cheech” Flanagan
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: Flounder took us out with praises for his son Gump to return safely back from Africa.

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Soggy bottom brothers at Runde Park

WARMUP: SSH, windmills, imperial walker, m nightclubs, merkins, plank, cobra, down dog, plank, Peter Parker, Parker Peter. Mosey to Runde field.

THE THANG:   Eight stations with six yard gaps between each station. Round one all eight stations, round two complete first 7 stations. Each round skip the last station from previous round.  Travel between each station first round lunge walk, second round, bear crawl, third round broad jump, fourth round lunge walk, fifth round bear crawl.  We completed five rounds.

1. 5 burpees
2. 10 donkey kicks
3. 15 big boys
4. 20 Carolina DD
5. 25 American hammers 🇺🇸🔨
6. 30 (60) shoulder taps
7. 35 (70) flutter kicks
8. 40 (80) mountain climbers 🧗‍♂️

Hand off to cake Boss
Mosey to the bottom of the big hill. Organize into three groups of three. Lesson from Top Gun & Maverick, don’t leave your wing man. Four cones in a 1/3 mile block. First round 20 sumo squats per cone (80 sumo squats in first round).
Second round discuss with your wing men something you learned from your father. Each cone was 10 leg Lifts.
Third round we voted for burpees or donkey kicks.  The rep count wasn’t provided but we agreed on donkey kicks. Rep count was 10. Discuss w your wing men proudest moments with your father. YHC was college graduation, marriage and pregnancy.
Single file line organized from slowest to fastest man at the base of the steep hill. Game of catch me if you can. First runner gets a three tree head start and needs to top the hill before second runner. I thought the gap was too wide but almost got caught by the fastest man Fishsticks.

MARY:  none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Review the newsletter for more info.  Sign up and do some yard work at the Fort Mill care center. Get involved in the Bethel Mens Shelter dinner.  F3 dads is today. Coffeteria at Tega Cay Deli today. YHC needs four men to push a truck out of my backyard this morning. Thanks Mainframe, Change order, Skipper and Cake Boss for your help.

COT:  happy Father’s Day. prayers for our fathers and those whom have lost fathers.  Love your children unconditionally.

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The New Name of the Swamp is …

Today was the launch of the Swamp at a new location. The new name will be revealed at the end so you can skip down or search Slack.
10 men showed up, will a sneaky snowman arriving after warm-ups. Slow mosey to the church parking lot for COP. Standard exercises (SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Plank Stretches. Next we broke into groups of three, alternating sprints by each pax to get our heart rates up. Ten minutes, with a decrease in distance making the rest period less as we progressed through this exercise.
Next, we moseyed to the daycare parking lot for two rounds of Ab exercises (LBCs, Flutters). No rest, continued on our journey to the fountain. Half Pike routine, 10 hand release merkins at the fire station, down the hill to the fountain, 1 burpee and +1 after every pass, top of the other hill, 10 lunges. Rinse and Repeat. Most pax got in 5 to 6 rounds.
Back to COT.
Great job everyone. Its good to see guys out this morning especially with it being hot and muggy.
New AO name: Stockade

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