MOGADISHU MILE WOD

WARMUP: Mosey in the parking lot with some stretchy stuff.
THE THANG: Mogadishu Mile History – “Three Rangers Foundation”
In the late Summer of 1993, then-President Bill Clinton deployed a Special Operations Task Force (Task Force Ranger) to Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture Somali warlord Mohammed Farah-Adid. The bulk of that Task Force was composed of American Rangers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. On 3-4 October 1993, Task Force Ranger became embroiled with Somalia militiamen in an overnight gun battle, the intensity of which was likened, at the time, to the most intense firefights in Vietnam. (This story is captured and told in Mark Bowden’s best-selling book, “Blackhawk Down,” as well as in the major motion picture, by the same name.)
On the afternoon of 3 October 1993, Task Force Ranger boarded Army helicopters for what was expected to be a “textbook” raid to capture two of Adid’s lieutenants. Using rocket-propelled grenades, Somalia militiamen shot down two US Blackhawk helicopters, turning a planned raid into an unexpected rescue mission. Driving that change of mission was the galvanized commitment of American Rangers to “never leave a fallen comrade.”
When the US and Pakistani relief convoy arrived on the morning of 4 October to relieve the battered Ranger force and return them to the Mogadishu Olympic Stadium, there was only enough room in the armored vehicles for the dead and severely wounded. The walking wounded and the few unscathed Rangers would move from the helicopter crash site to the Olympic Stadium on foot – a distance of about a mile – all the while still under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. At the end of the battle, 18 Americans were dead and 73 were wounded, and one was captured. To those moving by foot on the morning of 4 October, that relatively short but lethal distance between the helicopter crash site and the Olympic Stadium became known as “The Mogadishu Mile.”

I neglected to remember the significance of the rep count 19. It represents the 18 service members killed + 1 captured.

4 Rounds to be completed with a coupon. Options were Ruck, Cinder Block, Kettle Bell. Never lose contact with your coupon. Shield & Click Bait completed this with a weight vest.

4 ROUNDS
19 Ground-to-Overheads
19 Squats with coupon racked on the front
19 Push Ups: 19 with left hand on the coupon then 19 with right hand on the coupon (38 push ups per round)
400m run with coupon

Once we completed that WOD, we went to the pull up bars.
One man on every bar for 19 pull ups. Every remaining man holds a 6″ plank until all pull ups are completed. Flapjack.
Repeat.

MARY: A few of these exercises for 19 reps.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp, Independence Day Convergence, Stuff The Bus
COT: Yes

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Simplicity is not always easy

WARMUP:
– SSH x20
– Imperial Walkers x10
– Windmills x10

THE THANG:
Simple….loop around Fort Mill with 6 pain stations.
– Improper Pig = Merkins x20
– Fort Mill Animal Hospital = Diamond Merkins x20
– Fort Mill Town Hall = Wide Arm Merkins x20
– Fort Mill Baptist Church = Xs & Os x20
– Jacked up parking lot at the hill = LBC x20
– Print Shop Parking Lot = Side LBC x20 each side

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Click Bait HIM Camp – See newsletter for details.

Thank you Funhouse for the opportunity to Q at one of the strongest AOs in the region!

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Bushwood or Bust….

WARMUP: SSH. Cherry Pickers, Merks, Rebel Merks, Diamond Merks, Imperial Walkers, Nightclubs, Squats, Honey Mooner, Downward Doggie, Windmills, Mosey…
THE THANG: Keep it simple: Mini – Ladder – start at 5 reps w each rung in ladder adding one rep ( 6, 7, 8, and 9) 5 Bomb Jax, 6 Diamond Merks, 7 Big Boys, 8 Donkey Kicks, 9 Seal Jax!
Next up – some 11s ( that Bass couldn’t wait to get started )
We started top of the hill with Bobby Hurleys then moseying down around the bend and up the Hill to a spot so close to the starting point ( other side of road) and knocked out Plank Jax to keep the math working…
Called an audible half way thru to assist with the hill climbs and descents- finished out the 11s on a flatter area of the entrance. Almost infringed on the Minnow Pond parameters ( but who was measuring the total ground covered??)

MARY: 4 mins of Mary completed with a solid use of Heels to Heaven by Gemini who challenged the Pax up to a 15 count ….when the mumblechatter began after passing the standard 10 count! Nice work by all!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes!!
COT: Prayers for Geraldine who was being comforted at Hospice ( prayers for Slash and family), Family ( teenagers for ChickHawk), health and fellowship as we head into Summer.

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Black Diamond Month at The Ranch – Week 3

WARMUP:
– SSH x50
– Burpees x5
– Imperial Walkers x10
– Merkins x10
– Moroccan Nightclubs x15
– Mosey from the parking lot around the front of the Middle School and then to the parking lot by the football field.

THE THANG:
Ladder workout starting at the entrance to the parking lot:
– 6 Burpees
– Run around the side of the playground and then into the playground to complete 1 pullup.
– Run back to the start for 5 burpees
– Run back to the pullup bars for 2 pullups
-Continue the series until finishing with 6 pullups at the pullup bars

Mosey back to the main parking lot and eventually to the back of YHC’s truck to access the hell pavers.

Escalating rectangles:
3 rounds with an exercise for each corner of the rectangle. All exercises are 20 count.

Exercises:
– Curls
– OH Press
– Bentover Rows
– LBC with arms extended with the block overhead

Rectangle (small)
– Start of the far corner of the parking lot closest to the street and picnic tables
– Station 2 is right after first large island of grass separating the sections of the parking lot.
– Station 3 is after crossing the width of the parking lot to the small road
– Station 4 is the last corner of the rectangle down the small road

Rectangle 2 (medium)
– Station 1 is the same start point.
– Station 2 is at end of the full length of the parking lot
– Station 3 is just passed the end of the lot we park in on the small road
– Station 4 is the same last point as the first round

Rectangle 3 (large)
– Station 1 is the same start point
– Station 2 is the same as rectangle 2
– Station 3 is next to road barriers by the kindergarten playground.
– Station 4 is by the main entrance to the elementary school
– Finish at the start

MARY:
Only one minute remaining:
– American Hammer x 15
– Big Boy Situps x10

Thank you Poppins for the opportunity!!

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Rock buddy

Ran around and did some wheelbarrows up a hill then pull up bars and another hill and sprint and squat and merkin and laugh and more squat and Mary and pray. Twas glorious!

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Sandbag Toss

WARMUP: Stretch OYO
THE THANG: Shuffle with sandbag 1 mile out; toss the sandbag back to COT
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run this weekend, Newsletter
COT: Continued prayer for Vuvu and his family, prayers for all our students and teachers and parents as the school year winds down, prayers for Eby family as they try to locate Kevin.

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Competitive Loops

Warmup:

63 SSH (IC)
21 Merkins (IC)

Thang

Corner of Railroad and Academy 5 Burpees
Run to Print Shop
20 HR Merkins
20 Squats

Run Watson Street to Williamson down to the corner of Williamson and Academy
20 Flutters
20 LBC’s

Run up Academy to the Corner again for 5 more burpees.

Split up into two teams going opposite directions.

First team to complete 4 loops “wins”
This was modified down to 3 loops due to time constraints.

Got back to COT in time for 4 minute EMOM. First three minutes were 10 Burpees on the minute every minute. Last Minute was just a cool down Plank.

Thanks to Kermit for the call!

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Coach says Don’t Quit!

The inevitable confusion of a new AO meeting in a different parking lot of a familiar place led to YHC almost being late. For those attending in the future, parking for The Coaches Box is next to the actual coaches box at the baseball field. Also known as the band practice field with the painted football field on the parking lot.

WARMUP:
Given that YHC showed up confused, it seemed like a good idea to start with a mosey toward the other two parking lots typically utilized at FMHS. As soon as we reached that lot we saw a black Jeep confusingly creeping along. After parking in a random spot, we picked up Cheddah and continued our mosey to the school entrance.

– SSH x30
– Imperial Walker x15
– Merkin x10
– “what the hell are these called, oh yeah” Moroccan Nightclubs x15
– Dips on the benches x10

THE THANG:
Most back to the band practice field.

Band practice field:
– Bear crawl to the 10 – 1 Burpee
– Crawl bear back
– Bear crawl to the 20 – 2 Burpees
– Crawl bear back
– Continue to the 50 – 5 burpees
– Crawl bear back from the 50
– Run past the 50 to the 40 – 6 burpees
– Nur back
– Continue for the whole field finishing with 10 burpees and a Nur back to the start

This took way longer than expected so the second half of the weinke was cut short.

Mosey to the pull up bars (3 rounds)
– 10 pull ups (decrease by 1 each round)
– 20 merkins (decrease by 2 each round)
– 30 American Hammers (decrease by 3 each round)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Doty Run this weekend
– Cannoli run next weekend

Thank you Cyclops for the opportunity! As he said, we started the day 3-0!!!

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Wrapping up AKA#4

WARMUP: SSH X 30, Imperial Walker X 15, Squat X 15, Merkin X 10, Lunge X 15, Mountain Climer X 15, Dry Docks X 10, Burpees X 10, Monkey Humpers X 15, SSH X 30
THE THANG: Mosey to band lot, HIIT workout. 45 seconds work, 15 seconds rest. 4 rounds of each. Merkins, Squats, Burpees, Mountain Climbers. Mosey to Pull up bars. Try to get 4 sets of: Pull Ups – 5, Dry Docks – 20, Big Boys – 20, Diamonds – 10. Mosey to front parking lot for Mary.
MARY: All X25 – Flutters, Hello Dolly, Freddy Mercury, Rosalittas, Box Cutter. Mosey back to COT for cool down stretch.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli run, blood drive
COT: Prayers for FNG StageLeft for his upcoming move, Luka and Vuvazella. Thanks to all the PAX that supported AKA#4.

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