Sweet Sixteen at Sweep the Leg

Big crowd on a Monday morning..clown car arrived early from the far reaches of Catawba Ridge. Simple 1+ mile route around the connecting parking lots with four stations. First lap was done backwards so the greyhounds could get out front.
Stop #1 – End of street near Velux, exercises Lunges and jump squats (10 each)
Stop #2 – End of street half way down big hill to school, exercises, CDDs, Plank jumps (10 each)
Stop #3 – Bank parking lot, exercises, Heals to heaven, flutters (10 each)
Stop #4 – Near Pet Supply Plus, exercises, Mike Tysons, Squat Thrusters (10 each)
Most got in 3 laps
Great job this morning.

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178 Year Anniversary of The Naval Academy

It was a cool crisp morning in the Fort but fear not, the mumble chatter kept us warm.

Quick warm up and we mosey 10 feet over to the field behind the AO.

Gave a quick history of the founding of the US Naval Academy by historian, educator, and secretary of The Navy George Bancroft. It was founded on 10/10/1845 in Annapolis Maryland to improve unsatisfactory methods of instructing midshipmen.

Thang:
10 Burpees (October)/10 Flutter (10th Day)/18 Squats & 45 Monkey Humpers (year of pain). Mode of transportation was a Yog (Soft J).

We did:

– 80 Burpees
– 60 Flutters
– 72 Squats
– 90 Monkey Humpers

Moseyed across the street to the hill of pain for some 7’s with a bear crawl as the mode of transportation.

– 6 Kraken Burpees
– 1 V-Up

Back to COT for announcements, prayers, and praises.

-JWOW

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MP – Sep 7 – Your mom would’ve been proud

WARMUP: This is MP. That’s not really a thing.
THE THANG: Running with pushups
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Sandbags and logs

WARMUP: Windmills, 4 count squats, imperial Walker’s, merkins, then light ruck shuffle to loosen everything up.
THE THANG: Buy in: every 2:30 complete the following w/ruck on entire time: 10 squat cleans w/sandbag, 10 merkins, 10 OH sandbag press and 10 bentover sandbag rows. 4 rounds for 10 mins total. Honestly this was a terrible idea. It takes almost the entire 2:30 to complete so very little rest between rounds.
Quick break to recover them grab a couple of sandbags and move to back of school. Grab the logs, 3 PAX per log and move them back to front of school. Each team front rack carried their log the length of the parking lot. On other end perform 10 team overhead log presses then 10 team log squats. Front rack carry log back to start point. Set log down then complete the following: 3 rounds of 3 exercises. 1st round is 21 reps of each, 2nd round is 15, and last round is 9. 3 exercises were front ruck squats, overhead ruck presses, and swings.
Pick up the logs and take them back to spot behind school. Grab sandbags and move back to cars. Couple of minutes left so another 3 round, 3 exercise routine. This time reps are 15, 10, then 5. Exercises were overhead lunges, ruck curls, and flutters. Times up. Work was done and no one was injured. Successful morning!
Thx Sprocket for the opportunity.

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Remembering Cash

Took a few moments to remind the Pax about the AO. The Coop was renamed “Ring of Fire” in honor of Cash (Hospital name Jay Griggs) . He was given the name “Cash” as in Johnny Cash due to his all black outfit he worn at his first workout along with his hometown of Nashville, TN. Cash passed away in September 2020. I did not know him personally, but he had a significant impact to several Pax. This impact is continues to shine bright in The Fort.

Warm-up lap around the parking lot. Circle up for exercises ( SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Wind Mills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Arm Stretches).
Next, we each grabbed a cinder block.
Round 1 – Catch me if you can
Partner 1 – farmer carry both blocks
Partner 2 – Merkins and Squats, 5 each
Flip flop
Round 2
Partner 1 – Carry block up to school and back
Partner 2 – Squat Thruster
Flip flop
Round 2
Partner 1 – Carry block up to school and back
Partner 2 – Bent over row
Flip flop
Round 3
Partner 1 – Run to school and back
Partner 2 – Pull-up + Man Maker starting at 1 rep +1 rep until partner returns.
2 sets

We finished with Cash’s prayer:
Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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3 Evolutions of Hurt

PAX were encouraged to add an extra 10-15 pounds to their rucks for this week’s version of intense ruck training. Right after a quick disclaimer it was explained that the reason for the added weight was to prepare for the reality of GORUCK event. Rucks never weigh 20 or 30 pounds at an event. They start there and go up with the weight of gear, food, and water. So why train with less than you are going to shoulder when it comes time to face the challenge?

Unfortunately only 3 PAX carried the added weight this week, so hopefully the message sank in. And the added heckling from Cheddah for those not increasing weight probably didn’t hurt either.

WARMUP:
SSH X25
Merkins (slick) X10
That’s all…..

THE THANG:
Evolution 1:
Ruck to the top of the parking lot, drop the sandbags and ruck to the other end of the lot. We had the full length of the soccer field fence on our left side.

– Bear crawl 3 parking spots, complete 1 merkin
– Bear crawl 3 parking spots, complete 2 merkins
– Continue the series until the end of the spaces and 10 merkins was reached.

Collect the sandbags and complete a ruck around the big loop.

Evolution 2:
Drop the sandbags at the end of the parking lot on the same section we bear crawled. Walk down to the half way point and drop our rucks.

Ladder with 10 on one end and 1 on the other.
– Curls with the ruck
– Bent over rows with the sandbag
– Run between ~50yds

Collect all the gear and complete another big loop.

Evolution 3:
Pretty simple and terrible. Starting at one end of the stretch we were working on and moving the full length of the fence.

Toss the sandbag and complete a Man Maker until you reach the end.

MARY:
Went around the group calling exercises. From memory, we had LBCs, Big Boys, Box Cutters, Freddy Mercuries, and at least one more I can’t remember.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/11 WOD at NAFO this Saturday at 0630. Bring a ruck and sandbag

COT:
Spocket is doing some great things with this AO!! I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of it.

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Nine Eagles WOD

WARMUP: SSH, windmills, 7’s with 100 yd run and burpees and both ends
THE THANG:
“NINE EAGLES”
6 rounds:
• 11 Ruck Push Ups
• 11 Ruck Lunges (total)
• 11 Ruck Overhead Press
• 11 Ruck Overhead Squat
• 11 Ruck Swings
• 11 Flutter Kicks (4 count )
• 11 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
• 11 V-Ups
• 11 Ruck Plank Pull Throughs (total)
• 101 meter Sandbag Shoulder Carry
• 101 meter Sandbag Farmer Carry

Ruck: Men 30lb
Sandbag: Men 60lb

MARY: Box cutters, LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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Never Ending Mile Version 2

WARMUP:
Ran over to middle school drop off loop
SSH
Windmill
Stretching
Moroccan night club
Little baby arm circles

THE THANG:
About 3 years ago I Q’d this workout and it was terrible. So I decided to bring it back since this was the same AO. Spider-Man was already predicting this was going to happen and he showed anyway. I believe he enjoyed it, but still complained. Senator was King, but the longest mile is still undefeated.

Do one lap each exercise (1/4 mile)
Bear crawl
Crab walk
Lunge walk
Run

Everyone finished bear crawl and lunge walk. Some finished the run, but no one was able to complete the crab walk lap.

MARY:
Few minutes of stretching once we got back to COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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