Parking Lot Tour

15 (12 boot, 3 run) toured Slow Burn’s parking lots. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up
– 10 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Plank Jacks (IC)

Four Corners (front, sides, and rear of restaurant row)
– 15 Merkins at each corner
– 15 Squats
– 15 LBCs
– 15 Alternating Shoulder Taps

Mosey to BP
– 15 Irkins
– 15 Derkins
– 15 Dips

Mosey to the upper lot at Chick-fil-A
– 5 (if older than 45) or 10 Burpees (if 45 and under) at each corner

Mosey back to COT lot
– 15 Big Boys at each corner
– 15 American Hammers
– 15 Boxcutters
– 15 Freddies

NMM
The distance between your dreams and your reality is discipline. You have to do the thing, especially when you don’t feel like it. 80% of success is showing up. The rest is willingness to work and learn. Put in the work and reap the rewards.

-IJ

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13 YR Anniversary Convergence

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Here is my weinke – Assassin

We had about 12 runners and 6 ruckers tackle the tundra of the paved loop around the schools.

Starting at the front door we headed around the back, past the shop, past the ROTC HQ, down to the elementary playground, back by the stadium, out to Jones Road and back to the front.

All enjoyed. Thanks to Sasquatch and Spectre for the preview lap and suggestions.

Convergence bootcamp Q- Backdraft

Warmup- SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, mtn. Climbers, Moroccan night clubs

The thang-
Count off for groups of 3s
Mosey to pull up bars
Group 1 wall sits
Group 2 merkins

Group 3 13 pull ups 13 burpees

Stay in groups Dora on the hill
Bottom 300 CDDs top 300 squat jumps mosey from top to bottom

Line up in parking lot for 43 seconds of following exercises followed by bear crawls in-between
Exercises were as follows
Merkins, air squats, flutters, alt. Shoulder taps, jump squats, lbc’s, Carolina’s dry docks, alt lunges, burpees,

Mosey back to COT in original 3 man groups

KB workout- Boogie Nights

Ladder of pain- it sucked

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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KB Things

WARMUP:
– SSH
– Merkins
– Windmills
– Low slow squat

THE THANG:

Dora:
– 100 Merkins
– 200 Dips
– 300 LBC
– Partner not doing the exercise runs the length of the parking lot and back with 2 KB

Move to the grassy area. Comes roughly 20 yds apart. Complete first exercise, then BC to between the cones. Complete the first and second exercises, then CB the length of the cones. Complete the first 3 exercises and BC. And so on….

20 Reps Each:
– Curls
– OH Press
– BO Rows each arm
– Tricep Extensions
– Squat Thrusters

MARY:
4 minutes of various exercises

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The Bert

WARMUP: Walking lap around the band parking lot
THE THANG:
50 Burpees
5 yards Murder Bunnies, 95 yard Run
95 yard Run, 5 yard Redrum Bunnies
100 Push-Ups
10 yards Murder Bunnies, 90 yard Run
90 yard Run, 10 yard Redrum Bunnies
150 Walking Lunges
15 yards Murder Bunnies, 85 yard Run
85 yard Run, 15 yard Redrum Bunnies
200 Air Squats
20 yards Murder Bunnies, 80 yard Run
80 yard Run, 20 yard Redrum Bunnies
150 Walking Lunges
15 yards Murder Bunnies, 85 yard Run
85 yard Run, 15 yard Redrum Bunnies
100 Push-Ups
10 yards Murder Bunnies, 90 yard Run
90 yard Run, 10 yard Redrum Bunnies
50 Burpees
MARY: Who’s she?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter Serve
COT: Prayers for jobs, family, and Splinter’s back.

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No Barkley, No Peace

Roughly, this is what was done:

Run to the back of the school.
Here’s the series… run to the 3rd light pole out back
– Grab a rock, here’s the sequence
– 15 curls, run two light poles, 15 flutters, run back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, run, 15 flutters, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, run, 15 flutter, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, 15 chest press, run, flutter, back
– 15 curls, 15 OHP, 15 bent over row, 15 chest press, 15 tricep, run, flutter, run

Back to the front for more light poles
– Partner up
– Alternate carrying your partner down, at each light pole, 10 derkins each
– On the way back, run, 10 hand slap merkins at each pole
Head back to COT

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O to the smells of BushPit

WARMUP:
Mosey over to middle school with multiple stops along the way to our final destination by the football field.

SSH, imperial walker, second cousin hillbilly walker, butt kickers, high knees

THE THANG:
Ladder where you start with first exercise and then run a lap. Add a new exercise each lap and count increases by two for all exercises along the way. Note that Birdcage requested 2 miles so I made the lap longer than I typically would.

Exercises

2 – merkins
4- squats
6- LBCs
8- lunges (both legs)
10- CDD
12 – flutter
14- wide arm merkin
16- calf raises
18- wheezy Jefferson
20- burpees
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Cones and Reps at The Ranch

WARMUP: Quick mosey with a stop for mountain climbers, MNC, low slow squats
THE THANG: Mozy over to Springfield Middle School where we placed four evenly-ish spaced cones the length of the drop off before you get to the hill. From the start we ran to the first cone for 20 reps each of shoulder tap merkins, monkey humpers, box cuttahs, and plank jacks then ran back to the start. From there we ran to the second cone for dips, squats, flutters and Mike Tyson’s. Back to start then to cone three for CDD, bomb jacks, American hammers, SSH. Ran to start then on to cone four for merkins, calf raises, BBS, and burpees. (20 reps for each exercise at each cone)
Quick mozy back to start then we ran to the top of the hill and partnered up. At the top of the hill, each partner did three burpees then ran to opposite sides of the hill for 50 reps each of the selected exercise. After each exercise they ran back to the top for three burpees with their partner. Rinse and repeat with SSH, LBCs, Merkins, Squats, Overhead claps, CDD.
Mozy back to COT with a stop to pickup all the cones.
MARY: No dedicated Mary time but we got it in.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Q source, convergence, newsletter
COT: Prayers for family, local teacher who passed

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11s and miles

WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: run to church corner down academy do 1 merkins. Then run all the way up hill to print shop then to pull up bars. Do 11s with pull ups and toes to bar. Run back past ABC store turn right on academy and go back down to church corner.
MARY: toes to bar count.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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“9/11 Tribute WOD” – Modified version of a workout done on a previous anniversary at the Pentagon in the courtyard

WARMUP:
– 9 Side Straddle Hops
– 11 Windmills
– Plank to Down Dog, Calf stretch’s to Up Dog

THE THANG:
– 2,001 meter (1.243 miles) run to symbolize the year;

– 175 squat thrusters, representing United Airlines flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center;

– 110 deadlifts and 110 lunges to symbolize the 110 floors in each of the World Trade Center towers;

– 93 box (bench) jumps to symbolize United Airlines flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania;

– 77 kettle bell swings to symbolize American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon;

– 125 burpees to symbolize the 125 personnel killed in the Pentagon.

Sets were completed with a partner to symbolize how this Country came together after the horrific events of 9/11/2001.

MARY:
– 9 Heel touches,
– 11 Heels to heaven
– A few moments of silence

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter!

COT: It is what it is…

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Fish Tales with Birdcage

We had 9 at varsity (2 for IronPAX, 1 proctor, and 6 for a Cindy beatdown. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
– 10 Low Slow Swuats
– 10 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Windmills
Mosey to get a cinderblock

– 10 Manmakers
– 15 Curls
– 20 OH Press
– 25 Flutters with a Press
– 30 Cindy Swings
– 20 Squats
– 15 Skull Crushers
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– Jog to AO Jones

Repeat 2 more times

NMM
Below is an AI generated backblast about yesterday’s workout. Some of it is true.

The sun had yet risen where the flags would be, and the usual quiet was shattered by the sound of furious guitar riffs echoing across the lot. Rumbling Bald himself had decided that today was the day he would reinvent himself as a heavy metal solo act. His amps were cranked to eleven, his hair (which may or may not have been real) was blowing in the breeze, and every bird within a mile radius had fled in terror.

In a parking spot nearby, Birdcage was already five tall tales deep. “And that’s when Dark Helmet single-handedly wrestled a grizzly bear with a lightsaber and taught it calculus!” he boomed, waving his arms dramatically. Nobody was buying it, but everyone kept listening because Birdcage’s delivery was too good to ignore.

Time Machine, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the asphalt, looking like he had aged a century overnight. “What am I doing with my life?” he muttered, staring off into the middle distance. “I mean, posting at Varsity? Was that really my legacy? Out of all possible timelines, why did I land there?” He sighed so deeply that Rumbling Bald’s double-bass pedal briefly went out of rhythm.

Finally, Spiderman dropped in from a nearby tree branch, landing with a thud. “Hey, uh, what’s all this?” he asked, eyeing the stack of cinderblocks Italian Job had been planning to incorporate into Bald’s stage show.

“Those,” Rumbling Bald growled, “are for dramatic effect. I need someone to swing them into the pit when the breakdown hits.”

Spiderman looked at the rocks, then back at Rumbling Bald, then immediately raised both hands. “Nope. Nope nope nope. Swinging heavy things is not in the contract.” With a single web-thwip, he was gone before anyone could argue.

Birdcage stood, puffed out his chest, and pointed dramatically toward the horizon. “Did I ever tell you about the time Dark Helmet built an entire stadium out of marshmallows just to host the galaxy’s first interstellar dodgeball championship?”

Time Machine groaned, Rumbling Bald shredded harder, and somewhere in the distance Spiderman was still muttering: “Nope. Not my job.”

And thus, the morning at NaFo ended the way all their gatherings did—half concert, half existential crisis, and entirely ridiculous.

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