Honoring Navy SEAL Lt Brendan Looney with TMF trailer of pain

I was able to convince one of the Travis Manion Foundation managers (Chris) to bring one of their trailers of pain to honor a fallen hero. Today we honored 1st Lt Travis Manion’s best friend Lt Brendan Looney. They were best friends and they are buried side by side at Arlington National Cemetery after their heroic acts and careers.

WARMUP:

windmills, low slow squats, Moroccan night clubs

THE THANG:
Our friend Chris AKA “Hawkeye”now, had all sorts of toys 🧸 🚂🪀in his trailer but we went for 60lbs sandbags.

The WOD:

DOB // 02.24.1981
2 laps run/ruck
24 Over the head/shoulder sandbag toss
81 calf raises

He died on his 59th mission.
59 squats with sandbag optional, all of us did the majority of squats with a bag on our shoulders.

DOD // 09.21.2010
9 man makers
21 front sand bag tosses
10 lunges

Rinse and repeat!! We completed two full rounds.

Everyone was smoked 💨

MARY: flutter kicks, LBC’s and box cutters for 2 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, trash pick up,
COT: stays in COT

Tinsel 🎄 OUT… you are welcome!!

Honoring Navy SEAL Lt Brendan Looney with TMF trailer of pain

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Field of Pain

It was a dark, dank, steamy morning and then Stud Muffin walked in and we were able to officially start. Quick warmup and then we made like a tree and moseyed.

Over to the benches for dips, dirkins, and step-ups.

For the main event:

100 yard sprint, 100 squats, 100 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
90 yard sprint, 90 flutters, 90 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
80 yard sprint, 80 clave raises, 80 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
70 yard sprint, 70 CDDs, 70 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
60 yard sprint, 60 american hammers, 60 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
50 yard sprint, 50 lunges, 50 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
40 yard sprint, 40 merkins, 40 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
30 yard sprint, 30 big boys sit-ups, 30 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
20 yard sprint, 20 superman’s, 20 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
10 yard sprint, 10 lbc’s, 10 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees

Back to the bench for dips, irkins, and step-ups.

Back to COT for prayers and praises.

JWow
 

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Barry said no moderate

WARMUP: light jog to bball court, SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squat, tempo merkins
THE THANG: old school Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs.

Wrapped up the Dora and jogged over to the track. At the track we did: 20 single lunges, 20 double count hammers, 30 calf raises (inner, regular, outer).
MARY: no time left
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter aside from murph and invergence
COT: yep, completed

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Post CSAUP FOMO

15 showed up for #C02PN2RAS4A for a not moderate (thanks to @UMRNJ46AW for the motivation) as there were a handful of #C0ACZR27LN9 participants this morning.

  • @U09JCNEQB5K is living in the current shadow of his father's endex play by play which can only be described as “that's gold Jerry, gold”
  • @U05927TN6V9 has began recruiting new neighbors from Beaufort @chubbs (need to work on the slack entry here Ryan!)
  • @U094RAE1TB6 @U5CESTA4R @U094RAE1TB6 is trying to find new ways to injure himself as this past weekend did not allow for enough opportunities
  • @U012K8DDK7V now takes his shirt off because his traps need to breathe and are heavily chiseled
  • @U5QGBN4V9 looked fresh as a daisy but still sweat like he was watering a field of daisies
  • @UN6PTD007 is picturing himself doing Rocky stair climbs but probably with a sandbag or 3 because he always needs something difficult
  • @U5P2KHLJ2 thought that support staff also carried weight but no one told him this until the endex. #beast
  • @U5MQ8FHV0 is celebrating his 19 year wedding anniversary today!! That is a fact.
  • @U01JUGK82TY was also the Clemson mascot for his time in 🐅 town. Also a fact.
  • @UMRNJ46AW is not one of those fence climbing fools and YHC got a look. @UMDE5QUET shared a similar look. YHC looked away and then ran away.
  • @U790WHUKC is like a squirrel when it comes to climbing fences…so no look was needed. Thx bass.
  • @U03DS2K4BL3 now has a graduate at home (with a J O B!!) and will be dragging his butt to workouts in the near future. We need some young blood!

Murph this Monday with invergence to follow. Please don't say “I can't” or that's too difficult. Modification is a word and an action you can take. Not trying is just giving up on you. Don't be that guy because that's not what you're being trained for.

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Playing Games with Cindy…

WARMUP: SSH, IW, LBAC forward and backward. Full arm circles F&B. Merkins. Quick mosey to pump the blood and retrieve Cindy then to the games:
THE THANG: GAME 1- ROF: each man holds (squat, Al Gore, plank) while the activated man does reps (Merkins, SSH. Curls, OH Press. Run to the island and back. Repeat.

GAME 2- Pass the Dutchie: 2 teams pass a Cindy down and back while holding squat in a shoulder to shoulder line. Run back to your card deck and pick the top card. Do the exercise on the card. Return to the middle as a team and complete the pass again and run back to the deck repeating until the deck has been flipped over.

Some Broga with Guru Headspin, return the Cindy’s and it was 6.
MARY: Cindy beat her there.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 👍

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Grooving to the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s

WARMUP: Mossy, SSH and Windmills

THE THANG: Looking to bring a little music to the group for all of the ages of the PAX, I structed 4 rounds set to music of the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. Each decade had 2 songs.

70's- Stayin Alive- Bee Gees & September by EW&F
80's- Eye of the Tiger- Suvivor & Living in America by James Brown
90's- Jump Around – House of Pain & Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
2000's – Bawitdaba -Kid Rock & Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters

MARY: When the rest of the beatdown is set to music, you have to end with Bring Sally Up

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your news letter, Bethel, Cannoli Run, silly overnight ruck event, Litter Pickup

COT: What's said in COT stays in COT.

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Sgt. Joe Nurre

WARMUP:

  • Moroccan Nightclub
  • Imperial walker or hill billy walker -> I was confused
  • Cherri Picker

THE THANG:

  • Bucket of fun
  • Pick a card -> announce exercise
  • One person runs with 30 lb vest to the island and back
  • PAX complete the exercise -> Squat kick, South Carolina Crab, Archer Pushup, Imperial Squat Walker, You Pick, Mike Tysons,
  • 3 Pain stations -> reps 5, 10, 15, 10 and 5
  • Station 1 – Wide Arm, LBC, Mike Tyson
  • Station 2 – Jump Squat, Lunges, Plank Jacks
  • Station 3 – American Hammers, Leg Raises, Big Boy Situps

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bethel Men's Shelter
  • Cannoli run
  • Ruck Event

COT:

  • We remember Sgt. Joe Nurre. KIA Aug 21, 2005 in Iraq. He was my soldier. He volunteered to deploy with my unit to prevent his best friend from deploying alone. He paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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Bucket of Death with Circle of Fun

WARMUP:

  • Moroccan Night Club
  • Windmill
  • Cherry pickers
  • Imperial walker

THE THANG:

  • partner workout x 2 – 40 CDD, 60 Merkins, 80 Squats, 100 LBC, 120 side straddle hops
  • Circuit x 2 50 sec exercise + 20 sec rest – Archer Merkin, American Hammer, Imperial Squat Walker, Low Country Crab, Makhtar N’Diayes, Mike Tyson, Squat Kick, You Pick, Jump Rope, Mountain Climber, Plank Jacks, Peter Parker

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Do 1 More

WARMUP: lap around the parking lot, SSH, Moroccan Nightclubs, windmills

THE THANG: Do 1 More
This is a 12 round AMRAP 1 minute each with a 45 second break to do as many as you can. I told the pax to write down their number after each round. I did not tell them if a high number was good or bad or how it would affect the other pax good or bad so that they would push themselves. The rounds were:
Merkins
Squats
CDDs
Burpees
SSH
Bobby Hurleys
Plank jacks
Big boys
Shoulder Taps
Overhead Claps
Mtn Climbers
LBCs

Then we talked about how much we accomplished, but how much more was till to be done. But that you can do more than you think you can, so add 1 more to each rounds reps for round 2. i.e. 41 Merkins in round 1 meant 42 Merkins in round 2.

By the end, we had completed as a group (13 bootcampers) 9,155 reps in 45 minutes. Feel accomplished, you guys did a ton of work!

MARY: No Time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Newsletter, Overnight silly-ness ruck event, Strawberry 5k.

COT: Marriages, health and healing, travel, reach out to someone you haven't heard from in a while and let them know you're thinking about them. It'll make their day even if they don't respond with more than thanks. Or you might talk to them for an hour. But reach out, you never know when someone needs it.

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