No rain, just The Thunder

Chest/shoulders workout:
– Merkins
– Seal jacks
– HR merks
– Moroccan night clubs
– Derkins
– Overhead claps
– Incline merkins
– Donkey kicks
Back: 5 sets of 5 pull-ups
Cardio
– 20 LBCs IC / hill run
– 15 Bomb jacks / hill run
– 10 Merkins / hill run
– 5 Burpees IC / hill run
– 10 CDD’s / hill run
– 15 Bobby Hurley s / hill run
– 20 Big boys IC / hill run
Back: Max count pull up bar hang

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IPC Week 3 – Chris Kyle WOD

WARMUP: grab a Cindy, stretch OYO while honoring Chris Kyle
THE THANG: 40 min AMRAP – 40 reps of Cindy swings, 40 reps Cindy jump overs, 40 reps Cindy thrusters, 40 reps derkins (feet on vertically oriented block)… then EVERY 5 MINS, run 25 yards, complete 5 burpees, go back 25 yards to your Cindy and pick up wherever you left off on your last Cindy exercise [8 rounds of 5 min AMRAP]
MARY: return your Cindy
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your Newsletter.
COT: Convergence this coming Monday at NAFO.

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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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Friday date with Cindy

WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker
Cherry Picker
Windmill
Peter Parker
Parker Peter

THE THANG:
Mosey to Cafeteria in the back of NAFO
10x
Step ups
Derkins
Incline Merkins with Claps
Dips
Bulgarian Split Squats

MARY:
Grab a Cindy by ROTC
ARAP on 1 minute Tabata timer
– pull-ups
– man makers
– Curls
– OH press
– Bench Press
– Goblet Squats
– BO Rows
– Big Bois
– Swings
– Tricep Ext
– Derkins
– Shoulder Raise
– Lawnmowers
– Clean Press

Farmers Carry to Sugar Creek Elementary and back.

Great mumblechatter with Rumbling Bald.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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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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Tour of Schools

WARMUP: Instructions
THE THANG: Fort Mill Pkwy → Catawba Ridge HS → Forest Creek MS → back through Doby’s. Route covered ~4 miles.
– Lead Pack: Badlands, Vuvu, Grout, Farmers Only — looked like they were late for curfew.
– Middle Pack: Splinter (YHC), Tomb Raider, Shack-a-roni — kept it honest, grinding steady.
– Cleanup Crew: Rock Thrill + the ruck squad (Happy Hour, Clickbait, J. Cruise) — making the weight look easy, but we all know better.

MARY: Catch your breath
ANNOUNCEMENTS: IronPax, Bethel, HIM Camp, upcoming races.
COT: Time flies and be present. You don’t know how long you have with the ones you love.

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Where Hmastrings & Quads Go to Die (Iron Pax Week 0 – Tellier WOD)

Warm-Up
Run from COT to the Band practice parking lot.

The Thang – Tellier Hero WOD
Format: For Time
Equipment: Cones/markers at 5, 10, 15, and 20 yds
1. Round 1
– 10 Burpees
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 2
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 3
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 4
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 5
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 150 Squats
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
:stopwatch: Stop timer. Collapse. Wonder why you signed up for this.

Moleskine
Week 0 of Iron Pax delivered a gut check. The Tellier WOD is no joke — if your legs weren’t on fire, you’re probably not human.

The grind of burpees, merkins, lunges, sit-ups, and squats under shuttle-run fatigue was a brutal reminder of what sacrifice feels like in the smallest of ways.

When you’re tempted to quit or wish you had music blasting to push you through, remember — those this WOD honors didn’t get the choice to quit. They leaned into the hard. We honor them by finishing the reps, staying the course, and giving all we’ve got.

Shoutouts
– :clap: <@U5CVD8D7V> & <@U0603USPHAS> – came out on top today with strong finishes.
– :fire: The Machine (<@U19FA0Q8Z>) – strictest form in the lot, ensuring every rep was to standard. No shortcuts, no compromise.
– :raised_hands: <@U01JUGK82TY> – thanks for the opportunity to lead and set the tone.

COT / Takeaway
Steadfastness doesn’t come easy. It’s built under strain, in the moments when you want to stop but don’t. Today’s work was a small reminder of the cost others paid for our freedom — and the standard we’re called to uphold in return.

Prayers
:pray: For loved ones gone too soon.
:pray: For marriages — to be strengthened and rooted in faith.
:pray: For children as they grow into adulthood.
:pray: For the grace, gratitude, and discernment to ride the highs and endure the storms.

Do the hard things. Honor the sacrifice. Be the man your community needs.

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substi-Q at the pond

My boy Poppins blew out his hammy doing something in the shower… sounds wild… so I figured PAX could chase me around for 45 minutes instead.

Pledge at 5:14 brief disclaimer and LFG

Out and back route up main street, right at light, turn around at QT.

Stopped a bout every 1/4 to 1/2 mile for in-cadence exercise escalator style.
Instructed PAX to join in on whatever exercise happening when they arrived

20 SSH IC
Add 5 merkins IC
Add 10 Squats IC
Add 15 OH Claps IC
Add 20 wide arm Merkins OYO
Add 25 LBCs IC
Add 15 Lunges IC

3.5 miles total

Feel better Pop

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Legs and core plus broga

WARMUP:
Windmills, Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, mosey to benches, number of pax x 2 for step ups on the benches

THE THANG:
Leg web :leg: :spider_web:
1 squat, 4 cal raises; 2 squats, 8 calf raises… progressive to 10 squats and 40 calf raises
Run to bars, not really, we couldn’t run, so speed walked to pull up bars.
Run to bottom of hill, 10 SSH, NUR (run backwards) to first tree :deciduous_tree: and do 5 squats; run to bottom of hill, 10 SSH, NUR to second tree :deciduous_tree: and do 5 squats; run to bottom of hill, 10 SSH, NUR to third tree :deciduous_tree: and do 5 squats; run to bottom of hill, 10 SSH, NUR to fourth tree :deciduous_tree: and do 5 squats; a few pax did an extra circuit.
ABS web
1 big boy sit up, 4 heel touches; 2 BBSU, 4 HT… progressive to 10 BBSU and 40 HT. Lots of mumblechatter after this one.
Mosey to COT AREA

MARY:
Broga for 13 minutes. Great way to end a simple but effective workout.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
flag handoff to Splinter; 3,4,5 and 6 folds by different PAX

COT:
Stays in COT

TINSEL :christmas_tree:

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