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Christmas In August? How Thrilling!

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: 12 days of Christmas was the thang:

1-run
2- Deconstructed Burpee’s
3-Jump squats
4-LBCs
5-Diamond merkins
6-Imperial walkers
7-Rosalitas
8-Slow flutters
9-Low slow squats
10-Lunges (10 each leg)
11-Merkins
12-Burpees

We got through Day 10 in our festive workout. I know everyone was sad we didn’t get to Day 12.

Thanks Triple Lindy for one year as Site Q at Ballroom!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Triple Lindy’s wife and her first wedding she is officiating. Prayers for Cybil for healing and wisdom for her doctors.

This September check in on someone you haven’t seen in the Gloom in a while.

The Thrill is gone..

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SlowBurn: What’s your number…Go get it!

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WARMUP:
Mosey, shuffle, toy soldier, bear crawl, moracan night club,l
THE THANG:
20sec on 10sec rest
3rounds
Merkins
Leg lifts
Sumo squats
Wide arm Merkins
Donkey Kicks
Squat jumps
Plank punch
Flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read Newsletter
COT: was glorious!!

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Lamp Post Pain

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WARMUP: 10 each Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers, SSH, imperial walkers
THE THANG: started with 3 laps of the parking lot with duck walks, bear crawls, lunges, toy soldiers, LBC, merkins, burpee’s, big boys

Suicides on the hill with burpee’s, LBC’s, flutters, squats, min climbers, merkins

MARY: box cutters, LBCS, flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pick up, Dam to Dam, check slack

COT: Shower curtain, wisdom for u-hauls daughter, bitcoin sons health, gentleness in words for Peabody, reaper and cousin Eddie marriage, ham hocks dad, Double Do’s moms back, dojos son battling culture, travel mercies for rebel, mental health

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Thanks for the Burpees, Fogerty

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WARMUP: 5 burpees oyo. Short mosey. Moroccan night clubs, LSS, shoulder taps, dynamic warmup.
THE THANG: Jacob’s Ladder with merkins and bomb jacks using 11. Picked up the 6. Split up into teams for a couple relay races. Loser had to do 5 burpees. Then 10 merkins. Winners had 3 burpees and 10 merkins.
Hold Al Gore and 1 by 1, run to the picnic table. Next round was skipping.
Do some calf raises. Then head back to the basketball courts. Do Airborne’s hip routine.
Next shake out the lactic acid. Quick yoga at the end and more burpees due to Fogerty. Sprinkled burpees in other places as well.
MARY: bbsu and burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of stuff in the newsletter
COT: stays in COT.

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Hey, carry my bell will ya?

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WARMUP: 10 count of things, then 15 count of same things
THE THANG: we all swapped carrying the 25 lb bell around for fun. Did BOMBS at unity church circle. 10-15-20-25, a full Jack Webb and then a run around the block for good measure. Mr Kettlebell enjoyed the tour.

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Not Naked, Not Afraid, Just a VQ with a Crew

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Slow Burn was smoldering this morning with 23 strong men choosing the gloom over the ‘sack & supporting YHC for my VQ! Some special guests were among the group: 2 PAX made the trek from Metro, and we welcomed our newest FNG (Cousin Eddie), EH’d by Rebel. Conditions were great – sky was clear & the rain last night cleaned the streets off for us, but also washed away my exercise notes from the curbs (lesson learned & more on that later)! It was the perfect setup for a VQ…

Started with the 5 Core Principles & Disclaimer, then got right to it.

WARMUP:
A short mosey around the parking lot
SSH x20
LSS x10
Alternating Lunges x10
Slooow Merkins (3-count down) x10
Imperial Walkers x10
Token Burpee x1

THE THANG:
Today was a somewhat of a hybrid of Pearls on a String / 11’s

Started at the 1st Street Light in front of Lowe’s Contractor Parking/Pickup
First “Pearls Set” was 10/ea: Merkins > LBC > Squats > Flutters > Big Boys > Plank Jacks
Then the “11’s Hybrid” component, which was 1x Flying Squirrel
Mosey up the road to the 3rd Street Light (back toward Empire Pizza)

Next was 9/ea of the Merks > LBC > Squats > Flutters > Big Boys > Plank Jacks
And 2x Flying Squirrels, then Mosey back to the 1st Street Light

Mosey & Repeat: 8/ea + 3, 7/ea + 4, etc. The exercises quickly moved from the main drive into the parking lot to get away from traffic. The last two rounds/sets were done in cadence – not just for my own accountability, but wanted everyone to finish together.

Short mosey back to the flag, where Mary joined us for the last 6’ish minutes. The unofficial total distance was just shy of 1.5mi (I haven’t yet joined the Strava cult).

I think the mumble chatter was good, though I was deaf to most of it as I was putting everything I had into calling exercises, trying to catch some breath in between, and pushing myself to just keep going!

Upon the clock striking 6am, the PAX graciously provided some feedback from the workout. I’ll remember to speak louder than what feels necessary (especially when in close proximity to a highway!), consult amazon to get my hands on some water-proof chalk (which sounds like it would be a parent’s nightmare… isn’t the fact that chalk doesn’t last is what makes it acceptable for the 2.0’s?!), and a Q should call an audible when needed & modify their own weinke to ensure the Q can complete it (I fumbled on completing the 9x Flying Squirrels, though I did pull it together & knocked out the last 10 when it was time)!

HUGE THANKS to Weezer – it was an incredible honor & privilege to have the opportunity to lead such an awesome group this morning. Huge shoutout & THANK YOU to Grizzly (my original EH’er) & WhatDid for making the early drive down from Metro (and THANKS to Shady for passing the note to them!). And another HUGE THANK YOU to all my PAX brothers who showed to know this morning. It was amazing having such a strong turnout! The support was more than humbling!

MARY: Yes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. 2nd F Lunch today (was today). F3 Dad’s this Saturday @ WEP.

COT: Praises & Prayers all around.

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Moderate is a state of mind

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WARMUP: 50% 60 yard runs from one end of the AO host parking lot to the other. After each run we performed SSH, Squats, Seal Jacks, Merkins, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters
THE THANG: We strolled over to another, smoother parking lot to endure the pain. Partnered up and gave the PAX 3 pain stations in the shape of a triangle with each pain station being about 30-40 yards apart. Merkin station, Squat Station, and Step-Up Station. Group that starts at the Merkin station performs 10 merkins and then travels to the next pain station to relieve the PAX. So forth and so on we went for 3 rounds.
Next we performed an Indian Bear Crawl for about 40 yards.
Followed that fun with a short ab lab: 20 – Gas Pumpers, 20 LBCs ( legs straight up in the air with arms reaching for feet when crunching ), & 20 Box Cutters.
Time to hit the legs again with some TUT – TimeUnderTension. Partner up again, partners have to complete a combined total of 100 lunges – 10 lunges for 5 sets. While one partner does a set of 10 lunges the other partner holds the Al Gore position, keep alternating until you reach the 100 rep count.
Followed that up with another ablab: 10 BigBoys, then go immediately into 10 Straight Leg Lifts, and then go immediately into 10 V-Ups.
Next up, more bear crawls with a Paula Abdul routine. Found a row of parking spaces about 15-20 spaces long. Pax start out bear crawling 2 lines, when reaching the 2nd line you perform 2 merkins, you then crawl bear back 1 line and perform 1 merkin. Keep going until you reach the end.
Last, but not least, you guys brag on your ‘running with pushups’. Well this group did Sprints with Pushups. 3 – 50 yard sprints – all out. As soon as PAX reached the other side we had to drop immediately and perform: 1st Sprint – 13 Merkins, 2nd Sprint 11 Merkins, 3rd Sprint 9 merkins. The plan was to do 4 sprints total but time ran out, which I’m glad because SmallWorld would have had to carry me back to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter on 6/9.
COT: Prayers for marriages, families going through transitions, ChangeOrders dad, and others. Question to the PAX in prayer – What are you pursuing? Thanks to SmallWorld for the opportunity to lead. Take care and God bless fellas.

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