GoRuck’s Valentine’s Day Massacre

Straight from the email inbox, delivered from GoRuck’s Tribe workouts, we performed The Valentine’s Day Massacre-Post Mortem (or most of it, at least)
WARMUP: Carry all sand bags to our starting point for a few of the typical warmup exercises.
THE THANG:
Buy-In: 100 Sandbag Back Squats
Then, 4 Rounds:
200m Sandbag Shuffle
20 Sandbag Clean & Front Toss
20 Bear Crawl Sandbag Drags (each drag=1)
20 Sandbag Shoulder-to-Shoulders (each side=1)
Cash-Out: 100 Sandbag Front Squats (Punchlist did finish, I did not)

2 Things happened this morning that I greatly appreciate:
1. When starting round 4, it appeared that I had enough time to complete so I made a comment about taking my foot off the gas. Band Camp then said he’d murder me if I let up, I’m paraphrasing. I appreciate the reminder that just because I’ve done good work before, it’s not a hall pass to coast into the perceived finish line.
2. While executing the Cash-Out Squats, I was nearing squat #20 and my form was beginning to suffer. I was leaning forward at the waist and compromising form. Seeing this, Punchlist called me out by name stating my error noting this was not the proper way to perform a squat, especially with the added weight of a sandbag. This means a ton to me because that translates to someone caring enough about me to not let me live incorrectly. You may roll your eyes at the connection but I could have easily continued my incorrect squats and have nothing happen. Or, I could’ve easily injured myself. Regardless, I wasn’t realizing the benefit of doing the hard work and PL saw that. I appreciate that.

MARY: Assumed it was included in the above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Look at that Hill

Ran around lots of string of pearls.

Tried to climb every hill possible in a reverse bear crawl

Worked a good deal on side lunges, and moving around with ease, finished with a Jack Webb that the brothers tried to skip, but joined us eventually

Always an honor to lead a group of men I respect so much.

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CHARGE

WARMUP: run to back of GHMS
THE THANG: perform 10 reps of exercise listed on cone then run forward two cones and perform 10 reps of exercise listed on cone. Run back to the skipped cone and perform 10 reps of exercise listed on skipped cone. First one to complete 10 reps of exercise listed on skipped cone yells CHARGE and everyone moves forward two cones.
MARY: lots of imperial walkers and plank Jack’s and burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Matters of the Heart

We had 11 PAX and 6 fly by runners this morning at The Hive.

COP
SSH x 20
Low Slow Squat x 10
Moroccan Night Club x 20

Disclaimer, move to start point.

WEINKE
Use parking rows as pain stations
10 Reps Each Stop

Method of Travel between Stations
Lunge walk to each row

Stop 1
Halos
Kid Launch

Stop 2
One Legged RDL both sides

Stop 3
Tricep Extensions
Curls

Stop 4
Goblet Squats
Cossack Squats

Stop 5
KB Swings
OH Press

Stop 6
Burpee Snatch

Stop 7
Lawn Mowers Both Sides

KB OH Carry back to start, rinse and repeat.

In between each round YHC waxed poetic re: matters of the heart. We took a crash course God’s Word says about what should be leading us in contrast to what the world says. Is it our hearts or our minds?

Jeremiah 17:9
Romans 12:1-2
2 Tim 3:16, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 119:9, 11

We completed two rounds

Mary
WWI Situps
Snap Crackle Pop
Flutters w/bell
LBC’s w/bell
High Plank to round it out

Solid COT. Prayers for a few PAX mentioned by name.

Thanks, Happy Hour, for the opportunity to Q at The Hive!

Punch List out.

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sweaty

WARMUP: mosey, Moroccan night club, the windmill, imperial walkers, merkins,
THE THANG: 3 sets of 10 curls, bent over row(L/R), america hammer, LBCs one lap in-between each set. Lunge to hill 10 goblins squats with press every 10 steps. Dora. 100 KB swings, 150 flutters w press, 200 goblins squats. Repeat lunges back to COT
MARY: plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D, read thr news letter
COT: be thankful for being here as things can happen at any time.

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Simple, but not easy

14 at the Sink this morning survived a surprisingly difficult beatdown. Conditions were not terrible for February (40s with a breeze). Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Merkins (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
Mosey to Gold Hill Rd.
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Hubert Graham
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Revere Cove
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to the Traffic Circle
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Shuffle back to COT
2.1 miles, 30 Manmakers, 10 Overhead Press, 75 Curls, 90 Squats

NMM
This workout was simple, but not easy. I’m not sure what made it difficult – it was only four exercises done six times over a couple miles, but I think I’m going to feel it later. The beauty of its design was you had the opportunity to converse with the guy next to you between sets and see what is going on in his world. I heard laughs, grunts, celebrations, and struggles. Men shared their hearts but still put in the work. That’s what this is all about – asking the guy next to you how he’s doing. Listening to what he says and note what he doesn’t say. Men suck at asking for help. The signs are there if we know where to look. My encouragement for you is to reach up when you need help. But also, reach down when you have help to give. F3 has the opportunity to literally save lives if we will pour into Fellowship and Faith as much as we do Fitness. Strengthen yourself mentally and spiritually as much as you do physically. Do that and we will change the world: one household at a time.

Aye!
IJ

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DORAs at The Hive

DORA 1: partner run
– Man makers 50
– Goblet Squats 100
– Swings 150

DORA 2: farmers carry
– Burpees 50
– Squats 100
– Overhead clap 150

DORA 3: Bear crawl
– Bent row right 50
– Bent row left 50
– Curls 50

DORA 4: Farmers Carry
– Merkins 50
– Mountain climbers 75
– SSH 100

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Carry the heavy stuff, makes carrying the small stuff easier | Kitchen Sink

Buy-In: 10 Man-Makers, 20 weighted squats, 30 SSH + Mosey around parking lot

Lunge Walk the back of the school, ~200 yds:
– 20 merkins in cadence
– Lunge walk 20 paces with sandbag racked on back
– 10 low slow merkins IC
– Lunge walk 10 paces with sandbag above head
– 15 wide grip merkins IC
– Toy soldiers with sandbag front racked
– 10 diamond merkins IC
– 20 lunges w/bag back racked, 10 lunges with bag above head, 20 toy soldiers with bag front racked
– 15 CDD IC
– and so on, and so on

Pass every bag down the line while sitting shoulder to shoulder…pass them back

DORA #1: 100 merkins, 100 squats > Partner farmer carries both sandbags 80 yds.

DORA #2: 50 weighted dips, 50 shoulder presses with sandbag > Partner shuffles 80 yds with one sandbag back racked

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Stomping Grounds

Time to run the route I’ve driven many times in the last ten years.

Mosey to PFHC (former site)
20 Merkins and 20 CCD
Mosey to GHES parking lot
20 LBC
20 Rosalita
Mosey to handicap spot at GHMS
20 squats
15 Monkey Humpers

Repeat until time is called

Everyone got at least 3 and some got 4.5

Great crew and great work.

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No rain, no pain

WARMUP: Some of the usual windmill, IWs, etc
THE THANG:
The rain was light but steady throughout and it didn’t scare off any of the pax. 36 degrees and wet — I’m grateful anyone showed up but I was especially grateful to see my co-Q Trucker. We used the morning as a faceoff between Trucker repping Penn St and DD repping Notre Dame in advance of the CFP game the following Thur.

Trucker led off with a history lesson of the rivalry that started in 1913. His upper body sequence included the list below with 19 reps on the first round and 13 reps in the second round.

Chest press
Skull crushers
Lat swings
Shoulder press
Front shoulder raises
Upright rows
Bent over rows
Curls
LBC
Mosey to funeral home and back

DD took over halfway through for a lower body sequence that included 4 quarters (4 rounds) of the following:

Cleans R/L
Goblet squat
Racked lunge R/L
Goblet calf raise
Swings
Core exercise
Mosey to front of church and back

It was a great .morning (once it was over) and a great warm up for the Irish victory 4 days later!

MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: wine event, D2D, etc
COT: yes!

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