“Complacency Crusher: No Comfort Zones Here!”

Rolled into the AO with four minutes left on the clock, a perfect reminder that sometimes showing up is half the battle—but the other half is leaving any hint of comfort behind.

WARMUP:
Started with a solid round to loosen up:
– Hip Openers
– Imperial Walkers
– Chain Breakers
– Windmills

Movement:
Moved over to the island, where we kicked things off with Toy Soldiers, followed by Butt Kickers back to the starting point, and ended with a WWL favorite—Power Skips.

THE THANG:

Mosey to the Large Parking Lot:
– 5 Burpees

Mosey to the Front of the School:
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– Omaha’d to include 10 Muscle-Ups

Mosey to the West Side Parking Lot:
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– 20 Carolina Dry Docks (CDDs)

Mosey to the Backside of the Baseball Fields:
– Paused to discuss the importance of pushing against complacency, especially during the holidays. It’s easy to let our guard down with, “It’s just a holiday treat” or “It’s cold, I’ll skip today.” But when we hear that voice justifying the easy path, it’s a signal to lean in and push harder. Consistency beats comfort every time.
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– 20 CDDs
– 15 Mike Tysons

Mosey to the Tennis Courts:
– Bear Crawled up the staggered retention walls, pushing limits further.

Mosey to the Backside of the School:
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– 20 CDDs
– 15 Mike Tysons
– 10 Dips
Mosey to the Practice Field Utility Building:
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– 20 CDDs
– 15 Mike Tysons
– 10 Dips
– 5 Prisoner Get-Ups

Mosey Back to the Parking Lot Entrance:
Wrapped up our discussion on complacency by identifying areas in our lives where we tend to coast and could use improvement. Accountability comes when we’re open and honest, encouraging each other to level up.
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Hand-Release Merkins
– 20 CDDs
– 15 Mike Tysons
– 10 Dips
– 5 Prisoner Get-Ups

Originally planned for 10 Monkey Humpers, but we upped it to a solid 25 to finish strong.

Final mosey to the Circle of Trust (COT)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Thanksgiving Convergence
– Christmas Party
– Dam to Dam Bar 10k
– Upcoming Wine Dinner (details to come)

PRAYERS AND PRAISES:
– Gratitude for health and healing, including medication regulation.
– Strength for our families dealing with illness and aging parents.

Wrapped it up feeling stronger together and ready to take on the day.

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Bit Down Monday

WARMUP: Mosey, Smurf Jacks, Imperial squat walkers, Windmill, Angle Grinder
THE THANG:
Step one:
2 rounds of:
30 Flutter Kicks
30 American Hummer
30 LBC
30 Freddie Mercury
Step2:
2 rounds of:
20 Dips
20 – Mike Tyson‘s
20 – CDD
20 – Angle Grinder
Step3:
3 rounds of:
30 step up – (SL)
30 – Squats
30 – Smurf Jacks
30 – lunges
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Snatch jokes for days

Lots of jokes. small ball jokes. snatch jokes. runner jokes.

WARMUP: carry the bells to the top of the steep hill near entrance. SSH, Windmills, Produce Pickers all in cadence

THE THANG:
3 sets of a 9 round tabata (40 seconds on 20 seconds off) with an active recovery between each set

9 rounds:
Thrusters
Bent Over Rows
Swings
Halos
American Hammers
Chest Press
Snatch
OH Tricep extension
Goblet Squat

(third round I swapped a few exercises out so ended up with some deadlifts, curls, skull crushers, LBCs mixed in).

Active recovery included mosey up and down steep hill a couple times between sets 1 and 2, bear crawling down steep hill between sets 2 and 3, and an all you got sprint up the steep hill after set 3.

MARY: carry bells back to COT and in cadence flutter press, box cutters, more flutter press, and LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon fundraiser tonight, Christmas party signups, Thanksgiving convergence, etc = read newsletter

COT: yup – No OYO – a lot of good dudes that can help each other through hard times here so be vulnerable with each other.

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Tabata and Poison

Beautiful morning at the Yard!

Warmup was basic format

15 ssh
5 windmills
15 IW
15 HW
15 Mnt climbers
15 Plank Jacks
Some stretches

First routine

Pick your poison

First to 100 reps beeper goes off every 2 minutes. When beeper goes off you run to a point(50 yards) and return.

1. Merkins or Squats
2. CDD or lunges
3. Flutters or HD
4. Lbc or FM

Then mosey back towards COT

EMOM

5 minutes

5 squats 10 merkins 15 LBCs

Run

4 minutes

5 bbs 10 HD 15 Flutters.

Ended right at 7:15.

Great to be out in the Gloom. Haven’t been 100% for awhile but felt refreshed being around the guys.

Thanks for the call <@U05RN7GSDLH>!

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Pike Campus Pain Loop

WARMUP:
Mosey the DTFM warmup loop
Stopped at the Pharmacy
10 SSH
10 Windmill
10 LSS
Mosey to pain stations
THE THANG:
Station 1: Lower Small Pike Parking Lot
5 Lt. Dan Magic Legs
Station 2: Upper Big Pike Parking Lot
10 Burpees
Station 3: Covered Pike Parking Lot
15 Carolina Dry Docks

Rinse and repeat

MARY:
Flutters, Hello Dollies, American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Party
Bourbon and BBQ
Thanksgiving Convergence
COT:
I love you guys.

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Vests off

WARMUP: yea a bit
THE THANG:
Run around
Did a sequence to get Esso to lose the vest:
12 Mike Tyson
Bear crawl
12 Curb Albert
Crawl bear
10 Mike Tyson
Bear Crawl
10 Curb Albert
Crawl bear

YHC was willing to go down to zero, but Esso (thankfully) shed the vest.

String of Pearls
10 merkins
20 squats
30 flutters

Solid distance and quite a few stops
MARY: toss the sand bag I brought, bear crawl to it.
COT: saw a college picture of an old friend and he looked more than young. He looked energetic, optimistic, and full of the belief that he could make a difference. I want to recapture that in all I do

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Lifting @ the Country Club

WARMUP: SSHinCadencex30, IWsinCadencex15, SSHinCadencex20, HWsinCadencex15, SSHinCadencex10, MCsinCadencex15, MerkinsinCadencex10

THE THANG: Set-up our lifting toys on the sidewalk at the front of the stadium. PAX partnered up. 1st partner runs from the sidewalk to the end of the parking lot, perform 3 burpees, then runs back to his partner. Partner #2 performs the noted exercise with equipment until Partner #1 returns. There were 7 toys, PAX played with each toy twice.

35lb Dumbbell = 1 hand alternating Snatches
Heavy Rope = Arm Swings
Cindy = CurltoCleantoPress
60lb Sandbag = Bent Over Rows
40lb Ruck = KB Swings
AB Roller = Rolling of ABs
30lb Slam Ball = Slamming the Ball

Next, we moseyed to first island in the parking lot where there were 2 – 45lb plates. 1 PAX farmer carried both plates to the next island and back while all other PAX performed an ab exercise of their choice. Had time for each PAX to make one trip.

MARY: See above

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, Bourbon & BBQ, Thanksgiving Convergence, read your newsletter or talk to Time Machine as he mentioned several other events. Dude knows what is going on in The Fort.

COT: STK

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Sea Biscuit…False Endex

WARMUP: Nope…got to run.
THE THANG: L/T and onto N. Doby’s. L/T White Grove then R/T White Bridge. L/T Nims Lake and run to the gravel then turn around and take the same path back to COT.
However, this was a false ENDEX as we ran past the COT site to then make a L/T onto Doby’s Bridge. L/T Dudley and turn around at Red Forest Way. All told, we got 5+mi.
MARY: Nope…we ran.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, BBQ fundraiser, Christmas Party signup needed, Thanksgiving convergence and more.
COT: Indeed. 5th Core Principle.

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Accumulating ladder

WARMUP: mountains climbers, Moroccan nightclubs, mozy to the base of the hill and back
THE THANG: Accumulating ladder with 15 exercises. Complete one rep of the first exercise, then two of the second plus one of the first, followed by three of the third, two of the second, etc. Reps added up with 15 total rounds. Exercises from 1-15 were halos, lunges, side bends, cleans, curls, triceps, kb merkins, figure 8s, deadlifts, goblet squats, rows, cleans with a press, snatches, swings, flutters with a press.
MARY: included
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon tasting
COT: Family, friends and coworkers

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Don’t be a weak sauce

WARMUP: Some Broga, SSH, windmills, quad stretches, push ups, shoulders
THE THANG: The Helton – 800 meters, 30 squat thrusters with block, 30 burpees x 3 rounds – plus elevens of Merkins and curls
MARY: in between
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, BBQ/ Bourbon event
COT: mental health, unity in our country, family

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