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Grapefruit Gamecocks and Mumblechatter

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WARMUP: Stretching, SSH Merks Squats Imperial Walker Jump Squats
THE THANG: Crazy 8s with BigBoys and Squats, ladder work w 5 stops. A mini Dora and a mini split into 2 groups w each Pax choosing reps/exercise.
MARY: 3 mins of Mary w Boat and Canoe and some JackHammer American twists
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes.
COT: 🙏 for marriages, mental health, and F3 brothers.

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In Honor Of September, 11, 2001

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WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees

THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press

We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.

In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.

Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.

MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed

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Zone 2 and The Slowest Burn

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Warmup:
9 Motivators
Windmill
Moroccan night clubs
Baby arm circles
Overhead claps
Seal jacks
Low slow squat
Tempo merkin
Tempo CDD

Practice balancing:
Stand on right leg
Stand on left leg

Walk down the 5 stairs slowly and without the handrail. It’s harder than it sounds.

The Thang:
Yog to Armory

2 teams Pick a co-Q
Team A
Tempo step downs/ups on the wall

Team B – Board of pain (switch after each movement)
In SLOW cadence
5 six count burpees
10 tempo merkins
20 low slow squats
15 slow flutters
20 slow monkey humpers
10 tempo diamond merkins

MARY:
There was some

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There were some

COT:

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Find your Joy/ Shovel Flag Hand off

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WARMUP: all Exercises IC: SSH, IW, Squats, LBCs, MNCs- Flying Squirrels between each set
THE THANG: Yog to guardrail on the side of Lowes, 10 Derkins, 15 Dips, 20 step ups. Rinse & Repeat. Then mosey to one corner of Lowe’s & partner up. Partner 1 runs clockwise around the building, Partner 2 run counter clockwise. Meet in the middle for 5 partner Merkins. Run back to startex and do 5 partner Big boys (locking feet together). 3 rounds
MARY: 5 minutes of Broga led by Change Order
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shovel Flag handoff, Weezer to Peach Stand. Inspired words from both of these High Impact Men.
COT: Find Some Joy in life and share it with others. May it come back to you tenfold.
Short Sale out.

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Stairway to Fortune

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WARMUP: Light Mosey w/ a few exercises

THE THANG: Stairway Climbs at the Exchange Building on Market St. paired with The Board of Fortune

MARY: Just enough time for 2 minutes of stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Upcoming workout to honor 9/11, D2D sign ups.

COT: prayers for patience

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Kingsley Loops just for fun

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WARMUP: Review of the Loops
THE THANG: 2 loops: 1.5 miles or 1 mile
MARY: Stretch
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam2Dam and Men’s Shelter needs help
COT: Prayers for sick family members and friends. Prayers for Sprocket!

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Dance Naked Reboot

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Eight boot campers met at Pleasant Knoll Middle for a great start to Tuesday morning. Here is what they did:

THE THANG:
Mosey out of the COT and circle up at the cement pad by the teacher’s smoking lounge for COP: All in cadence:
SSX x 20, merkin x 10, windmill x 10, cherry picker x 10, little/big arm circles x 20ea and both directions, IW x 15, mountain climber x 15 hold/6″ hold/honeymooner/downward dog/6″/L/R arm/leg high/6″ hold, Freddie Merc x 15

Mosey to the parking lot and line up facing the cement island.

1. Bearcrawl to the island, 10 merkins, return to the start
2. Lungewalk to the island, 10 squats, return.
3. Powerskip to the island, 10 bombjacks, return.
4. Inchworm to the island, 10 merkins
5. Pick partner (someone you don’t know well), walk to the island and get to know them better. At the island, do 10 partner merkins (hand slap), walk back to the start.

Mosey to the walking bridge for Jacob’s ladder. Run to the end of the bridge and do 1-5 burpees, run back. (5 reps total)

Walk to the school building for 2 rounds of People’s Chair (60 sec hold). The pax were encouraged to sit at a 90 degree angle.

MARY: Flutter x 10, Box cutter x 10, Pretzel crunch x 10, Superman x 3

NAKED MAN MOLESKIN:
Good mumble chatter today by the Pax. Twister started it during the opening SSH’s when he noticed a small fenced-in area with a chair placed in it. What purpose did it serve? (time out chair?, teacher’s smoking lounge?)
Today’s workout was one I pulled from the archives (08/01/2019) and executed almost identically. Noteworthy of that workout was when I asked the pax to take a few minutes and get to know someone new in the group. I took that cue from C-Span who did something similar years before at WEP. It’s a neat way to make a connection with the guys you see in the gloom, but may not know very well.

COT: Barry Manilow joined us at COT following his 6 mile run.
Good to have you with us, brother! We prayed for ST’s mom and longtime friend John with terminal cancer. Prayers also for Dixie’s 5 yr old niece whose body started rejecting a donated kidney

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Bubble about to burst?

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The buckets of pain made a return to the Bub, with YHC and The Twister participating. It was a repeat of a few weeks ago, when YHC and The Twister were also then the only Pax available to participate.

The mumblechatter was as equally satisfactory as before. We chose the pain from each of three buckets spread about and there was sweat. I’d like to thank The Twister for the opportunity.

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