It was colder then it looked

*WARMUP:*
Mosey to playground behind school. All the regular ones
*THE THANG:*
Mosey to the Middle School.
Ran the car line loop with exercises at top and bottom. Merkins, Dips, Derkins, Big Boys, Bulgarians, Squats, Lunges
Wall Sits while PAX does 10 man makers w Cindy. Finish with 10 burpees
*MARY:* abb work
*ANNOUNCEMENTS:* newsletter
*COT:*

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It was colder then it looked

*WARMUP:*
Mosey to playground behind school. All the regular ones
*THE THANG:*
Mosey to the Middle School.
Ran the car line loop with exercises at top and bottom. Merkins, Dips, Derkins, Big Boys, Bulgarians, Squats, Lunges
Wall Sits while PAX does 10 man makers w Cindy. Finish with 10 burpees
*MARY:* abb work
*ANNOUNCEMENTS:* newsletter
*COT:*

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Leg Day with the cones

Leg Day:
9 cones roughly 10 yds apart. Exercises in cadence and then mode of transport to next cone. Starting at 5 or 10 reps single count cadence and increasing by 5 or 10 respectively. Max count at 5th cone and then decrease by same number.

Squats 5, lunges walk
SSH 10, power skips
Bomb jacks 5, broad jumps
Calf raises 10, duck walk
Monkey humpers 5, toy soldiers
Bobby hurleys 5, high knees

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120 pounds of fun!

Cold but glorious morning in the gloom. 5 fellow pax joined me for the following.

Warmup:

20 SSH IC
10 Windmill IC
3 burpees
20 seal jacks
15 MNC
3 burpees
15 plank jacks
Stretch(looked at a very low flying plane)
15 Mountain climbers
3 burpees

Thang:

Everyone partnered up got a sandbag and engaged in a lazy Dora… with a twist.

Partner 1 does 10 reps with a sandbag while partner 2 does as many reps as they can of the accompanying exercise. Each partner switches off after 10 reps until the cumulative total is met.

60 Man makers with Burpees
60 squats with squats
60 curls with flutters
60 flutter press with LBCS

Now every minute… on the minute a timer would go off and everyone had to run to the end of the parking lot and back. This made it fun!

After this routine we did an Indian “run” (it was really more of a walk) where the leaders would partner carry the 120lbs sandbag while the 6 had to do 10 HR merkins to catch up. We made it around the parking lot twice before tapping out with about 2ish minutes left. I closed us out with some Mary and that was it.

Big thanks to Maximas for the lead and to all who showed.

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First Saturday Workout

WARMUP: Tabata with 4 rounds of 5 exercises. 30 seconds on, 15 off. Side straddle hops, windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan night clubs, and low slow squats
THE THANG: Dora w partner- 100 merkins, diamond merkins, and wide merkins. Then 200 Squats, mountain climbers, and calf raises. Got in 2 miles while partners split exercises.
MARY: Flutters, big boys, LBCs, hello Dolly, box cutter, American hammer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam 100k
COT: prayers for families and marriages

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It Was Mostly Moderate

WARMUP:
Slow MIle Run to Molokai Drive and back. Circle up in the fire dept parking lot for COP

THE THANG:
COP: SSH x 20, windmill x 10, merkin x 10, jump squat x 20, Carolina dry dock x 10, cherry picker x 15, Morrocan night club x 40. Al Gore hold x 60s, Rosalita x 15, Freddie Merc x 20
Walk to the tall pull up bar: Burpee pull up x 5. Everyone gets a turn. While the Pax waited, we did Al Gore, plank hold, and LBC’s
Mosey to the ledge behind the baseball diamond for 11’s. Derkins and dips
Mosey to the playground and break into 3 groups. 2 rounds of pullups (10), ab exercises, and step ups
Mosey to the bottom of Tara Tea for mini quadzilla. Nur up the hill, 5 squats at the top, run down, 5 squats at the bottom, Repeat 2 more times.
Mosey to the soggy field for Airbornes Killer Abductor routine (crowd pleaser)
MARY:
Ran out of time for Mary today
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dam to Damn bar 10K today!
COT:
Prayer for Change Order’s M’s work travel and for Uber’s co-workers affected by a layoff
NMM:
The warm temps brought out the Pax today and the mumble chatter was in abundance. We covered a good bit of the AO , including the field which was a bit soggy. The whining about getting wet in the field was also in abundance – c’mon men! Back in the day, no one would have thought twice about laying down in a wet field…….It was a pleasure to lead the group today and always the best way to start off your Saturday mornings. Thanks for the Q spot, @Uber!

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But it’s a dry cold

WARMUP: temps in the teens. Anything to warm me up would have been nice.
THE THANG:mosey to TCES & back
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:inner monologue

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Brown bagging it

WARMUP: IC windmills, produce pickers, Moroccan nc, hillbilly and imperial walkers, Merkins, mountain climbers and stretches. Mosey for a bit to curbs for curb 7’s. Dip to bearcrawl to curb, incline Merkin to crabwalk to curb. Mosey a bit more to wall for wall sits with IC Moroccan nc, overhead claps, seal jack, chain breakers. We then did wall sits to 3x burpee. Mosey some more the
THE THANG: Brown bag of 14 exercises with timer on each. 60sec SSH, 30sec squat, 30sec reverse lunge, 60sec planks, 30sec burpee, 30sec side lunge, 60sec butt kickers, 30sec jump squat, 30sec mtn climbers, 60sec toy soldiers, 30sec merkin, 30 sec dip, 60sec lbc, 60sec Peter Parker. We did this 2x to some jams.
MARY: IC exercises were called out by each of the pax
ANNOUNCEMENTS: d2db, q source, murder bunnies schedule
COT: prayers for health, praises for a good, balanced weekend with the family

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Deep Thoughts at Alcatraz

Four tackled deep thoughts and deep squats at Alcatraz this morning. Here’s what we did.

– 15 SSHs (IC)
– 15 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 15 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 15 Seal Jacks (IC)

Mosey to pull up bars
– 25 Pull-ups – Run to Crosswalk – 25 Dips – Run Back x4
– Repeat with Merkins/Squats
– Repeat with Calf Raises/American Hammers
Total Mileage: 2.7

NMM
Today was more about the mumblechatter than the work, and that chatter was EPIC!

YHC posed the following: what is the largest animal could you beat in a fight and win 75% of the time? Surprisingly difficult premise.
Uber and Change Order: wallaby. Good choice. They’re like small kangaroos without the kick power. I think a few solid punches to the face and some kicks to the ribs would do it.
Smuggler: alpaca. Like a shorter llama, but more docile.
IJ: 85 pound penguin. Not fast and slow reflexes. I think a kick to the back and a few body blows would end it pretty quickly.

Change Order asked our spirit animals and why.
Uber: Arctic Fox – small, but aggressive. Cold weather climate. Fuzzy, not furry.
Change Order: Dolphin – loves the water, very social and likeable.
Smuggler: Panda – friendly, cuddly, but could separate your head from your torso if he needed to.
IJ: Golden Retriever – loyal, friendly, and very protective of my family. Takes a lot to bear my teeth but once I reach that point, I will bite.

Finally, courtesy of Smuggler’s higher ed patrons at a recent theatre show uptown: would you rather have a dragon or be one? We all chose have one. But what size? Dog sized, cow sized, or Game of Thrones sized? We all chose huge, like “The Neverending Story.”

Who is responsible if your pet dragon burns down the neighbors house? How would they prove it was your dragon? There’s no registration. There’s no legal precedent, so maybe it would be best if you moved to the country with your dragon where you could let him roam in peace.

And that friends is why you post at Alcatraz on a cold, windy Saturday morning. Proving once again that though we grow bigger, we never grow up. Enjoy your day, men.

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