WARMUP:
THE THANG: Ran from Clydesdale base to Walmart Market and back to base
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Closed in prayer
See the route posted in the comments below- 2 loops completed for almost 3.5 miles total. Majority of pax were given 2lb weights to hold in each hand. At each point of the “T”, pax completed 15 SSHs, 10 lunges (single count), and 5 burpees – all exercises completed whilst holding aforementioned weights. 10-12 sets completed.
WARMUP: Pledge
THE THANG: Run around WEP, 10 merkins at every swing.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Travel, sickness, wives
WARMUP:
THE THANG: exit Kingsley side entrance onto 21; left on 160; follow 160 through town via Tom hall to banks; right on banks; right on confederate; left on main; head back to cot
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
9 Pax landed at Bushwood for a balmy November in the Fort. YHC reviewed previous Bushwood backblasts and found my Bushwood VQ from 2021 and decided to bring it back.
One thing I noticed from the backblast was the enthusiasm that I had for the being the Q. The world was beginning to come out of the global pandemic and the fellowship of the Pax provided much needed energy for me to deliver a beatdown. It was the closing of a season and nearing the end of a time of chaos across the globe that will shape our world forever. As I read it in my current mindset, I questioned my current season and the current chaos that surrounds me at this moment. There will always be chaos. YHC will always be going through seasons. Seasons of adversity and challenges and seasons of growth and positivity. Reading the backblast from 2021 was a good reminder of this.
Warmup:
The pax moseyed to the band lot for the following:
SSH x 30 (YHC got off to a rocky start on the cadence here)
IW x 15
Mtn climbers x 15
Peter Parkers x 15
Mosey to CRHS for Line of Fire
1 pax runs back and forth from the tower while the rest of the pax rotate exercises including:
Merkins
Squats
Mtn climbers
Burpees
Next round
LBCs
Flutters
Hello Dollies
Big boy sit ups
Mosey to front of CRHS and partner up
Partner 1 – Balls to wall
Partner 2 – Shoulder taps x 20
Rinse and repeat x 3
Next round
Partner 1 – Peoples chair
Partner 2 – monkey humpers x 20
Rinse and repeat x 3
Mosey to driveway
Bear crawl to 10 CDDs
Lunge back to 20 squats
Rinse and repeat 3 times
Mosey back to Line of Fire
Final round split between abs and shoulder work
Mosey home
During the workout, we discussed seasons of life and the examination of what season you are in with your M, your 2.0s, friends and work. It is important to put guardrails around a season of adversity for Mammon so that it does not affect your M and 2.0s. Its an ongoing struggle for me with work.
We closed with vulnerability and leadership across all of the Pax on their season, their prayers and their praises. All 3 Fs were covered today at Bushwood and YHC leveraged this energy throughout the day.
New loop to Unity Church with options for 3.5, 4.5 and 5 miles
Pledge of allegiance. Then down to corner of Main St and Academy. Pretty simple routine today: 10 HR merkins at Main/Academy. Run up Main to Main/160, 10 jump squats. Run to 160/Monroe White, 10 HR merkins. Run to Withers/Watson, 10 jump squats. Run back to start.
Each time you get back to Main/Academy, run the loop in the opposite direction with same exercises.
I think most PAX got between 4 and 5 loops in. Tesla might’ve done 10. It was nice to do something different this morning!
WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: 5 miler
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: prayers for Vuvu’s family due to the loss of a family member
PRE-WORKOUT: Pullups with Trucker
WARMUP: Run back and forth two times in the Runde parking lot
THE THANG:
After a brief introduction including some history of Alcatraz, Funhouse kicked off COP with 50 SSH, (although I believe 100 were planned in homage to Santini). From there it was imperial walker x 10, hillbilly walker x 10. Before we got to the meat of the workout, YHC called out a classic Alcatraz upper body workout called Green Sally (Decibel/2014). It’s a song by Moby called ‘Flower’ where you plank when he sings ‘Green Sally Up’ and drop to 6″ when he sings ‘Green Sally Down’. It’s pretty tough to complete the whole song and I don’t think anyone did today. But, you have to have monster shoulder strength. Because we had a large group today, we split them in half and started our Q’s:
Funhouse on Q:
The Wheel of Pain (Funhouse/2013)
Each PAX gets a cone with an excercise and reps.
40 yard diameter circle with a cone in the middle.
Do the excercise on the cone, run to the middle and out to the cone to the right.
Freddy Mercury – 25
Lunges – 30
Burpees – 15
Merkins – 15
Rosalita- 30
Squats – 25
LBC – 25
Burpees – 10
SSH – 30
Parker Peter – 25
Plank Punches – 30
Mountain Climbers – 30
Merkins – 15
Senator Tressel on Q
Mosey to the bottom of the hill on Tara Tea Drive for ‘Quadzilla’ (Zima/2018)
Group 1 does squats while Group 2 runs backwards up the hill and does 5 bombjacks at the hilltop. Run back down and flapjack. Rinse and repeat 2 more times.
Mosey to the playground for pullups, step ups, and ab exercises (Senator Tressel/2013) We did 2 rounds today
Mosey to the wall by the concessions stand and split into two groups.
Group 1 does Peoples chair and passes a kettle bell (White Lightning/2018), while Group 2, runs to the fence, hops over it, sprints up the hill, does 3 burpees at the top, and runs back to the wall. Flapjack. (Jekyll/2017) We did 2 rounds today.
Form a line for tunnel of love (stolen from Santini at WEP/2012)
MARY: Hello Dolly x 20, Seal walk (Cornhole/2013), Navy Seal Team Sit Ups (Santini/Trucker 2013)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Today we celebrated 10 years at Runde Park by paying homage to some of the classic beatdowns led by the great Q’s of Alcatraz. Funhouse and I drew an Alcatraz record 32 Pax and that made me very proud (of course, we advertised heavily, offered free coffee, beer, cake, and closed the other two Saturday AO’s so maybe that had something to do with it – LOL). Although, attendance at bootcamps on Saturdays isn’t what is used to be, I will post whenever I am able. Runde Park has been my home on Saturday mornings, and even after all these years, I still look forward to getting up early, meeting the Pax at 6:30, and doing that tough bootcamp workout. Many thanks to all that posted with us this morning and special thanks to our current and former site Q’s: Funhouse, Smuggler, Trucker, Skipper, and Uber for their leadership and help pulling this all together. I appreciate all you guys!
Prayers: ST’S mom with cancer, DD’s friends with a new pregnancy, Long Duck recovering from burns and back injury
WARMUP: Welcome, disclaimer (lame today) and explanation of route.
THE THANG: Take the walking path toward town and take a left on Skipper and a right onto Tom Hall St. Follow Tom Hall and right onto Main St back to 160. Right on 160 and left onto Massey Street (up that hill) all the way to Harris. Right on Harris, right on Ardrey, left on 160 and back on the trail to COT. About 4 miles total
MARY: No Mary was done today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alcatraz 10 yr anniversary workout this Saturday at Runde Park. Dam to Dam 10K and fundraising events starting now. Support your local community
COT: Prayers for my mom with dementia and terminal cancer, and the men and women serving our country.
This was my first Q at Clydesdales and the 1st time I’ve Q’d a run in several years. It was great to be back on that familiar trail and to spend time time with my friends Twister and Change Order. The cool fall weather was the icing on the cake. What a great way to start the day!