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Hold it like if your kid

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, shoulder taps, wind mills,
THE THANG: series of mostly upper body exercises with the KB on reps of 60s (see picture). After every exercise PAX has to walk to the top of the hill with the KB and back. Bonus: during the whole routine never let the bell touch the floor, hold like if was your kid.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Get The Work Done – KB Style

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WARMUP: Run the loop then more of the typical hits: Windmill, SSH, Merkins, Low Slow Squats.

THE THANG: Hoist your bell overhead and move to the far parking lot.
For this round, the exercises would be performed with the bell and the burpee is without the bell:
10 Man-Makers: 2 Burpees
20 Simbas: 4 Burpees
30 Kettle Bell Swings: 6 Burpees
40 Overhead Press (20ea side): 8 Burpees
50 Lunge Walk Paces (25ea side): 10 Burpees

Partner Rounds
Round 1
Grab a partner and choose the left or right side of the loop to launch from.
Partner 1: Farmers Carry both Kettle Bells around the big loop.
Partner 2: Flutter Kicks
Flapjack
Round 2
Partner 1: Farmers Carry again
Partner 2: Box Cutters
Flapjack

Next, line up on one side of the parking lot. Bear Crawl with your Bell 40 paces, 20 each arm.

Next, come back together in a group.
Hold your Bell overhead until 1 man lowers his Bell then all PAX perform 10 Merkins.
Repeat 3 more times for a total of 4 rounds.

Farmers Carry the bell back to COT.

MARY: Sprinkled throughout plus a little at the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter details.
COT: You bet.

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Zipper games (not what you think)

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WARMUP: Load up with weight vest, 3 40lb sandbags and one 60lb
THE THANG: The Whiteville park zipper game.
Split into two groups starting at Spring and Leroy. Group one with sandbags went left for a .3 mile loop to hill street. Groups two went right with just vests for a .45 mile loop to hill street. Last group back to spring owed five burpees. Rinse and repeat all the way to lockman. Loaded up and headed to cot switching sandbags every two blocks.
MARY: everyone did ten burpees.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see ya Christmas party.
COT: Be grateful. It’s a beautiful masters Sunday and a beautiful day to be alive.

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AKA hills and running

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WARMUP: nah
THE THANG: trail runners hit the trail. Path for runner was down Munn, into the school, ran all the way out the back by the pull up bars. Then down Harris and up Jackson. Then either to Massey or through WEP and back down Harris. Some got a little extra in old and new Kingsley.
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: fast 5 today!
COT: completed at the beginning so kind of

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AKA – Board of Pain 2025

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The [vintage] Challenge:
– Burpees – 100 (Ruby Slippers 0, Slash 7)
– Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
– Ski Abs – 100 (Barry Manilow started)
– Merkins – 100
– Deep Squats – 100 (Anchorman started, Cake Boss 10, Short Sale 50, JWOW 51)
– LBCs – 200 (Cohiba – completed)
– Carolina Dry Docks – 100 (Time Machine 10)
– American Hammer – 100 (Harry Carry? Vuvuzela & Band Camp completed)
– Mac Tar Jai – 100
– Jump Squats – 100
– Mountain Climbers – 100
– Shoulder Raises – 200
– Mary Catherines – 100
– Hello Dolly – 200
– Wide Arm Merkins – 100
– Squat Jacks – 100
– Nippler– 100
– Burpees – 100

The Board of Pain isn’t that hard. It isn’t completable in 45 minutes. But it ain’t about finishing, it’s about seeing how far you can go!

You:
– Show up
– Put forth the effort
– Share suffering amongst the PAX
– Build camaraderie
– Teach yourself that
– You can take on challenging tasks
– You will improve
– You accelerate when other men are striving alongside you

There are plenty of harder workouts. But the Board is doable by ALL MEN. Be present and try; that’s all it takes! You don’t have to get far; you just have to go.

How is it in our lives that we have a problem and the solution is the same? Be present and try

We ain’t getting it all done today, but today’s effort still matters!

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A Run Down Memory Lane

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WARMUP: Some stretching and excellent mumblechatter in the parking lot.
THE THANG: Back when Seabiscuit first started up, the area was by no means as developed as it is now. I decided to resurrect an old Seabiscuit OG route – head down Whites Rd. Except this time instead of running along the FM Parkway to Whites, we cut through the neighborhood by the middle school, then down Whites to the first roundabout. Back in the day it mostly ended there, out and back. We were able to dip into Waterside to the roundabout on Bryson Gap, then back to COT. Back in the day we saw more deer and heard more coyotes. Now we heard one coyote but saw a ton of cars. The route is still pretty safe, has some good, albeit misleading hills. They’re adding sidewalk all down Whites from the Parkway to Waterside. Once that’s done, this will be an excellent, safer route. Overall abput 4.2 miles round trip.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: FAST FIVE!!
COT: A lot of good P&P lifted up.

Don’t be afraid to share your burdens in COT. Guys tend to hold them in. That can be terrible for your mental and physical health.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG. Blessings
NASA

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A little B-ball practice at the American Jackal

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WARMUP: 10 Moroccan Nightclubs, 10 Windmills, 10 Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG: Line touches on the b-ball courts while partner practices grabbing rebounds (I.e. jumps) switch positions when partner returns from line touches, line touch burpees, bear crawls to lines with push ups at each line, 2 court – cross court runs with 50 squats on one end and 50 LBCs on the other end and then repeat, 2 court – cross court runs with 50 merkins on one end and 50 dips in the middle on the benches and then repeat, lunges across the 2 courts with 50 LBCs on one end then lunges back across with 50 LBCs on the other end, then a 2 basketball double dribble around the COT with some Mary called out a few times around.
MARY: 10 each of Flutter Kicks, American Hammers, and Box Cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fastest 5k for VuVu’s son and donate if you can for the great cause!
COT: It is what it is…

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Kettlebells: The Great American Pastime

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WARMUP: mountain climbers, overhead claps, merkins, CDDs
THE THANG: Mozy to the adjacent parking lot where bases and cones were setup to form a baseball field. (Happy Hour’s and my son play on the same baseball team). Each base in baseball has a number associated with it. In order from 1-9, those are pitcher, catcher, first, second, third, shortstop, left field, center, and right field.
Starting at pitcher we did one rep then moved to catcher for two reps, first base for three reps and on and on until we got to left field for nine reps. One full round of the bases is 45 reps. Transportation of kettlebells alternated between farmers carry and overhead carry.
We started with goblet squats then moved on to kettlebell swings. We then got a 6/4/3 double play of flutters with a press. After the double play we resumed our base walking with clean & presses, then the next round was upright rows. For thoroughness, these two rounds we did left handed and right handed.
After the clean/press the Pax called for a 7th inning “stretch” so we did a few honeymooners and downward dogs before resuming. A brief rendition of “Take me out to the ballgame” was heard but thankfully didn’t last long.
Next round was curls and with limited time remaining, we did 20 tricep extensions with everyone at a base of their choice. When it was all totaled up, we were just short of 350 reps.
Not sure if everyone had fun, but everyone now knows that right field is #9!
MARY: skipped it
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast Five, newsletter
COT: Family and friend’s health

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Fast 5k Training

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Lap around old Kingsley and back to the school. Hill repeats. To the front entrance. Fast lap around the car pickup line, recovery lap, rinse and repeat. Mosey to main lot. Sprints between the light poles. Rinse and repeat 6x. Back up the hill near the stadium and return to COT. 4+ miles

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