To the Light Pole, To The Wall

WARMUP:
Short mosey, found Bonsai, did some warm uppy things
THE THANG:
Mosey to the half wall.
Mosey to the wall:
– 8 burpees at the parking spaces
– Over the wall
– 1 Donkey Kick
– Over the wall
– Continue the series 7/2, 6/3, etc.

Mosey to the light poles:
Obtain a rock. Everyone apparently expected judgement, because everyone grabbed an acceptably large rock to start.

– 10 Bentover Rows with your rock
– 10 curl and directly into an OH Press with your rock
– Run to the first light pole – 5 merkins
– Run back to the rocks and complete the exercises again.
– Run to the first pole – 5 merkins, run to the second pole 5 merkins
– Run back to the rocks.
– Keep going based on time available. I think we got to pole 6
MARY:
We had 5 minutes and went around the circle calling exercises until time ran out.

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On the fly

WARMUP: Imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, mountain climbers, shoulder taps

THE THANG: 11’s to start: Manmakers and tricep extensions. Method of transportation changed each round between toy soldiers, over head carry, arms out, suitcase carry, around the world and lunge walk to name a few

Wrapped up 11’s and moved on to ab work:
5,5,5 leg lifts, flutters and LBC’s, run lap
10,10, 10, repeat exercises, run lap
Completed 5 rounds

MARY: Didn’t show up!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam, Christmas party, Thanksgiving convergence

COT: Asked each pax to share something on their heart. Took us out in prayer!

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4 corners beatdown!

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walker, super fast windmills,
THE THANG: 4 corners with over head carry in between. 60/40/20. KBS/Rows(RH)/Rows(LH), gobblet squats
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: dad2dam, Xmas party, etc
COT: prayers or praise from all

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Boys to Men

Light attendance at The Sink. I had to modify the workout since I planned a partner workout. Workout started at the front of the school. Four corners around the carpool loop. First stop, Man makers, rows, overhead press, squats. Five reps + 5 reps at each stop.
Next lap, same exercises and rep count except we dropped an exercise at each stop.

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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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Richard Simmons

WARMUP: imperial walker, LBC, squat, travolta, hillbilly walker, plank stuff, stationary toy soldier, dying cockroach, SSH

THE THANG:
12 stations: curls, goblet squats, BB sits w/ bell up, swing, clean and press L/R, around the world, figure 8, russian twist, flutter w/ bell high, OH pre L/R, bentover row L/R, 2 hand OH press/2 hand clean press
alternation transit between station:
w bell … bear crawl, bell OH, lunge
run around lights, about 150 yards after every station

MARY: windmill x 10

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes

COT: yes

Appreciate the opportunity to lead the youngsters

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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By way of instruction… The Ranch. Halloween.

WARMUP:
How do you know you’re just getting started? Well, <@UGU3XR5RP> tells you that you are taking too long with the disclaimer and such. But there was an FNG and I wanted to be a good example. I have no idea what possessed me to do so, as I typically (according to everyone) am NOT one, but alas… here we are. With a mustache that originated in 18th Century Europe and eventually made its way to the Western US roughly 100 years later, this FNG sported a handlebar that was worthy of a Wyatt Earp or William Howard Taft, duly elected 27th President of the US (that was for you, Camp). After a short warm-up lap there were, presumably somewhere in here, a few slow <@USBP08L1G> style windmills, some SSHs, and other activities to get the blood circulating. The FNG didn’t quite look afraid, only perhaps marginally confused, so we continued…

THE THANG:
We headed down the hill toward the entrance to the school(s) from Springfield pkwy, with a brief stop to pick up some rocks and lift them. Because we are men. Why else you would you do such a thing?

We also spent a moment or two of instruction along the way regarding the Mission, Credo, and 5 Core Principles. I am proud to state that the guys there actually did a really good job of getting them correct and I think the only penalty burpees that got leveled were my fault because I got ahead of myself and opened F3 to all men before first making it free.

Then we proceeded to complete a 1-mile circuit around both schools, with 9 or so stops along the way to perform 20 reps of everything as we went. First round was all together in cadence, including the burpees (in memory of Band Camp), the next round was on your own.

Exercises included:
– Side Straddle Hops
– Merkins
– Muscle-ups
– Flutters
– Burpees
– Curb Alperts
– Squat Jumps
– Double Leg Lifts; and
– Dips

Naturally, somewhere in there, Change Order (<@U012K8DDK7V>) managed to pull a Matthew McConaughey and get his shirt off. (see Matt Damon’s impression on David Letterman from like 20 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-HYL7VPNXI) .

As we returned back to COT, it was time to name the FNG. There is no moleskine section, so I will put this here. The FNGs name was Matt Mahood. Plenty to work with there… then there was the Taft-stache… plenty there as well… then he rips out that he loved cocaine and alcohol back in the day… he was a veritable fountain of interesting things… nothing was quite sticking and so I asked him about his family. In his deoxygenated stupor, he had to think for half a second before gently huffing out “wife, 2 kids”… then with no prompt “Amanda”… I said, “you named both your kids Amanda?” He looked a little befuddled and that was just long enough of a hesitation for the swirling snakes in my brain to land on “well, your name is now Hug&Kiss, as in Amanda Hugandkiss). And that was that. Welcome, brother… and way to take the name like a champ.

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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Training Ground – Heavy Style

So, it started as an idea for a nice, or heavy, Sunday ruck before Church. Well, it’s now turned into a morning staple for some. I’ll tell you this, I always walk away grateful. Grateful that Crystal Lake was willing to make this official. Grateful that the hour ALWAYS includes laughs, even teenage boy humor. Grateful that we typically have a few “real” conversations and today was no different. To land the plane, I started the day, grateful.
WARMUP: Sure. It included rucking up and 5 of the 9 PAX grabbed a sandbag, too. We’d rotate on/off the sandbags every 6mins unless I forget, of course.
THE THANG: I don’t remember all the roads traversed but we started by making our way to WEP then meandering our way to “Gun Shop Hill” where everyone had the opportunity to walk down and “KLAW” (walk backward) up the hill with ruck & sandbag. We then made our way around our farming village some more and even made it back to the hill for a repeat of the walk/klaw experience.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Register for the Christmas Party if you haven’t and you’re still reading.
COT: Yes.

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The Golden Boy

The Colosseum 10-22-24
(The Golden Boy)
FNG’s (?)
Disclaimer
Warmup:
Parking Lot Mosey
1. 20 SSH IC
2. 10 Windmill IC
3. 15 Imperial Walkers IC
4. 15 Hillbilly Walkers IC
5. 15 Moroccan Night Clubs
6. Plank stretches, Honeymooner &
Downward Dog (Heel to ground)
The Thang
1. 1 Lap – 25 Merkins
2. 1 Lap – 25 Flutters (SC)
3. 1 Lap – 25 LBC’s
4. 1 Lap – 25 Plank Jack (SC)
5. 1 Lap – 40 Squats
Rinse & Repeat
Benches
1. 20 Dips
2. 20 Derkims
3. 20 Calf Raises
4. 20 Dips
Plank stretches, Honeymooner &
Downward Dog (Heel to ground). Rumbling Bald recited F3 Mission & Credo, PAX recited 5 Core Principles
Announcements: Golf Tourney, Christmas Party, Thanksgiving Convergence
Prayers & Praises
End with prayer

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