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LAZARUS · THU MAY 28
Deck of (moderate) pain
WARMUP: Mosey .5 miles around the cinema to the main entrance. 10 SSH / Forward Fold / Runners Lunge / Worlds Greatest Stretch / Hold down plank for a Band Camp 10 (30) seconds. THE THANG: Deck of pain, quantity matches…
CLYDESDALES · WED MAY 27
No Rain at the Moment
WARMUP: Maybe THE THANG: out and back - Munn to Harris to Sam Smith. 4 miles with plenty of Ruck options MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pick up/ Bethel Men’s/ Christmas party COT: Prayers and Praises from each pax (…
KITCHEN SINK · WED MAY 27
On repeat
WARMUP: Yes: SSH, IW, HW, yoga w/ shoulder taps peter parkers THE THANG: 6 deadlifts 5 hang cleans 4 front squats 3 over head presses 2 manmakers Then move! We just did that on repeat. Like wiping down the counters…
THE FORGE · WED MAY 27
Your Family Doesn't Need You To Die For Them, They Need You To Live
WARMUP: Mosey to Ace Hardware parking lot with carioca, high knees, butt kicks, etc along the way. Circle up for Seal Jacks, IWs, HWs, Plank Jacks, plus some stretching. Mosey along Lake Vista Blvd to office park next…
SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 26
Kettlebell Cindy
Warmup Calf Raise, Imperial Walker, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC Farmer’s carry to Cindy Storage AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) 40 reps Exercise 30 reps Mountain Climbers 20 reps Exercise 10…
THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 26
Your Sweat is Your Consent
6 men shunned the fartsack for a the soggy parking lot of Pleasant Knoll Middle. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang - .5 mile Mosey to the Track…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 26
Little Sandbag Babies
WARMUP: SSHs, broga, various dynamic plank exercises (i.e. plank jacks, peter Parkers) THE THANG: 2# sandbags held in each hand for duration of workout Performed each exercise in cadence followed by a parking lot loop…
THE YARD · SAT MAY 23
Saturday at the yard
WARMUP: - Moroccan Nightclub - Imperial Walker - Cherry pickers THE THANG: 4 Stations - Station 1 - Merkins, Overhead Clap, Mike Tysons, Wide Arm Merkins -> MOT Lunge Walk - Station 2 - Side Staddle Hop, Mountain…
SLOW BURN · SAT MAY 23
What Rain!!
WARMUP: Merks, SSH, Nightclubs, Stretch, Mosey, PlankJax, Imperial Walker, OH Claps THE THANG: 4 Corners w accumulator adding an exercise. 1st Corner 10 Merks, 2nd Corner 10 Merks,10 Squats, 3rd corner 10 Merks, 10…
ALCATRAZ · SAT MAY 23
Trestle Camp
Tressel: 1. Disclaimer/mosey around Windward Dr, back to parking lot. 2. COP- mix upper and lower body. 3. Down the hill at Mariana Dr. for quadzilla. 4. Mosey to pull up station for 7’s (pull ups/ burpees). Band Camp…
THE HIVE · FRI MAY 22
Dora the Sore-a
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Moroccan Nightclub Cherry Picker Hamstring Stetch Quad Stretch THE THANG: Dora style: 100 swings 100 curls 100 merkins with a hill run, 150 bent over rows 150 kb squats 150…
MINNOW POND · THU MAY 21
Tour de Fort Mill
WARMUP: Mosey to Pharmacy Parking Lot SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Windmills THE THANG: Reverse Alabama Stops along the way... 20 Reverse Lunges 7 Burpees 15 Big Boys Down to Harris St Park. Indian Run up…
DAWN PATROL · THU MAY 21
Blast the burpees
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Squats, hillbilly walker,Peter Parker, Up Dog, Down Dog, Walk the Dogs THE THANG: Run to pond side (lpl fin) towards speed limit(25) symbol Do 10 reps of first exercise, run down hill (Lpl…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 21
Shout out to your mom
Playlist: Amazon Playlist, “F3 30/30 Tribute to Mothers” Warmup: Imperial Walkers Windmills Merkins Big Boy Situps Low Slow Squat Plank Go get cindies. DORA: 60 Merkins 120 Squats 180 LBC Partner farmer carries a cinder…
LAZARUS · THU MAY 21
Simple yet effective
WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Squat Mosey THE THANG: Stair run - exercise called out while 1 pax runs the stairs 2 rounds Bag drag plank 2 rounds Round 1: Run 1 loop (or to opposite side and back). Then at…
RING OF FIRE · WED MAY 20
Playing Games with Cindy…
WARMUP: SSH, IW, LBAC forward and backward. Full arm circles F&B. Merkins. Quick mosey to pump the blood and retrieve Cindy then to the games: THE THANG: GAME 1- ROF: each man holds (squat, Al Gore, plank) while the…
THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19
Barry said no moderate
WARMUP: light jog to bball court, SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squat, tempo merkins THE THANG: old school Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. Wrapped up the Dora and jogged over to the track. At the…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 19
Murph prep
WARMUP: yes THE THANG: lots in cadence as we slowly made our way to the Print Shop. Tibialis raises were there, Bulgarian split squats happened, some questionable run routes 5 pull ups 10 merkins 15 squats At the Print…
COLOSSEUM · TUE MAY 19
Polka-Competition
WARMUP: 15 Moroccan night club 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 10 imperial walker 15 cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around the school CBear crawl along the parking lot with 5 shoulder taps every second line, lunge…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAY 19
5 - 25 - 250
Slow mosey around the perimeter of the parking lot, then circle up near COT for the following WARMUP: - 20 SSH - 10 Windmills - 20 MNC - 15 Strawberry Pickers - 20 OH clamps Then mosey over to the start of the WEP loop…
SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 19
Single/double Bell pyramids
WARMUP: SSH, WM, IW, Merkins all IC THE THANG: Buy-in/Cash-out = 20 Swings Pyramid #1 (1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1) DOUBLE BELLS - Clean - Press - Squat - Renegade Rows Finish your pyramid & join partner until all partners are…
THE ARMORY · MON MAY 18
AMRAP @ The Armory
WARMUP: Intro and disclaimer. 1 runner and 6 of us took a mosey across Carolina Pl to the back of the supply company building. By the large antenna, we did 15 MNC, 15 Imp Walkers and 15 Hillbilly Walkers. Then mosey…
THE YARD · SAT MAY 16
2nd time around……
WARMUP: Mosey,SSH, MERKS, SQUATS, Nightclubs, Imperial walkers, Stretching, Plank Jax, Seal Jacks THE THANG: Jack Webb ( squats/seal Jax), Board of pain ( 5 exercises with 5/10/15 reps each round. Between rounds- took a…
THE HIVE · FRI MAY 15
Smokin Kettlebell Beatdown
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 20, then work back down. Exercises: KB…