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LAZARUS · THU JUL 16 Lazarus Beatdown Q: Crash · 5 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: - 7-to-1 Motivators IC - Imperial Squat Walkers: 10 reps IC - Merkins: 10 reps IC THE THANG: - (run to front of theater) - Four Corners - Round 1: Bear crawl between corners. At each corner: 10 Merkins (40… COCKPIT · WED JUL 15 Arms, Abs, Legs repeat Q: Pauly D · 2 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: mosey to Cindy’s 15 curls 15 bent over rows 15 overhead press 1 man maker X4 Mosey to drop off 25 lbc’s Bear crawl up the hill Crawl bear down the hill X4 Mosey to tennis area Use wall for 10 step ups… KITCHEN SINK · WED JUL 15 Did you bring your best? Q: Cyclops · 8 PAX WARMUP: Short mosey with rucks on. Arrive for warm up - rucks off Windmills I/C Cherry Pickers I/C Seal Jacks I/C Imperial Walkers I/C Merkins I/C Rucks on and mosey to the main event THE THANG: PAX did 7 rounds of the… RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 15 The Brickyard at ROF Q: Ruby Slippers · 5 PAX · +1 FNG Arrived early to walk around and stretch a little before the workout. A few minutes after arriving another young man showed up. Didn't recognize him so introduced myself and we started talking. Did not know this was… CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 15 NASA? Q: Cherry Pie · 19 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: MUNN -> Harris -> ardrey - WEP -> trail back to Harris -> munn 4mi +/- MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, la grama, BOLO new AO trailhead coming this fall - see McHale COT: health/ dr visits…… Q SOURCE · WED JUL 15 Q3.1 shared leadership Q: Shady · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SEABISCUIT · TUE JUL 14 shaq-a-roni ..late back blast Q: Shaq · 7 PAX WARMUP: already warm and wet THE THANG: roughly 5 miles in roughly a straight shot down Whites Rd. but others led more than me. COT: good words shared, all doing what we can to be there for family and all the things BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 14 The blockiest of Parties Q: Soup To Nuts · 16 PAX WARMUP: stretches before and some at top of Massey THE THANG: 11’s on Massey burpees and jump squats. Run to smooth Baptist church parking lot. 4 corners. Reps of 25 merkens, big boys, dips , and squats. Run mode of… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 14 No title, just work Q: Bonsai · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, windmill, low slow squats and broga THE THANG: Ran the light poles between the elementary and middle school. Backwards. Stopping at each light pole adding one merkin each time we stopped. Moved over to the… COLOSSEUM · TUE JUL 14 Curb Your Enthusiasm Q: Sasquatch · 10 PAX WARMUP: dynamic plank and broga, dynamic warmup LEs (ie: toy soldiers, lunge with twist) THE THANG: set 1 (x4 or 5 rounds): 10 dips on bench, 10 derkins on bench, 5 curb burpees, partner wheelbarrow shoulder taps x10… SNAKE PIT · TUE JUL 14 Compounds and Snatch Test Q: Deep Dish · 4 PAX WARMUP: briefly THE THANG: KB Compound: Start at baseline and perform 1 complex each arm of: Swing, clean, press, snatch, OH lunge, front rack squat. Carry bell up to next cone, run to opposite baseline and back to… DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 14 Bucket brigade Q: Assassin · 7 PAX WARMUP: We did so nicely, yes. THE THANG: The world famous three buckets made an appearance this morning. Each bucket contained strips of paper that burdened the PAX with exercises they were not forced to do but all… CURRAHEE · TUE JUL 14 Attack of Heart Attach Hill Q: dehappymeal3 · 6 PAX WARMUP: 1. DYNAMIC WARMUP (10-12 min) - Imperial Walkers x10 IC - Bend & Reach x5 IC - Side Straddle Hop x10 IC - Short warmup jog **20 yards, non-stop, down and back:** - High knees - Butt kickers - Walking world's… RING OF FIRE · MON JUL 13 Murph Continued Q: Kaiser · 4 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: run 1 mile, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats, run 1 mile MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: pax travel and marriages COCKPIT · MON JUL 13 The Norway Row and Stuff Q: JWOW · 7 PAX There was a storm brewing over at Cockpit and you could cut the anticipation with a knife as The Pax eagerly awaited The Polish Mating Dance! We headed down over to the locked up pull-up bars for apparently no pull-ups… FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUL 13 Loops, loops and loops Q: Cyclops · 22 PAX WARMUP: Nope - it's a run/ruck workout THE THANG: Richard's Crossing to Front Street to Berkshire Heights, loop 1, 2 or 3 times and return the way pax got there. MARY: No sir - open to all men ANNOUNCEMENTS: Always COT… SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUL 13 Hills have eyes Q: Rolloff · 12 PAX WARMUP: mosey down to bottom of Brayden hill THE THANG: 10 jump squats at bottom of hill 10 merkins at the first street 10 lunges and the parking lot entrance 5 burpees at the top Run back to the bottom and repeat MARY… TRAINING GROUND · SUN JUL 12 Dog sleds? Q: Crystal Lake · 4 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: head to Tara Estates and finish through Brayden MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: 6@6 · SAT JUL 11 7-11, 6@6 Q: Jeremy Holt - · 6 PAX WARMUP: no THE THANG: 6.2m MARY: was not present ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 11 Double trouble at The Rock Q: backdraft · 5 PAX WARMUP: cherry pickers, iws, merkins THE THANG: 1st half mosey to marina. 11s with bear crawls and crawls bears. Merkins and squats. Shuffles with big boys. Mosey back to death hill. 5 rounds push hard up hill 15… THE FORT · SAT JUL 11 WEP Stations Q: Casey Kasem · 15 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: windmills, hillbilly walkers, moseying, toy soldiers, knee grabs, arm stretches THE THANG: Playground Station C.H.I.P.S. and Dips Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park… THE YARD · SAT JUL 11 Princess Bride Q: 3D · 5 PAX WARMUP: did a few THE THANG: Ran down the bus lane to the road then back to first light pole. Series of exercises at exercises at each light pole while one man transports back the last pole and back and timer Squats NUR… THE HIVE · FRI JUL 10 Very Little Chatter - Sufficient Work Q: maximus · 6 PAX WARMUP: Jog around the large lot, sans bells then a few warmup exercises. THE THANG: Upright Rows x 10 Thrusters x 10 Combine them for the full upright row-thruster.. Overhead carry the bells to opposite corner of the… THE FORGE · FRI JUL 10 Bat-flippin’ Pharaoh Q: Sasquatch · 11 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: dynamic plank + broga THE THANG: partner work: Set 1: sit-up get up with partner pull assist x12 AND partner merkins Set 2: side plank on curb partner jump over x12 AND partner leg throws x12 Set 3: partner sled…