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636 backblasts mention “Cyclops”
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 25
Ace Ventura
WARMUP: SSH Imperial/ Hilbilly Walkers Mountain Climbers Peter Parker’s Moroccan Nigh Clubs Lap around Runde: High Knees, Butt Licks, Karaoke, Toy Soldiers THE THANG: 1. Golf Course 11s - “Laces Out” - Merkins and…
DAWN PATROL · THU JUL 23
Impossible Island Hopping
WARMUP: moseyed with some stops along the way. No feedback on the cadence calling. The PIP I was on was in full effect. Finished with Bonnie Blairs X 10. THE THANG: In honor of The Pirate, a 4 corners, 20 reps at each…
THE FORGE · WED JUL 22
Prison Break
Lap around the parking lot, back to the parking spaces behind COT. Each Pax stayed inside there parking space and performed a series of exercises. Once completed, we ran a lap and began another set of exercises. The…
Q SOURCE · WED JUL 22
Q Source - Trust Q3.3
I'm going from memory so forgive me if I missed a PAX or three. We talked about trust as the latest QSource topic. We discussed if you're trustworthy, how you develop trust and what happens to a team when trust…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 16
Kingsley Familiarity
WARMUP: Off at 0500 THE THANG: 3.25 miles with push ups, squats, calf raises and other fun along the way MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: yep COT: 5th core principle
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 16
Cyclops Ruck & Pain
WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.3 miles, merkins, squats, calf raises MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
KITCHEN SINK · WED JUL 15
Did you bring your best?
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…
Q SOURCE · WED JUL 15
Q3.1 shared leadership
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUL 13
Loops, loops and loops
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…
THE FORT · SAT JUL 11
WEP Stations
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…
SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 10
Suspicious F3 Behaviour Around Lowes!
- - WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Downward Dog, Honeymooner, Pigeon Stretch, SSH. - THE THANG: Mosey to 4 corners around Lowe's. Pain Station equipped with F3 cards. Each concentrating on 4 areas: Arms, Cardio, Core, Legs. The…
THE FORGE · WED JUL 8
Carrying the burdens
WARMUP: Disclaimer announced and off to Grace Presbyterian lot Plank until all pax arrived and moved into exercises Windmills x 10 I/C Cherry pickers x 10 I/C Imperial walkers x 10 I/C Hillbilly Walkers x 10 I/C Merkins…
Q SOURCE · WED JUL 8
Q3 - Intro
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 7
Cadence Count Expertise
WARMUP: Calling cadence fails with SSH, Hillbillies, Strawberry Pickers, with lo slo squats and windmills mixed in. Moseying to benches over yonder. THE THANG: Arms lock lunge walk, Arms lock 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Gear run…
THE FORGE · WED JUL 1
1775
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Low slow squats Irkins Team Bermuda Triangle 2 teams, each with 3 cones marked about 30 yards apart 1 burpee at cone 1, bear crawl to cone 2, then…
Q SOURCE · WED JUL 1
Targeting
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 30
Four Corners(ish) at WEP
WARMUP: Took a soft-J jog around the outer perimeter of WEP with some stop-offs for warm up exercises. SSH, IW, HBW; sumo squats, plank-jacks, seal-jacks; broga stretches THE THANG: 4 corners, self paced. Rinse and…
THE FORT · SAT JUN 27
You Will Struggle!
WARMUP: A few loops in the parking lot while Bowser shared leadership principles learned from Bible study with his buddy, followed by brief series of exercises THE THANG: Mosey to playground and pick a partner for Dora…
CLYDESDALES · WED JUN 24
Location change to WEP due to construction
WARMUP: nope THE THANG: run or ruck the following loop WEP to 160 left on Clebourne, which becomes Tom Hall at Main, then a right on Banks, right on academy back to the millstone and return to WEP, once or twice…
Q SOURCE · WED JUN 24
Correction
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 23
Board of Pain
Muggy morning but 20, yes 20 PAX showed their intestinal fortitude by taking on the board of pain. Several new comers to the board and everyone did great! We even had an FNG brought by Mater. It was also my 50th…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUN 22
Equator loops
No warmup just run around Baxter for loops. Ecuador is in South America too.
THE BALLROOM · TUE JUN 16
Room for Balls
The Thang: A little warm up and a jog to the track where some sort of Baxter Pineapple thing was going on. There were men, women, and children all exercising together… sketchy if you ask me… but then again, you didn't…
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUN 13
Birthday Beatdown at BAOPS
YCH and Cohiba had the pleasure of leading 18 men for a Last Call and Cyclops birthday beatdown at Alcatraz. Here’s what we did: Warm-Up: - SSH – 57 IC - Imperial Walkers – 34 IC - Hillbilly Walkers – 33 IC - Moroccan…