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CURRAHEE · TUE JUN 16
Miles with Smiles
WARMUP: Quick stretch THE THANG: 3.1 miles
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 16
Burning day Dawn
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops (SSH) • Imperial Walkers • Hillbillies • Merkins THE THANG: Run to Baby Jesus church from COT. 1 Copperhead Squats 2 Big Boys 3 Bomb Jacks 4 Merkins 5 LBCs (Little Baby Crunches) 6 Jump Squats…
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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 16
Light poles and Bear Crawls
WARMUP: Stretch and a few SSHs, windmills, etc… THE THANG: Light poles alternate between sprint and bear crawls as mode of transportation, at each pole 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs. We got to 8 poles. On…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 16
First Rope
WARMUP: side straddle hops, cherry pickers, side lunges, temp merkins, runners stretch THE THANG: Mosey 3x10 - dips, Bulgarian squats, derkins, heels to heaven, and high plank Mosey Dora - 50 muscle ups, 100 jump…
RING OF FIRE · MON JUN 15
The Loredo
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 20, Hillbilly Walkers, Moroccan Nightclubs (or some version of that) THE THANG: The Thang We put our own spin on Loredo, kicking things off with the run: 6 Rounds for Time - 🏃 400-meter Run - 🦵 24 Squats…
TRAINING GROUND · MON JUN 15
TBD Walmart
WARMUP: THE THANG: >3 miles past Walmart MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
COCKPIT · MON JUN 15
Hills are alive with the sound of bear crawls
WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Mosey THE THANG: Walking pushups with a twist into a dip 5 count 7s with hills - Big boys - Squats Wall sit Bear crawl hills 7 count More moseying 2.12 miles gotten in MARY…
THE ARMORY · MON JUN 15
Oh FNG where art thou?
WARMUP: SSH IMPERIAL WALKERS HILLBILLY WALKERS WINDMILLS DOWN DOG HONEYMOONER THE THANG: PYRAMID. 1st exercise, 1st 2nd and so on to the top. Then come back down, taking off the top exercise each round. 10. Tricep…
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…
6@6 · SAT JUN 13
Two loops within the 6 mile
WARMUP: Mumblechatter THE THANG: 6 miles with a loop around WEP and a loop around Kingsley ( or modified with Alabama) Up 160 and back down 160z MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep COT: Yes - Announcement and Coffee
THE FORGE · SAT JUN 13
Box of Crayons
WARMUP: 103 SSH, IW, HW, yoga THE THANG: Dina Dr back and forth 5 stops down and back Exercises in cadence each time Rd 1: 5 burpees each stop Rd 2: 10 big boys Rd 3: 15 jump squats Rd 4: 10 merkins (had to start…
THE YARD · SAT JUN 13
All The Light Poles
This morning we visited all the light poles. At each we did 20 of the following, going forward and backwards up the course. Squats LBC Calf raises Imperial walkers American hammers Hillbillies
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 12
Shanaynay In The House! Step Off!
Uno! Called no one as none of us won a game of Uno, but we all won for posting. Your Q went like this: Blue - Curls Green - LBC Yellow - Goblet Squats Red - Chest press Skip - Run +2 - pick 2 exercises, 2 reps +4 - 4…
LAZARUS · THU JUN 11
7/11 Special
WARMUP: Yes THE THANG: 4 corners, 7s, hill "sprints" MARY: Maybe? ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises
DAWN PATROL · THU JUN 11
100,000 Pyramid
WARMUP: Mosey little loop to fire pit and back with butt kickers, high knees, karaokes, toy soldiers. Then windmills, Moroccans, Cherry pickers THE THANG: Each stone block bench had an index card with 2 exercises/card…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUN 11
Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet
WARMUP: No time to Warm up we, we had 30 minutes to get a good one in. THE THANG: 3 AMRAPs - 9 minutes each. For the 1st 2 rounds we moseyed 50 yards and back after performing the exercises. CIRCUIT 1: “The Grinder” …
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUN 11
Super Mario -Flower Cup
WARMUP: no THE THANG: meandered the streets and parking lots of Kingsley. ~3.1miles MARY: where? ANNOUNCEMENTS: it’s summertime. Get out and post. Lean in to 2F and 3F. Lawn care @ Ft Mill Care Center COT: prayers for…
COCKPIT · WED JUN 10
Tour de Campus
Warmup (in cadence) Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Low Slow Squat, Big Boys, Plank Tour of Campus - Stop at locations: - 10 Merkins - 20 Squat - 30 Calf Raise - 40 LBC - Stop at Baseball Stadium - Throw the ball 20…
CLYDESDALES · WED JUN 10
WEP
WARMUP: THE THANG: Take Munn to 160 and turn right. Pass WEP and take Massey up hill. Take right on Harris and run up another hill. Turn right at Munn and keep running till 6 COT. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: prayers…
THE FORGE · WED JUN 10
CVS, Walgreens..What's the difference? 2 miles
WARMUP: Headed over to Walgreens for typical warm-ups (SSHs, WMs, IWs, CPs). Next we partnered up for a DORA (Merkins, Squats, LBCs). In error, I said for partner 2 to run around CVS which is 2 miles away. After the…
RING OF FIRE · WED JUN 10
RoF - King of the Ring, v.2.2
WARMUP: we did THE THANG: workout stuff MARY: no chicks ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter COT: the 5th Core Principle
KITCHEN SINK · WED JUN 10
Sandbag workout #49
WARMUP: - Mosey around the parking loop - Down-dog to honeymooner - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs THE THANG: Movement with Sandbags: Various Exercises along the way - 49 Sandbag overhead lunges [49 steps] - 49 - 4ct flutter…
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 9
Don't Get Stuck In The Suck
WARMUP: A few exercises in the parking lot after letting the Birds fly free in honor of Super G, who missed out on this adventure due to work travel. THE THANG: The weinke featured 3 running options and a related…