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THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUL 2
Deck of Cards - Habits
WARM UP: SIDE STRADDLE HOP = 15 IMPERIAL WALKER = 15 MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB = 15 CHERRY PICKER = 15 LOW SLOW SQUAT = 15 DECK OF CARDS WORKOUT / 4 PART WORKOUT / 13 CARDS PER PART / 1 EXERCISE PER CARD: NUMBER OF REPS =…
CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 1
The Suggested Route
WARMUP: Reviewed the running route THE THANG: 4.18 mile route around Downtown Fort Mill MARY: She doesn't like to run ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 30
Compete with yourself DORA
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunges and a little mosey THE THANG: DORA but no rep count. The whole point was to compete with yourself and try to do atleast one more rep than the previous set before your partner got…
THE FORT · SAT JUN 20
Starfish
WARMUP: 20 SSH Mosey down the path to Harris Street Park / Basketball Court THE THANG: Starfish: on basketball court 20 Merkins on corner Run to center and do 2 burpees 20 Mountain Climbers Run to center and do 2…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUN 18
A Triangle of Games
WARMUP: Side straddle hop, hillbilly walker, imperial walker, Moroccan Night Club THE THANG: 3 stations: Big Die w Cider Block - Man makers, x5 Flutters, X3 Dry Docks, X3 Box Cutters, X5 Curls, X5 Triceps Cards - X2…
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…
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” …
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…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 9
Block Party Pickup
WARMUP: Jog over to short wall for some of the basic opening warmup exercises, including: SSH, Hillbillies, Imperials, Windmills and Step-ups THE THANG: Over the years, I've gotten a little complacent when it comes to…
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 5
Rock The Bells!
WARMUP: Morrancan Night Clubs Baby Arm Circles Abe Vigodas Cherry Pickers Pideon Stretch Downward Dog Dog/Honeymooner SSH THE THANG: Partner Up On the gridiron 100 reps of: Curls LBCs w/ KB above chest Lunges Triceps…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUN 4
Cindy Heaven
Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Mosey lap around AO Cheese shredder Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run Round 2- Lunges…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 2
Never trust a trombone guy. Clarinet guys are impeccable
WARMUP: SSH Imp Walker Hillbilly Walker Squat Mosey THE THANG: Bear crawl Indian run Dora 50 squats 100 lunges 150 LBC bag is carried by 1 runner Run to swings Burpees and pass bag for manmaker Squats and pass bag Big…
THE HIVE · FRI MAY 29
Better late than never
WARMUP: I was late so 11s by a great stand in THE THANG: 3 sets 10 reps- goblet squats, floor to overhead press, reverse lunge, pull through, swings, deadlift, man climbers MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 28
Combating worry
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HBW, MNC, WM, mosey around the skillet THE THANG: 4 corners of the skillet + midpoints At each corner: 10 ea, shoulder tap, jump squat, box cutter At the 50: 5 burpees We completed somewhere between 2…
CURRAHEE · TUE MAY 26
Rucking and Sharing Burdens
Rucked approximately 2.5 miles while sharing our burdens. The HIM sharing the burden was carrying a 40lb Kettlebell and was rotated among each HIM. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises
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…
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…
CLYDESDALES · WED MAY 20
Fashionably Late
3 runners went Munn, Harris to Jackson and back. Ruckers got lost in Kingsley don’t know how that happened but they were late. COT: Cspan style lots going on
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…
THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19
Post CSAUP FOMO
15 showed up for ao-the-ballroom for a not moderate (thanks to Barry Manilow for the motivation) as there were a handful of csaup-may-2026 participants this morning. - Honky Tonk is living in the current shadow of his…
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…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 14
Cinder blocks of fun
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclub - Imperial walker - Hillbilly walker - Windmill THE THANG: - 15 overhead press, bear crawls, 15 merkins, bear crawl, 15 merkins - 15 curls, lunge walk, 15 sit-ups, lunge walk, 15 sit-ups …
CLYDESDALES · WED MAY 13
Quarter shuffle
WARMUP: one guy got in trouble for trying that at this AO one time THE THANG: double Kingsley, try to push the last 1/4 of each mile MARY: again, there was an issue one time ANNOUNCEMENTS…