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COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 15 Beat the deck Q: Halfback · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, cherry pickers, and a nice jog THE THANG: Beat the deck, full list of workouts and had to pick the correct cards. Correct card is a 10 count of the workout. Incorrect card is the workout… SWEEP THE LEG · MON SEP 14 Post BRR good ideas Q: Shady · 10 PAX (Courtesy of DH, thanks buddy!!) 10 came to Sweep the Leg to celebrate the one day of the year that I get to run near the front of the pack… the Monday after BRR. It was a veritable party… Q: Shady Pax: Shady 38 Special… COCKPIT · MON SEP 14 Victory Monday Q: Top Rope · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Side Lunge, tempo merkins into various broga moves THE THANG: 5 round EMOM with your Cindy Thrusters x10 Swings x15 Merkins x15 BentRowxGMxPress x10 Flutter kicks x20 Mosey for a bit, then… THE ARMORY · MON SEP 14 3 man weave Q: Dojo · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Hillbillies, Imperials, Round the world (with bell), halos. Carry to workout point, mosey loop THE THANG: 25 Swings 25 Curls 25 Overhead Press 3 Rounds Mosey Loop 10 cleans (5R,5L) 10 one arm press (5R,5L)… THE YARD · SAT SEP 12 Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball Q: Hominy · 5 PAX Music: Amazon Playlist (curated by Jim Cooke) “Blue Oyster Cult” The playlist is long. We just listened to the beginning. Warmup: - Mountain Climbers - Big Boy Sit-ups - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Windmills… THE FORT · SAT SEP 12 You use your whole body so workout your whole body Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, greatest stretch ever, down dog, honey mooners, mosey to big parking lot above old Pike building THE THANG: 4 corners each corner focused on a different muscle group and had various… THE HIVE · FRI SEP 11 Hot and humid Q: Sunkist · 11 PAX WARMUP: Easy does it. Windmills. Didn’t do any SSH THE REAL WARMUP: -10min Armor Building Complex (EMOM) with a partner (double kb’s) THE THANG: Mosey to the top of the hill and back. Circuit, 3x through. 8-10 reps… THE FORGE · FRI SEP 11 Rememberence Q: backdraft · 17 PAX WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We… LAZARUS · THU SEP 10 Pipe Hitters Shieldlock Q Q: Italian Job · 14 PAX 14 at Lazarus for a Pipe Hitters Shieldlock beatdown. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 5 Merkins (IC) - 5 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Island Hopping with Maximus - Run to 2nd island, run back, 10 Mtn… DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 10 No title Q: Blue · 9 PAX WARMUP: Jogged from the Amphitheater to the big parking lot behind Panera for a warm up consisting of 1 Burpee 15 Side straddle hops 1 Burpee 15 Cherry pickers 1 Burpee 15 Windmills 1 Burpee 15 Tiny Arm Circles (10… SOUL TO SOLE · THU SEP 10 We’re going the distance !!! Q: Sofrito · 8 PAX N/A We are all Veterans WARMUP: None THE THANG: 🎒 SOUL TO SOLE BACKBLAST — GOING THE DISTANCE This morning the distinguished gentlemen of Soul to Sole gathered in the gloom for a little more than smiles and miles. YHC… THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 10 Healthy perseverance Q: Cherry Pie · 8 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to stop sign for some imperial walkers Mosey to main school entrance for some side straddle hops Mosey to benches at R wing pickup for step-ups, irkins, and derkins THE THANG: mosey down the hill to the… THE FORGE · WED SEP 9 Running at the forge Q: Autobahn · 6 PAX WARMUP: - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers - 15 Low & Slow Squats THE THANG: Mosey 1 lap around the HT ● Bear crawl across… CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 9 To Baxter and back Q: Peach Stand · 12 PAX WARMUP: some light stretching and jangling around THE THANG: munn to Harris to Sam smith, through Sutton place neighborhood to right on Sutton until turnaround at or about 6th Baxter - and then back again MARY… RING OF FIRE · WED SEP 9 MP version of ROF Q: Ruby Slippers · 6 PAX It was King of the Ring at ROF this morning. Instead of creating a workout that favored my strengths, went in the opposite direction and thought about the AO that kicks my butt every time, MP. Instead of running with… Q SOURCE · WED SEP 9 Q10. Consistency Q: Honkey Tonk · 6 PAX WARMUP: Previous 2 C's review THE THANG: Simplicity. Daily Red Pill (DRP). Need added items. Focus on the small things to make the big more manageable. 1. Remove 2. Big vs Small 3. Learn from mistakes MARY… COCKPIT · WED SEP 9 Always identify the open bathroom Q: Birdcage · 13 PAX Immediately identified the open bathroom and ran towards it. Stopped for some stair steper rep counts otw. While I duced the pax did 100 200 300 of merkins, squat, lcbs. I entered mid squat. Then back to the top to play… COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 8 Remembering the week of 9-11 Q: Cyclops · 10 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the elementary school side lot. COP with exercises in cadence Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial Walkers Hillbilly walkers Seal jacks Low slow squats Hold peoples chair while doing Moroccan night clubs… THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 8 The Hay is in the Barn Q: Sofrito · 5 PAX With several PAX getting ready to tackle the Blue Ridge Relay this Friday, today’s mission was simple: get moving without cashing any checks the legs need later this week. No heroics. No smoked quads. Save that… THE FORT · TUE SEP 8 Saturday Fish Special Q: Fishstix · 13 PAX Warm-up, lap around the park. Five cones and cinder blocks were set up in the middle of the field. We began with a Dora style workout. Partner 1 - ran cupcakes between the cones while partner 2 began the cindy reps 100… CURRAHEE · TUE SEP 8 What the hill? Q: Dojo · 7 PAX WARMUP: Did some SSH, imperial walkers and a short loop. THE THANG: Rucksacks and sandbags were carried to the top of the awful hill. It my 1st time to “The Hill” so didn’t really know what it was. I do now. MARY: Nope… DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 8 Blue's Board of Pain Q: Blue · 10 PAX WARMUP: 15 counts of: Side Straddle Hop, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, and Hillbilly Walkers 10 Merkins THE THANG: Blues Board of Pain SQUAT THRUSTS: 50 CALF RAISES: 150 (50 REG / 50 IN / 50 OUT) TRI-AB: 99(33 LEG… RING OF FIRE · MON SEP 7 Honoring The Charleston 9 Q: Ruby Slippers · 5 PAX A Monday evening, June 18th in Charleston. Somebody called in a trash fire behind a furniture warehouse on Savannah Highway. The kind of call a company runs, clears, and forgets about by supper. By the time crews got… COCKPIT · MON SEP 7 Ring around the cockpit Q: Xerox · 12 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Moroccan Night Clubs THE THANG: Stage 1: 10-Burpees, 10-Squat Jumps, 10 Big Boys_Run 25 yards_Repeat Above._Mozy to Stage 2 Stage 2: Bear…