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05.07.2024 The Nest 1:4 ratio

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Warm-up: SSH, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (forward and back), Cherry Pickers, Good Mornings, Willie Mayes Hayes, Mosey Lap

Main Event: This morning was especially designed to get long reps of several exercises. At each corner of the block around the park we did a 1:4 ratio exercise except for the Berp & Merk station cause that would have really sucked.  Corner 1: Berp & Merk which was a burpee with the merkin portion of the burpee increasing each time.  Going to 10 so round 1 was a regular burpee, round 2 burpee with 2 merkins, round 3 burpee with 3 merkins etc.  Corner 2: Lt. Dan Taylors.  1:4 ratio of squats to lunges all the way up to 10 squats and 40 lunges.  The goal was to not be able to feel your legs at the end.  Corner 3: Jack Webb, ol’ jack made us do 1:4 merkins to air press up to 10 merkins and 40 air presses. Corner 4: Last but not least was Captain Thors.  These bad boys rounded out the morning with a 1:4 ratio of big boy sit-ups and American Hammers.  So up to 10 big boys and 40 American Hammers to feel that burn deep down inside.

COT: @Finkle’s brother and family during separation from wife and moving out etc. @Nemo loosing mom to cancer.  Prayers for him and the family during this tough time.  On going court case that @Enough is part of with NC State Health plan.

5.2.2024 Kenny’s Grave 4 corners

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**** @Warbucks was out rucking around spying on us. ****

Warm-Up: Mosey lap, Sir Fazio arm circles, Hillbillies, SSH, Good Mornings, Walkouts

Main Event: Pax got a rock of choice from the rock pile and we went over to the squarish rectangle by the flag pole for a fun time of 4 corners.  We did ab exercises at corner 1 with our rocks, corner 2 was a version of wall exercises, corner 3 was  a leg station, and corner 4 was a push-up station.  Moving around the stations was a real treat.  We did bear crawls, crab walks, lunge walks, and duck walks.

Mary: ABC’s (good choice @Griswold) and Pickle Pounders (a @Haggis special).

COT: Prayers for @Finkle’s brother and family, @H1N1’s daughter.

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Stonehenge

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FNGs: None

Warm Up:

Enforced the standard (Mission Statement & Core Principals) with 10 Pay the man burpees

SSH (IC) – 10 reg & 10 Double time

Imperial Walkers (IC) – 10

Hillbillies (IC) – 10

Goodmorning (IC) – 10

Willie Mays Hayes (IC) – 10

Mosie to the Rock Pile

The Workout:

Select a medium to large rock, the goal of the workout is controlled reps with the intention of failure. 

John Cusack back to the location

3 sets for every workout 1st Set 15-20 Reps, 2nd Set 10-12, 3rd Set 6-8 reps.  Then 15 Goblet squats in between each exercise group.  

Exercises: (Making sure to Squat Hold or V to pick up the six.)

Ground Pounder

Rutrows

Chest Press

Shoulder Press

Curls for the Girls

WWIV (WWIII with Lat Pull) – Sets were modified to 12/8/6

John Cusack back to return the Rock

Mosie back

Mary:

Boat Canoes

Outlaws

JLo’s

WWII

Announcements: Manion WOD 5/3/24 @Cletus see slack to sign up

T-Claps (Recognition): None

Prayer: @abacus the OG M is traveling, prayers for safe travels and help to hold down the fort while she is gone successfully.

411 Reps on 4-11

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Disclaimer, Mission Statement, SSH, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers, SFAC, Micheal Phelps. 

The Workout:

1 – learn one thing about your partner 

10 – Reverse Murder bunnies uphill (each)

20 – Wheelbarrow rock flips (each)

30- American Hammers w/ rock I/C (each)

40 – Rock squats (each)

50 – SB  burpees 80lbs bag (combo) 

60 – Pull-ups (sets of 10 w assist combo) 

200 – Double handed rope slams (combo)

Mary: No time 

Announcements: Everyone said one thing they learned about their partner, Fill up the Q-sheet. 

T-Claps (Recognition): Prayer of Gratitude for Buttermilk Headache went away. 

Prayer: Safe Travels B.S.  Unspoken.

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Let The Circle Be Unbroken

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Side-straddle Hops, Various Stretches

The Workout:

  • CIRCLE #1 = Carolina Dry-docks x10 OMD/OMU, Indian Bear Crawl, Rochamburpees x10, Crunches IC to 20, Lunges x10 each leg OYO, Everests x10 OYO
  • CIRCLE #2 = Carolina Dry-docks x9 OMD/OMU, Indian Bear Crawl, Rochamburpees x9, Crunches IC to 18, Lunges x9 each leg OYO, Everests x9 OYO
  • CIRCLE #3 = Carolina Dry-docks x8 OMD/OMU, Indian Bear Crawl, Rochamburpees x8, Crunches IC to 16, Lunges x8 each leg OYO, Everests x8 OYO
  • CIRCLE #4 = Carolina Dry-docks x7 OMD/OMU, Indian Bear Crawl, Rochamburpees x7, Crunches IC to 14, Lunges x7 each leg OYO, Everests x7 OYO
  • CIRCLE #5 (Blitz Round) = Carolina Dry-docks x6 OMD/OMU, Indian Bear Crawl, Rochamburpees x6, Crunches IC to 12, Lunges x6 each leg OYO, Everests x6 OYO

Mary: None due to time

Announcements: See Slack

Prayer: Finkle’s daughter regarding a potential job change, H1N1’s daughter with a potential concussion, general injured PAX.

8 Dark Knights conquered the Dragon at the Nest

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PAX:  @Firstblood, @Haggis, @K I T T Y L I T T R, @Rico, @H1N1, @Griswold @Enough, @Finkle

Q Extraordinare: @Finkle

Event 1: Batman’s -> a fantastic way to kick off.  We did a short little mosey around the park and stopped at the brick wall behind the dugouts. Started with 50 bat wings, 10 sec hold x8 of balls to the wall, 50 overhead claps, 10 sec hold x8 of balls to the wall, 50 air presses, and 10 sec hold x8 of balls to the wall.  Since @Rico was still smiling I figured we would stay for a round of people’s chair.

Event 2: Welsh Dragons (modified) -> in the center field we did 10 sets of 10 bear crawls followed by 1 merkin & 1 plank jack with increasing in number of exercises.  Meaning ending with 10 merkins and 10 plank jacks (in cadence of course).

Event 3: We finished off the morning with 2 circuits of exercises using some of Finkle’s favorite toys.  Cindy and her big sister, a jump rope, exercise cube, exercise ladder, and 8lb weighted exercise ball.  This completed the trifecta.  Exercises for 1st circuits were timer ran around the parking lot, chest press with big sister, curls for the girls with Cindy, WW1’s with weighted ball, roll the dice for your exercise, jump rope, and squats.  2nd circuit exercises were rut rows with big sister, overhead press with Cindy, American hammers with weighted ball, roll dice for your exercise, jump rope, and lunges.  But alas we ran out of time to complete 2nd circuit.

Mary: none

COT: @FirstBlood and decisions about college to attend in fall, praise that @H1N1 didn’t get kidnapped while across the pond in England.

Even the Odds

EVEN the ODDS 3/22/24

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FNG NONE; 

ODD NUMBERS EXERCISE DISTANCE Points EVEN NUMBERS EVEN EXERCISES Points
1 Run  400 1.0 2 100 I/C SSH 2.0
3 Run  800 2.0 4 100 I/C Big Boy Sit-ups 2.0
5 Run  1200 3.0 6 100 I/C Plank Hold  2.0
7 Run  1600 4.0 8 50 Absolutions 5.0
9 Run  1200 3.0 10 Tire Flip (1 lap) or Squat Thrust Broad Jump (1 lap) 20.0
11 Run  800 2.0 12 100 Sandbag Burpees (25 per bag) 20.0
13 Run  400 1.0 14 Lunge Walk Curves / Sprint straights (2 Laps) 5.0
15 Run  1600 4.0 16 Bear Crawl (1 lap) 10.0
17 Run  1200 3.0 18 John Cusack w/Cindy (1 lap) 10.0
COMPLETE IN ORDER 9,200 23.0 COMPLETE EVEN #’S IN ANY ORDER. NO REPEATS!! 76.0

PAX picked their path.  

1 hour beatdown: 

 

Announcements on SLACK. 

 

SEE ya’ll in three months! 

Push & Pull

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: normal Warm o Rama

The Workout: Partner up with a large rock for both PAX. One PAX starts 30 reps of an exercise and the other takes a lap around the community center. They meet after a time and switch off. Curls, overhead press, squat, ground pounder. 

Thing 2: One partner bear crawls and pushes a small rock down the parking lot. Other partner runs to the end and back. Switch spots and repeat. Changes to walking lunges instead of bear crawls after 3 rounds. 

Mary: popcorn

Announcements: Q School, 2nd F opportunities on slack

T-Claps (Recognition): all the hulks smashing rocks

Prayer: PAX traveling

Wood Chuckin’

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: 25 SSH; Bat wings: 15 Sir Fozio forwards, 15 backwards, 15 seal claps, 15 overhead claps; Jack Webbs to 10. Arms and shoulders are awake now. 

Been eyeballing the handrails outside the gym entrance since the middle school was finished. We did a sideways bear crawl up and around three times. 

Found some curb and did about 50 yards of fancy feet 

Main event: Everyone selected a log from thestack. Lined up for John Cusack (overhead carry) Indian run the long way around the elementary school, arriving at the track. During the pain, we all got a chuckle out of several wood references along the way, including Morning Wood and Major Wood. Had to modify from the overhead carry. Shoulders were toast. 

Tossed log over the fence and hopped in. Lined up on soccer end line. H1N1 explained the soccer term, end line. 

First pass: Lunge walked with log. Really we were just scoping out the log toss. I wanted to make sure there were no sprinkler heads. Didn’t see any. Learned that Wide Right played high school football and played both offensive and defensive line. 

Second pass: Throw your log as far as you can, run up to it and do a burpee. Rinse and repeat until you reach the other end line. Fram led  the way. Saw a cigarette butt in the middle of the field. 

Third pass: Mosey with another overhead press? Followed by 15 bus drivers in cadence. Shoulders are feeling good now!

Looked down at my watch and it was 6:05 already. 

OK, time for some SPRINTS! Moseyed to start line. I marked several intervals along the way. We did four intervals. Not very clean starts, but solid effort by all. 

Mary: We had 1 minute for low slow flutter. Have a nice day. 

Announcements: Highway cleanup Saturday after GroundPounder. 

T-Claps (Recognition): This group worked hard today!

Prayer: Finkle’s brother (separation), Rico’s son (noggin), H2N1 family (lost grandmother recently)

Q School – Session 1 2024

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12 PAX for a mixer of Kenny’s Grave and Q school. Here’s a review.

Why Q school? This is to help with F3 formality (uniform) across all regions so if you attend an AO in New York or Texas it’ll still be close to the same structure.

3 main topics to cover – How to Q? Why to Q? (new exciting things) Are you ready to Q?

Sample structure for warm up with some discussion:
Disclaimer, warmup, workout (the thang), Mary, CoT – 45 mins total time, get a watch. Assign a sweeper if you have a large group of FNG’s.
Bring a Flag if you plan to Q. If you don’t have one, ask site Q to bring one.

Conduct WU and have guys take turns with exercises. SSH, Good Mornings, etc.

Be ready for CoT with announcements and prayer requests/praises

Review during workout:
Cadence Count
Form and rep count
Know your PAX limitations if possible
Site Q duties
Q sheet, pre-blast, backblast
Exicon, backblast from other regions, winky, Co-Q

Thang 1: Dora with bear crawl timer. 50 diamond merkins, 100 monkey humpers, 150 groiners,
Thang 2: Basketball court 7’s – burpees and absolutions

Thanks for attending men!