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4.8 beatdown

Date: 2026-04-08
AO: The Bullpen
Q: Peloton ,
PAX: Peloton, Peanuts
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: SSH, Burpees, and Stretching
THE THANG:
– Countdown – aka “modified” 11s (because YHC screwed up)
– Round 1
– 10 squats at bottom of hill
– mosey up
– 10 burpees at the top
– mosey down
– Repeat decreasing by one each time
– Round 2
– 10 (4 count) calf raises at bottom of hill
– mosey up
– 10 merkins at the top
– Repeat decreasing by 2 each time.
MARY: Mosey back to pavilion
COT: Sharing what was on the heart.

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The General

Date: 2026-04-28
AO: The General
Q: Hops ,
PAX: Gherkin, Ice Tea, SAAS, Lazlo, Tariff, citrus, Hops, Robo, Flux, Enron, Nancy Lopez, Twinkle Toes (location?) FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: Rounds of descending merkins, coupon squats, coupon leg-overs, dips, step-ups, incline merkins, decline merkins. Fellowship Lap. Rounds of coupon grave diggers IC, calf raises, dips, step ups, decline merkins. Fellowship Lap. LBCs, bear crawl to 50 yd, lunge walk back to 40, bear crawl to 20, lunge walk to goal line. 3 Minutes of “Hops” (3 burpees followed by 5 coupon swings continuously). MARY: Freddie Mercury’s, flutter kicks, donkey kicks, dirty dogs. ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence
memorial-murph-wod
boneathon
Friday Happy Hour for Boardwalk at Cowboy Cafe 5:30
COT: YHC welcomed downrange PAX, acknowledged his EH by SAAS 2 years ago and discussed expanding the tribe, recruiting 6 other PAX, and continuing to challenge himself as a Q and member of society—continue to do hard things and grow!

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Delphi

Date: 2026-04-28
AO: Delphi
Q: Rocket ,
PAX: Nano, Atlas, NOAA, Dunder, Monte Karlo, Doodles, Crop Duster, Peanuts, Pop Fly, Rocket FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: the usuals plus 7 burpees for our classmates that were tardy. Even threw in a mosey with high knees, butt kickers, and karaoke

THE THANG: Billy Madison Workout
OYO
12 reps of each exercise.
Round 1 – execute exercise 1 and run a lap
Round 2 – execute exercises 1&2 and run lap

LBCs
Squats
Merkins
Flutter kicks (4 count)
Skaters (Onos?) L/R = 1
Piked Merkins (look this name up)
Heels to Heaven
Lunges (R/L = 1) – Bonny Blair to be fancy
Mountain climbers (4 count)
Glee (4 count)
Diamond merkins
Star jump

Didn’t finish all the rounds but got our Glees, diamond merkins, and star jumps in

MARY: stretching with mumble chatter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy Hour in Arlington 1 May – for Boardwalk (@cowboy cafe) Murph – 25 May
Convergence – 6 Jun

COT: Something weird about folding laundry.

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Merkins, Squats, Abs, and Run

Date: 2026-04-28
AO: Atlantis
Q: Infinity ,
PAX: Bougie, Hammerhead, Hammer, Teenager, Infinity
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WarmUp: SSHs, Don Quixote, Beet Pickers, WMHs, Imperial Walkers, LBAC with leg raised, and Michael Phelps.

The Thang:
Round 1:
10 Merkins,
15 Squats,
20 T-Claps, IC and
Mosey

Round 2:
10 Clapping Merkins,
15 Copperhead Squats,
20 V-Ups, and
Mosey

Round 3:
10 Derkins,
15 Jump Squats,
Jamie (20-20-20 sec V-hold, extensions, V-hold), and
Mosey

Round 4:
20 Stagger pushups (10 each arm),
15 Bonnie Blairs
20 American Hammers, and
Mosey

Round 5:
10 Peter Parker pushups (IC),
15 Spider-Man squats,
30-sec Balls to Wall Hold, and
Mosey

Round 6:
10 Fist Bump Merkins
15 Squat-Lunges,
20 LBCs IC, and
Mosey

Round 7:
10 Hand-release-release pushups
15 Single-Leg Glute Bridges (right leg)
15 Single-Leg Glute Bridges (left leg)
10 Donkey leg raises (right leg)
10 Donkey leg raises (left leg)
45-sec Bird Dog (left arm)
45-sec Bird Dog (right arm)
5-10-5 Jack Webb’s before time expired
– Merkins
– Shoulder Press, IC

CoT: It is good to push yourself and break out of your comfort zone. When you have done your best, you may still have disappointments, but you will not be disappointed in yourself.