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Monotonous Monday Morning

DATE: 2022-01-24
AO: Patriot
Q: Maguire
PAX: 2 percent, Faceplant, Big Short, Bone, Ice Tea, My Space, Roadkill, Shake and Bake, Spokes, Wedding Singer FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH. Hillbillies. WMH. Cherry Pickers. LBAC. A few burpees.
THE THANG: 400m and then 20 merkins. 20 climbers. 20 Squats. 20 air claps. Repeat. Repeat. (Lost count. We did it 6 or 7x). MARY: LBCs and Stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see @bone
COT: Monotony Morning. Life often is monotonous (personal and professional). Persevere. Everything is not forever. Work hard to get through it. Light at the end of the tunnel.

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Frostbite Fitness

DATE: 2022-01-22
AO: Farm
Q: Chile
PAX: Infinity
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP:
Grady Corn
Beet pickers
Willie Mays Hayes
Michael Phelps
Imperial walkers
THE THANG:
Howes Party – Amplified
Coupon Curls – 1 minute
Mosey length of soccer field – 3 push ups; mosey back
Squats with resistance band – 1 minute
High Knees length of soccer field- 3 push ups, return
LBCs – 1 minute
Butt Kickers length of soccer field – 3 push ups, return
Rosalitas – 1 minute
Side Shuffle length of soccer field- 3 push ups, return
Mountain climbers – 1 minute
Karoke length of soccer field- 3 push ups, return
Bend Over Rows – 1 minute
Frankensteins length of soccer field – 3 push ups, return
High to low plank – 1 minute
Lunge Walks length of soccer field – 3 push ups, return
MARY:
Penguin crunches
Australian snow angels
Starfish crunches
COT:
>From author Adam Grant:
The most important quality in a mentor, teacher, or coach is not how much they know. It’s how much they care.
Caring is more than taking pride in your success. It’s feeling joy as you progress. The people you want in your corner are the ones who celebrate your growth.

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LT Dan’s and Low Impact Field Work

DATE: 2022-01-24
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Chile, Sparky, Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WarmUp: Beet Pickers, Don Quixotes, IWs, Rockettes, LBACs, and Mountain Climbers

The Thang:
LT Dan’s: 1:4 squats-to-lunges (single count)
10 Squats and 40 walking lunge steps
9 Squats and 36 walking lunge steps
…
2 Squats and 8 walking lunge steps
1 Squat and 4 walking lunge steps

4 RFT
20 Merkins
40 Squats
25m Bear Crawl
20 Reverse Lunges, IC

Mary: Toes2Sky, American Hammers, Rope Climbers, Side Crunches, and LBCs.

CoT:
As my children progress to teenagers and beyond, I am finding my role in my family less defined and valued. Combined with mid-life crisis, this can be dangerous.

“What our culture calls a mid-life crisis is actually a Sad Clown’s effort to self-prescribe a remedy for his joyless inertia. Instead of filling the holes in his life, the Sad Clown concludes that he is a man whose wife and job are making him unhappy when, in fact, he is an unhappy man with a wife and a job.” – Dredd and OBT, Freed to Lead

As my late grandfather said in my patriarchal blessing, “Your children will learn from who you are than from what you say.” So, even though our role may not seem as important with older/grown up children, it is even more crucial. While it may not be physically exhausting, it requires more character and leadership to make a difference in the lives of older children.

Succeeding at life is meant to be a team support. Who is watching your back?

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Chilly Ruck with PT

DATE: 2022-01-22
AO: Aerie
Q: Rocketman
PAX: Chasqui
FNGs: Humboldt (DR Pax from Valley Forge), Porkchop (FNG)
COUNT: 4
WARMUP/CoP

Michael Phelps x12, IC
Side Straddle Hop x 12, IC
Imperial Walkers x12, IC

THE THANG

2.5 mile ruck around the neighborhood with lots of PT to keep warm.

– Merkins
– Copperhead squats
– Weighted Merkins
– Weighted Squats
– Burpees
– Weighted bear crawls

And of course, The Baby.

6 MoM

12 reps or so of each:

– Superman
– Big Boi Situps
– Flutter Kicks
– Don Quixotes
– WIllie Mays Hayes

WORDS OF WISDOM

Change starts from inside and works outwards. Use this impetus from today’s workout to take care of the responsibilities you’ve been given. Think about your Why this day.

Finally, coffeeteria!