It Takes 2 to Ladder

DATE: 2022-07-02
AO: Sandlot
Q: Traveler
PAX: Traveler
FNGs: Bleu Cheese
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: Fellowship lap around park, with exercises mixed in.

THE THANG:
Ladder:
Complete Exercise 1, then 30 yard out and back sprint.
Then complete Exercise 1 and 2. 30 yards out and back.
Continue until all 10 rounds complete.

1. 10 Merkins
2. 10 Copperhead squats
3. 10 Flutter kicks (IC)
4. 8 Alligator merkins
5. 10 Monkey humpers (IC)
6. 10 Burpees
7. 10 American hammers (IC)
8. 20 Carolina Dry Docks
9. 20 Bonnie blairs
10. 30 yard bear crawl

Devin Hesters: 70 yard course. PAX 1 starts back pedaling. PAX 2 does 4 burpees and then sprints. Race to the finish.

MARY: Crunches and protractors.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Merkins monthly challenge.

COT: YHC recently listened to a Jordan Peterson podcast about The Boy Crisis. Consider how we can be positive male role models for young men around us.

Tic Toc Fun

DATE: 2022-07-07
AO: Farm
Q: Faceplant
PAX: Matthew – Running Man, Floppy Disk, Infinity, Chile
FNGs: FNG -(Diode)
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:

Side Straddle Hops
Mountain climbers
Arm circles
Michael Phelps
Squats
Willy Mays Haze
Down Dog
THE THANG:
Ricky Bobby around the Field
*Divide in half and partner up
*50 tic toc burpees – half does one burpee, other half does burpee (that counts as 3)
*100 team merkins – one partner runs to 50 yard line and back while other does merkinfs *40 tic tic burpees
*200 team big boy sit-ups with walking lung to 15 yd line and back *300 team crunches with Carioca to 30 yd line and back
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sept 11 event
COT: Try to think of any experience you learn from as a good experience because it taught you an important lesson.

Leadership

DATE: 2022-07-06
AO: Patriot
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Ice Tea, Booking, Legacy, CableGuy, Flipper, Wedding Singer, Shake ‘N’ Bake, Tiësto, Anchor Man, Bone FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote’s, Willy Mays Hays, Cherry Pickers, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG: Hurpees (Hand release burpees) 25
Get the Led out – 8 rounds (goal line sprints to 50 yard line, 30 second break, rinse & repeat)
Australian Merkins – 2 rounds of 20, 1 round of 15 (because my muscled hurted on the last set) Body weight squats – 3 rounds of 20
Fyling Nuns through the parking lot (lunges while simultaneously doing arm circles) 20 Dips (Bike racks)
(Ampitheater) traveling merkins plus 4 rounds of box jumps
Back to the football field – Broad jump burpees goal line to the 50 yard line

MARY: Flutter Kicks, Nolan Ryans

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

COT: “Leadership, at its core, is about making other people better as a result of your presence—and making sure that the impact lasts in your absence.” – Dr. Francis Frei (Harvard Business School Professor)

Crowdsourced beatdown

DATE: 2022-07-06
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: 3 mile
PAX: Maj. Payne, Jag, Mr Haand, Magoo, Disco
FNGs: Kombucha, FNG BoJacks, Armbar
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: 0600 – no Q; Jag led PAX through a series of fast-paced warm-ups
THE THANG: Major Payne recommended 5 laps around Discovery sidewalk of bear-crawls, lunge walks and sprints /// 3 mile led escalating pyramids, adding 1 exercise at every stop: 10 merkins (3 mile), 30 count squat hold (Magoo); 25 LBCs (Jag); 10 dry docks (Mr Haand); 15 KB swings, sans KB (ArmBar), 20 Ballet Dancers (Disco); 5 burpees into wide-armed merkin (Kombucha), 15 WWIIs (BoJacks) MARY: Flutter Kick (Maj Payne), Superman (Jag)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Monthly Challenge
COT: you never know to whom you bring joy just by showing up and being yourself (Kombucha)

Basketball Games

DATE: 2022-07-06
AO: Compound
Q: Popeyes
PAX: Hightower, Simba, Peanuts, Yardbird
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Mosey with SSH, Merkins, Star Jacks, arm circles, Michael Phelps, Karaokes, high knees, butt kickers, downward dog, cobra kai and hip stretches THE THANG:
2 teams with 2 rounds of race against the shooter
– Team 1 Shooter makes 3 free throws vs Team 2 bear crawlers around half the court. 22 Burpees for the losers and 20 burpees for the winners
– Second round toe taps. 22 Shoulder taps for the losers and 20 shoulder taps for the winners

2 teams with 2 rounds of relays
– Team 1 player vs Team 2 player race to make a lay up on the far hoop and finish with a lay up on the near hoop while the other team mate does 10 merkins and holds plank. 22 bonnie Blairs for the losers and 20 bonnie Blairs for the winners – Round 2. hand to hand walk for half the court for both teams

Knock out – 2 rounds
– Jump squats after round 1
– Merkins after round 2

2 on 2
– Squats to finish

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad’s camp coming up in the fall, 9/11 stair climb, and pick up a Q
COT: If you are having trouble keeping a good attitude with something you don’t like, shift your perspective with something else in mind.