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Surprise Army PT Test, unless you were warned on Tuesday. 2 minutes, all you got Merkins, WWII situps, and 2 mile run for time.

Here are the results and notes, just like my XC coach used to do.

Nobel Virus: 46/61/16:10 = 67/77/69 = 213 and PR’s in all metrics!  Last Test:40p/40s/17:01 = 61/55/59=175

Papa Juan: 85/54/18:36 = 100/82/61 = 243. You missed having Scraps to pace you on the 2 mile, previous was 17:04

Schnitzel: 51/40/16:03 = 75/58/75 = 208. Previous score is 169 from Chad’s records, but I don’t have the splits for each exercise.

Grohl: 55/51/22:27 88/79/27=194.  PR’s on pushups and run, including an over 1 minute improvement on the run! 51/63/23:17 last time around.

Yosef: 71/86/13:53 94/100/94=288. Down from 77p and 95 situps, but improvement from 14:30

Omaha: 42/42/28:54 63/57/0=120 First time out was a surprise PT test, now you’ve got a starting place

Iditarod: 80/64/16:33 100/87/74 = 261 Big PR on Merkins, consistent on situps, slight slide on run previous 48/41/18:19

CDL: 53/73/12:49 79/97/100=276 Huge PR’s!: 53/40/18:19 last time

75 degrees and muggy greeted the 4 PAX who posted this am.

It was unanimously agreed that eating poorly leads to irritable bowel syndrome when you run.

PAX: Donuts, Bagger Vance, Black Lung, Ludwig

PAX: Bowflex (Willy Loman), Tiny Dancer, Prevac, Dilly Dilly, Hambone, Cowboy, Blue Mule, PSL, Big Stick, Brother-at-Law, CCR, Donuts, Dupree, Venus, Edible Arrangements, Big Bang (Ruck), Funyuns (Ruck), Bagger Vance (Ruck)

QIC: Floppy Disk

A pleasant 70 degrees met the 16, err… 19 determined redpillers this am at Sir E. It looked like it might be a smaller group, but 5 rolled in hot just before we started our mosey. BV, BB, and Funyuns were there, but they were doing their own Ruck workout this morning. Figure 8 (almost) mosey around the church, then circle up for some warmup.

Disclaimer
CoP (all IC)
SSH x20
Imperial Walkers x15
Good Mornings x10
Hop Kicks x11 (for CCR)
Willie Mays x10
Mountain Climbers x10
Plank Jax x10
BaC F x10
BaC R x10
Cherry Pickers x2 (for Big Stick)

THANG
Count off 1-4. 16 made for 4 round groups. Head to the playground.

Group 1: 10x Pullups
Group 2: 20x Merkins
Group 3: 20x Dips
Group 4: 20x Inverted Rows

Move to the next station once complete. We did 3 total sets varying the Merkins with Derkins and Diamonds. Plank/wait. All in. Head to the chains!

3 sets of: 20x single arm bicep curls, 20x single arm upright rows.

Head up the steep hill to the big lot for some 4 corners work. Bid adieu to Prevac. Each exercise done for roughly 90 seconds, then mosey to the next station until all stations completed.

Group 1: Burpees
Group 2: Jump Squats
Group 3: Carolina Dry docks
Group 4: Freddie Mercuries
Mosey back to the start, pick up BV, BB and Funyuns for a little Mary.

Mary
1:00 Low Plank
2:00 various stretches (a real crowd pleaser): Piriformis, Lower back, Hips
5x Burpees OYO

Done!

Twas a pleasure as always to lead this am.

MS
Great to have Bowflex from Knoxville out with us. He offered a free beatdown in return for today’s workout in Knoxville. I’ll be there in a couple of weeks so I may take him up on it. Hopefully BV, BB and Funyuns got some good Ruck work in this am. They looked sweaty enough, but it’s possible they just walked to Tidy Cats house and used his hose.

BH
Warpath and Tin Can ruck coming up on 7/21. Check Slack for deets. Think about signing up for the St. Jude Half-marathon/Marathon and joining/supporting the Kemp’s team, Team Job. Details here: http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/Heroes?pg=team&fr_id=88563&team_id=221922

SYITG,
Floppy Disk

When: 7/9/2018

QIC: Grisham

The PAX: 21 men started the week off right.  Pax included:  Brother-at-law, CCR, Skid Mark, Vegemite, Edible Arrangement, PSL, Juan Valdez, Accounts Receivable, Lewd Wig, Holler back girl, A-Fib, Floppy Disk, Dine ‘n Dash, Too Tall, Black Lung, Big Perm, Reefer, Dilly Dilly, Doughnutz, Bagger Vance, Grisham

Beautiful morning. Low 70’s and not nearly as muggy as it has been.

Warm Up:

• Ginder PT (SSH / Squats / SLDL / Lunges / Shoulder Circuit / Car. DD / ‘Mericans / Supermans / Sit-ups / Car. DD

THANG:

Part I – Strength Work:

• Every 2 min for 4 rounds – 8 HSPU / 8 V-ups
• Grab a coupon. Partner up.

Part II – Metcon – TABATA:

•  For this TABATA we did 20 sec of work, 10 sec rest, then partners flap jack
• (1) Row / sit ups with coupons
• (2) Pull ups / clean thrusters w/ coupon
• (3) Box jumps / burpees over coupon
• (4) Toes to Bar / KB swing w/ coupon
• (5) ‘Mericans / Supermans

REturn Coupons and mossey to circle – American Hammers X 15 & REv. Crunches X 15

MOLESKINE

Great work this morning. Hope everyone has a great week.

Felt like a sauna as we got after it at The Purple Cow. 5 HIM got better in the heat and humidity this am.

PAX: Boone’s Farm, Ponzi, Offshore, FNG – Backlash (Jon Watson), Umbrella

QIC – Umbrella

Mosey to Granny White Park and to the tennis courts for:
WOR
SSH x 20
WMH x 10
GM x 10
BAC Forward x 10
O/H Press x 10
BAC Reverse x 10
Tempo Merkin x 10
Slow N Low Squat x 10

Thang:

Mosey to pedestrian track around perimeter of Granny White Park. Mosey was continuous for two laps with stops for the following every ~200 – 400 meters:

Stop 1 – 5 burpees – continue mosey
Stop 2 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, mosey
Stop 3 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, mosey
Stop 4 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, 20 CDD’s, mosey
Stop 5 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, 20 CDD’s, 25 squats, mosey
Stop 6 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, 20 CDD’s, 25 squats, 1 min high plank, mosey
Stop 7 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, 20 CDD’s, 25 squats, 1 min low plank, 35 American Hammers, mosey
Stop 8 – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBC’s, 20 CDD’s, 25 squats, 1 min alternating arm planks, 35 hammers, 40 air presses, mosey back to parking lot at BMS for 10 Good Mornings to finish it off.

PAX performed valiantly. 2 laps of The Purple Cow completed exceeding 2.5 miles, T-Claps for FNG Backblast who was suffering from disk problems in back but toughed out the work for his first post.

Prior to closing out COT, we discussed a quote I keep on my desk that states the following:

“The finish line of comfort and the starting line of growth look an awful lot alike.” – Dan Klein

Whether we are looking to grow spiritually, in our marriage as husbands, as fathers, as leaders, or physically; we must push through discomfort to allow real growth and progress to take hold. The PAX of The Purple Cow got stronger today and pushed through the finish line of comfort. Challenge going forward was to determine what other area of our lives to we need to push through comfort to be the men God is calling us to be.

God Bless,

Umbrella

1. Nice sticky warm morning

PAX: 21 Pax: Nightcrawler, Sinestro, Kilmonger, Princess Aurora, Cowboy, Casual Friday, Blacklung, Donuts, Porcelain, Hambone, Bagger Vance, Brother-at-Law, Toga, Hot N Ready, Red Skull, Skid Mark, Pop-a-Lock, Dilly Dilly, Dr SmartT, Big Stick, and myself.

5:30 kickoff

Disclaimer given en route with a light mosey to some soft, padded, dewy grass.

WOR:
Windmill x10, Good Morning x10, Imperial Walker x10, Willy Mays Hayes x10, LBAC x 10 each way, Merkins x10

Get After It:

Indian Run around the main building. PAX do 5 Merkins prior to beating feet to the front. Then stopped at the Ball Field for some Front, Back Go’s (Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Sprints on command), Tunnel of Love (low crawl under PAX), and Crowd Surfing. It was at this point Q realized he did not pace his exercises well enough and had 15 minutes to fill. Resorted to Plan B and pulled out the playing cards. Diamonds – Squats, Spades – Hillbilly Walkers, Hearts – Crab Legs, Clubs – Merkins, Ace – x35 dealer’s choice. Due to consistent shuffling of the deck, many many Merkins were performed.

BH:

413 last day. Wolverine and (Kingpin? Snoopy?) are already hard at work. Our remaining Marvel heroes begin work soon. Our pride, encouragement, and prayers will follow them. AO will be closed for a month. See Q signup sheet for future dates.

July 4th pig roast and fund raiser for Team Job on Smartt in The Shire…hit up slack for RSVPing

TN Can Ruck on 21 July

PAX:
Dilly Dilly, Spiderbite, Pope, Vegemite, CAPSLOCK, D’mish, Too Tall, Frugal McDougal, Big Stick, Yard Sale, Frogger, Edible, Bagger Vance, A-Fib, Skidmark, Umbrella, CCR, Floppy Disk, PSL, Razor

QIC: Umbrella

WoR:
PAX moseyed to top of hill for:
SSH x 20
Good Morning x 10
WMH x 10
BAC Forward x 10
Shoulder Press x 10
BAC Reverse x 10
Tempo Merkins x 10
Slow & Low Squats x 10

Thang:
10 Burpees
Run loop

10 Burpees
25 Merkins
Run loop

10 Burpees
25 Merkins
50 Lunges
Run Loop

10 Burpees
25 Merkins
50 Lunges
100 LBC’s
Run Loop

10 Burpees
25 Merkins
50 Lunges
100 LBC’s
150 Squats
Run Loop

If finished before the rest of PAX, help those that are struggling finish their last segment.

Mary:
20 – AL Prom Dates
25 – Flutter Kicks
15 – Makhtar N’Diaye
1 minute Lanny Lou

Today we honored Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier, 31, of Charlotte was a combat infantryman with the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bragg. He died Sept. 29, 2007 of wounds sustained while on a ground patrol in Afghanistan.

The previous April, Tellier’s unit was conducting a mounted patrol when one of its vehicles drove over and detonated a bomb, which set the vehicle on fire, according to a statement from the 82nd Airborne.

Tellier pulled two paratroopers out of the vehicle to safety, suffering severe burns to his hands. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with valor for his actions.

After he was burned, Tellier jumped up in the turret to return fire, said Sgt. Michael Layton, a member of Tellier’s unit. A lieutenant made Tellier get out of the vehicle because of his injuries, Layton said.

“Zachary Tellier has to be the biggest hero I’ve ever known or heard of, not just because of what he did, but because of his personality,” Layton said. “He came in the Army because he wanted to be around soldiers and serve his country, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice.”

Tellier is survived by his wife, Sara Tellier of Atlanta, Ga.; his father, David W. Tellier of Groton, Mass.; and his mother, Pamela Rodriguez, of Falmouth, Mass.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead you men this morning.

God Bless,

Umbrella