Tag: Giving Tree

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Taking down the tree

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
CONDITIONS: Rainy and cold 🙁

WARMUP:
Mosey to picnic shelter
Squats
SSH
Imperial Walkers
WMH
LBAC
Down Dog/Cobra

THE THANG:

“Putting up the tree”
1 Burpee / 1 Decline Merkin / 1 Squat
2 Burpee / 2 Decline Merkin / 2 Squat
3 Burpee / 3 Decline Merkin / 3 Squat
…4,5,6,7,8,9
10 Burpee / 10 Decline Merkin / 10 Squat

“Taking down the tree”
9 Burpee / 9 dip / 9 step ups (2 is 1)
8 Burpee / 8 dip / 8 step ups
7 Burpee / 7 dip / 7 step ups
…6,5,4,3,2,1

TOTALS
100 Burpee
55 Decline Merkin
55 Squat
45 Dip
90 Step Up

Ab Meltdown:
50 LBC
50 Crunchy Frog
50 American Hammer

Mosey back to startex

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RIP Quincy Jones

AO: toratoratora
Q: greyalbum
PAX: The Bobs, Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree, 40 Minutes, Invictus, Long Cut, Wrangler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Breezy, mild

WARMUP:

Mosey to runway
SSH
WMH
Seal Claps
Air Press
LBAC
Runner’s Stretch

THE THANG:

DORA

Leapfrog down to first building
1 man in plank
1 man holding coupon jumps over

200 squats
/ mosey out to far hangar and back

Pull-up Waterfall at the bars 10-6

AB break 50 LBC / 20 Crunchy Frog

Pull-up Waterfall cont’d 5-1

Fortune Cookie Run

PAX begin a first people’s run until a PAX chooses to yell out “FORTUNE COOKIE” at which point the running stops and the PAX calls out a number between 1-15, which corresponds with a mystery exercise/rep count on my list. The group then completes the exercise and resumes running.

We did 1, 2, 7, 15 and then finished with 10 WW1

1. 20 Carolina dry dock
2. 30 drop squats
3. 1 min Al Gore
4. 20 Crunchy Frog
5. 25 squat
6. 1 min box cutters
7. 15 burpee
8. 25 merkin
9. 5 hand release push-up
10. 20 flutter kick 2 is 1
11. 15 jump squats
12. 1 min high plank
13. 20 WW1
14. 15 single leg squats each leg
15. 20 Superman

COT:

Family health gratitudes
Election
Peace for our country

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Italo-Turkish Aerial Bombing Campaign

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Giving Tree, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Daylight, Goose, Black box
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Crisp, breezy

WARMUP:

Mosey to picnic shelter
WMH
Imperial Walkers
LBAC
Cherry Pickers
Overhead Press

THE THANG:

Merkins 20
Shoulder Taps 20
Dips 20

1 min dead hang

Bear crawls around the circle
Decline Merkin 20
Plank hold 30 seconds

1 min dead hang

Plank ups 20
Wide merkins 20
Incline merking 20

1 min dead hang

Mosey to waterfront

Step ups 20
Split squats 20
Step ups 20

Up/Down Steps with lunges

Mosey back to startex

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tree planting tomorrow

COT:
Loving those struggling with addiction
Family health
Election/Peace

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Creedence

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goose, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: great temp, very dark, extra foggy

WARMUP: jogging and stretching

THE THANG: Tabata

– 40 seconds on and 20 seconds rest for 5 sets of each exercise (squats, curls, American hammers, lunges)
– Sprint up the hill in between each exercise

ANNOUNCEMENTS: happy b-day Giving Tree; hiawaska night moves soon 🙂

COT: grateful

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Overtime Pickleball

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Chunks
PAX: Giving Tree, Hot Route, greyalbum, Dragon Spark, Hipster, The Bobs, Grape, Ultratecht, Chemical Brother
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Humid

WARMUP: Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Overtime Pickleball

King of the Court with winner serving. Team that wins the rally stays on the court. Team that loses picks the exercise for the PAX waiting.

Good time had by all and I believe Ultratecht is now hooked on Pickleball. LOL

MOLESKINE:

Don’t focus on criticism from anyone you wouldn’t ask for advice from.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack. Lots of stuff going on.

COT: Prayers for the PAX.

Always an honor to lead you HIMs. See y’all soon.

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Case of the Mondays

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Ultratecht, Culture Shock, Daylight, Giving Tree, Invictus, Longcut, Chemical Brother
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
Conditions: Perfect
Warmup: Forward Fold, Willie Mays Hays, Arms stretches, Forward Fold
-Lunges, 10 squates every 5 strides
-Dora: 200 merkins, squats, WW1s, SSH while partner runs
Circle of Mary

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Back to School

AO: toratoratora
Q: Grape
PAX: 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Hot Route, The Bobs, Squatter (F3 Muletown), Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: cooler than recently

WARMUP: SSH, LBAC

THE THANG: 10 reps per grade, run after finishing a grade, escalator on exercises (i.e. 1st grade is exercises for 1st and Kindergarten), wait for the 6 after run (attempt to increase mumble chatter)

K- SSH
1- LBC (2 count)
2- OH Claps
3- WW1
4- Squats
5- Iron Mikes (2 count)
6- American Hammers (4 count)
7- Merkins
8- Pull ups
9- Burpees
10- Reverse lunges (2 count)
11- Dry docks
12- 8 count body builders (didn’t make it here, couldn’t graduate)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sounds like there’s some concert and a fish fry coming up

COT: prayers for Invictus and their third child, the Bobs and his son, Squatter and his dad, and other quiet intentions

:grapes:

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Simple and Complex movements

AO: thebuffalo
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Daylight, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Thick

WARMUP:
Simple Movements
shoulder routine, wall sit challenge, high/low plank hold

THE THANG:
Complex Movements
2 rounds x 20 reps
1. Merkin —> Downward Dog —> DryDocks
2. Crunchy Frogs —> American Hammers —> Flutter Kicks
3. Squats —> Single Leg DL —> Single Leg Line Hop
4. Alabama PDs —> V-Ups —> Heel Touches
5. Shoulder Taps —> Incline xMerkins —> Mtn Climbers

MOLESKINE:
A hamstring injury altered my original plan for this Q but made the best of limited mobility

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Take advantage of an opportunity to visit another AO as part of gullivers-travels-challenge with extra encouragement to visit thestronghold with accountability partners.

COT:

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Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Toothless, Sooie, Longcut, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Perfect

A big thanks to our travelers from the west joining this morning Sooie Toothless

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Cherry Pickers, Arm Stretches

THE THANG:
– Dora: 300 SSH and Squats while partner runs
-With Coupon: 100 Press, Curl, and Squat in 25 set increments with run between sets
-2 trips of Lunges down and back

Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Fish Fry this Friday at Riverside Revival
Cornelia Fort Concert Series this Saturday

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Circle of Trust

AO: toratoratora
Q: greyalbum
PAX: 40 Minutes, Giving Tree, Culture Shock, Daylight, Goose, Ultratecht, Longcut, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Pretty nice

WARMUP:

Mosey out to track
Warmup
SSH
Seal Claps
Overhead Press
LBAC
Runner’s Stretch

THE THANG:

Grab Coupons
Circle up and count off 1,2,3,4…

Each man in the circle takes turns doing main exercise, while remaining PAX complete different exercise

Bear Crawl out run back/PAX do Overhead Press and Curls

Run to Hangar/Merkins and Plank Jacks

5 Burpee/Wall Sit

10 Lunge w/ Coupon/Freddie Mercury and WW1

Broad Jump/Squats and Rows

MARY

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