15 faithful entered the Strut gloom this AM and YHC could immediately tell the Strutbrigade were in full football mode. Several pax donned Gamecock shirts. StageCoach, of course, had on his Shmedium. (That thing is getting smaller, by the way. His mom needs to dry on lower heat). There was even slight chill in the air, football weather. It’s GAMEDAY and the Strutbrigade came to work.
Conditions: 65 degrees, slight chill
The Thang:
Disclaimer
Prayer
COP (immediately in parking lot)
SSH x 18 IC
IW x 18 IC
(the pax was starting to wonder about 18)
Merkins x 18 IC & hold your plank
Peter Parkers x 18 IC & hold your plank
Parker Peters x 18 IC & hold your plank
Mt Climbers x 18 IC & hold your plank
Plank-o-rama
The pax concluded 18 reps was in honor of the great Steve Taneyhill
Mosey to rectangle brick planter wall (farthest left)
Tabata – 20 sec work, 10 sec rest x 8
Wall plank walks
Box jump burpees
Would love to give proper credit but either Enos or StageCoach realized 18 reps was in honor of the Gamecocks’ consecutive home winning streak
Mosey to concession area
Count off 1s & 2s
Side 1 – LBCs w/ feet on wall x 18
Side 2 – incline merkins x 18
Side 3 – tricep dips x 18
Side 4 – decline merkins x 18
1s start with side 1, 2s start at side 3 & rotate counterclockwise to each side
AMRAP for 8 minutes
Mosey to football field
Football Drills
Up / Downs x 10 or so (lost count)
Line up at G (goal line) sign on fence, Run diagonally across field to 10 yd sign on fence, back across field to 20 yd line sign on fence, etc until the other goal line – This is approx 1/2 mile – Sprint back to starting point
Plank-o-rama led by Alter Boy while YHC sweeps 6
40s
Line up on goal line
Backpedal 40 yds & sprint back
Karaoke 40 yds, karaoke other side back
Wojos 40 yds, wojo other side back
Prisoner lunge 40 yds, sprint back
Sprint All-You-Got 40 yds x 2
Mosey to parking lot
COT & BOM
Devo: 1 Timothy 4:14 “Do not neglect the gift that is in you.”
Moleskin:
-Got to explore this AO the past couple of days planning this THANG. Very impressed with all the options.
-YHC was honored to Q the F3LM Muthaship. Strut paved the way.
-Go Cocks! Beat the Aggies!
Announcements:
-Crooked Creek Park Race this Saturday. More info here:
http://www.icrc.net/walk-or-run-a-crooked-5k
-Tunnel of Towers 5K coming up. 9/19 at 7pm. More info here:
http://tunnel2towers.org/event/tunnel-to-towers-5k-run-walk-south-carolina/
-Still time to HC for GoRuck
-Mud Run is )ct 4. If you have a team, let Smokey know.
-Governors Cup Race is 11/8. More info here: http://www.carolinamarathon.org/Governors_Cup/
-Vote TODAY for F3LM t-shirt design. Top 3 will be announced tonight then we’ll vote for 1 out of those 3.
Prayer requests / praise:
-Pray for the Futon family as Futon’s oldest daughter is moving to NYC soon
-Pray for Figi’s dad as he is hospitalized with internal bleeding
-Praise that Ben Skelley is home and doing well with no further damage after collapsing at the Stomp the Swamp