Category: Monterey, CA

Monterey, CA

Yup… it was planned

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Warm Up:
Bat wings (20 for arm, back arm, seal claps, overhead claps)
Mt. Man Poopers

The Thang
Mosey to car wash, SSHs
Bunny hop up side walk
Mosey to Alvarado
Lung walks to DPR window with some periodic Merkins thrown in
SSH IC
Mosey to beach – wall sits, planks

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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3 strong πŸ’ͺ including Hightower down range from Gold Rush.

Warm Up
Michael Phelps IC
Air Force arm swings IC
T Pots IC
IW IC
Hilllbillies IC


The Thang
Mosey to Custom House Plaza
10 BBS, bear crawl, 10 Rowers… deescalate to 1 (first person calls it)
Mosey to wharf
10 air presses, 10 merkins… deescalate to 1 (person that did 3000 merkins in September calls it)
Mosey to 2nd floor of building at end of wharf
10 squats IC, 10 seconds hold Al Gore, deescalate to 1
Mosey to sea wall
Wall sits and plank
Mosey back to AO start

Name & Count-o-rama

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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You just never know

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Grappler said some words of wisdom towards the end of his beatdown a few months ago that has stuck with me for some time. I am sure to get it wrong here but that’s ok. As longs as I get the gist of it than the words hit home in some way. You just never know when you may have an influence on someone. Something that will stay with them for a long time. Something that you do that you think is trivial, or words that seem to mean nothing, may stay with someone else forever.

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Warm Up
Sun Gods
Hill billies

The Thang
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Imperial Walkers for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Freddy Mercurys for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then American Hammers for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Hill Billies for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then LBCs for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Plank Jacks for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Grady Corn for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Moroccan Night Clubs for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Absolution for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Gas Pumps for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Merkins for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Floyd Mayweathers for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Rosalitas for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Mike Tysons for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then 6 Inches for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Shoulder Taps for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Squats for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Air Presses for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Jane Fondas for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Lunges for 1 minute
5 Big Boy Sit-ups, then Rowers for 1 minute

Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama

YHC and Q = Cleveland Rocks

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Cutting them off

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9 strong πŸ’ͺ today at Carmel High. Welcome FNG Peaceful!

Warm Up:

Mt. Man Pooper
T pots
Heal Raises
Modified jumping jack

The Thang
On track near bar: 
10 leg swings, switch, 10 other leg
Run to bleachers – first 4 people do 15 rowers, else 5 rowers
Run to open area – first 4 people do 15 Mike tysons, else 5 merkins
Run to bar for 10 leg swings each leg – repeat for 20 mins.

Corn hole:
We repeated this twice. Pax took turns trowing corn bags onto cornhold board. Other pax did exercise while game went on. If throwing pax got it in the whole, other pax did a burpee.

IW & if on board 5 absolutions, if in 10
Hill billies & if on board 5 rosalitas, if in 10
Squats & if on board 5 merkins, if in 10
SSH & if on board 5 burpees, if in 10

1 lap to close it out

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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Figuring it all out

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6 strong πŸ’ͺ this morning at Carmel High.

Warm Up:
Should Shrugs
Grady Corn
T Pots
Cherry Pickers front / back
Cherry Pickers side to side… and side to side so DPR could feel even
Heal raises

The Thang:
Simplicity! 1 burpee, bear crawl 15 yards, 2 burpees, back to start… add 1 burpee each time until you reach 15 then go back down. Second pax to finish calls it.
Run 3 laps
6 inches to finish it off

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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バーピー Burpee in japanese

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3 strong (or was it 5?) for what almost was our first rainy beatdown of the season.

Warmup:
Grady Corn
IW
Moroccan Night Clubs
T Pots
Heal Raises

The Thang:
Mosey to courtyard
Run in to 2 Japanese tourists who have not yet adjusted to the time
Lunge walks to other end (joined by our two new FNG friends) with heal raises at steps
We leave our friends as we mosey to the ally
10 burpees, crab walk to other side, 10 rowers walk back and reduce by 1. First one calls it.
Mosey… oh damn! Look, some nice benches.
10 dips, rest
We are joined by just one of our friends this time
10 more dips, then mosey
We did not want to be rude to our friend so we moseyed back to the courtyard
Lunge walks again with our friend….
We try to have a conversation but they don’t speak english and we don’t speak japanese…
We say good bye to our friend and mosey back to start

Count & Name-o-rama

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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WHARF MONSTER

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5 strong almost came face to face with the wharf monster this morning. (Well… maybe 4.25… Stone Cold got to the AO 6 minutes late and we had already departed on our journey.

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Warm up:
Grady Corn
IW
Hill Billies
Heel Raises

The Thang
Mosey… just 20 feet. Ask PAX if they remember how to do Simplicity. They do. Good. We are not doing that today. Mosey on….

Mosey to fish market. 10 burpees OYO

Mosey… we find a cool dock under the wharf … we start some squats… then the Wharf Monster start to howl… loudly… scarily… and it get’s louder and louder… seriously… it was scary… the Wharf Monster did NOT want us there. One of the PAX said it’s Wharf Monster mating season too… seriously… Get the heck out of here FAST!!!!

Mosey… leg ups on wall

Mosey… up some stairs, around the other wharf… PAX choice Aussie Merkins or regular Merkins… and then repeat

Mosey…. more leg ups

Mosey to AO start… we come across Stone Cold.

Gas pumps and 6 inches to round it out.

We did a few more Merkins and things along the way but since YHC did not have this one scripted out the memory has faded.

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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That’s it?

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5 strong πŸ’ͺ today at the beach.

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Warm up:
Mtn. man poopers
Moroccan Night Clubs
Heal Raises
Seal Jacks
Burpees

The Thang:
Run.. find good place with two walls
10 Mike Tysons, crab walk to other wall, 10 rowers., walk back.
Reduce by 1 each time. First person done calls it. DPR crushed this one.
Run to wharf
8 squats + 8 monkey humpers in front of the fishing boats filled with tourists going fishing
Reduce by 1 each time. First person done calls it. Beach crushed this one.
Run… to wall for 10 cycles of 1 wall jump and 1 burpee, first person calls it.
Run to sea wall
Wall sits & plank
Find a rock, test out our rock skipping skills…. room to improve there
Climb over sea wall for some heal raises
Run back to AO start
LBCs, 6 inches, side planks, plank

YHC and Q = Cleveland Rocks

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Q on 9/11

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12 strong πŸ’ͺ today. Weather was perfect. DPR even commented on the run how awesome it was to be running in the mist. We are truly fortunate to have our AO where we do. We also welcomed FNGs Puck and Noble.

Disclaimer given

Warm Up
Hill Billies IC
Mt. Man Poopers IC
Jump Rope

The Thang
Run Track 1 lap
Bear Crawl 456 yards: 456 yards = 1368ft which was the height of tower 1 of the World Trade Center.
Run Track 1 lap
Circle up:
Last man IC activities: Gas Pumps, LBC, Freddy Mercury, Planks, etc.

Name and Count-o-rama

Moment of silence for the victims of 9/11 and the service personal who past in the line of duty.

YHC wanted to do something to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks. The 456 yards bear crawl did just that. I think it will be repeated going forward.

YHC should have told stories of the people he knew lost on 9/11 but YHC feels like he honors them by remembering them in his memories.

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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To the wall

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3 strong πŸ’ͺ this morning. It was warm out this morning.

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Warmup:
50 Grady Corn IC
50 IW IC
10 t pots each leg IC
20 Heal Raises IC
50 SSH IC

Then Thang:
Mosey to lot, do 10 burpees OYO
Mosey to custom house plaza, do 10 merkins, bear crawl to other end, 10 merkins
Mosey to beach area off rec trail, 10 merkins at bottom
Mosey to wharf, side planks
Mosey to sea wall, wall sits and planks
Climb up the seawall (that was new!)
Mosey to AO start for gas pumps, 6 inches, plank

Count & name-o-rama

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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