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The Q called a little EC workout session for those interested, who wanted to show up 15 minutes early. It does not need to be reported that the Q was 3 minutes late for his own EC session, nor that Banks gave his HC, which is stronger than oak, for the EC session as well as the regular session, and failed to appear at both, therefore letting his comrades down. Thankfully, it was verified that banks is alive and well, despite the missed hit time.

Ten Minute EC Session : Captain Crunch, Archive, Noodles and Gummibear completed the following ruck workout:

20 pushups

3 sets of curls and upright rows (12,10,8 reps each)

40 flutter kicks

The THANG (you can warm up rucking)

Six faithful paxs posted for another beautiful fall morning; TBTF, Hotbox, Archive, Noodles, Captain Crunch, and Gummibear were all present. To reiterate, Banks was not present.

As a group we covered as much distance as possible in 40 minutes alternating between 3 minutes of striding and 2 minutes of shuffling. We were able to complete 2 “Archive Miles” and one “Crunch mile”. Overall everyone did very well, and we had a good pace without feeling too out of breath. It was a very enjoyable morning and we still were chatting even while shuffling.

NOR/COT: Continued prayers for Archive’s potential job scenario. Prayers for wisdom for the Hotbox family. Prayers for a good week.

4 PAX posted for today’s Ruck Day. Brisk weather was tolerable and many came dressed appropriately. Today’s post involved the introduction of a new exercise.

WoR: Motivators x 5, Abe Vigodas x15

Thang #1 – ATMs

Hit the trail along the long mile. Stopping at 4 stations/4 rounds of ATMs w/ ruck on.

ATMs = Alternate shoulder touches in Plank position, 4 count = 1, x15.

Tempo Merkins on Down 1,2,3, Up 4 count, x10.

Fast Merkins, x10.

The above = 1 Round

Thang #2 – Hoffa

2 Rounds – Bear crawl and Ruck pull to the top of the hill.

2MoM: Raise the Roof, open palms up and down motion, to close out our time.

NoR: Archive, Welcome FNG (HotBox), Gummi Bear, Noodles (QIC).

CoT: Prayers for Archive and end stages of job interview/hiring process. Prayers for Gummi Bear to reveal path/direction for his business/company. Prayers for Noodles and continued health/rest and upcoming 1 month appointment for 2.0.

6 HIMs for a surprisingly (so said the PAX) hard driving Ruck Club day.

WOR- 10x Motivators (ruck off)

Thang 1- Grab coupons head to Hoffa. Alternate runs up hill with coupons and without. 10 thrusters each time PAX reaches bottom of the hill. #Mumblechatter died off pretty quickly.

Thang 2- 1 Archive Mile around the pond.

COR NOR- Welcome to Sparrow visiting from BHam Alabama. Archive (QIC), Sparrow, Captain Crunch, Banks, Gummi Bear, and Noodles posted. Prayers for Noodles return to work and Archive’s job application.

Disclosure: The title of this post belongs exclusively to the idea generation of Captain Crunch. Any copying of this title is prohibited without the express written consent of Captain Crunch.

6 HIMs POSTED (Names below)

Warm O Rama: Our warm up today consisted of conducting a dry run of the competition along with explanation. of the rules.

THANG (Competition): We began at the start line on the west side of the base of the hill and each of the three teams: (TBTF & Archive, Captain Crunch & Noodles, and JazzHands & Gummibear), carried a coupon to the pull up bars where each team was to accomplish the following round as a team:

10 Pull Ups

30 Elevated Push ups

25 Hodors

25 Coupon Swings

Upon completion the teams were to transport the coupon from the pull up bars, up the hill and then to the base of the hill (west side). Each team then had to Bear Crawl (draging their coupon) to the east side of the hill base and the first team that made it to the east side was the winner of the round. For their efforts the round winner was rewarded with conducting a bride hold of some sort until the other teams completed their round and were out of sight on the west side of the hill, beginning their next round. The round winners were further rewarded by being given an additional 10 reps to complete (exercise of their choice(s)) from the above four exercises at the pull up bars.

The idea was that the first team to win three rounds (or whichever team had the most wins prior to time running out) would be declared winner.

We conducted three rounds of the above, with each team winning a round. After the initial three rounds, we adjusted the rules giving each round’s second place team a half point from here on out. In the interest of time we then moved to the Lightning Rounds with each team having to accomplish the following:

10 Pull ups

15 Elevated push ups

15 Hodors (this was adjusted to 10 for the final round)

15 Coupon Swings

For the final round the teams also simply needed to transport themselves, and did not have to bring the coupon up the hill and drag for bear crawls.

We conducted three rounds of the lightning rounds as well. Time expired prior to any team obtaining 3 victories, however TBTF & Archive were victorious coming away with 2.5 points.

The final competition was for each team to race from the pull up bars to the coupon drop off point, and then to the parking lot. I am remiss to add that yet again TBTF & Archive were the winners, and even transported one of the other teams coupons in addition to their own two coupons. I cannot speak for everyone, but I know that Jazzhands and Gummibear had a lot of fun and laughs throughout this competition, and I hope it was enjoyable for all of us, as every HIM seemed to work very hard. No pictures today, too busy competing.

NOR/COT/ Coffee: Gummibear had to depart early, so Jazzhands took over this department. Thank you Jazzhands.