The Chad 1000X

The Chad 1000X

Date: 2025-11-11 AO: bagpipe Q: Starch PAX: kirby, Roulette, wildturkey, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: The wind chill was 18 degrees, and it was nice and breezy as 4 pax (with an eventual 5th joining late) showed up ready to put in the work on a clear Veterans Day morning.
Jogged around the parking lot and some SSHs to warm up.
THE THANG: The WOD is called the Chad 1000X in honor of veteran Chad Wilkinson who died by suicide Oct. 29, 2018 as a result of several traumatic brain injuries, blast-wave injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from many deployments across more than two decades of service. This is publicized by the Step Up foundation created by Chad’s wife, and the goal of the organization is to honor Chad’s life and legacy and to raise awareness for suicide prevention.
This workout was one that Chad came up with for himself as he was working toward a 23,000-foot climb in Argentina. The workout is simple. 1,000 step ups on a 20-inch box. This can be weighted, slick, individual, with a partner, with a team, etc.
For the purposes of our 45-minute bootcamp, we did the 1000 reps as a team. We had a team of 5, so we each got in 200 step ups/squats as some had to modify. We did 40 steps ups per person for 5 rounds. The fountain outside of the TowneBank was also taller than 20 inches, but the pax were up for the challenge.
I can’t imagine doing all 1000 – we felt the pain pretty thoroughly after 1/5th of the reps we woulda done had it been a solo event. May be worth looking at having a CSAUP around this time next year, but I digress for now.
Between each round, we’d do a lap in the parking lot and a one-minute plank before getting into the next set.
When that was over, we had some time to continue, so we went to the neighboring parking lot with a newly painted building that’ll soon be Reid’s. Did some dips, burpees, and derkins and had a blast.
With 7 minutes left, we headed back to launch for some Mary. American Hammers, Flutters, Planks, 6-inch holds, heels to heaven, and LBCs made an appearance.
kirby was a tad late, so he didn’t even have time to warm up. He just jumped out of the car and joined in. Glad you finally found us right next to launch
Roulette had 40lbs in his ruck but was unphased. He had already guessed what was happening and was ready to embrace the suck.
It’s been a minute since we’ve had the privilege of seeing taggart at Bagpipe – really glad you made it out!
After wildturkey had Q at Firetstarter yesterday and chose to do stairs. I wasn’t sure how he’d hold up. He griped about it, but he did every rep with a ruck and pushed through
MARY: Yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brew Ruck this weekend Jingle Bell Run Deck the Halls A51 Christmas Party Festivus And more – check the google doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1rfXr_W_lxq61DGddefdopUF81v3z13rkIIrnyQ_ROFc/edit?usp=sharing
COT: Thank you Lord for the brave men and women who protect our freedom by serving our country. May we have a spirit of gratitude and appreciation for our veterans and the life we have because of them.

Where are the runners

Date: 2025-11-11 AO: fast-twitch Q: lex_luthor PAX: lex_luthor FNGs: None COUNT: 1 5:15 no one else in the parking lot 5:16 Han Solo run in Raintree

It gets easier

Date: 2025-11-10 AO: _sob Q: wildturkey PAX: kirby, madison, Hawkeye, Franky, Point Break, war_eagle, Rudy, Adobe FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

RS-PC-T The Wolf

Date: 2025-11-10 AO: swole Q: The Worm , PAX: voodoo, Emoji, Unplugged, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Synovial Stretches / LSS / Imperial Walkers – all with 15 swings between each.
THE THANG: Wolf – Week 2: 4 sets of 5 reps – DBL CL / DFS / DMP/ DCL / DFS. Format: Complex, Chain (10 LBC’s between each iteration), Complex + Chain (10 LBC’s again)
Rest: Cary a 60 lb sandbag for a tree and a half, up and back. Alternating and then you can rest.
Nonsense: 6 DBL dead lifts / DBL Lunge walk (tree and a half) – dropped the KB’s for the lunge walks – 6 times
Voodoo Complex x 6
Motion Complex – 6 sets of single arm swing – high pull – snatch.
MARY: nada ANNOUNCEMENTS: ales for als. can ruck, holiday party, Festivus, deck the halls COT: Unplugged took us out.

RS-PC-T The Wolf

Date: 2025-11-10 AO: swole Q: The Worm , PAX: voodoo, Emoji, Unplugged, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 5 WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Recovery miles

Date: 2025-11-10 AO: blakovery Q: bunker , PAX: Polly FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: the usual THE THANG: Two for 5 this morning. Easy miles and easy conversation. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT:

Imposter Syndrome

Date: 2025-11-08 AO: olympus Q: flipper PAX: Toto, Emoji, high_tide, hoover, ickey_shuffle, voodoo, The Worm, Mountain Momma, Loogie, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Look, we all know who Olympus belongs to, the master of prosaic prose and whimsical preblasts, the one and only Krzyzewski. Consistent as death and taxes, he of the questionable collegiate allegiances leads the PAX week in and week out through the valley of monsterous beatdowns and into the promised land of stupendous gainz. So when the tarry footed one had to miss not one, but TWO saturdays in a row, he reached into the bottom of the barrel and selected YHC to fill his Carolina blue shoes… forgetting this Duke fan gave him his name. That’s neither here nor there however, as the PAX rolled in deep this morning and all 10 of us (including our very own kotters Loogie, arriving early with his worminess) slayed the wolf and other sundries. So let’s get into the recap:
WARMUP: SSH, IW, LSS, ST, Arm circles and scarecrows, swings and cleans THE THANG:
Easing into it with an easy complex of snatch, squat press and cleans
THE WOLF: the order this week was snatch, squat, press, squat, clean, squat. All doubles and five of each. We did the first set as a complex. The second was a chain, the third was chain 1 rep, then complex for 3, then chain for the last rep, making 5 total of each. Somehow the third set was the easiest for YHC, but other PAX disagreed. Moving on to…
CIRCLE of DOOM: 1 pair each of 28 kg and 32 kg placed in the center of the circle. Two PAX completed deadlifts to failure while the other 8 performed a called exercise until the second of the center PAX quit. Rotate to the next pair and resume. We went full rotation twice, the circle proceeding from two hand swings, to switch hand, to Belkins, to snatches, to double cleans, to Belkins. The Pax loved that one
For carries we did waiters w/ goblet squats, racks with upright rows, suitcases with shrugs.
50 swings unbroken (or best you could do but get to 50).
MARY: boat canoe, flute bridge, plankorama ANNOUNCEMENTS: can ruck, Ales for ALS, Debbie’s Christmas party, festivus COT: YHC took us out in a combined circle with TheRock
Postscript- YHC’s grip hurts writing this, I hope the PAX attending today’s workout are not crippled for the entire weekend… kinda

Just getting after it

Date: 2025-11-08 AO: stonehenge Q: Cheese Curd PAX: Starch FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: jog to the main parking deck and head to the bottom floor for IW, SSH, and runners stretch merkins
THE THANG: Stairwell Burpee Breakdown Run to the top of the 8 story parking deck via ramps. At the top perform 1 of the following, run to the bottom via the stairs and back up to the top, minus 1 flight each time
– 20 merkins – 20 bunny hops – 20 jump squats
Once at the bottom, take stairs to the top, 6 burpees ( number of burpee breakdown x 2) and run down ramp
Head to the fountains At the center: 10 Bulgarian Split squats, , 2o dips and then either 20 inclines or declines. Go to one of the 4 entrances and 20 ab related exercises. Obviously 4x’s
Run back to AO, 20 step ups each leg, and a called ab x2
And done!!
MARY: yeah, Mary she was there for all rest periods
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see the spread sheet
COT: not much was said at COT as Starch and I talked and worked the entire morning. Who says a workout with 2 guys isn’t a blast!! We missed teddyf3 heal up brother!
Starch put up with this workout and I appriciate it, the stairwell work took about 40 mins. I don’t have the number of stairs because I forgot my watch, but it was a lot.
I know he’s young, but both him and I had lack of sleep and still crushed it today. Look in the mirror, discover your “why” and get out here.
Have a great Sat!!

Adventures into the Abyss…

Date: 2025-11-08 AO: davinci Q: Roulette , PAX: das_boot, Rudy FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Make our way down Ardrey Kell Rd. stopping at the first neighborhood for some SSH and stretching THE THANG: An adventure through Flat Branch Nature Preserve, we did some dips, ‘mercians of all varieties, das_boot introduced me to the Abyss ‘merican as we had the correct setup at the picnic area… we found a coyote’s dinner out side the men’s restroom and spot two doe on the trail… we finished it up by taking the trails behind Polo Ridge to get back home… 4 mile bootcamp :white_check_mark: Honorable mention to Rudy… We had already disembarked by the time he got to launch but put in 2.5 miles searching for us… MARY: Yep, all along the way ANNOUNCEMENTS: Food Drive Brew Ruck next Saturday Nov. 15 check out brew-ruck-food-drive for details COT: You never know what the day is going to bring and sometimes it surprises you with exactly what you needed… be ruthless in the allocation of your time and energy… Until next time davinci stay classy

6 or 7… it is it 67?

Date: 2025-11-07 AO: joust Q: Runstopper PAX: Runstopper, poptart, ChickenWing, O’Tannenbaum, ductwork, header, baracus, marge, deep_dish, @limey FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Strong group of amigos for FunFriday. O’Tannenbaum has discovered 67 and deep_dish had a rough night with the parlays. Solid Q by Runstopper who clearly wanted some miles today!
WARMUP: Quick run to the lower lot for SSH, Merkins, Runner’s Stretch, Elbow Plank
THE THANG: Sprint to the Greenway, avoiding the sidewalk trash and fast cars on Sardis
Once on Old Bell, repeats of 5 merkins and 5 jump squats. Start at Sardis with 5 merkins and run towards Horsey. At each street light, 5 jump squats and return to Sardis. Rinse a repeat for 5 times, skipping a light on each outbound trip
Hit the greenway for more miles, headed towards Providence. A few stops to collect the PAX and some backwards runs sprinkled in then return to Old Bell parking lot.
Quick pace back up the hill to launch
MARY: People’s Chair and 100 air presses in cadence :grimacing:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack for Brewruck Food Drive, Christmas Party and Fesitvus
COT: YHC

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