Dedicated to Bass

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WARMUP: We gathered with a lot of F3 years under our belt. It was cold so we needed to warm up our old bones. Bass wore every particle of clothing he owed, Eddie started a new fashion trend wearing a winter hat and a ball cap on top. Old Bay was in awe with this new look, he’s been wearing 2 hats since.

We ran over to the basketball court for some warmups: SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, Parker Peters and I think that was it.
THE THANG: We ran back to our cars, to drop off Pusher’s hat because he was drawing too much attention from FiA, and stayed in the main parking lot.

3 sets of exercises, 20 reps:
1. Merkins
2. Squats
3. Shoulder taps (in cadence)

Lap around the parking lot, rinse and repeat, and another lap.

Ran to the back of the school by the little foot bridge for another set of 3.
1. Lunges
2. American hammers (double count)
3. Calf raises (20 in, reg, out)

Ran back up the hill and back, rinse and repeat, the ran back up the hill with a sprint.

Ran over the bridge and behind the track because I’d never been there before. Another set of 3.
1. CDD
2. Plank jacks (in cadence)
3. Seal jacks (in cadence)

Kept running behind track to the other parking lot for a rinse and repeat. Bass decided to do a lot of CDD so the shoulders got toasty.

For all the above exercises, we all rotated calling cadence…because it’s good practice and YHC didn’t have to count the entire time.

Ran back to COT.
MARY: Airborne special, which was horrible, and then some stretching.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yep
COT: did it while sitting on the ground

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Blasting backs for peggers

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WARMUP: A brisk jog that left the Q too winded for the rest of the stretches and exercises to be called correctly. The pax held strong and performed them correctly anyways.
THE THANG: Four corners of pain consisting of rows, presses, flutters, bag tosses, man makers, American hammers, front squats, deadlifts, curls and something called Bradley Presses (Q sited some website called onlyfans for where he found the exercise).

We bear hugged and lunge walked our bags to and fro.

Some slight delays during the work due to lack of visibility and eye sight (mostly eye sight) to read the repertoire of exercises on a homemade index card.

MARY: she wasn’t there, it was too cold.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: praise your higher power whoever/whatever that may be it just ain’t you.

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Hot coffee in the throne room

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WARMUP: 30 minutes, not enough time… Go straight into beating
THE THANG:
1st-F:
Some of these in cadence
 
On the twelfth day of Christmas, the Nation gave to me…
12 Low Slow SquatCHes,
11 Hello Dollies,
10 twisting lunges,
9 Staggered Chain-Kins,
8 big-boy sit-ups,
7 Dying Cockroaches
6 mountain climbers,
FIIIVE BLAZING BUR-PEES!
4 plank Jacks,
3 Chain Press Flutters,
2 CHickle-Pounders,
And a short sprint at breakneck speed!

3rd-F
Contextual Prompt (sent prior to the meeting): “Think about an area in your life where you feel like you’re preparing or clearing the way for something greater. What are you doing to prepare? What roadblocks might need removal, and why?

MARY: no chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: flag hand off Saturday, Christmas Eve, convergence/run at the yard
Read your newsletter
COT: fifth core principal… Expanded into 30 minutes!

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The Return

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WARMUP:
Parking Lot Mosey: 20 SSH IC, 10 Windmill IC
Mosey to American Flag Pole: 10 IW IC, 10 HW IC
THE THANG:
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Merkins
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 LBC
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Squats
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Dips
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Derkins
Rinse & Repeat
MARY: Yes – American Hammer, Hello Dolly
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Too many to list, RYN
COT: Always

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The Return

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WARMUP:
Parking Lot Mosey: 20 SSH IC, 10 Windmill IC
Mosey to American Flag Pole: 10 IW IC, 10 HW IC
THE THANG:
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Merkins
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 LBC
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Squats
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Dips
Run lap around drop-off loop, returning to flag pole – 25 Derkins
Rinse & Repeat
MARY: Yes – American Hammer, Hello Dolly
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Too many to list, RYN
COT: Always

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40% Yinzers

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3.35 miles were taken in around the Kingsley property this windy morning.
– Cyclops set the pace.
– 3D was War Baby
– Dojo was War Daddy
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens Shelter tonight, Christmas Party & Clave Boss 5k this month
COT: Closed in prayer.

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The Truth Matters

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Thermostat read 22 degrees at 0500hrs, but Cake Boss had Johnny Cash playing early and we never felt it. YHC was curious who, or how many would show in these conditions, but was pleasantly surprised with 12 faithful, including some newish PAX and some Upper Management that brought the mumblechatter!

This is “Q-School,” let’s get the disclaimer correct.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional – you are participating at your own risk – you are responsible for your own well-being – you are here voluntarily, and you are not paying to be here – know your limits and do the best you can – modify as necessary.

WARMUP: Let’s mosey. Loop around the student parking lot. Plank in a Circle of Pain for the 6. With the 6 in, went over The Mission and the 5 Core Principles – in order!
– 20 SHH IC
– 10 Windmills IC
The mumblechatter was excessive here. No clue how many Windmills we actually did, so… 5 burpees OYO. It did its job and quieted the PAX, for a moment.
– 10 LSS IC
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
– 10 MNC IC
– Yoga – Reminded the PAX of the DRP and why we’re here; to GET RIGHT.

THE THANG: Mosey to Pull-up Bars – Plank for the 6.
Discussed various types of workout formats, i.e. Pearls on a String, 7s or 11s or 21s, DORA, 4 corners.

We started with 7s this morning – 6 pull ups at the top of the hill, 1 burpee at the bottom. Made sure that we picked up the 6 and completed ALL of the reps.

Instead of asking for a 10 count, YHC continued to preach and advised the PAX of alternate ways to catch a breather if the PAX need it. We discussed properly planning your Q to ensure you have enough to do for the duration of the workout, to wear a watch, to try to address all of the parts of the body in the workout, and again, to leave no man behind.

From there, we partnered up and grabbed a coupon. Completed an AMRAP of the following exercises while your partner ran down to the stop sign and back:
– Derkins with feet on coupon
– Squat with coupon
– Overhead press with coupon
– American Hammers with coupon

Mosey back to CoT

MARY: Flutters, LBCs, Peter Parkers, Plank Jax with various PAX practicing commands and cadence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Bethel Men’s Shelter

COT: Stays in CoT

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Bearded Wonder Takes On The Pond

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NASA asked me to Q Minnow Pond about a month ago and I accepted forgetting that I had Lake Haigler 12 hour 2 days afterwards. The plan was to take the Minnows to the trails and get some miles there but that will have to wait for another time to do that. It had rained the night before and there were a lot of leaves on the trails. Didn’t want someone to do a Superman like Dark Helmet did last time I Q’d here.

Took the fellas to Harris Street Park and as Strava describes it Harris Street Hell Hills. It’s almost a mile to the park from Veterans Park so keep that in mind for future Q’s.

We did hill repeats each way with 10 hand release merkins at the middle, 10 monkey Humpers at top of one side Harris Street and 10 Sumo Squats at Harris/21 Hill. Most got close to 4 miles total.

Had a group of guys carrying around fancy book bags filled with styrofoam peanuts and a few had actual weights in them. Maximus,Rebound,Dark Helmet,Farmers Only,Spider-Man, Crystal Lake, Wooden Leg and Anchorman all rucked I’ll let you decide who had peanuts and who had weight.

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Cold & Smokey

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WARMUP: Mosey to WEP and then proceeded to SSH, Windmill, Imperial Walkers, Moroccon NC, and Strawberry Pickers.
THE THANG:
Phase 1: 2 Rounds of Cheese Shredder
Phase 2: Round 1- At each swing, we did (10) Merkins with a Mosey between each swing; Round 2- At each swing, we did (10) Squats with a Mosey between each swing; Round 3- At each swing, we did (10) Lunges with a Mosey between each swing; Mosey back to the AO
MARY: Burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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