The Eagle had Landed

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The Fort July 20th 2024
Four pax at the Fort. 55 years ago, apollo 11 landed on the moon (7/20/69).
Disclaimer, run.
Warmup: SSH (12x i/c); windmills; Imperials; Moroccan N/C; Low slow squats; big arm circles; peter parkers; plank stretches.
–Run
Thang 1: Fish Tracker: do transportation, then the exercise called.
Toy soldiers walk – called bobby hurley’s
Bear crawl – merkins
Lunge walk – squats
Crab walks-LBC
Curb plank – CCD
–Run
Thang 2: Wall work
Wall sits, run out and do 4 merkins
Wall muscle ups
Balls to the wall
–Run
Thang 3: Apollo Elevens: start w/ 1 Bobby Hurley at the top, run down and do 10 merkins. Etc.
–Run down path to Harris street park
Thang 4: BBall court relays: run to half court, do exercise, run back to baseline, then run full court and do exercise, run back. We did: burpees (5 oyo); then mountain climbers (15 oyo).
Thang 5: Gazebo work:
Step ups, incline merkins, dips, squats, decline merkins, calf raises. We used the gazebo’s rafters to do five pull ups.
–Run back to WEP
Thang six: EAGLE mary
E=elbows to knees, A=amer hammer, G=gas pumpers, L=LBCs, E=Elbow plank
Fini
COT

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River District meets 6@6

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WARMUP: Some of us.
THE THANG: Run – 6miles ish – Munn Rd to Harris to Sam Smith to Dam Rd down Harvest Point then back. Out 3 miles back 3 miles.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes – CSAUPs COMING_ Adopt – a – Highway litter pick up Aug 10th._ Newsletter.
COT: YeS

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Not so Moderate Deck o’ Death

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Eleven men got a little better this morning at The Yard. Here’s what we did:

Warm-Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
– 10 Seal Jacks (IC)
– Mosey the bus loop

The Thang
Deck o’ Death (take turns pulling cards and performing the following exercises followed by a short run)
– 90 second High Plank
– 100 SSH
– 20 Diamond Merkins
– 20 Dips
– 20 Merkins
– 60 second Low Plank
– 20 Smurf Jacks
– 19 High Knees
– 15 Oblique Crunches (each side)
– 20 Irkins
– 17 Monkey Humpers (IC)
– 20 Shoulder Taps
– 18 Backwards Lunge
– 100 Calf Raises
– 20 American Hammers
– 13 Wojo Squats

Mosey back to COT lot for Four Corners
– 15 Tempo Merkins (IC)
– 15 Heels to Heaven (IC)
– Elevens (LBCs/Lunges)
– 15 Y Squats
– 15 Alternating Shoulder Taps
– 15 Rosalitas
– 15 Derkins

NMM
The humidity was as high as the spirits this morning as we endured Wisdom by Walker and a couple solid bar jokes. I hope today’s workout was the hardest thing we do today, but most likely it won’t be. Maybe it’s a past due Honey-do list or a hard conversation with the M. When whatever that thing is manifests today or this week, I encourage you to attack it with the same vigor you attacked today’s beatdown. Do the hard thing today instead of letting it eat at you for weeks. You got this!
-IJ

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Dont Try This Alone

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Decent weather brought out 6 Pax for an 0630 start. 2 more came in at 0632 after picking deer carcus out of Senator Tressel’s grill…but that’s another story.

WARMUP: Mosey around the park towards our destination, with some stops and work along the way. Destination was the vert ramp on the backside of the ball park. Two steep inclines opposite of each other was where we would spend the next 55ish minutes.
THE THANG: Partner up. Start at bottom of hills and each partner runs opposite way to top and back where you meet for exercises. Rules of engagement were you must run and rep together. Meaning if you run back to the bottom and your partner isn’t there yet you keep running to bring him in. When one partner had all the reps they could take (or you were done with the exercise) then you take off running. No rest/cheerleading here. Exercises were as follows:
– 50 Burpees
– 100 Donkey Kicks
– 150 Squats
– 200 LBC
– 250 Shoulder Press

Pax got done quicker than expected so we got some extra credit in the form of NURing up each hill twice and going through the exercises again, albeit smaller rep count. Same rules applied – we nur and we do the reps together.
MARY: BROGA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Important stuff
COT: Priceless

NMM: Was great to be out leading this morning after a week or so of laziness and not posting. Pax were encouraged to lean into the 2ndF of this great thing called F3. Rather that be shieldlock, whetstone, coffeteria, taco Tuesday or any other form formal or informal. As men we tend to be loaners or surface level with other men. You are missing a HUGE benefit of F3 if you’re not accelerating 2ndF.

Was truly an honor. Divac out.

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S.L.O.W B.U.R.N

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YHC had the privilege to spend 45 minutes getting better with 11 HIM at Slow Burn. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up
– 10 LSS (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Plank Jacks (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)
– 10 SSH (IC)

The Thang

Serpentine the parking lot to review the exercises and course

Squats
LBCs
Overhead Press
Workins

Big Boy Sit-Ups
Up Downs
Ranger Merkins
Nolan Ryans

Run down to F45 and repeat
– Round One – 10 Reps
– Round Two – 15 Reps
– Round Three – 20 Reps
– Round Four – 10 Reps
– Round Five – 5 Reps
Total mileage: 1.73

NMM
The average age today was 48 with Hash Brown being the youngest at 26 and Twister/Short Sale being the War Daddies at 60. Today was a great example of the gift we have in F3. Many men live an isolated life of loneliness lacking friends and connections. They have lost track of school or service buddies years ago and Covid decimated their work and convenience relationships. What they are left with is time and no one to spend it with. That’s why F3 matters. We have true friendships that add value to our lives. We have a brotherhood of men that are older, younger, richer, and poorer. They don’t always look like you, vote like you, attend your church, or pull for your favorite team. And you know what, we are all better because of it. That’s why we have to share what was first given to us. EH that guy down the street. I promise he will appreciate the request as soon as he realizes you have what he needs. Be that guy for the guy that needs what you have.

Aye!
Italian Job

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Sidewalk Shuffle

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After a quick disclaimer and discussion on the overnight tech outage, we got started.
Warm-up exercises: SSHs, IWs, WMs, CPs
Lap around the parking lot
Sideway Shuffle:
One pax completed a shuffle while others performed an exercise (Merkins, CDDs, burpees, flutters, LBCs, Hammers, Squats, Lunges, etc)
Shuffle sequence:
1. Arm Shuffle
2. Erkin Shuffle
3. Toe Taps
4. Derkin Shuffle

After each round, we ran a lap.

30 seconds left for Broga.

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Sublime KB Tabata No Wind, No Problem Stankfest

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WARMUP: YHC was 2 min late prepping for the workout. Bandcamp lead us in SSH and Swings, Imperial Walkers.
I continued with:
– Windmills
– Cherry Pickers
– Peter Parker’s
– Dying Cochroaches
THE THANG:
Tabata workout: 1 minute per exercise, 20 sec rest
Run a lap after completing a group
Group 1.
– Swings
– Curls
– Flutters
– Deadlift
– OH Press
Group 2
– Snatches
– Goblet Squats
– Tris
– American Hammers
– Renegade Rows
Group 3
– Halos
– BO Rows
– Calf Raises
– Side Lunges
– Chest Press on six

We went through groups 1-3 once, back to Group 1, did 2 from Group 2, then ran it in to COT.

COT:
Guys shared many prayers on their minds and we ask that these be repeated and lifted up.

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Back at it #MakeSkateGreatAgain

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If being truly honest, this was my 1st BC Q in quite some time (definitely over 6 months and probably closer to a year or more) and the nerves of would I remember what to do or the exercise names was real this morning…

Which reminds me of my favorite quotes:

“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action” ~Walter Anderson

No matter what you are anxious about, take a step… then a second… and then the next… and so on… before long you’ll turn around and see just how far you’ve come…

Funny, once we got started it was like riding a bike and all of the anxiety went away…

WARMUP: a few minutes of Broga to stretch it out a bit followed by some dynamic warmups

THE THANG: mosey to behind the JROTC building to pick up a Cindy. 5 rounds (10 reps down to 6 reps) completing each of the exercises before slow mosey to bottom of hill followed by accelerating run back to top.

Exercises w/ Cindy:
– Swings
– Overhead press
– Overhead Tricep extension
– Curls
– Upright row
– Bent over row
– Merkins
– Lunges
– Squats
– Calf raises

MARY: Shield had to bounce, so HC and I finished up our last set, returned the Cindy’s, and finished up at COT with some Mary…

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Upcoming CSAUPs

COT: ya gotta show to know!

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Captain Therkin to the rescue

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WARMUP:

Mosey to front of movie theater
SSH, Imperial Walkers, Moroc NC, British NC, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps- nice shoulder burn after that series, Calf stretch, Runners Pose, down/up dog, merkins  

THE THANG:  

Main parking lot, at every light post alternate between 10 Squats, 5 Mike Tyson’s.  Go from one end and then back. Repeato but second round is 10 lunges, 5 big boys  

Head to back parking lot.  Running around perimeter we stop at the four corners plus two midpoints (6 rep stations).  First round 5 burpees at each station.  Second lap, 10 hand release merkins, then 10 wide arm merkins next station, 10 diamond merkins,   repeat the three to cover the six stations.

Another mosey around lots heading back to front of theater for a Captain Therkin web: 1 big boy, 4 amer hammers 2 merkins
2 bb, 8 hammers, 2 merkins  
Continue up to 10 bb, 40 hammers 2 merkins.    

Almost out of time, head back to COT ~2miles covered.  

Announcements- Emilio’s pizza for 2nd F in the fort tonight.  
Prayers- for Cutlet, Shamrock, Sugardaddy’s M., Goose’s grandfather.  Q takes us out.    

Great AO, lots of space to work with, good lighting. Always good to meet some new pax from The Fort. doing some good cross marketing to secure Q’s- three Waxhaw guys over 4 weeks! on Q next Thursday

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No Shower Curtain, No Problem

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WARMUP:

SSH x 25

THE THANG:

Mosey around lot mixing in Low Slow Squat, Merkin and Flutter

Mosey to benches near hill and complete 2 rounds of step ups, dips, derkins.

Grab a coupon from nearby rock storage facility.
Move towards hill.

10 curls at top, shuffle to bottom, 10 burpees at bottom, shuffle to top, 10 OH Press at top. Shuffle back to bottom, Lunge Indian Walk back up the hill.

Carry coupons back to storage.

Wall Squat count to 10 waterfall
Balls to wall count to 10 waterfall
Mosey to Pullup Bars

Farmers Only lead
2 rounds of:

Max pull ups
Duck walk to corner 1 – Diamond Merkins
Lunge Walk to corner 2 – Big Boy Situps

Mosey back to hill. Run down and Cubbie led exercise at bottom. Run to top and Escargot led exercise at top.

Mosey back to COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jaeger 7/27, Stuff the Bus
COT: Went around and shared Prayers/Praises

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