No Mercy for 2024

Ran past schools toward the lightpoles/hill

mandatory stop for some Bobby hurleys at the bball hoops

starting at first light pole – run to second lightpole do 10 merkins then run back to first pole. run to 3rd lightpole do 10 merkins then run back to first pole. run to 4th pole do 10 merkins….etc. didn’t make it all the way to Walmart but got close.

headed back with about 10 minutes left and got a few more Bobby hurleys as we passed the basketball hoops.

4.25 to 4.75 miles with close to 70 merkins

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Day One and I’ll stick with my resolution.

First day of the new year, 2024. Great morning. Starting the year off right! Ran, walked, ran, walked a little bit more, great morning!

2024 is going to be an absolutely insane year. The media, the election, the strife in our country, it can be sometimes overwhelming. Much less Twitter, and stay in more fellowship with the Lord, the only real hope. Peace.✌🏻

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Just Keep Posting

WARMUP: Imperial Walker, HB Walker, SSH, Windmill, MNC
THE THANG:
11’s. Merkins, run 50 yards, flying squirrels

Partner Dora

Timer 75 yards run out and back

200 bench step ups
100 Erkins
125 Squats
50 Derkins
100 Calf Raises

Other Thang: 10 wall climbs

Mounting Climbers , slalom run , Big Boy Situps, run back, rinse repeat
MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens Shelter, CSAUP, D2D bar run
COT: Closed in prayer

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Core and Cardio with a big Donut

WARMUP:
– SSH / IWS / CP / mosey to hill by gun shop
THE THANG:
– Sprints: 3x hill sprint with at least 50% / 75% / 100% steam
– donut flip: 2 teams, traveling PAX calls exercise which all remaining PAX have to complete until traveling PAX has reached other team, rinse and repeat until all have traveled.
– Sprints: same as above
– mosey back to COT
– Core and Cardio: various core exercises for 3 min, then 1 min cardio exercise, rinse and repeat 4x
MARY:
– Jack Webb: 1/4 pushups + OH claps
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held

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No more summersaults!

WARMUP: We warmed up in the lot, patiently awaiting the arrival of Mr Change Order, who apparently changed his plans without proper notice to Senator Tressel. Despite Change Order’s absence, we declared the workout officially launched after a few of the tried and true warm up moves and moseyed down the road.
THE THANG: The real work started at the top of Anchorage where the pax ran to the cul de sac at the bottom and then back to the top, pausing for 5 burpees along the way at the crest of each hill on the rolling route (@Slapshot)

We moseyed back to the parking lot then took the loop around the park, stopping for some pull ups at the bars (@Trucker). We took advantage of the terrific ballfields by doing a routine around the bases in honor of the World Champion Texas Rangers that included more burpees, merkins, squats and LBCs.

From here, the Q began to veer off course into danger zone by suggesting a series that included summersaults. upon a single demo, the Q promptly audibled (#FailFast).

instead the pax executed a series of lunges, crawl bears, backwards lunges and bear crawls.

Mary showed up for a bit as a glorious sunrise burned in the horizon and welcomed the pax back to the Flag for the finish.

It was a terrific morning of fitness, laughs and some inspiration related to One Word. Smuggler finished the year strong and promised to return on Jan 2, perfectly leveraging his 2023 word Commitment. Fishstix isn’t sure if he’s ready in retirement to commit a whole year to a single word, which makes perfect sense since he’s a day trader. Curious to see if he follows the One Word Per Day path effectively. Senator Tressel continues to live his best life in ageless fashion and in steady pursuit of more wisdom than his few gray hairs might suggest.

Thanks Uber for making BAOPS a continued reality in The Fort!

Happy new year pax! Many more moments of acceleration lie ahead in 2024! SYITG
COT: yes, old fashioned, no videos, arm in arm for prayers. Peace!

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4 Corners

WARMUP: Everything in cadence to 10
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Moroccan night clubs
SSHs
1 lap around the full parking lot

THE THANG:

Upper Body 4 Corners )4 laps)
4 corners:
1st – 10 merkins
2nd – 10 diamond merkins
3rd – 10 wide grip merkins
4th – 10 merkins

4 laps
Before each lap:
5 burpees
10 Tricep dips
10 CDDs
10 shoulder taps

Leg Day Pyramid:
5 Jump Squats
10 lunges
15 squats
20 sumo squats
25 calf raises
30 SSHs

MARY:
4 minutes of ab work.

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Blast from the Past

WARMUP: We welcomed two pax from years past and far off locales, Chino Grande and Uncle Sam! Then we got after it.
THE THANG: Based on a late night call from the bullpen by Cake Boss, the plan all along was to include the pax. We did some warmup moseying, then found our way to the far West side of the school and proceeded to follow a pearls-on-a-string path driven by each pax in Fartlek style. Each pax picked a destination, a form of transit and an exercise for the group once we reached the destination. Then he passed the baton to another pax. In each case, the pax shared how long he’s been posting and a bit about what brought him out to F3 and kept him posting. All learned, and all sweated. A good morning with welcome friends! Thanks for the Q stick CB!
COT: Yes! it’s one of the 5 core principles!

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Helluva Tabata

WARMUP: dynamic plank warmup with upward and downward dogs
THE THANG: (see attached image below)
tabata 30”exercise1 & 30” exercise2 then 30” rest — 6 exercise sets at the pull-up bars with cindys— 2 rounds

tabata 30”exercise1 & 30” exercise2 then rest 30” – 3 exercise sets in the endzone — 2 rounds

MARY: reaching pickle pointers were the crowd favorite

COT: Top Hits of 2023 were not a crowd favorite of the 9 pax in attendance. There’s always next year.

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12 Days of Christmas

Warm up loop around Lowes with exercise stops. Got back for 12 Days of exercise. Goal was to go through 6 take a lap around building and finish last half. After completed started day 12 and got back to day 10.

1 – Flying Squirrel
2 – monkey Humpers
3 – Diamond Merkins
4 – Big Boy
5 – Squats
6 – CDD
7 – Lunges each leg
8 – American Hammers
9 – WAM
10 – LBC
11 – SSH
12 – Merkins

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