Letting Go of Heavy Things

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WARMUP: Disclaimer, brief COP, Sen T rolls up late like he’s the special guest of the day
THE THANG:
Mosey to road behind school for 10 burpees at each of 5 light poles with various forms of lunge walks between each pole

mosey to picnic tables for some step ups, dips, derkins

mosey to football field

pax line up side to side and do Al Gore while one pax does weaving run through the line to the far end. continue this fashion for 100+ yards

rinse and repeat above with flutters in place of Al Gores

pick a partner and line up like WR vs DB. DB runs defensive route to keep pace with WR for about 10-20 yds. flapjack. rinse and repeat full length of field

100 yd bear crawl back to starting end zone

mosey back to parking lot for 10 burpees, then sprint home

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8/4 convergence, 1st F Q transition, trash pickup

COT: It was great to be back with the pax after much travel over past 2+ months.

the past 3 days involved lifting heavy stuff (Cindy at the Bubble and sandbags at Stockade) so today was “no lift day”

besides the heavy weight in the Gloom for two days, I’ve been carrying heavy stuff on the workforce for 2 months. I’ve been missing the pax during this period and all the mental reminders and affirmation just isn’t enough to keep me in a clear headspace without the benefit of a push from the pax in the Gloom.

thanks to Bitcoin for the invite and thanks to the pax for posting and always filling my tank!

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Mojo Rising

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Portal led the warm up. His first time counting in cadence. He crushed it

We moved around the campus today

Legs at the auditorium entrance:
20 step ups – mosey
20 box jumps – mosey
20 one leg box jumps- mosey

Mosey to the 4 year old parking area
Bear crawl

Mosey to the outdoor lunch area
People’s Chair with leg lifts
Tibialis raise

Mosey to auto shop
Burpees for the 6

Mosey to pull-up bars
1 pull-up
2 chin ups
3 merkins
5 sets
Harry Carey complimented this and I admired I stole it from Skate-or-Die: https://f3thefort.com/2022/07/01/hardest-24-minutes-in-all-of-the-fort/

Mosey to Sugar Creek for some hip mobility
Shin Box Switch
Sumo-Squat, knee tap
Cossack Squat, knee fold
(Crowd pleaser)

COT

Set an alarm to make things around you better today.

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The Twister 2.0

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WARMUP: Group Led Warm-up

THE THANG: The Twister 2.0

Taking the original Twister 1.0 -which is a traditional Dora (100 Merkins/200 Squats/300 LBC’s) while partner runs the stairs and around the Exchange Bldg on Market St. The Twister 2.0 requires a slight modification:

100 Merkins
200 Squats
*300 Gas Pumpers (Twisters favorite Abwork)

MARY: Shout out to Senator Tressel “you can never get enough back” we performed horizontal pull-ups on the rails in front of Charanda’s, dips on curb & 5 minutes of stretching!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomorrow Hwy Cleanup, Stuff the Bus August 5th, Convergence August 4th.

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Running Street Jackson

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Tried to make a pun on an Outkast song lyric “I’m sorry Ms. Jackson” by saying “We’re running street Jackson.” But much like running Jackson Street, it wasn’t funny. (Although I laughed)

Ran for a mile
Core work for the 6
5 burpees
10 hand release merkins
16 split squats (8 each leg)

Rinse and Repeat

Keep after it. Awesome to see guys that don’t typically run 3+ miles in the gloom crush it today.

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Black Diamond is uncovered at The Stockade

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Warm-up began with short mosey to church parking lot. Some pax were lucky enough to carry a sandbag. Teams of three were formed, luckily we had just enough to form six teams. Seven rounds of exercises, team members rotated to each exercise. The first exercise (motion) acted as the clock. Once complete, rotate to next exercise.

Round Motion Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1 Run to church Squat with SB SSHs
2 Sandbag carry H/R Merkin LBCs
3 Inch Worm merkins Flutter/press Calf Raise
4 Sandbag toss Shoulder Taps Jump Squats
5 Burpee Broad Jump Diamond Merkin S. Press
6 Lunge walk w/bag Carolina Dry Dock Hello Dollies
7 Bear Crawl Man Maker American H

Most got through round 6, need to adjust cone distance or save the workout for 1hr.
Great job everyone!

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10ish Rules for Life

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WARMUP: SSHx10, MNCx10, Windmillsx10, off we went.

THE THANG: 10 stops with 6 exercises. Merkins, Big Boys, Squats, CDD’s, LBC’s, Jump Squats.
Starting at 10 each and each spot reduces the number by 1. Also, at each spot we shared 1 rule for life to succeed.
After we completed the stop at the count of six, the next stop we did six reps each again and escalated by one rep until we reached 10.

MARY: Joined by the BOSSmen after their SL workout. We always appreciate having them at FL.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: adopt a highway Saturday. Stuff da Bus. HIM Camp.

COT: Prayers for the spoken and unspoken.

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Partner Shredder

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, and Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG:
Mosey to football field
Cheese Shredder
Partner Up:
Exercises (Weinke = W) – 10 Yard Line- Burpees, 20 Yard Line- Shoulder Taps, 30 Yard Line- Peter Parkers, 40 Yard Line- Monkey Humpers, 50 Yard Line- LBCs
Round 1= Human Wheel Barrel/ 10 Yards – Run Back 50 Yards; Repeat W
Round 2 = Partner Carry/ 10 Yards – Run Back 50 Yards; Repeat W
Round 3 = Bear Crawl/ 10 Yards – Run Back 50 Yards; Repeat W
Round 4 = Crab Walk/ 10 Yards – Run Back 50 Yards
SPECIAL MESSAGE: A partner is always better to help you through life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp, Bethel Shelter Taco Night, 9/11 5k Run
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Flexing

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We spent most of our time on challenges that @Mainframe “could have accomplished 20 years ago.”
Notes: @Peta needs a side career doing voice overs
   @Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) is actually from GA, which makes the bulldog thing understandable
   @Slapshot and @fishstix stayed towards the 6 to make YHC feel like the workout was challenging
   @SouptoNuts brought a co-worker (Joe Blow) along to commiserate. He name dropped @Royale_F3
   @photobomb and @Badlands were psychic on the lack of running and got more in on their own. For an extra fee, they’ll do tarot card readings
   @Sprocket is considering building a company based around puzzles of Mark Rothko paintings
   @Shady & @Esso seemed enamored with how many picnic benches you can fit under an awning

Kept it light on running as recovering from giving blood apparently takes me a long while. Spent a lot of time on mobility and leg exercises. And hey, you can learn a lot on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLyss7FkFc

The pistol squats after a ton of lunge walking pissed guys off. 🙂

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Circling the Drain

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WARMUP:
Windmills
Toy Soldiers
High knee taps
…in the pouring rain.

THE THANG:

100 Yard Sprint 3x to dry off of course

19 – Seated bike rack sit-ups.
19 – Alternate side sit-ups /  knee to elbow
19 – Seated bike rack sit-ups.

Select 40-60lb bag for rest of w/o

19 – Reverse lunge & twist
19 – Squat w/ overhead press
19 – Sandbag Shovel

19 – Pushup -on bag / w/ alternate mountain climbers.

50 Yard Bear Crawl w/ bag
19 Pushups – Pulling Bag through to side-to-side each rep.

19- Forward single leg lunge – over head press “on up”.
19- Backward single leg lunge – overhead press “on down”.

MARY:

19 Alternate Jack-Knife-Sit-Up
V-up, 1 leg in air, touching heals

1 long body destroyer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HIM CAMP – 21 registered
Enjoy your 7am nap.

COT:

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Leg Day at Bushwood

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When YHC realized I was on Q 4 times this week (that realization happened on Tuesday…..), I wanted to work to get other PAX involved. F3 is peer led in a ROTATIONAL fashion. Me leading 4 times in a week doesn’t feel rotational.

So, I passed the reins to Bounty Hunter (who posted for the first time in a long time at Block Party yesterday. Kudos to him for stepping up and welcome back Kotter)

WARMUP: he led that
THE THANG: he’d placed some weight plates down near the bus doors.

4 sets
10 deadlift
10 slow calf raise
10 quick calf raise
Run/Nur

A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

4 sets
10 squat touch the bench and overhead thruster
10 boxer foot touch on curb
Run/Nur

A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

2 sets
5 Bulgarian split squats
A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

Back to COT carrying two of the plates cause Bobber can’t follow simple instructions

Good to have Bounty leading today! Now if we could just get him into slack…..

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pickup is Saturday (7/22/2023) at 7:45am meet at Harris Street. Family help is welcome!

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