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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Varsity HIITs

Varsity HIIT routine
12-15-2023
Thang 1: HIIT routine
Chapter 1: Do the below 32 seconds on, 10 sec standing rest in between
Merkins
monkey humpers
Squats
Pickle pointers
Bobby Hurley’s
Chapter 2: Do the below 40 seconds on, 20 sec rest in between (rest is a Low Plank)
Mountain Climbers
LBC
CDD
Amer Hammers
Peter Parkers
Chapter 3: Do the below 45 seconds on, 15 sec standing rest in between
burpees
Imp Walkers
Squat jumps
step ups
SSH
Repeated the three chapters
Did bear crawls between chapters.
Finished with Airbornes.

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Christmas Convergence

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Broke out into two groups. Half went with Soup to Nuts to the football field and half went with Sprocket to the grass field
Warmups were done at the workout sites
Soup2Nuts thang at the football field: Partner Dora
50 burpees
75 WWI Situps
75 Squats
75 Merkins
75 American Hammers
200 Clave Boss Clave Raises
75 Dips
Timer: bear crawl 20 yards; run 30 yards; run back 50 yards to workout area

Sprocket thang at the grass field: Wheel Spoke

Center Hub: 5 burpees

Spoke 1: Rd.1 25 merkins bear crawl to center hub; Rd.2 50 squats broad jump to center hub; Rd.3 40 lunges crawl bear to center hub

Spoke 2: Rd.1 25 Bomb jacks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 shoulder taps, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 3: Rd.1 50 American hammers, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 100 calf raises, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 100 Side straddle hops, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 4: Rd.1 100 Flutter Kicks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 LBCs, crawl bear to the center hub

After 26 minutes Group 1 and Group2 swapped workout sites and did the workout.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Cake Boss closed us out in prayer

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Pushing with a Purpose

WARMUP:
– SSH, WM, mosey to hill
THE THANG:
– Dora: 100x pushups, 200x humpers, 300x calve raises // run to stop sign at hilltop
– 4-corners: various gear at each corner, bear crawl to next station after timer went off
MARY:
– Airborne hips
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Old Kingsley

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
100 Wall Step Ups with Ruck on
100 Erkins with ruck on
We rucked 3 laps around old Kingsley Park while sharing a 40# sandbag every 7 minutes
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens, D2D Bar, CSAUP,
COT: Closed in prayer

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