Category: Block Party

It certainly wasn’t hot

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WARMUP: 3 gathered in the wet because they decided today was a day to get a little better. We took off towards the engineering building where the mini wall is located and did SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squats, merkins. 5 minutes into the workout and we were already wet so we were definitely committed to the weather.
THE THANG: Made our way over to WEP for some old school drill bits.
At each drill bit which are now bench swings, we did 1 exercise but added an exercise and count at each new swing.
– 10 bombjacks
– 20 diamond merkins
– 30 American hammers
– 40 squats
– 50 flutters
– 60 calve raises

The last 2 swings we just did the flutters and calves.

Ran back to the small wall for 2 sets of: 20 step ups, 20 dips, 20 derkins (only 10 derkins for the second round).

Ran down to the small parking lot for a wall sit where each guy stepped out to do 2 burpees and then rinse and repeat. Then back to COT.
MARY: 1 round each guy call cadence before time ran out
ANNOUNCEMENTS: men’s shelter
COT: CSPAN style around the group for some prayers and praises.

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The Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet

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Warm-O-Rama
SSH
Windmills
Arm circles

Moseyed to the pharmacy parking lot where the party began.

Each Circuit was done for 5 minutes for as many rounds as possible, with a 1 minute rest in between. After the 3rd circuit we repeated circuits 1 through 3.

? CIRCUIT 1: “The Grinder”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Squats
– 10 Merkins
– 10 Jump Squats
– 10 Wide Arm Merkins
– 10 Bonnie Blairs (5 each leg)
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 2: “The Beast”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)
– 10 Lunges (5 each leg)
– 10 Diamond Merkins
– 20 SSH
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 3: “The Gauntlet”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Carolina Dry Docks
– 20 Flutter Kicks (4-count = 1)
– 10 Plank Jacks
– 10 Shoulder Taps (R+L=1)
– Bear Crawl ~10 yards
– Crawl Bear ~10 yards
– Run across the lot and back then

We moseyed back to COT in time for Piston Crunches & a 1 minute plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus, coffeteria convergence Friday at Panera Bread- State of the Nation from <@U5CVD8D7V>, Bethel Men’s Shelter 1st Thursday in August 7th.
COT: I brought up the subject of “What’s your Why?” Why F3? What keeps you coming back? Prayers were made.

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Monkey steals the peach

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, CP… all IC, mosey to WEP Amphitheater

THE THANG:
Quick Overview of 7 Knife Attacks(pax hold Al Gore)
Pax get pool-noodle-“dagger” (pic below)
Get coupon from rock pile

• Hilt, Fist, Cut, Thrust, Slash, Drag, Fillet  (High Flyers Crush Steel Targets During Fieldwork…)
• Saber Grip vs. Filipino Grip (Thumb position) – discourage reverse/Ice-Pick grip
◦ Saber better for Fist+Hilt… Filipino better for Slash & cut (protects wrist angle)
◦ Reverse Good for Hook & Trap… but not today
• Basic Stance (reverse guard hand to protect hand tendons / protect carotid)

OFFENSE
1 1 Pax does coupon Overhead presses…. Other Carves Alphabet on his Torso
◦ Flapjack
2 All but 1 Pax Holds “Coupon Cross” circle Pose (linked by rocks)…. Last pax in center  practices targeting Carotids, Brachial, and Femoral
◦ After getting all pax, trade out to next man
◦ must hold coupons high enough for slasher to access Brachial arteries & spread legs enough for Femoral access (TWSS…)

DEFENSE: hold Al Gore again during instruction 

Pax practice this w/ EMOM; Indian run style attacks on same pax practice a single technique at a time

– 4 Burpees then try MEET …
– 10 Merkins then try PASS or FOLLOW
1 Meet: Slash at their hand on the way in (+ 2x force!)… – must use free hand to check his knife hand
2 Pass: Step away, but cut wrist AS he passes
3 Follow: Step away, but backhand cut AFTER he’s gone through

CHALK KILL CHALLENGE: Swap Noodles for Sidewalk Chalk
• NO STRIKING, GRAPPLING, OR “cuts” ABOVE THE NECK
• 30 sec. Goes…. Then # reps = # “cuts”
◦ Man Makers… SSH till 6 is up
• Repeat
5:50-ish: head back to COT

“Discipline is the blade that carves out greatness. You don’t rise to the occasion—you fall to your level of training.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter items

COT: prayers for lost loved ones, discernment, marriages-and accountability. Therin, and upcoming outreach efforts.

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8 blocker at block party

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WARMUP: Broga by BOSSmen
THE THANG: doing 8 blocker leadership goals exercise. Jog to top of hill and collect writing tools. Box one fill out your Concentrica, box two your 1st F goals for the next 13 weeks. Box 3 fill out one way you are going to strengthen a relationship that is out of balance in your Concentrica box. Box 4 is one goal for improving your faith.
Back page is more personal goals in listing your jester, your mental Sharpening, your intentions with your date nights, advice to give your younger self.
MARY: we did multiple exercises in between each box. Some running, bear crawling, hill sprints, merkins, standing penguins and some other things.

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Pyramid of Pain

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WARMUP: Circle up in the parking lot at COT for the following, all 4 count:
– 15 SSH
– 10 WM
– 15 IW
– 15 MNC
– 10 Strawberry pickers
Then mosey to the parking lot entrance on Main St by Hobo’s for…….
THE THANG:
Pyramid of Pain
Workout area is the parking lot behind Hobo’s, from entrance on Main to entrance on Clebourne. 7 exercise stations, first one right at the lot entrance on Main, each approx 25-30 yds apart, with the final station 7 at the entrance on Clebourne. Stations are:
1. 5 burpees
2. 10 cinderblock curls
3. 15 cinderblock overhead press
4. 20 LSS
5. 25 merkin
6. 30 LBC
7. 35 flutters 4 ct
Method
Start at station 1, do the exercise. Lunge walk to 2, do the exercise. Then run back to station 1. That is round 1. Repeat, but each round you add on an exercise station, doing each station, do not skip any as you progress towards each station. Lung walk to each station, then run back to starting station 1.
Rd 1
Station 1 + Station 2
Rd 2
1 + 2 + 3
Rd 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
And so on until you get to station 7

Everyone finished all stations. The plan was to then, after you finish station 7, do NOT run back to starting station 1, but instead cross the railroad bridge on Clebourne, then stop at the field that COT is on the opposite end of (approx 80 yards?), then bear crawl across the field to the gravel lot, then run back to starting position 1 and repeat. We ran out of time, so after we finished station 7 we just ran across the field to COT just in time for 6am.

Everyone did GREAT! Mumblechatter was excellent, humidity was off the charts, we all put in a solid effort of pain and sweat equity. I will Q this again if given the opportunity, but will skip the warmups so we can do the bear crawl to COT.

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A LOT going on. Read the newsletter, reach out in COTs and get involved.
COT: A lot lifted up. Do not forget to celebrate the good things, good moments in life, do not just focus on the negative or bad. Little victories. They help change the prism of how you look at things. If you only tend to focus on the bad or negative, that is all you will see. Do not let the good things slip through! Change that prism, one little victory at a time.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG
-NASA

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Pitter Patter Lets Get At Er

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WARMUP: 30 SSH / 15 Cherry Pickers / 10 Moroccan Night Clubs / 1 minute plank
THE THANG: board of Payne with downtown half mile loops.
Run Loop 1, 25BBS/25 flutter kicks (4ct)/25 LBC’s
Run Loop 2, 20 merkins/20 Carolina Dry Docks/20 shoulder taps each
Run Loop 3, 25 squats/20 lunges (10ea)/ 20 jump squats
Run Loop 4, 10 burpees/20 mountain climbers (4ct)/25 plank jacks
Run Loop 5, 25BBS/25 flutter kicks (4ct)/25 LBC’s.
Hold air squat for a couple minutes
Hold plank for a minute

MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter July 3rd. Support if you can.
Sweaty Barry July 22nd

COT: yes

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New Office Tour

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On what was the most humid day of the year so far, 9 pax got after it in the gloom. <@U01NGHPR2HW> asked that I give my “why” for F3. My why isn’t because of the workout or doing something that most ordinary people wouldn’t do or because it put me in the best shape of my adult life when I was called to donate a kidney to a friend, but it’s because of the group of men that create a community that cares about each other.
I know that if I don’t show up, someone will wonder where I am, how I’m doing, and truly care about me.
This is more than a workout group. It’s a community that I’m proud to be a part of. Keep posting, check on Kotters, and get more men into this group.
WARMUP: We mossey’d over to the First Baptist church parking lot to give us some room and some nice pavement to work from. Started with SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Merkins, Parker Peters
THE THANG: The OG Dora of 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 LBCs. Followed that with a Jack (1/2 of a Jack Webb) of burpees and Overhead claps and then a Webb Jack of Mountain Climbers and Mack-tar-njais.
MARY: Ran back towards COT and then climbed the steps at the park before going back to Veterans Park for some box cutters and some flutters.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter service on 7/3/26.
COT: Lots of prayers for families, jobs, and our group.

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Party on Massey Hill

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WARMUP:
40 SSH
10 windmills
20 Merkins
Mosey up Massey Hill

THE THANG: DORA style, 4 rounds:
One partner runs down and up Massey hill, other partner accumulates reps.

Round 1:
100 merkins
150 CDD
200 shoulder taps

Round 2:
75 big boys
100 flutters
150 mountain climbers

Round 3:
100 monkey humpers
100 jumping split lunge
100 squats

Round 4:
75 navy seal burpees
+9 navy seal burpees at the end of

MARY: Flutters, but mostly gasping for breath

ANNOUNCEMENTS: several

COT: don’t be generic – be specific and willing to open up about your struggles

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Sogg-a-roni

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WARMUP: regular with some added stretches
THE THANG: long mosey to WEP covered pavilion. Dora followed by a loop with jump squats at every bench. Mosey back then. Mary
MARY: pax took turns
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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