Q copy from DD

WARMUP: 5 burpees and run
THE THANG: copy DDs Q list. 3 exercises and then run. Burpees, bear crawl, OH Claps(10ea) run; hello dolly, dips, monkey humpers (15) run; plank jax, Amer hammers, squat jumps (20) run; seal jax flutters lunges (20) run ; CDD Mtn Climbers LBC (20) run ; squats merkins SSH (20) run back to COT 5 burpees. peachstand said we have 15 min. Let’s run another lap so we did another mile around the school. Inside voice came outside.
MARY: flutter Jax (ask Twister) gas pumpers, Freddie Mercury, LBCs and penguins with twister gas.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: love is work. Make it happen.

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The Slithering: Bushwood’s Finest

WARMUP: Mosey up bus lane, shuffle mosey shuffle mosey

Hillbilly Walkers, cherry (strawberry) pickers, sumo squats, monacan night clubs
Mosey to slight hill to loading dock
7s: Bombjacks/ Carolina Dry Docks

THE THANG:
Mosey to Band lot
Snaking through the lot with 15 pain station’s, in between moseying
5×15 burpees-75
10×15 Merkins-150
15×15 squats-225

MARY:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp 🤨 sign up

COT: prayers for parents traveling, participating in HIM camp, my travel to NJ and my mother’s grieving loss of stepdad

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601 Finals Week!!!

Nice cool morning for the 4th and final edition of siteQ school. As with the other days the theme was Stewardship. In short, how are we as SiteQ’s acting as stewards of F3’s mission, our fellow PAX, and our actual Sites.

We moseyed to the elementary school where we ciricled up and asked the assembled Site Q’s what is F3’s mission. Slow Jams impressed by quickly noting it. I then challenged them all on what our credo is and what are our 5 core principles.
I think repeating what our mission, the credo and the principles is fundamental in reminding us of why we do what we do.
After a brief discussion on what it means to be a steward of our respective sites : leave no trace, be mindful of risks, plant the flag etc… We got to work. (since it is a workout afterall)
Stewardship of Site
30 second Tabata with 10 second rest 4 rounds. ( 2 shoulder 2 leg) The series is to do one rep of a “base” exercise then follow it with a single rep of another exercise and then increase reps as the time goes on. So 1 merkin to 1 tap increases to 2 merkins to 2 taps…3 to 3…4…to 4… and so on until time expires.
Shoulder Series by 1
1 Merkin to :
Shoulder Taps
Peter Parker
Mountain Climber
Hr Merkin
Leg Series by 1
1 Squat to:
Lunges
Calf Raises
Jump Squats
Step ups (if available

After I smoked everyone’s shoulders We talked about the importance of siteQ’s role in making sure both tenured PAX and especially newer PAX or FNG’s are taken care of at their sites. Meaning, picking up the 6, explaining terminology, introducing yourself to newer ppl, and ensuring we are creating a welcoming and positive atmosphere. We then got to more work. This series was focused on core so we did 1 to 4 ratio. 3 rounds.
Stewardship of Pax
Ab Series by 4
1 BBS to :
Flutters
Feet to Ground LBCS
Freddy Mercury
Hammers

After the Core series and looking at the clock I moved us quickly back towards COT but we did partner up and did a quick catch me if you can with merkins and bear crawls..up a hill. Because why not.
At COT I had us do a quick 5 burpees OYO and then got into the final piece which is the stewardship of the mission. How we as SiteQ’s can help influence the mission by how we run each of our sites.

I encouraged pax to read the detailed SITEQ guide that Fishtix put together and then closed us all out with announcements and COT.
In Lieu of a prayer I closed it out in a moment of silence and a final thought…that for all of us to remember that somebody…somewhere…is looking at YOU not only as an example…but as THE example for something. Don’t’ let that somebody down.
Thanks for coming and the opportunity!

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And then there was ONE

6 of us for the 101 edition of Q School. Oddly enough, Lighthouse is the only PAX in the entire Fort region that needed Q School 101. 4 veterans also shared the wisdom. It was a bit of a bizzaro world, I get out to a couple 100 workouts a year, but there is only one new guy, and ZERO PAX who feel they need to hone in on their basic Q skills. Well done, nothing to learn hear. Go back to your knitting.

1. basic warm up with imperial walker, hillbilly walker, LBC, hello dolly, low slow squat, OH clap, shoulder taps, merkins
2. 7s with BB sits and jump squats, with bearcrawl 1/2 trans mode.
(Rebel was recognized for his jumping skills)
3. 2 rounds of Assassin suicides, 5-10-15, BB sits, merkins, squats AND gas pumpers, shoulder taps, calf raise
4. Mahktar N’Diayes, Kneetar N’Diayes (or course)
5. circled for some practice cadence calling with Lighthouse

Observations:
-BandCamp is a big fan of backblasts
-Squat Jumps should be re-named, maybe Squat Baby Bunny Little Hops
-Site Qs required to attend Q601 are generally grumpy dudes
-Basso was not in attendance, Rebel and Fogerty missed him
– We have an excellent Q101 doc (see BandCamp)

Q101 wisdom nuggets
-clear disclaimer
-new guy inquiry (a new guy does not know the term FNG)
-be aware of the abilities at your workout
-a longish run can be taken in chunks or destination stated for slow guys
-5 steps in calling a complete exercise
– keep it simple
-keep it moving
-keep it familiar
-clear and easy instructions
-10ct for moderates (and old guys)
-don’t Q it if you can’t do it, or aren’t going to complete it (ie calling 50 burpees and you half-a$$ 12) (really)
-practice cadence
-promote your Q, knowing what I am waking up for and where I am going is half the battle and very motivating
-I like to give no more that 3 exercises verbally per instruction, my small brain can handle 3, more than that? on a board, or chalk it
-don’t chalk MONKEY HUMPERS in a school or church parking lot
-prepare a weinke
-steal a weinke
-review a weinke with a vet
-COT
-count
-name o rama
-record (at least verbally so you have the names for your backblast
-announcements
-prayers
-WRITE A BACKBLAST
-don’t stress on all this, you can do the life and death stuff when you get crunching your excel spreadsheet at 9:04am

Thanks for hosting Fogerty
Thanks to Solid State for being my first instructor
Thanks to Rebel, Bandcamp, Fogerty and Birdcage for adding bits of knowledge

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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PainBall Redo

WARMUP: Mosey around the COT parking lot and then down the hill towards the backside of the school. While moseying we performed high knees, buttkickers, and L/R karaoke. We circled up at the pullup bars and executed the following: WindMillsICx5, 1Burpee OYO, CherryPickersICx7, 2Burpees OYO, MoroccanNightClubsICx10, 3Burpees OYO, HillBillyWalkersICx12, 4Burpees OYO, SideStraddleHopsICx25, 5Burpees OYO. We were ready to play ball!
THE THANG: 4 cones spread out in the shape of a baseball diamond. Perform exercises at each base and then proceed to the next base via suggested mode of transportation. Go until the defense completes the Outfield Dora. The base exercises and modes of travels were: Home Plate – 5 Pullups, 10 Merkins and then BroadJump to 1st base – 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 CDDs and then Lt. Dan it to 2nd base – 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 CDDs, 20 LBCs and then CrawlBear to 3rd base – 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 CDDs, 20 LBCs, 25 Flutters ( single count ) and then BearCrawl to homeplate.
The offense continues around the base path and tries to make as many trips to home they can before the defense completes the following Dora routine: 50 Burpees, 100 Sumo Squats, 200 Flutters ( single count ). Finished 1 complete inning with Bobber’s team losing to Rebel’s team 3-1.
MARY: Penalty for losing was 1 minute of Burpees. In F3 fashion both teams performed the penalty. Ended right at 6.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence 6/10 for Kenya, Boss Hog farewell drop in at the Print Shop
COT: Lifted up prayers!

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Bushwood or Bust….

WARMUP: SSH. Cherry Pickers, Merks, Rebel Merks, Diamond Merks, Imperial Walkers, Nightclubs, Squats, Honey Mooner, Downward Doggie, Windmills, Mosey…
THE THANG: Keep it simple: Mini – Ladder – start at 5 reps w each rung in ladder adding one rep ( 6, 7, 8, and 9) 5 Bomb Jax, 6 Diamond Merks, 7 Big Boys, 8 Donkey Kicks, 9 Seal Jax!
Next up – some 11s ( that Bass couldn’t wait to get started )
We started top of the hill with Bobby Hurleys then moseying down around the bend and up the Hill to a spot so close to the starting point ( other side of road) and knocked out Plank Jax to keep the math working…
Called an audible half way thru to assist with the hill climbs and descents- finished out the 11s on a flatter area of the entrance. Almost infringed on the Minnow Pond parameters ( but who was measuring the total ground covered??)

MARY: 4 mins of Mary completed with a solid use of Heels to Heaven by Gemini who challenged the Pax up to a 15 count ….when the mumblechatter began after passing the standard 10 count! Nice work by all!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes!!
COT: Prayers for Geraldine who was being comforted at Hospice ( prayers for Slash and family), Family ( teenagers for ChickHawk), health and fellowship as we head into Summer.

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Grinder Pivot

WARMUP: Joined Tomahawk for a Grinder led exercise.
THE THANG: Accepted invite from Grinder to complete 1 round of carrying ridiculously heavy items and made Q decision to peel team away while we could still move.

Moseyed HIMS to River Trail Elementary sports fields for Dora the Explorer. 200 Big boys, Merkens, Sumo Squats w bear claws and running as MOT.
Moseyed to bottom of hill back to COT. Ran to every light pole totaling 7 with 10 merkins at every pole. Go back and drop a light pole. Mosey back to COT.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter. 2 Murph options.
COT: travel, kids growing up, kids summer safety.

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Tom’s bushy Rollercoaster

WARMUP:
– mosey back to hill
– SSH / WM / IW
THE THANG:
– roller coaster = modified suicides. Base cone and 5 additional cones spaced out up the hill. Add 10 reps at each cone, starting with 10 at first cone, finish with 50 reps at last cone. Exercises: squats, mountain climber, plank jack, LBC. 5 min time running in background, every 5 min there is a 1 min rest in which PAX have to complete 10 burpees, resume with suicides once 1 min has passed.
MARY:
– airborne hip exercise and mosey back to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held with Tomahawk PAX.

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Buckets o pain

The buckets made a return to another AO since we last saw them at Slowburn.

With a warmup with our friends from Tomahawk we then took off to near the band practice area where we ran all over drawing exercise assignments from three distantly placed buckets o pain.

As the Q, I believe I was the loudest complainer of the morning and I made the whole thing up. Sad. (Looked good on paper.)

Prayers for Luka and DT.

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