On the fly(forgot to schedule a Q)

WARMUP: IC exercises and stretches
THE THANG: mosey to side wall at teeter for wall work that included wall sits and Moroccan nightclubs while 1 pax ran to other side and performed 5 flying squirrels and ran back. Next round included Mike Tyson’s on the wall while pax ran out and performed 5 burpees. Alternating to wall plank and then wall sits until complete. More moseying behind teeter for curb 7’s that had us bearcrawling to one curb for incline merkins and crab walk back for dips. More mosey for partner AROD hill work at the apartments. One partner ran up to the firehouse and back while other partner performed 300 lbcs, 200 squats, 100 merkins.
MARY: some IC work
ANNOUNCEMENTS: upcoming BBQ/bourbon event, upcoming poker event, q source, read your newsletter
COT: enjoy the little things in life, travel mercies

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DORA – AROD (Dora spelled backwards for those who need an explanation)

Great start to the morning with a few Kotters arriving before kick-off. Short disclaimer and a lap around the parking lot. Circle -up for warm-ups (SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, MNCs, and some burpees mixed in.
Next, we moseyed to the church parking lot.
DORA 1-2-3 merkins (100), Squats (200), and LBCs (300).
Partner 1 – ran around the parking lot
Partner 2- performed exercise
Flapjack

AROD 3-2-1 merkins (300), Squats (200), and LBCs (100).
Partner 1 – ran backwards around the parking lot
Partner 2- performed exercise
Flapjack

Back to COT

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Tag me in coach and a bday boy bonus

WARMUP: As Pax gathered, the mumblechatter intensified. It was going to be one of those mornings which is always fun and encouraging. YHC rec’d the bat signal call from Esso to sub-Q due to prior commitments and who can say no to that guy. Plus the opportunity to Q these group of merry men, can’t turn that down!

Ran over to the church, avoided any cars, did some high stepping and butt kickers on the way, and circled up in the parking lot. Did some SSH, cherry pickers, squats, merkins, back stretches.
THE THANG: Ran over to the benches and did a rinse and repeat (just 2x) of: step ups (20), incline merkins (20), dips (20).

Ran around the turnabout at the church to kick off pearls on a string. Exercises consisted of: 10 bomb jacks, 20 diamond merkins, 30 hammers, 40 squats (note to self, this was a lot), 52 flutters (for Anchorman bday boy), 60 calf raises. So at each stop, we added on the exercises and then went down for a few after we got to 60. The stops included: church, entrance to grocery, water fountain at apartment complex, fake stop at neighborhood on the back left from fountain so ran back to fountain, fire station house, parking lot of daycare, road behind gas station, back to COT.
MARY: quick Mary led by Slow Jams
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Patience for parents, kids, teachers
COT: Yes, completed this and even got a quick show from Senator!

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Cigarette butts and Ants at the Buffet

WARMUP:
Mosey around parking lot.
15 SSH IC
7 Windmills IC
15 LSS IC
15 Imperial Walkers IC
15 MNCs IC

THE THANG:
Apple Turnover across parking lot, Flip it and reverse back again. Looks out for those cigarette butts in the grocery store parking lot.

Mosey up near gas station and over to the church.

Did a circuit of exercises, with very little running.
1st round:
50 Merkins
50 Squats
50 LBCs
50 CDDs
50 Lunges
50 Flutters
10 Burpees
Run a lap a lap around the parking lot

2nd round: 40 reps and 10 burpees
3rd rounds: 30 reps and 10 burpees

Saw a few loner PAX running on their own… NASA and Badlands.

Moseyed back to CoT.

MARY: She was there for a few minutes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Don’t forget your #3rd-F. It’s very important as our “busy-ness” increases.

COT: Stays in CoT.

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No Pancakes

WARMUP:
– various exercises with “daily count” of 8/22 reps and mosey to Church via fire station
THE THANG:
– modified 4 corners with sandbag timer lap:
– kettle bell swings
– manmakers
– slam balls
– bomb jacks
-> rinse and repeat
MARY:
– mosey back to COT: Airborne Hips and some regular mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Whipped out a swampy sweaty wienke with a shable

WARMUP: It was warm and schweaty.

Run around the perimeter of the parking lot with butt kickers, high knees, side shuffles and then circled up. SSH, windmill, cherry picker, low slow squats, merkins, honey nooner, down dog. Back to COT to grab the 40 bag.

THE THANG: Took the bag and pax over to bubbles and bows because they need a trim. This wienke was originally used at the Swamp in June 2019…oldie but goodie.

In a circle we numbered off to determine our order as 2 would follow 1, 3 follow 2 and so forth. Pax 1 would run to the other end of the parking lot to do shoulder presses, min 10 and max 25, and then handoff to 2. While pax 1 was on the bag, the remaining pax were doing exercises and pax 1 would pick up at the beginning or where they left off.

Exercises were: 25 bomb jacks, 50 jump squats, 75 calf raises, 100 SSH, 100 flutter right leg only, 75 CDD, 50 merkins, 25 burpees.

After the shoulder press and all pax completed this, next was 10/25 of curls. Then was 5 squats, then was 3 merkins with bag in your back. So continued to rotate the back as pax completed the 25-100-25.

Ran back to COT for a shable (a story in the tale of a fable authored by shady, shable). False ending so did a full lap around the parking lot, then back to COT.
MARY: went around the circle with stretching exercises called out…it was great.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: heard about how awesome HIM camp was, 9/11 on 9/9 event, newsletter
COT: old school CSPAN prayers and praises

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Taste of pain at the buffet

Rolled in with 10 min to spare but unbeknownst to me that was much time to get all of my torture equipment set up.

WARMUP: None straight to the THANG

THE THANG: Set up 16 stations and 3-sets of cones towards HT. Set a timer HITT timer for 1 min of exercise then 10 sec of rest then move to your right to the next station for 4 sets. Then proceed to to run suicides with the timer set for 2:10 what ever time you have left is your rest time.

Stations
1. Dumbbell front raises to lateral raises
2. Dumbbell Squat to Overhead Presses
3. Dumbbell swings
4. Slam balls
5. Throws
6. Sandbag Overhead Throws
7. Sandbag Curls
8. Hand Release Merkins
9. American Hammers With Medicine Ball
10. Alternating Toe touches
11. Kettle bell Chest presses
12. Sumo Squat Pulses
13. Burpees
14. Reverse Crunches
15. Wipers
16. Mike Tysons

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: continued prayers for the Weed family’s loss of their son. Also prayers for a church goer that was hit by a car.

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The Mighty Five at the Golden Corral

Five, fine Fort Millians gathered at the HT lot for another helping at the Golden Corral. Here is what they did:

THE THANG:
Mosey around the HT lot and circle up near the front of Harris Teeter for COP:
SH x 25, windmill x 10, merkin x 15, squat x 20, imperial walker x 20, box cutter x 20, wide arm merkin x 15, Alabama ass kicker x 15 (L/R), mountain climber x 25, cherry picker x 15

Mosey to the lot in front of Best Brains. Using the parking lines as a guide, side shuffle left along the line, quick steps forward to the next line, side shuffle right, quick steps to the next line. Continue until we reach the end (approx 10 lines). Rinse and repeat in the reverse direction back to the starting point.
Line up along the first parking lot line.
Bearcrawl to the end, 10 burpees, bearcrawl back, 10 burpees
Lungwalk to the end, 15 bmbjcks, lungewalk back, 15 bmbjcks
Crabwalk to the end, 20 diamonds, crabwalk back, 20 diamonds
Lungewalk to the end, 10 burpees, bearcrawl back, 10 burpees

Indian Run around the lot and circle up at the flag for ABLAB:
Freddie Merc x 25, Rosalita x 20, Superman x 3

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check your newsletter.

COT: We prayed for loved ones and friends with cancer and for the teachers and students going back to school.

Lots of chatter today, including ‘Apache 10 counts’ from everyone recalled their beginnings at F3 and how they were named. We all got to know each other better this morning.

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Walk around the church

10 #ao-golden-corral for a @chickenhawk walk around the church.  There was some #feba.  by @OldBay and @Twister with just a bit of mumble chatter across the rest of the pax.  We had some UvU, iron sharpening iron and a great morning under the 90% waxing Gibbos moon.

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Importance of Running Backwards

WARMUP: Plank-updog-downdog-merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-shoulder taps; Plank-updog-downdog-peter parker; Plank-updog-downdog-plank jacks; Plank-updog-downdog-diamond merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-other variety of dynamic plank work and so on and so on
THE THANG: Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x10 — a little extra Mary mixed in.
Mosey to the apartments- complete dynamic warmup including hamstring sweeps, walking RDLs, deep lunge walks, toy soldiers, high knees, butt kicks; BACKWARDS sprints up the hill towards the fire station x4; Last sprint was a challenge- each pax had to surpass their previous stopping point before tagged by YHC, otherwise the group was subject to an unknown penalty (probably burpees)… no one will ever know because the threat of penalty motivated everyone to sprint backwards that much faster!
We discussed THE IMPORTANCE OF RUNNING BACKWARDS at COT. If you’re getting some miles in with your fellow pax and they’re dogging it for whatever reason, it’s important to be able to run backwards faster than they’re progressing forwards, look them in the eyes, and say whatever motivating (or demeaning) statement to give them a kind gut check! SkateOrDie knows this too well from YHC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints & Padres tonight!
COT: Beaker’s son turns 4 today. Prayers for physical and mental illness among the pax. Prayers/praise for Halfshell’s boys heading to camp.

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