Category: The Stockade

“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!”

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WARMUP: Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly’s, Imperial Walkers
THE THANG:
Mosey to the Church Parking lot for a game of Dodgeball !!!

2 Pax at each end taking shots at those in the middle.
Shot to Upper Torso = 5 Merkins
Shot to Lower Torso = 5 Squats

Catch the ball from Pax at either End, Thrower must perform 2 Burpees

In between movements :

SSH
Cherry Pickers
Squats
Merkins
Moroccan Night Clubs
Wind Mills
High Knees
Seal Jacks
Took a Lap around the lot. Total Running distance was 1.9miles

MARY: Met back at COT with 9 minutes remaining. Each Pax called out a movement for the rest of us:
Donkey Kicks
LBCs
Leg Circles
Planks
Slow & 6in Merkins
Calf Raises
Hello Dollys
Dying Roaches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pickup, read your newsletter
COT: Always Stays in COT !!!! Top Secret !!!

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“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!”

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WARMUP: Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly’s, Imperial Walkers
THE THANG:
Mosey to the Church Parking lot for a game of Dodgeball !!!

2 Pax at each end taking shots at those in the middle.
Shot to Upper Torso = 5 Merkins
Shot to Lower Torso = 5 Squats

Catch the ball from Pax at either End, Thrower must perform 2 Burpees

In between movements :

SSH
Cherry Pickers
Squats
Merkins
Moroccan Night Clubs
Wind Mills
High Knees
Seal Jacks
Took a Lap around the lot. Total Running distance was 1.9miles

MARY: Met back at COT with 9 minutes remaining. Each Pax called out a movement for the rest of us:
Donkey Kicks
LBCs
Leg Circles
Planks
Slow & 6in Merkins
Calf Raises
Hello Dollys
Dying Roaches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pickup, read your newsletter
COT: Always Stays in COT !!!! Top Secret !!!

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Let’s Mumblechatter

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WARMUP: Intro and began to mosey across 420 to the BOA ATM. We didvsome MNC, windmill, pickers, ans seal jacks.
THE THANG: Mosey behindvDD and did some parking lot line work. Bear Crawl 5 lines and crawl bear back. Crab walk 5 lines and walk Crab back, Karaoke 5 lines and back. Mosey to the day care with some toy soldiers and butt kickers. In the parking lot, 4 corner time. 3 rounds, 10 reps each. Started with 4 merkin styles, the 4 leg exercises and finished with 4 ab workouts. Ran the long distance and Nur the short. once finished, went to the flag and did the pledge and message. Ran back to HT for some wall sits and B2W.
MARY: At COT, got in a little Mary work.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D bar and read newsletter.
COT: Prayers for health, travel and marriage.

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Q School – 2024

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One of F3’s core principles is that our workouts are peer led on a rotating basis. Leading a workout is one of most fundamental pieces of getting the full F3 experience. By developing and honing skills a Q you in turn, are developing as a leader. With that in mind coming soon to the Stockade we will be hosting the first Q school of 2024.   Q school will look to hone workout skills that any Q would use like calling cadence, setting routines, and planning on how to wrap it all up in 45 minutes. Whether you are a seasoned vet or still in your rookie year it’s always good to learn new things and push yourself. Hope to see you all there!

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We may not be teens anymore, but we brought the 40+ YO Spirit..,

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WARMUP:

Some Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Moroccan Nightclubs, Imperial Walkers and Hillbilly Walkers to loosen everything up then a mosey over to the church parking lot

THE THANG:

TABATA with 50 seconds of movement and 20 seconds of rest. Every 5th set we had a lap around the lot with the balance of 2 minutes to rest. This was all set to a 90’s alternative playlist that brought great joy to all attending

Activity included: Merkins, Squats, Donkey Kicks, Calf Raises, Flutter, High Knees, Mountain Climbers, Side Straddle Hops, Al Gore, Box Cutter, Plank Jack, Lunges, Dry Docks, Seal Jacks, Monkey Humpers and Freddie Mercury
MARY: One set of 12 LBCs once we got back to COT to get us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam Bar coming up. Lots of opportunities to serve in various areas available in the newsletter and Slack

COT: Prayers for mental and physical health

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BDE at the Stockade

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We had 9 at the Stockade for one of the last days of 2023

Started off with a basic warmup.

Short Mosey around the parking lot back in front of the Dance studio.

15 IC SSH
10 IC Windmills
5 Burpees OYO
15 IC Seal Jacks
10 IC MNC
5 Burpees OYO
15 IC Plank Jacks
Stretch
15 IC Mnt Climbers

First Routine

12 Days of Christmas. This is where the Mumblechatter got dialed up a notch.

Basic 12 days of Christmas set up. Started with day one and got to day 12. Reps of a given exercise matched the day.

Day 1 Burpees
Day 2 Burpees
Day 3 Burpees
Day 4 Burpees
Day 5 ( 5 Count rest)
Day 6 Squats
Day 7 SSH
Day 8 IW
Day 9 Calf Raises
Day 10 LBc’s
Day 11 Flutters
Day 12 BBS

I set this up so after day 5 we ended each “round” with 10 Burpees. Again, this was a crowd pleaser.

We then took a short mosey around the parking lot again for the second routine of the morning.

This format was similar to the Laredo workout but obviously modified.

4 rounds

25 Merkins
25 Squats
25 BBS

Lap that we just did in the parking lot.

It was here I put on some music for the PAX as we did these exercises.

With only 5ish minutes to go I got us back to COT for a 4-minute AMRAP. I would call out an exercise and we would max out reps.
Minute 1- HR Merkins
Minute 2 – Flutters
Minute 3- HR Merkins
Minute 4- Plank.

COT: Show some BDE guys and share whats on your hearts. Be specific. As someone said in COT today you can’t get specific help if you don’t have a specific ask.

AYE!

Always fun to lead.

Thanks to all of you!

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4 Corners

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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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Ten Secrets to Success

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7 strong at The Stockade. We began with warm-ups (SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, and extended plank stretches).

Next, the main event. When you have been around for a while, you can recycle your old workouts. Pro tip: Be sure to do a backblast so you can copy and paste the content.

I always enjoy reading and hearing about success stories.  The struggles, hardships, and the eventual victories.  Since I am old as dirt, I can tell you there is no secret sauce but I came across this list of traits published by Investor’s Business Daily after studying leaders and successful people.  These  traits, when combined “can turn dreams into reality.” 

Back to the workout. . Each trait was read then we completed 90 seconds of the exercises listed below.  We ran a lap around the carpool circle and repeated process until all ten traits were covered.

 HOW YOU THINK IS EVERYTHING: Always be positive. Think success, not failure. Beware of a negative environment.  (Merkins)
DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE DREAMS AND GOALS: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them. (Squats)
 TAKE ACTION: Goals are nothing without action. Don’t be afraid to get started. Just do it. (Freddy Mercuries)
 NEVER STOP LEARNING: Go back to school or read books. Get training and acquire skills. (Flutters)
BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD: Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up. (Carolina Dry Docks)
 LEARN TO ANALYZE DETAILS: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes. (Plank Jacks)
FOCUS YOUR TIME AND MONEY: Don’t let other people or things distract you. (Lunges)
DON’T BE AFRAID TO INNOVATE; BE DIFFERENT: Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity. (Shoulder Taps)
DEAL AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY: No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others. (Calf Raises)
BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: Otherwise, Nos. 1-9 won’t matter. (Burpees)

Great job everyone!  

Final note..I know from experience that you tend to fall on your face several times before you see a victory.  It doesn’t get easier as you get older, but you continue to get up, dusts yourself off, and keep moving forward.

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