Category: the yard

Short Circuit

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, WM, HW, mosey and Broga
THE THANG: 3 circuits:
1st: Upper Body, 15 Merkins, CDD, 20 Shoulder Taps and 15 WAM x3
2nd: Lower Body, 15 LSS, 20 Lunges, 15 Jump Squats and 60 second wall sit x3
3rd: Core/other, 10 burpees, 20 Mt Climbers, flutters and Glut Bridges x3. Did modify burpees on round 2&3.
MARY: 10 6 count burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Meatloaf at Bethel, Trash Pickup, lots of running opportunities.
COT: 5th core STK.

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Borrowed ideas of sweat

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WARMUP: Mosey with SSH, Hillbiliies, Lo Slo Squats, Bonnie Blair’s
THE THANG: 4 Corners with 5 Burpees in middle (plagiarized from Maximus The Fort Q a few weeks ago.
2 Rounds
15 Merkins
15 Jump Squats
15 Carolina Dry Docks
15 Big Boys

To Curb
5 Mike Tyson’s then bear crawl across to opposite curb
3 rounds

3 rounds of dips on benches.

To Hill
Triple Nickels (Copied from Casey Kasem Q at The Fort)
A pax picks an exercise
5 reps at top of hill
Run down hill
5 reps at bottom of hill.
Run up hill
5 reps at top of hill.
We made it 4-5 rounds.

MARY: Short one
ANNOUNCEMENTS: KB workout, Trash pickup, lots more.
COT: Families and marriage struggles.

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My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard

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Mission of F3:
To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

5 Core Principles:
1. Free of charge
2. Open to all men
3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
4. Led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
5. End with Circle of Trust

Credo:
Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.

Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. Light Poles:
Light Pole 1: 10 Burpees
Light Pole 2: 20 Merkins
Light Pole 3: 30 Squats
Light Pole 4: 40 Big Boys
Light Pole 5: 50 Calf Raises
➡️ MOT: Lap 1: Mosey between poles, Lap 2: Bear Crawl between poles, Lap 3: Crab Walk between poles

2. Partner Work:
P1: 20 Incline Merkins
P2: Hold plank or Al Gore
Repeat with:
20 Decline Merkins
20 Step Ups
20 Dips
MARY: She does like Qshakes so No Show
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Not-erate Yard Work

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WARMUP: 10 each

  • SSH
  • Moroccans
  • Cherry Pickers
  • Windmills
  • Flying Squirrels

Mosey on track doing:

  • Butt kickers
  • High knees
  • Karaoke
  • Toy Soldier
  • Lunge
  • Burpee broad jumps (~10)
  • Bear crawl

THE THANG:
Goal was 3 rounds, most PAX between 2-3 done.

Station 1 – 20 each

  • Merkins
  • Scorpion Dry Docks (switch half way)
  • Shoulder Taps (both = 1)

Station 2 – 30 each

  • LBCs
  • Fluttahs (both = 1)
  • Box Cuttahs

Station 3 – 40 each

  • Mtn Climbers
  • Peter Parkers
  • Plank Jacks

Station 4 – 50 each

  • Squats
  • Calf Raises
  • Bomb Jacks

MARY:
Throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel, stuff the bus

COT:
Kids back to school / leaving the nest, family members health.

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Coupon at the Yard

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WARMUP:

  • SSH
  • Windmill
  • Moroccan Night Club
  • Cherri Picker
  • Imperial Walker

THE THANG:
Station 1
Thrusters

Situp with Overhead Press

Side Straddle Hop

Overhead Press

Tricep Curls

Jog to next station

Question:
o Good experience from this week?

Station 2
Wide Arm Merkins

Heels to Heaven

Side Straddle Hop

Mountain Climbers

Shoulder Taps

Lunge walk to next station

Question:
o How can you help your M this weekend?

Station 3
Squats

Lunges

Side Straddle Hop

LBC

Flutter Kicks

Jog to next station

Question:
o Improvement you want to make before the end of the year?

Station 4
Jump Squats

Side Lunges

Side Straddle Hop

Big Boy Situps

Flutter Kicks

Jog to next station

Question:
Favorite TV show / Movie?

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Princess Bride

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WARMUP: did a few
THE THANG:
Ran down the bus lane to the road then back to first light pole.
Series of exercises at exercises at each light pole while one man transports back the last pole and back and timer

Squats
NUR
LBC
Lunge walk
Calf raises
Side shuffle
Big Boys
Side shuffle
Side Lunges
High knees
Flutters
Toy soldiers
Repeat
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Tic Tac cone and Agility ladder

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Warmup:  MUSICAL

  1. Devil went down to Georgia remix by State of Mine (3:37)
  1. Base = Imp. Walkers
  2. Chorus: SSH
  3. Solos: FRUIT PICKERS
  1. Country roads remix by Me first & Gimme Gimmes (2:11)
  1. Base = Hillbillies 
  2. Chorus = Windmills

Thang:
1-Tic-Tac-Cone
Prelude, take a lap and have guys stand in order of how fast they finished… Every other guy on one team, the rest on the other.

  • Pax in 2 teams for relay race. Tic-tac-toe grid (chalk) set up across the lot.
  • Each team gets a stack of (2 types) of cones
  • Ready/set/GO → 1 pax sprints to grid, lays cone down
  • As soon as cone is down, next pax can start
  • 1st pax moseys back to join the line
  • Winning team does Windmills or Imp-Walkers, while losing team does X#-burpees
  • If tied…. Both do x# Lt. Dan’s

2.-Agility Ladders:
5-Each/Nur back
1 foot Forward hop (R/L)
2 foot side hops
1 foot side hop (R/L)
Merkin crabwalk (R/L)
… Only did two of these each side
Icky Shuffle
Hopscotch
scissor shuffle (R/L)
MARY
Proud Mary (3:07) CCR.  
CPOP = “Rolling” → Switch Exercise
Big Boys….Rolling…Gas Pumps….Rolling….Flutter Kicks…REPEAT til song ends or 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pick up, Dad and kids event on 6/20

COT: prayers lifted for marriages, and loved ones who are ill or recently passed.

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Dora Plays Games

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, CP, Merkins
THE THANG: Stack of tiles with exercises. Two teams flip a tile and do 10 reps then run a lap. The “#2” team won an extra set of SSH! CONGRATS!

Part II: Dora: 200 Squats, 200 LBCs, 200 Casbah #2s, 300 flutters.
MARY: We took turns. Lemme rephrase, we each chose an exercise.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Thursday 6/4 – meatloaf , July 7 Dads and 2.0 at WEP which will end in a water balloon fight (heck yeah!)👍
COT: With Jesus.

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