Recess Time

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WARMUP:

10 of each:
MNC
Wind Mills
Cherry Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
4 Recess games of Yesterday

  • Game 1 — Red Light, Green Light: Everyone lines up on one end of the lot/field. Green Light = mosey/run. Yellow Light = walking lunges. Red Light = freeze and do 3 squats. If someone gets caught moving on Red Light: 3 burpees for everybody. Keep it moderate by making this more ridiculous than fast.
  • Game 2 — Four Square: Mark four corners roughly 20–30 yards apart. Each corner gets an exercise: 10 Merkins → 15 Squats → 20 LBCs → 10 Carolina Dry Docks. Travel between corners using different “playground transportation”: bear crawl for a short section, side shuffle, backward mosey, regular mosey. Complete 2–3 rounds.
  • Game 3 — Dodgeball Without the Dodgeball: Split into two teams on opposite sides. Q calls an exercise—plank, squat hold, Al Gore, etc. One PAX from each team races to the center and plays Rock-Paper-Scissors. Winner returns; loser does 5 reps of a called penalty exercise before returning. Next two PAX go. Completely unnecessary competition will naturally become extremely serious. 😂
  • Game 4 — Sharks & Minnows: One or two PAX are Sharks in the middle. Everyone else crosses the Yard. Tagged PAX do 5 squats + 5 Merkins and become Sharks. No tackling, diving or NFL combine nonsense—just tagging. Last Minnow standing gets absolutely nothing except bragging rights.

MARY:

  • Dips, Gas PUMPERS, Burpees, Heel Touch, Calf Raises, Merkins, LBCs variations

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Anniversary 9/29
COT:
Always stays in COT.

Recess Time

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Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball

Music: Amazon Playlist (curated by Jim Cooke) “Blue Oyster Cult” The playlist is long. We just listened to the beginning.

Warmup:

  • Mountain Climbers
  • Big Boy Sit-ups
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Hillbilly Walkers
  • Windmills
  • LBC
  • Mosey a lap

Dora: 80-160-240

  • 80 Merkin
  • 160 Squat
  • 240 LBC

As each partner returns from their run, the partners pause. They take a volleyball and try to bump, set or hit back and forth until there is a fault. They may then add their number of successful touches in order to take away from their numbers.

Mosey a little bit.

Elevens.

  1. Merkins & Calf Raises
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Blame It On the Boogie!!


WARMUP:
Cherry Pickers, Pidgeon Stretch, SSH,
THE THANG: Indian Run 1/2 way through back of the school. Flying Squirrels, Mountain Climbers at the half way point. Turn back around to B'ball court. Each corner had a deck of F3 cards focused on Arms, Cardio, Core, Legs. The Boogie Down soundtrack played in the background: The Jackson 5's Blame it on the Boogie, Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland, Jerry Lee Lewis's Boogie Woogie Country Girl.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men's Shelter, 9/11 Stair climb.
COT: Families, Illnesses, Return to school.

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Short Circuit

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

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

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

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

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

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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