Category: the yard

Chatty Cathys Coming Thru!!!

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Pyramid of pain
Do 5 Merkins run a lap
5 merkins, 10 squats, run a lap
5,10,15, run a lap
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All 6 exercises run a lap
Now drop SSH and work back down. 5,10,15,20,25 run a lap
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5.10 run a lap
5 merkins run a lap
If you do all of it the totals are to the right

5 merkins. 55
10 squats.  90
15 calf raises. 105
20 LBCs.   120
25 Moroccan nightclubs. 75
30 SSH.  30

Wall sits for a few minutes
7 minutes of Mary

To round it out we did 5 merkins in warmup and another 10 in Mary to get 70 for those doing Shieldlock challenge

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Rain Rain Go Away!!

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WARMUP: SSH, Merks, Cherry Pickers, LBCs, Squats, Over-head Claps, and …..a slow mosey.
THE THANG: Multiple Pain Stations all completed in cadence- 3 sets at each location ( varying reps) – Pax took turns leading the cadence. Preceded by a skill challenge:
Free throws were mixed in for the Pax – Basketball and a Hoop at the Yard were made available for a random testing of the Pax skills at the free throw line.  Penalties for missed shots were Bigboys, Squats and Merks.  6 Pax shot – with only Dojo sinking the shot.  Penalty sets completed w some mumblechatter.
Mosey to the turf football field where Barry took the Q stick and led the group on a 100 yd scoring drive with only mins left in the beat down.  
A bevy of bear crawls and Toy Soldiers challenged the pax in the gloom! Nice work closing out the day!
These pax started their Saturday plus 1!

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Skeet shoot sign up, blood drive sign up, bourbon tasting, and read newsletter!
COT:Prayers for health, healing, and Life’s lessons.

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T E Y H R D A

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17 enjoyed my Q at the yard on Saturday Oct 22.

We stretched a bit at the beginning and then moseyed to start a Thang from a weinke I had done at the Yard three years ago.

Paired up

We ran to the back driveway and at each light pole was an assignment. Each pole had one letter of THEYARD, except for the excitement that the letters were out of order. You had to Jog to find the next letter. Lots of grumble.

T
Donkey kicks (10)
Merkins (10)

E
LBC (25)
Dying Cockroaches (25)

Y
Mountain climbers (25)
Grave diggers (20)

H
SSH (25)
Burpees (5)

R
Box cutters (15)
Burpees ( 5…yes more burpees)

D
Bobby Hurley’s (10)
Hello Dolly’s (20)

A
Squats (30)
Lunges (15 ea)

Overall I would say it was a big hit and everyone loved my Q. I’m sure I’ll be asked to Q again in the near future.

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Just What the Doctor Ordered

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WARMUP: Short mosey to side lot for COP
THE THANG:
COP:
SSH x 20, merkin x 10, windmill x 15, downward/upward dog x 2, squat x 20, large arm circles x 20, small arm circles x 20. burpees x 7

Line up in groups of 3:
40 yd sprints with short recovery (5 reps) (take a 10 ct)

Mosey to the artificial turf for Jack Web (1:4 ratio, 10 reps). This was planned for only 7 reps, but Bowser and Ironclade pushed us to do 10. Well done, young men!

Mosey to the school building for several sets of people’s chair, wheelbarrows, lungewalk, crabwalk, and bearcrawl.

10 monkey humpers prompted by Uhaul who was rucking past the pax.

‘Secret Service detal’: around Uhaul for a bit as the pax moseyed back to the large parking lot for Mary.

MARY:
Freddie Mercury x 10, Boat and Canoe x 5, LBC x 20, Superman x 2, Body destroyer to close it out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Charity Shoot to benefit Ft. Mill Care Center on Nov 11
Bourbon tasting to benefit Ft. Mill Schools on Nov 18
Please sign up if you plan to attend so organizers get a head count. Thanks to Change Order and Cyclops for their leadership and commitment to 3rd F.

COT:
Following a really crappy day at work, and a sleepless night because of it, today’s Q could not have come at a better time.
It was already scheduled several weeks ago, but perhaps a higher power was at work here, knowing that today was the day I really needed it. I knew I would feel better after some physcial exercise, but the pax who provided me with a laugh or kind word really put me back in the right frame of mind. At the close of COT, I felt 100% better. Thank you, men!

We had a great group today and the mumble chatter and jokes made for a really fun workout. It was a pleasure to lead the group as always, and I’m truly thankful for the pax of F3. I gotta give a shoutout to our juniors, Ironclad and Bowser, who are regulars at our Saturday workouts and are developing a really good habit for life. Keep up the good work, guys!

Prayers for the F3 Pax affected by the deaths or illnesses of mothers and grandmothers (Bassomatic, Boogie Down, Uhaul).

Prayers for my friend Joe with cancer and the continued recovery of my co-worker Justin (Covid). Traveling mercies for the several HS band students on the road this wknd for competitions.

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Not just crazy 8s….

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WARMUP: ring of fire, plus 75 calf raises to celebrate Sammy Hagars 75th birthday

THE THANG:
The men enjoyed the soundtrack to my fav Halloween movie, Maximum Overdrive. (Filmed in and around Wilmington).

That meant 45 mins of AC DC. (Solid!)

Ludicrous 8s
8 each of:
Am hammer
Squat
Hello Dolly
Bomb Jack
Merkin
Lbc
Hillbilly
Big boi

Run figure 8 to ends of track

8 rounds

11s on the hill
Shoulder taps/squats

MARY: no time for Mary. We were hustling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Count the right only

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WARMUP: mosey brogaish things, @reaper stuff, few other things
THE THANG: a little 4 corners around the track 15ish was the count for all. Mostly for those requiring right side counts only. Merkins, mtn climbers, shoulder taps. Little mosey squats calf raises and monkey humpers; mosey then SSH seal jacks and overhead claps; mosey abs stuff big boys weezy Jefferson’s and that other exercise I couldn’t remember yeah bicycle somethin. Mosey over to benches for dirkins and dips. Did a pledge of allegiance somewhere in there with some rebel merkins
MARY: not much time left for American hammers and upright flutters. Oh yeah those were Freddy mercurys we did earlier.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: finally Fogertys trash pick.
COT: marriages and health concerns for a few.

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Cone Course and Slow Dirty McDeuce

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WARMUP:
No running – just normal stuff with a little stretching

THE THANG Part 1:
Partner work: Partner 1 does stationary exercise while partner 2 does a moving exercise through cone course.
1. LBCs –> lunges
2. American Hammer–>bunny hops
3. Peter Parkers –> karaoke
4. Squats –> backwards lunges
5. Flutters –> High Knees then Butt Kickers
6. Imperial Walkers–> broad jumps
7. Bombjacks —> shuffle

THE THANG Part 2:
Slow Dirty McDeuce – 12x, slow 4 count
Set 1
– Wide arm Merkins
– Squats
– LBC

Set 2
– Dry Docks
– Flutter Kicks
– Calf Raises

Set 3
– Irkins
– Step lunges
– Weezy Jefferson

Set 4 – Out of time…

Great work, men!

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All around da Yard!

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WARMUP: Short Mosey, MNCs, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, The MOTIVATOR, followed by a Wonky 10 more of SSHops. Some across the lot work with high knees, lunges, bear crawls, and toy soldiers.
THE THANG: mosey to back road light poles. 10 sec plank. Go pile to pole with 10 reps each of LBC’s, HR merkins, Flutters, Derkins. Repeat adding 10 more seconds of plank to start. Repeat with 30 second plank (chose the younguns to count and they counted alright 1 sec = 10 sec)
Finished with a 1 minute plank.
Mosey to entrance hill. Not BOMBS but CLIMBs (my 2022 one word)
Carolina Dry Docks
Lunges
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Big Boys
Starting at 5 reps/up or down the hill/increase 5 reps every interval
Mosey to school wall for 3 minutes of wall sit and burpee popouts (1/2/5)
MARY: Nah, she wasn’t there.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party. etc…check slack for Cakeboss for Kenya posts- can’t miss em.
COT: Great COT, UHaul took us out

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Lamp Post Pain

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WARMUP: 10 each Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers, SSH, imperial walkers
THE THANG: started with 3 laps of the parking lot with duck walks, bear crawls, lunges, toy soldiers, LBC, merkins, burpee’s, big boys

Suicides on the hill with burpee’s, LBC’s, flutters, squats, min climbers, merkins

MARY: box cutters, LBCS, flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pick up, Dam to Dam, check slack

COT: Shower curtain, wisdom for u-hauls daughter, bitcoin sons health, gentleness in words for Peabody, reaper and cousin Eddie marriage, ham hocks dad, Double Do’s moms back, dojos son battling culture, travel mercies for rebel, mental health

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Looking behind curtain number 3

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WARMUP: Brief mosey around the fake track by the gym followed by COP with various classics

THE THANG: The Main Event started with a brief stop at the only real grass at The Yard for some Knee Tar N’Diayes and Mahktar N’Diayes. Then we moseyed to the gym wall for three rounds of the following:

Donkey Kicks x10
Monkey Humpers x20
Merkins x30
Squats x40
Flutters x50

After each round we recovered with either Lunge Walks, Bear Crawls or Backward Lunge Walks

Mosey back to main parking lot for tunes by UHaul plus some more exercises

MARY: Bitcoin took the baton and led the pax through some Mary, capped by a plankorama triggered by UHaul.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many good things going on in The Fort. Read your newsletter and join in along the way.

COT: Welcome to FNG Stinger! he posted after hearing the Order of Man podcast with DOAH. Thankfully he chose to post despite what he heard. He will be back and will fit right in like he’s been here forever.

Bitcoin took the Shovel Flag today! Great to have this Accelerating pax step into a leadership role. Put The Yard on your Sat itinerary — he’ll keep this AO soaring!

The pax pushed through the Main Event with perseverance. Some mumblechatter from Crab Cakes and UHaul plus some Form Police from Peabody kept spirits light enough. Apparently Fogertys guidance that The Yard is a 45 min boot camp (and not a Moderate boot camp) hasnt made its way to all the pax. It’s clear everyone can handle it from today’s work, including our FNG Stinger who wasn’t far behind our King, Runy Slippers. Also near the front was Old Bay, who is clearly accelerating following his return to the Gloom.

Thanks to Fogerty for resurrecting The Yard. We have a trio of good options on Sat now — nice work!

Always an honor to lead the pax. SYITG!

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