Category: Varsity

Flexing

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We spent most of our time challenges that @Mainframe “could have accomplished 20 years ago.”
Notes: @Peta needs a side career doing voice overs
@Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) is actually from GA, which makes the bulldog thing understandable
@Slapshot and @fishstix stayed towards the 6 to make YHC feel like the workout was challenging
@SouptoNuts brought a co-worker (Joe Blow) along to commiserate. He name dropped @Royale_F3
@photobomb and @Badlands were psychic on the lack of running and got more in on their own. For an extra fee, they’ll do tarot card readings
@Sprocket is considering building a company based around puzzles of Mark Rothko paintings
@Shady & @Esso seemed enamored with how many picnic benches you can fit under an awning

Kept it light on running as recovering from giving blood apparently takes me a long while. Spent a lot of time on mobility and leg exercises. And hey, you can learn a lot on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLyss7FkFc

The pistol squats after a ton of lunge walking pissed guys off. 🙂

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Hot Enough Yet?

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We have an FNG!! We went through the 5 core principles of F3, stated its mission, and did a full lengthy disclaimer so the FNG knew the full monty, money back guarantee.

8 bootcampers and 4 shield lockers doing their own thing (Olaf, Sasquatch, Beaker, and one other I could not see/hear).

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot for about a half mile or so, circle up near the school for 10-20 of the following:
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial walkers
* Moroccan night clubs
* Strawberry pickers
>> Then over to the road by the JROTC building for the main event.

THE THANG:
1. First up, 11s w hill repeats
Utilizing the mild grade hill alongside the JROTC building that leads down to the elementary school, we did some 11s. 10 Merkins at the top, 1 box cutter at the bottom, repeat accordingly until we finish with 1 merkin at the top, 10 box cutters at the bottom. Overall about a mile and a half of running and 55 reps of each exercise.

Then we discussed shield locks and how important they are. We men tend to internalize our struggles, keep them to ourselves. That only amplifies the pain. Find someone you can trust – the key word in making it work – and that you can be open and vulnerable with. Whether it is inside the F3 ranks our outside F3, just lock up with a someone. No OYO!!!
Next up…..
2. Cindy relays
Divide into 2 groups. Luckily we had an even number of 8. Using the new cinder blocks…..still with that new cinder block smell!…..blocks were placed about 20-30yds from the start. One person from each team runs to the blocks, does the exercise with the blocks, then runs back to the group. Group is exercising as well while they wait for their go. Next person up runs, and so forth, relay style. Constant movement, no rest.
Round 1: 15 cindy curls (1 block) while group does SSH
Round 2: 15 cindy overhead press (1 block) while group does flutters
Round 3: 15 cindy squats (2 blocks) while group does lunges
Round 4: 10 cindy manmakers (1 block) while group does IWs. >> We ran out of time and did not get round 4 in.
>> Back to COT

COT:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Read your newsletter and get involved!!
P&P:
* BE SURE TO DRINK ELECTROLYTES, NOT JUST WATER!!
* Marriages, being a father, and your relationship/responsibilities to both your M and 2.0s.
* Sorry if I missed anything else. Several things were lifted up.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead! SYITG and God Bless!
– NASA

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Pelican Brief Q

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WARMUP: Grassy Knoll led warm up
THE THANG:
Grassy Knoll – traffic circle bear crawls
Slapshot – burpees and LBCs
BW – modified murph
Kaiser – Block work
MARY: shield lock discussion – each Q shared testimony on what shieldlock has done for each man
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp – sign up
COT: 🙏 all around

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Team LiverEaters

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WARMUP: Stretchy things, lap around the lot
THE THANG:
4 parts for each member of the SL, all done in teams of 4 (or 5 if needed)

Gears: Two partners run up the hill to Pull Up bars, 10 2 pullup Burpees between the two PAX while the other two are doing 10 Big Boys each and squatting till swap. Two rounds.

Maximus: 50 yard out and back for 2 partners, when they return 10 burpees. Waiting pair is doing American Hammers. Swap. Next a set of perfect merkins to failure for each group. Losing SL does 5 burpees each.

Dark Helmet. Mosey to the rock lot on AO Jones. Partners bear crawl between light posts. If you stop, you do burpees till all the pax are done.

Spider Man: Partner Carry loop around the lot. Finish with one partner flutter while second partner runs to top of lot turnaround and back. Flapjack.

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many (read your news letter)
COT: Prayers for M’s, parents, jobs, travel, and kids.

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Let’s Show ‘Em Who’s The BOSSmen

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WARMUP: The 3 mile prerun if you were present

THE THANG:
With the BOSSmen on Q, we jumped right into it with 10min/BOSSman
Beaker:
Headed over to pull-up bars for a Jack-web DORA
Partner up, one partner starts the Jack Web of 1 pull-up to 4 merkins (next 2:8, 3:12, etc.) while other partner runs down to the bottom of the hill and back. Picks up Jack Web, while other partner runs. Keep flap jacking while going up the web until time was up.

Olaf:
Starting from the pull up bars, bear crawl to the stop sign heading towards the school. Followed by high skips to another sign, back to bear crawls, to a moving Hill Billy Walker, followed by moving Imperial Walker. Then Toy Soldiers back to bear crawls. Ending in a circle of planktitude (planking while giving thanks goin around the circle).

Spectre:
10 min AMRAP
10 squats, 8 alternating lunges (4 each leg), 6 burpees.
This was the crowd favorite.

Sasquatch:
Wrapped us up with 10 min of some good ole Broga! #RPG

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: prayers for everyone. There’s a lot going on in everyone’s lives. Just reach out to a brother.

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Four for Fighting

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The Fort Horsemen (three of them) rotated Q of this morning’s workout at #Varsity.
Ruby started with a warmup and with SSH, Low Slow Squats etc. and added burpees between exercises.
Off to the pull up bars and Ruby directed us in a pyramid scheme:
Do one burpee—then two pull ups
Do three burpees—then four pull ups
Proceed likewise until ten pull ups and the reverse back down to one burpee. Smokey.
Headspin did a cinder block routine burner: KB swings, goblet squats, curls, rifle carry, and then murder bunnies (no blocks broken!).
Back to Ruby to cover Splinter’s hill work with a modified DORA. Partner 1 does jumping lunges while other runs down hill and nurs back up. Did a couple of sets, then switched to jump squats while other runs/nurs.
Harry Carry concluded with a fish tracks routine: bear crawl, stop and do merkins, repeat 3x. lunge walk, stop and do smurf jacks, repeat 3x.
Run to COT for Mary: flutters, gas pumpers, freddies.
Fini.

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Shieldlock vs Shieldlock

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Get ready! The next couple of months are going to get crazy at #ao-Varsity as the ShieldLocks around The Fort show us what they’ve got! Each week we’ll have an entire Shieldlock co-Q a workout for those brave enough to show up. Lets see which Shieldlock brings the most pain!
First on deck are the FortHorsemen. There will be cindy’s, there will be bar work, there will be running, and a little something extra. Show to know this Friday at #AO-Varsity!

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Bo-berry day

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Quick disclaimer then mosey over to front of school. Some basic warm-ups: SSHs, windmills (with appropriate amount of moaning), mtn climbers, parkers. Lap around drop off line to show everyone the .25 mile loop.

The Bo-berry mile (no clue where this name came from). 10 burpees, 15 merkins, 20 squats, run a lap. Repeat this series 4 times.

Partner up for some jump overs. P1 does a burpee while P2 holds plank. P2 then drops to 6″ hold while P1 jumps over to do burpee on other side. 10 burpees for P1 then flapjack. Repeat but this time only do 8 each partner.

Mosey over to benches under awning. 5 box jump burpees, 10 derkins, 15 dips, then run to stop sign and back. Rinse and repeat.

Mosey back for about 4 rounds of abs before times up and COT. Lots of chatter about FishStix’s form today but it was hard to really tell b/c he was usually so far in front of everyone. Great work by all this morning and thanks Headspin for chance to Q!

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Get the BB out before I can’t type later

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WARMUP: A quick broga-y stretch and mosey through the parking lot w/ some high knees and karaoke.
THE THANG: Picked up cinderblocks and started at the top of the hill adjacent to the JROTC building… 10 reps of each exercise w/ block:
– swings,
– overhead press,
– overhead tricep extension,
– curls,
– upright row,
– merkins,
– lunge w/ core twist,
– squats,
– calf raises

Mosey to bottom of hill and repeat with 1 less rep before heading to next location. 10-9-8…1

The PAX made it to the bottom of the hill near SCES bus loop playground and back to the top of the hill near NFHS bus loop entrance before returning to the starting location adjacent to the JROTC building and returning the blocks.

Mosey back to COT for some additional broga-y stretching.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run tomorrow, read your newsletter
COT: Show to know!

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