Blocks, Coffee, and Sandwiches

WARMUP:
Windmill
Moroccan
Side Lunge
Mtn Climber
Downdog
Updog

THE THANG:
4 rounds of 4 exercises repeated at 4 corners.
Reps increase at each corner: 5/10/15/20

Round 1
Merkins
Jump Squats
Crunches
Side Straddle Hops

*** Lunge walk with 28 lb block to next corner.

Round 2
CDD
Bomb Jacks
Box Cuttahs
Apolo Ohnos

*** Lunge walk with 28 lb block to next corner.

Round 3
Burpees
Lunge (count right leg)
Fluttahs (count right leg)
Seal Jacks

*** Lunge walk with 28 lb block to next corner.

Round 4 – using 28 lb block
Tricep Curls
Forearms Raises
Bicep Curls
Squat Thrusts

*** Lunge walk with 28 lb block to COT.

MARY:
Throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel, Cannoli Run, 12 Hr ruck

COT:
Being the “sandwich” generation, taking care of both adult kids and aging parents; new job opportunities; job training for current job.

Ends as always with some fresh Java and 2nd F!

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Bespoke

WARMUP:
Imp Walker
Squats
Merkins
Crazy mosey
MOT flip up

THE THANG:
Dora
50 merkins
100 squats
150 LBC

Bench work
Split squats
Dips
Durkins

Hill work
Mosey down hill
Lunge the flat
5 merkins
Bear crawl the hill

MARY:
Gas pumper
Pickle Pointer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel
Ruck
Cannoli Run
Newsletter

COT:
Family
Health
Career

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The Manion WOD

WARMUP: 29 squats
THE THANG: Manion WOD:
29 squats with ruck and sandbag,
400 meter run/ruck/shuffle
X 7 rounds
(modify as needed)
MARY: 5 minutes of AB lab, 10 minute broga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: “greater than” event, bethel
COT: stays in COT

Missing 4 names.. sorry guys, I was smocked…

🎄Tinsel🎄 out…

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Squatch Holds

THE THANG: Run all over with intermittent stops… side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Merkins in cadence until you can no longer keep cadence or continue; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the merkins in cadence.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Wall sit holds until you can no longer hold the wall sit; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on wall sit.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Up 1 cadence big boy sit-ups until you no longer keep cadence or continue; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the up 1 cadence big boys.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Plank holds until you can no longer hold the plank (must keep hands in contact with the ground); once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the plank.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Right forward lunge holds until you can no longer hold the lunge; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the lunge hold.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Left forward lunge holds until you can no longer hold the lunge; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the lunge hold.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Right side plank holds until you can no longer hold the plank; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the side plank.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Left side plank holds until you can no longer hold the plank; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the side plank hold.
Run to the next stop. Side shuffle ~20 yards to & fro until the 6 catches up.
Merkins in cadence until you can no longer keep cadence or continue; once you stop, begin 1 burpee, 2 lunges, 3 merkins on repeat until the last man gives up on the merkins in cadence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

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Brayden Loop

WARMUP: None
THE THANG: 4+ Miles @ Brayden, 3 stations 20 Seal Jacks, 15 Merkins, 20 Seal Jacks 15 LBC’s , 20 Seal Jacks 15 Lunges
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Complex

WARMUP: Of course! Halo, around the world, single leg deadlift with the kettlebell a bit after some standard stuff without the bell (SSH,IW,HW) and yoga to make Coaster groan.

THE THANG:
Humane Burpee
Clean, Reverse Lunge, Press
Started individually then built into a complex

Clusters x3
Clusters from a Kickstand Stance x3

Weighted carry thrown in along with an uphill bear crawl and uphill sprint.

MARY: Burpee Snatch
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter
COT: was held

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Starry Abs

WARMUP: 51 SSH (DH birthday) Merkins, PP, WM and stretching
THE THANG: Star of abs workout 5 stations 20 reps each, first round the middle was 10 Burpees, second round was 20CDD, then on to circle of hell, one man took sandbag out and called a workout.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep
COT: Of course the Why

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Sharks and Minnows at The Block Party

Lots of dudes showed up to the Pond Party this morning .
Pledge..Let's go
First stop, The Pharmacy for SSHs and a couple burpees
Next Stop, New parking lot, Old Hardee's
10 merkins, 10 Squats, 10 LBCs.
Partner up with like speed so you and partner arrive at the destination at same time. I didn't do a good job explaining this, no worries we made it safely to the Post Offices
Same exercises, back to the parking lot, same exercises with partner dips and merkins until six arrives.
Next, we ran to the First Baptist Church parking lot. I did my best to describe this workout as the merkin mile, 20 merkins at each island, each lap, 5 laps = 1 mile. Once complete, we did the same routine swapping out the merkins for squats and LBCs.
Back to COT
Prayers for Wegmans Boston Marathon adventure.

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Hominy’s First Trip to the Block Party

Warmup is OYO before 0515.

Count PAX. Mosey to Bottom of Massey St Hill.

Part 1: Bear Climb the Hill.
Do 10 bear crawl paces. Do 5 merkins. Do 10 walking paces. Do 5 merkins. Repeat.

Mosey to WEP Stage. Cut through parking lot, to McCammon St, to Faile St, to Ardrey St, the enter WEP.

Part 2: Park Loop Bench Tour.
Travel counter-clockwise. Stop at every swinging bench. Complete 5 merkins, 10 squats, 15 LBC at each bench. After returning to the stage, continue until arrival at playground.

Part 3: Swinging
Partners

  • One partner runs to the stage and back (through the grass) while the other swings. Switch.
  • We did multiple rounds of this.

Mosey back to COT via White St. Rendezvous with the two Runners.

Concluded with MARY.

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Minnow Pond Greatest Hits and Shovel Flag Handoff

My last day as site Q for Minnow Pond / Thursday Block Party, so I wanted to revisit some of the more fun workouts had here in the past.
WARMUP: None
THE THANG:
Part 1 – Harris St Hill Work
Proceed down White/160, left on Ardrey (by WEP), take it to corner of Ardrey and Harris St. That is the start. At start do 10 merkins and 20 LBCs, then run downhill to very bottom, across from Harris St park, do 5 burpees, then run uphill to corner of Harris St and Business 21, do 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, run back down to bottom, 5 burpees, back to start for 10 more merkins and 20 LBCs, then wait for 6. Others went back down to bottom for more burpees to pull the 6 back to start. Everyone LOVES Harris St hill!!
On to round 2. Proceed back down Ardrey to meet up in front of WEP amphitheater.
Round 2 – WEP Swing Loop
The walking path loop around WEP is approx 3/4 mile or so, with around 10-12 swings or swing stations (one of these days I will get the accurate count). Start from amphitheater towards large hill first. Stop at every swing and do 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs. Due to time, rep count was cut to 10/10/10 about 2/3 through. By the time we all got back to the start, we had 2-3 minutes to get back to COT, perfect timing!
MARY: We had about a minute worth of flutters and something else.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the newsletter, get involved, invigorate your male community leadership.
COT:
Alot lifted up.

Today I handed off the shovel flag to a HIM that I know will maintain the standards set for Minnow Pond, Farmer's Only. Shady started MP up back in mid-2017 to be a place that will push you to your limits physically (1st F), but also fostered a strong 2nd F there as well. A minimum of ~3.2 miles (5K) with pain stations mixed in, so you HAVE to push your pace to get all that in within 45 minutes. That is the standard set. Other past site Qs – Longshanks, Jekyll, and Funhouse – all maintained that standard while putting their own flair on things to continue growing the 2nd F there. It was an honor, privilege, and blessing to take the reigns of what I feel is a premier site in The Fort.

When you have a strong fellowship to share your pains and burdens, it makes those pains and burdens much more bearable and manageable. When those two things come together like that, it is an awesome thing to be part of, and the result is growth in your 3rd F too, for you gain more faith in what you can do as well as who will be there to do it with you. This is a great microcosm of what F3 is all about. Planting a small workout. The black diamond aspect of it that pushed everyone to their limits drew them out. The magnet. The strong fellowship cultivated from it and by it drew you and others out, and kept them coming. The glue. Then you and others realized there is alot more to things than just working out, that you can get through hard things, that others will be there with you to help push/pull you along, and in turn you do that for others. Then it spreads outside the gloom. The Boom or explosion of growth. It is awesome.

Farmer's Only will be a GREAT site Q! He lives for pushing himself in all three Fs, and will do the same for others. Be warned, he LOVES burpees and pull-ups. HA HA!! Congratulations Farmer's Only! Well deserved and earned.

Thank you everyone for being a part of Minnow Pond / Block Party lore. Excited to see where it goes from here.
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA

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