Christmas Convergence

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Broke out into two groups. Half went with Soup to Nuts to the football field and half went with Sprocket to the grass field
Warmups were done at the workout sites
Soup2Nuts thang at the football field: Partner Dora
50 burpees
75 WWI Situps
75 Squats
75 Merkins
75 American Hammers
200 Clave Boss Clave Raises
75 Dips
Timer: bear crawl 20 yards; run 30 yards; run back 50 yards to workout area

Sprocket thang at the grass field: Wheel Spoke

Center Hub: 5 burpees

Spoke 1: Rd.1 25 merkins bear crawl to center hub; Rd.2 50 squats broad jump to center hub; Rd.3 40 lunges crawl bear to center hub

Spoke 2: Rd.1 25 Bomb jacks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 shoulder taps, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 3: Rd.1 50 American hammers, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 100 calf raises, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 100 Side straddle hops, crawl bear to the center hub

Spoke 4: Rd.1 100 Flutter Kicks, bear crawl to the center hub; Rd.2 80 mountain climbers, broad jump to the center hub; Rd.3 50 LBCs, crawl bear to the center hub

After 26 minutes Group 1 and Group2 swapped workout sites and did the workout.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Cake Boss closed us out in prayer

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The Round up

WARMUP: yea, we did that. Ran around. Some SSH. Some Carioca, Some Imperial and Hillbilly walkers, Ran some more

THE THANG:
5 pull-ups
10 merkins (of various forms)
15 squats with the cinder block
20 swings with the cinder block
4 rounds

Mosey away for a reprieve. So a little leg work for the 6 and mosey some more

Mosey back for one more round

MARY: J-Lo and some Yoga

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter is 1/4

COT: Happened. Good sharing. Come take part.

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When I run you run

WARMUP: cmon man
THE THANG: downtown FM, through whiteville park (go to back for 5 miles, cut over streets for 4 mile range), go down by Footloose, down academy, back 160 to COT.
MARY: please
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots
COT: of course! 5th core principle!!

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Old School Kingsley Route

WARMUP: Pledge
THE THANG: Out and Back with Merkins
Kingsley loop was an optional add-on.
MARY: Yes – 3 mins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Clave Boss:10k/5k Dam2Dam sign up :
COT: Worth the wait

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Pre-Convergence Convergence

There were Ruckers and runners.

Barry Manilow led the runners for 5+ miles around The Fort.

The bootcampers were led first by Maximus with a SSH x Merkin combo x2 to warm up.
After a quick warm up, the weinke was
10 merkins, 10 mountain climbers (double count) at each of the 9 swings around the park. When done and waiting on the 6 to fill in, hold an Al Gore. To wrap up, starting at the bottom of the grassy hill from the parking lot, flutter kicks, then burpees at the top of the hill.

Cake Boss took second shift with playtime at the playground.
Partnering up, one partner does squats, while the other runs around the playground. Then flapjack. Next was pull ups/merkins following the same format. To wrap up, keeping the same partner, one bear crawled across the field and run back, while the other did flutters. Flap jack until 3 rounds were done.

Fogerty took us home with some 11’s and hill repeats.
At the bottom of the hill with the statue, started with 10 merkins and bombjacks. Half way up the hill, 5 burpees, then 1 squat and big boy sit-up. No burpee on the way back down the hill. Repeat until 11’s are done cutting out the burpees when you hit 5 & 6.

This was a fun 60 min bootcamp.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Clave Boss & convergence in 12/23. Happy Birthday Walker. Tallawah is officially closed for good.

COT:

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2023.50

Tentatively titled “The Watchmen”.

Partner up for 4 x 4-minute AMRAPs
Burpees: Partners alternate reps
Bear crawl: 1 partner forward, 1 backward (swap at fatigue)
Reverse Burpess: Partners alternate reps
Run: 1 partner forward, 1 backward (swap at fatigue)

Repeat entire circuit.

Moral of the workout? Make sure someone has eyes out when you are in a vulnerable position.

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Lots of Stairs In Downtown

WARMUP:
Run to Loom parking lot for COP Warmup:
– SSH
– Awkward SSH
– Merkins
– IW
– Sumo Squats (Bonsai’s version)
– Windmills

THE THANG:
Run to FM COG parking lot to find a cone with 4 rounds of exercises. Pax partner up. Partner 1 runs across parking lot and up/down stairs (newest building), then back, while partner does exercises listed on cone. Flapjack, then rinse and repeat for all 4 rounds.
10 reps each exercise, rinse and repeat.
– Round 1 – Flutters <-> Freddie Mercuries
– Round 2 – LBCs <-> Heals to Heaven
– Round 3 – Dying Cockroach <-> American Hammers
– Round 4 – Chopsticks <-> Plank Jacks

Pax moseyed to 2nd cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs).
Cone 2
– Round 1 – Side-step lunges <-> Imperial Walkers
– Round 2 – Bomb Jacks <-> Lunges
– Round 3 – Monkey Humpers <-> Squats
– Round 4 – High Jumps <-> SSH

Pax moseyed to 3rd cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs).
Cone 3
– Round 1 – Plank Punches <-> Rosalitas
– Round 2 – Merkins <-> 10 second Elbow Plank
– Round 3 – CDD <-> Moroccan Nightclubs
– Round 4 – Alternating shoulder taps <-> Parkers Peters

Pax moseyed to 4th/last cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs), but we ran out of time.

Back to COT.

Thanks SoupToNuts for the opportunity to lead. Thanks to all pax for posting. Great job!

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4 mile Deconstructed Burpee

WARMUP: It is Sweep the Leg. Strive to do that prior to 5:15
THE THANG: Run a 4 mile loop: https://f3thefort.com/2022/02/25/stl-just-keep-going/ (if you wanna see the route. side note: it wasn’t my first rodeo on this route)

Stop along the way for deconstructed burpees:
10 squats
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
10 SSH
run
Repeat the full 5 steps each subsequent stop

PAX were advised to just jump in where the most guys were when they got to the exercises, or to skip the exercises entirely and just keep running.

When we stretch to a route that necessitates covering 4 miles, YHC gets worried about leaving PAX. We managed to stay together and Fishstix + Badlands picked up the 6 today making sure we all arrived back at COT resting on 4 miles. Bravo gentlemen!

NMM:
Sometimes we have to choose the hard thing ourselves. Sometimes we have to choose to do the hard thing that life is handing us. If we skirt away from doing the what’s difficult when needed, what worse thing will be waiting for us in the future?

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Bubbles VQ

WARMUP: Side straddle hop, Moroccan night club, Hillbilly walker, stretch
THE THANG: Mosey to field, Merkin, big boy, Windmill, AYG Mosey to opposite end, Shoulder tap, Squat, LBC, rinse and repeat add 5
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Frosty’s Revenge: The Icebreaker Workout

BEFORE HAND: I ran out of the house to find my windshield completely frozen. I mean should I have expected when it’s 27° out. I tried to knock the ice off but with that I only made it to the stop sign at the end of Rd. As I started sweating bullets thinking I was going to be late just get my windshield clear so I can view the road. I made it with time to spare.

I proceeded to get out of the vehicle trying to get used to the bitter cold. Upon circling up we got a good amount of Pax which always ends up making for a great time.

WARMUP: 10 windmills
10 SSH
10 imperial walkers

Mosey over to the milestone.
Asked the Pax to think about what they are most grateful for this time of year and also what they are struggling with.

10 Merkins IC

THE THANG:
I had two present boxes with several exercises and reps listed inside. The main box had exercises that would be done in the parking lot near spratt St. Where the playground is. The lower box had exercises with reps Had exercises with reps for us to be performed at the milestone near white St. and Main St. I had Pax pull from each one of the gifts to determine the exercise that would be performed. Here’s how it went no particular order.
Lower box
1. 15 – Mike Tysons
2. 15 – Mike Tysons
3. 20 – Plank Toe touches each leg
4. 5 – Plank Toe touches each leg
5. 20 – Plank Shoulder Taps each side
6. 20 – Dips
7. 15 – Mike Tysons
Main box
1. 20 – CDD
2. 20 hand Release Merkins
3. 5 – Fire Hydrants Each Leg
4. 5 – Wide Arm Merkins
5. 5 – Merkins
6. 5 – WW2 Situps
7. Last but not lease 25 – Kraken Burpees which for the sake of time I Omaha to 10 – Kraken Burpees

Mosey back to COT.

COT: Circle up C-Span style to review what each pax is most grateful for this time of year and what they are struggling with.
Health is the main item that came up to be grateful for.
Prayers and praises. Lots of announcements read your newsletter.

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