Surprise! Lights Special

WARMUP: Mosey to blue benches, Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Cherry Pickers, Honey Mooner, and Downward Dog
THE THANG: 11s = Starting with Dips on the blue benches and ran down the sloped hilly driveway to the second light pole to do Merkins. After, mosey back to the parking lot next to COT. Started with 10 Burpees at first light pole, then 20 Shoulder Taps at the second light pole, and Squats at the last light pole with mode of transportation (MOT) for the first round being Lunges and running back to the start. Second Round involved the same exercises at each light pole, but with MOT being Bear Crawls, and final round same exercises at each light pole, but with MOT being Nur.
MARY: Flutters, American Hammers, Hello Dollies, and Big Boy Sit Ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Skeet Shooting on November 11, Bourbon Tasting on November 18, Spartan Race on November 19, and Shower Curtain (Fall Risk) having the coat drive.
COT: Patience with Ms and 2.0s giving them the proper attention as a husband and father.

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Butterflies 🦋 & bidets 🚽

WARMUP: broga…I crushed it and didn’t use my sissy yoga mat which I guess is now frowned upon. Who knows but the stretching was wonderful.
THE THANG: short run Dora…about 50 yard run way down in the elementary parking lot. Partner up for 100 diamond merkins, 200 lunges, 300 double count flutters.

Headed over to the hill for 7s. Hand release merkins at the bottom, half way up the hill for CDD. Before we started, YHC asked how to balance servant leadership with frustration with patience with a little bit of perspective.

After 7s we headed to the pull up bars with under 5 min remaining.
– 1 pull-up, dangle for 10 seconds, then
– 2 pull-ups, dangle for 20 seconds, then
– 3 pull-ups, dangle for 30 seconds, then
-4 pull-ups, dangle for 40 seconds…
Body wash won and made it to 4 and 40! He gets to continue being site Q!
MARY: not today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, Columbia 10 year, trash pick up, men’s shelter
COT: health, anniversary (BD!!), upcoming star course guys

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NaFo Nardo

Mosey run down to Elementary School; toy soldiers, high knees.
Circle up and do warm up exercises in cadence: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Moroccan N/C, Low slow squats, big arm circles, Peter Parkers, and plank stretches. Had pax recite the mission of F3.
Run uphill to pull up bars and did: Pullups, chin-ups, switch grips, knees to chest
Run to high school. Get on the wall: wall sits, and BTW.
Run to other side of high school/faculty parking lot: Bear crawl 100 ft, and crab walk 90 ft.
Had pax state the credo of F3.
Run to back side of school: cinder blocks: Curls, KB swings, OH presses, Kaiser grip standing rows, manmakers, arm extension hold.
Mosey to benches: step ups, dips, derkins, taint crushers (formerly known as butt touch squats), incline merkins, calf raises.
Run to shovel flag. Had pax state the five core principles of F3. Six count burpees (5x). Then Sally routine: leg raise on “bring Sally up”, six inches on “bring Sally down”.
Fini
COT
Goal of going through F3’s mission, credo, and core principles is to etch these talking points in our mind so we can better convey what F3 is all about to potential pax.

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Running EMOM

Warmup: (not really a thing today)

Had the PAX Line up behind me for a 14:00 minute running EMOM. We would move Indian-Run style  up to 160 but every minute on the minute we would stop and do :

1 burpee
2 BBS
4 HR Merkins.

We got a little over a mile and at the end we all had done 14 burpees 28 BBS and 56 HR Merkins.

We took a brief break to do some Windmills IC Then began Round 2  (the run back)

Same exercises and rep count as before but one twist. When we got over by the nice new parking lot by the Tega Cay Pediatric Dentistry we changed it from an Indian Run to an Indian Bear Crawl.

We did this for about 4-5 minutes and then switched back to the run.

We finished the 2nd round right around the sign for the Elementary school. Tally was 28 total burpees, 56 BBS, 112 HR Merkins with over 2 miles in running.

Staying in front of the sign by the elementary school with over 10 minutes to go we decided to:

14 LBCs IC
14 Flutters IC
Recovery Lap
14 Merkins IC
28 Low Slow Squats
Recovery Lap

4 Minute EMOM
7 Burpees each minute.

So for those wondering the “Stg. Major Workout in a pure form is :

1 Mile Run
28 Burpees
1 Mile Run
28 Burpees
56 BBS
1 Mile Run
28 Burpees
56 BBS
112 HR Merkins
400 m lap.

I modified todays workout due to the 45 minutes timeframe and because I wanted to try out the running EMOM. It was a crowd pleaser!

Thanks for the opportunity to Lead!

Until Next Time!

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The Assembly Line

WARMUP: SSH, front plank, upward dog<>downward dog, dynamic front plank exercises (i.e. plank jacks, Peter parkers, etc), repeat all above until shoulders VERY warm
THE THANG: each pax grabs a cinder block and places on field in 1 yard increments
field assembly line
round 1: side shuffle between blocks and 15 yd bear crawl to beginning of blocks- repeat 2-3x
round 2: lateral merkin walk on cinder blocks left, bear crawl back, repeat going right, bear crawl back
round 3: forward and back shuffle in between cinder blocks and bear crawl back 2-3 rounds
round 4: lateral toe taps on Cinder blocks left, bear crawl and then repeat going right, bear crawl back
round 5: partner up at 2 blocks and alternate with partner 3 burpees with hands on cinder blocks for 60″
round 6: forward hop over block x2, alternating with partner for 60″

bars assembly line
1 pullup, 2 toes to bar or knees to chest, hang until pax to your right drops and then move to the bar to your right – repeated 10x total

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sawdust is finally 50! RESPECT

COT: HORIZONTAL assembly lines sucked. Quit the horizontal living and strive for VERTICAL relationship with the Lord!

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The Pain is real

WARMUP: Mosey, 25 SSH, 10 – 4 count merkins, 10 v-ups, 15 flutters and 10 CDD. we did this 4 times.
THE THANG: Elevens Merkins and burpes, alternating run and NUR- up the hill of deathat GHM entrance. We finished right on time.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Olaf starting an USUP around Earth Fare area., Read newsletter
COT: Prayers for Marriages, Praises for Straight Ups son , beating him in a raining trail race. Praise for the Pax showing for Incoming(Italian Job) help getting a falling tree out of the way.

Message was be careful how you start your day with positive thoughts and stay away from selfish thoughts.

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Crawling around Varsity

WARMUP:
After a quick disclaimer and explanation of ignorance of site and Broga we moseyed over to where the lights were actually on. This way I could actually see who was there and to critique form.
Windmills, Slow Low Squats, Moroccan Night Clubs, Peter Parker, Seal Jacks. A little “stretching” was added to meet the BROGA standard.
THE THANG:
Started with some partner work:
5 Rounds (Moving across parking lot with partner to complete exercises)
10 Merkins then Bear Crawl across, 10 Jump Squats then lunge walk back, 20 Flutters. (Repeat)
Moseyed to nearby traffic circle. Bear crawl around.
Moseyed further away from AO to complete “Lazy DORA”
100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 Flutters
100 Merkins: Partner 1 started with 10 Merkins while partner 2 held plank (alternating holding plank and Merkiens until reach 100)
200 Squats: Partner 1 started with 20 squats while partner 2 held Al Gore (Alternating until 200)
300 Flutters: Partner 1 started with 30 Flutters (DC) while partner 2 held 6 inches (Alternating until 300)
Moseyed back to COT

MARY:
Not much…..did some basterized BROGA

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trash pick up
COT:
All shared what they were thankful for.

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Back Breaker

WARMUP: helmet kept making fun of my warmup exercises so we stopped warming up since he poked the bear…So the pain started early
THE THANG: elevens with block swings and Bobby Hurleys, a couple of rounds of pull ups, dips, merkins, chest press with block, and upper row exercise with block (new name the “Kaiser”)
MARY: yeah we did a lot of painful ab stuff
ANNOUNCEMENTS: highway cleanup this weekend
COT: 1 Peter 5:7 cast your cares on him
Carry each other’s burdens and don’t be afraid to share yours with other men

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8 counts to quit

WARMUP:
SSH x15
IW x10
HW x10
Slow count merkin x15
Mosey to basketball hoops
Carioca down and back
Toy soldier
High knees
Butt kickers
Run the entire light post hill with 1 burpee at each light pole
Mosey back

THE THANG:
8 count burpees in cadence every time
10 8-count burpees
Bear crawl
9
Lunge walk
8
Crawl bear
7
Modified due to the food truck delivery

30 Bulgarian split squats (15 each leg)
Run to cones and back
20 Jump squats
To cones and back
10 tuck jumps
Down and back

Modified for time to:
30 Bulgarian split squats
20 jump squats
10 tuck jumps
With no break….that was hard

Headed towards COT
6 – 8 count burpees
Flutters
5 – 8 count burpees
Hello Dolly
4 – 8 count burpees
Some yoga to close

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/24 – trash pickup
10/22 – Diabetes fundraiser at Amor

COT:
Praise for a great 10-year celebration
Prayers for teachers and students hitting a stride
Prayers for DD’s father-in-law

NMM:
Often all that’s necessary to succeed is to just not quit. But often I’ll quit on my parenting priorities because a screen is easier, or I’ll quit on house work cause there will be more laundry tomorrow….why do I refuse to quit on 8-count burpees, but don’t transfer that over to other areas of my life? Need to work on transferring the durability we build on the gloom to my entire life

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“Shop Vacs- Cinderblock of pain”

WARMUP: Mosey and Circle up, exercises for starters
THE THANG: Cinder block work- 15 shoulder Presses- a lap(with cider Block) x2, 20 curls- a lap (with block)x2, 15 uprights-a lap (with Block) x2, 20 Bench press-a lap(block) x2, 20 merkins on block- a lap (with block) x2, 10 manmakers- a lap(with block) x2. Then transitioned to pull up bars and did elevens, 10 pull ups and to bottom of hill 1 merkin, 9 & 2, 8&3 and so on! some finished!
MARY: ran out of time- Read a Sean Kelley prayer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers for Marriages , I forget the specifics

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