Monday morning Bells

WARMUP: Basic Warmup: disclaimer , short mosey, SSH, windmills, hillbilly walkers, MNCs, Mountain Climbers, Merkins
THE THANG: Walk to opposite parking lot. 20 each of Swings, Upward Rows, Curls, Tricep Extensions, and Bell Merkins, then a short loop. 3 rounds.
Transferred the KBs to the other side of the lot for another set of exercises. 20 each of Am Hammers, Flutters, Skull Crushers, Chest Press, and Goblet Squats.
Only 2 rounds completed due to time.
On your six bell pass back to starting point.
Walk back to COT.
2O each of Pass Through Lunges, Dead Lifts, Overhead Press, Figure 8s.
Ended at 0600.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Thanksgiving Convergence 2023z
COT:Yes. Lots to be grateful for, lots to pray about.

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Merkin 200 at the Yard

Short mosey to start
Warm-up: SSH (I/C 20x), Windmills (I/C 8x), Imperial Walker (I/C 15x), Moroccan N/C (I/C 15x), Mountain climbers (I/C 15x)
Six count burpees (5x)
Short mosey run
Routine #1: Prison Yard Merkins: at a half basketball court do 10 merkins at one corner, bearcrawl to next corner and do nine merkins, keep going around until finish with one merkin (from 10, the total merkins here is 55).
Short mosey run
At the benches:
Step ups (10 each leg, OYO)
Derkins (15, single count)
Butt Touch Squats (15x)
Incline merkins (15, single count)
Calf raises (I/C 20x)
Dips (I/C 15x)

Short mosey run to fire access road
We ran a short bit and then stopped and did a push up exercise, rinse/repeat.  Some ten counts in between.  The push ups were:
HAND RELEASE (15 single count)
WIDE ARM (15)
DIAMOND (15)
CURB RIGHT (10)
CURB LEFT (10)

Short mosey again, stopped and did:
Toy soldiers, stopped and did monkey humpers
Lunge walk, stopped and did bobby hurleys

Short mosey run
Another push-up exercise bit:
HAND RELEASE (10 single count)
WIDE ARM (10)
DIAMOND (10)
REGULAR (10)

Short mosey to last push-up-related bit:
Six count burpees (5x)

Mary: Freddies, LBC
Fini, COT
Thanks to all for joining me on the day I hit 200 F3 posts in 2022.

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2022 Thanksgiving Day Convergence

Welcome/disclaimer
Warmup: SSH (I/C 15x), Windmills (I/C 10x). Imperial walkers (I/C 15x), Moroccan Nightclubs (I/C 10x), Mountain Climbers (I/C 15x), right arm high, left arm high
Ruckers dismissed with Olaf. Pax count off by threes; pax split up and will rotate between
JWOW Q:
Partner up for a Jack Webb. Mode of transportation is a partner push across the field (crowd pleaser).
1 Big Boy Sit-Up – Partner 1 pushes partner 2 across the field
4 Merkins – Partner 2 pushed partner 1 across the field
The goal was to get to 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups and 40 Merkins.

Grout Q:
1. 5 EA Burpee
2. 10 EA LBC
3. 15 EA CDD
4. 20 EA Lunges
5. 25 EA American Hammers
6. 30 EA Shoulder Taps
7. 35 EA Flutters
8. 40 EA Mountain Climbers
9. 45 EA Squats
Run to top of hill and back.
Complete # 1 thru # 8 and run to top of hill Ann’s back.
Continue dropping the last exercise.

HarryCarry Q:
At the middle school’s loop, start at the bottom of the loop and do exercise noted (listed below). Run to the short brick wall at other end of loop, jump the wall, continue running up the loop. Stop at flag poles and do Bobby Hurleys (15 oyo). The proceed to run back to bottom of the loop; do the noted exercise there and repeat with the run/wall jump/run/bobby’s etc.
Smurf jacks (20 OYO)
Squats (20 OYO)
Monkey Humpers (20 OYO)
Lunges (20 OYO)
Lunges (10 each leg OYO)
Sumo Squats (20 OYO)
At 07:25 Pax reconvened at field.
Six-count burpees (I/C 6x)
End. COT

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Ghost Flag meets Board of Pain – Metro takes the flag

WARMUP:
Mosey to WarmORama
Small Arm Circles
Side Straddle Hop
Produce Pickers
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmills
Moroccan Nightclubs
Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey around the parking lot, then
Lunge Walk
Toy Soldiers
Bear Crawl

Mosey to Board of Pain, then

5x Burpees – Run – 5x – Run – 10x – Run – 15x of each exercise below:

Merkins
Shoulder Taps
CDD
Mountain Climbers
Low Slow Squats
Calf Raises
Lunges
Monkey Humpers
LBCs
Freddie Mercury
Box Cutters
Flutter Kicks

Run back to shovel flag for CoT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the Newsletter

COT:
Personal Successes, Prayers for a friend who passed away, Prayers for family of PAX, Prayers for health and happiness.
Metro takes the flag.

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Chatty Cathys Coming Thru!!!

Pyramid of pain
Do 5 Merkins run a lap
5 merkins, 10 squats, run a lap
5,10,15, run a lap

All 6 exercises run a lap
Now drop SSH and work back down. 5,10,15,20,25 run a lap

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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Five at the….oh wait – that’s Friday!

WARMUP: Jog with some windmills, planks, merkins, produce pickers aka tally taps and moving from light pole to light pole with burpees, merkins or squats at each, then…..
THE THANG: Joined the PAX doing the Chad 1000X workout at the stadium. We went to the track and did laps, stopping at the 50’s for 10 merkins at between the uprights behind each end zone for 10 squats each. 7-8 laps completed and Slap Shot was king.

PAX got 2.5 miles and between 180-200 merkins and the same on squats. Simple but got our monies worth.

MARY: It exists, we talked about it as we scrambled to make it back to COT from the stadium by 0600.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We’re numerous…..and in the newsletter.
COT: YHTBT.

Thanks for the call, Yard Sale. Always an honor. Until next time……

Cyclops

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Breakfast Buffet

WARMUP: Normal stuff like SSH, windmill, Morrocan night club, inch worm merkins, low slow squats
THE THANG:
Moved over behind the service center by the knee high wall for the following:

10 Burpee step ups (both legs) – run a lap
Then 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Plank on the 6

Next:
Mike Tyson merkins – 10 in cadence
Dirty Myrtles – 10 in cadence
LBC with feet on wall – 10 in cadence
2 rounds of the above

5, 3, 2, 1 Burpee step ups with lap
7 Mike Tyson’s
7 Dirty Myrtles
7 LBCs
2 rounds

3,2,1 Burpee step ups with lap
5 Mike Tyson’s
5 Dirty Myrtles
5 LBCs
2 rounds

MARY: ran out of time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your news letter

COT: Remember that you aren’t just making decisions for yourself. Your decisions impact your inner circle. Think about that before you make important decisions today.

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Spooky pumpkin of pain and suffering

WARMUP:
The usual

THE THANG:
Spooky pumpkin of pain. To the tunes of Halloween
DORA style – man in the middle does 10 manmakers as the timer
1. Squats
2. Deadlifts
3. Lawnmower pulls
4. Chest press
5. Overhead press
6. Clave raises
7. LBC
8. Flutters
9. Swings
10. Snatch
11. Clean
12. Push-ups with bell
13. Pull overs
14. Reverse Lunges

Last round, we switched it up for 20 american style KB swings (that’s the ones where it goes over your head). Finished right at 6

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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T E Y H R D A

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

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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