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100 yards of fun

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WARMUP:
Quick mozy around the perimeter of the band practice area (parking lot/football field).  Brief warmup of mountain climbers followed by squats and plank jacks.

THE THANG:
– Partner leapfrog starting in the endzone with partner 1 lunge walking to the 10 yard line and doing 10 merkins.  He then runs to the 20 yard line.  At the same time, partner 2 does 10 merkins in the endzone then runs to the 10 and lunge walks to the 20.  Flip flop until full length of field covered.  
– With minor confusion after round 1, we modified and returned as a group to the original start with bear crawls, jogging and 15 squats every 20 yards.

– Cones were then set out every 10 yards to the 50 with one exercise on each. Pax would run to the 10 and do 10 reps of the exercise shown, then run to the far end of the field to reach the next 10 yard line and repeat the exercise. Pax would then repeat coming back down the opposite side of the field and stop at each 10 yard line for 10 reps.
– After a full lap, Pax moved to the 20 and did 20 reps at each 20. Laps and reps increased until we reached the 50.
– Exercises and total reps completed:
– 10 yard line: 8-count burpees (40 total)
– 20 yard line: squats (80 total)
– 30 yard line: plank jacks (120 total)
– 40 yard line: SSH (160 total)
– 50 yard line: Merkins (100 total)

– With a little time remaining we returned to the end zone and bear crawled the length of the lot. At each 10 yard line we did 10 LBCs. (100 total)

– Closed things out by walking back the length of the field/lot to COT. On the walk we discussed empathy and the importance of understanding other’s perspectives to provide insights into their beliefs and actions. Pax was encouraged to apply it at home, work and while traveling on I-77 during rush hour.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Tallawah the Bushwood

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WARMUP: SSH, Merks, Squats. nightclubs, Dia Merks, Jump Squats,
THE THANG: Kettle bells – JackWebb style 1-7 rounds – Manmakers and Swings – 8-10 Thrust and Swings
Bootcamp – mosey with a ladder that started with Burps Donkey kicks dia Merks Bob Hurley Bigboys Shoulder taps
MARY: 3 mins of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive , bethel men’s shelter, shield 5k, newsletter
COT: 👍🏻

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Block Party at Block Party

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Eight men showed up on a humid morning, some stayed up late watching football. This morning everyone would win. Simple loop around the downtown area. Four stops with exercises at each one.

1. Pharmacy – Plank Jacks (10 reps)
2. Parking lot after Rail Bridge – Hand Releasee Merkins (10 reps)
3. Gazebo – Bobby Hurley (10 reps)
4. Memorial Park – Man Makers (5 reps) Cinderblocks, Sandbags, and Kettle bell were available for this stop.

After each lap, we added 1 rep count to each stop. Most got 5 to 6 rounds before time expired.
Great job by all!

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FOOPC at Bushwood 4 NextGen

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The aim today was simple; remind men our mission never ends, what we PAX have is a gift to give, and looking around, there’s a legion of men we can give it to in order to amplify our impact and invigorate male community leadership in our very small corner of Fort Mill that has over 4,500 students.

We had an FNG (JCruises’) son with us., sophomore at Catawba Ridge Highschool, the NextGen.

Bandcamp had informed me of a region that starts its disclaimer by reciting our mission. That’s a best practice we should adopt to remind us why we are here. It’s even more critical when an FNG is present, you can get a good workout at numerous establishments including the comforts of your own home, what makes us different if it’s only a workout?

WARMUP: Run aimlessly to Forest Creek Middle School and do stuff while plotting a few tweaks to the weinke.

THE THANG: 5 stops was the plan with exercises in FOOPC order.

We commonly forget our 5 core principles or at least do not recall them in order (I still need to figure out why that may matter, but it does). We all love our acronyms; therefore, I dug deep into the exicon to arrange a workout based on FOOPC. I should of just asked @italianjob who quickly rattled off a number of exercises to pull from.

F – Free of charge
O – Open to all men
O – Held outdoors
P – Peer-led in a rotating fashion
C – Ends in COT

Stop 1

FCMS light posts 5,10,15,20,25
Flying Squirrel
One legged burpees
Peter Parker
CDDs

Stop 2: Omaha to basketball courts with gorilla walk merkin across the court.

Stop 3: Run to the student parking area, repeat FOOPC with a couple exercises swapped.

Stop 4: Wrap around to our favorite hill by the football field, and repeat FOOPC up light posts. While en route, heckled by our Weasel Shaker to lead from the front and our FNG is not breaking a sweat. I expected nothing less from the source.

Stop 5: Arriving to COT, called Captain Therkin Webb, a complicated webb you call in cadence. Took a couple of rounds but think we synced up to 5 rounds

1 – BBSU
1- American Hammer (4 count is 1)
4 – Merkins

Summary

I came in today with a lot on my mind; conviction about the NextGen, F3 in our community east of the peachstand, and feeling spicy that we’re not doing enough and can do better.

Honored to lead 13 PAX this morning, a responsibility I never take lightly. That number should be the bar here at Bushwood, and the majority should reside within 3 miles. It’s a crime against humanity to have less given the thousands of men in close proximity who may be a Sad Clown, need us to lean in and ignite them so that they may in turn perpetuate the cycle and cumulatively, have a broader impact than any one of us will ever have on our own. These men need us, our community needs us, and most importantly the next generation needs us.

Our mission is clear so do for one what you wish you could do for many.

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Is eight enough for a party… it was today at Block Party

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8 at Block Party for some time in all three Fs… The humidity was @ 100% and even though water wasn’t falling from the sky there were plenty of sweat puddles!

Mosey to the top of the hill for Warmup

  • SSH (25)
  • Imperial Walkers (15)
  • Windmills (10)

Mosey to the bottom of the hill for suicides x2 (even though Dark Helmet wanted to do another round)

  • Start with 10 burpees
  • 1/3 up hill running backwards
  • 2/3 up the hill running with side-shuffle
  • 3/3 (all the way) up the hill sprinting

Mosey back up the hill to the wall pair up

  • Wall up/ muscle ups with a 50 LBC as the timer x3 rounds
  • Wall Sit with 20 merkins down the line

Mosey to step wall in the court yard

  • Round 1 – 20 step ups, 20 dips, 20 derkins
  • Round 2 – 30 step ups, Max (or 60) dips, Max (or 30) derkins
  • Round 3 – 10 step ups, 10 dips, 10 derkins

Back to COT for 4 minutes of Mary.  It was a pleasure to lead, thank you for the opportunity.

CH out.

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Yes, we can play with those toys. But first, we must play with ourselves

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WARMUP:
9 motivators
Low slow squats
Merkins
Peter Parkers

Hill sprints x2

THE THANG:
Mosey to Print Shop
Obstacle course x2
Monkey bars. 1 Burpee for each bar you miss.
1 pullup at each pullup bar
10 dips on parallel bars

Station 1 – the timer
Run to flower shop and back. If you get back early pick up the 6. Scratch that. You WILL come back together. Today’s lesson is on checking your ego and serving your fellow man.

Station 2- pull-ups and dips
5-10-15-20

Station 3 – squats and lunges
5-10-15-20

Station 4 – Curls and Overhead press with the assortment of available gear
5-10-15-20

MARY:
Flutters and American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bobber read the newsletter to us

COT:
A lousy excuse for a bed at the hospital while your wife is in labor

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The Recipe at Block Party

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15 hard chargers embraced the recipe of pain at Block Party this AM and started the day 1-0.

Run to WEP Amphitheater

Warmup
SSH x 30
Windmills x 10
Hillbilly x 10
Mtn climber x 20
CDD x 10

Pearls on a string at each swing in WEP
10 Big Boys
20 Hello Dollies

Lazy Dora – Partner up
100 Merkins/Hold Plank
200 LBCs/6 inches
300 Squats/Al Gore

Partner 1 does 25 reps while Partner 2 does other exercise. Flip flop to reach the desired count

2 Minutes of Broga

Run back to COT

2 Minutes of Mary

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Leg Day at Bushwood

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When YHC realized I was on Q 4 times this week (that realization happened on Tuesday…..), I wanted to work to get other PAX involved. F3 is peer led in a ROTATIONAL fashion. Me leading 4 times in a week doesn’t feel rotational.

So, I passed the reins to Bounty Hunter (who posted for the first time in a long time at Block Party yesterday. Kudos to him for stepping up and welcome back Kotter)

WARMUP: he led that
THE THANG: he’d placed some weight plates down near the bus doors.

4 sets
10 deadlift
10 slow calf raise
10 quick calf raise
Run/Nur

A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

4 sets
10 squat touch the bench and overhead thruster
10 boxer foot touch on curb
Run/Nur

A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

2 sets
5 Bulgarian split squats
A break of pulse w/squats with a jump

Back to COT carrying two of the plates cause Bobber can’t follow simple instructions

Good to have Bounty leading today! Now if we could just get him into slack…..

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pickup is Saturday (7/22/2023) at 7:45am meet at Harris Street. Family help is welcome!

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