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Halfway there…… 10 Seconds….

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Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer.

Warmup:

SSH x 15
Seal Jack x 15
Plank Jack x15
Mountain Climber x 15

Pick up something heavy get to the field

All Pax line up facing a series of cones. All Pax have to do the following with their Block or Sandbag

50 Curls
75 Flutters with Press
100 Squats
25 Man makers

Every minute on the minute they will hear a beep. When you hear the beep you move to a cone.
Mode of Transportation between cone 1 and 2 is Overhead carry. Mode of Transportation of cones 2 and 3 are murder bunny or Bag toss.
Wash rinse repeat until all reps are done.
There was also a 20 minute timer on this. All pax finished just under the 20 minutes mark.

Next Phase
All pax line up in an Indian run format. The 6 will do 5 squats. We run for a minute then do a minute of an exercise. 8 rounds.

The exercises were
Bent over rows
Lunges
Big boy sit ups
Burpee jump overs.

Did this right up until 6:00am.

Theme today was motivation. Do you rush through to get the reps done…do you take your time and try to run out the clock. Or do you have a consistent approach that maximizes your effort and results. Only you know.

Thanks to Brawny for the opportunity to lead!

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Dawn Patrol Leg Day

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WARMUP:
Mosey to parking lot by Police Station
SSH
Windmill
Low slow squats
Broga
Toe touches while holding plank
5 merkins

THE THANG:
Moved over to the paved path where we did 4 corners

20 of each, one exercise each corner
Merkins, squats, LBCs, donkey kicks

After round 1 we continued for two more exercises of CDD and calf raises so that we could get closer to the next stop.

Mosey to FM Church of Nazarene
Worked on the stairs for a bit
Each foot each step
Normal
Skip a step
Skip two steps
Bunny hop
Step then squat

Moved over to parking lot where we lunge walked between parking spaces and added a merkin at each line up to 8

Reverse that with CDD and reverse lunge walk

Quick run back to COT where I encouraged Pax to pick their pace, but do not stop.

Airborne hip exercises to finish.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Braden Sucks

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WARMUP: none
THE THANG: route from starbucks/market/nations common/front/160 to Braden. Some did hills and back. Anywhere from 3-5 miles enjoyed by all
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: torture and haire

COT: prayers for all. God bless

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Mumble chattah at the Burn

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WARMUP: SSH, Squats, Imperial, Cherry Pickers, Nightclubs, Mosey with Tot soldiers and Lunge Walk
THE THANG: 11s w Merks and BigBoys, Squats and LBCs. 4 corners with 2 exercises at each corner ( Starfish style) w 5x BombJax and Donk Kicks in the middle.
Finished with wall sit while 2 pax jumped out and completed 3 partner merkins.
5 mins of Mary was a hit!

MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tortoise and Hare and newsletter.
COT: Prayers and Praises for F3 and fellowship.

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Ok it’s 061……what??!?

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WARMUP: mosey to the upper lot for windmills. I/C, burpees, imperial walkers I/C, burpees, Hillbilly walkers I/C, burpees, Moroccan night clubs I/C, burpees, Seal jacks I/C, burpee

Mosey to the Pike Electric lot

THE THANG: Rugby sprints and swings
Part 1 – rugby sprints

6 rounds – an exercise called in cadence, then a sprint to the middle pole, then a cool
Down jog (soft j) to the far pole
Round 1 – Merkins
Round 2 – Low slow squats
Round 3 – Diamond merkins
Round 4 – Monkey humpers
Round 5 – Lunges
Round 6 – sumo squats

Mosey to WEP swings

At each swing, 5 reps of an exercise, 10 reps of an exercise and 15 reps of an exercise. PAX made all the way around the park.

Total number of swings: ALL OF THEM

Total number of Reps: ALL OF THEM

Even squeezed in a stop at the statue of a historic fort mill figure. It may or may not have been from Spitz’s original home. PAX did monkey humpers facing East.

Mosey to COT

MARY: She wasn’t there. Open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You bet.
COT: Remains the 5th core principle as disclaimed at 0615.

YHC was a bit off from the later start time but good to have some built in “disruption” on occasion to build our durability.

The message left with the PAX with was:
The best fruits of this life are an unstained character and acts for the common good. As leaders, what are we doing to cultivate the former and initiate the latter?

Thanks for the call <@U78QN5XU5> . :eye:

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Q school June 2025

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WARMUP:
SSH, windmill, low slow squat, butt kickers, side shuffle, high knees
THE THANG:

Bear crawl to 10
Lunge walk to 20
Rinse and repeat until other end zone

Move to stairs
Run two laps then 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 Bulgarian split squats
Go all the way down and back on stadium

Bear crawl to 10, 10 merkins
Lunge walk to 20, 10 LBCs
Rinse and repeat

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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East side no shows

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WARMUP:
THE THANG:

If you weren’t then you don’t know.

Cyclopse and I decided to save the wienkie and ruck instead. Great conversation with shieldlock.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Slow Cookin’

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WARMUP: Disclaimer and mosey around the Lowes campus. Circle up in about the middle of the parking lot for COP

THE THANG:
COP (all in cadence)
SSH x 20, windmill x 10, squat x 20, merkin x 7/hold/drop to elbows/regular to mountain climber x 15/hold/elbows, LBC x 20, small and large arm circles CW and CCW

Mosey to the parking lot lines and form a single line along one line. Lunge walk to the opposite side and do a burpee ladder from 1-5. Repeat the ladder backwards with backward lunging.

Mosey to the grassy hill by the gas station for Jacob’s ladder. 5 reps up the hill with bombjacks at the top counting to 5

Retrun to the parking lot and pair up. Wheelbarrow about 20 yards and do 10 partner merkins (handclaps). Flapjack and return to the start. Rinse and repeat

Circle up for the <@UJGS2BBQD> killer hip routine (7 reps ea).

MARY:
Flutter kicks x 15, pretzel crunch x 10L/10R, Rosalita x 15, Superman hold x 3

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Ft Mill Care Center Lawn Duty. It’s summertime and the grass is growing. Get a partner and get it done – easy duty. Tortoise and Hare this weekend and Hog and Coyote (Rock Hill) next weekend for you CSAUP enthusiasts. Read your newsletter!

COT:
Prayers for family traveling, praise for young children’s birthdays.

Each AO has a distinct vibe. Slow Burn has a relaxed vibe because it’s well-lit, it’s moderate, which encourages (I think) more mumble chatter, and it’s on Fridays so the Pax are excited for the weekend ahead. It’s usually a fun workout and even more fun to Q it. I enjoyed the Q this morning, and I met some guys today in person, who I have only seen on Slack video (<@U07LMG5PDQU>, <@U08BNRBQ9D1>). The pax were in good spirits, and it was a pleasure to lead them. The rain stayed at bay, but we did have <@U08G28Z7E> today (see how I did that). Thank you again, <@U04M7P605SM> for the invite, and I look forward to the next one.

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The Hive Shovel Flag Hand-Off

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WARMUP: Happy Hour warmed us up for the impending bear down
THE THANG:
Round 1: 10-min AMRAP
10 x KBS
10 x KB squats
10 x KB deadlifts
10 x KB clean and jerk

Round 2: 25-min of suffering

PAX circle up at bottom of the hill.
Non-stop KB swings, accumulate as many as possible – every time you stop swinging you complete:
5x burpees
10x merkins
15x squats
Resume swinging

Meanwhile…pax take turns carrying heavy objects up the hill to the speed bump. Options included:
100lb sandy nut sack
60lb sandy hog (sand bag)

Everyone worked hard, everyone complained, everyone got better

MARY:
LBCs
American Hammers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes there were several

COT: Had to be there

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Meander around town

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WARMUP:
The pledge

THE THANG:
Launch point was parking lot across from old Hardee’s

Exercises
10 merkins
20 squats
20 LBCs

Loop
Run up main
Left at Post office
Left on Elliot
Left back to launch point.
Repeat exercises

Go one street farther each time past Elliot until you get to E Close St.

The. Reverse the route and work back.

All pax got 3 so got close to 5.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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