5 men got stronger this morning at the coaches box. There were pull ups, rugby sprints and some Yoga
12 good men got stronger at ring of fire with pull ups burpees and sprints
WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker
Low slow Squat
Moroccan Night Clubs
Shoulder Taps
THE THANG: go to 3 different areas (repeat twice-ish) for Tabata Kettlebell workout. Do as a group.
Mumblechatter was strong with drawing penne’s during financial review mtgs, 14th amendment, number of Sugarbug’s kids, and YHC not knowing the difference between the imperial and hillbilly walker
Area 1:
Swings
Curls
Flutter w/ Bell high
Single arm Deadlift
Shoulder Press
Area 2:
Turkish Get-Ups
Goblet Squats
Triceps
American Hammers
KB merkins
Area 3:
Deck Squats
Rows
Calf Raises
Side Lunges
Chest press on your 6
COT: prayers for Cohiba’s family travel, patience, wisdom, trusting God
This morning 11 studs went back to school with Billy Madison. Here’s what we did:
Warmup
10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
10 SSHs (IC)
Take a lap
The Thang
12 rounds of 12 exercises (adding new exercises each round) to simulate 12 years of school Billy had to complete.
12 American Hammers
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins
Take a lap
12 American Hammers, 12 Merkins, 12 Calf Raises, 12 LBCs, 12 Wide Arm Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Boxcutters, 12 Ranger Merkins, 12 Lunges, 12 Freddie Mercurys, 12 Diamond Merkins, 12 Burpees
Some guys got to the Diamond Merkins. Most guys hit two miles. All guys got smoked.
NMM
“Billy Madison” taught us to make the best of your second chances. Call the friend or family member you lost connection with. With the knowledge you have now, give that business venture a try. You’re never too old to complete the goals you had when you were younger.
Today was fun. The exercises weren’t, but the conversation was. Great energy today. I hope this was the hardest and stupidest thing you do today. If not, there’s always tomorrow. Thanks for the opportunity, Slow Jams.
WARMUP: Some SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walkers & Hillbilly Walkers
THE THANG:
Mosey over to the side of Harris Teeter and use there giant wall for a little work. Everyone grabbed a seat against it and had a 10 count waterfall kick us off down the line. We followed this up by a plank series with our feet on the wall (parallel, 45 degrees & B2W) 10 count at each. It was all so much fun we did it again.
Mosey back to the parking lot and completed a round of solo DORA style work. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC. Run to the end of the lot and back whenever you were unable to continue or at least ever 1/4 of the set.
Once this was completed we continued to a board of pain for the final 10 minutes. Exercises were completed by all with a PAX in the center of the circle being the timer completing 10 man makers with a toss of the 30lb sandbag over the shoulder each time. We got through:
-Donkey Kicks
-Mountain Climbers
-SSH
-Flutter
-Plank Jack
-High Knees
-Lunges
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Attend the Cannoli Run or answer to Twister…
COT: It happened
WARMUP:
Windmills
MNC
Low &Slow Squats
cyclops
Planks
Peter Parker’s
Downward dog
Upward dog
Hamstring stretch
Merkins
THE THANG:
11s with Mike Tyson’s and Sumo Squats, Mode of transport, Lt. Dans going one way
MARY: several exercises 3 min
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: yes
March 18th is tentatively set as our first pick-up for the US21 adopt-a-Highway litter pickup! We will have 4 opportunities in 2023. Once a quarter is the plan. All supplies provided ( bags, gloves, safety vests, pick up sticks, eye-wear, and fellowship) All that remains is YOU.
Plan for about 1 hour and 30 mins – 2 hours maximum. We will meet at the Harris street park around 7:45am.
We will walk up the hill to US21 and split up into 2 groups. One group will head north to the Peachstand and back and the other group will head south to Sutton Rd and back. (1 mile each direction)
We could use 10-12 guys to keep this an efficient and timely process. 2.0s and Ms are welcome as well as anyone who would like to participate in our community svc event.
Thank you to all who participated in 2022. Looking forward to seeing new faces as well as the HIM who assisted last year.
US 21 from the Peachstand south to Sutton Rd ( Circle K – gas station) is the road that we adopted!!
WARMUP: 4 Plank Jacks/Merkins/Shoulder Taps/Supermans. Repeat with 8 count. Repeat with 16 count. Repeat with 32 count.
THE THANG: Four corners with four exercises (20 count each) at each corner. After exercises completed at the corner, run one full lap + 1/4 to get to the next station. Exercises grouped as “Upper”, “Lower”, “Abs”, “All”. Once completed all corners we did the warmup all over again.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Damn Bar
COT: Grassy’s son
WARMUP:
Slow mosey out of the park, along Windward drive, down Mariana’s Ct, back up to the Windward, and then circle up on the basketball court for COP
THE THANG:
COP (All in double count cadence):
SSHx 25, windmill x 15, CDD x 10, Squat x 20, American hammer x 20, jumping lung x 15, merkin x 10, box cutter x 15, cherry picker x 15, plank/right arm/right leg high/regular, 6″/regular/left arm/leg high/regular/6″/regular, 10 burpees OYO
Move to the middle of the parking lot, and split up the group.
Group 1: runs to the playground, and does 10 pull-ups, while group 2 does hello dolly. Flapjack
Rinse and repeat two more times with LBC’s and flutters
Mosey to the field for the Tunnel of Love (5 sets)
Mosey out of the park to the bottom of Mariana’s Ct for Jacob’s ladder. 5 reps on the hil, count 1-5 burpees at the top, run backward on reps 2 and 4. Mosey back to the wall along the concession stand in the park.
Power Square.
Assume BTTW on the concession stand wall, walk on your hands along the wall, lunge walk out to the 2nd base, bear crawl along a line parallel to the wall, lunge walk back. Rinse and repeat for a total of 3 squares.
Circle up in the field and finish off the workout with 10 minutes of Broga (Mountain Pose, Warrior I/II, Triangle, Cat/Cow, Knees to chest, Happy Baby, Corpe (aka Body Destroyer).
COT
Naked Man Moleskin
Great winter morning at Alcatraz! Love the cold temps and dry air. I can’t remember the last time Q’d a whole hour. It was nice having the full 60 minutes to make it tough, but also do something different. I took a cue from Change Order and included Broga today to mix it up a bit and cool down at the end of the workout (which we never do!)
Jiffy joined us today after an extended break from F3, but didn’t show any nice of lack of fitness. Good work, brother! We had a solid group today and everyone pushed through it to make themselves better. It’s always a pleasure to lead the fine men of F3, and I look forward to my next Q at Alcatraz.
The title of the workout is yet another Rush reference (RIP Neil Peart). Since we did yoga today, it seems to fit (a little – haha).
ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRAYERS, PRAISES:
Dam2Dam 10K coming up. Opportunities to run, ruck, or just volunteer. This is a benefit for FM schools. Read your newsletter.
Prayers and praises: Pumpkin Spice’s daughter going through treatment, ST’s son’s girlfriend’s father’s passing. Change Order’s mother-in-law with Covid. Praise for Uber’s son’s success as a student musician!
WARMUP:
Circle up for windmill x 15 and SSH x 20. Form a line and do toy soldiers and arm circles on the way to an area in front of HT. Circle up again.
THE THANG:
After the disclaimer and a short warm up, we were greeted by two additional pax who joined the circle for a Tabata workout.
8 exercises, 8 reps each, 20 sec work, 10 sec rest.
The exercises we did today were:
1. CCD
2. Box cutters (tough)
3. Mountain climbers
4. Squats
5. Merkins (crowd pleaser)
6. Superman hold
7. Alternating lunges
8. Burpees
Finish with 90 sec body destroyer
COT
NAKED MAN MOLESKIN
I’ve done this workout several times and it’s very easy to plan, but a little tricky to execute. Keeping track of the exercises and the number of sets requires some concentration. With no cadence counting, it encourages a lot of mumble chatter and we had plenty of that today. Noteworthy was Slapshot, who welcomed our FNG with steady conversation for the entire workout. I tip my hat to him because while the rest of us were groaning on sets 7 and 8 of merkins, he kept the chatter going with little sign of fatigue or O2 deprivation. Well done!
Welcome Pongo who comes to us from North Charlotte (I believe). He brought along an FNG who we dubbed Gremlin. Welcome, gentlemen! Love getting FNG’s on the weekday workouts. It was a great morning with the fine gentlemen of the Fort and a pleasure to lead the group as always. Thanks for the Q nod, Slow Jams!
ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRAYERS
Dam2Dam race/fundraiser for Ft. Mill Schools in Feb. Read your newsletter.
Prayers: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin, Pongo’s grandfather Warren, kids returning to school.