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Patience is a Virtue

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan NC – 10 IC
Mosey lap around AO

Main Thang:
Round 1: Cinder Strength
Perform 3 rounds: (10, 15, 20 reps)

Cinder Block Squat Press (Thruster)
Cinder Block Rows
Cinder Block Lunges (Rep per leg)
Cinder Block Curls
Cinder Block Flutter Kicks (with a press)

Recovery: Mosey to 50 yards and back between rounds.

Round 2: Tire Gauntlet
Tire Flips – One person Flips the tire, while the other person does a Burpee switching until the 20 yard line and back
2 rounds total.

F3 Discussion:

Patience as Faith in Motion
An F3 Discussion on Work, Kids, and Marriage

In F3 we talk about credible leadership. Credibility doesn’t come from volume, speed, or force. It comes from consistency. Patience is the proving ground where faith stops being theoretical and starts being operational.

At Work: Stewardship Over Speed
Work will tempt you to rush—deadlines, emails, personalities, pressure. Patience at work is trusting that integrity still scales, even when shortcuts look faster. Faith reframes your job as stewardship, not identity. You execute with excellence, you treat people well, and you let God manage outcomes. Impatience says, “I need control.” Faith says, “I’ll do my part and let the rest unfold.”
F3 takeaway: Post daily. Lead calmly. Results follow discipline, not anxiety.

With Kids: Formation Takes Time
Kids are a long-term discipleship program with no instant feedback. Patience keeps you from reacting emotionally; faith keeps you focused on formation, not behavior management. You’re not raising kids—you’re raising future adults. Every patient correction, every calm boundary, every prayer is a deposit you won’t see immediately.
F3 takeaway: Train, don’t terrorize. Model what you expect. Trust the harvest.

In Marriage: Covenant Over Convenience
Marriage will test patience more than any AO. Faith reminds you this is a covenant, not a contract. Patience shows up as listening before speaking, grace before judgment, and presence over distraction. You lead best at home not by winning arguments, but by serving consistently. Strong marriages aren’t built in emotional highs—they’re forged in steady faithfulness.
F3 takeaway: Protect the relationship. Lead with humility. Play the long game.

The F3 Framework
We don’t rush reps. We don’t rush results. We don’t rush growth. Faith sets the destination; patience controls the pace. When life gets heavy, patience keeps you disciplined, and faith keeps you hopeful.

Bottom Line
Patience is faith with boots on the ground. It’s how a man leads when no one is watching, when progress is slow, and when outcomes aren’t guaranteed. Stay anchored. Stay disciplined. Trust God’s timing—and keep posting.
Strong men aren’t in a hurry. They’re in position.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Because Miyagi gave me an unfriendly reminder

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WARMUP: We did
THE THANG:
– Go to the rocks
– 1st phase:
– EMOM – 10/10/10 (15?) – curls, OHP, Bent over rows
– 2nd phase:
– 11s – Manmakers (leave the rock), jump squats – the run is to the cigar lounge and back (touch the wall)
– 3rd phase:
– Abs Dora – run the triangle
– 100 LBC, 200 DLL, 300 flutters
– We modified this one for time…
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Ice Apocalypse at The Fort

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WARMUP: Yes. SSH, Hillbilly, Imperial walkers, Windmills, Planks, Downward Dog, Updog, PeterParker and ParkerPeter, with a mosey.
THE THANG: Wallsits w Merks, Squats and Incline Merks in multiple rounds as each Pax jumped out to knock out the exercise.Next round utilized step ups, dips, and decline merks. 10 and 15 reps per round.
Next up: 9’s using parking blocks and curbs to complete IronMikes on one side and squats on the other side of parking lot.( mosey between). Pax then made their way up to top of hill ( entrance to WEP) where a board of pain awaited with 5 exercises listed and 3 rounds with reps of 5.10.15. In between rounds Pax went back down the hill and either looped the parking lot ( behind the amphitheater) or turned around at bottom of hill to make their way back. Exercises were Seal Jax, Merks, Big Boys, Plank Jax, Squats and Lunges. Group finished with 3 mins of Mary.
MARY: 3 painful mins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam run, Adopt a Highway coming soon, Read newsletter.
COT: Prayers for aging parents, patience w kids, weather, and Praises for F3.

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Sharing Burdens

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WARMUP: No warmup
THE THANG: Rucking within the Kingsley property while sharing a 40lb dumbbell while you were talking about your burdens. We did (10) reps of low-slow Squats each person while one person was holding the dumbbell and we rotated through everyone to have a chance to do the low-slow squat with the dumbbell.
MARY: Mary doesn’t like to ruck
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Trip to the ER

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WARMUP: Done in the car
THE THANG: Munn to 21, loop the hospital, back up 21, loop Sunbelt, then up the hill, over the woods avoiding the big bad wolf and back to COT, 4-5 miles depending upon your loops in the woods
MARY: She fart sacked
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Damn Bar packet pickup, stay warm and don’t play in traffic
COT: Moms and kids

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Hitting all the Corners

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WARMUP: Mozy past the bathrooms and stopped for SSH. We kept going and headed up the hill toward the parking lot for windmills then ran back down the hill and stopped near COT for squats.
THE THANG: We continued past COT ran up the parking lot entrance and across the street to the adjacent parking lot where four cones were roughly placed at each corner. (Not exactly a square and more like a “P” than anything else.). We did a “four corners” workout where each Pax did a full lap and stopped at the next cone for reps. After doing 20 reps of each exercise we ran a full lap + the distance to the next cone. Rinse and repeat until we completed all four cones. Cones were broken out as follows:
– Upper: Merkins, CDD, Dips, Shoulder tap merkins
– Lower: Calf raises, Bomb jacks, Squats, Monkey humpers
– Abs: Big boy sit-ups, American Hammers, Flutters, Box cuttahs
– Full Body: Burpees, SSH, Mike Tysons, Single-leg merkins

Once completed, (we did more running than planned) we found a patch of grass for Jack Webbs. Overhead claps/Plank jacks. 4/1, 8/2….32/8.

Mozy back to the Clam Shell for a wall sit ladder. Everyone in wall sit position with the person at the end bear crawling out to the grass for 5 Merkins. Rinse and repeat down the line until everyone took their turn. Back to COT with 2.6-2.9 total miles completed depending on whose watch you were going off of.
MARY: Just a bit. Hammers, Box cuttahs, Double D’s SSH thing while we were all face down on the pavement.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: upcoming CSAUPs.
COT: All prayers/praises mentioned family in one way or another. Sickness, surgery, travel, thankfulness for what we have.

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3 Man Relay

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WARMUP: Mosey, SSH, MNC, Imperial Walker, Hillbilly Walker, Merkin
THE THANG: We did a 3 many relay where one pax ran the 100 yard and the other 2 did the exercise until the pax got back. We did OYO squats, reverse lunge, merkins, shoulder taps, plank, calf raise, flutters, American hammer.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Lost in Running Translation

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WARMUP: No warmup. Runners don’t need a warmup. They just start running ??‍♂️
THE THANG: Ran between 4.4 to 5 miles. NASA and Cohiba got lost on the way back which created us running close to 5 miles. The original route was lost in translation by Vuvuzela.
MARY: Runners don’t know who Mary is.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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King of The Ring Round 1

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 25 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Merkins – 10 IC
Low Slow Squats – 15 IC
Moroccan NC – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
The Thang:
Perform a Ladder: (Start with 5 reps; Add +5 each round except Blockees)
After each round, run 1 lap around track
Exercises (with cinder):
1. Blockees (burpee w/ cinder)
2. Block Chest Presses
3. Block Curls
4. Block Squats
5. Block Swings
6. Block Overhead Presses
MARY: Didn’t have enough time for her to show up
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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