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The Armory

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WARMUP: SSH, Low Slow Squat, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Peter Parker, Moroccan Nightclubs
THE THANG: Grab your bells and scoot on over to the other side of the parking lot
Pair up by counting off. Poppins has a lame leg so he goes with the ones because there's a pair exercise.

Written in chalk in the parking spaces are seven exercises. They are spaced out so that you have to bell-crawl between them. Every exercise is each side or 20 combined.

  • Run a lap (no bell)
  • 10 shoulder press
  • 10 arm curl
  • 10 chest press
  • 10 bent over row
  • 30 swings
  • 10 electrice slide
  • WHAT? Two iron poles with a sand bag suspended in the middle. Each partner takes a deep step to one side in a deep. One knee at 90º, the other leg straight. Then stand up straight. Then to the other side. That's one.

After a full round is complete, sit down in a tight circle for "pass the Dutchie". One cycle L, R, L, R

One more circuit
Dutchie L, R

One final circuit
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Q school

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WARMUP: mosey to Kimbrell’s lot
Exercises in cadence -‘seal jacks, windmills, Cherry pickers, imperial walkers, merkins, shoulder taps and 5 burpees OYO – just because.

THE THANG: mosey to St. John’s UMC lot for partner Dora 50-100-150
50 burpees
100 squats
150 4-count flutters

Mosey to First Baptist lot for four corners with varying MOT’s
Corner 1 – merkins
Lunge walk to corner 2
Corner 2 – sumo squats
Bear crawl to corner 3
Corner 3 – hand release merkins
Power skip to corner 4
Corner 4 – lunges

Mosey to pavilion downtown
Incline merkins and dips in cadence on the bricks of the statues.

Mosey to COT

MARY: varying pax led exercises
The mule called and led American hammers
Italian Job called flutters
Cohiba called Hello Dollys
That took us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: always – and read your newsletter too.

COT: My why for F3 is simple we can give others a path to being better while doing so ourselves. In our lives, there are things that make us better off, or worse off. The mission is simple and compelling.

Prayers were lifted up for U-Haul and his family and DD & his M going through cancer treatment.

Praise for Sofrito turning 50 and respect.

This was a Q school workout. Reminders shared wi the pax are below. Thanks for the call Cubbie 👁️

Q-school Tips: 3-31-26
1 – when running fitness levels vary widely; 4 corners is great.
2 – calling cadence demonstrated
3 – scout your site beforehand if possible
4 – keeping the group together: run-exercise-run-exercise-run-exercise
5 – 5 minutes of Mary – great way to have a new pax call an exercise and lead in a cadence
6 – have a modified exercise in reserve if fitness levels vary widely – ie: burpee modified down to a flying squirrel or a squat into a plank and return to upright. Modify as needed to avoid injury; don’t modify to avoid effort
7 – partner work (ie: Dora) – encourages pax and takes cadence off of Q (freed to lead…..and delegate)
8 – site q is responsible for site; q is responsible for the outcome of the workout: Credo part 1 – leave no man behind
Credo part 2 – leave no man where you found him

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Q school

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WARMUP: mosey to Kimbrell’s lot
Exercises in cadence -‘seal jacks, windmills, Cherry pickers, imperial walkers, merkins, shoulder taps and 5 burpees OYO – just because.

THE THANG: mosey to St. John’s UMC lot for partner Dora 50-100-150
50 burpees
100 squats
150 4-count flutters

Mosey to First Baptist lot for four corners with varying MOT’s
Corner 1 – merkins
Lunge walk to corner 2
Corner 2 – sumo squats
Bear crawl to corner 3
Corner 3 – hand release merkins
Power skip to corner 4
Corner 4 – lunges

Mosey to pavilion downtown
Incline merkins and dips in cadence on the bricks of the statues.

Mosey to COT

MARY: varying pax led exercises
The mule called and led American hammers
Italian Job called flutters
Cohiba called Hello Dollys
That took us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: always – and read your newsletter too.

COT: My why for F3 is simple we can give others a path to being better while doing so ourselves. In our lives, there are things that make us better off, or worse off. The mission is simple and compelling.

Prayers were lifted up for U-Haul and his family and DD & his M going through cancer treatment.

Praise for Sofrito turning 50 and respect.

This was a Q school workout. Reminders shared wi the pax are below. Thanks for the call Cubbie 👁️

Q-school Tips: 3-31-26
1 – when running fitness levels vary widely; 4 corners is great.
2 – calling cadence demonstrated
3 – scout your site beforehand if possible
4 – keeping the group together: run-exercise-run-exercise-run-exercise
5 – 5 minutes of Mary – great way to have a new pax call an exercise and lead in a cadence
6 – have a modified exercise in reserve if fitness levels vary widely – ie: burpee modified down to a flying squirrel or a squat into a plank and return to upright. Modify as needed to avoid injury; don’t modify to avoid effort
7 – partner work (ie: Dora) – encourages pax and takes cadence off of Q (freed to lead…..and delegate)
8 – site q is responsible for site; q is responsible for the outcome of the workout: Credo part 1 – leave no man behind
Credo part 2 – leave no man where you found him

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Big Bertha visits the Hive

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WARMUP: the usual suspects
THE THANG:
Thang#1: muzac
1. https://youtu.be/FNxGcVVkheA?si=66YM98r8lt2Q4uUY-69 by cody parks & dirty south (~4 min): prisoner bell Squats-AMRAP during instrumental, Fig-8’s during lyrics,… on “shot a man” do 15 merkins
1. Short mosey
1. https://youtu.be/t6q9Vc1ZtQI?si=4hWCrXxR1LWp8YrO by Fabulous (~4 min): BBSU on “Breathe”, AmHammer or LBCs otherwise
1. Bell optional…but encouraged
Thang#2: Dora
Timer for Partner Switch = Nur up hill, mosey back
Rack up the following:
Tire Group:
Sledgehammers/Gorilla Smashes
Tire Flips
Clockwork Irkins/Derkins
TRX Group → Timer for Station Switch
Inverted Rows – 250
Floating Mountain Climbers – 500
Grass Group:
Man-Makers
Underswitch-to-Crab Press
Bertha Slams/Suplexes
MARY: pax-Ab-Lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Op. love poultry collections
COT: held, U-Haul lifted, prayers offered

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Is this minnow pond?

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After an extended sabbatical from bootcamp—featuring a highlight reel of injuries and a little side quest called cancer— Cubbie decided it was my time to step back into the Q saddle. Turns out the saddle still fits… it’s just attached to a horse that appears to be rode hard and put away wet.

We opened with the disclaimer, which felt especially important given the current structural integrity of the Q. Then we moseyed to WEP for SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Broga, and Moroccan Night Clubs. Spirits were high, joints were cracking, and I immediately established the theme for the morning: “moderate expectations.”
One small administrative oversight: YHC completely forgot to count off the Pax at the beginning. So if you were there… congratulations and I hope you made it back at the end.

Round 1 – Park Loop Bench Tour
We took a lap around the park loop, stopping at each of the swinging benches for:
5 Merkins
5 Squats
This was a nice warmup and also allowed YHC to repeatedly evaluate whether my arms were still capable of pushing my body off the ground. Results were… inconclusive but promising.

Round 2 – Bear Crawl Pyramid of Poor Decisions
Then came the main event: a bear crawl ladder/pyramid situation

Pattern:
Bear crawl 10 yds → 10 Shoulder Taps
Add another 10 yd bear crawl → 20 American Hammers
Add another 10 yd bear crawl → 30 Flutter Kicks
Add another 10 yd bear crawl → 40 LBCs
Add another 10 yd bear crawl → 50 Penguin Heel Taps
Then we worked our way back down the ladder.
Between rounds we jogged back and SSH’d for the 6

Round 3 – Hill of Questionable Cadence
We moseyed back toward COT and stopped at the bottom of the steep hill.
Fast mosey up → 10 IC Mike Tyson’s
Faster mosey up → 8 IC Mike Tyson’s
All you got → 6 IC Mike Tyson’s
This is where things got exciting. Your Q attempted to call cadence for the Mike Tyson’s and demonstrated a bold new counting technique best described as “freestyle jazz cadence.”

The Pax handled it with grace and only minimal public ridicule was made by DOAH.

Return to COT
We wrapped with Nameorama, Announcements, and Prayers & Praises.

Despite a little rust, some questionable counting, and the physical strength of a medium-sized houseplant, it felt good to be back out there bootcamping with the Pax again. Grateful to still be able to show up, even if the Q sheet execution occasionally looked like it was written in crayon.

Thanks for the opportunity Cubbie

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You vs You and it pays to be a winner

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13 pax showed up for an Armory beatdown today. The Mikel chatter stopped fast when they learned they had 16 minutes to complete 500 reps OYO. We missed the time hack but got it plenty of work

The Warm up:
SSH x20
Cherry Pickers x20
Windmill x10
Bonus SSH x20 for JWow since he showed up late
Lap around the lot

The Thang:
You vs you
100 reps in any manner the pac saw fit of the following exercises – merkins, big boys w/bell, squats with bell, curls, tricep extensions.
Bonus work KB Swings
It pays to be a winner

Mosey to the wall for a wall sit as long as you can. Upon failure take a lap. Last man standing don’t have to run
Rinse and repeat with B2W as the exercise
Finish up with another round of merkins, squats, swings, curls, tricep extensions until 6:00

Prayers for Uhaul
Announcements check your newsletter

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You vs You and it pays to be a winner

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13 pax showed up for an Armory beatdown today. The Mikel chatter stopped fast when they learned they had 16 minutes to complete 500 reps OYO. We missed the time hack but got it plenty of work

The Warm up:
SSH x20
Cherry Pickers x20
Windmill x10
Bonus SSH x20 for JWow since he showed up late
Lap around the lot

The Thang:
You vs you
100 reps in any manner the pac saw fit of the following exercises – merkins, big boys w/bell, squats with bell, curls, tricep extensions.
Bonus work KB Swings
It pays to be a winner

Mosey to the wall for a wall sit as long as you can. Upon failure take a lap. Last man standing don’t have to run
Rinse and repeat with B2W as the exercise
Finish up with another round of merkins, squats, swings, curls, tricep extensions until 6:00

Prayers for Uhaul
Announcements check your newsletter

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ab-solutely

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WARMUP:
Most of the hits: SSH, Merkins, Cherry Pickin, Low Slow Squat, Imperial Walker
THE THANG:
Mosey to the end of the parking lot for 11s
10 BBSU —–> 1 “wheezy Jefferson”

Pair up for a dora. Either run the full length of the parking lot or bear crawl 1/3 the length and run back.
100 Freddy Mercury (double count)
200 Flutter (double count)
300 LBC

Six minutes left, so dragon walk back to COT.
MARY: Window wipers!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff is happening soon
COT: It’s time to trust. Not a prayer circle

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“Laterally” speaking

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WARMUP:
– Side-straddle hop,
– Strawberry pickers,
– Plank to down dog calf stretches, from plank Left arm to the sky with some hip dips, Right arm to the sky with some hip dips

THE THANG:
– Mosey to Massey St.
– Lateral shuffle (R) to top of the hill, walk back down, lateral shuffle (L) to top of the hill.
– Jog up to Sisk parking lot, 50 lateral lunges (25 each side)
– Jog to 21 Business and down to the parking lot at the corner of 21BUS and S. White Street.
– 50 Apollo Ono’s
– Jog back to the bottom of Massey St. and REPEAT 3x
– Lateral shuffle (R) to top of the hill, walk back down, lateral shuffle (L) to top of the hill.
– Head to COT

MARY:
– LBC’s, American Hammers, Box Cutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Read your newsletter

COT:
– It is what it is… Prayers for discernment and sports season safety all around.

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