Pre-Convergence Convergence

There were Ruckers and runners.

Barry Manilow led the runners for 5+ miles around The Fort.

The bootcampers were led first by Maximus with a SSH x Merkin combo x2 to warm up.
After a quick warm up, the weinke was
10 merkins, 10 mountain climbers (double count) at each of the 9 swings around the park. When done and waiting on the 6 to fill in, hold an Al Gore. To wrap up, starting at the bottom of the grassy hill from the parking lot, flutter kicks, then burpees at the top of the hill.

Cake Boss took second shift with playtime at the playground.
Partnering up, one partner does squats, while the other runs around the playground. Then flapjack. Next was pull ups/merkins following the same format. To wrap up, keeping the same partner, one bear crawled across the field and run back, while the other did flutters. Flap jack until 3 rounds were done.

Fogerty took us home with some 11’s and hill repeats.
At the bottom of the hill with the statue, started with 10 merkins and bombjacks. Half way up the hill, 5 burpees, then 1 squat and big boy sit-up. No burpee on the way back down the hill. Repeat until 11’s are done cutting out the burpees when you hit 5 & 6.

This was a fun 60 min bootcamp.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Clave Boss & convergence in 12/23. Happy Birthday Walker. Tallawah is officially closed for good.

COT:

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Lots of Stairs In Downtown

WARMUP:
Run to Loom parking lot for COP Warmup:
– SSH
– Awkward SSH
– Merkins
– IW
– Sumo Squats (Bonsai’s version)
– Windmills

THE THANG:
Run to FM COG parking lot to find a cone with 4 rounds of exercises. Pax partner up. Partner 1 runs across parking lot and up/down stairs (newest building), then back, while partner does exercises listed on cone. Flapjack, then rinse and repeat for all 4 rounds.
10 reps each exercise, rinse and repeat.
– Round 1 – Flutters <-> Freddie Mercuries
– Round 2 – LBCs <-> Heals to Heaven
– Round 3 – Dying Cockroach <-> American Hammers
– Round 4 – Chopsticks <-> Plank Jacks

Pax moseyed to 2nd cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs).
Cone 2
– Round 1 – Side-step lunges <-> Imperial Walkers
– Round 2 – Bomb Jacks <-> Lunges
– Round 3 – Monkey Humpers <-> Squats
– Round 4 – High Jumps <-> SSH

Pax moseyed to 3rd cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs).
Cone 3
– Round 1 – Plank Punches <-> Rosalitas
– Round 2 – Merkins <-> 10 second Elbow Plank
– Round 3 – CDD <-> Moroccan Nightclubs
– Round 4 – Alternating shoulder taps <-> Parkers Peters

Pax moseyed to 4th/last cone for another 4 rounds (different exercises, different running route, different stairs), but we ran out of time.

Back to COT.

Thanks SoupToNuts for the opportunity to lead. Thanks to all pax for posting. Great job!

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4 mile Deconstructed Burpee

WARMUP: It is Sweep the Leg. Strive to do that prior to 5:15
THE THANG: Run a 4 mile loop: https://f3thefort.com/2022/02/25/stl-just-keep-going/ (if you wanna see the route. side note: it wasn’t my first rodeo on this route)

Stop along the way for deconstructed burpees:
10 squats
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
10 SSH
run
Repeat the full 5 steps each subsequent stop

PAX were advised to just jump in where the most guys were when they got to the exercises, or to skip the exercises entirely and just keep running.

When we stretch to a route that necessitates covering 4 miles, YHC gets worried about leaving PAX. We managed to stay together and Fishstix + Badlands picked up the 6 today making sure we all arrived back at COT resting on 4 miles. Bravo gentlemen!

NMM:
Sometimes we have to choose the hard thing ourselves. Sometimes we have to choose to do the hard thing that life is handing us. If we skirt away from doing the what’s difficult when needed, what worse thing will be waiting for us in the future?

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Real or imagined?

WARMUP: mosey to the bus loop- various exercises I/C and 5 burpees – just because….
THE THANG: 12’s – running the bus loop pax did burpees at the entrance and squats at the top of the loop. Maximus was king

PAX did abs until the six was finished.

Mosey to the band lot starting at the south goal line:

Bear crawl to the 20 – then 20 shoulder taps

Lunge walk to the 40 – 15 squats OYO

NUR to the 20 – 5 kracken burpees OYO

Bear crawl to goal line to finish in time for COT

MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

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KB-Out the Thanksgiving Cobwebs

WARMUP: 20xSSH, 10xIW, 10xHBW, 10xMNC, 20xSSH

THE THANG: A melody of Jack Webb‘s to shake the cobwebs off from Thanksgiving. Webb were done with counts building from 1-10, at a 1:4 Ratio.

1. ManMakers 1:4 MurderBunnies
2. Thrusters 1:4 KB Swings
3. Curls 1:4 KB Flutters
4. Goblet Squats 1:4 KB Calf Raises

PAX pointed out it was 0600 as we were around ‘8’ into the last Webb, thankfully we were already at COT!

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. Golf Tourney still has lots of spots available, Christmas party coming up (at Airborne’s), and lots of other excitement throughout The Fort!

COT: Praises & prayers.

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Quiet Please……….

WARMUP: SSH (while waiting on Cubbie), mosey to Monroe & Acadamy. 10 Windmills, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Goofballs (for BL)
THE THANG: #The Pendulum
10 Bombjacks: run to stop sign at Confederate 20 Merkins
back to intersection: 10 Bombjacks: Run to top of hill on Monroe 20 Plankjacks
5 rounds
Thang #2
Four Corners:
Corner 1: 5 Merkins & 5 Bombjacks
Corner 2: 5 Merkins & 10 Monkeyhumpers
Corner 3: 5 Merkins & 15 CDD’s
Corner 4: 5 Merkins & 20 Mountain Climbers
Did 3 Rounds
MARY: Bandcamp led a few
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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27 – ALL of them were there

WARMUP: mosey to the high school gym parking lot for:
Windmills x 10 (d/c, i/c)
Cherry pickers x 10 (i/c)
Imperial walkers x 10 (I/c)
Hillbilly walkers x 10 (I/c)
Seal jacks x 15 (I/c)
Plank
Down dog, walk dogs
Merkins x 10 (I/c)
Should taps x 10 (I/c)

Hand off to warning track for the main event

THE THANG:

Light poles are the Diamond
4 rounds
Home base – pole 1 – 5 burpees
1st base – pole 2 – 10 Bobby hurleys
2nd base – pole 3 – 15 LBC’s
3rd base – pole 4 – 20 merkins

Mosey to hill out to Munn road
Partner DORA – partner 1 runs, partner 2 does exercises and then flapjack
100 – Shoulder Taps
200 – LBC’s
300 – squats

On to the high school wall for BTTW.  Holding for an excessive period of time.  Once time was called pax moseyed to COT

MARY: Time for one minute of flutters.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: 5th core principle

Warning Track and YHC were given AAR’s and pax were dismissed after COT.

Always a privilege to see an accelerating HIM rise at The Coach’s Box.  T-Claps Warning Track.

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I think Beaker hit his head

WARMUP:
0445 – 2 mile prerun
0515 – 31 SSH, 10 Imperial Walkers, 8 Single Leg RDLs

THE THANG:
1st circuit:
-10 squats
-10 lunges (SC)
-10 jumping lunges (SC)
-10 jump squats
up and down the hill twice.
x5 rounds

2nd circuit:
10 big boys
10 Peter Parker’s (DC)
10 leg raises
Up and down the hill
x4

Ended the last 10 minutes with some kinda Broga and light stretching

MARY: check above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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Grandpa’s Shieldlock

WARMUP:
Mozy around the parking lot, stopping at corners to do exercises. Cherry Pickers, SSH, merkins, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers and flutters
THE THANG:
Round 1: Shower Curtain and Long Duck did a Dora. Partner runs across the parking lot while we do 100 each cumulative reps of curls, chest press, shoulder press.
Round 2: Rebound led a Tabata 3 rounds of five exercises. 40 seconds of work and 20 seconds of rest. Each round was chest press flutters, LBC, KB swings, lawnmower pulls left, then right.
Round 3: Lighthouse lost his mind and started us off with a Dora consisting of 50 man makers, 50 goblet squats, 50 tricep extensions. Back to COT
MARY: merkins but it was 6😂
ANNOUNCEMENTS: BBQ, Leaders on the Links, Christmas Party
COT: marriages, mental health, young kids struggling

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Walk like your favorite Bear or Crab!

WARMUP:
Ran up that big ole hill
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly walkers
Cherry Pickers
Moroccan Night Clubs
Run back down big ole hill

THE THANG:
Part I: First Baptist Parking lot, stop at each island
Do this set 3x
5 reps burpees
10 reps merkins
15 reps jump squats
20 reps WWII sit-ups

Mode of Transport between islands:
1st time – Cubbie Crawl
2nd time – Crab Walk
3rd time – Lunge Walk

Part II: relay races
Team planks until your turn

Part III: Print Shop
Dora, 1 set
5 x pull-ups
5 x dips
1 trip down the monkey bars
LBCs until your partner returns

MARY:
Plank out to Ram Jam with Merkins on “Bam-a-Lam”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bourbon and BBQ this Friday
Convergence on Thanksgiving, 6:30 at the Ranch

COT:
Named Cobbler!
We recited the 5 rules of F3 for Cobbler’s (and some of our own) benefit 😀
I brought up how I’ve had a Whetstone for 3 months and it has really helped me find more consistency with posting. Can’t wait to dig deeper and keep accelerating!
Had a moment of silence so men could pray on their own.

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