Colosseum…The Return

WARMUP: You should've done that & stretched prior to launch.
THE THANG: Run to the bottom of the hill at the entrance of the school compound for 5 of each of the following Merkin series:
Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular, Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular
NUR back up the hill to the small parking lot
20 Oblique Crunches each side
Run to the front of GHES
10 Mike Tysons
Bear Crawl to the opposite curb, Crawl Bear back
20 V-Ups
Bear Crawl to the opposite curb, Crawl Bear back
Run to the back wall behind GHES (so glorious)
Run to the wall, go over, touch the school, 2 Burpees
Run to the wall, go over, back to the start, 2 Burpees
That's 1 Round. Complete 5 Total Rounds
Slow Flutter Kicks
American Hammers while touching both hands on each side.
Run about 100 yards to a random light pole
20 Carolina Dry Docks & 20 Flutter's I/C
Run to the basketball court for a 3-tier suicide set with 5 lunges each leg after the full set.
Complete 2 full sets.
Run to the benches at GHMS
10 step-ups each leg followed by 20 Derkins
10 Bulgarian split squats each leg followed by 20 slow dips

Back to COT for a little more Mary
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 8/28 Excavation, Bethel, Trash Pick Up, Cut Da Grass
COT: 100%

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45 into 30

WARMUP: Yea, YHC ran in 2.3 miles, but not all the PAX did
THE THANG: ran to do some Bulgarian Split squats, but saw Marty Byrd coming in late. So, we went to pick him up.

Highlight:
Bear Crawl the band practice lot w/ 1 merkin at the 10, 2 at the 20, until we hit the opposite 10 and were at 9 merkins.

Some work outside the new gym, it's shiny over there.
MARY: Yea, a little

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Run The Block !!!

Disclaimer Shared
WARMUP:

10 Wind Mills
10 Moroccan night clubs
10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbilly Walkers
THE THANG:
Round
Run
Station
First Round
400m
10 reverse lunges each leg
2nd Round
400m
10 burpees
3rd Round
400m
20 merkins
4th Round
400m
25 squats
5th Round
400m
30 mountain climbers
6th Round
400m
20 dips
7th Round
400m
15 step-back lunges + 15 calf raises
8th Round
400m
45-sec plank
9th Round
400m
20 alternating Bonnie Blairs or 20 step-ups
10th Round
400m
30-sec burpee AMRAP

MARY:
Glute Bridges
V-Ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Newsletter, La Grama, etc
COT:
Always stay in COT.

Run The Block !!!

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Q3.5-Articulation

Link to text: https://f3nation.com/articulation

The Q Source Statement: “Articulation is the second of the four Leadership Skills. It is the act of describing Vision to others so they can understand it.”

The 3 Core Spurs (Takeaways):

  1. Every person can articulate, but most choose not to.
  2. Articulation is a skill that improves with practice.
  3. Articulation is about understanding, not liking.

Principle 1: Men often keep their visions locked in their heads due to fear of failure, lack of confidence, or pure laziness.

Principle 2: Articulation is not a genetic gift reserved for charismatic orators; it is a leadership muscle that must be broken down and rebuilt through deliberate practice.

Principle 3: Articulation is successful when your people comprehend the destination, even if they dislike the discomfort required to get there. Persuasion and buy-in come next, but clarity must come first.

Socratic: Where in your daily Concentrica (marriage, parenting, work) have you failed to practice clear communication, resulting in alignment drift?

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Can’t outrun being anxious!!!

Omitted! All Veteran PAX
WARMUP:
shared route, some pre stretched others pre walked
THE THANG:
Right on Munn
Left on Old Kingsley
Cross Hwy 160
Left on Sun Belt Drive
Lap around lot perimeter
Out on Wamsutta to Hwy 21
Back to Kingsley loop x 2-3 laps
Back across to 160 to COT
MARY:
She was missed
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Newsletter, Bethel, Trash Pickup, La Grama, Stuff the Bus
COT: Always in our hearts.

Can’t outrun being anxious!!!

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Willowbrook loop

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Run to willowbrook neighborhood. Loop the hood and back down 6th and head toward oak ridge elementary. Stop for a quick prayer for the start of school and back to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Rock n Roll

6 Pax showed up to take on the morning gloom. Cooler weather for a SC July was welcomed.


WARMUP:
COP usuals: SSH, IW, HW, squats, windmills, cherry pickers, arm circles
THE THANG:

Thang 1: bear crawl down, 10 merkins. Crawl bear back, 10 merkins. Squat walk down, 10 squats. Reverse squat walk back. 10 squats. Repeat but swapped out lunge walks.

Thang 2: mosey to the rock pile. Dora with rocks. Partner up. 100 rock curls 100 overhead press. 200 flutter kicks with rock above. Runner goes down to traffic circle and back.

Run back to COT
MARY: WAS done in Dora
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter dinner sign ups 8/6. Need men. Grass cutting at Fort Mill care center.

COT: prayers for families, schools(kids/teachers/nurses), health and tough conversations.

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Playground Fun

WARMUP:
Snooker lead us through a series of in-place warm-ups, including great hits like "Buttkickers", "High-Knees", and "Good Mornings".

THE THANG:
Moseyed on the trail about 1/4 around the park, stopping at the swinging benches for some burpees.

At the playground, we partnered up. Partner 1 did a stationary exercise, while partner 2 ran around the playground. Flap-jack. Stationary exercises were as follows;

1. Merkins
2. Heels to heaven
3. Swing crunches
4. Box Cutters
5. Pull ups
6. Shoulder Taps
7. Freddie Mercury s
8. CDDs
9. CDDs ( feet elevated above head)
10. LBCs
11. Seal jacks
12. Flutters
13. Burpees

Lined up for railroad tracks across the field.
Moseyed down to the new turf for Jack Webbs.
Sat on the wall for some Jack Reachers
2 minutes of Mary.

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Prison Break

Lap around the parking lot, back to the parking spaces behind COT. Each Pax stayed inside there parking space and performed a series of exercises. Once completed, we ran a lap and began another set of exercises. The exercises were the following: SSHs, curb hops, Mike Tyson’s, bear crawl, crawl bear. Grave diggers, and CDDs.
We had some time left over at the end to do some stone exercises 1 minute of each: curls, overhead press, and squat thrusters.
Back to COT.

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Ace Ventura

WARMUP:
SSH
Imperial/ Hilbilly Walkers
Mountain Climbers
Peter Parker’s
Moroccan Nigh Clubs

Lap around Runde: High Knees, Butt Licks, Karaoke, Toy Soldiers

THE THANG:

  1. Golf Course 11s – “Laces Out” – Merkins and Squats
  2. Wall Sits – “Do NOT go in there.” One guy at a time crab walks to end of patio and back.
  3. Hill climbs – “Like a Glove!”

5 cycles – 10 reps Plank Jacks at Bottom, 10 reps Seal Jacks at Top
5 cycles – 10 reps CDDs at Bottom, 10 reps Shoulder Taps at Top
4. 4 corners – “Excuse me. May I ass you a few questions.”
20 reps each, repeat 4x: Bobby Hurleys, Calf Raises, Squats, Monkey Humpers
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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