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2026 QvQ Round 2

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QvQ Format:
20/20
PAX Vote in 4 categories
V.A.P.E.

Rabbit:
Divide into two teams

Every man runs 25m and nurs 25 back and the completes 2 squat jumps and 2 burpees.
WWR but add 2 reps to each exercise after each trip out and back. Team with the most reps in total wins.

In addition, each team selects 2 pax to hold Cindy’s above head … Cindy can't drop below the head… if they do the team loses their count and starts over at zero

15 minutes of work.

After time expires, Hold AlGore and plank while the preacher preaches about asking for help and looking for a brother that might need it. (Let's do this for each other men!)

Last 4 minutes jail break 50m and do 5 Big Boys… again but do 10… keep adding 5 and sprinting until time expired.

Stage Coach:
Partner work
Partner 1 will run to the other side of the field and back to partner 2. Partner 2 will be doing an exercise that slowly progresses across the field until Partner 1 returns and switch. Continue switching off between running and exercises until you’re across the field.
Exercises – Bear Crawl, lunge, broad jump burpee, crawl bear and reverse lunge

Results:
Stage Coach won two categories, but Rabbit also won two and had the most overall votes. Win goes to Rabbit.

Great work by both Qs sharpening their leadership today.

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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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Expedited Tour of Fort Mill w/Pain Stations

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WARMUP: Mosey to FM Animal Hospital, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretch, Runners Stretch
THE THANG: Run to Walmart, 7s with merkins and dry docs, run to CVS, 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 lunges (repeat 3x with a lap around CVS in between rounds), run to print shop pull up bars for 7s with pull ups and burpees, back to COT for a steep hill run, quick run around pharmacy to hit 3mi
MARY: 2 min plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Prayers & Praises

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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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Expedited Tour of Fort Mill w/Pain Stations

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WARMUP: Mosey to FM Animal Hospital, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretch, Runners Stretch
THE THANG: Run to Walmart, 7s with merkins and dry docs, run to CVS, 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 lunges (repeat 3x with a lap around CVS in between rounds), run to print shop pull up bars for 7s with pull ups and burpees, back to COT for a steep hill run, quick run around pharmacy to hit 3mi
MARY: 2 min plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Prayers & Praises

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Mardi Gras Party

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Warm-Up:
Quick mosey up the hill to parking lot

SSH – 50 IC
Imperial Walkers – 25 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan NC – 15 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
Cheese Shredder

Thang 1 — Bourbon Street Circuit (3 Rounds):
Set 4 corners:
Corner 1 – 15 Merkins
Corner 2 – 15 Squats
Corner 3 – 15 Carolina Dry Docks
Corner 4 – 15 Jump Squats

Round 1 MOT – Bear Crawl
Round 2 MOT – Lunges
Round 3 MOT – Crab Walk

Thang 2 — The Krewe Grinder (Partner Work):
Partner A works / Partner B runs a lap around parking lot

100 Shoulder Taps (each shoulder counts)
150 Lunges (each leg counts)
200 LBCs
250 Mountain Climbers (each leg counts)
300 Calf Raises

Message:
Mardi Gras is celebration before discipline—Lent follows.

Life works the same way.
We enjoy wins. We celebrate. But discipline is what builds the man.

In work. In marriage. With kids.
The parade is fun. The grind is what makes you king.

Stay consistent. Stay accountable.

Mardi Gras Beads Earned = 2 Burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Sweep the 7s

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WARMUP: Side straddle hops, imperial walkers

THE THANG: 7s between merkins and burpees. About .42 mile in between.

MARY: running inspired stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Several events coming up including a trip to the DMV for some. Stay on top of your newsletter

COT: Heavy hearts today

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2026.11 Ring of Fire

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Starting from the endzone of the field:
10 burpees, 20 Merkins, 20 squats
40 yard dash on one foot (alternating feet every 5 yards) then finish run to other endzone.
After down and back, 20 big boys which completes a round.

As many rounds as possible.

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Touring

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WARMUP:
– 10 Side Straddle Hops
– 10 Windmills
– Down dog (stretch out the calves) to up dog
THE THANG:
– Jog to HT wall by O’Reilly – Balls to the Wall 10 moves L, 10 moves R
– Jog to back parking lot – Bear crawl from the island to the light
– Jog to down to Berkley Hall Way, turn Left onto Reynolds’s Ridge Lane stop at the garages – 50 squats OYO
– Jog to down to Christi Way – 2 sets L/R of side hops up the hill to Palmdale Walk Dr
– Jog up to Grant Farm Dr and down to the rail – 25 incline Merkins
– Jog to Fire Station – 50 lunges (25 each leg)
– Jog to Kids R Kids learning parking lot – 10 double count J-Lo’s
– Jog to Grace – 50 Step-ups OYO
– Jog to parking lot by COT for 3 sets of sprints up the hill
– Jog back to COT – 4 corners ascending Burpees 1,2,3,4 x 2

MARY:
– Various Mary for the last 4 minutes led by the attendees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT:
– Prayers for U-haul and his family. Prayers for Karen, DoubleD and their family, Prayers for marriages, Prayers for all of the sick and suffering.

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