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BushHolePit. Best if used on or before 08/13/25.

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17 men, 3 Ruckers and 14 of The Ungovernable, came to BushHolePit to celebrate National Left-Handers Day. Or just to workout. Whichever.

WARMUP:
Like we needed it warmer out there. But we did do a little moseying, windmills, mountain climbers, etc.
THE THANG:
We went the long way around the school (is there a short way?) stopping for some things along the way. Some Dora, some bear crawls, dips, step-ups, muscle ups, etc. You know what we DIDN’T stop for? Pull-ups? Why? Because the AO got all bougie and walled them off from us peasants. Oh well. I would elaborate on this mornings festivities, but I made no weinke and I am not smart enough to recall all the things.

All you need to know is Birdcage was there and you probably weren’t, so you missed out. Seriously, the guy is hilarious. Love him.

Ok, back to life.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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The Traz – 080925

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WARMUP: Probably some.
THE THANG: We ran to the Golf Club and back and did a lot of dumb stuff on the way… there were bear crawls around the circle in front of the clubhouse, carrying rocks up and down the cart path hill, and other silliness.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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Grab hold of an Expensed Footlong and let’s go

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‘Twas a damp, but not raining, morning and a group of elder statesman of The Fort came together to discuss rising prices and the good old days.

A trip past a few light poles with merkins and squats got the blood flowing. I missed the spot I had designated as the end, but no one said anything, so we just did them all… We pulled up on the field house and did a few dips on the seats there at the lunch tables, and that’s when the nostalgia dam broke.

Fogerty noted that this may be one of the only, if not the only, AOs in The Fort that has a soda machine. It’s $2 for a can of soda now, and this machine only takes good old American cash money… $2… then the “back in my days” started flying… it was a $1, it was .50¢, it was a quarter… blah, blah, blah… we probably all walked uphill both ways to the soda machines, too… I got it…

We crossed Bear Crawl Bridge (without doing any Bear Crawls) and did a little stair climb/dip/step up deal before we rounded the corner and kept on. The trip back was shorter than I thought, so I started to take us on round two before Fogerty had a much better suggestion. We headed back around the car pick-up line and did a little more work before an epic session of Mary where we learned things about each other we didn’t know before. For example:

– Fogerty’s first gallon of gas cost him 99¢
– Barry’s first date meal with his wife was a Subway sandwich that he’s fairly sure he expensed
– Fishstix’s first penny stock he purchased was for a company called Toypop that was billed as “the next Amazon”. We weren’t sure if it was an adult “toy” situation or not, but clearly it didn’t take off like he’d hoped since he was working out with us in the rain and not sipping Mai Tai’s on a beach in Cancun…
– Old Bay’s first car he purchased with his own money was a 1982 Toyota Supra. He no longer has it, but his cool factor is still almost as high…
– Cherry Pie blew us all away with his paper route prowess as he told us the cost of his first toy he bought for himself (a remote control car). $100 was a lot of money back then… :shocked_face_with_exploding_head:
– Cohiba’s first cigar was, non-ironically, was a cohiba that apparently was traded to him for 2 goats and a chicken’s leg

Then we wound it up and closed out.

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Sandbag Racing

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WARMUP: ssh, burpees, low slow squat, windmill
THE THANG:
PAX divide into 2 teams with a 60lb sandbag each team. Mosey to football field.

Race #1: PAX do 5 merkins every 10 yards. One PAX does sandbag throw for 10 yards, rotate PAX throwing. At endzone, each time run 1 lap with the bag back to endzone. Coming back down the field, 5 squats every 10 yards with reverse overhead bag throws.

Race #2: Bear crawl with one pax dragging the bag. Rotate as needed. Run 1 lap. Crawl bear coming back with bag.

Race #3: walking lunge going down the field. Run a lap with bag. Nur coming back with reverse bag drag.

MARY: briefly
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: yes

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Monday blues

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WARMUP: mosey, ssh, merkin
THE THANG: Four rounds of super sets with different MOT between.

station one: four rounds of 5 jump squat, 10 jump lunge, 20 squat mosey and then duck walk

Station 2: 3 rounds of 5 mike Tyson, 10 diamond merkin, 20 merkin. Mosey and then inch worm with merkin between.

Station 3: 3 round of 5 heels to heaven, 10 two count flutters, 20 lbc with a mosey up the hill between

Station four: 2 rounds of 5 wall walk ups, 10 cdds, 20 oh clap with bear crawl between.
MARY: 5 min emom of 10 burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some
COT: yes

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Pit and the Pendulum

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THE THANG: Harris St Hills, pendulum from 21 to Audrey. 10 Mike Tyson’s at Audrey, 10 Am Hammers at the park and 10 Jump Squats at 21, repeat until legs are shot or time for COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel and Naked Gun
COT: Minimal due to time constraints but done.

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Sharpen Your Axe

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6 got marginally better but significantly sweatier at Varsity. Here’s what we did:

Warm Up:
– 15 SSHs (IC)
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)

Mosey to the track
– 10 Burpees
– 20 Merkins
– 30 Squats
– 40 SSHs
– Lap
Repeat 3 times

Mosey to the bars
– Grab a block
– 10 Pull-ups
– 10 Flutters w/ a Press (IC)
– 10 American Hammers (IC)
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– 10 Skull Crushers
– 10 Pull-throughs
– Run to AO Jones
Repeat 3 times
Total mileage: 2.5ish miles

NMM
We each get 24 hours a day. What we choose to do with it is up to us. Do we doom scroll on our phones or study to become better? Is it all work and no play?

There were two lumberjacks—one young and strong, the other older and more experienced.
They both started working at the same time each morning, and the young lumberjack was determined to prove he was the best. So he challenge the older lumberjack to a contest – who could cut the most wood in one day? He chopped trees nonstop, all day long, barely taking any breaks, confident his youth and strength would make him the winner.

The older lumberjack, meanwhile, would take regular breaks—even disappearing for an hour at lunch. The young man was convinced he was winning by a landslide.

At the end of the day, to his surprise, the older lumberjack had cut significantly more wood.
Frustrated and confused, the younger man asked, “How could you have possibly cut more trees than me? I worked the entire time. You took so many breaks!”

The older man replied, “Yes, but every time I sat down, I was sharpening my axe.”

Whether in business, leadership, or life, working nonstop without reflection, renewal, or improvement often leads to burnout and diminished results. But if you “sharpen your axe,” you perform better in the long run.

Aye!
IJ

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Rings and Fires – 30JUN2025

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WARMUP:
Like we needed that. It was like 1000 degrees with 900% humidity. Warm? Yeah… we were covered.

THE THANG:
Grab a block. Head to the track.
5 manmakers (blockees)
10 goblet squats
15 curls
20 flutter w/press (2-count)
RUN 400M

Increase reps by 5 until 15 manmakers, then run 800M and ladder back down to 5. If you complete that. Repeato.

MARY:
No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter.

COT:
The 5th Core Principle.

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Multiples of 5

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WARMUP: Mosey to Print Shop

THE THANG:
5 pull-ups at the Print Shop.
Run to parking lot at the corner of Williamson St and Watson St. for 10 merkins
Down Williamson St hill to Fort Mill COG for 15 LBCs
Up Academy St for 20 step ups (10 each leg) nearby Craft Axe.
Back to Print Shop
~0.5 mile loop

MARY: Eh

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stuff The Bus, new scheduling platform, Bethel, etc.

COT: stays at COT

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The Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet

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Warm-O-Rama
SSH
Windmills
Arm circles

Moseyed to the pharmacy parking lot where the party began.

Each Circuit was done for 5 minutes for as many rounds as possible, with a 1 minute rest in between. After the 3rd circuit we repeated circuits 1 through 3.

? CIRCUIT 1: “The Grinder”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Squats
– 10 Merkins
– 10 Jump Squats
– 10 Wide Arm Merkins
– 10 Bonnie Blairs (5 each leg)
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 2: “The Beast”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)
– 10 Lunges (5 each leg)
– 10 Diamond Merkins
– 20 SSH
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 3: “The Gauntlet”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Carolina Dry Docks
– 20 Flutter Kicks (4-count = 1)
– 10 Plank Jacks
– 10 Shoulder Taps (R+L=1)
– Bear Crawl ~10 yards
– Crawl Bear ~10 yards
– Run across the lot and back then

We moseyed back to COT in time for Piston Crunches & a 1 minute plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus, coffeteria convergence Friday at Panera Bread- State of the Nation from <@U5CVD8D7V>, Bethel Men’s Shelter 1st Thursday in August 7th.
COT: I brought up the subject of “What’s your Why?” Why F3? What keeps you coming back? Prayers were made.

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