Blue’s Board of Pain

WARMUP: 15 counts of:

Side Straddle Hop, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, and Hillbilly Walkers

10 Merkins

THE THANG: Blues Board of Pain

SQUAT THRUSTS: 50

CALF RAISES: 150 (50 REG / 50 IN / 50 OUT)

TRI-AB: 99(33 LEG LIFTS/ 33 FLUTTER KICKS/33 TRUNK TWIST)

MERKINS: 100

DEEP SQUATS: 150(75 REG / 75 WIDE)

LBCs: 400

CAROLINA DRY DOCKS: 100

CHERRY PICKERS: 100

JUMP SQUATS: 100

MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS: 100

SUN GODS: 600(300 FORWARD / 300 BACKWARD)

IMPERIAL WALKERS: 150

WIDE ARM MERKINS: 100

HILLBILLY WALKERS: 15

FLUTTER KICKS: 100

BURPEES: 100

Run from restrooms to COT area and back between exercises.

MARY: On Going
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Tuesday September 29th WEP @ 0515

BRR This weekend

COT: Prayers for @UJ82H3HJ9

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Something of an Old Testament

WARMUP: Goose set the stage with an intro to Shield Lock September, then handed the baton to Pusher

THE THANG:

Pusher — he led the charge (literally) out of the parking lot to the corner leading toward Red Ventures where he led a series of exercises interspersed with Burpees and Disruption. He then took the pax back to the parking lot for a series of sprints and lunges.

Cake Boss — he led the pax on a mosey to the plaza in front of the movie theater where pax grabbed a partner for some exercises (Dips, Derkins, Irkins and more) on the flower bed wall while flapjacking with an out-and-back run.

Double D — took the pax on a mosey to the al fresco dining area between ice cream shop and Greek joint. Pax grabbed a chair for 3 series of step-ups and planks/core exercises. All moseyed back to the parking lot to complete a final 10 Burpees before COT.

MARY: She participated throughout the Thang

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel shelter meal TONIGHT!!! Shield Lock Qs continue throughout September at Lazarus.

COT: We had a lively group of pax that sweated profusely and laughed fully about Goose's plan for October (WAGs month!) and Pauly D's "proceeding hair line" among other topics. It was great to have an age spread of 31 to 59 and F3 tenure ranging from 3 workouts to 14 years. Goose has the MILGA spirit flowing at full speed at Lazarus! Thanks for the invite to our Shield Lock! And shout out to our 4th SL member (Old Bay) who couldn't join us today.

The core message shared throughout the workout was "don't do life alone!" We all face challenges and Disruption in our lives and we all need Faith that takes an active human form of brothers surrounding us to get through those times. Our F3 brothers we see in the Gloom provide one level of support, AND the most reliable support will come from those who are CLOSEST to us, those few men we've truly opened our hearts to through regular vulnerability aimed at shared accountability. So take the risk and step into the uncomfortable zone of bonding with 2-3 other pax at a similar stage of life in a committed Shield Lock.

Thanks to the pax who posted today and helped my Shield Lock appreciate the gift we are to each other!

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Dawn Patrol

WARMUP: normal, all in cadence and 15 reps
THE THANG: mosey to wall 3 sets step up dips, Derkins. Mosey to park at each swinging bench we add an exercise start with burpees. Add squats, add merkins, add big boys, add alternating lunges, add cds, add flutters, add jump squats
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter, Saturday service project
COT:

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Bojangles Loop

WARMUP: None
THE THANG: 4 mile loop down to Bojangles and back to Bob Jones Stadium
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fort Mill Lawn Care service opportunities
COT: Closed in prayer

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Every Second Counts

WARMUP: Blue took the reins and rocked his first leadership effort as a pax of The Fort! SSH, Windmill, Merkin, etc

THE THANG: Pax moseyed to the parking garage at Sunbelt Rentals (The Forbidden Zone according to OldBay) and split into two teams

Cindies were available for some weighted exercises at the top level
Bottom level was used for Core exercises

Teams took turns completing one exercise with 10 reps at the top while other team did a continuous core exercise at the bottom. Then the teams swapped. Then swapped again and continued to the next exercise.

Pair 1 = Squats (top) & Balls to wall (bottom)
Pair 2 = Swings & People's chair
Pair 3 = OH press & plank
Pair 4 = Bent over rows & Flutters

After the first round, pax paused to hear about Every Second Counts from "The Bear" on Hulu. Then teams tackled a second round of the same series at a faster pace.

Teams gathered for one final pair that included Man Makers at the top and American Hammer at the bottom.

Mosey back home

MARY: Completed throughout the workout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pickup 0745 at Harris St Park on Sat 8/22, VQ by Blue at Dawn Patrol on Tue 9/8

COT: Yes!

Pax offered many compliments to Blue on this solid cadence count and terminology during the warm up. He was completely unflustered by Twister's heckling immediately to his right. While he's not a professional today, Blue clearly tapped into his prior professional status as a US Marine many years back. Well done!

Thanks to Site Q OldBay for indulging a little extra risk in exploring the Sunbelt parking garage. The Flock cameras were in full view, so perhaps he's not completely out of the woods yet. Show up next Thur to find out!

The pax pushed through a steamy morning with Cindy offering few complaints. Not sure if that's a good thing (the lack of complaints), but I know everyone was drenched at COT and we covered the major fitness elements.

"Every Second Counts" was the mantra for the staff in the TV series "The Bear". For the most part, it drove a mindset of performance on a consistently high pace, so it seemed an appropriate theme for an F3 workout. At the same time, it can also be heard as a theme for Presence (ie, living in the moment) and can thus be a theme across all elements of life. Where could this apply in your life?

Thanks to all for their Presence today and to Old Bay for the invite!

#KeepPosting

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Blast Coupon

WARMUP: buttkick, high knees, karaone

THE THANG:
Run up to parking lot and did following exercises 10 counts
1) side str hops
2)imperial walker
3) Hillbilly walkers
4) moraka night club or sun god

Again run up to big parking

Lunch walk, bar crawl .

Once done Mary, clock burpees (1..6). Run back to COT and abs(American hammer, flatters, box cutter and bicycle)

MARY:
Partner up ( one run down road and come up and other follow exercise and then switch)
1)Over head coupon
2)Bent over coupon
3)Curl coupon
4)Squd coupon
5)Upright coupon
6!Skull crushes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethal, care center lawn move

COT: Pray for healing, family protection and kids safety.
Thank you all for opportunity

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Warning Lights

WARMUP: a series of exercises with 1 rep (yes, DOAH, ONE rep!) plus some moseys and other movements around the loop to the playground

THE THANG: The main event theme was Blue Ridge Relay training in the form of hill repeats up Stairway to Heaven, followed by exercises at the statue down the right side of the Stairway, then a mosey back to start. The winner of each heat picked the exercise and then started the next heat with a 5 count delay for the others to run ahead. The last couple heats involved some partner exercises. We wrapped up with a collection of Burpees.

MARY: Done throughout the Main Event

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: yes, as required by the 5th Core Principle (in proper order, DOAH)

This group can sprint! Jekyll, Spike, Ruby, Davinci, Dojo, Minuteman and Super G kicked into the highest gear they've probably seen in a while. Well done! Keep up the sprinting! Fishstix says we need it to stay young.

Along the way, the pax shared experiences and suggestions on ways to monitor our life gauges (ie, overheating mentally, running out of gas physically, etc), including watching each other's dashboards and calling out when a brother may be in a potential red zone. Am I watching my dashboard before the crash? Am I truly listening to feedback from others who care about me?

Thanks to everyone for pushing me through another BRR training session! Thanks to Minuteman for the invite!

#KeepPosting

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Fellowship Route

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Earth Fare and Back
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Family, health and seeking God

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It’s not ‘negative’, its ‘eccentric’

WARMUP:
windmills, produce pickers then mosey to Kingsley Springs corner
monsters, knee grabs, arm stretches to lakeside benches

THE THANG:
C.H.I.P.S. and Dips
Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park bench, and a lap around the landscaping
C – Calf Raises, Dips
H – Hello Dollies, Dips
I – Imperial Walkers, Dips
P – Parker Peters, Dips
S – Squats, Dips

Identify 'finish line' for future use

Mosey to bottom of hill
Rock routine (5/7/10)
Deadlifts
One-legged or two-legged
Bicep curls
Up on 1; down slowly on 2, 3, 4
Overhead presses
Up on 1; down slowly on 2, 3, 4
Coupon Crucible (curl + press)
a block curl straight into an overhead press and then slowly (3-5) count to lower the block into starting position. That's one rep.
OYO; encourage slow count to starting curl position
Tricep curls
OYO

Mosey to roundabout circle
Cocaine bear crawls (each sidewall partition) – 1 circuit

On Kingsley Springs sidewalk (back to the lake):
Squat-walk to rockpile facing alternating directions every 10 strides
Best effort up the hill to the previously announced 'finish line'

MARY:
dollies during CHIPS, @U78QN5XU5-led mary while the rest of us were struggling up the hill

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter, Bethel, Stuff the Bus

COT:
Prayers for families, marriages. Encouragement to do something not in your wheelhouse that will be within reach if you work at it.

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