Bear Crawl Indian Run
Around the park
Start at each swing chair
Do 1 imperial walker & 1 hillbilly walker
MOT Mosey
Dora
50 Merkins
100 Squats
150 Lunges
200 LBCs
Stage to tree run
Around the world
Use deck pick exercise roll for # of reps till done
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
8 blocker
Break the dam
COT:
Health
Travel
WARMUP: oyo
THE THANG: route to WEP (4.4mi)
L on munn
L on Harris
L on ardrey
L on N White
L on Jackson
R on harris
R on munn
Back to COT
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Minnow pond tomorrow am
Bethel tomorrow pm
8blocker+one word Sat am
Break the dam 1/31
COT: praise medical recoveries, F3
Prayers: Matteo preparing for brain surgery, aging parents and grandparents, 2025 reflections and 2026 optimism.
WARMUP: Imp walkers/MNC/arm raises/SSH/plank/merkins
THE THANG:
THANG 1:
ROUND 1 100
∙ Partner A: Diamond Merkins (max reps)
∙ Partner B: Wall Sit (against stage)
ROUND 2 200
∙ Partner A: American Hammers
∙ Partner B: Plank Hold
ROUND 300:
∙ Partner A: LBCs
∙ Partner B: Wall Sit (against stage)
THANG 2: “Stage AMRAP”
All exercises ON the stage:
∙ 15 Merkins
∙ 20 LBCs
∙ 25 American Hammers IC
∙ 30 Flutter Kicks IC
∙ 35 Plank Jacks
∙ 40 Freddy Mercurys IC
Between rounds: Quick mosey AROUND stage
THANG 3: “11s on the Hill”
BOTTOM: Carolina Dry Docks (1→10)TOP: Spiderman Merkins (10→1)
UP: Bear Crawl | DOWN: Walk
MARY: not needed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: break the dam race, bethel, New Year’s Day at MP
COT: prayers of gratitude for healthy newborn baby Archer!
WARMUP: mosey around park while doing SSH, windmill, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, low slow squat, merkins
THE THANG: start off in the parking lot by the fields – from one end to the other, bear crawl, and stop at every 3rd line to do 5 merkins. Once we got to the other side, lunge walk back, and stop at every 3rd line to do 5 squats. Using the parking lot running back and forth we did karaoke, run, nur, toy soilders, butt kicks, and high knees. Mosey to parking lot (stopping along the way for plank to keep pax together) by dog kennel for a Dora – 100 imperial walkers, 150 LBCs, and 200 flutters. Mosey back to flag.
MARY: plank and stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: prayers and praises
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose
WARMUP: zip unless you did some stretching
THE THANG: ran through Baxter (some of us got lost and then figured it out), ran down 160 to colosseum parking lot (or before), and turn back.
MARY: nope, maybe some stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas eve convergence
COT: of course! Lots of prayers and praises around the group!
WARMUP:
Mosey around the JWow Exercise Pavilion stopping along the way finding our secret Santa gifts :gift:
THE THANG:
Mosey to trail behind parking lot
Partner up
2 rounds of Burpees while partner runs up hill and back
2 rounds of Flying squirrels while partner runs hill and back
1 round of Shoulder Taps
1 round of something
Next up was 22 days of Christmas
Day 1: Burpees with overhead clap
Day 2: Side lunges
Day 3: Broad Jump
Day 4: Leg Lifts
Day 5: merkins
Day 6: Freddy’s
Day7: Sumo Squats
Day 8: reverse lunges
Day9: sumo squats
Day 10: jumping jacks
Day 11: forward lunges
Day 12: jump squats
MARY:
Partner does swing crunch while other runs around playground
2x
Sprint to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
12/24 convergence at NAFO
COT:
Prayers for all dealing with tough times and our man Sofrito to heal up:muscle:
‘around’ should be interpreted here as ‘in the vicinity of’
WARMUP: windmills, imperials, calf raises, moseyed for a bit and added some monsters
THE THANG:
In celebration of the most popular Christmas hit singles, we do sets of 45’s in the Kingsley Amphitheatre
Each round separated by a recovery jog to the fire pit and back
All I Want for Christmas is You To Do Big Boys
It’s the Most Wonderful Time For Shoulder Taps (count one shoulder)
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Jump Squats
Last Christmas I Wasn’t In F3, So I Didn’t Know Merkins Means Pushups
But Do You Recall, the Most Famous Exercise of All? SSH
Intermission: Walkin’ In A Winter Wonderland
(Not considered a popular Christmas hit single but I’m adding it because I’m the Q and I say so)
I’m Dreaming of a Tricep Dip
Santa Baby Crunches
Simply Having a Wonderful Makhtar N’Diaye (45 collectively – favorite plank if not exercising)
Please Lunge Home for Christmas (22.5 each leg)
You’re A Mean One, Mr. Bandcamp (45 collectively – Al Gore if not exercising)
MARY: What would Christmas be without Mother Mary?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Convergence, Break the Dam, Bethel
COT: family, health, relationships, new life
WARMUP:
Spike took the warmup right where we plant the shovel flag. Counts and cadence were perfect, and we even did 6-count burpees. Impressive!!!
THE THANG:
Ran around to do a few more warm ups before heading to a building for the countdown.
2 locations for exercises. Run between each, which included stairs and some bear crawls or lunges:
100 Flutters
90 Squats
80 Shoulder Taps
70 Hello Dollys
60 SSH
55 LBCs
50 Merkins
40 Speed Skaters
30 Lunges
20 Burpees
10 Big Boy Sit-ups
Great work done by all pax!
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: