Bells, Bags, and The Sink

It was a less-hot morning in the Fort, and you could cut the anticipation with a knife. Like Phil Collins said:
I can feel a beatdown in the air tonight, oh, lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment, for all my life, oh, lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh, lord, oh, lord

Thang:
600 yard Indian Run with kettlebell
25 yard partner push
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag
25 yard partner push
600 yard Indian Run with kettlebell
Half Jacob’s latter with bear crawl/CDD
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag
Half Jacob’s latter with bear crawl/CDD
600 yard Indian Run with Sandbag

Back to COT for Mary/prayers/praises

-JWOW

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Green fruit with fuzz

Esso:
Merkins
Dips
Overhead Claps
Derkins
Erkins
Multiple reps

Band Camp:
Pacer Test

Shady:
10 knee ups
20 flutters
30 American hammers
40 second plank

10 Peter Parker’s
10 Parker Peters
10 Side things now called the fire hydrant

– @Barry Manilow was not parterning with @Anchorman or @CakeBoss
– @Portal found an orange sky
– @HarryCarry and @Shady want another 20 meter shot
– @SkateOrDie managed to get to the closest AO to his house, and many mornings that is enough
– @Shield and @Ruby Slippers want permission to give me candid feedback. Granted.
– @Saw Dust charges hard
– @Splinter and @Esso had a competition to see who was a bigger Clemson fan. ( @Slash would have loved it )

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It’s only a Party when it’s a BlockParty

WARMUP:
Mosey around the block from veterans park with stops at Front founders
Back founders
Old subway and behind Hobos where
Walkers Sumos, Merkins, LBCs and some burpees took place

THE THANG:
Ten exercises in ten parking spaces 10 reps each
Perform the exercise move then move to right
After 10th space take lap around parking lot
4-5 rounds were completed

Merkins
Leg lifts
Sumo squats
CDDs
Burpees
Wide arm Merkins
Donkey Kicks
Squat jumps
Flutters
Plank punch

MARY:
Mosey back to COT
3 rounds of Mary performed
1mi untie of side straddle hops

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HIM Camp
D2D24 signups

COT:
Prayers and Praises were mentioned

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Stuff the Bus Convergence

WARMUP:
Ran over to parking lot behind football fields
SSH – all exercises were to 20 INC
1 burpee
Windmill
2 burpees
Cherry Pickers
3 burpees
Squats
4 burpees
Moroccan Night Club
5 Burpees
Imperial walkers
6 burpees
Merkins
7 burpees
LBC
8 burpees
CDD
9 burpees
Flutter
10 burpees

Throughout the workout we had pax share about different opportunities we have within The Fort to serve our community. We had the following speak (Fogerty – Trash Pickup, Cousin Eddy – Bethel Men’s shelter, Jiffy – FM Care Center, Stuff the Bus)

Partner Up
Round 1 –
Squats
Flying Squirrels
Inch worm merkins

Round 2
Big boy sit-ups
Jump Squats
Wide arm merkins

We have an amazing opportunity in The Fort to impact our community. We have pax impacting our community through service. Challenge was raised, if you aren’t actively impacting the community, why not?

It was an honor to be able to lead the workout this morning. This was diffident from most workouts because of the number of times we stopped to talk. However I felt it important to share with the guys what is happening around them. We also were able to congratulate Double D in his hand off of Nantan to Esso. Double D, thank you for you service to the pax. You have always been someone who ask the tough questions that challenge us and I thank you for that and what you did for our Region during your reign as Nantan. Esso, I look forward where you are going to take us and your energy to lead. We have a bright future ahead.

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On the AO hunt

WARMUP: count off
THE THANG: run through Baxter down by mushroom pool, then all the way down to STL, then to Colosseum, then back to COT…and any extra laps / miles. 4-5 for runners, 2-3 for those rucking folks.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff that bus
COT: praying for our boy drop!

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Being Present

It was an honor to spend this morning with so many leaders in our community. 16 was the count for 4.65 miles. The route was as follows: R on 160 towards downtown, L on Main, Cross over Clebourne to Springs, R on Summersby where Springs ends, R on Unity, R on Tom Hall, Cross over Main to Clebourne, R on 160, L into parking lot.

Today’s COT was a reminder of the value in posting each morning. We have the opportunity to live life with High Impact Men that make us better. We discussed fatherhood, health challenges, stress, and being the leaders our community needs. Keep a lookout for upcoming challenges from The Fort’s SLT. We are needed now more than ever.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead, Anchorman. And thanks to the PAX for helping me start my day off on the right foot!

Aye!
Italian Job

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Oklahoma at STL

Warmup: None

The Thang:

BLIMP inspired workout
Burpees x 10
Lunges x 10
IWs x 10
Merkins x 10
Plank Jacks x 10

Route looked a lot like the state outline of Oklahoma. Tesla was the King with 4.25 miles. All others had 3+ including a minimum of 5 laps.

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Flexing

We spent most of our time on challenges that @Mainframe “could have accomplished 20 years ago.”
Notes: @Peta needs a side career doing voice overs
   @Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) is actually from GA, which makes the bulldog thing understandable
   @Slapshot and @fishstix stayed towards the 6 to make YHC feel like the workout was challenging
   @SouptoNuts brought a co-worker (Joe Blow) along to commiserate. He name dropped @Royale_F3
   @photobomb and @Badlands were psychic on the lack of running and got more in on their own. For an extra fee, they’ll do tarot card readings
   @Sprocket is considering building a company based around puzzles of Mark Rothko paintings
   @Shady & @Esso seemed enamored with how many picnic benches you can fit under an awning

Kept it light on running as recovering from giving blood apparently takes me a long while. Spent a lot of time on mobility and leg exercises. And hey, you can learn a lot on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLyss7FkFc

The pistol squats after a ton of lunge walking pissed guys off. 🙂

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Flexing

We spent most of our time challenges that @Mainframe “could have accomplished 20 years ago.”
Notes: @Peta needs a side career doing voice overs
@Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) is actually from GA, which makes the bulldog thing understandable
@Slapshot and @fishstix stayed towards the 6 to make YHC feel like the workout was challenging
@SouptoNuts brought a co-worker (Joe Blow) along to commiserate. He name dropped @Royale_F3
@photobomb and @Badlands were psychic on the lack of running and got more in on their own. For an extra fee, they’ll do tarot card readings
@Sprocket is considering building a company based around puzzles of Mark Rothko paintings
@Shady & @Esso seemed enamored with how many picnic benches you can fit under an awning

Kept it light on running as recovering from giving blood apparently takes me a long while. Spent a lot of time on mobility and leg exercises. And hey, you can learn a lot on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLyss7FkFc

The pistol squats after a ton of lunge walking pissed guys off. 🙂

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