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The CLAP – Inspired by Metro

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For the month of May, Farmer’s Only has deemed the Kitchen Sink as a next-level kick in the junk. I had the honor of warming everyone up to the idea of what will occur this month. We do a lot of pushing exercises, running, some occasional KB work and your typical stretches. Opportunities exist to stretch yourself and try something you’re not used to and therefore, not strong in. The first F in F3 is Fitness for a reason. Today we focused on functional fitness.
I’ve had the opportunity to head up to CLT Metro a few times lately and work out at Shore Card. It is an absolute suck-fest and it’s glorious. Yes it’s hard but that doesn’t mean we should avoid it. Arguably, we should lean into it. And that is exactly what May is all about, starting today with YHC on Q at The Kitchen Sink.
No warmup, no friendly conversation, no excuses. Just legit work.
Everyone knew what they were in for.
The gear for the morning will be a Ruck (or vest/plate carrier), Sandbag, Kettle Bell (KB) and a Cinder Block. Every man was to have each of these. When I reference “gear”, know that it includes these 4pcs.

WARMUP: We didn’t have one but thankfully a few PAX got the message and showed up early to stretch…or just stand around.
THE THANG: Grab ALL your gear and head out of the school and down Hubert Graham Parkway to the 2nd light pole. This was, what I believe, the eye-opener for many of the PAX. Carrying all this gear for this distance is very abnormal which made it great. It looked good on paper and looked great in person.
With your ruck staying on, carry 1 piece of additional gear to the top of the hill, making your own personal discard pile. Then shuffle back down to your remaining gear and repeat until all gear is on the pile at the top of the hill.

From here, hoist all your gear and meet at the entrance to the school.

With Ruck on, KB swings.
With Ruck on, KB overhead in one hand, farmers carry the cinder block with the other hand to the intersection with the baseball diamond. Another suck-fest.
Ground all gear (ruck, KB, cindy) and shuffle like a gazelle back to your sandbag.
A gear Q of mine wouldn’t be complete without this. Sandbag toss back to your gear pile.

Now, a gear cycle:
Sandbag with Ruck on: 10 Sandbag Thrusters
KB without the Ruck (Slick): 15 Simbas (think, big boy sit up with the KB hoisted overhead)
Cindy with Ruck on: 20 Curls

Grab all gear and move to the flagpoles. It was here where I was reminded we had only 5mins left. So be it….
Cindy with Ruck on: 10 Merkins with left hand up on the block then 10 Merkins with right hand up on the block.
Then, 5 Mike Tysons with Ruck on.
Move all gear back to COT.

MARY: Some dedicated exercises but the core was mostly utilized during all the asymmetrical work.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: 5th CORE Principle

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KB Mondays

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WARMUP: ssh, merkins and morrocan night clubs
THE THANG:
Four rounds of mechanical drop sets. Do amrap of a movement and move right into the next.
Round one – single arm press( each arm), upright row, y press and dry docks
Round two – single arm curl, single arm row, both arm curl, both arm row
Round three – diamond merkin, single arm chest press, merkin, both arm chest press

Dora super sets
100 shrugs, 100 Superman’s
80 merkin, 80 gorilla row
60 dips, 60 cleans

Farmer carry a big lap with bell and coupon from the truck
MARY: yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yep
COT: yep

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Murph prep 2.0

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WARMUP: Mosey and five reps at each pain station starting at the furtherst one out. Pain stations were: Burpee. Jump squat. Hand release merkins. Squats. Merkins. And pull ups.

THE THANG: Home base was at pull up bars where we did max reps drop down and then do two more. Run to first pain station and do 15 reps. Then back to home base for max pull ups plus two. Off to pain station two and then hit pain station one and then home base for more pull ups. Repeat this all the way out to final pain station.
MARY: no she wasn’t allowed today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: probably a couple. Don’t remember.
COT: there was a circle and things of an entrusted nature were disclosed and I can’t tell you about them without breaking this trust.

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Murph prep

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WARMUP: ssh and merkins
THE THANG: 9 different exercises at amor artis pull up bars. Pull up. Merkin. Inverted row. Derkin. Leg raises. Diamond merkin. Chin up. Bar dips. And burpee pull up. Number of reps was decided by the team who finished the exercises first. The reps were either 30, 40, 50, or 60.

Partnered up and had one hundred merkin and one hundred squat buy in at bottom of Monroe white street. Between each exercise was a mosey to academy and back.
MARY: slow merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes

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Sandlot Stations ?

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Disclaimer Shared and Injuries reported

WARMUP:

All x 10
Windmills
Cherry :cherries: Pickers
Hillbillies Walkers
Imperial Walkers
Mosey around lot

THE THANG:
Circuit Training composed of 3 Rounds with 8 Stations and 3 modes of transportation

1 Round = 8 Stations w/10 reps each
After one round choose a mode of transport from the following list and move from one island to another and back.

Rinse and repeat for 45 mins

6 Rounds in total :heavy_equals_sign: 480 Reps

Modes of transport :
– shoulder Carry
– bear hug :people_hugging: carry
– farmers carry

Stations :station: Movements all with sandbags and 10 reps each

Over head press with flutter kicks
Squats
Bent Over Rows
Triceps
LBCs
Loaded American :us: Hammer :hammer:
Good morning :sunny: Sandbags
Calf Raises

MARY:

She was never :thumbsdown: found!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Read your newsletter, Bethel Ministries, Fort Mill Center Lawn Care, Manion,

COT: Always stays in COT! Keep praying for each other. Reach out to your brothers. Check in on each other. We are not intended to do this life by ourselves.

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Anna @ AKA

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WARMUP: dynamic plank exercises (merkins, peter parker, plank jacks, parker peter) with upward dog<>downward dog variations sprinkled in, ending with child’s pose
THE THANG: “Anna” partner WOD (see attached image)
MARY: forearm plank peter parkers, side plank dips L & R
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please share your feelings about the absence of <@U5RTPS4M8> from today’s workout.

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Rosie does the dishes

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WARMUP: • 25 SSH (IC)
• 10 Windmills (IC)
• 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 Merkins
• Mosey 100 yards and back
THE THANG: Main Workout (35 mins)

? Circuit 1: Strength + Movement (12 mins)

3 Rounds – 40 seconds work / 20 seconds rest
• Sandbag Deadlifts
• Sandbag Front Squats
• Overhead Press (strict or push press)
• Sandbag Bear Hug Carry (30 yds out and back)
• Rest 1 min after 3 rounds

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? Circuit 2: Partner Grinder (10 mins)

Teams of 2. One works, one moves.
• Partner A does AMRAP sandbag reps
• Bent-over Rows
• Thrusters
• Sandbag Clean-to-Squat
• Partner B: Sandbag Shoulder Carry (30–40 yards out and back), then switch
• Go 10 minutes nonstop

? Break: 1-minute standing rest

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? Circuit 3: Core & Finishers (10 mins)

2 Rounds – 40s work / 20s rest
• Sandbag Russian Twists (seated)
• Sandbag Ground-to-Shoulder
• Plank Pull-throughs (sandbag drag side to side)
• Burpee over sandbag

?️ After 2 rounds, 1-minute rest

MARY: 1 second plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run, Tortoise and Hare
COT: Finish the day strong, men.

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Long duck walked into a bar and it hurt

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WARMUP:
Windmill
SSH
Merkins
Moroccan nightclub
High knees
But kickers
Side shuffle

THE THANG:
Mosey over to the playground
3 rounds of 7 reps
Swinging merkin
Squats
Pull ups

Run lap around the track
Bear crawl length of turf field inside the track
Move over to the far playground

3 rounds of 7 reps
Incline merkin
LBCs
Lunges

Move to bball court for suicides, yes it is plural because we did it twice.

Move back to playground and repeat the exercises

Run a lap
Crab walk across turf
Move over to first playground
Repeat exercises we started with

MARY:
Not much time so we did a few stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Sweepblast

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Q AT SWEEP THE LEG 031725
Run to top of Dam Rd
– 17 merkins
– 17 jump squats
– 17 big boys
Run to Stonecrest
– 17 merkins
– 17 jump squats
– 17 big boys
Run to roundabout
– 17 merkins
– 17 jump squats
– 17 big boys
Up Hubert Graham on Rt Side
– Every other manhole cover, do 3 burpees
Wait at top
Back down Hubert Graham
– Every other manhole cover
– 15 plank jacks
– 10 shoulder taps
Run to roundabout
– 15 plank jacks
– 10 shoulder taps
Run to Stonecrest
– 15 plank jacks
– 10 shoulder taps
Run to top of Dam Rd
– 15 plank jacks
– 10 shoulder taps

Or something like that. You’re only here for the stats anyway…

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Get The Work Done – KB Style

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WARMUP: Run the loop then more of the typical hits: Windmill, SSH, Merkins, Low Slow Squats.

THE THANG: Hoist your bell overhead and move to the far parking lot.
For this round, the exercises would be performed with the bell and the burpee is without the bell:
10 Man-Makers: 2 Burpees
20 Simbas: 4 Burpees
30 Kettle Bell Swings: 6 Burpees
40 Overhead Press (20ea side): 8 Burpees
50 Lunge Walk Paces (25ea side): 10 Burpees

Partner Rounds
Round 1
Grab a partner and choose the left or right side of the loop to launch from.
Partner 1: Farmers Carry both Kettle Bells around the big loop.
Partner 2: Flutter Kicks
Flapjack
Round 2
Partner 1: Farmers Carry again
Partner 2: Box Cutters
Flapjack

Next, line up on one side of the parking lot. Bear Crawl with your Bell 40 paces, 20 each arm.

Next, come back together in a group.
Hold your Bell overhead until 1 man lowers his Bell then all PAX perform 10 Merkins.
Repeat 3 more times for a total of 4 rounds.

Farmers Carry the bell back to COT.

MARY: Sprinkled throughout plus a little at the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter details.
COT: You bet.

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