Is F3 all about acceleration?

WARMUP:

– SSH x30
– Windmill x10
– Cherry pickers x10
– Quad stretch both legs 10 count each leg
– Calf stretch both legs 10 count each leg

THE THANG:

Ran to Berkshire heights loop and at each stop sign
– 10 bomb jacks
– 5 burpees
– 10 Freddie Mercury double count
got in over 3 miles

MARY:
One last set of the above exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4.01k <@U035XDY7ABC> run for CRI
<@U08GHEK16> 5k
Christmas party
Read your newsletter
COT:
Prayers and praises

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Chillin’ at The Fort

Chilly morning at The Fort, five men showed up for the fun. We began with a lap around the park, stopping at each swing for some warm-up exercises.
We moseyed to the top parking lot for some dips and arm circles. Back down to the amphitheater for a Dora session – Merkins, Squats, LBCs. Next, fast lap around the park, stops at each swing, merkins, squats, and LBCs – 10 each. Added bonus, first one to arrive at swing had to do 5 burpees.
We finished up at the amphitheater with two laps around with boulder over head and sprints up the hill near the power plant.

At the end we all did a cute jump through a prop which is part of the Christmas decorations :smiling_face_with_3_hearts:

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2024.49

A 3/4 mile figure 8. Top loop = 3 right turns, do 5 bombjacks at each right turn. Bottom loop = 3 left turns, do 5 merkins at each left turn. At the cross in the middle of the figure 8, do 5 burpees.

I got 5 laps, some got 6.

Lesson of the day, masculinity is earned. Time to go earn those callouses.

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Tour de Dora

WARMUP: mosey to tour the different dora stations
THE THANG: Dora with 80 of each – calf raises and flutters run in between. Mosey to next station with 80 squat and diamond merkin. Mosey to next station with 80 step up and derkin. Mosey to next station with 80 lunge and lbc. Mosey to next station with 80 dry docks and 30 burpee.
MARY: yeppers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yeppers
COT: prayers for mental health

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Fun at the Corral

8 left the warmth of the fartsack for the cold
of the Gloom (25 degree real feel). It started cold but we warmed up fast with a full-body beatdown and epic mumblechatter. Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 Windmills (IC)

Mosey to Mailboxes
– 20 Squats, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, 20 American Hammers

Mosey to Harris Teeter Wall with a stop to return a shopping cart (because that’s what we do)
– 20 Bulgarian Wall Squats
– 20 LBCs (feet on the wall)
– 20 Dirty Hookups – feet (IC)
– 20 Dirty Hookups – hands (IC)

Long Mosey to Rita’s slowing to smell the dumpsters (because that’s what we do)
– 20 Forward Arm Circles (IC)
– 20 backward Arm Circles (IC)
– 20 Seal Claps (IC)
– 20 Overhead Claps (IC)

Mosey to Mailboxes
– 20 Bomb Jacks, Lap
– 20 Bomb Jacks, 20 Werkins, Lap
– 20 Bomb Jacks, 20 Werkins, 20 Ab Mat Sit-ups

Mosey to Half Wall
– 20 Step Ups
– 20 Irkins
– 20 Dips
– 20 Derkins
– 60 Calf Raises

Mosey back to COT with Karaoke and Nur mixed in around Walgreens (1.55 miles total)

– 10 Captain Thors (1:4 ratio Big Boys/American Hammers)
– Cool down stretches (because we don’t do that enough)

NMM
Today was about spending time in proximity to our brothers. We were in no rush to get where we were going, but we made it anyway.

This time of year seems to be rush, rush, rush. Work deadlines are looming. Just a few more shopping days left. Gotta get to both sets of in-laws. How many pounds did you say you would lose by yearend? Have to get it all done.

But Christmas is the season of anticipation – a time to savor the moments, not rush through them. Take time off of work. Play games with your kids. Watch the family Christmas movies. Listen to your relatives tell the same story you’ve heard 100 times. Drink the hot chocolate, eat the extra slice of pie, and post with your buddies. Let’s slow down, breathe in the joy, and let the season fill your heart.

-IJ

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Enter a workout title…

WARMUP: windmills, imp walkers, HB walkers, cherry pickers, Peter Parkers, all in cadence
THE THANG: 8s:
Station one – merkins, shoulder taps
Lap around parking area to station two
Station two – big boys and American hammers
Bear crawl to station one
Continue to completion

Next was a round of 8x8s
Same idea except the rep counts were multiples of 8
Station one – monkey humpers
Lap around the parking area to station two
Station two – side straddle hops
Lieutenant dans to station one
Continue to completion
MARY: a couple rounds including a loathsome set of makhtar n’diayes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: was held

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A Hilly Situation

WARMUP: None
THE THANG: walk around WEP to Harris St, take a right down the hill, at the bottom the man with the bag starts walking backwards up the hill. Switched halfway, then back around WEP, around the loop back towards COT, finish with another round of klaw up Massey St. hill.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Turn rain on 0515, turn rain off 0600’ish

WARMUP: Gathered before 0515 and no rain. 0515 hits and the rain begins. Why create an environment that makes things a little easier?

Disclaimer given and we took off on a little mosey to the corner of the parking lot.

Circled up for SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parker.
THE THANG: Ran to the oil change place that has the little wall in the back. Once we got to the wall, direction was given. 10-20-30 was the idea.
– 10 step ups, run around building
– 10 diamond derkins, run around building
– 20 step ups, run
– 20 regular derkins, run
– 30 step ups, run
– 30 wide arm derkins, run

Run through the smell gauntlet and all the way through to the apartments with the round about at the bottom of the hill. 10-20-30 again but no running.

Alternating between CDD and lunges, do 10 of each, then 20, then 30.

Last we did 7s at the bottom of the hill to the fire station entrance. NUR up the hill, regular run to the bottom. Bottom of hill was bomb jacks, at the Fire station was 4 count flutters.
MARY: Plank hold with some plank stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes, newsletter
COT: of course

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Failure is fine

WARMUP: Gathered with our sandbags and left those for a quick mosey after a quick disclaimer. Came back for SSH, windmills, low slow squats, merkins, cherry pickers.
THE THANG: Came back to our sandbags and took our carabiners and clipped the ends to each other. Put them on our shoulders and then walked VERY close to each other. Alternating shoulders as needed but honestly, this lasted about 200 yards before the Q realized this wasn’t shaping up as it was in his head. Along the way we did curls and then curls and overhead presses.

We then unclipped and did 10 manmakers. We then took our bags to the tiered area and partnered up at the bottom. 1 partner with a 40 and 1 with a 60.

Partner 1 took both sandbags to the top and partner 2 stayed at the bottom doing pushups. Once partner 1 got back, there was a flip flop. Rinsed and repeated this.

Did this again with dips (just 1 round) and finished with flutters but for flutters it was a farmer carry.

Headed back towards COT but stopped at the curb for another idea…that didn’t pan out. With 2 sandbags removed, each pax laid down with a sandbag held in a press and then passed it down the line (last 2 guys had no bag yet) and then the first 1 guy that passed the bag ran to the other end in an Indian run style plan. Again, idea was ok but execution wasn’t great.

Moral of the story today – have a plan, execute plan, adjust plan, move forward.
MARY: we spared a few min
ANNOUNCEMENTS: complete
COT: complete

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Towards the Sunrise

Mosey all the way to Windjammer park

Stop along the way for COP (circle of pain)

Did some exercises and yoga on the dock

Great fellowship this morning. Beautiful weather. Not gloomy at all in spirit or in atmosphere.

Got back to COT and had my 60lb bag there. We planked and went down the line performing one man maker each

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