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North to South, not East to West

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WARMUP: Mosey to the church for warmup – SSH, imperial walker, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers, windmill, low slow squat, merkins, moroccan nightclub, plank, honeymooners, stretch calfs
THE THANG: Dora (aka flat dora aka diego) at picnic tables at the church – 100 dips, 100 stepups, 100 inclined merkins while partner runs around parking lot. Mosey back to HT parking lot and grab a rock. 25 curls and then ab workouts while holding up or pressing said rock – curls, flutters, curls, hello dolly, curls, 6 inches, OH press, curls. Mosey to HT wall – wall sits and bear crawl and then balls to the wall, mosey back to HT parking lot – lung walks, calf raises, karaoke, toy soilders, calf raises. Mosey back to flag for mary. A few burpees throughout as well.
MARY: American hammer, some frog crunch exercise, rosalita, heel touch, flutters, advanced version of hello dolly?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence and Jaeger coming up.
COT: Prayers and praises – ended in prayer.

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Simple, but not easy

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14 at the Sink this morning survived a surprisingly difficult beatdown. Conditions were not terrible for February (40s with a breeze). Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Merkins (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
Mosey to Gold Hill Rd.
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Hubert Graham
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Revere Cove
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to the Traffic Circle
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Shuffle back to COT
2.1 miles, 30 Manmakers, 10 Overhead Press, 75 Curls, 90 Squats

NMM
This workout was simple, but not easy. I’m not sure what made it difficult – it was only four exercises done six times over a couple miles, but I think I’m going to feel it later. The beauty of its design was you had the opportunity to converse with the guy next to you between sets and see what is going on in his world. I heard laughs, grunts, celebrations, and struggles. Men shared their hearts but still put in the work. That’s what this is all about – asking the guy next to you how he’s doing. Listening to what he says and note what he doesn’t say. Men suck at asking for help. The signs are there if we know where to look. My encouragement for you is to reach up when you need help. But also, reach down when you have help to give. F3 has the opportunity to literally save lives if we will pour into Fellowship and Faith as much as we do Fitness. Strengthen yourself mentally and spiritually as much as you do physically. Do that and we will change the world: one household at a time.

Aye!
IJ

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Sterilization

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WARMUP: Mosey to the backside of HT to enjoy the smells and do some warmup exercises – SSH, windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclub, merkins.
THE THANG: Mosey back to front parking lot. 7 of diamonds but with 3 corners instead of 4 so 7 of triangles? First lap was 7 merkins at each corner, 14 squats at each corner, 21 flutters at each corner, and then 28 LBCs at each corner. Mosey to side of HT for wall squats with bear crawls and crawl bears while we all mentioned a goal, word, or area we were working on this year. Mosey to auto shop and then dora – 50 step ups (each leg), 100 inclined merkins, 125 dips and then mosey back to flag.
MARY: American hammers, hello dolly, and some frog workout which felt like gas pumpers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints and padres tonight, wine dinner, and mens shelter later this week, upcoming convergence and jaeger in march.
COT: A few prayer requests. Ended in prayer.

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Smiles with Some Miles

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, Plank position then honeymooner and downward dog a couple of times
THE THANG: Ran a U starting from Earthfare to Gold Hill Middle and back with Exercises being 10 burpees, 10 Squats, and 10 big boys at the starting point, every turn, and finish point. Then did a couple of loops around the Earthfare parking lot.
MARY: American Hammers, Flutters, Hello Dollies, and Heals to Heaven
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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With Sally there are no breaks

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The goal was to bring back some things we have done in a while.
WARMUP: Not needed
THE THANG:
Mosey to first stop at golf course.
IWx15, WMx10, move over for a break, but there are no breaks. Cherry Picker x15.
Mosey to pickle ball courts.
20 Monkey Humpers
Mosey to wall:
20 dips and 20 Derkins
Mosey to hill by clubhouse:
Lunge walk up the hill, then bear crawl then lunge walk.
Mosey down the hill and partner up.
1 partner run up hill other partner do exercise.
Exercises: Curl, Squat, overhead Press, Lunge.
Mosey back to wall: 20 Dips and 20 Step Ups
Mosey to Pickle Ball Courts: Monkey Humpers
Mosey to golf course: LBC x25, Hello Dolly x25 and Flutters x20 (thanks change order)
Mosey back to Runde:
Green Sally with Merkins
Roxanne with Squats
Thunderstruck with Burpees
2 minutes of Broga
MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: welcome back Divac

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Pushing & Pulling The Sink

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Disclaimer, Mission, Core Principles, Credo
WARMUP: A little jogging with warm-up exercises thrown in.
THE THANG: Partner up. This was easy due there only being 4 of us. The original plan was for a 2min timer but during the first round, I realized I was failing too soon so I dropped it to 1min for each exercise. After you and your partner completed 1min of each exercise, you each completed a 50yd Partner Push. Then, move to the next set of exercises.
Round 1: Upright Rows (High Pulls) & Overhead Press
50yd Partner Push (each)
Round 2: Bicep Curls & Tricep Extensions (skull crushers)
50yd Partner Push (each)
Round 3: Bent Over Rows & Bench Press
50yd Partner Push (each)
Round 4: Squats & Dead Lifts
50yd Partner Push (each)

Grab your sand bag and meet at the main drop-off lane.
100yd sand bag toss followed by a 100yd overhead sand bag toss. You’re throwing the sand bag behind you to end up back where we started.
Run 50yds & NUR 50yds
Laying down, 10 Leg Raises while holding the sand bag overhead
10 Big Boy Sit Ups with the sand bag on your chest
Bear Crawl 25yds then Crawl Bear back.
10 Thrusters on my count
10 Flutters w/ Press I/C
60sec over-the-shoulder sandbag toss

That was it…super easy!

MARY: Added throughout and also not in typical fashion.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Indeed

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Up and Down Get Around

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WARMUP: IW and HW with the Rucks on while we waited for Decible to park
THE THANG: head quickly to heart attack hill to do it twice.

Along the way we stopped for:
(rucks off)
21 Ruck Swings
15 Overhead Press
9 Squat Thruster
(rucks back on)
5 Lunges each leg
10 merkins

Did that series 4ish times

MARY: had a plan for that, but alas we returned just at the strike of 0600.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel service date 2/6
Jekyll’s fundraising wine dinner also 2/6
COT: was held

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Run up the Hill “Again”!

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WARMUP: none
THE THANG: run over toward school into cul de sac where Decibel had his office. Run down to the bottom of road where street lights are before school. Run back up the hill to cul de sac. Exercises at top and bottom. Repeat 5 times. Not complicated…. it just sucked!
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam bar
COT:

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The Safe Sink

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WARMUP: A little of this, a little of that…

THE THANG:
We took our rucks and sandbags and traveled to the top of gentle slope of the entrance to the school in the hopes of finding a less icy spot. We were disappointed. It was slick most everywhere. Kind of like the top of <@USBP08L1G>‘s (not present) head.

After letting men know that it was ok to feel their feelings, no matter how big they were (TWSS), we all cuddled for a few minutes and affirmed one another’s masculinity. We decided we were both good enough AND smart enough, and we think that people like us.

Then it was basically taking turns releasing our trauma and making space for each other. We even all took turns going to the crying room that Farmers had installed. It was very affirming.

From there we did 3 very thoughtful and mindful rounds of 7s with our rucks on and with our sandbags.

It was a round of manmakers and squats, one of curls and bag ups, and one of merkins and flutters with a press.

Peta reached a whole new level and had a real breakthrough in accessing his inner child.

MARY: We decided it best to just have men present for this session.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The newsletter contains the latest, please avail yourself of this wonderful resource.

COT: The 5th Core Principle

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