Saying hello to Colosseum

WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Run to Colosseum, 15 Mac tar jai’s; run back to StL, 5 Jack Webb’s; repeat again; run, 15 CDD’s; run, 5 plank Webbs; repeated by the gazelles

Mini QSchool for 7 min: For pax that have never Q’d, schooling given on proper cadence; given an exercise to lead pax in: SSH, merkins, American hammers

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On the X

WARMUP: Side straddle hops in cadence to 20, Imperial Walker in cadence to 20, Abe Vigota (slow old man windmill in cadence to 20.
THE THANG: On the X :

Each line 12,3,6,9 o’clock gets 5 hand release merkins at the end of each rotation you go all the way around on hands to next quadrant line once you are there get on your feet and jog in place until all PAX done

Rotation1
Q1: Shoulders : All exercises to 15 in cadence
Baby arm circles front
Baby arm circles back
Moracan night club
Overhead arm clap
Carolina dry docks 15 OYO then do Merkin circle 12, 3,6, 9 o’clock position hand walking to each jog in place when done.

Lap around the parking lot Indian Run last the whole way
Q2: Legs : All exercises to 15 in cadence

Alternating side squats
Blart: riding your motorcycle hands on handle bars sway forward left right then back
Cracker jacks= side straddle hops in squat position
Single leg RDL 15 per leg
Bolt 45’s half way down from standing, all the way down from halfway then 15 full squats

Q3: Abs
Plank 30 seconds
Side plank 30 seconds
Knalp 30 seconds
American Hammer 15  4 count
Box cutter 15
Gas pumper 15 OYO

Mosey back to COT

MARY:Two minutes all the way up 30 seconds halfway 30 seconds all the way without touching ground 10 then all the way up 10 repeat until time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D final push, Mint Hill CSAUP @Goose will post details
COT: Shout out to all the Men of F3 who have kept coming out into the gloom and have not only kept this thing up for over a decade but have grown F3 through there witnessing in there spheres of influence. It has been more than a blessing to so many!!

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Morning Matinee @ Lazarus

WARMUP:

Mosey to front of theater

-20 SSH (IC)
-10 Windmill (IC)
-20 SSH (IC)
-10 Moroccan Night Clubs (IC)

THE THANG:

DORA – partner runs a lap while other partner:

-50 Burpees
-100 Derkins
-150 Dips
-200 Step Ups

Mosey to cinderblocks/coupons exercise rotations between partner with cinderblock and partner without.

Mosey back to COT

MARY: A little

ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D Bar. Blood drive.

COT: Illness circling around schools/homes. Mental Illness and Addicton.

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Tribute to Cardinal

WARMUP:

Brief description of workout today and shared a bit about Cardinal.

THE THANG:

15 Side Straddle Hops
10 Tempo Merkins
10 Flutter Kicks
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward
10 Little Baby Arm Circles Backward
10 Hallelujahs *
10 Knoxville Cherry Pickers
20  Sec. Samson Hold**
10 Willie Mays Hayes
The Thang:

Set 1
5 Burpees
5 Big Boys
5 Heels to Heaven
Set 2
10 Burpees                                                
10 Little Baby Crunches
10 Mt. Climbers Double Count
Set 3
15 Burpees                                                
15 Air Squats
15 Freddy Mercury’s
Set 4
20 Burpees
* Hallelujahs = a shoulder burn exercise. Hands up at ear level. Raise up to full extension I cadence. 1 up, 2 down, 3 up, 4 down.
** Samson Hold = Arms extended straight out like your pushing against two pillars.

We had time left so we did some trips up the stairs at the movie theater and did some “pull ups” with the railing. “Reverse merkins”

MARY: lots
ANNOUNCEMENTS: prayers for marriages and families suffering loss
COT: yes

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Simple but Effective

22 Men got better today:

Run to Office Parking lot: 15 Merkins and 15 CDD

Run to Gold Hill Elementary teacher parking lot: 20 LBC and 20 Hello Dolly

Run to Gold Hill Middle teacher lot: 15 squats and 15 Lunges

Mileage ranged from 3-5.  Great job.

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intro to the 8 Blocker

Performed 8 blocker goals exercise while moving across parking lot. Perform a std exercise while listening to instructions on what goes in each box. Mosey across parking lot to other parking spot where performed different exercise while listening to instructions of what goes in the next box. 8 boxes total.
1. Concentrica,
2. 3rdF goals,
3. Relationships needing more investment.
4. 1stF fitness goals for the year and for the first 13 weeks.
5. Jester.
6. Investment in self improvement
7. Date night. Who do I need to be intentional with.
8. What is my D2X or advice I would tell my younger self.

If you want to discuss further I’m more than happy to help you fill your 8 blocker out. Let me know when you’re available.

Stay Frosty my Friends.
Olaf

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Game of Crazy 8’s

WARMUP: ssh imperials hillbillies mosey around block
THE THANG: game of crazy 8 deck of pain. 8’s were a lap, rest of decks were either 19 or 20 reps
FAST PACEd HIIT style
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: come to AO The Hive for KB on Friday!
COT:

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4 mile Deconstructed Burpee

WARMUP: It is Sweep the Leg. Strive to do that prior to 5:15
THE THANG: Run a 4 mile loop: https://f3thefort.com/2022/02/25/stl-just-keep-going/ (if you wanna see the route. side note: it wasn’t my first rodeo on this route)

Stop along the way for deconstructed burpees:
10 squats
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
run
10 squats
10 plank jump ins
10 merkins
10 plank jump ins
10 SSH
run
Repeat the full 5 steps each subsequent stop

PAX were advised to just jump in where the most guys were when they got to the exercises, or to skip the exercises entirely and just keep running.

When we stretch to a route that necessitates covering 4 miles, YHC gets worried about leaving PAX. We managed to stay together and Fishstix + Badlands picked up the 6 today making sure we all arrived back at COT resting on 4 miles. Bravo gentlemen!

NMM:
Sometimes we have to choose the hard thing ourselves. Sometimes we have to choose to do the hard thing that life is handing us. If we skirt away from doing the what’s difficult when needed, what worse thing will be waiting for us in the future?

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Tangled Mess

WARMUP: arriving late (doh) I missed the warm up and when I caught up saw some SSH like activity. I jumped in with apologies for tardiness and kicked off 10x LSS, 20x Merkin, MC & Peter Parker then some runner’s stretching. Distribute resistance bands for leg warm up exercices (not enough to go around, doh), and one-arm rows, and alternate those / jump rope. While untangling the jump ropes I believe it was @band_camp who thankfully took the lead with burpees until untangling completed, if they didn’t get in 20 they got close.
THE THANG: 3 sets of exercise scrawled on crumpled paper one on each of 3 orange cones (why cones? I have no idea, I have a very nice whiteboard collecting dust in my garage, thankfully no one asked):
1: 100 Gas Pumpers, 50 jump rope, run 1/4 mile-ish
2. 25 Hello Dollies, 25 Burpees, 50 Jump Roppe, run 1/4 mile
3. 100 Big Boys, 50 Jump Rope, run 1/4 mile
MARY: 15 H2H, 20 Rosalita, 21 LBC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of 2nd F all over the area next week, a few postponed CSAUPs, too much for my small brain to retain, see slack
COT: Poppins took the lead asking each PAX to give thanks and ask for prayer requests which allowed each man to share more than we usually hear in COT including thanks for 2.0 recovering from potentially life threatening scare & prayers to bring us closer to our Ms and family through the holidays which always bring challenges

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