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THE THANG: 7s on hill by church up to tom hall and then went to print shop for 5 pull ups 10 merkins 15 squats and run around buildings. Repeat x5
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My last day as site Q for Minnow Pond / Thursday Block Party, so I wanted to revisit some of the more fun workouts had here in the past.
WARMUP: None
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Part 1 – Harris St Hill Work
Proceed down White/160, left on Ardrey (by WEP), take it to corner of Ardrey and Harris St. That is the start. At start do 10 merkins and 20 LBCs, then run downhill to very bottom, across from Harris St park, do 5 burpees, then run uphill to corner of Harris St and Business 21, do 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, run back down to bottom, 5 burpees, back to start for 10 more merkins and 20 LBCs, then wait for 6. Others went back down to bottom for more burpees to pull the 6 back to start. Everyone LOVES Harris St hill!!
On to round 2. Proceed back down Ardrey to meet up in front of WEP amphitheater.
Round 2 – WEP Swing Loop
The walking path loop around WEP is approx 3/4 mile or so, with around 10-12 swings or swing stations (one of these days I will get the accurate count). Start from amphitheater towards large hill first. Stop at every swing and do 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs. Due to time, rep count was cut to 10/10/10 about 2/3 through. By the time we all got back to the start, we had 2-3 minutes to get back to COT, perfect timing!
MARY: We had about a minute worth of flutters and something else.
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Read the newsletter, get involved, invigorate your male community leadership.
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Alot lifted up.
Today I handed off the shovel flag to a HIM that I know will maintain the standards set for Minnow Pond, Farmer's Only. Shady started MP up back in mid-2017 to be a place that will push you to your limits physically (1st F), but also fostered a strong 2nd F there as well. A minimum of ~3.2 miles (5K) with pain stations mixed in, so you HAVE to push your pace to get all that in within 45 minutes. That is the standard set. Other past site Qs – Longshanks, Jekyll, and Funhouse – all maintained that standard while putting their own flair on things to continue growing the 2nd F there. It was an honor, privilege, and blessing to take the reigns of what I feel is a premier site in The Fort.
When you have a strong fellowship to share your pains and burdens, it makes those pains and burdens much more bearable and manageable. When those two things come together like that, it is an awesome thing to be part of, and the result is growth in your 3rd F too, for you gain more faith in what you can do as well as who will be there to do it with you. This is a great microcosm of what F3 is all about. Planting a small workout. The black diamond aspect of it that pushed everyone to their limits drew them out. The magnet. The strong fellowship cultivated from it and by it drew you and others out, and kept them coming. The glue. Then you and others realized there is alot more to things than just working out, that you can get through hard things, that others will be there with you to help push/pull you along, and in turn you do that for others. Then it spreads outside the gloom. The Boom or explosion of growth. It is awesome.
Farmer's Only will be a GREAT site Q! He lives for pushing himself in all three Fs, and will do the same for others. Be warned, he LOVES burpees and pull-ups. HA HA!! Congratulations Farmer's Only! Well deserved and earned.
Thank you everyone for being a part of Minnow Pond / Block Party lore. Excited to see where it goes from here.
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA
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THE THANG: run Dobbys Bridge towards downtown, left on Fairway, if you are over 20 minutes when you get to the end of Fairway, just turn back the same way. If 20 minutes or less, left on Banks, left on FM Parkway, back to Blue.
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WARMUP: Nope
THE THANG: Munn to Harris under I77 to Sam Smith across Sutton down to New Grey Rock and back.
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Good group for a chilly morning. Decided to be super creative and use date as workout plan. Yog over to side of lowes for 3 exercises, 13 reps of each: HR merkins, big boys, and squats. Repat this at 2 more stops until we ended up near the Imdian restaurant. Break up into 3 teams, 2 teams work while 1 team does active rest. Teams 1 & 2 do 10 merkins while team 3 holds plank, then 2 & 3 merkins and 1 planks, then 1 & 3 merkin and 2 planks. 2 rounds of this. Then same sequence but big boys were the exercise and 6″ leg holds were the rest. 2 rounds of that. Then another 2 rounds with squats and Al Gores. Yog over to main parking lot. Everyone line up on curb for 15 merkins, 15 big boys, and 15 squats, then run 3 line suicide. 13 merkins, 13 big boys, 13 squats, 2 line suicide. 11 merkins, 11 big boys, 11 squats, run to far line and back. Circle up, PAX are doing shoulder taps while 2 do 5 merkins. Rotate merkins around the circle until everyone has done 2 sets. Next round was lunges and 3 burpees. Again go around until everyone did 2 sets of burpees. Back to the cars for a few minutes of Mary. Thanks for the opportunity <@U04M7P605SM>!
The Longest Ladder
5 burpees or 2 55# manmakers at the baseline.
Snatch squat at each rung on 1st ladder
Two high pulls on the 2nd
WARMUP: we don’t do that here
THE THANG:
We stayed together as a group today. First stop at Southstate bank for merkins. Second stop at Hoof and Barrel for 5 burpees, third stop at Delaney for 5 burpees with a plank jack, fourth stop at the roundabout at Cloverdale and Waterloo for 5 kraken burpees, fifth stop at Hubert Graham for 5 burpees with a triple jump squat, sixth stop at the roundabout by Model A for some American Hammers, seventh stop at the top of the back entrance to Colosseum for 5 kraken burpees with a plank jack and triple jump squat to end the Hightower. Down to the Colosseum for some Mike Tyson’s and flutters, then over to the bottom of Dave Gibson to partner nur up the hill.
We ran past COT and stopped to do 5 more burpees bc it’s a great way to strengthen the mind, then around Earth Fare, more American hammers, and finished right at 0600 at COT.
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THE THANG: run to round about down Kingsley hang right on 21 to Peach Stand hang left on 160 to Main Street up to Tom Jones hang right to little Walmart and trace the steps back. Some rucked, some ran, some ran a lot more.
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Mosey over to lot behind WEP amphitheater. EMOM run a lap around parking lot and do 15 SSHs. Whatever time you have left in the 60 seconds, try to get your heartrate back down. Repeat for 10 minutes.
Move over to in front of amphitheater for main thing. Exercises on the left were 10 merkins and 10 LBCs. Exercises on the right were 10 squats and 10 plank jacks. Every time you pass center 10 SSHs. Break into 2 groups. Group 1 runs out 4 swinging benches to the left, does Exercises, then runs back stopping at middle then 1 bench on right. 3 left, 2 right. 2 left, 3 right. 1 left, 4 right. Stopping at middle every time. Group 2 does same thing but starts with 4 right, 1 left….fun was had by all. Mosey back to COT. Fast guys finished with a few abs. Thx for the opportunity <@U686LEPLH>