10-20-30 for Bass’s Bday

WARMUP: Mosey then SSH (57 times for Bass’s bday), windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, moroccan nightclub, and cherry pickers.
THE THANG: Started off on benches – 2 sets, 10 each – step ups, inclined merkins, and dips. Mosey to wall – wall sits while bear crawling 2. Mosey to light poles where we did 10-20-30 of each exercise utilizing 3 light poles with runs between. Exercises were lunges, Carolina dry dock, squats, LBCs. Hit the wall again for more walls sits and bear crawls and then mosey back to Mary.
MARY: Gas pumper, American hammers, peter pointers, Freddy mercury, box cutters, and superman’s.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter
COT: Prayers and praises

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Sweet and Spicy at The Fort

WARMUP:
Peach Stand started us off with the warmup of SSH, Imperial Walkers, and possibly a few others gone from memory.

THE THANG 1:
PeachStand instructed Pax to pick a rock from the piles behind the amphitheater (and to choose wisely).
The “thang” was a ladder to “9”, starting with 8 Mike Tysons right behind the amphitheater, and 1 bomb jack at the entrance of the parking lot (up the hill). The mode of transportation running (or walking briskly) with our coupon held straight over our heads. Harry Carry did more running than anyone (perhaps even more than the rest of us combined).

THE THANG 2:
YHC took over and educated the Pax on the rules of a Webb-o-rama. 4 cones set up along path in front of the amphitheater. On each cone were 2 exercises to be done in Jack Webb style (1:4 ratio)
Cone 1- 1 6-count Burpee : 4 SSH
– >> Bear crawl to next station
Cone 2 – 1 Big boy sit up : 4 American Hammers
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 3 – 1 Knee tar N’Diaye : 4 Squats
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 4 – Traditional Jack Webb –
– >> Run Around parking lot, up the hill to the entrance, then back to first station
Instead of doing all 10 reps at once, we broke it up into 3 rounds.
Round 1: 1-5
Round 2: 6-8
Round 3: 10 (skipped 9 since we ran out of time).

Great work done by all men. Thanks for the chance to lead, JWOW.

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AKA – Board of Pain 2025

The [vintage] Challenge:
– Burpees – 100 (Ruby Slippers 0, Slash 7)
– Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
– Ski Abs – 100 (Barry Manilow started)
– Merkins – 100
– Deep Squats – 100 (Anchorman started, Cake Boss 10, Short Sale 50, JWOW 51)
– LBCs – 200 (Cohiba – completed)
– Carolina Dry Docks – 100 (Time Machine 10)
– American Hammer – 100 (Harry Carry? Vuvuzela & Band Camp completed)
– Mac Tar Jai – 100
– Jump Squats – 100
– Mountain Climbers – 100
– Shoulder Raises – 200
– Mary Catherines – 100
– Hello Dolly – 200
– Wide Arm Merkins – 100
– Squat Jacks – 100
– Nippler– 100
– Burpees – 100

The Board of Pain isn’t that hard. It isn’t completable in 45 minutes. But it ain’t about finishing, it’s about seeing how far you can go!

You:
– Show up
– Put forth the effort
– Share suffering amongst the PAX
– Build camaraderie
– Teach yourself that
– You can take on challenging tasks
– You will improve
– You accelerate when other men are striving alongside you

There are plenty of harder workouts. But the Board is doable by ALL MEN. Be present and try; that’s all it takes! You don’t have to get far; you just have to go.

How is it in our lives that we have a problem and the solution is the same? Be present and try

We ain’t getting it all done today, but today’s effort still matters!

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IRON WILL

Hero Workout: “IRON WILL”

In honor of Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor
Killed in action on September 29, 2006, in Ramadi, Iraq, after throwing himself on a grenade to save his teammates.

WARMUP:
• SSH – 25 IC
• Merkins – 15 IC
• Windmills – 15 IC
THE THANG:
Each round represents one of his teammates—3 survived because of his actions; the 4th round is in his honor.

Round 4x – with Cinder Blocks

• 29 Cinder Block Thrusters (age at time of death)
• 400m Run (or 2-minute high knees if no space)
• 10 Burpees (to represent the 10 SEALs on his team)
• 20 Merkins (strength in sacrifice)
• 30 Air Squats (stand strong)
• 9 Man Makers (Sept. 29 – the day he died)

MARY: some LBC & Dolly’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS: sign up for fastest 5k
COT:

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Circle of intensity

WARMUP:
Windmill
Morrocan nightclub
Imperial walker

THE THANG:
Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest
Squat jack
Side straddle hop
Windmill
Plank jack
Seal jack
You pick
Merkin
Mountain climber
Shoulder taps
Imperial walker
Flutter kicks

Run 2 laps

DORA
40 burpees
60 merkins
80 squats
100 LBC
120 side straddle hop

Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest
Squat jack
Side straddle hop
Windmill
Plank jack
Seal jack
You pick
Merkin
Mountain climber
Shoulder taps
Imperial walker
Flutter kicks

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Luka 5 km – April 12
Cannoli run – May 17th
COT:

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44 – HBD Spectre!

WARMUP: plank, upward dog<>downward dog, merkins, updog<>downdog, peter parker, updog<>downdog, parker peter, updog<>downdog, plank jacks, updog<>downdog, child’s pose/prayer stretch straight/L/R, updog<>downdog
Mosey to the playground

THE THANG:
44 paces – toy soldier lunges
44 paces – bear crawl
44 paces – skip
44 paces – side shuffle left
44 paces – side shuffle right
44 paces – backpedal

Bulgarian split squat L x4, R x4
Pull-up overhand L/underhand R grip x4, overhand R/underhand L grip x4
burpees with R hand on curb x4, burpees with L hand on curb x4
pistol squat (holding pole) L x4, R x4
side plank hip abduction L x4, R x4

REPEAT EVERYTHING x3

MARY: flutters, hello dolly, side plank hip dips, more downward dogs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel this evening, Spartan Saturday, Fast 5 in 2 Saturdays

COT: Prayers for work changes, family dynamics

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Q school at ROF

Five students attended Q school, and 3 runners posted at NAFO this morning. This is what they did:
WARMUP: Disclaimer and slow Mosey around NAFO parking lot. Circle up for COP
THE THANG:
COP: SSH x 30, windmill x 10, squat x 20, merkin x 10/hold/Peter Parker x 10/Left arm and leg high/6″/regular/mountain climber x 10/6″/recover, LBCx20, Morrocan night cub x 30
Run to the bottom of the hill by the ROTC building for Jacob’s Ladder (1-7), pull-ups at the top of the hill
People’s chair along the ROTC building x 90s, recover, round 2 with the Pax each running to the road, doing 3 burpees, running back to the wall.
Mosey back to the parking lot for cocaine bearcrawls along the parking spaces (1-5 merkins at each line)

MARY: American Hammer x 20, hello dolly x 20
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5K in a couple weeks, Bethel Men’s shelter this Thursday, April 3
COT: Prayers for families, Splinter’s 2.0 in a difficult situation, Becky with cancer, Cash’s family
NMM:
It was a privilege to lead Q school this morning. Here are my pearls of wisdom from Qing workouts for the past 12 years:
1. Always have a watch to keep track of your time (start and end promptly).
2. Ease into the workout with a light jog, SSH’s, and windmills to stretch the major muscle groups.
3. I typically count at a slower cadence for more effective training. I make sure the workout is balanced with strength and cardio conditioning.
4. Use pull up bars whenever they are available at your AO. Try to work a back exercise into every workout (like Superman).
5. Steal shamelessly from other Q’s. I stole frequently from South Charlotte and local Pax (Geronimo was one of my favs). Today’s cocaine bearcrawls were stolen from Poppins (who stole from someone else, I think).
6. Due to my early work schedule during the week, I can’t stay for COT, and it’s something I truly miss. F3 has been a blessing in my life.

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Yellow Pixie Dust

WARMUP: Honored Sergeant Major Robert Cottle, Mozy, butt kickers, toy soldiers, windmills, downward dog and honeymooner
THE THANG: 5 rounds of pain – Run down the hill around the playground and back to the ROTC building, 10 pull ups, 20 curls, 20 dips, 30 squats, 30 merkins then we finished off with 11s with overhead press at the top of the hill and merkins at the bottom.
MARY: went around the circle, lbcs, flutters, box cutters, hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: marriages, health, families

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