King of the Ring – Round 2 – The Rocket Burner

Ring of Fire – King of the Ring Challenge
Round 2 – Previous Kings are Q
Oh the humidity was cranked up!! Soupy swampy hot. ZERO breeze. Excellent mumblechatter in COT while we all stretched out. Senator Tressel came in hot, but caught up to us on the warmup run. 13 dawgs let loose!!

Warmup:
Slow run loop around the parking lot, approx. 400-500m, then circle up near COT for the following:
– 20 SSH
– 10 WM
– 15 MNC
– 15 IW
– 10 Strawberry pickers

Then mosey over to the USMC JROTC building, roadway near the sidewalk to the pull-up bars for…..

THE THANG:
The Rocket Burner Circuit
Setup: 5 stations, each with an exercise. Some have modes of transportation listed to get to the next station. PAX are to grab 2 cinder blocks from storage and put them on the roadway near the sidewalk to the pull up bars. Then get after it. Cones were used to mark station locations. Station 1 was at the pull-up bars, station 2 was at the roadway, beginning of sidewalk to pull-up bars, station 3 was along the roadway, towards A.O. Jones, approx. 5-60 yds away, station 4 was same location as station 2, station 5 was at bottom of hill at stop sign. That is the circuit.
Do the work. No music, just work. Once all stations are done, scoring of one round is once you return to station 1 to start over. King is the one who does the most rounds.
Stations and MoT are:
1. 5 pull-ups, frolick (walk, skip, whatever) to #2
2. With one cindy, 15 overhead presses, then farmer’s carry BOTH blocks to #3
3. With one cindy, 15 curls, then farmer’s carry BOTH blocks to #4
4. With BOTH cindies, 15 deadlift into calf raise. Full up, full down. Then no more cindies. Run downhill to #5.
5. 5 burpees, 20 lunges (10 ea leg), 25 LBC. Run uphill to #1
6. That is one round
7. Repeat

WINNER IS: BAND CAMP!! He was a machine, cranking out almost 6 full rounds (or was it 6 full, started on 7th?). Harry Carry was hot on his heels. Everyone cranked out at least 3. I got 4 full, started on 5th, but threw in the towel after pull-ups. A lot of excellent mumblechatter and push/pull from each PAX. Guys were REALLY going after it, pushing hard. No cinder blocks were harmed, too. :blush:

Stored the cindies just in time to get back to COT right at 6.

MARY: None

Announcements: The Barry is coming!! Read your newsletter, get involved!!

COT: A lot of P&P lifted. Do not carry it all inside.

Cake Boss came up with a GREAT idea with this King of the Ring challenge. Looking forward to the next rounds!! BRING IT!!!

Thank you for the opportunity to lead. Blessings and SYITG.
-NASA

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Off Road Racing

Per the hype graphic/msg, felt like we needed to workout on the field instead of pavement. Was excited about the rain last night and the additional nastiness it would bring to the workout. Arrived to the site only to be disappointed as I stepped onto the field, mildly soggy, no puddles. Oh well, the 95% humidity made up for the lack of water obstacles! Mapped out a rectangle – approx. 15yards wide and 30 yards long. Strategically placed 6 pain stations along the perimeter of the rectangle. Each pain station had instructions for the exercise to be completed before traveling to the next pain station. Also gave the PAX a MOT so they knew how to proceed to the next pain station. Asked the PAX to compete with one another, race, push themselves.

WARMUP: From COT had the PAX carry the bags onto the field and to the starting point of our rectangular track. Started with SSHx20IC at station #1 and then explained the exercise and MOT. Once all PAX confirmed they understood we moseyed to the next pain station, asked the PAX to perform 5 burpees OYO and then explained the exercise and MOT. Followed this process and decreased the burpee count to 1 as we reached the final pain station. Moseyed to the starting point and ready to go.

THE THANG: Complete as many laps as possible. FishStix was king of the 40lb bag carriers and I believe either DeepDish or Maximus was king of the 60lb bag carriers.

Pain Station #1: 10 – Man Makers
MOT – Backward OH Toss

Pain Station #2: 20 – Bear Hug Squats
MOT – Bear Crawl w/ Pull Through

Pain Station #3: 15 – DeadLifttoCleantoPress
MOT – Alt Side Toss

Pain Station #4: 20 – Sand Bag Swings
MOT – Rifle Carry

Pain Station #5: 20 – Wide Sumo Squats w/ Front Lateral Raise
MOT – Front Press Toss

Pain Station #6: 20 – Derkins ( Feet on the SB )
MOT – Rack SB on shoulders and shuffle

MARY: NONE

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, 4th of July Convergence, read your newsletter

COT: STK!

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Still Ragin

WARMUP:
SSH
Imp Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
Moroccan Nightclubs
Michael Phelps
Low slow squat
Merkins
Broga

THE THANG:

Bear crawl and side shuffle around square for 5 minutes

Tamara:
45 seconds on
15 seconds off

Merkins
Low slow squats
Shoulder taps
Step ups
Lateral lunge

3 rounds with 2 minute break in between each set

Slowsey around track
Burpees
Toy soldiers
Lunges

MARY:
Ham string stretch 2 rounds
One leg out
Two legs out

Butterfly stretch

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Thursday
July 4th convergence

COT:
Healing
F3 Fellowship

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The Ranch in Cadence!

WARMUP: SSH, Stretches, Merks, Mosey, Squats, Walkers, Nightclubs, and some core work.
THE THANG: Ladder work w some cones that labeled the reps and exercise. We all started with BombJax at the bottom of the ladder and added one rep each Time we returned.
Moved to a WallSit with the pax jumping out of line to knock out some Merks.
Moved to a 4 set series of exercises with a mosey to the end of parking lot and back to break up the series.
MARY: 2 mins of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence for the 4th, Bethel Shelter each month, 3rd Qtr litter pick up coming soon, and res the newsletter.
COT: Prayers for aging family, marriages, summer travel, and F3.

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1 is the loneliest number but 3 makes a party

WARMUP: slow mosey through parking lot stops at speed bumps for some exercise moves
THE THANG:
Band lot endzone line
Bear crawl 10 yards so 10 LBCs
Continue bear crawl ever 10 yards and do LBCs for yard marker 20,30,40,50

Mosey to end of lot and over to lacrosse practice field for Jacobs ladder
1 bombjack
6 big boy sit ups

Mosey to front of school for
3 rounds of
10 dips
10 step ups
10 bicycles (Freddy’s)

Mosey to driveway
Run to light pole 10 dying cockroaches
Repeat two more time for 3/30 total in cadence

Few dynamic exercises as we moseyed around school

At back of school hit some Derkins and Dips in honor of CSPAN :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
MARY: all along the way
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel serve 3rd of July
4th of July convergence
The Barry July 22

COT: right on time

“A cord of three strands is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12

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Welcome to Thrillville

Thrillville is the latest amusement park from the mind of Drop Thrill. Will you survive the day?

Parking Lot – Time to pay up!

Round 1 = 2 Burpees
Round 2 = 4 Burpees
Round 3 = 6 Burpees
Round 4 = 8 Burpees

Ticket Booth – Really time to pay!

Round 1 – Hand Release Merkins x10
Round 2 – Add Clap Merkins x10
Round 3 – Add Toe Touch Merkins x10
Round 4 – Add Mike Tysons x10

Bathrooms – First stop when you enter the park is of course the bathroom.

Round 1 – monkey humpers
Round 2 – squats
Round 3 – calf raises
Round 4 – raise the roof

Now you’re ready to ride the big coaster but you’ve got to beat the crowd there!

Running of the bulls !

Run a lap.

Ride Time

Round 1 – Monkey Humpers x20
Round 2 – Add Bonny Blairs x20
Round 3 – Add Side Lunges x20
Round 4 – Add Jump Squats x20

Lunchtime

Round 1 – LBCs x25
Round 2 – Freddy Mercuries x25
Round 3 – Heels to Heaven x25

Lunch time is over and you see your favorite coaster just reopened so you run to ride the reopened coaster l.

Run a lap.

Oh no! It Broke down again!

Time to run again as you have to run across the park to another coaster.

Finally the day is over. You’re exhausted but you’ve got to make it back to your car.

Time for toy soldiers down and back.

Finally you’re back relaxing at the hotel. Time to cool down with stretching and some Broga.

You survived a day at the virtual park!

Well done! Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Thrill reminds you that you can’t always predict the twists and turns of life, but you can be strong enough to push through when you need to.

With that, The Thrill is gone.

1. Although men are marginally less likely than women to develop a significant mental illness during their lifetimes, about 1 in 2 men will have a diagnosable disorder at some point in their lifetimes.
2. Men are about 2x less likely than women to seek help if problems do occur.
3. Almost 50% of men feel that they are struggling more than they admit to people in their life.
4. Depression looks significantly different in men than in women… Women tend to present as sad and withdrawn, while men tend to present as irritable and angry.
5. Men are 2-3x more likely to abuse substances in an attempt to manage their mental health, which often leads to other health problems.
6. Suicide rates in men have been steadily increasing over the past 20 years, and at present, men are 4x more likely than women to die by suicide, and this risk increases with age.
7. Therapists that specialize in working with men often use different strategies to make therapy feel more approachable… therapy doesn’t have to look like sitting in an office and crying about your feelings!
8. Therapists have historically done a pretty crappy job of helping men, though things are slowly changing. Men often go to therapy at the urging of a loved one, but men tend to drop out of therapy sooner than women because they find it unhelpful. This is a legitimate problem, and you’re not crazy if you’ve tried therapy before and it wasn’t helpful for you! If you’re thinking about reaching out to a therapist, consider finding one that has specific expertise in working with men. (from Giles, who is a therapist and can offer this opinion form a place of experience).

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The Ranch

WARMUP: lower legs stretch, Side straddle hop, Merkins

THE THANG: pair up and carry coupons to the school, wall sit each person hold coupons 30 seconds and pass to next person. Wall sit pass coupon and then 1 burpee each. Wall sit pass coupon and 1 man maker. Mostly to front of school, we did dips in cadence. Mozzy back to coupons and we did a wall sit passing coupons between each person. 0552 each person carries a two coupons back to COT

MARY: LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel men’s shelter July 3, HIM’s camp IF ClickBait is going to have one this year? Read slack

COT: Tiller talked about depression, different resources to use when dealing with depression. Went around circle ⭕️ and did prayer or praises.

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New Office Tour

On what was the most humid day of the year so far, 9 pax got after it in the gloom. <@U01NGHPR2HW> asked that I give my “why” for F3. My why isn’t because of the workout or doing something that most ordinary people wouldn’t do or because it put me in the best shape of my adult life when I was called to donate a kidney to a friend, but it’s because of the group of men that create a community that cares about each other.
I know that if I don’t show up, someone will wonder where I am, how I’m doing, and truly care about me.
This is more than a workout group. It’s a community that I’m proud to be a part of. Keep posting, check on Kotters, and get more men into this group.
WARMUP: We mossey’d over to the First Baptist church parking lot to give us some room and some nice pavement to work from. Started with SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Merkins, Parker Peters
THE THANG: The OG Dora of 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 LBCs. Followed that with a Jack (1/2 of a Jack Webb) of burpees and Overhead claps and then a Webb Jack of Mountain Climbers and Mack-tar-njais.
MARY: Ran back towards COT and then climbed the steps at the park before going back to Veterans Park for some box cutters and some flutters.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter service on 7/3/26.
COT: Lots of prayers for families, jobs, and our group.

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Little Moist Fathers Day tribute

WARMUP:
Couple of exercises in the COP to loosen up the PAX
Then dynamic around the WEP path with stops along the way for some more exercise moves
Back to main lot where DD took over
THE THANG:
Lunge walk up hill with incremental squats at each light pole 5,10,15,20,25,30
Mosey to hill for Jacob ladder
1burpee 5 donkey kicks

Back to CB where we headed to the playground
Partner 1 – swing crunches
Partner 2 – lap around playground
Swap for 3 rounds
Partner 1 – dips
Partner 2 – lap
Swap for 3 rounds

Back to DD
Circle up for some
Knee tar jai up to 5 rounds
Then into
MAK tar jai for full 9 rounds :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Back to COT

MARY: Is the Mother of Jesus
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nov 7 bourbon tasting
July 4 convergence
The Barry July 22
COT:
Good dads bad dads they all teach us something
Take from it and share with next generation
Be the servant leader you were made to be and love your wives and kids and yourself 3rd #iam3rd

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Just Keep Sowing

WARMUP:
Was a couple minutes late so Sasquatch lead the warm up with some merkins, Peter Parker’s, and broga.

THE THANG:
Jogged over to the front of the elementary school
Reps—21-15-9
Merkins and Squats

– Shared that my parents have been one of the biggest influences in my life. They’ve truly showed me what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.

Lap around the compound (~3/4 mile)

– It’s not our responsibility to judge others and their circumstances. Some folks didn’t have a choice for the life they were born into, others just made a mistake. If you have the capacity to, help others in whatever way you can.

5 rounds, 20 reps each
Merkins, Mountain Climbers (SC), Squats

Lap around the compound (~3/4 mile)

– All we’re supposed to do is sow seeds. There are a few seeds in an apple (5-8), but how many apples can you get from a seed? Hundreds.

Reps – tel:50-40-30-20
Merkins, Big Boys, and sprints
E.g. 50 merkins, 50, big boys, 500m sprints(5 rounds of ~100m sprints)

– Just keep sowing seeds. It’s not our responsibility to ensure they grow, just to sow.

MARY:
Built into the weinke

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hog and Coyote, The Barry, 4th of July

COT: Discernment, marriages, traveling mercies

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