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Up 1-0 & a FNG

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WARMUP: mosey to the back of football stadium – exercises in cadence
Windmills
Cherry Pickers
Plank, down dog, up dog, plank
Merkins
Peter Parker’s
Shoulder Taps
Low slow squats
Add Moroccan night clubs
Seal Jacks

THE THANG: Sweet 16 – Partner up for a de-escalating sweet 16. Partner 1 exercises, partner 2 runs then flapjack until complete

16 burpees
15 burpees
14 burpees
13 burpees
12 burpees
11 wide arm merkins
10 wide arm merkins
9 wide arm merkins
8 wide arm merkins
7 wide arm merkins
6 – diamonds
5 – diamonds
4 – diamonds
3 – diamonds
2 – diamonds
1 – diamond

Mosey to wall by band lot and hold people’s chair of gratitude. Each pax voiced one thing for which they were grateful.

On to rugby sprints
Exercises in cadence at various quantities followed by a sprint call for a short distance
Squats and a sprint
Merkins and a sprint
Big boys and a sprint

To the hill – more rugby sprints
Squats and a sprint
Merkins and a sprint

Side shuffle Down hill stopping twice for exercises
Squats
Burpees

Mosey to ticket window for geometry class
Protractors with rosalitas and hello dolly’s mixed in.

MARY: big boys and a body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: always – read your newsletter
COT: 5th core principle

NMM: after completing the sweet 16 all pax acknowledged that those exercises would not have been done had we been left to do them our own in isolation. Community matters and today’s FNG came out for that very reason.

The gift F3 represents to each of us is unique. The common element, however, is that we must share it to fulfill the mission of invigorating male community leadership. How we do that is up to each of us.

Thanks for the call, Pauly D. And Welcome to Fartlek.

Honored,
:eye:

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What she said

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: 10+3 got Hived as I visited the DMZ and gave a KB lesson.
– <@U05RN7GSDLH> , <@U0904HV02BY> , and <@U05K5D10AG6> rucked it out. I believe that most of the world’s problems got solved, but as capitalists, you’ll have to pay to find out the answers.
– <@U03B9G9BXJM> came dressed for a chilly golf outing, complete with puffy jacket. Guys gave him a lot of crap, but they don’t have sensitive nipples, so they don’t get it.
– <@UGU3XR5RP> was in typical form. That means it was a non-stop stream of working hard at both the exercises and giving me a hard time.
– <@U087NCUTMPT> has HCed to bringing an additional 50 lb KB to the Hive from now on for those who are interested. So… no one.
– <@U19FA0Q8Z> is a grown-ass man. NOT a grown ass-man. Hyphens matter.
– <@UGYDCTRST> gave me a normal fist bump at the end, and after checking his temp (rectally, of course) to make sure he wasn’t ill, he recognized where he went off the rails and gave me the normal Slash treatment.
– <@U5DBBKTE0> was the standard and helped us with our form. That was the focus this morning, doing the right things the right way. When that’s the theme, he’s the go to.
– <@U0A25GTDDEJ> has his foot on the accelerator. But he’s not redlining yet. He wins the Helmet award for my favorite guy that had his VQ this week at Ring of Badgers (Fire).
– <@U06P97NSX17> was the sole representative from the Gaggle of Degenerates. Especially since the King of the Degenerates (<@USBP08L1G>) was occupied elsewhere.
– <@U5DKASDQU> was the WarDaddy today (see previous bullet as to why). On a side note, his new retirement gig is developing lesson plans for a new Minnesota Quality Learing Center franchise he’s opening on the WestSide.

This report is true and is able to be copied and pasted into the /slackblast by any man who wants those stats bumped up.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Eve of the Lord’s birth – convergence

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WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose

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Practicing Moderation in Moderation

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WARMUP: SSH, CASBAH #2s, IW,HW, Baby Arm Circles fed &back.
THE THANG: Squat Line Meat Grinder
Teams: 2 teams, 5 men per team
Space: Parking lot 40yd length
Gear:
• 2 identical stacks of 8 exercise cards (one per team)
• 1 sandbag per team 40 lb

Objective
First team to burn through their entire stack AND complete the final center-line sandbag pass wins.
Flow
1. Both teams start at their stack on opposite ends.
2. On “GO!” flip top card → whole team completes the written exercise together (same reps, no sandbagging).
3. As soon as the rep is done, the entire team sprints together to the center line.
4. Drop into a tight shoulder-to-shoulder wall squat (asses low, no one stands).
5. End man grabs the sandbag off the ground and the line passes it hand-to-hand all the way down and all the way back while staying in squat.
→ One full down-and-back = complete pass

1. When the pass is done, team sprints back together to their stack, flips next card, repeat.
2. After the last card is completed, team still runs to center ONE MORE TIME and does a final victory pass.
3. First team to finish that final pass wins.

Good move <@UN6PTD007> pulling a seasoned dodgeball move by sneakily leaving my team and switching to the other. Your team won handily.

Game 2: Russian Roulette Beatdown
Setup
• Distance: 30 yd
• 4 face-down cards at start line: 2 MOT, 2 MOVE
• Far end has the list posted:
MOT (Mode of Transportation)
1. Bear crawl
2. Nur
3. Run
4. Lunge walk
MOVE (Exercise at far end)
1. Burpees
2. Merkins
3. LBCs
4. Squats
Rules
1. One PAX at a time steps up and calls: “Number __ MOT and Number __ MOVE.”
2. Q flips the two cards.
3. All PAX immediately:
• Travel the distance using the drawn MOT
• Does the drawn MOVE at the far end (solo)
• Travel the distance back using the drawn MOT
1. Reshuffle and lay them again.
2. Next man picks.

Continue until time is called or every man has drawn at least once.

GAME 3: DORA

MARY: Yeah, we all called her at least once.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: review of F3 for FNG (@SmallCrabs). We got carried away and sorta skipped it.
COT: Prayers.

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You can’t out-Merkin a BigMac.. but you can try

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WARMUP:
– 25 SSH
– 10 Windmills
– 15 Imperial Walkers
– 10 Moroccan Night Club
– Mosey 1 lap around the parking lot

THE THANG:
1. Improvement contest -> Record the results
1. 1 minute Merkins
2. 1 minute Big Boy Situps
3. 1 minute Shoulder taps
4. 1 minute Mountain Climbers

2. Big Mac Burn-off -> takes 2,000 merkins to burn off a Big Mac
– 7 rounds EMOM – 10 merkins then plank

3. Whopper Crunch -> takes 3,300 situps to burn off a Whopper
– 25 big boy situps
– 25 American Hammers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– repeat

4,.Chick-fil-a Challenges -> burning off one spicey nugget, one spicy rep at a time.
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Shoulder taps
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– Repeat

5. Sweet Tea-Spring -> 700 jumping for one glass of sweet tea
– 50 jumping jacks
– 25 squats
– Mosey 1 lap
– Repeat 2

MARY:
– 5 Burpees OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Trash pickup Nov 1
– Massey blood drive Nov 1
– Beers for Beetus Nov 1
– Christmas Party Dec 12th
– Ruck and Roll – Dec 13th
– 4B’s – Nov 7th
– Charlotte Half Marathon – 11/15
– Family Care
– Bethel Men’s Shelter – Nov 6th
COT:

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Gone fishin at the yard

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WARMUP: SSH-IC, 5-Burpees, ImpW-IC, 4-Burpees, cherry pickers-IC, 3 Burpee, HillW-IC, 2 Burpee‘s, windmill-IC,

10-Burpees (2.0 failed to recognize pattern…)
Mosey to Football field

THE THANG: #1: Go Fish Fitness Game
Concept: Each team “fishes” for cards to make a match 
Setup: Place deck at top of hill / Pax form groups on the field.
How to Play:
1 One PAX per group goes to the deck, draws a card, and brings it back.
2 Each new card drawn = a new “round” of a light exercise for the waiting group.
3 When a group has two of the same rank (like two 7s), they call out “Go Fish!” and everyone does the exercise for that rank together.
finish when deck is empty

Card Exercise Key (for when a “Go Fish” match happens):

Black Card
h (AMRAP)
A-4
Squats (w/ or w/o Jump)
5-9
Shoulder taps or CDD’s
10-K
Seal Jacks

RED Card
Exercise (AMRAP)
A-4
Plank (+ “High-Five” your kid/ partner)
5-9
Step-back Lunges (5 ea leg)
10-K
March in Place w/ Arm Circles

THANG #2: Chicken Wing 4 Corners Use ½ Football Field… we only had time for two rounds
Mild Wings – 12 Reps 
• Round 1: Seal Jacks
• Round 2: LBCs
•  MOT: Bear Crawl or Side-Lunge-Walk

Medium Wings – 9 Reps
• Round 1: SSH
• Round 2: Gas Pumpers
•  MOT: Toy Soldiers

Hot Wings – 6 Reps 
• Round 1: Smurf Jacks
• Round 2: Big Boys 
•  MOT: Carioca

Thermonuclear Wings – 3 Reps 
• Round 1: Bomb Jacks
• Round 2: Iron Eagle Protractor (AKA Hello Ladies)
 MOT: Walk

MARY: circle of [hate]…”dislike“ (1 PAX calls exercise and bear crawls around perimeter while others engage).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter stuff

COT:  2.0’s → they hold their own COT ~ 20 yards away…
Men shared prayers for ailing friends and loved ones

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13 YR Anniversary Convergence

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WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Here is my weinke – Assassin

We had about 12 runners and 6 ruckers tackle the tundra of the paved loop around the schools.

Starting at the front door we headed around the back, past the shop, past the ROTC HQ, down to the elementary playground, back by the stadium, out to Jones Road and back to the front.

All enjoyed. Thanks to Sasquatch and Spectre for the preview lap and suggestions.

Convergence bootcamp Q- Backdraft

Warmup- SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, mtn. Climbers, Moroccan night clubs

The thang-
Count off for groups of 3s
Mosey to pull up bars
Group 1 wall sits
Group 2 merkins

Group 3 13 pull ups 13 burpees

Stay in groups Dora on the hill
Bottom 300 CDDs top 300 squat jumps mosey from top to bottom

Line up in parking lot for 43 seconds of following exercises followed by bear crawls in-between
Exercises were as follows
Merkins, air squats, flutters, alt. Shoulder taps, jump squats, lbc’s, Carolina’s dry docks, alt lunges, burpees,

Mosey back to COT in original 3 man groups

KB workout- Boogie Nights

Ladder of pain- it sucked

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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T A R H Y E D

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We warmed up with a few stretches here and there and moseyed to the back lot where we met up with light poles. Broke into three groups to tackle the course and

Each pole had a letter composed of the site THEYARD, but the letters were scrambled to ensure misery and extended running between poles. Most of us got two rounds under each pole.

T
Donkey Kicks
Merkins

A
Squats
Lunges

R
Box cutters
Burpees

H
SSH
Burpees

Y
Man climbers
Grave diggers

E
LBCs
Dying Cockroaches

D
Bobby Hurleys
Hello Dollys

We had a great COT with announcements and genuine prayers and praises. Prayers for Tater’s M!

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