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Corporate (not) approved)

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All enjoyed immensely my Q, especially the Corporate Headquarters representative, the Darkest of all Helmets.

Also, my oldest son was there, so I was under a tremendous amount of pressure to perform.

WARMUP: Yes – we ran circles around each other

THE THANG:

CHASE DOWN
Partners Chase each other across the park
Partner 1 takes off at 50%
Parnter 2 counts to 5, then chases him down.
When you catch your partner then 50% to across
the park

Repeat across park

Mosey to hill
Partner line up behind each other (be sure to ask someone who was there)
Indian Bear Crawl up the hill
WAIT ON THE SIX, jog back down the hill
REPEAT for everyone's pleasure

Lunges together up the hill

Mosey to playground
Partner up

Partner PLANKS, partner runs
Partner DIPS,
Partner GRAVE DIGGERS,
Partner DONKEY KICKS
Repeat

Indian Run around half the park, back to the dreaded hill

Lunges up the hill, then to the amphitheater

MARY: Yes, concluding with Peter Pointers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Strong COT with encouragement from many

Thanks, JWOW —– a lot — glad you were there —

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Monkey King on Tires at Hive

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WARMUP: usually stuff

THE THANG:
All 1 group:
ONE BELL
1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
Swing
Am.Swing
Goblet squat
Thruster
Set/Deadlift
Deadlift to High Pull
Set for # breaths = # reps just finished

Take a lap… end by Tires. Split into 2 groups. 1 group on Tires (Monkey King), other group in the grass. Switch will happen when Tires group finishes

Monkey King – TIRES
Edge of Tire for higher ROM
1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
Alt. Devil’s Halo
Deadman-to-Barbarian
Alternating one arm, clean
Alternating one arm snatch
Eye of Sauron (2-hand snatch)
Set for # breaths = # reps just finished


On the Grass:
 Murder-Bunny Hump = MOT
Body Weight Exercise
KB Exercise
Switch Kicks
25 x each side
Wide-stance Swing-Chops
10 x each side
Plank to Hip Twist
25 x each side
Turkish Get-up
5x each side
Lunge to cross heel-tap
25 x each side
Underswitch to Crab-Press
5x each side
Rinse-Repeat until Tire group is finished

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run, T&H-CSAUP, other newsletter stuff

COT: yup

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Walk Up Songs with Pain

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC
Imperial Walkers- 20 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC

The Thang:
1. Ladders
Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down.
Exercises:
KB Swings
Goblet Squats
KB Rows (each arm)

Ladder format: 5-10-15-20-25-20-15-10-5

2. Grinder (3 Rounds)
10 KB Chest Press
15 KB Deadlifts
20 KB American Hammers (with KB, 2-count = 1)

Round 1 MOT: Bear Crawl
Round 2 MOT: Lunges
Round 3 MOT: Farmer's Carry Above Head
(From light pole to light pole)

3. Finisher: Dora/ Partner Carry
Perform 25 total Burpees
Partner A: Farmers Carry with both KBs from light pole to light pole.
Partner B: Burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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1 year at the fort

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WARMUP: strawberry pickers, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, plank, works greatest stretch.
THE THANG: mosey to Calhoun parking lot for cocaine bear crawls mosey down to Harris st park. 10 burpees. Mosey up Myers and over to the church to say good morning to sweet baby Jesus. Dora at the church with 100 Big Boys, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats. Run a lap around the church between each partner trade off. Mosey back to COT.
MARY: not present but her cousin Broga was.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: tortoise and the hare, >2026, cannoli run, blood drive.
COT:

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The Armory

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WARMUP: SSH, Low Slow Squat, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Peter Parker, Moroccan Nightclubs
THE THANG: Grab your bells and scoot on over to the other side of the parking lot
Pair up by counting off. Poppins has a lame leg so he goes with the ones because there's a pair exercise.

Written in chalk in the parking spaces are seven exercises. They are spaced out so that you have to bell-crawl between them. Every exercise is each side or 20 combined.

  • Run a lap (no bell)
  • 10 shoulder press
  • 10 arm curl
  • 10 chest press
  • 10 bent over row
  • 30 swings
  • 10 electrice slide
  • WHAT? Two iron poles with a sand bag suspended in the middle. Each partner takes a deep step to one side in a deep. One knee at 90º, the other leg straight. Then stand up straight. Then to the other side. That's one.

After a full round is complete, sit down in a tight circle for "pass the Dutchie". One cycle L, R, L, R

One more circuit
Dutchie L, R

One final circuit
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Off Campus

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WARMUP: Old man stretches
THE THANG:
Ruck w/sandbag to signal light at Hubert Graham. Partner 1 farmer carry sandbags to the first light pole, switch out at each light pole until we reached the bridge.
Hopped the guardrail back to individual sandbag carry down Lakeland Trail Dr, right on Hunters Run.
Stopped for a quick break before we climbed the steps in back of the school.
Back to the front of the school onto the soccer field for a bag toss across the field and back.
Return to COT
MARY: Around the horn for an ab exercise, ended with 5 Simbas
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Men's Shelter
COT: made it back

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Cherie Berry at The Forge

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15 men started the day with enough elevator work to make Cherie Berry proud. Here’s what we did.
 
Warm Up

  • 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
  • 10 Plank Jacks (IC)
  • 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
  • 10 SSHs (IC)

 
The Thang
Mosey to upper triangle lot

  • Corner 1: 20 American Hammers
  • Corner 2: 20 American Hammers, 20 Carolina Dry Docks
  • Corner 3: 20 American Hammers, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Flutters

 
Mosey to lower HT lot

  • Add 1 Merkin per island (12 stops, 78 total)
  • Add 1 Squat per island (12 stops, 78 total)
  • Add 1 Big Boy per island (12 stops, 78 total)
  • Add 1 Calf Raise per island (12 stops, 78 total)
  • Add 1 Alternating Shoulder Tap per island (12 stops, 78 total)

 
Mosey to HT Wall

  • 10 Wall LBCs (IC)
  • 10 Wall Deep Lunges
  • 10 Australian Mountain Climbers (IC)

 
Mosey to upper triangle lot

  • Corner 1: 5 Burpees
  • Corner 2: 10 Burpees
  • Corner 3: 5 Burpees
  • COT: 10 Burpees

 
NMM
We never know what someone is going through. Could be divorce, a health scare, loss of a loved one, inability to pay rent, loss of a job, or mental, physical, or emotional stress. Sometimes life hits you hard and you just need someone to listen and support. That’s what F3 is all about. Sure, we could all get a good workout at Burn Bootcamp (shoutout to the coach across the parking lot yelling “encouragement” to her class). We might even have a bit of fellowship with our coworkers. But when life gets hard, most people lack a support system to help them get through it. F3 has been that support system for thousands of men worldwide. But that support system can only help if you share your burdens. Get to know the men around you in COT. Build those relationships that carry you in the hard times and celebrate with you in the good times. You never know when life will get hard, but it sure helps to have friends to get you through.
 
-IJ

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Michigan 69 – UConn 63

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WARMUP: ssh, iw, hillbilly walker, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, cherry pickers

THE THANG:

Mosey around the front of campus stopping at random light poles (to keep the group on their toes) for exercises. Route was down to GHES teacher lot at Dave Gibson – through GHES bus loop – through GHMS bus loop

Increasing Rep counts at each pole: 6 – 9 – 15 (6+9) and occasionally 54 (6*9) in honor of NCAA champ Michigan’s 69pts last night. So each exercise took 3-4 poles to complete

Exercises:
merkins
Peter Parker’s
Mountain climbers
Lunges
Big boys
Burpees
Plank jacks

Total distance covered: 2.5 miles

MARY: Round robin – Lbc, flutter, hello dolly, box cutter

ANNOUNCEMENTS: tortoise and hare

COT: prayers for family and loved ones; safe travel on spring break; aging parents

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Q school

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WARMUP: mosey to Kimbrell’s lot
Exercises in cadence -‘seal jacks, windmills, Cherry pickers, imperial walkers, merkins, shoulder taps and 5 burpees OYO – just because.

THE THANG: mosey to St. John’s UMC lot for partner Dora 50-100-150
50 burpees
100 squats
150 4-count flutters

Mosey to First Baptist lot for four corners with varying MOT’s
Corner 1 – merkins
Lunge walk to corner 2
Corner 2 – sumo squats
Bear crawl to corner 3
Corner 3 – hand release merkins
Power skip to corner 4
Corner 4 – lunges

Mosey to pavilion downtown
Incline merkins and dips in cadence on the bricks of the statues.

Mosey to COT

MARY: varying pax led exercises
The mule called and led American hammers
Italian Job called flutters
Cohiba called Hello Dollys
That took us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: always – and read your newsletter too.

COT: My why for F3 is simple we can give others a path to being better while doing so ourselves. In our lives, there are things that make us better off, or worse off. The mission is simple and compelling.

Prayers were lifted up for U-Haul and his family and DD & his M going through cancer treatment.

Praise for Sofrito turning 50 and respect.

This was a Q school workout. Reminders shared wi the pax are below. Thanks for the call Cubbie 👁️

Q-school Tips: 3-31-26
1 – when running fitness levels vary widely; 4 corners is great.
2 – calling cadence demonstrated
3 – scout your site beforehand if possible
4 – keeping the group together: run-exercise-run-exercise-run-exercise
5 – 5 minutes of Mary – great way to have a new pax call an exercise and lead in a cadence
6 – have a modified exercise in reserve if fitness levels vary widely – ie: burpee modified down to a flying squirrel or a squat into a plank and return to upright. Modify as needed to avoid injury; don’t modify to avoid effort
7 – partner work (ie: Dora) – encourages pax and takes cadence off of Q (freed to lead…..and delegate)
8 – site q is responsible for site; q is responsible for the outcome of the workout: Credo part 1 – leave no man behind
Credo part 2 – leave no man where you found him

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