Jack Webb Meets Track and Field

It was a balmy morning at The Ranch but the fellowship and mumble chatter kept everyone warm.

Thang:
Headed over to the track for an Indian run with burpees. 4 Laps followed by a Mr. Jack Webb.

Jack Webb – 1 Merkin and 4 OH Claps up to 10&40.

Four more Indian Run laps with bomb jacks.

Headed over to the picnic tables for step ups and dips.

Headed back to COT for Mary/announcements/prayer and praises.

JWow

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Deck The Halls with reps and running

WARMUP: SSH
THE THANG: Deck of Pain on the main stage. The suit is the workout the number on the card is the reps.
Hearts: Merkins – Ace: Plank 60s
Spade: Squat – Ace: Wall Sit 60s
Diamonds: SSH – Ace: Line Jumps :left_right_arrow: then :arrow_up_down: 60s each.
Clubs: BBS – Ace: Feet on wall sit ups. X25
Joker: Lap around the Christmas tree then 10 burpees
90 reps each suit workout
Next up Indian run around WEP
Finally end up at the top of the hill on the south end for some 7’s with squats up top and v-ups at the bottom. Slippery slopes with leaves when going up and down. One casualty… RIP <@UMVTXH0BX>

MARY: she found us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, Christmas party
COT: YES!

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Ice Ice Baby – Board pushing

WARMUP:
Short: SSH, windmill, down dog, Honeymooner, Down Dog, sprinter stretch

Partner up with similar size guys. Each pair gets a brick and 2×4 board. Mosey to stadium

THE THANG:
All line up at the track by the field’s end zone line. Race your partner:
– Partner 1 performs “board push” across the turf (along end zone line) to the other side of the track
– Partner 2 performs Cindy carry around track, past the scoreboard, to opposite side of track by end zone line

Partner who loses: 5 burpees
~30s rest
Swap coupons with your partner and then race back in a similar fashion

Repeat until 5:45 – we got about 4 down and backs

Finisher: Board push sprint relay
– Split into two teams
– 1 pax at a time from each team performs a Board push down and back across the field,
– Relay race style, Cycle through all pax
– Losing team: no further punishment needed

MARY: 4 minutes of ab work, everyone got to call an exercise

ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes

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Clock Work and Ladders

WARMUP:
20 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
10 Cherry Picker IC
10 Imperial Walkers IC
10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
5 Burpees OYO

Mosey the course

THE THANG:
Clock Work – Merkins
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Drew chalk hands on a clock.
How far can you go.
Start at 1, move to 2, etc.
Stay in plan position

Ladder Style Lightpost Workout
Station 1, 1+2, 1+2+3, etc

10 Lt. Dan Magic Legs
15 Seal Jacks
20 Mountain Climbers
25 LBC
30 Squats
35 Plank Jacks

MARY:
Clock Work – BBS
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Thanksgiving Convergence

COT:
Show to know

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Lion King

8 men were at The Sink this morning, one ran away after warm-ups.
Partnered up for a run/farmer carry – big loop.
Stopped at the front of school, shuttle run/bag toss.
Lion King, reps stopped when muscles roared
Calf raises, Simba, Squats
Big loop again – run/farmer carry/bag toss
Back to COT for 5 minute push
5 reps rinse and repeat till 06:00
Bag Press, Bag Curl, and Bent Over Row

Great job men!

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Three Strands of Strength

WARMUP:
NASA led warmup. Slow mosey around the parking lot, ending near where we started for 10-20 of the following:
– SSH
– WM
– MNC
– IW
– Produce Pickers
The slow mosey to the front stage area of the amphitheater to start the main events.
THE THANG:
Part 1 – NASA led – No OYO

Group run around the WEP newly paved path, stopping at every swing, or where there was supposed to be a swing, for the following:
– 5 Burpees OYO
– 10 merkins IC
– 15 LSS IC
– 20 flutters (2 ct, every other leg) IC
– 25 SSH (4 ct) IC
Group run to the next, repeat the above. There are 9 swings, this would be a LOT of reps, right? Well, same as in life, if you share your burdens, pairing up with those you can trust, the burden gets lighter, even though it is still there. After 4 benches, starting at the 5th, one exercise went away. So the 5th bench was merkins, LSS, flutters, SSH. The 6th was just LSS, flutters, SSH, and so on. Then the group did an Indian run the last 1/4 of the track back to the amphitheater where Q was handed off to Pusher.

Part 2 – Led by Pusher – DORA around Little Baby Jesus

From WEP amphitheater, group ran down Ardrey St to Harris St, stopping halfway down Ardrey for CDDs while we grouped back up for the 6, then eventually took a left on Harris, then went to the front of the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene, the Little Baby Jesus. Then we paired up for a DORA. One person exercised, the other ran a loop around the church building.
– 100 merkins
– 200 LSS
– 300 LBC

Pusher’s message throughout was a cord of three strands cannot be easily broken. If you go things alone, life will break you more easily. Find a shieldlock or two to help strengthen your cord. Keep in mind the Lord provides alot of strength too.

Everyone crushed it! A LOT of merkins, LSS, LBC, flutters, SSH, and some burpees mixed in for flavor, with a total distance of about 2.3 miles. Solid work by all.

MARY: Got back to COT with a little extra time for a Pusher led Mary session of 20 ct each of flutters, hello dollys, LBCs, 2 rounds nonstop, and your feet never touch the ground. OUCH!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at The Ranch on Thanksgiving day, 0630 start. Run, boot, kettlebell options. Birdcage has a 3 person team competition too. Alot of things going on. Read the newsletter and GET INVOLVED!!

COT: A LOT lifted up. We really shared in COT. Keep in mind the COT can be another string to strengthen your cord, but it has to be utilized.

Also, we had an Immaculate EH. While Pusher was taking us out in COT, I felt a new, strong hand grip by shoulder. It was a very calming presence, and remained throughout the COT words being offered by Pusher. As we broke, I turned around and saw a new face, not F3, with a smile on his face. He had just arrived at WEP to start his day with his friend, saw our COT and felt compelled to join. We greeted each other with handshakes and smiles, and I introduced him to the others in our group. Emmett is his name, and he knows Olaf through Red Truck Men. He was so moved by our COT, he wanted to lead us out in another prayer, so we COT’d up again and he offered some amazing words. His female friend joined in as well. Incredibly moving. THIS is what it is all about! They both hung around and talked with the entire group. We told him about F3, its mission, and when/where we meet, and he said he will see us all again soon, that he really likes what F3 is about. This was divine intervention. Immaculate EH.

What a morning! Loved co-Q-ing with Pusher, we planned out what I felt was a great one. Thank you JWow for the opportunity.
SYITG
NASA and Pusher

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Lazy Susan Kettlebell Buffet at the Hive

WARMUP: Mountain climbers, Imperial walkers, Arm circles. Brief mozy around the parking lot.
THE THANG: All Pax grab their kettlebell and form a line on the same pavement seam at COT. Left arm touching the person next to them’s shoulder for spacing. Everyone then leaves their kettlebell at their feet and makes the same line to the right of all kettlebells while assuming the plank position. Pax at the end passes the first bell to the person on their right who then passes it on to the next, etc. After passing the bell, each pax side-planks to their left to receive the next kettlebell. Rinse and repeat until all kettlebells have been passed through the line. Once completed, Pax on the right repeats and passes the bells to their left until all have been passed through the line.
Pax then moved to the base of the hill and faces the small roundabout equally-ish spaced around the circle, placing their kettlebell at their feet. Each Pax does 8 reps of one exercise using their own bell then side planks to their right to the next bell for the same exercise. Rinse and repeat until returning back to their own kettlebell. (56 total reps). Exercises were flutter with press, swings, upright rows, triceps. Mode of transportation alternated each lap between side planks and lunges.
Mozy to the bottom of the hill. There were five cones placed going up the hill with the final cone being at the top. Pax would run to the first cone and back to the previous where they grab their kettlebell and returned to the first cone. At each cone there is a single exercise written on it. Pax complete the exercise (20 reps) then rinse and repeat the process to get to the next cone and up the hill. Exercises were “from the ground up” and included kettlebell merkins, calf raises, squats, shoulder presses, and halos.
What goes up must come down so we repeated the process to get back to the start.
With a few minutes left, we returned to the circle for a lap of biceps curls and side planks before returning to COT.
MARY: Nada.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: T-Day Convergence, holiday party, newsletter.
COT: Family, holiday stress, enjoying every moment and being thankful for what we have.

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Webbs and Swings

WARMUP: SSH/MERKINS/peter Parkers/mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Jack Webb at the print shop- pull-ups / merkins up to 6/24

Ran to top of hill at Withers and Watson- stopped to bear crawl through field. Once we got to intersection Lunge walk to parking lot entrance, perform 20 burpees, run down to stop sign, 15 burpees, then run to next stop sign 10 burpees. Bear crawl to parking lot entrance, run back to stop sign for 5 burpees, run back top of hill at. Watson lunge walk to parking lot entrance and start over with X’s and O’s 20,15,10,5
Last round was squats
Mosey back to COT
MARY: YEP
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Operation love, thanksgiving convergence, Christmas party, read your newsletter
COT: yes

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Spicy Meatball

It was a cold balmy morning in the fort, but the heat from the bell sparks :firecracker: kept us warm.

Warmup and then The Thang:

Murder Bunny to every parking spot line followed by 5 LB Swings.

Lunge to every parking spot line followed by 10 snatches.

Other core exercises were thrown in as an active rest.

Jwow

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Lessons, Learnings and Mahktar Ndiayes

WARMUP: Mosey to behind Empire for COP with various exercises in cadence including; SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers and a question answered incorrectly by the PAX. Therefore…..5 burpees OYO.

THE THANG: 3 lessons – 3 stations

Lesson 1 – The examined life is the one most worth living. We don’t learn from our experiences. We learn by reflecting on our experiences, then hopefully applying the learning in a positive way lest we repeat failure.

Lesson 2 – Mosey to the corner of Lowe’s: Today’s habits are tomorrow’s influence. Our “ordinary” is what others see. Our children and those we influence will emulate us. Why? They learn by watching us. And more are watching than we realize. More on that in lesson 3

11’s were called (month of November) – Hand-release merkins on one side and Makhtar Ndiayes on the other. Barry Manilow was highly pleased. PAX did this exercise together at three different points behind Lowe’s until the mulch piles were reached.

Lesson 3 – 2.8 – We influence an average of 2.8 people per day. In our lifetimes – it adds up to between 10,000 and 80,000 people. Our ripple effect matters – how are you cascading your influence? 3 series of 8 flying squirrels and 2 super slow burn squats with modes of transport varying between lunge walks and jogs.

A mosey to the grassy area near COT for Knee-tar Ndiayes and monkey humpers.

A mosey to behind Chik Fil A where we took geometry class by doing protractors, hello dolly’s and rosalitas depending on the angle.

A mosey back down the hill to COT and, according to Barry Manilow – it looked like we made it.

MARY: No time – open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Of course
COT: Will always be the 5th core principle

PAX were challenged to be a stone in someone’s life. At an age range of 47-58, there is insight to be shared and others will benefit. Being that somebody by serving in this capacity is taking one meaningful step toward leaving our world better than we found it.

The lessons shared served as a reminder to the importance of the roles we serve in our homes and communities. They learn by watching us. Always.

Thanks for the call, Peach Stand.

Honored,
Cyclops

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