Hitting the Cycle

WARMUP:
Windmills
Moroccan nightclubs
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Imperial walkers

Mosey, Merkins on curb, mosey

THE THANG:
Hitting for the Cycle
On 4 lightposts:
– 20 UHaul in cadence (1 straight chest press parallel to ground, 2 back to chest, 3 incline chest press in a 45 degree angle, 4 back to chest), MOT lunge walk
– 20 American hammers in cadence, MOT rifle carry
– 20 curls in cadence, MOT murder bunnies
– 15 man makers in cadence, MOT around the world

Cycle 2:
Monkey humping goblet squat in cadence
Skull crusher in cadence
Flutters with kettlebell press in cadence
2-hand upright row in cadence (bell gripped at waste level and bring up to chin)

Cycle 3:
Goblet squat
Halos
Single leg deadlift
Overhead press

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Mental health
Stress/anxiety around the holidays

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Test Taking Anxieties

Pledge of Allegiance right at 05:16 ( a little late due to mumblechatter)
WARMUP: Quick warmup right in the parking lot. All double count.
15 SSH
10 WM
15 IW
15 MNC
Then off to the corner of Main and Confederate to start the Thang.
THE THANG: The APFT – Army Physical Fitness Test
2 mile run
2 min of Merkins, AMRAP
2 min of big boy situps, AMRAP
Form matters or else it is not a rep.

Starting at the corner of Main and Confederate, the loop for the run was 4 laps of
– Down Main
– L on Academy
– L on Withers
– L on Confederate
– Back to corner on Main – that’s about .47 mi. Repeat 4X.
– 4th lap ended about halfway down Academy to make it an even 2 miles.

Everyone crushed it! Cubbie was king on the run, just below 8min pace. Tesh absolutely killed the merkins. Cubbie was also king on BBSUs.

Since the APFT calculator’s final scoring is based on age, the younger you are, the harder it is to pass, Tesh barely failed, but IMO he crushed it. That’s just fuel for next time.

I plan on Q-ing the APFT once a quarter to track progress.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter. Get involved!

COT: The holiday season is a time for family, friends, and joy. Not everyone may have that in their lives right now. If you see or know someone in that situation, consider being the one that brings joy into their lives during the holidays.

Also, the holiday seasons – Thanksgiving and Christmas namely – are a time when most people open their hearts, and wallets, and give more than usual. That’s a blessing for sure, and I am not taking that for granted, but imagine how much better this world would be if everyone would do that all year around. We should not need the holiday season to encourage that from others, we should be living in love every day, just like He did.

Blessings,
SYITG
-NASA

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Coming in Hot at 30 degrees ?

WARMUP: Happy Hour started the warm up because YHC was coming in Hot from North Fort Mill and got stopped by the border patrol at Captain Steve’s. Seems anyone coming for outside the bubble of Baxter or Eastside is questionable :man-shrugging: :face_with_one_eyebrow_raised:

Did some exercise moves and some shuffles, high knees, karaoke and then back to bells
THE THANG:
Did following 3 times for 1minute each with run up hill and back between sets

KB Swings
Curls
Squats
American Hammers
Tri Extensions
Lunge Passthru
Bent Rows
MARY:
5 burpees for CSPAN
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CriOut run and party at Riverwalk 12/14 9am
COT:
Prayers for many medical and difficult health conditions for PAX and families

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2024.49

A 3/4 mile figure 8. Top loop = 3 right turns, do 5 bombjacks at each right turn. Bottom loop = 3 left turns, do 5 merkins at each left turn. At the cross in the middle of the figure 8, do 5 burpees.

I got 5 laps, some got 6.

Lesson of the day, masculinity is earned. Time to go earn those callouses.

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The Truth Matters

Thermostat read 22 degrees at 0500hrs, but Cake Boss had Johnny Cash playing early and we never felt it. YHC was curious who, or how many would show in these conditions, but was pleasantly surprised with 12 faithful, including some newish PAX and some Upper Management that brought the mumblechatter!

This is “Q-School,” let’s get the disclaimer correct.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional – you are participating at your own risk – you are responsible for your own well-being – you are here voluntarily, and you are not paying to be here – know your limits and do the best you can – modify as necessary.

WARMUP: Let’s mosey. Loop around the student parking lot. Plank in a Circle of Pain for the 6. With the 6 in, went over The Mission and the 5 Core Principles – in order!
– 20 SHH IC
– 10 Windmills IC
The mumblechatter was excessive here. No clue how many Windmills we actually did, so… 5 burpees OYO. It did its job and quieted the PAX, for a moment.
– 10 LSS IC
– 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
– 10 MNC IC
– Yoga – Reminded the PAX of the DRP and why we’re here; to GET RIGHT.

THE THANG: Mosey to Pull-up Bars – Plank for the 6.
Discussed various types of workout formats, i.e. Pearls on a String, 7s or 11s or 21s, DORA, 4 corners.

We started with 7s this morning – 6 pull ups at the top of the hill, 1 burpee at the bottom. Made sure that we picked up the 6 and completed ALL of the reps.

Instead of asking for a 10 count, YHC continued to preach and advised the PAX of alternate ways to catch a breather if the PAX need it. We discussed properly planning your Q to ensure you have enough to do for the duration of the workout, to wear a watch, to try to address all of the parts of the body in the workout, and again, to leave no man behind.

From there, we partnered up and grabbed a coupon. Completed an AMRAP of the following exercises while your partner ran down to the stop sign and back:
– Derkins with feet on coupon
– Squat with coupon
– Overhead press with coupon
– American Hammers with coupon

Mosey back to CoT

MARY: Flutters, LBCs, Peter Parkers, Plank Jax with various PAX practicing commands and cadence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Bethel Men’s Shelter

COT: Stays in CoT

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The 3 Amigos

When are you considered a professional Q?
WARMUP: None it was chilly :cold_face:
THE THANG: Rucks On and we were off trying to warm up on a chilly morning! Headed towards the Coach’s Box and made a stop at the HWY 21 junction.
Performed Curls, Tricep Curls, Calf Raises!
About face and headed back towards COT! We spotted some ruckers in the wild :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: and called them out. We performed another set of reps as we waited for their arrival. We rucked two by two back towards Hwy 160. As the Q called for another set of reps! They split and went on their way. Back to COT with 3.1 miles
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter, Thanksgiving Convergence, Christmas Party, Bethel Men’s meal serve
COT: stays in cot

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Fire >Rain

WARMUP:
Quick disclaimer
Mosey to awning
Warmup
SSH
Low and slow squats
Windmills
Merkins
Plank stretching

THE THANG: First event
Merkin accumulator
Under awnings, we went in a semi circle
Adding one merkin every light
Bear crawl MOD

Next round

Burpees accumutor
Same idea add one burpee each light, up to 9, jog or recovery walk is MOD

Grabbed sandbags from Kermit’s truck and dropped them off at corner by ROTC building

For our next act we moseyed over to pull up bars,
Grabbed Cindy’s and went out to street

Ran 7s with pull-ups at top of hill and quads at bottom with added murder bunnies at top of hill from there and back to corner with sand bags.

It was fun.

MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: yessir

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Seagrams and 7s

F3 block party 11/18/2024

Warmup:
Windmill
Cherry picker
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker

The Thang:
7s – hill on Monroe White St
Burpees
Tie touches

4s – Stairs FM Church of God
Dips
Sister Mary Catherine’s

4s – Bear Crawl – Parking lot of Church of God
Squats
Leg Lifts

Run back to COT

Mary:
Black Betty on Spotify – Plank position. Merkin every time ‘Black Betty’ is said.

Done.

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Grout’s Ladder

WARMUP: Mosey to WEP Ampitheater. 20 SSH, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Windmills
THE THANG:
Board of Pain:
Round 1:
5 Burpees
10 Merkins
15 CDD’s
20
25 American Hammers
30 LBC’s
35 Monkey Humpers
40 Flutters
45 Mountain Climbers
50 Squats
Run to top of hill / stop sign
Round Two:
Rinse and Repeat but drop Squats.
5:55 run back to COT
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Snatch jokes for days

Lots of jokes. small ball jokes. snatch jokes. runner jokes.

WARMUP: carry the bells to the top of the steep hill near entrance. SSH, Windmills, Produce Pickers all in cadence

THE THANG:
3 sets of a 9 round tabata (40 seconds on 20 seconds off) with an active recovery between each set

9 rounds:
Thrusters
Bent Over Rows
Swings
Halos
American Hammers
Chest Press
Snatch
OH Tricep extension
Goblet Squat

(third round I swapped a few exercises out so ended up with some deadlifts, curls, skull crushers, LBCs mixed in).

Active recovery included mosey up and down steep hill a couple times between sets 1 and 2, bear crawling down steep hill between sets 2 and 3, and an all you got sprint up the steep hill after set 3.

MARY: carry bells back to COT and in cadence flutter press, box cutters, more flutter press, and LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon fundraiser tonight, Christmas party signups, Thanksgiving convergence, etc = read newsletter

COT: yup – No OYO – a lot of good dudes that can help each other through hard times here so be vulnerable with each other.

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