11s and Hills

WARMUP: A quick run around the parking lot, approx .2 mile, then circle up for a SWIM:
– 15 SSH
– 10 windmills
– 15 imperial walkers
– 20 MNC
– 10 ground produce pickers
THE THANG:
11s x 2 w Hill Repeats
Mosey around to Old Farm Rd to the east of Harris Teeter. Some of us remember when it was only an old farm on that road, before all the development. There is a nice little hill there. two rounds of 11s with hill repeats between the two exercise points.
Round 1: Merkins at the top, squats at the bottom
Round 2: CDDs at the top, 2ct lunges at the bottom
That took alot of the time. 38 special was a beast!!
We had just enough time to get to the Harris Teeter wall and do some wall sits while we took turns running out and going a couple burpees. Then back to COT.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alot going on in The Fort. Read your newsletter and GET INVOLVED.
COT: Alot of P&P were lifted up
Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
-NASA

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Mule Kick

WARMUP: SSH, WM, CP, HW, yoga-esque stretch
THE THANG:
3+ rounds of 5 exercises with varied cadence to yield full body burn:
Flutter Press, Bicep Curls, Shrugs, OYO 25 Sumo Squats, OYO 25 KB Swings

Nur halfway up the hill, Run back (calf raises until 6 returns)

LBCs
Uneven Merkins
Standing Side Crunch
OYO – 30 Goblet Squats
OYO – 30 Deadlifts

Nur halfway up the hill, Run back (calf raises until 6 returns)

American Hammers
Rows
Tricep Press
OYO – 20 Two Hand Clean Press
OYO – 50 Calf Raises

Nur halfway up the hill, Run back (calf raises until 6 returns)

MARY: Unfortunately
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see newsletter – golf outing, chili cookoff, keep WNC donations coming
COT: prayers for growth in times of suffering

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Q school at The Ring of Fire ?

WARMUP: COP with newer PAX taking turns counting in cadence

Most closer to school for some more COP practicing cadence and exercise move commands

Mosey to benches at main entrance
10 dips
10 derkins
10 step ups
2 rounds with explaining the shovel flag and work out planning as well as knowing the AO

Mosey to circle for couple more exercises in COP

THE THANG:
Mosey to band lot for partner “Catch me if you can”
Partner 1 – 5merkins
Partner 2 -run perimeter of football field
Partner 1 chases and flip flops when caught
Continue around field

Head to COT
MARY:
Dying Cockroache
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read newsletter
COT:
Mission, principles, credo and 3Fs covered

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Low Mileage

WARMUP: Jog the perimeter of the big lot with karaoke up and down a few rows (no KBs).
THE THANG: Back in the small lot for some Partner work:
P1: Overhead Press until P2 completes his work
P2: 10 Man Makers
Repeat
P1: Turkish Get Ups (I received correction here which was greatly appreciated)
P2. 20 KB Situps
Carry your KB at the postion of 1/2 way up a bicep curl over to the circle by the football stadium entrance.
Overhead carry the KB up to the top of the hill.
Bear Crawl down
Nur back up
Overhead carry the KB down back to the bottom.
Back to the big parking lot:
P1: Run up and back a row while…
P2: Bent over rows with both KBs

P1: 10 Burpees
P2: Upright Rows
Repeat
MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes (Hi Bandcamp)
COT: For Sure

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Wicked Pissah Bootcamp

WARMUP: MNC’s x 25, 5 “Clam Chowders “ (10 ct/IC), ChPick, 4CCs, Imp Squat-Walk, 3 CCs, Hill-Walk. 2CCs, Windmill, 1 CC
THE THANG: 7 laps around 3 Stations (finished 5 before time…), 25 reps all exercises, MOT changes each lap between stations, always slow Mosey from last to start. End each lap w/ SSH till 6

set timer & Music (VanHalen)

1: Shiko, Good-AMs, AirSquats, MOT= Nur
2: Step-ups, calf-raise (toes in/out (opposite Pax natural posture), side lunges, MOT=Toy Soldier
3: CDDs, shoulder claps, Mike Tyson’s, MOT=Carioca (R/L)
4: plank (25sec), Side-Rt, Side-Lt, MOT=full Mosey
5: Alt Bulg. Split Squats, Monkey-Humpers, Alt RDLs, MOT=mosey w/ butt-kickers

Mary: John Hancock’s, Pax Choice

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alcatraz Aniversary, Iron Pax, Fort 12th, Bethel, read newsletter…
COT: Patience & effective communication w/ M’s

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S2S meets the coach’s box

WARMUP: rucks up
THE THANG: ruck towards FMHS, approximately 0.75 miles, the night before I had talked to Badlands to meet with the coach’s box crew at the hill by the football stadium so we can share our gear.
Quick warmup led by Badlands: circled up for SSH, WM, IW, MNC, LSS all IC. We brought 3 sandbags and 6 rucks to the party so we utilized them in a mini-DORA. Instructions were a little mixed up at the beginning because we ended up with 5 groups of 3 PAX… bottom of the hill: 50 burpees – while 2 of the PAX did overhead rifle carry up the hill with sandbag/ruck 100 squats – while 2 of the PAX did farmers carry up the hill with sandbag/ruck 150 merkins – while 2 of the PAX did bear hug carry up the hill with sandbag/ruck, for the final movement we split into 3 groups of 5 PAX and rotated throwing the sandbag up and down the hill

Time to head back to COT, another 0.75 miles to go.
MARY: broga and stretches.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Manion hero Ruck on 9/14.
COT: stays in cot

Tinsel out…

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Cha-Ching’s Legacy

So, https://f3thefort.com/2020/01/17/black-diamond-at-the-one-word-convergence/, because they guy would lay ridiculous beatdowns. And there’s just no need to reinvent the wheel. It’s already round and works really well (that’s also my Naked Man Moleskin). Plus that’s part of why we write the backblasts!
WARMUP: Yes, did that. Cha Ching didn’t, and I needed more warm-up. If you can’t do it, don’t Q it! FTC showed up late; so, he missed it.

THE THANG:
Cha Ching warmup:
EMOM
min 1 – 20 burpees (this was hard, counted them in cadence)
min 2 – 30 jumping lunges
min 3 – 40 penguins
min 4 – 50 carolina dry docks
min 5 – 60 side straddle hops

then we mosey a bit
did some peruvian mountain climbers and bulgarian split squats on a bench
mosey some more
bear crawl a bit

That’s when we hit the Jack Webb:
1 Mack Tar Jai
4 Jump Squats
got to 7/28, then moseyed to pull up bars

Hung on the bars for a while
Did some knee ups
Did some super slow pull ups

Got close to COT and finished the Jack Webb set

Then we had 6 minutes left, so we did the Cha Ching EMOM “warm up” sequence again. It was rough

MARY: Last Call called flutters in cadence for the first time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: https://mailchi.mp/02213eb80972/lorrorq9g6-13583069

COT: Was held

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Hive 9th Birthday

We gathered strong for a kettlebell celebration
WARMUP: Happy Hour led
THE THANG:
Airborne had 10 minutes of EMOM
ran a lap
Band Camp had 10 minutes of EMOM (Free Smells splashed a little root beer cause he’s 19)
ran a lap
BOB had 10 minutes of EMOM
MARY: Airborne close with his hip extravaganza
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grateful Longshanks kicked this AO off 9 years ago. Missed Uhaul being there, but otherwise we had all the former site Qs present
COT: Was held
Coffeeteria with Popppins leading afterwards.

Thanks Happy Hour for the push to celebrate!

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Leading the Way

Weather was fantastic at 59 degrees and YHC was excited for my VQ at Soul to Sole.

Based on a recommendation from Maximus, YHC read the Comfort Crisis and became a follower of Michael Easter who is big believer in the power of rucking. Since that time, I was gifted a ruck and have included this in my workouts more frequently yet my only Q to date was a solo workout at Dawn Patrol.

I have been thinking about the 5 Cs of leadership from Q Source recently. Q Source resonates with me on so many levels at home, work and in our community and the 5 Cs serve as the standard for Leading Right. I decided to standardize the definitions of these with the Pax as part of the workout.

The Thang

3ish miles of rucking and shuffling

5 stops along with the way with these 6 exercises:

Bent over rows x 10
Merkins x 10
Overhead Press x 10
Curls x 10
Squats x 10
Lunges x 10

At each stop, we discussed one of the 5 Cs:

Candor
Commitment
Consistency
Contentment
Courage

The fellowship, weather and beat down serve to standardize the day. My prayer is that we can begin to optimize the day.

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