New Year’s Lessons and a triumphant return

WARMUP: Mosey up the back road and circle up at the light pole of YHC’s choosing.

Exercises in cadence were windmills, hillbilly & imperial walkers, low slow squats, holding people’s chairs with Moroccan night clubs, side straddle hops and seal jacks. And of course – the goofball in honor of <@U028PKR68GJ>’s glorious return to the gloom.

PAX planked for shoulder taps, single count merkins, a few Broga poses and recovered in time to mosey to the wall

THE THANG:
Lesson 1 – “the best remedy for anger is delay” – Seneca

BTTW – hold for 15 seconds and then do 5 d/c Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, recover, walk it out, back to wall for wall sit for 30 seconds followed by shoulder presses from the wall sit position in cadence.

PAX repeated this sequence once more.

Mosey off to the next lot

Lesson 2 – “he who suffers before it’s necessary suffers more than necessary.” – Seneca

Dora with a partner – because we shouldn’t do life alone. Partner 1 exercises while partner 2 runs. Then flapjack. Rinse and repeat until all exercises were finished.

50 burpees
100 squats
150 double count flutters

All finished and we moseyed to the basketball court and circled up for abs

LBC’s in cadence
Flip over for Superman holds
The following three exercises were done in double count cadence keeping legs in the air at all times until the third exercise was completed
1 – 10 LBC’s in cadence
2 – 10 Hello Dolly’s in cadence
3 – 10 Rosalita’s in cadence

Quick recovery in time for some protractor holds at various angles and recover to head to COT for a 60-second stretch when 0715 was upon us.

MARY: see above, but she was not there. Open to all men.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: We’re announced. Read your newsletter.

COT: remains the fifth core principle

YHC was blessed to start to the first Saturday of 2025 with the HIM of the fort. Thanks <@U07LMG5PDQU> – for the call. :eye:

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Starting the new year with a haunted and (possibly) stacked deck

WARMUP: Short mosey with some SSH, Moroccan nightclubs, imperial walker, hillbilly walker and windmill

THE THANG:

Broke out the Disney World Haunted Mansion deck of cards which may or may not have been separated to play eucher…

A: 1 Burpee and mosey to the end of the shops and back
2-4: Burpees
:heart:: LBC (4 count)
:diamonds:: Spiderman Merkins
:clubs:: Heels to Heaven
:spades:: Squats

Finished the deck and even got in some gas pumpers for Twister

COT: Welcome FNG Dutch

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2025 New Years Convergence Smokin Beatdown

WARMUP: Stated the F3 Mission and Core Principles, then SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG:
Round 1: Cheese Shredder
Round 2: Light Poles:
1. Burpees starting with 1 then 2 at the next light pole and so on with the mode of transportation being a bear crawl
2. Squats starting with 1 then 2 at the next light pole and so on with the mode of transportation being a lunge walk
3. Big Boy Sit Ups starting with 1 then 2 at the next light pole and so on with the mode of transportation being a Crab Walk
Round 3: Steps:
1. Start with 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups at lowest step with 1 Merkin then 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups on the next step with 2 Merkins and so on until the highest step
2. Start with 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups at lowest step with 1 Derkin then 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups on the next step with 2 Derkins and so on until the highest step
3. Start with 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups at lowest step with 1 Inclined Merkin then 5 Box Jumps or Step Ups on the next step with 2 Inclined Merkins and so on until the highest step
MARY: American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Wake up and know you are alive

WARMUP: yes, of course
SSH
IW
HW
Yoga
Shoulder Taps
Mountain Climber
Peter Parker
THE THANG:
Mosey
10 dips
10 step ups
Stretch

Mosey
Burpee Square:
10 burpees
Bear crawl
9 burpees
Lunge walk
8 burpees
Crawl bear
7 burpees
Reverse lunge walk
6 burpees
Bear crawl
Etc…

Mosey to the baseball stands
10 derkins
10 Bulgarian split squats

Mosey to football field

Red Barchetta
100 yard sprint
100 SSH
100 yards back
75 yard sprint
75 mountain climbers
75 back
50 yard sprint
50 lBC
50 back
25 yard sprint
25 merkins
25 back
10 yard sprint
10 burpees
10 back

Mosey

Imperial Squat Walkers back at the shovel flag
1 min plank

NMM:
Gotta get pretty deep into the workout before you can even think about working on your toughness both physical & mental. Have the strength to get this far, but remember you didn’t come this far just to go this far.

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Reflection and Acceleration

Warm up

SSH
Moroccan Nightclub
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker
Low slow squat
Merkins
Honeymooner
Downward Dog
Hamstring Stretch

The Thang:

Bear crawl Commander (Indian) Run in parking lot (or safe area to do so)

Lap around park
10 ofs round robin – what went well/acceleration opportunity (stop at each swing)

Lunges
Kraken Burpee
Merkins
LBCs
Others I can’t recall

Run to amphitheater
Dora (deep thinking Dora)

100 merkins
200 squats
300 LBCs

When complete each pax will think of a way to

Serve God
Serve Family
Serve F3 Brothers or community

15 Apollo Ohnos
15 Incline Merkins

Abs workout
15 each
Box Cutter
Leg Lift
V Up

COT
Name a Rama
Announcements
Prayers and praises

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Christmas Eve Convergence at The Yard

WARMUP: (cake boss): 5 Burpees, SSH, 4 B., Imp.Walk, 3B., HillWalk, 2B, something else, 1B…

Count off 1 & 2; Group 1 w/ Farmers Only, Group 2 w/ Suplex
Switch Q’s at 1/2 mark

THE THANG:
Group 1 (Farmers only):

Group 2 (Suplex):
Cocaine Bear Crawls to the 50 (2 merkins at each 5yrd). Al Gore till the 6
Mary #1: 12 Hello Ladies (IC), 24 Plank Jacks (IC), 12 BBSU & 24 Heel-taps (OYO)
Go right into….
Burpee Broad Jumps (3 & 3) to end zone
Plank till the 6

R.2
Crane Carries to 50: back to back, 1 runs while other flutter kicks (swap @ 25… mod. to piggyback if needed)
Mary #2: 12 AmHamms (IC), 24 Gas Pumpers (IC), 12 Dying CockRoaches & 24 LBCs (OYO)
Go right into…
Other man in Sparrow Run.
@ end zone: 12 Imp-Squat-walkers (IC) 24 or something else (improv.)

MARY: done w/in Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletters… Merry Christmas!
COT: held (5th core principle)

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12 days of Christmas

WARMUP:
SSH
Moroccan Nightclub
Imperial and Hillbilly Walker
Merkins
Broga

THE THANG:
Bear crawl Indian run (3 merkins then run to the front 1 lap around the island)

12 days of Christmas
1 Burpee
2 Mike Tyson’s
3 Lunges
4 Hillbilly Walkers
5 Tricep Pushups
6 Low Slow Squats
7 Flutters
8 Carolina Dry Docks
9 Merkins
10 American Hammers
11 Side Straddle Hops
12 LBCs

MARY:
No siree

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Clave boss
New years
Dam to Dam fundraising
Read the newsletter

COT:
Brotherhood
Family
Health

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D2D prep…where the danger lives

WARMUP: nope
THE THANG: doby bridge to nims lake, took it to the back where it forked, went right down a gravel “road” or long driveway, came back out and took the other fork to a less gravely road, then back out to COT…only a few guys got lost but they all came back.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: of course – Xmas eve and New Year’s Day workouts
COT: yep

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