Block Party Beatdown

WARMUP: SSH, windmill, cherry pickers, navy seal burpees (10 count movement)
THE THANG:
Mosey to Walter Elisha
Run to each park bunch and do 5 Navy Seal Burpees. Wait for the 6 to finish then run to next bench together.

Once we reached the grassy hill, we ascended the hill with various MOTs:
Run
Nur
Bear Crawl
Crawl Bear
Burpee broad jump
At top of hill, accumulate as many squats as you can until the 6 reaches top of hill. Careful descent down the hill.

Continue our mosey down the path to remaining park benches.

Mosey back to Massey hill – lunge to top parking lot where we did merkins, calf raises, and proved to ourselves we got better at navy seal burpees.

MARY: yes and we shared the areas of our lives we need help in
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: had to be there

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Guess who’s back…back again

WARMUP: pledge to the flag and disclaimer
THE THANG: on the corner of downtown, instructions were given for the .5 mile loop.
– merkins with a shoulder tap at the top (15) in corner one where we were at
– At the 4 corners bottom of the hill we did CDD (20)
– Ran up the hill at 75% sprint and flutters in the “smooth” parking lot at the top (25 double count)
– Ran to print shop for 5 pull ups
– Ran back to start…6 loops minimum was the goal.
MARY: just a bit
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter with tortoise and the hare
COT: did it!

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Just a big suicide

WARMUP: mosey up to the base of spring street, near where the old Hardee’s was
THE THANG: run up and down spring street, suicide fashion. Run out to the first cross street, and do 15 merkins, then return to start for 5 bomb jacks. Run out to the second cross street and do 15 merkins, then return to start for 5 bomb jacks. Repeat this for 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc cross streets

At the end of the workout, the pax gathered at the far end of spring street, and ran the half mile back to the start point at pace (some very fast)
MARY: there were a few interludes waiting for the pax to reassemble where some Mary was executed
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Fiddy Special

WARMUP: Mosey with Toy soldiers and Karaoke. Merkins and Moroccan Night Ckubs the Tesh Way
THE THANG: mosey to grassy incline. 10 curtsy lunges at bottom of hill, walk backwards up the hill then 10 deep squats at top of hill. Rinse and repeat twice. Mosey to other side of shopping center. Do 50 of all the following exercises, but after each single set, take a lap. merkins, squats, Carolina dry docks, calf raises, curtsy lunges, LBCs and box cutters. Finish with my hip exercises.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Graveyard shift

WARMUP: Pledge if you pledge. Ruckers did their thing
THE THANG: Head to Hardees, which is fenced off, so we kept running to Elliot and up to the cemetery. Right on Unity to start our loop.
20 squats at the West entrance to Unity church
20 merkins at Steele St
20 LBCs on E Hill
20 Grave Diggers on Unity

Three laps were completed. Then 20 squats at Unity church. Then run up and down the steps at First Baptist for 20 merkins. Down to Academy and up to do LBCs at the Axe place. Then back to COT

Everyone got ~3.7miles
MARY: 90 seconds of Mary
COT: Circle of Trust initiated. What’s on men’s hearts? Get the internal external. F3 is for all men. ALL of them. Not just those of our preferred flavor of a religion. F3 helps everyone. If somehow it saves a soul from the perspective of any particular PAX, great. We’re here to make leaders of all men, let’s keep on keeping on.

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A Run Down Memory Lane

WARMUP: Some stretching and excellent mumblechatter in the parking lot.
THE THANG: Back when Seabiscuit first started up, the area was by no means as developed as it is now. I decided to resurrect an old Seabiscuit OG route – head down Whites Rd. Except this time instead of running along the FM Parkway to Whites, we cut through the neighborhood by the middle school, then down Whites to the first roundabout. Back in the day it mostly ended there, out and back. We were able to dip into Waterside to the roundabout on Bryson Gap, then back to COT. Back in the day we saw more deer and heard more coyotes. Now we heard one coyote but saw a ton of cars. The route is still pretty safe, has some good, albeit misleading hills. They’re adding sidewalk all down Whites from the Parkway to Waterside. Once that’s done, this will be an excellent, safer route. Overall abput 4.2 miles round trip.
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: FAST FIVE!!
COT: A lot of good P&P lifted up.

Don’t be afraid to share your burdens in COT. Guys tend to hold them in. That can be terrible for your mental and physical health.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG. Blessings
NASA

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Complex Math

16 at Minnow Pond for a test of speed and math skilz.
Simple loop around town, four stops
Stop 1 – COT – Merkins
Stop 2 – Pharmacy – LBCs
Stop 3 – Parking lot – SSHs
Stop 4 – Gazebo – Squats
Back to COT for lap 2
Rep count Lap 1 was 2 for everyone
Rep count Lap 2 was 4 for everyone
Rep count Lap 3 was 6 for everyone except the lead pax, 8 reps
additional laps: Lead Pax rep counts = 2 x prior lap reps
everyone else rep count = lap # x 2
Guys out front reach the 64 rep count based on the compounding.
Short lesson, compounding can be excellent when you are looking at saving money, over time it accumulates to a nice sum of money. On the other hand, when you have issues that go unchecked, they can result in a bigger problem down the road. Make sure you keep coming out, share what’s on your mind with your shield lock.

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It Pays to be a 1

It was a relatively warm morning at Minnow pond where 17 strong PAX met to get some miles..but only limited smiles.

Ran straight to WEP in front of the stage.

The workout:

Start with 10 Burpees

Run to the first swing along the paved path do 10 merkins and 10 lbcs

Run back to the stage do 9 burpees

Run to the 2nd swing on the path do 10 merkins and 10 Lbcs

Run back to the stage and do 8 burpees

Keep going along the path as far as you can until time.

It was here that YHC made the decision to split the pax up into 1’s and 2’s.

I was thinking I just wanted to create some space on the path….unfortunately…what happened was the 2’s were given the opportunity to run up the WEP hill pretty much the entire time.

Despite the complaints the PAX handled it extremely well.

At 5:55 we headed back to COT and got there just in time for 10 more merkins 10 more LBCs and 1 last burpee.

Thanks to Nasa for the opportunity. It was great getting out amongst the PAX this morning.

Until Next Time….

It PAYS TO BE A 1!

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21s on the 21st

WARMUP: Kinda chilly out so we needed it. Quick loop to the north side of the strip mall right in front of F45 to show them outside is better
10-20 of the following
– SSH
– Windmills
– Hillbilly walkers
– Moroccan night club
– STRAWBERRY pickers
THE THANG:
Back to the parking lot near COT. Borrowed an old workout from The Swamp / Quagmire days: The ladder. 14-15 parking spots, an exercise written on each one. Do the exercise, then take a loop around the lot. Move to the next spot, next exercise. Exercises are (21 reps of everything unless otherwise noted):
1. 5 burpess
2. Merkins
3. LBCs
4. Squats
5. Calf raise
6. Mtn climbers, 2ct
7. CDD
8. Hammer time! (American Hammers, 2 ct)
9. Lunges, 2ct
10. Imperial walker, 2ct
11. Plank jacks
12. Flutters, 2ct
13. Dips
14. Monkey humpers
15. 5 burpees
Repeat until COT
Each PAX got through one complete set and at least halfway through a second. A few completed two sets.
GREAT mumblechatter! Rocket launches, Cuban food, Irish pubs, pollen, Swamp/Quagmire days, Kotters, retirement communities, STD breakouts in them (see Villages in FL), and on. We covered a LOT!!
MARY: My late Mom’s name. Miss you mom!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We did a LOT of good in the D2D fundraising!! Alot going on. Read your newsletter and get involved!!
COT:
I mentioned how my mom recently passing has put me in a big funk, like I am in PTSD mode, but just posting and being out with the PAX has helped my mental state immensely, and even more the PAX who have reached out to me. As Slapshot said at Minnow Pond, it can be a huge uplift to others. Twister mentioned about the effects that F3 can have. We do alot of good out in the community, but being out and about with the PAX is like a cure-all tonic. He EH’s guys as often as he can because this F3 tonic is what alot of us guys need, whether we know it, or want to admit it, or not. I really loved that analogy! F3 means alot of different things to each of us, but it is still a great thing for all of us, helps lift us up in various ways, but we need to be out there with the PAX regularly to get our regular dose of that tonic to make our lives a little better. Cobra Kai mentioned he recently had coffee with a Kotter, someone who was a hard charger, did alot when he was posting, not afraid of the hard workouts. He is carrying some burdens and is suffering, the mental side of things. Goes to show that even the toughest facade can be a cover up for what is really inside. The coffee meeting seemed to be a good thing for him. Cobra Kai gave him some of that tonic, whether he knew it or not. So I implore you to keep EHing, keep giving it away. Don’t ever stop. You just may be the one person that helps someone through their rough patches or worse. Be the tonic!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Blessings and SYITG,
-NASA

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Run to the Hills!

WARM UP: We are waiting it to happen
THE THANG: Some ran, some rucked. Some decided to run trails too.
Those who ran – 4.6 mile course. Down Munn to Harris, L on Harris, L on McCammons, L on White/160, L on Jackson, R on Harris, R on Munn back to COT (using entrance near stoplight)
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: FAST 5!! Sign up and support VuVu!!
Read the newsletter, get involved, invigorate your community leadership within.
COT: Alot of P&P lifted
Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA

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