10-10-10

Mosey
Brayden neighborhood warmup lap w/ stretch
NUR uphill with 10-10-10 pain stations
Mosey back to COT
Island 11s – Merkins and LBCs (parking lot)
2 laps around earth fare
Abs at COT
Back to COT

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Bootcamp Q-School

PAX ran around for some pearls on a string. At each stop, YHC worked to espouse some of my ideas on Qing. At the last stop prior to COT, other PAX took opportunity to count in cadence

Topics I tried to cover:
Counting the number present while calling SSH
Calling exercises in cadence – slower can be better
Keeping the PAX together – planking up
Modifying the Weinke based on numbers
Making mistakes as Q and moving forward
Having 11s in your back pocket
Be willing to leave something and mosey on
The mission of F3 involves building leaders. Do it. Build the leadership in yourself and in the other me that post with you.

Closed COT without a prayer, but took a moment to focus on someone in your life that needs an extra effort or word from you today. Challenged PAX to contact that person after they’d showered this morning.

Required Reading:
Q101: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zFiVyspf1Xph6GIv-r-z5brONWUzhEYrBvXzbnKfdBc/edit?usp=sharing

Q201: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15qotyZbXt7ahRJIQN93qeThjcAkjrk482sOoDoCZXbc/edit?usp=sharing

Suggested Reading:

Q School

10 of us also stuck around for 5 min to do 50 burpees with Badlands, who now has a new process to help him remember his shovel flag. šŸ™‚

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Stay Focused – Q-school edition

11 Pax this morning with more seasoned vets and less newer members than expected. A good thing for me as a newer F3 PAX, I knew I could delegate some of the portions of the Q school lessons for the day!

Fishstix brought two left shoes so decided he would just do this workout without any shoes…. I think we finally found a way to slow this HIM down!

WARMUP: Slapshot started us off with a brief intro for Q school, emphasizing how the workout Q is essential to the F3 mission. The importance of the disclaimer was discussed reminding PAX that an FNG likely doesn’t know what an FNG is, so good idea to ask if there are any new guys instead.

Slapshot finished his portion of the Q with an impeccable example of how to take control of the workout and lead the PAX by altering and dictating pace of SSH cadence calling.

YHC took over and led the PAX down to Dave Gibson to the IvyBrook Academy parking lot. There we planked and performed some shoulder taps while discussing warmups (or lack thereof at most running AOs)

Continued on down Dave Gibson to the entrance of the schools where we performed SSH and then Al Gored while discussing some important components of successful workout designs – Overpreparing, Writing down Weinke, Having quick hitters in your back pocket in case finish early (tabata, EMOM, etc)

THE THANG: Mickey Mouse Burpee Sandwiches

station 1 (near end of school drive): Wide-arm Merkins
station 2 (far end of school drive): Diamond Merkins
Mid-point: Burpees (always 5)

Progressive circuit – start with 3 reps of merkins on each end with 5 burpees in the middle. next round 6 merkins each side with 5 burpees in middle. continue adding 3 merkins to each side.

We SSH for the 6 at station 1 after each round and discussed various components of successful workout designs (pearls on a string, 3S2T, time-boxing, etc)

Made through 4 rounds and headed back to Earthfare lot.

With about 4 minutes to spare we did a little running around the parking lot with 5k pace on the shorter parking lot sides and jog pace on the longer sides.

Finished at 0600

COT: Announcements – Bourbon Tasting fundraiser Saturday – see Cyclops posts on Slack

……..oh yeah, if you haven’t heard….. I may have forgot the shovel flag this morning after the workout. This should be fun….

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Get the Plank outta here

WARMUP:
Shoulder stretch each side
Knees to chest 30 yard stretch
Front lunge 30 yard stretch
Reverse lunge 30 yard stretch
Side lunge 30 yard stretch each side

THE THANG:
Mosey toward the pull up bars on the south side of campus. Pretty long run for a boot camp, so we stopped to do 20 merkins and 20 LBCs. Contā€™d mosey to pull up bars.

At the asphalt roadway in front of the bars, we split group into two groups of 3. All PAX planked while one member of each group bear crawled to the pull up bars, did 5 pull ups, and ran back to the group and returned to plank. PAX held plank and rotated until all pull ups were completed.

The same format with same movement was repeated but the exercises changed to:
20 merkins
5 pull ups
20 LBCs
5 pull ups

Brief message on Concentrica and making the M feel like they are the most important relationship. Do something today to let her know, donā€™t wait for Mothers Day.

From there we moseyed to Band Lot.
Standing on the Goal Line (thanks for clarifying Yard Sale), sprint to other goal line and hold plank. Recover and sprint back. Recover.

Next, 50 yard sprint with 5 Imperial Squat Walkers, then sprint to opposite goal line and plank. Recover and repeat back to original goal.

Next, 25 yard sprint with 3 Imperial Squat Walkers (25, 50, 25) across the field to opposite goal line. Plank for the 6. Recover. Repeat back to original goal line. Recover.

Legs were heavy and not a lot of sprinting going on.

Yog back to CoT.

MARY:
LBCs IC
Flutters IC
0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RSVP for Cyclops bourbon and BBQ fundraiser on 5/21. Blood drive is next week on 5/12. Trash pick up on 5/14. Read your newsletter, lots going on.

COT:
Follow up on message about Concentrica. Had a recent meeting with my supervisor/professional mentor and experienced an honest conversation of two men on opposite sides of the work/life balance. On one side, personal life going well, but work is tough. On the other side, ā€œexcellingā€ at work but have no time left for family. Through the course of the meeting, the mentor/mentee roles reversed. PAX, be intentional on making the main things the main things. Be present and take care of those closest to you – your Concentrica.

Prayers for those suffering through recent loss, prayers for those with illness, praise for birthdays and celebrating the joys of life.

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Breathe

WARMUP:
None
THE THANG:
Run down to the bottom of Brayden Pkwy focus on relaxed breathing. Every intersection, 5 burpees and 10 squats, recovery run down the hill after each intersection. Once the third set was complete, back down to the bottom.
Next, we ran back up the hill stopping at every intersection for 5 burpees and 10 squats. Next, we crossed the street and stopped at the Pet Supplies store front. We finished the workout with loops around the parking lot, stopping after each lap for a round of 3 count up/down merkins and LBCs. No specific rep count, complete until failure.

Great job everyone!

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Squirrel šŸæ

WARMUP: run up the big hill, merkins (10), mountain climbers (20), little stretching, low slow squats (10), windmills (8), distraction 1 ā€”> car drove by = 1 burpee
THE THANG: distractions.
– For every car or plane we saw or heard = 1 burpee that increased by 1. We made it to 10 burpees by the end. There was a 10 second buffer as well as a max out of 3 cars as we approached areas where more cars would be seen. No planes so that was weird.
– Light posts = 10 merkins. Treated these in clusters since there are a lot of lights and yes, lights had to be on.
– ā€œFort Millā€ signs = 30 LBCs.
– Doors to the school, or any door = 20 squats. Again, clusters because there are a lot of doors. – Benches = 20 step ups total.
– Parking spots that had a 1 + 0 = 10 bomb jacks. Max of 3 sets in 1 area as this added up quickly.
– overall, we ran all over campus in a bit of a scavenger hunt / bingo / distraction mentality
MARY: made up for some MARY with a final set of squats and final set of 10 burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AKA, bourbon tasting, Doty raceā€¦read your newsletter
COT: distractions are too easy throughout your day. What are you doing to be focused if you have a goal? Do you have a way to ā€œremindā€ you? Do you write this ā€œthingā€ on a piece of paper and look at it throughout your day? Do you look your M or 2.0s in the eye when they are speaking to you? Are you present or distracted and do you know it?

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AKA jack-Web-inar

WARMUP: mosey, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, los slow merkins

THE THANG: 4 jack webs with a short mosey in between.

MUCHO SHOULDER:
1 merkin – 4 shoulder taps progressive to 10 merkins – 40 shoulder taps (total 55 merkins, 220 shoulder taps)

Take a lap

CALF BURNER:
1 monkey humper – 4 calf raises progressive to 10 monkey humpers – 40 calf raise (total 55 MH, 220 CR)

Take half a lap to the soccer field

CAPTAIN THOR:
1 big boy sit-up – 4 American hammers progressive to 10 BBSU – 40 AH (total 55 BBSU, 220 AH) we had to throw some body destroyers in between and did Supermanā€™s at the end to stretch our abs and lower back.

Half a lap

HOPS AND DIPS:
1 side straddle hop – 4 triceps dips progressive to 10 SSH – 40 TD (you guessed it 55 SSH, 220 TD)

Super slow slow mosey to COT, next time I Q I have to make sure to bring lots of cheese for all the whine we had.

MARY: Moroccan night clubs, windmills, walking dogs and honeymooners
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: prayers for kids, families and people recovering from injuries and surgeries.

TINSEL OUT!!

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