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Failure will bring future success

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Sometimes you have a plan and it fails miserably. This morning I loaded a cart with sandbags, kettlebells , and other heavy objects, over 320 pounds. I thought the weight would have enough resistance to challenge the person pulling it. Unfortunately, it was only challenging pulling uphill. Not a total failure, the cart held the weight it advertised as its capacity.
We ventured around the carpool path stopping for three exercises. Bent-over rows, curls, shoulder press, Simbas, flutters with press, over shoulder toss, man-makers are some of the exercises we did this morning.
I will retry this cart at a future Q and get it right.

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Honor, Courage, Integrity

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WARMUP:

  • Side-straddle hop,
  • Strawberry pickers,
  • Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner

THE THANG:
Honor, Courage, Integrity

3 Corners x 20 rounds

  • Honor – 10 Merkins (200)
  • Courage – 20 Squats (400)
  • Integrity – 30 LBC’s (600)

MARY: NA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: It is what it is…

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Ascending Everest

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WARMUP: Returned to Golden Corral COT to pay respects with Hillbilly walkers, imperial walkers, MNCs
THE THANG: 5/29 1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to summit Mt. Everest 73 years ago. In honor of that, the Pax completed their own tribute climb. There are five camps plus the summit when taking the southern route to the peak:
Base camp 5364 meters (17,598 feet)
Camp one 6065 (19,900)
Camp two 6400 (21,000)
Camp three 7200 (23,600)
Camp four 7920 (26,000)
Peak 8,849 (29,032)
After a brief warmup and mozy to the church parking lot, we completed exercises at each camp as we ascended Everest. To acclimatize for the altitude, at camps one, two, three, and four we completed the exercises, returned to the previous camp (and the exercises there) before moving on to the next camp. (E.G. complete exercises at camp one, returned to base camp and the exercises there before ascending to camp three). Exercises reflected the altitude in meters:
Base camp: 53 flutters/64 shoulder taps
Camp one: 60 SSH/65 dips
Camp two: 64 merkins
Camp three: 72 LBCs
Camp four: 79 CDD, 20 Diamond merkins
Peak: 88 plank jacks, 49 overhead claps
With little time remaining, climbers did 25 squats at each base camp during their descent.
One oversight on YHC’s part is we did exactly ZERO mountain climbers during the ascent. We rectified the situation at COT with 10 mountain climbers just before 6:00.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Golf tournament
COT: Family, Jobs, Summer break and prayers for kids, parents, teachers

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On repeat

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WARMUP: Yes:
SSH,
IW,
HW,
yoga w/
shoulder taps
peter parkers

THE THANG:
6 deadlifts
5 hang cleans
4 front squats
3 over head presses
2 manmakers
Then move!

We just did that on repeat. Like wiping down the counters, doing the laundry, dealing with traffic, or making the bed, some stuff isn't awful once or at first, but the monotony of having to do it day after day after day after day after day grinds on you.

Gotta build the strength to keep on keeping on. It ain't about what you WANT to do; it's about what you GET TO do, or what you NEED TO do. Often an authentic meaning is found in the work you've been avoiding.

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DORA and Cinderblocks 5-15

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WARMUP: Cherry pickers, SSH, then a mosey to the church parking lot.

THE THANG: DORA with 100 Merkins, 150 Dips, 200 Big Boys, 250 Squats.
Ran to back side of Harris Teeter for wall sits and farmers carry with cinder blocks.
Headed back to COT for some core work until the clock struck 6.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, and a ton of events going on this weekend.

COT: Prayers and Praises all around. Appreciate everyone helping me for my VQ and can’t wait to do it again.

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Bag of Bad Decisions

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Disclaimer Provided & 5 Core Principles shared thanks to @U5DLC6D7X for keeping us honest :

  • FREE OF CHARGE
  • OPEN TO ALL MEN
  • HELD OUTDOORS RAIN OR SHINE
  • PEER LED ROTATION
  • END IN CIRCLE OF TRUST

WARMUP:
In cadence and 10 Reps Each:
Moroccan Night Clubs
Windmills
Cherry 🍒 Pickers
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
THE THANG:
Part 1 DORA Work – 1 Partner Carries Bag the other does the work! Switch and repeat until your reach the total reps
100 Sandbags Squats
75 Shoulder Presses
50 Bent over Rows
Everyone takes a big lap around the lot !
DORA Work Part 2
5 Burpees over bag
10 Dead lifts
15 Mountain Climbers each leg
2 Rounds
Part 3 All Together
Four types of Carry – Go to last column and back. Switch form and repeat for 4 Rounds

  • Bear Hug
  • Shoulder Carry
  • Front Rack
  • Farmer Carry

Part 4 All Together

  • 10 Cleans
  • 10 Over head presses
  • 10 lunges or squats
  • 10 bent over rows
  • Back to COT

MARY:
Introduced FNG to Mary

  • Boat 🚤 vs canoe 🛶
  • Hello Dolly
  • Dying Roach
  • LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP , Cannoli Run, trash pickup and newsletter
COT: Always stays in COT

Bag of Bad Decisions

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2026.19 The Forge

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Mosey to the church parking lot for Dora with 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs.
Bear crawl length of lot with 3 merkins at every other parking line.
Mosey around to the large wall of the grocery for Wall sits and donkey kicks for 3 rounds followed by balls to wall and jump squats for 3 rounds.

Fin

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Loopers and bloopers

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, Merkins, DD Stretch
THE THANG: 4 slots of 2 gear exercises then a Big loop lap. Partner Pace merkins and squats for 50 yd mosey. 2 rounds
MARY: 7 min of round robin Mary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: >, Bethel Men’s Shelter, Cannoli Run
COT: Yes. With Jesus.

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Sandbag Sack Race – Now With Bonus Card Gambling!

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It was supposed to be a straightforward sandbag game. It turned into a full-on comedy roast with heavy objects and bad ideas involving bear crawls. The sandbag passing was clunky as advertised, but the teamwork, mumblechatter, and nonstop laughter more than made up for it.
We got after it, we picked up the six, and we had a ridiculous amount of fun doing it. That’s F3 in a nutshell — leave no man behind, but make sure he’s suffering and smiling while he gets better.
Thanks for showing up and playing along, men. Great effort across the board.
Aye!
Pollo Hermano
SYITG
WARMUP: SSH, IW, Merkins

THE THANG: Sandbag Sack Race
Two teams lined up shoulder-to-shoulder like we were auditioning for the world’s sweatiest relay. One sandbag per team. The rule was simple on paper: pass that heavy bastard down the line and back, then the whole team sprints together to your home side, knocks out a pile of reps as a unit, and hauls ass back for round two.
No man left behind. Lots of grunting, questionable passing technique, and colorful suggestions about where the sandbag could go next. It was equal parts teamwork drill and comedy show. Clunky? A little. Effective smoke session? Hell yes.
After we’d had enough of playing hot potato with the sandbag, we moseyed back toward COT… for the
Card Game Beatdown – “Move & MOT”
We broke out four mystery cards in the small parking lot: two “Move” and two “MOT” (Mode of Transport). Each card had a 1 on top and a 2 on the bottom, hiding two exercises or two ways to crawl/run/crab your way across the islands.
PAX picked a number for MOT and a number for Move. Then it was:
• Knock out the exercise
• Traverse the parking lot island-to-island using the chosen mode of transport
• Repeat the exercise on the way back
Examples included merkins + bear crawls, burpees + lunges, squats + karaoke, and plenty of other combinations that made grown men question their life choices while giggling like idiots. Foul language flowed freely. Laughs were abundant. Someone definitely called the bear crawl “the worst decision since my last marriage.”
We capped it off with a victory lap around the lot, then headed back to COT.

MARY:
A solid bit of core work to finish (Flutter Kicks, Freddy Mercurys) while still trading jokes about the morning’s chaos.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: >
COT: si

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