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The Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet

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Warm-O-Rama
SSH
Windmills
Arm circles

Moseyed to the pharmacy parking lot where the party began.

Each Circuit was done for 5 minutes for as many rounds as possible, with a 1 minute rest in between. After the 3rd circuit we repeated circuits 1 through 3.

? CIRCUIT 1: “The Grinder”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Squats
– 10 Merkins
– 10 Jump Squats
– 10 Wide Arm Merkins
– 10 Bonnie Blairs (5 each leg)
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 2: “The Beast”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)
– 10 Lunges (5 each leg)
– 10 Diamond Merkins
– 20 SSH
– Run across the lot and back then start circuit over.

? CIRCUIT 3: “The Gauntlet”
5-Minute AMRAP
– 10 Carolina Dry Docks
– 20 Flutter Kicks (4-count = 1)
– 10 Plank Jacks
– 10 Shoulder Taps (R+L=1)
– Bear Crawl ~10 yards
– Crawl Bear ~10 yards
– Run across the lot and back then

We moseyed back to COT in time for Piston Crunches & a 1 minute plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus, coffeteria convergence Friday at Panera Bread- State of the Nation from <@U5CVD8D7V>, Bethel Men’s Shelter 1st Thursday in August 7th.
COT: I brought up the subject of “What’s your Why?” Why F3? What keeps you coming back? Prayers were made.

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Miyagi’s VQ

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WARMUP:
Mosey
SSH
The Windmill
Squats
Shoulder Taps

THE THANG:
3 Total Rounds of
Suicide – 1
Carolina Dry Docks – 20
Air Squats – 20
Mountain Climbers – 20
Merkins – 20

Four Corners
3 Rounds Of Each
Merkins and LBC
Squats and Flutters

MARY: Round Robin

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Monkey steals the peach

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WARMUP: SSH, IW, CP… all IC, mosey to WEP Amphitheater

THE THANG:
Quick Overview of 7 Knife Attacks(pax hold Al Gore)
Pax get pool-noodle-“dagger” (pic below)
Get coupon from rock pile

• Hilt, Fist, Cut, Thrust, Slash, Drag, Fillet  (High Flyers Crush Steel Targets During Fieldwork…)
• Saber Grip vs. Filipino Grip (Thumb position) – discourage reverse/Ice-Pick grip
◦ Saber better for Fist+Hilt… Filipino better for Slash & cut (protects wrist angle)
◦ Reverse Good for Hook & Trap… but not today
• Basic Stance (reverse guard hand to protect hand tendons / protect carotid)

OFFENSE
1 1 Pax does coupon Overhead presses…. Other Carves Alphabet on his Torso
◦ Flapjack
2 All but 1 Pax Holds “Coupon Cross” circle Pose (linked by rocks)…. Last pax in center  practices targeting Carotids, Brachial, and Femoral
◦ After getting all pax, trade out to next man
◦ must hold coupons high enough for slasher to access Brachial arteries & spread legs enough for Femoral access (TWSS…)

DEFENSE: hold Al Gore again during instruction 

Pax practice this w/ EMOM; Indian run style attacks on same pax practice a single technique at a time

– 4 Burpees then try MEET …
– 10 Merkins then try PASS or FOLLOW
1 Meet: Slash at their hand on the way in (+ 2x force!)… – must use free hand to check his knife hand
2 Pass: Step away, but cut wrist AS he passes
3 Follow: Step away, but backhand cut AFTER he’s gone through

CHALK KILL CHALLENGE: Swap Noodles for Sidewalk Chalk
• NO STRIKING, GRAPPLING, OR “cuts” ABOVE THE NECK
• 30 sec. Goes…. Then # reps = # “cuts”
◦ Man Makers… SSH till 6 is up
• Repeat
5:50-ish: head back to COT

“Discipline is the blade that carves out greatness. You don’t rise to the occasion—you fall to your level of training.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter items

COT: prayers for lost loved ones, discernment, marriages-and accountability. Therin, and upcoming outreach efforts.

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Sweaty Richard

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WARMUP: Some did
THE THANG: Ran across Sutton to Richard’s, around the loop by Tesh, back out to Sutton, hooked a roger followed by another roger onto Derick’s (horrible spelling) for a quick out and back, hooked a right back onto Sutton where we then hit a Larry onto Market and took it home to Starbucks.
MARY: Don’t know her, sounds like a nice lady.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sweaty Barry, Stuff the bus, Coffeeteria Convergence
COT: Very sweaty ball of men. Slow down and be grateful for the many blessings that we have.

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Donuts are a food group!!

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WARMUP:
Slow mosey
Lunge walk
Mosey
Fruit pickers
Imperial walkers
Low squat
Merkins
Slow mosey
Hillbilly walkers
Moracan night clubs
Slow mosey
3 rounds of Swing crunches and pull ups
THE THANG:
Accumulating ladder with bear crawl or lunge across turf between sets of exercises
1 merkin- 12 total
2 big boys – 22 total
3 SSH – 30 total
4 flutters – 36 total
5 burpees – 40 total
6 leg lifts – 42 total
7 sumo squats – 42 total
8 American hammers – 40 total
9 monkey humpers – 36 total
10 mountain climbers – 30 total
11 donkey kicks – 22 total
12 ski abs – 12 total
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Barry 7/22 7pm
Trash pick up
Blood drive
Christmas party
COT:
Temptation is real and used often since the beginning
As men we are made to make the tough decisions and hold the line and choose wisely when faced with temptation
Look to Sky Q and Concentrica and don’t do things impulsively :clap: :bacon: :fire: :point_up_2:

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Bad Decisions on Gardenia

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Been a while since Q’ing and not in my best shape but felt like we all needed a kick in the teeth and had some bad ideas…

WARMUP: Sasquatch and YHC ran about 2.5 mile pre-run down Dave Gibson, past school, and up around Walmart.

THE THANG:
Head towards Gardenia hill in Baxter ~1.5miles…

Monkey humpers on 160 until a couple cars passed… maybe 20 IC

Every quarter mile stop for IC exercises that stacked….
merkins then add LBCs then add LSS then add SSH

At bottom of Gardenia come up with a lot of bad ideas….

all you got to the top then struggle through some IC SSH for the 6

Mosey to bottom

Nur back up to first light pole then IC SSH for 6

Bear crawl to next light pole then IC MNC for 6

All you got to the top then IC SSH for the 6

Return to COT with stops every quarter mile for stacked IC exercise

SSH then add LSS then add LBCs then add Merkins

MARY: IC IWs, IC Freddie’s, IC AHs

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Schweaty Barry 7PM July 22

COT: Yup

Bad things happen all the time – keep a positive attitude always and those around you will be better off

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No Warmup – Just Work On The Ranch

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WARMUP: Nope
THE THANG:
Run to the close end of the loop at SMS. 25 Merkins I/C
Run to the other end of the loop, 25 Squats I/C
Run to the other end, 25 Heels to Heaven
Run to the other end, 25 Freddy Mercury’s

Line up on the wall. While all PAX hold themselves in the up position on the wall, one PAX performs 3 Mike Tysons.
Cycle through until all PAX perform 1 round.
Next cycle, 2 PAX perform 3 Mike Tysons.

Mosey to the close end of the stretch behind the school
Run to the other end, 5 Burpees
NUR back, 1 Burpee
Run back, 25 Shoulder Taps I/C

Mosey to the loop on the back of the school.
Partner 1: Run the big loop
Partner 2: Elbow Plank
Perform 2 rounds.

Run (or mosey) to the playground
Partner 1: 15 Pull-Ups
Partner 2: Mountain Climbers
Perform 2 Rounds

The rest of the Weinke shall remain unknown.

MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You know what they are.
COT: Yes

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Pyramid of Pain

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WARMUP: Circle up in the parking lot at COT for the following, all 4 count:
– 15 SSH
– 10 WM
– 15 IW
– 15 MNC
– 10 Strawberry pickers
Then mosey to the parking lot entrance on Main St by Hobo’s for…….
THE THANG:
Pyramid of Pain
Workout area is the parking lot behind Hobo’s, from entrance on Main to entrance on Clebourne. 7 exercise stations, first one right at the lot entrance on Main, each approx 25-30 yds apart, with the final station 7 at the entrance on Clebourne. Stations are:
1. 5 burpees
2. 10 cinderblock curls
3. 15 cinderblock overhead press
4. 20 LSS
5. 25 merkin
6. 30 LBC
7. 35 flutters 4 ct
Method
Start at station 1, do the exercise. Lunge walk to 2, do the exercise. Then run back to station 1. That is round 1. Repeat, but each round you add on an exercise station, doing each station, do not skip any as you progress towards each station. Lung walk to each station, then run back to starting station 1.
Rd 1
Station 1 + Station 2
Rd 2
1 + 2 + 3
Rd 3
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
And so on until you get to station 7

Everyone finished all stations. The plan was to then, after you finish station 7, do NOT run back to starting station 1, but instead cross the railroad bridge on Clebourne, then stop at the field that COT is on the opposite end of (approx 80 yards?), then bear crawl across the field to the gravel lot, then run back to starting position 1 and repeat. We ran out of time, so after we finished station 7 we just ran across the field to COT just in time for 6am.

Everyone did GREAT! Mumblechatter was excellent, humidity was off the charts, we all put in a solid effort of pain and sweat equity. I will Q this again if given the opportunity, but will skip the warmups so we can do the bear crawl to COT.

MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A LOT going on. Read the newsletter, reach out in COTs and get involved.
COT: A lot lifted up. Do not forget to celebrate the good things, good moments in life, do not just focus on the negative or bad. Little victories. They help change the prism of how you look at things. If you only tend to focus on the bad or negative, that is all you will see. Do not let the good things slip through! Change that prism, one little victory at a time.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG
-NASA

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It wasn’t that hot or humid

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WARMUP: not at MP
THE THANG: Running was the game. Up Massey to gas station. Each stop was 5 Spider-Man merkins, 10 CDD. Next stop was corner of Aubrey for same 5 and 10. To Skipper cross road for 5 and 10. All the way to the City Hall office building (I think it’s called), 5 and 10. Up to the painful glass filled parking lot for 5 and 10. To the print shop for 5 pull ups, 5 and 10, then 5 pull ups again. To the corner down by burrito place, 5 and 10. To COT, 5 and 10. Back up to gas station, 5 and 10. Down the street past the park to 160, 5 and 10. All the way back to COT, 5 and 10.

Then to the church 4 corners for…5 and 10. Shortcut back to print shop for Soup, earned $1, but up the hill and back to print shop for the rest of us for the 5, 5, 10, 5 series.

Then back to COT.
MARY: not really
ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4 convergence, July 3 men’s food shelter
COT: completed

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