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1 minute in the Kitchen

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This was the first time Qing at TC Elem. Not the closest sight for me. Started with a mosey around the back with a couple stops for SSH, stretch, IW, HW more mosey. Get to bus drop off area for more warm up MNC, O/H Clap, merkin and Peter Parker. I came by earlier and dropped off sand bags and station cards.

We had 4 stations with 4 rounds. The thang was do each exercise for 1min and then move to the next station. Complete 4 stations = 1 Round. After each round a lap around the bus parking lot.

Round Sta 1. 2. 3. 4
1 – Curls. Merkin. Dips. LBC
2 – O/H Press. WAM. MH. Plank Jacks
3 – Curl/Hold. Diamond. Calf Raise. Plank Tucks
4 – Squat. CDD. SSH. Flutter

Mosey with bags back to front of school for Mary. Closed out with COT.

Thanks Maximus for the opportunity to lead and share the sandbags from an old AO “Normandy”. AO was an original at the complex and had a mix of Indian Land and FM guys. That is where my F3 journey started 10yrs.

Rebel out

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Dancing at the Ballroom with all my Rowdy Friends!!!

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WARMUP: After a brief discussion on where to get the best sliders on the EC ( it’s in Jersey of all places ) we got after it.
All in cadence – WMx10, CPx10, HBWx10, OCx10, MNx10
THE THANG: We moseyed to the back parking lot in front of the baseball field. Completed 20 SSH in cadence waiting on the 6. Island to Island was the distance, used the 2 parking lines forward, conduct 1 rep of an exercise then go 1 line back and conduct the same exercise. 1st round was bear crawl moving forward and crawl bear moving backwards with 1 merkin completed at every line. 2nd round was alt lunge walk moving forward, alt backward lunges to move backwards with 2 squats completed at every line.
Had enough of that parking lot so we moseyed along the winding road heading back to COT. Of course, we stopped to do some dancing with DORA. Shortened the running distance to make it a SPEEDY DORA, partners completed 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, & 300 Flutters(SC).
These guys were crushing it so we had time for another routine. Headed to the benches at the school entrance. 1 PAX was the timer while all other PAX performed an exercise. The timer was 10 burpees. Rotated 3 exercises as we moved down the line with PAX performing their 10 burpees – Step-ups, Gerkins, & V-Ups.
These guys don’t quit so we had time for more at COT. Asked the PAX to think of a physical weakness, then think of an exercise they will perform for 1 minute to strengthen that weakness. Battlebot definitely picked the most interesting weakness. You gotta show to know.
After the minute of pain was up we sat down and concluded the final 3 minutes of our wo time together with stretching ( something YHC doesn’t do nearly enough of ).
MARY: Didn’t need her as we practiced our 2 step and then danced with DORA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter serve on 11/2, fundraising events, READ YOUR NEWSLETTER!
COT: Closed in prayer. Just wanted to say this was one of the most uplifting, encouraging groups I’ve had the privilege of leading! Loved every minute of it! Thanks for the opportunity Boogie Down!!!

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Old & Grizzled

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Instead of giving a long disclaimer, I made the mistake of saying this was an old and grizzled group of vets. It pretty much went downhill from there. But in my defense we did average about 50% brace rate (knees, elbows. ankles, etc).

Anyway, short mosey around the lot then circle up for some warmups. Hillbilly walkers, 4 count squats (crowd favorite), mtn climbers, peter parkers, parker peters, MNCs.

Relocate over to near pull up bars. Partner up for lazy dora. 100 merkins: p1 does 10 while p2 holds plank. Switch back and forth until 100. 200 LBCs: p1 does 20 LBCs while P2 does 6″ leg hold. Switch back and forth until 200. 300 squats: p1 does 30 squats while p2 holds Al Gore. Switch back and forth until 300. 400 SSHs: p1 does 40 SSHs while p2 hangs on the pull up bar. Switch back and forth until 400.

I had more planned at front of school but based on time audibled to stay close to start point. Stay with same partner for partner burpees. P1 does burpee, then P2 does burpee, keep swapping back and forth up to 25 total then run to stop sign and back. 4 rounds (100 total). Finished up with 20 big boys and 20 flutters.

We may be old and grizzled but it was a really fun morning. Lots of mumble-chatter seemed to make time fly by. I appreciate all the old and grizzled as well as newer less grizzled guys we have in this group. Thanks Cake Boss for the opportunity to lead!

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Either or Both…you choose

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WARMUP: SSH, IMPERIAL WALKERS, HILLBILLY WALKERS AND MORROCAN NIGHTCLUBS
THE THANG: 125 Merkins or SSH
Run the bus loop
100 SQUATS or Mountain Climbers
Run the bus loop
75 Bombjacks or BB SITUPS
Run the bus loop
50 FLUTTERS or CDD
Run the busloop
25 Shoulder Taps or LBC
Run the Busloop
You had to do one or the other or a combination of both to get to the count.
MARY: no Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam fundraisers
COT: Prayers amd Praises

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The Mogadishu Mile

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: 4 Rounds with coupon for time:
-19 Ground to Overhead
-19 Front Squats
-19 coupon push-ups (one hand on coupon left then right for a total of 38)
-400 m run with KB/DB (1600m total)
– Dora-style: 60 pull-ups/hill descent & climb
MARY: Misc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, helo landing,
COT: Yes

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11…it’s one more

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Started with a Mosey run

Warm up with: SSHs, windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan n/c, Low slow squats, big arm circles, peterparkers, plank stretches. All in a variation of 11 reps I/C.

Run

bench work: step ups (11 each leg), incline merkins (11 I/C), dips (11 I/C), butt touch squats (11), decline merkins (11 I/C), calf raises (33).

Run

One Pax does exercise, other pax on the cinder block, we did:
Curls // run out and back
Block held at 90° // 22 merkins
11 manmakers // squats
There was another one, can’t remember.

Run

Wall work:
Bear crawl out 30 feet and do 11 bobby hurleys
BTW 22 count
Wall tar jais for 11 I/C

Ran to Pullup bars, and did:
Pullups
Chin ups
Switch grips
Toes to bar
Knees to chest

Run to COT
Mary: Box cutters, pickle pointers, body destroyers, V-ups, LBCs
Fini

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Ruck Around and Find Out

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers and Windmills
THE THANG:7 Rounds
10 Ruck Merkins
22 Ruck Single arm Rows
11 Sandbag/Ruck press
10 Ruck SQUATS
10 Ruck Reverse Lunges
13 Ruck Swings
Ruck a Lap around the parking lot
MARY: no time for Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Keep On, Keep On, Keep On

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We the NWO Shield Lock were fortunate enough to be asked to Q Varsity. Dirty Harry, World Wide Leader, Wegmans, and YHC have been together for 4 years now, in the ups and downs. Solid little thing we got going on

WARMUP:
SSH, Peter Parker’s, Windmills, Mosey around the parking lot

THE THANG:

WWL – parking lot suicides with 5 merkins at each turn around point and 10 squats at the base line. Mosey for one iteration, lunge walk/bear crawl for the second.

DH – transfer moving boxes from his 4Runner to PL’s truck. 5 burpees when you grab a box, 5 merkins when you drop it in the truck. Repeat until all boxes are moved.

PL – Pull up/Bobby Hurley 7’s + Active Recovery
Hold Al Gore for 1 minute, pulse 20 times.
Hold low lunge position for 1 minute, pulse 20 times. Flap Jack.

MARY:
Apparently there’s something called a Cobra and DH had us do it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vote for our D2D charity!

COT:
Lots of strong prayer requests this morning.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead, HC.

DH/PL/Wegs/WWL out.

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Potpourri of Pain

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WARMUP: windmill, arm circles, merkins, mountain climbers
THE THANG: mosey to pull up bars.  5 sets – counts of 5,4,3,2 and 1 with 5 merkins in between each set of pull-ups.  Mosey back to parking lot and pick up coupons.  Form a line.  One person used the sand bag and performed 25 squats and functioned as the timer.  Remaining pax performed the following exercises:
Merkins
Dips
Carolina Dry Docks
Squats
Calf raises
Alternating lunges
Single Leg Deadlifts

After the above exercises were done, we took a lap, came back and changed coupon to the kettlebell. While one PAX performed 20 curls, remaining PAX worked through the exercise set listed above. Took another and came back to the wall for some air chair and balls to wall. Formed back on the line and did 100 yd sprints with 1 min of plank between each sprint.
MARY: 3 min of Ab work and finished with my hip exercises.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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IPC Week 3 without Cindy

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WARMUP: Short Mosey, 5 core principles were recited followed by a burpee for each one, cherry pickers, SSH
THE THANG: Went to the short track to show everyone the board. Liked the IPC week 3 format so much decided to use it. Increased the number of rounds since our run distance was shorter and Cindy didn’t participate. Here’s the run down:

RD1 – 10xMerkins, 16xStep-Ups, 20xMerkins, 26xStep-Ups, 30xMerkins, Run a Lap

RD2- 10xStep-Ups, 16xCDDsw/FeetOnCurb, 20xStep-Ups, 26xCDDswFOC, 30xStep-Ups, Run a Lap

RD3 – 10xCDDswFOC, 16xBulgarianSplitSquats, 20xCDDswFOC, 26xBSSs, 30xCDDswFOC, Run a Lap

RD4 – 10xBSSs, 16xV-Ups, 20xBSSs, 26xV-Ups, 30xBSSs, Run a Lap

RD5 – 10xV-Ups, 16xDerkinswFOCurborBench, 20xV-Ups, 26xDerkinswFOCorB, 30xV-Ups, Run a Lap

RD6 – 10xDerkinswFOCorB, 16xFreddyMs, 20xDerkinswFOCorB, 26xFreddyMs, 30xDerkinswFOCorB, Run a Lap

RD7 – 10xFreddyMs, 16xBurpees, 20xFreddyMs, 26xBurpees, 30xFreddyMs, Run a Lap

Most of us made it into rounds 6 & 7 and I believe we had a couple of finishers. Lots of mumble chatter, great fellowship.

MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: What is said in COT stays in COT. This should give freedom to vulnerability. I encourage you to speak up at COT with anything on your mind/heart. This is your opportunity to ask/receive help with your burdens! You do not have to carry them alone!

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