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Change is the Game

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WARMUP: Cold morning required a warm up session for the Q so the rest of the pax got the same
THE THANG: Mosey to basketball court on far side of school. Stopped on way at picnic tables for some step-ups and dips (3 rounds). The routine at the court involved 2 laps of yogging followed by a round of 3 core exercises followed by one set of suicides. We rinsed and repeated for a total of 3 full cycles of this routine. Then moseyed back to launch.
MARY: She joined throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam, trash pickup
COT: Some quick departures shrunk the COT crowd. We identified Honky Tonk and Sugar Bug as Ballroom regulars we hadn’t seen recently. One pax committed to reach out to each for a check in.

Throughout the Thang, pax traded experience regarding how change has impacted their life and whether they felt the rate of life changes was accelerating as they age or slowing. General agreement was that the volume and rate of change GROWS as we age. A comment was made about the rate of change vs EXPECTATIONS. Q Source says we prepare for what’s expected so that we’re in the best position possible to respond for the inevitable times when unexpected change will come our way.

My experience and study on life change indicates we go through many cycles and each one reflects three stages: an ending to the current reality, an uncomfortable in between period, then a new beginning. Moving past the “ending” that is really the start of change often requires a “letting go”….maybe even a grieving period. What do you need to let go of so you can move forward?

Grateful to Bass for the Q invite and the very timely reminder at Flight Plan Mon morning. Also grateful for the covey of Respectable HIM who posted to help sharpen me. May God continue to bless The Fort!

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King of Ring – IPC Style

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Workout inspired by IPC Killer Bs, modified the routine a bit, still sucked, but better for it.

WARMUP: 50xSSHIC at COT, moseyed to the FB field, 5 burpees OYO, ready to work.

THE THANG:
Start on goal line
Broad Jump to 10 yard line
Perform 5 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 15 BigBoySitups

Broad Jump to 20 yard line
Perform 5 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 15 BigBoySitups

Broad Jump to 30 yard line
Perform 5 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 15 BigBoySitups

From the 30 yard line bear crawl back to goal line and perform 20 Merkins & 15 Jump Squats & 10 Straight Lower Leg Lifts

Run 100 yards to other goal line and then NUR back to starting goal line

Round completed, rinse and repeat. PAX who finishes most rounds is King of the Ring

MARY: No time for her

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam Feb 28th, Bethel Men’s Shelter serve feedback request by FloatBridge

COT: STK

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Respect The Fallen Heros

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It was the day after The Super Bowl and the Monday morning quarterback syndrome was real, but we were there to pay homage to a fallen hero. His name is Army Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier and he was a great man.

The Thang:
5 Stations – No Excuses
10 Burpees

10 Burpees
25 Push-Ups

10 Burpees
25 Push-Ups
50 Lunges

10 Burpees
25 Push-Ups
50 Lunges
100 Sit-Ups

10 Burpees
25 Push-Ups
50 Lunges
100 Sit-Ups
150 Air Squats

Jwow

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Block/Bar/Hill Blender at Ring of Fire

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers, cherry pickers, merkins
THE THANG: 2 rounds of block work: 15 thrusters, 15 curls, 15 decline merkins, 15 overhead extenstions. Followed by 10 min partner circuit: Partner A did 10 pull ups and ran the hill while Partner B held a plank. All PAX together for 10 min did 10 block squats, 10 bent over rows, ran to bottom of hill for 10 big boys.
MARY: LBCs, 60 second plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Mens Shelter serve opportunity 2/5
COT:

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Zipper

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WARMUP:
The pledge of allegiance
THE THANG:
Run to old Hardee’s parking lot
Provide directions to Pax to run right side zipper.
At each end 10 merkins and 10 squats

Run back to COT
3 miles
100 merkins
100 squats

Most got more than 3 and more reps since they are fast.
Approximately 130 reps of each plus other stuff at the end.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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King of The Ring Round 1

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 25 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Merkins – 10 IC
Low Slow Squats – 15 IC
Moroccan NC – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
The Thang:
Perform a Ladder: (Start with 5 reps; Add +5 each round except Blockees)
After each round, run 1 lap around track
Exercises (with cinder):
1. Blockees (burpee w/ cinder)
2. Block Chest Presses
3. Block Curls
4. Block Squats
5. Block Swings
6. Block Overhead Presses
MARY: Didn’t have enough time for her to show up
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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First Monday Ring of Fire Beatdown

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WARMUP: hang from the bar, windmills, quad stretches, wall sits, honey mooner, downward dog and bio on Sergeant Emerson Brand
THE THANG: overhead press, pull ups, curls, squats, swings, and run to AO jones
MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: break the dam
COT: family, work transition, new opportunities, clarity for 2026

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Eve of the Lord’s birth – convergence

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WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose

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Run Run Rudolph

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This ended up basically being a shield lock workout. With several of us having nagging injuries, we mainly did running today.

WARMUP: warm-up lap around the track, SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: The Laredo- 6 rounds. 24 Squats, 24 Merkins, 24 Lunges, run a lap around the track. Since it was just the 4 of us, we decided to do this together in cadence.

Then we did some mountain climbers & sprints. For 4 minutes, 25 mountain climbers and the goal-line then sprint to the other goal-line. Rinse and repeat for the full time.

MARY: LBC, Box Cutters, Big Boys, Roseletta, Flutters, American Hammers, Freddy Mercury, something else I can’t remember.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve Convergence, Bethel on 1/1, pending AO changes, read your newsletter.

COT: Prayes for travels, family, marriages, recovery

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Transparent Thought Life

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WARMUP: 50xSSHIC followed by a short mosey to our first pain station.

THE THANG:
At the end of the warm-up mosey we found ourselves at the entrance to the loop at the front of the school.
Played Catch Me If You Can with the finish line being opening to the road that leads to the back of the school
Partner#1 Bear Crawled while Partner#2 performed 5 burpees and then moseyed to catch Partner#1. Continue to flapjack until you reach the finish line.

Nex, moseyed to the back of the school to use the benches and stairs. Reverse 1/2 Jack Webb: Started with 10 step-ups each leg and then went into 40 squats. We stopped after completing the 5 & 20 mark.

Next, moseyed to the playground for a Mini No-Run Dora.
Partner#1 moved into a straight arm plank position with feet in a swing – performed one knee tuck followed by a Merkin – that equals 1 rep – Partners need to complete accumulative rep count of 100. While Partner #1 performs the exercise, Partner #2 completes 10 pullups, returns to Partner #1 and flapjack until accumulative rep count is complete.

Finally, moseyed to COT from some AB work.
30 sec. of scissor kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

Straight Arm Plank Position – held for 2min.15sec. – removed hands and feet from base in a rotating fashion, 1 at a time for 15 sec. and then removed 2 posts for 15 sec a pop.

30 sec. of flutter kicks right into 30 sec of LBCs

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jan 1st Bethel Serve, Christmas Party, couple of Saturday runs supporting good causes – CRI & Teachers with Cancer

COT: Shared from the heart. STK.

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