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substi-Q at the pond

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My boy Poppins blew out his hammy doing something in the shower… sounds wild… so I figured PAX could chase me around for 45 minutes instead.

Pledge at 5:14 brief disclaimer and LFG

Out and back route up main street, right at light, turn around at QT.

Stopped a bout every 1/4 to 1/2 mile for in-cadence exercise escalator style.
Instructed PAX to join in on whatever exercise happening when they arrived

20 SSH IC
Add 5 merkins IC
Add 10 Squats IC
Add 15 OH Claps IC
Add 20 wide arm Merkins OYO
Add 25 LBCs IC
Add 15 Lunges IC

3.5 miles total

Feel better Pop

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Rings and Fires – 30JUN2025

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WARMUP:
Like we needed that. It was like 1000 degrees with 900% humidity. Warm? Yeah… we were covered.

THE THANG:
Grab a block. Head to the track.
5 manmakers (blockees)
10 goblet squats
15 curls
20 flutter w/press (2-count)
RUN 400M

Increase reps by 5 until 15 manmakers, then run 800M and ladder back down to 5. If you complete that. Repeato.

MARY:
No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter.

COT:
The 5th Core Principle.

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Multiples of 5

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WARMUP: Mosey to Print Shop

THE THANG:
5 pull-ups at the Print Shop.
Run to parking lot at the corner of Williamson St and Watson St. for 10 merkins
Down Williamson St hill to Fort Mill COG for 15 LBCs
Up Academy St for 20 step ups (10 each leg) nearby Craft Axe.
Back to Print Shop
~0.5 mile loop

MARY: Eh

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stuff The Bus, new scheduling platform, Bethel, etc.

COT: stays at COT

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Beat the deck #1

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WARMUP:
Quick warmup as we had a lot to cover. Cherry pickers and side straddle hops

THE THANG:
We had 9 cards face up and needed to guess higher or lower of any pile. Each card had a workout associated with it. You get the pick correct, we did 10 reps of the workout. You get the pick incorrect, you do 10 reps of the workout and a little jog to the sign and back.
2: Moroccan Nightclubs
3: Flutters
4: calf raises
5: American hammers
6: shoulder taps
7: big boy sit ups
8: Peter Parkers
9: Burpess
10: Merkins
J: cherry pickers
Q: imperial walkers
K: LBCs
A: Squats

430 reps total
10 jogs total

MARY:
Box cutters
Flutters
Freddie mercury
Body destroyers
Lbc

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tort and hare
Bethel men shelter
Fort mill care center
Varsity moving to an hour

COT:
Prayers and praises for getting up and coming out, new baby on the way, job interviews, Vuvu and his family.

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IPAX inspired workout

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Run, Wind Mill, Squats, Run, Grave Cinder Blocks.
THE THANG: 35 yard Merry, one end do 50 reps of and exercise the use the corresponding MOT, then do 5 Burpees and return to the beginning using the same MOT and continue with the next exercise.
1. 50 Merkins, MOT Murder Bunnies
2. 50squats, MOT Broad Jumps
3. 50 Big Boys, MOT Bear Crawls
4. 50 CDD, MOT Lunges
5. 50 Mike Tysons, MOT Crawl Bear
6. 50 Chess Press W/CB, MOT OH Cinder Block
7. 50 American Hammer, MOT Lieutenant Dan
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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But what about the blocks?

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WARMUP:

4 minute warning and then a 2 minute warning

Started with mission of F3

Plant, Grow and Serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of make community leadership

DISCLAIMER

Warmup

SSH/WINDMILLS/MERKINS

THE THANG:

Mosey to pull up bars

Went over 5 core principles

3s
(or 4s as I was informed)

Pull ups
Kraken burpees at bottom of hill

10 min

Webb

Chin ups x 1
Mike Tyson’s x 4

4 rounds increasing every round

10 min

Take cindies to benches

Overhead carry

Tabata

Derkins
Blockee step ups each leg
SSH
Irkins
BSS- Bulgarian split squats
Each leg
Derkins again

10 min

Leave blocks

Indian run around parking lot
Ending at ROTC
Lazy Dora

Wall sits while 1/2 the group runs to retrieve 1/2 the blocks
On wall Cindy stays in motion (in hindsight I could’ve split the groups more effectively to leave them closer together to pass block more easily)

10 min

Bear crawl back to COT
MARY:

Bandcamp took the newer pax through MARY counting exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trash pickup, Tortoise & Hare, Murph

COT: yes

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Gridiron Ladder and Escalator

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We moseyed a bit with some but kickers and karaoke as we made our way to the center of the Gridiron for a few warm up exercises.
– Grandpa Jacks
– Imperial Walkers
– Hillbilly Walkers
– Some stretchy things

Then we moseyed over to the sideline.

THANG 1
Starting at one sideline we made our way back and forth via the mode of transportation listed and
Run
– 100 SSH
Bear Crawl
– 75 Mt. Climbers (2=1)
Lung Walk
– 50 Sumo Squats
Karaoke
– 25 Merkins
Karaoke
– 10 Burpees
Nur
– 5 Jillian Michaels (Donkey Kick followed by Jumping Knee touch)

Mosey to Goal Line

THANG 2
Starting at the goal line:
Run to the 20 Yard Line
– 10 Burpees
Run to the 40 Yard Line
– 10 Burpees
– 20 WWII
Run to the 40 Yard Line
– 10 Burpees
– 20 WWII
– 30 Merkins
Run to the 20 Yard Line
– 10 Burpees
– 20 WWII
– 30 Merkins
– 40 American Hammers (2=1)
Run to the Goal Line
– 10 Burpees
– 20 WWII
– 30 Merkins
– 40 American Hammers (2=1)
– 50 Piston LBCs (25 each)

THANG 3
Ring of Fire Wave of Merkins
Pax circled up in the middle of the field. Everyone holds a plank as pax takes a turn doing a merkin and counting until we reached 100.

We moseyed back to COT for a little Mary

Announcements:
Bethel Men’s Shelter
Q Source at #ao-Lazarus following the workout. @cakeboss will lead the discussion
Several others – read your Newsletter
Ended with prayers.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

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