3 corners Board of Pain

WARMUP: SSH, mountain climbers, peter parker, parker peter, wind mills, Cherry pickers. Mosey 100 yards, stop. LBCs, AHs, mosey to board of pain.
THE THANG: board of pain

  • 20 Merkins
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 LBCs
  • 20 CDD
  • 20 Longes
  • 20 AHs
  • 20 Shoulder Taps
  • 20 calf raises
  • 20 BBSups

Repeat each exercise at all 3 indicated corners. Mode of transportation:

  • Bernie Sanders = run backward

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Link street on my heart

Written by DOAH in slack: [commentary by Band Camp]

Heart Breakers: @U01NGHPR2HW and almost @U05TY21AC2X, but he uncommitted sometime last night…

The Thang: Route attached [was attached in slack, you could look up today's date on a PAX's Strava. Suffice it to say: we hit 3 miles. FMPD slow rolled our start this morning which kept YHC from running directly where I planned to go, but we made it over there another way. No complaints]. We stopped a lot and did a lot [5 each stop] of 6-Count burpees (a BC staple), [10] merkins, [15] squats, [20] flutters, with a few LBCs thrown in for bad measure. [We did an undetermined amount of these based on keeping the group together enough so nobody got lost. Kept things in cadence because that seems to help keep men accountable to actually doing the exercises. Something about pushing through pain and discomfort together. Started with just burpees. Next stop: burpees & merkins, etc.]

Moleskine: Sweat. Plenty of sweat. And some ramblings that implied some very limited understanding of the functional success of certain systems. Regardless, we went fast and didn't lose anyone along the way… except Slash… but he was lost by choice. Uptown Girl is still greatly disturbed by my presence and refused even so much as a fist bump this morning, but like a lot of folks who hate me when they first meet me (that list is long, right Crystal Lake?), I'll wear him down eventually.

COT: The Fort’tan gave a good thought about acting on those things that we feel called to do and not delaying. Prayers for EC as he heads off to get his head shaved and his spine straightened, and prayers for NASA as he sends his little bird out of the nest.

[Here's the deal. God doesn't put things on your heart for someone else to do it. Go get after it.]

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Left Right Left…which way?

WARMUP: Stretch, SSH, Merks, Squats, HoneyMooner, Cherry Pickers. LBCs and a Mosey.
THE THANG:Rinse and Repeat – bench work – Dips, Irkins. step Ups. Crazy 8s – with Squats and OH Claps in the middle.
Finished up with 5 exercises 5-10-15 reps ( SSH, Merks, BBS, PlankJax, Squats) we completed 5 rounds with a mosey around parking lot between sets.

MARY: 3 mins of Mary, flutters Box cutters, LBCs – time ran out as we got to Barry Manilow ( phew)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus, Bethels men shelter, Litter pick up coming soon.
COT: Prayers shared by each Pax

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Impossible Island Hopping

WARMUP: moseyed with some stops along the way. No feedback on the cadence calling. The PIP I was on was in full effect. Finished with Bonnie Blairs X 10.
THE THANG: In honor of The Pirate, a 4 corners, 20 reps at each corner. Merkins, Derkins, Heels to Heaven, and Big Boys.

Mosey and Sprints 2X to length of the parking lot changing pace at every island. Another idea taken from Pirate.

Picked two islands to do an Impossible Mile:
First Lap: Burpee Broad Jumps
Second Lap: Lunge Walk
Third Lap: Bear Crawl
Fourth Lap: Mosey.

Everyone LOVED the Impossible Mile.

Truly an honor to GET TO share doing difficult things with these men.

MARY: some did, some not so much.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus, LaGrama, Bethel, Bourbon, Cannoli Run!
COT: Lifting up all those going through life’s beatdowns and enjoying the time when the storms pass.

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PoBoy Mike Tyson’s

WARMUP: straight up Broga with some stretching
THE THANG: mosey to benches for hips and back. Went to back lot for other warmup stuff two kinds of walkers, squats etc. more hip and hammy stretching. Down to playground with soft turf really nice Clark. Did these poboy Mike Tyson’s that’s what Barry called them. He can demo. Good back stretch along with lats. Did some Mary. Went to wall do some sits. Did a bridge run both ways to check gate. Couldn’t get in cause @UGU3XR5RP hasn’t given me a key 😂 so did some bench work or something back to cot for Mary.

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Partners in the Gloom

WARMUP: little COP for warm up with 4-6 exercises and 1burpee for Slapshot
THE THANG:
Mosey to apartments and lunge 50 yards
Mosey to Tiny Time day care for some DORA
Lots of stops along the way for Monkey Humpers
Mosey to Grace Presbyterian parking lot for a made up madness
Partner 100 Big Boys while partner runs 50 yards and does 10 merkins

Wrap up with partner hand slap merkins leg raises 3 rounds

Mosey to COT

MARY: she a fine girl
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FNG Mongoose named for drag racing interests
COT:
Was very moist today

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Carrying the burdens

WARMUP: Disclaimer announced and off to Grace Presbyterian lot

Plank until all pax arrived and moved into exercises
Windmills x 10 I/C
Cherry pickers x 10 I/C
Imperial walkers x 10 I/C
Hillbilly Walkers x 10 I/C
Merkins x 11 I/C
Honeymooners and Down Dogs
Shoulder Taps x 10 I/C
Down Dog, hands to feet
Rise and recover

THE THANG:

At the picnic tables, the following:
20 squats – ass to bench
20 incline merkins

15 squats – ass to bench
15 incline merkins

10 step ups each leg
10 incline merkins

Stand on the bench – reflect on whose shoulders we stand. Who loved us enough to get us out here and/or help you get to where you are in life? Go and thank them out loud.

YHC realized it had been exactly one year since my last Q at this site. A recycled weinke made a partial appearance, ladder style

Perform the first exercise in the sequence, the run to the church turnaround and back, add an exercise each time until completing 6 rounds, drop the exercise with the fewest reps each round thereafter.

5 burpees
10 diamond merkins
15 wide arm merkins
20 lunges – 10 each leg
25 squats
30 seal jacks

At 0555 PAX stopped where they were and proceeded back toward COT

The question pondered was to come up with one thing you’re carrying that, if shared, would make it feel lighter.

MARY: Time for dying cockroaches I/C

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Always – read your newsletter too.

COT: The challenges were shared and shoulders hopefully a bit lighter as a result.

NMM: The F3 community is one that has blessed YHC and many others. We walk along side one another so that we each know life is most meaningful when shared with others, the good, the bad and everything in between. YHC learned a few things today in COT and am grateful to those who posted and shared what they did.

May the sharing of our challenges help us realize we aren’t alone and that we can navigate life best with others rather than in isolation.

Thanks for the call, Sweet Baby Ray.

Gratefully,
Cyclops

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Chutes and Ladders 🪜- Round 2

Backblast! 1 Jarvis + 1 Bobber = Acceleration
DATE: 2026-06-09
AO: The Ballroom
It was a steamy morning at Slow Burn and the PAX were chomping at the bit to accelerate.

Quick warmup with the stretching and we were off.

Over to the hill for some Chutes and Ladders. 🪜 There were two cones at each station and the PAX had to choose one of them. If they chose a C we had to Chute (run) up to the top of the hill. If it was an L we would run up to the next rung on the ladder. Each rung had two cones and some exercises. I think the PAX had drone footage of me setting up the cone this morning as they found almost all of the Ladders this morning.

Back to COT for prayers and praises.

JWow

Chutes and Ladders 🪜- Round 2

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