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Badlands returns…. and then exits

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My first day back after vacationing for 2 weeks. hurt my back so may be out for a bit again.

WARMUP: run to coffee shop on Dave Gibson – Plank for 6, left arm high while discussing mission of F3, right arm high while discussing 5 core principles, then 10 merkins IC. continue down to parking lot at school.

THE THANG: 11s with diamonds on one end and imperial squat walkers on other end. every time you pass the sign in the middle, 3 burpees.

didn’t make it all the way through

ANNOUNCEMENTS: welcome FNG Skid Row

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Taste of pain at the buffet

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Rolled in with 10 min to spare but unbeknownst to me that was much time to get all of my torture equipment set up.

WARMUP: None straight to the THANG

THE THANG: Set up 16 stations and 3-sets of cones towards HT. Set a timer HITT timer for 1 min of exercise then 10 sec of rest then move to your right to the next station for 4 sets. Then proceed to to run suicides with the timer set for 2:10 what ever time you have left is your rest time.

Stations
1. Dumbbell front raises to lateral raises
2. Dumbbell Squat to Overhead Presses
3. Dumbbell swings
4. Slam balls
5. Throws
6. Sandbag Overhead Throws
7. Sandbag Curls
8. Hand Release Merkins
9. American Hammers With Medicine Ball
10. Alternating Toe touches
11. Kettle bell Chest presses
12. Sumo Squat Pulses
13. Burpees
14. Reverse Crunches
15. Wipers
16. Mike Tysons

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: continued prayers for the Weed family’s loss of their son. Also prayers for a church goer that was hit by a car.

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The Mighty Five at the Golden Corral

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Five, fine Fort Millians gathered at the HT lot for another helping at the Golden Corral. Here is what they did:

THE THANG:
Mosey around the HT lot and circle up near the front of Harris Teeter for COP:
SH x 25, windmill x 10, merkin x 15, squat x 20, imperial walker x 20, box cutter x 20, wide arm merkin x 15, Alabama ass kicker x 15 (L/R), mountain climber x 25, cherry picker x 15

Mosey to the lot in front of Best Brains. Using the parking lines as a guide, side shuffle left along the line, quick steps forward to the next line, side shuffle right, quick steps to the next line. Continue until we reach the end (approx 10 lines). Rinse and repeat in the reverse direction back to the starting point.
Line up along the first parking lot line.
Bearcrawl to the end, 10 burpees, bearcrawl back, 10 burpees
Lungwalk to the end, 15 bmbjcks, lungewalk back, 15 bmbjcks
Crabwalk to the end, 20 diamonds, crabwalk back, 20 diamonds
Lungewalk to the end, 10 burpees, bearcrawl back, 10 burpees

Indian Run around the lot and circle up at the flag for ABLAB:
Freddie Merc x 25, Rosalita x 20, Superman x 3

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check your newsletter.

COT: We prayed for loved ones and friends with cancer and for the teachers and students going back to school.

Lots of chatter today, including ‘Apache 10 counts’ from everyone recalled their beginnings at F3 and how they were named. We all got to know each other better this morning.

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Tire Flips and Blips

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WARMUP: yep, did it on the run and in between some Indian runs
THE THANG:
had some tires to flip and kettle bells to deadlift, press, and swing.

second round was no tires, but still stations
-3 on pull-ups
-1 on merkins
-3 with a kettlebell to squat
The man doing the merkins called up and down for 5 reps at each station

Moseyed back with some mobility exercises throw in (shin box!)

MARY: a tad
ANNOUNCEMENTS: DD hands off Nantan Flag to Esso tomorrow

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Walk around the church

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10 #ao-golden-corral for a @chickenhawk walk around the church.  There was some #feba.  by @OldBay and @Twister with just a bit of mumble chatter across the rest of the pax.  We had some UvU, iron sharpening iron and a great morning under the 90% waxing Gibbos moon.

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Importance of Running Backwards

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WARMUP: Plank-updog-downdog-merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-shoulder taps; Plank-updog-downdog-peter parker; Plank-updog-downdog-plank jacks; Plank-updog-downdog-diamond merkins; Plank-updog-downdog-other variety of dynamic plank work and so on and so on
THE THANG: Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Partner merkins x20, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x15; Windmill merkins x10, flutter kicks x20, partner leg throws x10 — a little extra Mary mixed in.
Mosey to the apartments- complete dynamic warmup including hamstring sweeps, walking RDLs, deep lunge walks, toy soldiers, high knees, butt kicks; BACKWARDS sprints up the hill towards the fire station x4; Last sprint was a challenge- each pax had to surpass their previous stopping point before tagged by YHC, otherwise the group was subject to an unknown penalty (probably burpees)… no one will ever know because the threat of penalty motivated everyone to sprint backwards that much faster!
We discussed THE IMPORTANCE OF RUNNING BACKWARDS at COT. If you’re getting some miles in with your fellow pax and they’re dogging it for whatever reason, it’s important to be able to run backwards faster than they’re progressing forwards, look them in the eyes, and say whatever motivating (or demeaning) statement to give them a kind gut check! SkateOrDie knows this too well from YHC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pints & Padres tonight!
COT: Beaker’s son turns 4 today. Prayers for physical and mental illness among the pax. Prayers/praise for Halfshell’s boys heading to camp.

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All about Mark’s Ass

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This morning started innocently enough. Good group of PAX showed up and as we were about to get started Change Order mentions his butt was sore from all the squats and lunges yesterday. So we mosey over to behind the tire shop to warm up. He immediately says he’s not sure he can do step ups on the wall so we start with windmills…then do step-ups. It all pretty much went downhill from here. Series of exercises using the wall: windmills, step-ups, SSHs, derkins, squats, inkerins, mtn climbers, more step-ups, overhead claps. From there mosey to the far end behind the center, past the ever-ripe dumpsters, for some shredder sets.

First set – 10 hand release merkins, 9 mtn climbers, 8 hr merkins, 7 mtn climbers…..down to 1 mtn climber then finish with 10 hr merkins.
2nd set – Legs, more Change Order mumblechatter: 10 squats, 9 lunges, 8 squats…..1 lunge then 10 squats.
3rd set – 10 hello dollies, 9 freddie mercs, 8 hello dollies….1 freddie merc then 10 hello dollies. Keep feet off ground for entire sequence.

Mosey up to parking lot in front of church. Series of cards on far end of lot. Each card has a group exercise and a hold exercise. While 1 PAX runs to get card, rest of PAX do the hold exercise. Then when PAX returns we do the group exercise. Group exercises were 10 burpees, 15 diamond merkins, 15 jump squats, etc while hold exercises were plank punches, squats, SSHs, etc. However it worked out the first couple of cards were mostly leg exercises so Change Order was really happy to talk about his ass soreness some more. Finished a round of this and then moseyed back to COT for a few abs. A little light on the miles today but we got in everything else. Thanks for the opportunity to lead today Slow Jams!

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Merkin Tuesday

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THE THANG:
Disclaimer given
Warm up
SSH
Windmills
Up/down dog, with J Lo’s
Mosey to wall – wall sits while each Pax does 3 burpees
Mosey behind Jiffy Lube
 Step ups 20
 Erkins 25
 In/out abs 25
 One leg squats standing on wall 15
 Derkins 25
Go to HT parking lot
 Pair up – one pax does pull ups on cart  
 corrals while other does merkins 50/200

Mosey to church
 25 Squats OYO – run to circle, bear crawl around, head back to benches
 15 Step ups (each leg)
 20 more Derkins
 15 hello dollies
 
Head back to COT to do:
21 merkins & 21 LBCs (single count)
18 merkins & 18 LBCs (single count)
15 merkins & 15 LBCs (single count)
12 merkins & 12 LBCs (single count)
9 merkins & 9 LBCs (single count)
6 merkins & 6 LBCs (single count)
3 merkins & 3 LBCs (single count)

10 Freddie Mercuries IC

2 minutes of full body destroyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter, HIM camp and blood drive
COT: prayers

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601 Finals Week!!!

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Nice cool morning for the 4th and final edition of siteQ school. As with the other days the theme was Stewardship. In short, how are we as SiteQ’s acting as stewards of F3’s mission, our fellow PAX, and our actual Sites.

We moseyed to the elementary school where we ciricled up and asked the assembled Site Q’s what is F3’s mission. Slow Jams impressed by quickly noting it. I then challenged them all on what our credo is and what are our 5 core principles.
I think repeating what our mission, the credo and the principles is fundamental in reminding us of why we do what we do.
After a brief discussion on what it means to be a steward of our respective sites : leave no trace, be mindful of risks, plant the flag etc… We got to work. (since it is a workout afterall)
Stewardship of Site
30 second Tabata with 10 second rest 4 rounds. ( 2 shoulder 2 leg) The series is to do one rep of a “base” exercise then follow it with a single rep of another exercise and then increase reps as the time goes on. So 1 merkin to 1 tap increases to 2 merkins to 2 taps…3 to 3…4…to 4… and so on until time expires.
Shoulder Series by 1
1 Merkin to :
Shoulder Taps
Peter Parker
Mountain Climber
Hr Merkin
Leg Series by 1
1 Squat to:
Lunges
Calf Raises
Jump Squats
Step ups (if available

After I smoked everyone’s shoulders We talked about the importance of siteQ’s role in making sure both tenured PAX and especially newer PAX or FNG’s are taken care of at their sites. Meaning, picking up the 6, explaining terminology, introducing yourself to newer ppl, and ensuring we are creating a welcoming and positive atmosphere. We then got to more work. This series was focused on core so we did 1 to 4 ratio. 3 rounds.
Stewardship of Pax
Ab Series by 4
1 BBS to :
Flutters
Feet to Ground LBCS
Freddy Mercury
Hammers

After the Core series and looking at the clock I moved us quickly back towards COT but we did partner up and did a quick catch me if you can with merkins and bear crawls..up a hill. Because why not.
At COT I had us do a quick 5 burpees OYO and then got into the final piece which is the stewardship of the mission. How we as SiteQ’s can help influence the mission by how we run each of our sites.

I encouraged pax to read the detailed SITEQ guide that Fishtix put together and then closed us all out with announcements and COT.
In Lieu of a prayer I closed it out in a moment of silence and a final thought…that for all of us to remember that somebody…somewhere…is looking at YOU not only as an example…but as THE example for something. Don’t’ let that somebody down.
Thanks for coming and the opportunity!

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Walls of Life

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WARMUP: Mosey to the Walgreens parking lot. Did some MNC, HBW, PP, Plank, MC and Down/Up dog.
THE THANG: 1st wall at Walgreens with sits and off the wall 3 merkins. then, balls to the wall with 3 merkins. Repeat. Run to the Dunkin parking lot to use the pillars to repeat the same work but added wall mekins. Run to the new Tire company for more wall work and worked in some burpees. For fun, we completed a Jackweb on a grassy knoll. Ran to the old YMCA to repeat wall work and finally to Harris Teater for final wall work. Ran back to COT.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 dads tomorrow
COT: Prayers for travel mercies, a mothers health, good life, family stress and praise for new jobs and better health!

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