WARMUP: 10 SSH, 10 slow SSH, 10 fast SSH
THE THANG: James Giberson WOD & The Bert WOD
MARY: ain’t nobody got time for that
ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive, upcoming CSAUP
COT: prayers for health and praises for Jesus
Just learning how to do this and getting caught up
WARMUP: SSH, Squats, Moroccan Night Clubs, Hurdler’s Stretch
THE THANG:
Kickball Rules
1. Sportsmanship – Cheer everyone on!
2. May throw the ball at the body below the head to get an out. Ball thrown at head, batter advances to next base. This is F3 kickball, not World Kickball Championships. Light throws only please.
3. 1 inning for kids – all kids bat. Go back to cheer on team if called out.
4. 1 inning for Dads is 3 outs
5. Bunting allowed
6. Other normal kickball rules: fly ball caught is an out. No stealing bases or lead offs. Ball is dead once pitcher has it. Foul ball on 3rd strike is an out.
Dad only rules:
1. May not walk or run. Can use crab walk, bear crawl, or throwing standing. Including on base running. Fast lunge walk does not count.
2. May only kick with non dominant leg. This is left left for most.
3. Penalty for breaking rules: ALL dads do 5 burpees.
Kicking team gets an out: 10 LBCs
Hit against your team: 10 mtn climbers
Run scores against your team: 10 SSH
Home run against your team: 10 burpees
Grand slam against your team: 10 Kraken burpees
COT
WARMUP: short run followed up by SSH, windmills (for trucker), real sumo squats, more running to the church where we did merkin, honeymooner, downward dog, mountain climber
THE THANG: We started out in the parking lot by the church where we ran to the end, did exercises, then back. 4 total sets (total 100 exercises each). Round 1: 25 merkins, 25 squats, 25 flutters.
Round 2: ran to the church circle and back to the middle of the entrance; 25 CDD, 25 lunges, 25 Freddy mercury…total 100.
Round 3: ran to the back of the Italian ice place and mixed it up. 5 each of wide arm, ranger, diamond merkins; 10 each of out/regular/in calf raises, 25 LBCs – 4x sets.
MARY: American hammer (because we’re in America!!), protractor, WW2 sit-ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive and read your newsletter
COT: Truckers brother in law, Bonsai going in for annual heart check up, marriages
Laces In – Leg Day
Stretch in cadence
SSH 15
Cherry Pickers 15
Imperial Walkers 15
Hill Billy Walkers 15
Calf stretch
Groin stretch
Heartbreak Dora 3-2-1
300 Squats
200 lunges (2 is 1)
100 calf raises
Run to parking lot (5 laps)
10 SSH
10 jump squats
10 toy soldiers
10 leg ups
10 flutter kicks
10 scissor kicks
Run to bench
20 step ups
Or high knees in place
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MARY:
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COT:
WARMUP:
Disclaimer
(American Themed Music Throughout)
50 SSH IC
50 High Knees IC
50 Butt Kicks IC
50 Arm Circles (25 forward, 25 backward) IC
Mosey over to church parking lot
THE THANG:
7/4/1776 Workout
7 burpees
4 lunges (each leg)
1 minute plank
7 mountain climbers
7 squats
6 merkins
Run a lap around the parking lot
4x
Addressing Fear Message
4th of July Tabata
7 rounds / 4 exercises
20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest
Exercise 1: Bobby Hurley
Exercise 2: Plank Jack
Exercise 3: Burpees
Exercise 4: Bomb Jacks
Mosey back to Parking lot
MARY:
Captain Thor
Jack Webb: 1 BB Sit up: 4 American Hammers
Broga and PAX ab workout callouts
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Dad’s final workout this Saturday
2200 Merkins for Veteran Suicide Awareness in the month of July
COT:
Prayers for safe travels over the holiday
Family and friends dealing with sickness, hospitals, anxiety
WARMUP: Intro and began mosey towards Dunkin Doughnuts. We completed 12 Moroccan knightclub, 12 windmills, 12 produce pickers and got into plank. Down dog and up dog stretching. The mosey to the field in front of the prep academy.
THE THANG: Part 1: Entered the field and saw 3 large tires but that was not going to be part of our fun. Asked Slap Shot to introduce what a Jack Webb was going to be and we completed 10 merchants and 40 overhead claps together as a group. Then Walked over to the parking lot at the prep academy.
Part two: It was DORA time. Broke into groups of 2 and completed 100 sumo squats, 200 American hammers and 300 calf raises. One man completed the exercise while the other ran the entire lot around all 4 islands. After we were done, it was mosey time to HT for wall work.
Part Three: We completed a set of balls to the wall. Everyone got up on the wall and 1 by 1 we ran 10 ft completed one burpee and ran back 10 ft. Then, we got into a wall sit. Then 1 by 1 we ran 10 ft completed 3 purpose and ran back 10ft. After we were done, had I started my message.
Message: I talked about the importance of making sure we always speak to our children and especially before they go on a mission trip. I missed an opportunity but was able to follow up with my son after I after I realized I missed that opportunity.. The main point is that our children are always listening we just need to talk.
MARY: Everyone picked an AB exercise.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad bootcamps Saturdays this Month
COT: Prayers for safety for grassy knolls M and 2.0, change order for patience with his family this week, and pottholes friend who is recovering from long term covid
WARMUP:
– brief mosey, some SSH, IW and WM
THE THANG:
– Dora: 100 pushup / 200 squats / 300 MonkeyHumpers (crowd pleaser) while partner runs around playground
– Jack Webb: Push-up and overhead claps, starting with 1-4 finish with 10-40
– 4-corners with mosey in-between
– corner 1: cindy’s: 10x overhead press + 10x swing
– corner 2: 60# sandbag squats + throw + low slow regular squats
– corner 3: 10x diamond merkin + 10x donkey kicks
– corner 4: 5x burpee + bearcrawl up the hill + 1 min horse riders hold (crowd pleaser as well)
MARY:
– finish up with a good 10 min of core workout of various styles
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
Today was the launch of the Swamp at a new location. The new name will be revealed at the end so you can skip down or search Slack.
10 men showed up, will a sneaky snowman arriving after warm-ups. Slow mosey to the church parking lot for COP. Standard exercises (SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Plank Stretches. Next we broke into groups of three, alternating sprints by each pax to get our heart rates up. Ten minutes, with a decrease in distance making the rest period less as we progressed through this exercise.
Next, we moseyed to the daycare parking lot for two rounds of Ab exercises (LBCs, Flutters). No rest, continued on our journey to the fountain. Half Pike routine, 10 hand release merkins at the fire station, down the hill to the fountain, 1 burpee and +1 after every pass, top of the other hill, 10 lunges. Rinse and Repeat. Most pax got in 5 to 6 rounds.
Back to COT.
Great job everyone. Its good to see guys out this morning especially with it being hot and muggy.
New AO name: Stockade
WARMUP: Started with a light mosey around parking lot and then started the following exercises: SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Merkins, Hillbilly Walkers, Big Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, and Calf Raises.
THE THANG: Started with Lucky 7s between Burpees and Squats. Then did (3) rounds of Pain which included (10) Burpees, (20) Shoulder Taps, (30) Peter Parkers, and (40) LBCs all at each light pole and landscape island with a mode of transportation between them as Round 1 was Bear Crawl, Round 2 was Lunges, and Round 3 was Crab Walks. Then we did (30) Bomb Jacks and went for another light mosey around the parking lot. Between all this great work, we talked about Q-Source Topic Q2.4 Positive Habit Transfer
MARY: Box Cutters, American Hammers, and Flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter and (2) PSAs from Twister about Life Insurance.
COT: Safe Travels for Slow Jams Dad and someone’s friend recovering from surgery.
3 showed up for the Final Episode of The Swamp.
We warmed up in standard fashion with:
15 SSH
10 MNC
Mosey to CVS Parking Lot.
15 Seal Jacks
10 Arm circles forward
10 Arm circles backward
5 Burpees OYO
Mosey to Target
We did 10 HR merkins and 10 4-ct flutters at every other ball. We did 4 rounds taking a lap around Walker Branch Road each time. We also reduced the reps at each ball by 2 each lap.
Once complete we moseyed over to the fountain. We completed 10 Inclined merkins, 10 decline merkins, and 10 dips with a lap around the traffic circle. Repeated 3 times then headed to COT.
With 3 minutes to go we did a brief EMOM 5 burpees and 15 LBCs.
COT: Thanked the PAX for coming out for the sendoff. Looking forward to the next chapter as the Swamp comes to a close.
See you all Next week at the Harris Teeter 160/Gold Hill Rd. for the launch of (REDACTED)
SYITG
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