Bucket o Fun

WARMUP:

  1. Side straddle Hop
  2. Moroccan Nightclub
  3. Imperial walker
  4. Windmill

THE THANG:

  • Bucket of Fun – 6 station + run
  • American Hammers
  • Kettlebell swing – 30 lbs
  • Man makers with 40 lb sandbacg
  • Makhtar N'Diayes
  • Squat with a kick
  • You pick
  • Run up the hill and back
  • One person runs to the top of the hill and back. When they return, we rotated stations
  • DORA
  • 40 CDD
  • 60 Merkins
  • 80 Squats
  • 100 LBCs
  • 120 Side Staddle Hops
  • Repeat

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bethel Men's Shelter
  • BRR
  • Site Q meeting

COT:

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Slowest of Burns

WARMUP: Mosey up and down a few parking lot lanes with a round of NUR and some exercises after each round.
THE THANG: Mosey to the curb on the side of Persis
10 Mike Tysons
20 Squats & 20 Squat Pulses
Over to the curb on the side of Lowe's & PAX line up on the curb. The man on each end of the line will bear crawl out 15yds, perform 3 Diamond Merkins and bear crawl back. The rest of the PAX will hold a plank. Perform this until all men complete 1 crawl round.
Run behind Lowes to the front of the garden center & circle up
20 Wheezie Jeffersons
20 Flutters
10 X's & O's
20 Freddy Mercury's
10 X's & O's
Back to the lot on the side of Persis
20 Standing Lunges each leg
10 Jump Squats
10 Mike Tysons
It was now 0543 and I ran out of material….AGAIN.
So we ad-libbed with more running, burpees, core work and merkins. It's up to the PAX to decide the effectiveness of both the Weinke and the ad-lib.

MARY: See Above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash Pick Up, Excavation, Bethel
COT: 5th Core Principle

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Every Second Counts

WARMUP: Blue took the reins and rocked his first leadership effort as a pax of The Fort! SSH, Windmill, Merkin, etc

THE THANG: Pax moseyed to the parking garage at Sunbelt Rentals (The Forbidden Zone according to OldBay) and split into two teams

Cindies were available for some weighted exercises at the top level
Bottom level was used for Core exercises

Teams took turns completing one exercise with 10 reps at the top while other team did a continuous core exercise at the bottom. Then the teams swapped. Then swapped again and continued to the next exercise.

Pair 1 = Squats (top) & Balls to wall (bottom)
Pair 2 = Swings & People's chair
Pair 3 = OH press & plank
Pair 4 = Bent over rows & Flutters

After the first round, pax paused to hear about Every Second Counts from "The Bear" on Hulu. Then teams tackled a second round of the same series at a faster pace.

Teams gathered for one final pair that included Man Makers at the top and American Hammer at the bottom.

Mosey back home

MARY: Completed throughout the workout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pickup 0745 at Harris St Park on Sat 8/22, VQ by Blue at Dawn Patrol on Tue 9/8

COT: Yes!

Pax offered many compliments to Blue on this solid cadence count and terminology during the warm up. He was completely unflustered by Twister's heckling immediately to his right. While he's not a professional today, Blue clearly tapped into his prior professional status as a US Marine many years back. Well done!

Thanks to Site Q OldBay for indulging a little extra risk in exploring the Sunbelt parking garage. The Flock cameras were in full view, so perhaps he's not completely out of the woods yet. Show up next Thur to find out!

The pax pushed through a steamy morning with Cindy offering few complaints. Not sure if that's a good thing (the lack of complaints), but I know everyone was drenched at COT and we covered the major fitness elements.

"Every Second Counts" was the mantra for the staff in the TV series "The Bear". For the most part, it drove a mindset of performance on a consistently high pace, so it seemed an appropriate theme for an F3 workout. At the same time, it can also be heard as a theme for Presence (ie, living in the moment) and can thus be a theme across all elements of life. Where could this apply in your life?

Thanks to all for their Presence today and to Old Bay for the invite!

#KeepPosting

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Mike Tyson on Repeat

WARMUP: yea, near the second worst dumpster in The Fort. We moved quickly toward the pediatric dentist office
THE THANG:
Mike Tyson in cadence 10
lunge walk down
Mike Tyson in cadence 10
lunge walk back

Did the same thing with mode of transport changes:
reverse lunge walk
bear crawl
crawl bear

Found the Sherwin Williams wall for some people's chairing

Headed back with some stops for:
Squats 10
Split Squats 20 (10 each leg)

MARY: yea, for about 7 minutes….
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stuff the Bus went well!
COT: Was held.

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Gear Workout at The Ballroom

Have not attended the Ballroom in a while so browsed through backblasts to see what the guys at this sight have been doing for the past couple of months. Did not see any gear show up in the BBs, so thought I would remedy that situation.

WARMUP: Led the group on a mosey around the COT parking lot as this is the loop we would run periodically throughout the workout. Ended the mosey at the 1st station set-up in a parking space. Performed SSHICx21, then proceeded to explain the exercises at all 12 stations. Time to work.

THE THANG: Brought out the gear and set-up 12 pain stations. PAX were asked to partner up, Partner #1 performs the exercise at the pain station while partner #2 runs the loop we practiced in the warm-up. FlapJack when partner #2 returns. When both partners have completed the exercise at the station they move on to the next one. Did not instruct the PAX to go in any particular order, they could pick and choose pain stations as they pleased. Most of us completed 16 stations and got in about 2 miles. Great Work Gents!!! Exercises & Gear listed below.

  1. OH Press Toss w/ 60lb SB
  2. CurltoCleantoPress w/ 45lb plate
  3. V-Sits w/ 10lb med ball
  4. OH Squats w/ Cindy
  5. Kettle Bell Swings w/ a 30lb KB
  6. Reverse Lunges w/ 20lb weighted vest
  7. American Hammers w/ 10lb med ball
  8. Alt Snatches w/ 35lb DB
  9. LawnMower Pulls w/ 45lb DB
  10. AB Wheel w/ a pillow for the knees ( we are older, need the pillow )
  11. Squats w/ 30lb Ruck on
  12. Shoulder Swings in Low Squat Position w/ Heavy Rope

MARY: Because this is an F3 workout could not finish without performing some Burpees, called 5 burpees OYO to finish right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: TRASH PICKUP on AUG 22nd!!! BE THERE!!!!

COT: STK!

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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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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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Playground Fun

WARMUP:
Snooker lead us through a series of in-place warm-ups, including great hits like "Buttkickers", "High-Knees", and "Good Mornings".

THE THANG:
Moseyed on the trail about 1/4 around the park, stopping at the swinging benches for some burpees.

At the playground, we partnered up. Partner 1 did a stationary exercise, while partner 2 ran around the playground. Flap-jack. Stationary exercises were as follows;

1. Merkins
2. Heels to heaven
3. Swing crunches
4. Box Cutters
5. Pull ups
6. Shoulder Taps
7. Freddie Mercury s
8. CDDs
9. CDDs ( feet elevated above head)
10. LBCs
11. Seal jacks
12. Flutters
13. Burpees

Lined up for railroad tracks across the field.
Moseyed down to the new turf for Jack Webbs.
Sat on the wall for some Jack Reachers
2 minutes of Mary.

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4 Corners and 11’s

WARMUP:
Lead by Snooker. Did a great job.

THE THANG:
Moseyed around a bit, then landed at a parking lot with 4 cones set up about 50 yards apart. The thang was to do 11's, but across 4 corners.

Corner 1 – 10 Merkins. Next lap will be 9.
Lunge walk to Corner 2
Corner 2 – 1 Bombjacks. Next lap will be 2.
NUR to Corner 3.
Corner 3 – 10 Squats. Next lap will be 9.
Bear Crawl to Corner 4.
Corner 4 – 1 Mountain Climbers. Next lap will be 2.
Run to Corner 1.

Repeat until the "11's" exchange is complete.

Finished right on time.

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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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