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Load toads in, load toads out. Load toads running all about

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A few more SIMULATED F-15s had to divert and landed at AO Pantheon. Two simulated load crews were formed by PAX.

WARMUP: Lunge Walk, Butt Kickers to the simulated AIM-9M loading station

THE THANG: 3 stations were set up simulating the load out for an F-15C/D: AIM-9M, AIM-7, and 20mm

9s – lift/carry simulated missile to load all four stations then shoulder carry to next spot for loading (actual missiles weigh 200 lbs – simulated missiles were 30# ruck for rocket motor, cinder block for guidance/warhead)

7s – 20# KB
         Two-handed curls x 20
         Swings x 20
         Goblet Squat x 20
                 partner(s) merkins first round BBSU second

20mm rounds – Pain Randomizer
All crew members perform 20 exercises resulting from die being rolled 3x

Mosey around parking lot between stations.

MARY: Just a little light stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Find an event to contribute to D2D fundraising

COT: Branch family grieving loss of Louie.
Jordan family

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Funky shorts day

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WARMUP: Mosey around teeter, deep breathes at the dumpsters, circle up on far end. SSHs, windmills, low slow squats. MNCs. Finish up warm ups with mucho chesto. 10 merkins, 10 diamonds, 10 wide arm, 10 stagger right, and 10 stagger left.
THE THANG: Mosey up to church parking lot for accumulating BOMBS. Perform first letter, run to front of church for 10 merkins, run back to start. Do first and second letter, run,…repeat…you know the drill.
B=5 burpees, O=10 Os (abs), M=15 mountain climbers, B=20 big boys, S=25 surf Jack’s.
Partner up for jump overs. P1 holds plank, P2 jumps over and does flying squirrel, repeat up to 10, then switch. We did 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. At 6 we switched to burpees instead of squirrels and added hand release merkins to plank.
Mosey back to lot and grab some curb. 20 toe taps, 20 dips, 15 toe taps, 15 dips. Finish up with 2 slaughter sets. 10 box cutters, 9 dying cockroaches, 8 BC, 7 DC….after 1 Finish with 10 box cutters. Keep legs off ground for entire series. Second set, 10 hand release merkins, 9 mountain climbers….Finish w/10 hand release…crowd pleaser after a lot of chest work. Mosey back to COT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Apparently I missed the memo on funky shorts day. Grassy Knoll tried but it was Spectre for the win w/a fancy pair & matching headwrap. So next week the PAX will need to rise to the challenge.
COT: Thx for the opportunity Slapshot!

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Rainy morning Pantheon

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WARMUP: SSH (IC), honeymooners
THE THANG: moseyed over to the entrance of the school where it was dry and pulled out a deck of cards. I had a much different workout planned, but was thinking being in the rain was not the best idea for YHC, so this was plan B.
Breakdown was:
Diamonds = merkins
Spades= squats
Clubs = mountain climbers
Hearts = BBSUs
Aces were 14 count, that made everyone happy and the 2 jokers = 10 burpees
Finished early so we started some 11s with diamond merkins and lunges, but only got about 1/2 way through. Original MOT was bear crawl and crab walk, but was quickly revised to run and nur
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter

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Audible

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WARMUP:
Basic COP (SSH, IW, Cherry Pickers)
THE THANG:
Run to the bottom of Hubert Graham
4 Light Poles on the left side, at each do 5, 10, 15, 20 reps and then run back down to the bottom to start over:
– Burpees
– Squats (Nur up hill)
– Merkins

On the way back to TCES, variety of exercises to keep the pax together:
– Flutter
– Box Cutter
– Monkey Humpers
– Bombjacks

MARY: 1 minute of Mary to close out with Freddy’s.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter

COT:
– Prayers for estranged daughter Lara
– Prayers for pediatric speech therapist for Jed
– Prayers for comfort as Dana becomes a caregiver to boyfriend with stage 4 cancer

Honor to Serve.

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Pantheon 500

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WARMUP: 20 SSH IC

THE THANG:
5 burpees for a buy in
100 calf raises
Run a loop around the parking lot (~0.3 miles)
100 squats
Run
100 gas pumpers
Run
100 merkins
Run
100 CDD
Run

Had time left over so we did
100 calf raises
Run
5 burpees buy out

A round of Mary’s to close out

Thank you for the opportunity to Q

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Are you Tony Hawk?

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WARMUP:
– 30-something SSHs
– Dynamic stretching on soccer field
– Discussion about the origins of my F3 name and the fact that a kid at Inizios really REALLY thought I was Tony Hawk – lol
– The F3 Name conversation spilled over to some of the other PAX present…Change Order expressed grievance over being picked on because of his career, Kermit apparently really likes broad jumps – I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

THE THANG:
A tour of the campus was the basic premise:
– Mosey to the athletic entrance: Lunges walks/reverse lunge walks w/ assorted exercises in between (bomb jacks, big boy sit-ups, monkey humpers, etc.) between light poles
– Mosey to bus loop: Merkin train (1 merkin and walk your hands 3 “steps” to the right) down one side of the curb
– Wall sits alternating with BTTW x3
– Merkin train part 2
– Mosey to the playground: 1 pull up, 2 chin ups, 1 Kraken Burpee, 10 knees to chest on the swings x 3
– Mosey to back of school for assorted stupidity (maktar jais on the wall, bear crawls, calf raises up the steps, broad jumps, more lunge walks)
– Mosey to front of middle school at top of car rider loop: 11s with big boy sit-ups at bottom of hill and burpees at top – completed 1/10, 2/9, and 3/8
– “Catch me if you can” sprint back to COT

MARY: 4 min of PAX favorites

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charity Shoot and Bourbon Tasting coming soon
COT: Kermit took us out!

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Ironclad for the Win

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, LSS, Moroccan Nightclubs, downward dog/honeymooners
THE THANG: my son Ironclad (11) has been posting at the Yard and was very eager to help create the winky.  He wrote out the exercises so this is a workout an 11 year old can do 😉

5 reps of Merkins, Derkins, Diamond Merkins, Parker Peters.  Run half way around the loop and complete another set of 5 reps of each exercise.
Rinse and repeat but increase the rep count to 10 of each exercise.

Mosey to the back of the school for some wall work. Balls to the Wall. Every man does a 10 count (hold position for 90 seconds). Recovery is a wall sit for 90 seconds. Rinse and repeat!

Mosey to the next station:  
Round 1: 20 SSH, 20 Flutters, 40 squats, 40 shoulder taps (double count), 30 Carolina Dry Docks – run a lap around the parking lot
Round 2: 20 Xs & Os, 15 Big Boys, 20 LBCs, 15 Flutters, 10 Diamond merkins

Mosey to the pull up bars:
Split in 2 groups. 1st group completes 10 pull ups. 2nd group completes 10 knees to chest using the swing sets. Flapjack and complete 2 rounds

Mosey back to COT for 2mins of Mary to finish.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: t laps for Poppins and his work on the Kenya shoes collection.
COT:praying for Double Ds father in surgery today, for Lookout’s son as he is dealing with seizures. Spectre’s family as they fly in from Chicago before hurricane Ian. Praying for all this impacted by the hurricane.

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IronPax Week 4. The End

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WARMUP: Instructions and quick SSH and Windmills.
THE THANG: The last IronPax of the season was build for runners and titled “Death by Skiny Runner”. It was 3 miles
Of running and 650 reps for time.

100 Gas Pumpers (Knees to Chest – watch the video)
50 Jump Rope
1 mile run
25 Hello Dollies (seriously, watch the video)
25 Burpees
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 Hand Release Merkins (we explain a lot in the video)
25 V-Ups
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 Leg Raises
25 Jungle Boi Squats – 2 spoons style (we will even do demonstrations)
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
25 4-count flutter kicks (watch the video)
25 Bonnie Blairs (hard way – right leg and left leg counts as 1 – if there is any question about this, re-watch the video)
50 Jump Rope
400-meter run
100 Big Boy Sit-ups
50 Jump Rope
1 mile run

MARY: none. We were all gassed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethal Mens Shelter service opportunity. Read your Newsletter
COT:

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Introducing the Office

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WARMUP: disclaimer
THE THANG: took a tour around the outer perimeter of the Manliest AO in the Fort. We stopped at what is now referred to as “The Office” where each man did a weighted pullup while another man stabilized the pull up station by holding a dip. After each man did their rep @Flounder decided to show us all up with preforming 3 weighted pull ups at the ripe old age of 76. We made one last lap around the VA and made it to the base of the hill by cycle bar where we took turns calling squats while passing a baby sandbag around the circle. Introduced the hillbilly squat: a deep squat followed by two hillbilly walkers. Then sprint up the hill to COT.
MARY: we did a few flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Journey groups will be forming soon. If interested contact me
COT: prayers for schools, parents dealing with teens, marriages, work stress, and patience with in-laws.

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The Final Countdown

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The day finally arrived for our CSAUP, The FInal Countdown. The rainy weather was not ideal, but it helped keep the temperature and humidity down for ideal running conditions. 67 men participated in the event. Most groups participated in the relay. Ruckers and trail runners fought the elements and got their work done to.
Relay details:   The first Pax will run 3 miles and return to the starting point.  The 1st and 2nd Pax will run 3 miles and return to the starting point. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd runner will run the final 3 miles.  Each route will be unique.  If you get lost, just run 3 miles and return back to the park.

Total miles:  3+3+3 = 10 F3 math   (Runner 1 – 9 miles, Runner 2 – 6 miles, Runner 3 – 3 miles)

Inspiring stuff this morning. River Rat’s 2.0s ran the course like it was a lap around the track. Lots of guys ran distances they have never run before.
We’ve got a good pool of runners for the upcoming Dam to Dam Relay.

Great job by everyone this morning!

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