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It’s not ‘negative’, its ‘eccentric’

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WARMUP:
windmills, produce pickers then mosey to Kingsley Springs corner
monsters, knee grabs, arm stretches to lakeside benches

THE THANG:
C.H.I.P.S. and Dips
Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park bench, and a lap around the landscaping
C – Calf Raises, Dips
H – Hello Dollies, Dips
I – Imperial Walkers, Dips
P – Parker Peters, Dips
S – Squats, Dips

Identify 'finish line' for future use

Mosey to bottom of hill
Rock routine (5/7/10)
Deadlifts
One-legged or two-legged
Bicep curls
Up on 1; down slowly on 2, 3, 4
Overhead presses
Up on 1; down slowly on 2, 3, 4
Coupon Crucible (curl + press)
a block curl straight into an overhead press and then slowly (3-5) count to lower the block into starting position. That's one rep.
OYO; encourage slow count to starting curl position
Tricep curls
OYO

Mosey to roundabout circle
Cocaine bear crawls (each sidewall partition) – 1 circuit

On Kingsley Springs sidewalk (back to the lake):
Squat-walk to rockpile facing alternating directions every 10 strides
Best effort up the hill to the previously announced 'finish line'

MARY:
dollies during CHIPS, @U78QN5XU5-led mary while the rest of us were struggling up the hill

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter, Bethel, Stuff the Bus

COT:
Prayers for families, marriages. Encouragement to do something not in your wheelhouse that will be within reach if you work at it.

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Rome if you want to

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Rome is the city of 7 hills. In Roman fashion, the Pax did 7 hill repeats on White St.

WARMUP:
Mosey out of WEP to first parking lot for SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickahs.

Mosey to upper parking lot near White St. doing butt kickers, high knees, karaoke, Toy Soldier, Lunge, Burpee Broad Jumps, Bear crawl.

THE THANG:
2 rounds of 4 stations w 3 exercises each.

Every time a station is completed, run down and back up the hill on White St.

Station 1 – 25 reps

  • Merkins
  • Scorpion Dry Docks
  • Shoulder Taps

Station 2 – 30 reps

  • LBCs
  • Fluttahs
  • Box Cuttahs

Station 3

  • Mtn Climbers
  • Peter Parkers
  • Plank Jacks

Station 4

  • Squats
  • Calf Raises
  • Bomb Jacks

MARY: Throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel on Th, stuff the bus on Sat, CRI serving widows on 9/5 and response training later in Sept

COT:
Prayers for aging parent w new diagnosis, recent accident, CRI responders continuing to serve in hard situations, 2.0 traveling abroad, 2.0 recovering from wisdom teeth being pulled, smooth return to school for all.

Praise for Assassin’s new grandson!

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Playground Fun

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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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McHale’s Dawn Patrol 5, 10, 20, 10, 5

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WARMUP: 5 minutes:
Side straddle, hops, hillbilly walkers, windmills, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclubs, squats, high knees
THE THANG: sets 5, 10, 20, 10 and 5: Carolina dry docs, mountain climbers, Merkins, big boys set ups, flying squirrels, LBC’s, jump squats, American hammers. Also shard my banana, Superman and swimmers.
MARY: cherry, pickers, arm, circles, and stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: new psych trailhead coming soon Bethelman shelter, Fort mill Care Center loan care
COT: prayers for patience, love the Colorado wildfires and Tarzan

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Bucket brigade

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WARMUP: We did so nicely, yes.
THE THANG: The world famous three buckets made an appearance this morning. Each bucket contained strips of paper that burdened the PAX with exercises they were not forced to do but all complied. Running to the next bucket, and the next. 1.25 miles were had in total. All enjoyed.
MARY: Finished with the world famous Peter pointers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please look up the grass cutting opportunity at, La Gramma, Fort Mill Care Center, Q’d by Sofrito.
COT: Yes. Plenty to be thankful for!

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Stairway to heaven

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WARMUP:
SSH, windmill, burpees to quite the pax, squats, more burpees, moroccan Club, more burpees, stretching
THE THANG:
3 rounds
20 squats
20 lunges
20-20-20 in/out/ regular calf raises
Run up the steps and around

3 rounds
Curb merkins 10 each side
10 CCD
25 monkey jumpers
Up steps and around

2 rounds
10 big boys
20 LBCs
Go up steps backwards and around

Finished off with some Bulgarian split squats

2 rounds

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Cadence Count Expertise

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WARMUP: Calling cadence fails with SSH, Hillbillies, Strawberry Pickers, with lo slo squats and windmills mixed in. Moseying to benches over yonder.

THE THANG:
Arms lock lunge walk, Arms lock 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Gear run across the park to Jekyll’s Hill.

Reverse Lunges (pick a number)
Then up hill, burpee at top.
Repeat – double the number, two burpees at top
Repeat – until forever. 3 burpees at top. Omaha as we would have been there till dinner time.

Upper lot.
10 Big Boys – run
20 Flutter -run
30 LBC’s -run
Elbow plank for 6. Then 10 count.

Calhoun Lot curb
5 Derkins
5 Diamond Derkins
5 WA Derkins
Bear Crawl across lot to curb
Crawl Bear Back
Repeat 3X

On Park Fence
Balls to Wall = Nuts on Fence
10 second count
Repeat 3X

In front of bathroom structure
Team of 4 Plank off – everyone’s a winner.

To mid field – Tunnel of Love

MARY: Bonsai led then Bombs Jacks showed up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. Cannoli Run 2027, Bourbon in November.
COT: Prayers.

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Time Check Site Q!

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WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooners, Pideon Stretch
THE THANG: Mosey to Pain Station #1 in front of Hotel. F3 cards focused on arms. Pick a card and tell Pax how & when you were introduced to F3, who HCd you and where did you 1st post. Mosey to pain station #2 located in Epic Chophouse's parking lot. Cardio. Mosey to pain station behind Smashburger for Legs. Mosey to pain station 4 at Napa's loading dock. Arms. Rinse & repeat. Each HIM had the opportunity to let the PAX know their 1st experience in the Gloom!

MARY: Freddy Mercury, heel touches, leg lifts
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men's Shelter, Independence Day Convergence,
COT: The Pirate, Families

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Dawn Patrol

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WARMUP: multiple 10 count warmups
THE THANG: 4 corners hit upper, lower and core body work at each stop
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter, CRI out workday Aug 1st,
COT: prayers for minuteman’s mother in law, marriages and kids

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