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You can do hard things

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WARMUP:
Mosey to realtor lot
15 SSH IC
5 Windmill IC
10 Cherry Picker IC
Plank warm-ups
Shoulder Taps
Merkins
THE THANG:
Ran to the school
6 cones on the F1 loop
1. SSH
2. BBS
3. Burpees
4. Plankjacks
5. Merkins
6. Squats
11 was the rep count for # of times Rory attempted to complete the career grand slam in Golf.
Completed 3 laps
Pickup the 6 and cones.
Sprinted the long runway.
Ran to the bottom of the hill.
Sprint backwards up the hill.
Ran to stop sign.
Plank
321 sprint to COT

MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tortise and Hare
COT:
Show To Know

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Hold it like if your kid

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, shoulder taps, wind mills,
THE THANG: series of mostly upper body exercises with the KB on reps of 60s (see picture). After every exercise PAX has to walk to the top of the hill with the KB and back. Bonus: during the whole routine never let the bell touch the floor, hold like if was your kid.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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4 corners of pain in the sink

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WARMUP: A little plank calf stretch, Moroccan Nightclubs, Windmills, Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG: Mosey with sandbags to start, overhead sandbag carry’s to the pillars, 1 min wall sit with sandbags then drop bag and 1 min without, 25 calf raises, overhead sandbag carry’s to 1st corner, 25 Romanian deadlifts, Bag throws to 2nd corner, 25 bent-over rows, overhead bag carry’s to 3rd corner, 25 sandbag curls, bag throws to 4th corner, Sandbag carry around the sink, REPEAT 4 corners of pain, bag carry to COT, 50 Bag presses, then 4 rounds of Mary
MARY: laying flutters, LBCs, dying cockroaches, sitting flutters w/legs shoulder width apart
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5K for VuVu’s son, Waxhax Trail Fest (WTF), read your newsletters
COT: It is what it is… notes, we are all still or have been at a point of struggle in our lives for various reasons. Know we are not alone (ie not the only ones), people need us, our family’s need us, and we all have an obligation to be there for anyone else who needs it.

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Pyramid of Pain

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Quick disclaimer
And warmup
5 windmills, 10 IW/10MNC

Mosey to behind school on bball courts where the pyramid of pain was set up

5 stations, 4 corners and 1 in middle
Partner up ( work is completed together)
Each of the corners had a cone with an exercise listed
LBCs, CDDs, Squats Monkey Humpers and then Hand release merkins in the middle
The corners increase by 10 each round but the HR merkins stay at 10- changed to this after realizing that having to do 4 sets per round, and increasing would be impossible. So at the corners 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 ( didn’t make it to round 5)
Mode of transport changed every round:
Bear crawls
Crawl bears
Partner carrys
Wheel barrows
Leap frogs (we didn’t make it to this round)
Two teams got through the full 4 rounds without bat flipping- lots of modifications happened so ppl took my disclaimer to heart ?

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A TO B

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WARMUP:
– 15 SSH
– 15 CASBAH #2s
– 15 IW
– 15HW

THE THANG: We grabbed our trusty sandbags and shuffled to the first light pole “A” by COT. Destination “A TO B” even though <@U05MQ63R1NU>, <@U05TRFE7TV4> and @3-Way were missing…

#1
– 5 MM- Jog to B (past COT to next light) 10 Squats
– Lunges back to first light pole A 5 MM
– OH TOSS to B 10 Squats
– Jog to A 5MM
#2
– Rifle Carry to B 5 Merkins
– Lunge to A 10 Seal Jacks
– Jog to B 5 Merkins
– Walking OH Press to A 10 Seal Jacks

Shuffle to the stairs:
– Farmers Carry to the bottom down and back 2X

Shuffle to COT:

Modified Jack Webb:
– 1 Clean 4 Push Press
– 2 Clean 8 Push Press
– 3 Clean 12 Push Press
– 2 Clean 8 Push Press
– 1 Clean 4 Push Press

Some stretching and 10 more SSH to close it out.

MARY: She stayed in bed with her purple bacon
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast 5, Bethel Men’s Shelter THU 4/3, read your news letter
COT: Gratitude for F3 brotherhood of men, Prayers for safe travels, strength at work and in finding work, for those who are sick tired clod hungry or alone.

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Grocery Bag of 2# Weights

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Partner Up, 1 partner carries (2) 2# weights, other doesn’t
Run to end of parking lot near Duck Donuts, 10 SSH in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run to bottom of Brayden Pkwy, 10 SSH in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run down Afton Way to the corner of Afton Way & Afton Way, 10 partner merkins in cadence, switch 2# weights with your partner.
Run to the ammenities building on Emory & Helton Ln, skip halfway around the parking lot with your partner, swithc 2# weights with your partner, skip the remaining half of the parking lot with your partner.
Run back to the lot behing Duck Donuts…
REPEAT
AND
REPEAT
MARY: 90″ led by The Pirate
COT: Prayers for mental health of the pax; Praise for promotions, Prayers for physical health of the pax

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Rinse and repeat

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WARMUP: Yep
THE THANG:
10 deadlift mosey to next station
10 deadlift, 10 row, mosey back to first station
10 deadlift mosey to next station
10 deadlift, 10 row mosey to next station
10 deadlift, 10 row, 10 cleans mosey back station
10 deadlift, 10 row and so on and so forth until we got to

10 deadlift, 10 row, 10 cleans, 10 press, 10 front squat, 10 back squat.

Oh yea if anyone dropped the bag everyone had to do three bag over burpees.
MARY: 3 bag over burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some
COT: in thy circle we trust.

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Post Golf Trip Memories

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After reviewing previous backblasts, YHC noticed that the last time I submitted a backblast for the Armory was in October 2019 immediately following a golf trip where I likely ate and drank too much. It so happens that this was the exact scenario for today’s beatdown. After a long weekend in HHI, YHC was ready to make a downpainment on the day and happy to see some friendly faces in the Pax

WARMUP:

Mosey around the parking lot

THE THANG:

25 SSHs IC
21 KB swings
18 High pulls
15 Squat thrusters
12 Overhead marches
9 Lunges
6 Burpees
3 Big boys

Then run a lap

Repeat 4 times

MARY:

Finished with 5 minutes of Mary around the horn

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fastest 5k coming up on 4/12
Pints and Padres in April

COT:

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Pillars of Pain – Part II

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No warm-ups, straight to the pillars. Partner exercise. Partner 1 started at Pillar 1 (Squat Thrusters), Partner 2 started at Pillar 17 ( Bent over Rows). Reps = Pillar #. Once Partner 2 completes reps, flip flops with Partner 1.
Big lap around the field and back to the front of the school with stops at each corner, bear crawl and farmer carry between stops.
Sandbag exercises man makers, curls, Flutters . Lunge walk to last pillar. Squats, LBCs, bend over row. 10 reps at first stop, +10 reps at each next stop.
Back to flag for COT.

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Strength in Motion, Buckets of Pain and Cinderblock Regret

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Pre-Workout Prep

Pulled into the gloom at 4:45 AM—silent, still, and completely void of movement. With no one in sight, I set up three lanes with four stations each:
• Cone 1: 5-gallon buckets filled with bricks for farmer carries
• Cone 2: Cinderblocks
• Cone 3: Sandbags
• Cone 4: More cinderblocks

Then it hit me—I was 15 minutes early. The start time was 5:15, not 5:00. So, a slow mosey to the COT area, where I linked up with Farmers Only and Brawley. Soon enough, the PAX began to roll in, ready to put in work.

At 5:15 on the dot, we launched. Disclaimer was given, and movement began.

Warmup (Buy-In)
• 25 Cinderblock Thrusters
• 25 Sandbag Throws
• 25 Bucket Squats

The Thang

PAX counted off into two teams, then received their marching orders: Work through each station in rotation, with a farmer carry serving as the movement driver.

Round 1
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets (approx. 0.05 miles)
• Cone 2: Sandbag Squats
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Front Raises
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Overhead Press

Partner 1 carried the two 5-gallon buckets down to the cone and back while the remaining PAX worked at their respective stations. Upon return, everyone rotated stations.

Round 2
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets
• Cone 2: Sandbag Bent Over Rows
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Curls to Press
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Tricep Extensions

Round 3
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets
• Cone 2: Sandbag Curls
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Manmakers
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Swings

Rinse and repeat—we cycled back to Round 1 and got about halfway through before time called.

Finisher (Buy-Out)
• 25 Cinderblock Thrusters
• 25 Sandbag Throws
• 25 Bucket Squats

Quick clean-up, then straight to COT.

COT (Circle of Trust)

Announcements:
• Convergence Friday
• The Jäger on Saturday, plus the check giveaway
• Fast 5K for Luka
• Read your newsletter for more details

Prayers/Praises:
• Health concerns for many family members
• Mental health struggles among the PAX and their loved ones
• Gratitude for the men who showed up, held each other accountable, and pushed through the work

Final Thoughts

No wasted reps. No shortcuts. Just men showing up in the gloom, embracing the grind, and getting stronger together. Iron sharpens iron.

SYITG.

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