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Prison Painball

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NASA and Ruby Slippers tag-team Q. It was a wonderful dewy muggy morning! PERFECT for what was planned…..

WARMUP: Ruby led the warmup. First a run around the entrance road loop out front, approx half mile or so, then circle up in the parking lot for the following:
* 1 burpee OYO
* 7 windmills IC
* 2 burpees OYO
* 7 cherry pickers IC
* 3 burpees OYO
* 7 Moroccan night clubs IC
* 4 burpees OYO
* 25 (4ct) SSH IC
* 5 burpees OYO
Quite a nice warmup! Then on to….

THE THANG: PAINBALL
Divide the pax into 2 teams. Team NASA, and team Ruby. One team is on “Offense”, the other on “Defense”. The offense does their workout, tries to circle the bases, and cross home plate as much as possible until the defense finishes their workout. When the defense finishes their workout it ends the respective half of the inning. Teams then swap from offense to defense and vice versus. Continue/repeat until time to go to COT.

OFFENSE – BASE WORK:
Cones set up at all 4 bases on the baseball infield – home plate, 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base. Each cone has a set of exercises and a type of movement to the next base. Only one person is allowed on a basepath at any given time – you can have a runner going to each successive base but not going to the same base, just like baseball. No more than 2 runners on a base at any given time (tough to have only one – things clog up). Do SSHs while waiting to exercise or move. When a runner does all the bases and crosses home plate, that is a run for that team. Exercises and movements:
* Home – 1 burpee, 10 merkins, then long jump to first base
* 1st base – 1 burpee, 10 merkins, 20 CDDs, then Lt Dan to 2nd
* 2nd base – 1 burpee, 10 merkins, 20 CDDs, 30 BBSU or LBC, then crab walk to 3rd
* 3rd base – 1 burpee, 10 merkins, 20 CDDs. 30 BBSU/LBC, 40 flutters, then bear crawl to home
* Rinse and repeat until defense is done. A run does not count if the runner has not crossed home plate. No halfway there scores. All or nothing.
>> A suggestion was made for next time to have offense start the runners off where they left off at the previous inning.

DEFENSE – DORA
Two cones about 30yds apart is the run portion. One person does and exercise, while the other runs. Swap when runner returns, continuing the exercise count where the other left off. In the case of multiple people on defense – split the group and take the highest count of one person. Exercises:
* 50 burpees
* 100 sumo squats
* 200 flutters (2 ct)
Defense records the last out when the last flutter is done AND the runners are back in.

Pretty much nonstop movement for one hour! No breaks between innings. Just swap offense/defense and get after it.

We got 3 full innings in, and another 4th inning where reps were cut in half in order to complete before COT. Team NASA won by one run, but dangit if team Ruby came on strong and almost…….by a half base…….tied it in the end. Not sure what we would’ve done in a tie…….
WAGER: was going to be burpees but everyone was smoked. An IOU for that.

PAX really enjoyed this! A rematch was mentioned. This will reappear later this summer or early fall……

These guys were hammering it out, knocking out long balls, and flippin some bats all morning! AWESOME JOB FELLAS!! AND between rolling around in the dewy grass and infield sand, everyone got nice and sandy dirty – sugar cookies!!! Yes, that was intended. You are welcome!! HA HA HA!!!

Observations:
* Senator Tressel is a MACHINE! Dude just cranks it out.
* Tapout definitely benefits from his youth but put in A TON of work…..did every rep! So cool to watch him do his thing.
* Headspin can burpee with the best of them. Don’t tell Slapshot that though……
* Falcon Crest gets the work done, a silent killer, John Wick style. So great to see him back in the gloom accelerating.
* Ruby Slippers is really returning to form from his injury……watch out Fort. He’s coming for ya!!
* Uber kept the mumblechatter going and knows what levers to pull to keep guys motivated and pushing through the pain. MUCH appreciated!!
* I was just happy to be there with the fellas and complete it all without merlot. I wanted to push everyone including myself. Pain = growth.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Read The Fort Newsletter and get involved
* All AOs closed next Saturday 6/10 for Poppins’ Convergence for Kenya
* Fort Mill Care Center needs volunteers to help with lawn maintenance. Jiffy has been doing alot of mowing on his own. We can do better Fort!! Let’s help……see signup in the Newsletter

COT / P&P:
* Senator Tressel’s mom
* Vuvu’s son and family
* The serving at Bethel Men’s Shelter
* Marriages
* Health – including mental health
* Ruby in his mentorship of a gentleman at Bethel Men’s Shelter
* Many more……

GREAT way to start off the day, up 1-0 at sunrise!!

On behalf of Ruby Slippers, we thank you for the opportunity to lead. God bless.

– Ruby Slippers and NASA

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Alcatraz Runs of pain

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Six pax posted at Alcatraz.

Started with a mosey run down to the circle and back.

Warmup:
SSH (20x I/C)
Windmills (8x I/C)
Imperial Walkers (10x I/C)
Moroccan Nightclubs (10x I/C)
Low slow squats (10x I/C)
Big Arm Circles (6 forward, 7 backwards)
Peter Parkers (10x I/C)
Plank Stretches (Downward dog, upward dog)

Short mosey run

BB court relays
10 Bobby Hurleys at the baseline, run to ½ court and do 20 Bobbys, run to far court and do 30 Bobbys, run/return to baseline.

Run to pull up bars
Pax do five pull ups and five toes to bar, waiting pax plank

Run again
“Bench” work: at short retaining wall we did: step ups, Dips, Incline Merkins, butt touch squats, calf raises, and then decline merkins.

Run some more.

Fish tracks routine:
Pax do the transportation and stop when instructed and do the exercise called.
Toy soldiers…stop and do jump squats, repeat
Bear crawl…stop and do merkins, repeat
Lunge walk…stop and do smurf jacks, repeat

Short mosey run
Back at the BB court: Prison yard burpees; from 7. Pax start in one corner and do 7 burpees, then bear crawl to next corner, do 6 burpees, bear crawl to next corner, do 5 burpees, and so on until 1.

Run. Some. More.
Wall work: Wall sits (rotate pax doing three burpees), BTW.

Back to parking lot:
Airbornes
Mary
Fini
COT

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Smash and Grab

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17 men did the hard thing at a sweaty Armory this morning. Here’s what we did:

10 SSHs (IC)
10 Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
10 Low Slow Squats (IC)

Bell Work
10 Curls (IC)
10 Squats (IC)
10 Man-makers
Run 100 yards

10 Calf Raises (IC)
10 Bench (IC)
10 American Hammers (IC)
Run

10 Swings (IC)
10 Crossovers – each direction
10 Tricep Extensions (IC)
Run

10 Flutters w/ Press (IC)
10 Skull Crushers (IC)
10 Sit-ups to Press
Run

10 Around the Worlds – each direction (IC)
10 Lunges – each leg (IC)
10 John Deeres (IC)
Run

Repeat all with 5 reps at each pain station
Total mileage: 1.05

Mary
20 Boxcutters (IC)
10 LBCs (IC)
10 Freddies (IC)

Today we discussed our roles as leaders. We are to step up when others step back. It may be leading a group at work, leading a workout in F3, or volunteering to take the kids to practice. Leaders do what is needed, when it’s needed. TClaps to Battlebot for leading the Armory site for over a year. As counterculture as it is, he stepped out of his leadership role to allow for a new man to step up. TClaps to Naked and Afraid for being that HIM.
It is incumbent upon us to help with that transition – to support our new site Q by volunteering to lead a few workouts and to show up each week. In F3, we lead on a rotating fashion. We are a group of leaders, not a group with a leader. We lead where we can and find a man to replace us when he can do it 80% as well as we can. That’s what leaders do.
Well done, men. It was a pleasure to share the Gloom with you men.

Aye!
IJ

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Sandbag galore, ABS lab and broga

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WARMUP:
Moroccan night clubs
Arm circles forward
Arm circles backwards
Mosey around baseball field
Windmills
Low slow squats
Mosey to bating cages, NUR back
More Moroccan night clubs, had to get those shoulders warmed up

THE THANG:
Move to the baseball field with 2×60# sandbags and 2×40# sandbags
Partner up and grab a sandbag, smart choices for those who picked the 40#
Bear crawl drag forward to other side of field, partner one drags, partner two bear crawls next to him, alternate after one pull
Backwards pull to starting point: squat, grab bag and pull behind you
Forward toss: squat, grab sandbag, clean to chest and toss forward, alternate after one toss with partner to other side of field and back to starting point
Facing the fence, lateral toss left to other side of field, keep facing the fence, lateral those right
Divide into two groups, one 60# and one 40# per group
Pax 1, Forward toss both bags, take turns with all pax to other side of field and back

Pax 1, bear crawl pulls both bags, take turns with all pax to other side of field, backward pulls back

200# drag: tied all bags with rope, 10 yard pull all bags to you using rope while rest of pax do LBC’s, it looked better on paper so downgraded to 140# drag, each pax was able to do this once

Click 60# back to the bunch, everyone grabs a piece of rope, drag the bunch to other side of field and back, Uber called this the reindeer run

45 minutes of hard pain…

MARY:

5 minutes of ABS lab:
20 Big boy sit ups
20 Heel taps
20 Flutters
10 Box cutters
50 LBC burn

10 minutes of broga… best way to end a hard workout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash pickup, cannoli run, Mike doty race
COT: prayers for all that need healing, praises to kids and teachers about to finish another school year

Tinsel, OUT

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Grout Can’t Count (burpees very well)

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WARMUP: Mosey to Windward Dr. circle.
20 – SSH, 15 – Goofballs, 15 – Hillbilly Walkers, 15 – Windmills
THE THANG:
#1 Dora
100 – Hand Release Merkins
200 – Dips
300 – American Hammers
– partner ran around the circle
#2 – 4 corners of fun topped off with a burpees
10 rounds – each round counting down by 2 reps
Round #1 – run to center and do burpee following each exercise
20 – Flutters, 20 – Mountain Climbers, 20 – Squats, 20 – Merkins
Round #2 – run to center and do burpee following each exercise
18 – Flutters, 18 – Mountain Climbers, 18 – Squats,18 – Merkins
Round #3 – run to center and do burpee following each exercise
16 – Flutters, 16 – Mountain Climbers, 16 – Squats, 16 – Merkins
……….. continued to count down reps by 2
After all 10 rounds we ran 1/3 mile around the park
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your news letter
COT:

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BBWW (Bells, balls, webs and whine)

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WARMUP: small mosey, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, windmills
The theme for today was core and Abs, details:

THE THANG:
Kettlebell Jack Webb #1
1 high pull – 4 around the world
2 high pulls – 8 around the world
Progressive to 10 HP and 40 ATW

Medium amount of chatting and whining

Pax were divided into 3 groups, for time (10 minutes) one pax tosses the 60-80lbs med ball over the shoulder 5 times while the rest of the group does LBCS, average 25 tosses and 200 lbcs per pax.

Kettlebell Jack Webb # 2
1 swing – 4 side bends (alternate sides OYO)
2 swings – 8 side bends
Progressive to 10 swings and 40 SB

YHC bell got switched to a 50lbs one by the site Q at the beginning of last Webb.

A laaaaaaarge amount of whining on this from pax with medium KB.

medium mosey around the parking lot.

MARY: small session of broga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Manion on Friday
COT: 5th core principle

Tinsel, out…

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Triple Threat

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WARMUP: Standard COP
THE THANG:
Triple Threat

Neighborhood hill
Crazy Eights – Merkins, Flutters

Adjacent hill
DORA – Burpees, Squats, Monkey Humpers

Big Hill
10 Donkey Kicks,
Bernie Sanders Halfway,
5 Bomb Jacks, Run to top,
10 Dry Docks for time

MARY: Ablab
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AMRAP for Autism, Read Newsletter
COT: Prayers for Betsy and Craig for healing, and Divac’s M for the final leg of pregnancy.

Also referenced a book about work: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Good-Endeavor-Connecting-Your/dp/1594632820

Honor to Serve

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Who need AKA?

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WARMUP: Some SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walkers & Hillbilly Walkers

THE THANG:

Mosey over to the side of Harris Teeter and use there giant wall for a little work. Everyone grabbed a seat against it and had a 10 count waterfall kick us off down the line. We followed this up by a plank series with our feet on the wall (parallel, 45 degrees & B2W) 10 count at each. It was all so much fun we did it again.

Mosey back to the parking lot and completed a round of solo DORA style work. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC. Run to the end of the lot and back whenever you were unable to continue or at least ever 1/4 of the set.

Once this was completed we continued to a board of pain for the final 10 minutes. Exercises were completed by all with a PAX in the center of the circle being the timer completing 10 man makers with a toss of the 30lb sandbag over the shoulder each time. We got through:

-Donkey Kicks
-Mountain Climbers
-SSH
-Flutter
-Plank Jack
-High Knees
-Lunges

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Attend the Cannoli Run or answer to Twister…

COT: It happened

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