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SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 30 44th Birthday Q Q: Splinter · 10 PAX · +1 FNG Today is day #5 and my birthday Q. What a week it's been! WARMUP: FNG showed so we went over 5 Core Principals first. SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Stretching, Mosey THE THANG: Second Version of the 1982. 19… THE HIVE · FRI OCT 30 Hive Hillsplora Q: Brawny - The Fort · 8 PAX WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Mosey around loop - Toy Soldiers - Carrachas - 10 Windmills THE THANG: - Carry KB to the circle Dora the Hillsplora, partner runs up the hill and back. Hillsplora#1 - 100 KB Curls … DAWN PATROL · THU OCT 29 HIIT Workout Q: Snooker · 13 PAX WARMUP (at the flag) - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 20 Windmills - 20 Butt Kickers - 20 Moroccan Night Clubs - 20 High Knees Run to the SBUX parking lot - 20 Big Boys - 20 Wacky Jacks (or SSH's) - 20 Walking Lunges - 20… LAZARUS · THU OCT 29 EMOM at the movies… Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, down dog, honey mooners, pigeon stretch, mosey to the parking lot in front of the movie theater. THE THANG: 4 corner EMOM (every minute on the minute) PAX broke into three group and picked a… MINNOW POND · THU OCT 29 Tour of FM and 44 Reps Q: Splinter · 19 PAX Birthday Week Q #4. WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance and Directions-ish THE THANG: Run for 5 minutes-ish then do 11 Squats, SSH, Hammers and calf raises all ways. Main St --> Springs St --> Summersby -->Unity St -->Hill St… SOUL TO SOLE · THU OCT 29 Life in the fast lane Q: Jeremy Holt - · 5 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3 miles with stations MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 29 The Smokin Cindy Violator Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Violator Mosey lap around Skillet Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run… RING OF FIRE · WED OCT 28 1982 Q: Splinter · 5 PAX Birthday Week Q #3 in the books. I built the workout around the year 1982 and my upcoming age. WARMUP: Good long mosey around Nafo to the NEW Marching Pad behind the ROTC building. 44 SSH, Windmills and stretching. THE… KITCHEN SINK · WED OCT 28 Monster Mash Beatdown Q: Bam Bam · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Arm Circles, Wrist Stretches for four arms, Strawberry Pickers. THE THANG: -Lower Body Squats Swings KB Reverse Lunges *Figure 8's -Upper Body Curls Merkins w/Bell Over Head Press *Over… COCKPIT · WED OCT 28 Racing at the Pit Q: Ruby Slippers · 9 PAX Always an honor and a privilege to lead my F3 brothers in a workout. Like to try and mix it up a bit for the PAX so I researched the backblasts for this AO. Reached out to the Site Q to inquire what kind of gear is… Q SOURCE · WED OCT 28 Q4.4 Opportunity Q: Honkey Tonk · 4 PAX WARMUP: Quick review THE THANG: Experience yields Opportunity MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Failure is next! SNAKE PIT · TUE OCT 27 Tea-Bell-ers, Gauntlets, & Glory Holes… Oh My! Q: Suplex · 6 PAX Warmup - Quick… mosey to Gear setup Thang: Board of pain while waiting your turn for the Gauntlet: 1. 15 Cleans each side 2. 25 swings 3. 15 snatches each side 4. 25 Swings 5. 25 Curls (1 ct.) 6. 25 Swings 7. 10 RDL’s… COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 27 Walmart Run Q: JWOW · 4 PAX It was a brisk morning in The Fort so we decided to run to Walmart for some deals on heated shorts. Indian Run up to Walmart 7’s with Kraken Burpees, Bear Crawls, and Dry Docs. Ran back to COT for prayers and praises… BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 27 Hills & Marching Around WEP Q: Splinter · 7 PAX Day #2 of Birthday Week Q's. Here we go! WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Stretching, Mosey THE THANG: Mosey over to the swings. Partner up and one partner does suspended crunches (feet in swing) 20x and the… CURRAHEE · TUE OCT 27 Merkins, Squats & a Nutsniffer Q: Cyclops · 9 PAX WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, imperial walkers and seal jacks. THE THANG: Rucks on and stoping every 1/4 mile for pain stations. Exercises consisted of merkins and squats in cadence. Which type and how many varied… THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 27 Light pole accumators...from Georgia? Q: Old Bay · 5 PAX WARMUP: Worked our way to the starting light pole, stopping every 100 yards or so to do a warm up exercise. THE THANG: 8 light poles. One exercise per round. Each round we did the one exercise where the number of reps… FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 26 Guess What. Go run. Q: maximus · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Run to the end of Harvest Pointe/River District and back, adding more if time was on your side. Do 1/4mi - 1/2mi intervals. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes THE ARMORY · MON OCT 26 His ass is like a pile of muscle Q: Time Machine · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, Up/Down dog and world’s greatest stretch THE THANG: 4 rd Tabata AMRAP. Goblet Squat Swings Single Arm Rows Lunges Romanian deadlift Thrusters Hammers Plank pull through MARY: Nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: A… COCKPIT · MON OCT 26 Easy on the Shoulders, Not on the Legs Q: Splinter · 8 PAX This is my birthday week, so I'm trying to Q all 5 days. #1 in the books! WARMUP: Windmills, stretching, Moroccan NCs and a mosey down behind the stadium and school. THE THANG: Lamppost-palooza. Run to the lamppost… RING OF FIRE · MON OCT 26 Dorie - Partner Hero Workout Q: Fishstix · 8 PAX On December 7th, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dorie was serving as a Mess Attendant aboard the battleship USS West Virginia. When torpedoes struck, he ran into the fight—carrying his mortally wounded Captain… SWEEP THE LEG · MON OCT 26 Getting Loopy Q: Badlands · 13 PAX WARMUP: mosey towards berkshire loop with a stop on 160 for IC monkey humpers THE THANG: berkshire loops with 10 squats 10 merkins 10 LBCs at each stop sign. MARY: nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yup THE YARD · SAT OCT 24 Circle of Fun and Indian Run Q: Float Bridge · 9 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - Dora MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: - 4 B's - Bethel - 401k run… 6@6 · SAT OCT 24 Vuvu’s 45th Birthday Bash Q: Barry Manilow · 10 PAX WARMUP: old men stretching THE THANG: running, 4mi on the low end, 16 on the high end MARY: still a no show ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, BBBB, trash pick up COT: pre 6 for coffee, Frittata and cinnamon rolls THE FORT · SAT OCT 24 Birthday Bash Q: Pauly D · 8 PAX 32 Trips Around the Sun WARMUP: 32 Moroccan Night Clubs, 32 SSH. THE THANG: Stop 1: 4 Corners Parking Lot At each corner: 8 Merkins 8 Squats 8 LBCs 8 Mountain Climbers 32 reps per corner Jog between corners Stop 2…