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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… THE YARD · SAT OCT 17 Catan the board game Q: Float Bridge · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Played the game of catan Three stations with multiple exercises as a team Longest mile competition MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4 Bs Bethel Trash pickup 401k COT: THE YARD · SAT OCT 10 Moderate is just a word Q: backdraft · 11 PAX WARMUP: mosey the parking lot- dynamic movements- SSH, iw, hw, arm circles (F/B), Peter parkers, parker peters THE THANG: mosey to side of school- 11s bomb jack- American hammers. brear crawl lunge walk length of front… THE YARD · SAT OCT 3 Noah’s Ark - Just the Animals. Q: Pauly D · 10 PAX WARMUP: very warm already THE THANG: mosey around the islands of parking. Stop at one side and establish our workout area. The theme is Noah’s Ark so we did as many animal related workouts as we could do (and do it… THE YARD · SAT SEP 26 Prime Time BOP Q: Ruby Slippers · 12 PAX WARMUP: We did that THE THANG: Prime Time BOP MARY: None needed ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL COT: STK! THE YARD · SAT SEP 19 Recess Time Q: Sofrito · 5 PAX Disclaimer shared, The Yard Historian Minutes WARMUP: 10 of each: MNC Wind Mills Cherry Pickers Hillbilly Walkers Imperial Walkers THE THANG: 4 Recess games of Yesterday - Game 1 — Red Light, Green Light: Everyone lines… THE YARD · SAT SEP 12 Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball Q: Hominy · 5 PAX Music: Amazon Playlist (curated by Jim Cooke) “Blue Oyster Cult” The playlist is long. We just listened to the beginning. Warmup: - Mountain Climbers - Big Boy Sit-ups - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Windmills… THE YARD · SAT SEP 5 Forgot to add Q: Float Bridge · 11 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Station 1 - 20 big boy sit-ups - 20 heels to heaven - 20 LBC - 20 American Hammers - 20 Mountain Climbers - 20 Jump Squats - 20 Butt kickers Station 2 - 20 Merkins - 20 Wide Arm Merkins - 20 Carolina… THE YARD · SAT AUG 29 Blame It On the Boogie!! Q: Boogie Down · 9 PAX WARMUP: Cherry Pickers, Pidgeon Stretch, SSH, THE THANG: Indian Run 1/2 way through back of the school. Flying Squirrels, Mountain Climbers at the half way point. Turn back around to B'ball court. Each corner had a deck… THE YARD · SAT AUG 22 Short Circuit Q: Time Machine · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, WM, HW, mosey and Broga THE THANG: 3 circuits: 1st: Upper Body, 15 Merkins, CDD, 20 Shoulder Taps and 15 WAM x3 2nd: Lower Body, 15 LSS, 20 Lunges, 15 Jump Squats and 60 second wall sit x3 3rd… THE YARD · SAT AUG 15 Borrowed ideas of sweat Q: Dojo · 12 PAX WARMUP: Mosey with SSH, Hillbiliies, Lo Slo Squats, Bonnie Blair’s THE THANG: 4 Corners with 5 Burpees in middle (plagiarized from Maximus The Fort Q a few weeks ago. 2 Rounds 15 Merkins 15 Jump Squats 15 Carolina Dry… THE YARD · SAT AUG 8 My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard Q: Cohiba · 18 PAX Mission of F3: To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. 5 Core Principles: 1. Free of charge 2. Open to all men 3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or… THE YARD · SAT AUG 1 Not-erate Yard Work Q: Minuteman · 16 PAX WARMUP: 10 each - SSH - Moroccans - Cherry Pickers - Windmills - Flying Squirrels Mosey on track doing: - Butt kickers - High knees - Karaoke - Toy Soldier - Lunge - Burpee broad jumps (~10) - Bear crawl THE THANG: Goal… THE YARD · SAT JUL 18 Coupon at the Yard Q: Float Bridge · 9 PAX WARMUP: - SSH - Windmill - Moroccan Night Club - Cherri Picker - Imperial Walker THE THANG: Station 1 Thrusters - Situp with Overhead Press - Side Straddle Hop - Overhead Press - Tricep Curls - Jog to next station… THE YARD · SAT JUL 11 Princess Bride Q: 3D · 5 PAX WARMUP: did a few THE THANG: Ran down the bus lane to the road then back to first light pole. Series of exercises at exercises at each light pole while one man transports back the last pole and back and timer Squats NUR… THE YARD · SAT JUN 20 Track Theme Q: Panhandle · 7 PAX WARMUP: -Cherry Picker -Imperial Walker -Hillbilly -MC THE THANG: -4x100 with 4 pain stations -4x200 with 4 pain stations -4x800 with 4 pain stations MARY: -American Hammers -Should taps -Big boy sit-ups -Hello Dolly… THE YARD · SAT JUN 13 All The Light Poles Q: Drop Thrill · 6 PAX This morning we visited all the light poles. At each we did 20 of the following, going forward and backwards up the course. Squats LBC Calf raises Imperial walkers American hammers Hillbillies THE YARD · SAT JUN 6 Tic Tac cone and Agility ladder Q: Suplex · 8 PAX Warmup: MUSICAL 1. https://youtu.be/K9GxdQ2MkzA?si=FDfWgqVtFrQM7muq remix by State of Mine (3:37) 1. Base = Imp. Walkers 2. Chorus: SSH 3. Solos: FRUIT PICKERS 1. https://youtu.be/M50lKtaE8rs?si=1HLgpBylUCLEhh89 remix… THE YARD · SAT MAY 30 Dora Plays Games Q: Pollo Hermano · 14 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, CP, Merkins THE THANG: Stack of tiles with exercises. Two teams flip a tile and do 10 reps then run a lap. The “#2” team won an extra set of SSH! CONGRATS! Part II: Dora: 200 Squats, 200 LBCs, 200… THE YARD · SAT MAY 23 Saturday at the yard Q: Float Bridge · 12 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan Nightclub - Imperial Walker - Cherry pickers THE THANG: 4 Stations - Station 1 - Merkins, Overhead Clap, Mike Tysons, Wide Arm Merkins -> MOT Lunge Walk - Station 2 - Side Staddle Hop, Mountain… THE YARD · SAT MAY 16 2nd time around…… Q: Fogerty · 10 PAX WARMUP: Mosey,SSH, MERKS, SQUATS, Nightclubs, Imperial walkers, Stretching, Plank Jax, Seal Jacks THE THANG: Jack Webb ( squats/seal Jax), Board of pain ( 5 exercises with 5/10/15 reps each round. Between rounds- took a… THE YARD · SAT MAY 9 11’s in the Rain Q: Time Machine · 9 PAX WARMUP: WM, CP, HW, stretching THE THANG: Moseyed to the hill at the entrance. Pax picked a rock, first set of 11’s were curls with a nut to the top of the hill for merkins, second set was OH press and big boys. Yogged… THE YARD · SAT MAY 2 Dual Q Q: Cherry Pie · 16 PAX {'type': 'rich_text', 'block_id': 'pw/yw', 'elements': [{'type': 'rich_text_section', 'elements': [{'type': 'text', 'text': 'WARMUP:', 'style': {'bold': True, 'italic': False}}, {'type': 'text', 'text': ' '}, {'type'… THE YARD · SAT APR 25 City Hominy Q: Hominy · 13 PAX Warmup: - Mountain Climbers - Big Boy Sit-ups - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Windmills - LBC - Mosey a lap Dora: 80-160-240 - 80 Merkin - 160 Squat - 240 LBC At the end of each run, you attempt to write the…