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SNAKE PIT · TUE SEP 22
Hominy Grits
Warmup Calf Raise, Imperial Walker, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC Farmer’s carry to Cindy Storage Mosey to Hominy’s parking spot and back to Cindy Shack. AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) 40 reps…
RING OF FIRE · MON SEP 21
Bells, Bags, and Burpees
WARMUP: stretching, washers, grass pickup, iron cross THE THANG: 400 m run with weight, 30 lateral burpees, 30 lunges each leg, 30 kettle bell swings, rinse and repeat going down to 10 reps and back up again for extra…
COCKPIT · MON SEP 21
Bert
WARMUP: Brief tour of our 0.25mi loop THE THANG: 50 burpees 400m run 100 merkins 400m rub 150 lunges 400m rub 200 squats 400m run 150 lunges 400m run 100 merkins 400m run 50 burpees I believe all pax made it through at…
SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 18
Hominy is tired, and he is improvising.
I improvised this plan Warmup exercises, slightly off from the normal warmup location. Slow mosey around the grounds, around Lowe’s towards the Chick-fil-a parking lot. Stopped to do some extended planks, stopped to do…
THE YARD · SAT SEP 12
Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball
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…
DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 8
Blue's Board of Pain
WARMUP: 15 counts of: Side Straddle Hop, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, and Hillbilly Walkers 10 Merkins THE THANG: Blues Board of Pain SQUAT THRUSTS: 50 CALF RAISES: 150 (50 REG / 50 IN / 50 OUT) TRI-AB: 99(33 LEG…
THE ARMORY · MON SEP 7
300+ reps
WARMUP: mobility and the norms THE THANG: 50 KB swings, 40 goblet squats, 30 gorilla rows, 20 snatches, 10 clean and press, 10 thrusters, 20 high pulls, 30 reverse lunge, 40 merkins (hand on bell), 50 swings 15,10,8…
DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 3
Yellow Brick Road at Kingsley
Arrived early to grab a parking spot near COT because I brought some “battle buddies” for the PAX, two brick pavers for each man to carry during the workout. At first, they felt pretty light. But as the workout…
RING OF FIRE · WED SEP 2
Lotsa Lotsa Laps
WARMUP: SSH, IMPERIAL WALKERS, PIGEON STRETCHING,DOWNWARD DOG,HONEYMOONERS, MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS THE THANG: 100 FLUTTERS, 75 SSH, 50 MERKINS, 40 SQUATS, 30 SHOULDER TAPS, 25 LBC'S ,15 BOMBJACKS, 10 CDD AND 5 PULLUPS. AFTER…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 1
Get better!!
WARMUP: Mosey around drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. THE THANG: 4 corners of stuff: (3 rounds) Station 1: 40 mtn climbers, 40 sec plank hold Station 2: 40 LBC, 40 Flutter Station 3: 40 reverse lung, 40…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 1
The Ol Swap a roo
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Slow Windmills, Morrocan nightclubs THE THANG: 100 FLUTTERS, 75 SSH, 50 MERKINS,40 SQUATS,30 SHOULDER TAPS, 25 LBC'S, 15 BOMBJACKS AND 10 CDD. AFTER EVERY EXERCISE WE RAN FROM THE…
ALCATRAZ · SAT AUG 29
Lighting And Thunder
WARMUP: Jog around paved path at Runde Park 1 pullup THE THANG: Lightning Portion Laps around Runde Park Lap 1 - 1 Pullup - 40 Burpees Lap 2 - 2 Pullups - 40 Merkins Lap 3 - 3 Pullups - 40 BBS Lap 4 - 4 Pullups - 40…
THE HIVE · FRI AUG 28
Citius, Altius, Fortius
WARMUP: Warmup - SSH x 30 - Imperial Walkers x 20 - Toy Soldiers x 20 - Side Lunges x 15 each side - World’s Greatest Stretch x 5 each side Dynamic Prep: - High Knees (20 yards) - Butt Kickers (20 yards) - A-Skips (20…
RING OF FIRE · WED AUG 26
Four Corners Of Hell
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, Windmill, MNC, Broga THE THANG: Four Corners Ladder starting with 40 reps each, decreasing by 10 each round. After reaching bottom of ladder, each subsequent round is reps of 10. 1. Squats 2…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 25
Bucket o Fun
WARMUP: 1. Side straddle Hop 2. Moroccan Nightclub 3. Imperial walker 4. Windmill THE THANG: - Bucket of Fun - 6 station + run - American Hammers - Kettlebell swing - 30 lbs - Man makers with 40 lb sandbacg - Makhtar…
SNAKE PIT · TUE AUG 25
Dear gauntlet featuring Miss Cindie’s Gloryhole
WARMUP: SSH, IW, CP, MNC… Farmer carry to gauntlet THE THANG: 8/25 snake pit The gauntlet : 1. 15 tire flips 2. 20 monkey King deadlifts (50 LB). ** There was motion on the floor without any vote to rename this “the…
COCKPIT · MON AUG 24
School Tour
Commentary courtesy of Dark Helmet: 12 men at The Pit Of Cocks received a generous helping of Italian Jobs. The Thang: - Run 1/4 mile-ish then perform the following - 10 Burpees - 20 HR Merkins - 30 Lunges - 40 Mountain…
THE FORT · SAT AUG 22
Heavy Shiiiii
WARMUP: lap around the park. Stopped for some merkins, SSH and squats THE THANG: PAX cycled through 8 stations 1: 2x50 KB carry 2: 20 sandbag burpees 60lb 3: 20 hand release merkins, 20 squats, 20 big boys 4: 150lb ball…
KITCHEN SINK · WED AUG 19
Sand bag shenanigans
WARMUP: briefly. We worked on merkins. THE THANG: With a partner: Partner A throws the bag, partner B does 4 burpees over the bag. Partner A continues throwing to end of the cones, partner B does 4 burpees every throw…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 18
Hill work in Lederhosen
WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM THE THANG: - 3x hill sprints - sevens on hill with burpees and big boys, backwards up the hill - Jack Webb: 10:40 merkins/OH claps MARY: - Airborn Hips - 10 Bomb Jacks (penalty) ANNOUNCEMENTS: …
COCKPIT · MON AUG 17
What would you say you do here?
WARMUP: yea, this is important THE THANG: 1. move the parking lot aisles. 1 burpee, run to the other end, 2 burpees, next aisle, 3 burpees, etc. up to 10 2. mosey to the hill with the close light poles. 5 squats at the…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 11
Run The Block !!!
Disclaimer Shared WARMUP: 10 Wind Mills 10 Moroccan night clubs 10 Imperial Walkers 10 Hillbilly Walkers THE THANG: Round Run Station First Round 400m 10 reverse lunges each leg 2nd Round 400m 10 burpees 3rd Round 400m…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 11
Moving up
WARMUP: ssh, iw, hbw, windmill, cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around TCES drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. 4 corners in GHMS car line loop Station 1: 40 mtn climbers Station 2: 40 reverse lunges…
THE YARD · SAT AUG 8
My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard
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…