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THE ARMORY · MON JUL 27 Swings n things Q: Warning Track · 11 PAX · +2 FNG Warm Up Suitcase carry to lot AMRAP Lower body Squats Swings Reverse Lunge Upper Body Curls Merkins OH Press Core Plank pull through Around the world Flutters Conditioning Burpees Mountain Climbers SSH Running in between RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 22 Round About Q: Band Camp · 8 PAX WARMUP: Yea, interspersed with burpees THE THANG: A bit ADHD - 7s on the hill behind sugar creek - merkins, squats, and bulgarian split squats in front of the school - bear crawl the front wall of the elementary school… 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… RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 8 VQ with the Deck of Pain Q: Splinter · 6 PAX This was Eggo's VQ and he gave the disclaimer that he was not a professional but looking forward to it. WARMUP: Windmills, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan Nightclubs, Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: DECK OF PAIN Diamonds… THE ARMORY · MON JUN 29 Decisions Q: Italian Job · 6 PAX · +1 FNG Five guys (including FNG “Trash Panda”) put in 45 minutes of work this morning. YHC joined them for the last 34. Here’s what we did. The Thang - 10 Goblet Squats - 10 Curls - 10 Calf Raises - 10 American Hammers - 10… RING OF FIRE · WED JUN 24 Gam Guillotine Redux 8 PAX This BB is going to be easy, at least for the workout part. In honor of the 10th anniversary of my first F3 workout – 6/29/2016 at Pantheon with Jekyll on Q – I decided to recreate his Q nearly verbatim. I was able to… THE FORT · SAT JUN 20 Starfish Q: Grout · 11 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSH Mosey down the path to Harris Street Park / Basketball Court THE THANG: Starfish: on basketball court 20 Merkins on corner Run to center and do 2 burpees 20 Mountain Climbers Run to center and do 2… CURRAHEE · TUE JUN 16 Miles with Smiles Q: Honkey Tonk · 8 PAX WARMUP: Quick stretch THE THANG: 3.1 miles THE ARMORY · MON JUN 15 Oh FNG where art thou? Q: 3D · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH IMPERIAL WALKERS HILLBILLY WALKERS WINDMILLS DOWN DOG HONEYMOONER THE THANG: PYRAMID. 1st exercise, 1st 2nd and so on to the top. Then come back down, taking off the top exercise each round. 10. Tricep… THE FORGE · WED JUN 10 CVS, Walgreens..What's the difference? 2 miles Q: Fishstix · 9 PAX WARMUP: Headed over to Walgreens for typical warm-ups (SSHs, WMs, IWs, CPs). Next we partnered up for a DORA (Merkins, Squats, LBCs). In error, I said for partner 2 to run around CVS which is 2 miles away. After the… THE ARMORY · MON JUN 8 You vs. You Q: Cyclops · 6 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around the side lot and back to COT for warm up of exercises all in cadence Seal Jacks - x12 Windmills - x 6 Imperial Walkers - x12 Hillbilly Walkers - x12 Plank Merkins x12 Shoulder Taps x12 THE THANG… 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 HIVE · FRI JUN 5 Rock The Bells! Q: Boogie Down · 10 PAX WARMUP: Morrancan Night Clubs Baby Arm Circles Abe Vigodas Cherry Pickers Pideon Stretch Downward Dog Dog/Honeymooner SSH THE THANG: Partner Up On the gridiron 100 reps of: Curls LBCs w/ KB above chest Lunges Triceps… THE ARMORY · MON JUN 1 AMRAP Board of Pain Q: Bam Bam · 8 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Windmill, Strawberry Pickers, Merkins THE THANG: AMRAP 15 Reps each exercise for 30 minutes flowed by a lap. Kettlebell Swings, Thrusters, Dips, Derkins, LBC'S w/KB. MARY: All core… 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 FORGE · FRI MAY 22 Honor, Courage, Integrity Q: Brawny - The Fort · 13 PAX WARMUP: - Side-straddle hop, - Strawberry pickers, - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: Honor, Courage, Integrity 3 Corners x 20 rounds - Honor - 10 Merkins (200) - Courage - 20 Squats (400) … THE ARMORY · MON MAY 18 AMRAP @ The Armory Q: Grassy Knoll · 7 PAX WARMUP: Intro and disclaimer. 1 runner and 6 of us took a mosey across Carolina Pl to the back of the supply company building. By the large antenna, we did 15 MNC, 15 Imp Walkers and 15 Hillbilly Walkers. Then mosey… THE FORGE · WED MAY 13 Escalator 4 Corner Q: Bam Bam · 7 PAX WARMUP: Windmill, Moroccan Night Club, Strawberry 🍓 Picker, 5 Burpees THE THANG: 4 Corners with 10 Merkins, Corner (2) 10 Merkins 20 Squats Corner (3) 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 Big Boy Situps, Corner (4) 10 Merkins, 20… 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 FORGE · WED APR 29 Tabata fun at the Forge Q: Slapshot · 6 PAX Run to Pavillion at the Church Warmup 10 IW IC 10 HC IC Windmill 5x IC MNC 10x IC Tabata Format 4 Rounds 10 Sets(only got to 9) Set 1, 4, 7 40 seconds work 20 second rest Merkins + Shoulder Taps Merkins + Peter Parkers… 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… THE ARMORY · MON APR 20 Pop Culture Q: Crystal Lake · 8 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, cherry pickers, imperial walkers Mosey for some merkins and low slow squats THE THANG: Top Gun Mjolnir The Hodor Dirty Man-Makers MARY: Man-makers for 30 seconds ANNOUNCEMENTS… RING OF FIRE · WED APR 15 Tax Day Cometh Q: Fogerty · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Stretch, Nightclubs, Merks, Squats, Seal Jax, LBCs THE THANG: Board of Pain- 5 exercises 5/10/15 reps - taking a lap between sets. SSH, Squats, Merks, BBs, Plank Jax and Lunges. 7’s Hillwork: (Merks and… THE YARD · SAT APR 11 Trust the hill and the field. Q: Dojo · 11 PAX WARMUP: ssh hillbillies picking strawberries / run the loop couple time with some exercises THE THANG: field lot work / lunge walk, NUR, sprint, locked arms, bear crawl. Repeated on hill and field. Extra field work with…