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RING OF FIRE · SAT SEP 19 2nd Annual F3 The Fort 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb 8 PAX 9/11/2001 is a day nobody will ever forget. Nobody should ever forget. Many lives were lost and America as we knew it was forever changed after that day. This was the 25th anniversary of that horrible day. 110 stories /… LAZARUS · THU SEP 17 Kumquat Q: Band Camp · 17 PAX WARMUP: BC led that....it involved burpees in cadence, but only after some creative running THE THANG: Split into 3 groups, was gonna be 4, but Tesh was late. Rotated at Esso's whistle. Band Camp's job was to travel the… COCKPIT · WED SEP 16 Old Bush Q: LTrain · 11 PAX WARMUP: Mosey with a few stops to the middle school track. THE THANG: 100 yds of Burpee Dan. 10 Yards of lunges, 1 Burpee, 10 additional yards of lunges, 2 burpees, until you made it to the next end zone. Partner AMRAP… SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 15 The Forest, Forest, Forest Q: Pauly D · 7 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: Run to The Forest and do 1-3 laps. Totals of 3-5 miles were had MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: COCKPIT · MON SEP 14 Victory Monday Q: Top Rope · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Side Lunge, tempo merkins into various broga moves THE THANG: 5 round EMOM with your Cindy Thrusters x10 Swings x15 Merkins x15 BentRowxGMxPress x10 Flutter kicks x20 Mosey for a bit, then… LAZARUS · THU SEP 10 Pipe Hitters Shieldlock Q Q: Italian Job · 14 PAX 14 at Lazarus for a Pipe Hitters Shieldlock beatdown. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 5 Merkins (IC) - 5 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Island Hopping with Maximus - Run to 2nd island, run back, 10 Mtn… COCKPIT · WED SEP 9 Always identify the open bathroom Q: Birdcage · 13 PAX Immediately identified the open bathroom and ran towards it. Stopped for some stair steper rep counts otw. While I duced the pax did 100 200 300 of merkins, squat, lcbs. I entered mid squat. Then back to the top to play… SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 8 Seabiscuit Yog Q: Warning Track · 7 PAX Showed up, ran and then stopped. Practiced gratitude, prayed and left. COCKPIT · MON SEP 7 Ring around the cockpit Q: Xerox · 12 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Moroccan Night Clubs THE THANG: Stage 1: 10-Burpees, 10-Squat Jumps, 10 Big Boys_Run 25 yards_Repeat Above._Mozy to Stage 2 Stage 2: Bear… 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… LAZARUS · THU SEP 3 Something of an Old Testament Q: Pusher · 12 PAX WARMUP: Goose set the stage with an intro to Shield Lock September, then handed the baton to Pusher THE THANG: Pusher -- he led the charge (literally) out of the parking lot to the corner leading toward Red Ventures… CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 2 Missing in Action Q: Stagecoach · 20 PAX Munn then right on Harris. Enter neighborhood past Sam smith and run to masons Bend dead end and circle back to cot COCKPIT · MON AUG 31 Cinder Block Party Q: Xerox · 9 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy Walker, Cherry Picker, Morrocan Night Clubs, 6 count merican THE THANG: Cinder Block Rounds Round 1: 5 reps each with cinder block. Durican, Row, Squat, Block… 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… COCKPIT · WED AUG 26 100-Yard Double Quarter Pounder Q: Goose · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Windmills and others THE THANG: - First Quarter (25 Yards): Run to the 25-yard line, complete 25 merkins Nur to the goal line. - Second Quarter (50 Yards): Run to the 50-yard line, complete 50 squats, and… SEABISCUIT · TUE AUG 25 Where’s Vuvu Q: Time Machine · 5 PAX WARMUP: Looked around for our scheduled Q, couldn’t find him in the gloom THE THANG: Called reverse Whitehall route, because that’s what Vuvu would have wanted us to do. MARY: One last look for our Q ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vuvu… COCKPIT · MON AUG 24 School Tour Q: Italian Job · 12 PAX 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 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… LAZARUS · THU AUG 20 Push it to the limit Q: Liberty Bibberty · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Moroccan nightclubs Michael Phelps Squats Merkins Broga THE THANG: Ladder interval up downs Merkins and Squats MOT Bear Crawl LBC Jump Squats MOT Lunges Dora with shared bag Merkins Big boys Imp… COCKPIT · WED AUG 19 The Dora Smoke Show Q: Cohiba · 9 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 25 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan NC – 15 IC Windmills - 10 IC Strawberry Pickers - 10 IC Cheese Shredder The Thang: 1. Dora: Partner up. One works, one runs to STOP sign and back. Switch… SEABISCUIT · TUE AUG 18 Hunting for hill$$$$ Q: Badlands · 9 PAX WARMUP: not even a chance THE THANG: run to the end of trinity ridge - dream about what people must do to live in such big houses MARY: never met her ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yup COCKPIT · MON AUG 17 What would you say you do here? Q: Band Camp · 13 PAX 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… 6@6 · MON AUG 10 Twister v. Brass Q: Twister · 17 PAX WARMUP: Band Camp and Pauly D ran from town, nuf warm up for all THE THANG: mostly running MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes LAZARUS · THU AUG 6 BOMBS Away! Q: LTrain · 9 PAX WARMUP: Warmupy things while waiting for Bobber THE THANG: B.O.M.B.S.-esque stuff. Partner up. One partner runs while other does first exercise of the round. Swap when partner returns. Round 1 Exercises: Burpees…