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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…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 25
Why do my Hips Hurt?
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: The Nolan Richardson Partner workout: Partner 1 starts the exercises while partner 2 nurs 50 yards, does 1 Bobby Hurley, then runs back…
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…
SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 21
Slowest of Burns
WARMUP: Mosey up and down a few parking lot lanes with a round of NUR and some exercises after each round. THE THANG: Mosey to the curb on the side of Persis 10 Mike Tysons 20 Squats & 20 Squat Pulses Over to the curb…
MINNOW POND · THU AUG 20
3 exercises on repeat...for 4 miles
WARMUP: Non existent THE THANG: Super simple...running with push-ups, V-ups and American Hammers. At every stop, the PAX would perform: 5 V-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers Here's the route we took: Up Massey and…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 18
Colosseum...The Return
WARMUP: You should've done that & stretched prior to launch. THE THANG: Run to the bottom of the hill at the entrance of the school compound for 5 of each of the following Merkin series: Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular…
Q SOURCE · WED AUG 12
Q3.6 Persuasion
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
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…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON AUG 10
Physical Readiness Teast
WARMUP: dynamic 10 Wind mill 5 bend & Reach THE THANG: 1 mile 1 stop (20 low slow squats, 10 hand release merkins, 30 American hammers) Competition test 1 minute ARAP Merkins 1 Minute ARAP curlups 1.5 mile run MARY…
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…
MINNOW POND · THU AUG 6
Link street on my heart
Written by DOAH in slack: [commentary by Band Camp] Heart Breakers: Cubbie and almost Crystal Lake, but he uncommitted sometime last night… The Thang: Route attached [was attached in slack, you could look up today's…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 4
Chance, Choice, and Scrotum Tunnels: The Memoirs a MILGA Man
It was a moist, humid morning. The message covered a fairly simple topic, Life. We delved into the topic of chance with the use of a coin flip. Winner named the activity and rep count. Things are at times (Most) out of…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON AUG 3
Tour d' Favorites
WARMUP: Run a bit in the Sweep parking lot then a few warm up exercises: 10 Lunges each leg, 10 Mountain Climbers I/C, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Mak Tar Jah THE THANG: The "theme" this morning, albeit unspoken, was to…
MINNOW POND · THU JUL 30
Minnow pond
WARMUP: pledge THE THANG: squats, merkins, flutter kicks and hills MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 23
Dark Helmet
WARMUP: THE THANG: We did a couple of loops around the Kingsplex, with some bear crawling and crawl bearing in honor of the Other Band Camp (Band Camp - not present), some running up Textile Hill, and lots of NOT…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 21
A slice of pie
WARMUP: SSH, arm circles, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs, mosey THE THANG: Thang 1: 7’s Merkins at the bottom of the hill into parking lot - NUR to top - jump squats at the top - run…
RING OF FIRE · MON JUL 20
Murph Monday
WARMUP: Murph Monday- get after it THE THANG: The Murph: 1-mile run 100 Pull-ups 200 Merkins 300 Squats 1-mile run 2 Modified and rucked 3 miles on the track. MARY: No time ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Read Your Newsletter…
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 18
No Complaints, Just Work
WARMUP: Dark Helmet on Q for the 1st half: A lap around the park with a stop at the pull-up bars for everyone to knock out a few then over to the wall behind the backstop. We performed a set of dips on the wall then…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 14
The blockiest of Parties
WARMUP: stretches before and some at top of Massey THE THANG: 11’s on Massey burpees and jump squats. Run to smooth Baptist church parking lot. 4 corners. Reps of 25 merkens, big boys, dips , and squats. Run mode of…
RING OF FIRE · MON JUL 13
Murph Continued
WARMUP: THE THANG: run 1 mile, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats, run 1 mile MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: pax travel and marriages
THE FORT · SAT JUL 11
WEP Stations
WARMUP: windmills, hillbilly walkers, moseying, toy soldiers, knee grabs, arm stretches THE THANG: Playground Station C.H.I.P.S. and Dips Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park…
COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4
‘Merica 250
WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers…
THE HIVE · FRI JUL 3
Mogadishu Mile
WARMUP: barely THE THANG: Mogadishu Mile 4 rounds: - 19 ground the overhead - 19 front squat - 19 merkins on bell (each side) - 0.25 miles with the bell (up the hill) If you drop the bell, repeat the round. Both PAX…