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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… SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 7 3 corners Board of Pain Q: Vuvuzela · 12 PAX WARMUP: SSH, mountain climbers, peter parker, parker peter, wind mills, Cherry pickers. Mosey 100 yards, stop. LBCs, AHs, mosey to board of pain. THE THANG: board of pain - 20 Merkins - 20 Squats - 20 LBCs - 20 CDD - 20… 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… CURRAHEE · TUE AUG 4 4 corners of mumblechatter Q: Grassy Knoll · 5 PAX WARMUP: Started with stretching and Intro. They rocked over to the parking area for the warm up. 15 MNC, produce pickers, Wind Mill, plank, merkins, updig and down dog. Then rucked over to the rear parking lot. THE… THE BALLROOM · TUE AUG 4 Left Right Left…which way? Q: Fogerty · 8 PAX WARMUP: Stretch, SSH, Merks, Squats, HoneyMooner, Cherry Pickers. LBCs and a Mosey. THE THANG:Rinse and Repeat - bench work - Dips, Irkins. step Ups. Crazy 8s - with Squats and OH Claps in the middle. Finished up with 5… DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 4 Rome if you want to Q: Minuteman · 10 PAX Rome is the city of 7 hills. In Roman fashion, the Pax did 7 hill repeats on White St. WARMUP: Mosey out of WEP to first parking lot for SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickahs. Mosey to upper parking lot near White St. doing… SWEEP THE LEG · MON AUG 3 Tour d' Favorites Q: maximus · 16 PAX 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… SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 31 Tabata Workout - Slowburn Q: Keith Crockett · 8 PAX WARMUP: - 20 SSH - 10 Imperial Walkers each leg - 10 Hilbilly Walkers - 10 Windmill - 10 Cherry Pickers - 10 Arm Circles Forward + 10 Back - 10 Peter Parker’s each side - stretches from plank position: down dog… DAWN PATROL · THU JUL 30 Rock n Roll Q: Jekyll · 6 PAX 6 Pax showed up to take on the morning gloom. Cooler weather for a SC July was welcomed. WARMUP: COP usuals: SSH, IW, HW, squats, windmills, cherry pickers, arm circles THE THANG: Thang 1: bear crawl down, 10 merkins… LAZARUS · THU JUL 30 Back to School Bootcamp Q: Goose · 6 PAX WARMUP: Grandpa Jacks, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan Nightclubs, Windmills THE THANG: Moseyed to the front of the theater for class to begin. Each grade 1st through 12th were 12 reps, repeating each of the previous grades… RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 29 Blast from the Past with Cash Q: Splinter · 6 PAX Well, YHC was thoroughly unprepared for this today. I failed to secure a Q and then got distracted taking the trash out that I forgot the flag too. At least when I realized I didn't have a Q on schedule, I thought I'd… Q SOURCE · WED JUL 29 Vision (Q3.4) Q: Italian Job · 7 PAX The difference between sight and vision is sight sees what’s in front of you while vision sees where you’re headed. Vision is the ability to see what ought to be done and communicate it in a way that motivates action… COLOSSEUM · TUE JUL 28 Catch me if you can Q: f3escargot · 9 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to front parking lot (20) LS Squats (10) Merkins (25) Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Mosey to Movement Mortgage parking lot Bear Crawl across parking lot (5) Merkins every other line. Crab walk back (5)… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 28 Carolina Day Ballroom Q: HarryCarry · 8 PAX Started with a mosey run Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, LSS, arm circles, peter parkers, plank stretches -Run- Do-run-do routine: At baseline do 15 bobby Hurleys, run to halfway point, do 15 bobby Hurleys, run to… COCKPIT · MON JUL 27 Sherlock welcome ho(l)me(s) Q: Pauly D · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH / Windmills / Low Slow Squats THE THANG: island hopping in the parking lot. MOT been islands is lunge walk and then broad jump and repeat 15 merkins 15 squats 30 second plank 15 dips 15 merkins 15 LBC’s 15… THE CYCLONE · MON JUL 27 Modified Murph with Running and Block Work Q: Splinter · 5 PAX WARMUP: Run by HarryCarry while YHC opened up the track. THE THANG: 10 Curls, 10 OHP, 10 merkins, 10 squats with block, run 1 lap around the track. Rinse and Repeat for the entire time. MARY: Carry blocks back to their… ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 25 Ace Ventura Q: Keith Crockett · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial/ Hilbilly Walkers Mountain Climbers Peter Parker’s Moroccan Nigh Clubs Lap around Runde: High Knees, Butt Licks, Karaoke, Toy Soldiers THE THANG: 1. Golf Course 11s - “Laces Out” - Merkins and… SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 24 4 Corners and 11's Q: Old Bay · 7 PAX WARMUP: Lead by Snooker. Did a great job. THE THANG: Moseyed around a bit, then landed at a parking lot with 4 cones set up about 50 yards apart. The thang was to do 11's, but across 4 corners. Corner 1 - 10 Merkins… KITCHEN SINK · WED JUL 22 You Just Need A Sandbag....And Take It Around To Your Friends Q: maximus · 8 PAX WARMUP: A mere jog get loosened up. THE THANG: Hoist your sandbag to the carry position and make your way close to the flagpoles for the first of our several 60 x 60's. This is an exercise where you start with the 60lb… THE FORT · SAT JUL 18 Blimps are fun Q: Mainframe · 12 PAX Another super humid morning but it was great seeing 11 other guys show up to get the day started right. Quick disclaimer then mosey around park stopping at each swing for 2 exercises. 10 counts of imperial Walker's… ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 18 No Complaints, Just Work Q: darkhelmet · 12 PAX 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… COCKPIT · WED JUL 15 Arms, Abs, Legs repeat Q: Pauly D · 2 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: mosey to Cindy’s 15 curls 15 bent over rows 15 overhead press 1 man maker X4 Mosey to drop off 25 lbc’s Bear crawl up the hill Crawl bear down the hill X4 Mosey to tennis area Use wall for 10 step ups… RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 15 The Brickyard at ROF Q: Ruby Slippers · 5 PAX · +1 FNG Arrived early to walk around and stretch a little before the workout. A few minutes after arriving another young man showed up. Didn't recognize him so introduced myself and we started talking. Did not know this was… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 14 No title, just work Q: Bonsai · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, windmill, low slow squats and broga THE THANG: Ran the light poles between the elementary and middle school. Backwards. Stopping at each light pole adding one merkin each time we stopped. Moved over to the…