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SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUN 18 Trail Snails Q: Cobra Kai · 9 PAX Rucked thru Kingsley to Springs and back ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT SNAKE PIT · TUE JUN 16 Tesh’s bell workout 6/16 Q: Tesh · 3 PAX WARMUP: the usual THE THANG: 60 seconds on, 30 seconds off… 10 rounds of: 6 snatches, 10 swings, 2 burpees (w/ 2x merkin) Take a lap 10 more rounds… This time: 3 bent rows each side, 10 1-leg deadlift, some third item I… SNAKE PIT · TUE JUN 9 I am glad I had a lighter kettlebell Q: Float Bridge · 5 PAX WARMUP: - MC - windmill - side straddle hop - imperial walker - cherry picker THE THANG: • 15 Overhead Press o Bear crawl – 10 yds o 15 Merkins o Crawl Bear – 10 yds o 15 Merkins • 15 Curls o Lunge walk – 10 yds o 15… 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 COACH'S BOX · THU JUN 4 Cindy Heaven Q: Cohiba · 10 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Mosey lap around AO Cheese shredder Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run Round 2- Lunges… SNAKE PIT · TUE JUN 2 No Uno For You! Q: Drop Thrill · 6 PAX This morning at the Pit we played a little Uno. Here are the rules. Blue - Curls Green - LBC Yellow - Goblet Squats Red - Chest press Skip - Run +2 - pick 2 exercises, 2 reps +4 - 4 reps all 4 exercise Reverse - Repeat… THE YARD · SAT MAY 30 Dora Plays Games Q: Pollo Hermano · 14 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, CP, Merkins THE THANG: Stack of tiles with exercises. Two teams flip a tile and do 10 reps then run a lap. The “#2” team won an extra set of SSH! CONGRATS! Part II: Dora: 200 Squats, 200 LBCs, 200… LAZARUS · THU MAY 28 Deck of (moderate) pain Q: Pauly D · 6 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Mosey .5 miles around the cinema to the main entrance. 10 SSH / Forward Fold / Runners Lunge / Worlds Greatest Stretch / Hold down plank for a Band Camp 10 (30) seconds. THE THANG: Deck of pain, quantity matches… SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 26 Kettlebell Cindy Q: Hominy · 5 PAX Warmup Calf Raise, Imperial Walker, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC Farmer’s carry to Cindy Storage AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) 40 reps Exercise 30 reps Mountain Climbers 20 reps Exercise 10… SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 19 Single/double Bell pyramids Q: Suplex · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, WM, IW, Merkins all IC THE THANG: Buy-in/Cash-out = 20 Swings Pyramid #1 (1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1) DOUBLE BELLS - Clean - Press - Squat - Renegade Rows Finish your pyramid & join partner until all partners are… THE HIVE · FRI MAY 15 Smokin Kettlebell Beatdown Q: Cohiba · 13 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 20, then work back down. Exercises: KB… COCKPIT · WED MAY 13 5/6/26 Q: Keith Crockett · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Hilbilly Walkers Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Heavy leg and abs day! Pick a leg exercise from bucket, 22 reps Pick an ab exercise from bucket, 22 reps After count of 22 and 22, run a lap around… SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 12 Fun with Kettlebells Q: Float Bridge · 6 PAX WARMUP: - Side straddle hop - Moroccan Night Club - Imperial Walker - Hillbilly walker THE THANG: - Four Rounds with three exercises each at three stations Reps 5, 10 and 15 - Station #1 - Halo, Overhead Press, Squats … COCKPIT · MON MAY 11 Magic Carpet Ride Q: Pocahontas · 8 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Merkins, Calf Stretch THE THANG: Mosey to back parking lot for partner circuit of 100 merkins, 100 jump squats, 100 big boys. Mosey to wall for 7s of burpees and jump… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 7 Tic Tac chain/Cindie Q: Suplex · 6 PAX WARMUP: usual stuff, emphasis on shoulders First 30: Chain Fiesta… do these near gazebo…. Tic-Tac-Toe grid on sidewalk 1. Dora-1: Partner moseys out & back for swap… complete the following: 1. 50 Ch-ickle Pointers… BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 5 Partner Work @ Block Party Q: Ruby Slippers · 7 PAX WARMUP: Mosey from COT to the playground, usual of suspects followed for a typical F3 warmup. THE THANG: Partner was the theme for this workout. Cubbie asks that each Q share the reason why they keep coming out to F3… SWEEP THE LEG · MON MAY 4 There and back x6 Q: Pauly D · 13 PAX WARMUP: mosey to bottom of Brayden THE THANG: 20 merkins, 20 big boys then run up Brayden to the stoplight and do 20 squats and 20 calf raises then run down Brayden. Repeat 5 times to get 100 reps of each. Run back to… THE YARD · SAT MAY 2 Dual Q Q: Cherry Pie · 16 PAX {'type': 'rich_text', 'block_id': 'pw/yw', 'elements': [{'type': 'rich_text_section', 'elements': [{'type': 'text', 'text': 'WARMUP:', 'style': {'bold': True, 'italic': False}}, {'type': 'text', 'text': ' '}, {'type'… THE HIVE · FRI MAY 1 ABC 123 Q: Deep Dish · 8 PAX {'type': 'rich_text', 'elements': [{'type': 'rich_text_section', 'elements': [{'type': 'text', 'text': 'WARMUP:', 'style': {'bold': True, 'italic': False}}, {'type': 'text', 'text': ' '}, {'type': 'text', 'text': 'did… THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 30 Four Corners of Pain Q: Last Call · 8 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSHs, 10-Windmills, 16 HB walkers, 16 imperial walkers, 20 m nightclubs, 15 merkins, 300 meter mosey around pkg lot field. THE THANG: Master Circuit 4 Stations: 1- 20 shoulder taps, 25 lbcs, 30 mountain… SNAKE PIT · TUE APR 28 All the things Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX WARMUP: yes, dynamically THE THANG: some additive complexes. I'm behind in getting this posted....so, I remember the deadman to barbarian traveling up the hill with light posts MARY: engage your core ANNOUNCEMENTS: we… THE ARMORY · MON APR 27 Dora with extra weight in backpack Q: Fishstix · 5 PAX 5 at The Armory, started with some warm-up stretching with the bell. Mosey to the far parking lot. Dora #1 Partner 1 farmer carries two bells to end of parking lot and back while other partner begins exercises (merkins… THE FORT · SAT APR 25 Padre-Sandbag Q: Suplex · 10 PAX WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: 1. Catch me if you can: 1 pax walks w/ Sandbag or chosen coupon… Other (at each handoff), does 10 BBSU, 20 monkey humpers then moseys up for handoff 1. Pitt-stop at Playground for…