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THE FORGE · WED JUL 1 1775 Q: Crystal Lake · 16 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Low slow squats Irkins Team Bermuda Triangle 2 teams, each with 3 cones marked about 30 yards apart 1 burpee at cone 1, bear crawl to cone 2, then… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 30 Compete with yourself DORA Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunges and a little mosey THE THANG: DORA but no rep count. The whole point was to compete with yourself and try to do atleast one more rep than the previous set before your partner got… RING OF FIRE · MON JUN 29 Murph Monday continued Q: Kaiser · 10 PAX WARMUP: No THE THANG: Murph 1 mile, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: 4th of July, marriages, family, travel THE FORT · SAT JUN 27 You Will Struggle! Q: Double D · 14 PAX WARMUP: A few loops in the parking lot while Bowser shared leadership principles learned from Bible study with his buddy, followed by brief series of exercises THE THANG: Mosey to playground and pick a partner for Dora… DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 23 Board of Pain Q: Jekyll · 20 PAX Muggy morning but 20, yes 20 PAX showed their intestinal fortitude by taking on the board of pain. Several new comers to the board and everyone did great! We even had an FNG brought by Mater. It was also my 50th… RING OF FIRE · MON JUN 22 Murph Monday — 22JUN2026 Q: darkhelmet · 14 PAX 14 on the EASTSIDE got Murph all over them at The Badger of Fire… QIC: YHC Pax: Shaq-a-Roni , Fishstix , Maximus , BONES , Grout , Time Machine , HarryCarry , Kaiser , Sunkist , Splinter , Eggo , Italian Job , Deep Dish… 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… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUN 16 Room for Balls Q: darkhelmet · 9 PAX The Thang: A little warm up and a jog to the track where some sort of Baxter Pineapple thing was going on. There were men, women, and children all exercising together… sketchy if you ask me… but then again, you didn't… RING OF FIRE · MON JUN 15 The Loredo Q: Grout · 17 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSH, 20, Hillbilly Walkers, Moroccan Nightclubs (or some version of that) THE THANG: The Thang We put our own spin on Loredo, kicking things off with the run: 6 Rounds for Time - 🏃 400-meter Run - 🦵 24 Squats… RING OF FIRE · WED JUN 10 RoF - King of the Ring, v.2.2 Q: darkhelmet · 6 PAX WARMUP: we did THE THANG: workout stuff MARY: no chicks ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter COT: the 5th Core Principle BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 9 Block Party Pickup Q: maximus · 10 PAX WARMUP: Jog over to short wall for some of the basic opening warmup exercises, including: SSH, Hillbillies, Imperials, Windmills and Step-ups THE THANG: Over the years, I've gotten a little complacent when it comes to… KITCHEN SINK · WED MAY 27 On repeat Q: Band Camp · 12 PAX WARMUP: Yes: SSH, IW, HW, yoga w/ shoulder taps peter parkers THE THANG: 6 deadlifts 5 hang cleans 4 front squats 3 over head presses 2 manmakers Then move! We just did that on repeat. Like wiping down the counters… BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 26 Little Sandbag Babies Q: Sasquatch · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSHs, broga, various dynamic plank exercises (i.e. plank jacks, peter Parkers) THE THANG: 2# sandbags held in each hand for duration of workout Performed each exercise in cadence followed by a parking lot loop… THE FORT · SAT MAY 23 AI Gone Wild Q: Fishstix · 7 PAX The talk of the morning was about the AI videos created by JWOW had gone off the rails. The conversation would take our minds off the wet and rainy weather. We began with a trip around the park stopping at each swing… BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 19 Murph prep Q: Band Camp · 5 PAX WARMUP: yes THE THANG: lots in cadence as we slowly made our way to the Print Shop. Tibialis raises were there, Bulgarian split squats happened, some questionable run routes 5 pull ups 10 merkins 15 squats At the Print… SWEEP THE LEG · MON MAY 11 Loops Deep in Brayden Q: Hershey · 13 PAX WARMUP: mosey down into Brayden THE THANG: triangle loops (1/2 mile loop with 3 station—1. 10 normal merkins, 15 big boys. 2. 10 wide arm merkins, 15 side straddle hops. 3. 10 diamond merkins, 15 squats. 5 loops, finish… 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… 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'… COCKPIT · WED APR 29 QvQ 2026 Championship @ JOC Q: Fishstix · 5 PAX Recording only for QICs data and tagging pax not able to be tagged in RH Slack. COCKPIT · MON APR 27 Shared discipline is stronger than self discipline Q: Pusher · 5 PAX “A cord of three strands cannot be broken” Ecclesiastes 4:12 Discipline is defined as the training of oneself or others to obey rules, maintain order and achieve goals through self control and consistent action, even… BLOCK PARTY · TUE APR 21 Starry Abs Q: Time Machine · 14 PAX WARMUP: 51 SSH (DH birthday) Merkins, PP, WM and stretching THE THANG: Star of abs workout 5 stations 20 reps each, first round the middle was 10 Burpees, second round was 20CDD, then on to circle of hell, one man took… COCKPIT · MON APR 20 Birthday Boy 4-20 Q: darkhelmet · 14 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Warmup THE THANG: Thanged MARY: Quickie ANNOUNCEMENTS: > COT: THE FORT · SAT APR 18 Corporate (not) approved) Q: Assassin · 14 PAX All enjoyed immensely my Q, especially the Corporate Headquarters representative, the Darkest of all Helmets. Also, my oldest son was there, so I was under a tremendous amount of pressure to perform. WARMUP: Yes - we… THE FORGE · FRI APR 17 Pirate Party Q: The Pirate · 19 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around for some awesome smells - while enjoying the smells on the backside of teeter - butt kicks, high knees, karaoke * 2, and then SSH, low slow squat, and windmill. Mosey to front of teeter. THE THANG…