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THE FORGE · FRI SEP 25 Forge! Q: Fishstix · 13 PAX Dojo was a no go so he handed the Q stick to me. Tired from two previous Qs this week, the plan was limited running and more strength training. Quick warm-up then we headed to The Wall for 3 rounds Erkins, dips, and… THE HIVE · FRI SEP 25 Smokin Kettlebell Beatdown Q: Cohiba · 11 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… SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 25 Welcome Outback Q: Cherry Pie · 6 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: side straddle hop, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, mosey around the lot THE THANG: 11’s on hill by gas station At bottom - Big boy sit-ups At top - Jump squats 4 corners in… DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 24 Coupons rock Q: Spike · 10 PAX WARMUP: side-straddle hops, imperial walker, hill billy walker,Parker Peter,Peter Parker THE THANG: mosie to steps side MARY: coupons 1. Over head -100 2. Sqad -100 3. Bent over -100 4. Around the world -100 5. Skull… THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 24 Queen Cindy Q: Time Machine · 6 PAX WARMUP: Exactly 1 4-count SSH THE THANG: Mosey to some benches, 10 each of Irkins, Dirkins, Dips, Step ups (each leg) and squats. Mosey more to the ROTC Cindy’s grabbed one and passed around. Started off with 20… MINNOW POND · THU SEP 24 Small Crowd at Minnow Pond Q: Fishstix · 10 PAX We had 6 BC, 3 Runners, I Rucker at Minnow Pond this morning. The rain kept some of the regulars at home. I switched my plans last minute due to the small numbers. Pledge and we were off to the Pharmacy for some warm-up… SOUL TO SOLE · THU SEP 24 Rucking in the rain Q: Shield · 5 PAX WARMUP: We walked THE THANG: We walked MARY: No Mary ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel men's Shelter, Convergence COT: Prayers and Praises LAZARUS · THU SEP 24 Week 4 of 4 Shield-Lock-September Q: Pauly D · 11 PAX WARMUP: yes THE THANG: 2 laps around the theater (apparently that's a far distance) 11’s with Burpees and Jump Squats Ab Webb ft. Straight leg Freddy Mercurys MARY: hold a plank and then American hammers ANNOUNCEMENTS… THE FORGE · WED SEP 23 Consistency in the Gloom Q: Double D · 10 PAX WARMUP: Yes, we did some warm uppy things THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church pavillion for most of the workout 3 rounds of Step-ups -- good form, 10 R/10L interspersed with varied Merkins in cadence (Irkins, Derkins… COCKPIT · WED SEP 23 Q-School Q: Cyclops · 11 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer and mosey down the hill to a warmup circle with the following exercises in cadence Windmills x 10 Cherry Pickers x 10 Imperial walkers x 10 5 burpees OYO Hillbilly Walkers x 10 4 burpees OYO Seal… CURRAHEE · WED SEP 23 Cool Breeze Q: Pollo Hermano · 6 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, MNC THE THANG: PICK UP EVERYTHING and head to the front of the school at the crosswalk. 10 manmakers farmer’s carry coupon of your choice towards COT and stop at the other crosswalk. 10 OH Press… Q SOURCE · WED SEP 23 Courage - 3.12 Q: Cyclops · 6 PAX WARMUP: Honky Tink reviewed the prior C's leading up to Courage THE THANG: Reviewed the 3 socratics and dove a bit depper into what it means to be fit in order to possess necessary bravery and being #thatsomebody MARY… RING OF FIRE · WED SEP 23 If You Can't Do It, Don't Q It Q: Splinter · 5 PAX Well, the Site Q (YHC) has been doing a slack job recently and figure out I didn't have a Q for this morning so I decided to take it on. I'm a be believer in "If you can't do it, don't Q it" so given my current set of… CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 23 Some Running/rucking Q: Shaq · 15 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: big 4 mile loop around some unnamed roads MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter next Thur. TACO Thursday! COT: happy birthday soup-to-nuts son turning 5 today! Prayers for all of our marriages… THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 22 Counting down from 100 Q: Old Bay · 7 PAX WARMUP: Ran around the back of the school, stopping along the way for various warm-up COPs. THE THANG: Ran back and forth from one parking lot to another, doing each of these exercises. 100 Flutters 90 Squats 80… DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 22 Bear Crawls and Jack Webbs Q: Jekyll · 11 PAX The last of the hot days this week although we got a bit of a breeze which was nice. DD ran, the rest of us boot camped. WARMUP: run the circuit. At every bench: 10 SSH, 5 Bombjacks. At completion, we did the standard… SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 22 We all made it back Q: Peach Stand · 8 PAX WARMUP: a few of us had 3 ish miles of pre-run fun to warm up, the rest of us showed up as warm as we were prepared to get THE THANG: left the parking lot and cut through the dominion bridge neighborhood - taking the… BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 22 Cinder Block Party Q: Fishstix · 12 PAX We had 12 including a fly by guest appearance from Warning Track. Standard warm-up exercises then we moseyed over to the stack of cider blocks. 1st DORA - Merkins (100), Squats (200), LBCs (300) partner 1 did exercises… COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 22 Benches Q: Cherry Pie · 5 PAX WARMUP: ssh, HBW, Wm, iw Mosey to flagpole at GHES. Pledge. Yoga flow- sun salutation - down dog - plank - up dog - plank - left arm high - right arm high THE THANG: mosey to benches by track 4exercises 10 step ups 10… SNAKE PIT · TUE SEP 22 Hominy Grits Q: Hominy · 4 PAX Warmup Calf Raise, Imperial Walker, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC Farmer’s carry to Cindy Storage Mosey to Hominy’s parking spot and back to Cindy Shack. AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) 40 reps… RING OF FIRE · MON SEP 21 Bells, Bags, and Burpees Q: Retiree · 8 PAX WARMUP: stretching, washers, grass pickup, iron cross THE THANG: 400 m run with weight, 30 lateral burpees, 30 lunges each leg, 30 kettle bell swings, rinse and repeat going down to 10 reps and back up again for extra… 6@6 · MON SEP 21 Running in the Dark Q: Barry Manilow · 15 PAX WARMUP: some THE THANG: some did some, some did double digits MARY: some ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes COCKPIT · MON SEP 21 Bert Q: Deep Dish · 11 PAX WARMUP: Brief tour of our 0.25mi loop THE THANG: 50 burpees 400m run 100 merkins 400m rub 150 lunges 400m rub 200 squats 400m run 150 lunges 400m run 100 merkins 400m run 50 burpees I believe all pax made it through at… FLIGHT PLAN · MON SEP 21 MCHale’s 4 miler Q: McHale · 20 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: Harvest pointe Market street Cross Sutton to Founders st Straight onto Settler heights dr Straight onto Stratford run dr Cross new gray rock to Harvest pointe Down to the end and back 4mi MARY: no…