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KITCHEN SINK · WED OCT 28 Monster Mash Beatdown Q: Bam Bam · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Arm Circles, Wrist Stretches for four arms, Strawberry Pickers. THE THANG: -Lower Body Squats Swings KB Reverse Lunges *Figure 8's -Upper Body Curls Merkins w/Bell Over Head Press *Over… THE YARD · SAT OCT 24 Circle of Fun and Indian Run Q: Float Bridge · 9 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - Dora MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: - 4 B's - Bethel - 401k run… BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 20 Mozy Ruck 4 Q: Bam Bam · 7 PAX WARMUP:Moroccan Night Clubs, Strawberry Pickers SSH THE THANG: 4 Corn of Pain 20x Ruck Squats 20x Swings with Ruck sack 16x Lunges 8 each leg. Station 2 15x Curls 15x Merkins 15x Over Head Press Station 3 30x Flutters… THE ARMORY · MON OCT 19 50 Caliber Workout Q: Brawny - The Fort · 4 PAX WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Mosey around loop - 10 Windmills THE THANG: - KB Mosey to front parking lot 50 reps, run 50 yards (25 out and 25 back), 50 reps, run 50 yards (25 out and 25 back), move to next set … KITCHEN SINK · WED OCT 14 Gear at the Sink Q: Bill Smith · 7 PAX WARMUP: Gear Carry THE THANG: Sandbag fun, KB fun MARY: Short and sweet ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Newsletter COT: Prayers for children, marriages. Praises for health to exercises and the men of F3. THE YARD · SAT OCT 10 Moderate is just a word Q: backdraft · 11 PAX WARMUP: mosey the parking lot- dynamic movements- SSH, iw, hw, arm circles (F/B), Peter parkers, parker peters THE THANG: mosey to side of school- 11s bomb jack- American hammers. brear crawl lunge walk length of front… THE HIVE · FRI OCT 9 Keep Moving Q: Float Bridge · 6 PAX WARMUP: 1. Moroccan Nightclub 2. SSH 3. Windmill 4. Cheeri Picker 5. Imperial Walker THE THANG: Station #1 Kettlebell Swings Kettlebell Tricep curls Kettlebell Deadlift Kettlebell Clean and Press Round 1 – 10 each… THE ARMORY · MON OCT 5 KB Escalator Q: Bill Smith · 4 PAX WARMUP: Variety THE THANG: Escalator KB swings, goblet squats, burpees, rows Circuit-straight leg deadlifts, merkins, tricep extensions, curls Partner farmer carry and LBCs MARY: Ab fun ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: prayers for… RING OF FIRE · WED SEP 30 Not Exactly Comfortable...Good Q: maximus · 9 PAX WARMUP: Run around the parking lot and end up at the bottom of the hill by the elementary school. Jump Squats, SSH, Wind Mills THE THANG: Ok, here's the deal. We're going to do things we've all done before however… Q SOURCE · WED SEP 30 Q4 Launch!! Q: Shady · 6 PAX WARMUP: Review the previous quadrants THE THANG: Solid discussion around Legacy MARY: had a little lamb ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shady needs help moving in-laws COT: THE YARD · SAT SEP 26 Prime Time BOP Q: Ruby Slippers · 12 PAX WARMUP: We did that THE THANG: Prime Time BOP MARY: None needed ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL COT: STK! 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… RING OF FIRE · WED SEP 16 Track Work Q: Pocahontas · 9 PAX WARMUP: Yes THE THANG: We ran the track for 30-35 minutes. Every 3 minutes we stopped for 10x pushups or 10x squats or 10x lunges MARY: Yes ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes. 4.01k reindeer run COT: Prayers and praises THE YARD · SAT SEP 12 Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball Q: Hominy · 5 PAX Music: Amazon Playlist (curated by Jim Cooke) “Blue Oyster Cult” The playlist is long. We just listened to the beginning. Warmup: - Mountain Climbers - Big Boy Sit-ups - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Windmills… THE HIVE · FRI SEP 11 Hot and humid Q: Sunkist · 11 PAX WARMUP: Easy does it. Windmills. Didn’t do any SSH THE REAL WARMUP: -10min Armor Building Complex (EMOM) with a partner (double kb’s) THE THANG: Mosey to the top of the hill and back. Circuit, 3x through. 8-10 reps… THE ARMORY · MON SEP 7 300+ reps Q: backdraft · 6 PAX WARMUP: mobility and the norms THE THANG: 50 KB swings, 40 goblet squats, 30 gorilla rows, 20 snatches, 10 clean and press, 10 thrusters, 20 high pulls, 30 reverse lunge, 40 merkins (hand on bell), 50 swings 15,10,8… KITCHEN SINK · WED SEP 2 The daily Q: Brawny - The Fort · 12 PAX WARMUP: - Mosey around the big loop - Mountain climbers - Windmills THE THANG: 10 second rests between sets 1 - Curls (12 reps x 3) 2 - Lying triceps extension (12 reps x 3) 3 - Overhead press (12 reps x 3) 4 - Side… THE YARD · SAT AUG 29 Blame It On the Boogie!! Q: Boogie Down · 9 PAX WARMUP: Cherry Pickers, Pidgeon Stretch, SSH, THE THANG: Indian Run 1/2 way through back of the school. Flying Squirrels, Mountain Climbers at the half way point. Turn back around to B'ball court. Each corner had a deck… THE ARMORY · MON AUG 24 2026.35 Armory Q: Tesh · 11 PAX 3 rounds of 3 exercises... Lung-walk holds with sprinting... 3 rounds of 3 exercises... Mary RING OF FIRE · WED AUG 19 Hot Potato Q: HarryCarry · 7 PAX Started with a short run then: Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Moroccan N/C, Low slow squats, peter parkers, plank stretches. Thang1: burpee relay: 5 burpees, run, 5 burpees, run, 5 burpees run, plank for six… THE YARD · SAT AUG 15 Borrowed ideas of sweat Q: Dojo · 12 PAX WARMUP: Mosey with SSH, Hillbiliies, Lo Slo Squats, Bonnie Blair’s THE THANG: 4 Corners with 5 Burpees in middle (plagiarized from Maximus The Fort Q a few weeks ago. 2 Rounds 15 Merkins 15 Jump Squats 15 Carolina Dry… THE ARMORY · MON AUG 10 AMRAP Bash Q: Bam Bam · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB, WINDMILL, STRAWBERRY, MERKINS. THE THANG: KETTLEBELL AMRAP. SQUATS KETTLEBELL SWINGS, STEP UP'S, CURLS, MERKINS, OVER HEAD PRESS, FLUTTERS, SIMBA'S, LBC'S WITH BELL 🔔 , BURPEE'S, PLANK… RING OF FIRE · WED AUG 5 Return to Cinder Q: Bam Bam · 6 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan Night Club, Imperial Walkers, Windmill, Strawberry Pickers, SSH THE THANG: Squats, Cinder swings, Reverse Lunges, Curls, Merkins, Over Head Press, Flutters, Simba's, Plank Pull Through, Burpee's, Plank… THE YARD · SAT AUG 1 Not-erate Yard Work Q: Minuteman · 16 PAX WARMUP: 10 each - SSH - Moroccans - Cherry Pickers - Windmills - Flying Squirrels Mosey on track doing: - Butt kickers - High knees - Karaoke - Toy Soldier - Lunge - Burpee broad jumps (~10) - Bear crawl THE THANG: Goal…