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THE YARD · SAT OCT 24
Circle of Fun and Indian Run
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…
THE YARD · SAT OCT 17
Catan the board game
WARMUP: THE THANG: Played the game of catan Three stations with multiple exercises as a team Longest mile competition MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4 Bs Bethel Trash pickup 401k COT:
SNAKE PIT · TUE OCT 13
Virtual Insanity
Warmup Warmup lap Virtual insanity Lunges up Hold bell out and walk sideways across Lunge backwards Hold bell out and walk sideways across Finish when song is done Circuit Kettle bell swings Man makers Jump rope…
THE YARD · SAT OCT 10
Moderate is just a word
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…
SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 9
We’re dry for now
WARMUP: windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Peter parkers all in cadence with some up and down dog stretching THE THANG: moseyed to the back of Lowe’s for a station to station ladder. Station 1- exercises…
COCKPIT · WED SEP 30
A hill and sauerkraut
WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM - mosey to hill behind the school THE THANG: - modified suicides - 5 stops with increasing exercise count: 10/20/30/40/50 - exercises: squats, shoulder taps, monkey humpers, imperial walker …
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29
FORTeen Years
WARMUP: 14 Burpees THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins…
THE YARD · SAT SEP 26
Prime Time BOP
WARMUP: We did that THE THANG: Prime Time BOP MARY: None needed ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL COT: STK!
THE YARD · SAT SEP 19
Recess Time
Disclaimer shared, The Yard Historian Minutes WARMUP: 10 of each: MNC Wind Mills Cherry Pickers Hillbilly Walkers Imperial Walkers THE THANG: 4 Recess games of Yesterday - Game 1 — Red Light, Green Light: Everyone lines…
THE HIVE · FRI SEP 18
It’s pain o’clock
WARMUP: yes THE THANG: 3burpee kbell chase, peoples chair w kbell pass, it’s pain o’clock MARY: in a rotating fashion ANNOUNCEMENTS: read you news letter COT: always
THE YARD · SAT SEP 12
Blue Oyster Cult & Volleyball
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 YARD · SAT SEP 5
Forgot to add
WARMUP: THE THANG: Station 1 - 20 big boy sit-ups - 20 heels to heaven - 20 LBC - 20 American Hammers - 20 Mountain Climbers - 20 Jump Squats - 20 Butt kickers Station 2 - 20 Merkins - 20 Wide Arm Merkins - 20 Carolina…
THE YARD · SAT AUG 29
Blame It On the Boogie!!
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…
COCKPIT · MON AUG 10
Island hops
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HBW, , MNC, Windmill, cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey to parking lot in front of band field. Island hopping. 6 aisles. 1 exercise per aisle at every island the whole way down. Aisle 1: 10 merkins - run…
THE YARD · SAT AUG 8
My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard
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…
THE HIVE · FRI AUG 7
Hive suck fest
WARMUP: quick mosey, side straddle hops, merkins, low slow squats, swings. THE THANG: Quick ABC practice. 5 rounds each arm with 5 swings in between. 11s: Front rack squat & upright row 10 min 100 snatch test with a…
THE YARD · SAT AUG 1
Not-erate Yard Work
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…
THE HIVE · FRI JUL 31
Circle with sandbag run
WARMUP: 1. Side Straddle Hop 2. Moroccan night club 3. Wind Mill 4. Imperial walker 5. Cherry picker THE THANG: 1. Circle of exercise with sandbag run 1. Gorilla Rows 2. Man Makers 3. Goblet Squats 4. Flutter Kicks with…
THE YARD · SAT JUL 11
Princess Bride
WARMUP: did a few THE THANG: Ran down the bus lane to the road then back to first light pole. Series of exercises at exercises at each light pole while one man transports back the last pole and back and timer Squats NUR…
COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4
‘Merica 250
WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers…
SNAKE PIT · TUE JUN 30
Clock It
We moseyed around the parking the got to work. A clock was drawn and we used a deck of cards. The number or face card determined how many merkins or squats you did. i.e. pick a 6 then you did 1 Merkin at 1 then staying…
THE ARMORY · MON JUN 29
Decisions
Five guys (including FNG “Trash Panda”) put in 45 minutes of work this morning. YHC joined them for the last 34. Here’s what we did. The Thang - 10 Goblet Squats - 10 Curls - 10 Calf Raises - 10 American Hammers - 10…
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 26
Ding Dong Done
WARMUP: usual stuff THE THANG: 1-min on/30-sec rest… AMRAP Set #1 and 2 had 100 swing buy-in. We had to shorten times on set # 3 Set 1: Cleans R Squats LBC Clean L Step FORWARD alt. Lunge Simba (BBSU w/ press) Swings…
THE YARD · SAT JUN 20
Track Theme
WARMUP: -Cherry Picker -Imperial Walker -Hillbilly -MC THE THANG: -4x100 with 4 pain stations -4x200 with 4 pain stations -4x800 with 4 pain stations MARY: -American Hammers -Should taps -Big boy sit-ups -Hello Dolly…