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THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 29 The Smokin Cindy Violator Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Violator Mosey lap around Skillet Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run… THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 22 Coach’s Co-Q at Coach’s Box Q: Hominy · 8 PAX WARMUP: Led by Hominy: 20 SSH. 20 Mountain climbers. Mosey to loop. THE THANG: 10 merkins. Lap. 20 Squat. Lap. 30 calf raises. LBC waiting for the 6. Mosey back to the skillet. Called 20 CCD. Do a violater. Switch to… DAWN PATROL · THU OCT 15 Extra sleep isn't bad Q: backdraft · 11 PAX WARMUP: all the favs THE THANG: 11s with stairs, wall sits with bear crawls, laps with sets of 12 merkins,12 squats, 12 big boys MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: Lords Prayer DAWN PATROL · TUE OCT 13 Brought the Gear to Dawn Patrol Q: Ruby Slippers · 9 PAX Have participated in the Dawn Patrol workouts for a few months now. Noticed one thing missing at most workouts, gear. Remedied that this morning. WARMUP: Started at COT with the usual suspects THE THANG: Set-up gear in… THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 8 Panhandle’s Workout Q: Panhandle · 10 PAX Panhandle borrowed a cardboard of pain from Ruby Slippers. DAWN PATROL · TUE OCT 6 Sally Field Has Entered the Chat Q: Casey Kasem · 7 PAX WARMUP: windmills, imperials, ham stretches THE THANG: Paula Abduls from the amphitheater to the playground via trees 5 squats 5 merkins 20 dips at the playground Circle N'Diaye 20 more dips Bear crawl the big hill up… SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 2 Slow Burning Beatdown 🔥 Q: Cohiba · 12 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners: Corner 1: 10 Merkins Corner 2: 20 Squats… BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29 FORTeen Years Q: Double D · 85 PAX 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… 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… DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 15 No buckets just work Q: Assassin · -75 PAX WARMUP: Large circle of warmup, while a pax runs twice around the circle THE THANG: The Thang went from warmup to partner sprint/chase, to the dreaded hill for Indian Bear Crawls uphill a few time (ask someone) - then… THE FORGE · FRI SEP 11 Rememberence Q: backdraft · 17 PAX WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We… THE FORGE · WED SEP 9 Running at the forge Q: Autobahn · 6 PAX WARMUP: - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers - 15 Low & Slow Squats THE THANG: Mosey 1 lap around the HT ● Bear crawl across… THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 3 "The joy is often found in the work you are avoiding" Q: Float Bridge · 7 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan night club - windmill - Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Partner Exercise 50 Sit-ups with Block Press 75 Diamond Merkins with Block 100 Flutter Kick with Block Press 75 Squats with Block 50 Tricep Extensions… THE FORGE · WED AUG 26 The Smokin Corners Q: Cohiba · 6 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Cheese Shredder Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners… FLIGHT PLAN · MON AUG 24 First time for everything Q: Assassin · 23 PAX Missed the Q … nice … Bonsai took it… nice … They ran to Walmart … some rucked to wherever … nice … COT: We have guys with kids that are struggling. Real stuff. We are blessed to be able to get together and bring these… THE FORGE · WED AUG 19 Mambo number 9 Q: Liberty Bibberty · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Moroccan nightclubs Michael Phelps Squats Merkins Broga THE THANG: Ladder interval up downs Merkins and Squats MOT Bear Crawk LBC Jump Squats MOT Lunges Dora with shared bag Merkins Big boys Imp… DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 18 Blast Coupon Q: Spike · 12 PAX WARMUP: buttkick, high knees, karaone THE THANG: Run up to parking lot and did following exercises 10 counts 1) side str hops 2)imperial walker 3) Hillbilly walkers 4) moraka night club or sun god run up to big parking… THE COACH'S BOX · THU AUG 13 45 into 30 Q: Band Camp · 11 PAX WARMUP: Yea, YHC ran in 2.3 miles, but not all the PAX did THE THANG: ran to do some Bulgarian Split squats, but saw Marty Byrd coming in late. So, we went to pick him up. Highlight: Bear Crawl the band practice lot w/… THE YARD · SAT AUG 8 My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard Q: Cohiba · 18 PAX 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… DAWN PATROL · THU AUG 6 It's not 'negative', its 'eccentric' Q: Casey Kasem · 14 PAX WARMUP: windmills, produce pickers then mosey to Kingsley Springs corner monsters, knee grabs, arm stretches to lakeside benches THE THANG: C.H.I.P.S. and Dips Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by… DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 4 Rome if you want to Q: Minuteman · 10 PAX Rome is the city of 7 hills. In Roman fashion, the Pax did 7 hill repeats on White St. WARMUP: Mosey out of WEP to first parking lot for SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickahs. Mosey to upper parking lot near White St. doing… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUL 30 National Friends Day Ladder Beatdown Q: Last Call · 8 PAX WARMUP: 20 Moroccan NCs, 10 Windmills, 20 SSHs, 10 WA merkins,10 low slow squats, mosey around football field pkg lot. , THE THANG: Ladder workout: each 20 yd line start with 1 squat, merkin then each leg reverse lunge… DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 28 Playground Fun Q: Old Bay · 10 PAX WARMUP: Snooker lead us through a series of in-place warm-ups, including great hits like "Buttkickers", "High-Knees", and "Good Mornings". THE THANG: Moseyed on the trail about 1/4 around the park, stopping at the… THE FORGE · WED JUL 22 Prison Break Q: Fishstix · 8 PAX Lap around the parking lot, back to the parking spaces behind COT. Each Pax stayed inside there parking space and performed a series of exercises. Once completed, we ran a lap and began another set of exercises. The…