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408 backblasts mention “Skipper”
MINNOW POND · THU OCT 29
Tour of FM and 44 Reps
Birthday Week Q #4. WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance and Directions-ish THE THANG: Run for 5 minutes-ish then do 11 Squats, SSH, Hammers and calf raises all ways. Main St --> Springs St --> Summersby -->Unity St -->Hill St…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 20
Mozy Ruck 4
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…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 19
Bad Route
WARMUP: Too cold to warm up so we just ran THE THANG: YHC posted a route the night before, was all downhill, but driving up Sutton realized there was less sidewalk and minimal shoulder to safely run on so quickly…
THE FORGE · FRI OCT 16
4 Corner EMOM avoiding the Harry Teeter dumpster juice
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, down dog, honey mooners, pigeon then mosey the long way to the back side of Harris Teeter. THE THANG: 4 corners EMOM behind Harris Teeter Four stations each with a different exercise listed…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 13
Benches and Hills
WARMUP: SSH, lizard and plank stretches, windmills THE THANG: 1) 5 Burpees at each set of benches until reaching playground 2) Dora at Playground 100 Irkins, 125 dips, 150 step ups, run the playground ring 3) 5 merkins…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON OCT 12
Hateful 8s
9 did the hard thing this morning at Sweep. The Thang 3.8 miles, 3 exercises (Burpees, Pistol Squats, Hand Release Merkins) of 8 reps at 8 stops on a figure 8 course - Stop 1 - Earth Fare - Stop 2 - Kangaroo Express …
SWEEP THE LEG · SUN OCT 4
Running
WARMUP: no THE THANG: Ran down to school. 5 burpees/13squats/10 big boys run 1/4 mile rinse and repeat. Do until 555. Everyone got in 4. MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: what happens stays
MINNOW POND · THU OCT 1
Skipper zipper
THE THANG: Zipper route starting at Elliott St. 10 merkins and 10 jump squats at the end of every street. 5 burpees each time the pax cross Springs St. Pax logged 3.5-4.5 miles.
SWEEP THE LEG · MON SEP 28
Poles of Death
The Thang: Mosey to the light poles at the back of the school. Out one, 10 merkins, back to start 10 lunges (each leg). Out two poles 5 burpees, back to start, 10 squats. Out 3 poles, 10 merkins, etc. Repeat until time…
CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 23
Some Running/rucking
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…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 15
Of course, more burpees
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Mosey to some curb merkins in cadence BurpBackMountain - partner up. Partner 1 does burpees while partner 2 nurs up the hill and runs down twice…
THE FORT · TUE SEP 8
Saturday Fish Special
Warm-up, lap around the park. Five cones and cinder blocks were set up in the middle of the field. We began with a Dora style workout. Partner 1 - ran cupcakes between the cones while partner 2 began the cindy reps 100…
MINNOW POND · THU SEP 3
Sweaty
Massey to Harris to McCammon to Clebourne to Main to Veteran’s Park Exercises at following: John Boys FM Pharmacy Veteran’s Park 10 Merkins 10 Squats 10 LBC’s
CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 2
Missing in Action
Munn then right on Harris. Enter neighborhood past Sam smith and run to masons Bend dead end and circle back to cot
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 1
The Ol Swap a roo
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Slow Windmills, Morrocan nightclubs THE THANG: 100 FLUTTERS, 75 SSH, 50 MERKINS,40 SQUATS,30 SHOULDER TAPS, 25 LBC'S, 15 BOMBJACKS AND 10 CDD. AFTER EVERY EXERCISE WE RAN FROM THE…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 25
Why do my Hips Hurt?
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: The Nolan Richardson Partner workout: Partner 1 starts the exercises while partner 2 nurs 50 yards, does 1 Bobby Hurley, then runs back…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON AUG 24
First time for everything
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 · FRI AUG 21
Full-body at The Forge
9 men survived The Forge this morning. Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Long Loop Mosey behind HT and back to Starting Point…
MINNOW POND · THU AUG 20
3 exercises on repeat...for 4 miles
WARMUP: Non existent THE THANG: Super simple...running with push-ups, V-ups and American Hammers. At every stop, the PAX would perform: 5 V-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers Here's the route we took: Up Massey and…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 18
Colosseum...The Return
WARMUP: You should've done that & stretched prior to launch. THE THANG: Run to the bottom of the hill at the entrance of the school compound for 5 of each of the following Merkin series: Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON AUG 10
Fellowship Route
WARMUP: THE THANG: Earth Fare and Back MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter COT: Family, health and seeking God
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…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 4
Chance, Choice, and Scrotum Tunnels: The Memoirs a MILGA Man
It was a moist, humid morning. The message covered a fairly simple topic, Life. We delved into the topic of chance with the use of a coin flip. Winner named the activity and rep count. Things are at times (Most) out of…
CLYDESDALES · MON AUG 3
We ran
We ran