thefarm Dora adjacent

Date: 2024-07-17
AO: thefarm
Q: Matthew – Running Man
PAX: Trolley, Squatter, IKEA
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP
Don quixotes
Beet pickers
Arm circles
Willy Mays Hays
Mosey around the fields

THE THANG
Like Dora, do the following exercises until everyone in the group has run across the soccer field and back. Squats
Crunches or situps
Glute bridges
Dips
Shoulder presses
Lunges

MARY
The usual

COT
Quote from C.S. Lewis:
“Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’” Be honest with others (and yourself). You’re unlikely to improve if you don’t recognize your shortcomings.

Tags: thefarm, Trolley, Squatter, IKEA

thehighlands 12 Pains of Christmas

Date: 2024-07-18
AO: thehighlands
Q: CFIT (St. Charles, MO)
PAX: Hard Knox, Hobbyhorse, Toolbox, Gherkin, Jag, Cam, CFIT (St. Charles, MO), Dial-up, Spud, Fruit Loops, Tour Guide FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
In “celebration” of (approximately) 4 years of F3 for me, we did one of my “favorite” styles of beatdown, 12 Days/Pains of Christmas, aka Christmas in July.

WARMUP: All IC. 7-1 Motivators, Grass Grabbers, Abe Vigodas, Bat Wings, Copperhead Squats, World’s Greatest Stretch.

THE THANG: 12 Days/Billy Madison-style workout. Round 1, then Rounds 2+1, then Rounds 3+2+1, etc. At the In Cadence (IC), PAX planked or Al Gored for the Six, to Leave No Man Behind.

1. Sweet Bippee Burpees, jailbreak to midfield, mosey back
2. No Surrenders, the hard way (THW)
3. American Hammers (4-count)
4. Copperhead Merkins (IC)
5. Burpees
6. Bonnie Blairs (THW)
7. Box Cutters (IC)
8. Shoulder Tap Merkins
9. Apollo Onos (THW)
10. SSH (IC)
11. BBSU / WW2
12. Kraken Burpees (3 hand release merkins per burpee)

MARY: One minute plank courtesy of Fruit Loops.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack. Keep an eye out for 9/11 memorial ruck and stair climb.

COT: Q closed in prayer.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead and serve!

Tags: thehighlands, Hard Knox, Hobbyhorse, Toolbox, Gherkin, Jag, Cam, CFIT (St. Charles, MO), Dial-up, Spud, Fruit Loops, Tour Guide

edge_of_reason Horshak Makes Good Workouts

Date: 2024-07-18
AO: edge_of_reason
Q: Quip
PAX: T, Bottlecap
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3

WEATHER:
74° partly cloudy and humid

WARMUP:
SSH x 25 IC
Imperial Walkers x15, IC
Windmills x 15, IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
Michael Phelps x15, IC
Carolina Dry Docks x 10 IC

5 bonus burpees

THE THANG:
Thanks Horshack for the workout
Four of Diamonds: 4 reps of an exercise at each of the 4 corners with a different transport between corners for each round.
Each round, increase by 4 reps with a different exercise each round, for a total of 4 rounds for each exercise. Mosey around the diamond.
4 burpees (bear crawl)
8 merkins (high knees)
12 squats (lunge)
16 shoulder taps (crab walks)

Tree Hugging B-ball Burpees:
Shooting free throws in a line of Al Gores shoot and collect the ball to give to the next pax. If you miss, do a burpee, if you make it the rest of the pax does a burpee, get back in the Al Gore line. Finished when a pax reached 6.

MARY:
Flutters x 15 IC
Box Cutters x 10 each way IC
Dying Cockroach x 15
LBCs and reverse crunches x 10 IC each

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bros and Beers at Snow Balls’ place 7p tomorrow.

COT:
Travel this weekend for T and figuring out new job
Praise for 2.0 starting some learning of Chinese
Prayers for quips work meeting tomorrow and praise for a good anniversary weekend trip

Tags: edge_of_reason, T, Bottlecap

ignite A ride into the danger zone

Date: 2024-07-17
AO: ignite
Q: Peanuts
PAX: 2 percent, Hobbyhorse, Kodiak, Legacy, Gandalf, Goldfish, Popeye FNGs: None
COUNT: 8

WARMUP: SSH; WMH; MP; DB; Merkins; DD; WGS
THE THANG: Pair up. Timer runs around the block while remaining pax complete series of rotating coupon exercises – for instance: curls, squats, gravediggers, iron cross, forearm curls, etc MARY: ring of :fire:: PP up and PP down, FK, LBCs, American Hammers ANNOUNCEMENTS: ruck n float; 911 stairclimb
COT: inclusion. Find a way to include people. Particularly those that feel marginalized.

Tags: ignite, 2 percent, Hobbyhorse, Kodiak, Legacy, Gandalf, Goldfish, Popeye

compound Hooping It Up

Date: 2024-07-17
AO: compound
Q: Poe
PAX: Big Bird, citrus, Skidoos, Popeyes, Cactus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, IW, Cherry Pickers, WMH, Down Dog, 5 penalty burpees for Cactus, WGS, mosey to basketball court

THE THANG:
Round 1: Merkin Ladder 1-10, jogging from one end line to the other

Round 2: Each pax take a turn attempting a 3-pointer, then shoot from wherever the ball bounces till it goes in while all other pax perform one merkin per shot, repeat at other end with other pax performing airsquats

Round 3: Full court one-on-one while all other pax perform B-O-M-B-S in succession, advancing to next exercise with each new one-on-one matchup

Round 4: Half court three-on-three, exercise on each point – about 5 points were scored in total

MARY: Side plank dips

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck and Float, 9-11 Stair Climb, Sunshine B-day party

COT: My mother passed away from cancer when she was younger than I am now. Seeing the Stand Up To Cancer on the All-Star Game last night and today being my first Compound workout since seeing Wapner post about his wife’s situation just brings it all back. Hopefully one day it will stop intruding in all of our lives. Make every day count.

Tags: compound, Big Bird, citrus, Skidoos, Popeyes, Cactus