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Core of Duty!

AO: the-knoll
Q: The Banker
PAX: AAA, G-string, Gold Digger, Half Lyfe, Lady Liberty, morning stār, Roadkill, Stubs, Timber, Bumblebee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: almost perfect!

WARMUP: BAC’s, windmill, knee ups,

THE THANG:
1. 5 core exercises 45 secs on and varied rest between each, 3 rounds with 1 min of stretching in between
Big Boys, leg raises, American Hammers, Shoulder taps, heels to heaven
2. Tabata – 20 secs on 10 off rotating plank jacks and mountain climbers
3. Lap around the block at your pace
4. 30 sec Planks (elbow, side, side) + hollow core hold for 30

MOLESKINE: Take inventory of yourself and where you’re at. If you aren’t where you want to be, be easy on yourself but put a plan together. If you are pat yourself on the back and keep it up.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: see general slack channel

COT: prayers for mental health and a few intentions

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HVAC

AO: devilsden
Q: Flash
PAX: Meat Sweats, Reveille, McAfee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Baby Bear. “Juuuust right.”

WARMUP: OYO stretching for 60 seconds

THE THANG:
Real Warmup: 100 pushups, as prescribed by RFK Jr.

HEAVY Kettlebell Complex
– 4x Goblet Clean & Press
– 4x Deadlift
– 4x Swings
– 4x Crush-Grip Squats

8 Rounds

Cool Down: 50 high pulls (RFK says do 50 pull ups, but alas, no pull up bar in the parking lot)

MOLESKINE: Trailer thieves still on the loose, Flash wife is playing detective, Reveille doesn’t know how air conditioning works & other nonsense. Skeet was missed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NAHTC fundraiser in October, Spartan Race (obviously)

COT:

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3 Ring Circus: Part UNO

AO: titan
Q: Spinal Tap , Pole Dancer, Firefox
PAX: Firefox, Pole Dancer, Natural Ice, DintyMoore, Young and Restless, GameStop, Papa Bear, SalPal, Vector, Choo Choo, CubCadet, Good Morning America, Lewis Ngwenya, Salami, Sherlock, Squatter, Tim the Toolman, Wolfpack, Duvet, Capsize, Saddle Sore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22!
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: ssh, lbac, wmh, good mornings etc

THE THANG:
Spinal Tap; DORA 50 merkins, 100 Carolina dry docks, 150 air press

Firefox: 10 pull ups alt plank jack shoulder taps x 5 rounds then 10 derkins with someone holding our legs and then leg lifts by holder

Pole Dancer: bear crawl to Parthenon then 50 dips, lap, 50 irkins, lap, 50 dips, lap, then 50 derkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
50 mile Team race next week
Small group opportunity for all led by spinal tap and natural ice – dm us if interested!

COT:
Praise for Young and Restless for coming consistently for the past year!

See link below to help our former F3 colleague F3G Noah Kinney :pray:

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Tortoise & Hare – The Last Run

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Barney, Decaf, Michelin Man, Strutter, bluemule, Young and Restless, Touchback, Speechless (Bryan), Hair Band, Baby Bop, Step Back, Purple Rain, Napoleon, 1 Star, Black Jack, Cow Pie, Cool Runnings, Clorox, Big Mama
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21
CONDITIONS: 77 degrees and HUMID!

WARMUP: Black Jack was invited to lead the warmup due to his demonstration of poor effort and poor attitude. He brought the poor energy into the circle and offered an uninspiring warmup. After a couple of attempts, the warmup responsibility was taken from him and order was restored.

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN! The final run for this cohort before they move into the Work Phase of the program. Five out of Nine 4:13 Strong men set a PR today! Also posting a new PR was Young and Restless!

MOLESKINE: As men approach the finish line, they have the tendency to let up and coast to the finish. The challenge was made today to not be those men…to give the best effort of the six weeks today for the final run. We had five men accept that challenge!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is Friday, 8/22 at 11:30am. Come celebrate with us and enjoy some Hot Chicken and Mac & Cheese.

COT: Prayers for guidance and wisdom as the men are interviewing and considering job offers.

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Full-body Fun

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Focker , Cowboy
PAX: Pepsi, Cal Worthington, Esposa, Oatmeal, DrRupp, Betty Ford, Choo Choo, sooner, Toothless, LB
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: 70s!

WARMUP: short and mild yoga

THE THANG:
Upper body first at the 9 square apparatus
TABATA 1 minute work with 10 second reset
5 pull ups (alternate grips each round)
10 hand release merkins
5 dry docks
Hold plank until reset
15 rounds total (grumbling began at round 4 and the “pump” around round 11)
The reins were handed over to Cowboy who let us to the baseball diamond with intermittent fire, hydrants, and squats.
-10 glute bridges and 10 fire hydrants on the benches
-sprints on the baseball diamond with jump squats, squats, high knees and Smurf jacks interspersed (the second round of jump squats started to really make everyone miss the upper body circuit)

Finished it off with a round of Mary

MOLESKINE:
-sooner’s pull up face is something we all should witness once in our life
– Oatmeal was breaking laws of physics performing swing jumps instead of pull-ups
– Cowboy’s legs are truly a modern marvel

ANNOUNCEMENTS: refer to Slack

COT: just wanna say how extremely grateful I am being surrounded by individuals for striving to be better every day

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Murpharama

AO: the-knoll
Q: The Banker
PAX: Timber, Malibu, morning stār, Gold Digger, Pebbles, Half Lyfe, El Capitan, Papa Bear, Étouffée, AAA, Shakira, Derby, Roadkill, Bumblebee, Federer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Sweaty

WARMUP: 20 slow squats, 20 knee ups, 15 butt kicks, 20 slow merkins

THE THANG: Murph! 1 mile, 100 pullups, 200 merkins, 300 squats, 1 mile

MOLESKINE:Think about the low points during the workout and the negative thoughts that entered your mind. Replace with positive thoughts!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: lets pass the hat around for MinniePearl if you are able to.

COT: Prayers for individuals with specific requests and in general for the group.

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Detour Ahead

AO: the_eddy
Q: Stubs
PAX: Chunks, Lady Liberty, SalPal, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Pitmaster, Squatter, Legos, Sooie, Natural Ice, Gecko, Salami, Siri, Choo Choo, Grape, DintyMoore, Wolfpack, FLO
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: sticky

WARMUP: none

THE THANG: a slightly longer ruck than initially planned.

MOLESKINE: “Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually THE Path” – Katherine Wolf

A fitting quote for the official kick off of the Eddy.
Much like life we encountered some detours this morning.

Thank to everyone who joined us today to officially launch The Eddy
Apologies for going 8 mins over.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 50 mile CSAUP coming up
F3 dads event in October
As always check slack

COT: prayers and coffee

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Rainy Wednesday

AO: devilsden
Q: McAfee
PAX: Meat Sweats, Skeet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Raining

WARMUP: OYO

THE THANG: Rounds of-
10x swing
10x squat
10x clean+jerk
10x squat thrust
10x offset merkins

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spartan Race 10-4
Huge kudos to Skeet for getting the partnership with NAHT started, make sure to sign up!

COT: the power of positive vibrations

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Lot of Running Q!!

AO: the-castle
Q: Pep
PAX: Strutter, hambone, Dilbert, Goodwill, Squatter, 1,2,3,4,5
FNGs: 5 1,2,3,4,5
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Muggy

WARMUP: Run greenway

THE THANG:
Wreck-Tangle:
Partners – one partner half running the rectangle (half of the field) while other partner does slower travel
Slower Movements:
– Endzone side: Komodo dragon
– Sideline: inch worm (inch forward, push up, jump up)
– Midfield: lunge twith
– Sideline: bear crawl

11’s at hill:
– iron mikes
– Burpees

MOLESKINE:
– 5 guys from First Baptist showed up after looking for exercise + connection

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– csaup: 50 miler on Aug 29 – ask chunks
– Next month (October) – night moves

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The big 39

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Black Lung, Freakonomics, Salami, Red Skull, Cuban Missile, caprate, Spinal Tap, One Star
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Steamy

Warm-Up
We kicked things off with 39 Side Straddle Hops in cadence, then rolled through the usual suspects: cadence merkins, arm circles, seal claps, overhead presses, Moroccan nightclubs, and a sprinkle of imperial walkers mid–shoulder burn just to see if they’d help or hurt (jury’s still out). Closed with some light stretching.

The Thang – Part 1
Mosey to the top of the stairs.
– 13 8-count body builders
– 13 WWIs
– 13 jump squats
– Run down and up the stairs.
– Repeat 3x for a total of 39 reps per exercise.
The Thang – Part 2
Run to the benches.
– 13 dips
– 13 incline merkins
– 13 elevated Alabama prom dates
– Run to Benson Ave and back.
– Repeat for good measure.
Finisher
Cadence 8-count body builders, mosey back to StartEx, cadence Mary, and—you guessed it—more 8-count body builders.

COT
Grateful for another lap around the sun and for the men who showed up to start the day right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Triple Threat Convergence – Three Ring Circus next week at titan atlantis bomber