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Sand Bag Tabata

AO: insane_train
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Piglet, Juicy J, El Capitan, Shakira, Wolfpack, Siri, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Actually pretty nice

WARMUP: SSH, Stretching, Merkins

THE THANG: – Tabata Time –

Thang 1 – 50 seconds AMRAP, 10 seconds rest
– Plank Pull Throughs
– Squats
– Merks
– Lunges
– Around the World
– Run around the track
– WW1s

Thang 2 – Burpee A Clockalypse – Now with Sand Bags

5 Burpees on the minute – but this time your lifting the sandbag over your head and dropping it
Remainder of the minute PAX performed a “resting” ab exercise
We through another lap around the track to catch out breath halfway through

MOLESKINE: Parenting is Hard, you are not alone, it does get better, there is hope!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mens Small Group kick off tonight at Hoppin River North at 6:45 pm.

Holy Smokers tomorrow Night

COT: Prayers were lifted!

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Parking Garage of Glutes

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice , Spinal Tap
PAX: Spinal Tap, Old Maid, Freakonomics, bluemule, Natural Ice, Swamper, Lance Brock
FNGs: 1 Lance Brock
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Wet and Wild

WARMUP: SSH, Stretchin, Merks

THE THANG: -Ran to the Parking Garage-
Natural Ice wanted to keep it simple
11s -Merks on one level and WW1s on the other – Keep it moving

Then Spinal Tap – went for A Dora, single leg glut bridges, reverse lunges, Romanian Split Squats, Advanced Alabama Prom Dates.

Lots of Running and Glute exercises

MOLESKINE: You only get wet once

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers Thursday night,

Spinal Tap & Natural Ice launching a small group this wednesday night. Kick off is 6:45 at Hopping River North – with Trivia

COT: Prayers lifted!

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[after-hours] The Inaugural After Hours

AO: after-hours
Q: Strutter
PAX: Hipster, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
CONDITIONS:
Glorious, clear evening.

WARMUP:
20 SSH IC
Run to the base of the steps.
THE THANG:
Run up steps, do a random exercise.
Run up more steps, do a random exercise.
Run down steps, random exercise.
Run through a parking lot, and then back up steps for a random exercise.
Run down the big set of steps and back to the map.
Repeato.
Threepeato.
MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Holy Smokers Thursday night.

COT:

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[tortoisehare] Run #1 – The Slowest Run of the Year

AO: tortoise-and-hare
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Decaf, Young and Restless, Goodwill, Judy, Barney, Right Said, Hipster, Stir Fry, 12 FNGs
FNGs: 1 12 FNGs
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: Brisk 34 degrees….perfect running weather

WARMUP: Standard Pre-Run Warm-Up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches

THE THANG: RUN!!! – One 4:13 Strong man under 30:00, One 4:13 Strong man over 55:00. Lots of room for improvement over the next six weeks.

MOLESKINE: Sometimes we make what should be the easiest parts of the day hard (like getting into the circle for COT). Men who are successful in life do not let the easy things knock them off track.

Hipster called Chunks old and slow and challenged the 4:13 Strong men to beat him next week.

COT: Prayers for strength and courage.

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Eddy Ruck

AO: the_eddy
Q: Juicy J , Juicy J, Legos, Wolfpack, Half Lyfe, Motorola, Roadkill, Stubs
PAX: Legos, Wolfpack, Half Lyfe, Motorola, Roadkill, Stubs, Juicy J
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: only 23 degrees

WARMUP: none

THE THANG: 2.5 mile rucking around Edwin Warner Park

MOLESKINE: The importance of Fasting and how great it is for your body. A lot easier than expected.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: LeanPax and Holy Smokers coming up

COT: Lift up Wolfpack, Juicy, and Lego’s friends in prayer. Prayer to close us out. 1-2-3 LEAD!

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Cherry Poppers – VQ & VAOQ

AO: the-castle
Q: Brown Slip
PAX: Chunks, Hipster, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Brown Slip, Steely, Butterfingers, Barney, Flipper, Goodwill, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Drizzle, Wet, Perfect Temp

WARMUP:
• SSH – 20 IC
• Windmills – 10 IC
• Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
• Arm Circles – 10 forward/10 backward IC
• Cherry Pickers – 10 IC

THE THANG:
Cherry Bomb Circuit – 4 Rounds
** Randomized Q for each activity**
• Merkins – 20
• Squats – 20
• High Plank – 20 seconds
• Lunges – 15 each leg
• CarolinaDry Docks – 15
• Mountain Climbers – 25

Rest 30ish seconds between rounds.

MOLESKINE:
• Typewriter – 20 IC
• Standing Side Crunch (Hillbilly Walkers)– 15 IC
• Chunks with the 5 Burpee Audible
• CarolinaDry Docks Buyout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• thestronghold 4:13 Tuesdays & Thursdays – support the new cohort
• Holy Smokers this Thursday Strutter house – check Slack for details
• Check Slack for surrounding AOs and activities
• Lean PAX

COT:
• Prayers for Strutter’s MIL family & safe travels
• Strength & Guidance

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You only get wet twice

AO: bomber
Q: SalPal , Firefox
PAX: Firefox, Pep, Poppa Lock, CubCadet, Vector, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Chunks, Michelin Man, Right Said, Crawlspace, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
*Note: I’m including the running group ‘cuz I’m nice like that.

CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Mosey

THE THANG: Foxey led some partnered merks/planks + HBH/WWIs. Followed with bear crawls, merks, squat jumps. Walls sits + aussie merks. Closed with playing in traffic.

MOLESKINE: Kinda wet. No music.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Leanpax, check slack

COT: Gratitude. Stay grateful

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Snowboard Prep. For any shredders out there.

AO: pain-train
Q: Half Lyfe
PAX: Cheeks, Chili Dip, Derby, El Capitan, Piglet, Roadkill, Wolfpack, Siri
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: warm and wet!

WARMUP: SSH, IW, OHP, WMH, Runners Stretch, Mosey to Coupons.

THE THANG: 80secs exercise, 10 sec rest/move to station.

Ultimate Lunges (forward, side, back)
Jump Squats up stairs.
180 deg rotation jump squats
Swing Rows
Lt Dans
Bicycle with coupon in air
Heal taps with coupon on chest
1 legged box jumps
Incline WW2’s
~5 yard side shuffle tap ground at each end.
Repeat

MOLESKINE: Workout was a little focused on prepping for my upcoming snowboarding trip. Reflected on my trip 2 years ago before I found F3 vs the one last year after F3 and just how much better of shape I am in and how it drastically improved my ability. Grateful for this group and all of your support. Way to lead everyone! Thank you!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax, Strutter fire side discussion, Piglet VQ at the knoll next week.

COT: count off, name-o-Rama, prayers offered up.

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Deck of Step Ups

AO: atlantis
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: Vector, porcelain, SalPal, Firefox, Puzzlah, Subway
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: comfy

WARMUP: Broga followed by a mosey around the complex, ending at the Pizza Hut

THE THANG: Deck of Death!

Diamonds: Merkins
Heart: Step-Ups (ouch)
Spades: WW1s
Clubs: Squats
Joker: 15 Burpees
Aces: Exercise followed by either a lunge to the benches or 25 dips

ANNOUNCEMENTS: LeanPAX in full swing, upcoming October partner F1 event coming up

COT: Prayers for Vector’s daughter returning to school, Porcelain’s M in her new promotion and leading through the loss of her coworker, all kids going back to school for a happy and healthy semester, and the family and community of Renee Nicole Good, tragically murdered by ICE in Minneapolis.

PLAYLIST: For the workout- haven’t been able to put down Turnstile’s album Never Enough, listened start to finish. For coffeteria, a timely backdrop of Gil Scott-Heron’s “Pieces of a Man.” As relevant today as it was in 1971.

https://open.spotify.com/album/52yD51X7yDinwlg6tbCtpP?si=aB8ROkAqQc21wQgcWxnmzg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Iny1eqJMoqU1I1UoUbVQl?si=S-4hWfuJQYyWsfQhj-Hhuw

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Pep does it again

AO: greenmachine
Q: Pep
PAX: Grape, Cowboy, Toothless, bluemule, Focker, Shania, moneyshot, Shy Guy, Peaches,d-flat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: January warm

Playlist: 80’s karaoke, provided by Grape
Grade: A

WARMUP:
Requisite and obligatory ssh
Imperial walkers
Seal claps
Good mornings

THE THANG:
Peaches (down ranger) took first fifteen minutes
– demotivates (forgot name) – exercise of ssh broken into parts
– Bear crawl the from one sideline to the other
– burpees : 1 at first number, 2 at hash mark, 3 at middle, 4 at hash mark, 5 at second number
.
– More demotivates
– Lunge back from sideline to sideline
– instead of burpees, mericans
– More demotivates
pep time:
– rectangle: from end zone to fifty yardline across to sideline, back to end zone, then sideline to sideline
– one partner runs the rectangle while the other moves in a slower motion through the rectangle
. When the runner gets back to partner they switch.
– Slow movements:
– lunge twist
– Komodo dragon
– Reverse lunge
– Bear crawl
– 11’s at hill: mericans + ww1
– Back to startx for short Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– leanpax
– rumors have it that some have lost 20lbs already (unconfirmed
)

COT:
– grapes dad head surgery. Done yesterday but dad is still unconscious (expected)
– Shy guy: new baby. Rumor has it that he doesn’t wake to do feedings (unconfirmed)