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A late Backblast Is Still A Backblast

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Warm Up: Sir Fozio Arm Circles, Popeye Punches, WMH, Kettlebell Halo

The Workout:

Part 1 (10 minutes): 

One arm with no breaks between sets

  • 5x One-arm swing snatches
  • 5x Rows
  • 5x Hang cleans
  • 5x One-hand overhead squats

SWITCH Sides and repeat

Continue alternating sides for 10 min. (~4 total rounds)

Part 2 (15 minutes):

Tabata style (45 sec on 15 sec off) x 3

  • Left leg Romanian deadlift (RDL) x5 then knee raise
  • Right leg Romanian deadlift (RDL) x5 then knee raise
  • Thrusters
  • Lumberjacks (Right)
  • Lumberjacks (Left)

Part 3 (10 min):

LINE UP

  • American Hammers
  • Lateral Swings
  • Hip-Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder

Farmer carry 

  • 10x side bends

Switch sides and repeat 

Mary: 5 min various core exercises

Announcements: none

T-Claps (Recognition): none

Prayer: I don’t remember, sorry for the late backblast. 

Platoon conquers 1,200 reps

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Warm Up: hillbillies imperial walkers, seal, claps, homeschool high fives side trail, hops, surf Fazio, arm circles, and Daisy pickers between Moses’s

Thang one four corners 100 platoon count Merkins side trail hop squats, World War II alternate between mosey and Bear crawl second set 200 platoon count of the same

Thing two, mosey to the playground with brakes for a side, straddle hops star jumps and Merkins 10 lunges in cadence 10 pull-ups times three Wall work Durkin’s dips step ups

Finished with Popcorn Mary

COT announcements fence painting in a week and a half F3 picnic

Prayer: Ben and family, Security and neighborhood, pumpkin spice while she travels, BNB’s upcoming project in Franklinton

Experiencing ombrophobia with my bros

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Warm Up: Arm Circles, Popeye Punches, WMH, Kettlebell Halo, Kettlebell lunge and twist

The Workout:

Part 1 (10 minutes): 

One arm 

  • 5x Snatches
  • 4x Rows
  • 4x Hang cleans
  • 4x squats

SWITCH Sides and repeat. Continue alternating sides for 10 min. 

Part 2 (10 minutes):

  • 2 minutes Around the World reverse lunge

MOVE TO KNEELING POSITION

  • 45 seconds Uppercut bottoms up press 
  • 45 second Twist upper cuts
  • 45 sec high pulls

SWITCH Sides and repeat

Part 3 (10 min): 

LINE UP

  • 15x Kettlebell Swings
  • 10 Kettlebell Plank Drag
  • 10 Breakdancers

Farmer carry right arm

  • 10x Side lean

SWITCH sides and repeat

Mary: Joined up with The Cletus boys for a Mary. Pickle Pounders, Hello Dolly, LBC, H-T-M

Announcements: Apex hosting charity walk for Men’s Mental Health. @Yogurt is Q-ing next week for his 60th! Details on Slack.

T-Claps (Recognition): none

Prayer: none

Cocaine Bear

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Warm Up: good mornings, parking lot mosey, ssh, sir fazio, chinooks, willy maze haze, hillbilly, windmill

The Workout:

PAX moseyed to rock pile to choose their favorite large rock and found a partner. 

The Q demonstrated a cocaine bear crawl and marked 7 parking lot lines as the length of the course. Each group was assigned the task of 150 ground pounders, 150 rut rows, and 150 ww2 while their partner performed a roundtrip of the parking lot course. 

 

Mary:

LBCs, heel taps, homer to marge, pickle pounder, j-lows for 15 rep cadence count .

Used the last 5 mins to stretch / yoga

Announcements:

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: upcoming graduations and wedding plans

Kettlebells and Bear Squares

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FNGs:na Warm Up: 1/2 mile mosey with intermittent stops for hill Billie’s, imperial walkers, Frankenstein, sir Fazio arm circles, home school high fives, step ups The Workout: Cletus crew rolled up on Ceazy Ivan and joined there thang. Kettlebell and coupon circle with 11 stations for 2 rounds. 30 seconds in, 15 seconds rest.
mosey to the tennis courts where PAX spread to each corner. When transitioning from a corner to another tennis court the PAX crawled a bear squares.  Corners were Merkins, side straddle hips, squats and big boy sit-ups. Mary: Picking up cones. Announcements: Everyone shared what they do for a living and encouraged one another to support each other as possible.  T-Claps (Recognition): Prayer: Brian’s surgery, girl recovering from copper head bite, Pittsburgh families effected by tornado and man that feel from the stadium at Pirate’s game

Shining Stars at Purple Cobra with an FNG

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FNGs: Timber

Warm Up: Multiple mosey and stop for thunder-hops, frankenstein, imperial walkers, hill billies. Mosey to the wall by the baseball field for step ups, merkins, dips for 2 rounds

The Workout: 

Got coupons from the rock pile and did 2 sets of movements before the Q selected a PAX to select a number between 1 and 5. Each number selected was for a different station. The PAXs bear crawled the selected station, leaving their rocks for the moment. We hit all the stations and hit station 4 twice. After completing the exercise at the station the PAX bear crawled back. We repeated this for what ended up being 6 rounds.

  1. Kevin Harts
  2. Mike Tyson
  3. Big Boy Sit ups
  4. Preacher’s chair
  5. Star jumps

We then mosey’d to the playground for Derkins, Urkins and dips

Mary: American Hammers, Box cutter, LBCs, Heel taps, Homer to Marge

Announcements: Abe is collecting food for the food cupboard

T-Claps (Recognition): PAX that helped Shooting Blanks move on Saturday.

Prayer: A hiker named Jason passed away this last weekend unexpectedly, prayers for his family. Also for grand-daughter.

Grateful Merkins

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FNGs: n/a Warm Up: side-straddle hops, frankenstein, hill-billies, imperial walkers, seal claps, overhead claps, smurf-jacks
The Workout:

Move 10 yards/ 10 x merkin/ 10 x plank exercise
For the Move, rotating between skater jumps, forward lunge,  backward Lunge
10 standard merkins
For the plank, roating between shoulder taps/spidermans/plank jacks for 10 sets
Before commencing merkins, plank hold while PAX answer a question about F3 or something they are grateful for.

Mosey followed by: wall for step ups, dips, irkins, dirkins for 2 sets of 10 reps each

Mary: Popcorn Mary
Announcements: Volunteer for installing gutters at Holly Springs Food Cupboard on Saturday March 8th, morning.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Recovery from natural disasters in SoCal, still have recovering going on

Popeye’s Amateur Hour at Crazy Ivan

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FNGs: None

Warm Up:

  1. Side Straddle Hop
  2. Squats
  3. Good Morning
  4. Sir Fozio Arm Circles.
  5. Lunges with Torso Twist

The Workout:

Perform the circuit below for 3 rounds, with 45 seconds of work per exercise, 15 seconds of rest, and 1 minute of rest between rounds. Alternate arms or sides as needed. Adjust weight for proper form and intensity.

Lower Body Focus

  1. Kettlebell Goblet Squat
    • Hold the kettlebell at chest height, squat low, and engage quads and glutes.
  2. Kettlebell Deadlift
    • Focus on hamstrings and glutes with a flat back.
  3. Kettlebell Reverse Lunge
    • Place one foot on a low surface behind you, holding the kettlebell at your chest or in one hand.

Upper Body Focus

  1. Kettlebell Clean and Press (Alternating)
    • Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder, then press overhead.
  2. Kettlebell Bent-Over Rows (Alternating)
    • Hinge at the hips and row the kettlebell to your torso, alternating sides.
  3. Kettlebell Halo
    • Circle the kettlebell around your head, keeping your core tight.

Full-Body/Cardio Focus

  1. Kettlebell Swings
    • Use explosive hip movement to swing the kettlebell to shoulder height.
  2. Kettlebell Lateral Lunge with Pass-Through
    • Step out to the side and pass the kettlebell under your leg. Alternate sides.
  3. Kettlebell Ground Pounder
    • Combine a squat with an overhead press for a powerful full-body movement.

Core Focus

  1. Kettlebell American Hammers
    • Sit and twist side to side with the kettlebell. Lift feet for an extra challenge.
  2. Kettlebell Plank Drag
    • In a plank position, drag the kettlebell from side to side under your torso.

Announcements: Vote for Best In Show’s dog – Link in SLACK

Prayer: Continued healing for Best In Show

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4 Tour the ponds

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FNGs: none Warm Up: none The Workout: 5.3 mile route turned in 7ish miles. Ran from Ting Park to Kilimanjaro Hill to Veterans Park to Jones to Earp back to Ting Park. Mary: none Announcements: Concealed carry planned by @bestinshow in April. T-Claps (Recognition): n/a Prayer: Unspoken prayers

Avoiding the ice

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Warm Up: Four corner mosey around HS with GM, WMH, Merkins, Arm Circles

The Workout: Mosey to Amphitheater.  Groups of Three.  

Pax 1: 5x Derkins, Erkins, Step Ups (repeat until partner returns)

Pax 2: Run to parking garage

Pax 3: 5x Inverted Rows, CDD, Squats at parking garage. 

Each PAX is released when their partner arrives.

Two rounds: BTTW, People’s Chair, Copperhead Squats

Mary: Mosey to Flag. Each PAX chose favoriate Mary exercise for 5 count.

Prayer: Travel mercies P.S.I. Fanny Pack’s niece. Best in Show continued recovery.