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AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Mermaid, Flower Pot, Betty, Eliza, Blindside, Lizzy, Dumpster Dive, Crawlspace, Honeydew, Draino
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10

THE THANG: the hand route+the finger

ANNOUNCEMENTS: one knox game, virtuous leadership hike

COT: call your friends and tell them
Goodnight aka check in and be there. Tell them you’re thankful for them.

Do The Hard Things

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Blindside
PAX: Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Madoff, Snowbird, Mouthwash, Bookman, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Smithers, Blindside, Tinactin
FNGs: 1 Tinactin
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:

Ribbed’s Patented Warm-up: 1 Squat

THE THANG:
The Snake
5 Stations, 3 exercises per station, 5 rounds, Deescalating # of Reps. Mosey to each station, Mosey back to 1st station after completing the 5th station. Do exercises again doing the next lowest # of reps.

The Stations/Exercises/Reps:
1. Dock
1. CCD, BBS, Mountain Climbers
2. 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 reps
1. Rockpile
1. OH Press, Rows, Curls
2. 20, 16, 12, 8, 4 reps
1. Bathhouse
1. Pull-ups, LBCs, Wide Merkins
2. 15, 12, 9, 6, 3 reps
1. Splash Pad
1. Dips, Derkins, Imperial Squat Walkers
2. 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps
1. Top of the World
1. Lunges, Apollo Onos, Burpees
2. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reps

MARY:
Fellowship Mosey return to Shovel Flag

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, Ribbed is the new Comz Q

COT:
I don’t like this workout. It is just enough running to tick you off. But I had a conversation yesterday with a friend that I preferred golf over tennis because “My cardio isn’t up for tennis right now.” After I said that, I immediately planned to do this Q because I didn’t like that I said it.

Do the hard things! Do the right things!

Core Cavalcade

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Madoff
PAX: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Bookman, Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Snowbird, Blindside, Smithers, Stripped, Mouthwash
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: walk to the smokehouse grab a CMU and walk to the splash pad

THE THANG:
Tabata – 8 rounds 20 secs work 10 sec rest

CMU – 90 degree March Hold
Wall – Legs Up Wall Touch
CMU – standing around the world stops
Sitting jump ups
Freddie Metcuries
CMU – American Swings

MARY:
15 gas pumpers
20 flutter kicks
15 Georgia cheerleaders
1 cherry picker

ANNOUNCEMENTS: flag handoff shamrock on Friday

COT: Matthew 6:25-30. Talked about worry and faith and how as men sometimes our desire to plan and control is a demonstration of worry. We should rely on God voice and hand to lead us and not project ourselves too far into the unknown. Don’t worry about a thing 😉

M&Ms

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Snowbird, Blindside, Stripped, Mouthwash, Madoff, Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Smithers, Bookman, Headgear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH, TN rocking chairs, Cherry pickers

THE THANG:
Manion WOD a day early: www.travismanion.org/events/manion-wod/

MARY:
Core stuff- Imperial walkers, LBCs, GA Cheerleaders, Hello Dollys, Flutterkicks

Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill5/17, Fill that May Q calendar! Check out the other AOs and even Q!

COT:
Today is my 3rd F3 anniversary. I’m thankful for the men of F3 and being a little bit biased, especially at The Equalizer. My reasons for showing up may be different than others, but knowing there’s somewhere to go at 5:30 in the morning to share in a fitness challenge and enjoy some fellowship instills my faith in others.

Plus- where else other than The Equalizer will you get to watch a training session on the soccer pitch before dawn?

Goth Equalizer

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Blindside, Cheney, Mouthwash, Madoff, Snowbird, Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Stripped, Bookman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
SSHs, Rockettes, LBACs, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: 20 reps each station
4 stations on 1 half of the tennis courts
2 CMUs -> Deadlifts and Squats
2 sandbags -> Floor Presses and B.O.Rs.
2 CMUS -> Core choices of Leg Lifts holding the CMU, American Hammers, BBS, or Oklahoma Cheerleaders
2 Resistance Bands -> OH Presses or Curls. Mainly avoid getting snapped in the face
Movement between stations is either lunges or bear crawls

MARY: Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hardship hill on 5/17

COT: “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence”. Vince Lombardi

…Not only is that from Blindside’s favorite team’s coach, it’s a great way to frame expectations. We need to always get better, no matter what we’re doing, but it gives us something to strive for with realistic goals in the end.

I’m always glad to get out in the gloom. This morning felt lackluster for me. I’m tired, couldn’t get the music to work, and the workout didn’t feel fluid or fulfilling to me. For those that felt the same, I’m sorry. I tried something different today so it was a mental win. Those count just the same. Glad I had some guys out there that were encouraging and we could have some good conversations and jokes.

No one got hurt by the bands either. That’s a bigger win.

Come on out for a Good Friday Mouthwash Q. Been looking forward to it since I saw it on the calendar. You should as well.