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Tuesday Card Game

THE SCENE:  Overcast. 70 degrees. Low humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
BAC x10 IC
SSH x15 IC
Hillbilly x10 IC
Tempo Merkin x10 IC
Tempo Squat x10 IC
8-ct Bodybuilders x5 IC

THA-THANG:
After warmup, formed two lines on Petey & Amazon. PAX mosey to Amphitheater and circled up.

Deck o’ Cards
Hearts = 4 ct Flutter Kicks IC
Diamonds = Inverted Rows IC
Clubs = Merkins IC
Spades = 8 ct Bodybuilders IC

Ace = 20 reps
Face cards = 15 reps
Less than face = Value of Card

Joker pulled:

All PAX run to top of amphitheater steps for the shoulder shredder:

4ct Overhead Claps x25 IC…arms stay out
Pick cherries, drop em in the bucket
4 total sets to get to 100 reps

Bear crawl down amphitheater steps after.

Continued with Deck of Cards. Couldn’t finish so the last set of exercises I pulled 4 aces to hit 20 of each exercise before endex.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 PAX, no FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Discussed the importance of focusing on one thing and doing it well rather than multi-tasking as it pulls attention away and it’s difficult to get momentum generated. “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” Ron Swanson

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball to start Monday workouts

Geology Rocks!

THE SCENE: Hot and Dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops x25, Baby Arm Circles x10, Merkins x10 (4ct), Tempo Squat x15

THA-THANG:
Mosey to Methodist Church, get a battle buddy and every person get a rock

  • Line up on one side of parking lot and complete 20 squats, 15 lunges, 10 jump lunges with rock
  • Partner Wheelbarrow across lot. Then do 20 merkins, 15 Carolina Drydocks, 10 diamond merkins
  • Sprint back and repeat (trade roles on the wheelbarrow)
  • Mosey to Walnut St. hill with rocks
  • One partner at bottom of hill does squats w/ rock while other runs to top with rock overhead and does 1 rockee (burpee w/ rock). Come back down hill and switch while other partner runs to top and does 2 rockees. Repeat until you get to 10 (each partner runs hill 5xs)
  • Recover at top of hill and do 50 LBCs and 50 American Hammers with rocks
  • Mosey back to AO and return rocks on the way

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

 

Long way around

THE SCENE: 72* and rain ending right before we began
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x10 IC
Wide merkins straight into ranger merkins
Hammy stretches
A little of this and that
SSH x20 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey away from the fountains in the direction of the amphitheater, running around the theater and coming back in from the far side.  Assemble near the stage to start 11’s routine.  PAX instructed to start with 10 Catalina wine mixers at the bottom on the stage (on wood planks instead of concrete, easier on the elbows), lunge up the middle two sections of stairs, finish with 1 squat jump at the top, then run down the outside sections of stairs.  Normal 11’s procedure, decrease reps of Catalina wine mixers each iteration while increasing reps of squat jumps.

Jack rabbits perform ab exercises on the stage awaiting the rest to finish up.  Butterfly led side crunches, Abort on flutter kicks, Pfeiffer on American hammers, Soot on flat leg sit ups, Quarantine on heals to heaven.  Recover and 10 count.  Run out the back side of the amphitheater and again around and back to the war memorial near the start point.

Partner up with someone you haven’t partnered with before for Dora routine.  Partner one performs exercises while partner two runs to the other end of the parking lot, up the small stairs, performs two burpees, and returns to relieve partner one.  Flapjack and continue until all exercises complete:

  • Dips x100
  • Flutter kicks on four count x100
  • Box jumps x100

Recover, 10 count, and run around the long way and back to start point for Mary

MARY:
Edward scissor legs x15 IC
Immediately move to plank for 30 seconds
Immediately move back to 6 for box cutters x10
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 Strong: Also in attendance (getting tags added) The Voice and Roto
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As men, we tend to take the long way around.  Sometimes, taking the hard path or the long way (like in a workout) is a great thing to do.  However, when it comes to happiness, that is an area that I challenge myself and those around me to NOT take the long way around.  We don’t need to get that perfect job, to achieve that higher paycheck, to afford the house and the cars and the stress free life to achieve happiness.  In this case, we need to take the short path by realizing the incredible blessings we already have.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Big Ball better have at least one team for Guardians for Garrett kickball tournament this year!!!

Fun Behind the Schoolhouse

THE SCENE: Just a little humid. Getting light a lot faster than I expected. Should have set up on the splashpad instead of behind the building…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
Al Gore Tuck x9 IC

Burpee Race:
Split into 2 groups. One group does 2 burpees then plank while other group runs a lap. Then switch. Next round is 4 burpees and plank. Keep increasing by 2 burpees each round until one group can’t complete burpees before entire running group completes the lap.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the big parking lot behind the school for a game of Memory
PAX take turns flipping 2 cards. If the cards don’t match, all PAX do BOTH exercises.
If the cards match they’re removed, and PAX just do that exercise followed by running a lap around the parking lot.

The cards:
15 Merkins
15 Dry Docks
10 Iron Mikes (each leg)
10 Squat jump
10 Burpees
15 Monkey Hump 4ct
20 Mtn Climber 4ct
Bear Crawl to light pole, Crawl Bear back
20 Flutter Kicks 4ct
20 Big Boys

Didn’t complete the deck, but we came pretty close. So far only Bomb Shelter has finished the whole game!
MARY:
Just mosey back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 strong today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Perspective… Part 2.  As I mentioned to the JUCO crew, when you’re on the mosey for a lap, you don’t even notice the distance from the game board to the light pole.  While you’re bear crawling to the pole, it looks a lot further.  While you’re crawling backward, the distance looks nearly insurmountable.  We all have areas and times in our life when we’ve got those different perspectives.  When you’re in a “mosey” stage, remember that not everyone is there.  Give grace to those who are at the backward bear crawl.
MOLESKIN:
Always a pleasure to visit the Brickyardigans!  Filter joined us too so he could get his beatdown in early and get home for his 2.0’s birthday.  Kudos on not using that as an excuse to fartsack!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None this week.

Sweating in the square

THE SCENE: 70* and clear, maybe a tad humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x10 IC
Windmills x10 IC
Baby arm circles forward x10 IC
Baby arm circles reverse x10 IC
SSH x8 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey towards the Big Ball and up the stairs towards pedestrian bridge.  Bear crawl across pedestrian bridge, each time a PAX stops to rest results in penalty of 5 prisoner squats at the end of the bridge.  Q took the six and no one was doing squats, so the entire group did 10 prisoner squats on four count in cadence.  Continue mosey to Market Square.  PAX assemble at the stage end of the square in front of the TVA building.

Routine is a variation on the Dirty Mac Deuce.  Four rounds of three exercises, 20 reps each, once a round is completed PAX take a lap around Market Square and move on to next set.  Exercises as follows:

  • Round 1: Derkins, lunges, superman swims
  • Round 2: Incline merkins, jump squats, Edward scissorlegs
  • Round 3: Wide merkins, calf raises, side crunches
  • Round 4: Dips, pistol squats, American hammers

Jack rabbits repeat round 1 after finishing while waiting on the 6.  Recover and 10 count.  Begin mosey back to start point for Mary.

MARY:
Flutter kicks x20 on four count IC
Q Favorite Boat/Canoes and variations for painfully long time
Box cutters x10 on four count IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
17 Strong: Careless, Cowbell, The Voice, Casper, Half Caf, G6, Delilah (FNG), Pfeiffer, Doolittle, Rousey, Filter, Preacher, Dugger, Roto, Operation, Bob Ross, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Pay attention to what is in front of you – the principle, the task, or what’s being portrayed.” How you do anything is how you do everything. How you handle today is how you handle every day.  How you handle this minute is how you handle every minute.  Leave no doubt.