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The Cinco Day Circuit

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AO: asylum-am
Q: Cinco (Scott McGuire)
PAX: Farley, P3, Rainbow, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, Hands, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, TRC/Crab legs, Tropicana, Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:

• Side Straddle Hops x 25
• Cherry Pickers x 5
• Arm Circles
• Michael Phelps
• Merkins

THE THANG:

Main Workout: “The Cinco Circuit”

5 stations | 5 exercises | 5 rounds (We got 3 in!)

Form the Mexican Train. Carry a tire overhead. Follow the light poles. Every 5th light pole is a station. Do 5 burpees together.

Stations:
1. Cinco Squats – 5 tempo air squats, hold at bottom of last one for 5 seconds, 5 jump squats
2. Taco Twists – Russian twists (25 each side)
3. Mariachi Merkins – 5 merkins, then 5 mountain climbers (repeat)
4. Fiesta Flutter Kicks – 25
5. Burro Bombs – 5 donkey kicks per leg, then 5 shoulder taps

Total = 5 rounds x 5 stations x 5-themed reps

Optional: Play Latin music in the background for flair.

MARY:

1. 2 Sprints
2. Canoe w/ CatGut

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill

COT:

Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s Independence Day — that’s a common myth. Instead, it commemorates the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when a small, under-equipped Mexican force defeated the French army, one of the strongest in the world at the time. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Mexicans stood their ground and protected their homeland.

So why does that matter to us? Because this workout — and life — isn’t about having the perfect conditions. It’s about grit, unity, and heart. Just like those soldiers at Puebla, we show up, we fight together, and we leave no man behind.

You vs. You 1st F Challenge for April at the Asylum

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Rainbow, P3, Double Wide, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Tropicana, Gibbler, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Bunny, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Stretch
– Tempo Merkins
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings

THE THANG:
PART 1: RUN
– 10-minute timer
– Begin at Line 1:
1. Run to Line 2 (10 yards) and back
2. Run to Line 3 (20 yards) and back
– Run to Line 4 (30 yards) and back
1. → That’s 1 rep
– Rinse and repeat for 10 minutes
– Record total reps
– 1-minute rest
PART 2: AMRAP
– 3×2-minute timer (no rest between movements)
– Count total reps (cumulative):
1. 2 minutes AMRAP Side-Straddle Hops (SSH)
2. 2 minutes AMRAP High Knees (count 1 leg)
3. 2 minutes AMRAP Mountain Climbers (count 1 leg)
– 3 minutes rest
– Record total reps from Round 1
THEN… REPEAT THE ENTIRE WORKOUT
Start over from Part 1 and repeat the full circuit. Reset your rep count
Submit Your Scores (4 Total):
1. Round 1 Run Reps
2. Round 1 AMRAP Reps
3. Round 2 Run Reps
4. Round 2 AMRAP Reps
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3PzswIJNrUsoNEjY53llgqp6bqH3clDy7V9I17T7hdR8M3g/viewform?usp=sharing
MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Frozen Head CSAUP
– Hardship Hill

COT: Celebrate the small victories, wins & blessings. We don’t know His overall plan. If we think of His plan as a tapestry that He can see from the finished side, and we only see the small pieces of the back side. There is beauty in the small view we have and we should take joy in the things He calls us to do in the moment.

P3’s Monday AMRAP

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Rainbow, Russell Crook/Crablegs, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Hands, Pac-man, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Love’s
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:

5 easy Up-Downs
SSH
Lap around the parking lot
Cherry Pickers
Abe Vigoda’s
Runners Stretch
Shoulder Stretches

THE THANG:

Mosey to Muscle Beach and work through the following AMRAP

10 Pull-ups or Rows
20 Mericans
30 Step-ups
40 LBCs
Run up narrow path to top of Rose Bowl and back down opposite side

Rinse and repeat

MARY: Negative

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergence at Frozen Head at the end of the month!

Hardship Hill coming up on May 17th.

Working on getting an F3 smokies game on the books!

COT:

Holy Week is upon us. Reflect on the waywardness of humanity. As humans we are easily swayed off of our mark. Practice consistency in faith and further appreciate the sacrifice and love given to those of us whom are so wayward in our faith and how amazing that truly is.

Sparkler

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Tropicana, bluebird, Rainbow, Charmin (John Willis), Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Double Wide, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, P3, Sparkler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: The usual: 30 Sparklers, the Junk Sparkler, 10 Sparklers IC, the Sparkler.

Weather was a tossup so we did Sparkler Burpees (deceivingly difficult after two or three rounds) and some rock work until 6, when we left the Pavalon’s friendly confines for a prayer mosey – sounds weird but it was a highlight for me – and just one little backwards trip up Cardiac.

10 Sparklers when we got back to the Pavalon, then a sprint up Eaby everest to finish things off.

Prayed for various friends and situations, including a certain surgery happening today.

Links to interview:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hKDKmcByIL0fRsOK91aOh?si=wCKo2rM0TVuOeTsp96u0xA

A Friday Photo Finish

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Double Wide, Hands, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Rainbow, Farley, Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Stretching
– Tempo Merkins
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (until the PAX confirmed they were warm)

THE THANG:
– Stage I:
– 10 Squats at the Base of Baby Everest
– Run to the Summit of Baby Everest
– 1 Manmaker
– 1 Lt. Dan
– Stage II:
– Mosey to the intersection leading to the Overlook
– 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
– Mosey off-road to a spot the Q led
– Stage III:
– Light Pole Pictionary
– Worked from the center of the pathway at the selected light pole.
– Performed the exercise on the card and ran to the next light pole.
– Performed that exercise and ran the way we came to the light pole on the other side of the first light pole.
– Rinse & repeated until the Q moved the PAX back to the AO.

MARY:
– Dante’s Core (Don’t Put Your Feet on the Ground)
– Hollow Rocks
– V-Ups
– Gas Pumpers
– 30 Second Hold

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Escape from Haw Ridge
– Hardship Hill

COT: Recited an old native folk tale “The Wolf You Feed”. Remember there are two wolves constantly at war inside you. One is good, generous & kind. The other is mean, greedy & angry. The one feed, will be the one to win.