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More than one Way to Climb that Hill – Eastern Version

QIC:  Sidekick

Date: 06/12/2020

PAX: Slim Shady, Chavez, Toe Tag, Sousa, FNG – Petrino, DNF, Ramrod, FNG – Purple Rain, FNG – Goo Goo, Escobar, Fiddy Cent, Rendezvous, Vaccine, Snow Patrol, Fastlane, Wuznt me

AO: Hacksaw

Conditions

Bout 72 degrees

COP

SSH ICX20; Forward Fold ICX10; Plank – Left Arm Plank- Right Arm Plank; Superman, left – right- Center; Superman Swim; 3rd Grade Exercises ICX12; Willie Mays HaysICX12; Mosey the (hill)

The Thang

MORE THAN ONE WAY TO CLIMB THAT HILL

3 groups of 5 PAX start at the first light pole

Walking Lunge to 2nd marker; 40 mercans

Bear Crawl to 3rd marker; 30 Mercans

Crawl bear to 4th marker; 20 mercans

Traveling burpees to the 5th marker; 10 Mercans

Jail Break to the top of the hill

BREAK TIME – Indian Run around the parking lot

Round 2 – Same Travel Methods but substitute the Mercans out for LBC

Al Gore for till the 6

BREAK TIME – Indian Run around the parking lot

Round 3 – Same travel methods but substitute the LBC for Imperial Squats, rep counts of 20, 15, 10, and 5.

Plank for 6

Mosey all the way back to the flag

Time

COT

Encourage the PAX to use this time in society for introspection into what they truly believe and feel. Challenge them to reach out and have a conversation with someone who may have a different point of view/opinion/life experiences than you

Moleskin

That (hill) is no joke to the top

News

Parliment launching soon! July 4th convergence at Battlefield at 7 AM

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    Dora turns 11 at the Boneyard

    QIC:  Sidekick

    Date: 06/23/2020

    PAX:  Dolly, Candu, iron Butt, rodeo, Lady Scot, Vsquared, Sunburn

    AO: Boneyard

    Conditions

    71 and muggy

    COP

    NO SSH. Thats right I said it.

    Forward Fold ICX15; left over right ICX8; Switch ICX8; Supermans; Updog; downdog; seal claps ICx10; Overhead Claps ICx10; Shoulder press ICx10; Squats ICx15

    Mosey around the front of the rec center and over to the picnic tables

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    11s Round 1

    Decline Mercans and Squats

    Mosey to the Incline

    Dora –

    Partner up. Run is to the top of the parking lot and back

    50 Burpees

    150 Mercans

    100 Imperial Squats

    Mosey back to picnic tables

    11s round 2

    Ircans and box Jumps

    Mosey to flag

    Time

    COT

    Balance and well roundedness. We all need balance in our lives. We all need to improve on our weaknesses. Successful people don’t just focus on their strengths, but improve their weaknesses to become a more well rounded leader.

    Moleskin

    Box Jumps are hard

    News

    Convergence at Battlefield on July 4th at 7 AM.

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      CORE(t) and Corners

      QIC:  Sidekick

      Date: 06/20/2020

      PAX: Mrs. Baker, Deep Dish, Threeskin, Clothespin, Schnitzel, 9 Volt

      AO: THE Battery

      Conditions

      68 and Brutiful

      COP

      SSH ICX20; Forward Fold ICX10; 3rd Grade Exercises ICX12; Seal Claps – Overhead Seal Claps – Shoulder Press – ICX10 each; Willie Mays Hays ICX12; Mosey to the triple Tennis Courts

      The Thang

      CORE(t) of Dreams

      Pax get on their very own baseline (6 in total) and the 7th PAX gets by one of the end nets. One PAX is in the dream station and calls out their dreamiest core exercise and a rep count. We all perform the reps, then run a lap moving one station further than where we were. Eventually everybody gets a shot at the dream station.

      We did some LBCs, some dying cockroaches, some pickle pointers, some Spartan sit ups, etc etc. Most in 30 rep counts

      Mosey to the hill

      Bear crawl up about 1/3 of the hill, crawl bear another 1/3, Jail break the final 1/3.

      4 corners with a purpose

      Round 1 – Upper body

      Corner 1 – 40 Mercans – Jail Break to corner 2

      Corner 2 – Block Curls X 30 – Bernie to Corner 3

      Corner 3 – Chicken peckers X 10 – jail Break to Corner 4

      Corner 4 – 15 Burpees – bernie to Corner 1

      Round 2 – Lower body

      Corner 1 – 40 French Army reverse lunges – Jail Break to corner 2

      Corner 2 – Block Squats – Bernie to Corner 3

      Corner 3 – One leg forward lunges (other leg on wall) X 10 per leg – jail Break to Corner 4

      Corner 4 – 20 Monkey Humpers – bernie to Corner 1

      Round 3 – Hybrid

      Corner 1 – 25 Bonnie Blairs – Jail Break to corner 2

      Corner 2 – Block Press X 30 – Bernie to Corner 3

      Corner 3 – Wall Sit X 60 seconds – jail Break to Corner 4

      Corner 4 – 30 Wercans – bernie to Corner 1

      Mosey to Skate park for some Mary

      LBC IC X25, Pretzel Crunch ICX12 per side

      Time

      COT

      We discussed the growth in F3 Chatt and how we can grow the battery. Pushed guys to get down to Parliment and hacksaw and bring guys back up to the battery. Talked about convergence and how great they can be when guys from all areas come out

      Moleskin

      Somebody has a collection of ladies’ under garments up on the hill. Not sure who, but Deep Dish seemed very possesive of these items.

      Pax had never heard of Chicken Peckers. Was a staple of mine on my Hill City Qs back in the olden days

      News

      Convergence on July 4th at the Battlefield at 7 AM sharp

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        Just a Mosey Around the Park

        QIC:  Sidekick

        Date: 06/10/2020

        PAX: Jazzy Jag, Woodchuck, Lockjaw, Swingset, Lanyard, The Count, Mugshot, Evita

        AO: Ridgecut

        Conditions

        75 degrees and officially 196% humidity. The rain actually defied gravity and was suspended in mid air

        COP

        SSH ICX20; Forward Fold ICX10; 3rd Grade exercises ICX12; Willie Mays Hays ICX12; Seal Claps – Overhead Claps – Morrocan Night Club all ICX12; Super mans, nuetral, left and right; swims; recover, slow squats ICX15

        Mosey to the bottom of cock hill

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        Mosey Around the Park

        Set up 7 stations that create the largest lap possible around the BX. Stations are

        1. 20 Mercans
        2. 20 LBC
        3. 25 Block Curls
        4. 15 Pickle Pounders
        5. 15 Imperial Squats
        6. 20 Monkey Humpers
        7. 10 Burpees

        The circuit:

        bear Crawl up the hill to Station 1. Do the Mercans. Mosey the entire lap.

        bear Crawl up the hill to Station 1. Do the Mercans. Mosey to Station 2. Do the LBC. Mosey the rest of the lap

        bear Crawl up the hill to Station 1. Do the Mercans. Mosey to Station 2. Do the LBC. Mosey to Station 3. Do the block Curls. Mosey the rest of the lap

        Repeat adding the next station until you complete all 7 stations in 1 lap.

        COT

        Another AO to hear about self introspection. Challenge yourself on your beliefs and affirm your position.

        Moleskin

        Nobody finished the circuit. Jazzy and i came close, but no dice.

        The Count and Mugshot got lost on their ruck so missed most of the warm up. They then proceeded to get lost in the Parking lot between station 4 and 5. Someone get this man a Jitterbug GPS.

        News

        2 new AOs launching soon in Ooltewah and Hixson. Get out there and check em out

        July 4th Convergence at the Battlefield. Details to come but 7 AM Start.

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          More than one Way to Climb that Hill

          QIC:  Sidekick

          Date: 06/08/2020

          PAX: Moneyball, Ohms, Payload, Roomba, Chief, Footloose, Blindside, Band Camp, Mr. Met

          AO: Lions Den

          Conditions

          Bout 75 degrees and 185% HUMIDITY

          COP

          SSH ICX20; Forward Fold ICX10; Plank – Left Arm Plank- Right Arm Plank; Superman, left – right- Center; Superman Swim; 3rd Grade Exercises ICX12; Willie Mays HaysICX12; Mosey the parking lot

          The Thang

          MORE THAN ONE WAY TO CLIMB THAT HILL

          2 groups of 5 PAX start at the first light pole

          Walking Lunge to 2nd light pole; 40 mercans

          Bear Crawl to 3rd Light pole; 30 Mercans

          Crawl bear to 4th light pole; 20 mercans

          Jail Break to 6th light pole; 10 Mercans

          Traveling burpees to 7th Light pole; Mosey down Hill

          Big Boy Sit Ups to 6

          BREAK TIME – Indian Run around the parking lot

          Round 2 – Same Travel Methods but substitute the Mercans out for LBC

          Al Gore for till the 6

          BREAK TIME – Indian Run around the parking lot

          Round 3 – Same travel methods but substitute the LBC for Imperial Squats, rep counts of 20, 15, 10, and 5.

          Plank for 6

          No time for a break. Modified Round 4 as voted on by the PAX

          Walking Lunge – 30 Shoulder taps – Bear Crawl – 20 Shoulder taps – Jail Break – 10 Shoulder Taps – Mosey down

          Time

          COT

          Encourage the PAX to use this time in society for introspection into what they truly believe and feel. Challenge them to reach out and have a conversation with someone who may have a different point of view/opinion/life experiences than you

          Moleskin

          Ohms has a tiny man bun.

          News

          Hixson OTB Tuesday and Wednesday. Get involved and voice your opinions or be forever silent!

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            Sometimes 60% is good enough

            QIC: Sidekick

            Date:05/26/2020

            PAX: Sparky, Oiler, Sunburn, Iron butt, Pebbles, Best in Show

            AO: Boneyard

            Conditions

            68 and Humid

            COP

            SSH ICX20; Forward Fold ICX10; Slow Squats ICX15; 5 Burpees OYO; LBAC-Reverse-Seal Clpas ICX10 each; SSH ICX15

            The Thang

            5 Stations (which we only compelted 3, hence 60%)

            Mosey in front of the post office with block

            Station 1

            Side Shuffle Squats – 40 yards

            Mosey a lap around the post office

            Station 2 – Lawn in front of rec center

            8 county Body builder with block (including Press) – run 60 yds and back. Repeat this until 10 reps and runs are completed

            Station 3 – Picnic tables

            11s with big boys

            10 Dercans – 1 Ircan, 10 big boy sit ups; 9 Dercans – 2 Ircans, 10 big boy sit ups; continue until reps are flopped

            Mosey back to the flag as we are out of time with 2 stations left!

            COT

            Keep up the growth. The numbers are looking great post suspension. Get those new guys out

            Moleskin

            We were collectively too slow today for my plan. Poor planning, will speed it up next time

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              Intermittent Corners

              QIC:  Sidekick

              Date: 06/01/2020

              PAX: Gaylord, Fredo, Sparky, Oiler, Home Alone, Mr. May, Coldplay, Toe Jelly, Bernie, Rollback, Mayhem, Swingset, Butterfly

              AO: Beast Ridge

              Conditions

              63 Degrees with a slight breeze

              COP

              SSH ICX25; Forward Fold ICX10; Slow Squats ICX15, Willie Mays Hays ICX10, Right over left ICX9, Left over Right ICX9, LBAC ICX10 – Reverse ICX10 – Seal Claps ICX10 – Overhead Claps ICX10, One legged Bulgarians X10 per leg

              The Thang

              Intermittent Corners

              Corner 1 – 10 Burpees, Jail Break to Corner 2

              Corner 2 – 10 Pickle Pounders, 20 Heel Touches, 10 Pickle Pointers; Bernie to Corner 3

              Corner 3 – 25 each leg Imperial squats; Jail Break to Corner 4

              Corner 4 – SSH/Mercan Mash up – 5 SSH 5 Mercans, 4 SSH 4 Mercans, and so on to Zero; Karaoke to Corner 1

              Intermission 1 – Bleachers – 10 dips, box jump, 10 Ircans, box jump, and so on to top of bleachers; back to Corner 1

              Corner 1 – 10 Burpees, Jail Break to Corner 2

              Corner 2 – 10 Pickle Pounders, 20Freddie Mercury, 10 Pickle Pointers; Bernie to Corner 3

              Corner 3 – 20 each leg Imperial squats; Jail Break to Corner 4

              Corner 4 – SSH/Mercan Mash up -6 SSH 6 Mercans, 5 SSH 5 Mercans, 4 SSH 4 Mercans, and so on to Zero; Karaoke to Corner 1

              Corner 1 – 10 Burpees, Jail Break to Corner 2

              Intermission 2 – bear Crawl up hill, 10 mercans, crawl bear down. Rinse and Repeat but with 20 Mercnas

              Corner 2 – 20 LBC, 10 BBSU, 20 Dying Cockroach, Mosey to Corner 3

              Corner 3 – 10 each leg Imperial squats; Jail Break to Corner 4

              Corner 4 – SSH/Mercan Mash up – 5 SSH 5 Mercans, 4 SSH 4 Mercans, and so on to Zero; Mosey to Corner 1

              Mosey back to Flag

              Time

              COT

              In light of the tragedy that occurred in Minneapolis and the subsequent “protesting” I found it important to maintain my core beliefs. There is a lot of public shaming going on about speaking out against the rioting going on because “I don’t understand the plight and historical oppression that minorities have faced”. While I agree with this, I don’t understand and never will, I don’t agree that rioting and looting are somehow appropriate courses of action for those transgressions. In this time I plan to stay firm to my beliefs while compassionate to the experiences of others.

              Moleskin

              There are somehow sand spur type things growing on the hill at beast ridge. They are now embedded in my hands. Imperial squats are painful and should not be done in sets of 25 each leg.

              News

              3rd F is back up and running. They need our support

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                A Ring for each Finger (Since we are on Signal and everyone has excessive Jewelry)

                QIC:  Sidekick

                Date: 03/19/2020

                PAX:  Hambone, Recycle, Pediasure, FNG – Ashley Madison, FNG – Truck Stop, Whittler, Burrito, Wake, Holy Kiss

                AO: Smackdown

                Conditions

                Warm and Wet like……

                COP

                SSH ICX25; THIRD GRADE EXERCISE ICX12; FORWARD FOLD ICX10; MERCANS ICX12; SLOW SQUATS ICX15; SEAL CLAPS ICX12; SSH ICX15

                The Thang

                So Chattanooga got some national press with the Colvin bros and their extortion attempts on the general public. So today we are doing the Five Finger Discount, only since it is on Signal MTN, home of the wealthiest homeys ever, we are referring to rings for fingers

                Series of 5 Exercises – Burpee – Mercan – Squat – Plank Jack – Big Boy Sit Ups

                Start of with reps of 1 Burpee – 2 Mercans – 3 Squats – 4 Plank Jacks – 5 Big Boys

                Run to the tractor and back. This was about 60 yards each way I would guess.

                Next Round was 2-3-4-5-6, then run. This was repeated up to round 10 with 10-11-12-13-14.

                After Round 5 we executed a flawlessly socially distanced indian run around the track for a break. We were so excellent at this, we did it again after round 10

                We then needed to end on a bonus round so we jumped to 15-16-17-18-19.

                Had a little time left so knocked out some Dying Cockroach ICX12 and some LBC ICX15

                COT

                Today we talked about the suspension fo workouts due to Covid 19. We talked about the process of the decision and what it means. Sorry to the 2 new guys but I am sure they will be back out after the short (hopefully) break.

                Moleskin

                So Ashley Madison (FNG) pretty much smoked us all today. I tried to keep up and stayed close but he is pretty quick on those Burpees. Burrito made more “Friends” today as he accused the other PAX of shorting their reps to get ahead of him.

                News

                Workouts now suspended for two weeks. Hope to reboot on 3/30.

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                  Five Finger Discount

                  QIC:  Sidekick

                  Date: 03/17/2020

                  PAX:  Sunburn, Ironbutt, Ducktales, Backfire, Peanuts, jabooti, Doodles, teflon

                  AO: Boneyard

                  Conditions

                  Warm and Humid. Great day to sweat

                  COP

                  SSH ICX25; THIRD GRADE EXERCISE ICX12; FORWARD FOLD ICX10; MERCANS ICX12; SLOW SQUATS ICX15; SEAL CLAPS ICX12; SSH ICX15

                  The Thang

                  So Chattanooga got some national press with the Colvin bros and their extortion attempts on the general public. So today we are doing the Five Finger Discount

                  Mosey to the Incline

                  Series of 5 Exercises – Burpee – Mercan – Squat – Plank Jack – Big Boy Sit Ups

                  Start of with reps of 1 Burpee – 2 Mercans – 3 Squats – 4 Plank Jacks – 5 Big Boys

                  Run to the tractor and back. This was about 60 yards each way I would guess.

                  Next Round was 2-3-4-5-6, then run. This was repeated up to round 7 with 7-8-9-10-11.

                  We then needed to end on a bonus round so we jumped to 10-11-12-13-14-15.

                  Mosey back to the flag

                  COT

                  today we talked about personal choice and doing what is best for your family with the Covid 19 Pandemic. Take care and be cautious.

                  Moleskin

                  I enjoyed thsi workout and will do it again in a couple of days. Jabooti did not enjoy this workout. Back fire took off to save his dog, but left his BMW in the BY parking lot….. Risky decision.

                  News

                  Stay tuned for updates on the COvid issue

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                    lil bit o dis lil bit o dat

                    QIC:  Sidekick

                    Date: 03/07/2020

                    PAX: Coldplay, Threeskin, Bubbles, FNG-Mr May, Snow Patrol, Schnitzel, Shot put, Pork Belly, 9 volt, El Chapo, FNG – Ferly, Mrs. Baker, Deep Dish, Clothespin, Biscuit Ring

                    AO: The Battery

                    Conditions

                    32 feels like 22, 12 mph wind

                    COP

                    SSH ICX20; One legged Bulgarians 10 each leg OYO; SLow Squats ICX15; Forward Fold ICX12; 3rd Grade Exercises ICX12; Will Mays Hays ICX12; Mosey to Tennis court

                    Burpee Suicide – Burpee on every line across the tennis court and the start line, normal suicide pattern

                    The Thang

                    Use that Hill

                    Not every AO has a hill so we need to make sure we use this one

                    Stolen Lions Den Traffic cone placed halfway up Hell hill.

                    10 Plank Jacks – Bear Crawl to Cone – 10 Mercans – Run to top – 20 LBC – Smurf Jacks ICX15 – back to bottom

                    10 Mountain CLimbers – Bear Crawl to Cone – 10 Mercans – Run to top – 20 BBSU – Smurf Jacks ICX15 – back to bottom

                    10 Mercans – Bear Crawl to Cone – 15 Mercans – Run to top – 20 Dying Cockraoches – Smurf Jacks ICX15 – back to bottom

                    Mosey to flat lot

                    Mini Doras

                    Track is about 50 yards down 50 yards back

                    Round 1 – 100 Hand release mercans

                    Round 2 – 400 Ray Lewis

                    Corn Squats in a circle

                    Circle up and hold plank – One guy squats 5 reps with corn – pass off to next guy – all the way around the circle

                    “Assisted” BBSU in a circle

                    Circle up – Everyone does BBSU to failure – Bag o Corn makes the rounds – do 5 BBSU with corn and pass it on to the next guy – All the way around the circle

                    Time

                    COT

                    Reflection. Looking back on where we have been and what we have become. F3 Chatt has grown tremendously and will continue to do so. We need to appreciate what we have in F3 Chattanooga. Do what you can to contribute to the growth and betterment of our community

                    Moleskin

                    We all hate smurf jacks. Bubbles with that beard and the hoodie on looked kind of like a garden gnome. Not my words but I can’t dispute them. Biscuit ring knows French, Schnitzel knows German and Russian. The Battery is like a UN meeting.

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