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DATE: 3/10/21

QIC: Chappie

With Turkey Season coming in and training events causing some PAX to absent themselves from today’s beatdown, YHC wasn’t sure anyone was going to show. Not to worry, 10 PAX won THAT FIRST BATTLE and posted for an ABSolute Saturday morning. I.e. we focused on the abs…a little bit. It went a lil’ something like this:

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH – 18 IC
  • Swartzjacks – 18 IC
  • Imperial Squat Walker – 18 IC (Squat didn’t work in public as well as it worked at home. Next time)
  • Cherry Picker – 17 IC
  • Windmill – 10 IC
  • Wheel of Merkin – 10 OYO Merkins each PAX, around the ring
  • Sealjacks – 40 IC (In honor of Hideous)

THE THANG:

Mosey around the circle, between the courthouse and the admin building, and around to the double steps on the S. Bedford St. side of admin building:

Abs Station #1: Admin Building steps

  • Gas Pumpers – All PAX do Gas Pumpers continuously until each PAX has run steps
  • Merkins – 2 mins., AMRAP
  • Mosey to armory…

Abs Station #2: National Guard Armory steps

  • LBC’s – 5 sets of 100, run to top step & back (500 total)
  • Big Boys – 2 mins., AMRAP …because Biddie requested them 😉
  • Mosey to School (side lot)…

Brief breather for the 3rdF:

Back on March 20th Spencer Lee won his 3rd individual National Championship as an NCAA wrestler for Iowa. Then in his after-match interview he dropped some crazy news on the college wrestling world. He’d been wrestling with a torn ACL! This was not the first time. He finished his high school career with the same injury sat out a portion of his first season at Iowa, before taking off his red-shirt and winning his first National title.

When questioned further after his March 20 win about why he would continue with such an injury, he said “Excuses are for F’n wussies!“

Fact is, there are times in sports and there are times in life when we might actually have a legitimate excuse to step away from competition, off the battlefield, or from something else. Spencer Lee had a legit excuse to withdraw from competition. Everybody would’ve understood if he had. And many would’ve said he should step aside. But he didn’t. Why? Well, yes, he wanted to win his 3rd NCAA individual title, but he also had an even greater goal in mind, a goal beyond himself: He wanted stay in the battle for his team to win the National Championship title. And they did!

A disclaimer: I’m not suggesting you and I continue with an injury that we may further aggravate or only cause worse injury if we keep going (like my foot). You know your own body, so be your own advocate. Just don’t make excuses. Not in competition. Not in family. Not in work. Not in battle. And to add the double negative… “Not nowhere!”

Of course, this mindset goes way beyond our workouts (a “mindset microcosm” of real life and facing hard things). So what I am suggesting is that you NOT take the easy road; that you not take the “out” even when everyone else expects it or okays it or even offers it. What I am suggesting is that you be stronger than your excuses. What I am suggesting, as Navy Seal, Marcus Luttrell put it, is that you, “Find an excuse to win.”

When we find an excuse to win, it will almost always be in direct proportion to the prize pursued (whatever that may be). But with that, we’ve got to stop thinking of ourselves alone. We’ve got to stop making excuses, and stop doing so for the betterment of our family, of those in our workplaces (on our teams), and for those in the communities in which we serve. Excuses serve YOU well (not really), but they almost never serve well those around you who may be part of some of the bigger picture stuff. We make excuses in daily life because we can. We make excuses because we’re able to get away with it with no accountability…we make excuses because we lose sight of our goals or THE [bigger picture] goal(s).

A few statements to be adopted by those who want to develop the mindset of being a HIM:

  • EXCUSES ARE FOR WUSSIES!
  • BE STRONGER THAN YOUR EXCUSES!
  • FIND AN EXCUSE TO WIN!
  • Whatever you commit to, make sure you carry that commitment to completion, to the end goal. Don’t make excuses and DFQ! Be it a workout, or a war; be it a wakeup or walk, a wrestling match on a mat or with a foe unseen–be a no-excuse warrior for your family, your friends, your team, your co-workers, yourself! Whatever it is, “Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.” (Jesus in Matthew 5:37) Excuses are for wussies!

Abs Station #3: Parking lot, the looooong lot…

  • Freddie Mercury – 5 sets of 50, run length of lot and back between sets (250 total)
  • LAST TRANSITION: Bearcrawl/Crawlbear back to start from far end of lot (canceled due to time)

Mosey back to AO to call it a day.

COT:

  • Number-Rama – 10 PAX
  • Name-O-Rama – a Happy Birthday to Woodstock, hit the big “4-2”
  • Announcements – Today is the day: Commit to the F3 Paintball outing (Sat. April 24 @ 3 pm). Commit today by getting your deposit of $25 to Jay Baxter (Quattro). Did YHC mention to do it today? Today it is then!
  • Prayers – Prayers lifted for PAX and families traveling home following Spring Break. Prayers for the Brown family and Cape students grieving the tragic loss of Maggie Brown and for other girls involved in the gator accident this past week.

ABSolutely honored to Q at the Aegis, it’s been awhile.

Chappie, out!

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Ultimate cardio

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QIC CHATTAHOOCHEE

12 HIM posted at the aegis for some fun cardio with a flying disc this morning with a fun filled game of ultimate frisbee after a warm up at the circle

Warm-up – 35 SSH, 20 WINDMILLS, 20 SQUATS, 20 CHERRY PICKERS , 15 MERKINS, 20 MNC.

The Thang consisted of a short mosey down to the Park beside the church for roughly a 35 minute game of ultimate frisbee. Followed by a mosey back to the circle. Should of been no contact but there was just a little contact made a few times I believe mostly by Quattro not because he was being rough but because he was so into the game. Lots of good cardio losing team had to do 10 burpees winning team only 5. Hopefully good times were had by all that were able to participate.

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20 February 2021 Beatdown

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DATE: 20 Feb 21

QIC: Yukon

Warm-O-Rama (all 25 & I/C)

SSH -Cherry Picker – Goof Ball – Windmill

Dancing Bear (15)

Mosey to St Michael’s Church

The Thang

#1 – 100 Jump Squats-20 Merkins Lt Dan across parking lot – Plank til 6

#2 – 100 LBC-20 Merkins Standing long jump across parking lot- Al Gore til 6

#3 – 100 Lunges (50 each leg)-20 Merkins Duck walk across parking lot- Plank til 6

#4 – 100 Calf raises-20 Merkins Bear crawl across parking lot-Crab plank til 6

Mosey back to circle

#5 – 100 Crab jacks – 10 Burpees

COT:

  • Number Rama
  • Name O Rama
  • Name FNG (TRex pronounced T-Rex…welcome to F3 brother!)
  • Announcements, Prayer Request and Prayer
  • Greenhouse Effect Coffeeteria: IF you have to ask: The local “Blackwatering” watering hole is closed to indoor coffeeteria’ing, so we moved to one of Aegis Site-Q, Quattro’s, greenhouses. Perfect location

3rd F (between rounds #3 & #4):

Reputation and character have been recently discussed on group me. Reputation is what people think of us while character is what we really are, what we do when no one is looking. Listen to the following and think about them, do they reflect your character?

  • Trustworthy,
  • Loyal,
  • Helpful,
  • Friendly,
  • Courteous,
  • Kind,
  • Obedient,
  • Cheerful,
  • Thrifty,
  • Brave,
  • Clean, and
  • Reverent 

On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Be prepared

Many boys learned these, the Boy Scout Law, Oath and Motto. I recited them almost every Thursday from 6th grade to age 21. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, these words were becoming part of my character.  At age 39 I can still say that these words help to guide me. As a parent I can’t help but think about what I am doing to instill values in my kids as they grow to shape them into good and productive people. Throughout the next day or two think about the words that help to guide you and make you who you are? What do they say about your character? Are you happy with that answer? If not, what are you going to do about it?

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1776 and Static Holds….OK!

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WARM UP: SSH-30 IC; CHERRY PICKERS-20 IC;

MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB-30 IC; WIND MILL-20 IC; BLADES OF STEEL-10 IC

QUICK MOSIE TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING STEPS FOR PLANK HOLDS WHILE PAX TAKE TURNS WITH 5 MERKINS AT THE TOP OF STEPS.

ANOTHER QUICK MOSIE AROND BACK TO PARKING AREA FOR A ROUND OF STATIC HOLDS. 1) HOLD AL GORE, SIDE STEP L/C/R/C IC. 2) HOLD HIGH PLANK, TO UNEVEN PLANK-DROP LEFT FOREARM TO THE GROUND AND HOLD; BACK UP TO HIGH PLANK; DROP RIGHT FOREARM TO THE GROUND AND HOLD; BACK UP AND SPREAD TO A STAR PLANK AND HOLD. 3) STATIC LOUNGE CHAIR; ON YOUR 6, LEAN BACK & HOLD; ROTATE RIGHT & HOLD; BACK TO CENTER & HOLD; ROTATE LEFT & HOLD; BACK TO CENTER.

USING THE PARKING STOPS: ROUND 1 OFFSET MERKINS-30 LH ON BLOCK, PLANK WALK OVER TO RH ON STOPS BIG BOYS-30 HOOK HEELS ON STOPS FOR STABILITY CALF RAISES-30 USING STOPS DRY DOCKS-30 FEET ON PARKING STOPS AMERICAN HAMMERS-30 ALTERNATING JUMP SQUATS-30 SIDE TO SIDE JUMP SQUATS USING STOPS

3F: PRESIDENTS TRUMP’S 1776 REPORT INTRODUCTION

In the course of human events there have always been those who deny or reject human freedom, but Americans will never falter in defending the fundamental truths of human liberty proclaimed on July 4, 1776. We will—we must—always hold these truths.  

The declared purpose of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission is to “enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States in 1776 and to strive to form a more perfect Union.” This requires a restoration of American education, which can only be grounded on a history of those principles that is “accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling.” And a rediscovery of our shared identity rooted in our founding principles is the path to a renewed American unity and a confident American future.  

Today, however, Americans are deeply divided about the meaning of their country, its history, and how it should be governed. This division is severe enough to call to mind the disagreements between the colonists and King George, and those between the Confederate and Union forces in the Civil War. They amount to a dispute over not only the history of our country but also its present purpose and future direction. 

The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission presents  this first report with the intention of cultivating a better  education among Americans in the principles and  history of our nation and in the hope that a rediscovery  of those principles and the forms of constitutional  government will lead to a more perfect Union.  

USING PARKING STOPS: ROUND 2 (SAME AS ABOVE).

WOSIE BACK TO THE CIRCLE

NUMBER-RAMA

NAME-O-RAMA

COT!!!!!

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Gotta Love Them B.L.I.M.P.S.

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Date: 01/09/2021

AO: Aegis, Georgetown, DE.

QIC: Fireplex

Warm up

SSH – 30 IC

Cherry Pickers – 20 IC

Bolt 45’s IC (4 Count) – 15 squats to halfway down.  15 squats halfway to full down.  15 full squats.

Windmills – 20 IC

Toy Soldier Set – 50 LBC’s, 25 E2K’s (each side), 15 Big Boys

Mosey .47 miles to the School. 

The Thang

PAX completed the Hindenburg BLIMPS routine from the exicon. We modified the sprint portion to a straight line between FOUR light poles that were approx. .02 miles apart. Perform exercise at pole #1, sprint to pole#2 & perform exercise, sprint to pole#3 & perform exercise & lastly to pole #4 & perform exercise. Plank it up until all PAX are in. That completes Round #1. Reverse directions and perform the second exercise working back to the pole where it all started. Rinse and repeat until all 6 Rounds are complete. Round # 1 – 10 Burpees, Round #2 – 20 Lunges (10 each leg). Round #3 – 30 Imperial Walkers. Round #4 – 40 Merkins. Round #5 – 50 Plank Jacks. Round #6 – 60 Squats.

F3 message –The 3rd F was shared after completing round #4.

Mosey .47 miles back to the Aegis.  

Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust.  Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers. Welcome to FNG F3 Klick.

F3 Message 01/09/21 – Gleaned From Ron Hutchcraft Ministries

WHEN THE RAIN JUST WON’T STOP – #8870

January 8, 2021

Every once in a while the sun just decides to take a vacation for a few days. Not too long ago, we had one of those stretches of weather when we didn’t see the old boy for the better part of a week. It was just like one rainy day after another. Everyone around here and everything around here was soaked. I was running into our headquarters one morning on a day like that, as one of my co-workers was, and we were both trying to avoid getting drenched in the process. I made some comment about the relentless rain, but he was looking at a little bigger picture than I was. Remembering last summer’s withering drought, he said, “This is going to be good for us later on.”

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “When the Rain Just Won’t Stop.”

You might be going through one of those seasons in your life when the “rain” never seems to stop. It’s been stress, bad news, struggle, disappointment, grief, confusion. We all take our turn facing those seasons when we keep waking up to another rainy day.

Our word for today from the Word of God has been, for 2,000 years, a bright light for dark days. The well-worn words of Romans 8:28 have helped millions of believers see a bigger picture when it seemed as if it would never stop raining. As familiar as you might be with these words, they may literally have your name on them for this particular season of your life. So, listen to them with your heart; “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

One great saint described Romans 8:28 as “a soft pillow for a long night.” I hope you will let it be that for you. Because it gives you God’s ironclad assurance that there is meaning in what you’re going through; there is a holy purpose for God either sending or allowing those things in your life. His purpose for our dark times is seldom explained, but it’s always there. It doesn’t say everything is good. No, it says everything is being worked together for good. For your good, if you’re one of those “who love Him.”

So you can say, no matter how many days it’s been raining, “This is going to be good for us later on.” God simply wouldn’t let this happen if it wasn’t going to be good for you later on. Romans 8:29 tells us that the ultimate good God is going to bring out of this is to make you more like His Son. I believe God shapes and allows the circumstances to come into your life that will best develop some quality of Jesus in us. There’s nothing greater God could do for you than to plant in you the way Jesus loves people, the way Jesus treats people, the way Jesus is patient with people, the way Jesus understands what a hurting person is going through, and this kind of bondedness is what Jesus had with His Father.

And that may take a lot of rainy days for God to make you the man or woman He created you to be and redeemed you to be. He’s toughening you, or maybe He’s tenderizing you, purging you of old ways of doing things, squeezing you into new and better priorities, sensitizing you to people that maybe you’ve hurt or neglected, moving you to burn some old bridges or to treat some old wounds. What gets you through the rainy days is the calm assurance that “God is working all this together for my good to make a better me.”

Are you going to enjoy one rainy day after another? Not necessarily. But it sure helps to see them in the big picture perspective. God is using these days to prepare you for better days ahead. So if you got up this morning and found that it was raining again, lean hard on Romans 8:28 and say, with all the confidence of a blood-bought child of God, “This is going to be very good for us later on.”

Respectfully Submitted,

Fireplex

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BOMBS for the new year

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QIC- Chattahoochee

14 HIM beat the fartsack and made it out for the first Saturday workout for 2021. All though there was some chatter among the packs and maybe a couple jokingly threats of bodily harm to the Q we all made it through to look forward to many more beatdowns in the upcoming year

Warm-o-Rama- 30 SSH, 25 Windmills, 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 Cherry pickers, 20 Smurfjacks, 20 MNC all IC.

The Thang- Mosey to the old NAPA for a short pain station stop 10 Jimmeny Crickets,and a Toy Soldier set 40 LBCs, 20 E2KS each side, 15 big boys. Back to a Mosey to the school for some BOMBS partner up PAX #1 runs from end sidewalk to center sidewalk of front schoolyard and back while PAX #2 performs excercises then switches out until team reaches said number of excercises combined as a team

50 burbees, 100 overhead hand claps, 150 Merkins, 200 bigboys, 250 squats. All PAX held plank until 6 was in.

BOMBS were followed by a short 3rd F then a nice friendly mosey back to the AO. Once we reached the AO and fireplex demonstrated his dancing abilities thanks to music from the gentleman on the Harley. we finished up with a round of HOWLING MONKEYS all PAX held monkey humper position while all PAX 1 at a time performed 10 monkey humpers

3rd F Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens Iron so one person sharpens another at f3 first state the Q is physically sharpening all PAX that post in return all those PAX are sharpening the Q’s leadership abilities. At the end of the beatdown we all come together in a COT were we all come together and sharpen each other physically, mentally and emotionally

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Kickball

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QIC: Semi

Kickball

Warm-a-Rama
20 seal jacks i/c
21 crab flipper i/c
20 plank jacks i/c
20 harry rockets i/c
10 monkey jumpers i/c for site Q RIH
20 ssh i/c
20 Imperial walkers i/c
20 Windmill i/c
20 seal wave i/c

THE THANG

Mosey to ballfields

PAX divides into teams

Batter kicks pitch and bear crawls to first base, side shuffle to second base, nur to third base, and side shuffle home
Batter completes trip around bases even if out
Batting team does 3 burpees per out.
Teams switch every 4 outs.

3rd F

Thanked other HIM for commitment and comrodery. Probe other HIM on hiatus to get back to coming out. Pray about Gtown adding another day or starting a site in Millsboro.

Mosey back to circle

NUMBER-RAMA
NAME-A-RAMA
COT

8 HIM showed today: Semi, Doubtfire, Chattahoochee, Quarto, Ruxpin, Yukon, Bolt, Woodstock

25° this morning

A special thank you to Wilson for being a good sport!

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Frisbee Golf

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12/12/2020

QIC: Semi

Warm-a-Rama

All i/c
20 Seal jacks
20 Plank jacks
Mosey around circle
20 Mountain man pooper
20 Cherry picker
side shuffle around circle, switching halfway
20 SSH
20 Seal waves
Nur around circle
20 Imperial walkers
20 mountain climbers

The Thang

Mosey up Bradford street to park past church on left.
Each pair will play Frisbee golf through park and down Edward street to other field by other church doing an exercise as many times it takes to get to the hole.
Hole #1
Burpees
Hole #2
Lbcs – 40 extra at end of hole
Hole #3
Lunge between shots
Hole #4
Squats x 5
Hole #5 – throwing with non-dominit arm
E2ks (per knee) x 5
Hole #6
Sshs x 5
Hole #7
Merkins x 5

3RD F

Wavewalker song lyrics (abbreviated)

How’s it so simple? Faith like a child
I give you an inch and you take me a mile
I feel the wind rush and the thunder roll
And two feet on the water, only one way to go, yeah

I don’t gotta be afraid no more
‘Cause I know You’ll walk me through the storm
I’m more than just a talker

I’m a wavewalker
I’m dancing on water
When the devil tried to shake me, I just pray harder
Even in my darkest hour
Got Holy Ghost power
When I keep my eyes upon You, Jesus
I’m a wavewalker (wavewalker)

I walk over my fears, over my doubt
The supernatural, it feels so natural now

I don’t gotta be afraid no more
‘Cause I know You’ll walk me through the storm
I’m more than just a talker
I’m a wavewalker

This song made me think of Peter walking on the water to Jesus. How we need to keep our eyes on Him at all times.

Number-Rama
Name-a-Rama
COT

Named Semi’s 2.0 swarts

16 HIM showed today: Pusher, Semi, Fireplex, Chattahoochee, Doubtfire, Leatherman, Lunchable, Gblock, Swabbie, Waler, Quarto, Ruxpin, Woodstock, Biddie, Polar, (FNG) Swarts

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But I Found None!

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Did a warm up on the circle and headed to the soccer field at St. Michael. Teamed up to do 100 dry docks, 200 squats, and 300 LBCs. One PAX did the exercises while the other ran across the field and back. Then we went to the parking lot at Georgetown Presbyterian. PAX planked up and took turns running to the other side and doing 10 burpees.

The PAX special requested that I put my message up for you all.

Message Title: But I Found None!

Ezekial 22:29-31

“The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the immigrant without justice. And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath.”


The Context: This was a message of judgement from the Lord to the Jewish people in Jerusalem. Murder, extortion and incest had become a prevalent and accepted part of their culture. God would judge them for the prevailing evil in their society.


The Wall: The wall here is not referring to the physical wall around Jerusalem. The physical wall would protect them against foreign forces but not against God’s judgment. The wall that need repaired and defended in this verse is a spiritual and moral wall protecting their society and culture from the judgment of God. Without a man to fix and defend it, the Jewish people were defenseless against God’s wrath. 


The Search: God was looking for a man, not a woman or child. This is because God needed a strong leader to repair the wall. In this case, He was looking for a man to stand up and say NO to the prevailing evil in the culture of Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul may have had Ezekiel 22 in mind when he wrote “Be watchful. Stand firm in the faith. Act like men. Be strong.”


One Man: Notice that God did not need an army or a committee. He only needed a single man strong enough to stand up to the evil in the culture and spare the city from God’s wrath. The great and shocking tragedy is that God couldn’t find a single man strong enough to do that. EVEN WHEN YOU STAND ALONE, GOD CAN USE YOU! It only takes one man with the strength to say NO!!! to the popular evil in whatever culture he happens to find himself in. Will you be that man?


The Contrast: Notice the difference between how God through the prophet Ezekial describes a strong and courageous man compared to how our popular culture does. The popular singer Harry Styles recently posed in Vogue magazine wearing various feminine dresses. Newspaper headlines around the western world were quick to give their approval. Harry Styles was declared to be revolutionary and courageous. God sees a strong and courageous man as one willing to oppose the popular injustice in the culture, even when it means standing alone. Our newspapers see a strong and courageous man as one willing to wear a dress. We all live in a culture. All of our cultures have various evils of some kind that are popular and accepted. What kind of man will we choose to be?

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Parking lot Cones…& a few merkins

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Warmup – IC 

Windmills – 15

Moroccan NC- 15

SSH- 15 

Cherry Picker – 15 

Mountain climbers- 15

Imperial walker – 15 

2 flag patriot run to large parking lot by church. 

For……. 10 cones revisited. 

Inch worm to cone 1 

11 Merkin 

Nur back 

Burpee  broad jump to cone 2 

12 merkins

Nur back 

Lt dan to cone 3 

13 merkins 

Nur back

High knees to cone 4

14 merkins 

Nur back 

Mosey to cone 5

15 merkins 

Nur back

Side shuffle to cone 6

16 merkins

Nur back 

Side shuffle to cone 7 

17 merkins 

Nur back 

Karaoke to cone 8 

18 merkins

Nur back 

Karaoke to cone 9 

19 merkins 

Nur back 

Lunge to cone 10 

20 merkins 

Nur back 

3rd F message- 

Before leaving the lot , get a round of 10 cone Abs ! At each cone pax would do lbc’s – 5x the number of cone they were at …

Mosey to 10 cone

50 lbc 

Mosey back 

Mosey to 9 cone 

45 lbc 

Mosey back  

8,7,6….. 

At cone 5 switched to The American Hammer / Lunge combo 

Finishing of at cone 1 with 5 American Hammers 

3rd F continued 

Mosey back to AO 

Count-a-Rama

Name – a- Rama 
WELCOME FNG – “ Pusher “

COT 

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