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6 HIM decided there was no better way to spend their evening after a long day of work than a workout at The Crossing. Here’s what went down!

Mosey around the parking lot then circle up for Warmarama which included:

Helicopters, Cherry pickers, Ukrainian soldiers, Imperial walkers, Tempo Merkins, WWII’s, all in cadence.

COP 1

4 corners…of Death

7 Rounds of exercises, doing the same exercise each round with descending repetitions.

Merkins: 40, 30, 20, 10

Squats: 30, 20, 10, 5

Flutter Kicks: 60, 50, 40, 30

HRM’s: 20, 15, 10, 5

Monkey Humpers: 40, 30, 20, 10

LBC’s: 50, 40, 30, 10

Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2

COP 2: Triple Check

Bicep curls, shoulder press (each with bricks) while the timer does 20 WWII’s

Mosey back to the flag to finish off with 50 flutter kicks in cadence.

Names/Numbers/YHC took us out

Chaplain once told me if you add, “Of Death” to a workout, it makes it sound extra brutal but the workout was no match for the Pax. Everyone killed it. Glad to see Blues Clues back out for his second week in a row. Keep posting brother! YHC hit 500 post last week. Just wanna say thanks to all the Pax for the motivation and the support over the last 3 1/2 years.

Thanks for letting me lead,

House Party

The Crossing regulars welcomed the latest FNG-de-DTH in style, taking to the lush upper field for a fun ride down memory lane. Many a reader will be hard pressed to remember the last time they experienced these Exicon relics, if ever. Please take notes and share the love with your own PAX. 

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey back to the field and circle up
• Jesus Beats Remix starring Forrest Frank
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Warm-up Reps IC – including a few throw-back oldies

COP #1:

• Partner up for B.O.M.B.S.
• Teams complete (like a Dora) the following cumulative reps while alternating a run down the field and back
• x25 Burpees
• x50 Overhead Press holding Low Squat
• x75 Merkins
• x100 Big Boy Sit-ups (WWII’s)
• x125 Squats

F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW – The Mission

COP #2:

• Line up for SHE HATE ME
• PAX traverse the field via 20 lunges, stopping for x10 Groiners and x10 Merkins from one end to other (two reps down and two back)

F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW – x5 Core P’s

COP #3:

• Circle up for THE CIRCLEBURP
• Pass a burpee around the circle while rest of PAX are completing a given exercise
• x5 Rounds – Al Gore, SSH’s, Lunges, Shoulder Taps, Flutters

F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW – The Credo

COP #4:

• Line up behind DTH for The BATAAN DEATH MARCH
• PAX Lunge walk while last man completes x3 burpees and runs to the front
• Down the field and back for all PAX to have a turn

COP #5:

• Circle up on your SIX with heads at the center for GUANTANIMO
• PAX jump up in succession to run around the circle either tossing legs up or throwing them down, while supine PAX keep the legs straight and off the ground
• 2+ rounds completed

Mosey BTTF for a few extra reps and COT:

• Counterama # 7
• Namerama – welcome BLUES CLUES!
• Announcerama (see Below)
• BOM Prayer

NMS:  Beautiful weather for a bootcamp, keeping the PAX localized to the field for the sake of a few Clydesdales and a quickly-exhausted FNG. Big welcome to Jeremiah Blue, nicknamed BLUES CLUES! He’s been a faithful brother in YHC’s Bible study since recently accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior. Let’s pray he keeps seeking the fitness, both physical and spiritual! Yours AYE! ~DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Iron Pax at Timberwolf & Lumberyard
• Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
• 10/2 NOS Meeting, 8pm at DTH’s
• 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC
• 10/4 Handicap Ramp Build (see Gomer)

4 men avoided the dreaded evening fart sack. and posted at the latest edition of The Crossing. At 630pm, it was time to get swole.

Warm Up – lap around the parking lot, then circle up for Side Straddle Hops, Elbow Punches, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Big Claps, Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers, LBC’s, Heels to Heaven, etc.

Mosey to the field for Exercise One: Mostly Block Circuit
Arms – Burpees, Merkins, Upright Row, Curls, Overhead Press – last 3 with blocks.
Legs- Calf Raises, Sumo Squats, Lunges – all with blocks, Jump Squats
Abs- LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, WWII’s, American Hammers – with blocks.

Mosey to the Hill for Exercise Two: The Beast (6 stops, 6 reps, 6 rounds)
exercises included Merkins, WWII Situps, Bobby Hurleys, Rosalitas, Ball Dippers, Mike Tyson Merkins

Finished exactly on time!

Banksy took us out

Strong effort by the PAX on a hot and humid night! It was great seeing Bansky back out. Birdman pushed the pace, as usually. House was looking jacked after the block work. As usual, a good time was had by all.

SYITG

5 moist studs of the 6pm mist chose The Crossing over comfort and did whatever came to the Q’s mind, as follows:

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• HP kicked off the warmup reps while the Q arrived a few minutes delayed due to traffic
• YHC takes over with IC reps of The Opus, Squat Walkers, and a variety of other fine reps to get the PAX warm
• Mosey the Annex Lot and circle up on the dewy shovel flag mound – absent the SF as YHC arrived late
• Elbow Plank for a painfully slow review of the F3 Mission, Credo, and 5 Core Principles 

MOSEYRAMA:

• YHC felt like running but with widely variable PAX speeds, we did short distance bursts with front runners holding People’s Chair for the SIX, making it around the to other races end of the church

RANDO REPS ON CURB COP:

• The Riverdance (alternative steps on curb) x100 2-count reps OYO
• Stilettos (squats w heels up on curb) x30 reps OYO

DORA 1-2-3:

• Partner up (3 and 2) to complete x100 Merkins, x200 Squats, and x300 LBC’s
• Moving partner bear crawls the hill and crawl bears back down

MOSEYRAMA:

• Again some running intervals, with front runners doing variable reps, or planks, or people’s chair awaiting the SIX

BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 5
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• BOM Prayer

NMS:  Special encouragement awarded to our newer PAX Reacher and Johnny 5 who are pushing hard and getting better every post. Also shared some truth bombs about the simplicity of stepping up to VQ. Appreciated the fine misty rain for today’s Q – really had me in a high spirit to be out in the elements. Thank you guys for permitting me the honor. Yours AYE! ~DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Iron Pax at Timberwolf & Lumberyard
• Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
• 9/20 F3RVA Convergence, 0630 Dogpile
• 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
• 10/2 NOS Meeting, 8pm at DTH’s
• 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC

A handsome HIM foursome converged at The Crossing for amazing conversation and barely completing Alphabet 50’s – which as you can guess is doing 50’s for each letter of the alphabet with a mosey in between. Twas a great time. Prayers for school stress, anxiety, job stressors, and safety for upcoming travel. See ya’ll on the flip side, AYE! ~DTH

7 members of the Crossing Crew this evening! We even had a couple second timers ready to put in some work. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

Slaughter start with some bear crawl, crab walk and lunge walk up the grass hill. Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Warm-Up:

Jazzercise, Apple Bottom Poppers, Bone Rubs, West Virginia Prom Dates, Freddy Mercuries, Double Tap HR Merkins, Australian Snow Angels, Neck Curls, Mario Jumps, Side Lunges, Mummy Kicks, Bernie, Flying Monkey Humpers.

Exercise One: Ladder of Death.. Stop at each cone on the circuit and complete exercises. Then run a lap.
10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 plank punches, 40 Shoulder taps, 50 Moroccan Night Clubs
10 V-ups, 20 WWII Situps, 30 Heels to Heaven, 40 American Hammers, 50 LBC.
10 Ball Dippers, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 Side Lunges…….Ran out of time so back to the Flag.

Broadway took us out.

Final thoughts: Excellent push tonight by Johnny 5 and Reacher – hope these guys keep at it and become regulars! Your Gimpy Correspondent was feeling pretty good after nursing an injury last week. We all survived and made it to 6:45.

SYITG

6 HIM came out to see what House Party had in store. Here’s what went down.

Mosey around the parking lot to get the blood flowing then Warmarama:

Overhead claps

Imperial walkers

Helicopters

Merkins

WWII’s

COP 1: 11’s

Burpees and WWII’s

Mosey to the Church wall for some leg work

COP 2: Hoedowns’ and monkey humpers

With YHC legs feeling like wet noodles, mosey to the far parking lot for a Dora

COP 3: Dora with 100 merkins, 200 flutter kicks, 300 SSH’s

Mosey back to the flag for some Mary til time.

Names/Numbers/YHC took us out.

Such a beautiful evening for a workout. WELCOME JOHNNY 5 our FNG. He plays indoor soccer with some of the PAX. He is a software developer (thus the name. Short Circuit was also thrown around). He got there just in time to save the day and make even numbers for the Dora.

Thanks for letting me lead fellas,

House Party

The Crossing welcomed a 6-pack of hungry HIM’s, including one FNG State Trooper, who is also a recent new member of the DTH spiritual family. Here’s how we showed Reacher the F3 beatdown ropes:

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey laps around the Annex Lot, second lap including variable movement warmups and finished with Burpee Broad jumps 
• Circle up on the grassy knoll, beside the SF
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Warm-up Reps IC
• Welcome to LIFO Figo halfway through

COP #1:

• Mosey over the some parking spaces for ELEVENS, maybe 7 parking spaces distance
• WWII’s 1–>10 
• Bear Crawl across spaces
• No Cheat Merkins 10–>1
• Lunge Walk back

COP #2:

• Mosey to the big lot of 4-Corners, escalating, bro-code, and all IC
• C1 – x25 Crunchy Frogs IC
• C2 – x50 Sumo Squats IC
• C3 – x75 reps broken into x25 Plank Jacks IC, x25 Mtn climbers IC, and x25 SSH’s IC
• C4 – x100 reps broken into x25 High Flutters IC, x25 LBC’s IC, x25 Low Flutters IC, and x25 Freddie M’s IC

Bernie uphill BTTF:

• x1 minute in plank reviewing the F3 Mission and Core P’s

COT:

• Counterama # 6 
• Namerama – welcome REACHER!
• Announcerama (see Below)
• BOM Prayer

NMS:  Solid PAX for The Crossing to kickoff the back to school season. Many invites sent, just the right HIMs answered. Big welcome to Steve Martin, now “REACHER” who is a State Trooper, former Army, and recently accepted salvation in our church. He’s been the F2L definition of “The Reacher” for many years, and is now super pumped to step into community. Also welcome back to Figo, who just “loved” being back at the DTH grind… Let’s see if he’s got what it takes to keep posting! Sincere thanks to the consistency and camaraderie of Chaplain, Broadway, and Ghostbuster holding the Crossing together even when numbers have been few. In the good Lord’s perfect way, we WILL grow this thing!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Summer Tour Final Days
• Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile
• Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
• 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
• 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC

At 6pm, YHC and Ghostbuster cranked the asphalt up to high and got to work………….the following is brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

Mosey to the back of the Church for Warmarama: Jazzercise Punches, Ukranian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, Crab Cakes, Freddy Mercuries, Oblique LBC’s, Mario Jumps, Mummy Kicks, Karoake, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Bernie Sanders.

Exercise One: Dora with 100 dips, 200 LBC’s, 300 SSH’s. Runner goes to the end of the parking lot and back.

Mosey to the Wall for Exercise Two: Dora with 50 Donkey Kicks, 100 Wall World 2 Sit-ups, 200 Hoe downs. Runner goes to the storage container and back

Exercise Three: Ascending Ab Ladder with Heels to Heaven, Flutter Kicks, and Alabama Prom dates. finished back at the flag.

YHC took us out

Final Thoughts: Had a great time working out with Ghostbuster on a hot and humid evening – dude is a beast. For those that missed it – Ghostbuster had a well-organized and challenging VQ last week. At some point, you may even read a backblast about it.

SYITG

The PAX forgets their Beaver!