
Warm Up
Card 1: COP (Warm-up) & Transition
Timing: ~8 Minutes All exercises In Cadence (IC)
- Side Straddle Hops (SSH): 20 IC (Get the blood flowing)
- Grass Pickers: 15 IC (Slow, deliberate reach to loosen the hamstrings and lower back)
- Wonder Bras: 15 IC (Keep the shoulders warm and chest open)
- Imperial Walkers: 15 IC (Gentle rotational core activation)
- Little Baby Arm Circles: 10 forward IC, 10 reverse IC
The Thang
Transition: Head straight to the turf. Grab a patch of grass and prepare to enter the Ring of Fire.
Card 2: The Thang – Part 1: “The Core Ring of Fire”
Timing: ~15 Minutes This is a high-volume, structural endurance block. Move immediately from one exercise to the next with minimal rest.
Round 1: Plank Mastery (5 Mins)
- Standard Elbow Plank: 1 Min hold (Maintain a completely flat, neutral spine as shown above)
- Plank Jacks: 1 Min IC (Core stability under dynamic movement)
- Left Side Plank: 45 Sec hold
- Right Side Plank: 45 Sec hold
- Chilcutt Plank: 1 Minute
- Rest: 30 Seconds
Round 2: The Low-Angle Burn (6 Mins)
- Flutter Kicks: 20 IC (Keep heels 6 inches off the ground, hands under the rump if needed)
- Hello Dollies: 15 IC (Horizontal scissor kicks)
- Rosalitas: 15 IC (Vertical leg splits)
- LBCs (Little Baby Crunches): 25 IC (Look straight up at the sky, shoulder blades off the turf)
- Freddie Mercurys: 20 IC (Bicycle crunches, executing with control)
- Rest: 1 Minute
Card 3: The Thang Continued – Part 2: “The 11s” & Mary
Timing: ~17 Minutes An F3 classic modified to keep the PAX in a tight footprint without running.
The 11s (Bodyweight Core & Lower Body)
Instead of running between spots, PAX will perform a Bear Crawl 5 yards forward to do Exercise B, then Crawl Bear (backward bear crawl) 5 yards back to do Exercise A.
- Exercise A (Start): Big Boy Sit-ups
- Exercise B (End): Squats
- Ratio: Start with 10 Big Boy Sit-ups, bear crawl 5 yards, do 1 Squat. Crawl bear back, do 9 Big Boy Sit-ups, bear crawl, do 2 Squats. Continue this pattern until you reach 1 Big Boy Sit-up and 10 Squats (always adding up to 11).
COT
Card 5: CoT (Circle of Trust)
Timing: ~5 Minutes
- Count-o-rama (Count the PAX)
- Name-o-rama (Call out names, respect the Respects, welcome the FNGs)
- Announcements & Prayer Requests
- Prayers for @sticky bumps family as they prepare to move and begin a new exciting chapter.
- Prayers for those who are suffering with injuries both physically and mentally, for Caterpillar and his crew as they prepare for 9 days in the back country in NM.
Chumbawamba sign off