8 was enough for a good old fashioned scavenger hunt at the quagmire. There is nothing better than accountability from Cornhole (AO site leader) to post this backblast.  No matter how many people I told of this early morning adventure, it was all a lie since there was never anything written about the excursion.  Believe me, the Quagmire has plenty of space to be creative.

Warm up run to the fountain at the center of rivergate.  I found the subtle 80’s music to be inspiring for my sprint COP.

SSH, SealMerkins, Moroccan night club, windmills and Merkins.

Partner up:

with 4 teams of 2 men each, this entree of a workout couldn’t have come together any better.  Base was the fountain, and at the fountain there were four clues.  Each team had to accept a clue that, if cracked, they would run to that location and conduct the exercises at each location.  The locations were as follows, Target, PetSmart, Books A Million, and Home Depot. Each team had to figure out all 4 clues.  The team that did all 4 the quickest was declared the WINNER!

Mosey to the front of Marshall’s parking lot for Ab Lab. Its amazing how many crunches one can do in 8 minutes.

We are in the second month for this AO and it is taking off! We have some great leadership coming out to lead the work out and some even better leadership leading the Bible study afterwards. Padre will have a long drive on Friday mornings to make it down to lead our Bibles and Biscuits portion once he settles into his new home in Easley.

This morning we did a “Slowburn” since this AO is suposed to be a “Slowburn” AO and we took some new excersises off of the Exicon.

Warm up with a Mosey

COP

Squerkin – 20

Low Country Crab – 10 LH 10 RH

One Legged Burpie – 10 L 10 R

Weevy Jefferson – 25

Bring Sally Up Merkins

Up Downs – High Knees/merkins

Railroad Tracks – each pax goes 10 times with a long Mosey cool down

Nipple Scratcher Merkins – 😉  10 L 10 R

COT

Twenty-nine men gathered this morning to celebrate with Padre as he begins a new journey in his life. I was honored to lead…and since it was Padre, you can guess what exercise we did a lot of — Burpees! Look out Greenville, you guys are getting a #HIM.

Since we were celebrating the man who gave the world Farmland Fitness…I was very tempted to find some chickens and goats to use on our workout. However, I couldn’t find enough equipment to make this happen. (I also just wanted to post this video, H/T to Solid State). (by the way, does this change Padre’s disclaimer before a worktout?)

Warmup:

SSH x 25

Burpees x 10 OYO

Windmill x 20

Burpees x 10 OYO

Imperial Walker x 20

Burpees x 10 OYO

Mosey around the church to the far parking lot.

Burpee Broad Jump across the field behind the church.

Mosey to the front drive.

4 Corners, do each exercise at each corner of the church.

1st Lap – Mountain Climber Burpees x 10 (at each corner)

2nd Lap – Prison Cell Pushups x 5 (at each corner)

3rd Lap – BombJack Burpees  x 10 (at each corner)

4th Lap – Deadman Burpees x 10 (at each corner)

Everyone then grabbed a bit of curb and we did 20 Decline Burpees for a total of 170 Burpees + 20 Prison Cell Pushups + Burpee Broad Jumps.

We then took a lap around the church, followed by a slightly early move into the COT.

I gave the floor to Padre for COT to address the PAX. I could type out what he said, but it is more appropriate for us to just watch. (H/T to Bogey for the video)(see above)

Announcements:

Race for the Cure – See Popeye to sign up

Christmas Party on 12/19

Sign up for World’s Fastest 5k (was that a challenge to Rock Hill, CSPAN?)

I then read the story out of Acts 13 where Saul and Barnabas are sent out after the laying on of hands. With that, I asked Padre to come to the middle of the Ball of Man and asked any PAX who wished to pray for him aloud to do so. I then closed us in Prayer.

Moleskin:

Today was a powerful testament to the brotherhood that comes through F3. I initially didn’t feel that I could lead a group of men this large–that I should hand this Q off to Padre. He encouraged me to go through with it, and I’m glad I did. I’m grateful for his, and all of the PAX’s friendship. Iron truly does sharpen Iron.

Padre’s friendship, guidance, leadership, and steadying presence mean so much to so many men in Rock Hill and Fort Mill. While we will miss Padre here, we are excited about his future journeys. Simply put, we’re better for his presence among us. And as he said, “Be about something that outlasts you.” He’s left us all better than we were.

Thanks be to God for Tracy and his family–our prayers will remain with you, brother!

16 men converged upon the lush, dewy, fields of Cherry Park. Some laughed, some cried, one puked, but none died. Here’s what they did:

THE THANG

Brief disclaimer by Peach, Mosey to Field 2

SSH * 30 get run off by militant soccer parent. Who signs there kid up for 7AM soccer?

Mosey to Field 1

Imperial Walkers * 20

Windmill * 15

LBCs * 25

Move to sideline

SSH * 20 then sprint across

Merkin * 15 then backpedal across

LBC * 25 then karaoke across

Count of into four groups, do a starfish/blimp blend

5 burpees at center each time

20 Lunges then center

20 Imperial Walkers then center

20 Merkins then center

20 Plankjacks then center

Squats until 6 comes in + 10 count

Mosey to Sullivan Parking lot, peoples (oak tree) chair on the way. Feel the burn? Oh, watch the ants

20 Freddie Mercury, hold

20 Hello Dolly, hold

20 Freddie Mercury & recover

Mosey to “the wall”

Peoples chair for 60 count

BTTW for 20 count + 5 pushups if you got em + 10 count

Mosey to “the hill of hades”

Short piece on three phases of 1^st F participation

Hand off to Flat Tire

Mosey to the practice field down the hill, grab a partner, and line up on the goal line.

As one person jogged to the opposing goal line, the other began the exercise. Cumulatively each group had to complete:

50 burpees

100 bomb jacks

150 merkins

200 LBC’s

This actually took a while and YHC received plenty of hateful stares and even a friend renunciation from Pusher. To his credit, Italian Job embraced the suck and ran twice as much as everyone else as he zig-zagged his way down the field each time fist bumping and encouraging everyone as they ran. #HIM

After bringing in the 6, and a couple of 10 counts,

Mosey to the school courtyard and find a spot on the ledge

20 box jumps

20 dips

20 derkins

Scoot to the nearby grass for x 20 seal team sit ups

Mosey to the brick wall at the end of the school for extra credit. Disclaimer issued that this portion of the workout is optional. Right out of Airborne’s playbook, YHC unveiled the balls to the wall mosey. See how far you can make it down the wall walking on your hands. YHC made it maybe 15 feet and felt proud. All gave a valiant effort (nice dismount Turbine!) but Bogey stood alone in his mastery of the element. With the PAX cheering, he made it all the way to the end of the wall. Must have been 75 yards, traversing over gutter down-spouts and everything. #respect

Jailbreak to COT

Watch still showed 1 minute left so on your 6 for 20 quick flutter kicks

Announcements:

Sept 23 – Sendoff for Padre at the AO bearing his name PHOP. He’s moving to a new church in Easley so come say farewell if you’re in town.

Sept 26 – F3 Dads for Middle and High School age 2.0’s. Gold Hill Middle School

Oct 17 – Fastest 5 K – Fort Mill High School Track @ 16:00

Oct 24 – Mud Run

Dec 19 – F3 the Fort Christmas Party

Prayer Request:

I know we talked about Spitz and some other health needs but I forgot.  Sorry but you were prayed for!

Observations:

• The Rock Hill PAX has embraced the tenants of F3 in a big way. Love to see the enthusiasm and growth going on south of the Catawba.
• No fist bump greetings in RH, brothers gotta hug man! Love it. We need more bro hugs in The Fort.
• We had the 2 FNG’s that Peach and Crab Cakes EH’d from the parking lot on 9/5 come back for more. It was awesome to meet Orangeman and Dirty Bird. Get to know these two.
• What happened to the old Peach? As Pusher pointed out, Peach is no longer winded on runs and modifying exercises, the dude is fit! #Respect
• It’s so great to have Apache at a workout you’re Q’ing. Rest assured you’ll hear the cadence count!  But more than anything this guy is just an encourager and supporter of each and every member of the PAX. Thank you for who you are brother!

Thanks for the opportunity to lead with you Peach. The Patriot is without a doubt one of the best AO’s in the region and it’s an honor to lead this group.

AYE!

Flat Tire