The Intimidator

  • QIC: Funhouse and Senator Tressel
  • When: 09/20/14
  • Pax: Thriller, Decibel, Tatoo, Cornhole, Cable Guy, Smuggler, Maximus, Change Order, Trucker, Gecko, Package (LIFO), FNG/Tan Line,
  • Posted In: Alcatraz

After the shovel flag was planted, and the disclaimer was recited, 14 strong headed out for their weekly beatdown at Runde Park.  Here is what they did:

The Thang:

Funhouse at Q

RAR (run around Runde)

COP

SSH x 35, IW x 20, Low/Slow Squat x 20, Slow Merkin x 10, Windmill x 10, SSH x 30 (gradually faster cadence)

Mosey to retaining  wall behind home plate for some step exercises: step up (10 R/L), step down lightly (10 R/L), fast pace step up (10 R/L).

Mosey to bottom of big hill behind Runde (the Intimidator) for Jacob’s ladder:

Run up hill, 10 burpees, run down, 9 burpees, run up, 8 burpees, run down, 7 burpees , etc.  (Q calls audible to stop at 7 – the Pax breath a collective sigh of relief!). 

At the bottom of the hill, all Pax line up for indian run/bear crawl up the Intimidator.  Last man runs to front, everyone else bear crawls.  Bear crawl run all the way up the hill, down the path and back to the park.

Hand off to Senator Tressel

Mosey to playground and split into three groups

Group 1:  10 pull ups, Group 2:  20 merkins, Group 3:  10 reverse 2 steps up the picnic table.  Rinse and repeat two more times.

Mosey back to park and circle up for Tabata:  30 sec interval workout  20 secs on, 10 secs off (rest).  Do 8 sets (30 sec) of each exercise:  squats, Russian twists, wide-arm merkins, and burpees 

COT

After last week’s plunge into Lake Wylie, and Cornhole’s close encounter with a deer, this week’s workout was uneventful:    just some good hard work by the Pax.  The big hill behind the park is becoming more and more popular with Alcatraz Q’s.  Whenever we start to head down it, you can hear the ‘oh no’s’ and ‘ooh’s’ from the Pax because they know what is coming. This hill is now called ‘The Intimidator.’  Funhouse made good use of The Intimidator today with his burpee ladder and loooong indian run/bear crawl up the hill and down the path back to the park.  YHC borrowed the Tabata from Chicken Wing and brought it to Alcatraz.  Tabata’s are tough, but the Pax seem to have enough energy this morning to poke fun at the Q during the first couple rounds of squats and Russian twists.  No more jokes were heard once we got to the merkins and burpees, though.  Welcome FNG/Tan-line, who, we found out, is a former law enforcement officer.  Those who went to Dunkenteria after the workout got to see his scar from a serious gun shot wound a while back.  Glad you are still with us, brother and we hope to see you back next week.  Wow – what a great day for F3 at Runde!   It’s always a blast to Q and a privilege to be part of such a fine organization.

Announcements:

Invergence less than a week away – all Fort Mill/Rock Hill/Indian Land pax encouraged to attend.  Check your email about what F3 means to you and respond!

CSPAN and his wfe are hosting a couples shower (yes – it is a couple’s shower) for Car bomb and his future wife on Saturday, Sep 27.  Contact CSPAN for the specifics

Fitness Test next Tuesday, Sep 24 at WEP.  Only local Fort workout that day.  Check your fitness level.

Praises for a successful surgery and recovery for Decibel’s son.  Encouraging report on our brother Spark Plug who is recovering from a serious illness.  We miss you, brother.  Be well!

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Wheel of Pain

  • QIC: Opie
  • When: 9/20/14
  • Pax: One-Niner, Pebbles, CSPAN, WWL, Tatanka, Iron Horse, Iron Pony, Beacon, Cake Boss, Beast,
  • Posted In: The Reservation

A new record was set at the Reservations today thanks to a little smack talk on the twitter and in support of the Opie’s VQ. 9 PAX where on site by 0700 to begin with a light jog and 2 met us at the destination. No need to bring your own equipment today the VQ (Opie), as he went all out for his fist time. Along with a little tour of The Reservation so everyone could see how much fun and painful this thing can be done, I had set up the main event by the Reservations pride and joy The Arsenal (the playground). Just throwing that name out there hasn’t been approved yet by the chiefs.

Warm Up:

Jog to the practice field

20 SSH

21 Windmills (Lost Count)

20 Imperial Walkers

The Thang:

After a quick warm up

Jog to the Dragons Crack (A hill divided by a drainage ditch)

Complete following 3X

Run half way up drop down 15 Merkins

To the top 20 Squats

When completed abs til everyone is done

Mosey to the Dragons Back (Check Pebbles backblast from 9/18 for an explanation)

A little unplanned but wanted everyone to get the taste of the full reservation

Run to the top 5 DerkinsRun down

Run up 10 Derkins (Back on schedule)

Mosey to the Main Event (The Wheel of Pain)

A circle shaped circuit work out involving some of Opies lively hood

1 min per station (Or until I get off the phone with work, thank you Tatanka)

1st station Squats with a LP24.5 tire with homemade handles

2nd plank while pulling a 19.5 tire from one side to the other (Use left hand to move to the right side then right hand to move the left side)

3rd Tire Drag (Leg burner)

4th Sledge Hammer (Personal fav)

5th Tire Burpy

6th Push Up drag tire to feet then repeat

7th Heisman w/ tire

8th Push Up across tire (Moving from one side to the other)

Rest: Indian Land style abs of your choice while not at a station

Mosey to the Arsenal

Jog around track half way stop 30 Turbo Leg Ups (single count)

10 Pull ups

15 Dips

20 Erkins

No time for rest

Repeat the Wheel of pain until 0755

Since we don’t quit early in Indian Land had time for a little abs

COT:

Pray for the injured and that we will all be great leaders and followers in our everyday lives.

Thank You gentlemen for the turnout today and coming to support me in my first Q. This group has meant a lot to me and I look forward to the pain every morning. Keep up the hard work and I plan to be there if not every morning as many as I can make.

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The Fort: Results of a home invasion headlock

  • QIC: Santini
  • Pax: MacGyver, Flat Tire, Hasselhoff, Crab Cakes, Java, Longshanks, Rooney, Private Ryan, FNG...Panic Room
  • Posted In: The Fort

11 PAX posted on a cool, damp grass morning at the site of Walter Elisha Park in Fort Mill.  Exactly 2 years ago, this was the last weekend that WEP did NOT have a F3 workout going on there on a Saturday.  On the 27th of September that changed in 2012 when Dredd, Swamp Fox, OBT, and a few others helped launch The Fort.

My FNG posted today.  1 of my 2 definite maybe’s for the week.  A neighbor who has been commuting literally from Columbus Ohio to Fort Mill every week for 2 years while he helped transition his wife into a successful business.  Tclaps for that brother.  I did not have his cell phone, but stopped by his house on the way home last night for the official headlock.  Knocking on the door, his wife answered.  I said is “Call him FNG nameless” here?  She said yes, he was sitting on the couch playing with his daughter.

The pure beauty men of this tactic is they have no time for excuses.  It is a full on bumrush, home invasion headlock.  I do not recommend this; however, sometimes you have to just go old school and do a little outside your comfort zone cold calling headlocking.  Again, enter all homes with permission and hopefully at least some working knowledge of said FNG.

After a few stutters, stammer, and an attempt to use the sister in law’s cousins, aunt visiting something IKEA, he said, yes, I’ll be there.   Low and behold he posted this morning and seemed downright eager to be there.  Rocked the workout, and I think might actually come back.

During the pre work and telling this story to everyone there, we already had settled on the name for the FNG.  Simple, Elegant, with respect to the process by which he was inducted into F3.  If he would have had one, I think he would have used it………….

“Panic Room”

We then did a workout with 4 stations each one bearing the focus and direction around I.A.T.A.

We broke down the Individual Initiative, Accountability, Teamwork, and Attention to detail.  Inspired by a great story this week on F3Nation about accountability.  Shadowman reappeared with an ode to burpees, dry docks, and some flutter kicks.  I was blacking out.

Men, this is a simple process.  Reach out, bring them in, grow, develop, repeat.

Tclaps to the PAX for a hard workout today.

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Teamwork

  • QIC: Trucker
  • When: 09/18/14
  • Pax: Trucker, Birdsong, Java, Gears, Anchorman, Mayhem, Audit, Airborne, Repeat, Package, Cable Guy, Pusher, Mr. Clean, Aquaman, Totanka
  • Posted In: Laces In, Laces Out

As always, it was an honor to head over to WEP to re-engage with PAX YHC doesn’t encounter with much. As 6 PAX took off running, YHC quickly discussed his struggles with teamwork and things focusing around YHC being first. As F3 strives for “I am Third” this YHC has been struggling and figured a good way to get back in focusing on being third is to develop a workout around relying on your teamwork.

The Thang:

Split PAX into 2 groups and Indian Run till opposite side of WEP

SSH x20

IW x20

Merkins x15

Windmills x10

Partner up with a fellow PAX and fireman’s carry to the HILL

Burpee Webbs: 1 Burpee at bottom of hill, run up hill, 4 shoulder raises. Repeat until 10/40

Mossy to playground

Partners work to combine pull-ups/merkins to complete 50/100 respectively

Partners work to combine military sit-ups/leg raises to complete 100/100 respectively

Mossy to COT

YHC had additional teamwork exercises (wheelbarrows, team sprints, etc.) but ran out of time. So the PAX got a break! Glad to lead such a great group of PAX. Prayers to Gears brother, Java’s friend, and Noah’s surgery. Plus, keep Spark Plug in everyone’s prayers, as well as others not mentioned.

Trucker

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And the Band Played On

  • QIC: Cornhole
  • When: 9/19/14
  • Pax: Tatonka, One-Niner, Pebbles, CSPAN, Crab Cakes, Change Order, Boy Band, Catfish, Opie, Sharknado, Iron Pony, Iron horse, ??? (sound-off in comments), Deacon, Cornhole
  • Posted In: Slow Burn

15 instrumental men unknowingly participated in an orchestrated Slow Burn

Mosey to Lowes Parking Lot
F – SSH x 20- High knees, Butt kickers, IW x 20, Sideway Squats
3 – Windmills x 15, Bear Crawl, Lunge walk, Moroccan Night Club x 20, Bunny Hops, Lunge Walk, LBC x 20, Crab Walk

S – Mosey, SSH x 20
L – Mosey, Karaoke, Merkin x 10, Side Shuffle
O – lunge walk, Sideway Squats, backwards lunge walk, Sideway Squats
W- mosey, Mtn Climbers x 15, Mosey, Peter Parkers x 15, Mosey Parker Peters x 15
B – Mosey, Sprint, Diamond Merkins x 10, Sprint, lunge walk, Sideway Squats, backwards lunge walk, Sideway Squats
U – mosey, Wide Arm Merkins x 10, CCD x 10
R – Mosey, Plank Punches x 10, Alligator Walk
N – Mosey, LBC’s x 20, Flutter Kicks x 20, Freddy Mercury’s x 10

Sprint/mosey to COT

Appreciate everyone’s flexibility and going with the randomness.

Announcements
CSpan – Carbomb Party next Saturday at CSpan’s
Crab Cakes F2 Opp Movie Night FURY
Invergence Friday 9/26
Opie VQ @IndianLand
Monday KettleBell instruction

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Reservation 9/18 BB

Warm up

15 SSH

15 Seal Jacks

15 Pole Jacks

15 Squat Thrusters

15 merkins

Mosey to 6ft Brick Wall

Muscle ups x15 three sets

Wall Sits 10 sec three sets

Calf Raises x20

The Thang

Mosey to Dragons Back aka B.A.S.H. aka Big Ass Steep Hill

Jacobs latter up Dragons Back:

5 burpees on top, 1 squat thrust on bottom. Decrease by 1 burpee and increase by 1 squat thrust each lap. Complete for 5 laps.

Mosey to Football field

20yd sprint to agility ladder

navigate agility ladder via bunny hop

20 yd sprint out

Reverse.

Complete entire Evolution 3 times

Rest: (aka Listen to Santini talk about how “cool” he was in high school)

Mosey to Jungle Gym

Complete 10 pull ups as unit. 3 sets

PAX unable to complete p/u are to remain on bar until set is complete or unit suffers penalty (5 merkins per pax coming of bar during set)

Full body weight dips till failure x2

body weight overhead press 10 reps x2

Navigate the Monkey Bars

20 alternating turbo leg ups

Navigate the Monkey Bars

Cool Down Lap

15 Arnies

15 Fredrick Hg’s (periodic table…look it up!)

Mosey COT

Another Great workout at the reservation. nuff said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Armory = Full Metal

  • QIC: CSPAN
  • When: 09/15/14
  • Pax: Boy Band, Cake Boss, Change Order, Chicken Hawk, Deacon, Green Wave, Senator, Stang, Tatanka, Gears, Catfish, & Beacon.
  • Posted In: The Armory

I was called from the bullpen so Pebbles could maintain the Q schedule at Tomahawk.

So a dozen men unhitched themselves from the fartsack and attempted to encourage YHC while he was struggling after a prior day of Black Diamond version #3.

The Thang:

SSH x25

IW x20

Squats x20

Moroccan Night Club x20

Long plank series with stretching

Windmills x20

Calf raises x20

Mountain Climbers x20

About this time I got the first verse of “Are we going to use kettle bells today”

Long back stretching and discussion using superman and paratrooper

Mosey to half wall

Set #1 Derkins, Inclinerkins, & Dips – all 20 reps

Set #2 Step Left, Step Right, & Double – all 20 reps

Set #3 Repeat of set #1 & 2

About this time I got the second verse of “Are we going to use kettle bells today”

Mosey to stairs

Bear crawl up and down x3 reps “real crowd pleaser” #redpill #FEBA

About this time I got the third verse of “Are we going to use kettle bells today”

Mosey to our spot to do our kettle bell portion (everything done with bell)

Set#1 Around your calves, waist & halos

Set#2 Curl left, Curl Right, & Tri

Set #3 Full Situp, LBC, & Hello Dolly

Set #4 One handed Plank with rotation and press, either arm, and 10 push ups

Set#5 Squats, calf raises, & forward press

Set # 6 Lawn mower start, top shelf press, & shoulder press

Set #7 Merkin on the bell, either hand, & chest pass

Rinse and repeat until 0600

Nobody asked for extra credit

Moleskin:

Fun morning, great chatter, good discussion, and fun.

Read your newsletter.

Always an honor to Q,

Appreciate the enthusiasm,

CSPAN – over & out

 

 

 

 

 

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Q by Committee…(Jeckyll)

  • QIC: Jeckyll & Decibel
  • When: 08/16/14
  • Pax: Gecko, Cable Guy, Decibel, McGruff, WWL, AquaMan, Cornhole, Pick-6, Skiiers, Nirvana, Lil E, Slow Pitch, Change Order, Maximus, Senator Tressel
  • Posted In: Golden Corral, The Fort

16 PAX rallied at the Golden Corral for the not-so-normal Tuesday shenanigans. It would’ve been 17 but the scheduled Q pulled a CSPAN so Jeckyll stepped up and led the mosey out.

Mosey to the bank parking lot for a warm up of SSH, Squats and a few other things.
Mosey to the Teeter to lunge walk the infamous never-ending wall
Mosey to the stomping grounds on the back side of Teeter for partner work:
Partner 1 in the Plank Partner 2 10 Derkins / 10 Hop-overs Flap Jack
Repeat 2 more times

Maximus with the idea of 2-tiered suicides (25/40yds) with 10 burpees at the finish
Repeat

3-Merkin burpees x 5 then toe lunge walk to the island and run (limp) back
3-Merkin burpees x 5 then reverse lunge walk to the island and run (limp) back
Squat Jacks and something else

Mosey to the “flag” for a Decibel-led round of Ab-Lab consisting of:
Boats/Canoes, X & O’s, Hello Dolly, Russian Twist, Protractor, LBC, etc.

Even when there’s no official Q, the PAX always steps up to see what they can come up with to lessen the mumble chatter. A lot of us were gassed but when you’re with a partner, you somehow manage to dig deep and pull through. Interesting how we let ourselves down before we let our partner down.

Announcements:
Childrens Attn Home, Invergence, Continue to read the details of the weekly email.

Prayers:
A softball teammate of Slow Pitch had a heart attack after walking off the field last night and praise God they were there to administer CPR. Thank you for stepping up and not just being one in a crowd. The young man is doing well this morning. Continued prayers for Sparkplug. New job for WWL’s brother. Bojangles mom’s surgery and recovery. Decibel’s son, Noah has surgery later this week to close up the hole vacated by the feeding tube. Maximus’ daughter, Olivia’s appointments yesterday. Praise God for great doctors. Safe travels as I drive up to MD for cousin’s funeral.

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Block Party Field Trip

  • QIC: Menthol
  • When: 9/16/2014
  • Pax: CSPAN, Sharknado, Opie, Java, Green Wave, Iron Pony, Mr. Wilson, Cash Cab, FNG Bieber (Anchor Man), Rudy, Aztec, Bogie, Twister, Pebbles, Private Ryan, Tatanka, One Niner, Double D, Red Banjo, Chicken Wing, Bounty Hunter, Audit, Menthol
  • Posted In: Block Party

23 Pax showed up for a Field Trip to the church row of Fort Mill.  Double D showed without a permission slip as he heard we were going for a bus ride.

COP 1 in WEP Lot:

Imperial Walkers x 21,  Squats x 21,  & Windmills x 21

Mosey to Wall:

SSH x 30,  Mtn Climbers x 20,  Merkins x 15,  Mtn Climbers x 20, Wall Sits x 3 10 counts with some extra credit,  finished off with SSH x 50.

Mosey to FM Church of God:

Partner for Lot Loops  —  Loops around Lot with 20 Burpees, 30 Merkins, & 40 Squats.

Indian Run to Main St. & Home

 

Announcements:

Invergence on the 26th.

Springs Trail 5k & 10k on Oct 4th.

Mud Run Sign Ups to Tatanka.

 

Prayers & Thoughts Please:

Co-Worker of Red Banjo.  May her 6 – 8 weeks bring a better day.

Maximus and his family as they meet in memory of his cousin in Maryland.  Safe travels.

Spark Plug and his family as he battles some health issue.  Hope to see you soon.

Menthol’s mom as she recovers from knee replacement surgery.

ALL Pax that are on the IR.  may they heal and return to the Gloom.

 

Thanks for the trip and have a great week.  See you in the gloom……………

 

 

 

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The Fort – “Breaking the Glass”

  • QIC: Iron Pony/Cake Boss
  • When: 09/13/14
  • Pax: Red banjo, WWL, Airborne, Anchorman, Java, Lil E, MacGuvyer, Chicken Wing, Dozer, Iron Pony, Cake Boss, Highlife, Rooney, Longshanks
  • Posted In: The Fort

fire

14 Men rolled into WEP for another Saturday at The Fort.

Iron Pony and Cake Boss waited patiently for the PAX to arrive to begin an hour of pure pleasure and enjoyment….F3 style. Iron Pony at the Q for his Virgin Q

Two Lines formed for Indian run around WEP, one to the right and one to the left.

Meet back for COP

SSHs x 25

IWs x 20

Squats x 20

IP hand off to Cake Boss

CDDs x 20

Sumo Squats X 20

Merkins x 10

Wind Mills x 15

Mosey to grass next to path, count of in 3’s

1’s to base of Stairway to Heaven

*10 Merkins

*Run Stairway

*1 burpee at each light pole

2’s to top of Stairway

*10 diamond merkins

*run to grass next to path

3’s in grass next to path

*10 Wide arm merkins

Each group does 4 rounds at each locations, running to each.

Last 2 rounds merkins cut to 5 reps

Meet at Woman Statue when everyone was complete

CB – Talked about “Breaking the Glass” for emergencies. How when we have small fires in our lives, we think we do not need help, especially Sky Q’s help.

Small fires can turn into big blazes….BREAK THE GLASS and reach out to Sky Q or your F3 brothers. AYE!!

Mosey to play ground

In your groups of 1’s 2’s and 3’s, complete at units (3 rounds)

5 Pullups

10 squats

1 lap around playground

Mosey to tree line facing parking lot

Lunge walk to first tree, bear crawl to second

Then back, Lunge walk and bear crawl

2 rounds

COP

Plank 10 count

Apollo Onos x 10

Plank Jacks x 10

Lunge jumps x 10

Plank arm ext x 10

Squat Jumps x 10

Side Plank x 10

Lateral hurdle jumpsx10

Mak Tar Shy x 10

Squats x 10

Plank push-ups x 10

In and Outs x 10

LBCs x 10

Plank 10 count

Flutter kick x 10

T claps to Iron Pony for Virgin Q, but also for hitting 4 workouts and working Scarowinds Friday night.

16 years old and pretty disciplined.

Praise reports for Airborne’s new opportunity, Cake Boss completing first week of new gig, and many other of Sky Q’s blessings.

Review weekly email for Invergence and 5k’s and workouts popping up everywhere.

Peace to all and to all a good week!!

CB

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