The first official workout of what will be known to future generations as “The Eagles Nest” took place on the morning of 19 May, 2015.

Winthrop University, established in 1886 has (after 129 years) fulfilled the purpose of it’s creation. The purpose of course being to serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Without much ceremony, we declared the official launch and opened with burpees, now let’s mosey.

Entering from the South side of campus, we swing around the theater and across the parking lot, up the stairs and down to the water tower where we pair up.

Partner one will take a lap beginning with the winding ramp down Alumni Drive. Now back up the stairway lunge walk to partner two who will be doing deep squats until you return. Switch/Repeat

Second time around, the stationary parter will MH until your partner returns. Switch/Repeat

Now our legs are warmed up, let’s roll out the red carpet.

Quick mosey down the corridor between the ballroom and the gym we line up…

We pax will get in the plank position about arms reach apart. The person at one end jumps over the legs of the brother next to him and continues to the end of the line. The next person follows, but no sooner than the person before them gets to the mid-point. (Haven’t seen this much in the Fort region, I’m told the Northerners call it railroad tracks.)

We do this until we reach the shadow at the end of the tunnel. I think everyone had expressed their joy before the first twenty-five yards. Aye! (Leaving no man behind, we did not stop until all had crossed the last tile (about 100 yards in total).

On to the gymnasium, a wide open area of brick paved walkways, stair cases and the amphitheatre of pain.

Down the main walkway, we stop for burpees at each swing until we make it to the second staircase.

Along the way, we come across a man off to work at this unholy hour. The Site Q being overcome with compassion(?), finds it in him between burpees to share the message and invite this young man to join us. Not giving up, he extends the invitation for next week. Aye! Give it away brother!

Those who heard the instruction to stop at the stairway called some of the pax back from their burpee blitz, together we moseyed on to the next exercise machine.

As you know, in the F3 gym known as the big ball, we have a variety of exercise equipment. Among the finest is the staircase. Winthrop has several of these fantastic machines and they do a great job keeping them in prime operating condition at all times.

The machine we were using is twenty feet wide with five sets of five stairs, each separated with a ten foot landing. A true beauty, she will bring us much pain in the years to come.

Partner wheelbarrow up the stairs switching as needed. Once at the top of the staircase, mosey to the next staircase down and back for more goodness.

Repeat with the other partner taking the first turn. (Brothers, this was awesome!) Once completed, plank it up at the stage.

All at the stage we settle in for pax choice mary where YHC fatally invites Padre to choose the first core exercise. A rare silence befalls the pax. What would Padre choose for a core exercise? We all knew what it was going to be, but the tension quickly built to fear as Padre began to speak… “Priso…” (“What? It’s not burpees? Relief floods through our minds…) No, it wasn’t burpees. It was prison push ups. YHC looks at Padre with a raised eyebrow… Padre demonstrates, stands up and says with a sincere tone, “That works your core.” Padre, you are a gift to one and all.

Following Padre’s choice, things get blurry (surprise, surprise) I remember Bogey calling us all to lift our heels six inches and everyone in the circle taking a ten count. What have we done? Why are we here? Snap out of it, pull yourself together man! The time has come, the fog begins to clear. It is my duty to rescue these men from the suck and return to our happy places remineralized by the #RockHillRedPill. Aye, “Let’s mosey”, we head out…

Before leaving the Winthrop F3 gymnasium we stop at the three o’clock bridge and pay homage to the Eagles Nest in Rock Hill fashion. Burpees OYO…

Strong mosey back to the shovel flag.

FNG:
Welcome to the recent Med Tech grad York Prep, our newest FNG was named: Transplant
Announcements:
Leaps to Winnsboro Saturday
Asheville on the 30th.
Hog and Coyote – Saturday before Fathers Day
Apache VQ at Manchester this week

Praises for five workouts in Rock Hill, next step, Chicken and Wisdom.

Prayers for softened hearts in our family challenges. Being patient and strong with our siblings in family involvement.

Spoken and unspoken, health and strength.

Popeye takes us out.

Peach Q:
Out of the 9 PAX that posted, we collectively knew 6 men who gave all for their country. We tried to remember their sacrifice during the workout.
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Mosey to COP;
SSH*30
Windmills * 10
Imperial Walkers * 15
6 Burpees OYO – Remember

Mosey to Picnic tables of doom
Staggered Merkins, In cadence, 10 each side
Step-ups 10 each side
6 Burpees OYO – Remember

Mosey to COP (pass, and say hi to Mrs. Peach)
SSH * 25
IW * 15
People Chair by 10 count *2
LBC * 15
Hello Dolly * 15
6 Burpees OYO – Remember

Mosey / Lunge Walk / Mosey
Diamond Merkins * 10
LBC * 15
Rosalita * 15
6 Burpees OYO – Remember

Mosey / Karaoke / Lunge Walk / Mosey
to Pavillion of Pain for People Chairs * 30 Count
Mosey to Field 1 COP for SSH * 20, and…
6 Burpees OYO – Remember

Turn over to Burgandy
Partner Relay race
100 – push-ups (as a team – the 1st person does as many as possible and runs to 2nd person to continue the set while the 1st person runs back to the line keep flip flopping until the number is reached)
Winning team tells others an exercise what to do to the count of 10 (Squats in Cadence)

Everyone goes back to the same spot
200 – squats
Winning team tells others an exercise what to do to the count of 20 (Rosalita in cadence)

Everyone goes back to the same spot
300 – LBC’s
Winning team tells others an exercise what to do to the count of 30 (SSH in cadence)

Finish with 100 Burpees (aggregate)

Mosey to COT
Prayers for Rebecca and other victims of ALS and their families
Prayers for Mike and for stronger marriages
Prayers for the F3 brothers and the September Mission Trip
Prayers of thanksgiving and honor for those who gave all

4 strong men decided Normandy was a good way to start the day…by the end, it felt more like the end of the Battle of Hamburger Hill.

Warm up…hmm, do it at home…moving with a purpose.

We visited Normandy Camp with a .75 mosey (bags overhead, press/pushes, bear hug SB forward/backward).

Circle up

Dead lifts, forward lunges, reverse lunges, snatch squats, press/pushes thrusters, rows, snatches, cleans, a couple more I’m missing.

Run to the tennis court – find wall:

SB to the Wall (wall ball concept) X10, load SB on shoulder and duck walk the length of the tennis court. Four cycles.

Throughout the morning, we alternated SBs; all became cozy with Pebbles man maker SB. That thing is so nasty, it should have a name.

Merkin SB shoulder pulls X40

Mosey to the stairs

• SB burpees on the way…

Bottom of hill 5 SB burpees run up hill, run down stairs; find a partner, wheel barrow up the stairs, (Flapjack) 10 mins worth

COT/Mary combined

Moleskin:

• Solid group, Pebbles, Car Bomb and Google Maps performed exceptionally. I would jump in a foxhole with any of these men….and to think, they will only get stronger…

Thanks for the opportunity men!

Semper Fi

Gunny