80 is the number at Slow Burn for Flounder!

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WARMUP: Intro from DD, the boot campers went with Grassy on a mosey. 1st station was 20 SSH, 20 WindMills, 20 produce pickers, and 20 Loe Slow Squats. Mosey to station 2 behind Lowes for 20 MNC, 20 Micheal Phelps, 20 Emp Walkers and 20 HBW. Then to station 3 behind the other side of Lowes. 10 merkins 4 count, 20 MClimbers, 10 CDD 4 count, and 20 LBC. Mixed in some down and up dog.
THE THANG: Mosey to the tire company. DORA by 80s. Partner up for 80 Burpees, 160 and 240 squats.
MARY: Mosey back to COT with everyone else for 20 Hamers, 20 Flutters, 20 big boys and Flounder hurdles stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read news letter
COT: praying for 80 years for Flounder the Legend!

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Minnow Pond Greatest Hits and Shovel Flag Handoff

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My last day as site Q for Minnow Pond / Thursday Block Party, so I wanted to revisit some of the more fun workouts had here in the past.
WARMUP: None
THE THANG:
Part 1 – Harris St Hill Work
Proceed down White/160, left on Ardrey (by WEP), take it to corner of Ardrey and Harris St. That is the start. At start do 10 merkins and 20 LBCs, then run downhill to very bottom, across from Harris St park, do 5 burpees, then run uphill to corner of Harris St and Business 21, do 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, run back down to bottom, 5 burpees, back to start for 10 more merkins and 20 LBCs, then wait for 6. Others went back down to bottom for more burpees to pull the 6 back to start. Everyone LOVES Harris St hill!!
On to round 2. Proceed back down Ardrey to meet up in front of WEP amphitheater.
Round 2 – WEP Swing Loop
The walking path loop around WEP is approx 3/4 mile or so, with around 10-12 swings or swing stations (one of these days I will get the accurate count). Start from amphitheater towards large hill first. Stop at every swing and do 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs. Due to time, rep count was cut to 10/10/10 about 2/3 through. By the time we all got back to the start, we had 2-3 minutes to get back to COT, perfect timing!
MARY: We had about a minute worth of flutters and something else.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the newsletter, get involved, invigorate your male community leadership.
COT:
Alot lifted up.

Today I handed off the shovel flag to a HIM that I know will maintain the standards set for Minnow Pond, Farmer's Only. Shady started MP up back in mid-2017 to be a place that will push you to your limits physically (1st F), but also fostered a strong 2nd F there as well. A minimum of ~3.2 miles (5K) with pain stations mixed in, so you HAVE to push your pace to get all that in within 45 minutes. That is the standard set. Other past site Qs – Longshanks, Jekyll, and Funhouse – all maintained that standard while putting their own flair on things to continue growing the 2nd F there. It was an honor, privilege, and blessing to take the reigns of what I feel is a premier site in The Fort.

When you have a strong fellowship to share your pains and burdens, it makes those pains and burdens much more bearable and manageable. When those two things come together like that, it is an awesome thing to be part of, and the result is growth in your 3rd F too, for you gain more faith in what you can do as well as who will be there to do it with you. This is a great microcosm of what F3 is all about. Planting a small workout. The black diamond aspect of it that pushed everyone to their limits drew them out. The magnet. The strong fellowship cultivated from it and by it drew you and others out, and kept them coming. The glue. Then you and others realized there is alot more to things than just working out, that you can get through hard things, that others will be there with you to help push/pull you along, and in turn you do that for others. Then it spreads outside the gloom. The Boom or explosion of growth. It is awesome.

Farmer's Only will be a GREAT site Q! He lives for pushing himself in all three Fs, and will do the same for others. Be warned, he LOVES burpees and pull-ups. HA HA!! Congratulations Farmer's Only! Well deserved and earned.

Thank you everyone for being a part of Minnow Pond / Block Party lore. Excited to see where it goes from here.
Blessings and SYITG
-NASA

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Masters Party at Dawn Patrol

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A tradition unlike any other…The Masters. This time of year is one of my favorites. The weather starts to turn warmer. The trees and flowers start to bloom. People start coming outside of their homes. And the NCAA tournament concludes right into my favorite sporting event of the year, the Masters. With this in mind, I thought I would prepare a Weinke inspired by the tournament. I borrowed some of this from Warning Track and others via reviewing their backblasts.

Weather – chilly 39 degrees at launch

Disclaimer given during lots of mumblechatter

COP
SSH x 30 – this is the standard
IW x 10
Cherry Picker x 10
CDD x 10
Mtn climber x 10

Mosey to the “tee box”

In honor of the Masters, we played the front 9 holes revealing the name of each hole, the yardage and par. Pax chose the club necessary for the shots based on the following criteria:

  • Woods including Driver – 10 merkins
  • Long Irons – 10 jump squats
  • Short Irons – 10 Big Boys

When arriving on the green, Pax were given the following options:

  • 2 Putt – # of burpees for par
  • Birdie – no burpees but must answer a trivia question correctly
  • Bogey – penalty if a trivia question was missed which equated to twice the amount of burpees

#1 Tea Olive – 495 yards Par 4
#2 Pink Dogwood – 575 yards Par 5
#3 Flowering Peach – 350 yards Par 4
#4 Flowering Crab Apple – 240 yards Par 3
#5 Magnolia – 495 Yards Par 4
#6 Juniper – 180 Yards Par 3
#7 Pampas – 450 Yards Par 4
#8 Yellow Jasmine – 570 Yards Par 5
#9 Carolina Cherry – 460 Yards Par 4

Had to cut it short after 8 holes but the Pax were even par with 3 birdies, 3 bogeys and 3 pars.

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VO2 Max Training at Clydesdales

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Many, and I do mean many, of the Pax rucked today. Those who did not ruck participated in V02 max training.

Warmup to Kingley
Stretch for 5 minutes
Loop around Kingley
12 minutes of hard running
Run walk back to COT

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50

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WARMUP: We started off with our themed number of reps with 50 SSHs then on to some stretchy things.
THE THANG:
This is what was planned plus a couple of AMRAPs but we only made it to Round 2 -Corner 2 then we had to make our way back to COT.
4 corners – 2 Rounds – 200 Reps
Corner 1 – 50 Man Makers
Corner 2 – 50 American Swings
Corner 3 – 50 High Pulls
Corner 4 – 50 Power Cleans (25 each arm)
Corner 1 – 50 Pass Through Lunges
Corner 2 – 50 Mustaphas (Officially renamed Rafikis)
Corner 3 – 50 Pull Throughs
Corner 4- 50 American Hammers

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: were made
COT: We shared our praises and burdens and we prayed.

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2026 QvQ Round 2

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QvQ Format:
20/20
PAX Vote in 4 categories
V.A.P.E.

Rabbit:
Divide into two teams

Every man runs 25m and nurs 25 back and the completes 2 squat jumps and 2 burpees.
WWR but add 2 reps to each exercise after each trip out and back. Team with the most reps in total wins.

In addition, each team selects 2 pax to hold Cindy’s above head … Cindy can't drop below the head… if they do the team loses their count and starts over at zero

15 minutes of work.

After time expires, Hold AlGore and plank while the preacher preaches about asking for help and looking for a brother that might need it. (Let's do this for each other men!)

Last 4 minutes jail break 50m and do 5 Big Boys… again but do 10… keep adding 5 and sprinting until time expired.

Stage Coach:
Partner work
Partner 1 will run to the other side of the field and back to partner 2. Partner 2 will be doing an exercise that slowly progresses across the field until Partner 1 returns and switch. Continue switching off between running and exercises until you’re across the field.
Exercises – Bear Crawl, lunge, broad jump burpee, crawl bear and reverse lunge

Results:
Stage Coach won two categories, but Rabbit also won two and had the most overall votes. Win goes to Rabbit.

Great work by both Qs sharpening their leadership today.

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Leave No Stone Unturned

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We had six at the Forge this morning. Started with a mosey around the parking lot before doing the typical warmups.
Next a modified DORA, same counts with different exercises added bonus with a large rock. Curls, overhead press, and flutters. Once completed, we ran to the back of the tire store for a set of step ups, erkins, and dips. We continued around the back of HT. Completed a sidewalk shuffle and walk sit.
Back to the front of the building where we began the workout. We finished with a man maker ladder. Partner 1 performed the man makers while Partner 2 ran. Flip flop
Back to COT.

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Moderate until it isn’t

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WARMUP:
80 SSH in cadence for Flounders bday
Squats
Broga
THE THANG:
Mosey to the Springs building near front by the garden area

10 dips
10 derkins
10 crazy leg twist

10 dips
10 derkins
10 Bulgarian split squats each leg

10 dips
10 derkins
10 squats

10 lbcs with feet on wall
10 penguins with feet on wall
10 each side pretzels

Repeat above again for 2 total rounds

Mosey down by police station find a curb and do some jump ups in plank position
Start at bottom and push/hop up to the top of curb with your arms

Mosey back toward COT for the grand finale
11s on the hill
Burpees and squats
MARY:
Ran out of time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tortoise and hare
Greater Than
Q vs Q
COT:

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