ChuaHut and water buckets

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WARMUP: Moroccan night clubs, overhead claps, low slow squats, merkins
THE THANG: two 2 men teams, partner 1 carried the 30# and 50# kettlebells alternating weights to the other side of the hut while partner 2 did squats; switch partners and switch exercise to lunges, keep switching until done with ruck swing, high pulls, flutters. We got soaked even under the hut.
Rain stopped and went for a 1/2 mile ish ruck.
Back at the hut we ditched the KB’s and found two 5 gallon buckets full of water, one per team. Go back and forth in a zigzag going around each post, back to partner and hand the bucket until reaching the last post.
Back to kettlebells, partner one carries KB other partner carries bucket, around the driveway in front of the church. Switch half way around the circle, alternate with other team between 30# and 50# KB, we did 8 laps.
Back at the hut, pax 1 will carry both buckets to the other side and back, longways, while 3 pax did different exercises. Four rounds of this.
Went for another 1/2 mile ish ruck, back at the hut for some Mary.
MARY: flutters, chest presses, American hammers, more vest presses and finished in with triceps extensions.

COT: prayers for families, kids and teachers.

Tinsel out.

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F3 Dads 2022

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Here’s the outlay for F3 Dads 2022:

9-9:30 at WEP (so you can still post at the Fort, Alcatraz, or Yard)
6/11 – Slapshot
6/18 – Cubbie
6/25 – Lutefisk
7/2 – Badlands
2.0 friendly workout

Disclaimer: your kids will probably still whine that their legs hurt on Sunday morning. I mean, You wil too so…

Sons AND Daughters welcome. It’s F3 Dads not F3 Sons!

Give anyone left inside your house moment of quiet on Saturday morning….

HC now, put it on the calendar, and build the excitement at home!

Ideal age range is: old enough to do the exercises/games — young enough to still be seen exercising in a park with their dad.

From the official F3 nation disclaimer:
Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a father or male legal guardian: by participating in an F3 workout, an individual assumes the risks inherent in doing so.

Have fun and don’t hurt yourself trying to keep up with your kiddo….

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Duckless but not Luckless

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Well, much like Baxter, the sandwich was pricey with a sexy name, but all I left with was a chunk out of my wallet…

The company was excellent though as I learned more about my man Vuvu and the gravitational power of the M. Show to know.

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bootcamp with running

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6 PAX and a FNG gathered around the flagpole for the Pledge of Allegiance. Disclaimer was mumbled by the nonprofessional.

WARMUP: SSH and Windmills. Mosey to the Town Square

THE THANG: Shamelessly stolen from Grout with some slight modifications.

Round 1
5 Burpees
10 Big Boys
15 Carolina Dry Docks
20 Lunges
25 American Hammers
30 Shoulder Taps
35 Monkee Humpers
40 Flutters
45 Mountain Climbers
50 Squats
Run a Hill leg, North to 160 or South to Patterson, 5 squats then return to Town Sqare for Round 2.

Round 2.
Same as Round 1 but exclude the 50 squats. After the 45 Mountain Climbers are completed, run a Flat leg, East or West on Academy, 5 Merkins, then return to Town Sqare for Round 3.

Round 3, same as Round 1, exclude the 40 Flutters, then run a Hill leg, 5 squats, return to Town Square for Round 4.

Continue working down the ladder to Round 10 with only 5 burpees between each running leg. I finished 5 rounds.

There were a lot of excercises between each run, and the PAX were strongly encouraged to transition quickly between each excercise so we could get our mandatory miles completed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gekko speaking at Hanging with Stang today. Sign up for yardwork at the Fort Mill Care Center. Read your newsletter.

COT: FNG, Gavin, was Eh’d by Stang. Gavin is college student on summer break, and is visiting from OK. Get to know this guy while he is here. He recently completed his diver certification and his F3 name quickly was The Bends. Google it.

Blessed for the opportunity to led at Minnow Pond. Thank you Jeckle for the opportunity. I kicked a dent in this high mileage AO average pace today. It was a bootcamp with running. Should have climbed the ladder to get more distance. I got 3 miles and a complete body workout. I’m not a professional.

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Gear Mayhem

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Low slow squats, Moroccan Night Clubs, Arm Circles, Merkins
THE THANG: 2 min timer, AMRAP
KB Squats
Chest Press
Calf raise
Wall sit
Skull crushers
Freddie Mercuries
KB Lunges
Plank
LBCs
Rinse and repeat until 5:55 am
Airborne’s Hip Thing

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Murph on Monday after all normal AO workouts
COT: Families in Texas, Baby #2 for BattleBot

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Varsity Level Prison Workout

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WARMUP: Sasquatch led the pax through a Broga session, under cover as promised but no less stretchy than his usual job making the pax hurt so good!

THE THANG: The AO was set up for wet, muddy pain with blocks and bricks. Mother Nature decided to throw electrically charged javelins at the Pax so we audibled to work under cover for 15 mins. Twister validated safe status for getting out in the open, then just as we put hands to the heavy things Mother Nature three another spear our way. Pax hauled gear back and the workout resumed undercover.

Here’s what we did:
Burpees X10
Bombjacks X10
Donkey kicks x10
Shoulder taps x10 IC
…rinse & repeat…again and again and again and…

COT: Thanks to the pax for enduring “the prison workout” as Twister called it. Quite appropriate since my theme for the planned weinke that never got unleashed focused on the Mental Battle. I’m very guilty of living in my head way too often, which leads to me becoming a prisoner in my own mind. staying in one spot under threat with grueling repetitive work is an even greater mental battle than the physical grind. Everyone pushed through including all the reps with inspiringly few groans…this is a tough group! and the toughness comes because of the group. I know I wouldn’t have knocked that out solo, so thanks for being there and pushing yourself and me. great work!

It being Memorial Day, we closed out with a challenge to remember someone who has passed during the drive home (vet or not). I’m grateful to have another day and grateful for those who’ve touched my life here and continue to touch me from the other side.

thanks to Bodywash. Honored to lead!

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Bed Pan Anyone? Can I Get A Towel? Star!

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We did 12 Days of Christmas in the rain.  Some rucked separately. Here’s the bootcamp:

1- Run to the back and back to cover.
2- Mak Tar Gis. How to spell?
3-Greg Jump squats
4-LBCs
5-Diamond merkins
6-Imperial walkers
7-Rosalitas
8-Slow flutters
9-Low slow squats
10-Lunges (10 each leg)
11-Merkins
12-Burpees

Welcome FNGs Bed Pan and The Admiral!

The Thrill is gone!

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A little of everything

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WARMUP:
Mosey from COT to larger parking lot. Did some SSH, Imperial walkers, and Hillbilly Walkers

THE THANG:
A variation of 4 corners.
From corner 1
Bear crawled across 3 aisles with descending merkins at each aisle starting with 20 (20-15-10-5) to corner 2.

Ran down the length of the aisle to the other side of the lot to corner 3. Did lunge walks stopping at each aisle to do squats starting with 20 (20-15-10-5) to corner 4.

Ran back up to corner 1. In moving from corner 1 to 2, did 5 burpees at every light pole. Ran to corner 3 from 2 and then did 20 Freddy mercury’s at every light pole from corner 3 to 4.

Ran back to corner 1. Did a bit of broga. Then moseyed to the first speed bump at the bottom of the hill.

Did a variation of 11’s running up and down the hill, starting with bomb jacks at both top and bottom for 3 rounds, switched to merkins for 2.

Did some dips, karaokes and lunge walks

MARY:
Went around the circle and everyone picked a workout for the last 5 minutes.

COT: Gratitude is everything.

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Weekly Q Source is back!

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The men of the Fort embarked on a Q Source journey back in 2017 which embraced the Foundations and the 4 Quadrants all while instilling a common language amongst the Pax. YHC found this to be one of the most rewarding things during my time in the Fort and have referenced the learnings in Q Source by Dredd on many occasions.

After spending time reviewing the concepts for 2 years, YHC was pulled in other directions and while I referenced the content, it was not with the same vigor as 2017-2018. We were then introduced to #Acceleration by Anchorman and I felt a renewed spirit to discuss leadership and the challenges men face in our personal and professional lives.

Lately, I have felt the urge to revisit the content and begin the journey of self exploration of invigorating male leadership. I hope you will join me on this as we kick off weekly Q Source in the Fort.

The Thang

Tuesdays beginning 6/21/22

Baxter Starbucks

6:20 – 6:45

We will resume Q Source in the Fort and follow the F3 Nation weekly topics by beginning with Q2.6 Correction on 6/21/22. Moving forward we will complete the 2nd Quadrant and move into Lead Right. This will enable you to pick up the topics if you were to miss a week.

I look forward to our discussion #SYITG

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Being Grateful…. And Burpees

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WARMUP: Haha no warmup. We ran .25 miles.
THE THANG: We ran in .25 increments from the Ranch shovel flag across Springfield Parkway and and continued running on the Carolina Orchards sidewalk.

Every .25 we did the following exercises:

Burpees
Squats
HR Merkins
4-CT Flutters.

Reps increased by 5 every stop. So at the 1 mile mark we did 20 of each exercise.

On the way back we decreased the reps back down to 5.

With 7 minutes left I did a 5 minute EMOM with 5 Burpees 5 Squats and 5 HR Merkins so we got to 100 (actually 105) reps of each exercise.

We were all able to get back to COT by 6:00.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Murph this Monday. Sasquatch will bring bands to help PAX as needed with the pull-ups.

COT:Prayers for health..mental and physical. Prayers for the country.

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