Lazarus

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WARMUP: 10 side straddle hops
10 slow low squats
10 windmills

THE THANG: started running in parking lot moving towards Red Stone theatre, Dosie Dough on left side then right side Dosie Dough. Running for a quarter mile then stopping for Bear Crawling for 100 feet. Running, stop for Mile Tysons, running, used outside patio chairs for
Dips, and step ups 10 each, running to paved hill for Bear crawls and 3 burpees, rinse and repeat 2 times over. Running quarter of a mile to back parking lot of theater, for tire flip, flipping a tire earned Pak 3 burpees, ran back to COT. Started with 12 finished with 12
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast Five Saturday @ 3
COT: prayers and praise from all F3 members

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Almost an “SWF”

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It’s “Varsity” so I took the approach that we’d essentially cut right to the chase. Out of my own need, we needed a little bit of a warmup. So…
WARMUP: Run a bit then circle up:
The typical hits: Windmills, SSH, Squats, Merkins

THE THANG: Grab a cinder block and post up at a pull-up bar as our home base. We had 4 points of interest we’d travel to after completing 5 Dead-Hang Pull-Ups (DHPU) each time, more details below. Some PAX were more “dead” than others on their pull-ups…IF you know what I mean. Here was the order of events:

1. (5) DHPU, hoist the cindy overhead and walk down the hill, make a left into the parking lot for (10) Man Makers, (10) Thrusters, (10) Leg Lifts. Travel back to the bar with cindy overhead.
2. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run down the hill make a right and stop at the start of the circle. Bear crawl the circle then (10) each leg Spiderman Merkins, (10) 4ct Mountain Climbers, (10) each leg Peter Parkers. Run back to the bar.
3. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run to the stop sign at A.O. Jones Road. (10) Diamond Merkins, (10) Regular Merkins, (10) Mike Tysons. Run back to the bar.
4. (5) DHPU, leave the cindy and run to the entrance of the band practice lot. Modified Jack Webb to include 1 Burpee:4 Carolina Dry Docks. We went up to 5:20. Run back to the bar.

That concluded the 4-corner portion but we still had a little left in the tank and a little time on the clock.

With Cindy’s
(15) Curls
(15) Overhead Press
(10) Simbas (Thanks Rafiki)
(10) Toe Touches

Drop the cindy’s back at their rightful home and mosey to COT for a little bit of Mary.

MARY: Included above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All about the Fast 5 for Luke tomorrow.
COT: 5th CORE PRINCIPLE

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Riding Dirty at Stockade

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YHC was humbled by the opportunity to Q at the Stockade. This week I have been revisiting old BBs from Rock Hill in anticipation of my Q there this weekend. I stumbled on to the 1 year anniversary Q by Dredd and OBT which included (4) Dirty McDeuce by OBT along with some vulnerability about his recent deceleration of his fitness. I felt inspired by his courage and the difficulty of the workout so I brought it to the Stockade.

WARMUP:

Run to the side of HT for some warmup

SSH x 30
Windmills x 10
IW x 10
Mtn climbers x 15
CDD x 15

To the wall for wall sits while pax do 2 burpees
Balls to the wall

Mosey to another parking lot
THE THANG:

Dirty McDeuce x 5
Run a lap after completion of each DM
All exercises in cadence x 12

Plank Jacks
Hello Dollies
Squats

Larry Craig aka WAM
LBC
Mtn Climbers
Extra credit Flutters

Staggered merkins
Heels to heaven
Lunges
EC

CDD
Freddy
Cadence count burpees
EC

Merkins
Big Boy
Monkey Humpers
EC

Mosey to COT

Seal Jacks
LBC
SSH
Box cutters
IW
8 count burpees

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Fast and Risky Business

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WARMUP: A few exercises to ensure some losses bodies before fast running
THE THANG: Fast 5k training plus some dice games

Mosey to light at Cleburne and White Street

Run for time (don’t mosey or yogg) the loop around FM Town Hall in the roads, which is a .6 min or 1k loop.

Mosey to pkg lot between Town Hall and WEP

Pax turns rolling dice to determine exercise and # of reps. Exercises include:

Hand release merkins
Monkey humpers
Shoulder Taps
Parker Peters
Sumo squats
Burpees

After all pax take turn, run lap around the pkg lot

Rinse / repeat (we got 3 rounds in)

Back to road to run another 1k loop for time, striving to beat the first lap time

Mosey home

MARY: yes, for final 2 mins

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast 5k

COT: As always per 5th core principle

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Webb-o-rama ’til the Sun Rises

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WARMUP:
10x SSH
10x Windmills
10x Imperial Walkers
10x Cherry Pickers
10x TRUE Sumo Squats

THE THANG:
4 cones set up along path near the pond. On each cone were 2 exercises to be done in Jack Webb style (1:4 ratio)
Cone 1- 1 Burpee : 4 SSH
– >> Bear crawl to next station
Cone 2 – 1 Big boy sit up : 4 American Hammers
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 3 – 1 Knee tar N’Diaye : 4 Squats
– partner wheelbarrow to next station
Cone 4 – Traditional Jack Webb –
– >> Run Around front of shops then around to first station
Instead of doing all 10 reps at once, we broke it up into 3 rounds.
Round 1: 1-5
Round 2: 6-8
Round 3: 10 (skipped 9 since we ran out of time).

Great work by all men. Thanks for the chance to lead, Jekyll.

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Graveyard shift

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WARMUP: Pledge if you pledge. Ruckers did their thing
THE THANG: Head to Hardees, which is fenced off, so we kept running to Elliot and up to the cemetery. Right on Unity to start our loop.
20 squats at the West entrance to Unity church
20 merkins at Steele St
20 LBCs on E Hill
20 Grave Diggers on Unity

Three laps were completed. Then 20 squats at Unity church. Then run up and down the steps at First Baptist for 20 merkins. Down to Academy and up to do LBCs at the Axe place. Then back to COT

Everyone got ~3.7miles
MARY: 90 seconds of Mary
COT: Circle of Trust initiated. What’s on men’s hearts? Get the internal external. F3 is for all men. ALL of them. Not just those of our preferred flavor of a religion. F3 helps everyone. If somehow it saves a soul from the perspective of any particular PAX, great. We’re here to make leaders of all men, let’s keep on keeping on.

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AKA – Board of Pain 2025

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The [vintage] Challenge:
– Burpees – 100 (Ruby Slippers 0, Slash 7)
– Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
– Ski Abs – 100 (Barry Manilow started)
– Merkins – 100
– Deep Squats – 100 (Anchorman started, Cake Boss 10, Short Sale 50, JWOW 51)
– LBCs – 200 (Cohiba – completed)
– Carolina Dry Docks – 100 (Time Machine 10)
– American Hammer – 100 (Harry Carry? Vuvuzela & Band Camp completed)
– Mac Tar Jai – 100
– Jump Squats – 100
– Mountain Climbers – 100
– Shoulder Raises – 200
– Mary Catherines – 100
– Hello Dolly – 200
– Wide Arm Merkins – 100
– Squat Jacks – 100
– Nippler– 100
– Burpees – 100

The Board of Pain isn’t that hard. It isn’t completable in 45 minutes. But it ain’t about finishing, it’s about seeing how far you can go!

You:
– Show up
– Put forth the effort
– Share suffering amongst the PAX
– Build camaraderie
– Teach yourself that
– You can take on challenging tasks
– You will improve
– You accelerate when other men are striving alongside you

There are plenty of harder workouts. But the Board is doable by ALL MEN. Be present and try; that’s all it takes! You don’t have to get far; you just have to go.

How is it in our lives that we have a problem and the solution is the same? Be present and try

We ain’t getting it all done today, but today’s effort still matters!

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SemiConservative Replication of Agility & Resilience

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WARMUP: (all IC) – MOTIVATOR (10), Windmills , Ch. Pickers, Merkins, Mike Tysons

THE THANG:
1st Course: Resilience with Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87ToUxZY-Q(2:45) → Plank Jacks in between Catch Phrase O’ Pain (CPOP)

CPOP: “Mama said knock you out” – do a Mike Tyson Pushup
Nur out to light post & mosey back

Chumbaburpee – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc by Chumbawumba (3:35)
SSH other than CPOP
CPOP: “I get knocked down” – do a burpee.
Nur out to light post & mosey back

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Main Course: Sidewalk chalk/Agility ladders on parking spaces

Buy-in & later Cash Out (we didn’t have time for cash out):
100 LBC, 50 heel-taps each, 25 Hello Ladies, 15 Shakira Each, 10 Lt. Dan, 5 Burpees

5-Each/Nur back … Al Gore till 6 is in… then next:

1 foot Forward hop (R/L)
2 foot side hops
1 foot side hop (R/L)
Merkin crabwalk (R/L)
Icky Shuffle
Hopscotch
scissor shuffle (R/L)
Alt. Sit through fakes

MARY: She was invited, and brought her pals Wheezy, Rosalita, Shakira, & Dolly – they made sure Our hips did NOT lie

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Luka 5K, further out CSAUPS & 2F/3F events that are newsletter worthy

COT: Held – prayers for recovery from injuries, those with failing health, and continued faith when faced with Life’s obstacles – very fitting given some of the quotes on Resilience:

Ancient Philosophers:
-. Seneca:
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
-. Marcus Aurelius:
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
(—This is often paraphrased as: “The obstacle is the way.”)

New Testament Scripture:
1. Romans 5:3–5 (KJV):
“We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
And hope maketh not ashamed…”
2. 2 Corinthians 4:8–9 (KJV):
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken;
cast down, but not destroyed.”
3. James 1:12 (KJV):
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,
he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
4. Philippians 4:13 (KJV):
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
5. Galatians 6:9 (KJV):
“And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

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4 corners of pain in the sink

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WARMUP: A little plank calf stretch, Moroccan Nightclubs, Windmills, Strawberry Pickers
THE THANG: Mosey with sandbags to start, overhead sandbag carry’s to the pillars, 1 min wall sit with sandbags then drop bag and 1 min without, 25 calf raises, overhead sandbag carry’s to 1st corner, 25 Romanian deadlifts, Bag throws to 2nd corner, 25 bent-over rows, overhead bag carry’s to 3rd corner, 25 sandbag curls, bag throws to 4th corner, Sandbag carry around the sink, REPEAT 4 corners of pain, bag carry to COT, 50 Bag presses, then 4 rounds of Mary
MARY: laying flutters, LBCs, dying cockroaches, sitting flutters w/legs shoulder width apart
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5K for VuVu’s son, Waxhax Trail Fest (WTF), read your newsletters
COT: It is what it is… notes, we are all still or have been at a point of struggle in our lives for various reasons. Know we are not alone (ie not the only ones), people need us, our family’s need us, and we all have an obligation to be there for anyone else who needs it.

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Jack Webb Baby

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WARMUP: mosey to ace. Totally hacked up names of most of my warmups. But, cadence was solid and we did 41 SSH’s.
THE THANG: Mosey to Dunkin parking lot where some how Senator looked as graceful falling as we all looked working out (not surprised).
Jack Webb 1:4 merkin/plank jack until we hit 36 plank jacks.
Mosey to COT. Jack Webb 1:4 CDD/air press (kinda sucked especially on the knees). Mosey to church. DORA – 100-merkins 100-squats 50-Burpees. Partner loop was mode of transport. Mosey to stinky trash bin (not stinky today). Mosey to Teeter side wall for wall sits and burpees. Made it back to COT at 0600 on the dot.
MARY: what’s Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: LUCA
COT: what happens stays but prayers were asked and sent up

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