WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan NC – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
Quick mosey around parking lot
Cheese Shredder
Thang 1:
Set 4 corners ~ Stay together with the HIMs in your corner throughout the exercises and mosey between each corner. 2 Rounds
Cone 1 – 15 Burpees
Cone 2 – 15 Squats
Cone 3 – 15 Carolina Dry Docks
Cone 4 – 15 Jump Squats
Thang 2:
Four Light Poles ~ Mosey between light poles. 3 Rounds.
Light Pole 1 – 10 Merkins
Light Pole 2 – 20 LBCs
Light Pole 3 – 30 Lunges Total
Light Pole 4 – 40 Mountain Climbers Total
Thang 3:
Eleven’s
Mosey up and down.
At bottom: Diamond Merkins
At top: Big Boy Sit-Ups
Mary:
American Hammers – 15 IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises
The Forts annual holiday party will have a different feel this year.
With COVID still lingering we have decided to have a gathering but it will be a bit different.
We are encouraging The PAX to go to dinner with your M and either your Shieldlock, Whetstone, or small group of fellow PAX and their Ms. After dinner we will all gather for an hour or so of a social hour(s).
This will give our Ms the opportunity to meet the crazy fellas we spend the early mornings with but more importantly their M.
We are all fortunate to have this crazy group it is also just as important to try and let our Ms meet some other ladies in the community and possibly let them start great friendships as well.
Make it a day of F3. Start with the golf outing, go to dinner and then grab a couple beers, a bottle of J Lohr wine, a cocktail and let’s kick off the holiday season.
If COVID worries you or your M we will have an outdoor area to hang out at as well as indoor areas.
Where- Springfield Community Center- by the tennis courts/pool
420 Horton Grove, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Time- 7pm-9pmish
When- Dec 3rd, 2021
Contact- Backdraft with any concerns…
Get ready to celebrate the Anniversary of The Fort. Location will be next to The Springfield neighborhood pool under the pavilion. but the date is set Sept. 17th, 2021. 1830-2130 or 630pm- 930pm for anyone that dosn’t know how to do military time. Cant wait to see you all. It will be the same as last year and bring your own dinner and drinks. We will have a few people speaking.
Look forward to seeing everyone.
location- Springfield Neighborhood Pavilion, next to pool
time- 630pm- 930pm
what to bring- whatever you want to eat and drink.
The Sweati 2020-
79 HIM took to The Forts annual summer CSAUP event. It was 78 degrees when 24 Ruckers launched from The Coliseum at 0530. They had their disclaimer and direction to the first of the 3 pain stations. Just After at 0600 54 runners took to the route. They departed and ran about 2.5 miles and got to meet Bones at Golden Corral for the first pain station. He worked them over as they came in for about 10-15 minutes. Once he finished dishing the pain they took off to Pantheon only about 1.5 miles up the Road. Fishsticks was waiting for sprints and pain. He had the PAX attention for another 10-15 minutes. Once they left they brought the route back to YHC. While waiting for the PAX to return and doing burpees I decided that my other two Qs most likely put the PAX through so much I would give them a choice. Either 20 burpees at 5 light poles with bear crawls in-between or they could buyout of it for a $50. going to our brother Cash. Most wanted to take on both challenges. We wore black for Cash and am still amazed at the Photos coming in from across the Country showing support to this HIM. We love you Cash. Here is a link to the pay-pal account if you feel you would like to support.
paypal.me/f3thefort
Backdraft Out
The Sweati
8/15/2020
Want to Run or Ruck and Sweat? Join YHC for both. Let’s get out of your comfort zone.
Come out and enjoy 5.75 miles of running or rucking. Included with your ticket is 3 pain stations that will test out if you have been posting to workouts over the summer/ Covid pandemic. This has been and will continue to be the summer sweatdown.
Launch from Coliseum (1025 Dave Gibson Blvd) you will be told where to go next.
Ruck- depart 0530
Run- depart 0600
Water will be available at pain stations. Bring your own if you are against trash.
Coffee will be provided by The Fort. Donations to the fund are accepted.
Q Source will follow at this site. Please bring chair and Q Source manual (not required)
Q source will start shortly after PAX catch there breathe.
Fellowship, popsicles, and coffee to follow.
Attn #HIM of the The Fort and Lake Wylie,
Preparedness is discussed in Foundation Point F5 of the the Q- Source. As Defined Preparedness is: Getting Ready for the Expected While being Ready for The Unexpected. This is an all encompassing need to us as men. It is valid in all parts out our lives; Father, husband, boss, team member, Site-Q, WO Q ect.
The purpose for this pre-blast is in regards to life saving measures that Pax can take in the event of an unexpected medical emergency at home, work, or at an AO. We have talked about it in Site-Q Meetings and at the last Invergence.
Last week HomeBrew ,a Pax from Lake Wylie, who is near and dear to our hearts, had just this type of medical emergency come crashing down on him after his 2.0 suffered a Febrile Seizure and stopped breathing. He had no training but HAD to ACT. So he mimicked what he had seen on TV and was able to revive her before EMS was able to arrive. Good On Ya for maintaining a cool head and doing what needed to be done. CPR and Faith in the Sky Q is what saved her life. I have maintained CPR/AED/First Aid certification for 6-8 years now for work. I feel better knowing that if I am put in that sort of situation I have at minimum the base knowledge to try and keep someone alive till EMS-Fire arrive on site to take over.
Here is what HomeBrew and I are proposing. This will be a friendly competition between The Fort and Lake Wylie regions. From 4-1 to 4-15 every PAX from either region that completes certification or re-certifies in CPR/ AED/First Aid he and I + the Nan’tan and 1st F Q will complete 5 burpees. The region that draws the most new or recerts will pass that number on to the “Loser”, but honestly- Who really loses in this situation? IE The Fort get 30 pax LKW gets 20 pax = LKW will do 150 burpees. The Fort will do 100. As you all know, I HATE BURPEES, but have committed to drive action across the regions.
The Certification I have been using comes from NationalCPRFoundation.com. It is Red Cross compliant and should take between 30 mins to 1 hour to complete. It is free unless you decide to purchases the hard copy certificates. We will require a screen shot/ picture Tweeted or slacked to both HomeBrew and myself of the completed training for a CPR/AED/First aid at the end. It will be added to the spreadsheet we will use to document Pax completion. The certification is good for 2 years.
It is highly recommended that All Site Qs get on board with this effort, but all PAX can benefit from this training. What better way to show leadership than making sure the Pax that Post to your AO know you have that training and are ready to act in the even that someone goes down.
Please join us in this and lets Ensure we are Prepared for the unexpected. Stay tuned to TwEETAR for a message from Homebrew.
Thanks
Duck Dynasty 🦆👑and HomeBrew 🏠🍺
Alright Pax it is time for the first annual QvQ bracket style tournament to determine who is the Baddest Motha F3 Q in the Lake Wylie region! A championship belt (and bragging rights)will be given to the winner. Maybe even a ticker tape parade…and a Nike shoe contract…and guest appearances on all the late night talk shows. Ok, so none of that stuff will happen but hey…one can dream after all.
Da Rules
We are currently Beta testing whether to go with one 20 minute round per contestant or two 10 minute rounds. Scoring will be judged on Fun Factor, Creativity, and Toughness. A 1-4 for each category will be entered by the judges(Pax who attend). A perfect 12 is the object for all the contenders to aspire to.
Contenders and Dates
December 2 at Crows Nest (5 AM Crowders Creek Elementary) – Survey Says vs Two Ferns
December 9 at Black Flag (7PM at Good Samaritan Church) – O’Riley vs Royale
December 11 at ShipWrecked (5AM at Oak Ridge track side parking lot)- Clutch vs Wolverine
December 17 at Cannonball (5AM at New River Church) – WhiteSnake vs Flux
December 21 at Tha Deep (Quarterfinal)
December 27 at Bermuda Triangle (Quarterfinal)
Finale TBD
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!!!!!!!!!!!
Crow’s Nest (10/21/2019)
We had 11 HIM at the Poop Deck.
Warm Up
From the parking lot we moseyed to the west side of the school. At each light pole for a total of 4 light poles we performed 5 burpees.
SSH – 25 IC
Windmill – 10 IC
Cotton Pickers – 10 IC
MNC – 15 IC
Hillbillies – 15 IC
Imperial Walker – 15 IC
LLS Squat – 10 IC
Mountain Climber Merkin – 10 IC
Downward dog to Honeymooner
The Thang
I used the light poles to my advantage on the next routine. This time from the first light pole we would do 10 merkins – 20 monkey humpers – 40 mountain climbers (count each leg). Then run to the last light pole and perform the same routine. From the last light pole we ran to the second light pole and so forth keeping the same number of exercises.
So at the very end you should have completed 100 merkins 200 squats and 400 mountain climbers.
Mini Dora
We partnered up. While one partner ran we performed 50 big boy sit ups, 100 flutter kicks and 150 lbc.
Mary
Exercises included dancing chilcut, plank jacks, Freddy Mercuries and dying cockroaches.
Circle of Trust
Prayers for Survey Says and WhiteSnake’s children who have been battling an illness.
Prayers for Qbert as he and his family go through the adoption process.
Prayers for a co-worker of Radar’s whose daughter is in drug rehabilitation.
Announcements
F3 Lake Wylie CSAUP is Saturday, October 26. Check out the backblast here.
Aye,
Sean Corcoran (RADAR)
Once again it was me pleasure to deliver the Monday morn beat down to the land lubbers of Lake Wylie…enough pirate talk…We have 15 join YHC for my 22nd Q of 2019 (two over my goal of 20 set back in January). I’m nursing Ragnar knee (combination of IT band and my 49.5 years of age) but two advils and onward! Here’s how it went down:
Warm-o-rama:
The Thang – part I
The Thang – part II
We counted off by 3s for a rotating 3 station beatdown; groups stayed together, planked for the 6 before taking a lap and moving to the next station:
Station 1:
Station 2:
Station 3:
The Thang, Part III
Icing on the Cake:
Moleskin
Announcements:
Prayers & Praises
Thanks to all the PAX for coming out and for Iced T for letting me Q! Always energizes my body and soul!
Wolverine