F3TheFort Holiday Drop-In

2021-10-26Leave a comment

QIC: Backdraft
When: 12/03/2021
Posted In: 3rdF, Abyss, Alcatraz, Bermuda Triangle, Beyond, Block Party, Brothership, Bushwood, Cannonball, Chupacabra, Clydesdales, Convergence, Crows Nest, CSAUP, Currahee, F3 Dads, Fire Ant, Flight Plan, Footloose, G-Fit, Golden Corral, Guidance, Honey Badger, JOC, Laces In, Laces Out, Mettle Forger, Millllkshake, Minnow Pond, Pantheon, Pathfinder, Poopdeck, Pre-Blast, Quagmire, Ring of Fire, RPG, Run 'n Gun, Sea Legs, Slow Burn, Soul to Sole, Spoke and Mirrors, Sweep The Leg, Tempo, The Armory, The Ballroom, The Bubble, The Colosseum, The Deep, The Fort, The Hive, The Ranch, The Reservation, The Snake Pit, The Swamp, Uncategorized, Varsity

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…

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F3 The Fort Anniversary Party

2021-08-212021-09-01Leave a comment

QIC: Backdraft
When: 09/17/2021
Posted In: 3rdF, Abyss, Alcatraz, Bermuda Triangle, Beyond, Block Party, Brothership, Bushwood, Cannonball, Chupacabra, Clydesdales, Convergence, Crows Nest, CSAUP, Currahee, F3 Dads, Fire Ant, Flight Plan, Footloose, G-Fit, Golden Corral, Guidance, Honey Badger, JOC, Laces In, Laces Out, Mettle Forger, Millllkshake, Minnow Pond, Pantheon, Pathfinder, Poopdeck, Pre-Blast, Quagmire, Ring of Fire, RPG, Run 'n Gun, Sea Legs, Slow Burn, Soul to Sole, Spoke and Mirrors, Sweep The Leg, Tempo, The Armory, The Ballroom, The Bubble, The Colosseum, The Deep, The Fort, The Hive, The Ranch, The Reservation, The Snake Pit, The Swamp, Uncategorized, Varsity

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.

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Coupons & Rucks…and a surprise

2021-08-02Leave a comment

QIC: Maximus
When: 07/27/2021
Pax: Dark Helmet, Divac, Gears, Maximus, Shady, Spiderman
Posted In: Currahee

About 1.5wks out from the CLT GTE, we had most of the guys bring sandbags for Currahee. Here’s what we did last week:

Slick: Mosey the loop, Wind Mills, Freddy Mercury’s, Flutters

Rucks overhead movement for ~ 200yds, then rucks on for a shuffle back to the starting point.

Rucks on and grab all the coupons for a .25mi ruck. Drop the coupons.
Bear Crawl a bit then Crawl Bear a bit, back
Overhead Press / Ruck Swings / Flutters w/ a press

Rucks on and grab all the coupons for a .25mi ruck. Drop the coupons.
Duck Walk a bit then Walk Duck a bit, back
Curls / Upright Rows / Bent over rows

Rucks on and grab all the coupons for another movement. Drop the coupons.
Al Gore w/ Cherry Pickers / Tricep Extensions / OH Press / Plank

Rucks on and grab all the coupons for another movement. Drop the coupons.
Merkins / Peter Parkers / Mountain Climbers / Mike Tysons

Then out came the deck of cards. This time, it was modified and only included cards 7-10 so the eventual count was 34 of these…#moderate:

Clubs: Slow Flutters
Hearts: Curls
Diamonds: Mountain Climbers
Spades: Merkins

COT with us all offering a prayer request.
It was a good one.

Maximus

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Casualties carry at Currahee

2021-06-22Leave a comment

QIC: Tinsel
When: 06/22/2021
Pax: 3D, Cheddah, Cobra Kai, Divac, IT, Maximus, oscar the grouch, pudge, Tinsel
Posted In: Currahee

Today’s non moderate ruck WOD brought some mumble chatter at the beginning but then most of us got gassed and out of breath so barely any words were being said.

buy in: 1/4 mile run, 50 BBSU.. main event: one mile carrying casualties (ladders loaded with sandbags for 240# and 230#) with Tabata every two minutes, stop, put casualty down, 10 push-ups with ruck on alternating with 10 squats with ruck on. Pick up casualty and keep moving. We finished the mile in 33 minutes , buy out: 1/4 mile run and 50 BBSU, Tabata clock was still ticking so more push-ups every two minutes. Endex: 1/2 mile ruck with sandbags, switching bags with partner every time the alarm went off. Totals: movement 2 miles, +- 200 merkins, +- 80 squats.
Great push everyone!!

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One mile “Casualty” carrying

2021-04-212021-04-21Leave a comment

QIC: Tinsel
When: 04/20/2021
Pax: Divac, Mainframe, Repeat, Royale, Tinsel, Wegmans, Wild Thing
Posted In: Currahee

Last week of heavy training before Dirty Myrtle and I have 3 Q’s lined up back to back starting with this one.

7 Pax showed up for some Tinsel Utensils WOD; two multi-position ladders were used as stretchers with two sandbags each, main goal was to complete 1 mile “casualty” carrying around the school, ladders were loaded with sandbags and each PAX had a ruck on so off we went.

At minute 2 an alarm went off on my phone , drop the ladders and it was time for 5 merkins with rucks on, complete the task, pickup the casualties and keep moving towards our one mile goal, at minute 4 alarm went off again, drop the ladders and time for 5 more merkins, so we went tabata style and every 2 minutes we had to drop the load and do 5 merkins (about 145-150 merkins total) lots of mumble chatter.

Once we reached our one mile goal around minute 35 and we changed our transportation mode; we switched the ladders to the A frame position and two PAX will carry them while the rest will carry the sandbags.. and yes, Tabata was still present so every two minutes we dropped the loads, did 5 merkins and rotate weights.

Went around the field and the back of the school and reached COT with les than 5 minutes to spare, time for AB LAB, we did some flutters with ruck press and noneless we heard the alarm one more time so 5 more merkins (slick) it felt really good to not have the ruck on for these 5 last merkins, one more minute for more flutters and we hot 0600.

Thank you to all the PAX that showed up to do the harder thing, we had a visit from Royale and WIld Thing from Lake Wylie and I’m sure they “enjoyed” the beatdown.

Thanks to Divac for the opportunity to lead!!

Tinsel out… until the next day…

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Sandbags and a few tests at Currahee

2021-04-142021-04-14Leave a comment

QIC: Maximus
When: 04/13/2021
Pax: Bones, Divac, Fish Sticks, Gears, Half Shell, Italian Job, Mainframe, Maximus, Olaf, Punch List, Repeat, Spiderman, Tinsel
Posted In: Currahee

Currahee (April 13, 2021)

The term Currahee, as suggested by Site Q, Divac, references a Cherokee word meaning “Stand alone together.” This is the motto of the 506^th Infantry Regiment of the 101^st Airborne Division made known to most of us civilians through the HBO series, Band of Brothers. Over the last few months, Currahee has become synonymous with more difficult and become an AO where you come to be tested. With that understanding, it was now my responsibility as the Q for this morning to bring it.

Earlier in the week, I put the call out for this rendition to be a “heavy” version meaning, if you had a sandbag, bring it. Whether it was a 40lb, 120lb or a log, bring it. The PAX didn’t disappoint. This picture is before Site Q Divac dropped his 2 onto the pile.

Disclaimer for the 13 PAX: Check

Move ourselves and the coupons over to the turn in the drop-off lane.

Slick: SSH, Mountain Climbers, Windmills, 8ct Burpees, ½ the PAX sprint one way and back while the other ½ sprint the other way and back.

Explanation that during events, the Cadre’s will be yelling at you, testing you and giving you difficult time hacks to test the team. Utilizing a common test, the PAX had 10 seconds to empty their ruck of its contents. Penalty, 5 burpees. PAX then had 20 seconds to fill it back up…pass.
Do it again. 10 seconds to empty = fail, penalty. 15 seconds to fill = fail, penalty.

Ruck up and move all sandbags to the back of the school, drop in the center of the group.

10 Merkins / 20 Peter Parkers / 30 Slow Squats

Sandbags to the front of the school

10 Merkins / 20 Curls / 30 Flutters w/ Press

10 seconds to empty the ruck / 15 seconds to fill the ruck…penalty

Sandbags to the back of the school

10 Merkins / 20 OH Press / 30 High Pulls

Sandbags to the front of the school

Heels to Heaven

Man Makers

American Hammers

Groups of 3 run 30yds, slick while rest of the PAX plank. Complete till everyone goes through.

COT

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Currahee 3.30.2021

2021-04-14Leave a comment

QIC: Punch List
When: 03/30/2021
Pax: Bones, Bonsai, Currahee, IT, Mainframe, Maximus, Olaf, Punch List, Tinsel, Wegmans
Posted In: Currahee

Catch Up Backblast 2/5

Buy In

5 Count Sandbag GTSS

5 Count Sandbag Clusters (Clean & Thrust)

5 Count BAD w/Sandbag

5 Count Sandbag Get Up

Coupon Ruck w/heavy sand bags and water jugs around the school.

2 TIMES

25-yard Duck Walk (5 Spaces), Walk Duck back

20 Ruck Squats

25-yard Duck Walk, Walk Duck back

20 push-ups

25-yard Duck Walk, Walk Duck back

20 Ruck High Pulls

25-yard Duck Walk, Walk Duck back

20 4-count flutter kicks, Walk Duck back

25-yard Duck Walk

20 4-count mountain climber, Walk Duck back

25-yard Duck Walk

Cash Out

5 Count Sandbag GTSS

5 Count Sandbag Clusters

5 Count BAD w/Sandbag

5 Count Sandbag Get Up

It sucked. We spent time under the 120, and everywhere else. Olaf said something profound (he usually always does), which I was planning to make the title of the backblast… but YHC slacked and didn’t write it down quick enough.

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