11 #HIM rolled out of the Fartsack to see what the newest AO in Rock Hill is all about. We reconned Boom Town Central (BTC) 4 times just to be able to see all of the pain this mega-AO has to offer. This launch only tapped into a fraction of what future Q’s and PAX have to look forward to.

THE THANG:

Warm up

• 10 –  SSH
• 10 – WM
• 10 – SQUATS
• Touch Toes L over R & R over L

Mosey

We hooked a right in the Tech Park loop to the trail head of the inner pond trail.

We stopped at the first bridge for:

• 10 – Merkins
• 10 Dirkins
• 10 Irkins
• 10 Dips

Mosey to the next bridge

• Rinse and Repeat from first bridge
• We got away without having to pay the bridge toll to the 100 year old Bull Frog. we didn’t wake him up or he is getting use to us.

LONG Mosey to the rocks behind the Social Secuirty building.

3 Rounds with a Cupon (Rock)

• 10 Squats
• 10 Arm Curls

Mosey to the trail entrance

• SSH on the 6

Mosey to the dark trail towards the Civitas Statues at Dave LYle Blvd

• SSH on the 6

Mosey to the Tech Park loop

• SSH on the 6

Between Street Lights

• High Knees
• But Kickers
• Lt. Dans

Long Mosey to the Hill in front of the Comporium Building

• SSH on the 6

Long Mosey back to the BTC

• Enough time for 10 Bear Crawl Merkins

Done!

We hope folks will come out to this great AO.

Thanks for allowing YHC to Q.  If you want to get on the Q list.  Contact Pistol

#whatwereyoudoingat515 ( stole from Popeye’s F3 video but love it), well we were having a Burp fest and It was a good Morning for it! 20 #HIMS that showed up this morning for my VQ. Welcome FNG Starcave! Woke up at 4:15 and couldn’t go back to sleep, nervous and excited all at the same time. I arrived at the Crazy 8 (Campus Green) around 4:50ish to set up the 8 stations and arrived at the AO around 5. Several #HIM’s were already there stretching.

Warm up

• 20 Moroccan Nightclubs
• 20 SSH burpee (5 SSH – 2 burpee’s x 5)
• 15 wind Mills
• 15 slow low squats

The Thang

• Mosey to Winthrop Alumni Dr and 5 burpee’s in front of Rutledge Building
• Mosey and 5 Burpee’s@ stop sign in front of Johnson hall
• Mosey and 5 Burpee’s at entrance to Johnson Hall parking area
• Mosey and 5 Burpee’s Heritage Ln,
• Mosey and 5 Burpee’s at blue light and Water Tower
• Mosey and 5 burpee’s at Central Energy building delivery entrance

Mosey down the Central Energy building delivery road to crazy 8 (Campus Green) for some Ring of Fire. We Split up into 8 teams for the 8 stations I had set up earlier ( see below). Each team spent 1 minute at the station doing as many as they could of the specified workout then rotated to the next station.

1. Burpee’s
2. LBC’s
3. Flutter Kicks
4. Dips
5. Squats
6. Run Hill @ Scholars Walk
7. Merkin’s
8. Floyd Mayweather Planks

We almost completed 2 full rounds before I was reminded that we were almost out of time – Thanks for the reminder 🙂

Moseyed back to the COT and made it just in time!

I spoke of me having high cholesterol for the last several years and in February this year after my physical my doctor wanting to put on medication. However I opted out and he recommended that I go on a diet and exercise 45 minutes a day. In April While attending a Seminar in Asheville I was eating Lunch with a #HIM ( which I didn’t even know what that was then) and he told me about F3. After lunch went back to my room and goggled it and called my brother in law (Honeypot) and told him about it. Didn’t think much more of and on June 1st Honeypot called me and told me he went to a workout. I asked what he thought and he said ” don’t do it, it hurts – but im going in the morning you want to go?”. Coincidence that my doctor tells me to work out 45 minutes a day and a short time later I cross paths with someone doing F3? I think not! The Lord is always working in our life’s and we have to trust that he will lead us down the right paths!

Popeye Spoke on the difficulties of praying family members and we all agreed that is easier to pray for them than over them – however we need to get over the awkwardness and do it!

Prayer  Requests

• Pray for Popeye’s Mom
• Pray for Fusion’s New Born Baby
• Grasshopper wanted us to pray that we all have a great day

Announcements

• Last F3 dads this Saturday
• Boom Town Central goes live Tomorrow – Pistol on Q

The word is spreading about the mega AO of BTC aka Boom Town Central. This week YHC took the 10 #HIM on a mini tour of what this AO has to offer.

Extra Disclaimer before we started: The BTC is a Run/Boot AO. We have to run a good bit too get to most of the pain stations around the area. To future Q’s, those who can’t run at least 3 miles at an easy conversation pace, this AO may not be for you.

THE THANG:

Warm up (Who needs a warm up)

Mosey hooking a left at the tech park intersection.

Stopped at the Refrigeration Company for a little warm up

• 10X Wind Mill
• 10X IW
• 10 count Stretch

Mosey to the hill almost across from the Comporium Building

• 5 Merkins
• Nur Up the hill
• 5 Merkins
• Run down the hill
• Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to the entrance to the trail around the lake.

• Stop at the first bridge – Paid the Bridge Toll to the Bull Frog for waking him up at 0500 with 10 Groiners

Mosey to the next bridge

• 5 Irkins
• 5 Dips
• 5 Merkins
• Rinse and Repeat

Mosey around the lake to the rocks

• 10 Squats with the Rock
• 10 Curls with the Rock
• Rinse and Repeat

Long Mosey to the trail head entrance

• SSH wait on the 6

Long Mosey to the Dave Lyle Entrance intersection –

• SSH wait for the 6 (picked up the 6)

Long Mosey to the dark trail entrance (Note to future Q’s head lamps are needed if you use the wooded trail) Mosey down the trail taking the Anderson Road path (Right)

• Stopping at the drain sewage pipes SSH & LBC’s waiting on the 6.

Jail Break to the COT

2.9 to 3 miles total depending on what app you use to track.

Done!

COT

YHC told the folks about trying to stay positive about things and not judge a book by it’s cover. Reference the concerns I had about folks feelings about Law Enforcement.  Unity in the Community at City Hall in Rock Hill yesterday was a great success despite what my previous concerns were.

Next week is the official launch of Boom Town Central (BTC) come join us. Pistol will be site Q.

Aye! Popeye OUT!

I’ve heard it said that imitation is the highest form of flattery, so I’ve been known to imitate or slightly modify a good beatdown. I’ll have to thank Jekyll for introducing me to the Ring of Fire at the last Gladiator Games. After 2 rounds of the ring, I attempted the Games and was honestly too gassed to complete the cycle without a little help from Dark Helmet and CoPay, but as often as I do, I digress.

So the night prior to our workout, I posted that “Anything could happen…seriously!” I usually send it out as wiseguy comment but it took on a more serious tone after I hit send (more on that later). I showed a little early to get the Ring set up and was wondering if it was just going to be me and Sweeper, as he was the only PAX there until a few minutes to go time. Fortunately I saw some friendly faces and some new ones too. With Santini, Package and Bubba Gump posting this was sure to be a #mumblechatter #perfectstorm.

0700 Core Principles of F3

1. Free
2. Open to All Men
3. Held Outdoors, Rain or Shine, Hot or Cold
4. Peer led
5. End with a COT (Circle of Trust)

0702 Disclaimer Announced, Not a Professional, At your own risk, modify as needed, etc.

0703 Mosey Half Mile around the park with a couple of Drill bits for warm up that included:

• SSH
• Merkins
• IW
• Diamond Merkins

Mosey to the Ring of Fire and provide instructions:

Ring of Fire: 8 cones spread out into a ring 30 paces out from a center shovel flag.

• First Round Bear Crawl to Center, 10 Burpees then proceed to next cone (Exercise and Count)
• Second Round Lunge Walk to Center, 5 Burpees then proceed to next cone

Here were the 8 cones and exercise counts

1. 40 Squat Side Kicks
2. 20 Plank Alt Shoulder Taps
3. 50 SSH
4. 25 (4 Count) Mtn Climbers
5. 30 Inchworm Merkin with SSH at the Top (Time consuming and crowd pleasing)
6. 50 Monkey Humpers
7. 30 Merkins
8. 20 (4 Count) Flutter Kicks

We completed two circuits and I had an impromptu switzer to share what was on my heart.  I let the PAX know that when I posted anything could happen that it was intended to be a smart@$$ tweet.  But as soon as I hit send it got me to thinking.  My M’s Grandmother (who raised her) was in perfect health 8 weeks ago.  She passed away and went to be with the Lord last Saturday.  Anything can happen and did! Use this as an opportunity to hug your kids a little tighter, to love and forgive a little deeper with your Ms and family.   Make the most of each day PAX because anything can happen! Aye?

Mosey the half mile loop as a cool down and circle up for 5 MOM with Package leading the PAX (Thanks Package).

0800 COT & BOM

NMM

It’s been a rough couple of weeks with Grandma in the hospital and then in hospice for a week at our home until she went to be with the Lord. We even navigated 2.0 Hotwheel’s 5th birthday through all of this.  Needless to say, the outpouring of support and love from the PAX has been amazing.  Too much to thank individually in a BB.  You know who you are and my family thanks you from the bottom of their hearts. Remember, anything can happen, so make the most of your day, love your family, love your neighbor and strive to be a #HIM.  That said, here are my notes from the workout:

• Package and Gump should start a new 2017 reboot of Bosom Buddies, they are two peas in a pod. Love you guys!
• Sweeper, thanks for all the partner work and way to push yourself (and me)
• Lil E, way to keep pushing
• Javert, great to see you and I am amazed at your constant dedication to ultra events! Keep it up!
• Santini, always great to see you, thank you for encouraging me into a leadership role, and sorry/not sorry you randomly hit two of my Qs within a month 😉
• High Life, great to see you too! Last time was the Yeti I think, but then again I was delirious (then and now)
• Peabody, last time I saw you was when I Q’d the BOP…#sorry
• DoJo, great to meet you and for a new PAX to hit this workout and the BOP within the same week…Wow!
• MacGyver…Beast!
• Quack Attack, I forgot to ask you about your name…next time
• Mainframe and Flat Tire, love seeing you guys! Smiles and sweat!
• Bubba Gump, thanks for the encouragement on the mosey. We go back a ways brother..appreciate you!

Praise and Prayer Request

• Continued prayers for Bubba Gump Family and the process with their Son
• Praise for 10 yr anniversary for Peabody and M
• Continued prayers for Package’s dad and surgeries and healing for his leg
• Prayers for my wife and family as we adjust to the new normal without Grandma

Honored to be a small part of this thing!

Zima

Recon #3 of the new up and coming AO Boom Town Central aka BTC.  You may be thinking to yourself, “A third recon for a new AO?” Well you’d be surprised. This new AO should be called a MEGA-AO for all of the potential pain stations it possesses.  Make no mistake, the BTC will be a Boot Camp/Run AO because of the distance you must travel to get to all of the painful goodness.

To recap: The 1st Recon we just rolled with just what was around this area, with no idea what was in store. If I remember correctly the PAX that posted for that recon were impressed with the 3.1 miles of pain.  The 2nd recon Apache discovered a new trail that led to an area we determined most at least one or two PAX would need to bring a head lamp to traverse. That brings us to the 3rd recon.

THE THANG:

After a quick #TurkeyPunch & #EH of a South Carolina State Trooper wondering what in the world we were doing out at 5am, we stretched our legs before we moseyed.

We took a left at the loop of Tech park stopping at a hill just before the Comporium Building.

Mini-Quadzilla –

• 1 Merkin then NUR up the hill 1 Merkin at the top Run down
• 2 Merkins then NUR up the hill 2 Merkins at the top Run down
• 3 Merkins then NUR up the hill 3 Merkins at the top Run down
• 4 Merkins then NUR up the hill 4 Merkins at the top Run down
• 5 Merkins then NUR up the hill 5 Merkins at the top Run down

Mosey for a little light pole dealers choice did the following at each light pole we encountered

• Merkins
• Low Slow Squat
• Lunges
• LBC’s
• Al Gore (2 rounds)
• Plank while one PAX run to the next light pole and back
• 5 Diamond Merkins + 5 Reg. Merkins + 5 Wide Arm Merkins

Mosey to the Trail entrance

Italian Job took point at lead spider web catcher since he was the one with the head lamp. IJ turned off the head lamp to prove if a future Q uses this trail he will need some form of light to guide the way.

Moseyed to the Baxter Hood Center.  New undiscovered AO territory – At the first parking lot there were signs for 30 Minute Parking so at each parking spot we did 30 of the following

• Merkins
• Squats
• LBC’s
• Over Head Claps

Long mosey of the perimeter of the Baxter Hood parking lot. To the road behind and around York Tech College. Still undiscovered territory. Bazinga told the PAX to give all you got for about 100+/- yard to the stop light.

Mosey back through the Arrow Point Credit Union Parking lot so YHC’s runkeeper map would make a nice connected circle. That’s Q-OCD I suppose.

Finished up at COT after 2.85 mile run/boot. Not to shabby.

We will have, yes, one more Recon of the MEGA-AO of the BTC next Wednesday if any PAX would like to join in. Tentative launch of the BTC Boom Town Central Aug 3rd.

PS: for future BTC Qs – There is a grumpy old Bull Frog at the first bridge of the inner loop trail around Tech Park. We have decided to pay homage to the believed to be 100 year old frog and apologize to him for walking him up by doing 10 Groiners if he croaks at us for waking him up.

AYE!

Popeye OUT!

14 PAX descended upon The Fort despite YHC being the Q today.

Weather Conditions – hot and humid with 100% chance of PAIN. Board of Pain that is.

FNG was present (thanks Bolt for the EH), so full disclaimer was given.

The Thang

Mosey lap around the park stopping at the first drill bit for:

20 x SSH
10 x Windmills
15 X Imperial Walkers

Continued on the Lap with some high knees, butt kicks, and karoake before arriving at the Board of Pain. Told them this BOP would be done with a partner. Partner A does the exercise while Partner B runs the 1/4 mile. Keep Switching back and forth while completing the reps of each exercise.

100 Burpees
150 Calf raises (50 regular, 50 in, 50 out)
100 Ski Abs (back and forth counts as 1)
100 Merkins
100 Squats
200 LBC’s
100 Carolina Dry Docks
100 Russian Twists (left then right equals 1 rep)
100 Mac Tar Jai’s
100 Jump Squats
100 Mountain Climber (2 count equals 1)
200 Shoulder Raises/Press
100 Mary Catherines
200 Hello Dollys
100 Wide Arm Merkins
100 Squat Jacks
100 Nipplers
100 Burpees

Mosey Back for COT/BOM

Announcements – Invergence September 30th more details to come, Jay’s Run on July 22nd, Star Command Convergence and F3 Picnic at Spitz/Sweeper’s farm on July 23rd.

Prayers – for this country and all the divide/hate/tension going on within it.

Moleskin
1. Thanks to Ginsu for the Opportunity to lead this morning. Always fun to punish the PAX on a Saturday morning at WEP.
2. Big Welcome to FNG Todd. aka Dojo. Not one ounce of complaint this morning given the BOP can eat you up and spit you out.
3. Speaking of complaining, thats all Twister did. He was warned yesterday, he posted anyways. And even though he complained the entire time, he DID NOT QUIT!! That’s what makes him a true HIM!!
4. Thought for sure either Ginsu or Peabody was gonna splash this morning given they were up playing cards and drinking bourbon last night. Neither splashed and Ginsu and MacGyver were on Nipplers when time was called. 5-6 more minutes and I think they would’ve finished the BOP. Maybe next time we will skip the warmup and go the full hour.
5. T-claps to both Bolt and Kid Rock. They both posted to Cindy Lou’s Mary Lou’s Black Diamond prior to taking on the BOP.
6. T-claps to Spitz. Rucked in Rucked out.
7. Hollywood. Good Meeting you today and even better having you as my partner.
8. Great conversation with Bolt, Double D, and Deacon at Chicateria. Really got me thinking.
9. The BOP is hard, The BOP is challenging, the BOP at times will make you want to quit. Kind of sounds like life doesn’t it? I did it partner style for a reason. It’s still not any easier or painful. Burpees still suck. Merkins still suck, and what the heck are Nipplers. You are constantly moving. Either running or doing the exercise and yes, after an hour you are thankful its over. Just in life, it isn’t easier just because you have someone there to help out. But I do know this. You will get further along in life with someone there to help you and to encourage you when things are tough and painful. It may be someone in F3. It may be a coworker. it Bay be someone you don’t even know yet. But find that someone that you can turn to when things aren’t going the way you want them to go.
10. There is the other guy you can turn to as well. HIS name is GOD. Zechariah 1:3 – Therefore say to them “thus says the Lord of hosts ‘return to Me’ declares the Lord of hosts, so that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.

Longshanks out!!