Category: The Fort

Preblast: Rock Hill Expansion on 5/3/14

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A new boot camp style workout in the F3 the Fort family will launch on 5/3/14 at Cherry Park in Rock Hill, SC.  We will launch from the parking lot of Sullivan Middle School located on Caswell Street. The workout will begin promptly at 7 AM and end at 8 AM with an F3 traditional “Circle of Trust”. All participants are invited for a coffeeteria after at Chick Fil A at 2415 Cherry Road.

This expansion will be consistent with the mission of F3 which is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

In addition, we will operate with the Core Principles which are:
F3 workouts …
◾Are free of charge
◾Are open to all men
◾Are held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
◾Are led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
◾End with a Circle of Trust

F3 — our three Fs stand for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith — traces its roots to a free, participant-led boot camp workout held on Saturday mornings at a Charlotte, N.C., park since 2006. The leaders of F3 launched their first Saturday workout on 1/1/11, on the campus of A.G. Middle School in Charlotte.

For more information about this workout, please contact thefortF3@gmail.com, @F3TheFort on Twitter or to learn about existing workouts at The Fort visit http://f3nation.com/schedules/fort-mill-sc/.

For more information on F3, please visit http://f3nation.com/.

Grab a friend and tell a neighbor and come join us on 5/3/14. We guarantee it will be worth it!

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Welcome to Golden Corral – Enjoy the Buffet o’ Pain

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17 PAX posted for the first Tega Cay Tuesday beat down. It was promised that it would be warmer than 9 degrees and that was provided (by about 11 degrees). The impromptu obstacle course was brought to you by Black Ice, when you really want to bust your a$$.

The Thang

Run to Church lot for COP
SSH X 25
Merkins X 12
Imperial Walkers X 20
Mountain Climbers X 20
Squats X 20

Mosey to karate curb
Double Leg curb jumps X 40
Right leg curb jump X 20
Left leg curb jump X 20
Fast step up/down X 1 min
Double Leg curb jumps X 20
Right leg curb jump X 10
Left leg curb jump X 10
Fast step up/down X 30 sec

Mosey to Bank wall
Derkins X 20
Modified bridge with heels on top of wall X 45 sec with 20 arm pulses
Derkins X 20
Modified bridge with heels on top of wall X 45 sec

Mosey to Driving Range Hill
2 groups, first person run to top of hill with 10 burpees
Rest of group does call out excercise from next in line

Mosey back to Parking Lot for last COP
SSH X 25
Ukranian Twists X 25
Leg Raises X 25
Squats X 25
Mountain Climbers X 25
Plank Punches X 25

COT

Naked Moleskin
What a great start to the Tega Cay expansion for Tuesdays. We completed the task of naming the work out: Golden Corral – The Buffet o’ Pain. The Q’s will make sure the name fits. The location is great with lots of ad lib pain stations to make a great workout and something new everytime. Shout out to Smuggler for having nothing else better to do.

Please keep Maggie and her family in your prayers as this 17 year old struggles with cancer. Please pray for healing, peace and hope for her and her family.

To PAX – Thanks for posting and making the first beat down at Golden Corral a memorable one!

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This is not the MacGyver from the TV show – our MacGyver is fit

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21 PAX posted at The Fort for a Saturday morning beat down with MacGyver and CSPAN.

The Thang:

This was MacGyver’s inaugural Q and he did not disappoint.

Double file “Indian-Run” through the metropolis that is downtown Fort Mill.

Circle up and MacGyver lead us through a solid workout in cadence in the upper deck parking lot.

Rosalita and the FMPD did not pay us a visit.

Mosey to curb

Sprints down the hill, sprint up the hill, perform exercise, sprint across lot and sprint back to curb. Rinse and repeat times 5 (crowd favorite, many unhappy mumbles).

Mosey to lower lot, more pain, more silent counts, and good clean fun.

Hand off to CSPAN

Mosey back to WEP and line up along trees.

Arkloader sequence = Bear crawl, lunge walk, bunny hops, and a few other animals for fun.

Line up again, sprinting Jacobs Ladder with increasing Burpees and Americans on either end, group was exhausted. We had not done this much running in a while.

Circle up for AB Lab Pro

10 of each exercise, everyone called their own cadence. Kobra Kia and Santini both tossed in some new and very interesting exercises. High level of happy chatter, group definitely feeling better.

Props to our Backpack / Go Ruck Platoon for keeping up in a run heavy workout.

Slow short mosey to COT:

Naked Man Moleskin

Tuesday Tega Cay work out to launch THIS week

Stay in tune with the weekly email from THE FORT

Cockpit Wednesday at NAFO

Chicken & Wisdom Friday Morning with Cake Boss

Drink plenty of water and remember to be a better man today than you were yesterday.

CSPAN-over & out

 

 

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Fort Mill Twilight 5K

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As mentioned across many of the past few weeks, the Anne Springs Close Greenway will be hosting a 5K Twilight Trail Run in our back yard.  It is an event for all ages and all abilities.  There will be the hard core trail runner and families with kids and many walkers bringing up the rear.

Who will join me?

Several of our brothers and I with our Ms ran this last year and had a great time.  After the race, there will be awards, a band, dinner and, yes, a beer truck.  Plan to bring some cash for beers and a lawn chair.

See the link below for information and registration.

http://sportoften.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=12414

Who is in?

Hard Commits:

Menthol, Santini, Kobra Kai, ???????????

The Shovel Flag will be posted………..

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At Alcatraz, it’s about Quality, not Quantity…

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18 strong PAX posted @ Alcatraz to work on the Quality of the beatdown, not just the quantity. Refresher on key/safe techniques for Merkins, Deep Squats (Ass 2 Grass), LBC, Lunge Walk and Wall Sits.

Jekyl has the Q

1/2 lap around Alcatraz
COP
SSH 25
IW 25
Squat Jack 20
Apolo Ohno 20 each side
Mountain Climber 20
Peter Parker 15
Parker Peter 15
Spider man 10
Merkin 25
Hollywood Merkin (merkin with Side plank) 10 each side
Stud Merkin (1 handed push up) 10 each side

The Thang

Mosey to bases
Bear Crawls to 1st
Bunny hop to 2nd
Bear Crawl to 3rd
Bunny hop home
Crab walk to 1st
Lunge walk to 2nd
Crab walk to 3rd
Lunge walk home

Rinse/Repeat.

Hand off Q to Funhouse
Mosey to baseball outfield

15 Merkins – Slow and low
25 LBCs – Get those feet up
25 A2G squats – Slow and low
Lunge Walk to wall
25 SSH in cadence
1 minute wall sit – 90 degrees and arms out
Rinse and Repeat 2X

Core Burn
25 LBC in cadence
20 Merkins
1 minute Plank Hold
30 Plank Punches

COT

Great praise for answered prayers for Noah! Gaining weight and getting stronger! Next Goal: Get Walking! Excellent news Decible!
Be in Prayer on how The Fort can serve families that are in finacial crunches with children with special needs. Remember to serve, and not to be served.

Reminder that Tega Cay expansion is happening this Tuesday at the Corner of 160 and Gold Hill @ the Harris Teeter. See you in the Gloom @ 5:15.

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Pre-Blast – Name TBD – Tega Cay Tuesday Expansion

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Tega Cay is opening its doors to a Tuesday morning beatdown. With a solid core of PAX heading up Alcatraz on Saturday, the Tuesday morning addition was just a matter of time. And the time is now! Well, this next Tuesday, 3/4/14.

We have a location: The Harris Teeter on the corner of 160 and Goldhill.
We have a time: 5:15 – 6:00 am
We have the committed PAX: White Lightnin, FreeBird, CornHole, Sparkplug, and others near by.
We have the site Q’s: WWL and Funhouse
We have a Weinke: FunHouse always has one

The only thing we don’t have is a name. It has been decided that only those who come and contribute sweat and blood (tears not allowed) on Tuesday get to punch the name ballot. Many names have been suggested and we will decide during the COT.

This is a perfect opportunity to clench down on the EH’s already in place for those near Tega Cay. The location is close and the temperature will be perfect (not 9 degrees….). Bring a Sad Clown and get a BOGO coupon to the next workout.

See you in the Gloom.

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You Can Run, But You Can’t Hyde

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17 men gathered this morning for a “pick your poison” special. The choices: take off into the darkness for a Baxter Loop run or stay at WEP for a beat down from Jekyll in his inaugural Q.

The Thang:

Indian Relay half way around WEP (lots of “slow it down” discussion as Jekyll took off at a Red Banjo pace).

COP:

  • SSH
  • IW
  • Squat Jacks
  • Follow the leader in 1 Minute increment x 10
    • Mountain Climbers
    • Oblique V-ups
    • Peter Parkers
    • Squats
    • 15 Burpees on your own (crowd pleaser)
    • Bear crawl around the circle
    • Hello Dollys
    • Freddie Mercurys
    • Jump Tucks
    • Squat Jacks
    • Marine Corp Push Ups

Mosey to Hill-

  • Partner up
    • Wheelbarrow up and down the hill. Flapjack
    • Partner 1: Elbow crawl up the hill – Partner 2: LBCs at the bottom. Flapjack
    • Partner 1: Groucho walk up the hill – Partner 2: LBCs at the bottom. Flapjack.

Mosey to Playground

  • Keep your partner
    • Partner 1: One Hand Wall Merkin – Partner 2: Run 2 laps.
    • After Partner 2’s first lap – Partner 1 switch hands.
    • Flapjack

Switcharoo

  • P1-Dips
  • P2-Lap
  • Flapjack

Mosey to the tree (PAX wasn’t sure which tree Jekyll was referring to… so, we just followed him).

  • Team Jekyll vs Team CSPAN – Relay sprints.
  • Partners are now competitors.
  • Distance= 3 trees
  • 2 teams of 5 (plus 1).  All you got for pride and profit

Back to COT

A few extra squats and 6 inchers for good measure.

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Cock Pit – High Seas

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Warm up:

5 burpees

Light jog

Imperial walkersx15

Mtn climbersx15

Squatx15

Peter Parkerx15

Sumo squatx15

Run to Sugar Creek

Partner carries

Wheel barrow

Sprint w/5merkins

Bear crawl w/5merkins sprint back w/5merkins

Lunge walk w/5merkins  sprint back w/5merkins

Sprintx2 w/5burpees

Run to next pain station

Rotation x3

People’s chair (45sec each)

Balls to Wall (15sec each)

Merkin set

Merkins x10

SSH x15

Diamond x10

SSH x15

Wide arm x10

SSH x15

Staggers l/r x10

LBC x15

Pull ups with partners (Sets of 10, 8, 6)

Swinging LBC 3 sets of 10

Hill work

Bear crawl up hill 5x add burpee each round

Plank rotation

Right high

Left high

Elbows

6 min of Mary (literally it was 5:54 on the clock)

Sprint to COT

 

Prayers for all the PAX and the stresses of life.

We sometimes feel the “waves” swelling above our heads and we can’t see anything but water or (job, finances, sickness, etc), however if we look to heaven for our strength when we feel weak, the QIC in the heavens will walk us through the storms of life.

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Cornhole’s Revenge

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Old Glory was planted and 13 strong men began their weekend with an workout designed to make arms burn, legs ache, and lungs scream.

The Thang:

Cornhole led the PAX on a warm-up jog around both fields

20 Side Straddle Hops

20 Imperial Walkers

15 Merkins

20 Slow Squats

20 Carolina Dry Docks

20 Mountain Climbers

10 Wide Arm Merkins

20 Windmills

20 Plank Punches

Mosey to the Bases

First Base – 10 Bomb Jacks

Bear Crawl Shuffle to the right with a Merkin in between – Stop at 2nd Base

10 Sumo Squats

Bear Crawl Shuffle to the right with a Merkin in between – Stop at 3rd Base

10 Burpess

Reverse and Head back to Second Base – Bear Crawl Shuffle

10 Sumo Squats

Bear Crawl Shuffle to the left with Merkins – Stop at First Base

10 Bomb Jacks

Partner Up:

Wheel Barrow to Second, 10 Sumo Squats, Switch

Wheel Barrow to Third, 10 Burpees,

Handoff to YHC:

Headed out for a jog and to find some of Tega Cay’s finest hills.

First Retaining Wall:  5 Derkins, 5 Wide Arm Derkins, 5 Diamond Derkins in cadence

Continued mosey with random stops for LBC’s and Planks

Found another retaining wall.  20 Dips in Cadence

Jogged to the base of “The Hill” – As hard as you can go to the Top

Plank O Rama at the top – Mosey to the Glennon Center steps and partner up

Wheel Barrow up the steps

50 LBC’s

Start the jog back to Alcatraz

First Retaining Wall: 20 Dips on your own

Brought it home with an Indian Run

COT

Moleskin:

Great effort by everyone today. Cornhole delivered a brutal upper body workout and YHC tested the PAX’s stamina.  Along the way, the PAX pulled together to push themselves and each other, making sure that doubt did not stand a chance.  Always an honor.

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Cock Pit @ NAFO – Did someone say Ciabatta?

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The rain, thunder, and lightning throughout the night did not stop 9 brave men from posting.  It may have been that they thought they were signing up for coffee and ciabatta!?  After some early morning conversations, one of which is that Cake Boss may have an in with getting the lights turned on at 5:15, we headed off for a beat down in the Gloom.  Welcome FNG John Cookson (Crock-Pot).

The THANG:

Mosey to the ROTC parking lot.

  • 30 Side Straddle Hops
  • 20 Imperial Walkers
  • 25 Windmills
  • 25 Jumping Lunges

Mosey to the marching band parking lot via sidewalks, did not want to get PAX wet feet prior to Tabata.

  • Planks (regular, 6 inches, left arm / right arm high)

8 Exercises, 8 Reps, 20s per rep, 10s break between reps.  Sounds easy right?

  • X8 Merkins
  • X8 Squat Jumps
  • X8 Carolina Dry Docks
  • X8 Calf Raises
  • X8 Burpees
  • X8 Side Tri Rise
  • X8 Turkish Get-Ups
  • X8 Abs (LBCs, Hello Dolly, Freddie Mercury, Russian Twist) – 50s on 10s break

A PAX called out for some Ultimate Burpees and did not want to disappoint.

  • X5 – Jumping Knee-up -> Carolina Dry Dock -> Parker Peters (Right and Left Leg) -> Combined Broad Jump (Forward/Backward) -> Regular Burpee

COT

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