Manu was my first Q and had the honor of sharing it with my shield looking brother Italian Job over a year ago. So anytime given the privilege to be in charge of the leaders of our F3nation I am honestly honored and humbled to do so. Mayhem and YHC had decided the day before to do a surprise Q announcement at the 0515 disclaimer and he gave an awesome disclaimer and handed over to  YHC AND we moseyed to the fountain where we circled up around the fountain. 

I handed it over to Italian Job and went thru the warm up

All in cadence

25 Merkens

25 SSH

25 Moroccan Night Clubs

25 Derkens

25 Erkens

IJ handed back to YHC and we moseyed to the parking lot in front of TJ Maxx on of our favorite shopping spots and tried out some cool dance moves with the PAX

YHC broke out his BOOM BOX and explained as the song Roxanne is played you do Seal Jacks, when our man Sting sings Roxanne you do a merken. This in my opinion one of the toughest group activities that brings a new type of mumbled chatter to the PAX.

 

We recovered and sense it was a new month I asked the pax if anyone new what the new Theme of the month was? and with out no hesitation several of the PAX replied GRACE!!!!

And grace has this in my mind

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:8-10).

 

So  I asked the PAX to count off by 2’s to form 2 rows for the infamous Indian Merken run to Dave Lyle BLVD and play Frogger crossing the BLVD and directed them to the left hand parking lot of the GEEK SQUAD vans, which 2 Target buggies placed in position by YHC for a Shopping Buggy dual squad #1 against squad #2 

 

Squad #1 ran clockwise around parking lot with Buggy while Squad #2 counter clockwise while each group of pax preforms undisclosed activity which is called out by themselves (UagainstU) DON’T FREAKING LOSE….. After one round of the each squad completing the Buggy Race YHC asked for a volunteer and out stepped Bull . Him and myself walked around the Best Buy building and retrieved 2 well placed slosh pipes a YHC special coupon 

We gathered again in our 2 squads and paired up while one pax runs to the end of parking lot he hands the pipe over to his partner and he runs back with it. All while the remainder of the squads preformed multiple exercises in cadence

When all pax in each squad completing the rotation of the slosh pipe run. We lined up in 2 squads and headed back to Dave Lyle BLVD , but this time we moseyed as a group Burbee Indian Run

When we crossed the Blvd we circled up and had one more COP

50 SSH in cadence ♠

After the 50 SSH we jail broke for one final burst of energy to COT 

This morning we had 28 HIMS including YHC along with 2 FNG’s welcome (Reacher and Crossbar) posted at MANU to sharpen Iron and push the rock together for our betterment to be better Husbands, Fathers, leaders, friends, coworkers, and just plain old men that want to keep on keeping on.

Try and do your best no matter what and use His Grace to be that HIM…

Announcements:

Second F Rock Hill: Every Friday a different venue around the City of Rock Hill 11:45am and different topic of discussion see Honey Pot or Blue Print for ideas 

Sept 30 The Forts 4 year invergence

Sept 24 F3 softball tournament sign up today 

http://f3nation.com/2016/08/30/charity-softball-tournament-at-guns-n-moses-92416/

Continuous support to Lancaster F3 and all other AO’s in our F3nation

Prayers and praises:

We prayed for all Pax and their families and our great Country and gave praise to our great F3 community that is keeping us accountable and ensuring we are the HIMs that we know we can be in our hearts

 

 

 

 

14 HIMS Unfartsacked themselves to post at The Dragon.  It went a little something like this.

Warm up:
All IC
15 SSH 3 count
15 Slow Windmill
15 SSH 3 count
30 MNC 3 count
15 SSH 3 count
15 Imperial Walkers
15 SSH 3 count
Play John Mayer, LBC’s entire song.  During the chorus, each time “Say” is said, stop the LBC’s and do a Crab Cake, 1 “SAY” = 1 crab cake.

Short mosey to other end of parking lot to the coupon (Large rocks) market.
OYO with your coupon 10 Squats at the bottom of the hill, run to top of the hill 1 Mercan.  Then bottom of hill 9 squats, 2 Mercan at top. and so on, cycle is complete once 10 Mercans are done at the top. Rinse and repeat, with curls and over head presses.

Mosey to the Dragon’s alley, where the Dragon caught us and we knocked out our 10 Dragon walks.  People chair on the wall to wait on the 6.  Once the 6 is in, arms out 20 count, arms up 20 count

3F
II Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My GRACE is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

Grace enables you to make it, no matter what no matter who turns against you, no matter what obstacles you face or how many time you fall.  God’s incredible  Grace is there to pick you up, to revive lost hope and to strengthen your weak will.  His grace will never leave you alone.
I reminded the PAX to think of the beggar, drunk, thief, etc..  If it were not for God’s grace we would be in the same position as those, so they need our prayers, not ridicule.

The Thing
Mosey to the back of the school. for alittle 4 cone action.
4 cones were set up about 100ft apart to form a square.
All OYO
Start in the center with 25 Calve raises, then after each cone mosey back to the center for 25 more Calve raises.
1st cone 25 Carolina Drydocks
2nd cone 25 squats
3rd cone 25 American Hammers
4th cone 25 Mercians
Rinse and repeat instead of calve raises, 25 MKC in the center
Rinse and repeat again, 25 SSH in center

Mosey back to front of school for some hello Dolly’s and hands of time to finish up the last 4 minutes.

Ended with announcements and prayers, COT.

Lifted up friend of a HIMS that recently committed suicide. Lifted up Joe Dirts M who is having some test ran this week.

Sept 24th Charity Softball HC HERE

It was a honor to lead this men and have alittle fun at my expense.  Look forward to doing it again soon.

High Pockets out

Yesterday morning, YHC was joined by 8 #HIM for a recon of Rock Hill’s newest AO – to be named at a later date. The conditions were nearly fall-like and the AO was pristine. 3 miles and one hour after we started, we knew we found Rock Hill’s newest Saturday attraction.

The Thang

Since this was a recon, we all took a turn leading exercises. We first ran to from ATC to the band practice field where we did 25 pullups OYO. I think we may have done some MNC, Merkins, IW, Windmills, and SSHs.

• We moseyed to a hill above the track for a burpee/merkin ladder.
• Then came the tennis court seats for box jumps, merkins, derkins, and dips.
• We moseyed to the baseball field before we realize we were locked out. Instead we opted for 75 calf raises on the benches between the schools and People’s Chair in cadence.
• Next stop was the bleachers at the soccer fields for 3 rounds of running up and down the steps.
• We found a trail back into Meadowlakes II where we did Hello Dollies, American Hammers, an odd variation of Box Cutters, and a few other exercises in quiet cadence as to not wake the neighbors.
• Then it was back to the school for more running of the stairs and a variety of other forgotten exercises.
• Back to ATC for sprints in the corridor followed by Merkin Jacks and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
• We took a final mosey back to the globe at ATC where we closed with prayers and praises.

NMM

Color me shocked that it took us 2+ years to recon this location. This one has more fields and real estate than any other AO in the city. I assure you Northwestern High will become one of the favorites in Rock Hill when it goes live 10/8/16.

What a blessing yesterday was. Perfect weather, great spot, and even better PAX. Very excited to see our region continue expansion opportunities. As we get closer to launching and naming this AO, reach out to Peach if you want to get on the Q schedule. This one is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

Announcements

• Q School tomorrow at 0430 at Independence.
• The Murph tomorrow at 0630 at NAFO.
• 2^nd F Breakfast at Waffle House on Herlong tomorrow after the workouts at 0620.
• 4 Year Invergence at 1730 at Rush Pavilion 9/30, You will NOT want to miss this very special birthday celebration.

We will be have a 2nd F tomorrow after Old Town, Independence and Guns’n Moses. We will be meeting at the Waffle House on Herlong at 0620 or so.

Walked outside this morning and was like man this weather is awesome! Cool, slight breeze, perfect morning for a workout!

Got to the AO at about 650 and several Pax already warming up.

Fava Beans was sick and Anchor bar filled in for an awesome warm up

Warm Up
25 SSh IC
10 Merkins IC
15 Windmills IC
15 Imperial Walkers IC

The Thang
Took a nice tour around Cherry Park on the walking trail (about 3/4 of it), stopping 5 times to work some muscles.
1. 15 Burpees,
2. 10 Burpees,
3. 15 Merkins,
4. 25 Merkins,
5. 30 LBC’s.
Mosey to the Picnic tables at the Playground for the below x2
10 Merkins
10 Derkins
10 Irkins
20 Dips
Mosey to the big parking area for some 4 Corners, Entire Parking lot x2
1. American Hammers
2. Carolina dry docks
3. Low Slow Squats
4. LBC’s
Mosey to the Football Field for some 11’s with Coupons
Started with 10 Curls, Lt. Dan across field and 1 Squat, jog back to start. Realized that we need to swap squats to LBC’s( since we Lt. Danned across field). 9 Curls, LT. Dan across Field, 2 LBC’s, jog to start and so on…

Mosey to AO for 1 minute all you could do Merkins.

Talked about Grace and sang a portion of Amazing Grace ( not a singer, just saying) but it is AMAZING knowing that the Lord would save a wretch like me and you!! We are not deserving of his grace but he gave his only his only son so that we should not perish but have everlasting life. That is Awesome!!

Prayers and Praises

Q school At The Independence 0430
All pax that haven’t Qed or wants to touch up on their Qing skills. You will have an opportunity to lead the leaders of our nation in the gloomness with Q101 and Q102 classes being held just for you at The Independence

We are also planning a class on log in to write a preblast and also backblast which is a requirement for any pax after Qing…

Please watch our founding fathers of F3 Dredd and OBT on what are the 3 F’S of our F3nation

Alot of F3nation useful information will be available.

Come sharpen your skills of counting and sharpen your iron with other leaders of the gloom

https://youtu.be/0ACaQkBJAEE

See you there!!! Aye Apache!!!
See video for what to expect
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12 HIMs meet at Kinch’s for some lunch. I think the rain brought us all together because we didn’t really want to work in the rain. I was already soaked from the rain so I was already done. We had a table for 10 reserved for us but it was not big enough for all 12 so we grabbed another table to make room. That’s a good thing. We all ate and had small talk and learned a little about each other (what we do at work and at home). As we talked and learned more about each other, we saw that many of our paths have crossed before. God always has a plan and a path for us to travel. After we ate, Cool Table talked to us about Cool Table Ministry. He talked about how Cool Table works and what it stands for. He is always looking for donations and volunteers to help out. You can check out their Facebook page out @CoolTableMinistries.

Honey Pot Out

Warm Ups

20 SSH

10 IW

10 WM

10 LSS

Mosey to Good Year

10 Carolina Dry Docks

Run up the hill

10 American Hammers

Rinse and repeat twice

Mosey to Food Lion Parking lot

Shuttles between parking lines

10 Merkins at first line

10 LBC’s at every parking line sprinting in between

2.08 miles covered

Balls to Wall for 10 count

20 Calf Raises

Lt Dan’s from light pole to light pole

Run backwards from light pole to light pole

Mosey back to AO

20 Leg Throws

Finished with COT – Lesson on Grace , example Corrie Ten Boom

Boomtown Central opened just over 2 months ago, and I had still not posted out there for several reasons.
1. PHOP is 2.3 miles from my house.
2. Wednesday is a run day for BRR training at PHOP on the hills across the street.

I’d like to thank Pistol for the invite out to BTC. It is an amazing AO, especially if you can get over it being a bit dark. I drove the area the day before (considering its right beside my job) and got a sense of what I wanted to do.

At 0515, disclaimer was disclaimed (leaving parts out that I yelled as running), and off we went. I figured that since Wednesday is a 5-7 mile run day, we’d see how much running we could get in. Apache, Pistol and Italian Job all reassured me that this was a run/boot; so running was encouraged.

Quick Mosey over to Baxter Hood Center. The plan was to use the parking lot for some agility work using the parking spots…problem was that there was no light in the parking lot.

So we did a quick warmup:
SSH x 25
MNC x 20
Windmill x 20

With that, we took off.

For 5 years, I’ve driven by the Techpark area almost daily. Every day, I’ve noticed a walking path just off of Anderson Rd. When prepping for this workout, I took a look at the city’s trail map and figured out that the trail eventually ended up at the statues on Dave Lyle Blvd. Jackpot…so off we went on the DARK trail.

After a 1/2 mile mosey or so, we ended up at the statues. From there, we crossed Dave Lyle Blvd into Techpark North, and ran over to a parking lot. Each man partnered up and did the following:
1 man runs, while the other does an exercise.
Merkins
CDD
Squats

Kudos to Cujo for toughing it out through this.

AFter that, we ran around a bit more to explore Techpark North. Sprinted up the hill at the north end of Techpark, then began the mosey back.

Stop at statues and do Derkins x 10.

Continue Mosey and do squats to wait on the 6. Continue Mosey back to BTC (at a much slower pace, this time).

Back to COT–finish with 4 minutes of Mary.

Great job by each man.
Italian Job, thanks for your steady leadership and commitment to making the man beside you better.
Apache, your enthusiasm for what we’re trying to do at F3 makes this whole thing really work.
Pony Tail, you’ve made us so much better since coming out to F3. Glad I’m getting to know you better each week.
Cool Table, I appreciate your heart for the children of Rock Hill and trying to make a difference; especially with our young men. As an educator, you don’t know what a service you’re giving the world.
Flop, Spartacus, Pescador: You three have made us so much better physically in Rock Hill. I fully expect to see each of you Qing TOUGH workouts soon…and getting into some CSAUPs with us.
River Rat: So glad to see you posting consistently again. Your example as a Dad is one I aspire to be like.
Pistol: Your heart for your fellow Pax is clear. Thanks for your leadership.
Cujo: Amazing work! I know it was tough…but never did a get a sense of you wanting to give up. Keep at it…you’ll be amazed how much faster you get. Soon.

It was an honor to lead. Thanks to each of you for the privilege!

Aye!

Twenty-two of RH and the Fort’s best joined YHC on a not quite as humid Tuesday morning at Eagles Nest. Since BRR is just over a week away, I figured we’d make this more of a run/boot camp than just a strict boot camp.

The Thang:
Quick (7:30ish pace) mosey over to Byrnes Auditorium (around 1/3 mile or so)
Warmup:
SSH x 25
Morrocan Night Clubs x 20
Windmill x 10
Merkins x 10

Partner Up:
One Partner runs around Byrnes Auditorium while the other does the exercise. Switch off until the exercise is completed with the proper number of reps
Merkins (100)
Burpees (50)
Squats (100) (I think, can’t remember)

Mosey over to the Big Show (the Amphitheater)
Run the Big Show, on the right side of each step, do 10 Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey over to the Hill of Pain and partner up.
One partner runs up the hill, other does exercise.
LBCs, Merkins, Squats

Mosey back to COT, did 3 minutes of Mary.

Throughout the workout, I asked the Pax the question “Who are you”. Many of the Pax responded with their names, their families, their jobs. I asked each man about their true identity and pointed out that all the things mentioned, while all very good; are all of the earth. The one identity that we have that is not of this earth is that which comes from Sky Q.

It was a great workout in which we covered almost 2.5 miles with pain stations. All the Pax did a tremendous job!