Tag: Band Camp

Stop and go light or Traffic signal?

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Fact: the weinke went through the washing machine as soon as I got home, it did not make it to the dryer

Fact: <@UGU3XR5RP> thought <@U5CVD8D7V> was going to be at The Fort. He was disappointed that DH did not show, he was also very disappointed that I was on Q. 100% True.

Fact: this Q is old, I left it all on the field and was sore for 2 days, but was still only 28% of Band Camp

We toured Fort Mill:
-lot across from Vet park
-The Print Shop parking lot (was hoping for a morning brew, but no go)
-Church of God parking lot
-First Baptist parking lot
-St Johns UMC parking lot
-the wall by Kimballs
-Vet Park parking lot
-back to COT

most stops were 1 exercise, various transportation across the lot, 1-2 exercise, back across, 1-2-3 exercise

We did a Jonah Hill at The Church of God

We did a Matt Foley at St John UMC

Wall work and various Jacks at the Kimballs wall

Mahktar N’Diayes were included at one stop

Bear Crawls, Crawl Bears, Crab Walks, etc

Band Camp, Cyclops and JWOW led the way. Fitness levels that I will never realize.

<@U6AS1MBPG> ran to The Fort from 6@6, participated for an hour, and ran back with 2-50lb sand bags, backwards in the snow. Beast.
<@U5RTPS4M8> ran to The Fort from 6@6, participated (ribbon TBD) and ran back
Twisty, Bass and Fogerty dressed like a stop and go light stopped in

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Bucket of pain, Trivia and Wheelbarrow

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WARMUP:
Overhead clap, Moroccan night club, side saddle hope and squats
THE THANG:
Bucket of pain / trivia with wheelbarrow push
– pick an exercise card / trivia question, announce the exercise for the group, nur to the wheelbarrow, push the wheelbarrow up and down the incline, bear crawl back to the group.
– Ask the trivia question. Wrong answer = 5 burpees. We did a lot of burpees. C was the most common answer.
– Repeat process until all PAX had fun with the wheelbarrow.

Partner exercise
– 40 burpees
– 60 Merkins
– 80 Squats
– 100 LBCs
– 120 Side straddle hop
– Repeat

Returned to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– D2D
– Bethel men’s shelter
– Convergence for Battle bot
–
COT:

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Loaded Failures up

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WARMUP: Yea. A light mosey a few movements, like throwing the bags.

THE THANG:
Kitchen Sink:
10 Cleans
10 Back Squats
10 Manmakers
10 Rows
Move with the bag, do it again.

10 Lateral Lunges
10 Squat Thrusters
10 Burpee hop over bag
10 Plank Pull Through
Move with the bag, do it again.

10 Single Leg Deadlifts
10 Reverse Lunges

Burnout till 0600:
Jack Webb w/ Squats (1) and Lunge Walk (4)
Got to 4 & 16

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence 3/14 at the Hive
Jaeger 3/15 at Model A Brewing

NMM:
Asked each guy to share a bit about their failures. So, many of them shared a regret…something they viewed as a failure that like mising an opportunity. Some shared some pretty epic failures and how they’ve changed because of that.

We don’t necessarily have to regret something for it to be a failure. Personally, I want to try to fail better and often. I wanna dream big, and go big. If it blows up right in my face, hopefully I can learn something for my next big attempt. Shady once told me to fail forward. I like that.

We can’t be afraid to take chances. How are you putting yourself at risk for failure? Is that a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it neither but thinking makes it so? (That’s a reference to Hamlet….look it up.) How can we strive to attempt things in ways that leads to good things even when we fail?

This is the kinda stuff I think about. Sometimes a lot. Often in a circular fashion. You’re welcome…or not.

The workout was hard, in the rain, and we went in a giant circle, twice.

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A light shines

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Just two of us…guess it was really rainy?
Seems the fort is going soft…
Let’s step up

WARMUP: Yes
THE THANG:
Run in the Rain
Active Dora
one partner does the exercises
other partner tries to his the large rep count
20 merkins then switch to burpees. 100 burpees total
Run in the Rain
20 squats then switch to squat hold
Run in the Rain
20 American Hammers then switch to LBC. 100 Hammers total
Run in the Rain

Pull ups

Bulgarian Split Squats

MARY: not much time left, and laying down in the wet parking lot wouldn’t have been polite to all the guys that showed up today…(sarcasm)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3/14 Convergence at the Hive
3/15 Jaeger

COT:
Was held

NMM:
Was asked in the Q request to give a testimony. I struggle with what exactly this word means, but Rainmaker and I had a good conversation around it. Hate that you missed. Maybe next time? We as men are stronger than a cold rainy morning.

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Post Super Bowl Hominy Grits

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WARMUP:
– Mosey a lap
– Side Straddle Hop
– Heels to Heaven
– Imperial Walkers
– Hillbilly Walkers
– Windmills
– American Hammer
– Plank (remain in plank, then put right arm then left arm in air)
SOUNDTRACK: See Amazon playlist: “Post Super Bowl American Jackal” This playlist had various songs relating to Philadelphia, Eagles, as well as just general winning.
THE THANG:
Part 1:
80-160-240 Dora
– 80 Merkin
– 160 Squat
– 240 LBC
Part 2:
Complete the first exercise on the active list. Then do the first static hold exercise. Run lap with a 10 pace bear crawl to start. Repeat with the second exercises on each list. When you hit the end of each list, repeat.
Active List of Exercises:
40 Big Boys
40 Merkins
40 Low Slow Squats
30 LBC
30 Carolina Dry Docks
30 Calf Raise on the Curb
20 Flutters
20 Bench Dips
20 Lunges
Static Hold Exercises:
30 Second Plank
30 Second Hold Squat
30 Second Forearm Plank
30 Second Bench Dip Hold
MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Various.
COT: Commission to go out and be leaders this week.

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I think you’ll be okay, they’re covered in a thin candy shell

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The THANG:

Holy schnikes, we had 18 PAX for a Tommy Boy quote run. We ran Massey, to Harris, to Audrey, to Main in a loop with Derkins, Dips, Clave Raises, CDDs, V-Ups, and Big Boys. We had runners and ruckers.

COT:

On the heavier side, HIMs shared prayers that are really rocking their personal lives and I thank you for sharing. The COT is what makes us unique and allows those hard conversations to happen. This community has your back. Thanks for showing up today to get better. Thanks for letting me lead these men into Thursday.

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Simple, but not easy

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14 at the Sink this morning survived a surprisingly difficult beatdown. Conditions were not terrible for February (40s with a breeze). Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Merkins (IC)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (IC)
Mosey to Gold Hill Rd.
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Hubert Graham
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 15 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Revere Cove
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to the Traffic Circle
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Mosey to Waterloo
– 5 Manmakers
– 10 Overhead Press
– 10 Curls
– 15 Squats
Shuffle back to COT
2.1 miles, 30 Manmakers, 10 Overhead Press, 75 Curls, 90 Squats

NMM
This workout was simple, but not easy. I’m not sure what made it difficult – it was only four exercises done six times over a couple miles, but I think I’m going to feel it later. The beauty of its design was you had the opportunity to converse with the guy next to you between sets and see what is going on in his world. I heard laughs, grunts, celebrations, and struggles. Men shared their hearts but still put in the work. That’s what this is all about – asking the guy next to you how he’s doing. Listening to what he says and note what he doesn’t say. Men suck at asking for help. The signs are there if we know where to look. My encouragement for you is to reach up when you need help. But also, reach down when you have help to give. F3 has the opportunity to literally save lives if we will pour into Fellowship and Faith as much as we do Fitness. Strengthen yourself mentally and spiritually as much as you do physically. Do that and we will change the world: one household at a time.

Aye!
IJ

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Chasing Amy, I mean Twister

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WARMUP: 6 gathered, which was a great number, for a full 1 hour of party packed entertainment. Twister joined us to say hi as he terrains his 6@6, but before he got 75 yards away, we had a quick disclaimer and took off to join him on his route. As the 6 of us caught up to him, the mumblechatter ensued and since he was already x miles into his route, we passed him as we neared Harris street. We stopped at the corner for 10 merkins, waited for the 6 and let Twister run away a little down Harris, and then we took off after him again. Down Harris we ran, catching him and harassing him again, because Twister wouldn’t want it any other way. As we passed him, we made our way to the park at the bottom of the hill and circled up in the parking lot for warm ups: SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, merkins, mountain climbers, and a few runner stretches.
THE THANG: Made our way over to the basketball court for some modified suisides. At each line we would do 1 merkin and add 1 per line doing the same number on the starting base line. 1 and 1, 2 and 2, 3…you get it. We then kept climbing back down the lines where in the end we ended up with 8 and 8.

We then ran back up Harris to LBJ church where we ran steps, ran around the church, back to steps for 10 diamonds, 10/leg of Bulgarian split squats. We did this circuit 2x.

Next stop was the gas station to stop for the 6, then made our way to print shop. At the print shop we did a 25% murph because who doesn’t need pull up practice.

Ran all the way back to the millstone in front of the steps by veterans park, stopped for the 6, then ran to the small wall by the engineering building for 20 dips and 20 total step ups. Did this circuit 2x. Ran back to WEP, did a time check, got a big sigh of relief”oh but there more” and ran up the walking path to the top of the hill, back down, then back up the grassy hill with the statue, then down the side hill to COT.
MARY: got through about 3 exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter items
COT: CSPAN style for P&P

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