The Carpenter

*WARMUP:*  side straddle hop, merkin
*THE THANG:* Kettle Bell one arm swing with three second pause overhead 10rep per arm double arm overhead with 3 second pause 15rep 20 swing and catch in opposite hand Sumo Squat 25 between each set run 75 yards do 10 hand release merkins then run back second set was one arm snatch overhead 10 reps bent over one arm row 15 swing catch 20 last set is rinse and repeat of first one

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The Carpenter

*WARMUP:*  side straddle hop, merkin
*THE THANG:* Kettle Bell one arm swing with three second pause overhead 10rep per arm double arm overhead with 3 second pause 15rep 20 swing and catch in opposite hand Sumo Squat 25 between each set run 75 yards do 10 hand release merkins then run back second set was one arm snatch overhead 10 reps bent over one arm row 15 swing catch 20 last set is rinse and repeat of first one

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Where’s the Shower Curtain

Shower Curtain was on Q, but no showed. The PAX stepped up

WARMUP: band camp led

THE THANG: rebound had a cardboard workout in his car. It was very arm heavy. Bells at one end and partners. Cumulative 120 reps of things at the far end. The bell exercises were AMRAP (and very arm focused). The AO isn’t called the Legory.

Band Camp led then for movement between two parking spaces. 10 swings, bear crawl, 10 cleans, bear crawl. Eventually that shifted to 5 man makers, lunge walk with a pass through.

Backdraft led us to the wall.
Step ups
Dips with the bell in the lap
Hip thrusts or big boys

Return to COT via a modified over head carry and indigenous peoples run

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter

COT: yep

Hope Shower Curtain is alright

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QvQ Round 2

WARMUP: River rat led this
THE THANG:

sparky was first. Bunch of stuff with our feet on the wall

BC second: partner up. 6 lit cones. Additive merkins at each cone. Bear crawl the first 3. Lunge walk the last 3. Partner runs a lap

Sparky third: had a series of 19 light poles spread out about a half mile wide. Hit pole 1, then 19, then 2, 18, 3, etc. Each pole had an exercise…. Most men got 1 merkin. 19 squats, then 2 squats.

Band Camp again: run to steepest part of the hill. Brief message about embarrassing moments, but we still have time left. Time left to reverse bear crawl the hill. At the top, partner back up. 12 sandbags at the far side. 1 partner run and throws a bag over their head 5 times. Other partner does 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 squat jumps

COT: was had. Band Camp won votes for difficulty and creativity. Sparky won in use of AO

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bc wants to go fast…

WARMUP: told the pax the route
THE THANG: run route – aka, river district down and back and any bonus mileage. About 4 miles down and back.

Bandcamp wanted to go fast right out of the parking lot so we did. He got a PR run for the morning. That’s a 1-0 start to the day!
MARY: stretching if you made it back in time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ya buddy – the shieldlock hit the bethel’s men shelter hard and fast forward to Thursday, we had a great turnout!!
COT: of course! Core principle #5!!

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Meat sleeve

WARMUP: pull-ups at print shop
THE THANG: 30 merkins of all sorts and 20 squats and 20 SSH at top of hill in crappy lot then run to top of hill on other side near 160 and repeat over and over and over.
MARY: there’s something about her
ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence Saturday
COT:prayers up for all men traveling and praises for sobriety. Dueces!

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The Darkest of ALLL Convergences

80ish of the Fort’s, Lake Wylie’s, and Rock Hill’s finest converged this fine Monday to celebrate and show our support for the Darkest of All Helmet’s becoming the new Nantan of F3 Nation.

After my usual disclaimer and a giving of thanks for those who all showed , Dark Helmet led the warmup. As any true leader would do he quickly refreshed (and reinforced via burpees) the core mission of F3 and our core principles. After a rough start we did eventually nail it. After some side straddle hops and merkins the Pax were released into their own unique workout groups.

HERO WOD(Honey Badger)

This was my Q and I’m always humbled to lead Hero style workouts. They should be hard but also purposeful. For me I have created two unique workouts to honor different men of my family who have served. They would be the last people to ever consider themselves heroes. But that’s why I honor them. They sacrificed more than I ever could and I will always be inspired by them. I hope that in this very simple way their stories help inspire others.

For the purpose of today’s workout I truncated both them in the interest of time.

The “Uncle Paul”

I encourage anyone to Google the USS Pueblo Incident to get the full details but the long and short of it is that my wife’s Uncle Paul was a member of the USS Pueblo crew when it was captured by North Korea in 1968. For 11 months he was help captive as POW. Tortured, sleep deprived, and subject to all sorts of propaganda he along with 81 of his ship mates were eventually returned to the US. As a result of his PTSD he hasn’t been able to sleep for almost 50 years.

The Workout:

82 SSH (IC)

11 Burrpees OYO.

1 LAP around the Earth Fare Complex.

As we returned to our starting position I began the Second Hero Workout of the day. The “Sgt. Major”. This one is a WOD I’ve done before for the Honey Badger and is about my father who was a Command Sgt. Major in the 28th ID. Again for the sake of time I limited the usual 3 miles I try and incorporate into this workout for 3 laps instead. The exercises are as Follows.

28 Burpees

1 Lap

28 Burpees

56 Squats

1 Lap

28 Burpees

56 Squats

112 HR MErkins

1 LAP.

(Pick up the 6 if you can)

This pretty much took us up to the bell after a brief visit by the ruckers. Thanks to all who broke off to me to indulge me and these workouts. They are supposed to be hard and challenging and I hope we all got our money’s worth.

 

Running Boot camp: Sweep the Leg – FishTix

Group was split into teams of 4. Relay race around the parking lot two stops with exercises. Two runners traveled to stop 1 and stop 2 respectively while the other team members did the exercises at the stops. Once the runners arrived the running duties were handed off. Process was continued until the closing bell.

Stop 1 Exercises: HR Merkins, Dips, Burpees, CDD, Mike Tyson Merkins

Stop 2: Jump Squats, Flutters, Mnt Climbers, Lunges, Box Cutters

Rucking – VA – Olaf

4 corners with low slow squats, merkins, Lunges, and shoulder taps. After round 1 got a 40 and a 60 pound sand bag to spice it up. The bags were rotated around by the Pax.

Kettlebell – Armory – BandCamp

4 Rounds:

16 clusters (clean, squat, press

16 single arm swings (alternating)

16 lateral lunge with a row (8 a side)

Short Mosey

Some overhead lunges and suitcase deadlifts when the heart rates got too high.

Running – Flight Plan – Bass-O-Matic

Ran a bunch 🙂

At 6:00 I blew a whistle and we all reconvened for the longest Namearama I ever conducted a brief reminder of the Rooster, to read the newsletter and to have our Nantan of the Fort Esso lead us out.

Best of luck to Dark Helmet in his new role! Let’s all continue the mission!

AYE!

 

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1 more rep

First off, Old Bay, Peach Stand, and Sugarbug just walked around holding hands with backpacks. But they wanted a shot at catching Sprocket’s posting numbers and YHC is tagging them.

WARMUP: of course
THE THANG: ran for a while

11 Squats
11 Split Squats (each leg)
11 Mike Tyson
Bear Crawl
Rinse and Repeat 3 times
Mosey to benches
Seated one leg jump squat
11 each leg
Rinse and Repeat
Mosey down the hill
Red Barchetta (look it up in the exicon)
Mosey up the hill
11 Squats
11 Split Squats (each leg)
11 Mike Tyson
Mosey back

NMM:
F3 Prepares us to handle to unexpected. But no matter how hard the workout is in the Fort we know it will be over after 45-60 minutes. In life, we don’t know when the challenge will be over, but we can almost always knock out one more rep. And then do it again, just one more rep, and one more rep, and one more rep, and one more rep

Brother, you can knock out one more rep. I know it. And if necessary, call it in cadence and ask the PAX to join you—cause we will

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