The Nethers

WARMUP: No. This is Minnow Pond, bro…

THE THANG:
– Run to top of main street – rally at Hardee’s
– 15 burpees to kick it off

– Run to Town Hall
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run to Domino’s
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run to Wing King
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run to corner of Doby Ct. on RIGHT
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run Doby Ct to other end (loop)
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run down Doby’s Bridge and turn LEFT on Kimbrell – run to corner of Kanawha/Pine Trails
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run Kanawha Ct – then turn LEFT
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run to 160/Tom Hall – then turn LEFT
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Run back to COT – if time make a stop at Domino’s
– 15/15/30 – Merkins/Squats/Flutters

– Total mileage should have been in the 3.3-ish range…

MARY: Only for the fast guys that didn’t go pick up the 6

ANNOUNCEMENTS: No one reads these. I’m not typing it. Read your newsletter or whatever…

MOLESKIN: Need to add this as a section to the Slack/Back… it’s a fun recap of the odd and funny happenings during the workout… like Bobber being at the very back, or Jekyll railing on and on about investments or whatever it was, or YHC pulling a Zima and tripping on the sidewalk… stuff like that.

COT: 5th Core Principle

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Bucks for Clucks

Last year, the men of The Fort and surrounding areas came together to support Seamstress in his inaugural launch of Operation Love. This charity helps provide meals to families in need in our Paradise community in Fort Mill.

This year 40 meals/baskets will be provided to these families. Santini, in partnership with Publix off Gold Hill road, has ordered turkeys for these 40 families.

If you would like to donate a turkey, each turkey is approximately $25. Please Venmo Santini your donation and it will be applied to the purchase of these turkeys. Deadline for donations is 11/21. Venmo is @Scott-Cornwell-94

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Tour De Campus

WARMUP: mosey to main entrance circled up for
wind mill, IW, Hillbilly Walkers, merkins, Mountain Climbers and MNC

THE THANG: 5 light pole work at the main entrance. Treat it like a suicide drill with exercises at each light
1) 10 Merkins
2) 15 Squats
3) 20 CDD
4) 25 Monkey Humpers
5) 30 LBC

Mosey to front of school for 10 Slow Merkins 3 count down, 3 count hold, 3 count up = 1 then mosey to pull up bars. Partnered up since only 2 pull up bars. 1 partner 10 pull-ups other partner in a plank. Rinse and repeat.
Mosey to benches. 3 exercises going 1 and up to 10 of each exercises. 2 rounds
1st round
Dips, Derkins, Big Boys

2nd round
Step ups, sumo squats, heels to Heaven

With 5 minutes left mosey up the hill and stopped halfway for 10 Wide arm merkins and 10 feet at 6inches LBC

Mosey to COT back at 6:00

ANNOUNCEMENTS: charity Shoot and Blood drive
COT:prayers and praise for healing, prayers for Bass and M traveling today.

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Orange is the new NC State Red

WARMUP: mossy to playground for SSH, IW, HW, merkins
THE THANG: Each PAX completed 10 pull-ups then ran the path. For round 1, 15 merkins at each swing. Complete another 10 pull-ups and repeat path with 20 LBCs at each swing. Complete another 10 pull-ups and repeat path with 15 squats. Wrap it up with 10 pull-ups. Not sure Dark Helmet completed pull-ups or proper merkins since he was in the dark the entire time. Slapshot was leader as he’s trying to encourage PSU football team to whip up on that school to the south (No Pusher that doesn’t mean South Carolina) – Ohio State. Maximus wore the new NC State colors orange for his failed bet on them beating Clemson (but the ACC is a basketball conference not football conference 🤷‍♂️). Band camp never stops pushing PAX and Kermit is still in cloud 9 for Tennessee (the real orange) for beating the other school to the south (again, not South Carolina nor Georgia). Bobber even posted and complained that the monkey bars were wet (isn’t he a fisherman? Aren’t they always wet?)
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: skeet shooting sign ups!! Shower curtain collecting coats
COT: prayers for Shower Curtain continued healing, balance – even better harmony.

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No Naked PAX is a Good Thing!

5:15am – Welcome, no FNG’s, disclaimer was said. Carry KBs over to fire pit/circle area.

WARMUP:
– Mosey – loop around the parking lot
– 20 SSH, 11 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: 5 Burpees OYO then run across parking lot. 5 Burpees OYO and run back. Pax partner up. Pax1 does exercise while Pax2 runs a lap around the parking lot.

– Merks / Run Lap
– Curls / Run Lap
– Squat Thrusters / Run Lap

5 Burpees then run across lot. 5 Burpees then run back.

– Flutters* / Run Lap
– Box Cutters* / Run Lap
– Hello Dollys* / Run Lap
*holding up KB (or chest press if so inclined)

5 Burpees then run across lot. 5 Burpees then run back.

– LBC’s / Run Lap
– American Hammers / Run Lap
– Bent Rows (or Lawnmowers, alternating) / Run Lap
– KB Swings / Run Lap
– Chest Press / Run Lap

Back to COT. It was 6:02am, I believe.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. Lots of 2nd & 3rd F events coming up.

COT: Prayers for Anchorman’s father, for all the prayers unspoken, and for the family of one of our late F3 brothers – Jared Cacciola (F3-Ex Lax) who passed yesterday.

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Spooky Halloween Dance Party

Today at the Ballroom, we took the AO name seriously and had a Halloween dance party. All movements were done in cadence with the music. The list of movements were as follows, and the order was totally arbitrary.

Step touch
SSH
Thrillers
Overhead claps with step touch
Hillbilly walkers
Side straddle hops
Jumping lunges
Grave diggers
Imperial walkers
Merkins
LBCs
Squats
Zombie walks
Mountain climbers
Bomb jacks
Shoulder taps
Plank jacks
Speed skaters

As always, I disclaim “anything you say can and will be used against you”. I exercised this statement to throw in some burpees by popular request.

at the call of “aaaand that’s 6 O’clock”, some PAX were surprised that we were already finished.

Playlist available upon request

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androgynous artichoke

WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW
THE THANG: 10 min workout, 5 min yoga
Set 1:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 plank jacks
20 jump squats
Run
We got in 3 sets

Set 2:
40 seconds mountain climbers
40 seconds squats
40 seconds shoulder taps
40 seconds lunge
40 seconds Freddie Mercury
We got in 3

Set 3:
Run
Group 1: Pull-ups & toe touches
Group 2: Merkins
Started in the down position or hanging called up and down slowly

MARY: we did yoga for 15 minutes total. Engage your core

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter. Lots going on

COT:
Prayers of gratitude for the lives of our children
Prayers for the passing of our elders
Prayers that we may be like the burning bush, brightly on fire yet not consumed

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Figure 8s on the Minnow Pond

WARMUP: The first lap behind the pacer (YHC) served as the warmup with three stops for exercises along the way.

THE THANG: The route today was a figure eight on the map — out the lot up to Skipper for a right turn at the Pharmacy (fka bank) down 160 to a right turn on Main street, down hill to a left turn on Railroad Ave left turn at Print Shop across the connector to Munroe White down the hill to Academy back to Main Street and Memorial Park.

Each time pax get to Print Shop it’s 10x Perfect Merkins (= Hand release Merkin with Shoulder tap at the top)

Each time pax get to Pharmacy lot it’s 20x Squats + 30x Plank jacks.

All pax got at least 3 laps for 3.3+ miles each.

MARY: Rebel led some Mary as the pax reconvened at the lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whetstone revival at Hanging with Stang today (if you’re reading this you either made it or didn’t), Beers for Beetus, read your newsletter

COT: Pax pushed hard today, esp after lap 1 during which there was much mumblechatter. It’s cold out but not too cold for these HIMs!

Tesla and Shady were kings — crushed it, nowhere in sight!

16 pax owned Main St Fort Mill during first lap…should’ve had a camera recording the scene for a hype vid

Themes of Grace, Disgrace, Expectations and Shame running across my radar in recent days/weeks. Stirring interview with Marcus Mumford included his living for a long time “under layers and layers of shame.” Reflections on that article and his recent songs continue to draw me deeper. Check it out and reflect on your own experience — https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-marcus-mumford

Thanks for the invite Jekyll! Missed you!

Always an honor, pax! Thanks for pushing yourself and me today!

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Tootsie Rolls in a Van Down by the River

WARMUP:
SSH, burpee
IW, 2 burpees
HW, 3 burpees
Merkin
Mosey once Mark Twain arrived in a suspect working van. For the record it did not say “Free Candy” on the side…..but it could have

Mosey towards the auditorium entrance
Bulgarian Split Squats
Mosey to band practice field

Rehash of Iron Pax Care Bear Squared:
Starting at on corner and bearcrawl 25ish years and perform 25 air squats.
After the squats, bearcrawl to the left (Cubbie felt this was like the Tootsie Roll, which made me think he’s been doing the Tootsie Roll wrong for a number of years.) 25ish years and perform 25 merkins.
After the merkins, reverse bearcrawl 25ish yards and perform 25 flutters.
After the big boy situps, bearcrawl to the right to starting point and perform 25 burpees.

Only difference from Iron Pax is this time we did them ALL called.

Mosey towards the front of the school
Another round of Care Bear Squared in a new location

Mosey around back of the school
Bulgarian Split Squats

Mosey to pull up bars
19 pullups for the 19th of the month

Mosey back to COT
Flutters
And some more burpees in cadence (crowd pleaser) at the last minute

NMM:
The mission of F3 is the invigoration of Male Community Leadership. Throughout the workout we all listed the guy who EHed us. None of those guys happened to be at this workout. And that’s part of what invigorating leadership looks like.

It’s easy to be a consumer of F3, just to show up and workout, but that’s not the mission. Accelerating fitness is part of invigoration male community leadership, but if we aren’t developing new leaders and encouraging guys to take that VQ, plant a shovel flag, etc. then we’re missing the mission.

I’m going to tap into my Christian roots and my favorite hymn: God of Grace and God of Glory, third verse (deep cuts).
“Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
lest we miss your kingdom’s goal,
lest we miss your kingdom’s goal.”

Prayer: Let us not miss the goal.

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The Meadows Of White Grove

THE THANG: Ran 4.3 miles
Dobys bridge to White Grove, thru woods to Nim’s Village, cross Ft Mill Highway to CRHS, FCMS, cut through to Dominion’s Bridge and back to start. Some of us had to jump the FCMS to Dominion Bridge fence. We looked at the long planks of wood nearby after we all jumped and after Birdcage ate turf.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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