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Graveyard shift

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WARMUP: Pledge if you pledge. Ruckers did their thing
THE THANG: Head to Hardees, which is fenced off, so we kept running to Elliot and up to the cemetery. Right on Unity to start our loop.
20 squats at the West entrance to Unity church
20 merkins at Steele St
20 LBCs on E Hill
20 Grave Diggers on Unity

Three laps were completed. Then 20 squats at Unity church. Then run up and down the steps at First Baptist for 20 merkins. Down to Academy and up to do LBCs at the Axe place. Then back to COT

Everyone got ~3.7miles
MARY: 90 seconds of Mary
COT: Circle of Trust initiated. What’s on men’s hearts? Get the internal external. F3 is for all men. ALL of them. Not just those of our preferred flavor of a religion. F3 helps everyone. If somehow it saves a soul from the perspective of any particular PAX, great. We’re here to make leaders of all men, let’s keep on keeping on.

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Pyramid of Pain

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Quick disclaimer
And warmup
5 windmills, 10 IW/10MNC

Mosey to behind school on bball courts where the pyramid of pain was set up

5 stations, 4 corners and 1 in middle
Partner up ( work is completed together)
Each of the corners had a cone with an exercise listed
LBCs, CDDs, Squats Monkey Humpers and then Hand release merkins in the middle
The corners increase by 10 each round but the HR merkins stay at 10- changed to this after realizing that having to do 4 sets per round, and increasing would be impossible. So at the corners 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 ( didn’t make it to round 5)
Mode of transport changed every round:
Bear crawls
Crawl bears
Partner carrys
Wheel barrows
Leap frogs (we didn’t make it to this round)
Two teams got through the full 4 rounds without bat flipping- lots of modifications happened so ppl took my disclaimer to heart ?

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A TO B

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WARMUP:
– 15 SSH
– 15 CASBAH #2s
– 15 IW
– 15HW

THE THANG: We grabbed our trusty sandbags and shuffled to the first light pole “A” by COT. Destination “A TO B” even though <@U05MQ63R1NU>, <@U05TRFE7TV4> and @3-Way were missing…

#1
– 5 MM- Jog to B (past COT to next light) 10 Squats
– Lunges back to first light pole A 5 MM
– OH TOSS to B 10 Squats
– Jog to A 5MM
#2
– Rifle Carry to B 5 Merkins
– Lunge to A 10 Seal Jacks
– Jog to B 5 Merkins
– Walking OH Press to A 10 Seal Jacks

Shuffle to the stairs:
– Farmers Carry to the bottom down and back 2X

Shuffle to COT:

Modified Jack Webb:
– 1 Clean 4 Push Press
– 2 Clean 8 Push Press
– 3 Clean 12 Push Press
– 2 Clean 8 Push Press
– 1 Clean 4 Push Press

Some stretching and 10 more SSH to close it out.

MARY: She stayed in bed with her purple bacon
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast 5, Bethel Men’s Shelter THU 4/3, read your news letter
COT: Gratitude for F3 brotherhood of men, Prayers for safe travels, strength at work and in finding work, for those who are sick tired clod hungry or alone.

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I can’t feel my legs

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WARMUP:
– 10 Moroccan nightclubs
– 10 cherry pickers
– 10 windmills
– 10 Imperial walkers
– 10 Hillbilly walkers
Mosey, stop at benches and do irkins, mosey, stop by basketball court, low slow squats, mosey to wall

Jackass burpee Webb:
Perform exercise like a Jack Webb, but do 1 burpee to 2 donkey kicks.

THE THANG:
Charles Bronson:
Cones laid out at 100 yards, then 20 yards past that.
50 SSH, then sprint 100 yards, then bear crawl 20 yards, mosey back to start
50 merkins, sprint 100 yards, bear crawl 20 yards
50 burpees, sprint 100 yards, bear crawl 20 yards
50 LBCs, sprint 100 yards, bear crawl 20 yards
50 jump squats, sprint 100 yards, bear crawl 20 yards
MARY:
Long duck diapers, flutters, American hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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1 Minute Closer to Death

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WARMUP: windmill x10, cherry picker x 10
THE THANG:
This may or may not be accurate.
Overhead carry KB
1st Station
10 burpees
25 90/45
25 chest to back pullover
25 Curls
25 lunge with pass through

Overhead Carry
2nd Station
25 KB Merkin
25 Figure 8
50 Toe taps
10 Manmakers

Suitcase Carry
Peoples Chair
Overhead hold for 10 count x3
BTW
Peoples Chair with concentration curl
15 each side

Overhead Carry

4th Station
KB Dips

5th Station
25 Halo
25 Upright Row
25 Dead Lift

KB carry to 6th Station
50 Chest Press
25 Skull Crushers
25 Rows each side

Overhead carry to flag

10 Man Makers

15 Grave Diggers each side
25 LBC w/ KB
15 X/Os

MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes

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Badly Broken Chicken Dance

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WARMUP:
12 SSH
12 CASBAH #2s
12 Walking Jacks
THE THANG:
Mosey to the rocks-
Grab your rock and OJ to the light pole and back
1 Burpee
Grab your rock and OJ to the light pole and back
2 Burpees
Grab your rock and OJ to the light pole and back
3 Burpees etc up to 6 and back down to 1.
Seemed like a good idea on paper.

I fartsacked and we moseyed out to the track for a mixed bag of scissoring and pickle pushers. <@USBP08L1G> had a rock in his pocket and I believe he was ALSO glad to see me.

We moseyed to the benches where we added some incline merkins, dips and something like “Bavarian one legged crotch crackers” or something. Like a one legged squat. Moseyed to the next set of benches and added some more of the same.

Moseyed to COT for some “u call it”.
MARY: She brought <@U5DBBKTE0>
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5, read your newsletter. AKA
COT: P&P for all those within and without F3 who are sick, tired, cold , hungry or alone. :pray:

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Go as fast as you want

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WARMUP: Long Mosey, then the usual:
20 SSH IC
10 LSS IC
10 Cherry Pickers IC
10 Imperial Walkers IC
10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
10 MNCs IC
Yoga

THE THANG:
To the Light Pole$! PAX were encouraged to go as hard/fast as they could.
Starting at the bottom, run to first light pole and perform 1 burpee. Return to start and perform one exercise.
Then run to 2nd light pole and perform 2 burpees, return to start and do second exercise.
Continue to 10th light pole. Exercises below. Pyramid if you complete early.
10 Bomb Jax
20 Merkins
30 Wide Arm Merkins
40 Squats
50 LBCs
40 Lunges
30 Diamond Merkins
20 American Hammers
10 CDDs

Extra Credit – Pyramid the workout (do in reverse) if there’s enough time.

MARY: Boys only.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Probably.
COT: Stays in COT.

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2025 – SLT Disruption

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WARMUP: full crew in cadence
65ish SSH for the 65 dudes that were in the circle
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
Peter Parker

Split to boot camp and kettlebells
THE THANG:
Bootcamp:
– Buy-in: 20 bomb jacks, 20 donkey kicks.
– Bear crawl the length of parking lot / whistle = 10 merkins
– Lunge walk parking lot / whistle = 10 jump squats
Kettlebell
– 20 swings
– 5 merkins
– 5 goblet squats
– count down the merkins and squats keep the 20 swings
– Swing progression
– Squat Swings
– Swings
– American Swings
– Rack bell
– slow step back reverse lunge
– press when returning the back leg
– Clean Progression
– Row
– Clean
– Swing
– Snatch

Unbeknownst to the PAX we switched modalities about halfway through. This was to represent the foundation 1 from Q-Source: https://f3nation.com/disruption.

“Because it induces movement, leadership causes Disruption”

PAX were disrupted from their planned morning workout to make sure both Qs saw all the PAX and to push them outside the complacency zone of their established routines. With the leadership, we should expect disruption and embrace it.

Leaders influence movement towards advantage. Disruption is a solid technique to induce movement.

“If a man calls himself a leader but does not cause Disruption by initiating movement, then he is not practicing leadership. He might be doing something else, like managing or governing, but he is not leading.”

It is not the goal of the new SLT members is not to manage or govern. It should not be the goal of the Site Qs to manage or govern. Let’s lead!

F3 is not an organization with leaders, but an organization OF leaders. Each man is freed to lead. The particulars of Site Qs and the SLT structure is nice, but let us not be afraid to disrupt when we have a vision for advantage.

Kermit handed 2nd F Q off to Liberty Bibberty
Band Camp handed the Weasel Shaker off to Poppins
Esso handed the Nantan Flag off to Band Camp

It is an honor to be considered a leader in the Fort. But be mindful every member of the PAX is A LEADER. Let’s all be about the business of leading.

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Strength in Motion, Buckets of Pain and Cinderblock Regret

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Pre-Workout Prep

Pulled into the gloom at 4:45 AM—silent, still, and completely void of movement. With no one in sight, I set up three lanes with four stations each:
• Cone 1: 5-gallon buckets filled with bricks for farmer carries
• Cone 2: Cinderblocks
• Cone 3: Sandbags
• Cone 4: More cinderblocks

Then it hit me—I was 15 minutes early. The start time was 5:15, not 5:00. So, a slow mosey to the COT area, where I linked up with Farmers Only and Brawley. Soon enough, the PAX began to roll in, ready to put in work.

At 5:15 on the dot, we launched. Disclaimer was given, and movement began.

Warmup (Buy-In)
• 25 Cinderblock Thrusters
• 25 Sandbag Throws
• 25 Bucket Squats

The Thang

PAX counted off into two teams, then received their marching orders: Work through each station in rotation, with a farmer carry serving as the movement driver.

Round 1
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets (approx. 0.05 miles)
• Cone 2: Sandbag Squats
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Front Raises
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Overhead Press

Partner 1 carried the two 5-gallon buckets down to the cone and back while the remaining PAX worked at their respective stations. Upon return, everyone rotated stations.

Round 2
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets
• Cone 2: Sandbag Bent Over Rows
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Curls to Press
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Tricep Extensions

Round 3
• Cone 1: Farmer carry buckets
• Cone 2: Sandbag Curls
• Cone 3: Cinderblock Manmakers
• Cone 4: Cinderblock Swings

Rinse and repeat—we cycled back to Round 1 and got about halfway through before time called.

Finisher (Buy-Out)
• 25 Cinderblock Thrusters
• 25 Sandbag Throws
• 25 Bucket Squats

Quick clean-up, then straight to COT.

COT (Circle of Trust)

Announcements:
• Convergence Friday
• The Jäger on Saturday, plus the check giveaway
• Fast 5K for Luka
• Read your newsletter for more details

Prayers/Praises:
• Health concerns for many family members
• Mental health struggles among the PAX and their loved ones
• Gratitude for the men who showed up, held each other accountable, and pushed through the work

Final Thoughts

No wasted reps. No shortcuts. Just men showing up in the gloom, embracing the grind, and getting stronger together. Iron sharpens iron.

SYITG.

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Gloom 3: Return of Fusion

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WARMUP: We did
THE THANG: We ran to the back of the school and got rocks and carried them around, and then we jumped over walls and stuff.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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