Post Golf Trip Memories

After reviewing previous backblasts, YHC noticed that the last time I submitted a backblast for the Armory was in October 2019 immediately following a golf trip where I likely ate and drank too much. It so happens that this was the exact scenario for today’s beatdown. After a long weekend in HHI, YHC was ready to make a downpainment on the day and happy to see some friendly faces in the Pax

WARMUP:

Mosey around the parking lot

THE THANG:

25 SSHs IC
21 KB swings
18 High pulls
15 Squat thrusters
12 Overhead marches
9 Lunges
6 Burpees
3 Big boys

Then run a lap

Repeat 4 times

MARY:

Finished with 5 minutes of Mary around the horn

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Fastest 5k coming up on 4/12
Pints and Padres in April

COT:

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It Pays to be a 1

It was a relatively warm morning at Minnow pond where 17 strong PAX met to get some miles..but only limited smiles.

Ran straight to WEP in front of the stage.

The workout:

Start with 10 Burpees

Run to the first swing along the paved path do 10 merkins and 10 lbcs

Run back to the stage do 9 burpees

Run to the 2nd swing on the path do 10 merkins and 10 Lbcs

Run back to the stage and do 8 burpees

Keep going along the path as far as you can until time.

It was here that YHC made the decision to split the pax up into 1’s and 2’s.

I was thinking I just wanted to create some space on the path….unfortunately…what happened was the 2’s were given the opportunity to run up the WEP hill pretty much the entire time.

Despite the complaints the PAX handled it extremely well.

At 5:55 we headed back to COT and got there just in time for 10 more merkins 10 more LBCs and 1 last burpee.

Thanks to Nasa for the opportunity. It was great getting out amongst the PAX this morning.

Until Next Time….

It PAYS TO BE A 1!

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300 Reps and More

Warm-O-Rama
Grandpa Jacks
Grandma Jacks
SSH
Moroccan Night Clubs
Michael Phelps
Arm stretches

Thang 1
40 Thrusters
40 Merkins or Squat hold Chest Press
40 Power Clean Press
– Short recovery lap
30 Thrusters
30 Merkins
30 Power Clean Press
– Short recovery lap repeat for 20 reps & 10 reps
Thang 2
10 Squat Knees to press Press
20 Big Boy Sit-ups W/ or W/out bell
10 Plank Pull Throughs
– 2 Rounds
Thang 3 – Hercules
Series of 3 single arm exercises immediately flapjack
3 Swings
3 Cleans
3 Push Press
– 2 Rounds

Announcements were made; read the news letters
Prayers for the Wyatt family and Pax.

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2025 – SLT Disruption

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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The Sheldon Cooper

WARMUP:
Run up main street, stop to do 1 burpee, around clebourne stop to do 1 squat, over to entrance of WEP and do 1 merkin, stop at amphitheater and do 1 Big Boy
THE THANG:
The Sheldon Cooper
10 burpees
10 squats
10 merkins
10 big boys
Run 0.3 miles around the park and stop at lit swing and do:
9 burpees
9 squats
9 merkins
9 big boys
Run 0.3 miles back to start and do 8 of each. Repeat down to 1 each
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Overtones

WARMUP: around the world
good morning
some fake yoga

THE THANG:
Barbarian to Press
8 reps for 5 rounds
in between rounds:
1. bear crawl – lunge walk back
2. crawl bear – reverse lunge walk back
3. bear crawl w/ bell – lunge walk back w/ bell
4. crawl bear w/ bell (sucked) – reverse lunge walk back (sucked more) (JWOW about fell over)

Bulgarian Split Squat and Cleans
1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1

Waiter carry back to COT
Right Hand: Row, Clean, Swing, Snatch
Left Hand: Row, Clean, Swing, Snatch
5-4-3-2-1

MARY:
again time was limited. Quack Attack is probably right about me.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3/14 Convergence @ the hive
3/15 Jäger @ GHMS
4/12 Luka Fast 5 @ PKMS

COT: Was held

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4 Corners Kettle Bell treat

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickers,Moroccan Night clubs
THE THANG: 4 corners Kettlbe bell with overhead carry to each with 25 swings, Pulls, Triceps extensions and Curls and Squats in the middle. Each round had a 5 Manmaker but in with Manmaker buyout. Swings,
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your Newsletter, Yeager march 15th and The Hive Convergance March 13th
COT: Prayers and Praise. Prayed for Luka

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Look at that Hill

Ran around lots of string of pearls.

Tried to climb every hill possible in a reverse bear crawl

Worked a good deal on side lunges, and moving around with ease, finished with a Jack Webb that the brothers tried to skip, but joined us eventually

Always an honor to lead a group of men I respect so much.

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