IronPax ’23 Week 0

IT’S IRON PAX SEASON!!!! Week 0 was a great reminder of what’s expected and how hard you will be pushed this month.

Week 0 was in honor of Gary R Wieneke, SP4, who served in the United States Army as an X-ray Spec with the 128th Evac Hospital in Germany from September 1955 to 1958. Mr Wieneke is the father of one of F3Greenwood’s own, Michael Wieneke, F3Brut. Mr. Wieneke passed away at the age of 83 and Brut created this workout in honor of him.
Aside from serving his country, Mr. Wieneke was a renowned track and field coach in the US. He coached the US Junior National Team. He was the head coach at the University of Illinois from 1967 until his retirement after the 2002-2003 season. Wieneke was a nine0time NCAA District IV Coach of the year, was named the NCAA National Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1987 and garnered three Big Ten Outdoor Coach of the Year. He has been inducted into numerous different Halls of Fame, among them are the US Track and Field and Cross Country and University of Illinois Athletic Halls of Fame.
Behind the numbers
800 meters was his best event. He coached 11 different student-athletes to 27 Big Ten titles in this event
13 reps for the warm-up exercises represents the number of Big Ten Conference Championships his teams won
5 warm-up exercises represent 1 for each Olympic athlete that he coached
7 different exercises and the 8 burpees after each exercise represent the date he passed away – 7/8/2021
Format
Complete the workout for time
Need a 400-meter track or path marked out
Coupon is needed for this workout
Start the timer when the warm-up starts.
The Thang
Warm-up (performed in cadence)
13 reps of each exercise (all 4 count)
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Shoulder Taps
Mountain Climbers
Plank Jacks
800-meter run
85 reps of each of the following exercise. Perform 8 burpees after completing 85 reps of each exercise, including the KB Swings.
Hand Release Merkins
Big Boy Sit-ups
Goblet Squats
Dips
Overhead Press
4 count flutter kicks
KB Swings
800-meter run

The encouragement that happened throughout the workout was top notch. While this was terrible, we all finished. Seeing the list of things that has to get done, is daunting, we all made it to the other side. Don’t let the daunting task stop you in your tracks. You can preserver and overcome.

Great job gents!

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Failure Is Inevitable

Arrived 30 min early set up and awaited Grinder to arrive with the rest of the sandbags.

WARMUP: Imperial Walkers, Wind mills

THE THANG: I was very ambitious as I was not sure how many people would show up and how long it would take to get through each station. Partner up, Partner 1 Does exercise till failure while Partner 2 does the second exercise. Then once failure occurs Partner 1 hops down off the stage and runs to the corner of 160 & Ardrey St preform 2 burpees and runs back to relive Partner 2 so they can start the exercise till failure. One both have completed that station move to the left to the next station. After 45 min we Omahaed it took sandbags to the hill where I proceeded to connect 2 groups of sandbags to a rope. The task was to work in two groups to get the 200 plus pound sandbags up to the top of the hill. This was to simulate carrying dead weight such as a person if injured in a crisis.

Stations

Cone 1
Partner 1: Sandbag Curls till Failure
Partner 2: Merkins

Cone 2
Partner 1: Sandbag Overhead Press till Failure
Partner 2: Scissor Jacks With 8lbs Dumbbell

Cone 3
Partner 1: Sandbag Squats till Failure
Partner 2: SSH

Cone 4
Partner 1: Sandbag Bent Over Rows till Failure
Partner 2: Mike Tysons

Cone 5
Partner 1: Sandbag Deadlifts 60lbs till Failure
Partner 2: Plank Toe Taps
Cone 6
Partner 1: Dumbbell front raises to lateral raises till Failure
Partner 2: Plank Hip Dips

Cone 7
Partner 1: Sandbag Overhead Throws 60lbs till Failure
Partner 2: 8lbs Dumbbell Big Boys with overhead tap

Cone 8
Partner 1: Kettle Bell Chest Presses till Failure
Partner 2: Slam Ball
Cone 9
Partner 1: Sandbag Upright Rows till Failure
Partner 2: Slam Ball American Hammers

MARY: A few standing ab exercises

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Circling the Drain

WARMUP:
Windmills
Toy Soldiers
High knee taps
…in the pouring rain.

THE THANG:

100 Yard Sprint 3x to dry off of course

19 – Seated bike rack sit-ups.
19 – Alternate side sit-ups /  knee to elbow
19 – Seated bike rack sit-ups.

Select 40-60lb bag for rest of w/o

19 – Reverse lunge & twist
19 – Squat w/ overhead press
19 – Sandbag Shovel

19 – Pushup -on bag / w/ alternate mountain climbers.

50 Yard Bear Crawl w/ bag
19 Pushups – Pulling Bag through to side-to-side each rep.

19- Forward single leg lunge – over head press “on up”.
19- Backward single leg lunge – overhead press “on down”.

MARY:

19 Alternate Jack-Knife-Sit-Up
V-up, 1 leg in air, touching heals

1 long body destroyer

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HIM CAMP – 21 registered
Enjoy your 7am nap.

COT:

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Running for ourselves and Exercises for Heros

WARMUP:
– SSH x15
– Windmill x10
– Merkins x10
– Peter Parkers x10
– Parker Peters x10
THE THANG:
– Site Q Hosted 2 Mile Fitness Test. This was delivered complete with a computer and television powered by a generator to display the time.
– Lake Effect set the new record with 11 minutes and change. It is possible he could have been faster if all the PAX were not in his way as he lapped them.
– After wrapping up the 2 mile run it was time for the Hero WOD.

Honored Fallen K-9 Police Office Kevin Tonn of a Galt Police Department in California. EOW 1/15/2013

– 200m Run (was supposed to be 100 for January)
– 20 Overhead Press (was supposed to be 15 for the day of the month)
– 13 Merkins
– 35 LBCs
– 11 Thrusters
– 9 Burpees

WOD calls for 10 rounds, but we only got about 5 dues to the 2 mile run at the beginning.

MARY:
– Flutters x15
– American Hammers x15
– Some other exercises called out by the PAX

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Hot Enough Yet?

We have an FNG!! We went through the 5 core principles of F3, stated its mission, and did a full lengthy disclaimer so the FNG knew the full monty, money back guarantee.

8 bootcampers and 4 shield lockers doing their own thing (Olaf, Sasquatch, Beaker, and one other I could not see/hear).

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot for about a half mile or so, circle up near the school for 10-20 of the following:
* SSH
* Windmills
* Imperial walkers
* Moroccan night clubs
* Strawberry pickers
>> Then over to the road by the JROTC building for the main event.

THE THANG:
1. First up, 11s w hill repeats
Utilizing the mild grade hill alongside the JROTC building that leads down to the elementary school, we did some 11s. 10 Merkins at the top, 1 box cutter at the bottom, repeat accordingly until we finish with 1 merkin at the top, 10 box cutters at the bottom. Overall about a mile and a half of running and 55 reps of each exercise.

Then we discussed shield locks and how important they are. We men tend to internalize our struggles, keep them to ourselves. That only amplifies the pain. Find someone you can trust – the key word in making it work – and that you can be open and vulnerable with. Whether it is inside the F3 ranks our outside F3, just lock up with a someone. No OYO!!!
Next up…..
2. Cindy relays
Divide into 2 groups. Luckily we had an even number of 8. Using the new cinder blocks…..still with that new cinder block smell!…..blocks were placed about 20-30yds from the start. One person from each team runs to the blocks, does the exercise with the blocks, then runs back to the group. Group is exercising as well while they wait for their go. Next person up runs, and so forth, relay style. Constant movement, no rest.
Round 1: 15 cindy curls (1 block) while group does SSH
Round 2: 15 cindy overhead press (1 block) while group does flutters
Round 3: 15 cindy squats (2 blocks) while group does lunges
Round 4: 10 cindy manmakers (1 block) while group does IWs. >> We ran out of time and did not get round 4 in.
>> Back to COT

COT:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Read your newsletter and get involved!!
P&P:
* BE SURE TO DRINK ELECTROLYTES, NOT JUST WATER!!
* Marriages, being a father, and your relationship/responsibilities to both your M and 2.0s.
* Sorry if I missed anything else. Several things were lifted up.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead! SYITG and God Bless!
– NASA

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The Badger DGAF…

WARMUP: Limited

THE THANG:
Bradley WOD:
– 10 pullups
– Run 100M
– 10 burpees
– Run back 100M
This is one round. Do 10 rounds.

Coffland WOD:
– Cumulative 6-minute dead hang
– Each time you drop, you run 800M and do 30 merkins
Continue until you hit 6 minutes of cumulative hang.
We only got to about 3 minutes of cumulative hanging for the strong until we ran out of time.

MARY: No chicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: The 5th Core Principle

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Power hour happy hour

WARMUP: Indian run around WEP trail, Cherry pickers,windmill,imperials
THE THANG: 2 rounds of sets below

Set 1:
50 Merks
25 diamond Merks
25 wide Merks
——RUN—-
50 squats
25 lunges
25 monkey humpers
——RUN—-
50 LBC
25 Big Boy
25 American hammer
——RUN—-

Set 2:
50 Carolina dry dock
25 incline Merks
25 decline Merks
——RUN—-

50 squats
25 Bobby hurleys
25 jump Squats
——RUN—

50 flutters
25 mountain climbers
25 second plank
——RUN—-

MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  sign up for fort Mill Retreat and learn how to respond in a dangerous situation of active shooters

COT:saying negative things out loud can make it 40x -70x more likely to happen

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Man Bags & Dragging Asses

WARMUP:
10 windmills, 10 Moroccan Night Club, 10 Cherry Pickers, Plank, Stretch, Dirty Dogs & Honey Humpers
THE THANG:

All Movements With Sand Bags (weight of users choice)
Maintain Zone 2 H.R.

15 Flutter Press
20 Single Leg Lunges
Max Man Makers
Lap Around Amphitheater w/weight.

15 Thrusters
20 Curls
Max American Hammers
Lap Around Amphitheater w/weight.

15 Chair Press
20 Rows
Max Lateral Burpees
Lap Around Amphitheater w/weight.

Completed Circuit 2X

MARY:
Pax Split 4/4
200LB Sandbag P.T.
Row, Curl, Press

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s Shelter Needs Volunteers, HIM CAMP Aug. 11-13. Sign-up.

COT:
Prayers for Sasquatch’s Family

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