Conditions were sweaty and humid…it felt like August in South Carolina
Gekko was the running and nobody ran with #HIM
Cornhole had 10 for his Ruck Q
I had 11 for the bootcamp
13 stayed for Romans 4 that Gekko Q’d
All had fun, you should have been there…
5 other PAX decided to join YHC on this humid morning to Ruck a little and spend some quality time together. Thank you all for coming out and for working so hard this morning.
THE THANG
We began by Rucking 2×2 from the flag around the parking lot to the auto maintenance shop, back to Fort Mill BBQ, and then back to the maintenance shop. At each stop we circled up and performed the following exercises.
10 Merkins, 10 CDDs, 10 Lunges (Each Leg), 15 Ruck Curls, 15 Tricep Extensions, 10 Ruck Thrusts, 10 Ruck Swings, 10 Overhead Presses, 20 Flutters, 20 Ruck Presses with legs at 6″, 10 American Hammers, 10 Step Ups (Each Leg), 5 Man Makers, & 20 Squats.
During the Rucking we had time for some good conversation and catching up.
NMM
At the end, I circled the PAX up and asked one question. ‘How many times did it take each one to know the routine of the exercises at each stop?’ Most said somewhat after 2-times, but definitely after the third. I then stated that it doesn’t take us long as humans to get into a routine in life, whether it be exercise, emotional, or spiritual.
The only way to get out of the rut is to change something. Reach out to someone, first God, to ask for help getting out of the rut and then change something. Talk to a Whetstone partner, another F3 brother, your Pastor, a trusted friend, and yes, your wife. Humble yourself and ask for the help. You will be a better man in the long run if you do.
Announcements & Prayers with Bootcampers
13 HIM stepped onto the Pain Train YHC and Repeat were delivering in the gloom. With no FNG’s present, a quick disclaimer was given. The thang….
Mosey over to the front of the middle school and the flag poll for COP.
Post the COP, we took advantage of the hill in the driveway. Start on the right side of the hill….
***plan was to finish this, but I wanted to hand it over to Repeat (Bad Option)
Repeats Train
Focus was on accountability, one man holding another man accountable, and doing the exercises fully and properly. We partnered up (size didn’t matter).
When you and your partner were done, mosey to the next light pole and repeat. When done again, mosey to the next light pole. Continue until the time ran out (felt like forever).
NMM
Not much to add here, but Backdraft did comment that by having WWL at his site that he must have a major announcement. Maybe similar to his post 7 months ago to let us know that he was expecting his first child. Well, no major announcement. Mom and baby are doing well and life will change in 2 months.
Thanks for the honor to lead this fine group of HIMs.
WhatDid & Repeat
The workout was actually pretty simple
Right at 5:15 and maybe a minute before I gave a very quick and brief typical disclosure except I say not to go at your own pace because you will be left behind. Then the pax all grab their gear and 4 sandbags and headed out.
The Thang:
Ruck approx 1 mile down to Tega Cay Elementary while rotating coupons. It was important that we complete this in 15 mins to ensure we could get some PT in before needing to head back.
After reaching the school in a little under 15 mins we did the following with partners:
went down the pavilon like area where Pax 1 would start with the sand bag and push it up to the first concrete pad. Pax 2 would do 5 merkins and bear crawl up to pad and wait on Pax 1. Switch and go to next pad. Once at top both pax did 10 Man makers (Rinse and Repeat)
Next round pax ran up the hill stopping at all 3 pads doing the following:
Flutter press
Squats
Partner merkins with sandbag (10)
– start in plank position shoulder to shoulder
– pull sand bag from one side to the other and do a merkin once the bag crossed all the way to the other side of paxs shoulders. Rinse and repeat except only did 10 merkins at top so that we could get back to COT
Worked our way back to COT and once we got to the parking lot we partnered up and and both grabbed one end of the sand bags and ran the rest of the way in. Finished with 1 minute to spare. Good word this morning men.
Thanks for letting me lead.
Bonsai
Cool morning at the Golden Corral with 20 men in attendance for ruck, running and boot camp activities. The group split up evenly with two getting in some extra miles running. After a brief disclaimer, we moseyed to the back parking lot for the following warm-up exercises:
SSH x20
Imperial Walker x20
Moroccan Night Club x20
Plank
Windmill x10
Next, we took a short jog to the top of the parking lot for some partner exercises. First partner, ran up to the cell tower and performed 10 bomb jacks while the second partner performed the following exercises:
CCDs
Flutter Kicks
Burpees
Our workout was disrupted by the passing garbage truck carrying a potent mixture of foul smelling trash. A few almost lost their breakfast.
Next, we ran to the church parking lot for a round of Doral 1-2-3.
100 – Squats
200 – LBCs
300 – Merkins
we finished with 50 Moroccan Night Clubs and two rounds of step-ups.
Announcements:
Convergence this Friday at Harris Teeter
Prayers:
Ginsu & M safe travels and new addition to family
Those unspoken
Always an honor to serve!
It was a humid July morning at 18 HIM met for a assortment of pain. 12 choose YHC for BC and 4 WhatDid ruck beat down. Zima and MacGivor went for a sweat fest run. The 12 boot campers went off with me.
20 SSH
20 Moroccan Nightclubs
run 100% across parking lot, 10 bombjacks
Set up for a Rock Hill Wakkers Starfish (Change Order new what was coming):
100 merkins
100 LBC
100 Squats
50 Pike Presses, between each stations 10 burpies
Next up a Merkin Wave for 7 rounds . Crowd pleaser.
Jack Webb
Sprint back across parking lot for 10 more bombjacks.
series of Wall Sits including each PAx doing Bear Crawls.
finish up with another set of merkin wave.
.Annoucements, praises and prayers.
read your newsletter.
Always an honor to lead.
20 Men (1 FNG) posted at the Swamp. 11 Ruckers went off to do Rucker things while 9 stayed with YHC for a little AMRAP.
We previewed the course and had a little COP including Windmills, Imperial Walkers, and Moroccan Night Clubs.
The Thang:
30 Minutes Partner AMRAP, Half a Mile Circuit with 7 stations:
Moseyed to COT for 5 MOM:
Naked Man Moleskin:
I had a Cake Boss worthy Homily to share this morning, but maintaining order is more important than imparting wisdom during the 1st F Q. So, you get the abbreviated (and likely better thought out) version here.
At the beginning of the AMRAP, I asked the guys to partner up with a guy who was comparable fitness-wise. I asked them to share how many laps they thought they could get around the course. I have no idea what each guy said, but the intent was to push each other to meet that goal. I stayed with the FNG and visiting Java from Raleigh.
The purpose of this, and what I wanted to close out with, is that if we aren’t setting goals, we are just going through the motions. There was some chatter on the twitter machine about moderate workouts being #problematic. Someone put it best when they said “as long as the guys are working to get better, that’s not an issue”. So my question to all PAX, regardless of fitness level, is “what are your goals”. My 1stF goals this year are to a.) run 1500 miles and b.) finish my second marathon in 3:30 or better for a PR. The reason I put it here is because goals only matter if someone keeps you accountable for them (thus the partner AMRAP).
Every PAX should have a goal for all three F’s, because all 3 F’s are important. Beyond the F’s, this branches out into your personal and professional life.
Set Goals, Don’t just Coast. You’ll be amazed at what you can do.
Honor to Serve.