WARMUP: Mosey to coffee shop on Dave Lyle for some broga and merkins and mountain climbers in cadence. Then mosey down towards Middle school.
THE THANG:
11s with imperial squat walkers and diamond merkins
every time you pass the gold hill school sign do 2 burpees
Summary:
4 miles – 55 ISW, 55 diamonds, 40 burpees, 20 merkins, 40 mtn climbers
strong work by all
WARMUP: Mosey to Baxter neighborhood
THE THANG: start running the 1 miles circle at Baxter/mushroom pool neighborhood counter clockwise. Stop at each Stop sign and do 5 burpees, 10 merkins.
After get back to the beginning intersection, run back clockwise, stop at each Stop sign and do 5 burpees and 10 squats.
Some PAX completed 3 laps total, some other did at least 2 laps. 7 Stop signs per lap for a total of 105 burpees, 140 merkins, 70 squats, and 3-4 miles run.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charity fundraising FIFA bracket, Bethels Shelter, Blood Drive, Shield-lock challenge and some more.
COT: prayers for families and kids. Praise for YHC 41st birthday.
I was late. It’s a long story. Happy to tell you any other time
WARMUP: Olaf took the PAX that were on time to the FW parking lot for some stuff that YHC missed
THE THANG: Hustle down the hill and hit the very dark trails. YHCs light is in the other car so it was fun navigating the gloom. No matter. We got to the hill by the GHMS lot and up we went.
At the top bear crawl both ways across the street and 20 4 count flutters with press.
Down the hill and 20 4 count ruck curls and overhead presses. Repeat up and down with same reps.
Bottom of the hill we head back and stop at each bridge.
1. 10x LSS
2. 15x Overhead press
3. 10x Ruck Curl
4. 10x LSS
Then it was time to airport power-walk back to CoT. With the last 300 meters a ruck run to meet up with the STL crew
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
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.
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:
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickin’, imperial walker
THE THANG: mosey over to pain town where pain stations have been prepared.
1. Electric slide with 100lb sand bag (and two 12lb black iron pipes wrapped in duct tape). Each man grabs a side and side squat to the left/right)
2. Swings
3. Brick merkins (hands on pavers. Pavers are flat, on their side, or on the end)
4. Goblet Squats
5. Calf Raises (on 2×6’s)
6. Woodcutter
7. Step ups with weight (22″, 24″ or 30″)
Backup pain stations were not necessary as 15 PAX showed up.
The tabata app was set to 50s work, 20 seconds rest, 8 cycles, 60s between rounds. PAX paired up and worked together. After 8 cycles drop your weight and do a lap around the parking lot.
MARY: Hold your bell over your head, stand on each foot for 10s
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Things to shoot, things to drink. Shower Curtain is looking for coats tomorrow.
COT: Praises and prayers offered up
WARMUP:
Mosey to FM Church of God…SSH, Low slow squats, seal jacks and Moroccan nightclubs. Mosey to FM Baptist rear parking lot.
THE THANG:
Deck of cards: Hearts = Merkin. Spades = BBSU. Diamonds = Lunge. Clubs = Crab cakes. Joker = 15 burpees. 2s = Lap around parking lot. PAX made it through 90% of the deck before DOAH decided to “help” by selecting new cards for the remainder of the WO. As punishment for DOAH’s “help,” we pivoted to 7’s on the Withers St hill. Jump Squats at the bottom and merkins at the top.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many options for community leadership coming up in the next few months.
COT:
Warm up: SSH, Squat, burpee, merkins
Slow shoulder raise
21s: curls: 7 half down, 7 half up, 7 full
Jacob’s ladder series: 7 Count, run in between
swings/squats
curl/overhead tri
lawnmower/American hammer
Mary
Great morning with even better chatter with even better better tunes. We ran a bit more than Snake Pit is used to but we ate better for it.
Aye!
11s Merkins/WW1 sit-ups
Lunge walk forward, side left and right
Karaoke left and right
NUR
Squat walks
High knees
Toy soldiers
Run up hill and back
11s Squats/Flutters (4 count)
Bear crawl
Crawl bear
Inch worm fwd and back
Side bear crawl left and right
Crab walk fwd and back
Cartwheels cause why not?
Hip flexors
While I tagged the entire PAX from both AOs, the BB is only for Bushwood.
WARMUP: Essentially non-existent. We ran to the bottom of the hill on the backside of the school. We then NUR’d about 75 yards back up the hill then ran back down to the benches for 30 Derkins. We then did 15 pull-ups, ran to the stop sign, NUR’d back for 15 more pull-ups & planked for the 6.
THE THANG: Run back to the parking lot for the deck of cards:
For the 1st-Timers, each suit is an exercise and each card represents the reps (Ace=14).
Hearts: Jump Squats
Diamonds: Diamond Merkins
Spades: Carolina Dry Docks
Clubs: V-Ups
For the other 4 cards, ya know, the ones that have the ads or some other nonsense on them, those were 25 American Hammers I/C.
MARY: Included in the above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the NYT article, watch (record) Fox News at midnight tonight for additional F3 sharing. Be grateful for this brotherhood and welcome the FNGs.
COT: You had to be there.