Cuomo And Stang Board Games At The Fort

WARMUP: Run Around WEP stop at every swing and do 10 SSH
THE THANG: Cuomo Had A Board and I Had A Board. Mine Was Better Only Because It Had Mac Tar Dyes Involved
MARY: Some In Cadence Which Pax Thought I Couldn’t Do
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Your Newsletter
COT:

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No One Escapes Alcatraz Without Doing Hard Labor

Pulled in with 5 minutes to spare, unloaded the whiteboard of pain, and got ready to honor someone who fought harder than we ever will in a 45-minute workout.
Today’s beatdown was in memory of Kathleen “Mrs. Burns,” the M of F3 Puget Sound’s Burns, who courageously battled pancreatic cancer for 571 days before passing on August 21, 2022. The workout was built as a tribute to her strength, endurance, and spirit.

THE WOD: “Mrs. Burns” Tribute
(Goal: 5 rounds – Completed: 3 rounds IC)
Buy-In: Run ~0.35 miles (approx. 500M)
Each Round (x3):
– 20 Overhead Coupon Presses
– 20 Burpees
– 20 Curls
– 20 V-Ups
– 20 Goblet Squats
– 13 Man-Makers
– Run ~0.35 miles again

Team Grinder – The Block Chain:
– Stack all Cindy’s at the front
– Line up the PAX
– First HIM passes a block down the line
– Last HIM restacks it, moves to the back
– Repeat until every man has cycled through
– (Yes, it was slow. Yes, it burned. Yes, we’ll probably do it again.)

COT:
– Announcements, praises, and prayer
– Challenge: Carry more than just weight today—carry each other
– Wrapped with Coffeeteria at Tega Cay Deli because fellowship matters

Strong men showed up. Stronger reasons kept us going.
#MrsBurns #PushThroughThePain #F3Strong

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Two Qs Walk Into The Fort… One Brought Coupons, The Other Brought Regret

Conditions: Humid, heavy, and perfect for the grind

Warm-Up (Cornerstone on Q):
– 10 Windmills
– 10 Cherry Pickers
The Thigh Fryer (3 Sets):
– 20 Squats
– 20 Merkins

EMOM Hill Burn (4 Rounds – 12 Minutes Total):
Every 2 minutes:
– Run ~200m to the top of the hill
– 10 Mike Tysons
– Kraken Burpees until the timer ends
– 1 min rest between rounds

Slowsy to the car for coupons and made our way to the amphitheater for some station-based brutality:

Coupon Circuit – 45 sec work / 15 sec rest (8 Stations):
– Alternating One-Arm KB Swings
– Wall Ball Squats
– KB Curls
– Slam Ball Smashes
– KB Goblet Squats
– Dumbbell Lateral Raise → Front Raise
– Sandbag Deadlifts
– Sandbag Sit-Ups

Half-Time Substitution: Cuomo on Q

Playground Pain – “5/31 Special” (6 Rounds):
Each round:
– 5 Pull-Ups
– 31 of the following (new one each round):
– LBCs
– American Hammers
– Big Boys
– Flutters
– Boats & Canoes
– Mountain Climbers
– Lap after each set
Finisher – Modified Elevens on the Hill (aka Sixes):
– Bottom: Carolina Dry Docks
– Top: Overhead Claps

Time Called: Right on schedule

Moleskine: Cornerstone brought the burn, Cuomo brought the creativity, and the PAX brought the grit. Solid mix of cardio, strength, and coordination. The coupons didn’t disappoint and neither did the effort. Strong push all around.

COT: Prayers and Praises

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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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Kettlebell Chaos: Four Rounds of Fury with 20 Swingers

Rolled in with seconds to spare, hopped out grabbed the kettlebells and gave the disclaimer.
Warm up :
Cherry Pickers
Stretch the hamstrings reach to the right foot, then the center then the left foot, back to center.
Overhead claps.

The Thang:
Round 1
45 Seconds of Kettle Bell Goblet Squats
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Kettlebell Imperial Goblet Squats
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Kettlebell Lower Leg Lunges
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
Run a lap around the parkinglot

Round 2
45 Seconds of Right Leg Roman Dead Lift
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Left Leg Roman Dead Lift
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Wide Leg Kettlebell Deadlift
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
Lap around the Parking lot with the kettle bell hit the speed bump rifle carry, make it to the turn regular, hit the next speed bump riffle carry, get to the turn regular till you get back to the start.

Round 3
45 Seconds of Kettlebell Pass Under Lunges
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Right Arm Kettlebell Bent Over Rows
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Left Arm Kettlebell Bent Over Rows
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
Lap around the parkinglot with the kettlebell make it around the bend and slowsy to the next bend then regular till we get back to the start.

Round 4
45 Seconds of Kettlebell Overhead Press
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Right Arm Kettlebell Chest Press On Your Six
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Left Arm Kettlebell Chest Press On Your Six
30 Seconds of Rest
45 Seconds of Alternating One Arm Kettlebell Swings
Time is is up Recover.

Announcements, Prayers and Praises

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The Total Body Destroyer

YHC gave the Disclaimer and also Noted last time I Q’ed a KB workout everyone hurt for at least a week.

WARM UP:
We started off with

15 – imperial walkers
15 – wind mills

Slowlesy to the larger parking lot where the board was set up along with some music

Explained this is OYO not a group effort as they looks on the pax did not look amused by the number of reps.

THE THANG:
Also on every minute on the minute 3 KB man makers.

After the first 2 rounds I Omahaed that to every 2 minutes as it took about 30sec to get done and few seconds to gain your composure back.

50 KB Thrusters
75 KB Stright Arm overhead Ground Taps (this is done on your six with the KB straight above your chest. You then proceed to lower the weight over your head till it touches the ground. This works you lats like a lat pull down in the gym)
100 KB Curls
125 KB Swings ( this is definitely a full body exercise)
150 KB Halo’s smoke those shoulders
175 KB Squats

Due to time we Riffle Carried to the opposite end of the parking lot then found our way back to COT.

There was a lot more intended but due to the stupid time constraints we only made it this far.

Planked it up for the 6.

Hope I lived up to the Hives expectations and my KB reputation.

Announcements:

Dam to Damn Bar 10k, Christmas party

Prayers:

Alot of health concerns with families getting sick, elderly parents sick and in well. It’s always hard around the holidays when we find ourselves in a house hold with sickness

rolling around. 🙏

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Map down the hill, through the peach grove and to the park

WARMUP:
THE THANG: Rucked from Kingsley to WEP with a loop around WEP and back to Kingsley. 3.25 miles round trip
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: It’s in the newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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Cuomo GC 12/13 backblast

WARMUP: mosey, windmill, Moroccan NCs, SSH, hillbilly walkers
THE THANG: 4 corners w/ Cindy’s. Cindy exercises: rifle carry, murder bunnies, thrusters, curls, swings, & bent over rows. Partner work, Dora style.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, read your news letter.
COT: families during holidays, prayers for Cuomo’s mother.

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