Tag: Damien Croft

You can run hills on your own time

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WARMUP: light stretching
THE THANG: we ran through dominion bridge, taking the high line to avoid the large hill (I felt like having a flat run today). Exit the neighborhood on whites and turn left – follow to the waterside roundabout and turn right. Follow that road to the first roundabout. This is the turn around point for a little over 4 miles. Pax modified to make the route longer or shorter, and some added in the dominion bridge hill just for fun. Some of us also are taking a wait a see approach with the Clemson rehiring of Chad morris as their OC, despite the Deja-vuness of it all.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: break the dam everyone – tshirt deadline approaching. Also Massey blood drive this weekend
COT:

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Crossroads Between 2025 and 2026

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10 Minnows, 2 runners (BassOMatic, Wegmans), 1 rucker w nutsniffer (Cake Boss and Jarvis)
WARMUP: Nah
THE THANG:
Mosey on over to the corner of Academy and Withers, via Main to Confederate. Academy and Withers is the start point of The Crossroads workout:
– Up the hill on Withers to the parking lot at the top of the hill. 10 Merkins and 15 2ct mountain climbers
– Back down to start point, then 1 burpee
– Down Academy towards Fort Mill Church of God. Stop at the student ministry building. 10 Merkins, 15 LSS
– Back to start point, 1 burpee
– Up Withers to corner at Confederate, 10 merkins and 15 LBC
– Back to start point, 1 burpee
– Down Academy to corner near Main, 10 merkins and 15 2ct fullter
– Back to start point, 1 burpee
– Rinse and repeat, adding 1 burpee each round
– Everyone got through 3 complete rounds, some hard chargers started on a 4th
– Back to COT
Total count:
3 miles even, at least 24 burpees (some did extra, starting round 4), and minimum of 120 merkins, 45 MC, 45 LSS, 45 LBC, 45 2-ct flutters.
MARY: almost 2 minutes worth
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LAST MINNOW POND WORKOUT! Will be rebranded as Block Party, but will still be at same location, same day of the week, same time, and same format (running w pain stations). I will still be site Q.
COT:
Happy New Year! Went around the COT, asked everyone 1. what were they most thankful for in 2025; 2. What about 2025 that they were glad it is over and gone; and 3. What are they looking forward to in 2026. A lot of great candor in the COT regarding this. THIS is what the COT is all about!

Take what you are getting out of F3, how it has helped make you better in whatever ways, and try your best to pay it forward and spread it. Take the positive ripple effects it has had in your life and continue to make more positive ripple effects, eventually all those ripples will cover oceans. Someone may see what you are doing, how you are becoming a better person, and may want a part of that for themselves. If you can EH them into F3, great, but at the least be a positive impact on them. It may be all they need to push themselves out of their situations and into something better.

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Massey Christmas lights

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WARMUP: MUST when it’s this cold
THE THANG: 4.2mi

Head towards 7-11
L on trail b/f Dobys Bridge to Neff Ct
L on Dudley drive
L on Thomas Knapp Parkway
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Callahan
R on kings bottom Dr
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Thomas Knapp Parkway
R on Dudley drive
R on dragon way
Loop around DBES and back to trail cut thru to 7-11 and home to Blue.

MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party Friday, 4.01k charity run for Crisis Response international Saturday,

COT: men’s mental health – Speak up – you have a purpose. You are not alone. Be the light. Check on a friend.

Prayer and Praise for wedding anniversaries, baby announcements, loved ones passing, safe travels, new jobs

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12 Days of an F3 Christmas

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WARMUP: Grandpa Jacks, SSH, and some stretchy things then mosey to the front of the theater.
THE THANG:
This Beatdown was brought to you by everyone’s favorite Christmas Song, the 12 Days of Christmas. We went through each exercise as we attempted to sing the song. After each verse we ran approximately 30 yards and back.

On the 1st Day of Christmas, F3 gave to me:
1 burpee a-la-Dunphy

On the 2nd day of Christmas, F3 gave to me:
2 jump squats & 1 burpee a-la-Dunphy

On the 3rd day of Christmas, F3 gave to me: 3 WWIIs, 2 jump squats & 1 burpee a-la-Dunphy
We continued with the 4th day and so on with the following exercises.

4 dry docks
5 LBCs
6 geezers-a-lunging
7 mountains-a-climbing
8 maids-a-merkins
9 americans-a-twisting
10 lords-a-leaping
11 planks-a-jacking
12 Burpees

Headed back to COT. We had enough time to for a 1 minute plank.

ANNOUNCEMENTS were made and Prayers were said

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Turkey Run

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Turkey Run- DBES

Get a teammate. 1 turkey recovery trott around the drop off loop. Partner turkey breaks out of the collar and sprints the outer school loop to get away. When the runaway turkey returns back to the corral, partner turkey takes off.

Rinse and repeat until 6. Try to get prs on the 1km sprint

#MILGA

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Rosie’s magical bean ride

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WARMUP: SSH, Low slow squat, windmills, imperial walkers, merkins
THE THANG: Line it up!
40 Yards of MOT, 60 yards sprint
1. Bear Crawls
2. Lunge walks
3. high knees
4. broad jumps
5. bear crawls

In between rounds, 15 Hand release merkins, 20 squats, 25 CDDs, 30 shoulder taps, 35sec plank

Pauly D – 50 yards + sprint of 50
1. NUR
2. Jog

Jack Webb from 1 to 10
1 Merkin, 4 hand claps
all the way to 10 merkins, 40 handclaps, baby!

Sevens – Apollo Onos, Leg raises.

The flag was passed, another man grows!
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Congrats Pauly D
COT:

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Complicated not Hard

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WARMUP: 105 SSH in Cadence

THE THANG:
– Bear crawls and jump squats
– Lunge walk and merkins
– Hill run + 6-count burpees in cadence
– Hill run + LBC in cadence
– Derkins, dips and incline merkins

3 minutes of Mary

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Three lessons of leadership

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WARMUP: Mosey to the lower lot by baseball field. Exercises in cadence were
Windmills x 10
5 burpees OYO
Imperial walkers x 10
4 burpees OYO
Hillbilly walkers x 10
3 burpees OYO
Low slow squats x 10
Hold peoples chair with 15 Moroccan night clubs I/C
Shake out legs
2 burpees OYO
seal Jacks x 15
1 burpee OYO

THE THANG:
Mosey to the parking lot next to football field
Dora tel:50-100-150
50 burpees
100 squats
150 flutters

Lesson 2 was shared

Mosey to football field
Each exercise’s reps were based on the yardline from which they were done
MOT’s to each yard line varied. Always return to the goal line after each exercise
10 yd line – burpees
20 yd line – lunges
30 yd line – squats
40 yd line – seal jacks
50 yard line – Carolina Dry Docks
40 yard line – Hello Dollys
30 yard line – Flutters
20 yard line – shoulder taps
10 yard line – hand release merkins

Moseyed to COT for 1 minute of protractors and 0600 was upon us

MARY: 1 minute of protractor work

Three lessons of leadership shared from Kirby Smart:

You will have to make hard decision that negatively impact people you care about

You will be disliked despite your attempts to do the best for the most

You will be misunderstood and not always have a chance to defend yourself

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read that newsletter – lots of ways to get involved

NMM – Closing thought – Upholding standards requires sometimes being unpopular. As leaders – we must be diligent in our assessment of how we carry and live up to those for our homes, families and communities we serve. Tell someone about what standards you are trying to uphold. Our effectiveness in doing so is only as good as our accountability measures in place.

COT: 5th core principle. #YHTBT

Thanks for the call Rosie. :eye:

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