Headed toward Walmart for FP this morn.
Prayers for the Young Family
Prayers for Hank today (Anchorman’s dad)
For our kids
For tough work conversations
Dam to Adam guys
The Tomahawk was awaked and is not pleased with what it sees. This fabled AO is riddled with mystic and lore. Did it ever exist? Was there ever really an F3-Indian Land? Where did it go?
YHC is here to tell you Tomahawk was too much for this modern world. It was a place where men wore weight vests for the 5-mile pre-runs, then did kettlebell work outs for cool downs. I can assure you, the worst stories you have ever heard are watered down at best.
We are getting soft, and mushy. We talk too much. We lift things that weigh under 30LBS. We video stuff and talk about trendy topics. It’s time for a rebirth by fire. Tomahawk is coming back to take teeth and kick names. There will be no fluff. Leave your Lululemon at home.
Launching 2-22-23 we will begin a Legends series where you can expect to see the royalty of AO pasted. YHC has an abundance of devilish delights for the coming months…so stay tuned.
There seems to be a vacancy at Catawba Ridge so we will plant our flag there and reclaim what is rightfully ours. You got what it takes?
A six foot tall board of pain for Killa Beez Vq
WARMUP: @Double D kicked us off with a disclaimer and quick mosey around the parking lot before we circled up to do a handful of warmup-y type exercises…I would list them out, but can’t recall exactly what we did as (unbeknownst to most of the PAX) I was more concerned with concealing the speaker I was carrying for my portion of the Q. Kudos to @Pusher for noticing. I do, however, recall the group providing the 5 core principles of F3 as we had an FNG EHd by @OldBay
THE THANG: After warmups, @Double D mentioned the theme for the day, which was Adaptability and Agility and then handed off his Q to YHC. I proceed to expand upon Adaptability and Agility and the need as leaders to be both Adaptable and Agile as there is always something that comes at us unexpectedly. We then proceeded to mosey to the Lowe’s parking lot where we circled up for 15 mins of EMOM (every minute on the minute) of the following exercises:
1 burpee
2 lunges each leg
3 merkins
4 low squats
5 SSH
*Music started off on AC/DC radio and switched halfway through to 90s Hip Hop to accommodate @Pusher’s musical preference.
The PAX then mosey’d to the top of the hill by the gas station for a few plank jacks before moseying back down to the lot for what started out as a quick broga session that didn’t feel right due to the 90s Hip Hop, which was adapted to a 16-PAX circle of PAX-led mary.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB tomorrow, D2D Relay in 3 weeks, read your newsletter
COT: what’s shared in COT, stays in COT!
WARMUP: COP – SSH, Mtn climbers, Peter Parker, Parker peter, inperial Walker, Merkin
THE THANG:
Grab partner and discuss a non-F3 mentor who helped you in life while doing partner leg throws
Different partner, now discuss non-F3 man you helped mentor in life while doing partner planks/merkins/shoulder taps
Different partner, now discuss missed opportunity to share a mentor relationship with another man in your past
hand off to Long Duck
Series of exercises marked in parking spaces. each pax chooses a space, completes exercise, runs 1 lap, then moves to next space/exercise and repeats the cycle.
Run home
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Long Duck is The Fort’s Whetstone Q. Don’t be confused by the lexicon…Whetstone=Mentorship. it’s that simple. Long Duck shared his experiences (which are vast considering his long service as a sponsor in AA). Tap this HIM to learn more about starting or improving in the area of Mentorship.
COT: Prayers for Slash’s dad and Escargot’s son and Long Duck’s friend Tyler struggling with drug addiction.
thank you Shower Curtain for the opportunity to lead the pax!
WARMUP: Run behind Earth Fare out past bank into Brayden around back to parking lot by the pool and muster.
THE THANG: 10 Hand release merkins OYO + 10 Shouldwr taps IC
Then we sprinted up to Inizios and onto several other establishments along 160, stopping each time for 10 merkins of varying flavors and some abs. last sprint was to HT lot. pax moseyed back home with some extra running and Mary to wrap up. Great push by all!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB slated for Sat and will have outstanding 2nd F so be there!
COT: Words on Whetstone from Olaf + prayers.
Life is full of sprints, some long and some short and some of unknown duration or finish lines. We do this crazy stuff in the Gloom to prepare ourselves. Now you know you’re prepared when the next sprint arrives in your life.
Thanks to Badlands for the invite!
THE THANG: we ran to WEP, out the trail in backside to Harris, right turn on Jackson back to 160 and back home. some added distance. all got better!
COT: yes!
In the spirit of MLK, who fought for peace and justice, we tapped the history books to honor another minister from the battlefield. Fr. William Corby served for 3 years during the Civil War as chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry, which was one of the five regiments of the Irish Guard. He was at Gettysburg and a statue there memorializes his blessing of the Union troops on the 2nd day of the battle. His unit originally included 3,000 troops, and started the battle with 500, only to lose 200 to death, wounds or MIA. Fr Corby went on to become the president of the University of Notre Dame 2x later in his life.
WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climbers, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Carioca, Toy soldiers, Butt kickers, Run, Nur
THE THANG: In honor of Fr Corby and his regiment, we did 88 reps of three exercises as follow:
Round 1: Run lap then do 22 burpees (4 cycles)
Round 2: Run lap then do 22 Squats (4 cycles)
Round 3: Run lap then do 22 Mahktar N’Dyaes (4 cycles)
MARY: Flutters, Freddys, Box cutters, Big boys, LBCs, American Hammers, Planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB 10k Jan 28; Murder Bunnies game 3 Wed 7p, Weekend in woods event in Blue Ridge, VA in late Feb
COT: Words from Clickbait, kidney donor request from Splinter, & prayers from Mark Twain
Thanks to Saw Dust for the Q stick. Always an honor to lead the heroes of The Fort!
THE THANG:
NFL Pickskin Pick’em Fund Raiser
14 Pax picked the potential winner of every NFL game this season
Each correct pick was awarded 10 pts
Each E.H. that posted throughout the season was awarded 20 bonus points
Each time a Pax volunteered at an F3 community service outing (Bethel Men’s Shelter, Blood Donations, FMCC, Adopt-a-Highway) was awarded 30 bonus points.
Most correct picks with 173 out of 269 games – Fogerty and Pusher
Most E.H.’s with 1 each – Uhaul and Cohiba
Most Community Service posts with 5 times – Fogerty, Sprocket, Badlands
Overall Standings
1st place Fogerty 1880 pts and $185
2nd place Sprocket with 1850 pts and $46
3rd Badlands 1840 pts
4th Pusher 1730 pts
5th Poppins 1710 pts
6th Double D 1700 pts
7th Uhaul 1690 pts
8th Cohiba 1670 pts
8th Dojo 1670 pts
10th Backdraft 1640 pts
11th Barry Manilow 1610 pts
11th B.O.B. 1610 pts
13th Crab Cakes 1390 pts
14th Cyclops with the tagline “4 yards and a cloud of dust” – 1340 pts
1st and 2nd place get to create a workout beatdown based on standings.
$273 dollars donated to the Fort Mill F3 Scholarship fund.
Out and back to the complex. 6+ miles