Warmup
Partner up for 100s
100 burpees split between two partners while one farmer carries both bells 30 yds and back
100 total Snatch/squats + Clean/thrusters split between you and a partner (swapping bells)
100 total one arm swings between you and partner
End with Airborne’s hip special and some Mary
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmill
Merkins
Peter Parker’s
THE THANG:
Do Overs
I created the MXC – Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Form teams of 3. Split work among the team. Complete Groups I and II separately. In between sets in the group, do the mode of transportation before the next set.
After Groups I and II are complete, farmer carry bell to the top of Bob Jones Stadium road and back
Group I
Mode of transport: Bear Crawl to cones and back
5 – Manmakers
10 – Curls
15 – Goblet Squats
20 – Bentover Rows
25 – Chess Press on 6
20 – Renegade Rows (1x)
15 – Flutters, Bell High (2x)
10 – Tris
5 – Manmakers
Group II
Mode of transport: run block around parking lot
20 reps
1. Deadlift
2. Shoulder Press
3. Cleans (1x)
4. Swings
5. Lunges
6. Snatches
Farmer Carry to top of hill and back
After challenge was complete, I asked teams for time. 15-20 minutes was average.
I gave the team a “do over” and the challenge was to be repeated but faster.
COT: You were given a second chance. How will you use? What will you do better? Get a faster time. what bad event happened to you: layoff, parenting, divorce. What will you do differently next time?
Improvements: I would shorten the bear crawl distance and bell carry distance.
Music: The Killers – Hot Fuss
WARMUP: ssh and merkins
THE THANG: 9 different exercises at amor artis pull up bars. Pull up. Merkin. Inverted row. Derkin. Leg raises. Diamond merkin. Chin up. Bar dips. And burpee pull up. Number of reps was decided by the team who finished the exercises first. The reps were either 30, 40, 50, or 60.
Partnered up and had one hundred merkin and one hundred squat buy in at bottom of Monroe white street. Between each exercise was a mosey to academy and back.
MARY: slow merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes
WARMUP: 10 ssh, 5 merkin x 3
THE THANG: burpee broad jump and nur suicides to the 30. Plank hold. 30 flutters. Mosey to benches for 10 burpee jump overs. To the pull up bars for four rounds of 5 pull ups and plank hold until your turn. Finish off with a partner bear crawl/crawl bear up the hill and 15 slow cadence merkins.
MARY: no.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some.
COT: 3rd f – on Perseverance & Routine needed to weather the Flux (in the batting Barn)
WARMUP: Olaf and YHC arrived to a lot of stretching and to Rumbling dressed in his 20 degree attire. It was almost 50 degrees outside but I guess he has the southern blood. Warmup consisted of: 1/4 mile jog or so, SSH, low slow squat, very low squat hold, couple hamstring stretches, merkins, mountain climbers, and off we went.
THE THANG: arrived at pull up bars. Instruction was 7s with bars being the top and the bottom of the hill down by the school being bottom.
Top of hill / bars: the set was, 1 pull up, 1 leg lift or knees to chest while hanging on bar, drop and do 1 burpee. That’s 1.
Bottom of hill: set was 1 lunge each side, 1 jump squat. That’s 1.
When done, pick up the 6.
Next we stayed in the same area but grabbed a Cindy. Still did 7s at the top and bottom of hill.
Top: squat thruster with block
Bottom: 4 count flutter
When done, Cindy hold over head.
MARY: yes, focus on core with abs for a plank hold, hammers, v-up. Some back with Superman and pull the cord.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Luka fast 5
COT: yes, good stuff here!
Out and back to GHMS, via Richard’s Crossing, and ducking into the Earthfare parking lot (to avoid 160 as much as possible).
American Jackal 3/17/2025
One Shining Moment
Warmup:
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Peter Parker
Plank, L arm high, R arm high
Hillbilly Walkers
Windmill
Cherry Pickers
The Thang:
PAX got ready for March Madness during the Hoops themed Bootcamp
– 2 X Hands Up defense – Shuffle: shuffled along the court perimeter with hands above shoulders. When whistle was blown, 10 plank jacks in place, then continue with shuffle.
– 3 X Defensive Drill – Eyes forward so PAX ran a route of Sprint, Shuffle, Nur, Shuffle, Sprint, Shuffle, Nur. When you get to a cone, shuffle around once then continue.
– 2 X Suicides – Gotta touch the lines, boys!
– Layup Line DORA
– 100 merkins
– 200 squats
– 300 CDDs
– 400 LBC (only got in 200)
– Two teams: first team does exercises above, go by highest/fastest PAX
– Other team must complete 4 layups in a row. If not, try again. Switch with first team.
– Backboard Taps – PAX bounced ball off backboard 50 times in a circuit
– Knockout: when you lose, do leg lifts on sideline
WARMUP: 20 Squats buy-in
THE THANG:
Ruck to Walmart parking lot with pain stations along the way:
– Incline merkins
– Squats
– T planks
– Merkins
– Dips
MARY: Yes
WARMUP: mostly chit chat with the new top brass
THE THANG: 2 for trails, 5 ruckers
MARY: breakfast samiches for the kid
ANNOUNCEMENTS: double down at the Jaeger, noon at Model-A for the charity presentation
COT: OYO
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.