WARMUP: stand in the rain
THE THANG: one walker. One runner. Two felt so inclined to prove our commitment to The Fort we ran from one AO to Q v Q AO in support of sir Esso who came out victorious.
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see newsletter
COT: thanks Anchorman for holding down the site
WARMUP: Ten minutes of non stop reps
THE THANG: Man makers to farmers carry. Swings to overhead carry. Dora with goblet squats, flutters, lunges, American hammers, dead lifts and big boys.
MARY: More swings
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See newsletter.
COT: Prayers for a good week.
WARMUP:
Good Mornings x 10
Disruption in the form of Olaf arrived around this time and removed to large metal poles from the bed of his truck.
Windmill x 10
Calve Stretch
MNC x 10
THE THANG:
Mosey to Walgreens. Pax completed a March Madness bracket special, completing:
64 SSH
32 LBC’s
16 Merkins
8 Bobby Hurleys
4 Burpees
2 Big Boys
1 Diamond Merkin
*1 lap around Walgreens after completion of each exercise.
Mosey to Grace church parking lot. In honor of 11 seed Duquesne, completed a round of 11’s with Merkins and Big Boys. Olaf continued to kindly share coupons.
Next completed a static round of 6’s in honor of the fallen 6 seed (including my own SC Gamecocks). Bobby Hurley’s and Lunges.
Mosey back to COT. Finished up with about 4 minutes of Mary.
Thanks to all who showed and the opportunity to lead! Go Dukes and all the other disruptors to status quo!
MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Composition notebooks, Red Truck Men, a lot of site promotion
COT: Indeed
WARMUP:
Good Mornings x 10
Disruption in the form of Olaf arrived around this time and removed to large metal poles from the bed of his truck.
Windmill x 10
Calve Stretch
MNC x 10
THE THANG:
Mosey to Walgreens. Pax completed a March Madness bracket special, completing:
64 SSH
32 LBC’s
16 Merkins
8 Bobby Hurleys
4 Burpees
2 Big Boys
1 Diamond Merkin
*1 lap around Walgreens after completion of each exercise.
Mosey to Grace church parking lot. In honor of 11 seed Duquesne, completed a round of 11’s with Merkins and Big Boys. Olaf continued to kindly share coupons.
Next completed a static round of 6’s in honor of the fallen 6 seed (including my own SC Gamecocks). Bobby Hurley’s and Lunges.
Mosey back to COT. Finished up with about 4 minutes of Mary.
Thanks to all who showed and the opportunity to lead! Go Dukes and all the other disruptors to status quo!
MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Composition notebooks, Red Truck Men, a lot of site promotion
COT: Indeed
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmill
Low slow Squat
Moroccan night clubs
THE THANG:
Repeat of a November Kettlebell Tabata workout with a twist. At start of the rest period, bang out a burpee. Rotate around all areas and exercises, and start back at 1.
Workout is meant to evenly work all major muscle groups: back, abs, arms, chest, legs,
MARY:
Area 1:
– Swings
– Curls
– Flutters (Bell high)
– Deadlift
– Shoulder Press
Area 2:
– Turkish Getups
– Goblet Squats
– Triceps
– American Hammers
– Renegade Rows (in plank)
Area 3:
– Deck Squats
– Bentover Rows
– Calf Raises
– Side Lunges
– Chest Press on 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Say something you are thankful for.
Warmup:
SSH x 20 (IC)
Cherry Pickers x 10 (IC)
IW x 10 (IC)
HW X 10 (IC)
Broga
The Thang:
Billy Madison Goes Back to School
Mosey to bus parking lot
Run down and back and perform 1 exercise of 12 reps
This concludes 1st grade
So and so forth until 12th grade is complete
Grades:
MNCs
Calf Raises
LBCs
Merkins
Squats
Flutters
Shoulder Taps
Lunges
Dolly
Burpees
Good Mornings
Big Boys
American Hammers
936 total exercise reps
1+ miles of running
Mary: Finished with a couple minutes of Mary and Dark Helmet demanding excellence in cadence counting, much to the crowds displeasure.
Announcements: We announced some things.
COT: There was a circle and trust in and around it.
Warmup:
SSH x 20 (IC)
Cherry Pickers x 10 (IC)
IW x 10 (IC)
HW X 10 (IC)
Broga
The Thang:
Billy Madison Goes Back to School
Mosey to bus parking lot
Run down and back and perform 1 exercise of 12 reps
This concludes 1st grade
So and so forth until 12th grade is complete
Grades:
MNCs
Calf Raises
LBCs
Merkins
Squats
Flutters
Shoulder Taps
Lunges
Dolly
Burpees
Good Mornings
Big Boys
American Hammers
936 total exercise reps
1+ miles of running
Mary: Finished with a couple minutes of Mary and Dark Helmet demanding excellence in cadence counting, much to the crowds displeasure.
Announcements: We announced some things.
COT: There was a circle and trust in and around it.
WARMUP: Farmer’s Only killed it. VQ on the Warmup…
THE THANG:
Get a brick and head to the field…
– Buy in: 100 yd bear crawl, 100 yd partner carry (switch at 50)
– AMRAP:
– Partner 1: run 400M (brick optional)
– Partner 2: 5 burpees, 10 curls, 15 flutter with press, 15 big boys, 10 bent over rows, 5 overhead press
– Flapjack for 35 minutes
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle
It was rainy, cloudy, dark, in other words perfect weather for a convergence. We had roughly 55-60 PAX out for the variety of workouts that were about to be executed. Disclaimer disclaimed, FNG identified (Randy from heaven on earth (aka Pittsburgh) , and we launched.
Bootcamp Q : Slapshot
Bootcampers followed me up the hill and towards the springs parking lot. After a quick plank for the 6 we moved onto to the parking lot across 160 behind the former bank and now drug store for the warm-up.
Warm-up:
50 SSH (IC)
20 Merkings (IC)
10 Michael Phelps (IC)
5 Windmills (IC)
20 Mtn Climbers (IC)
Stretch
20 Plank JAcks (IC)
Mosey to the other side of the parking lot.
DORA: Partner up with someone you haven’t worked out with. Run was around the drugstore and through the parking lots.
200 Plank JAcks
200 Toe Touches
200 SSH
150 Diamond Merkins
100 4-Ct Flutters
Recover Run Back towards COT.
Tabata Series
30 Seconds on 10 seconds off
4 Rounds 4 sets
Last 7 minutes: 10 Burpess EMOM (which was reduced to a an 11 of sorts after minute 5 where we started going 10 burpees plus 1 BBS, then 9 burpees plus 2 BBS….etc… until we had about 20 seconds left.
I had everyone recover on their feet and then add 1 last Burpee.
NNM: I spoke today about one of the many examples of what F3 has meant to me. Specifically, the other day I was out for a pre-run where I started out at a “comfortable pace” already deciding in my head what I was “good” with that morning. Then about 2 miles in I came across a fellow Pax who got to the AO early and decided to go find me. We started to run together and my “comfortable pace” got very uncomfortable very quickly. All told, when we got back to COT I had increased the pace I was running at by over 35 seconds. He literally found me where I was, didn’t leave me behind, and pushed me to accelerate. It is what I needed then, and it’s what I needed 5 years ago when I started F3. I never knew how fast I could run, until I started running with faster guys. That Friday morning was a great reminder that I can always push more, that I have plenty of gas left in the tank, and that somewhere out in the gloom a brother is willing to go find you and get you better. (Thanks Olaf)
Whether you are accelerating 1F or the 2nd and 3rd, run with faster guys and don’t just be comfortable. You never really know what you are capable of until you push just a little bit more.
AYE!
Running Q Bandcamp
Speaking of Running with faster guys…Bandcamp executed a 10K route where he was able to hit a PR. The route went all over the downtown Fort Mill area. Again, men surround yourself with HIMS you never know what you’re going to be able to do.
Ruck Q : JWOW
Ruck to Church of NAzarene
10 rounds –
5 merkins at the bottom then 10 squats at the top of the stairs.
Rucked to Print Shop
20 step ups and 20 dips
Rucked up Main STreet and back to Wep for the chair swing loop at each chair swing 5 squats and 5 CDD’s One more half loop to COT.
Kettlebell Q: 38 Special
Leg stretches for a couple minutes while us 40somethigns PAX complained about our joints
The Thang:
10 each of Arm Curl and Press, tricep ex. and overhead press. Grabbed bells and went for a stroll around the park. Bells always farmered carried. We used the park equipment to tell us what to do. Each Swing 20 swings, Statues 30 Standing Tesh with squat each arm Bathrooms = 20 squats same set as the start upon our return.
Paired up for a dora
100 Goblet Squats
200 Calf Raises
300 Flutter with chest press
6 minutes to go carry back to bathroom and back 1 minute of squats and 1 minute of swings.
IR Q: Kermit
Took a nice mosey around downtown Fort Mill and even down to the Peach stand and back. Big thank you for leading this piece and not leaving any men behind!
Post Workout JWOW led us in prayer and we named a FNG The name Cannonball.
*WARMUP:* SSH, Big Boys, Windmills
*THE THANG:* 3 Round Run to CVS, 10-20-30 count exercise at each corner, back to COT for 3 burpees after each round. 3 Round Run around Harris Teeter parking lot 10-20-30 count exercise at each corner, back to COT for 3 burpees after each round, Finished with one more round to CVS then an Airborne special to close it out at COT
Prayer or praise from everyone
Olaf took us out in prayer