WARMUP:
– SSH / CP / IW / WM
THE THANG:
– 4-corners: 2x sandbag / 2x cindy / 2x abs / 2x kettlebell
– tire flip: 2 teams
– Jack Webb: 1:4 Merkins + OH clap
MARY:
– 6-count burpee
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held
WARMUP:
– Windmills – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 IC
– Overhead Claps – 25 IC
– Mosey to the larger parking lot
THE THANG:
Part 1: Dora 1-2-3 – Partner up
– 100 Merkins
– 200 LBCs
– 300 Air Squats
– While one partner worked, the other ran a 50-yard shuttle.
Part 2: Four Corners – AMRAP
PAX took on each corner with intensity:
– 10 Burpees
– 20 Bonnie Blairs
– 30 Plank Jacks
– 40 Flutter Kicks (4-count)
Part 3: Jack Webb
1 Merkin to 4 Air Presses, all the way up to 5:20.
Mosey back to COT
MARY:
Worst Worst LBC – 10 IC
Fire Hydrants – 10 IC Right Leg
Fire Hydrants – 10 IC Left Leg
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Blood Drive
– Cannoli Run
– Read your news letter
COT:
Prayers and praises, This was done C-Span Style everyone shared.
WARMUP: disclaimer, Mission and 5 core values (in order) 30 SSH
THE THANG:
Mosey to top of hill at Dave Gibson,
Issue plan for workout- not well received
Hill repeats .25 down and .25 back- exercises at top of hill (moved to bank for safety and to allow extra loops for thoroughbreds)
Three rounds then two rounds
First “circuit”
20 wide arm merkins
20 hammers
20 bombjacks
2nd round was 15, then 10
No exercises at bottom of hill- once back to the top wait for the six, first we did SSH then audibled to loops around bank)
Second circuit-
20 diamond merkins
20 V ups
20 burpees
Dropped to 5 for second set for time
Ran back to COT- then we went to pick up the 6
MARY: flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: SLT shovel flag handoff this Thursday at Minnow Pond
Tortoise & Hare 6/7
Read your newsletter
COT: yep!
WARMUP:
– SSH / CP / IW / WM
– mosey to wall
THE THANG:
– Dora: 100 merkins / 200 MH / 300 LBC: jump wall, run up hill, 1 burpess and run back.
– mosey to tire
– tire flip: split PAX in 2 groups, traveler calls exercise, 3 rounds each
– Jack-Webb: 10-40: merkins+OH claps
MARY:
– Thunderstruck with SSH and burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held
For the month of May, Farmer’s Only has deemed the Kitchen Sink as a next-level kick in the junk. I had the honor of warming everyone up to the idea of what will occur this month. We do a lot of pushing exercises, running, some occasional KB work and your typical stretches. Opportunities exist to stretch yourself and try something you’re not used to and therefore, not strong in. The first F in F3 is Fitness for a reason. Today we focused on functional fitness.
I’ve had the opportunity to head up to CLT Metro a few times lately and work out at Shore Card. It is an absolute suck-fest and it’s glorious. Yes it’s hard but that doesn’t mean we should avoid it. Arguably, we should lean into it. And that is exactly what May is all about, starting today with YHC on Q at The Kitchen Sink.
No warmup, no friendly conversation, no excuses. Just legit work.
Everyone knew what they were in for.
The gear for the morning will be a Ruck (or vest/plate carrier), Sandbag, Kettle Bell (KB) and a Cinder Block. Every man was to have each of these. When I reference “gear”, know that it includes these 4pcs.
WARMUP: We didn’t have one but thankfully a few PAX got the message and showed up early to stretch…or just stand around.
THE THANG: Grab ALL your gear and head out of the school and down Hubert Graham Parkway to the 2nd light pole. This was, what I believe, the eye-opener for many of the PAX. Carrying all this gear for this distance is very abnormal which made it great. It looked good on paper and looked great in person.
With your ruck staying on, carry 1 piece of additional gear to the top of the hill, making your own personal discard pile. Then shuffle back down to your remaining gear and repeat until all gear is on the pile at the top of the hill.
From here, hoist all your gear and meet at the entrance to the school.
With Ruck on, KB swings.
With Ruck on, KB overhead in one hand, farmers carry the cinder block with the other hand to the intersection with the baseball diamond. Another suck-fest.
Ground all gear (ruck, KB, cindy) and shuffle like a gazelle back to your sandbag.
A gear Q of mine wouldn’t be complete without this. Sandbag toss back to your gear pile.
Now, a gear cycle:
Sandbag with Ruck on: 10 Sandbag Thrusters
KB without the Ruck (Slick): 15 Simbas (think, big boy sit up with the KB hoisted overhead)
Cindy with Ruck on: 20 Curls
Grab all gear and move to the flagpoles. It was here where I was reminded we had only 5mins left. So be it….
Cindy with Ruck on: 10 Merkins with left hand up on the block then 10 Merkins with right hand up on the block.
Then, 5 Mike Tysons with Ruck on.
Move all gear back to COT.
MARY: Some dedicated exercises but the core was mostly utilized during all the asymmetrical work.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: 5th CORE Principle
WARMUP:
SSH
Imp Walker
Hillbilly Walker
Low slow squat
Merkin
BROGA
THE THANG:
Bear crawl Merkin compound
Stair run ab gauntlet
Bear crawl CCD compound
Dora
Slam ball
Jump rope
Dips
Overhead press
2 sets and switch
MARY:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men
Amrap for autism
COT:
Marriages
Kid changes and moving in school
THE THANG:
– repeat Q from 2025-02-22 with minor modifications.
– look that backblast up if really interested.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry pickers, windmill, grandpaJacks, moroccan night clubs, merkins
Mosey to the park
THE THANG: 10 Burpees, EMOM 6 mins
Lunge walk 30 yards, sprint 40 yards, Bear crawl 30yd, karaoke 40yd, Rev Karaoke 40yd, bear crawl, Nur
Ladders – 60 SSH, 50 Flutters, 40 Merkins, 30 monkey humpers, 20 BBS, 10 squat jumps, back up the ladder
MARY: Timed it perfectly
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5k
COT: Do good
THE THANG:
1. Run 160, Stonecrest, Hubert Graham and back
2. 16 March Madness Merkins at every other light pole on Stonecrest and Hubert Graham
3. When there’s a guardrail, alternate between incline merkins and Derkins
we got in 3.4 miles.
MARY:
A few did abs, I made it for Hello Dollys at the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Heavy stuff today.
Live 3rd. It’s not about you, it about how to serve the ones in your life.
Smothered and Covered shared heavy news. Spectre led us out to give prayers to S&C.
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.