Gettin’ Cindy Wit It (nah nah nah nah nah nah)

Disclaimed and started to mosey when more cars were pulling in so stayed close to CoT while everyone got parked…

WARMUP: Jog around CoT lot and circle up near stop sign near ROTC building

Goofballs, broga doggy stuff, merkins, mountain climbers, OH claps, windmills (IC)

THE THANG:
5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats – SSH for the 6. Run down hill to lower stop sign and back to pullup bars

repeat x 5 rounds

Grab a block and circle up in street near ROTC building –
10 swings, 10 curls, 10 OH presses, 10 bent over rows (IC) then bear crawl to stop sign near CoT and jog back. high knees for the 6

repeat x 3 rounds

rifle carry block down hill to stop sign – murder bunny back to ROTC building

MARY: about 6 flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of fundraisers. Time of giving – find something important to you and make an impact

COT: job searches and families

Thanks for opportunity Kaiser

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Halloween Hootenanny

WARMUP:
• Side Straddle Hops – 20
• Windmills- 10
• Imp Walkers – 10
• Merkins – 10 double
• Mtn Climbers – 10 double

THE THANG:
Indian Run through parking lot to the Covered breezeway: person in rear sprints up front:
• 5 clap jump burpees (Belchers?)
• Squat in a row, Each person does 2 burpees all the way down the line.
• 20 Step-ups OYO
• Dying Cockroaches – 10 double
• LBCs – 10 double
Mosey to the wall:
• Balls to the wall with counts
• Wall Sits – Arms out– Hold for 10 count
• Recite the F3 Mission
• Recite the F3 Credo
Mosey to Cafeteria tables:
Partner work with one person running to the 3rd lamp post while the other did the following. Then switch.
• Dips
• Derkins
• taint crushers (butt touch squats)
• incline merkins
• Carolina Dry dock till the 6 came in
Mosey to pull-up bars:
One partner runs the bottom of the parking lot hill and does 3 burpees while their partner does pull-ups AMRAP. Switch off 2X.
Mosey to the bottom parking lot:
• One partner runs the length of the parking lot and back while the other does merkins, LBCs, American hammers AMRAP. Switch off for each exercise.
• Flutters till the 6 came in.
• Overhead claps- 2 count 30X
Mosey back to the flag

MARY:
• Low slow squats
• Peter Parkers
• J-Los
• Indian Run around the parking lot

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots of 2nd F happenings. Read your news letter.

COT: Prayers for mental heath, People in need around the world, Family, and the kids that are trick or treating tonight.

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Thanksgiving Convergence

Join us for the annual Thanksgiving Convergence at The Ranch! In addition to an unforgettable hour long beatdown including a ruck option, immediately after we will have fried Turkey and fried Oreos provided by Changeorder, Coffeteria will be provided by Uhaul and Poppins. Launchex is 0630. Earn that thanksgiving dinner and get some 2ndF before dealing with the in-laws. SYITG

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Just What the Doctor Ordered

WARMUP: Short mosey to side lot for COP
THE THANG:
COP:
SSH x 20, merkin x 10, windmill x 15, downward/upward dog x 2, squat x 20, large arm circles x 20, small arm circles x 20. burpees x 7

Line up in groups of 3:
40 yd sprints with short recovery (5 reps) (take a 10 ct)

Mosey to the artificial turf for Jack Web (1:4 ratio, 10 reps). This was planned for only 7 reps, but Bowser and Ironclade pushed us to do 10. Well done, young men!

Mosey to the school building for several sets of people’s chair, wheelbarrows, lungewalk, crabwalk, and bearcrawl.

10 monkey humpers prompted by Uhaul who was rucking past the pax.

‘Secret Service detal’: around Uhaul for a bit as the pax moseyed back to the large parking lot for Mary.

MARY:
Freddie Mercury x 10, Boat and Canoe x 5, LBC x 20, Superman x 2, Body destroyer to close it out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Charity Shoot to benefit Ft. Mill Care Center on Nov 11
Bourbon tasting to benefit Ft. Mill Schools on Nov 18
Please sign up if you plan to attend so organizers get a head count. Thanks to Change Order and Cyclops for their leadership and commitment to 3rd F.

COT:
Following a really crappy day at work, and a sleepless night because of it, today’s Q could not have come at a better time.
It was already scheduled several weeks ago, but perhaps a higher power was at work here, knowing that today was the day I really needed it. I knew I would feel better after some physcial exercise, but the pax who provided me with a laugh or kind word really put me back in the right frame of mind. At the close of COT, I felt 100% better. Thank you, men!

We had a great group today and the mumble chatter and jokes made for a really fun workout. It was a pleasure to lead the group as always, and I’m truly thankful for the pax of F3. I gotta give a shoutout to our juniors, Ironclad and Bowser, who are regulars at our Saturday workouts and are developing a really good habit for life. Keep up the good work, guys!

Prayers for the F3 Pax affected by the deaths or illnesses of mothers and grandmothers (Bassomatic, Boogie Down, Uhaul).

Prayers for my friend Joe with cancer and the continued recovery of my co-worker Justin (Covid). Traveling mercies for the several HS band students on the road this wknd for competitions.

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Just What The Doctor Ordered

WARMUP: Short mosey to side lot for COP
THE THANG:
COP:
SSH x 20, merkin x 10, windmill x 15, downward/upward dog x 2, squat x 20, large arm circles x 20, small arm circles x 20. burpees x 7

Line up in groups of 3:
40 yd sprints with short recovery (5 reps) (take a 10 ct)

Mosey to the artificial turf for Jack Web (1:4 ratio, 10 reps). This was planned for only 7 reps, but Bowser and Ironclade pushed us to do 10. Well done, young men!

Mosey to the school building for several sets of people’s chair, wheelbarrows, lungewalk, crabwalk, and bearcrawl.

10 monkey humpers prompted by Uhaul who was rucking past the pax.

‘Secret Service detal’: around Uhaul for a bit as the pax moseyed back to the large parking lot for Mary.

MARY:
Freddie Mercury x 10, Boat and Canoe x 5, LBC x 20, Superman x 2, Body destroyer to close it out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Charity Shoot to benefit Ft. Mill Care Center on Nov 11
Bourbon tasting to benefit Ft. Mill Schools on Nov 18
Please sign up if you plan to attend so organizers get a head count. Thanks to Change Order and Cyclops for their leadership and commitment to 3rd F.

COT:
Following a really crappy day at work, and a sleepless night because of it, today’s Q could not have come at a better time.
It was already scheduled several weeks ago, but perhaps a higher power was at work here, knowing that today was the day I really needed it. I knew I would feel better after some physcial exercise, but the pax who provided me with a laugh or kind word really put me back in the right frame of mind. At the close of COT, I felt 100% better. Thank you, men!

We had a great group today and the mumble chatter and jokes made for a really fun workout. It was a pleasure to lead the group as always, and I’m truly thankful for the pax of F3. I gotta give a shoutout to our juniors, Ironclad and Bowser, who are regulars at our Saturday workouts and are developing a really good habit for life. Keep up the good work, guys!

Prayers for the F3 Pax affected by the deaths or illnesses of mothers and grandmothers (Bassomatic, Boogie Down, Uhaul).

Prayers for my friend Joe with cancer and the continued recovery of my co-worker Justin (Covid). Traveling mercies for the several HS band students on the road this wknd for competitions.

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YHC Birthday burpees!!

WARMUP: Mosey to Baxter neighborhood
THE THANG: start running the 1 miles circle at Baxter/mushroom pool neighborhood counter clockwise. Stop at each Stop sign and do 5 burpees, 10 merkins.

After get back to the beginning intersection, run back clockwise, stop at each Stop sign and do 5 burpees and 10 squats.

Some PAX completed 3 laps total, some other did at least 2 laps. 7 Stop signs per lap for a total of 105 burpees, 140 merkins, 70 squats, and 3-4 miles run.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charity fundraising FIFA bracket, Bethels Shelter, Blood Drive, Shield-lock challenge and some more.
COT: prayers for families and kids. Praise for YHC 41st birthday.

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androgynous artichoke

WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW
THE THANG: 10 min workout, 5 min yoga
Set 1:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 plank jacks
20 jump squats
Run
We got in 3 sets

Set 2:
40 seconds mountain climbers
40 seconds squats
40 seconds shoulder taps
40 seconds lunge
40 seconds Freddie Mercury
We got in 3

Set 3:
Run
Group 1: Pull-ups & toe touches
Group 2: Merkins
Started in the down position or hanging called up and down slowly

MARY: we did yoga for 15 minutes total. Engage your core

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter. Lots going on

COT:
Prayers of gratitude for the lives of our children
Prayers for the passing of our elders
Prayers that we may be like the burning bush, brightly on fire yet not consumed

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Tootsie Rolls in a Van Down by the River

WARMUP:
SSH, burpee
IW, 2 burpees
HW, 3 burpees
Merkin
Mosey once Mark Twain arrived in a suspect working van. For the record it did not say “Free Candy” on the side…..but it could have

Mosey towards the auditorium entrance
Bulgarian Split Squats
Mosey to band practice field

Rehash of Iron Pax Care Bear Squared:
Starting at on corner and bearcrawl 25ish years and perform 25 air squats.
After the squats, bearcrawl to the left (Cubbie felt this was like the Tootsie Roll, which made me think he’s been doing the Tootsie Roll wrong for a number of years.) 25ish years and perform 25 merkins.
After the merkins, reverse bearcrawl 25ish yards and perform 25 flutters.
After the big boy situps, bearcrawl to the right to starting point and perform 25 burpees.

Only difference from Iron Pax is this time we did them ALL called.

Mosey towards the front of the school
Another round of Care Bear Squared in a new location

Mosey around back of the school
Bulgarian Split Squats

Mosey to pull up bars
19 pullups for the 19th of the month

Mosey back to COT
Flutters
And some more burpees in cadence (crowd pleaser) at the last minute

NMM:
The mission of F3 is the invigoration of Male Community Leadership. Throughout the workout we all listed the guy who EHed us. None of those guys happened to be at this workout. And that’s part of what invigorating leadership looks like.

It’s easy to be a consumer of F3, just to show up and workout, but that’s not the mission. Accelerating fitness is part of invigoration male community leadership, but if we aren’t developing new leaders and encouraging guys to take that VQ, plant a shovel flag, etc. then we’re missing the mission.

I’m going to tap into my Christian roots and my favorite hymn: God of Grace and God of Glory, third verse (deep cuts).
“Grant us wisdom, grant us courage
lest we miss your kingdom’s goal,
lest we miss your kingdom’s goal.”

Prayer: Let us not miss the goal.

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Round and Round Golden Corral

As I pulled into the lot, Ratt’s “Round and Round” was playing on the radio.

Started with a mosey run behind HT and up to Grace Presb Church.
Warmup:
SSH (20x I/C)
Windmills (8x I/C)
Imperial Walkers (15x I/C)
Moroccan Nightclubs (12x I/C)
Low slow squats (10x I/C)
Big Arm Circles (7 forward, 7 backwards)
Peter Parkers (10x I/C)
Plank Stretches (Downward dog, upward dog)

Short mosey run

Fish tracks routine:
Pax do the transportation and stop when instructed and do the exercise called.
Toy soldiers…stop and do Bobby Hurleys, repeat
Bear crawl…stop and do merkins, repeat
Lunge walk…stop and do squats, repeat

Short mosey run
Bench work: Incline Merkins, step ups, butt touch squats, derkins, calf raises

Over to the wall nearby:
Wall sits, BTW, and wall-tar-jai’s

Short run to adjacent parking lot: found the cinder block and did:
Pass the ammunition: Pax do a curb plank, drag/pass the cinder block to the guy next to you, and so until the last guy then sends the block back to starting guy. Then all pax do curb merkins (10 I/C). repeat.

Run back to Grace church: four cones in parking lot. 2 burpees at cone 1, 4 burpees at cone 2, 6 burpees at cone 3, 8 burpees at cone 4. Run between cones.
Second loop change-up: pax stick together, run to cone and do smurf jacks (10 1/C) at each cone.

Run to shovel flag.
Mary: Sally routine: Do leg lift up at ‘bring sally up’, and 6” at ‘bring sally down’.

Fini
COT

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RING OF FIRE – 12OCT2022

WARMUP: Not much in the way of warm up. 15 burpees to get the blood flowing, a short jog for a few Abe Vigodas, Cherry Grabber Tappers (or whatever the heck we call these), and some SSH.

THE THANG: As I have now learned that I make moderate workouts and am only around for the yapping, instead of telling you all that we did, just imagine a nap. It was probably about like that.
Just kidding… here’s what went down…
Mosey to corner of AO Jones and HS driveway (by stadium)
Find your rock
– 30 curls
– 30 OH press
– 30 chest press (on 6)
Run up AO Jones to next entrance
– 20 flutters (4-count)
– 20 LBC
– 20 Dolly
Run up AO Jones to the first light
– 10 Wide-arm Merkins
– 10 Regular Merkins
– 10 Diamond Merkins
Run to the light at Springfield
– 5 burpees
Back down the hill – repeat each station as you go
Turn left at the rock station
Run to the painted crosswalk
– 20 squats
– 20 calf raises
– 20 bombjacks
Run to pull-up bars
– 10 pullups
– 10 knees to chest
– 10 dips on the curb
Bottom of the hill
– 5 burpees
Back to corner – repeat each station – THAT’S 1 mile and one rep.
Go as hard as you can and as far as you can for 45 minutes.

MARY: It’s for dudes only.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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