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Hard Core

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WARMUP: Disclaimed the group and we started to Mosey around the COT parking lot. While moseying we did some buttkickers, high knees, & karaoke. Made it to the 1/8 mile track area and circled up. Performed SSHx7inCadence, 1 burpee oyo, WindMillsx7inCadence, 2 burpees oyo, CherryPickersx7inCadence, 3 burpees oyo, HillbillyWalkersx7inCadence, 4 burpees oyo, & ImperialWalkersx7inCadence. Group was ready to roll.

THE THANG:
AB BOP:
100 – LBCs
90 – Flutters
80 – Freddy Ms
70 – American Hs
60 – Mountain Climbers
50 – Reverse Crunches
40 – BigBoySitups
30 – Straight Lower Leg Lifts
20 – V-Ups
1 minute plank

Starting at the top of the list PAX were asked to take a lap around the 1/8mile track after completing the 1st exercise. While running the lap PAX started with 1 burpee and then half way around completed 1 burpee. Burpee counts increased by 1 for every lap. 10 Exercises = 520 total reps, 10 laps = 110 total burpees. Add in the warmup mosey and we covered 1.5miles.

MARY: No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: AMRAP for Autism, Mike Doty Memorial Run, 427 burpees on 4/27, Rock Hill 10yr Anniversary, Trash Pick Up o 4/27, Jaegar on 5/11.

COT: Show to know.

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A Beatdown Unlike Any Other

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Wanted to put together some fun as a tribute to Masters weekend. Pulled a few ideas from other regions in years past and put together a Masters themed weinke.

Warmup

Per typical golf warmup routine….very minimal.

Divot Fixers (Cherry Pickers)
Back Rotations aka “This Thingy Right Here”
Touch Your Toes 3 or 4 Times
Let It Rip

Moseyed to football field to start “Round of 18”. Wind prohibited setting up “tee markers” beforehand, so carried them with us as we went along.

The Thang

18 Holes of Pain
Burpees each hole = 1 x hole par (Par 4 = 4 burpees)
Chance to shave a stroke (burpee) each hole by answering trivia question correctly
Exercise reps = Hole par x 10
Run distance of yardage to next tee (1st two numbers only. 430 yards = 43 yards)
72 burpees total
720 exercise reps total
.43 miles of yardage covered

1 – Par 4 – 455 Yards – Merkins
2 – Par 5 – 575 Yards – LBCs
3 – Par 4 – 350 Yards – Monkey Humpers
4 – Par 3 – 240 Yards – Squats
5 – Par 4 – 495 Yards – American Hammers
6 – Par 3 – 180 Yards – Diamond Merkins
7 – Par 4 – 450 Yards – Plank Jacks
8 – Par 5 – 570 Yards – Air Chair
9 – Par 4 – 460 Yards – Shoulder Taps

10 – Par 4 – 495 Yards – Mountain Climbers
11 – Par 4 – 505 Yards – Moroccan Night Clubs
12 – Par 3 – 155 Yards – Lunges
13 – Par 5 – 510 Yards – Flutters
14 – Par 4 – 440 Yards – Carolina Dry Docks
15 – Par 5 – 530 Yards – Calve Raises
16 – Par 3 – 170 Yards – Wide Arm Merkins
17 – Par 4 – 440 Yards – Good Mornings
18 – Par 4 – 465 Yards – Dollys

Timing worked out great. Had a chance to hit a few shots at the end to add a few more exercises. Great crowd and mumblechatter.

Mary: Yes

Announcements: AMRAP 4 Autism, 4/27 Burpees, Mike Doty Run at Winthrop

Prayers/Praises: Praises for PAX/fellowship

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The Springs Street Spine

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Four at Minnow Pond.

Pledge and then run to Hardee’s lot where the thang is explained as follows:
Hardee’s lot is base camp. Do 10 burpees here.
Run up Springs st to its end (Summersby/Cone #1) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Close st (Cone #2) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Oak st (Cone #3) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Leroy st (Cone #4) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees

This is as far as we got. A jackrabbit pax would have been instructed to repeat, but start with cone #4 etc.

We all ran back to Veteran’s park, did some stretches and then COT.
Stats: 3.3 miles, 140 push ups, 40 burpees.

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Hero WO Honoring Master Sgt. Michael Maltz

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WARMUP: Held plank position while reading the bio of Master Sgt Michael Maltz
THE THANG: Modified Maltz
Complete all reps of each exercise before moving on to the next one.
Close to a 800 meter run – starting at the JOC pullup bars run around the perimeter of the COT parking and head back towards the JOC building continuing down the hill taking a right at the stop sign at the bottom, going around the playground and come back up the hill and stop at the pullup bars
50 Pull-Ups
Close to a 200 meter Farmer’s Carry with 2 Cindys – starting at pullup bars head down the hill, take a right at the stop sign, go around the playground loop and head back up the hill to the pullup bars
50 dips on Cindy on the curb
100 Diamond Merkins
50 Knees-to-Elbows on the bar
100 Big Boys with Cindy
Run the same route described at the start
DONE & SMOKED!

MARY: Had an AB BOP for those that finished early. No one finished the 1st exercise on the list which was 100 LBCs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:Jaegar, Trash Pick Up, Amrap for Autism, Mike Doty Memorial Run

COT: ShowtoKnow!

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AO The Fort Shovel Flag Handoff

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WARMUP: Motivators, Windmills, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG:
1. 1 round at the stage: Partner 1 bear crawl to playground and mosey back while partner 2 cycles through 10x burpees & 10x donkey kicks. Switch.
2. Crawl bear up Massey St & 10x burpees at the bottom. Al Gore for the 6.
3. Mosey to the Print Shop. 10x Pull-ups
JWOW:Dora @ Fort Mill Church of God
1. 100x Merkins
2. 200x Heels to Heaven
3. 300x Squats
4. Mosey back to COT
MARY: Included
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp, Newsletter
COT: Surviving children of domestic tragedy

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Seal Humpers and More?

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WARMUP: Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Windmills, Toy Soldier, Karaoke, Shuffle, Down Dog and Honeymooner
THE THANG: Jack Webb Theme w/iterations in each set and a short mosey in between. Dry People, Peter Parker Mercury, Seal Humpers, Calf Merkins, Low Slow LBCs and Overhead Rosalitas.
MARY: Included an appearance by J-Lo and some more broga including the Reverse Pigeon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Dora of Death

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WARMUP: plank, down dog stretch claves, up dog, plank. Moroccan night club, cherry pickers
THE THANG: Partner Dora
100 4ct Imperial Walkers
200 4ct Side Straddle Hops
300 Squats
200 4ct LBC’s
100 4ct Merkins
Sasquatch kept the faster pace entertained and others helped finish
Mozy to picnic tables for dips, step ups, box jumps, incline merkins
MARY: 37 American hammers for a birthday celebration
ANNOUNCEMENTS: acceleration project, blood drive
COT: prayer and/or praise from everyone

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Substi-Q Ladder-O-Pain

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*WARMUP:*  SSH, Cherry Picker, Mosey
*THE THANG:* Ladder-O-Pain
#1, RUN, #1 & #2, RUN, etc…
1. Burpee x 1
2. Big Boy x 3
3. Shoulder Tap x 6
4. Flutter Kick x 10
5. Merkin x 15
6. Freddie Mercury x 21
7. Carolina Dry Dock x 28
8. LBC x 36
9. Overhead Clap x 45
10. Squat x 55
11. Baby Arm Circle x 66
12. Monkey Humper x 78
13. Moroccan Night Club x 91
14. Calf Raise x 105
15. Overhead Press x 120

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Convergence Before the Invergence

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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

  1. SSH
  2. Seal JAcks
  3. HR Merkins
  4. Am. Hammers

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.

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Burpees & Bunionettes

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WARMUP: Moseyed the COT parking lot for approx. 5 minutes picking up late arriving PAX and mixing in BKs, HKs, Karaoke, Mike Tysons, and bear crawling. At 5 min in we stopped and completed 25 SSHinCadence. Warm up complete.
THE THANG: Dora 2.0 – Took the PAX to the hill by the pullup bars and asked them to partner up. Partner #1 runs down the hill to the stop sign, completes 5 Burpees, and then runs back to the top of the hill to meet up with Partner #2 who was performing the selected exercise. Both guys walk over to the pullup bars where Cindys were available. Partner #1 completes 10 pullups and then hangs on the bar until Partner #2 completes 15 KB swings with Cindy. SWITCH! Once the team completes 1 set of pullups and KB swings each they return to the street to continue the Dora.
3 Exercises for the DORA:
100 – Diamond Merkins
150 – Alt. Lunges
200- American Hammers
If my memory serves me correctly we made 9 trips to the bars during the DORA.
MARY: Planking and Praising – Made it back to COT with a few minutes left so asked the PAX to move into a straight arm plank position. Asked the PAX to tell us something they are thankful for while holding the plank position. This took about 1 1/2 minutes. Then asked the PAX to lift their right hand off the ground while holding the plank position. Did this for each arm and leg for 15 seconds each. Then asked PAX to lift right hand and left leg off the ground while holding the plank position. Did this for both sides and held it for 10 seconds. Held normal plank for a little longer to reach 3 minutes. DONE!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Warning -more SawDust foot pics coming soon, Saturday Convergence/Invergence, Daffodil hike
COT: From my experience the men of The Fort are good at praying for others and asking for prayer for others. Very seldom do I hear something vulnerable/transparent about what’s going on internally, personal struggles with the PAX. So, asked each PAX to be vulnerable and share something that they are struggling with currently. Lifted me up to hear men share their hearts/struggles and hear other men immediately offer words of wisdom, encouragement, and comfort. Thanks for sharing fellas!

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