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Simple, but not Easy

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Three got up early to do the hard thing. Here’s what we did:

Carry sandbag to the traffic circle at the bottom of Hubert Graham and back. Stopped 5 times to repeat 5 Manmakers, 10 OH Press, 15 Curls, and 20 Squats. 2.03 miles and great conversation about the positives and negatives of being dependable, reliable, and strong. Workout sucked but the company was great!

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FYF: The Red Rocket Chronicles

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9 (or maybe 10 and I can’t remember who the 10th was) found a safe space while <@U012K8DDK7V>‘s dog microaggressed a bunch of them with his red Rocket at Currahee…
– Ruby Slippers flew in 10 minutes early to be 5 minutes late
– Falcon Crest was hoodwinked early in his rucking career by Mainframe into buying a 45# plate, which is something he is sure he’ll eventually be grateful for
– 3D’s GTE prep continues, but he doesn’t mind if it doesn’t include any more Crawl Bears
– Italian Job only sang 3 90’s hits, which is indicative of how tired he must be from his weekend in Wichita
– For a hearing doctor, Decibel claimed a lot of “unable to hear” for his lack of compliance with instructions
– fishstix taught us his award winning atomic wedgie techniques to be employed at a later time. Probably when you aren’t looking.

WARMUP: OMS (old man stretches)

THE THANG:
Evolution 1 = 1-mile time hack – 14 minutes to complete
– Starting at corner of school, around big loop clockwise, turn left to go behind the school. Take the outside lane in the small lot, then take a left around the big loop and continue to the flags at entrance of school

Evolution 2 = Furman University (FU): founded in 1826 (14 minutes)
– 18 man-makers – buy in
– 26 curls
– 26 merkins
– 26 OHP
– 26 bent over rows
REPEAT if time (minus the man-makers — we forgot the deadlifts)

Evolution 3 = Abdomination
– Buy-in = bear crawl from crosswalk to crosswalk
– 40 2-count flutter with press
– 20 Simbas
– 10 double leg lifts

Evolution 4 = Hate loop time hack – 8 minutes
– Buy-in = crawl bear back to crosswalk 1
– ½ mile loop
– Big loop to small loop

MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: The 5th Core Principle

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11s and miles

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WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: run to church corner down academy do 1 merkins. Then run all the way up hill to print shop then to pull up bars. Do 11s with pull ups and toes to bar. Run back past ABC store turn right on academy and go back down to church corner.
MARY: toes to bar count.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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4 Corners

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WARMUP: Mosey

THE THANG: 4 corners around Earthfare. 1/2 mile loop. Corner 1 (5 burpees), Corner 2 (10 squats), Corner 3 (15 merkins), Corner 4 (20 lbc’s)

MARY: No

ANNOUNCEMENTS: All the things

COT: Prayers and Praises

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Commitment to the Jackal

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YHC was honored to head to the East Side and deliver a beatdown at AJ. The weather is fantastic for F3 and I enjoy seeing some new faces (Sunkist). It also gave me an opportunity to create a tough workout, which I needed after a weekend of bad eating.

WARMUP:
Disclaimer given. Mosey past the light poles to the parking lot near the baseball field.
IW x 10
Mtn x 15
SSH x 20
CDD x 15
Windmills x 10

Let’s go!

THE THANG:
Light pole suicides
Run to 1st light pole, do 10 WAMs, then run back
Run to 2nd light pole, add 15 squats plus 10 WAM, run back
You get the idea!
Exercises included:
10 WAM
15 Squats
20 Merkins
25 CDDs
30 Monkey humpers
35 Plank Jacks

Small interlude discussion on Commitment, one of the five Q Source Leadership Virtues

Mosey to other lot

Jack Webbs
1:4 Big Boy/Flutters
1:4 Irkins/Dips
Each went to 5:20

Modified Starfish
15 jump squats, run to middle for 5 burpees
15 Overhead claps, run to middle for 5 burpees
15 Durkins, run to middle for 5 burpees
15 Mtn climbers, run to middle for 5 burpees

Mosey back for Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Congrats to the Fort for the 13 year anniversary!

COT:
Lots of prayers and praises shared here. All were lifted up His glory!

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Remember 9/11 – Honor The Sacrifice

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WARMUP: No.
THE THANG:
Grab your sandbag, shoulder it and run 5 laps around the perimeter of the parking lot, totaling an estimated 2,001m.

Start at the parking lot “goal line”:
Pick up your sandbag, run 20yds, 24 Overhead Presses, run back
Pick up your sandbag, run 40yds, 24 Bent Over Rows, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 60yds, 24 Curls, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 80yds, 24 Chest Presses, run back and drop your sand bag.
Pick up your sandbag, run 100yds, 24 Squats, run back and drop your sand bag.

100yd sand bag toss and overhead carry back
50yd sand bag lift, twist, toss, rotate and repeat.

24 Flutter Kicks with press
24 Simbas but I had to call it at 12, eventually.

9 Man Makers

MARY: See above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I love you men.
COT: Yes.

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No one asks me to carry heavy things.

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WARMUP: A variety of warmupy things. Maximus could have done windmills the whole time.
THE THANG:
Everyone carried a ruck or weight vest, sand bag and KB. Did. Big loop of the car line and then stopped in the parking lot
Worked island to island in the parking lot
KB 20 curls / lunge walk with torso twist
Repeat
Sandbag 20 squats / Sumo walk
Repeat
KB 20 OH press / waiter carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 upright rows / sand bag toss
Repeat
KB 20 tricep ext / goblet carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 Deadlift / rifle carry on chest
Repeat
KB 20 American Hammers / Farmer carry
Repeat
Sandbag 20 Clean / Shoulder carry
Repeat
Back to COT the short way
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Fish Tales with Birdcage

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We had 9 at varsity (2 for IronPAX, 1 proctor, and 6 for a Cindy beatdown. Here’s what we did:

Warmup
– 10 Low Slow Swuats
– 10 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Windmills
Mosey to get a cinderblock

– 10 Manmakers
– 15 Curls
– 20 OH Press
– 25 Flutters with a Press
– 30 Cindy Swings
– 20 Squats
– 15 Skull Crushers
– 10 Sit-up to Press
– Jog to AO Jones

Repeat 2 more times

NMM
Below is an AI generated backblast about yesterday’s workout. Some of it is true.

The sun had yet risen where the flags would be, and the usual quiet was shattered by the sound of furious guitar riffs echoing across the lot. Rumbling Bald himself had decided that today was the day he would reinvent himself as a heavy metal solo act. His amps were cranked to eleven, his hair (which may or may not have been real) was blowing in the breeze, and every bird within a mile radius had fled in terror.

In a parking spot nearby, Birdcage was already five tall tales deep. “And that’s when Dark Helmet single-handedly wrestled a grizzly bear with a lightsaber and taught it calculus!” he boomed, waving his arms dramatically. Nobody was buying it, but everyone kept listening because Birdcage’s delivery was too good to ignore.

Time Machine, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the asphalt, looking like he had aged a century overnight. “What am I doing with my life?” he muttered, staring off into the middle distance. “I mean, posting at Varsity? Was that really my legacy? Out of all possible timelines, why did I land there?” He sighed so deeply that Rumbling Bald’s double-bass pedal briefly went out of rhythm.

Finally, Spiderman dropped in from a nearby tree branch, landing with a thud. “Hey, uh, what’s all this?” he asked, eyeing the stack of cinderblocks Italian Job had been planning to incorporate into Bald’s stage show.

“Those,” Rumbling Bald growled, “are for dramatic effect. I need someone to swing them into the pit when the breakdown hits.”

Spiderman looked at the rocks, then back at Rumbling Bald, then immediately raised both hands. “Nope. Nope nope nope. Swinging heavy things is not in the contract.” With a single web-thwip, he was gone before anyone could argue.

Birdcage stood, puffed out his chest, and pointed dramatically toward the horizon. “Did I ever tell you about the time Dark Helmet built an entire stadium out of marshmallows just to host the galaxy’s first interstellar dodgeball championship?”

Time Machine groaned, Rumbling Bald shredded harder, and somewhere in the distance Spiderman was still muttering: “Nope. Not my job.”

And thus, the morning at NaFo ended the way all their gatherings did—half concert, half existential crisis, and entirely ridiculous.

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Where Hmastrings & Quads Go to Die (Iron Pax Week 0 – Tellier WOD)

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Warm-Up
Run from COT to the Band practice parking lot.

The Thang – Tellier Hero WOD
Format: For Time
Equipment: Cones/markers at 5, 10, 15, and 20 yds
1. Round 1
– 10 Burpees
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 2
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 3
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 4
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
1. Round 5
– 10 Burpees
– 25 Merkins
– 50 Lunges (hard way)
– 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 150 Squats
– 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs
:stopwatch: Stop timer. Collapse. Wonder why you signed up for this.

Moleskine
Week 0 of Iron Pax delivered a gut check. The Tellier WOD is no joke — if your legs weren’t on fire, you’re probably not human.

The grind of burpees, merkins, lunges, sit-ups, and squats under shuttle-run fatigue was a brutal reminder of what sacrifice feels like in the smallest of ways.

When you’re tempted to quit or wish you had music blasting to push you through, remember — those this WOD honors didn’t get the choice to quit. They leaned into the hard. We honor them by finishing the reps, staying the course, and giving all we’ve got.

Shoutouts
– :clap: <@U5CVD8D7V> & <@U0603USPHAS> – came out on top today with strong finishes.
– :fire: The Machine (<@U19FA0Q8Z>) – strictest form in the lot, ensuring every rep was to standard. No shortcuts, no compromise.
– :raised_hands: <@U01JUGK82TY> – thanks for the opportunity to lead and set the tone.

COT / Takeaway
Steadfastness doesn’t come easy. It’s built under strain, in the moments when you want to stop but don’t. Today’s work was a small reminder of the cost others paid for our freedom — and the standard we’re called to uphold in return.

Prayers
:pray: For loved ones gone too soon.
:pray: For marriages — to be strengthened and rooted in faith.
:pray: For children as they grow into adulthood.
:pray: For the grace, gratitude, and discernment to ride the highs and endure the storms.

Do the hard things. Honor the sacrifice. Be the man your community needs.

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Mark “Pitbull” McDowell WOD

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We had 4 PAX at Honey Badger for a hero WOD in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Here’s what we did:

The Thang

– Run 1 Mile
– 5 Minute Plank to honor the 5 service branches of the US Armed Forces
– 200 Calf Raises
– 300 LBCs
– Run 1 Mile
– 100 Muscle-ups on the wall at the school
– 200 Merkins
– 300 Squats
Return to COT

NMM

Monday we honored my friend Mark. Mark was a 4.25 GPA student, captain of the soccer team, and an all-around great young man. He was the guy you wanted to hate because he was good at everything. But once you got to know him, you learned that he was the type of guy you strived to be. When he graduated high school, he attended the Air Force Academy. Upon graduation in 2005, he completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Captain McDowell completed the Basic Qualification Course – F-15E in May of 2008 and was assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Mark’s plane went down in Afghanistan. He left behind a wife, loving family, and many friends. As his grandfather said at his service, “He was born to fly and he died doing what he loved.”

If Mark were here today, he would have been the guy crushing the workout from the front with a smile on his face. He would have been the guy to encourage the whole time. Remember, we GET TO do this. Some others aren’t as blessed.

Aye!

Italian Job

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