BandCamp’s Revenge 🙄

WARMUP: Mosey to smooth pavement.  IW x 10;  WM x 10;  LSS x 10;  AP x 10

THE THANG:  Rugby Sprints – duh. 🙄 Ground exercise followed by hard sprint and back followed by quick recovery [TWSS!].   Times 5 reps times 3 sets.  

Talked about forgiveness (example – admit your sins to a trusted source – voice your forgiveness to others – get out of your head and on with your life).  

Move over to the Hill – you know the one 🤷🏻‍♂️.   5 Flying Squirrels followed by a sprint up and run back – x 3 times.  

MARY:  6-ish minutes of abdominal exercises – someone called them out – there – are you happy?!?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Give to the Dam to Dam fundraising – it’s the actual point where F3 hits community leadership.  For real!

COT:   @Sprocket took us out because he’s the kind of guy you want covering your back – we prayed for all of our souls and the souls of those we love. Aye!

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Lucky stars

WARMUP:

Windmills
Potato pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Imperial walkers
Plank
Honey mooners
Downward dog
Merkins
Parker peters
Shoulder taps
30 ssh

THE THANG:

Star routine with cones at 5 points and inbetween we rolled dice to see what exercise we had to do- it was mostly ssh x30, but a couple merkins, burpees and squats mixed in: 3 rounds, blue cones, green cones then both!

Blue cone round

25 plank jacks
20 merkins
20 Star sits
25 LBS
15 monkey humpers

Green cone round

5 burpees
5 jump squats
5 jumping lunges
5 bomb jacks
5 polo ohnos

MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rooster, Jaegar
COT:

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Pigskin/Frozen Tundra

7 pax showed up to Alcatraz on a balmy Saturday morning. Alcatraz has been host to and launched a bounty one liners, inside jokes and laugh lines. Saturday was no different. We added one about a fishing tackle shop. Had to be there.

WARMUP: we took laps around the field with intermittent squat walks, lunge walks and bear crawls.

THE THANG:
1. Up and Over: Wall sit, bear crawl, run to fence. Scale/climb/hop over, run up hill, 10 bomb jacks, rinse repeat
2. Touch football. 5 burpees if get scored on.
3. Mary
4. 70/80/90/100 sprints

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
D2D coming up.
Jager coming up and is not about the German Digetif that many of you are accustomed to. Sign up. Something for everyone l.
COT:

Great thought for the day-
Love Bears Fruit- Henri Nouwen

“Can I give without wanting anything in return, love without putting any conditions on my love?”

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Glorious Gloom at the GC

WARMUP: Mosey behind Red Bowl to stink central for a COP: SquatS, IWs, Mtn. Climbers, LBCs, SSHs. All IC and interrupted by a burpee ladder, 5 down to 1.
THE THANG: head to the hill behind Express Oil change. Count adds to 10, started with 1 Big Boyat the bottom & 9 Bombjacks at the top. Omaha after 5 rounds as traffic was getting heavy. Head behind the Oil Change garage for a partner Dora. Derkins, Dips & Step ups. Finish up with a crowd pleaser, “Tote The Rock”. 1 pax runs around O’Reilly’s carrying a Cindy while Pax do the exercise listed on the sheet. Round 1 was Kraken Burpees and it went downhill from there.

MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Another Blood Drive (god bless @3D, he’s a marketing genius), D2D fundraiser
COT:Prayers for various family members.

I’m off and amazed how nervous and sleepless I am the night before a Q. Must be because it’s an important role to play. We all wanna do a good job for the Pax that show up. Always an honor to lead.
“The” Shortest of All Sales.

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Welcome To The Machine!

WARMUP: SSH, MNC, Cherry Pickers, Chest stretches
THE THANG: First Round: 7 stations with running in between: Station 1: 50 regular merkins
Station 2: 50 Squats
Station 3: 50 wide arm merkins
Station 4: 50 Squats
Station 5: 50 diamond merkins
Station 6: 100 IC flutter kicks (400 single count)
Station 7: 20 burpees
Round 2: Starfish routine – 10 burpees every time in the center; 1st station – 50 merkins, 2nd station – 50 squats, 3rd station – 50 pike presses (CDD), 4th station – 50 IC flutter kicks (200 single count),
Round 3: 7s with regular merkins at one end and IC flutter kicks at other end.
Totals: 221 merkins, 150 squats, 171 IC flutter kicks, 50 pike presses, 20 American Hammers, 1 to 2 miles of running.

MARY: 20 American Hammers and approximately 1 minute of heels 6 inches off ground

ANNOUNCEMENTS: d2db10k

COT: Prayers lifted and thanks to God for letting us do the F3 madness.

Thanks to Uber for letting me lead the workout this morning.

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Four Corners of Fun at Golden Corral

WARMUP: 4 Plank Jacks/Merkins/Shoulder Taps/Supermans. Repeat with 8 count. Repeat with 16 count. Repeat with 32 count.
THE THANG: Four corners with four exercises (20 count each) at each corner. After exercises completed at the corner, run one full lap + 1/4 to get to the next station. Exercises grouped as “Upper”, “Lower”, “Abs”, “All”. Once completed all corners we did the warmup all over again.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Damn Bar
COT: Grassy’s son

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Back to the basics

Dirty dozen went back to basics this morning at Alcatraz. Here what we did:

10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
15 Side Straddle Hops (IC)
15 Seal Jacks (IC)
10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
String of Pearls around the park

DORA – 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBCs
Mosey to “Breather Hill”

10 Burpees
Down the hill and back
20 Wide Arm Merkins
Down the hill and back
30 Calf Raises
Down the hill and back
40 MNCs
Down the hill and back
40 Overhead Press
Down the hill and back
30 Jump Ropes
Down the hill and back
20 Diamond Merkins
Down the hill and back
10 Prison Cells
Down the hill and back

Mosey back to AO
10 Flutters (IC)
10 American Hammers (IC)
10 Freddies (IC)
10 Hello Dollies (IC)
3.16 miles total

NMM
The Mission of F3 Nation is to “plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.” Fitness brings the guys in, but fellowship keeps them coming back. I know I can count on my brothers in the best and worst of times. Through F3, I found what so many lack: true friends. Faith and living third through service unlocks our leadership capabilities. I’m a better man when I serve others.

Our core principles are simple:
It’s free. All it costs is your effort.
It’s open to all men. Full stop. All means all.
It’s outdoors, rain or shine. The elements make you durable.
It’s led on a rotating fashion by your peers. No certifications necessary. When you lead, we follow.
Finally, it ends in a COT. The COT is what separates us from workout groups. In the COT, it doesn’t matter if you were the fastest or if you had the best form, all that matters is that you care for the guy next to you. I think our world could use a lot more COT.

The Credo of F3 is “leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.” We pick up the six at every workout, but it doesn’t stop there. These men will walk beside you when you’re high on the mountain or low in the valley. We are there for each other physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. These men are there when it matter – always.

The mission, credo, and core principles are simple and if we follow them, we can change the world, one man at a time. So strap in, hold on, and enjoy the ride. If you stick with it, you’ll be the man your family and community deserves. And you might have a little fun on the ride!

Aye!
Italian Job

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All of them

PAX we’re disclaimed and the five core principles were voiced.

WARMUP: Mosey to Grace Presby – Various exercises with burpees mixed in for fun.

THE THANG: Partner DORA behind Harris Teeter so PAX could experience the “Golden Corral fresh air” 100-200-300: Burpees, Squats & Flutter Kicks. Mosey off campus to office park and former Gold Hill Y property.

1-17-23 at each stop sign/corner – time for 3 rounds:
Stop 1 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 hand release merkins & 23 big boy sit ups

Stop 2 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 wide arm merkins, 23 sumo squats

Stop 3 – 1 kraken burpee, 17 diamond merkins, 23 flutter kicks

Mosey to gold hill Y driveway for 5 more burpees OYO then a jog to COT.

MARY: no time for it
ANNOUNCEMENTS: were announced
COT: YHTBT

Thanks to Slow Jams for the opportunity. It’s always an honor to lead.

Gratefully,
Cyclops 👁

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Breakfast Buffet

WARMUP: Normal stuff like SSH, windmill, Morrocan night club, inch worm merkins, low slow squats
THE THANG:
Moved over behind the service center by the knee high wall for the following:

10 Burpee step ups (both legs) – run a lap
Then 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Plank on the 6

Next:
Mike Tyson merkins – 10 in cadence
Dirty Myrtles – 10 in cadence
LBC with feet on wall – 10 in cadence
2 rounds of the above

5, 3, 2, 1 Burpee step ups with lap
7 Mike Tyson’s
7 Dirty Myrtles
7 LBCs
2 rounds

3,2,1 Burpee step ups with lap
5 Mike Tyson’s
5 Dirty Myrtles
5 LBCs
2 rounds

MARY: ran out of time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your news letter

COT: Remember that you aren’t just making decisions for yourself. Your decisions impact your inner circle. Think about that before you make important decisions today.

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Honoring Noah

Cable guy took the full hour at Alcatraz. We started with a mosey down the street to the fire station and back. The FNG was running a little late and almost took us out with his vehicle, thus we named him Wipeout. Back to the parking lot. In Cadence exercises, all sets of 22 in memory of Noah, Cable Guy’s 2.0 who would have celebrated his 22nd birthday.
Continued with some partner sprints and sets of 22 merkins, squats, and Big Boys.

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