Handstands, burpees, and bear crawls oh my!

WARMUP:
Mozy to the wall
SSH
Low Slow Squat
CDD and chill

THE THANG:
Balls to the wall
It was at this point Sasquatch joined us
10 handstand pushups OYO
People’s chair
10 wall squats
Balls to the wall
10 handstand pushups OYO
20 burpees

mozy to roundabout
bear crawl around roundabout
20 burpees – to control the amount of chatter. There are people sleeping in those apartments ya know.
A2G (deep squat) for the 6

mozy to second roundabout
bear crawl around roundabout. Turns out this one is bigger. Who knew?
Olaf joined the group
20 more burpees to keep em quiet
Plank for the 6

mozy back to first roundabout
crab walk around
Plank for the 6

Mozy back to Red Bowl
3 corners, 10 reps each:
1) Big Boys and 2count Flutters
2) Burpees!!
3) Jump Squats and Bomb Jacks
The pattern was 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, etc.
Funhouse joined us somewhere in here

MARY:
Flutters, Peter Parkers, and LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Men’s shelter next week – Battle Bot
Blood Drive – 3D
Cannoli run
New 3rd F on Wednesdays – Kaiser
4/20 Partake – Battle Bot
Download “In Love While Parenting” App. It’s free – Olaf

COT:

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Timberline Trail – ASCG

THE THANG:
12 PAX strong ruckes Kingsley trail to Timberljne trail. We made a push for Lake Haigler but had to turnaround at E3. Seemed like 2 ish miles. We encountered rocks, roots, terrain, river crossings, and horse manure. It was cool to look back a see a string of headlamps, bobbing through the woods. When one of us was in a valley, another was at a peak encouraging us to keep going. In your concentrica, who needs encouraging today?

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Q vs Q 2023 Finals

WARMUP: SSH and Moroccan Night Clubs

Order:
Sally
Zalinsky
Olaf
Poppins

Sally’s Q:
Top- 10 shoulder press w/ coupons
Downhill- 10 steps then 10 mountain climbers double count.
Bottom- 10 XFactors single count
Uphill- 10 steps then 10 Merkins on hill
Repeat 10 times or until inevitable time out

Zalinsky’s Q:
Partner Dora
AMRAP excercises were Prison Cell Merkins, Jump Squats, Big Boy Situps.
4 corner exercises were: 10 Merkins, 10 Big Boys, 10 Squats, 5 Burpees

Olaf’s Q:
Fire hose indian run to bleachers. Stop for burpees along the way twice.
Teams divided into two and bear crawl under the bleachers, do 3 hand release merkins, run back.

Poppins’ Q:
Partner up. Movements to cones and back. Burpees at each side. Movements were: Partner carry, wheelbarrow, bear crawl, long jump. Start with 10 burpees on each end and drop it by 2 each time we swapped movements.

FINAL VOTES
Olaf – 19
Poppins – 18
Zalinsky – 5
Sally – 3

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Fill in for UHaul at Colosseum

WARMUP:
– We warmed up with some stretching and some merkins and some mountain climbers

THE THANG:
– Run to back of school on long bus road and grab a rock at the bottom
– A lot of running back and forth and lifting rocks and such
– Then we went to the parking lot right behind the school and did a short four corners
– Ended with an AYG back to COT

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter

COT: The 5th Core Principle

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MANION WOD – VA (IF NOT ME, THEN WHO?)

WARMUP: SSH & Windmills
THE THANG: The Manion WOD honoring 1st Lieutenant Travis Manion, United States Marine Corps.
Travis Joseph Lemma Manion was born November 19, 1980 in Camp Lejeune, NC to an active duty Marine family. After settling in Doylestown, PA, Travis went on to LaSalle College High School where his strong leadership qualities set him apart both athletically and academically. He was an all-league standout in wrestling, football and lacrosse, a member of five championship teams, and an All-American wrestler. Travis was best known as a motivating and popular figure to his classmates. It was for these traits that Travis was awarded the Hal Selvey, Jr. Memorial Award for Unselfish Dedication and Leadership. This combination of leadership, athleticism, and academic achievement opened the door to his appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
Travis made the ultimate sacrifice in the Al Anbar province of Iraq on April 29, 2007. As Manion’s patrol concluded a search of a suspected insurgent house, it came under precision small arms fire attack. With the Corpsman grievously wounded by enemy fire and the attack developing into a full-scale ambush, First Lieutenant Manion and a fellow Marine exposed themselves to the increasing fire to pull the Corpsman out of the kill zone. After recovering the Corpsman and administering first aid, First Lieutenant Manion led his patrol in a counter attack, personally eliminating an enemy position with his M4 carbine and M203 grenade launcher. As he continued to direct the patrol, another Marine was wounded by the enemy’s accurate fire. He again moved across the kill zone, under fire by five insurgents, to recover the wounded Marine. Iraqi Army reinforcements, halted by an improvised explosive device, were unable to advance on the flank of the insurgents, and First Lieutenant Manion and his patrol found themselves taking fire from three sides. While fearlessly exposing himself to gain a more advantageous firing position and drawing enemy fire away from the wounded Marines, First Lieutenant Manion was fatally wounded by an enemy sniper. His courageous and deliberate actions inspired the eventual counter attack and ultimately saved the lives of every member of his patrol. By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Manion reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
MARY: Completed
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Announced
COT: 5th Core Principle w/ STL

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Who is looking back?

WARMUP:
– SSH / WM / CP / IW
THE THANG:
– mosey down towards the school, enter trail head on lefthand side and follow it thru the woods.
– try not to scare too many deer
– rotate sandbag along the way
– check if we can move Olaf’s fallen tree
– head up the hill to the Colosseum parking lot
– head back to COT
MARY:
– plenty of deer in the woods
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read your newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Freak In The Sheets!

WARMUP:  After much complaining about being in the dark we warmed up and started a yog around the back of the school.

THE THANG: We had fun with a skinny starfish SORRY! 😂

Each exercise is followed by returning to the center for 20 squats (crowd pleaser)

Station 1

Round 1 – Hand Release Merkins x10
Round 2 – Add Clap Merkins x10
Round 3 – Add Toe Touch Merkins x10
Round 4 – Add Mike Tysons x10
Station 2 (All Men)

Station 2

Round 1 – Shoulder Tap x15 (Double Count)
Round 2 – Add Mountain Climbers x15 (Double Count)
Round 3 – Add Peter Parkers x15 (Double Count)
Round 4 – Add Donkey Kicks x15 (Double Count)

MARY: We stretched a bit and realized that Italian Job is way more flexible than expected.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: One month till my birthday. Accepting gifts now.
COT: Please pray for mental health and reach out if you need help. Thanks Poppins for the invite and always being a HIM.

The Thrill is gone.

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46th Birthday celebration with plenty of sandbags

WARMUP:
300 yd mossy without ruck
Moroccan night clubs, windmill, low slow squats, SSH
THE THANG:
Pick a sandbag and perform the following:
The idea was to get 46 reps of each exercise so I broke it down into 3 cycles, 15+15+16 with a 300yd lap with ruck and sandbag after each cycle has been completed. Use you sandbag for all exercises, ruck on at all times except for last exercise:
Sandbag toss
High pulls
Curls
Squat
Over the shoulder toss
Bend over rows
Chest press (no ruck)

As planned it took about 50 minutes to complete all 3 cycles
MARY: 10 minutes of broga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: the Manion is coming, Chupacabra is coming out of hibernation, AMRAP for autism is coming in April
COT: stays at COT

It was great to start my birthday with such a fine group of PAX; Jäeger beer to take home for each attendee.

Tinsel OUT

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Rucking with Man-Makers

WARMUP:
– mosey to parking lot behind Panera, some warm-up
– cross 160
THE THANG:
– follow the loop around the lake, various PT in the parking lots in form of 2 sets, 1x without ruck and 1x with ruck
– once back at 160, cross over into Kingsley and loop around Kingsley with various PT along the way
MARY:
– stop at intersection and do some step-up
– finished with a few man-makers at the end
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– read newsletter
COT:
– was held

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Inaugural Jaeger

Beautiful March weather (seriously it was a perfect day) for the 0800 launch of the Eröffnung Jäger. PAX were assured by Grinder that the routes were well marked and there were no Zima-miles. This proved to be 99.9% true (you could still get lost if you wanted to…)

The premise was solid. 4 man team (2 Ruckers, 2 Runners). Runners had longer routes and teams met at checkpoints for team exercises before they could head to the next station. The pain stations were tough. Lutefisk about killed the PAX at the first one. (Oh, that was just me?) Triple Lindy had us loading munitions. Cake Boss brought candy, but it was not a sweet treat. (Could have also been that the leg leading to Alison Park was soul crushing….) Tinsel forgot it was a CSAUP and thought he was prepping for a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs wresting match.



The finishing team results:
1.) Vuvu/Beaker (for the record you were suggested to have a 4 man team…)
2.) Cobra Kai’s crew (that included the mythical Gekko)
3.) Camp 3D’s Sugar Shady Band Bug
4.) Cornerstone’s posse
5.) Poppins’ Chimney Sweeps (seriously impressive that Badlands ran back from the final pain station to connect with his teams’ Ruckers)
6.) The Entourage around Shield
7.) Slow Jams and the Lake Ridge Wanders
8.) Lake Wylie’s Wild Thing drinking Whiskey and enjoying a Big Mac (great to see these guys from across the bridge here for the CSAUP)

Afterwards at the Print Shop, we celebrated the Dam 2 Dam fundraising effort where The Fort is sending $7,500 to Defend the Fatherless, $7,500 to Autism Strong, $7,500 to the Fort Mill Care Center, and $10,000 to the F3 the Fort endowed scholarship.

It is an honor to be part of The Fort alongside some amazing high impact men. On behalf of Grinder and the entire planning crew, this backblast is respectfully submitted by the smallest cog in the Jaeger machine—Band Camp.

For reference:
The Preblast: https://f3thefort.com/2023/01/31/preblast-jaeger/
YHC’s Strava tracker: https://www.strava.com/activities/8697393033

The Jaeger will hunt again next year. Send any feedback to: jaeger.csaup@gmail.com

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