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It’s Wet. YES. Now, Do The Work

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Whenever there's an FNG, I feel the responsibility to turn it up a notch and to ensure I adhere to the principles, cadence calling, and traits of what I love about F3. While it's not up to me to determine the intensity of this morning's workout as I'll let the PAX chime in, what I can control is the adherence to the principles, cadence calling and characteristics of what I love about F3…so long as I don't stray from the 5 Core Principles or the Credo.
Naturally, we reviewed those this morning prior to launching as we had an FNG in the gloom with us, welcome Small Things.

WARMUP: Mosey to the parking lot of FMRX and discover a nicely placed deck of cards. Oh look, what shall we do with these? The intent was to complete ~1/2 the deck utilizing some warm-up exercises and regular exercises and let this serve as our slightly-higher-than-normal-intensity warm-up.
Hearts: Merkins
Clubs: Flutters (count the rt side only)
Spades: Squats
Diamonds: Butt Kickers (count the rt side only)

THE THANG:
Mosey to the big lot on the right at the top of the Massey hill for a large evolution of 4 Corners with a center.
Start in the center of the lot and run to the corner, perform the exercise, run back to the center for 5 burpees, then out to the next corner and back to the center and so on. Complete 2 full rounds.
Corner 1: 15 Hand-Release Merkins
Corner 2: 15 Jump Squats
Corner 3: 15 Carolina Dry Docks
Corner 4: 15 American Hammers

Once everyone completed round 2, we then completed 1 additional round as a group but cut the reps in half.

Mosey to the steps at the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene. The original plan had us running up and down the set of stairs but due to the rain, we lunge walked up the stairs, walked down and did that 3 times then went to the Church parking lot.
Here I looked at the wienke and realized I had about 7mins of material for the remaining 15mins of time in the hour. A reminder for all, plan a longer workout in case you finish an evolution faster than anticipated. So, what did we do? I preceded to make a few enemies and released the angry gremlin inside Super G.

Welcome back to the Mak Tar Jah followed by the Knee Tar Jah!

Now, mosey back to COT for what turned out to be the fastest naming of an FNG I've ever been apart of.
Welcome, Small Things.
MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CRI Training, Bethel Men's Shelter, Stuff The Bus
COT: 100%

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Blimps are fun

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Another super humid morning but it was great seeing 11 other guys show up to get the day started right. Quick disclaimer then mosey around park stopping at each swing for 2 exercises. 10 counts of imperial Walker's, cherry pickers, tempo merkins, low slow squats, wide arm merkins, etc. Mosey down trail behind park to the grass hill for accumulating BLIMPS. 5 burpees, then either run up big hill or smaller side hill and return. 5 burpees, 10 lunges, nur up hill. 5 burpees, 10 lunges, 15 imp squat Walker's, bear crawl up hill (not my idea but someone really wanted to bear crawl). Same 5, 10, 15, then 20 merkins, run up hill. Same 5, 10, 15, 20, then 25 plank jacks and nur up hill. Last round 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 SSHs then mosey back to amphitheater. Partner up. P1 does flying squirrel while P2 holds plank. P2 drops to 6 inch plank hold and P1 jumps over. Repeat for total of 8 flying squirrels then flap jack. Yog around amphitheater then rinse and repeat. Yog back to COT for a few ab exercises then times up. Appreciate the opportunity @U08QLQH6J68

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WEP Stations

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WARMUP: windmills, hillbilly walkers, moseying, toy soldiers, knee grabs, arm stretches
THE THANG:
Playground Station
C.H.I.P.S. and Dips
Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park bench, and a lap around the playground
C – Calf Raises, Dips
H – Hello Dollies, Dips
I – Imperial Walkers, Dips
P – Parker Peters, Dips
S – Squats, Dips

Mosey to Sidney Johnson Station
Paula Abduls using trees to the left of the path to Looms
5 Overhead claps + 5 Big Boys

Mosey to Calhoun Street Park Station
Bearway to Heaven

  • Parking lot lines
  • Bear crawl 1 space + 7 burpees
  • Bear crawl 2 spaces + 6 burpees
  • Bear crawl 3 spaces + 5 burpees
  • Bear crawl 4 spaces + 4 burpees
  • Bear crawl 5 spaces + 3 burpees
  • Bear crawl 6 spaces + 2 burpees
  • Bear crawl 7 spaces + 1 burpee

Mosey to WEP Parking Lot Station
Triple Nickels
PAX selects exercise for the group, then 5 reps at bottom of hill, 5 at the top of the hill, 5 more at the bottom
Phrasing is important: I asked everyone to choose their favorite exercise, forgetting Wheaties was in attendance
Dojo – Derkins (when I asked Dojo to start us off I think Cyclops yelled out 'DON'T BE DUMB')
Wheaties – Burpees
Bowzer – Big Boys
Only Fans – SSH
Dark Helmet – Nothings
JWOW – CCD (I think)

MARY: throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming volunteer events – CRI, Stuff the Bus
Read your newsletter
BBBB in November
Cannoli Run 2027 next May

COT:
Patience for parenting, family relationships
Seek out wisdom

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Don’t get lost

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WARMUP: Nope – it’s a running AO
THE THANG: Run into Massey for 4-5 miles – Neff Ct to Dudley to Felts to Kingsbottom and back.
MARY: Nope – it’s a running AO
ANNOUNCEMENTS: always
COT: 5th core principle

It was great to get a yog in on the east side and not get lost (thanks for the fellowship Time Machine).

Vuvu and Farmers Only are still fast and Grout has joined in their fast nonsense.

12 in the cold means choosing the tougher thing. Thanks for the opportunity Time Machine.

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Do as I say, not as I do

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WARMUP: waiting on Q
THE THANG: choose your own adventure
MARY: would have been a better Q
ANNOUNCEMENTS: don’t be late for your Q
COT: yes

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The Impossible Mile

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WARMUP: barely
THE THANG: impossible mile
400m Bear Crawls
400m Lunge Walks
400m Burpee Broad Jumps (no one got past this)
400m sprint
MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Operation Love, Christmas Party, Bethel
COT:
Yes

So this workout was one of many that remind me why we do what we do.
Unexpected FNG came out this am, dudes an ex marine and a solid dude. Knew we would be there. But really it’s because every single man made a decision they weren’t going to leave the next man hanging. That’s why we post in unpleasant conditions, wee hours of the morning and in some cases with little sleep the day after a birthday where it would have been nice to sleep in if I’m being honest. I wouldn’t have been there for my brothers, and I also wouldn’t have gotten to see Private Dancer who came up from Florida, Dear Abby from Chicago, Boomhaur on his second post, met Hershey and MP, and gotten to see DH do some DH ish, with an FNG onboarding and so and and so on….So all in all a great morning. Welcome Body Butter!

The workout itself, well that’s another story. I wouldn’t say I regret it but I am going to be feeling that one for a few days…

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GTL at the ramp

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WARMUP: 25 SSH, 10 Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: Mosey to the Parking Garage
high knees, butt kickers, toy soldiers, karaoke

Arrive at garage
Hold plank and do low slow merkins until the 6 came in.
Level 1:
• 10 Low Slow Merkins
• Lunge walk up the ramp
Level 2:
• 10 Low Slow Merkins
• 10 Burpees
• Bear crawl up the ramp
Level 3 (UpperDeck):
• 20 LBCs
• Mosey a lap up top with a short nur.
• Crab walk down ramp
Level 2:
• Al gore until the 6 came in
• 10 Low Slow Merkins
• 15 Low Slow Squats
• run down the ramp
Level 1:
• Wall Sit for 60 seconds
• Plank jacks
• 10 Low Slow Merkins
• Lunge walk up the ramp
Level 2:
• 10 Low Slow Merkins
• 25 SSH
• Run down ramp
Mosey back to COT
• 25 Moroccan Night Clubs
•25 Seal Jacks
• Plank it out until the end

MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check your newsletter, trash pickup, blood drive, 4B’s, Thanksgiving convergence, Christmas party.
COT: YES :raised_hands:

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Escalator and More

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, stretchy things.
THE THANG: Moseyed to the lot in front of the theater.

Using the Parking spaces start at one end, Bear Crawl 2 lines do 1 Merkin, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 7 squats. Bear Crawl 2 lines do 2 Merkins, Crawl Bear 1 line and do 6 squats. Repeat until you do 7 Merkins an 1 squat.

4-Corner Escalator
Corner 1
– Merkins – 10 reps
Corner 2
– Merkins– 10 reps
– Squats – 20 reps
Corner 3
– Merkins – 10 reps
– Air Squats – 20 reps
– Lunges – 30 reps (15 each leg)
Corner 4
– Merkins – 10 reps
– Air Squats – 20 reps
– Lunges – 30 reps
– LBCs – 40 reps

After this we went back down the escalator .

Mosey to the fountains for 11’s.

CDDs
Dips

MARY: Piston Crunches, Peter Parker’s, Parker Peter’s, American Hammers, plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter, Invergence, Memorial Stair Run, read the news letter.
COT: Prayers were said.

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