Figure 8s on the Minnow Pond

2022-10-20Leave a comment

QIC: Double D
When: 2022-10-20
Pax: Airborne, Band Camp, Bonsai, Cousin Eddie, Cyclops, darkhelmet, Double D, Fogerty, Gekko, Italian Job, Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck), Rebel, Shady, skipper, Stang, Tesla81
Posted In: Minnow Pond

WARMUP: The first lap behind the pacer (YHC) served as the warmup with three stops for exercises along the way.

THE THANG: The route today was a figure eight on the map — out the lot up to Skipper for a right turn at the Pharmacy (fka bank) down 160 to a right turn on Main street, down hill to a left turn on Railroad Ave left turn at Print Shop across the connector to Munroe White down the hill to Academy back to Main Street and Memorial Park.

Each time pax get to Print Shop it’s 10x Perfect Merkins (= Hand release Merkin with Shoulder tap at the top)

Each time pax get to Pharmacy lot it’s 20x Squats + 30x Plank jacks.

All pax got at least 3 laps for 3.3+ miles each.

MARY: Rebel led some Mary as the pax reconvened at the lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whetstone revival at Hanging with Stang today (if you’re reading this you either made it or didn’t), Beers for Beetus, read your newsletter

COT: Pax pushed hard today, esp after lap 1 during which there was much mumblechatter. It’s cold out but not too cold for these HIMs!

Tesla and Shady were kings — crushed it, nowhere in sight!

16 pax owned Main St Fort Mill during first lap…should’ve had a camera recording the scene for a hype vid

Themes of Grace, Disgrace, Expectations and Shame running across my radar in recent days/weeks. Stirring interview with Marcus Mumford included his living for a long time “under layers and layers of shame.” Reflections on that article and his recent songs continue to draw me deeper. Check it out and reflect on your own experience — https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-marcus-mumford

Thanks for the invite Jekyll! Missed you!

Always an honor, pax! Thanks for pushing yourself and me today!

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Cake crumbs and Mr Clean up 🧹

2022-10-16Leave a comment

QIC: CakeBoss, Mr Clean
When: 2022-10-15
Pax: Cakeboss, fishstix, Jump Shot, Mark Nestel, Masterpiece, Mr Clean, skipper, Über (Rhett Trease)
Posted In: Alcatraz

WARMUP: mosey around runde park and down towards marina with stops for some exercise moves
THE THANG:
CakeBoss at helm: traditional Dora
100 merkins
200 LBCs
300 Squats
Partner runs hill (50yrds)
Swap
Mosey back to runde for handoff to Mr Clean

12 or so Cindy exercise moves with a run in between each

MARY: breathing exercises 😜
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bourbon tasting,
COT:keep posting

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Deck of Awesomeness

2022-10-07Leave a comment

QIC: Skipper
When: 2022-10-04
Pax: Airwolf, Anchorman, Band Camp, Bonsai, Cakeboss, Cohiba, Cubbie, Cyclops, darkhelmet, Dojo, Double D, Figaro, fishstix, Funhouse, JWOW, Kermit, Rebel, Shady, skipper, Vuvuzela, Wegmans
Posted In: Block Party

WARMUP:
Mosey to FM Church of God…SSH, Low slow squats, seal jacks and Moroccan nightclubs. Mosey to FM Baptist rear parking lot.

THE THANG:
Deck of cards: Hearts = Merkin. Spades = BBSU. Diamonds = Lunge. Clubs = Crab cakes. Joker = 15 burpees. 2s = Lap around parking lot. PAX made it through 90% of the deck before DOAH decided to “help” by selecting new cards for the remainder of the WO. As punishment for DOAH’s “help,” we pivoted to 7’s on the Withers St hill. Jump Squats at the bottom and merkins at the top.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many options for community leadership coming up in the next few months.

COT:

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Stockade STL style

2022-10-07Leave a comment

QIC: Hardwood
When: 2022-10-07
Pax: Cohiba, fishstix, Grassy Knoll, Happy Hour, Hardwood, Italian Job, Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck), Ltrain, Mainframe, skipper, slapshot
Posted In: The Stockade

WARMUP: light mosey to Hubert graham
THE THANG: 11’s with merkins and squats. Covered 4-4.5 miles, 400’+ of elevation gain
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Prayers from @sugarbug for a local high school football injured in last nights game and prayers for @davinci father as he heals from an ass whopping from his mother

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Hills pay the bills

2022-10-03Leave a comment

QIC: Poppins
When: 2022-10-03
Pax: Badlands, Grinder, Grout, Kermit, Paddle, Poppins, skipper, yard sale
Posted In: Sweep The Leg

WARMUP: nah
THE THANG: Mosey towards Gold Hill, since it was 10/3/22 approx every .25 miles we did 3 Kraken Burpees, 10 Mtn climbers and 22 flutters. When we got to Gold Hill we did sprints every other light pole and looped around far end parking lot and around back of school where we I explained next part.,

Hill repeats, 1st trip:

CDD (10) going up and squats (10) going down hill for first trip (every other pole)

Flutters at top and bottom waiting for 6, plus 20/22 extra

2nd trip: Burpees up (3) and Monkey humpers (10) every third pole

Flutters again, mosey back to COT

MARY: burpees instead
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel mens shelter, pints n padres
COT: had to be there

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Ian Spawned Off A Sharknado As It Left Tega Cay

2022-10-01Leave a comment

QIC: Stang
When: 2022-10-01
Pax: fishstix, skipper, Stang, Straight Up, Über (Rhett Trease)
Posted In: Alcatraz

WARMUP: Moraccian Nightclubs, Overhead Claps, Peter Parkers, Hill Billy Walkers, Cherry Pickers and Sumo Squats all in reps from 7 – 10.

THE THANG: Today seemed like a appropriate time to bring back out a workout that is a real ass kicker that I haven’t done in awhile. It’s called Sharknado. The running part is meant to be done in a relatively flat parking lot but since Alcatraz is where real men post I figured we needed to throw some Tega Cay hills in the mix. We started on a street in a neighborhood but after several dogs started barking at us running back and forth on the hill we decided to Omaha over to a even steeper hill with less houses. Here’s how Sharknado goes

Start with 10 burpees followed by a run up the hill and back.
Next 20 Hand Release Merkins run up and back
20 Big Boy Sit Ups run up and back
20 Monkey Humpers run up and back
20 Scorpion Dry Docks run up and back

Goal is try to make it through 5 rounds. 2 achieved 5 rounds the others completed 4 rounds and some change.
This workout sucks and will test even the fittest of Pax. Total of 2.5 miles of hills.

MARY: We returned to COT for 10 minutes of stretching which we found out Fishstix needs much more of in his life. There was much moaning and groaning for this segment of my Q.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon Tasting, Skeet Shoot and Golf Tournament are all coming up for D2D fundraiser.
COT: Prayers for some Pax injured while running Bourbon Chase this weekend and their safe return home. Prayers for Pax in Florida and others we don’t know that got devastated from Ian. Let us be a huge support for them.
Thanks again for the Q stick fellas. Time for a nap.

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Tropical Storm Warning (w/Burpees)

2022-09-30Leave a comment

QIC: Slapshot
When: 2022-09-30
Pax: Gekko, Grassy Knoll, Hayden Fry, JWOW, Kaiser, skipper, slapshot
Posted In: The Stockade

Warmup:

Run to the brand new pavilion.

100 SSH IC (Yes it was 100 that is not a typo)
15 MNC IC

The Thang:

Modified Laredo
12 Merkins IC
12 Squats IC
12 Lunges IC
400 m run
2 rounds

EMOM Series

5 minutes EMOM
10 Merkins (later upped to 12 and then 15)
20 LBCS (later upped to 25)
10 Hello Dollys (later upped to 12 and then 15)
.12 recovery run

5 Minutes EMOM (this one was harder than it looked)
10 HR
10 BBS
10 4-Ct Flutter Kicks
.12 Recovery Run

4 minutes (because of time) EMOM
10 Peter Parker (later upped to 12 and then 15)
10 Mountain Climbers (later upped to 12 and then 15)
10 Plank Jacks (later upped to 12 and then 15)

Recovery Run back to COT

7 Minutes EMOM
8 Burpees..then upped to 10…then upped to 12 then upped to max out. I got 21 in for the last minute as IAN finally made his long-awaited appearance

COT:
Thank you to all the PAX who posted this morning. It’s always appreciated when people come out to the Stockade/Chupacabra and especially on a day where we have some significant weather coming. Always humbled and honored when anyone shows up to one of my workouts.

During COT we offered up Prayers for healing, and guidance and praises for the support and brotherhood of F3.

Until next time!

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Shoulder BURN w the Fire Marshall

2022-09-27Leave a comment

QIC: Fire Marshall Bill
When: 2022-09-27
Pax: Band Camp, Bass-o-matic, Bobber, Cohiba, Fire Marshall Bill, Kermit, Rebel, skipper
Posted In: Block Party

Warm-up – Mosey to up the Pikes parking lot
Side Straddle Hop
Cherry Picker
Hillbilly Walkers
Merkins
Downward Dog/HoneyMooner
Side Straddle Hops
Mosey to the Far End of covered area and launch into Drillbits (all exercises OYO and cumulative, meaning the sequence is repeated adding the new exercise at each successive Drill)
1/6: 10 Burpees – Lap (If Raining – Down/Back under Awning)
2/6: 15 Jumping lunges -Lap
3/6: 20 Merkins – Lap
4/6: 25 Squats – Lap
5/6: 30 Moroccan Nightclubs – Lap
6/6: 35 LBCs – Lap
2 minutes of Wall Sits
Mosey to Springs courtyard x3 rinse and repeat
5 – step ups
10 – derkins
15 dips
Pike Lower Parking lot – 2 minutes of Wall Sits
Mosey back to the Upper Pikes parking lot for 8 minutes of Mary
Head Back to COT – finish w Side Straddle Hop

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Road cleanup this wkend. – w Fogarty

COT: prayers for marriages. 2.0s. Praise for F3 workouts and health

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Leadership in the six

2022-09-26Leave a comment

QIC: 38 Special
When: 2022-09-26
Pax: 38 Special, Badlands, darkhelmet, skipper, Tesla81, yard sale
Posted In: Sweep The Leg

WARMUP: STL has no warmup, well, ran to the purply lights in the daycare parking lot
THE THANG: 21’s because the first exercise SUCKS. 20 werewolf pushups in the parking lot, run down to the end of the school parking lots and do the little loop with 1 dip. Repeat until time is up.

Yes, there is NO WAY that you could finish all 20 rounds in 45 minutes, it’s a .9 mile loop. So the big exercise had to suck, and the second exercise had to be insultingly easy. lol

I very much designed this to get lapped once, possibly twice, but still see friendly faces huffing and puffing as we charged forth.
MARY: 90 seconds of flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AvyTvfgqohkhrLL77

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Limited miles and no smiles

2022-09-21Leave a comment

QIC: Skipper
When: 2022-09-20
Pax: Cicada, Divac, Mainframe, Maximus, skipper, Sprocket
Posted In: Currahee

WARMUP: Quick warmup ruck around the back of the school to the front entry drive for COP.
– SSH
– LSS
– Plank into downward dog, honeymooner, L arm high and R arm high.
– Windmill

THE THANG:

Ruck to trailhead park. While in route, there was some chatter/concern that we were headed to “the hill” for a second week in a row. As much as I love taking the hill, I had something a little different planned…an early intro to prep for The Chad.
– 100 step ups
– 100 squats (ruck on)
– 100 irkens

With 30 minutes left on the clock, we rucked back to the school for some field work.

Cones were placed every 20 yards (approx). 4 segments out / 4 segments back. 5 ruck man makers to start and at each turn.

Out:
– MOT = bear crawl / 10 ruck on merkins at each cone

Back:
– MOT = Lunge walk with ruck overhead / 25 ruck rows at each cone

Out:
– MOT = Bear crawl ruck drag / 10 BBSU at each cone

Back:
– MOT = Lunge walk with ruck front carry / 25 DC flutter press at each cone

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Support the shoe drive.

COT: Prayers for safety, health, peace and trust in the Sky Q.

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F3 The Fort

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Figure 8s on the Minnow Pond

Cake crumbs and Mr Clean up 🧹

Deck of Awesomeness

Stockade STL style

Hills pay the bills

Ian Spawned Off A Sharknado As It Left Tega Cay

Tropical Storm Warning (w/Burpees)

Shoulder BURN w the Fire Marshall

Leadership in the six

Limited miles and no smiles