Month: June 2018

The Burpee Mile v2

Ah it was yet another glorious morning at Cryptonite. It was hot. It is still hot. It is not going to stop being hot until January. Weather: 75 and humid Disclaimer/Prayer The thang: do 100 burpees, run a mile. Do 50 burpees, run a mile. Do 25 burpees, run a mile. Do 25 burpees. The …

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Bailout VQ

Posted on behalf of Bailout Weather: 72 and humid Disclaimer and Prayer The Thang: Warm up Mosey around the School parking lot COP: SSHx15 TTTx15 Merkinsx15 IWx15 OTH Clapsx15 Mosey to the right side of the school under the breezeway 30 second wall sit quick rest 30 second wall sit 25 BBSU 10 Merkins American …

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Preblast: Inaugural “Wildcat” – Lexington (SC) Region #CSAUP

PAX, Only a few weeks until the new #CSAUP simply called “Wildcat”  is here. Click link or copy link below to sign up to participate or help Q the painstation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/108uKKS2wRlRvh3oWKRqqiRhjgHLVJl2OBxMTBhMCeIc/edit?usp=sharing We in F3 love a good #CSAUP event and YHC saw that the men of F3 Rock Region have developed a great event called …

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Wandering Block Party

Four Station Block Relay – The original idea for this workout had us moving between stations relay style with blocks. Since we didn’t have quite enough PAX to make this happen, we stayed together and probably had more fun as a group anyway. Conditions: A beautiful breeze Disclaimer Prayer The Thang: Each PAX grabbed a …

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Old school-ish route

YHC had a quick discussion with the AOQ of the Rooster about returning to running on Wednesday and he noted that there was an open spot on the Q sheet for Wednesday. YHC took that spot with an eye on pushing for 4 miles. It was a perfect rooster morning, hot and steamy. 3 Pax gathered, 2 runners …

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The Invasion

3 Roost regulars were stretching and waiting for any late arrivals when 3 unidentified cars rolled into the parking lot .  With each of us wondering who was in these 3 cars, we were quickly surprised to see 8 men headed our way.  With several of them donning red F3 shirts YHC realized we were …

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The Return Q

Conditions:  72 degrees; 93% humidity; 70 degree dew point; Winds W 7 mph (nice breeze) 12 PAX gather this morning looking to get better. T Claps to those members of the Strut Brigade that were able to part ways with the fartsack.  Many days have passed since YHC’s last Q at his beloved AO.  Much …

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Slammer Time at Shawshank

Today was another humid edition of Shaswshank’s signature CSAUP, The Slammer. It was great to have some representation from The Hollow delegation today, especially after an inspired lesson and discussion from Iron Mary at The Rock. Outstanding work today, men, thank you for the support. Conditions: low 80’s, humid and sticky Disclaimer Prayer The Thang: …

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Hamstrung Bells

6 pax descended upon the Yard the day after YHC pulled a hammy racing SideSaddle for the glory of Staccato’s balls.  Needless to say, YHC didn’t plan for running at this workout. Conditions: Not bad for mid June. The Thang: Warm up- walked around the circus alternating with arm circles F/B and Raise the Roofs. …

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Smooth 6+ Miler

Another strong morning in the Stride gloom. Tclaps to Juice for running XL. Here’s a quick recap: Conditions: 70 degrees, 100% humidity The Thang: Count off Disclaimer BOM The Route: R on E Main R on Cedarcrest R on Freedom R on Railroad R on 6 L on Gibson R on S. Church L on …

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Missing the Mission PAX

YHC was asked to Q today’s workout. It’s always an honor to serve the men that have been or are currently in Oliver Gospel Mission’s Recovery Program. Numbers were light (nobody actively in the Program joined us…and we certainly missed them), but we put in some work and remembered those that weren’t with us. We’ve …

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Play Ball!

5 PAX were grinding out some blockwork as the Q hustled towards them, 10 minutes late.  #TClaps to Moist and crew for keeping the faith and holding down the fort, and Kobains that we we didn’t get more time on the diamond.  Here’s how it went down: Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM (presumably) Weather: Pretty much …

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Surge Snotwoggler

The gloom was thick and quiet this AM yet hard work was done. That’s the thing with Surge. These men may be quiet but it’d be tough to find a harder working group of pax. Not a single complaint about a burpee-filled, block ladder snotwoggler that netted 2 miles around campus. Tclaps to the 5 …

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Fishtales

5 PAX at the Icehouse Amphitheater today for the “Northwood Ruck.” #CrowdPleaser     Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM   Weather: 70 and wet (in the sprinklers).   The Thang: https://www.strava.com/activities/1660875804   Prayer Requests: *Moist’s niece.  She’s stable and growing (4#), but still a long way to go. *Drisocket’s Wednesday FNG – wife recently had surgery …

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Stomp Speed: 1200s x 5

This morning’s version of Stomp included 1200 repeats up and down Cemetery Hill and a late arriving FNG. Hard work was done and F3 Lexington grew. Conditions: 72 degrees, 89 humidity. A cool morning according to Strut. The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Warm up mosey High knees Butt kicks Frankensteins Karaoke Mosey to bottom of Cemetery …

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Simple Things

Eleven PAX joined YHC for a simple morning stroll. The thang: a.) warm up b.) run to Point Comfort with mini-pain stations of merkins on the way (X45) c.) run up and down Point Comfort, start with 10 BBSU/ 1 merkin and work toward 1 BBSU/ 10 merkin d.) run to AO with mini-pain stations …

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I <3 Seals

Conditions: On the cooler side of life, but still humid. Ball of Man and Opening Prayer THE THANG: Partner up, mosey down to brick pile and each pair grad two bricks. (One for each PAX). COP SSH X 15 IC TTT X 10 IC WM X 10 IC Arm Circles X 10 IC Forward and …

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Pavers are fun

11 men strolled into The Hollow this morning looking for a good time.  YHC dialed up a weinke in hopes of giving the pax what they wanted.  Good fun and hard work was put in today. Weather – 70 degrees and pretty humid Disclaimer/Prayer The workout: Take the long route using the service road to …

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Foot Point of No Return

11 PAX made the hard decision this morning to leave the comfort of the cool temps of the Fartsack, and enter the sub-tropical conditions that are Columbia, South Carolina in June.  Posting on mornings like this morning are tough, the definition of the #DRP, because, unlike in winter, where #DoingTheHardThing may warm you up and …

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Humidity and Hills

Due to ongoing construction on Main St. in Lexington, YHC was notified that parking would need to be moved to the lot across from LBC on Main. How fortuitous, as the plan was to run Butler loops… Conditions: MUGGY The Thang: Butler loops: from start run down Main to Harmon (first traffic light you come to), …

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True Grit

Weather hot and humid. Pledge of Allegiance facing shovel flag. Disclaimer Circle up and pray it up. It has been a while since Grit  was closed and I was feeling a little rusty this morning. But with 5 Pax showing up for a workout it really energized my spirit. Some had never done a Ruck …

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#LegDay

10 tough guys knew #LegDay was coming. 10 tough guys dropped the #DRP and posted anyway. It’s a well-known fact that YHC isn’t known for his creativity, but the pax rolled with it and hopefully got their money’s worth. Hopefully our FNG returns for more shenanigans, as he was welcomed to The Hollow with a …

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Duckie v. ChopShop

Conditions- Tropical The Thang- CS-SSH X 25 CS-Mosey then 7 Merkins, 7 squats, 7 BBSU down to one D-To playground- SSH, 10 pull-up burpees, 20 box jumps, air chair CS- Jacobs ladder on hill. Merkins 10-1 D- Loop Run. 5 Burpees at each corner. LBC at finish CS- Captain Planets- groups of threes plank alternating …

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No Nonsense at Thunder

YHC volunteered to pick up Boris’ Q.  Due to a lack of planning, we stuck to the basics today at Thunder.  While some of the Pax may have opted for some Pilates with Jillian (talking to you Snot Rocket), those who did post got their money’s worth. Weather:  75 and muggy The Thang: Lap around …

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June 2018 PT Test

6 Pax posted this am for the June version of the PT Test.  Summer is here.  Work was done and betterness was received. Strong Work Men! Conditions: Mid 70s and more sweaty The Thang: Disclaimer/BOM/Prayer Mozey through the parking lot and circle up in the back parking lot. SSH x 15 IC LBAC x 10 …

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June Flood

Conditions: Upper 70’s and HUMID The Thang: Mosey to the sign at the entrance to the school.  See link to map for more details. Flood layout At every red box the exercises rotated between hand release merkins/LBC’s and squats/BBSU’s.  We ran from red box to red box and performed a burpee at each light pole …

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Basics and Form

Weather: Typical South Carolina Summer Morning The Thang: Intro, disclaimer Mosey around to the top of hill by the dumpster for COP SSH x 10 IC TTT x 10 IC Imperial Walkers x 10 IC LBAC x 10 IC f/r OH Claps x 10 IC LBAC x 10 IC r/f Partner up As a pair, …

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Playing in the Park

Five Pax from MB, Louisville, Burlington, and Lake Murray regions gathered this morning for some fun and games in the park. Here’s how it all went down… -THE THANG- Disclaimer & Warm Up: Mosey to park SSH x 20 TTT x 10 Imperial Walker x 20 Windmill x 10 Burpee x 10 OYO More Warm …

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Still Sweating

Speedwork is hard enough but then you factor in the heat and humidity and you have something terrible. It didn’t deter 10 men of The Bounty this AM as we sped around the track many times, sucking in our guts and picking up the pace at convenient times. Strong work by the pax. Conditions: 74 …

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Caboose’s VQ

14 PAX for Woodshed with many new faces.  8 PAX from F3Lexington showed up on their F3Midlands Tour.  It was great meeting these guys and they brought plenty of energy and mubble chatter to the Shed. TCLAPS to Tadpole for his 2nd post at the Shed. Disclaimer COP SSH x 20 (IC) LBAC X 10 …

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El Trabajo

Written by Bambi,  Posted By Juice ? Ambush Warriors defied the evil fart sack, & emerged from the gloom for some good ole fashioned “Through the Tunnel,” “Side=Straddle Hoppin,” & intense “Windmill” action. I think they realized pretty quickly that there were none of these beloved exercises to be found today at The Bush……instead, below …

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Pre-Blast: Crazy Train at Stumble

Stumble is humbled (see what I did there) to host a portion of the F3 Columbia Crazy Train for a 10K. If you don’t know about the Crazy Train – read this first: https://www.f3midlands.com/columbia-sc/preblast-the-crazy-train-cometh Date: Wednesday 6/27 Time: 05:30 AM (Following the Armory at Stumble AO for just this week) Location: Woodland Park (parking lot …

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