Month: September 2019

Searching for Elvis

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!” -Psalm 133:1 6 pax gathered in the gloom today to carry and swing heavy things. Work was done and betterment was had. Conditions – Humid and dark The Thang One Minute Warning-Disclaimer-Prayer Ruck (x30’) Kettle Bells Circuit 1 1. KB …

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Donut Run

I don’t know how to say this but the Donut Run was a big deal a few years ago. (Insert Anchorman GIF here) After talking with a few of the AO‘s, YHC decided to bring it back. A good number of PAX we’re already running XL as I pulled up a few minutes early to …

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Iron Pax Challenge week 4

13 Pax jumped out of the fartsack and were eagerly awaiting our 5 am kickoff time to knock out the final installment of the IronPax Challenge.  YHC has heard grumbling about the toughness and intensity of the workouts, but has also witnessed the push to finish strong, the encouragement and the fellowship that comes with …

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Surge 9.24.19 Back Blast.

One Minute Warning: Disclaimer: Prayer: The weather: 65 degrees  Mosey-1 big lap around parking over to the loading dock Circle Up:  SSH X 15IC, Little Baby Arm Circles X 15IC, Overhead Clap X 15IC, Thru the Tunnel X 15IC Mosey over to the front of the school.  At light pole Perform 10 double Bonnie Blair Burpees …

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The Audit

YHC did not know that this morning the Nan’tan would arrive for an audit, but 14 faithful posted for some shenanigans. With both the current and former Nan’tans present, the workout had to reflect that YHC was still qualified to lead the pax. If that isn’t good enough for the pax to accept what went …

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N.O.B.

The route ran this morning heretofore known as The Big Loop is now forever known as N.O.B. Thanks to Pickle for making Stride a better place a few years back. Here’s a recap of this AM: Conditions: 64 degrees The Thang: Count off Disclaimer BOM N.O.B. Route Take 6 toward LES R on Corley L …

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BLIMP day at Shank

6 pax defied the fartsack this morning.  The weather was amazing and we caught a great sunrise.  We enjoyed a good workout and fellowship.  Each pax in attendance has been coming to F3 for more than 5 years. Weather: 62 degrees Disclaimer and Prayer Circle up SSH x10 IC TTT x10 IC Windmill x10 IC …

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Saturday at Depot

20 Burpees PT Test 2 min max effort Push-UPS 2 min max effort Sit-Ups 5 rounds of Every Minute on the Minute 15 Push-UPS 15 Squats 10 Minute AMRAP 5 Pull-Ups 10 Block Thrusters 15 Block Swings Run 1 lap Collective Exercises as Group 400 Push-UPS 400 Overhead Press 400 Burpees (Ran out of time …

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Iron Pax Week 3 at Turning Point

16 PAX posted on this glorious Thursday morning for some betterment in the cooler weather and good tunes brought to us by Treadmill. Taylor Swift, Skynyrd, Outkast, a few others made the week 3 Iron Pax workout somewhat bearable. The Thang: Count-a-rama, name-a-rama No announcements due to time Prayer requests- Boo’s M, Corbett  

Suicide races

15 PAX were great to see this morning including one FNG@F3arena. Weather was a VERY NICE 64 degrees. We started with BOM and the pledge of elegance. Run a lap around the parking lot 25 SSH IC 20 TTT IC Windmills IC 20 Emperial walkers IC Mosie to the block pile Everone gets their own …

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Bears and Blocks

YHC has never ventured out to Q the Pax of Crypt, but there is a first time for everything, and YHC thought maybe it was time to contribute to Making Crypt Great Again. The 12 Pax seemed please with the effort, so hopefully one day they will have YHC back! Several pax rolled in at …

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Is it fall yet?

What a morning to be out in the gloom.  The forecast looked good, and it was right – even a slight breeze.  Eight strong came out and worked hard.  Even had a second appearance in a row by Mission – time to buy a lottery ticket. Condition: 63 degrees The Thang: Mosey to the comfortable …

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Where shopping is a pleasure

17 PAX allow Booster to point the way after a couple of false start Qs over the last few weeks. Left out of Pilgrim Church, left onto Old Cherokee, left into Publix parking lot, laps until 5:22am, then turnaround and head back. Prayer requests- Booster grandmother (praise), Pearl’s Mother-in-law, Treadmill’s co-worker Van Crawford Announcements: -9/21: …

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Monthly PT Test at TP

6 PAX showed to evaluate progress over the last 4 weeks. Good job men. Good effort. AMRAP merkins for 2 min AMRAP BBSU for 2 min 2 mile run Results are here Count-a-rama Name-a-rama Prayer requests- Booster’s grandmother, Corbett, Swanson family, Boo’s M Announcements: -9/21: 9/11 Memorial event at Batesburg-Leesville High School -9/21: Lake Murray …

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Meter’s 43

YHC pulled up and to an empty parking lot about 15 minutes before “kickoff.” YHC noticed a car that he had not seen in awhile pulling in. What do you know, the one and only Buzz Saw hopped out. YHC immediately knew that the PAX form better be on point. If not HIM would quickly …

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Musical Medley

YHC decided to head back out to where it all started for him this morning.  Thankfully a total of 19 PAX joined in.  It was great seeing some familiar faces along with some new ones at The Hollow. Conditions: Mid 70 and Humid 2 and 1 Minute Warnings Disclaimer, FNG’s? BOM The Thang: Mosey to the …

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IPC Week 3

4 pax took on week 3 of the Iron Pax Challenge this morning at Roost.  These weekly challenges have pushed the pax to their limits and this one was no exception.  Here’s how it went down. Conditions:  70 and still humid Tha Thang: Quick warm up of SSH (IC) x15, TTT (IC) x 10, LAC …

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No Garbage Trucks in Sight!

Title No Garbage Trucks in Sight! Date 9/12/2019 Conditions Humid QIC Wojo PAX 19 – Skipper (Respect), Schrute, Hope Solo, Bolt (Respect) Dufresne (Respect), Ant Man, Mayplant (Mad Respect), Weed, Neon (Respect), Big Load, Kiffin, Sacajawea (Respect), Mayhem (Respect), Crackhead (Respect), Whaler (Respect), Gameplan, Tweetsie, Hero and Wojo.  Intro Filling in for Harper Valley. No …

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Tread-ner

11 other PAX joined YHC for an hour of fun and excitement. We rucked the usual areas toward blue Lowe’s and back via the hilly route. For the kettlebell portion, it was dealer’s choice with a twist. YHC would call an exercise and a count. The next PAX could call any exercise, but the count …

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Various Marker Ladder

Weather Conditions: 72°and 95% humidity 7 PAX made the smart decision to close out the work week by shedding a little bit of sweat.  YHC did not possess enough markers to complete the set up, so various items from AO were used.  Work was done, and everyone got better.  As for the workout, here is …

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The Animal

Disclaimer Opening Prayer Mosey down the Big Boy stairs and take a warm up lap around the track. Line up on the goal line for the animal. It goes something like this: BEAR CRAWL 20 YARDS. 5 SPIDERMAN MERKINS SPRINT BACK TO THE GOAL LINE, 20 COPPERHEAD SQUATS BEAR CRAWL 20 YARDS. CRAB WALK 20 …

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Remembering 9/11

Great crowd this AM for a 9/11 tribute. Notebook, of course, pointed out today is actually 9/12. Noted. Here’s what we did: Conditions: 71 degrees, 94% humidity The Thang: Disclaimer BOM No 1st responders present so YHC asked Army vet Recall to grab the flag for a warm up mosey Plant the flag at the …

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5K F3 Style

Conditions:  72 degrees and Humid Intro:  Thinking the crowd could be really thin because of our brothers running the Sprindale 5K, YHC was pleasantly surprised to see 9 men arrive in the gloom this Saturday .  We ran probably 2-3 miles ourselves during the 60 minutes.  Of course the running was only part of it …

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No Hope Hill Part 3

6 pax descended upon the muggy gloom of F3 Valhalla ready to renew their love/hate relationship with No Hope Hill.  Guys sought to maintain or improve their times and it was clear from the start that work would be done. Disclaimer Conditions: 75 and muggy The Thang: Each Lap consists of Burpees, LBCs, Merkins, and …

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YHC: “Stacy Shealy, 50, Kenwood”. PAX : “RESPECT”. Now that feels a little different!

YHC had my Respect Q today.  There was a good crowd (24 total) with a couple guys that made a little extra effort to show (appreciate that).  The Hollow mumble chatter was almost as thick as the air.  As with most Qs, I tried to break the norm by coming up with some different routines.  …

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Fartleks

Speedwork seems hard until you run beside the pax doing Week 2 of the Iron Pax Challenge. We persevered nonetheless even though it was thick as mud out there. Tclaps to Buzzsaw and Dos Equis for posting after the BRR to shake the legs out. Conditions: Thick The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Warm up lap Dynamic …

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Block beatdown

Conditions: cool and clear Disclaimer/Opening Prayer Mosey around the parking lot to Legoland, including high knees, sidestep to the left and sidestep to the right Each pax collected a duplo and carried it to Northside Middle School bus loop COP: 15 each, IC -SSH, TTT, windmill, mercans, Michael Phelps, LBC, squats Pax paired up and …

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Car pushing at TP

14 PAX post Turning Point for some curb hopping, car pushing, and block carrying that left all of us toasted by 7am. T-claps to the PAX who got after it before hand and did the Iron Pax workout, some running, or both. Conditions- 65 and perfect The THANG- Disclaimer, finish Little Giants and Booster last …

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Let the Dice Decide

Weather Conditions: 68° and Windy 8 Pax arrived on what turned out to be a beautiful morning.  The temperature felt great, and there was a steady breeze blowing for the duration of boot camp.  As for the workout, here is how it went: Disclaimer and Prayer Mosey around the parking area and circle up near …

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Magnum Opus

Imagine if you will….. 17 PAX wake in the gloom. Their mental fortitude, and some aging bladders, pull them from the fartsack, we are looking at you Matlock. The FOMO was real and they knew there was something brewing on this particular morning, not Swayze’s late night soda and peanut butter hot dog snack, but …

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Hindsight is 20/20

Location: City(Rhame) Arena I guess we can add the Weather Channel to the list of Fake News.  In an abundance of caution due to Hurricane Dorian as well as the pending forecast for thunderstorms and wind, we made the call to meet indoors at the City Arena.  It turns we were blessed with just some …

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The Killer B’s…did so

Conditions: Pre-Hurricane, a few drops, and the breeze helped Tha Thang: 14 idiots gathered in the Target parking lot for a #blitzvergence to be forgotten. Most were present for last weeks IronPaxChallenge Week 0 workout. While it was bad, and caused a lasting soreness in the groinish area, it was not horrific. So, most returned. …

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