WEATHER: THE THANG: Day #1 The Partridge in The Pear Tree represents Jesus because that bird is will to sacrifice its life if necessary to protect its young. BEAR CRAWL to Light and Back Day #2 Two Turtle Doves were the Old and New Testaments. MURDER BUNNIES to the light and back. Day #3 Three …
Three pax showed up for a very full Stride Light, intermingled with some Second F. 5:30 came early with 8 brave soles ready to face the gloom together. Disclaimer was given, opening prayer and let’s get started. Per usual, unnamed pax were more interested in critiquing the spelling and handwriting on the white board, instead …
Last weekend was an incredible weekend for D2D runners. Shawshank showed up in force and set the roads on fire. Shout out to Paper Jam and Juice for putting on a great event. Nice Job! 3 Pax this morning had not had enough running so they enjoyed a little Full Stride Light. Last night, YHC …
5 Pax for a full Stride Light. We picked 3 different routes to get home giving everyone somehwere between 3.3 and 3.5 miles. THE WEATHER: Cold THE THANG: Mosey to the picnic tables. Circle Up: Thru the tunnel x10 Michael Phelps x10 Ladder Workout where first exercise is performed, and jog to the end of …
Today was YHC’s third time back at F3 since the knee surgery and first chance to Q. Still cannot run or do a lot of lower body. No problem, we can just concentrate on upper body the whole time. There was mild regret at the idea that my idea was similar to Soaker’s Q on …
YHC is still nursing a knee injury so any kind of running was out of the question. So decided to bring the PAX some dumbbells to play with. Was very pleased to see great attendance for a very Full Stride Light. Can’t wait to get back to running. Prayer and Disclaimer was given. Instruction were …
WEATHER: 50 Degrees and a little on the Humid side 4 Pax showed up for Stride Light. YHC showed up early to set up for the Q and started to see a good bit of cars strolling in. Dr. Lovin’ showed up with a full car load. Going to be a good day. THE THANG: …
With the Annual Shawshank Pool Party coming up, YHC felt a little ab workout would be appropriate. Also wanted to bring out some dumbells that were laying around the house. Something a little heavier than the standard issue Cinder Blocks. 6 Pax showed up for an Extra Full Stride Light to get the party started. …
Started off the Day at Stride Light with a good sized crowd. For some reason that escapes me, we put Coon Dog in charge of the route. He picked something new with lots of hills. So we had that going for us. Despite the fact that it was 30 degrees this morning, beach season is …
YHC Signed up to Q today to make sure no one had any silly ideas of working legs after running the Dam 2 Dam. BTW, special thanks to Paper Jam and Juice for putting together an excellent event. Monday night, as YHC was trying to come up with something to put on a Weinke, Boo …
Shout out to the men of Shawshank. The Q sheet is so full, if you want to Q you have to really plan ahead. So YHC signed up 8 weeks ago, and that time has finally came around. The good Lord was kind enough to provide us with 98% humidity, which is the equivalent of …
WEATHER: Slightly chilly 45 Degrees PRAYER AND DISCLAIMER: THE THANG: Mosey over to picnic shelters and volleyball courts. SSH x 40 Explanation of new exercise. When visiting @f3Sandhills (Southern Pines, NC), YHC was introduceD to Mucho Macho. One set is 3 merkins, 3 wide merkins, 3 diamond merkins, 3 left hand forward merkins, 3 right …
WEATHER: A very pleasant 60 Degrees 4 showed up for a full Stride Light. Duff is quickly becoming a legit runner. Good times. YHC was not paying attention to the watch, which means there was no 1 minute warning and Soaker had to call me out. Left YHC in a frenzied state so forgot the …
YHC was a little slow on putting his name on the Q Schedule. By time I looked, my Birthday Q slot was already filled by Coon Dog. Decided to not advertise the change up, hoping more pax would show up for a Disorganized Train wreck from Coon Dog, than an organized train wreck from Lego. …
THE WEATHER: A Cold 35 Degrees DISCLAIMER & PRAYER: THE THANG: Mosey of to brick pile and grab a couple of bricks. Mosey back to the bridge where a white board and a timer has been pre-positioned. Do 3 sets of each exercise. 40 seconds of work / 10 seconds of rest. After third exercise …
WEATHER: Windy 50 Degrees Disclaimer and Prayer THE THANG: Mosey to large soccer Field. COP SSH x30 Frankensteins toward the sideline. turn around and for Buttkicks to center of field. Team up in groups of 3. #1 Pax and sideline and #2 & #3 Pax at other sideline. Pax #2 sprints to sideline. Pax #1 …
Cheers had signed up for the Q at Urban Legend, but was going out of town and needed a substitute. YHC had not been to visit these studs in a while, so decided today would be a good day. THE THANG: Mosey over to the park and the monkey bars. 10 pull-ups, 10 incline merkins, …
The night before there was fear of rain and lightning. YHC did not modify his plans mainly because we could do this under the shelter and because I didn’t check the weather in time. No problem, rain did not come in until after workout. Although the twelve drops was enough to get Coon Dog to …
WEATHER: A balmy 76% humidity. Could be worse. PRAYER AND DISCLAIMER: YHC has tried this workout in other AO’s and after perfecting it brought it to Shawshank. Based on Mumble Chatter and the threat of tossing merlot, YHC believes it to have been a success. So many studs at Shawshank, if you don’t make it …
YHC thanks the Pax of CAT and Ambush for inviting me out for a chance to lead. Hope the Wenkie was as much “Fun” for you as it was for me WEATHER: the humidity is here, the easy days are over until October Grab you block and find two blinking lights on practice field 40 …
WEATHER: A brisk 44 degrees with thick Pollen in the air and The sprinklers turned on. DISCLAIMER AND PRAYER: Shawshank welcomes FNG Kevin Smoke. THE THANG: Mosey to the block pile where everyone grabs their favorite block. Head up to the top field where the sprinklers are not turned on. COP – SSH x50 Michael …
Knowing that the P200 was coming, YHC needed to give the legs a rest. But, had to provide a hard enough BC to keep the Hollow trash talk down to a minimum. Therefore bear crawls and block work was the order of the day. Due to the threat of rain, everything was done under the …
YHC wanted to do a really tough workout for his 45th trip around the sun. However, had to change the gameplan at 8:00 last night as I read the weather report. Decided to keep the pax under the shelter, and as expected Coon Dog immediately complained that there would not be any running. But to …
WEATHER: A very nice 60 degree Christmas Eve. Perfect. As YHC was preparing for the Christmas Q he got a special visitor at his office. This young 20 year old gentlemen is a family friend. He is known as Sailor from the F3 Saluda community. He joined the Army 15 months ago and is definitely …
The men of Shawshank convened ITG for BC. BLock work was the order of the day. It was risky due to AOQ’s penchant for block breaking. 1 min warningDisclaimer COP SSHx17Mountaineers x17Smurf IWx17 Block circuit:x3/17NapalmFlutter kick 4ctBlock squatDecline merkinsBlock swingsBig boys Soundtrack: greatest mumble chatter hits of the 70s 80s and 90s provided by Ken …
Typed by Lego on behalf of Lizard Man. The weather forecast predicted rain. 12 Pax were undeterred and showed up for Lizard Man’s much anticipated Q. A couple lessons learned today. 1.Based upon music selection, Lizard Man is much more in tune with what is Hip than the rest of us. 2.Dr. Lovin’ quote of …
The night before The Shawshank DM group received a message with an HC from Ponzi. This got YHC super stoked. It was great to see you again, brother. SL had 5 pax show up. It is still really sucky to run with Buzzsaw, but he will definitely make you faster. after SL, YHC saw 11 …
I wanted to work on what I was weak on. So when the opportunity came to Q, YHC decided it would be a good time for a Ab and Core day. It was expected to be a small crowd due to Gauntlet, but when Dr. Lovin’ pulled up with an SUV full of Teens with …
7 of Lexington’s finest gathered this morning to enjoy the good weather. Chin-Strap Paid us a visit from the Far Away Land of Snakepit and even better he brought an FNG. Name O Roma: Shawn Day >> Dad of 5 girls >> Estrogen >> From Michigan >> Buckeye >> Graduated from Ferris State University >> …
The ungodly amount of humidity combined with the sprinklers on throughout the entire workout area lead to special times at the Shank. Special thanks to Cheers, Soaker, and Doo Dah who showed up early to set up Coarse. Most Pax finished two complete Rounds for 440 Reps. Prayers: Ram Rod’s M goes to Hospital tomorrow …
WEATHER: Perfect – Low humidity THE THANG: We wanted to keep it light, so that we would be good and loose when Thursday and IPC hit. Mosey around Parking lot while stopping at three different stations. station #1: Half of the Pax Jump Rope for 100 reps. Second Half Plank, then Flap Jack. Station #2: …
Blue Rhino called YHC up and asked if I would be interested in paying the Men of Detention a visit. Sounds like fun! So As a Detention guy (Postal) made his way over to take care of Shawshank, YHC headed Detention’s way. THE WEATHER: Very Humid THE THANG: Go get some blocks and head to …
YHC has been going up to NC to visit/help aging parents almost every weekend for a while now. This Saturday was a rare time when I was in town, and as luck would have it an open slot on the Q sheet and the rotating workout was coming to Shawshank. Wonderful opportunity. YHC wanted to …
THE WEATHER: 120% Humidity at 5:30 in the morning. I love SC Weather THE THANG: Partner up. Coon Dog and Soaker in one Group. Lego, Ram Rod, and Cheers in another group. Mosey to the block pile. One man bear crawls 25 paces while other Partner overhead carries block. Flap Jack until we get back …
Written by Lego on Behalf of Pickle. Anyone who knows Pickle knows he is a well above average runner. He also likes to say he knows nothing about Boot Camp. Despite that, he decided to Q the Shank. The Wienkie was full of high quality Betterment. Here is how it went down. THE WEATHER: July …
THE WEATHER: Muggy THE THANG: Partner Up and Mosey over to the Block Pile. Partner #1 overhead carries block while Partner #2 bear crawls. After 25 paces Flap Jack all the way back to picnic shelter. At shelter there is a white board with exercises and several jump ropes. Partner #1 jumps rope while Partner …
The travelling Midland’s Tour was kind enough to come help celebrate the return home. As usual, the fields were nicely watered. Floppy Disk would not get on the wet ground. YHC and Hash N Rice had planned on bringing something special for the return home beatdown. He borrowed from Coon Dog’s Dad a few extra …
Today’s Workout was a little different. Instead of a Devo at the end, the Devo was throughout the workout. Stations scattered throughout campus. Run to each station, read the scripture, and do the exercise. The workout was hard the words were the important part. THE THANG: STATION ONE: Our country and society are currently being …
Posted by Lego on Behalf of Lizard Man THE WEATHER: Humid THE THANG: Warm Up 20 Windmills 15 Thru The Tunnel LBAC (15 Forward 15 Backward) 15 Overhead Claps Sprint Work 30 Squats, Run to extreme end, 30 Side Straddle Hops, Rinse & repeat x2 25 Merkins, Run to extreme end, 25 Side Straddle Hops, …
WEATHER: A very nice 60 degrees THE THANG: SSH x15 LBAC x10 front x10 backwards Slow Merkins x10 Squats x10 Burpee Beep Challenge Start with 1 burpee in 1 minute. Add burpee every minute until you can no longer complete the required number in a minute. Freestyle and Gills took First and Second with 19 …
YHC is tired of the rain. Fortunately YHC was signed up to Q. Without the accountability, the threat of the fartsack may have been too much. However, showing up for your brother PAX is the best motivator there is. THE WEATHER: Forest Gump Monsoon season kind of rain. THE THANG: All of the Workout was …
Before we get started, YHC wants to take a moment to say thank you to the men of Arena and specifically 7-11. He came to YHC during church on day with a novel idea. Combine workouts and go back and forth between Arena and Shawshank for one month. It was a phenomenal opportunity to get …
THE WEATHER: 60 Degrees. Rained all night, but not during the workout. THE THANG: The fear of rain kept us under the shelter. The winkie got modified. No worries Arena guys, the sandbags will make a showing sometime in February. 20 reps of each exercise. between each exercise 3 burpees. Round two- substitute running 1 …
Celebrating 2020 with 20 exercises every 50 yards. WEATHER: 40 Degrees, no rain, A little windy THE THANG: Mosey to upper deck of Parking lot where the Pax find a white board. Perform 20 reps of first exercise and jailbreak to other end of parking garage and back (roughly 50 yards). Rinse & Repeat with …
5 Pax fought off the fartsack and defied Cantore this morning. 4 for Stride Light. THE WEATHER: 65 Degrees, light rain. Very moist THE THANG: Coon Dog took the Q from Nick when Nick’s 2.0 started coming down with the Flu. YHC brought the Deck of Death Cards thinking Coon Dog may want them. Coon …
THE WEATHER: Wet and Cold THE THANG: YHC Scraped what he had planned and went with something that could be done under shelter where it was dry. Fortunately YHC had a F3 deck of cards. The number on the card x10 was the rep count. Face cards were worth 25. And an Ace was worth …
It was a nice balmy 30 degrees this morning, so YHC wanted to do something to keep the blood flowing. And despite popular myth everything done was on the pre-planned winkie. Prayer, but forgot the disclaimer. Since there were no FNG’s the disclaimer from last post still was valid. THE THANG: Bear Crawl the bridge …
WEATHER: Cool weather 60 Degrees. Perfect weather for Burpees. THE THANG: You have 1 minute to complete 4 Merkins, 4 Bonnie Blairs, and 4 Burpees. Beginning of next minute rinse & repeat for 10 sets. Run one lap around parking lot. You have 1 minute to complete 4 Merkins, 4 Bonnie Blairs, and 4 Burpees. …
WEATHER: Wonderful, low humidity. Felt like fall THE THANG: ROUND ONE: Line up at the shovel flag and Sprint to the first set of stairs by the school. Up and down the stairs and jog back. Round trip is 0.11 miles. Give the Pax 10 seconds rest. Rinse and Repeat 15 times. ROUND TWO: Modified …
YHC was asked to come back to Detention by Hot-4-Teacher. And more importantly he begged for an Old School Burpee intense Rinse & Repeat workout. Always eager to please the PAX IYHC put himself down on the calender. When the Day showed up H4T was AWOL. I will leave it to the regular Detainees to …
WEATHER: Humidity made workout twice as hard. So we had that going for us. THE THANG: Mosey over to sheds by the volleyball courts where the pax find a deck of cards The number on the card represents the rep count. Face cards and Aces are worth 10. The suit represents the exercise. Clubs …
YHC has been working on our new FNG for years. Living right across from the school 5-0 (formally known as Brian) ran out of excuses and joined us halfway thru the SSHs. THE THANG: SSH x35 TTT X15 Line up at first Light pole at back pedal to second light pole and back to first …
WEATHER: How can it get that Humid without actually raining? I’m just sayin’ THE THANG: A little game of 4 Corners. Each corner has a list of exercises. Sprint to First cone and do first exercise. Sprint to middle for 5 burpees. Sprint to second cone, etc. After Cone 4 start over with the second …
Weather: 1000% Mugginess THE THANG: Mosey over to hill for a round of 11 1 low squat at bottom of hill, back peddle up the hill for 10 high jumps at the fence. Run back down hill and continue until 10 squats and 1 high jump. Mosey over to steps for Calf Raises. 20 Straight, …
YHC finally found the opportunity to come out and spend 45 minutes with some old friends getting better ITG. It was a great day. Thanks for having me. Mosey to the block pile, grab a block and head to the Principal. 5 Block swings, bear crawl up the hill, 10 reps of given exercise at …
Weather: Beautiful Morning, Nice weather THE THANG: YHC tried to impress Ken Doll by getting the cadence right. Almost had it until started laughing and lost it. Sorry KD! Mosey to the block pile and grab you own personal favorite block. Mosey to the hill near the bridge. 15 reps of and exercise. Block bear …
WEATHER: Cold and rainy. Stayed under the shelter. When the Pax showed up the Mutt Cutts van was parked under the shelter where we were going to workout. Harry and Loyd was not there and Jack was not impressed. We decided instead of going out into the rain we would simply work around the van. …
Scotch sent out an invite to try and get new faces to lead the men of The Hollow. YHC gladly accepted and tried to put something together that was awful. WEATHER: 39 Degrees and a slight mist. THE THANG: 1 burpee in 1 minute, 2 burpees in 1 minute, 3 burpees in 1 minute….continue this …
First up, we welcomed FNG “Enlist” Soaker’s 18 year old son. He reports to Paris Island and the Marine Corps in March. We are proud of you Enlist. As this is Valentine’s Day, YHC thought it would be nice to allow the PAX to do some of their favorite exercises. Grab two blocks per Pax. …
WEATHER: A beautiful 50 degrees in February THE THANG: Circle up for SSH for 20 and TTT for 15. Due to laughter and the Q’s inability to get the count and cadence correct, YHC said screw it let’s get started. Move to each light pole by rotating between bear crawl, crab walk, lunges, and crawl bears. …
Weather: Chilly SSH – ICx43 LBAC – 22 forward and 21 backward Introduce the Pax to the Song “Sally Goes Up and Bring Sally Down” Assume the Merkin position. When she goes down you go down. When she goes up you come up. Song is 3:37 minutes long. Repeat with squats and 6″ off the …
13 Pax beat the Fartsack and showed up to get their swole on. It was great seeing a few Pax that had been out for a while. Keep pushing the rock, men. THE THANG: Mosey to the block pile and grab one. Circle up and begin the fun. One minute to complete exercises. 5 reps …
Prayer and Disclaimer: YHC prayed for not injuries over the next 45 minutes and to push our bodies and have fun. Some PAX had a hard time finding the fun but YHC had a blast leading the men of CAT so I am counting it as an answered prayer. Mercy Rule chose to do the …
First of all, Happy birthday to Rocking Chair. A true #HIM. While many were celebrating his birthday workout somebody had to hold down the fort on this side of town. So YHC decided to use opportunity to try out his newest purchase from the F3 store. Flip over the first card and do the exercise. …
YHC got the chance to re-visit some old friends at Detention. A lot of Pax were scattered doing other things, so it was a small crowd. But no worries work was done. WEATHER: Not bad for SC Grab you block and line up near basketball court with blinky lights roughly 60 yards away. Curls for …
The AOQ has been sending out a challenge, to only bring the hard workouts, the ones designed to leave you exhausted and proud to have survived. YHC took Moist up on the challenge and hopes he did not disappoint. WEATHER: 99% Humidity, Very Moist Grab you block and find 60 yards of field that the …
Typical Spring Day in South Carolina. The Pax showed up to run and run the did. Head down Hwy 6 L onto West Butler Cross over 378 onto Reed Ave R on Northwood L on Georgia R on Hamilton L on Hwy 6 R on Old Cherokee When you get to the top of the …
Grab a block and mosey to the second bridge Play a game of 11 – One one side of bridge do 1 exercise, transition to other side of bridge do second exercise. Total number of reps equals 11 Round One Exercise #1 – Block Merkins Bear Crawl Over Bridge Exercise #2 – Around The Block …
The Pax attempted to work their brain muscle as well as other muscles. Before each exercise we learned what the items in the song represented in the Christian faith. All muscles were swollen by end of WO. Just like the song we do the first exercise, then the second and first, etc until all 12 days …
The men of The Stand got the opportunity to learn about the number 11. Here’s how it went down. Weather: Last nice day in the gloom for a while. 40 Degrees The Thang: 1 Pull-up and 10 Carolina Dry Docks (11 reps total). increase pull-up and decrease dry docks until reversed. Sprint to the Blocks …
Complete first exercise and run lap around football field do first and second exercise and run around field. continue adding exercise until all done Round two Same as before but instead of running a lap, sprint to the 50 yard line and back. EXERCISES: 15 Squats Lunges 10 each leg 15 Sumo Squats 10 Smurf …
The last time YHC Q’d Patches threatened to never attend a Lego Workout again. When the opportunity to Q again showed up YHC chose to sign up as Mystery Q to avoid any potential fartsacking. When Patches pulled up he saw the easily identifiable Lego Mobile (Jeep Wrangler) and drove out of the parking lot …
Weather: Humid for fall Prayer and Disclaimer start a Goal line stop @ every 5 yards for exercise 2 ten count man makers with blocks Every 5 yards increase by 2 until we are doing 20 10 count man makers Count down from 20 by two’s every five yards do 20 monkey humpers, 18 MH, …
Weather: beautiful pleasant, perfect for burpees Prayer and Disclaimer Cheers had a bum foot so YHC volunteered to take his Q spot. YHC put countless hours of thought into the winkie and came up with three exercises. The two major things YHC learned from this WO is Coon Dog’s M can make a great sandwich. …
Weather: very pleasant running temps, if only it always felt this good. One man wanted to keep an easy pace, so he would have fresh legs for a long trail run over the weekend. This sounded like a great idea to the rest of us. So we set out with the goal of actually enjoying …
Congratulations goes to Smokehouse as not only a group of great men who work hard, but also the first AO to actually enjoy this workout. Makes YHC wonder what you guys mix in your Gatorade bottles? Series of 8 stations 10 feet apart. Run suicides from Station 0 to 8. Stop at each and perform …
Gentlemen, I would like to take this time to introduce you to one way that you could push the rock a little further. On October 14, the first annual “Abundant Life 5K” will be held at Saluda Shoals Park. The proceeds go to support a ministry called Daybreak Crisis Ministries that YHC volunteers at. Daybreak …
Who would have thought a simple game of poker could be difficult. But when you throw in a little bit of F3 to liven things up, the word simple takes on a whole new meaning. YHC did this workout a few months ago, but because of several races, etc only three of the pax were …
Is there any better way to start an F3 beatdown than with Burpees? YHC didn’t think so. So after prayer and disclaimer 20 burpees on your on. Move out into the parking lot and find a parking space line. Side to side jumps over line for 1 minute. Front Back jumps over line for one …
Weather: 55 degrees, a little cool but quickly warmed up We had a small turnout (something to do about rucks . . .whatever). But the pax who were there demanded high intensity, so YHC tried to deliver. By the end of workout it was decided this workout needed to come back to the Shank so …
Conditions: A nice 50 Degrees The Thang: Disclaimer and prayer COP SSH IC x20 Windmills IC x20 LBAC IC x20 front and back Line up at goal line 20 squats, sprint to next field, 10 burpees, sprint to next field, 10 4 count merkins 20 squats, prisoner lunge to next field, 10 burpees, prisoner lunge …
YHC wanted the workout to be awesome, so the night before he dreamed of a couple of new twists on some Shank favorites. The Wheel barrow up a large hill proved to be a real crowd pleaser. And who doesn’t like lunges down an entire length of soccer field, followed by a return trip of …
Knowing what kind of high standards Shawshank demands of its Q’s and the endless jokes if a beat down is not delivered, YHC came prepared.I know YHC left feeling smoked and hope the PAX felt the same way. BTW, YHC misspoke (as he often does) and said curls with the girls, instead of curls for …
Eight Pax got out of the fartsack and said, “29 degrees and an F3 workout, No problem, bring it.” What we did not realize is that rubber tires become exponentially heavier when the temperature drops below 32 degrees. Also this being Saturday and thus a 1 hour workout instead of the usual 45 minutes came …