Columbia, SC

F3 Columbia Backblasts

A Typical Tuesday

Beano took the helm and delivered a solid, steady no nonsense beatdown. Conditions: 56 degrees and clear. The Thang: Lap around School COP: SSH x30 Merkins x15 Regular sit-ups x30 OYO Wide arm Merkins x15 Rocky Sit-ups x30 OYO 8-count Merkins x15 Flutter Kicks x30 CDD x15 Move to Great Wall: People’s Chair x:60 Squats …

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Lines of Torment

29 pax assembled at Dreher High School as Beano took the lead. Forget the Circle of Pain — today he was dishing out “Lines of Torment.” Conditions: 56 degrees and clear The Thang: –Lap around Dreher HS to warm up Lines of torment 30x side straddle hops 20x(four count) Merkins 20x(four count) Squats 50x(four count) …

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The Pain Relay

28 souls with 2 FNGs posted in the Columbia doom on Thursday for a Chaser-led pain relay. Conditions: 61 degrees and overcast The Thang: School lap 10 push-ups & 20 Chaser LBC each corner (3 corners) Relay 25lbs plate down and back w/ 10 squat presses at turn (each man once) Group alternates sets of …

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First Ever 2.0 Day

21 Columbia faithful posted in the Dreher High School gloom along with 20 2.0 ranging from 4 to 14. Despite the youth movement, the assembled pax received a solid workout and a fantastic morning with some great kids. Conditions: 58 degrees and partly cloudy The Thang: Warmup lap around school SSH x20 Merkins x15 LBC …

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Home Sweet Home

A little Palmetto State Pain was shared by 28 strong men this morning. The Thang SSH x 50 Ten x Ten:  Ten Burpees every minute for ten minutes 1-800-A$$-HOLE Run a 1/2 mile (800 meters) at a no mumble chatter pace (5k pace suggested) Plank rotation to regroup, Merkins x 15, Bicycle x 25 Run a 1/2 …

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DIRTY 100

28 pax celebrated as they arrived on a cool morning at DHS.  MANY expecting to have an easy day after a Chaser and Beno week (especially the NFG’s)…… Conditions: 46 degrees and Sunny The Thang: Lap around field COP All four count reps: SSH  x 50 Murkins x 10 Flutters x 100 Murkins x 10 …

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Dumb and Dumber

21 pax celebrated the arrival of warmer weather with a tandem Q workout from Chaser and Beano. They dealt the pain back and forth in alternating fashion that beat the faithful into humble submission. Conditions: 54 degrees and overcast The Thang: Jog to high field for COP: Merkins x15 Flutters x50 Merkins x15 Freddie x30 …

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Ice Station Tajh

Sometimes cold is just cold, and it’s not supposed to be like this at the end of March. Nevertheless, 21 frozen pax posted in Columbia for a Tajh station rotation beatdown. Much griping about the endless winter was noted. Conditions: 32 degrees and clear The Thang: 5 Stations. Pax divide into groups of 4, draw …

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Birthday Beat Down

DHS was declared a “rain-free zone” and 27 faithful rallied around the shovel flag at 0545. Chaser — despite the late night, last minute tapping as Q — delivered an innovative and solid workout. On his birthday. Happy Birthday, sir! Conditions: 45 degrees, crystal clear The Thang: Logo’s Loop with Pain Stations: Daly: Merkins x10 …

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Countdown to Pain

Tajh took the Q and led 24 faithful on a Countdown to pain. We weren’t sure what we were counting down to until… Conditions: 46 degrees, partly cloudy The Thang: Logo’s Lap – Backward with Pain Stations Merkins x20 LBC x20 Merkins x20 LBC x20 Brickpile – get block and bricks Block Curls x20 Overhead …

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Against the Wind

23 pax survived the “storm of the century” to post in the Columbia gloom on Thursday and were greeted with brilliantly clear skies and a stiff and chilly headwind. Logo took the lead and led the group on a punishing run before Mule made his debut at QIC with a solid agenda. Conditions: 44 degrees, …

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Beano's Beatdown

But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold …

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Drop Kick Me Jesus

Attendance records were shattered in Columbia today with 27 faithful posting at Dreher High School. 3 FNGs added to the excitement. Sway began with an appropriate word from Hebrews and proceeded to lead the pax through a plyometric fat burn. Conditions: Clear, 60 degrees The Thang: Run to upper field, COP: George Rogers x20 Jump …

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To Boldly Go…

A baker’s dozen gathered ’round the shovel flag for some midweek pain. Asking for volunteers and hearing none, Sway took the lead to seek out and explore new ground. Conditions: 44 degrees, overcast, breezy The Thang: COP: SSH x25 IW x15 LBC x15 Merkins x10 Logo’s Loop (modified): DHS/Daly/Devereaux/Adger/Millwood/DHS – 15 merkins at turns, stop …

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Dredd is Coming.

22 veteran faithful gathered around the shovel flag and entered the frigid Columbia gloom for a bricks and blocks pain session. Dredd is coming, and we must be prepared. Conditions: Clear and cold. 33 degrees with no wind. The Thang: Warmup lap around DHS, then jog to upper field (lower field closed for fertilizing). COP: …

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A Pink Yoga Mat?

14 faithful posted in the balmy Columbia gloom to celebrate the arrival of 2013, reflect on where we’ve been, and chart a course for the upcoming months. It wasn’t all fun and games as Sway put the pax through a downPAINment session in preparation for college football all day. Is there a team from North …

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Six Week Challenge: Week One Survival Guide (UPDATED)

Dec 2014 Update from TR: As thoughts inevitably turn to various detox challenges and fuel modifications for the New Year, I’d like to make a few updates to this post, as it has been referenced a few times in subsequent challenges since its creation two years ago.  The updates are my own, not from the …

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11 Frogs a Swimmin'

Ducks, frogs, fish, and alligators are better equipped to handle the swampy muck that was the Columbia AO this morning. Heavy overnight rains left nary a dry spot anywhere on the Dreher High School campus, and standing water on the fields forced the 11 faithful brave enough to post to find concrete and asphalt to avoid swimming. …

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Hammer Time

19 pax gathered in the frigid pre-dawn gloom at Dreher High School for a strength session that resembled a construction site. Using scaffolds, blocks, and sledge hammers, Sway led those assembled on a beatdown that smoked the QIC. We’ll be feeling this one tomorrow. And maybe still on Monday. The Thang: COP: SSH x25 IW …

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Only Fat Gets Cold

Six Faithful gathered in the soggy swampland of the Dreher High School Proving Grounds and braved the wind and cold as Roscoe put us through the paces of a solid mid-week workout. Apparently, he’d dialed up a killer, but with the small turnout he decided to save that one for Saturday. The pax are waiting with …

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SAT's in the AO

The Columbia gloom was a little more populated this morning when the shovel flag was staked. In addition to the 19 pax who posted (including 2 FNGs) a bevy of high schoolers and their parents arrived early to take the SAT. Before the doors opened, our pax drew a large audience, particularly during the Hollywood …

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Back to Reality

A core group of 7 pax convened at DHS in the early morning Columbia mist to shake off the holiday and the after effects of a big-time college football weekend. QIC Tahj for some reason was not in a giving mood and decided to take it out on the majority-Gamecock group. Perhaps that had something …

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