F3SC’s vision of planting an AO 30 minutes from anywhere in South Carolina came closer to reality on Saturday as it’s newest AO launched in the fine city of North Augusta. 31 faithful including 15 FNGs posted in the gloom at Riverview Park. As parking lot A quickly filled up as 7am approached, you could feel the excitement and nervous anticipation. Some men had been posting for pre-launch bootcamps while others were waiting for, as Pale Rider told YHC, the real thing. Here’s hoping you liked the real thing. Keep coming back.
Conditions: 50 degrees, cloudy, gray, occasional mist
The Thang:
Welcome and Disclaimer by Sway
Warm-up mosey around big soccer fields
Count and cadence instructions by Ken Doll
COP
SSH x 15 IC
TTT x 15 IC
Windmill x 15 IC
IWs x 15 IC
LBCs x 15 IC
Flutter kicks x 15 IC
Mt Climbers x 15 IC
Merkins x 15 IC
Burpees x 15 OYO
Line up on sideline
Ark loader
Bear crawl 1/2 width of field, sprint other 1/2
Crab crawl 1/2 width, sprint other 1/2
Frog jumps 1/2 width, sprint other 1/2
Duck walks 1/2 width, sprint other 1/2
Bear crawl 1/2 width, sprint other 1/2
Line up at goal line
Modified Strings of Fire
Merkins x 10 1-ct OYO, BBSU x 10 1-ct OYO, Squats x 10 1-ct OYO
Sprint 100 yds
Rinse & repeat AMRAP for 7 minutes
Ranger takes over Q
Hill Ladder
Run up hill – 10 squats
Run down – 10 merkins
Run up hill – 9 squats
Run down – 9 merkins
Rinse & repeat, dropping a rep each trip until you get to 1 rep
More Hill Ladder (Steepest Hill Ever)
Bear crawl up, 5 burpees
Get down however you can
Rinse & repeat 5 minutes
Mary – Dealers Choice
Russian Twist x 15 IC (Ken Doll)
Flutter kicks x 30 IC (Scooper)
Freddie Mercuries x 15 IC (Quisenberry)
Superman (Sway)
Peter Parkers x 20 IC (Nail Pop)
Boat/Canoe (Fountainhead)
Heel touches x 20 IC (Muggy Tape)
COT, Name-o-rama
BOM
Devo by Nail Pop – Romans 12:9-13
Moleskin:
-F3 workouts are challenging. That’s by design. Tclaps for the hard work and enthusiasm today.
-YHC can speak for Ranger in that it was an honor for Lexington to be asked to lead this launch. Can’t wait to watch the growth of F3NAugusta. The excitement is there from this group of men. Put your friends, relatives, church members, coworkers, etc in an Emotional Headlock (#EH) and get them to post once. Chances are they’ll be hooked.
-Riverview Park is a great AO. Being unfamiliar with the area, we didn’t roam around much but there is a lot to be utilized over there.
-Look up COLAM in the F3 Nation lexicon. First time YHC has noticed that. Good stuff.
-Nice showing of traveling pax for this lauch. Thanks for paying it forward.
Announcements:
-Twitter is the official social media outlet of F3. Get on it and tweet and/or retweet often.
-Tues/Thurs bootcamps at Riverview Park will start promptly at 5:30; Saturday bootcamps at 7:00
-F3 Lake Murray is taking the lead next weekend. Lexington will be back 12/27.
Name chain:
Buff Waters – didn’t have to say a word, wearing an FSU hat -> Crab Legs
Ron Matthews – went to THE Univ of SC, Clemson, pretty misguided thing to say so he had to pay for that, works at Bridgestone, almost named him Michelin -> Tater Tread
Mike Pope – last name -> Pontiff
Joe Winfield – has 1 dog and 2 cats -> Shovel
David Eller – likes to duck hunt -> Daffy
Bob Bigger – played for Sparky Woods at ASU so almost went with Sparky -> tall guy, last name is Bigger -> Smalls
Tyler Strange – pastor, Clemson alum, coached baseball -> Nomaha
Ricky Waters – sells golf equipment -> Big Bertha
Lee Taylor – works as a Wildlife Engineer -> Scat
Joe Maroney – from PA, Penn St fan -> JoePa
Sean Mitchell – From South Africa, big dude -> Pee Wee
Daniel Beaufort – owns a software company that does something with digital signs nationiwide -> Hacker -> Snowden – didn’t like it so we empathized, you know, the whole treason thing -> Billboard -> told us our creativity is lacking -> Snowden
Josh King – 22 yrs old, about to graduate from college -> Cold Feet (we’ll just leave it at that to protect the innocent
John McKibbin – Chemical Engineer -> Beaker
Masaki Chiba – reminded us of Donger from Sixteen Candles but he’s a preacher so not appropriate, in the movie Donger calls someone Hot Stuff -> Hot Stuff
Reminds #YHC of an ealry #Post to what is now the F3 Empire of COLA, where (innocently and without guile), #YHC named a Unitiarian Minister @ErectileDysfunction. It had nothing to do with his belief that there could be as many as one God(s) (#TClaps to the @GingerYentl for that KnowledgeBomb) and evertything to do with him claiming to be Bob Dole’s second cousin. Well look, mistakes get made. Just rename the man later . . . quietly.
#TClaps to all here. To the planting #PAX and the men of @Naug who choked down their first #RedPill. Don’t fret. It only sucks this much to the very moment that it gets worse. Then, you’ll need to strap in.
Base premise of #MeanMeanStride is that it is the Hard Things that are play and the Easy Things that are work. Personally, #YHC prefers play to work. Keep #Posting Brothers. Aye.