The Masters, Holes 11-15
YHC was invited to grab Q spot for Trivia Month at CAT. The Masters is fresh on the mind so we continued simulating ANGC. We played holes 11-15 which, of course, includes the infamous Amen Corner. Not naming names but MacGruber, Mercy Rule, and Freon don’t know diddly about The Masters. We did a lot …
Trivia month begins at CAT
April is typically known as trivia month at CAT. The Qs are encouraged to bring some type of trivia or game or whatever to work your brain as much as your body. You find out fast that, like your body, your brain is still asleep at 5 o’clock in the morning – which just adds …
Good Cop, Bad Cop, Runaway Bus
Well half the morning was spent avoid in a big yellow school bus. Somebody musta told the driver to be at LHS at 6 o’clock to pick up a bunch of guys carrying around cinder blocks. He was persistent. But so were we, and we never got on. Today was a good cop, bad cop …
CAT renames 12 Squares
With Christmas behind us, it was time to re-gift the “Christmas of Days 12” routine. YHC had the Q at CAT today and wanted to re-use the weinke we did a few weeks ago at The Hollow. Its a good routine that can be taken to different AOs – but it needed a different name. …
2021 Turkeyvergence
With Thanksgiving upon us, it was time for the annual Turkeyvergence. This makes ~5 years in a row that we’ve gathered for the combined workout with our neighboring AOs. Fun times were had! 1 minute warning, intro, no FNGs, disclaimer, prayer 3 PAX headed out for a five mile run, while the rest of us …
Just a lil’ GoRuck prepping
With the Veteran’s Day GR Tough fast approaching, we thought it would me good to have some extra ruck based training. So we turned a Saturday Convergence into a GoRuck bootcamp. Muggy Tape and Kenwood put together some ideas and made it happen. Argyle’s work schedule got in the way this time (we’ll have to …
Block work at CAT
4 pax posted at CAT and got in their daily acceleration with some block work and counting up from 1 to 5. Here is what went down: Conditions: Clear – 55°, Winds SW 5.5mph, 67% Humidity, felt like 55° Disclaimer / Prayer Mozey down the track to the far end and “triangle” up for COP: SSH …
Stairway to Shreadtown
Weather: Mid 50’s and breezy The Thang: Intro, disclaimer, prayer Walk over to block pile, grab block and head to stairs for COP SSH x 10 ICLBAC x 10 IC f/rOH Claps x 10 ICLBAC x 10 IC r/fTTT x 10 IC C.A.T. version of the Go Till You Can’t Go No Mo workout Complete …
Campus Collection Circuit
Great morning for a workout! 14 of Lexington’s finest showed up to get their day started off the right way. Thanks for posting! See pic for the workout. Announcements: 4/2 Cross Ruck Prayer Requests: Notebook, No Show, Slim Jim.
PREBLAST: 2021 New Years Day Convergence
(Please check back regularly for updates this week) Who: To all Lexington Pax, Past – Doesn’t matter how long it has been since your last post. The next one is the most important. We miss you and look forward to seeing you return to the gloom Present – We need to you to engage that …
Christmas Eve Trivia and 11s
YHC jumped on the Q sheet about a month ago as CAT was trying to fill up December. I chose Christmas Eve with the intent to make it Christmas related. A plan was put into action and away we went. 2 for RuckLite. Music by Van Halen. Presents made by an Epson Workforce 630. 1 …
Gut Punch Saturday strikes again
We were due for another round of Gut Punch Saturday so we made it happen. 7 PAX showed in the chilly morning to get things done. Argyle was the loner Ruck-lighter. Cinco made his first Saturday workout. Although he couldn’t remember his name at first, Bundy made his second workout. YHC and Bundy opted for …
2020 Turkeyvergence at The Hollow
CAT joined The Hollow today for Turkeyvergence Thursday. We decided to have a late start (6:00) and join forces since attendance can be a little lower because of Thanksgiving. 1 for RuckLite, 9 for BootCamp while 2 ran. YHC was looking forward to eating Lizard’s Thicket with a certain pax, but we’ll save that for …
Today’s Saturdayvergence workout was #ForHudson
There was a call from F3Nation to support our F3 brother Nomad who recently lost his 5 month old son Hudson. Read about it here… https://twitter.com/F3NWArkansas/status/1316027761660628996 So we completed the tribute challenge today for support of Nomad and his family. 8 PAX from several AOs were in attendance. Weather was chilly but that quickly changed …
Campaign Q #4: C.A.T.
Campaign Q #4 of 29 in 48 days is in the books. The men of CAT were welcoming and came to work fresh off 150 yds of Murder Bunnies. Beautiful morning for some block work. The weather was mild but the field was soggy. DriSocket didn’t seem pleased with the shuffled playlist. Next time: Chris …
Mr Yellow Ball pays a visit to The Hollow – Mime Merkins were born
We had a good crowd today at the Saturdayvergence. The Hollow was the AO with pax from several other surrounding AOs joining us. 16 was the count. 8 for Coffeteria. Weather was really nice! YHC had planned a tour of campus running to various spots for the exercises. The weinke actually had a few more …
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At CAT 6 Pax work on their 6 packs
With 80% rain forecasted, I planned to keep us dry near the gym. As it usually turns out, the rain stayed away during the workout – which is always a bonus. I pressed on with the weinke as planned which was a core/ab workout with some merkins thrown in. Here’s how it went down… conditions: …
Gut Punch Saturday is back in full swing
Another good running of Gut Punch Saturday today. Weather was nice. Lots of AOs representing, including our friends from Cryptonite who is making the rounds and running everyone’s AMRAP or signature routine. We circled up near the block pile so everyone could get their block ready. We went over the course and go started a …
After a bit of rest, Gut Punch Saturday is back in action
Today was a good day for another edition of GPS. Since the gates were locked near the track, the course was modified but captured all the elements of the original course. There was a good mixture of PAX. Mic was visiting from Winston Salem. He is in town for Mother’s Day and apparently saw Cowbell …
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Moist Free Dunphy
PAX: Trackhoe, CDV, Drisocket, Flexseal, Mercy Rule, Dunphy Conditions: 50s and MOIST FNGs Disclaimer Prayers SSH 20IC TTT BAC Overhead Claps Happy Hill Billy AMRAP Per Song Round 1 5X Merkins 5X Squats 5X BBSU Round 2 5X Burpees 5X Bonnie Blair 5X hip thrusters ( Good Form by Mercy Rule!) Round 3 5X Werkins …
Docks and BOMBS
YHC ventured over to his 2nd home this morning to bring a little variety to his brothers at C.A.T. It’s always good to visit these guys. Just a solid group of guys that raise the bar for accountability and brotherhood. YHC always learns something new from these men and I hope they feel the same …
It’s Science
The men of Core Athletic Training were treated to a scientific block beatdown while being serenaded to legends such as David Allen Coe, Hank Williams, Jr, Beastie Boys, and Big Head Todd. We learned so much about DriSocket but no judgment from YHC. Here’s what we did: Conditions: low 30s The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Mosey …
Avoiding dicey weather
Earlier this week a change in Q’s was made at The Hollow to work around an illness. That prompted YHC to grab today’s Q. A weinke was selected that would keep the PAX out the weather. It ended up just drizzling ever so slightly – but the ground was super soggy. Working out under the …
Calorie Burn at CAT
YHC loves Thanksgiving and all the good things that go with it. Especially the food. With that in mind, YHC thought it would be a good idea to design a workout that would burn as many calories as possible in effort to make a little extra room for some good eating later in the week. …
CAT guys earn the annual bookmarks before school
With school right around the corner, I figured I’d recycle a workout I did this time last year at CAT. I added a twist to mix it up a bit. We had 7 PAX total, with 1 for RL beforehand. Weather: warm and muggy 1 minute warning, intro, disclaimer, prayer Mosey to the pole vault area …
Saturday’s Spartan-ish Workout
First of all I’ll like to thank the guys who posted for coming out and putting in some hard work and (hopefully) having a little fun. I stumbled into F3 4 years ago while prepping for a Spartan event. Since then I’ve been doing a Spartan themed workout around my F3 anniversaries. Thursday marked 4 …
Block and ABs keeping 48 in mind
This being my F3 anniversary week and having the Q at CAT, I decided to tweak one of my workouts to reflect the number 48 for the 48 months I’ve been with F3. We had 5 guys show and all put in hard work today. We managed to avoid the sprinklers by working out up at the …
Ranger & KD Kickoff Co-Q Week at C.A.T.
DriSocket announced that June is going to be Co-Q Month at C.A.T. so Ranger and YHC agreed to team up to kick it off. Today just happened to be the day that a much anticipated FNG decided to post. Welcome, Wheaties! Conditions: High 60s The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Mosey to practice field and grab a …
A healthy dose of…..well, everything.
Allow YHC to set the scene; summer in South Carolina is officially among us, it’s the day after a holiday, school is almost out, and the list goes on and on. Aside from the outside noise and distractions is man’s inner desire to sweat, put in work, start his day off right, and leave better …
The day CAT conquered the Roman Empire and Amazon River
Today’s workout was another installment of April trivial Qs at CAT. These different workout styles (theme based, game based, co-Q, whatever) are sometimes a shot in the arm to both the PAX and QIC who has to be a little creative. I had a couple of ideas and ultimately settled for the “are you smarter that …
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Blocks are our Friends
12 grown men showed up ITG at C.A.T. to get better and that we did. YHC always loves to visit my brothers on the left side of campus. Such a solid group of guys at C.A.T. that are always ready and willing to put in work. This morning we added some tunes to our WO …
Frozen Banana WO
Conditions: COLD COLD COLD 20s, clear 5 pax for a FROZEN CAT WO with YHC. The fartsack snagged a few of the regulars but I commend the 4 that posted. Navy Bean said he couldn’t say he liked YHC workout and he felt a new kind of pain. YHC mission accomplished. Good work men! FNGs …
Fun times had at The Hollow for today’s Saturday-vergence
We had a good Saturday crowd at The Hollow with representation of multiple AOs – including Mulligan from F3 Sumter. He showed up ready to run, work-out, or whatever we had planned. Sounds like he’ll be a Saturday regular as he has moved here but is still working in Sumter. There were ~8 for SL, …
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Sundrop drops the pain at his VQ
(written by Sundrop, posted by Kenwood on his behalf) CAT was looking for pax to sign up to Q. I figured I’d have to step up one day so I took the Q for the day. Weather 38 Disclaimer Prayer. Tha Thing Money to block pile on Lower field and grab a block. Warm up …
This morning we all wish never happened
I’m writing this backblast because that’s what we do, right? Across the nation we get up early, workout, have a lot of fun, and the Qs (albeit every so often begrudgingly) write up backblasts. Sometimes we have to squeeze the backblast in at work, sometimes we just feel lazy, sometimes we’re just forgetful. Well this is …
Double Barrel Smackdown
Earler in the week we noticed there was an open spot on the Q sheet for this Saturday, so YHC and Scotch decided it was a good opportunity to tag-team this merry band of misfits in hopes of delivering a decent beatdown. It seems the Christmas spirit was alive and well in Scotch last night …
Final Details: Inaugural “Wildcat” – Lexington (SC) Region #CSAUP
PAX, The new #CSAUP simply called “Wildcat” is here. This multi-mile/multi-pain station #CSAUP between the AOs of Hollow/CAT, Ambush, Shawshank, Arena and Surge. Start at one AO, do a 5-10min pain station, run to the next AO, do another 5-10min pain station, repeat until you’ve made the loop back to where started. It’s about a …
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Another Thanksgiving feast at CAT
It was another Thanksgiving feast at CAT. Well we really had leftovers from last year. In other words… the same workout. But, hey, it got the job done. Five (5) showed up early for 3.5 miles of good rucking. Afterward we had 7 for some coffeteria at Lizard’s Thickett. As we were getting started, several …
The Hollow hosts a Saturday morning Block-a-thon and Ab-a-thon
The CAT guys announced on Friday that they were planning to come join us for the Saturday semi-vergence of surrounding AOs. So I figured I better have something fun for them. The block workout used was one previously “rained out” by one of the hurricanes so I wasn’t sure how things would go. It seemed …
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We put the “C”ore in CAT today
Since CAT stands for CORE Athletic Training, I figured I’d do… well… all core exercises today. Due to lack of originality of my part (and not being able to remember all the variations), I went to the Exicon for help. Basically I grabbed all the “core” tagged exercises and we went down the list doing …
The CAT guys earn their bookmarks the hard way
This morning was the first day of school for our area and F3 Lexington started a new tradition that should become an annual event – a Prayer Walk around the AO schools. The CAT, Hollow and Shawshank guys were invited to meet at 4:30 to pray for all of our schools (students, teachers, athletes, counselors, …
Record game of blocks and ladders
YHC thoroughly enjoys a trip to CAT, although the 5:00am start now seems to mess up a 4:35 SL (words you never would have heard YHC say 4 months ago…). 4 pax joined YHC for a couple more rounds of ‘blocks and ladders.’ Word was done and betterment was achieved. Weather: a perfect 70 Disclaimer …
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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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 …
A Little Bit of Shoulders
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 …
#All9x9
YHC has been looking forward to this workout for some time now. Any time the AOQ calls you out to Q, a compliment has been had. The pax did not disappoint in the work or mumblechatter department. Thanks for having me. Weather: Perfect 60 degrees Prayer Because YHC made a gentlemen’s bet with Moist on the …
#Fiddy
It’s been a while since YHC Q’d at CAT, and Moist took notice. He challenged YHC to drop in and attempt to challenge the men from the other side of campus. It’s no secret this is a tough bunch, even after 2 weeks of The Gauntlet, so it came as no surprise they were ready …
Stair Wheelbarrows, Blocks, Bricks, and Apolo Ohno
YHC arrived at CAT about 15 minutes early to find Overage already in the parking lot eagerly anticipating the beginning of bootcamp. One by one the pax rolled in. Every man, including YHC, complained about the 38 degree start (or was it 36… maybe 32… there were reports of ice on cars). I hope someone …
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The Wiper: Gaunlet Prep Edition
Prepping for the Gauntlet next week, so YHC decided to offer a sample of AMRAP for the latter third of the outing. F3 Lex’s officially unofficial circuit: #TheWiper (like the windsheild). #TClaps to the CATmen for showing in force today! Dudes are gearin’ up! Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM The Route: https://www.strava.com/activities/1498337040 The Crowd Pleaser: AMMAP …
Saturday before Easter Convergence at C.A.T.
Michael Murphy was a 29 year old Navy Seal who died in Afghanistan fighting for our freedom. Today, 22 men from multiple AO’s around the region gathered for a mini-convergence to honor this fallen hero. Most importantly, we gathered to remember the crucifiction and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It was a good day! …