A lucky 13 gathered this morning at #Thunder ready to close out week 3 at our newest AO. Many were still scratching their heads at the lingering soreness from Costanza’s #FieldDay workout Tuesday which held us on the field for a full 45-minutes. From the get-go it was apparent today’s workout would bring a change …
33 faithful assembled at Dreher High School prepared for an old school beatdown by Logo. As a guy who’s been there since the beginning in Columbia, Logo knows what do to, and he brought a fast paced, uncomplicated agenda that was just what the doctor ordered. The Thang: Warm-up lap around school COP on lower …
Rivet took the helm at The Brickpile on Tuesday and led the 28 pax (including 3 FNGs) on a painful jaunt through the Heathwood Neighborhood. The Thang: COP: Side Straddle Hops (25) Imperial Walkers (20) Merkins (15) LBC’s (20) Carolina Dry Docks (15) Flutter Kicks (20) Jog to Heathwood Park. We then did five minutes …
On November 9th, marking, belatedly, one year of F3 in Columbia, the Governors Cup Half Marathon will march across the city from Main Street to Lake Katherine and back presenting to the pax an opportunity. Men from every workout have answered the call and plan on registering and training for this great annual event. If …
Fresh off the heels of a Jawga win over the University of Clowney, first in three years too, 17 pax joined my initial Q at the ORIGINAL F3 spot. Just as it was Crunch Time for the dawgs Saturday its now crunch time for the cocks to go undefeated the rest of their conference schedule …
42 men of downtown Columbia converged on the Dreher High School proving grounds on Saturday for a tag-team downPainment delivered by Splinter and Hustler. Ones to the Field, twos to the Hill. Then Flapjack. The Thang: Count off ones and twos. Ones go with Splinter – Field Workout, 5 Cones or flags 20yds apart: 1 …
29 faithful ventured out into the gloom wondering what could be in store this fine morn. Cheesy promised we would get to know our #Brickpile location better. Using colored Glow Sticks to mark pain stations the pax ventured around and around the school. My Group completed all but two stations… did not get a check …
This morning’s Q rolled in just in time to provide an Old School downPAINment on the 22 pax who arrived to burn off the long weekend. Merkins and flutters with a mix of LBCs, lunge walks and squats provided the recipe for sweat and silence. While several raised doubt that we would close out at …
Eight faithful (including two FNGs) from North and South of the Border converged on a perfect Saturday to have a VACA pain-session a-la sand and surf. Hallelujah! Table led with the first Q and cemented himself as the veteran Q highlighted with the Beast in the shadow of the Zipline. Woody took Q for the …
The long awaited Labor Day AmFibious 5K and Float dropped like a bomb on Cayce and West Columbia this Monday morning. Amazed bystanders witnessed the 73 (and still counting) assembled Pax, M’s and 2.0’s hoofing it through an otherwise quiet neighborhood and northward on Columbia’s Three Rivers Greenway laden with inflatables of countless varieties. The …
The Labor Day AmFibious 5K & Float is MONDAY! Many details have been discussed and highlighted in countless ways including prior pre-blasts so let me try to make this as brief as possible. Please download and read the Race Packet for details including the required waiver. Note that the Race Packet has been slightly modified …
Twenty-Six faithful enjoyed the unexpectedly temperate weather at #brickpile Tuesday morning as Woody took the saddle for his virgin Q. At this writing, the Q realizes he D-Q’d himself to a more-than-spent state. He hopes that the PAX feel at least a little of the same. Conditions: A welcome 64 degrees and 85% humidity THE …
Sixteen faithful from all of Columbia F3 converged on a perfect Monday to start the first week of college football. Hallelujah! Cesspool was the Q and he had nothing but football on his mind. Including cones, a football, and a whistle….. Conditions: 63 and what seemed like no humidity. Is this really August in ColaTown? …
Forty-Nine faithful from #Amble, #Brickpile and #SwampFox converged on the old stomping grounds at Dreher, this time with 4 #ShovelFlags and the debut of the #TheCarolinaFlag, Saturday morning to spend a solid hour with Sub Prime and Chaser. Conditions: 72 but with “only” 84% humidity and a 5-10mph breeze made it feel almost fall-ish. THE …
As one of Columbia’s oldest neighborhoods it seems only fitting that the F3 Shovel Flag be planted firmly in the grounds of Shandon. Hand Middle School provides the perfect AO (Area of Operations) for the ever-expanding F3Columbia and Tuesday, August 27 marks the #BigBang for our newest bootcamp workout site. The site will be referred to as …
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The Labor Day AmFibious 5K & Float is fast approaching… a mere 10 days from now a host of pax will inundate the Three Rivers Greenway for a warm weather biathlon sharply in contrast to the usual labors of the work week. As many questions have been asked, below is our best guess as to …
43 men ventured out to the #Brickpile for Adrian’s virgin Q and the former All-State football player and D1 basketball player drew on his glory days for a workout worthy of his real name: Rocky. The Thang: Warm up lap around the school COP SSH x 25 (4ct) Up-Downs x 10 (in honor of football …
5 dedicated pax posted at the #Brickpile this morning in what Roscoe called “the heaviest rain I have seen in a long, long time. Standing water an inch or two deep in some places forced the faithful onto paved surfaces lest the the fields be turned into muddy mosh pits and our welcome at Dreher …
32 men entered a soggy gloom this morning at the #brickpile ready for a tag-team #convergence. Stilts and YHC prepared hard for a solid workout and the pax were happy to oblige. After a fast start at the initial COP and some running courtesy of a modified and hill-less Jacob’s Ladder, the pax split up …
A cool gentle ran greeted the 29 faithful who arose before dawn to work out the stresses of the week with some Brickpile beatdown. Rivet was given the duties for the first time, and he came well prepared. The Thang: Warm up run COP Side straddle hop – 25 Imperial Walker – 20 Merkins – …
37 men (including 1 FNG) invaded the grounds of DHS on Tuesday where Windmill was prepared with another creative beatdown. His parking-lot focused workout proved you don’t have to travel much for a solid beat down. The Thang: Parking lot Side straddle hops Shoulder circles x-man’s tricep press w/ bricks 21’s w/ bricks Shoulder raises …
11 pax converged at #Ironyard at the Brickpile for a detailed and painful tutorial on the many ways of using a Kettlebell (KB). If our lesson a few weeks ago from Swinger was 101, this session proved to be an excruciating Bells 102 course led by Homewrecker with more KB moves than thought possible. The …
44 pax converged at Dreher on Saturday, most knowing Dredd would Q but few knowing what that meant. The Thang: I’m not going to begin to try to re-create the workout on paper, and I’m relatively certain Dredd couldn’t either. After the 1-minute warning, where 44 guys were standing and stretching and chatting in the …
12 Pax with 1 FNG greeted CessPool’s virgin Q and he did not disappoint. The merkin a-rama along with toting bricks most of the morning was a real crowd pleaser. At one point in the morning there was 1 Pax that asked if CessPool was related to Termite? Another Pax then was quoted as saying …
The August dawn broke over 28 faithful Columbia men as Termite began his virgin Q. He apparently believes the bricks at — ummm — the Brickpile don’t get enough attention. His first instruction was “grab two bricks and follow me.” Most of the exercises below were done with bricks in hand. Conditions: 72 degrees and …
Nine men joined for the inaugural kettle bell workout at #Brickpile following our introduction to the bells last week by Swinger and Robber. The 3×3 interval workout proved to be brutal. Some of the pax were heard naming our Wednesday workout #Ironyard at the Brickpile. Similar to the bricks and blocks, the bells took no …
Labor Day, the day that, in contrast to its name, is characterized by as little labor as possible. It is a day of laziness highlighted by beer and boating. One entire 24 hour period to abandon the rigors of a normal Monday work day and instead find something completely frivolous to occupy our lives. F3 …
34 pax assembled at The Brickpile as Heartbreaker took his turn at Q. His theme: show up and deliver. And he did. The Thang: Warm-up jog to lower field. Don’t trip over #BaggerVance. COP: SSH X 25 Merkins X 15 LBC X 20 Up / Downs X 12 Freddie Mercury X 15 Boat / Canoe …
Roscoe got up on the wrong side of the bed Monday morning and took out his frustrations on the 11 pax who met him at Dreher High School. Nothing fancy — just a downPAINment to start the week off right. The Thang: Student Parking Lot: SSH x20 Jump Squats x10 Merkins x15 Jump Squats x10 …
Once a year, this the first in the life of F3Columbia, The Governor’s Cup Half Marathon is run in our great capital city. On November 9th scores of runners will form up, as we did so recently, before the steps of the state house to begin a 40 year running tradition embracing so much of …
32 strong met at #Brickpile for the virgin Q of Cheesy. Halfway through the “reward challenge race” was presented with Team Logo/Murray Street prevailing by a squat over Team Cheesy/Kline Street. Conditions: Cool 72, with relatively low humidity, #shocktothesystem The Thang: Warmup in Parking Lot: SSH x 25 IW x 20 High Knees x 20 …
A small and faithful group of 10 met in the gloom of DHS, sore from Tuesday’s kettle bell swing-a-thon and needing to work out the kinks. Conditions: 78 and partly cloudy The Thang: Logo’s Loop with Pain Stations Stop #1: Merkins x10 Squats x15 Sit ups x20 [Repeato – AMRAP in 5 minutes] Stop #2: …
42 Columbia men met at the #Brickpile for an introduction to kettle bells. Robber secured the expertise of Susan Finley, a certified KB instructor and owner of Nutrition Warehouse, and her “instruction” was humbling to many. Conditions: 74 degrees, dense fog The Thang: 20 KB swings 20 swings, SSX x20 Set #1: 25 swings, Merkins …
13 PAX emerged from the gloom for the inaugural Monday downPAINment at the #Brickpile. The PAX knew change was in the air when the security guard at Dreher approached a couple of PAX and said “What’s going here?” That’s when CessPool calmly told Barney that we have added additional workouts on Mondays/Wednesdays. Cheesy then jumped in …
46 PAX occupied the #Brickpile AO for a post-gloom Saturday morning #convergence. The workout began with a leisurely warm-up lap around the school to shake off the soreness inflicted by Windmill and Alterboy on Thursday. After a brisk COP on the lower field the PAX were treated to a tour of some of Heathwood’s finest …
It’s not know whether or not Windmill’s secretary (who is also a personal trainer) aided in the design of his workout this morning, but calls for her dismissal were heard early and often as he took the 40 assembled pax on a leg- and back-focused jaunt through the Dreher High School gloom. Conditions: 75 and …
35 pax (including one young FNG) arrived at Dreher without a shred of a clue as to who would be Q. Logo was prepared, however, and let the assembled men on a brick-filled basketball workout. Conditions: 73, overcast, cool breeze blowing. The Thang: Warm-up lap around school Circle of Pain at HeartBreakers Brickpile SSH x …
Sixty, uh, Fifty-Nine with 7 FNGs converged on the State House this morning for a Robber / Chaser tag team Q in front of news cameras once again. The workout, while carrying Swamp Fox pavers, surely provided the cameras with many shots of suffering. Conditions: 77 degress with 87% humidity under cloudy skies. The Thang: …
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By popular demand, F3 Columbia will once again converge on the State House on Saturday, July 20th. This will be the only location on Saturday so don’t go to Dreher or Crayton expecting to find anyone. Step on up to a workout that promises exciting vistas, friendly native wildlife, and a bevy of wonderful smells. …
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A soggy, humid Dreher High School campus greeted 29 early risers in Columbia on Thursday. Sled and Crawlspace combined duties and pulled off their first Q, a “cone-to-cone” pain station jaunt around the AO. Well done, you two! Conditions: 72, partly cloudy, wet The Thang: Jog around parking lot, go to COP SSH – 25 …
The humid gloom greeted 32 men at the #Brickpile this morning and Roscoe took us through a steady beat down. Conditions: 72 degrees, partly cloudy and humid The Thang: Run to lower field COP SSH x 30 Merkins x 20 Situps x 30 OYO Burpees x 10 OYO Logo’s Loop 10k speed to Adger/Devereaux 10 …
43 Columbia men converged for the first time at CMS for some field work on a surprisingly comfortable Saturday morning. Comfort, however, was discarded early as Hamburger Hill was christened with fresh meat forced through the grinder of a diabolic string of fire. Surprisingly, no one spilled merlot and the pax used the rest of the …
62 Columbia men assembled in the early-morning gloom of Dreher High School on Thursday for a #convergence workout. The pax turned out in force, anticipating the return of WIS-TV anchorman Ben Hoover (our own “Ron Burgandy,” in the red above) who wanted to do a story on F3. Sub Prime took the Q for his …
Forty-Six men from #Amble, #Brickpile and #Swampfox converged in the gloom for a workout that was to be filmed by a WIS News camera crew with our resident news anchor Ben Hoover (F3 Ron Burgandy) participating in the workout. Like many F3ers have in the past, and will in the future, the camera man “called in sick” …
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27 Columbia pax converged on Dreher High School for a ping pong Q from Chaser and Sway. Soggy fields meant lots of pavement. Conditions: 75 degrees, wet, but not raining The Thang: Warmup run: Logo’s Loop (1 mile) COP – Sidewalk at front entrance of DHS, Chaser and Sway alternating calls: Merkin’s x10 Close Squats …
14 Columbia men met at the #Brickpile on Thursday to assert our independence and celebrate the Fourth of July. Sway led the downpainment. Conditions: 74 degrees and overcast (when will the rain stop?!?) Thang: Logos Loop with Pain Stations, running behind the shovel flag: Cat clinic: 10/10/10 merkins/squats/situps AMRAP in 5:00 (most got 5-6 sets) …
25 pax thumbed their collective noses at the steady-falling rain in Columbia on Tuesday as Heartbreaker brought some steady-falling pain. Conditions: 73 and steady rain The Thang: Lap around School to Upper Field for COP: COP (all 4 count unless noted) Merkins X15 SSH X25 LBC X20 Flutter X41 (1/2 of 82nd) Imperial Walker X20 …
45 pax met at Dreher High School for the first ever “convergence” workout in Columbia. Three workouts were represented: Brickpile, SwampFox, and Amble. 5 FNGs were also on hand, though none fully appreciated the momentous occasion. Robber led the downPAINment. Conditions: 75 degrees and overcast The Thang: Warmup run to Heartbreaker’s Brickpile, Grab a Block, …
27 pax with 2 FNGs posted at The Brickpile on Thursday. They were greeted by Windmill who answered the call and made his maiden journey into the world of QIC. Conditions: 73 degrees and clear The Thang: Warmup lap around Dreher High School Circle Of Pain Jump Lunges x 30 Wide arm merkin x 30 …
24 Pax showed up for the original Columbia F3 beatdown (newly renamed “The Brickpile”). We were all excited for the first day of the split (launch of Swampfox) and even more excited when we recieved the news that they had 22 strong. This sets a new one day record of 46 (eclipsing the existing by …