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408 backblasts mention “Skipper”
THE FORT · SAT JUL 25
It's Wet. YES. Now, Do The Work
Whenever there's an FNG, I feel the responsibility to turn it up a notch and to ensure I adhere to the principles, cadence calling, and traits of what I love about F3. While it's not up to me to determine the intensity…
THE FORGE · FRI JUL 24
10 Days to School
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Goofballs THE THANG: Backblast – The Forge Q: Jason Workout: Ladder to 10 Distance: Just under 4 miles Great work by everyone who showed up at The Forge this morning. The focus…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 21
A slice of pie
WARMUP: SSH, arm circles, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs, mosey THE THANG: Thang 1: 7’s Merkins at the bottom of the hill into parking lot - NUR to top - jump squats at the top - run…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 14
The blockiest of Parties
WARMUP: stretches before and some at top of Massey THE THANG: 11’s on Massey burpees and jump squats. Run to smooth Baptist church parking lot. 4 corners. Reps of 25 merkens, big boys, dips , and squats. Run mode of…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUL 13
Loops, loops and loops
WARMUP: Nope - it's a run/ruck workout THE THANG: Richard's Crossing to Front Street to Berkshire Heights, loop 1, 2 or 3 times and return the way pax got there. MARY: No sir - open to all men ANNOUNCEMENTS: Always COT…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUL 6
Persevere because others are counting on you
YHC was honored to have the Q at SLT and wanted to bring a side of hills to match the main course of heat and humidity. The Pax were game so we did it and thus started the day up 1:0. WARMUP: Run to the bottom of GHES…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 30
Compete with yourself DORA
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunges and a little mosey THE THANG: DORA but no rep count. The whole point was to compete with yourself and try to do atleast one more rep than the previous set before your partner got…
THE FORGE · FRI JUN 26
Forged...for Sprinting
WARMUP: We charted a lap around the parking lot and completed a few warmup exercises. THE THANG: Before we took off, I asked the PAX to remember one thing. When the assignment is to run to a specific destination, do not…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUN 22
Gin Blossoms on the Block
WARMUP: Something about the 5 core principles before launch THE THANG: Run to Allison Park. Every "STOP" sign 10 BBSU, 10 merkins, 10 squats At Allison Park, descend to do add 5 pull ups. Then head back and do the same…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUN 18
Trail Snails
Rucked thru Kingsley to Springs and back ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 16
First Rope
WARMUP: side straddle hops, cherry pickers, side lunges, temp merkins, runners stretch THE THANG: Mosey 3x10 - dips, Bulgarian squats, derkins, heels to heaven, and high plank Mosey Dora - 50 muscle ups, 100 jump…
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUN 13
Birthday Beatdown at BAOPS
YCH and Cohiba had the pleasure of leading 18 men for a Last Call and Cyclops birthday beatdown at Alcatraz. Here’s what we did: Warm-Up: - SSH – 57 IC - Imperial Walkers – 34 IC - Hillbilly Walkers – 33 IC - Moroccan…
CLYDESDALES · WED JUN 10
WEP
WARMUP: THE THANG: Take Munn to 160 and turn right. Pass WEP and take Massey up hill. Take right on Harris and run up another hill. Turn right at Munn and keep running till 6 COT. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: prayers…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 9
Block Party Pickup
WARMUP: Jog over to short wall for some of the basic opening warmup exercises, including: SSH, Hillbillies, Imperials, Windmills and Step-ups THE THANG: Over the years, I've gotten a little complacent when it comes to…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUN 8
Flight Plan Folly
18 for a muggy am of Ruckers and Runners. Rewarded with a nice sunrise. YHC failed at the recording duties.
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 2
Something different - BSTL
WARMUP: - 10 Hillbilly Walkers, - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Strawberry pickers, - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: - Run down to Dave Gibson - 25 Pushups - Run up to…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUN 1
Little Baby Sandbags
THE THANG: partner up. One partner carries two 2lb sand bags, switch at each station. 1st stop- south state bank = 5 reps (4 count) SSH, seal jacks, plank jacks 2nd stop- culdesac of Patricia Lane = 15 Superman’s, 15…
FLIGHT PLAN · WED MAY 13
Running is fun?
WARMUP: N THE THANG: Y MARY: N ANNOUNCEMENTS: Y COT: Y
BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 12
I ran so far away…
Seven seagulls posted at BP and did: Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Moroccan N/C, Low slow squats, Peter parkers, plank stretches. -5 burpees OYO Run WEP loop -5 burpees OYO Run to Harris st park via trail BBall…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 5
Partner Work @ Block Party
WARMUP: Mosey from COT to the playground, usual of suspects followed for a typical F3 warmup. THE THANG: Partner was the theme for this workout. Cubbie asks that each Q share the reason why they keep coming out to F3…
SWEEP THE LEG · MON MAY 4
There and back x6
WARMUP: mosey to bottom of Brayden THE THANG: 20 merkins, 20 big boys then run up Brayden to the stoplight and do 20 squats and 20 calf raises then run down Brayden. Repeat 5 times to get 100 reps of each. Run back to…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU APR 30
The Manion WOD
WARMUP: 29 squats THE THANG: Manion WOD: 29 squats with ruck and sandbag, 400 meter run/ruck/shuffle X 7 rounds (modify as needed) MARY: 5 minutes of AB lab, 10 minute broga ANNOUNCEMENTS: “greater than” event, bethel…
6@6 · SAT APR 25
Boston Marathon finisher on Q
4 early 2 for coffee and stories 4 trails 5 roads WARMUP: petting Wegmans Boston Marathon medal THE THANG: see above MARY: too many to name ANNOUNCEMENTS: Wegmans ran the Boston Marathon COT: more petting
CLYDESDALES · WED APR 22
My route was used
WARMUP: None THE THANG: I asked if anyone was interested in my route. A few select quality gentleman said yes. Then we took off. MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes COT: Some prayers and praises were shared.