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BLOCK PARTY · DEC 12, 2017
Holiday Lights Tour by Donkey
13 pax celebrated the gift of a new day at Block Party. All vets on hand for this journey, so the Disclaimer was short and sweet. Then the pax saddled up for the Fort Mill Christmas tour. The theme for the tour was…
NOV 30, 2017
Chasing Victory, Monopoly Lessons
As I was thinking about my Q. I was struggling to bring something personal to this workout. I then realized it was the last day for the month and with the months theme of victory. I knew exactly what I was going to do…
JUL 28, 2017
Ruck WO: Freedom of Choice....but not of Consequence
Cobra Kai asked me to lead a ruck workout a while back. HC!! First time Q-ing a ruck workout......I was nervous. No better way to learn than to get thrown in the deep end. So here goes.... 6 of us for the Ruck good…
JUL 1, 2017
Find Joy in the Pain
So YHC had spent the previous Saturday experiencing Base Camp in Asheville as a Nomad and wanted to bring some lessons, and some pain, back to the PAX of Lake Wylie. The original plan was changed as YHC learned just…
JUN 22, 2017
It's a sad, sobering day. #SleevelessLikeCheech at Poopdeck
I have a special place in my heart for the Pax of Lake Wylie... It was good to pull up and see a lot of farmer's tans and previously unbeknownst tattoos as 17 (I think maybe a record for this AO?) men posted with no…
APR 13, 2017
Kids don't float and Maundy Thursday
Spring break week...small group...too much laughing... Disclaimer warm-up-o-rama mosey more warm-up-o-rama mosey bur-pee escalator at T-Bones walkway 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 felt like more than 55 must have been the…
COLOSSEUM · MAR 28, 2017
Let Me Run Coaches Needed at GHMS (The Colosseum)
The Head Let me Run Coach at GHMS needs two running coaches to assist with our middle school boys. She will teach the class portion, but needs two HIMs to run with the boys. Here are the details: First Practice: March…
ALCATRAZ · MAR 18, 2017
60 minute man
We need a co Q they said. You'll have help they said. Only half of the hour they said. APB for @Cerrano. My man sends a crack o dawn tweet that he aint coming. Multiple choice: a. #smartsack(sick/M sick) b. #heartsack…
SLOW BURN · JAN 6, 2017
You can Burn, but it must be Slowly...
I wanted to set a record for attendance and for FNGs at Slow Burn last Friday. We got neither one... What we did get were a few leadership lessons and a lot of mumblechatter... The Thang: Warm it up, Chris: A typical…
DEC 15, 2016
Footloose - 12....I mean 10 days of Christmas!
19 of us came to cut the rug and show some moves at Footloose in front of the First Baptist Church. The AO is a moderate but the PAX came for a challenge and accepted everything that was thrown at them. After quick…
DEC 6, 2016
Sleeper Cell at Golden Corral
Time: 0505 - Ruckers rolling in from all angles. Rucks being dropped off. Rucks being picked up. Time: 0510 - 14 Ruckers Counted, 2 Boot Campers Time: 0514 - 2 Boot Campers (Decibel and Falcon's Crest) are provided each…
NOV 11, 2016
Armstice Day at the Swamp
A cool fall morning after a long election week. YHC did some Google Maps style recon ahead of his first post at The Swamp. Excited about the opportunity to meet some new Pax and Q at a new location. After a little…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 8, 2016
Election Day - do you know your 44 presidents?
By an act of Congress in 1845, the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November was designated Election Day for future presidential elections. The first such election took place on November 7, 1848. So, as it is…
SLOW BURN · NOV 4, 2016
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!! - How's that relate to a F3 workout???
What a week for being a baseball fan. One of the best 7 game series for a world series. It doesn't matter if you are/aren't a fan of the Cubs or Indians. But who isn't a Harry Carry or Bill Murray or Eddie Vedder fan?…
THE ARMORY · OCT 24, 2016
Define Work
I am a soft-spoken individual, so I quickly dispense with the disclaimer. Warmup SSH x25 IW x25 Windmill x25 Tutorial of a sit-up jump (Start flat on back, bell over your head, heals at your 6. Swing weight overhead and…
BLOCK PARTY · SEP 20, 2016
Block Party - Let's bring the party back to life!
20 awesome PAX members came to the mother of all weekday AOs, The Block Party, for a revival of sorts and tribute to an original. The Block Party was The Fort's original weekday AO back in 2012. It was the very first…
AUG 18, 2016
Laces In 8/18/16
Perfect morning humid and 77 degrees Disclaimer witnessed by Celebrity Legal Counsel "The Chaser" Mosey up to gun lot #HIM Clark Kent lead warmup-O-rama in cadence (I believe Clark thought there would be the normal 5…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 15, 2016
CSPAN Return to @F3Tomahawk
Perfect High Humidity Morning and 77 degrees Disclaimer - Legal Counsel not present (scared?) Really dark out there... And we were off at a good mosey pace, carrying your kettlebell, around back of the school Warm Up…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 9, 2016
Suicides and Mumblechatter
Started 2 minutes early by giving a ridiculous and poorly executed disclaimer witnessed by "The" Legal Counsel Few more cars and expensive pickup trucks showed up And we were off at a nice running pace to a COP with a…
JUL 13, 2016
Silence is Golden
Disclaimer given. History lessons on the Five and Dime Stores which would be the basis for today's workout. Mosey - Butt kickers, high knees, Shuffle, Karoake COP - SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmill, Moroccan, LBC's The…
JUL 1, 2016
Are you Army Strong?
22 HIMs showed up to The Swamp today ready to work. And work is what we did. I need to thank Cobra Kai and WWL for the idea. They reached out to me early in the week to see if I wanted to join them on the APFT…
THE BALLROOM · APR 19, 2016
18 Years and A Ring
This backblast might be "better late than never", but just barely. My apologies to the pax for being so tardy. YHC got to the AO early to set up some cones for the main part of the workout, down in the parking lot at…
APR 16, 2016
Fatherhood is not about me
12 Pax posted to The Yard on a sticky Sat to exercise their vocal chords as much as their bodies. Following a half-baked disclaimer and a brief preview by YHC of the Fatherhood Part II theme for the morning, the…
THE ARMORY · FEB 29, 2016
New Boards for the ARM-ory
It was a perfect morning at the Armory, 8 men, great weather and a laminated Weinke Honored to lead and learn. 3 lessons from my morning at the ARM-ory 1. Senator Tressel "injured" is better than most at 100% 2. If you…