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THE YARD · SAT AUG 8
My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard
Mission of F3: To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. 5 Core Principles: 1. Free of charge 2. Open to all men 3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or…
DAWN PATROL · THU AUG 6
It's not 'negative', its 'eccentric'
WARMUP: windmills, produce pickers then mosey to Kingsley Springs corner monsters, knee grabs, arm stretches to lakeside benches THE THANG: C.H.I.P.S. and Dips Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU AUG 6
McHale 3.3 Kingsley Loops No Grass
WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.3 miles. 2 Loops in Kingsley MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Bus, Care Center COT: Schools, Marriages & Minds
KITCHEN SINK · WED AUG 5
Start with Station #3
Last time I Q'd the Kitchen Sink we only used 1pc of gear. Needed to up my game for this Q to live up to the name Kitchen Sink, gotta bring more gear, so we used 3pcs. this go around - Ruck, SB, & KB. WARMUP: Started…
THE HIVE · FRI JUL 24
Hair Metal 🎸 and Iron Bells 🔔
It was a wet morning in the fort but the dry humerus chatter kept us warm. A quick warmup and we were off. Thang: 50 reps of an exercise and then run across the parking lot and nur back. We did this 10 times. It was…
THE HIVE · FRI JUL 24
Hair Metal and Iron Bells
It was a wet morning in the fort but the dry humerus chatter kept us warm. A quick warmup and we were off. Thang: 50 reps of an exercise and then run across the parking lot and nur back. We did this 10 times. It was…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 23
Dark Helmet
WARMUP: THE THANG: We did a couple of loops around the Kingsplex, with some bear crawling and crawl bearing in honor of the Other Band Camp (Band Camp - not present), some running up Textile Hill, and lots of NOT…
DAWN PATROL · THU JUL 23
Impossible Island Hopping
WARMUP: moseyed with some stops along the way. No feedback on the cadence calling. The PIP I was on was in full effect. Finished with Bonnie Blairs X 10. THE THANG: In honor of The Pirate, a 4 corners, 20 reps at each…
RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 22
Round About
WARMUP: Yea, interspersed with burpees THE THANG: A bit ADHD - 7s on the hill behind sugar creek - merkins, squats, and bulgarian split squats in front of the school - bear crawl the front wall of the elementary school…
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 21
McHale’s Dawn Patrol 5, 10, 20, 10, 5
WARMUP: 5 minutes: Side straddle, hops, hillbilly walkers, windmills, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclubs, squats, high knees THE THANG: sets 5, 10, 20, 10 and 5: Carolina dry docs, mountain climbers, Merkins, big boys…
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…
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 18
No Complaints, Just Work
WARMUP: Dark Helmet on Q for the 1st half: A lap around the park with a stop at the pull-up bars for everyone to knock out a few then over to the wall behind the backstop. We performed a set of dips on the wall then…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 16
Kingsley Familiarity
WARMUP: Off at 0500 THE THANG: 3.25 miles with push ups, squats, calf raises and other fun along the way MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: yep COT: 5th core principle
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 16
Cyclops Ruck & Pain
WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.3 miles, merkins, squats, calf raises MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 15
The Brickyard at ROF
Arrived early to walk around and stretch a little before the workout. A few minutes after arriving another young man showed up. Didn't recognize him so introduced myself and we started talking. Did not know this was…
COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4
‘Merica 250
WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers…
DAWN PATROL · FRI JUL 3
Time Check Site Q!
WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooners, Pideon Stretch THE THANG: Mosey to Pain Station #1 in front of Hotel. F3 cards focused on arms. Pick a card and tell Pax how & when you were…
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 30
Four Corners(ish) at WEP
WARMUP: Took a soft-J jog around the outer perimeter of WEP with some stop-offs for warm up exercises. SSH, IW, HBW; sumo squats, plank-jacks, seal-jacks; broga stretches THE THANG: 4 corners, self paced. Rinse and…
ALCATRAZ · SAT JUN 27
Battle Buddies Reunited
Partner Q is the theme at Alcatraz. Enjoyed the opportunity collaborating with my battle buddy from the Greater Than CSAUP on this one. I took the first half of the workout and concentrated on upper body while Shady…
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 26
Ding Dong Done
WARMUP: usual stuff THE THANG: 1-min on/30-sec rest… AMRAP Set #1 and 2 had 100 swing buy-in. We had to shorten times on set # 3 Set 1: Cleans R Squats LBC Clean L Step FORWARD alt. Lunge Simba (BBSU w/ press) Swings…
RING OF FIRE · WED JUN 24
Gam Guillotine Redux
This BB is going to be easy, at least for the workout part. In honor of the 10th anniversary of my first F3 workout – 6/29/2016 at Pantheon with Jekyll on Q – I decided to recreate his Q nearly verbatim. I was able to…
THE YARD · SAT JUN 20
Track Theme
WARMUP: -Cherry Picker -Imperial Walker -Hillbilly -MC THE THANG: -4x100 with 4 pain stations -4x200 with 4 pain stations -4x800 with 4 pain stations MARY: -American Hammers -Should taps -Big boy sit-ups -Hello Dolly…
RING OF FIRE · WED JUN 17
Zombified Q @ ROF
Coming back from a road trip late at night I managed approx 3 1/2 hours of sleep and found myself contemplating a 'no show' for my Q at ROF @ 4:30 in da morning. I recently had the honor of participating in our Greater…
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…