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JAN 22, 2020
Cards at the JOC
Today at the Joint Operations Command AO, we had 7 join me for a total of 8, to take on the deck of cards. It's not the most creative workout you'll ever do but I can promise you, you'll get your money's worth. If you…
DEC 31, 2019
NYE at the "Ant"- BB 2wks late
Link to the Pre-Blast: https://f3thefort.com/2019/12/18/the-force-to-bring-us-back-in/ The script changed but we discussed burnout and the challenges associated with getting burned out. Nevertheless, we did some work…
OCT 12, 2019
A Morning Walk Through Town
Five men gathered at Veteran's Park and spent an hour together. Here is what they did: After the Pax were disclaimed, I took a few minutes to ask each person what their ailment was so I had an idea of what we could do…
SEP 24, 2019
Cards & Bells
Yeah, why not take the deck of cards across the lake? What could go wrong? Oh, you mean Cannonball is a kettle bell workout...uhhhhh, ok. Welcome to what went through my head as I penned the Weinke for this morning's Q…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 17, 2019
Lead where you are - 2 years have flown by @ THE Ballroom
What a beautiful, steamy fall morning as the gloom saw 19 of The Fort's finest show for our Shovel flag Hand-off at THE Ballroom. Can't believe that it was over 2 years ago when Cake Boss asked YHC to take over Site Q…
SEP 10, 2019
Light on mileage, Heavy on the push
While the research may vary, the average ant can lift/carry 10-50 times its own body weight. Luck for us at the Fire Ant AO today, we were only carrying ourselves and our Rucks, which varied from 30lb-45lb. So, to that…
SEP 6, 2019
What Lacks in Creativity...
Call it "coincidental", impeccable luck, dumb luck, divine appointment, proper Site-Q planning or option "F", None of the Above but I was fortunate to have the Q at the Swamp today; the morning of our region's…
COLOSSEUM · SEP 3, 2019
Playing Cards at The Colosseum
A return to the arena we call The Colosseum; a homecoming if you will. That's all that was at stake. With the increased Tuesday attendance and the added AO here in September for the Iron PAX Challenge presenting another…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 20, 2019
Running, Hills, Sand Bags...Complete
No glitz, just guts. (Similar to the writing of this BB.) That's all we needed today to get some mileage, some drill bits, some hills and a couple of sand bag exercises. Now for the evidence it actually happened this…
AUG 15, 2019
Caution: The Minnow Pond may contain hills
Man, that sucked...I mean, that was awesome. Pardon me as oxygen is still hard to come by this morning. It was in the 70's with 4,000% humidy, we averaged 7:45/mi for 3.25ish miles, did some low-rep exercises along the…
JUL 22, 2019
Productive little day at the office
It's not often that I get asked to Q all the way out in Clover, so knowing those guys and always trying to make the most of everyone's time, I made it my personal goal to have the most productive little Monday they've…
JUL 12, 2019
Big B, little b, what begins with B?
Buddies, Burpees, Bearcrawls, Bodybuilders, Booyah! Merkins and B.O.M.B.S. all start with that letter B, that's what. 18 attended the Swamp today, half rucked, the other have joined YHC for a little schooling on the…
JUN 25, 2019
A Return To The Corral Which Is Golden
Man, it's been a long time. It's been a long time since coming to the Golden Corral, or as it was often referred, the Buffet of Pain but it's also been too long since my last post. No better way to knock the rust off…
JUN 12, 2019
If Wilt Chamberlain met Nicole (well he probably did)
It was cool morning and 11 showed up for my Q at the Abyss. I gave a brief but full disclaimer. We did a fast mosey, because they don't always have to be slow (I picked this up from a Backblast where Duck Dynasty…
APR 30, 2019
Just a Mere Tune-Up
How in the world did I get the honor of Qing one of the most popular ruck workouts of the year? I don't know but I didn't want to disappoint. Usually, that last comment means it's time to absolutely BRING IT. But the…
SLOW BURN · APR 26, 2019
Form Matters...And So Does A Belly Button
I put the pre-blast out a few days ago saying this edition of Slow Burn would be a bit different. No speed work this time, it's all about good form and controlling the core. The core is essential to balance, stability…
APR 25, 2019
Friend or Faux - April BEYOND
For those newer PAX who aren’t familiar with it, BEYOND is a roving AO started by Maximus last year that is designed to push us beyond, both physically and personally. The workouts are supposed to be tough, and the…
MAR 29, 2019
Bell In The Ring
On Friday, I had the opportunity to Q The Hive, a Kettle Bell workout that has developed the history of being a great, body-challenging, way to end your work week. Under no circumstances was I going to let that change…
MAR 22, 2019
FTW - Forget The Winkie
I had prepared a coin flip workout 5 weeks ago where we flipped a coin to see if we would use the right hand side or left hand side of the winkie for each exercise. This week was to be the "other" side that didn't get…
MAR 22, 2019
Ad-lib at the Chupacabra
My apologies for the tardiness; that happens when priorities are out of whack. I also apologize if I missed a tagging of another PAX member...also a side-effect of not doing things on time. Lutefisk took the bootcampers…
MAR 2, 2019
Tinsel Utensils at the Fort
A great morning to Q at the Fort, great temperature to start the weekend right, rain held up but ground was soggy so I decided to stay on the path after the warm up. After a quick disclaimer, we moseyed for about 1/4 of…
SLOW BURN · JAN 25, 2019
The Workout! 16 Boot Campers and 2 Runners
The Workout! 16 Boot Campers and 2 Runners After a lengthy disclaimer, we began the workout with a warm up - - 20 LSS - 25 SSH - 10 Merkins - 15 Seal Jacks - 10 WAMs Mosey across 160 and down to McAllisters. Here we…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 11, 2018
Christmas on Main Street
Chilly morning started out with war stories from the GORUCK weekend with three of the PAX in attendance coming home with a Tough patch. Congrats to Bonsai on his first GORUCK Tough! Clock struck 5:15, a disclaimer was…
DEC 4, 2018
The Ruck Taper That Wasn't...Here at the Fire Ant
Oh, you didn't tote a ruck and join us at the Fire Ant this morning? But, you know how to read. Lucky you; you'll feel as if you joined us in this perfect gloom. Well, aside from smoked shoulders, jail-breaks, curls…