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THE ARMORY · SEP 9, 2019
Never Forget
9/11 Tribute WOD - Focus on the Passenger Imagine you’ve woken up on a seemingly normal day, getting ready for a work trip, and then heading to the airport. The traffic isn’t as heavy as you would think, in fact you…
SEP 3, 2019
Fire Ant Q - 9/3/19
Training for a Go Ruck HTL is a little different than training for a long race - everything takes a lot of time when you're not moving at an 8 min mile pace. You get miles in when you can, so at this point in the…
AUG 31, 2019
Millstone pivots on a dime
YHC waited patiently in the Veteran's Parking lot thinking this may be a party of one and Omaha over to #TheFort to join the hype train down the street. Needless to say, 3 min before the opening bell, Boss Hogg rolls up…
AUG 29, 2019
Minnow Pond Strikes Again
17 Pax descended upon the Minnow Pond this AM. Many were new to the Pond and all were better for having posted. In the 5 weeks since launch, Shady along with the other Qs have set the bar high for MP. The workouts have…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 28, 2019
Iron Paradise
Since becoming the Site Q at The Coop YHC has been missing The Tomahawk. Luckily, 3D was gracious enough to swap AO’s for a day. Needless to say I was pretty excited. 10 PAX showed up 10 minutes early so we had some…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 27, 2019
Q on Cue
A strong group of 17 PAX appeared in the midst of a cool late-august gloom. - Mosey to Springs parking lot - Carioca one direction - Carioca the other - Mosey to the lot blocked off by the chain Warm Up: - SSH (until I…
AUG 24, 2019
Tinsel's Utensils rolled in the Deep
Great morning to bring all the props out, we had 17 PAX (4x2.0's) kids have become "regulars" at the deep, we also had the visit from EZ rider from the Gas House Region. We started with a slow mossey around the parking…
AUG 24, 2019
Millstone jumps out of the blocks
Backblast disclaimer: Strap yourself in because this is going to be a bit more detailed than my normal backblasts so this can be used for future reference as this AO gets off the ground... 5 gathered for the kick-off of…
AUG 19, 2019
Extortion 17 - CPO Mills
Fourteen men came out Honey Badger for a Hero-based workout. Disclaimer Short Mosey Warmup: SSH (IC 12x) Windmill (IC 12x) Imperial Walker (IC 12x) Cherry pickers (IC 12x) Low Slow Squats (IC12x) Merkin (IC 12x) Peter…
AUG 13, 2019
Copyright's Counterclockwise Claudia
Cop Pax started off with a full lap around the parking lot followed by some F your neighbor (exercise followed by everyone taking two-four steps to their left). AKA an excuse for me to share my 30#er. Exercises…
AUG 12, 2019
Mile High Special at Quagmire
This was a Q I was looking forward to. It marked my 1 year anniversary with F3 and it was at the A/O that I started at. Not only was it my 1 year anniversary but some #HIM by the name of Jedi offered me to be the site…
VARSITY · AUG 9, 2019
HIIT with Led
Six men arrived at NAFO to get the Led out on a pleasant, cool morning. Warm Up Mosey run SSH (IC 10x) Windmill (IC 10x) Imperial Walker (IC 10x) Low Slow Squats (IC10x) Merkins (IC 10X) Peter Parker (IC 10x) Plank…
AUG 7, 2019
The Pantheon Claw
It was another fine morning at the Pantheon. 70F and 90% humidity. Just the kind of morning that makes the fart sack look even better than normal. But 12 HIM valiantly defeated the FS this morning in order to gather in…
THE RANCH · AUG 1, 2019
Fields of Gory at The Ranch - And The Importance of Sharing Your Burdens
Jiffy gave me a holler this weekend to Q here. I was in the lower spectrum of the Flux lately and Q-ing a mostly black diamond AO was just what I needed to get out of it. Thank you Jiffy for the opportunity!! As I…
VARSITY · JUL 26, 2019
So...you want to do pyramids and running. We can do that
16 gathered for a quick disclaimer on the beautiful Friday morning, and even more beautiful new pavement. We took off for a quick mosey and circled up for some warm-up which consisted of: SSH, slow windmill, superman…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 23, 2019
Do a few things, but do them well.
Jekyll asked me to Q at Colosseum like a month and a half ago. I had reservations, as the Colosseum is outside my radius of comfort for a weekday post and it's not like the Q can leave early. Throwing caution to the…
JUL 19, 2019
Everyone's a winner at the Swamp
YHC got a text from the QIC for the Swamp on 07/19/2019 that he was on IR. Coming off of IR myself I felt the need to answer the call. 11 HIM got moseying after a proper disclaimer (hola FNG from Lox). We ran to Target…
JUL 9, 2019
Climbing Ladders at the Golden Corral
Golden Corral - The AO that has been revived in recent months thanks to the leadership of Lutefisk. 13 men met at the Harris Teeter parking lot in the gloom on this cloudy morning. Started with the disclaimer and we…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 3, 2019
Making Bad Things Better
Most of my Q's in recent months have been ruck focused. As I started thinking about what we would do on Wednesday, I realized that one of my last bootcamp Q was likely when Wegman's held the QvQ event at The Coop in…
JUL 1, 2019
The Honey Badger 1776 Challenge
There was alot of chitter chatter on Twitter.....and Slack......leading up to this workout on 7/1 regarding posting to Badger or some other location in the greater Fort area. I ponder if some thought my idea of a…
JUN 21, 2019
Webs at Bermuda Triangle for anniversary celebrations
First time out at the Bermuda Triangle, longer drive than usual but it was totally worth it, good to see new faces out in the gloom. Today marks my 2nd anniversary with F3 Nation and it's also the first anniversary of…
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…
JUN 10, 2019
We don't need no stinking drill bits - we're at Quagtastic!
Kicked off the fun with a short mosey to one parking lot over about 50 yards. Started the warm-up with windmills (10x), low slow squats (10x), imperial walkers (10x), cherry pickers (10x), merkins (10x), diamond merkins…
JUN 7, 2019
Time to Get Some at Bermuda Triangle
It was only a matter of time until I was called to the deep uncharted territories of Lake Wylie, somewhere they call the Bermuda Triangle. Olaf was nice enough to keep me company and take the 25 min ride from Lake Ridge…