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1,346 backblasts mention “40”
JUL 3, 2015
The Swamp - 4th of July Spectaculor!
17 Patriots came to The Swamp on this 4th of July eve to get a daily down painment before celebrating our country's birthday. YHC felt we needed to honor those that gave the ultimate price for the freedom we enjoy and…
JUN 30, 2015
A Golden Tuesday Morning
Eleven men answered the early morning dinner bell for another serving of the Golden Corral. Here is what they did: The Thang: Light jog around the Harris Teeter lot and circle up in front for COP: All in cadence: SSH x…
VARSITY · JUN 26, 2015
Plyo Punisher
Still in its infancy, Varsity was created to be primarily a plyometric, explosive workout focusing on full lower body/legs to improve power. It also implies that this is no JV level work out. Bring your A game or you'll…
BLOCK PARTY · JUN 23, 2015
Oasis Garden
This morning, 7 PAX chased the gloom all the way to an unexpected oasis of running sprinklers on some of the old Springs building property. Being nearly the longest day of the year, the true "gloom" was in short supply…
JUN 13, 2015
$86,400 a day and $3,600 of it spent at The Reservation doing OCR
8 of The Fort's finest (fittest/funniest) descended upon The Reservation despite the warning of monkey bars, walls, bucket carries, and burpees. You know, all the essential things of a great obstacle course race. Since…
JUN 5, 2015
Wheels almost run over by Cheerleaders!!
5 of Fort Mills biggest characters arrived for the first installment of the new AO known as The Hive. Besides lifting some kettlebells, the Pax also had to dodge the Fort Mill High cheerleaders as they wildly drove…
MAY 8, 2015
Tour de Rivergate
13 Pax took off on a 45 minute tour! The minnow would not be lost and neither were the Pax! Start at the COT 10 Burpees, 20 LBC, 30 Squats Mosie 1/2 mile and repeat every half mile for 7 times Total 3 miles, 70 Burpees…
MAY 1, 2015
A Stroll Through The Swamp
17 men committed themselves to getting stronger this morning at The Swamp. All veterans, no FNGs, short disclaimer, and we took off. The Thang Mosey to Home Depot Lot for COP - SSH x 40 - Windmill x 10 - 3/4 Merkins x…
THE ARMORY · APR 27, 2015
Thanks Anchorman...
Disclaimer, 1 FNG “who will now be forever known as 50-CAL”, and welcome to #TheArmoryF3 . My man Anchor is fighting a nasty infection..so he asked me to step in to Q. NOTE: We are still looking for a replacement AO-Q…
THE RANCH · APR 23, 2015
Happy Burpee Beatdown - Dark Helmet's 40th
16 of The Fort's Finest (Mustangs and Clydesdales) descended on the Ranch to wish Dark Helmet a Happy 40th Birthday. Little did they know that the word Birthday would be replaced by Burpee. The Thang Warmup lap around…
THE BALLROOM · APR 15, 2015
Does the Tax Man take Coupons? (aka B2D2)
At the last Black Diamond, it was only Jekyll (who was the Q) and myself, so by default the clock was ticking on my turn to lead the PAX in a Black Diamond Beat Down (B2D2)... I figured no better day for a downpainment…
RING OF FIRE · APR 15, 2015
Inch Worming it out of the gate at the Coop
With 13 strong Pax for a dry but damp morning we collectively conquered the morning. Nice job by all the PAX slinging tires and pounding pavement. The Message: God calls us to a very high standard in our marriages. We…
THE RANCH · APR 9, 2015
Choosing Not To Cheat - Ranch Style
Opened with a brief discussion of book entitled "Choosing Not To Cheat" that I recently read. The book discusses in life there are plenty of opportunities to cheat whether it is at work, at home or even at F3…
ALCATRAZ · MAR 28, 2015
Yoga, Windmills, & a Buffet line?
Disclaimer and welcome to #AlcatrazF3 and a special “shout out” to MacGyver and Senator who have set a really cool Q/PAX exchange on Saturdays to get some variety into The Fort / Tega Cay Q rotations. I always…
MAR 27, 2015
Rain Dance
8 pax, took the RedPill and posted to the Swamp despite a rainy forecast, evidently the rain dance didn't work.... The Thang: Warm up lap around complex, end Home Depot. Dynamic warmup: karaoke, side shuffle, high…
SLOW BURN · MAR 27, 2015
Modified "Moderate" Murph
YHC posted on the twittermachine that we would be doing a modified "moderate" version of the famous (infamous) Murph workout. Real question is; Is there such a thing as a "moderate" Murph workout. Guess we will find…
BLOCK PARTY · MAR 24, 2015
Just say "YES" to a runner's #BLOCKPARTYF3
Disclaimer and welcome to #BlockPartyF3 and no this will not be a 5K week. This was supposed to be Audit and my Q, Audit is busy with work… hence the name “Audit” and keep him in your prayers as he “enjoys” a busy…
SLOW BURN · MAR 13, 2015
Really? My Alarm went off?
18 PAX ventured out to Slowburn this fine morning. YHC had all week to plan and trash talk with the Swamp about how this AO was going to painful and that if you posted at the Swamp, you were chicken. Well from the…
MAR 12, 2015
No running allowed
18 of The Fort's finest runners posted to Laces In/Out this morning. 10 of those runners chose the "Do Not Run" option for a running-free boot camp beat down courtesy of YHC. The Thang COP -- Mtn climbers, IWs, merkins…
THE BALLROOM · MAR 10, 2015
March Madness Begins
The virtual shovel flag was planted and 21 men got off to a great start this morning with the 2nd official offering of The Ballroom. This is how it went: The Thang: Mosey from the parking lot, down the short hill and…
THE RANCH · MAR 5, 2015
Fun on the Field
The shovel flag was planted and 10 cowboys took off for another Thursday morning at the Ranch. Here is what they did: The Thang: Short mosey around the lot and circle up in the slightly soggy field for COP SSH x 40…
FEB 27, 2015
The Swamp is Frozen!
17 Pax braved the cold for a beatdown by YHC Welcome FNG Jimmy Parker The Thang: Mosie to Home depot COP 10 SSH 20 MC 10 SSH 20 Peter Parker 10 SSH 20 Parker Peter 10 SSH 20 Slow Squat 10 SSH 10 Wide Merkins 10 SSH 20…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 25, 2015
The Coop: Chicken Dance rEmix with some added PAIN
The PAX arrived slowly as YHC watched the cars roll into NAFO. The clock struck 0515 and away we went....some PAX had to chase us down to SCES. 18 PAX ended up joining the fun!! Cheddar tool the Q for the initial COP …
THE ARMORY · FEB 23, 2015
So much for Creativity
With YHC now traveling weekly to/from Raleigh on the train (best way to travel back and forth - try it some time!), he has plenty of time to develop some creative workouts for the PAX. Well, it appears that YHC failed…