Monthly Archive January 2025

Lochness Visit

Date: 2025-01-24 AO: the-brave Q: fire_hazard PAX: wingman, teddyf3, midriff, drive_by FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Do some warmup across the street from the launch. SSH, IW, Windmill, Merkins, Squats THE THANG: Head over to Loch Ness for some laps. 10 merkins at first wall, 10 Step ups each leg on the second wall, 10 dips at the tables, 5 burpees at the sidewalk junction.
Do this about 4 times.
Head over to the fitness trail. Half run down the left side for pull-ups half run down the right for dips. Flip flop for 3 rounds. Head back home with exercises. MARY: throughout ANNOUNCEMENTS: I don’t remember. COT:

New Area for Firehazard

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: the-brave Q: fire_hazard PAX: Franky, frasier, kirby, drive_by, SweetWater, Taco_Stand FNGs: None COUNT: 8 Wingman was spouting some mumble chatter about me only having a few areas that I lead workouts in (murder horn, parking deck, Loch Ness, wing mans hood, and the horrible neighbor hood on elm). So I used a brand new area today and wingman went rucked. WTF!! WARMUP: Head to the lot near upper ave for some: SSH, IW, Windmill, Merkins. All IC. THE THANG: Head over to the main part of the bowl on lower. Do 4 corners from the corner of Lower and bowl st., to Bowl St and Upper; to Upper and Btyne Corporate, to Btyne Corporate and lower. Taco noted that this loop is really close to .5 miles. At diagonal corners 5 burpees and 10 Heels to the heavens.
Go to Upper and BC. Run half way or so for the other end. Triple nickel, 5 burpees on one end 5 Low slow squats on the other. This was about a quarter mile each way…. I think. Took a long time. Some people quit early….. so we did 10 IC burpees at the end. Head back to the start with exercises on the way. MARY: throughout ANNOUNCEMENTS: No time go to Panera COT:

The coyote is always watching 🐺

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: joust Q: Orange Whip PAX: baracus, geraldo, ductwork, hopper, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Exceptionally good weather brought out only 5 this morning, whilst the ultimate crew were back on their big, and improved field, with big numbers.
Hops, who I had lunch with the day before and promised to show was not there, nor was Focker who kind of committed was rumored to have spent his evening at the local pub. Nonetheless a well seasoned crew was there to enjoy the morning with some good laughs.
The Thang was nothing to write home about, as I scrapped my original plan once I saw the new field lit up…I have a soft spot for open green fields, however we did 2.5 miles, did a bunch of exercises, barely reached the pull up bars, Geraldo fell down while leaning on a wall, and we scouted out the baseball field and learned that the grass there is more comfortable than a brand new tempur pedic.
We had an opportunity to lay down on both the new turf field and the baseball sod and discussed which one would be the best to have relations on. We all voted on the spongy baseball field, but with reservation, as the decoy coyote they have playing second base would be staring into our eyes and we may not be able to perform…
Mumblechatter included Geraldo complaining how much money the Dodgers were spending….and this is coming from a Mets fan :man-shrugging:, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, Quagmire and more.
OT on Q tomorrow at The Rock
I took us out.

Modern English

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: mountain-goat Q: slim_fast PAX: fleetwood, gullah, retread, slim_fast, Spammer, wildturkey, kilowatt, sledge, Pele FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Run to end of Strawberry and back, then head to the track for stretching. THE THANG: 100M sprints followed by recovery x 8, one mile cool down. Topic of the morning was ‘80s music you’d find on SiriusXM First Wave.

Be the change you want to see in the World…

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: scars Q: Roulette PAX: Starch, taggart, The Worm, wingman, soft_pretzel, Unplugged, Loogie, Winston the doggo FNGs: None COUNT: 8 3.33 Miles :white_check_mark: 85 lbs. Heavy carry :white_check_mark: 2nd F with the best ruck crew in SOB :white_check_mark:
The weight was heavy, the conversation was light, and the coffee at Panera was hot… Great to see everyone out there this morning getting after it and getting just a little bit better…

Be the change you want to see in the World…

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: scars Q: Roulette PAX: Starch, taggart, The Worm, wingman, soft_pretzel, Unplugged, Loogie, Winston the doggo FNGs: None COUNT: 8 3.33 Miles :white_check_mark: 85 lbs. Heavy carry :white_check_mark: 2nd F with the best ruck crew in SOB :white_check_mark:
The weight was heavy, the conversation was light, and the coffee at Panera was hot… Great to see everyone out there this morning getting after it and getting just a little bit better…

Ski Prep

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: centurion Q: Mr. Magoo PAX: Preschool, lorax, Point Break, Snuka, Emoji, Honeydew FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: At Wells Fargo THE THANG: 3 sets of rock work with 2 short runs up the hill. On to our old starting point for 3 sets of partner Marys and laps. Joined there briefly by an old Mercury (?) and man with a cooler. He didn’t seem happy, so maybe not a morning person. Then 3 sets of four corners around the football stadium with four varieties of merkins. Up the 3 parking deck towers with squats at the bottom and a burpee at the top. Next a quick set of step ups and dips. Back to start finishing with more Marys. MARY: Yes ANNOUNCEMENTS: Preschool spoke of a nut issue and an upcoming surgery. The nut issue sounded more painful but the surgery seems more serious so prayers for success and quick recovery. COT: Yes

Breaking in the new Field.

Date: 2025-01-31 AO: ufo-ultimatefriz Q: MARTA PAX: Spyglass, MARTA, Mayo, Shank, Pfeffer, smokey, yeti, Wu Tang is for the children, Paris, Slumdog, Crawdad, Spikeball, Pipes, Biden. Pinkeye, Dubai FNGs: 1 Dubai COUNT: 15 Pink Defeats Yellow on Ultimate Point. Terrible turnover by Marta to give the disc back to Pink for the win. Solid game and the Pax enjoyed the new field, but must get re-acclimated to the smaller endzones, which changes the game. Paris christens Hendrick Auto Field at Charlotte Christian with the first official score on the new turf. Thanks to CC for re-doing the ultimate field for us. I hope the football team gets to use it too. Welcome Dubai (brought by Spikeball) – keep the FNGs coming!
Coffee club / 2F was had in the parking lot which may be a new tradition. Congrats today to Paris for 2.0 No. 3 with likely another girl hashtag girldad.
Yellow: Marta Yeti Pink Eye Biden Spyglass Smokey Paris Pipes
Pink: PinkEye Shank Slumdog Dubai Crawdad Wutang Spikeball Mayo Pfeffer

Trails and Tarantulas

Date: 2025-01-30 AO: the-phoenix Q: midriff PAX: Roulette, Rousey, war_eagle, madison, Hawkeye, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Ran to YMCA parking lot for brief warmup THE THANG: Rotate through six pain stations and then run the trails, stopping regularly for tarantulas. Did some cocaine bear crawl on the way back to launch (h/t to das_boot) MARY: Joined for the ending ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF in April, Oak Island Marathon/Half COT: God is using weakness in your life to build strength. When we are weak, He is strong. We do not suffer alone. Reach out to men who have left the circle of F3 and need to be brought back in.
wildturkey thanks for founding this site. I needed the kick in the pants to Q this morning Rousey slow and steady wins the race. Love having you back in the gloom. Hawkeye your energy is contagious and inspiring. Keep calling up the younger pax to follow in your footsteps war_eagle call it a comeback! Regular at bagpipe, phoenix, can’t wait to see you back at the brave madison miss having you at chicken run. Roulette so impressed by your commitment to get stronger and step up to lead a site

A cornucopia of meat & potatoes

Date: 2025-01-29 AO: meathead Q: high_tide PAX: Emoji, MARTA, Uncle Leo, taggart, Unplugged FNGs: None COUNT: 6 With a call for more diversity, YHC took on the challenge with fervor and delivered a smorgasbord of protein & tubers.
WARMUP: pfft…let’s dive right in, shall we? THE THANG: Simple & Sinister Lite – 10 sets of 10 1-hand swings, every 30 seconds – No, no TGUs (or broccoli either)
Rite of Passage Lite – Clean & Press – Left then Right – reps of 1-2-3-4-5
Humane Burpee – 15 2-hand swings + 5 goblet squats + 5 merkins – Repeato 4 more times, declining the goblets & merkins by one each round (i.e. 4, 3, 2, 1)
ABC (Armor Building Complex) – 2 double cleans + 1 double press + 3 double front squats – 5x through
Explosive 7s – Snatches 6 -> 1 & explosive merkins 1 -> 6 – Left and right
Bro gym circuit – Deadlifts – 36 + 34 kg bells – Lawnmower rows – with above or pax bells – Bottoms up presses – with pax smaller bells – All exercises AMRAP, except deadlift to ensure everyone had an opportunity
MARY: pfft…tighten your core during the above, “Mary”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Prayer for The Worm as he continues cancer treatment and for his family due to the passing of his mother-in-law
COT: Someone requested variety, and variety was delivered. Good mumble chatter this morning, and fairly pleasant weather. What more could you ask for in late January? Oh, tunes? Yeah, we listened to disco. Every song at least 10 years older than Marta. I think he’s still thinking about truckin’ at the roller rink and feeling like he missed out as a child. (He did)
Alright, let’s go watch the 75th annual Step Sing!
Aye.

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