Ice Up Son

Ice Up Son

Date: 2025-01-21 AO: falcon-crest Q: Bootlegger PAX: Emoji, MARTA, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Merkins, SSH, LSS, Plank THE THANG: Mosey to Church, partner up for rock work and jogging. 2x Mosey to bridge…Dips. step up and merkins. Mosey to fountain…partner for more dips, step ups and merkins. Bank for for Arm Raises MARY: LBC, Flutter, American Hammer ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: Marta

Operation Arctic Fox

Date: 2025-01-21 AO: bagpipe Q: wildturkey PAX: wingman, margo, Roulette, Starch, madison FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Operation Arctic Fox was a true test of grit and determination. The mission: to use the cunning and hunting skills of a fox to inspire a frozen beatdown.
* Warm-up: Mosey for a rolling warmup of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Leg Circles and Windmills. * The Grind: A series of grueling running intervals, including: * Catch Me If You Can: A relentless game of chase, pushing the Pax to their limits. * Indian Runs: A brutal test of endurance and teamwork, with the 6 pushing the 1.
Lots of time for exercises including pushups, mountain climbers, flutter, box cutters and protractor
We got a 5k with all the running.
COT: 🦊

Woke up late, feeling great

Date: 2025-01-20 AO: swole Q: flipper PAX: Unplugged, voodoo, Roulette, Starch, The Worm, taggart, wildturkey, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 8 Not often will Swole start at what the uninitiated may call “a reasonable hour.” So when opportunities arise to launch Monday’s premier ballistic workout at a time which enables the sun to rise over our labors, YHC will always take advantage. To that end, 7 of us gathered in the semi-gloom at 0700, including two sight FNGs in Roulette and Starch. Those poor fellas thought they we taking the smart route posting the only workout in southland on holiday hours this AM, by the end of the workout I fear they were doubting their convictions.
WARMUP: SSH, IW, ST, Spider-Man Twists, Prying Squats, 3 sets of 10 swings. THE THANG: 1. 25 one hand swings each side w/ light bell 2. W/ heavy bell, 1 straight leg DL, 1 upright row, 1 upright row to overhead press, 1 Squat, X5 3. 60 switch hand swings 4. Repeat (2) but 4X 5. 5 SH swings, Clean, 3 presses, 1 snatch, switch sides, repeato… do all that 4X more 6. 20 two hand swings w/ Heavy Bell 7. 10 switch hand swings, 5 cleans ES, 4 presses ES, 3 Snatches ES… do that 2X more 8. 30 two hand swings w/ heavy bell 9. 5 one hand swings, 5 rack reverse lunges, switch sides, repeato… do it 4X more 10. Repeat (2) but 3X 11. Rack standing marches 10 ES 12. 10 swings, 10 Merkins, as many rounds as possible till 7:45
YHC had an idea of how he wanted the workout to go as he was driving in, but things took a bit of a life of their own once the work started. As such, I may not have perfect recall of events. Sounds off in the comments if I missed something, or if you’re just pissed at me in general, I know I am.
MARY: standing marches checked this box ish ANNOUNCEMENTS: spartan race coming up in April, huge F3 presence expected. See slack for details COT: YHC took us out, many thanks for the example of leadership set by MLK.

It is only going to get colder

Date: 2025-01-20 AO: blakovery Q: frasier PAX: bunker, Circuit City, Dosey Doe, Polly FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: THE THANG: I understand there were several hard commits from people that did not show. Well, you missed out on the warmest day of the week. We went 5 miles through Providence country club and back. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: bunker is in charge next week. COT:

A Davie Park Morning

Date: 2025-01-20 AO: base-camp Q: lorax PAX: Snuka, thunder_road, O’Tannenbaum, Smash, Mr. Magoo, lorax, at Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: THE THANG: Suicides on the field and rock work in the lot. MARY: Yes we did some. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lorax put a pitch in to come to Anvil Wednesday to work out in shorts in the teens. COT: Lorax offered prayer with callouts to Geraldo and family and Smash’s cousin.

MLK day at Firestarter

Date: 2025-01-20 AO: firestarter Q: lex_luthor PAX: Franky, Hawkeye, Point Break, madison, lex_luthor FNGs: None COUNT: 5 5 guys and 4 tires were at Firestarter The Thang Exercise followed by a lap of the parking lot dragging the tires Exercised included: Burpees, Pullups, Lunges, Step Ups, Dips, Bridge to Situp The exercises in between the laps were actually the rest. The dragging of the tires was tough on the legs but the boys pulled through.
Spartan race in April. Free code in slack Take the opportunity to continue to invite guys out to F3.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” -Martin Luther King, Jr

Heavy Donut Ruck

Date: 2025-01-19 AO: donut-ruck Q: geraldo PAX: Broken Arrow, hoover, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 4
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Go Away

Date: 2025-01-18 AO: the-rock Q: Alf PAX: rachel, O’Tannenbaum, ductwork, geraldo, hopper, Horsehead, jet_fuel, poptart, Snuka, Tuna, Alf, Mr. Magoo, double_e, Limey, Scrum, Snake Eyes FNGs: None COUNT: 16 WARMUP: salty library parking lot work THE THANG: Run to the bridge. Lots of merkins and abs
Go to Magic Kingdom for partner laps around the loop.
Get yelled at by some geezer to go away. MARY: we did that during the workout COT: take out from Hopper. prayers for Geraldo and family and Header
Was thankful to have 16 PAX this morning. With rain potential and 40 degrees I thought the crowd would be thin. We got warmed up before the rain started to fall. Plus we had almost a full minute under cover at the church.

It’s Not Supposed to Rain During Dry Swinguary

Date: 2025-01-18 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: MARTA, voodoo, The Worm, Wabbit FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Five bold pax tempted the fates this morning by rolling into a gear beatdown with storm clouds overhead. We managed to navigate about 2/3 of the weinke until the clouds let loose and the pax scrambled over to the hotbox for the remainder of the workout. Including last week’s home-based pump session, we’ve had some odd weather to start 2025 at Olympus, but good to join the other gear workouts with our concentration on swings in January. Without Unplugged here to push us forward (and with odd weather causing the Q to modify on the fly), we captured about 369 swings by YHC’s count (depending on how you count snatches, hi-pulls, etc.) So feel free to finish the mission at home, gentlemen. As for YHC, he’s probably good with where we got today. Solid mumblechatter including college bowl games, the best things to eat if you’re losing your sense of taste (a bacon and jelly burrito, surprisingly), and why Phoenix to Las Vegas should be your next family trip. Join us next week as we strive ever towards 400 hundred swings while trying to not get bored. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, swings (10x), synovial circles, swings (10x), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Pelosi Ladder 2) Combo Set (5 sets) – Racked rev. lunge (5x e/s) (subtract 1x e/s each set) – Swings (5x) – Merkins (10x) – Bent-over rows (1x e/s) (add 1x e/s each set) 3) Another Pelosi Ladder 4) Carries! (8 sets) – Suitcase, racked, waiter, suitcase (w/ 10x shrugs) – After each set end with 14x swings ***DRIVE TO THE HOTBOX!*** 5) Looooong EMOM (15 min.) – A: Swings (15x) – B1: Clean (3x e/s); goblet squats (3x) – B2: SLDL (6x e/s) – B3: Front squat (3x e/s); lawnmower (4x e/s) – B4: Snatches (5x e/s) 6) Voodoo Times Two (2 sets) – Voodoo complex (1x e/s) MARY: Push the picnic tables back into position ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Spartan Race in Concord on the weekend of April 5-6; see Slack for an F3 discount code – Meet up with Mountain Momma for 3rd F tomorrow at From the Heart Ministries of Charlotte (Fthcmcnc.org) at 1100 N Sharon Amity Rd. at 10am – Blood drive in the works; if you know of a good site send a message to MARTA – Prayers for Pray for Header, who is dealing with a blood clot, and Crawdad’s son, James, who had emergency brain surgery – “Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don’t know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.” – Thomas Sowell – Stay humble, stay open-minded, and stay frosty, friends. – YHC’s mantra for 2025: strong opinions/convictions; loosely held. COT: YHC took out the Olympus crew in a small COT; hopefully the pax of the Rock stayed dry

Beating the Rain

Date: 2025-01-18 AO: davinci Q: teddyf3 PAX: Palmolive, das_boot, Pyro (Louisville), Timeout FNGs: 1 Timeout COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Mosey past the Blakeney HT to see any damage from the 2 alarm fire the night before. No damage spotted so we continued to the side of Target for 15 SSH, 15 IW, 15 windmill and 10 Merkins. Mosey to the back of Target for some cinder blocklifting.. THE THANG: First segment, 15 curls, 15 shoulder press, 15 tricep extension. Drop cinder block and run 50 yard for 15 merkins. Rinse and repeat 2 more time. Next segment, find each light pole for 5 merkins and 5 squats all the way around the back of target. Mosey to wall, 3 rounds of single leg lunges and dips x15. Mosey to Blakeney Heath Hill for 3 rounds of hill work will various exercises. Mosey to playground for some step ups, dips and merkins. Mosey back to launch for 3 50 yard sprints in front of Petsmart MARY: plenty ANNOUNCEMENTS: Happy Bday kirby COT: Great to see Pyro (Louisville) and FNG Timeout.