Memorial Day Beatdown: In honor of 1st Lt Roslyn L. Schulte

 Posted on May 25, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  346 words  |  

Memorial Day is a holiday to honor this who served in the Armed Services and have paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting our nation and the nation’s interest worldwide. I also want to honor our first responders who also made the ultimate sacrifice. On this day we honor 1st Lt Roslyn L. Schulte. Lt Schulte was serving as an Intelligence Liaison whose mission is to teach our Afghan military allies to gather and interpret intelligence data/information. [Read More]
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Gorillas in the Gloom

 Posted on May 21, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  275 words  |  

Sitting on the can this morning about the time the Back in Black boys were stepping out of their cars into the gloom, I am not ashamed to admit that a certain thought crossed my mind: ”Why in the hell did I pick today to Q?” After two months out of the gloom, it’s a bit easy to get soft. Not just muscle soft or calluses soft but mentally soft. Examples? [Read More]
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5-4-20 A-team Re-Launch Group 1

 Posted on May 4, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  670 words  |  

The Gloom Belongs to Us! 10 Pax showed up to re-launch A-team. YHC had the Q. Standard F3 disclaimer was recited, new disclaimers given to stay 6 feet apart and pax were instructed to be especially cautious of other any non-F3 people we may happen upon sharing our gloom. – The warm up: jog to the parking lot by the power lines, get in a big circle for some Good Mornings, Hill Billy’s, SSH, Merkins, Moutain Climbers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles and Circles Arm Fazio Sir. [Read More]
bubba  hermes  hgtv  kwik-stop  www  yogi 

Burpees, Bears, and Blocks! Oh my!

 Posted on February 13, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  566 words  |  

For my VQ, I thought it best to combine some of my least and therefore most memorable workouts over my last six months in F3. The two Q’s who I got the most from was Banjo and Wahoo. These two Q’s provided the inspiration for burpees and blocks. In order to increase the alliteration in the title of the workout, I did some digging in the Exicon to find an exercise that combined bear crawls and cinder blocks. [Read More]
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No run = more fun!

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  497 words  |  

“If it ain’t rainin’ it ain’t trainin’” attrib. various rowing coaches. Often followed at this time of year with “If it ain’t snowin’ it ain’t rowin’”. Both followed with helpful coaching tips such as “Row better!”. For those who’ve not been much, or ever (Welcome, Texas Ranger!), Claymore is a limited run ao - I’ve found this can be taken to mean there are only short runs back and forth, round the pickle etc. [Read More]
blowout  frisco  kwik-stop  pickles  texas-ranger 

All about the Pride rock … feed off it, be prideful, use it to accelerate, but be humble.

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  

AO: Claymore Date: 12/17/2019 PAX: CK, Freebird, Frisco, Half Pike, Kwik Stop, Pickles, Press On, Richie Rich, Sputnik, Squatter, WWW No FNG. Mission, Core Values, and Credo cited. Pledged Our Allegiance to Old Glory. Mosey around and back to the flag for warm-up. Warm-up: GM, Sir Fazio, burpees x10 for the shovel flag falling down, calf stretch, CFM x5, more calf stretch, Eskimo Merkins x10. Mosey to rock pile to get your pride rock (non-traveling rock) and circle up for the thang. [Read More]
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52 Qs done ... BLIMPS Ladder taboot

 Posted on November 26, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  455 words  |  

Date: 11/26/19 I have reached a personal goal I set at the start of the year. I wanted to Q an average of 1 per week. I still have 4 weeks left and I planned to Q a 7-pack in week 50. When you focus on your goal, you can achieve anything. What is exciting about Q’ing a workout is developing a routine that will challenge the PAX. I had fun building the routine. [Read More]
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Triple D Dora

 Posted on November 25, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  472 words  |  

This was just the most interesting picture of Miss Dora I found on the Googles. 23 PAX showed up on a brisk Monday morning to shake off the rust from the weekend and perhaps sweat out a few toxins. YHC, along with Two Factor and Sooey, took a little 2 mile EC jaunt prior to the ME. No FNGs, somewhat of a disclaimer and mission statement, recited the pledge and we were off. [Read More]
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RED

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

We had a couple of visitors from out of town this morning, Monk from F3 The Capital (and before that Gastonia), and Red Baron from wherever Living Legends come from. Warm-Up Disclaimer and Pledge, mosey around the parking lot and grab some curb for three rounds of quick feet and curb irkens, then to the top of the deck and circle up for cherry pickers, arm twirlies, seal claps, hillbillies and a round of Good Mornings expertly led by Crimson. [Read More]
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Freedom Rings even when you're Dazed and Confused

 Posted on November 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  486 words  |  

Date: 11/15/19 As I was trying to develop the workout, all I can think about is honoring all our Veterans this week and it’s RESPECT week. I always like to do something different in my workouts. It’s fun to scour the Exicon for new exercises. So, I dug deep into the list and brought out some stuff I’ve never heard about. Read on to know what we did: F3-adminstrivia done. No FNGs. [Read More]
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