Author: WOODSMAN

  • Parking lot fun for summer terr

    The humidity was back this morning but 13 HIMS didn’t mind. A short mosey with some karaoke prior to a circle up with the F3 mission. Warm up included the regulars with some light stretching.

    COP 1: Wilt Chamberlain: 50 LBCs, mosey 100 yards, 50 squats, mosey back to start, 50 flutter kicks dc, mosey 100 yards, and then 50 lunges (25 per leg)

    COP 2: 11s up the hill: mountain climbers and WW2

    COP 3: Charles Bronson: 3 cones; 1 and 2 about 100 yards apart, then cone 3 about 20 yards. Perform 25 reps of an exercise at cone 1, run to cone 2, then bear crawl to cone 3. Various exercises including merkins, CDD, monkey humpers, Alabama prom dates, American Hammers, and then 5 burpees.

    The pax circled up and planked for 30 seconds until time expired. Numbers. Names.

    Announcements: Home grown half and the Bridge this Saturday, Labor Day Convergence, CSAUP in September, Spartan in October – check slack for details

    Prayers for the Pax and everyone headed back to school including Fandango. Always a pleasure to lead you fellas. Have a great week.

  • Challenge accepted

    It was a beautiful morning with pink and purple skies with temperatures in the high 60s, perfect for my first Q at Rock N Roll. Yesterday at Satan’s Hill, Mudslide and Purple Rain challenged me to take the Q. So challenge accepted and we were off. 10 HIMS were present for this morning’s beat down.

    A short mosey down the loop to an empty parking lot for the warm up which included SSH, imperial walkers, Ukrainian soldiers, cherry pickers, LBCs, merkins, and some various stretches.

    COP 1: mosey to the tennis courts for a 4 corners, prostitute style: 10 merkins, 20 plank jacks, 30 LBCs, 40 SSH

    COP 2: mosey back down the loop to the parking lot for the “shortest mile”. Stole this from Warby and modified. Mario jumps, lunges, bear crawl, and broad jump burpees to make 1 lap. 2 laps were completed.

    COP 3: Time for some coupons, Dora style. YHC borrowed some coupons from Satan’s Hill for a surprise. Partnered up for 100 overhead press, 150 curls, and 200 dead lifts. Runner around the parking lot.

    COP 4: I had planned for a triple check but audibled due to a DTH request. There were 10 HIMS and 10 coupons, so I modified. Chest press x 20 reps, then American Hammers x 20 (SC), then carry the coupon to the top of the hill and back down, however you can.

    COP 5: slowsey back to the flag and circled up for a Mary of various ab exercises including flutter kicks (DB), oblique LBCs both sides, LBCs, scissor kicks, merkins and etc.

    Mudslide took the last few minutes for some BROGA. Then Numbers. Names.

    Announcements: Home grown half, CSAUP, Labor Day Convergence, Spartan -> Check Slack for details

    Wins. Prayer requests. And then YHC took us out in prayer. Such a great morning for a beat down, the weather was perfect. Great job fellas. There isn’t a better way to start the weekend. Pleasure to lead you guys and to cross off another AO Q. Enjoy the weekend!

  • Doublin’ down on that hill

    It was a hot and humid morning but 16 HIMS were up for the challenge. I had this workout planned for several weeks and then Crabgrass decides last week to do it but I like the pain so why not do it again? Mosey across the way and circled up for some warm up exercises including SSH, Jazzercise (after being complimented by Nancy last week for good form), cherry pickers, LBCs, and merkins.

    Thing 1: partnered up for 100 reps of squats and merkins alternating exercises after 10 reps, then a run to the next intersection. This was repeated again and a bear crawl was thrown in there because, why not? Run to the next intersection. Same concept but switched to LBCs and Alabama prom dates. Run to the next intersection, repeat, and then one last run.

    Thing 2: Mosey through the neighborhood stopping for a circle up with SSH and some burpees, then more mosey with a sprint thrown in there. Finally we arrived at the hill. Triple Check with flutter kicks, monkey humpers, and a run up the brutal hill. Not much time left after this so a slow mosey to mosey back to the flag for a couple minutes of plank until time expired.

    Circled up, numbers, and names.

    Announcements: Home grown half in August, mini CSAUP in September, the bridge next week, Spartan in October. All others please check slack. Prayers out for Wildcat’s quarterly scans tomorrow, Futon’s family, and Matlock’s trial at work this week. Great work out there this morning grinding it out with the run heavy boot camp. Each time I lead my cadence improves. Pleasure to lead you guys. Each time it gets easier. Hope everyone has a great week!

  • F3 x 365: part 1

    19 HIMS joined the Woodsman on a chilly spring morning for his 1 year beatdown. We started off with some side shuffles, karaoke, super mario jumps, bear crawls, and broad jumps. The pax then circled up for some SSH and then various stretches to complete the warm up.

    COP#1 – the “Dirty Thirty” (5 rounds of 30 reps of an exercise at each cone, with running)

    • Exercise 1: 30 merkins
    • Exercise 2: 30 squats
    • Exercise 3: 30 LBCs
    • Exercise 4: 30 Carolina dry docks
    • Exercise 5: 15 lunges per leg
    • Exercise 6: 5 burpees, and then run to the last cone and back to the start to wait for the 6.

    Cop#2 – Dora

    • 100 WW2s, 200 Alabama prom dates, 200 shoulder taps

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • CSAUP in May
    • The Bridge – contact Heist

    PRAYERS

    • Keep Wildcat in your thoughts
    • The family of a man that took his life shared by 3 doors down

    The dora was cut a little short due to time but overall a good workout to start the week. We covered over 2 miles so good warm up for the CSAUP. I got the circuit idea from Crabgrass’s gauntlet (which was killer). Thanks everyone for coming out, especially the F3 HIMS from a little north. Shout out to Chaplain, he was at my first F3 outing at the Crossing last spring so was great to have him down south on a Monday morning. I’ve enjoyed being a part of F3 and appreciate all of you guys. Looking forward to part 2 in a year.

  • The message on the window

    6 HIMs came out to Timberwolf this morning, 3 chose rucking and 3 chose the bootcamp. It was foggy, humid, and a lot of running, but we got it done. The Q was not claimed, so we did a little hot potato full of triple checks!

    Round 1

    Triple check by Tzatziki: Merkins, squats, and the runner to the curb

    Triple check by Woodsman : Dips, toe taps, and the runner to the light pole

    Triple check by Mudslide: Lieutenant Dans, inchworms (with a merkin), and the runner to light pole

    Round 2

    Triple check by Tzatziki: Flutter kicks, LBCs, and the runner to the curb

    Triple check by Woodsman: SSH, Firecrackers, and the runner up the hill

    Not enough time for a second Triple check by Mudslide, so he took us out with some Broga in the rain.

    We met back up with the ruckers (TSG, Crabgrass, and FlyBoy) as time expired and TSG took us out. Timberwolf has been light the past two weeks but happy to be there and start the day off right!

  • The 12th man

    It was brisk morning and the pax of 12 started the day off right.

    Warm up – zig zag with short mosey 

    SSH 

    Ukranian soldiers 

    Hillbillies 

    Stretches

    LBCs

    Thing 1: Mosey to hill behind the pool

    10 squats

    bear crawl or up the hill

    10 squats

    run back down 

    10 merkins

    bear crawl up the hill

    10 merkins

    run back down 

    10 Carolina dry docks

    bear crawl

    10 Carolina dry docks

    run back down 

    Thing 2: Indigenous run – 3 squats

    Triple check 

    merkins

    toe taps 

    partner runs around circle

    Thing 3: Indigenous run – 2 burpees

    Dora

    100 fire crackers

    200 plank jacks

    300 LBCs 

    Thing 4: 4 corners – 3 rounds 

    round 1: 10 merkins at each corner

    round 2: 20 WW2s at each corner

    round 3: 30 Alabama prom dates

    Ran out of time for round 4. 

    Circled up and held plank for 60 seconds 

    Announcements:

    There is early planning for a century run in April or May. Starts at 6 PM on Friday night and ends Saturday morning 10 AM. Will have teams. 

    Big Herm and Ponch making the boys proud getting top 10 posters so far for 2025

    SOJ leadership MTG 3/11 at Heist’s residence 

    Keep Meatball in your thoughts as he is recovering from an injury.

    Woodsman took us out in prayer. 

    This was my second Q and it was easier the second time around. The cadence was still off but it got the job done. Privilege to lead you guys. There was grunting and some chatter, so I’ll take it!

  • Woodsman VQ: 2nd attempt

    Woodsman VQ

    16 HIMs joined the Woodsman for his long overdue VQ in the elements. It was cold, wet, and raining, all of which we conquered. The fun began with a mosey down the main street with two stops for 4 burpees (just for Dumar) and then back to the clubhouse lot for the circle up. The F3 mission statement and 5 core principles were then stated for the PAX.  

    Warmarama: 

    – SS hops x 10 

    – Don Qs x 10 (with a poor cadence)

    – Ukranian soldiers x 10 (also with a poor cadence)

    – Dead man hang -> R & L -> Cherry pickers x 10

    – Merkins x 10 

    – Xs and Os x 10 

    Situation 1:

    Mosey a short way across the lot for the cocaine bear crawl – merkin every other line

    Situation 2:

    Four corners / The U – prostitute style

    – 10 merkins

    – 20 2 count mountain climbers

    – 30 squats

    – 40 Alabama prom dates 

    Futon with the 10 count

    Situation 3:

    Eye of the storm

    – 3 burpees

    – corner 1: 20 merkins, 20 WW2s

    – 3 burpees 

    – corner 2: 30 SS hops, 30 LBCs

    – 3 burpees 

    – corner 3: 40 double count toe taps, 40 pickle pounders

    20 count then a slow mosey 

    Situation 4:

    11 – Mike Tysons -> lunge walk -> heels to heaven

    Circled up and finished with squats until time expired 

    Numbers and names

    Gave thanks to DTH for the initial invite to F3 at my first doctors appointment for my twins about 9 months ago. He hounded me for a few weeks and then I hit the Crossing for the first time. 

    Thanks given to the Pax for their continued daily grind in all elements to improve themselves and challenge each other. You know someone will always be out there putting the work in! 

    Announcements: 

    – Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas at Notoll tomorrow 12/17 – remember your bells and lights and secret Santa gift (if you’re participating)

    – Rudy and Fandango will have a college football playoff pool – check slack for details

    Prayer Requests:

    – Keep the family of a local second grader that passed in your thoughts and prayers

    – Dumar’s sister is having twins today via a C section – prayers all are okay and healthy 

    Took us out in prayer

    Again, thank you guys for the support this morning. I had planned to have my VQ back in July but got injured going through a trial run the weekend prior. F3 has been great for me and I appreciate you all.