Tag: #IronPAXChallenge

  • That’s it? For 45 minutes?

    In a rare SOT/MOT crossover, 10 PAX met at the midlo middle school. IronPAX had come to the track! Time hit and we were off! The following was the routine:

    One lap around track

    5 BDE burpees

    one lap around the track

    5 BDE Merkins

    rinse and repeat for 45 minutes

    your score is how many meters you run. Most got about 3-4 miles in today!
    time called and we went back to the flag.
    numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

    lots going on in F3RVA!

    Love for Liv on Sat!

    next week is 9yr convergence at the crucible and the sit and sip

    submit ideas for F3RVA logo to Try Hard for upcoming shirt order!

    NMM

    welcome to Callahan! He is yeehaws brother who hails from TX and is in sales. Posted on his own down there after hearing about F3 from his brother. TCLAPS to you brother , 2nd ever workout was a doozy!

  • I’m gonna stick to running…

    7 men knew the ironPAX was happening and posted anyway. 1 FNG unknowingly showed up to one of the tougher beat downs F3 has to offer. All men got better! Here’s the low down on what we did today:

    FORMAT

    • 45min AMRAP (with E5MOM: 20 yards Mode of Transportation (MOT))
    • Coupon and EMOM timer is needed for this workout
    • Set an EMOM timer for 5 minutes and when the timer starts, the workout starts. This out-and-back
    • E5MOM MOT will happen 8-times during the WOD on the 5th , 10th , 15th , 20th , 25th , 30th , 35th & 40th min
    • Set out 2 cones
      • 1 cone is at the starting line
      • 1 cone is 10 yards out

    THE THANG

    • In each of 3 rounds, PAX must alternate between executing 10 reps of each of the round’s two exercises until 80 total reps are completed (40 reps of each exercise).
    • Throughout the WOD, every 5 minutes PAX must complete a 20-yard (10 out / 10 back) MOT associated with the round they are executing before continuing to execute reps
    • If time remains after completing all three rounds, loop back to the beginning & repeat from round 1 to continue adding reps to score until time expires.

    Score = Total Reps Completed

    Round 1

    Exercises: Flying Squirrels / WW3 Sit‐ups
    MOT during this round: Coupon Lunge Walk

    Round 2

    Exercises: Block‐Over Burpees / No-Cheat Merkins
    MOT during this round: Murder Bunny

    Round 3

    Exercises: Thrusters / Jillian Michaels
    MOT during this round: Rifle Carry

    numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

    Welcome and TCLAPS to W. B.! EH’d by Warby, he is a software engineer and former college corner back.

    NMM

    thank you to everyone who posted today. If you haven’t tried it I encourage you to post next week and challenged yourself. Today was Brutal…. That was indeed a tough challenge! After ironPAX is over I’m going back to running…..

  • IronPAX pre-season

    Despite some discussion as to wether or not all the PAX would complete the ironPAX challenge for this week… all attempted and completed the workout for the week!

    “The WIN” Volume 2

    • Workout is in honor of Gary R Wieneke, SP4, who served in the United States Army as an X-ray Spec with the 128th Evac Hospital in Germany from September 1955 to 1958. Mr Wieneke is the father of one of F3Greenwood’s own, Michael Wieneke, F3Brut. Mr. Wieneke passed away at the age of 83 and Brut created this workout in honor of him.
    • Aside from serving his country, Mr. Wieneke was a renowned track and field coach in the US. He coached the US Junior National Team. He was the head coach at the University of Illinois from 1967 until his retirement after the 2002-2003 season. Wieneke was a nine0time NCAA District IV Coach of the year, was named the NCAA National Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1987 and garnered three Big Ten Outdoor Coach of the Year. He has been inducted into numerous different Halls of Fame, among them are the US Track and Field and Cross Country and University of Illinois Athletic Halls of Fame.
    • Behind the numbers
      • 800 meters was his best event. He coached 11 different student-athletes to 27 Big Ten titles in this event
      • 13 reps for the warm-up exercises represents the number of Big Ten Conference Championships his teams won
      • 5 warm-up exercises represent 1 for each Olympic athlete that he coached
      • 7 different exercises and the 8 burpees after each exercise represent the date he passed away – 7/8/2021
    • Format
      • Complete the workout for time
    • Need a 400-meter track or path marked out
    • Coupon is needed for this workout
    • Start the timer when the warm-up starts.
    • The Thang
      • Warm-up (performed in cadence)
        • 13 reps of each exercise (all 4 count)
          • SSH
          • Imperial Walkers
          • Shoulder Taps
          • Mountain Climbers
          • Plank Jacks
      • 800-meter run
      • 85 reps of each of the following exercise. Perform 8 burpees after completing 85 reps of each exercise, including the KB Swings.
        • Hand Release Merkins
        • Big Boy Sit-ups
        • Goblet Squats
        • Dips
        • Overhead Press
        • 4 count flutter kicks
        • KB Swings
      • 800-meter run

    TCLAPS to Cookie who did the 85 reps together. (We chose to break them up as per the relay style)

    Announcements, numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    NMM

    Welcome to Cauliflower! EH’d by Honeymoon, he hails from TN and was a wrestler and wrestling coach.

  • Murph & IPC Week 4 ”Death By Skinny Runner”

    3 Murph Bros and 3 Iron Bros attacked the day at Twin Team. Honeymoon, Marmaduke and Rosie did the Murph : run 1 mile from BWES down to JRHS, do a lap around Track then continue to playground. 10 sets of 10 pull ups, 10 Merkins IC, 15 Squats IC. Then reverso run back using the same path.

    Machismo, Judge and YHC did this for IPC Week 4 :

    1. 100 Gas Pumpers (Knees to Chest ab exercise)
    2. 50 Invisible Jump Rope
    3. 1 mile run
    4. 25 Hello Dollies 
    5. 25 Burpees
    6. 50 Invisible Jump Rope
    7. 400-meter run
    8. 25 Hand Release Merkins
    9. 25 V-Ups
    10. 50 invisible Jump Rope
    11. 400-meter run
    12. 25 Leg Raises
    13. 25 Jungle Boi Squats – 2 spoons style 
    14. 50 invisible Jump Rope
    15. 400-meter run
    16. 25 4-count flutter kicks 
    17. 25 Ball Dippers (hard way – right leg and left leg counts as 1)
    18. 50 invisible Jump Rope
    19. 400-meter run
    20. 100 Big Boy Sit-ups
    21. 50 invisible Jump Rope
    22. 1 mile run

    Stats :

    Judge 39 min, 37 sec

    Florence 39 min, 40 sec

    Machismo 40 min, 37 sec

    We finished IPC early so YHC went to BWES playground to finish the Murph.

    5 min remaining after Murph so we did ring of fire 5MOM : 10 Alabama Prom Dates IC, 10 Freddie Mercuries IC, 10 American Hammers IC, 10 WWII’s

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, Honeymoon took us out in prayer after COT

    Prayers to all those impacted by Hurricane Ian including YHC’s family in Venice FL which was one of the hardest hit.

    Circle K with the Q at DogPile tomorrow. Speculation that he might be bringing “The Hard Way” or ”The Michigan” workouts.

    Chaplain with the Q at Rock N Roll probably playing in the soup getting down and dirty like Chaplain usually does.

    Remember F3 is offered RAIN OR SHINE

    NMMS : Good push today all around. Glad to be done with IPC.

  • IPC Week 3 “571” & Running Bootcamp

    3 Iron Bros and 2 Running Bootcampers hit the playground and streets of BWES. Two joggers running behind the playground witnessed the following :

    THE THANG : From the Men of F3 Pugent Sound (Seattle, WA) – “This WOD was dedicated to Kathleen Walzer (Burns’ M). She courageously battled Pancreatic Cancer. A **571** day battle fought with love, grace, and trust in faith”

    5 ROUNDS OF:

    20 Cinder Block Overhead Presses

    20 Burpees

    20 Cinder Block Curls

    20 V-Ups

    20 Cinder Block Goblet Squats

    13 Cinder Block Man-Makers

    400M Run

    AFTER THE 5TH ROUND

    one more 400M Run

    DONE

    Judge and Machismo got far into the 5th Round but had to stop so they could give themselves enough time to head home and get ready for work. YHC finished the full workout in 44 min, 45 seconds.

    Rosie and Doozy got in 4 and a quarter miles of running with exercises mixed in on a compounding Horseshoe circuit. Very impressive they did that in 45 min.

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out after COT

    Prayer Requests : Gypsy’s sister had a stroke so he’s going to see her after the Convergence. Continued prayers for all those on IR : DTH’s sister Elisabeth, Lab Rat, Doublemint, Fresh Prince, Chaplain

    Announcements : TOMORROW 9/24 Convergence at 7:30 am at Grid Iron then Retreat in the afternoon in Amelia (contact Gomer)

    NMMS : On the last round of 20 Burpees, YHC swallowed grass on the way down to the ground and almost spilled merlot. Started dry heaving for a solid minute while still continuing the workout haha.

  • IPC Week 2 : Belle Ringer

    2 Iron Bros had a date with Cindy. She’s a mean old bessie. Here’s what happened :

    THE THANG :

    Setup 5 Cones in the shape of a Star. Place another Cone in the middle of the Star. Each outside point of the Star should be 25 yards from the middle of the Star.

    Starting at the center cone (cone 1):

    5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 2 and perform 10 “We’re Not Worthy”. Farmer carry back to center.

    5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 3 and perform 15 Goblet Squats. Farmer carry back to center.

    5 ManMakers in middle. Rifle carry to cone 4 and perform 20 Overhead Triceps Extensions. Farmer carry back to center.

    5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 25 KB Swings. Farmer carry back to center.

    5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 6 and perform 30 Curls. Farmer carry back to middle.

    This completes 1 Round or 125 reps. Count Total Reps completed in 45 minutes.

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, Machismo took us out in prayer after COT

    Prayers for Chaplain’s back and DTH’s shoulders.

    Stats : Machismo completed 535 reps. YHC completed 514 reps.

    NMMS : This was a really tough workout. Extremely hard to maintain good form. YHC’s grip faded fast. The “We’re Not Worthy’s” were the worst in my opinion even though there was only 10 reps of them each round.

  • IPC Week 1 while Doozy Runs

    3 Iron PAX and 1 Runner descended upon BWES. Here’s what the lunch lady observed :

    Doozy ran around parts unknown and eventually met up with us at BWES parking lot. Here’s what the Iron PAX did :

    Care Bear Squared : Done using a square area. Bear crawl forward 25 yards to first corner then do 25 Squats. Bear crawl left 25 yards to second corner then do 25 Merkins. Crawl bear backwards to third corner then do 25 Big Boi Sit Ups. Bear crawl right 25 yards to fourth corner then do 25 Burpees, which completes 1 Full Round. Count your Total # of Reps completed in 45 Minutes.

    DONE

    YHC forgot to do Numbers and Names but did take us out in prayer

    Announcements : See Slack as there are many. Good luck to the BRR folks. The F3RVA 8 Year Convergence is Sat 9/24 at Grid Iron 7:30 am then later on that same day is the Retreat (contact Gomer for Retreat address)

    Stats :

    Fiona (Got a late start and did modified version) : ~400 Reps

    Crab Legs (regular version) : 475 Reps

    Florence (regular version) : 575 Reps

    NMMS : T Claps to Crab Legs posting twice this week in his first week of F3. Little did he know that Today would be IPC…Let it be known there was no deception on YHC’s part. He just looked at the schedule online and wanted to post at Twin Team.

    Great to meet Fiona and to see Doozy

    YHC ate like crap last night and woke up during the middle of night thinking I was going to spill merlot. I was worried this morning I might also spill merlot before and/or during the workout but thank God I didn’t. In fact, maybe the extra calories helped?

    Proverbs 11:17-19 NIV :

    17Those who are kind benefit themselves,

    but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

    18A wicked person earns deceptive wages,

    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19Truly the righteous attain life,

    but whoever pursues evil finds death.

  • IPC Week 0 : Fat COE Sandwich

    4 Iron Bros took on IPC Week 0. Workout was the following :

    5 Rounds of : 20 Coupon Thrusters, 20 Merkins

    3 Rounds of : Bear Crawl out 100 feet then Broad Jump Burpee back 100 feet (Each Broad Jump Burpee was 3 Burpees and 5 Broad Jumps)

    5 Rounds of : 20 Coupon Thrusters, 20 Merkins

    DONE with time to spare

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out after COT

    Stats :

    Chaplain did Standard Workout using 30 pound kettle bell – 32 minutes

    Boberry did Modified Workout using 35 pound dumbbell – 34 minutes

    Florence did Standard Workout using 35 pound dumbbell – 35 minutes, 58 seconds

    Machismo (FKA Juanita) did Modified Workout using 35 pound cinder block – 37 minutes, 25 seconds

    NMMS : Great job to all who posted this morning. That workout would’ve sucked even more doing it solo. This was the first time I felt confident that I maintained good form through an entire IPC workout. As David Goggins would say, “STAY HARD!”

  • Getting the Led out

    7 HIMs met at WTH this morning for a run heavy bootcamp. PAX included a down ranger and a SOJer. 530 hit and we were off!

    Mosey to the track for :

    • 50 Squats
    • 40 WW2s
    • 30 merkins
    • 20 ball dipers
    • 10 burpees
    • run 3 laps

    We enjoyed some Led Zepplin while completing the exercises! plan was to repeat this 4 times. It took a bit longer than YHC expected. TCLAPS to Brick for being the only PAX to complete all rounds and all laps in time!

    numbers names Offshore took us out

    announcements:

    • opportunities to serve with breaking bread
    • leadership channel on slack including weekly zoom call Mondays at 7
    • SOJ takeover week continues!
    • Lots of PAX with prayer needs for various reasons

    NMM

    Workout was a variation on an IRONPAX challenge, variation was more running. everyone pushed themselves with this one! Always enjoy traveling to different AOs and seeing PAX YHC does not see that often!

  • Looked Better on Paper : IPC Week 4 MaryAnne’s Mayhem

    2 SOJ Brethren hit the football field to finish up IPC for the year. Here’s the misery we endured :

    Format

    • Rep-based workout
    • Set the timer for 52 minutes 30 seconds
    • Measure out 25 yards

    Exercises are to be done in sets of 25 reps. After completing 25 reps, run to the cone that is 25 yards away and do 3 burpees. After the 3 burpees, run back and continue with exercise.

    Exercises

    • 200 curls
    • 175 squats
    • 150 Overhead Press
    • 125 Kettlebell Swings
    • 100 Merkins
    • 75 Thrusters
    • 50 Bonnie Blairs (right leg-left leg = 1 rep)
    • 25 Blockees

    If you finish all of the exercises, repeat in reverse order from the last time you just did it.

    The burpees DO NOT count in your rep count.

    900 reps is the total if you get through all of the exercises.

    DONE

    NMMS :

    The Suck really started to set in during Overhead Press around rep 51 for YHC and the Suck progressively got worse the rest of the Q. Neither of us finished the full 900 reps. Snuff got very close at 875. YHC got 800.