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6.22.19 – No Legs

by F3Banks, posted in Uncategorized

8 PAX including one FNG (Welcome Too Big To Fail!) showed up on a beautiful summer day for the regularly scheduled weekly beatdown. With the evening ruck on the Horizon, our Q promised to stay away from any leg exercises. The lesson behind today’s workout is that when you put your mind to it, you can do 5 of anything, just keep moving forward.

Warm-O-Rama (The Usual)

  • 7x Motivators
  • 15x Tin Soldiers

Thang 1: 5 Alive

  • Run the short mile stopping at each lamp post and adding on the rep count
  • 1st Lamp Post -> 1 Burpee, 2nd Lamp Post -> 2 Burpees… 5th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees
  • 6th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 1 Merkin…. 10th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins
  • 11th Lamp Post -> 5 burpees, 5 Merkins, 1 Star Jump
  • 16th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 1 Dive Bomber
  • 21st Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 5 Dive Bombers, 1 OHC
  • 25th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 5 Dive Bombers, 5 OHC’s
  • Totals: 115 Burpees, 90 Merkins, 65 Star Jumps, 40 Dive Bombers, 15 OHC’s

The Finale:

  • 20x Pull Ups
  • 2 MoM – 50 4-Count Flutter Kicks

COR/NOR/COT

We welcomed FNG Too Big To Fail! Prayers for this evenings Ruck Event, Jazz Hand’s Wife and her new job, Noodles and his Baby, and safe travels for Toolbox and Panadero.

6.20.19 No Running

by Ridgeway Burns, posted in Uncategorized

3 pax got wet. Archive (QIC), Noodles, and Captain Crunch were especially peppy despite the drizzle.

WOR-
7x Motivators
15x Arm Circles
15x Tin Soldiers
25x American Hammers
25x Flutter Kicks
25x Protractor
15x Derkins – Noodles took a big swing at it: his feet were above his head for this set of derkins… LFG!
15x Derkins

Lunges to Bathroom Wall
Ascending Testicles- this got tough quick
Bear Crawl to Hoffa

Thang 1-
2 rounds of Bernie Up, Crawl Bear Down/ Bernie Up, Crab Down

Back to Flag- PAX holds plank while 1 pax jumps over.

Short but sweet. COR NOR

Prayers for Noodles, Noodles’ M and upcoming 2.0.

6.17.19 – The 101st Airborne

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

Three PAX (Banks, Crunch and Noodles rocking a new bag and plate(+5lbs!)) posted to take on the 101st Airborne workout (2 of 4 for June). The coolest day of the week made for a comfy rucking morning, and we got after it without a warm-up:

The 101st:

Done for Time: (~42min)
– 101 Thrusters
– 400m Ruck
– 101 Lunges
– 400m Ruck
– 101 Ruck High Pulls
– 400m Ruck
– 101 second Plank
– 400m Ruck

Done in cadence to keep the rhythm going, we made our way around the lake stopping at the quarter miles. Done with a few minutes to spare.

COR/NOR/COT: Lifting up health for Noodles’ M and baby as she’s heading into her third trimester. — productivity for the week ahead — prayers for safety and enthusiasm for the double-header F2 + Unity Ruck/F2 events Friday and Saturday.

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Another Monday Ruck in the books. Definitely going to be stronger after this one. Need to work in more regular arm-exercises with the ruck.

6.15.19 – APFT Benchmarking

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

With YHC’s birthday coming up next week, and with the Army having it’s 244th birthday on Friday, it felt like the best possible time to try the Army Physical Fitness Test and get some numbers on the board. 8 PAX showed up to see how their present selves measured up against their future selves.

The Standard Open:

  • Motivators x7
  • Abe Vigoda IC x 20

The Main Event – APFT:

  • 2 minute AMRAP Push-ups
  • 2 minute AMRAP Sit-ups
  • 2 mile run

APFT June 2019 results:

Name – Push-ups / Sit-ups / 2 Mile time (Age / Army Scores = Total out of 300 possible)

  • Captain Crunch – 70 / 68 / 13:24+10sec penalty for shortcut (32 / 95 + 91 + 97 = 283)
  • Jazz Hands – 43 / 35 / 17:44 (32 / 67 + 52 + 87 = 206)
  • Skirt Chaser – 61 / 43 / 15:03 (36 / 86 + 61 + 84 = 234)
  • Archive – 80 / 70 / 15:06 (33 / 100 + 93 + 84 = 277)
  • CATS – 20 / 19 / 21:47 (31 / 40 + 33 + 8 = 81)
  • Noodles – 46 / 24 / 19:09 (39 / 72 + 45 + 52 = 169)
  • Hurt Locker – 69 / 66 / 16:14 (41 / 96 + 89 + 77 = 262)
  • Banks – 74 / 69 / 16:14 (37 / 100 + 93 + 77 = 270)

Overall assessment – Not bad F3 Wheaton, but there is more core and cardio in our future…

The Closer:

  • American Hammer with Coupons, while Captain Crunch did his penalty Blockees for bypassing the parking lot detour on his first mile. (If you can’t do it, don’t Q it, man!)

COR / NOR / COT: Prayers for continued growth as individuals and as a group, for support and strength, that we can help the people around us be their best selves and make the world a better, healthier place for our presence in it — Lifting up Jazz Hands and his M and 2.0s in the midst of a season of transition on all sides.

 

MOLESKIN: Today I was really impressed by the grit on display by all these men, giving what they had in them to bust through, arms shaking, joints complaining. 100% completion. And we have the future APFT to look forward to. A lot of newer PAX here have done less than two months of F3. This was a great day to have in the books to look back to.

Doing the Goruck June challenge has really driven home for me that improvement comes from consistent application over time. To get the mileage in, I have been rucking almost every day, and I have seen steady strength and speed increases that I wouldn’t have had or wouldn’t have noticed without trying to accomplish the same thing again and again, day after day. To any PAX reading this, what is the thing you want to be better at? Do it at least every other day, preferably every day. Measure successes and failures. It will improve. Embrace the Suck.

6.13.19 – 4-Elements

by f3noodles39, posted in Uncategorized

Ran against the Wind. As Bruce Lee once said, “Become like Water my friend.” Set a goal today to work on cardio and be more fluid in our strides. The challenge at hand also involved a combination of exercises meant to push against Earth‘s gravity and make people burn like Fire. Front runners to always hold for the 6, Plank or Side Plank.

It was a brisk 53 degrees, 8 PAX waiting to warm up.

WoR:

Toe Reach x 15 – 1, 2, 3 (1), 1, 2, 3 (2), in cadence

Motivators x 10, in cadence

Mosey to first bridge – “No man left behind, leave no man where you find him” Moseyed together as a group.

Thang 1

Bridge #1 – Mountain Climbers x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #2 – Squats x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #3 – Merkins x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #4 – Bear Crawl across the last bridge -> Sprint -> Grab coupon -> 15 Deadlifts x 15. When done sprint to Hoffa to hold for the 6.

Thang 2

Sprint #1 – Little Imperial Walkers x 30

Sprint #2 – Watch TV – 30 Mississippi count

Sprint #3 – LBCs x 30

Sprint #4 – Side Plank – 30 Mississippi count (Switch sides at 15 count)

6MoM – Arm Circles, Raise the Roof, Guantanamo, Supermans

CoR – 8 Strong HIMS – Archive, Captain Crunch, Hoser, Banks, Toolbox, Skirt Chaser, Good Hands, Noodles (Q)

COT – Prayers:

Hoser -> Prayer for the Naperville guys and Ruck. Good Hands -> Grandmother – Prayer for health and recent health challenges, asking for motivation and sense of purpose to help cope w/ recent loss of her husband – Prayer for Naperville Family Day at the end of the month. Captain Crunch -> Prayer for the Unity Ruck on 6/22/19 and asking for health and a good turn out from F3Naperville, F3Geneva and F3Wheaton. Noodles -> Prayer for M’s health and pregnancy.

Thank you all for making my first Q experience a memorable one!

6.10.19 – 75th Anniversary Ruck

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

3 PAX – Archive, Noodles, and Crunch (QIC)

A warm but windy day kept the bugs down and the PAX ready to get moving. Short simple and to the point on this one:

1 Mile (AFAP without running)
75 Ruck-Squats
75 Merkins
75 Ruck Deadlifts
75 Overhand Press
1 Mile (AFAP, try to hold the previous mile’s pace)

A good brisk pace, holding right around 15 minutes for both miles. Split the sets into 25×3 and repped them out. Looking forward to the Airborne challenge next week. Prayers for a good start to the week and getting after it on work challenges, interviews, and discipline.

6.8 Baseball

by Ridgeway Burns, posted in Uncategorized

10 PAX (2 FNGs) gathered for a baseball beatdown.

WOR
8x Motivators ( miscounted again by the QIC)
21x Ballerina Toe Squats
Sprints- 3x up the hill, 2x Bernie Sanders up the hill
50x stepups

Thang 1 F3 Baseball
Split into two teams of 5- thanks Banks- not the original 4 teams suggested by the QIC. Race around the bases- 200 team reps of: Merkins, Squats, Bissyous, Burpees. Bear crawl between bases. The beatdown was real- I’d say neither team won…

Plank Scout Run around the Bases.

6MOM
Guantanamo
Ring of Fire

COR, NOR- Two FNGs today. Cats- big singer, work colleague of Captain Crunch. Prince Eric- former swim coach. Prayers- thanks for all the HIMs for being there! Also for Noodles/m/new baby, recovery for Jazz Hands house.

5.30 Building Blocks

by Ridgeway Burns, posted in Uncategorized

4 Pax met in a gentle rain to get better. Welcome Noodles to Thursday’s!

WOR- 10x Motivators
21x Ballerina Toe Squats
21x Sun Gods
21x Reverse Planks
Boat/Canoe
21x Derkins
10 Burpees OYO

Thang 1
Flora 123 W/coupons. Partner up: 100 Merkins, 10x while partner holds plank. 200 LBCs, 20x while partner holds coupon above head. 300 Squats, partner holds people’s chair.

Thang 2
Whitney 123 W/coupons. Partner up: 100 blockees, 200 American Hammers, 300 Thrusters. One partner does exercise while other partner bear crawls dragging coupons 20 yards. Cut short for time.

COR NOR Archive (QIC), Banks, Captain Crunch, Noodles.

Prayers for continued growth and improved counting skills for Archive.

6.6.19 – D-Day Fun!

by F3Banks, posted in Uncategorized

It was another weekday workout where the sun was up and there was no gloom! We had a great turnout and a total of 6 PAX including 1 FNG (Skirt Chaser) and a friendly visit by Bruce Lee coming all the way from Greensboro! Our Q was also pleased to see that Captain Crunch thought the workout would be challenging enough and did not feel the need to wear a ruck for the entire thing.

Warm-O-Rama: (The Usual)

7x Motivators

15x Tin Soldiers

Thang 1: Mile-O-Fun

We took the short mile and performed the following along the way:

  • 11’s – We stopped at each light post and completed 10 Merkins/1 Squat and made 10 stops until we did 1 Merkin/10 Squats
  • We moseyed to the Pullup Bars and partnered up
    • 1 Partner did Burpees while the other ran and completed 5 pullups (4x Each)
  • We got back on the trail and completed Dan Taylors – 1 Squat/4Lunges up to 10 Squats/40 lunges
  • We then did some BLIMPS (Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Squats) stopping at each light pole completed 5x each exercise
  • We wrapped up the Mile-O-Fun with some Jack Webbs – 1 Merkin/ 4 OHC counting up to 10 Merkins/40 OHCs

Thang 2: Escalator

Sprint up the hill and complete one of the following at the top each trip:

  • 10 Star Jumps
  • 20 Burpees
  • 30 Merkins
  • 40 Squats
  • We ran out of time before we could finish with 50 Lunges

COR/NOR/COT

We welcomed FNG Skirt Chaser! Prayers for finishing the week strong, Gilligan, Grow Ruck, Noodles’ Son, Toolbox’s Wife & Skirt Chaser’s Sister. We are also thankful on this 75th anniversary of D-Day for the sacrifice that all of those brave men made for our freedom and to make the world what it is today.

6.3.19 – The Ruck 5k *With Friends!*

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

Our Monday Rucking Squad (4 PAX strong at Noodles, Hoser, Archive and Crunch(QIC)–and almost Toolbox!) was greeted with some pleasantly bug-free 50 degree weather as we met up and got down to it. The Challenge: get 3 miles in between 5:30-6:15. Short, simple, but not easy. A few imperial walkers and butt kicks and we were off!

We were hovering right around it the whole time, with the need for a prompt work-friendly exit as our motivation. Ultimately just missing the mark at about 47 min total. A solid start to June’s mileage heavy D-Day challenge, but plenty more miles to come!

With reaching the finish-line a few minutes overtime we even peaced out without a COT (or selfie!!) Your hasty Q offered up TAPS on his way home, but some penalties are probably in order…

Well done, HIMs. Next week, the D-Day 75 Anniversary PT workout!