freestate Frisbees, Fartleks and The Wheel of Doom

Date: 2025-08-21
AO: freestate
Q: Horshack
PAX: Mark Michael, Winston, Pigeon, Rebound, CashOnly
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Warm Up
– SSH x 25 IC
– Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
– Carolina Dry Docks x 15 IC
– Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
– Michael Phelps x 15 IC
– Willie Mays Hays x 15 IC
– Cherry Pickers x 15 IC

The Thang:
– Ricky Bobbys with Frisbee front to back – drops = Burpees
– Rotate Stations (20 mins)
– One person trying out the wheel of doom for X minutes (Pace setter) – Winston starts and provides a quick demo
– When timer goes off, 1st person pulls someone out until everyone has had a chance on the wheel – Half remaining alternates between two stations
– Half does Fartleks in the Parking Lot
– Swedish for Speed Play – alternating between faster bursts of speed and slower, recovery paces. – Cones: 25% – 50% – 75% – 100% full speed
– Decelerate coming back, don’t stop and walk after the acceleration – The other half does a Merkin & Squat medley
– When you’re arms hurt too much, switch to squats
– Ricky Bobbies back – Drops = Burpees

Mary:
· Reverse Crunches x 15 IC
· Travoltas x15 IC
· Outlaws x 10 each side IC
· Protractor, right into . . .
· Flutters x 20 IC
· Stretch-o-rama w/ time remaining

Announcements:
– Thirsty F3rd tonight – 6:30p at Irish Inn @ Glen Echo
– 9/11 Stair Climb falls on a Thursday – 4:15a at Lincoln Memorial and wrap up by sunrise over the National Mall
– Even if you’re injured, come out, shoot some video, and meet some new people . . . bring a friend

COT:
– End of summer vacations, school starting next week
– I usually end the summer wondering if I worked too much and feeling nostalgic for the unstructured play of youth
– Playfulness thrives in the present, so stop and embrace the moment every day without worrying about the past or future.

Tags: freestate, Mark Michael, Winston, Pigeon, Rebound, CashOnly

thefurnace The Preparation is the accomplishment

Date: 2025-08-21
AO: thefurnace
Q: Gherkin
PAX: Summit, Anchorman, Deliverance
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARM UP
SSH, Imperial Walkers
Downdog, World’s Greatest stretch, Cobra Kai

THE THANG
Preparing to Build
1 Pax travels across the basketball court and back while the other Pax exercises, then swap until the total reps has been reached.

Rifle carry
100 coupon squats

Kodiak Carry (bear hug the coupon)
100 Coupon Curls

Bear Crawl
100 Coupon Swings

Suitcase Carry X8 (4 times each Pax)
(Cedar) plank hold

Coupon Shoulder Carry
100 Overhead Press

MARY
2 Samuel 7:1–5, 1 Chronicles 22:7–10, 1 Chronicles 28:9–10

ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Announcements channel
• September 11 Stairclimb signups are open

COT
As men, we often want to do things for our family or for others. We want to accomplish things and provide for others. But sometimes what we are called to do is to help prepare – to lay the foundation for future generations to succeed. A strong man knows that helping others to succeed is true success

Tags: thefurnace, Summit, Anchorman, Deliverance

f3thecapital-news Choose your own adventure

Date: 2025-08-20
AO: f3thecapital-news
Q: Kodiak
PAX: Disco
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: Standard
THE THANG: Choose your own adventure:
A box of toys and trinkets were dumped on the ground under the Discovery awning, each corresponding to an exercise. Complete the exercise and put the trinket in the bucket. Try and fill the bucket in the time allotted. Exercises included burpees, aussie pull-ups, merkins, stairs, wood splitting, more stairs, squats, big-boys, etc. MARY: Box cutter, plank punch
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11
COT: Off to drop my youngest at college later today

Tags: f3thecapital-news, Disco

ignite Frisbee fun

Date: 2025-08-20
AO: ignite
Q: Gandalf
PAX: 2 percent, Goldfish, Hobbyhorse, meister, Legacy, Kodak, Gherkin, Flat tire, summit FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Side straddle hop 15 count
Phelps (10 count)
Don Quixote 10 count
Hill Billy 10 count
Empire walker 10 count
Circle arms both way 10 count
Root vegetable extractor 10
Downward dog
Cobra Kai
THE THANG:
Frisbee
1st round
Throw a frisbee to a runner
If he catches it 10 merkins
If he doesn’t 5 burpees
Bad throw thrower does 5 burpees
Everyone else 5 merkins
2nd round
10 squats success
Or 5 Alarm clocks
Bad throw 5 alarm clocks/ 5 merkins
3rd round
10 LBC’s success
10 Leg raises Fail
Bad throw 5 leg raises/ 5 LBC’s
4th if time
10 jump squats
5 Inch worms failure
Meister showed up bright and early at 6:09Am failed to catch the frisbee and then led us in 20 burpees to close us out MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: moved out recently adjusting to living on my own and being responsible for my own well being. Roommate drama, but it’s better than parent Drama. Overall I’m happy to live on my own even if it’s scary to think about how I’m responsible for all my bills now.

Tags: ignite, 2 percent, Goldfish, Hobbyhorse, meister, Legacy, Kodak, Gherkin, Flat tire, summit

thegeneral How Could You Miss That?

Date: 2025-08-19
AO: thegeneral
Q: Lazlo
PAX: Flipper, Robo, Hard Knox, Deliverance, DoorDash, Gherkin FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Ever have one of those days where nothing goes as planned? This was one, but we figured it out.

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, Michael Phelps, cherry twists, Willie mays Hayes, downward dog, cobra Kai

THE THANG:
Part 1: we were going to start in the stands and rotate between sections, but they were wet. Seemed unnecessarily dangerous so we moved to the concrete steps by the school. PAX rotated between:
One arm coupon rows
Raccoon crawl
Box jumps
Another one I can’t remember
Step ups
Derkins
Calf raises
Timer: run a lap around the track

Part 2 was unplanned. The PAX took turns lining up to kick a 25 yard field goal. AKA a college extra point. AKA a gimme, automatic. 10 merkins for each miss. We did many merkins. A miss on a do over cost 5 burpees. We did burpees.

Part 3: this was going to be F3 Football Ultimate. Like ultimate but with a football. Turns out it’s already too dark to play ultimate at the end of a workout with a dark brown football. So we played it with a frisbee.

MARY: Freddy Mercury’s, flutter kicks, stretch

ANNOUNCEMENTS: stair climb

COT: sometimes things don’t go as planned. Roll with it. And remember the Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

Tags: thegeneral, Flipper, Robo, Hard Knox, Deliverance, DoorDash, Gherkin