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thedriveway AMRAPalooza

Date: 2025-11-12
AO: thedriveway
Q: bogey
PAX: Play-Doh, 3 mile, Hops, Flux, Prestige
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HB, MP, MNC, 5x walkouts with merkins, WMs, WMH, DDog, 5x walkouts with merkins

THE THANG: Coupon Stations AMRAP

Rotate stations upon timer return

Every 5 minutes perform group exercises

Stations:

1 – Timers: Loaded Carries 100m out and 100m back. PAX Choice using coupons in any carry combination. Weights ranged from 100# to 20#. 2 – kettlebell or coupon shoulder shrugs (or hi-pulls)
3 – sandbag deadlifts or squats
4 – med ball/sandbag over shoulders (or coupon grave diggers) 5 – med ball or sandbag throws
6 – battle rope drills

Every 5 mins PAX stopped what they were doing, grabbed their coupon(s) of choice, and performed rounds of:

25x OHPs +20x merkins +10x mtn climbers IC +10x shoulder taps IC

15x coupon curls +15x merkins +10x mtn climbers IC +10x shoulder taps IC

20x merkins +10x mtn climbers IC +10x shoulder taps IC

MARY: 30x flutter kicks IC with coupon overhead hold

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 5th installment of EC at thedriveway this Friday. Dec 6 flag football game at compound.

COT: YHC shared most recent setback with middle child who is now in treatment center. YHC tries not to “catastrophize” about the future but it’s difficult not to do so. YHC reaffirmed that his faith, prayer, and community like F3 helps him face each day. YHC prays for – among many other things – guidance, courage, strength and perseverance to deal with this season of adversity. And YHC prays for same for the F3 HIMs who are dealing with their own struggles, and encourages others to reach out to talk. Thank you men for joining me this morning.

Tags: thedriveway, Play-Doh, 3 mile, Hops, Flux, Prestige

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compound Battling through Conditions

Date: 2025-11-12
AO: compound
Q: Hightower
PAX: Popeyes, Poe, Roddick, Skidoos, Corkscrew (F3 The Capital), citrus FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
A few exercises then some dynamic stretching. Then fellowship jog in garage.

THE THANG:
Set up 7 stations
Station 1: pull ups or dead hang
Station 2: lap, timer
Station 3: wall sit
Station 4: med ball tricep extensions
Station 5: med ball curls
Station 6: merkins
Station 7: air squats

Reset core exercises
Then repeat for round 2 stations
Followed by fellowship laps around garage

MARY:
Ring of Fire core exercises

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Book club Dec 4 at Ramblers house
Touch football Sat, Dec 6 Compound

COT:
Many fight anxiety and nervousness, me included. Quiet these thoughts for some meditation to refocus. Deep breath in for energy, hold, then blow out those bad thoughts, stress. Rinse and repeat for a few minutes.

Tags: compound, Popeyes, Poe, Roddick, Skidoos, Corkscrew (F3 The Capital), citrus

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thegeneral Veteran’s Day

Date: 2025-11-11
AO: thegeneral
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Enron, citrus, Hobbyhorse, Lazlo, Robo, bogey, Hops, Gus, SAAS, DoorDash, Jag, Gherkin FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Don Quixotes, Moroccan Nightclubs, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG:
1. Pull-Up Bar (solo 1 at a time)
• Max effort while remaining PAX alternated between Wall Sits, Merkins and Body Weight Squats

2. Goal Line Grinder

Three rounds, rotating:
1. Carolina Dry Docks (20)
2. Big Boy Sit-Ups (20)
3. Alternating Lunges (10)

3. Field-Length Movement Circuit

Repeated the sequence 2x down the football field:
• Bear crawl → 25 yard line
• Crab walk → 50 yard line
• Lunge walk → 25 yard line
• Broad jump burpees → Goal line
• Sprint back to the opposing goal line

4. Partner Drill

Partner A does:
• 10 hand-release merkins
• 10 reverse lunges each leg
• 10 4-count flutter kicks

Partner B moves:
• Bear crawl to the 20 yard line & jog back

5. Tribute Reps

Cycle through 11 reps of each (Veteran’s Day 11/11):
• Burpees
• Squat jumps
• Mountain climbers
Commemorate the D-Day Landing:
6 Jump Squats (6th month of the year, December)
6 Toe Tap Merkins (6th day of December)
19 Dips (Year)
44 LBC’s (Year)

MARY: Nolan Ryan’s – 20

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Holiday Bowl – Touch Football 12/6 East vs. West, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at ignite 11/19

COT: A special thank you to Hops and Gus for their service to our country.

Frederick Arthur Peterson
During World War II, he was a sergeant with B Co., 121st Engineer Battalion, of the 29th Infantry Division.
On June 6th, 1944, his unit landed in the first wave at the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach on D-Day as was depicted in the movie “Saving Private Ryan”. When someone once asked if he had seen the movie, he responded in his typical humorous manner, “I don’t need to; I was in the original cast.”
Out of 200 men within his unit, he was one of only 35 who made it off the beach that day. He was awarded a bronze star for building a bridge under enemy fire in France.
On a separate occasion in Normandy, his unit was ambushed. He and some other men fled and were separated for over a week. A few had been wounded. Fred caught some shrapnel and was also cut up on some barbed wire. He was offered but declined the Purple Heart. “Give it to the guy who lost his leg.”
“All the medals I got, and 75 cents, will get you a cup of coffee. In my mind, the heroes are still over there. There are 3 cemeteries over there loaded with them. I wasn’t a hero. I was just one of the lucky ones.”
After the war ended, he came home, got a job on the railroad. And then as a lab technician with Pfizer where he retired after 35 years of service.
It is stories like these, where men like Fred earned the right to be considered “The Greatest Generation”.
He didn’t talk about this experience for 50 years. He didn’t have an outlet like F3.
Today we honor Fred Peterson and the countess other Veterans who chose a life of service so that we can enjoy the freedom of this great nation.

Tags: thegeneral, Enron, citrus, Hobbyhorse, Lazlo, Robo, bogey, Hops, Gus, SAAS, DoorDash, Jag, Gherkin

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delphi Astronomy and Veterans

Date: 2025-11-11
AO: delphi
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: Ashe, Toolbox, Monk, NOAA, Gadget, Atlas, Roddick
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Motivators to start

THE THANG: 11s as a group
Rd 1: Merkins on Block / Lunge Walk / OH Press

Rd 2: WW3s / Bear crawl / Freddie Mercurys (IC)

MARY: Motivators to end

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Thanksgiving Turkey Trot
– 4 Dec – book club at Rambler’s
– 6 Dec – Cross-county football game at compound

COT: Ask a veteran about their service vice thanking them for their service. It’s a better conversation

Tags: delphi, Ashe, Toolbox, Monk, NOAA, Gadget, Atlas, Roddick