Ruck Workout #6

DATE: 2023-03-08
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Major Payne
PAX: Magoo, Anchor Man, Lazlo, SPINAL TAP, Purple Rain, sticks, Gherkin, Kodiak, Old Bay, Median FNGs: Attache
COUNT: 12
WU:
20 SSH
10 IW
10 WMH
10 Cherry Pickers
10 LBACs front and rear
10 Merkins
10 HRPUs

The Thang:
30 yd bear crawl w/ruck, 20 yd lunge walk w/ruck, pick up 60#-80# sandbag (at 50 yd line) and ruck 150 yds (rest of field and then 100 yds back to start), then drop sandbag and fast travel lap around field – no straps allowed for rucks (if no ruck, carry a coupon).

Round 2 will start with 150 yd sandbag carry, then 20 yd lunge walk, then 30 yd bear crawl before the fast travel lap, which is done as a rifle carry (ruck or coupon)

Grab rucks/coupons
15 Ruck Swings
15 Overhead Press
15 Coupon Squats
10 Ruck lunges in cadence

Sandbag Pairs Relay: Pair up. One 60# sandbag per pair (or 80# if Wallace and Lazlo). PAX take turns moving 60# sandbags 50 yards via the clean-and-toss method.

Sandbag Bucket Brigade: The PAX split into two teams, then move sandbags 50 yards via the bucket-brigade method. After passing off the sandbag, rear PAX run to the front of the team (Ricky Bobby style), to keep the bags moving.

Circle up for 2 min HRPUs

Mary: 25 x Flutter kicks

Announcements: Still time to sign up for GrowRuck 35! If cost is an issue for you, please DM me! We have scholarships available! https://growruck.com/event/gte-35/

COT: Get Right. https://f3nation.com/get-right-q1/

Picture a man capsized in his boat, drifting aimlessly down the river of life. In order for him to have any control over his path forward (beyond the never ending currents of the river) he must get back in the boat. He must get right. Getting right is a never ending struggle that every man must commit to so that he can live right, lead right and finally leave right. To get right, we must take steps to improve that 1% every day. Coming out to make ourselves physically stronger is part of it, but it also involves our mental and spiritual pursuits as well. Keep pushing forward every day in all aspects of your life!

Aye!

Coupon Pyramid

DATE: 2023-03-08
AO: Compound
Q: Booking
PAX: Popeyes, Peanuts, Doodles, Wapner (F3 Cape Fear), Yardbird, Roddick FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Willy Mays Hayes, Down Dog, Worlds Greatest Stretch, Cobra Kai
THE THANG: Pyramid- perform the exercise with the coupon then run the width of the field, do 2 burpees, and run back 10 blockies
20 derkins
30 Low Rows
40 Curls
50 Squats
40 Calf raises
30 OH Press
20 Leg Lifts
10 Atlas Shrugs

Without the coupon- do the following exercises- run width of field do 5 squats run back

10 burpees
20 Merkins
30 Lunges
40 WWI
30 penguin taps
20 plank jacks
10 diamond merkins

Finish with 25 flutter kicks while holding coupon

MARY: LBC, Toy Soliders, Dirty Dogs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grow Ruck, Compound Happy Hour next week Thursday I believe, Dad’s Camp
COT: Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good. Don’t let your own strive for perfection at home or at work disenfranchise your co-workers, family and friends. Be willing to have an open mind for other viewpoints and ways of doing things. Your personal strive for perfection can drive others away.

Plankfest

DATE: 2023-03-07
AO: General
Q: Hard Knox
PAX: 2 percent, citrus, Toolbox, Fairweather, Lazlo
FNGs: Obadiah
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, overhead press, LBAC, Michael Phelps, imperial Walker, windmill, cherry picker, Willy Mayes Hayes, downward Dog, cobra Kai, worlds greatest stretch

THE THANG: – How do you build a house? 1 plank at a time. PAXs take turns being “foreman”. Choose exercise followed by 3, 4, and 5 minute rotating planks.

MARY: Flutter kick, toy soldiers, mountain climbers, dying cockroach.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: grow Rick

COT: – David French – only man can be a father, only man can be a husband, every man can be a friend – What house are you building today?

Escalations

DATE: 2023-03-07
AO: Atlantis
Q: Deflator
PAX: Infinity, Hammerhead, Bratwurst, True North, Mouthful
FNGs: King Tut
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:

Helo
Overhead Clap
Worlds Greatest Stretch
Lunge Pushup
Side Straddle Hops

THE THANG:

Mosey to Concrete Jungle
Urkin – Merkin – Derkins
7-9-11-7

Mosey to Waterfront for Escalations at various locations; we alternated exercises in mostly 5 rep sets until the Q determined the Pax were gassed.

Step-ups to Box Jumps (2 sops)
Shoulder Taps to Shoulder Tap Merkins
Squats to Squat Jumps
Basic Burpees to Full Burpees
Merkins to Beast Merkins
Lunges to Long Jumps
Mountain Climbers to Thrusters
Big Boi Situps to WWII Situps

MARY: Elbow Plank to Side Arm Plank to Side Arm Plank with Leg Up (15 sec each, both sides)

Dolphin Hops

Rope Climbers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nada

COT: Look for small ways to escalate your game! Little changes mean alot.

Thanks for enduring my graduate-level counting. I knew you all would be up fo the task.

Co-Supervisors Pay a Visit!

DATE: 2023-03-07
AO: Freestate
Q: Horshack
PAX: FIFA, Winston, Dungeon Master (Amon), Butter, Cannoli, Deagle FNGs: Lefty, Brony, Mumford
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
• SSH x 25 IC
• Swing Billies x 15 IC
• Willie Mays Hayes x 5 IC
• Monkey Humpers x 15 IC
• 2 laps mixing high knees and karaoke
• Pickle Pounders x 15 IC
• Low Jacks x 15 IC
• Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
• Trunk Twisters x 10 IC
• Cherry Pickers x 15 IC

THE THANG
Co-supervisors – pair up and set a CUMULATIVE goal for THE WHOLE GROUP for each exercise. Arrive at a goal in less than 10 seconds – otherwise we are doing double the number

1s start and count your combined total, the rest of us go for a quick-paced run around the field. When they get back, the 1s give their combined number, and everyone joins in yelling out each time they hit 20 reps.

1s – Merkins
2s – Squats
3s – Flutter Kicks
4s – Shoulder Taps
5s – Alternating Lunges
6s – Ozzy Osbournes

MARY
Box cutters x 10 each way IC
Leg lift Rosalitas x 15 IC
Pickle Pointers (to finish out the F3 erotica we began during warm up) x 15 IC
Rodeo Flutters – 10 Outlaws CCW, 10 long and slow flutters, 10 CW Outlaws, and 20 short and fast flutters

COT & Announcements

I just five days with four friends in Colorado I met over 30 years ago when I was in Teach For America. A couple Marriages are falling apart, some kids are being complete assholes, but with equal measures we also discussed the joy and happiness of this ridiculous journey we’re on.

Friends are critical to health and happiness. Harvard longitudinal study says …

The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. Relationships in all their forms—friendships, romantic partnerships, families, coworkers, tennis partners, book club members, Bible study groups—all contribute to a happier, healthier life. It’s never too late to strengthen the relationships you have, and never too late to build new ones.

Also, another thing I know about the value of friends from my time in the intelligence community, is that friends should be counted on to keep secrets! Here’s a little secret that Suzanne doesn’t know … and if she does know, she hasn’t let on and is a better poker player than I am.

The Donovan & Bank Fundraiser is back on … with 17 days left before our deadline to hit $20,000 target – we have about $11,000 more to go. If we hit $20,000 by the night of The Rally on Friday March 24, I will get a Mohawk live at the event. There’s a funny video to hype the Mohawk called “Horshack Needs a Haircut” – I’ll send it, but no telling your spouses!!

Even though I’d prefer not to get a Mohawk, I need everyone to do what you did during Super Bowl squares and promote the shit out of this final part of the fundraiser – we gave at least double what any other AO gave – so it’s not fair, and I don’t give a shot, because life isnt fair.

The final part of this fundraiser has two opportunities to give:

1. an incredible raffle spearheaded by my new friends in the Blue Ridge Region in which the sole raffle winner gets around $5000 of items including a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 15 year bourbon valued at $3000, along with a few other pricey bottles of various bourbons and whiskeys, plus a bunch of F3 cult swag from Mudgear – AND lots of assorted Rucking Gear for all of us knuckle draggers. $5 per ticket, with volume discounts.

AND

2. a top donor prize for a Special Operations Experience valued at $10,000 in partnership with Donovan & Bank. The top donor so far is $600, so if you know some big spenders like Winston (based on his Saturday Starbucks spending alone), please let them know about this cool experience. There is a video link of the experience in the link I send. Those who contribute and are not Top Donor will get tickets to the raffle.

I’ll send all the details and the Horshack Needs a Haircut hype video later today. Please tell your friends – especially those like Winston – with lots of discretionary income and who’d be well served to dial back on their Starbucks consumption.