F3 NorthWest Indiana
QIC: HHH
PAX: PacRat, Kato, OCB, Crash, Optimus, and HHH.
Wanted to use the pavilion and it happened to be misting so it worked out nicely. Didn’t stay dry because of the humidity and lack of air flow though.
Warm Up
8 Ct good mornings (10 IC)
MNC (15 IC)
Toy Soldiers (10 IC)
Memorial Lap
OH Coupon Hold to Pavillion/Circle Up
Windmills (10 IC)
Hairy Rockettes (10 IC)
Apollo Ohnos (10 OYO)
Motivator (5 x 5)
Perfect Merkins (15 IC)
Perfect Squats (15 IC)
The Thang
Dora
50 W/O Merkins
100 Bent over rows
150 Bench Press
Timer: Run out and back
Stations
Timer: Wall Balls (5 each side)
1: Perfect Seated Coupon Rotation
2: Reverse Lunge w/ rotation
3: Bulgarian Split Squat
4: Single leg deadlift
5: Side Step Ups
6: Elf on the Shelf
Mary
Broken Windshield Wipers (10 IC)
8 Ct Bennifers (10 IC)
Perfect Hip Raises (10 IC Each Side)
Glute Bridges (10 IC)
Moleskin
I believe we only got 2 rounds in with the stations. Forgot that the timer was a station so we had an extra station. Did 3 wall balls each side the second time around for time purposes.
Wanted to do another golf friendly boot camp so I could still play decently. No rain while we golfed, but it was humid. Glad I got to hang out with Antman while he is in town.
Crash went all out with the vest. OCB powered through with his tender ankle. I don’t believe PacRat has a bum shoulder. I think he is doing it for the attention; he shows no pain. I think we all say this, but Optimus is so steady and cannot be rattled. Kato was my partner and allowed me to push a little harder than normal. Thanks.
Golf was a blast! Hopefully we can do it one more time before the end of the season.
SYITG,
HHH
17 PAX gathered at the HUB to celebrate Armed Forces Day with a Ruck WOD
Warmup
Bean Pickers x 10 ic
Windmill x 10 ic
Frankenstein x 10 ic
Armed Forces WOD (x6)
Burpees x 10 oyo
Merkins x 5 ic
Squats x 8 ic
Mtn climbers (4ct) x 15 ic
Sandbag mosey to MOE7s for sandbag circle of death
Sandbag cleans x 10
Merkins x 10
About 8 rotations
Sandbag mosey to eastern side of lot suicide lines for partner work
Partner is timer while other partner does work for following exercises
Cleans x 60
Deadlifts x 80
Rows x 80
Sandbag mosey to gravel lot while other partner collects blocks
Block curls x 20 ic
Block presses x 15 ic
Block swings x 20 ic
Block curls x 15 ic
Block presses x 10 ic
Block swings x 15 ic
Return blocks and mosey back to flag for Mary
Mary
LBC x 25 ic
Donkey kick x 10 ic each leg
Fire hydrants x 10 ic each leg
Leg lifts x 20 ic each leg
Low flutter x 10 ic each leg
Moleskin
The 6 rounds of the Armed Forces WOD sucked, but y’all can order the patch if you want; you did the work. The rest of the workout is improvised a bit since I never know exactly what bags I’ll have at my desposal. I felt like this was a bit of a repeato from previous workouts, and it wasn’t my favorite, so I’ll try to think of some different stuff for next month. Appreciate being able to lead you all and everyone gutting it out. See you in the gloom.
Twas the night before New Year’s,
And all through Crown Point,
Not a creature was stirring except 8 F3 PAX,
When what to our wondering eyes should appear,
But Editor and two hipsters,
With little to no gear.
PAX: Class Act, Barricade, Bozo, Editor, Tom Horton, HHH, Dr. Freud, Ansel, Campbells, surprise visit by Oilermaker and two of Editor’s pals.
The Warmup: Barricade showed for his second posting of the year, and while waiting for Editor et al. to appear @ Class Act’s house, Campbells moseyed up with his gypsy gear for a delightful surprise. The drinking began and we criticized my home-made pullup bar. Tom Horton and I knocked out 10 pullups, Tom just because, and me to show the sturdiness of my creation and also just because. I outfitted Editor’s dapper and bewildered friend while someone explained to him the order of events for the night, and he slowly began to realize that we were leaving the cold of my garage for the wintery cold of the streets.
The Ruck: 1.5 miles from Class Act’s to Dr. Freud’s. Dr. Freud shared sips of his PBJ and Pancake stouts. The hipster tried to keep up, but could only doggy paddle in the vast sea of Dr. Freud’s knowledge. Oilermaker showed up in an Indiana Jones hat to whisk away Editor et al. to safety and more booze. From Dr. Freud’s we headed further south to ruck past Al Gore’s to be caught on camera while traversing Youche golf course. We ended back up at my house for more hilarity and a fire, which I had roaring in no time with my new propane torch. Campbells helped a little. Total mileage was around 4.25-4.30.
Great to see everyone out there. Don’t forget, we have part 2 on Saturday, January 2nd!
Thanks to light cajoling by Mr. Incredible and a ruck conversation with Dr. Freud that dusted off an old, unused idea, we had a tremendous, beautiful fall Saturday morning at The Hub to celebrate 10-10 with numerous exercises in multiples of 10. What started as a beautiful morning for a dozen-man pumpkin ruck culminated with the return of Crazy Bird and everyone’s favorite amateur kickboxer and professional Toby Keith Unenthusiast for a sublime morning with no music other than the songs in our rapidly beating hearts. Here’s who was there and what we did.
Pumpkin Patch Pre-ruckers: The Mick, Fonzie, Scarecrow, Bob Villa, Lights Out, Dr. Freud, Atticus, Editor, Peyton, Optimus, Mufasa, PacRat. Pumpkins varied in size and atomic makeup.
PAX: Editor (QIC), Han Solo, Taxman, 4Howa, Barricade, Crazy Bird, Crazy Bert, and all the aforementioned Pumpkin Ruckers minus The Mick, plus coffee with Spurkles.
Average age of pax present at 7:00: 47.0
Average age of pax present at 8:00: 42.1
WARMUP
SSH x10ic
Coupon Good Morning x10ic
Toy Soldier x10ic
Abe Vigoda x10ic
10-ct Body Builder (double merkin first 5, double plank jack second 5) x10ic
Chinooks x10ic
Merkins x10ic
J-Lo x10ic
Sumo Coupon Swings x10ic
Coupon Squats x10ic
Light Pole Lap Jog
THE THANGS (Man-Makers, Bar, Crawl)
Serving Platter Curls x10ic, light pole leg
Serving Platter Curls x10 ic, Brickyard Man-Makers x10ic, light pole leg
Serving Platter Curls x10 ic, Brickyard Man-Makers x5 oyo, 4-ct Strict Press x10 ic, light pole leg
Serving Platter Curls x10 ic, Brickyard Man-Makers x10ic, 4-ct Strict Press x10ic, Coupon Complex x10ic, round out light pole leg
Head to Pull-Up Bars — Teams of Three, Dora
One pax does short uphill trail lap while remaining two team for:
50 Pull-Ups, 50 Coupon High-Pulls
100 Hand-Release Merkins, 100 4-ct Shoulder Taps
100 OH Squats, 100 Goblet Squats, 100 Air Squats
Jog to MO7S Hill
5 burpees oyo
Low Crawl 10ish yards w/coupon (drag, throw, tote), stop, 15 Coupon WWI’s oyo
High Crawl 10ish yards (drag, throw, tote), stop, 20 Coupon-to-toe V-Ups (leg levers) oyo
Bear Crawl 10ish yards (drag, throw, tote), stop, 25 4ct Flutter Kicks IC
MARY
Light Pole Lap through Portico
The Decision-Maker (20 Yes, 20 No, 20 Maybe)
Homer to Marge x4 each
Broken Windshield Wiper x10ic
LBCs x10 oyo
COT: friends, family, and F3 among the recipients of intentions
MOLESKIN
It was an honor to Q another Saturday three weeks after my first because I never felt qualified enough for three-plus years. I hope the workout was sufficient. In summer 2019 I was watching GORUCK Operations Red Wings Tough live hits online and saw one cadre had teams of 4 doing Murphs as punishment for dropping the flag. With Red Wings being one of the only Chicago events scheduled for 2021 and also one of the most gripping battle stories of our lifetimes, I am registered and trying to get some more folks on board (July 23). I thought this take on the Team Murph was fun. I had two options for whatever time we had afterward, but the crawling seemed to work well as a new wrinkle since we had some decent mileage run. I think Fonzie needs to spend more time as a Geisha girl before he questions subservient serving platter tactics. It was great having a huge pumpkin ruck to start the morning and a solid number of pax. I love seeing the Saturday-only beasts like Bert and Han Solo respecting the effort. Obviously great to have some more frequent appearances from the likes of Barricade and Bob Vila. I just never seem to be here on the same Saturdays as the newest 2020 pax to see them at their weekend best with some better lighting, but we’ll correct that in the future. The rest of you know I love the effort and appreciate your presence and encouragement as always. Q-drenaline is real. Take a hit.