Boo Boo

QIC: HHH

PAX: Atticus, Heisenberg, Scarecrow, Pheidippides, The Mick, Boo Boo, and HHH.

Small, but mighty crowd. Roads weren’t great, but drivable. A little windy so I moved us to the South Lot. We had plenty of sandbags, so T-Claps to all that brought them. Parking lot on the South Side was much better than the North in terms of icy patches. Here is what I cooked up:

Warm Up
SSH (20 IC)
Perfect Cobra Stretch (10 IC)
Bean Pickers (10 IC)
MNC (10 IC)
Weighted IST (10 IC)
Weighted Hillbillies (10 IC)
Sandbag Burpees (7 OYO)
Burpees (7 OYO)
PARTNER UP P1 Farmer carry plates/P2 carry sandbag to East Lot

The Thang
(3 rounds for each – Down to curbed islands and Back)
SandBag Zercher Carry/AMRAP Coupon Complex
SB or Coupon Suitcase Carry/AMRAP Coupon Swings
SB Bear Hug Carry/AMRAP Coupon Squats
SB Rifle Carry/AMRAP Chest Press
SB or Coupon OH Carry/AMRAP 2-Arm Row (only did 2 rounds because time expired)
Coupon Farmer Carry/AMRAP Sandbag Burpees

Return to Flag. P2 Farmer carry plates/P1 carry sandbag

Mary
N/A

Moleskin
As I prepped for this WOD, I realized I didn’t Q in Feb. Although that probably breaks a streak, it is good to know we have so many guys ready to lead a Q. Hoping to see more from first timers and those that don’t Q often.

Whenever I cook up a good theme, I usually put together a good Q. How do I know it was good? The Mick told me so. He is brutally honest and will tell me when it is not. The Weighted ISTs and Hillbillies might have been stupid, but in my mind I figured it would make them a little harder. I knew timing was going to be an issue, but it’s always better to have more planned. We got all the way through to 2 rounds of the OH sandbag Carry/AMRAP 2-Arm row before time was up. Decided to use this Q today instead of Saturday because I wasn’t sure if we would be able to get enough sandbags for it. I typically never recycle Qs, but this one I will in the summer for a Saturday Beatdown. It was tough. My shoulders are a bit smoked. The zercher carries were the hardest. Glad we did those first.

Expect another ball buster on Saturday, although it won’t be as creative as this Q.

Here is my WOW for the day. I had Chat GPT help, but it did capture my thoughts well. I hope it will resonate with you all. F3 is more than a workout group if you allow it to be.

Brothers, today we carried weight — sandbags, rucks, kettlebells — all kinds of burdens. But the truth is, every man here walked into this gloom already carrying something heavier than any coupon.
Some of us are carrying the weight of work stress, family struggles, failures we don’t talk about, or fears we hide. Some of us are carrying responsibilities so heavy, we’re not sure how much longer we can hold them.

But here’s the truth: We were never meant to carry alone.
In Galatians 6:2, we’re told to “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.” That’s what this is — F3 is a place where you don’t just work out, you work through — shoulder to shoulder, burden to burden.

But even more than that, we’re invited to hand over our heaviest loads to the One who carried the cross. Matthew 11:28-30 says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
So today, I challenge you — don’t just carry on because you’re tough enough. Carry on because you’re not alone. Carry on because the weight you bear today becomes the strength you offer to the next man who stumbles. Carry on because God Himself walks beside you, and when your strength fails, His does not.

Keep calm and carry on — together.

SYITG,
HHH