Author: Beaver

  • Get the Corners

    3 grizzled Gladiators embarked on a journey this gloomy! Discussions included: Gladiator 2, the perks of having kids, cheeseburgers, what keeps customers coming back, showering, the pyramids, ancient roads outperform US roads of today, cheap products create more consumerism, Ukrainian friendships, the perks of having kids…

    YHC had to get downrange for work ASAP but we were able to get in about 2.5 miles of Ruck this morning.

  • When I Ruck, You Ruck, We Ruck

    Late post for Saturday mornings pre bootcamp 3 mile ruck around the park. Good conversations as 4 of us land lovers had a good weighted trek.

  • Yea, Lloyd it’s the Rockies

    2 Aspen-bound beef cakes saddle up for a cool and wet gloom for an upper body beatdown!

    Mosey to the Octagon
    Warmarama – Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Big and slow arm circles and reverso, Tony Hortons Squeezers, Chinooks.
    Mosey to the outdoor gym.

    369’s

    3 pull ups, 6 bench dips, 9 merkins – 5 sets. Mosey quarter mile. Repeat 4x’s. Total of 1.5 miles of Mosey.

    Quick close out.

    Have a great and safe week everyone!

  • [NewKent]Freaky Friday & Falling Stars!

    Or was it a drone??? Friday the 13th brought 4 freaky deekie Dutchmen out of their fart sacks and into the frosty gloom for a frigid beatdown! Wildwood catches a falling star and YHC heard on a recent F3 podcast of some men having a drink or two pre workout to get them going, which we might entertain for a NYE workout, if not we’ll just stick to our regularly scheduled beatdown.


    Weird Warmarama!

    Quick step mosey to the western octagon for – Tie Fighters IC, DQ’s IC, SSH’s IC, 10 Burpee Late Penalty, Cherry Pickers IC, Ukrainian Soldiers IC, WW2’s IC. Mosey to the truck to pick up some coupons to carry over to the Gritty, Gritty, Grid Iron to use only as markers.

    The Alpha!

    Beavers version of The Beast. Instead of 6 reps per 6 sets, in 6 rounds, The Aplha is 7 reps per 7 sets in 7 rounds. After the 4th set MOT is Bernie’s.

    • Perfect Merkins
    • Little Baby Obliques – L&R
    • Bonnie Blair’s 2ct
    • Seal Merkins
    • Plank Jacks
    • WW2’s
    • Merkin Mix Up – your choice, can’t be the same.

    Pick up the coupons for some Coupon Mary -WW3’s OYO, YHC tapped out first. Incline Merkins and F3 Mission, Credo and Core Principles to finish it up!

    Numbers and Namarama. YHC closed us out. Happy Birthday to Swisher Sweets, he turned 38 going on 35.

  • [NewKent]Shadow Hammers

    4 East Enders rallied up at the flag with a little extra fuel in the tank and guns a blazing this gloom!
    At one point Yukon couldn’t help but notice Wildwoods shadow on the ground and what looked like he was packing something extra this morning which ended up with all of us standing in the same direction against the light to cast similar shadows.


    Warmarama!!! – Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Hill Billy Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Wilson and Fudds Wife, Knee Knockers.

    The Motivator! Boiled Down 220 SSH’s in total

    Catch Me Dora – Partner Up.

    • 100 Merkins
    • 200 Skull Crushers
    • 300 SSH

    11’s

    American Hammers – Run the short parking lot- Sphinx Merkins

    OYO – 2 rounds – 25 LBO’s, 20 Dips. 3rd round for extra credit.

    Numbers, Namarama, Announcements and Prayer Requests.

    Beaver closed us out in prayer

  • [Chapel Hill][The Vortex]BDay Beatdown

    Awesome 49th birthday beatdown. A lot of leg blasting went down! Even got a new workout to bring back to the RVA crew. Time to get some balls!!! Tennis balls.

  • Rucking around the Christmas Tree

    We got word that there was some theft going on yesterday afternoon at the park so, we’re rucking and neighborhood watching for the community now.

    we got just shy of a 3 mile ruck in this morning for some extra credit. Bring on the warm weather!

  • Frosty Bermuda & Facial Hair

    The cold weather hit incredibly hard this gloom as YHC struggled keeping his breath while counting cadence during Warmarama. We all had frost collecting on our beards and stashes, even Guppy and Boat Snack had frost growing on their faces as they threw around the coupons on the winter Bermuda. No slowing down this morning, gotta stay warm!

    Warmarama

    • Helicopters
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Merkins
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • LBC’s
    • Tie Fighters

    The Thang!

    • Catch Me Dora – Team Up – 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC’s. MOT- Run football field sideline to sideline.
    • Grip, Rip and Roll – PAX begins at sideline in seated position, coupon at side.  Move coupon to opposite hip, rotate into incline merkin, rotate back to seated position on the ground and repeat.  Switch side half way through field.
    • Bear Crawl Coupon Pull Throughs – back to the other side of the field.
    • Run a lap around the football field.
    • 11’s – Imperial Blockers (2 ct) run across field for WW2’s
    • Coupon Curls across the field and back with F3 Core Principals, Credo and Mission to finish it up!

    We had a new comer this morning, Guppy’s little sister came out. She goes by HayHay, so we nicknamed her Boat Snack! Welcome Boat Snack! With all the daughters coming out on Saturdays, they Amy start an F4 group at some point!

    Numbers and Names, Announcements and Prayer Requests. Yukon took us out in prayer!

  • Plant & Grow Small Men!

    A title fitting for team Cheaver as Choo Choo takes a swing at the F3 Mission, we couldn’t help but get a good chuckle! 3 HIMs rose from the warmth of their fart sacks this gloom to get jiggy with some F3 bootcamp routines, Here’s the deets!

    Mosey the trail around the north soccer field and circle up at the west octagon for Warmarama!

    • Cherry Pickers IC
    • DQ’s IC
    • Ukrainian Soldiers IC
    • Plank Jacks IC
    • Shoulder Taps IC
    • WW2’s IC
    • Roscoe’s Wife
    • Knee Knockers
    • Wilson’s/Fudd’s Wife

    Mosey to snack shack for no forgiveness!

    • Triple Check •. PAX 1(timer) bear crawls to rock pit at left field and back. PAX 2 • Bench Jumps, PAX 3 • Incline Merkins at the picnic tables.

    Mosey to the gridiron

    4 Corners – 3 Laps

    • 10 Jump Squats
    • 20 Star Crunch
    • 30 LBC’s
    • 40 Nancy Kerigans

    Lunge across football sideline to sideline while covering F3 Core Principals, Mission, and Credo.

    COT

    Announcements and Prayer Requests. YHC took us out in prayer. Prayers for Asheville NC area that the lord give them strength and use this time to unify and galvanize in these trying times. Praying for Bubbles back as he approaches MRI.

  • Silver and Gold!

    It was great to have Yukon Cornelius back in the line up from his travels to Indiana over the past week! He joined up with YHC and Choo Choo this gloom for a little beat down time.

    Warmarma – Mosey to the snack building

    • Cherry Pickers
    • SSH
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Merkins
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • American Hammers
    • Star Crunch

    The Thang!

    Walls of Jericho – PAX calls a workout for the other PAX to do while he runs a lap around the building. 7 rounds.

    Mosey to the playground

    PAX curb crawls around the playground while individual PAX takes a turn doing 5 Pull-ups and 5 torture swings – 3 rounds.

    Mosey to parking lot to Plank for F3 Mission, 5 Core Principals and credo.

    COT

    Announcements, Prayer Requests – Prayer for Bubbles and his back, MRI coming up soon.

    Yukon took us out with a good ol prayer! Amen!

    Ruck at The Lumberyard tomorrow morning 5:30 AM