Author: Chaplain

  • Alone with my Morning Wood

    With ideal running conditions- completed the paved nature trail, then back to the flag. Spent some time contemplating the meaning of life. First solo F3 post!

  • Dig Deep(er)

    The meticulously manicured lawns of Huguenot High School were the ideal setting for another amazing edition of the FORGE. 8 HIM’s were up for the challenge on this fine morning. A brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the lower parking lot for Warm up:

    Imperial Walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Hip Flexor Stretches, Alabama Prom Dates, Hand Release Merkins, Arm Circles, Butt Kicks across parking lot, High knees, Squatting side shuffles (x2), Walking Helicopters.

    Tooth Fairies up the staircase, then mosey to the top of Mt. Chaplain for Exercise One: 75 WWII sit ups. Stop when the first person is finished (Rosie).

    to the Amphitheater for Exercise Two: Triple Double Team Check
    Team One: Chicken Peckers on the wall
    Team Two: Side Wall Hoppers up, then run back and around the staircase.
    Rotate through 3 rounds.

    Mosey through Snuff’s gate to the football field for Exercise Three:
    10 x 100 yard sprints with 15 second rest in between. Bonus 11th sprint at the end.

    Lt. Dan’s back down the length of the football field.

    Exercise Four: 50 Hand Release Merkins.

    Back to the flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    DTH took us out

    Final thoughts: Strong work by all today. Great to see Lumbergh back out – he had an extra gear on a couple of the sprints! Digging Deep is a common cliche used in a variety of sports settings. But there is some truth – can be applied to F3 workouts, or life in general.

    “Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’ The answer is usually, ‘Yes”.
    Paul Tergat


  • Back in the Day

    Repost! We ran and enjoyed some of Rosie’s stories.

  • Hey Hey, My My…..

    Rock and Roll will never die. 9 strong gathered for another epic beatdown at Rockwood Park. A brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Warm-Up on the basketball court: Imperial Walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Helicopters, Suzanne Somers, Plank Jacks, Alabama Prom Dates, Mummy Kicks, LBC’s.
    -and- Across the basketball court: Lunge Walks, Lt. Dans, Bernie Sanders, Mummy Bernies, Karoake, x2, Forward Straddle Hops, Broad Jumps.

    Exercise One: Apple Turnover – extended version. Alternate between crab walk and bear crawl – every 3 parking spaces or so. We covered the large parking lot, across the road and through the smaller lot.

    Exercise Two: Partner Up for the following:
    Booyah Merkins x 20
    Hillbilly Leg Tosses x 10 (3 count)
    Partner Single Leg Squats x 20
    Hop over Burpees (??) – to the fence
    Partner Pull-ups – x 10

    Mosey back to the parking lot for Exercise Three:
    Indigenous People’s Run – man in back does 10 side straddle hops. We worked our way around the park and stopped at 3 stations for the following:
    1. 25 WWII’s, 25 flutter kicks, 25 heels to heaven, 25 LBC’s
    2. 20 burpees, 20 dips, 20 plank jacks, 20 hitchhiker merkins
    3. 50 jump squats, 50 lunges, 50 calf raises, 50 meter sprint to the staircase.

    Exercise 4: Clockwork Merkins on the hill.
    -roll down the hill and bear crawl up CSAUP style. Then back to the flag.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements

    YHC took us out.

    Final thoughts: Strong work by all today! Much respect to Doublemint who posted and assumed the duty of clean up and recruiting coordinator. An unnamed PAX spilled some Merlot on the final sprint, which was a great badge of honor for YHC. Enjoyed some 2nd F at Starbucks!

    Out of the blue and into the black

    You pay for this, but they give you that

    And once you’re gone, you can’t come back

    When you’re out of the blue and into the black.

  • The WOD is not Hard Enough

    6 strong gathered in the gloom of Bettie Weaver Elementary to honor a fallen F3 brother. Nervous mumblechatter and a just a touch of humidity filled the air as we all knew what was to come. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the basketball court for warmarama: Arm Circles, Helicopters, Ukranian Soldiers, Dead Man Hang, Hip Flexor Stretches, Wilson/Fudd’s wife, High knees, Butt Kicks, Karaoke x 2, Shoulder Stretches.

    The Workout:

    5 rounds of the following:
    10 pull ups, 20 V sit-ups, 30 Merkins, 40 yd Broad Jump Burpees, 50 yd sprint, 1/2 mile run.

    Back to the flag for Numbers, Names, Announcements, etc.

    Boberry took us out.

    Final thoughts: That was a tough one! I think we all finished 4 full rounds, with Doozy getting further into the 5th. Towards the end of the workout, Rosie noted that our broad jump burpees were actually about 55 meters. That’s just how we roll down here South of the James. Of course, YHC may have compensated with an embarrassingly slow final sprint. Prayers for Treehugger, the F3 Lehigh Valley member who recently lost his life. Also for Florence, who had to bail at the last minute due to COVID in the house.

    Great work fellas! Enjoy the weekend

  • The PAX were up for the Challenge

    Kicking the weekend off in style, 8 SOJ studs got together for the latest edition of Rock N Roll. We pushed ourselves through a tough upper body workout; and had a good time doing so. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the tennis courts for Warmarama:
    Ukranian Soldiers, Helicopters, Apple Bottom Poppers, Alabama Prom Dates, Plank Jacks, Suzanne Somers, Monkey Love Makers, Lunge Walk, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Mummy Bernie Sanders.

    Throughout the workout we took on 4 challenges.
    Challenge One was 50 burpees. Keep going until the first person is finished.

    Mosey to the Kubota Coupon Pile for Exercise One:
    Team One runs up the road a piece, while team two does exercises with cinderblocks. Then switch.
    Exercise were: Bench Press, LBC’s with Cinder, Squats while holding Cinderblock overhead.

    Mosey across the street for Challenge Two: 75 jump squats.

    To the side parking lot for Exercise Two: Frankenstein Exercise Mash-ups:

    PAX travel across the parking lot.
    Round One: Carolina Crab Rolls – crab walk x 5, roll over and Carolina Dry Dock x5, rinse and repeat.
    Round Two: Super Mario’s – Mario Jumps x 5, down for Superman x 5.
    Round Three: Crawl Bear goes to Heaven: Crawl bear x 5, roll back into Heals to Heaven x 5.

    Challenge 3: 100 Merkins.

    Mosey back to the Flag for Challenge 4: 200 LBC’s.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements (see Slack)

    CoPay took us out with some powerful words.

    Final Thoughts: Strong work by all today! A couple of those challenges were no joke. Ultimate goal was to test ourselves and see if we can push through adversity. When Hardywood is around, you know that mumblechatter is going to be strong. Great to see CoPay becoming a regular – I too was surprised that he is 60! Well done sir. Also shout out to Snuff for pushing through post-Covid.

    It was a great honor to lead!

  • Rockwood Chainsaw Massacre

    The Morning Wood crew is always up for an adventure and exploring new areas. This morning, Florence led us down a newly discovered trail that runs along the park’s boundary. Unfortunately, it appeared to actually be the driveway to a cannibalistic hillbilly compound. Realizing our mistake, we high tailed it back to the safety of the park. Cruised past the lake on the nature trail, then back to the flag. A good time was had by all.

  • There’s Some Hills ‘Round These Parts

    6 Southsiders and 1 Traveler from the West Coast UNITED at Twin Team for another epic adventure. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the basketball area for Warm up:
    Ukranian Soldiers, Suzanne Somers (one side only), Arm Circles, Mummy Kicks, Alabama Prom Dates, Hand Release Merkins, Mario Jumps, Butt Kicks.

    Back to the flag for coupon retrieval and Exercise One:

    6 Exercises plus a runner.

    Runner does a lap around Bettie Weaver. Others complete the following for the duration: Sumo Squats w/Kettlebell, Tricep Extension w/dumbbell, Shoulder press w/dumbbell, Lawnmower pulls with Kettle, WWII sit-ups with medicine ball, Balls to the Wall. We rotated until everyone had done each leg.

    Mosey to Twin Team Hill for Exercise Two: On the way up, 10 flutter kicks (2 count) at the first mailbox. Add two to each additional mailbox. On the way down, same pattern but plank jacks.

    Suzanne Somers on the other side.

    Jumping Herpees to the end of the road, jog back. Lunge walk then mosey back to the flag.

    Final thoughts: It was a great honor to welcome Chef Boyardee who is part of F3 Sacramento. Apparently that part of California may be less humid with minimal hills. Strong work by all today! A school employee walked past me as I was doing Balls to the Wall – only thing I could think to say was “just hanging out.”

  • We Earned that Coffee

    YHC left the jorts on the shelf and headed north to WDog for the first time. 3 proverbial F3 all-stars were waiting and ready to put in some work. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the Carillion field, stopping along the way for 20 pole smokers.

    Warm-Up: Walking Ukranian Soldiers, Walking Arm Circles, Walking Helicopters, Hoppin’ Hillbillies, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Karaoke (x2), Merkins, Alabama Prom Dates.

    Mosey towards Love Hill – on the way, Exercise One: Lt. Dan’s – extended version.

    At bottom of the Hill, Exercise Two: Indigenous People’s style Bear Crawl. Man in back does 10 WWII sit-ups, then runs to the front.

    Back towards the amphitheater, stopping for Exercise Three: Curb plank walk up the hill.

    At the Amphitheater, Exercise Four: OYO – Box jump up, 20 dips at top, run down, 20 hand release Merkins. Repeat until Q calls time.

    Mosey back to the parking lot for Exercise Five: Man Harmers. 10 side straddle hops, forward straddle hop to the road, 20 side straddle hops, forward straddle hop back. Repeat up to 70.

    Striders x 4, then back to the flag.

    Names/Numbers/Announcements

    Oyster took us out.

    Final Thoughts: Not sure if this is a normal thing, but WDog offers some great hospitality. Hitchhiker broke out a propane stove and made us some Korean coffee post-workout. Thoroughly enjoyed getting out here for the first time and having the opportunity to lead. Special shoutout to Shiplap for his gloveless bear crawl. Great work today, fellas!

  • The Pre-Party

    With House Party’s VQ and the Bee Festival about to go down, the atmosphere was electric. 3 runnners hit the trails going counterclockwise around Rockwood Park. Lots of college sports discussion, including some optimism from Florence about his beloved Criminoles. A good time was had by all.