Author: crabgrass

  • Nightmare Before Christmas

    15 HIMs came out to make some room on the waistline to enjoy some delicious and moist cookies…according to the random pile of cinder blocks we found deep in The Alamo, here’s what happened:

    PAX mentioned they were cold, so YHC kept things moving. Mosey to the playground and instead of circling up, we lined up for warmarama. SSH then high knees to next mailbox, Imperial Walkers then butt kickers to next mailbox, etc. Rotate to end of street.

    Merkin alley. Ascending Merlin’s every driveway to 5, then descending to the end.

    oh what’s this, a pile a cinder blocks? Don’t mind if I do. Partner up for MOUNT DORA. Fun little nugget of a hill tucked away in a far away corner of the neighborhood. 100 merkins, 200 curls, 300 mountain climbers, 200 overhead press, 100 squats. Runner to top of hill and back.

    ascending firecrackers back on the road, followed by copperhead squats + high knees/butt kickers and mosey BTTF. Round of Merlin’s to close us out.

    Announcements, prayers, and a round of bourbon for all.

  • SOJ Monthly Ruck

    3 HIMs braved the cold weather this week and met at Midlothian Middle School for this month’s ruck meetup (first Tuesday of every month, details posted in Slack).

    YHC lead the way, heading South from the school, looping around the new Library and into the Midlo Mines back entrance.
    completed the trail, headed across the street and around the lake. Reminiscing about Fandango’s apartment living, we hung a right at the cemetery and made our way BTTF.

    Chilly morning but wind was minimal and it was a great day to be outside. Coffee afterwards hit the spot.

  • is this a running AO?

    6 intrepid HIMs put on their running shoes and came out for the annual Satans Hill 5k “Hell on the Hill” run. Was that the plan? No, no it wasn’t, but that’s what fate decided.

    Warmaram kept our feet on the ground and butts off the cold pavement today. Series of SOJ favorites

    COT 1: go to entrance of New Market. Game plan was to run to first manhole cover, do 25 firecrackers and run back to the start. Next run to second manhole cover, do 50 Merkins and run back. 3rd manhole cover= 75 monkey humpers, 4th manhole cover = 100 double count mountain climbers

    first cover was over halfway up the hill. 3rd and 4th were well beyond the top of the hill. A warning was issued so the PAX remained in good spirits.

    COT 2: rock pile for triple check – curls, overhead, runner to entrance and back

    COT 3: Dora – 50 Merkins, 100 squats, 150 jump squats.

    announcements and circle up. Great work today everyone, YHC clocked us at almost to 3 miles

  • AMRAP-EMOM

    Day before Thanksgiving, frost on the windshield, Let’s Go!

    8 HIMs came out of the gloom at Mag Green this morning, ready to shed some layers once they warmed up a little. YHC felt compelled to deliver. Warmup run around the parking lot, some key stretches to loosen up, and away we go.

    AMRAP – Sandbag thrusters/LBCs/Banded Merkins: rotate through each exercise, 45 seconds as many reps as possible, 30 break in between reps. Finish each round with a run around the parking lot. 3 rounds total.

    EMOM – 1x SSH/1x Squat/1x Merkin, run to end of parking lot and back. Each round add one rep (2x SSH/2x Squat/2x Merkin, etc). Awesome job Futon and Dumar for hitting 20x!

    Run around parking lot to finish things up.

    Announcements – 11/28 Thanksgiving Convergence, 11/30 Bridge, 12/16 Alamo split (Bootcamp or 5k Tacky Light Run through RounTrey), 12/17 Rosie 12 days of Christmas – sign up on Slack for Secret Santa.

    YHC took us out in prayer. Safe travels for everyone, and take some time to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for.

  • Coupons and 11’s: Breakfast of Champions (Crabgrass version)

    13 HIMs emerged from the weekend gloom to re-live a workout from 8 months ago. According to the morning walkers and their lit up dogs, here’s what went down.

    Warmarama – 100 exercises to get the blood flowing, 10 each – SSH, imperial walkers, copperhead squats, arm circles big and small, don quixote, helicopters, merkins, LBC, heels to heaven

    11’s – Tennis court to dumpster. hand release merkins to jump squats

    Mosey to other side for some coupon love. 100 merkins, 200 overhead press, 300 chest press. Marker lunge to tree and bernie back.

    Mosey to clubhouse for triple check. LBC, American Hammers, runner to stop sign and back.

    Circle up for ring of fire merkin style, plus a few extra for Merkin November stat padding.

    Circle up for announcements – chili cook-off @Alamo 11/24 3-6pm, Bridge 11/30. Prayer requests continued healing for Dumar’s Dad.

    Today was a milestone for YHC as I hit my 100th workout since joining F3 in March. The impact this has had on me has been immeasurable. I knew I needed to do something to change the course I was on but like most, I failed to find the motivation to do it. For months I made excuses and put off putting in work until one day Yeehaw texted me and asked me to come to a workout. I didn’t question it or make an excuse, I just said OK knowing very well it was going to be a tough morning. Halfway through doing 20 SSH’s, I was gassed and out of breath but instead of that being a deterrent, it lit a fire and has served as my motivation. 8 months later, I am down 55 pounds, I’ve developed strong bonds with many in the Pax, and I can see in each of the three F’s where I have made gains in my life. Thank you to everyone for the support along the way, and to Yeehaw for sending me that text. Invite an FNG out, you never know what impact it could have on them.

    On to the next 100 – see you in the gloom!

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    3 HIMs awoke to a full moon and meandered to the stop sign. Attendance was impacted by HIMs staying up past their bedtime to watch the legend himself stay up past midnight and survive 8 rounds in the ring. The show must go on!

    went our usual route over to the gas station, played frogger across the street and hit the hills. Structured the route to avoid Rudy’s tree and made our way over the hills and back to the start. 4 miles in 67 minutes.

    we discussed Tarantinos genius, Dave Mishevitz’s illustrious career, and the joys of fatherhood.

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    6 HIMs came out for a lovely jaunt throughout RounTrey. According to the stars on a clear morning this is what happened.

    Meet st the stop sign, no sign of Fandango so we swing by his house. Discussions about revving our engines occurred but we carried on through the new section, up Enmore and around to McGruffs house. Circling back we swung by the reservoir and took advantage of daylight savings.

    Discussions centered on the Commanders running the East despite our token Eagles fan objections. It’s good to get the group together and share coffee, conversation, and exercise

  • Ruck with a side of fog

    7 HIMs embraced the gloom for our monthly ruck (first Tuesday of each month). According to Michael Myers, here’s what took place…

    Trail head starts in Foxcroft and cuts down by the reservoir for 3/4 of a mile, and the pax was met with a nice hill to get the blood going. Few loops throughout the neighborhood, ending with one of the more serious hills in SOJ.

    caught our breath and back into the woods. Just under 3 miles of cutting through the fog. James and numbers, then off to Starbucks (the other one Swoop) for some quality 2nd F.

  • Beast Mode Monday

    9 HIMs needed to shake off the cobwebs from a weekend full of Halloween spirit, so YHC came with a beast mode Q for this chillier than normal 70° morning. According to the pumpkins, here’s what went down.

    Mosey to end of street and back, circle up by tennis courts and jumped into the warmorama. Cookie let out a battle cry during the stretches and got the crowd going.

    The Thang

    Beast in the parking lot, making 6 stops along the back-and-forth. Round 1 – firecrackers, Round 2 – squats, Round 3 – heels to heaven, Round 4 – Copperhead + Imperial Walkers, Round 5 – mountain climbers (double count for Cookie), Round 6 – jump squats.

    Up to clubhouse for a Triple Check – runner up the hill, squats, heels to heaven

    Indigenous run to end of street, person in back drops at each pumpkin and does 5 squats.

    Circle up for a squat-o-rama that turned into a merkin-o-rama that turned into a stretch sess. One eager HIM called for 10 burpees, but with only 8 seconds left on the clock, his dream was cut short.

    Announcements – Daddy Daughter Dance, VQ week starts on Friday with Satan’s Hill. Prayer Requests – Dumars Dad and family friend, Crabgrass mother-in-law recovering from surgery.

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    The Hunt For Red Octagon led 5 HIMs to gather at the stop sign at 0530 with weight on their back and coffee in their hands. Off we went. Heist brought some energy this morning and set the pace out the gates. Discussions on fantasy football, the proper placement of a front door on a house, and if we should adopt a battlecry by saying three FFFs in succession (yes).

    moving and grooving this morning. Good to get out with the group as always.