Author: Dr Tryhard

  • Back up to 50, sometimes 110

    A handsome six pack of ruck brothers assembled in the frigid gloom to tackle at least a few miles under extra weight. YHC had challenged the PAX to pack an extra 10 pounds today, which brought YHC up to 50 pounds – feelin’ like Growruck all over again! Then we also shared Sandy (60# sandbag) for the duration of the ruck. The GTE vets all agreed anything is possible (and better) than when we bear crawled downhill with 50+ pound packs on board. Appreciated the warm conversation on a cold morning – and TSG learned something new! (See picture) Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Rockin out MABA Tabata

    A 12-pack of Bud on ice? No. A perfect bakers dozen of jelly-filled donuts? No. This morning the Forge locked and loaded a magazine of 12 full metal jacket heroes and Rambo blazed the start of MABA Day 2 with the following badassery:

    The THANG: 

    ***1 minute prior to start, PAX given the game plan for 100 BURPEE TABATA = 1 minute to complete x10 Burpees, timer going off every 5min during the 45min beatdown for a total of 100 burpees. Classic Rock ON, Let’s GO!!!

    0530 Strikes —> 1st set of 10 Burpees

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Some usual IC Reps

    COP #1: 

    • LIGHT POLE ALLEY
    • Partner up, with buddy reps at each light pole to the cul de sac (x14 poles)
    • Rotate between x5 Booyah Merkins, x5 Buddy WWII’s, and x10 PLT’s (each)

    COP #2:

    • PLANKORAMA REVIEW
    • F3 Mission, Credo, 5CP’s
    • CIRCLE OF FIRE – Merkin Variety led by individual PAX all around the circle

    COP #3:

    • CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
    • Partner 1 Bernie’s while P2 completes x10 Monkey Humpers then sprints to switch, end at the handicap ramp

    COP #4:

    • THE HANDICAPPING RAMP 
    • Bear Crawl half way
    • Lunge walk the other half to the gate

    Mosey BTTF via Bernie Love Hill

    COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • DTH requested prayer for some folks in his Church small group taking a stand this month against the darkness – addiction, suicide, homelessness, anger, etc.
    • Also requested prayer for upcoming missions trip to PNG

    NMS:  After the Convergence MABA Day 1, YHC felt completely wiped out, and was a little surprised yesterday to see “DTH” signed up for the Forge. This, my brothers, is the power of accountability at work. Sign up ahead of time, and no matter how much you’re temped to fartsack, guys are depending on you to lead. All the PAX were encouraged this morning to sign up on the Q sheet. AWESOME work put in by the PAX to conquer Day 2 of “Make America Burpee Again.” It is truly SO much easier to get back up when you have awesome brothers on either side of you. Speaking of awesome brothers, WELCOME BACK to Fresh Prince!!! New year, new you! Excited to see what 2025 brings to this awesome group of men. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • MABA JANUARY CHALLENGE = 100 Burpees per Day x31 days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8mbKXzRZw
    • DRY JANUARY – abstain from your usual indulgences this month! 
    • 1/7 – SOJ SLT 7pm, followed by 2nd F
    • 1/11 at Dogpile – SPIT 40th Bday + 500th Q
    • Ongoing opportunities (details on Slack): Breaking Bread, The Bridge, SOJ OTB monthly Ruck
    • FEB CSAUP – Frozen Triangle

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    34 F3RVA gloom warriors shook off the midnight revelries and launched into 2025 with a beatdown for the ages. Here’s how these HIM’s conquered the DRP:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the amphitheater and spread out on the steps
    • YHC provides a brief Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A smattering of usual DTH reps IC, and of course 25 was a theme for this morning given our new year of 2025
    • Count off into groups of 3 – Gomer taking the 1’s, Gypsy the 2’s, and DTH the 3’s

    GOMER PYLE ON Q FOR GROUP #1

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to Rusty cage
    • 11s: Pull-ups & squats at the fire hydrant

    COP #2:

    • Jerkins – 3 sets of 8

    COP #3: 

    • Mosey to Carillon steps
    • Triple check – merkins and WW2’s

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to the Dell
    • Descending dips, Ascending incline merkins, Flutter kicks for the six. 

    COP #5:

    • Mosey back near the flag for Mary in cadence – 15x Dollys, Rosalita, Box cutters

    GYPSY ON Q FOR GROUP #2

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to Pump House, stopping at each light post along the way for 10 Merkins

    COP #2:

    • Triple check at Pump House bike path. Pax ran loop, and the other two did LBCs and Squats. Run to Rugby and Pump House road stopping at each light post for 10 Merkins. 

    COP #3:

    • SEVENS up Pump House road with Squats and WW2

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to Carillon lawn
    • Run out 25% of lawn do 25 Merkins back to start. Out 50% do 25 Merkins. Out 75% do 25 Merkins. Out 100% do 25 Merkins. 

    BTTF:

    • Mary for a few minutes
    • Total of 3 miles distance covered!

    DTH ON Q FOR GROUP #3

    COP #1: 

    • TRIPLE NICKLE in the Amphitheater 
    • x5 Burpees at the bottom
    • Box Jump to the top
    • x5 V-ups at the top
    • Box jump back down
    • x5 Rounds (=25 burpees!)

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to Carillon Field
    • Toss the Q to BEAVER
    • TRIPLE CHECK
    • P1 – runs length of field and back
    • P2 – perfect merkins (no cheat merkins)
    • P3 – American Hammers

    COP #3:

    • DTH back on Q
    • Stay on the C-field for a DIRTY MCDEUCE
    • Run the length of the field, stopping at each quarter to complete x12 reps of the following: Carolina Dry Docks, Lt Dan’s, & WWII’s
    • BONUS – also complete x5 Burpees at the start and at each quarter to the end (=25 burpees!)
    • ABC’s for the SIX

    COP #4:

    • Bernie Sanders to the Carillon Steps
    • TRIPLE NICKLE #2
    • x5 Burpees at the Bottom
    • Bear Crawl to the top of the steps
    • x5 Donkey Kicks at the Top
    • Total of another 25 burpees!
    • Those awaiting the SIX invited to start their last set of 25 burpees

    Mosey BTTF:

    • En Route stop and do a few more reps IC while the last few PAX complete their remaining burpees = TOTAL OF 100 BURPEES FOR THE MORNING! 
    • Rendezvous with the other two groups at the flag, joining some Heels to Heaven led by Gypsy

    COT:

    • Counterama # 34
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Please lift up GYPSY today as he was experiencing some heart issues this morning during the workout
    • Keep Gomer, Pigskin, and DTH in prayer as they’re gearing up for international missions work.
    • GP and Pigskin to Honduras – https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2025mmtsupport/team/975676/
    • DTH and his family to Papua New Guinea – www.hendersonsinmissions.blogspot.com 

    NMS:  Fantastic group of brothers to celebrate the new year with this morning. Missed a lot of the regulars out of town for the holiday but we know you were there with us in spirit! Grateful to Gomer and Gypsy each taking a third so we could provide the PAX with more intimate groups (no DRTF here!), and YHC appreciated Beaver taking a lead in Group 3 for one of our COP’s. TClaps to Group 3 crushing 100 burpees as part of their ground and pound sweatfest. Anytime Sippy Cup compliments a workout you can feel good it was truly brutal. Thx for leading from the front with awesome form Sip! Also shout out to the guys who cane out for Coffeerama at Libby Market. Always good catching up. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • MABA JANUARY CHALLENGE = 100 Burpees per Day! (Group #3 today already on track!) Feel free to MODIFY to do this with other kinds of reps, but let’s get after it!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8mbKXzRZw
    • DRY JANUARY – doesn’t have to be alcohol but take the challenge to abstain from a usual indulgence for the month of exercising self-denial and seeking direction for the new year. 
    • 1/4 at Dogpile – SWIRLY 10-Year?!? (Mentioned in COT but not yet on Q sheet?)
    • 1/11 at Dogpile – SPIT 40th Bday + 500th Q
    • BREAKING BREAD – signup with a brother PAX 
    • CSAUP – Frozen Triangle – ?Feb – TBD
    • Oyster wants you to start training now for the Pickleball Tournament somewhere in the distant future

  • Rockin Around the Sweatfest Tree

    11 southern studs embraced the frozen tundra of NoToll, all pumped up for the Christmas musical beatdown promised by the good doctor. Here’s how these fine brothers wrapped the best kind of Christmas gift: 

    The THANG:  Mosey over to the big parking lot, provide a brief welcome and disclaimer while Q’ing up the first song. After each song, run to the next stop (the PAX unwittingly outlining a Garmin map picture).

    1. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (2:07) – SSH’s to the beat, and a Burpee for every “Christmas”
    2. Jingle Bell Rock (2:11) – Mtn Climbers to the beat, Merkins for every “Jingle”
    3. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2:32) – Flutters to the beat, WWII for every “Wonderful”
    4. This Christmas (3:52) – Squats to the beat, Burpees for every “This Christmas”
    5. Here Comes Santa Claus (2:30) – Shoulder Taps to the beat, and a Groiner for every “Santa Clause”
    6. You’re a mean one, Mr Grinch (2:57) – V-ups alternated with Supermans to the beat, switching (rolling) with each “Mr Grinch”
    7. A Holly Jolly Christmas (2:16) – Monkey Humpers to the beat, with a Monkey Roll for every “Holly Jolly Christmas”
    8. Run Rudolf Run (2:45) – SSH’s to the beat, with a Lt Dan for every “Run Run Rudolf”
    9. Last Christmas (4:23) – variable movements for each of the 4 loops of the gift box ribbon bow – Bear Crawl, Lunge, Crab, Broadjump

    Mosey BTTF and do a minute of Nancy Kerrigans to close out the 45min funtastic frozen sweatfest

    COT:

    • Counterama # 11
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Machismo shared about a neighbor who recently had a heart attack playing pickup football, and also mentioned SwipeRight (only ever posted once) who’s a couple years out from a heart attack. The reminder is that none of us can guarantee tomorrow – that every day we may be writing the last lines of our legacy. Let’s make each day count! 

    NMS:  Awesome to have solid numbers out for a fun holiday music beatdown. The workout pattern outlined a Christmas Gift complete with ribbon and bow on top, though we clearly didn’t make our bow loops big enough. But extending those loops any bigger may have killed one of us.  Tough to have much mumble chatter getting through all 9 Christmas hits, but awesome coffeerama at Starbucks after! Heart is full, thank you brothers, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • DETAILS TBD FOR JAN 1 CONVERGENCE – stay tuned on Slack 

  • Gorilla Escapades

    Nine holiday-spirited ruck lovers followed a new route out of Rockwood, across Hull St, and around the quiet neighborhood streets of Mayfair Estates, covering a total of 3.08 miles. Weather reported 30 degrees, but it was 70 and sunny in these gloom lovers hearts. The Mumble Chatter was rich (ask Hardywood to share about his gorilla escapades), nearly everyone had a turn shouldering Sandy (the 60 pound sandbag), and no man was left behind. Oh, and Mudslide and Big Rig did some brotastic laps around the area.

    Prayers for Doublemint’s mom facing terminal cancer, and peace and wisdom for Dmint and his family in the process. God shines most brightly through us when we bear witness to His Love while walking through a  dark season. Keep the birth of Christ and the reason for His coming at the center – God loves YOU!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Christmas Tree 50’s

    Seven lords a leaping accepted the Christmas Tree challenge and completed 1200 reps, some IC, most OYO, following a funky Charlie Brown Christmas Tree pattern courtesy of YHC’s spontaneous (and questionable) creativity. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Yours, DTH

  • fudge packing nut sacks

    Seven gloom warriors got up a little earlier than usual and freshened up with the hottest new holiday cologne, Eau De Tryhard. Here were the highlights and hilarities:

    The THANG:   Welcome back to Rodeo Clown for the ruck portion of our Ruckhenge time together, and nice to have Bromance step up to the plate and join the fun. 0500 hit and PAX did a warm up latecomers loop around the parking lot, returning to the Taco to collect Sandy (60# sandbag). Instructions provided to share Sandy around the PAX for the duration of the ruck – Purple Rain had first honors and made it look light. Marched over to Buford Road Pharmacy and did a brief Welcome, Disclaimer, and x10 Squats IC to “warm-up”. Sable did those squats under 100 pounds total, and his grunts of pleasure made us all feel a little warmer somehow… PAX ambled around some neighborhoods and made it back across to Larus Park for a loop on the trails, getting a total of 3 miles in. Well done all! 

    After COT, Coffeerama at Einstein was packed with humor and deep thoughts. DTH shared a delicious holiday Fudge (thanks to Katniss’s M), and jokes about fudge abounded. Then Rodeo Clown slapped his nut sack down on the table top, ie, he doled out beautifully wrapped baggies of home made Bourbon Espresso Pecans. And then Doublemint regaled us about his serving as a JAG with the National Guard is like being the Shaft of the spear (the tip being the guys going into combat). Sooo you get the picture – fudge packing, nut sacks, and a big shaft… In an effort to discuss the Q Source, Purple Rain shared he had some pillow talk with his M last night reading from the Q Source to his wife. Her reaction was “what propaganda is this?!” The PAX moved on to discuss the topic of Exhortation – concluding that leading by example and investing time listening to someone’s story is what positions you to exhort a brother in love. Awesome time with awesome brothers – heart is full! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Christmas comes early to the Lounge

    The distinguished gentlemen of the TwinTeam Lounge accepted the good doctor’s invitation to a casual holiday get together, honoring Rosie’s return from IR and welcoming Marky Mark who recently moved in next door. Leaving no man behind, here’s how some gifts were enthusiastically unwrapped:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Single mosey loop around the lot incorporating karaoke, and ending with x10 Burpee Broad Jumps to get the blood flowing
    • Circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A smattering of usual DTH reps top to bottom IC

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey over to the front circle and partner up
    • BROMANCE CAROUSEL 
    • P1 starts curb crawling (plank walk with hands up on curb)
    • P2 completes x15 dips then switches with P1
    • Continue alternating until loop complete

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the patch of frozen tundra
    • DYING BOXING COCKROACHES
    • x25 (TWO-count) for each partner
    • Complete x2 rounds

    COP #3:

    • Mosey back around school to BBall courts
    • Discover a circle of Christmas presents waiting to be opened…
    • COUPON CIRCUIT
    • Station 1 – Battle Rope
    • Station 2 – 40# rocksack Sit-n-Press
    • Station 3 – 35# KB Rows
    • Station 4 – 40# rocksack Bench Press
    • Station 5 – 50# KB around the world
    • Station 6 – 60# Sandbag Squats
    • Partners take turns at each station, while one completes Station Reps, the other bear crawls 30 yards and lunges back to switch
    • When all teams complete their Station, teams rotate to the next Station until all six Stations are complete

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Carry the Coupon Presents back to the F3 RVA Taco
    • Circle up for MARY
    • For the random lady putting us in the lime light, x10 Alabama Prom Dates IC
    • x10 Reverse Lunge IC
    • x20 Marionette WWII’s IC
    • x10 Heels to Heaven IC
    • APD’s for the final minute

    COT:

    • Counterama # 10
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Healing up for Rosie & Deep Dish

    NMS:  Lovely band of gloom warriors this morning at TT for a warm WELCOME BACK to my buddy Pat Moore AKA Marky Mark from my church (WEAG) who recently moved into the neighborhood across the street from BWE. He had the painful experience of being partnered up with YHC this morning, which meant he didn’t have the same selective hearing as the rest of the pax. There’s a BIG difference in single count versus two-count when you’re doing DBC’s! There is very little that gets past Last Call and he was quick to speculate on the possibility of Christmas presents awaiting the PAX when he saw the Taco-mobile returning from behind the school before we got started. Well buddy, you may have groaned initially, but the way you took to that 50# KB I’ll be you’ve already put one on your Amazon wish list. Appreciate all you guys coming out to make it perfect numbers! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Monday, 12/16, Woodsman VQ at Alamo
    • Tuesday, 12/16, 12DOC at NoToll
    • Thursday, 12/19, Tin Man VQ at Forge

  • HOPE in the ATL

    YHC had a research conference in Atlanta for a few days and found the “Hope” AO within a few blocks of the hotel. YHC did a little recon Thursday during a break in the conference and ended up having a great conversation sharing a frozen curb alongside a homeless man named “Rich.” As I have found all over the world where I’ve invested time with humanity in the gutter, there’s a story there worth listening to and a soul worth loving.

    Hope AO is self-described as “A partnership between F3 Atlanta and The Atlanta Mission/Shepherd’s Inn. The Shepherd’s Inn is a homeless shelter for men. Hope PAX are a combination of men from inside and outside the shelter. Our “hope” is to make new connections and accelerate!”

    THE THANG: Standard F3 warm-up. 23 degrees & not quite warm at the jump so we started COP #1 with Sweet 16’s (mercans + LBCs). Lap around TSI still hoping some Hope men would join us in the frozen gloom, then for COP #2 we rotated 1 PAX TSI lap while the other PAX warrior lunged through the lot. COP #3 was 3 laps of 4 corners: NW corner burpees, NE corner mercans, SE corner monkey humpers, SW corner Abs. Concluded with some Mary.

    COT:  Good discussion around  joy vs happiness + 2.0’s and the challenges of parenting adults.  Not surprisingly (when 2 or more are gathered), my morning devotional was related to our COT discussion.  I’ll paraphrase and send the link.  Fruit is not developed by striving. Trees don’t strive to produce fruit. It’s intimacy with the Holy Spirit that brings fruit. Therefore, we don’t work on our fruit; we work on our relationship with Him, and fruit comes as a result.  I just finished day 4 of the @YouVersion plan ‘Walk in the Holy Spirit’. Check it out here: http://bible.com/r/588

  • Forever 21 (twice)

    A perfect dozen posted in freezing temps to celebrate the good Doctor’s 42nd trip around the sun. Here’s the secret sauce for how these heroes are remaining forever 21…

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey around the lot and SLAUGHTER START with x10 BroadJump Burpees
    • Head to the BBall Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Many-a-classic DTH IC Reps, many totaling 42, though there was some apparent difficulty counting past whole numbers…

    THE LATINO SHUFFLE:

    • Hold plank while a number of PAX move their vehicles from the center lot so the unexpected Latino Market could set up

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey out to the big lot
    • BRO CODE 4-CORNERS
    • 42 reps at each corner
    • C1 – x42 merkins, plank for the six
    • Bear crawl to C2
    • C2 – x42 jump squats, Helix for the six
    • Bernie up to C3
    • C3 – x42 WWII’s, Crab plank for the six
    • Crab walk to C4
    • C4 – x42 ___ (something)
    • Mosey back around to the truck&flag

    COP #2:

    • IMPLEMENTS OF WOE TRIPLE CHECK
    • Split up into x3 groups of 4 and partner up within your group
    • Groups take turns with Duo-1 carrying an IOW around the lot while Duo-2 completes core reps. After each Groups’ Duo has a turn carrying the IOW, Groups switch to a new IOW for the next Round
    • IOW’s included a 75 pound 8-foot caber, a 60 pound sand bag, and a 40 pound ruck
    • Reps for the waiting pax were: Round 1 Flutters, Round 2 Hammers, and Round 3 Freddies

    COP #3:

    • TRAVELING 42’s
    • Mosey out to the dog park
    • x42 Chain Smokers
    • Mosey around the dog park and back to the main lot
    • x42 Rapid Alt Curb Steps (2-ct)
    • Mosey up to the top
    • x42 __ (something)

    COP #4:

    • WALL 42’s
    • Reps all together, single count loud & proud
    • x42 Hoedowns
    • x42 Donkey Kicks

    COP #5

    • Mosey over to the other big lot
    • x42 LINE WALKERS – made up on the spot – plank on a parking space line, walk hands from one side of the line to the other pivoting on feet, completing x2 shoulder taps on each side
    • Line up for SPRINTS – 42%, 84%, 142%, 21%

    Mosey BTTF:

    • En route, some Bernie, then x42 Lunges (single count)
    • Back on the court, circle up
    • PLANKORAMA REVIEW – F3 Credo, Mission, and 5CP’s
    • x42 Heels-to-Heaven IC
    • x42 LBC’s IC
    • …maybe something else?

    COT:

    • Counterama #12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  After heart-warming bro time with House Party rucking a log around Morning Wood, it was awesome to see a solid PAX gather for whatever YHC was gonna make up on the fly – the only plan, do 42 of everything. When YHC doesn’t plan the workout ahead of time two things happen: 1) it turns out to be brutal, and 2) YHC forgets all the stuff we did. Great to have ChaChi with us DR from Concord NC, and it was fun to get creative incorporating the Implements of Woe into a COP. Not quite cold/precipitous enough to freeze the beard, but still damn chilly. Really appreciate all these guys coming out. Also enjoyed a brief Coffeerama with Mudslide at Starbucks after. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Tue 12/3 OTB RUCK (0515 launch) – Meatball has the Q, Midlo Middle (SOT/MOT) location
    • Sat 12/7 Magnum PI at Dogpile
    • Mon 12/16 Woodsman VQ at Alamo
    • Tue 12/17 Rosie’s 12DOC at NoToll