Author: Dr Tryhard

  • Participation trophies for everyone!

    20 F3RVA HIM’s converged at the lush fields of NoToll to play Ultimate Frisbee this morning. Making four 5-man teams playing a couple games simultaneously was briefly considered, then scrapped for a bigger field with bigger teams.

    Thugs sat it out still nursing an injury but getting some fine reps and stretches in while the rest of us battled it out on Field 1. Bromance was our only injury today, after maintaining a lethal presence on the field, he felt something snap in his calf so took the rest of the time to stretch with Thugs. OC then ditched his fluorescent penny and defected to Labrat’s team, where they went on a 4 TD streak to pull back into the lead. (We all know OC is the secret sauce.)

    Notable disc vets were OC, DK, Snuff and Labrat who maintained a very steady presence in the field with (nearly) perfect throws, while we saw Rudy, Warby, Handshake, and Machismo dominate the end zones – both on offense and defense. Also when Labrat teamed up with Dealer and/or Snip short fast play TD’s happened quickly!

    Honorable mentions to L Woods, Fandango, McRib, and Dry Rub – these guys staying moving and snatching the entire game!

    Kudos to our other Respect Players – Scram getting in there to make plays and not getting re-injured, Rodeo Clown showing surprising agility and sticky fingers, and Mr Roper making smart short plays in the mid-field. 

    Both teams played very well, but Team Labrat won 9-8 in the final minutes. Looking forward to a re-match this Thursday at Timberwolf! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Tomorrow – WED 5am Huguenot Flatwater Paddle/Bootcamp
    • This THUR – Ultimate at Timberowlf
    • This FRI – 6/21 Poker Night at DTH’s
    • This SAT – 6/22 new AO “The Iron Bridge” starts at Goyne Park at 7am
    • Next Sat 6/29 – School of Rock
    • July 4th Convergence, 7am, Forrest Hill Park
    • Summer Tour ongoing

  • 3 Men, 3 Lakes

    easy breezy beautiful, breakfast club

  • Coupon Creek

    Two SOJ usurpers stamped passports, hopped a clown car, and after hours of quality mumble chatter landed their craft safely at The Creek. They were greeting by five fierce natives of the north lands who resisted the takeover until they were placated with gifts of latex-dipped gloves. The wild northmen then gaped in awed silence at the gifts of coupons emerging from the aforementioned craft, and solemnly each warrior accepted a token of good will. Here’s what two bewildered deer witnessed:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Each member of the PAX directed to collect a unique heavy item – the options were: 40# GTE team weight (rocks in a duffle), 60# sandbag, 30# ruck, 50# kettlebell, 25# metal track plate, another #40 GTE team weight, 30# kettle bell
    • Mosey to the basketball court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey to a grassy area between two large poles
    • COUPON ELEVENS
    • Coupon Squats x10–>1
    • Coupon Press x1–>10
    • Run between sides carrying Coupon
    • *At random intervals PAX directed to stop and stretch then switch coupons

    PLANKORAMA INTERMISSION:

    • Halfway though 11’s, PAX directed to circle up
    • Name the man to your left, but x5 merkins if you mess up …whispered cheating ABOUNDED so merkins awarded at the end
    • Remain in plank to quiz PAX on the Mission, Credo, and 5CP’s. Maaaaaany more merkins awarded…

    COP #2:

    • Mosey out to the small track
    • COUPON FIFTIES
    • First to complete x50 reps calls out then all stop to mosey with coupons to the far side of the track
    • x50 Coupon swings
    • x50 Coupon presses (some did curls)
    • x50 SSH’s (no coupons)
    • x50 Coupon Squats

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the field closer to the flag
    • Line up on your six for COUPON CAROUSEL
    • Coupons passed down the line, last man runs to the front to keep coupons flowing

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Awesome to have LWoods SOJ company for the takeover this morning – MUCH appreciated brother! This was YHC’s 6th post and 4th Q for the week, and as a result, A) YHC is hurting all over, and B) YHC knows the well is not yet dry. You don’t know what you’re capable of until you try! And well, YHC tries hard… (emoji sunglasses smiling face here).  Thanks to our Daville brothers trying something new with a few coupons today. Not a lot of running, but it felt as much like a ruck as a bootcamp, so the burn was good. Keep posting fellas! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • SOJ Takeover ongoing
    • Summer Tour ongoing
    • June 21 SOJ Poker Night
    • June 22 new AO “The Iron Bridge” starts at Goyne Park at 7am
    • 2.0-Friendly Daville Bootcamp upcoming – ask Spit
    • July 4th Convergence, 7am, Forrest Hill Park

    Prayer Requests:

    • Opus and M leaving town for a week of vaca in Canada and praying teenager doesn’t burn the house down

  • Kettle Beast, the Hard Way

    12 HIM’s including 11 of the usual Circus clowns and one jorts-sportin fool reluctantly accepted their SOJ takeover fate. Sorry fellas, it was supposed to be a nice normal Nancy Lopez KB workout and you got a ride on the DTH pain train instead. Here’s the show these circus animals put on for the locals:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Eclectic beatdown mix turned UP
    • Shoulder the bells and mosey 150 yards to the practice field 
    • Circle up, Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    KETTLE BEAST:

    • 6 reps at 6 stops down the field & back, for 6 total rounds
    • Done the HARD WAY, we added an exercise for each successive round = 736 total reps
    • Round 1 – Lawn Mowers
    • Round 2 – add Curls
    • Round 3 – add Sit&Press
    • Round 4 – add Sumo Squats
    • Round 5 – add Around the World
    • Round 6 – add Burpee Bell Jumpovers

    NOTE:

    • After Round 3, the PAX were directed to form a tight plank circle – name the PAX to your left, a total of x10 merkins awarded for two failures
    • Take it down to hold a low plank, review the F3 Mission, push up, back down, review the Credo, push up, back down, going left around the circle each PAX names a Core Principle – at least 25 merkins awarded…
    • After starting Round 6, the PAX were directed to complete the final reps en route BTTF

    COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BYPRODUCT took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  This is a GREAT location and band of brothers, always enjoy coming up. The jabbing banter is rich and the fields are moist (if you dare to venture out of the parking lot). It’s been a lot of posts for YHC this week, and this was the third of four Q’s in a row, so it was great to mix it up with the KB crew. Shoulders are definitely feeling it already, making me wonder if I need a regular KB AO in my life… Appreciated the warm welcome today fellas. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • SOJ Takeover ongoing
    • Summer Tour ongoing
    • Mr Rogers book club ongoing
    • July 4th Convergence, 7am, Forrest Hill Park

    Prayer Requests:

    • Gaudi and his M expecting their second

  • hellareps

    Nine HIM’s embraced The Pain Train Crossing into the netherworld of an unplanned 45minutes with Dr Exicon. With impeccable form, here’s what these masochists conquered:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Moseyrama the lot and circle up in a shady grass area
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom – top notch form highly encouraged

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey to grassy front area
    • Circle up for No Cheat Mericans IC
    • Step to the end of the area for No Cheat Lunges to the other end (both knees hit ground like wrestling practice step-throughs, or more static version like hydraulic lunges)

    COP #2:

    • Mosey across the lot to the shipping container for No Cheat Squats IC – these are done in people’s chair, keep back pressed on wall, sliding down wall to touch calves then back up

    COP #3:

    • Mosey around the back of church to another grassy area for No Cheat Merkins IC
    • Get in low plank for review of the Mission, Credo, and Core Principles, and also some merkins thrown in for a couple PAX forgetting the nickname of the man to their left

    COP #4:

    • Mosey a little further and stop for No Cheat LBC’s IC – keep legs bent at 90 degrees and hands reach to touch heels pulling back almost entirely off the ground 

    COP #5:

    • Mosey around to a grassy strip on the South side and complete x5 sets of x20 Flutters, all 2-ct, alternating hands-under low flutters, and hallelujah hands high flutters

    COP #6:

    • Mosey to the covered awning for x100 high-quality Monkey Humpers OYO

    COP #7:

    • Mosey to a grassy slope for x3 rounds of CrawlBear up Crabwalk back down
    • After Round 1, rapid curb toe taps for the six
    • After Round 2, ABC’s until someone completes (winner winner Chaplain dinner)
    • After round 3, Decline Plank for the six

    COP #8:

    • Mosey to the church for some brick wallorama:
    • IN People’s Chair do Hairy Rockets IC
    • BTTW for hip slappers IC
    • Dirty Hookups IC, both sides
    • Hoedowns IC
    • Donkey Kickoffs up to 15

    Mosey BTTF for COT with a uphill Bernie finisher 

    • Counterama # 9
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • HOUSE PARTY took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Great group of brothers for another tour-de-crossing, and this one intentionally without any fore-planning except to avoid any routines, get a hella reps, and optimize best form possible.  The idea of best form led to coming up with some novel no-cheat options – enjoyed by all, I’m sure. Yours AYE, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • 6/21 Poker Night at DTH’s
    • 6/22 New AO “The Iron Bridge” at Goyne
    • 7/4 Convergence 0700 at Forrest Hill Park

    Prayer Requests:

    • HP’s niece surgery recovery

  • Run-N-Reps

    Seven HIM’s converged at WaThoHuk including a couple SOJ takeover BFF’s. Pigskin split off do 10,000 merkins around the school while the rest followed DTH giving House Party a tour of the area. After a brief warmerama we took a broad loop running around the park, west broad village, and middle school, stopping every 100 yards or so for some variable OYO reps. House Party commented toward the end he must have misheard about all the running, but he hang tough and saw it through. Total distance was 3.89 miles. All PAX were sufficiently satisfied. Great to meet and get to know Gaudi! See ya’ll again reeeeaaaaal soon. ~DTH

    COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • Pigskin took the PAX out in Prayer

  • PAIN & CHAOS

    16 SOJ STUDS answered the call and wrapped their arms around Pain and Chaos this morning, the two 14’ telephone pole-size logs that took center stage at GTE#47. Some brothers knew what to expect, others came to learn what a ruck + log weight feels like. The broad grins said it all. These heroes carried the logs to and from the PIT around the entire perimeter of Rockwood’s loop road (about 1.2mi in 32min), with Team Chaos taking the lead and stopping periodically to complete log curls and overhead presses. With 8 PAX per team and 5 PAX under each log, there were 3 PAX pre team in constant rotation. This worked well.

    After depositing the logs back in the PIT, the six smaller logs (7-8’) were carried out the a grassy area for a Triple Check. A small band of Brogites (Mudslide, Wet Bandit, Melville, and HP) split off at this interval. With four teams on deck, the Triple Check consisted of P1 squatting while holding the end of a log, P2 completed Flutters, and P3 ran about 50 yards and back to switch. 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 16
    • Namerama

    #SOJ – !!WHUA WHUA!!

    NMS:  This was a SOLID band of brothers for some heavy lifting today, and none finer than the SOJ PAX to show up and put out! Pain & Chaos did not disappoint. Hardywood already has his eye on a Texas GTE in November! None of us knows what tomorrow will bring, but we are better prepared for whatever comes because we have pushed past what thought ourselves capable of. Let’s GO!!! Yours AYE, DTH

  • We Men Get Away

    14 holy river rollers escaped their sleeping bags to honor a beautiful Charles City sunrise with a ride on the DTH pain train. The three FNG’s were not disappointed with the following 45min Thang:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Circle up around the Shovel Flag
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1: 

    • SHE HATE ME
    • Traverse a long stretch of paved driveway by completing sets of 20 lunges, stopping between sets to complete x10 Groiners & x10 Merkins

    COP #2:

    • THE WILT
    • Run twice around the field doing x50 reps of the given exercise at corners
    • LBC’s, SSH’s, Flutter Kicks, Squats

    COP #3:

    • OVER UNDERS
    • PAX line up in the field in plank, with last man taking turns jumping over then crawling under each planking PAX

    COP #4:

    • Moseyrama around the driveway loop to collect a frisbee from the truck
    • FRISBEE FARTLEK
    • Throw frisbee, first man to frisbee calls x20 reps of an exercise, then gets to throw next
    • Merkins, V-ups, Squats, WWII’s, Burpees

    COP #5:

    • Mosey down to the river and form up at the base of the ridiculously steep incline
    • HILL REPEATS
    • x20 Incline Mericans
    • Run up to the top of the hill
    • x20 Donkey Kicks 
    • Run back down
    • Bear Crawl to the top
    • Run back down
    • Sprint AYG BTTF 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 14
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Sunrise and seventy with a gentle river breeze and an eager PAX ready to roll in the dewy lawn, let’s GO! This was maybe the fourth F3 “The River” beatdown for the annual WEAG men’s getaway, and a few F3 regulars welcomed back some of last year’s FNG’s, as well as a few new ones. Chaplain’s 2.0 Armadillo was given the long-awaited opportunity for renaming – as a young man who can outpace most adults on a long run, welcome PACER! We nearly lost Slapstick early on, gassed with just the warmerama, but the loving accountability of the F3 Credo held him in the pocket for the duration of the bootcamp. Also almost had a Merlot Splash from Slider but YHC was not fully honored as he was able to hold it together. It was an honor to lead as always brothers. Living Third, DTH

    Prayer Requests:

    • Traveling mercies for Trig heading to Germany and Broadway leaving for on a missions trip to Kosovo later today

  • Forge Flingers

    A dozen SOJ stud muffins eventually made their way around to the perfect astro turf of HHS and played a rippin good game of Ultimate.

    DARK SHIRTS: Snuff, Last Call, Bromance, Machismo, Oyster, Thugs (honorary)

    LIGHT SHIRTS: L Woods, Scram, DTH, Belay, Dealer, NTB

    Oyster – Air Jordan award for one handed sticky finger snags

    Belay – Mr fancy gloves Troy Polamalu award for best safety and clutch end zone defense

    Machismo – least likely to get shot (shout out to his blaze orange shorts)

    DTH – leg block skills, while technically legal, not welcome at the Forge

    NTB – Odell Beckham award for jumping grabs

    Snuff – longest drive award

    Last Call – Rubbin is Racing Award

    L Woods – never drops a pass award

    Scram – double respect award

    Thugs – participation trophy, and actual Tclaps for running track laps

    Bromance – most Dealer blocks

    Dealer – cleats for the speed award

    Dark Team led most of the time, Light shirts ended up winning by one after gassing the competition. That was FUN! Yours AYE, DTH

  • Memorial March

    14 HIM’s humped their rucks a couple loops around and over of Bel Isle in honor of our fallen heroes. Mumble chatter was strong, views were awesome, and no PAX were lost along the way. TClaps to POOL BOY showing up and putting out! Keep the ideas flowing gents – we’re gonna see some awesome F3 initiatives and growth this year! Yours AYE! DTH