Author: Dr Tryhard

  • The NEW Hundred

    With a number of regulars otherwise engaged for the evening, Chaplain and YHC enjoyed a bromantic 45 minutes of breathless counting. The festivities began with a half mile lap around the WEAG grounds, stopping briefly to turn in lost car keys to the church office, and finishing with a brand new warmup routine we’ll call “Fence Overs,” which was simply climbing over a wooden fence repeatedly from one end to the other. Circled up with disclaimer and variable standup reps in soggy grass, then moved to dry concrete for the other half of the chest and abbs warmup. Thereafter we commences the all new “NEW HUNDRED” routine, which is like the Old Hundred, except the rep count doesn’t come down by tens, but rather just remains 100 reps per exercise per COP, with a mosey between stops. Exercises included:

    • Monkey Humpers
    • LBC’s
    • Variable Arm movements in Wall chair
    • Incline Merkins
    • SSH’s
    • Flutters
    • Bear Crawl
    • Squats
    • Shoulder Taps
    • Freddie Mercuries
    • Rapid Alternating Toe Taps
    • People’s Chair Hallelujah’s
    • …And likely one or two more YHC is forgetting

    The New Hundred was thoroughly enjoyed by all the PAX, and we closed with a prayer and praise Chaplain’s som is recovering well from his recent concussion. Until next time. Yours AYE, DTH

  • Dinner Date with Redwood Ruckers

    202 days until GTE-74, and seven ruck studs accepted the DTH invitation to trail-blaze new territory and enjoy a romantic dinner at The Galley along the way. Launched from The Forge at 1500 and crossed the tracks into no-mans woods behind HHS and Walmart, looping around and back to the tracks to cross under Chippenham, all PAX impressed with the quality of the dirtbike trails throughout the woods, ad we momentarily paused to thank the dirt bike Gods on the top of an unusual dirt mound mountain. Second loop around the woods behind Target/Publix, finding a few ravine/creek crossings challenging (the motor boat was not used…) Then emerge for a fine dining experience at The Galley. Appetizer of biltong jerky courtesy of Sable. Falcon Smash and Galley Burger – YUM – now where’s the Pepcid?! Our return was a much more direct shot BTTVSF hugging trails along the railroad (we will return someday for the abandoned tractor tire…) Total distance covered approximately 5.15 miles. Amazing conversation enjoyed back all. Epic adventures! More OTB rucks planned monthly between now and GTE-74 in September. ANYONE welcome to join – plenty of spare rucks on hand. Yours AYE! ~DTH

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  • Who’s a star?!  I’M A STAR!!! 

    A swarthy 8 gloomstuds assembled on the misty fields of Bon Iron, including a downrange champ from Ohio named Pinetree, and here is the beastmode superpump we endured… ahem, enjoyed!

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC

    BUILD-A-BURPEE BEAST:

    • x6 Beast rounds, stopping at each of the six stops for x6 reps, but each round ADDING to prior reps
    • Round 1: x6 Squats
    • Round 2: x6 Squats + x6 Merkins 
    • Round 3: x6 Squats + x6 Merkins + x6 Plank Jacks
    • Round 4: x6 Squats + x6 Merkins + x6 Plank Jacks + x6 Groiners
    • Round 5: x6 Squats + x6 Merkins + x6 Plank Jacks + x6 Groiners + x6 Star Jumps
    • Grand Finale Round 6: just a beautifully simple x6 Man Maker Burpee (8-count w merkin and plank jack in plank) at each line

    QUARTER POUNDER:

    • Mosey to 25yd, x25 WWII’s, bernie back
    • Mosey to 50yd, x50 Humpers, bernie back
    • Mosey to 75yd, x75 LBC’s, bernie back
    • Mosey to 100yd, x100 SSH’s, bernie back

    4 MINS OF MARY:

    • Painfully slow Boat/Canoe
    • Alabama Prom Dates IC
    • Flutters IC

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  It’s been too long since YHC has enjoyed a build-a-beast. Banter was strong after everyone was repeatedly shouting “I’m a Star!” with the 5th Beast round. PAX looked super strong and finished the cumulative beast with plenty of time left, so we used the field markers for a classic quarter pounder to stretch our legs a bit. Enjoyed meeting Pinetree from F3 Canal Fulton (Ohio), here for his son’s soccer tournament. The Bon Iron PAX is getting bigger and stronger. Way to push fellas! Also really enjoyed our coffeerama after – appreciate you Machinhead!!! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

  • Ghosty AMRAPs

    Seven HIMs came out for the first Crossing that started out sunny in a long while. 

    Warm-up: Arm circles; side straddle hops; Ukrainian soldiers; quick sun salutation yoga flow. 

    Primary workout consisted of four minute AMRAPs. Mosy to first station and divide into two groups. Group one does air squats, jump squats, and donkey kicks. Group two does knee to opposite elbow and running. After a minute of rest switch groups. 

    More mosy. Then Group one does dips and speedskaters. Group two does broad jumps, sit ups, and runs back to their start point. Switch groups. 

    Final mosy to the final AMRAP, where everyone does Muricans, Russian twists, and a bit more running. 

    All survived. ~YHC, Ghostbuster

  • Quad Potato

    Four beatdown enthusiasts converged at the Crossing having just heard Broadway was no longer able to Q, so YHC offered up a Warmerama and then hot potato. Of one accord, the PAX achieved beatdown glory in the following manner:

    The THANG: 

    DTH – EXTENDED WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop
    • Bernie loop
    • Circle up, Welcome, Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC including jump squats, don quixotes, ukranian soldiers, and imperial squat walkers
    • LIFO FIGO arrives and the PAX embraces a “no man left behind” redo
    • Mosey loop
    • Bernie loop
    • Circle up, Welcome, Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC the opus, DQ’s, smurf jacks, tempo merkins, ranger merkins, dancing bears, crab cakes, WWII’s, cross-X crunches, heels to heaven, oblique LBC’s each side, and high flutters
    • Stretch

    CHAPLAIN’s QUAD CHECK:

    • Mosey down to the wall
    • PAX-1 jumping wall slappers
    • PAX-2 Wallabama Prom Dates
    • PAX-3 donkey kicks
    • PAX-4 timer runs distance and back

    BIRD MAN 4-CORNERS:

    • Mosey to back lot
    • x20 Merkins
    • x25 Carolina Dry Docks
    • x30 WWII’s
    • x35 Squats

    FIGO FINALE:

    • Indian run BTTF
    • Circle up for variable core reps
    • Down lot via butt kickers
    • Return via High knees
    • Other reps and stretch to finish 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 4
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer – lifted up Chaplain’s son Jake with a bad concussion

    NMS:  This was a high rep, high energy, fantastic fat burner of a beatdown. Well done on the hot potato gents. Twas savored with relish. We’ll catch Broadway for another Q soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

  • Low Hanging Pearls

    • 0420 – Our Q Rodeo Clown out sick
    • Machinehead Virgin Rucker coming in hot at *0500* swings on the spare ruck
    • The other virgin ruckers are YHC’s brand spankin new F3 Ruck boots, currently 50% off for those interested
    • YHC has a former favorite route in mind
    • Mumble chatter strong and the pace quick as we pass Huguenot Road
    • Regaling Florida Keys escapades
    • Into the hood and circle up to remind PAX (Machinehead) that hyena level laughter might garner unwanted neighborly firearm practice as we skirt the dead-end culdesac into the Bon Air woods
    • Damp ground, glowing deer eyes, creek hopping, down hill, cross trail, and up again to the railroad tracks
    • New ruck boots fairing quite well
    • EH Machinehead to join the growing number (SEVEN!) of NOS HIM’s registered for GrowRuck in September
    • The long McRae climb, including a brief shuffle run
    • Is sex even worth it if she isn’t enjoying it?!
    • BTTF at 0600 on the nose
    • “How did I even get it in there?!” – YHC produced a USMC K-Bar to cut away Machinehead’s borrowed knotted ruck waste belt – I’ll fix that later
    • COT Counterama #5
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer – specially thinking of Dealer’s dad Stephen with early forces retirement decisions, and Bromance’s FIL Jeff with recent blindness challenges
    • Einstein actually staffed and open
    • EPITAPH discussion – Integrity, Character, Jesus, Leave Right, Legacy
    • Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK (w dinner at GALLEY)
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

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  • MAGA Clickbait, The Passion of Rossi, and more wood than you can handle….

    Twas a warm rainy dusk that YHC found himself alone at The Crossing questioning whether the solo glory would be his to earn, or if perhaps the emotional headlock of true brotherhood would win the day. Then, the unmistakable mean mean stride of Chaplain crossing the glistening hardtop caught YHC’s eyes and heart. Piercing the rainy gloom he cried “YYYAAAAHHHHHRRRRGGGG” – a true warrior’s battle cry defying the very gods of rain and thunder, and YHC knew, he was not alone to honor the Credo this night! Rain or shine, this PAX of two was bound for greatness. 

    The THANG: 

    QUAD-WARM -RAMA: 

    • 1800 hit, and the daring duo made a handsome mosey lap to then circle up for a simple warmerama with stretching and reps
    • Headlights… FIGO inbound with M and 2.0’s, so the 2-PAX moseyed to the front of the church, and hallooed our #3 
    • BTTF and circle up for more stretching and reps
    • Headlights…. HOUSE PARTY enters the scene, and it’s like a halo of light around the mountain of a man from the rain-shine
    • Another mosey in honor of #4, followed by a few IC reps and stretches
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Will we spend the entire evening welcoming LIFO PAX or actually launch into COP’s?!? 

    COP #1:

    • MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN (MAHA) – The PETE & BOBBY CHALLENGE
    • Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr have issued a fitness challenge to America – complete x50 pullups and x100 pushups within 10 minutes, doing so with excellent form
    • CHAPLAIN and YHC accepted the challenge while HOUSE and FIGO alternated Burpees with Runs
    • Challenge CONQUERED by the 7 MIN mark, and that with the distraction of our 5th PAX member, and FNG, arriving. (He joined House & Figo for their burpee-palooza.)
    • FYI – Apparently completing the MAHA P&B challenge within 5-6min is the high bar goal to aim for. 

    COP #2: 

    • MARY – PAX enjoyed about 6min lying in the rain water doing Flutters, APD’s, Heels to Heaven, and more

    COP #3:

    • HOMING THE POLES
    • The PAX were directed to the back field where they found REACHER’s x7 telephone pole segments lined up and ready to go for a walk
    • YHC + Figo/FNG carried the single long 12’ pole while Chap and House wrestled a massively girthed 6’ segment on their shoulders
    • Circumnavigate the back field, complete shoulder press reps, and the place the logs onto a log platform YHC had prepped
    • Run back around the field and shoulder the next poles – TClaps to House taking his own pole single-handed while to other 2-PAX each shared a log to carry around the field to the pile, then run back
    • Final round – x3 on a heavy one, x2 on the other, walk around the field, pole curls IC, then stack em up with the others

    COP #4:

    • VARIABLE MOVEMENTS
    • PAX exit the field and traverse the Annex lot alternating Bear Crawl with Lunges
    • Line up on the sloped lot for sprints
    • 50% down
    • 100% to the top
    • 50% down
    • 100% BERNIE to the top
    • 75% down
    • 75% karaoke to the top
    • maybe other iterations…

    Mosey BTTF:

    • PLANKORAMA REVIEW – the F3 Mission, x5 Core Principles, and Credo

    COT:

    • Counterama # 5
    • Namerama (welcome ROSSI)
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  YHC wasn’t expecting a steady rain this evening, and honestly wasn’t sure if anyone would show. Nobody had signed up for the Q by the afternoon but as YHC is closing in on 500 officially documented Q’s, no reason to slow the roll. Needless to say it was entertaining to complete multiple warmeramas for each late-arriving PAX, and then the kicker of an FNG was awesome! That makes TWO FNG’s in one day after “STAG” joined the Ruckhenge PAX this morning. YHC takes no credit expect to have influenced the headlockers to EH as they should. “ROSSI” is the name of a famous motorcycle expert revered by our FNG “Johan” (from Venezuela) who is a coworker and friend of FIGO and has been playing indoor futsol on Monday nights with us at WEAG. He was over the moon to be welcomed into F3 and can’t wait to be back! Super grateful to be a part of all this. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/21 Part 2 of Frozen Triangle
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

  • not all who wander are lost

    The balmy gloom of Larus (aka Lazarus) Park welcomed a 10 PAX of ruck lovers to trail blaze some new ground and enjoy a wide range of topics on our 3 mile jaunt, some off trail, some on. Sandy (60#) accompanied our adventures and was shared among YHC, L Woods, Sable, and Snip. Our FNG for this morning is Snip’s brother in law who enjoys bourbon and will be hiking 47 peaks with Snip this summer – welcome STAG! Great discussion at Einstein after including the concept of a Shield Lock. Snip’s apt summary was that a man on his own is a danger to himself and others. Until next time brothers. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Nine of Hearts

    After an unseasonably long hiatus from Rockwood, YHC returned on bended knee, a dozen red roses in hand (frozen solid given the 20 degree temps) and asked the PAX “Will you be mine?!” Here’s how they said… YES! 

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA:

    • Step onto the BBall Court and circle up
    • Random collection of OYO exercises called while listening to YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE by Hall&Oats
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Next up in the Musical Warmerama – I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE – SSH’s to the beat, with a Burpee for every “I believe in a thing called love”, and deeply sensual lunges for “Touching You, Touching me”
    • Foreplay’s over, let’s GO!

    COP #1:

    • Mosey around the traffic loop back to the big parking lot
    • BROMANCE 4-CORNERS, with a nod to our hard working ladies of the night (AKA, Prostitute Style)
    • Partner up with your favorite gigalo to conquer these reps, bro code all the way
    • x10 Booyah Merkins
    • x20 Bromance Squats (back to back)
    • x30 Leg Fencing (x15 ea way)
    • x40 Yards of WheelBarrow each

    COP #2:

    • Continue mosey around traffic loop and stop near the nature center
    • Hit play on LOVE SHACK – Flutter Kicks to the Beat, Alabama Prom Date for every “Love Shack” …modify to other core reps as needed for this ridiculously long version of the song

    COP #3:

    • Continue mosey around traffic loop and step up onto soft new field to line up in plank for TUNNEL OF LOVE – x3 rounds through the tunnel listening to the horrendous Justin Timberlake song SEXY BACK

    COP #4: 

    • Continue mosey around loop and circle up in the well fertilized turf adjacent the dog park
    • Partner up for Buddy WWII’s, ankles locked and high fiving at the top, while playing LET’s GET IT ON
    • Switch to PLT’s for second half of song

    COP #5:

    • Mosey around loop BTTF
    • Circle up and play AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH 
    • Mountain Climbers to the Beat, Merkin for every “Mountain” or “Baby”
    • 3 MIN’s of stretching to close time

    COT:

    • Counterama # 9
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  Chilly morning for a ruck & bootcamp combo-Q but YHC was thankful for an awesome group of brothers to share it with. L Woods supposedly slept in and missed Bon Iron, but YHC saw right through this facade to the deeply loyal DTH-love. Yes L, I will be yours. 🙂  The PAX were duly appreciative of the Valentines-themed songs, and YHC confessed plagiarism of a 2020 DTH Valentines Q at NoToll. This stuff is too good to only ever do once. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/21 Part 2 of Frozen Triangle
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

  • I LOVE YOU

    A frosty foursome gathered for the Valentine’s Rockwood Ruck and enjoyed 3 miles of solid bromantic conversation. We also toyed with a little Garmin spelling bee, and won first place!  (see Slack for Garmin image)  

    It is true my beloved F3RVA PAX, I love you. Yes, ALL of you (whether or not you like it).  But I’m truly thankful to have reciprocated love from so many of you. F3 is a powerfully unique brotherhood, but like everything else in life, you’ll reap what you sow. Keep pushing past the status quo – iron sharpens iron. ~DTH