9 popsicles emerged from the warmth of their vehicles in the No Toll parking lot to see what YHC had planned to keep them warmed up with this morning. The following is what was recorded on the county security camera
Mosey to back parking lot for COP
DQ’s, Helicopters, Dead Man Hangs, Merkins, LBCs, Imperial Squat Walkers, Russian Soldiers
Mosey to the basketball court – pay the Toll at the bridge (Toll reduced to 1 Dip, 1 Derkin, 1 Incline Merkin due to the holiday) at the basketball court finish out time with Burpeesides.
BTTF
Numbers / Names DTH took us out
Payers for Florence and his family, FIL having surgery today and baby (well, doing what babies do)
3 Gloom travelers woke up to a wet but not icy beatdown on the last day of the first week (full 7 days) of 2022.
COP at the front cover of BWES
DQ’s, Helicopters, Dead Man Hangs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Squat Walkers
Mosey to JRHS under the cover by the track
21s, the Q will count in cadence to 6 SSH’s and then the PAX will need to silent count in cadence to 21 ending at the same time. If ending is not at the same time the Q will give an exercise, repeto and see how close to exact PAX can get. The first couple tries where a bit off because YHC didn’t do a good job explaining how 21’s work but once YHC explained that cadence would stop at 6 and PAX would count in their heads to end at the same time we came fairly close to a perfect set. YHC had planned to do 5 sets regardless of unity so 5 sets of various merkins where completed
Mosey to the first parking lot 4 corners 10 – Heals to heaven, 20 – Scrunchy Frogs, 30 – American Hammers, 40 – Sugar Sticks
Mosey to the long cover in front of JRHS
Triple check – Partner 1 does Dips, Partner 2 does Merkins, Partner 3 Bear Crawls to the last post and runs back
Mosey to the bus loop at BWES
Triple check – Partner 1 does WWII’s, Partner 2 does LBC’s and Partner 3 runs to the far cover and back
Mosey to the basketball courts
Burpeecides – Suicides with a burpee at each line
Mosey BTTF 10 Merkins OYO
Numbers / Names YHC took us out
NMS:
YHC has had a plan to do the 21’s for a while but wanted to wait for a larger gathering then when the perfect opportunity presented itself. Last Saturday came and went with 23 PAX and the thought of 21’s was forgotten. Today was going to be a 21’s day regardless of the numbers or the weather. Thanks to Tobit and Florence for tagging along.
23 “New Year, New You” men made their way out of the rainy 60 degree Gloom to greet a new years worth of beatdowns starting with a convergence at the newly renovated Rock N Roll AO and by renovated YHC means moved from Monday to Saturday. According to the guy playing basketball and watching the PAX with wonder this is what happened.
Mosey to tennis court area for COP
There are 5 core principles of F3
Be Free of Charge
Be open to all men
Be held outdoors (even in the rain)
Be led by men who participate in the beating
End with a circle of trust
Merkin position YHC calls down PAX goes to 6″ and calls out core principle YHC calls up PAX returns to merkin position repeto for all 5 principles
DTH helped YHC with a speaker and a song PAX to do squats to Bring Sally Up, Bring Sally Down holding your position until the next up or down is called.
Mosey to the far parking lots use the first lot
Sheldon Coopers – These are a Cooper with WWIIs tacked on for good measure start with
10 – Burpees, 10 – Squats, 10 – Merkins, 10 – WWIIs and run around loop, next round 9 and run, next round 8 and run down to 1 and run
Mosey to 3rd lot
Four corners – PAX picks favorite ab work Corner 1 -10 dying cock roaches, corner 2 – 20 10 count Not so Lazy, Lazy Boys, corner 3 – 30 Heals to Heaven, corner 4 – 40 American Hammers 2 count
Mosey to Basketball court
According to Wilson YHC may or may not have not been completely honest with him at the Murph the previous morning when he asked if YHC was planning to do Man Killers (aka Motivators). According to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, (who YHC has once a year meetings with) it’s not really a lie if you had a good reason for not telling the truth. This line of reasoning has been argued on more than one occasion in court rooms for centuries. So needless to say we did Man Killers.
Mosey BTTF for a Merkin Ring Of Fire and a 20 count of Not So Lazy, Lazy Boys
YHC was running out of steam and good ideas with 5 minutes left and Gomer Pile was ready to take the lead to finish out or time and get our moneys worth with some ab work
Numbers / Names and YHC’s favorite prayer warrior Marmaduke took us out
NMS:
YHC was a little worried that a 1/1/22 convergence at a new AO might not have a great turn out especially in the rain but (WOW!!!) YHC couldn’t be happier with what the Gloom had in store. Of all the Q’s YHC has had this was the largest PAX I have ever had the privilege and honor to lead. In full transparency YHC only had a 45 minute beatdown prepared and on Friday Man Killers where actually not part of the plan. Late Friday night YHC mentioned that he was waffling on whether the beatdown should be 45 minutes or 60 and was told Saturdays are always 60. With this in mind how hard could it be to tack on 15 more minutes to a beatdown when YHC has lead so many in the past? In the COP YHC was struck by just how different it is to lead 23 men than 5 or 10 and it was at this time that the Q’mnesia took over and YHC had no idea what he was going to do at the end of this beatdown to make it 60 minutes.
Thanks to DTH for the help with sound this morning (YHC forgot his speaker)
Thanks to Gomer Pile for finishing out and getting us to the full 60 minutes
Thanks to Wilson for always keepin it real
Thanks to Hardywood for correcting my mathematical errors
Thanks to Flint for visiting from NY
and Thanks to the entire PAX for being my brothers and walking through life with me, you are the reason I keep coming out to these beatdowns
YHC’s personal goals for 2022 that I would like you (PAX) to hold me accountable to
100 Q’s in 2022
100 merkins a day for 365 days = 365,00… sorry 36,500 merkins for the year (I ain’t so good with mathematical things)
Pics – Too many to add to this BB but you should be able to find them on FB
YHC was able to post several times in Indiana including my first ever Ruck in the pouring rain, luckily it was a wet 60 degrees that morning (not normal for Indiana in late December). YHC met several new PAX but got to re-connect with some that I’ve come to know on previous trips. I had the M take this pic of a sign that I thought was perfect but I doubt there really is a beatdown that happens in this area of BFE.
4 men of old made their way out of the comfort of the Fart Sack and into the Gloom on an almost 70 degree morning in mid December according to the janitorial staff at BWES this is what they saw
COP on the basketball court behind BW
DQ’s, Helicopters, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, merkins (slow then fast), shoulder taps and some other stuff
Mosey around the side of the school when Florence says “Where is this hill you guys are always talking about?” YHC’s response was “It’s funny you should ask” and the turn up the sidewalk was made
At the bottom of the hill we stopped to prepare for the trip up with Hello dollies, Rosalittas, Sugar sticks
Mosey to the top dropping off 4 glow sticks along the way (thank goodness for the dollar store)
At the top Twin Team Suicides where on order, run down to the first stick 20 LBC’s run back to the top. Al Gore for the 6, repeto for the other 3 sticks.
Once all 4 runs where complete mosey to the second stick down the hill but time is getting short, bear crawl up to the first stick. Pick up all the sticks on the way BTTF
Still have 5 minutes left once we got BTTF
Ring of fire 10 Merkins of choice while PAX holds 6″
Ring of Fire number 2 20 Ab of choice while PAX holds their best Scrunchy frog pose
Numbers / Names YHC took us out
NMS:
Someone had mentioned over the last couple weeks that its been a while sense Twin Team hill has been seen at this AO, so it was already part of YHC’s plan. Florence just made it a better choice when he mentioned that this was his first non IPC post at this AO and he wanted to know where the hill was. YHC then knew his choice to hit the hill was the right decision, thank you Florence for your curiosity and I hope it was everything you wanted for Christmas and maybe a little more.
7 sleepy eyed men thought they had see the clock for the last time this morning when they hit the snooze button. According to the principle of Tomahawk MS the PAX was given detention for too many tardy’s and this is a copy of the notes from the report card
COP on the basketball court
DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Not So Lazy boys, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers
Mosey to the bus lot
5 Burpees at each light on right side (X5)
Mosey to the main parking area
PAX will find 12 frisbees and a bucket the bucket in the middle and the frisbees in a circular pattern set up like the numbers on a clock. Each frisbee has an exercise written on painters tape on it, at each number you do 20 of that exercise and run back to the middle for one burpee before going to the next number.
Mosey to the hill beside the parking lot
Elevens, Bernie up the hill for 1 ball dipper, run down the hill for 10 jump squats
Bernie to the next light in the bus lot
Bear Crawl to the next light with 1 merkin at the end, Lung to the next light with 1 Jump squat at the end, Crab Walk to the next light with 1 Crab Cake at the end, Inchworm to the next light (inchworm is 1 box jump, 1 Lung per leg and a burpee)
Mosey to the opposite side of the lot to go get the frisbees and bucket
Burpee at each light
BTTF
45 seconds left, as many merkins as you can until time is called
Numbers / Names Duke took us out
NMS:
YHC hasn’t done a clock work out in a while and what better use for 12 frisbees that are just along for the ride in the back of the truck. If you recognize the words from the title of this BB your either a heavy drinker or a fan of George Thorogood. Post back if you know the name of the song that its from (no using Google).
Saturday 1/1/22 Convergence at Rockwood park to launch Rock and Roll south of the James Bootcamp starting at 7:00 with a coffeteeria after at Dunkin Donuts
Starting 12/31/21 Honeymoon will be leading the Murph at Twin Team. To be continued on the last Friday of every month
This Saturday 12/18/21 at 6:00 there will be several guys going to the Bridge ministry for a beatdown with Vinny and the guys at the Bridge. Please reach out to YHC or Doublemint for details if you’re interested in riding along.
9 men posted to find 1 at a solo broga (props to Last Call for getting it done) and 1 who would show up late, though he has a much better excuse now than “I was up all night playing video games”.
Parking lot crawl 10 spaces, Bernie to the end line head back with inch worms (broad jump, lung (each leg), Burpee) repeto all the way to the end
Mosey to pavilion
YHC had planned a great workout that kills the shoulders but it takes a lot of time. PAX decided mumblechatter was on tap for the day and when explanation couldn’t be heard addible was called and PAX moseyed back to the parking lot. Sprints from one end to the next 100% down and back, 50% down and back, 100% down and back, 50% down and back.
Mosey back to the pavilion and partner up
Partner 1 does exercise while partner 2 runs (X5), 10 Burpees OYO
Mosey through the back of field to Johnston Willis Hospital parking lot. 10 Burpees OYO
Light pole parking lot tracers
Bernie to each light performing type of Merkin called for each set of three lights increasing by one at each light in set
Mosey back through the fields to the basket ball court
Merkin Suicides starting at 1 merkin per line for the first set and increase by 1 for each set after that.
BTTF Numbers / Names / DTH took us out
NMS:
F3 stands for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith when any 1 of those 3 gets out of balance the wheel doesn’t turn well.
Partner 1 does exercise, Partner 2 runs around first light post and back (X5)
Mosey to meet Don Draper on the track and run a lap with him
Mosey to the BWES playground
5 rounds of 5 Pull ups and 10 Merkins OYO
Mosey to B-Ball court
4 corners ??????? can’t remember what the exercises where
Mosey to the bus loop
Partner 1 curb crawls while partner 2 runs around the island (X2 each)
BTTF
Numbers / Names YHC took us out
NMS:
YHC knew he would not have time to write the BB so decided to not sign up for the Q if nobody showed YHC would run making the BB easy to write. Tobit showed up and made thing tough on YHC who was going to take the Q regardless.
YHC and family made the usual Thanksgiving trip back to Fort Mill, SC just past Charlotte on the map. 3 Beatdowns in 4 days and this is a brief run down on what happened.
Thursday morning (30 degrees) in Fort Mill, SC starting at 6:30 – 70 would be warriors made their way out of the Gloom to be lead by Hardwood (friend of YHCs) and YHC will be bringing some good material home.
Friday morning in Waxhaw, NC starting at 6:30 – 19 Grizzly veterans mosey out into the (42 Degree) almost tropical temperatures following Mad Dogs lead
Saturday morning in Charlotte, NC (Metro one of the AO’s where it all began – Indy) 5 HIM’s lead by C-Span possibly the best (worst) beatdown I have ever been a part of. It was in a parking deck with a spiral drive on one side (run up 6 flights, 12 floors) this made Twin Team look like child’s play. 10 Merkins at the top run across the top floor to the stairs 10 LBC’s, run down steps to start 10 Flying Squirrels ( AKA Groiners) then back up the Dizzy. Repeto as many times as possible. YHC was able to get 5 cycles in 2nd to Cooler who is in his 30’s and has more legs than body. Cooler would be Charlottes version of Fresh Prince.
NMS:
YHC loves traveling and hitting AO’s that make you a part of their PAX. F3 is a brotherhood and YHC for one is very thankful for all my brothers across this country.
Pics are from Friday and Saturday, YHC is trying to get pics from convergence Thursday
8 mighty men of valor made their way out of the Gloom into a somewhat less than 70 degree No Toll parking lot this morning. Snuff zipped up his cold weather blue man group suit and away we went
Corner 1 (10) Squats, Corner 2 (20) Merkins, Corner 3 (30) Jump Squats, Corner 4 (40) something DTH had in mind
Mosey around the parking lot to the opposite corner for some man killers
Mosey to the pavilion and partner up
Partner 1 does called exercise while partner 2 runs around the field (WWII’s, Squats, LBC’s), 5 Burpees OYO
Mosey to the bridge area for some parking lot crawls 10 spaces bear crawl to each one starting with 1 merkin at the first line and adding a merkin at each new line
Mosey to the B-Ball Courts for some Burpeesides which are suicides’ with a Burpee at each line
BTTF
Numbers / Names DTH took us out
NMS:
YHC had in mind to have the entire beat down running and Burpees but decided to leave that for another time. Happy Thanksgiving Ya’ll, YHC and family are on our way out of town in the morning, be safe out there in the Gloom.
