Author: Chowdah

12 men slipped into the gloom this morning to be there for LP’s VQ.

Mosey around the church building

COP

–  SSH

–  LBCs

–  Don Quixotes

–  imperial walkers

–  Finkle swings

Mosey to the picnic pavilion

16s on the 16th

16s at the picnic pavilion

Monkey humpers and derkins

Mosey to church building

Catch Me If You Can

PAX partners up

Partner 1 runs to opposite building corner and does 16 plank jacks

Partner 2 stays and does 16 LBCs

Loser does 5 Burpees

Switch it up

Mosey to picnic pavilion

16s….again

2 count skull crushers (evolved to 1 counts midway through) and double dips

Mosey to field

Home run derby

1st Base – 16 heels to heaven

2nd  Base – 16 merkins

3rd Base – 16 2 count flutter

Home – 16 workins

Mosey to flag

Ring of fire – 16 merkins each

Numberama, Namerama, LP took us out.

Moleskin

The day after the last day of school, QIC still managed to get up and team up with his dear old dad (Chowdah) to lead his very first F3 workout. In honor of QIC’s 16th wedding anniversary (Chowdah, not LP), there were lots of sets of 16s today. Plus, the challenge of the month is merkins, so we tried our best to get as many of those in as possible.

The PAX arrived early, starting with Spit and No Idea. Soon followed by Abacus, Emoji, and Opus. The rest of the crew rolled in, the shovel flag was planted and we got under way.

Everybody seemed in good spirits this morning despite the nasty humidity. Lots of chatter but everyone came to sweat, and sweat they did.

During Warmarama, Chowdah tried to help QIC along and was promptly scolded by Abacus, telling him, “Let him Q!”

At the picnic pavilion, QIC created a new workout, dipping between the picnic tables. Somewhere along the way, Emoji lost count of his 16s and from the sound of it, there were many in the PAX who left their calculators at home as they struggled to remember where they were. Guess we need to stick with 11s with this crew in the future.

Catch Me If You Can around the building with the loser doing burpees. Always the overachiever, Spit decided he needed to get some more blood pumping and inspired the PAX (or at least half the PAX) to join the losers in doing burpees.

Never one to be outdone, LP decided for a one armed merkin to end his 16 during Ring of Fire. Spit did his handclap for his final one. Even Wild Thing got in on the action, accomplishing a one armed merkind himself. Chowdah tried his best to follow with the one armed merkin and fell flat on his face. You win some, you lose some.

There was great support today for LPs VQ. Thanks to all for being there and supporting him. It’s hard to describe just how much it means for so many men to be pouring into the life of this 2.0. This is a great picture of F3.

(From LP)

Everybody worked their butts off today! They were pumped up and ready for the workout. Everybody pushed themselves and got it done. Great job everybody and thanks for coming!

Announcements

VQ week coming up. Grab a Q for the first time or a Q somewhere you haven’t before.

QIC (LP) has been crushing the ball the last few weeks and his little league team is heading to the championship tonight!

8 men braved the weather and beat the fartsacks this morning to witness the VQ of Chowdah. The SF was planted and the PAX got to work.

Mosey around the church building

COP

– SSH

– Arm circles

– Don Quixotes

– Freddie Mercuries

– Cotton Pickers

Mosey to the building corner

Cinco de F3

The PAX paired up and proceeded to do a four corner workout with sets of 5.

Wheelbarrow with partner halfway along length of building

5 two count mountain climbers

5 burpees

5 wide stance merkins

5 WWII situps

5 boxcutters

Plank when finished last lap around the building

PAX completed 3 times around the building and the Q realized we were going to run out of time if we didn’t move on.

Mosey to field

Indian run around the field

Mosey to flag

Ring of fire – 10 merkins

Numberama, Namerama, Abacus took us out.

Moleskin

YHC was up before his alarm as it was his VQ this morning. Like a kid on Christmas Eve, sleep was elusive

Waiting for the rain to subside, the YHC and LP took bets on who would show up first. By-Product was the winner followed close behind by Wheelie. Out of the blue, The Carpenter (although he told YHC he wouldn’t be there) showed up after a long drive home from Queens to surprise YHC on this momentous day

It being Cinco de Mayo, YHC had full intention of making it around the building 5 times, but just like so many things in life, what looked good on paper doesn’t always transfer well to real life. We stuck with our five sets and made it through

From the beginning, Abacus lived up to his name, counting forwards, backwards, skipping numbers, and doing everything he could do confound the PAX. There was not a dry spot on the ground and not one member of the PAX made it out without being totally and completely drenched. Thankfully, the temperature was high enough to keep it comfortable.

Thanks to everyone who came out for this day. It was a privilege and a pleasure to be beat down with this crew. Looking forward to the next time.

Announcements

By-Product will be moving from the 23116 to the 23111 and will need some strong arms and hands next week. Contact him if you can give him a hand.