Author: Machismo

  • No Names

    6 Hims were seen on the NollerCoaster of the FORGE. They knew their purpose: To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. They knew this group was Free of charge and Open to all men, Rain or shine outdoors, Guys lead it in a rotating fashion and it Ended with the circle of trust.

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:
    – Arm Circles, Imperial squat walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, DQs.

    COP #1: Noller coaster: Bear Crawl UP, SSH accross the top, Crab Walk down

    -Mosey to the courtyard
    COP #2: Mario’s Play ground. Runner mario hops around the HHigh courtyard, V-ups for valentines, and Hand Release Merkins.

    -Mosey to the Football field
    COP #3: 1st and 10: 11s progressing down the field. With superbowl TD celebrations and Burpees. Snuff paid YHC 7 Million for this add for Homes.com.

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    Mosey BTTF: Mary in plank with peer led excercises until YHC forgot his Weinke.

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    YHC had been trying to get his church building to host part of the GrowRuck 47. After several rounds of “no” YHC realized that we don’t know what we’re missing until we’ve found it. Here we have answers to many of the challenges in the world today. Are you struggle with weight and the many unhealthy options we have to eat – we give you Fitness. Do you need others to walk this walk with? Here you have Fellowship. Are you looking to make an impact in the lives of others? We have Faith. YHC is thankful for the silohettes he recognizes in the darkness, even when he forgets to ask for their names.

  • Cindy Rain Dance

    10 pax showed up to roll out the red carpet for FNG ‘Welcome Mat’. It felt like a first date because YHC had Cindy to go around. Though professional disclaimers were thrown out no one believed YHC wasn’t. NTB was whispering sweet nothings in Mat’s ear as the pax circled up for Warmerama. According to Cindy this is what went down.

    • Mosey to the basketball court to circle up and a random number of exercises was prescribed until the good doc wrote his script.
    • Side Straddle hops. 20 some
    • Helicopters
    • DQ’s
    • Chinooks
    • script for 44 WWII’s

    Mosey to the first soccer field grab a date with Cindy along the way.

    First exercise Dora the Explora – grab a stick or something interesting and bring it back to your partner sharing. 100 Cindy Merkins, 200 Cindy Swings, 300 Cindy Presses.

    Second Exercise: Cindy triple check. with overhead presses, and Cindy Curls, partner Bernies to midfield and returns with 10 lunges then a run.

    Third Exercise, Squat ladder till time neared with lunges in between.

    YHC grabbed the Q late under the slackrassment of NTB who wanted to curate the FNG experience for Welcome Mat. With the speed dating and chatroom questions many suggestions, none good, flowed through the pax as it struggled to put a finger on what made Matt different. As a marketer and director who invites others in to experience a product or service, coupled with the exuberate invitation from NTB. Welcome Mat effortlessly flowed off the tongue. At F3RVA we look forward to hosting Grow Ruck 47 and inviting more to experience how leadership can develop from doing hard things together. We want to be welcoming to our neighbors and inviting more to join and enrich their communities and families. F3RVA congratulate your new H.I.M. (High Impact Man) Welcome Mat. Matt Swieca.

  • Shoulder Friendly?

    3 triples did the rain dance at No Toll this morning. Starting in the lush dry carpet of field one YHC picked an obscure COP locale. Circle for arm circles, helicopters, ISWs, Ukranian Soldiers, obliques LBCs, dying cockroaches, scrunchie frogs, then on to Thang 1.

    Thang 1 triple check Freddie Mercury, chain smokers and a midfield runner.

    Thang 2 line up in the first concrete median for squat ladder. (their are 20 spaces) for 210 squats and about 40 broad jumps in between.

    Thang 3 Dora. With 100 WW2, 200 🐒, 300 calf raises

    Thang 3: 4 corners with you do you merkins 20, 30 jump squats, 40 ⚒️, 50 smurf jacks.

    Thang 4: 11s with step ups and shoulder ‘f’ers (incline merkins) Q no no modified.

    bttf numbers names.

    announcements. Shoe drive bring to rock and roll. T day converge at Mary Mumford.

    prayers for Jonathan “Roper” struggling with finding his ball of man. Lift him up and others that may be down this week.

    YHC took the Q for a shoulder friendly workout but couldnt find an adequate counter point on the toll. It is sometimes very hard to modify. Bullseye is modifying for an abb issue. The goal is to push yourself not injure yourself. Squat ladder did that for me today. Find your rabbit but keep charging gentlemen great seeing everybody have a blessed day you started it off well.

  • Wide is the Gate

    Wide is the gate that lets Machismo Q a workout. This one was a reminder that anyone can lead it doesn’t need to be polished. 9 Gents went through the wide gate to get destroyed by 1st and 10s. YHC picked this up as a farewell Q to Red Card on his way back to India but, alas, it was not to be (Red Card got the foul.)

    WARMERAMA:

    – Mosey to the ticketed gates for admission to the fields, none being found the follow was performed in odd numbers: SSH, Don Q, LBC, Heel Touches, LBC, Crunchie frogs, 100s

    Mosey to the wide gate.

    COP #1: Burpee 11s 1st and 10

    Merkins/Burpees run to the 10 do 1 merkin 10 burpees, score a touchdown and come back to the 20 for 2 merkins 9 Burpees……..

    COP #2: Bruce Lee’s

    According to the exicon:

    An super set consisting of 6 ab exercises: 1. Hammer, 2. Leg raises, 3. LBC’s, 4. Heel Touches, 5. Crunchy Frog, 6. 100’s. 20 reps, 3 sets. 30 seconds rest between each set. work up to 90 reps, 7 sets: Bruce Lee’s work out.

    According to Machismo: 3 rounds till time and the pax had to hoof it back.

    Kudos to double respect @scram hanging with the pax through 1st and 10s regardless of knee trouble.

    Closeout:

    YHC could feel the shoulder grinding during the pushups but no pain. Scrunchy frogs are rough. Building muscle means tearing tissue. Growing in leadership means to stretch yourself. YHC has been grown by you Pax @Forge and beyond. Let’s continue to challenge each other.

    Should you find yourselves by 9828D Midlothian Turnpike sometime 9/29 YHC would love to have you at my office open house btwn 3-6. Please RSVP or get more info by emailing YHC at Chad@cdwhomesincorporated.com.

  • Me and My Mates

    11 Noble Warriors Played on the carpeted fields of No Toll.

    In hopes to see Red Card post one last time before his return to India. YHC brought the heat to the nice carpet-like turfed fields of No Toll. Here’s what you might have missed.

    WARMERAMA:

    – Mosey around the soccer pavilion and circle up

    Mosey to pavilion, SSH, DON Qs, Merkins, Obliques L&R, LBCs, IMPERIAL SQUAT WALKERS

    COP #1: Eye of the Hurricane

    5 burpees in the center then, 20 Mericans, 30 squats, 40 American Hammers, 50 flutters.

    COP #2: 11s

    11s with Dips and LT. Dans.

    COP #3: 25, 50 Charge

    -Pax waited at the line then started with a 25% jog, then 50%, then crossing the ditch of No Toll a Charge accross the final field.

    Mosey BTTF

    COP #4: 5,6,8 Minutes of Mary

    Boat/ Canoe while pax did abb exercises. finished off with some Mericans

    COT:

    announcements: Tons going on this weekend with a convergence and a sit and sip. See Gomer for Sit and Sip info. DTH took the PAX out in Prayer

    Naked Moleskin:

    YHC had the pax charge across the gloom laden fields as a show of force against the invisible enemy. It was challenging to hold the line. YHCs voice broke the silence with charge and the Pax sprinted across the last field. There were no warriors that met us on the other side, but, as evidenced by the COT, together we stand. Let us lift each other up F3RVA.

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  • Bruce Lee 50yr

    13 Macho men made their way through the abb gauntlet that Bruce Lee laid down. With the Weinke hankie in his pocket Machismo stated the Warmarama.

    SSH, obliques L and R, Heel touches, Micheal Phelps, DQs, plank saws.

    Continue on to a lap with the 🇺🇲 I. P. Style circle back for the 6.

    COP #1 superset with Bruce Lee 20, 30, then 40 reps of each. A.H., Leg Raises, LBCs, heel touches, crunchy frogs, plank saws, .. six pack in tow pax went to the shelter

    triple check: Lt. Dan’s, Dips, Filed Run.

    Grab the flag and back with sone high knees, butt kickers, side steps.

    Toll of 20 dips and inerkins.

    suicide to kill 2 min. Then names and numbers.

    YHC reflected on taking the most out of every day because aspirin can kill you (Bruce Lee). Prayers for Belay and his family as they lay to rest his grandfather in Iceland. Welcome F3 RVAs newest member CH3. Chris owns a propane delivery business (20lb cylinders) so OC got wise and wanted to name him the chemical formula for propane. As fate would have it CH3 (CH3 Methyl Group) is methane. So Chris for your excessively long fart sack welcome your name will be remembered as chemically complicated but technically cow farts. Looking forward to beating down the gloom with you!

  • Airborne FNG school

    25 RockStars including multiple FNGs made this convergence style AO half of a Fourth of July attendance. With Band of Brothers and the 101st airborne prescient there were verbose instructional introductions and brotherhood references. Nonetheless we made it through a long Warmarama. Soldiers, Merkins, ssh, shoulder taps, WW2S, and Don Qs were done and the 6-year-olds locked in on the core principles and mission statement of F3.

    Following the rough start YHC tried a relay race but with 25 unawares and prickly grass modifications became necessary.

    Parachute for the win. With nothing to lose we went on a parachute filled excursion with alternating exercises under the canopy. I think there’s something there but again it’s hard to organize 25 with no gaps.

    Final try was with dodgeball on top with called exercises for the first losers.

    YHC got the pleasure of introducing my neighbor to the group and Puff did great. Gume left the workout with no new name but we named quite a few others. What a testament to our first level of leadership commitment, in our families. DTH thanks for organizing.

  • On again off again echo chamber.

    The Macheesman was ready to skip and start work early but opted for a slutterstart at the Forge instead. The pax not warned nor prepared started with a pole to pole American Burpee Bigmac. 3 burpees 10 American hammers repeato to the primary school. Warmarama included: Ukrainians, Merkins, imperialists, Rosalitas, Don Qs, Freddie’s, it was a Star studded line up. On to a Dora while admiring the sunrise with 100 dips, 200 LBCs, 300 flutters.

    Echo chamber for dirty hookups.

    Eye of the hurricane 10 burpees middle with 20S hammers, WW2, CDD, SHOULDER TAPS,

    Back to the echo chamber for how downs.

    merkin ring of fire to finish.

    If the fart sack is calling sometimes the best thing is just a little Machismo.

  • I Get Knocked Down

    3 SOTers greeted a guest Q and to this is more or less what happened.

    Circle. 10 or so of the following SSH, oblique LR, rosalita whips, imperial squat walkers, Merkin,

    To the track 4 corners. 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 flutters, 40 SSH.

    Dora. 100 WW2, 150 SSH, DIPs

    The main event. I get knocked down. 11s with stairs. In cadence absolution at the bottom LT Dan at the top.

    The absolution toasted YHC but thanks to Bullseye for keeping the count. As an SOT first timer YHC had a blast. Glad for the chance to guest Q on the takeover on the SOJ.

  • 18 36 10

    6 is the perfect number unless we had 10 then that’d be perfect too.

    Starting with a working memorial to the fallen we did 36 ssh then 18 imperial squat walkers. LBCs, obliques L and R, rosalita whips.

    Huguenot High Rollers Bear crawl up slope crab walk down.

    Tpole burpees 1 per to the end of grade school.

    looped around and hit the @lastcall gate to the field.

    1st and and 10 11s with a twost 10 burpees 1 WW2 sprint to the touchdown rinse back to the 20 for 2 and 9 repeat down the field.

    do what you have with what you have where you are. Random dip jerkin aparatus found on our way out. For triple check with runner up the ramp.

    BTTF DQs, LBCs, Obliques, Stretches

    announcements; oysters paying today, diamond billiards 3f tomorrow at 530.

    reflecting on the sacredness of life today. We were created with a purpose. YHC took some time to remember this impacted by the tragedy this week. Working out at the football field felt sacred like we shouldnt be at the field because of what happened. The reality is we need to do the opposite we need show up, engage others more, we need to redeem these spaces with our sweat.