Author: Machismo

  • Brick Yard 400

    9 triple checkers gathered for a Brick inspired workout.

    Brick Jacks

    WWBrick

    American Brickhammer

    Brick Angels

    Brick shoulder taps

    Brick merkins

    Brick Circles.

    Mosey to first obstacle Triple check. Dips, American Hammer, Run to intersection Bernie back.

    Bricklayer crawl then last man does a Merkin and runs to the front.

    Next triple check was pole smokers and shoulder taps bear crawl then mosey back.

    Mosey back to the flag for your choice brick excercise.

    Reflecting on the title freed to lead. It’s an oxymoron. Leadership is often considered a shackle when we choose to lead it’s empowering. Go, lead, be free.

  • United Pole Workers Union

    3 forgecast followers plus one Honeydo made out for the first annual meeting of the United Pole Workers Union. Here’s what was decided:

    warmarama:

    DQs, Freddie M, Merkin, Helicopter, DQ, SSH

    #1 working in union lift 200# telephone pole to shoulder carry along parking lot. IP walk hoisting pole forward last man moves to front. Pole curls in cadence. Then alternating shoulder shifts in cadence. Over head pole walk, more pole curls and return to the truck to drop said pole.

    #2 conveyor belt quad check. Alt. 1/2 Pole lifts with partner opposite, rotate to the other end then chain gang with some shoulder work flailing chains. Runner goes to the end of the parking lot and back.

    #3 I Squat Walkers, u soldiers, arm circles in cadence.

    #4 conveyor. LBC, Trailer Dips, Incl Merkin, bear crawl around trailer

    The mission of f3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.Growth is part of our mission.

    Together we can do great things gents by working together. Out of many One. E Pluribus Unum.

  • Did I Say Merkin?

    When YHC had dreams of getting kicked off the Q Sheet it almost happened. After YHC scraped the fartsack off arriving late, we went directly into some Warmarama.

    8 count absolution, 14 SSH, 10 LBCs, 20 Merkins, Arm Circles,

    #1 Dora: 100 dips, 100 merkins, 150 SSH

    #2 11s Merkins and WWIIs

    #3 Broya 25 PLTs ea 25 Boya Merkins 25 PLT 25 Merkin.

    #4 Ring of abs.

    YHC had big dreams of carrying a telephone pole through this workout. Watch out for the Q at No Toll there may be an opportunity yet. After totaling that Merkin love up it’s around 176. Excellent work fellas, again sorry for the late Q.

  • 9 Jerkin-lovers get their Jollies.

    9 Unsuspecting Dogpilers assembled at the Dell for YHC’s first Q at this lovely venue.

    The Thang:

    Warmerama: Mosey to large tree at the far end of the parking lot. 20 SSH, 10 Punters (more of a swing than a Ukranian Soldier), 10 Ukranian Soldiers, 20 Merkins.

    #1 Squat ladder up ampitheater box jump to tier add a squat per tier – 18 total.

    #2 Triple check: here’s where the Jerkins came in, Dips and timer did a promenade on the stage.

    #3 Time burner challenge 11s at the valley of ill repute (aptly named) Burpees, and Lt. Dans.

    #4 circle in front of the site of perpetual construction. looks like a hurricane to YHC. Eye of the abb hurricane: American Hammers, Flutters, Heals to Heaven, LBC 25 count each.

    #5 Eye of the Mericane CDD, Merkins, Hand Release Merkins, Inverted Merkins 12 count each.

    #6 Absolution (YHC got this wrong and added a Merkin in what should have been a knees to chest hop, what’s that called? Like a Mountain Climber but with both legs). 8 count down to Elbow plank, Plank Jack, up to plank, then Merkin instead of aforementioned. Bleeder had an excellent suggestion of passing the count around the circle. YHC struggled to keep composure.

    Arm raises back to the flag, numbers, names.

    YHC saw the Q open last night and took it. Love this AO and the fine fella’s there, would love make it to Libbie Market one morning to follow. Slipping Jimmie had me rolling. Love hanging with a crowd I’m not used to rolling with. Since they changed the traffic pattern at Rock N’ Roll YHC may make this a regular slip across the river. Leave the Q open and you never know what rif raff might drop in.

  • Eye of the Mericane

    11 March Madness bracket busters joined forces on the courts of No Toll for a murderous maraud.

    Warmarama: SSH, DQs, Susan Summers, Freddie M., Diamond Merkins.

    The Thang: Eye of the Hurricane South, East, Midwest, and West Corners of the double ball court met in the middle for 10 WWIIs then dispersed OYO for 50 American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, Scrunchy Frogs, and Flutters.

    Reconvene for Eye of the Mericane with 10 burpees then back to various corners for OYO 25 Diamond Merkins, Werkins, CDD, and Hand Release Merkins.

    Triple Check with Raise the roofs, and Lt. Dans. Timer does suicides or murderous marauds whatever the pc way of calling that out is.

    With arms and abs sufficiently exhausted, what better than to try and play 10 min. of basketball on this 70degree and sunny morn. Score was 4 to 2. YHC is glad no one got hurt.

    This tournament has been a crazy reminder of what can be accomplished with strong leadership. It doesn’t always take the most capable or the biggest budget to make an effective team. We lead this together, with vigor, outside.

  • Tour de Toll

    5 noble Warrior took on the gauntlet that No Toll had to offer. For the onlooking Mac members it may have gone something like this:

    Warmarama (waiting for Dealer): SSH, Diamond Merkin, Alt cross leg LBC, Wide Merkin

    Tennis court lap High knees, butt kickers, Step Overs.

    Squat ladder on the parking lot: start broad jump 2 spots then ascending squats every two spaces 2, 4, 6, 8 – 20

    4 Corners on soccer field 10 merkins, 20 WWII, 30 CDD, 40 SSH

    Mosey to entrance to the Mac, Hoe downs in cadence, Dirty hook up in cadence. Invite paying club members to join F3RVA.

    Run to Johnston Willis (dips on curb in cadence) 20

    Find pickle ball court (Tour de merkin and and ab excercise)

    Hansel and Grettle back to the playground for a little curb crawl indigenous people style.

    Numbers, names, COT.

    YHC Has really been thinking about what the word efficiency means. Take what you have and use it to the best of its ability. That goes for this a AO as well as the our actions in our daily lives. We took a tour of this AO and got to see all that it has to offer. YHC is grateful to rub shoulders with four noble warriors who laid footsteps across the paths of No Toll this AM.

  • Welcome to the Tea Party

    Warmerama:

    Aptly 11 Pax including one long bearded FNG joined for a Machismo number 11 inspired bro fest. It went a little something like this; SSH of varying cadence, Abe Vigoda, Don Quixote, American Hammers, Imperials Walkers.

    11s between toll gates Dips, Incline Merkins.

    Eye of the the Hurricane (thanks Mister Rodgers) 5-burpee center on the pavilion with 50 SSH, 50 Air Presses, 50 2-Count revenge of the imperial walkers, 50 American Hammers.

    11s again from midfield where some Lunging Lt. Dans made it back to the pavilion for Merkins (yes Ricky Tea Party those are push-ups).

    A short bear crawl march ensued with a burpee cherry back towards the flag. Crab Walk, Walk Carb and we were out with a minute of Merkin Murder.

    Announcements: Oysters buying lunch at Brick House this Thursday. Also Diamond Billiards on Friday Rosie leading the charge.

    Welcome to the party gentlemen. YHC got a good roll of sweat going to wash away the lidocaine patch. It was all worth it to welcome a new Pax member with 4 girls, his own business, and long beard. Get those pinkies high and look out for Tea Party. The Pax also righted a porta-john this morning so feel free to call him by his initials TP. Just don’t think his name was inspired by some revolutionary northerners, it all starts with sponge cakes gentlemen. We are better together in cadence or not.

  • Machismo Making A’s into Donkeys

    7 then 8 voyageurs took the gloom of the Forge for a tour of the property. YHC was Dora the exploring when 5:30 struck and beaconed the pax down the swamp gas trail to the Tennis Courts. There first COP went:

    10 SSH, Starfish Situp, WWII, Tempo Merkins, Imperial Squat Squat walkers, Ukranian soldiers.

    From there, through the Machismo Gate we went (backside of the tennis courts) to the Football field for 1st and 10 (look it up on the exicon for details https://f3nation.com/exicon/. Pax was thankful for Swamp Donkey as we bro coded our way down the field.

    Next, to the courtyard amphitheater for some somewhat sketchy Super Mario Jumps to make a Triple check circuit with Dips and starfish situps.

    Final disafio was a Dora in the pot smoker’s prison (elementary school courtyard) It went 50 Merkins, 100 Hoe Downs, 150 SSH.

    Back to the flag to find Last Call waiting to start numbers.

    YHC is thankful for the way F3 has a way of turning A$$’s into Donkeys. Better to Bro code in the gloom than be an A and leave every man for himself.

    Kettlebells and running at Twin Team. Rucking at 6am and bootcamp at Rock N Roll. Prayers for my family as I’ll be out of town next week. Thank you Brothers. You are all Stars.

  • You are the Sh*t. Love, Dad

    9 Gloom Jockey’s hopped on the horse for a reminder that we were and we still are the sh*t. YHC started with a little transition between the seasons as we Mosied to the tennis court for a pre COP cardio. 4 sides shuffle, high knees, shuffle, bernie. COP was 20 SSH, 10 Imperial Squat Walkers, 10 Wide Merk, Oblique LBC R, LBC, Left, 10 Diamond Merk, 12? Crab Cakes, 10 regular merk.

    The search continues for a Jerkin bar at No Toll – Failed toll with bar gate.

    Following was 4 corners prostitute 10 Merk, 20 Freddie Merc, 30 Crab Cake, 40 SSH.

    11s at the shelter for dips and Lt. Dan’s. DD modified to lunge steps to shorten the trip back from midfield to dips.

    Bataan Bear Crawl with a 2 Burpee cherry through the rotation one time towards the flag.

    Ended with 5 merkin ring of fire and a 30 second 6″ plank eyes to you’re adjacent neighbor for a reminder that you are still the Sh*t.

    Announcements: Frozen triangle start at dogpile at 6. ready for ~3hrs of fun.

    YHC learned that Merkin count is a double count exercise. Down on 1; Up on 2; Down on 3; Up on PAX “1” that’s two for the price of one. YHC closed with a reminder that we were made in the image of our creator. As Last Call said “My body is a temple”

  • Minutos de Machismo

    70s and sunny at No Toll as 12 Hims took on speed dating with Cindy. Starting at the twin tennis courts (a rare used attraction) Cindy got ditched at the door and did 20 or so SSH, ISW, LBCs, 10 or so Merkins, Diagonal Mountain Climbers, Os, Reverse Os.

    Round 1 Carried Cindy to the first field and: Triple checked with: Timer across the field, Dips, Curls.

    followed by 5 mins of partner one-up-manship: V-hold and WWIIs passing a plus one till the 5 min expired (I believe some were up to high teens).

    Triple Round 2: Timer – murder bunny to midfield then bernie back, American Hammers, Imperial squat walkers.

    5 mins of Standing up Cindy and burpees. (less were counted here).

    YHC may be wrong but the succession ended with ditching Cindy in the woods near the parking lot protected by briars. Rosie said YHC was a little drunk at this point, (Bernied some S turns on the Triple check.)

    With time on the clock for 2 min. Planked it up with some diagonal highs, and some lows. Wilson, Fudd. 3,2,1, Done.

    This was the first time using a clock but even though Last Call said, “leave it at work.” It may be back.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements minimal.

    YHC Mentioned struggles with M and figuring out our rhythm. Don’t want to empty the nest and forget the one who filled it. Thankful for brotherhood and focusing outside for 9 – 5 min intervals.

    (YHC hopes your backs were spared)