Author: 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.

  • 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.