Author: Orange Crush

  • The Gremlins are Out

    17 HIM’s joined YHC for a little No Toll beat down. The vibe was certainly not Twin Team loungey and per usual, the HIM’s of F3 rose up to the challenge. Workout was…

    Warmarama:

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Helicopters
    • Don Quixote’s
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • LBC’s
    • APD’s

    YHC would like to note that all attempts at count distraction were brushed aside.

    Mozey to the pavilion for Thang 1

    • Dora – 100 Merkins, 200 WWII’s, 300 Air Squats. Those WWII’s were definite time killers.
    • 10 burpees at completion of the Dora for your troubles.

    Mozey to the parking lot for Thang 2. 50’s. 25 of one extra / 25 of another. Complete as a group at each corner of the parking lot.

    • Round 1: 25 Raise the Roof’s (in cadence) / 25 Lunges
    • Round 2: 25 Merkins / 25 Bobby Hurley’s
    • Lunges, Merkins, BH’s were completed with YHC’s single count.
    • 10 burpees at completion for your 50’s troubles.

    Mozey back to the flag.

    Announcements: DK shared a story about a friend from the England who passed away recently in a tragic accident while away in Ireland. His friend’s paperwork wasn’t well organized and/or his wife didn’t know how to access it. This has made it difficult for his wife to retrieve the body and move forward. PSA: Get your paperwork (Will, Insurance, Medical, etc.) together and make sure your M’s know how to access the information.

    Welcome to FNG Mogwai. Our new brother was feeling his post-midnight snack during the workout. This coupled with the rain of the day made for a perfect Gremlin themed name. Snuff was offended and wanted the recognition of the Scottish Rock Band. Look for both Mogwai’s at Snuff themed workout soon.

    YHC took us out.

    What a blessing to be together today. We made the most of it.

  • Keepin’ it Loungy – but not too Loungy…

    5 HIM’s joined YHC for a little tour of Twin Team. YHC’s Q focused on conversation and camaraderie with a bit of fitness mixed in. YHC is happy to report that this objective was achieved.

    Warmarama: Walk across the blacktop playground, stretching various body parts as we went.

    Thang 1: Bro code 4 corners, 3 rounds. Merkins, Squats, LBC’s.

    Thang 2: Triple Check: Run around the bus loop, Side Straddle Hops, APD’s/LBC’s.

    Thang 3: Mozey to the benches for some step ups, dips and incline merkins.

    All this fitness nonsense was wrapped up with a little Broga. What a beautiful morning to be outside.

    Per usual, lots of great mumblechatter and laughter at Twin Team. Names and stories have been withheld to protect the innocent and for fear of (likely) incrementation.

    Prayer Requests: DD with a bit o’ skin cancer that will get taken care of. This is the call for all of us to get out and see a dermatologist. LC’s friend who is going through a difficult separation and the life upheaval that comes with this event.

    Announcements: CSAUP

    YHC took us out.

  • Breaking Bread…it’s dinner time.

    YHC picked up the February 22nd dinner duties for Breaking Bread. It was a simple affair – brauts and kielbasa, roasted potatoes, as well as roasted green beans. Also included a simple salad with dressing and everybody’s favorite, Costco cookies. Simple and delicious…the same words that my M uses to describe YHC. Ha!

    YHC was not able to stick around because the remaining 2.0 in the house had a basketball game. Thanks to @Oyster for keeping this volunteer activity going.

  • Hands down, the most content for naming an FNG, ever.

    8 seasoned veterans and 1 FNG joined YHC for a Timberwolf beatdown. It certainly felt a bit colder than the 70F, but we mustered up the courage and intestinal fortitude to get some reps in. Workout was as follows:

    Warm-a-rama:

    • SSH’s
    • Helicopters
    • Deadman hands / Andy Dufrene’s
    • Copperhead squat
    • Merkins
    • Wide Grip Merkins
    • Diamond merkins
    • LBC’s

    Thang:

    Run a lap. At each quarter lap complete 20 – 25 of called exercise. When the first person completes the reps, the group runs to the next station. Hold plank for the six. Start the next exercise together. Repeat until lap is completed. Exercises included: Air Squats, Merkins, Raise the Roof’s, Partner Leg Toss, Lunges, WWII’s.

    Mozey back to the flag for some wall sits and merkins until time was called. Great workout!

    The FNG kept our minds active this morning as he dropped story after story that offered up naming potential a plenty. YHC is pretty sure that Hardywood would have had a seizure at the pure joy of the potential here. Here are some highlights:

    • Spent 2 years working on a ranch in Wyoming
    • Was a deputy sheriff for a prison in Alexandria, VA. We learned how they check body cavities in a prison (Hermie said he learned something there…yeah right) and about a time when a guy squatted down and crapped a bag of weed out of his bum.
    • His birth name is Chris Buchette (or something like that), but the last name is pronounced Boo-che as in the Water Boy.

    YHC leaned into the Water Boy theme and named him after the Roy Orbison tattoo on the coach’s bum. Welcome Orby.

    Announcements: Frozen Triangle

    YHC took us out.

  • Suck it, Dan Synder

    17 absolute freaking studs joined YHC for a romp around No Toll. YHC hasn’t had the best F3 attendance to start the new year. What better way to get back on the F3 horse, but to grab the Q? YHC can’t think of one.

    Warm-a-rama: Jog a lap around the parking

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Helicopters
    • Merkins
    • Updog…stretch out those caves
    • Downdog…which YHC proposed renaming to Suck It, Dan Synder’s. Maybe it will stick. Maybe it won’t. The intent is there though.
    • WWII’s

    Thang 1: 15 minute AMRAP, Exercises were 30 Air Squats, 20 WWII’s, 10 burpees then run around the parking lot. Repeat this set until time called. YHC thinks most everyone got about 4 rounds in. This was not easy.

    Thang 2: Triple Check: Dips, Merkins and a Run back and forth across the field.

    Mozey to the basketball court for…

    Thang 3: A burpee EMOM. After completing 3 burpees, run back and forth across the court. At the start of the next minute, 4 burpees and run back and forth across the court. We increased burpees until 10. This was a burner.

    Circle up for some ab and glute work – WWII’s, APD’s, American Hammers and Crunchy Frogs.

    Time Called.

    YHC was thrilled to be back with this crew! What a great morning. Loved it! This workout was definitely different than the Twin Team vibe but every once in a while, you just need to kick your ass with a workout.

    Prayers: Rosie’s cousin who is battling a heart condition after recovering from cancer.

    YHC took us out.

  • Cheers to another year around the sun…

    YHC was joined by tough and uncompromising individuals on his Name Day celebration. YHC is a week late on the backblast and in his old age has forgotten a lot of what we did. YHC probably would have forgotten to write the backblast has ‘ol Heisty not sent him a text this afternoon.

    As far as the workout, YHC recalls that we ran, we laughed, we exercised, we laughed some more with many of the laughs at YHC’s expense and then we stretched. YHC also vividly remembers that there was too much running for Last Call’s liking. Sorry buddy.

    Thanks for celebrating with me. Couldn’t ask for a better way to start the day.

    YHC took us out wrapping it up quickly before the bus tried to run us over. Party favors were distributed to those in attendance post workout. Hope you enjoyed The Legend brew.

  • Cookie makes some weird noises

    4 HIMs of Midlothian ventured out for a kettlebell adventure or maybe we were just avoiding Gumbo’s OG No Toll edition. YHC has been on a bit of a hiatus with the M on the IR. Needing to put some pump back in the ‘ol muscles, YHC grabbed the Q sheet. Here’s a summary of events –

    Warmarama – SSH, Dead Man Hangs, Merkins, LBC’s, Leg over body left, leg over body right, neck rolls, etc.

    Thang: Select an exercise – 30 seconds on / 30 seconds off with each exercise 3 reps. We hit all the major muscle groups – biceps, triceps, quadriceps, glutes, abs, back, shoulders, lats, obliques. Hopefully, we’ll be sore tomorrow.

    Announcements: Check Slack.

    YHC took us out.

    Today’s backblast title comes to you via Cookie who made some strange noises during the workout. I would say more, but the wise stripper said it best, “Secret secrets are no fun. Secret secrets hurt someone.”. The rest of the details are left to your perverted imagination.

  • Nothing to see here…just two dudes stretching at 5am.

    Before the Splinter No-Toll beat down, Last Call joined YHC for some quality Broga action this morning. Always great to hang out with this dude and catch up on life and families. We got some good stretching in as well.

    Last Call is leading the nationwide lawsuit against Delta for shutting down his trip to South America. Please see him for all your complaints.

  • Boy…that’s some steamy wetness

    5 HIMs stepped into the extreme mugginess of Wednesday morning for a tag team Q. The Q sheet has for SOT has been a little light lately. Must be those ruck workouts that Sable and team pull together.

    Warmarama – Bunch of stuff. SSH, Merkins, Jazzercize (slow mo), Ukrainian soldiers, LBC’s, Helicopters, etc.

    Mozey to the track for 100’s. Round 1: 5 rounds, 20 reps for each exercise. After the set was completed run 100 yards. Each PAX member called out an exercise.

    Round 2: 10 rounds, 10 reps for each exercise. After the set is completed run 100 yards. Each PAX member called out an exercise.

    Turn the Q over to DK for a little Tabata/Chabata time – dips and step ups were on the menu.

    Back to the flag pausing for some solid monkey humper action as the runners circled back to the flag.

    Numberama / Namearama with YHC taking us out.

    Lucky days when Blue Moon makes the trip down to see us. Fun times hanging out with this dude.

  • It’s time for Basketball

    9 HIM’s with questionable basketball talent ran out to the Timberwolf blacktop this morning, joining YHC, also of questionable basketball talent, for some exercise. Actual events and shooting percentages will not be discussed to protect the innocent and egos.

    Warmarama: SSH’s, Helicopter, Arm Circles, Dead Man Hangs.

    3 rounds of knockout. Sometimes the loser had to run to the gate, sometimes we did 5 burpees.

    Steal the cones: Divide the teams up evenly (via numbers), place 5 cones in the center. Make a free throw and sprint to the cone, taking it back to your baseline. The first team to capture all 5 cones wins. All YHC will say on this is that one team made a lot of baskets and the other team made zero.

    5 on 5: Wildcat threw out the idea for a little 5 v 5, so we ran up and down the court showing off our basketball prowess. FYI – It’s great to have Wildcat on your team. Crabgrass put the spin move on YHC for the winning point. Props him to for dropping a Hakeem Olajuwon type spin move to close the game.

    Half court shot – if you make it, we head back to the flag. If you miss, everyone does 3 burpees. You can guess the results – 30 burpees for the group.

    Back to the flag for the ‘ol Numberrama / Namearama

    Announcements: Check Slack

    Prayers for Futon’s Mother-in-law and a celebration for Wildcat.

    YHC took us out.