Author: Jimmy Benson

  • it doesn’t get much better than this

    Gorgeous morning to be out exercising, ran over to West Broad Village did some warm-ups on the Roger Roger pad, as we have named it. Mosey up and around to Trader Joe’s parking lot for a prostitute four corners with one corner 10 Merkins, next 20 squats, next 30 LBC‘s , fourth corner 40 side straddle hops. From there we mosey towards A.C. A.C. stopped on the way to 25 dips 10 Durkin, ran to A.C. A.C. earlier arrivals did LBC‘s waiting for the six, once the six got in we moved to the center of the intersection. Did 10 Merkins and then 20 monkey humpers; saying good morning to the people on the treadmill. Mosey to the gazebo on the lake and 25 more dips 10 more Durkins. Head back to flag by loop the long way around the lake and back to the flag to wrap up.

    great morning to be with our brothers, the lull of activity before holidays approach! Thanks for letting me lead today!

  • pinto’s threesome?? WTH

    that’s a different kind of WTH which happened at WtH. It was a beautiful July morning for 9 fellas gather together to sweat and laugh together.

    Cardo triple check 

    Invented on the fly to try and get our distance in, Man 1 does Long run to Chick-fil-A and back, Man two runs across the parking lot to the ABC store and back, Man three does merkins and sWW2s. Short runs are able to get two times for each man during the long run. Seem to be effective and people liked. Being stuck doing an exercise for five minutes is no fun in this broke it up, which was my hope. WTH needs to get 3 miles in and after doing a triple check, we had 2.4 miles of distance already. Moses back to the flag through the park ended with almost 3.5 miles.

    Mole skin: Salt Lick’s family member just was diagnosed with cancer in the G.I. tract not a positive prognosis and outlook; in her 50s. Charlote‘s family most certainly grieving and mourning the loss in the way of her passing, Seymour lifted up a young man who broke multiple bones. Prayers for his healing, prayers for gypsy in his healing after surgery and all those unspoken Hurts and needs out there. Thanks for letting me lead.t

  • 250th Celebration of USA

    What an amazing day for out country and F3! Hot, sunny, and what the gloom is all about. An honor to lead and be part of America and F3 Nation! Convergence at the roots of F3 RVA, I wanted to include those that brought me to this excellent community. Johnsonville as one of the founders of F3RVA, Tatar for convincing me I really needed this, and Chum Bucket who was the first Q and proved exactly why I needed it. Thank you for stepping up and leading with me today. Gomer Pyle read the Declaration of Independence for the Pax which was a great way to end the celebration and cool down on a hot day. 67 showed and this is what the beat down looked like:

    Start with SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, and LBCs and 5 burpees. Count off into groups of 4. about 8 mins at each session:

    1st group with Tatar: The Ab King did 250 Core exercises, stretching and 5 burpees

    2nd group with Chum: Leg focus- Jacob’s Ladder with squats on hill, Lunge walking uphill Crawl Bear back down between reps working to 7 reps. finished with lunge/leg medley

    3rd group with Pinto: Triple Check – Partner 1- run the loop, Partner 2- Merkins, Partner 3 – WW2s.

    4th group with Johnsonville: Jackweb with 1 Merkin, 4 arm raise, 8 LBCs up to 10X.

    Finished with reading by Gomer the numbers, names, and COT. 2 FNGs named- Sitting Bull and Pink Panther. Prayers for those struggling with sickness and other life battles, prayers for our country and this great nation to unite and a great celebration . Thank you to Gypsy for cooking and getting food ready for all of us afterwards. The fellowship and time was excellent. Thank you for all that brought food, water, gatorade, coffee, eggs, bacon, sausage, tortillas, and condiments. The community pulled together as is normal for this great group of Men. Continue to be such great lights into this world, your families and communities. God Bless each of you and your families. Thank you for allowing me to lead!

  • Holy Hot Run, who’s got it???

    5 showed for the pre 4th meltdown, collectively we came up with our route. The covered bridge Buffapple trek with a little longer pull back to hit 4 miles. Pigskin impressively showed after arriving back to the states at 9pm, no surprise. Hot run but happy to have the fellas show up today!! Convergence tomorrow!! Be there for Gridiron. Pigskin took us out prayers for our families and those that are working through hard times!

  • it must be summer, where have all the HIMs gone?

    four gazelle showed this morning for a run, no que on the sheet so we decided to do the bro-code run, 4.68 miles covered on a drizzly humid morning.
    for coffeteria we decided maybe we would go to Starbucks near Tunnel vision to meet up with some of our other brothers, only to find out just tater posted and he didn’t stay for coffee. The four of us had coffee at Starbucks with interesting conversations about generational differences between now and the past. Looking forward to gypsies 50th Q tomorrow.

  • Heartbreak Challenge

    Due to a Handshake challenge, i stepped up for a Heartbreak Q. Godd turn out for a cool morning with 14 Brother in Arms.

    Here is what went down. mosey to the warm up spot for SSHs, Ukranian soldiers , Imperial walkers, Merkins and LBCs. Move over to the parking lot for a prostitut style four corners: 10 Merkins, 20 WW2s, 30 American hammers, 40 SSHs. Once completed we headed to the bars for 2 rounds of 8 pull ups while the Pax did dips awaiting their turn, mosey up the hill for a Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. Mosey to the flag; ring of fire split in the center for merkin circle. Cadence heels to heaven, americian hammers and just enough time for 60 second plank. we got some distance in at 1.75 miles and plenty of muscle work. Tres Machos lunch at innsbrook today. Prayers for job hunters and positive interview results for Tater today. praying for those familes that have sick loved ones who are facing the end of life. Gods grace to all of the ones hurting. Coffee afterwards at Starbucks. Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Date Night coaching for the fellas

    Perfect morning for being in the Not-So-Gloom! YHL decided it was a great day to have some date night four corners coaching.

    Here is what the Chik-Fil-A employees witnessed as they started their work day.

    Mosey from flag to Wells Fargo for some warm ups, SSH, Ukrainian Solders, Don Qs, Merkins & LBC. We moved around the building for a giant Four Corners, Prostitute style because it is date night practice, some do what they gotta do…Started with Dinner at Tazza: 10 Merkins, Mossied up to get Milkshakes at Chick-Fil-A and did 20 WW2s, then next corner to grab some wine at Total Wine: 30 American hammers, last corner was for the romantic card: 40 SSHs. Whitesnake suggested stopping at Pourhouse to pick up a girl but the Q decided a threesome was not the kind of date night to promote. The theme of course brought lots of mumble chatter. we headed back to the flag and covered 3.28 miles and ended with one final round of the 4 exercises. Great morning to be out and watch the sun rise as we worked. Bogey was late and ran somewhere and didnt make it back in time.

    Thanks for allowing me to lead.

  • Boy it got hot fast!

    Great turn out this morning for WTH Cul-De-Sac run. We had a solid group come out to enjoy the summer like warmth. Here is the thang :10 cul de sacs: 15 merkins 15 LBCs in each. Made it back a little early so ran the bus loop, another round of merkins & LBCs, 11 rounds completed! 3.8 miles covered 165 merkins and 165 LBCs, good work from the pax. Check slack for happenings around the area. Prayers for those who are struggling in life both emotionally and physically. Happy Birthday to Saltlick tomorrow! Thanks for letting me lead

  • WTH it’s warm again!

    Nice to have a warm morning again for a little exercise and fellowship. A little smaller crowd than usual for our Wednesday workout, but we made the best of it. Here’s what the melting ice saw take place. Moseyed over to the gazebo at West Broad Village for a little warm-up. Side straddle hops Don Qs , Ukrainian soldiers, Merkens, and LBC‘s helped to get our muscles into the right elasticity. We then headed out from there over towards golf galaxy and the little townhouse community hidden at the end of the parking lots. We found two extremely expensive and small houses had been recently built there. Whitesnake quizzed us on what we anticipated the pricing to be, and all of us were surprised at the million dollar price tag. We did three loops around the circle and at the end of each loop we did 20 exercises, first Merkens second World War II’s third jump squats. We did that two times and then moseyed over to REI. We took advantage of their sturdy benches and did two rounds of 20 dips and 20 derkens. We headed from there over to ACAC, we did 20 World War II’s and then our favorite F3 salute of 20 monkey humpers in a line saying good morning to the treadmill runners on the second floor watching us. We moved to the end of the street by Dave & Buster’s did a little more ab work this time with 20 LBC‘s in 20-2 count penguins. We headed back to the flag from there the long way with a little bit of time left and needing a little more distance. We circled the bus loop twice to hit our 3 miles, ended at the flag with a minute left so we knocked out another 20 merkins. Several of our regular were out today, numbers and names, we closed in prayer of Thanksgiving for a beautiful morning and prayers for those who are sick or traveling. Until our next meeting, Peace

  • The Frozen Grid-Angle, Still the OG

    It was a beautiful morning to be outside with our brother in the cold and the snow. The Co-Chaired Q to celebrate our birthdays kicked off with optional coffee moonshine or Jamison whiskey shots to help warm us up inside before getting underway. The snow and ice covered parking lot was a slippery place to start the warm-up circle. Side straddle hops, Don Ques, Ukrainian soldiers, arm circles forward and reverse, Merkins and LBC‘s helped raise the body temperatures before moving over to Striker Park. A quick survey of the field covered in snow and ice made us to choose the large parking lot with an occasional black ice patch. A round of four corners to get started: First corner 10 Merkins ,second corner 20 World War II’s, third corner 30 squats, and fourth corner added 40 side straddle hops. TThen we unwound going back to each corner removing the prior exercise back to the start. In solidarity with our frozen triangle brothers, which, by the way, was canceled, we mossied around the Pickleball courts down the drive of the school to the bus loop. Half took a long way the other half went across the field. At the bus loop we did a triple check with poll smokers and LBC‘s with the pacer running the bus loop and back. Once all complete We mossied over to the new Pickleball stadium for another triple check. this time we did dips derkins and mosey around the large Pickleball courts. We headed back to the flag for a Mary cool down with some stretches ,some Merkins numbers and names two minutes early; much to Gomer‘s dismay. By the time the prayer ended time was actually up. We celebrated our birthdays with a few more shots of coffee, moonshine Jamison whiskey, and bloody Mary’s with all the fixings, olives, pickles, celery, and bacon nonetheless. After enjoying the drinks, we had to Starbucks for coffee.

    Counting in cadence was a little off today. Yours truly had a hard time keeping track of the numbers with all of the foreign language counting beside me. A good time has had by all birthdays are always a treat to lead and be part of this