Author: Gomer Pyle

  • Who cooks for you?

    5 gathered for tax deadline day (normal year) realizing that we have more time this year and to get a little workout in.

    Mosey to COP: 25x 4count SSH, 15x 4 count Merkins, 10x 4 count Monkey Humper, 10x 4 count Gorilla Humper, 10x Don Quixote, 10x Helicopter, 30x Arm circles, 10x Alabama Prom Date, 25x 4 count Freddie Mercury, 25x Hello Dolly, 25x 4 count Rosalita, 25x 4 count Flutter Kick, 25x 4 count LBC, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister

    Merkin Mania 10 sets of 5 reps: regular, wide, right leg up, left leg up, hands offset left, hands offset right, hand release, chuck norris, regular, Ranger.

    Mosey to drop off circle. Outer loop: 5x merkin each arrow, bear crawl to next arrow. Lunge around back stretch. Inner loop: lunge between arrows 20x, 25x, 30x, 30x, 25x, 10x 10x WW2s.

    Mosey to triple check. Jump squats, WW2s and run to wall for donkey kicks 5x, 10x, 15x.

    Finishing the job with Pole smoker.

    Hermie took us out. We are blessed indeed.

    NMS – A great crew today. YHC learned a lot. POG is a bear crawl machine. Nancy Lopez likes WW2s. Honeymoon will mutiny to avoid wet grass. Hermie has culinary advice for anyone that needs it. Also YHC learned that Hermie talks to owls. When the Barred Owl asks “Who Cooks for you?”, Hermie answers “M was busy, I guess I do”. You can hear the exchange here: https://www.bird-sounds.net/barred-owl/?type1651

    Get some!

  • 3 Man

    3 men braved the heavy pollen for a cool spring workout at WTH. Route is to the short pump mecca of Target, then check out a few things at Hobby Lobby before finishing up at Home Depot and returning with a Best Buy drive by. Just like Saturday afternoon.

    3 rounds of triple check

    • Round 1: Dips & Jump Squats
    • Round 2: WW2 & Squats / Monkey / Gorilla Humpers
    • Round 3: Merkins & Vee Up

    Finish the job with a pole smoker in the bus loop.

    3.0 Miles on the nose.

    YHC took us out. Prayers for healing and patience.

    Musings – 3 is a powerful number with ancient mystical implications. 3 man is a powerful college drinking game – YHC enjoyed the regional rule differences: nine to the right, eleven left, ten social, five and two touch your nose, 3 rolls to make a rule.

    Get some!

  • 1010 = 10

    10 imperfect men emerged from the gloom for a nice cool morning and the opportunity to get more perfect. This is how it went down, more or less.

    COP: 25x 4count SSH, 10x 4 count Merkins, 10x 4 count Monkey Humper, 10x 4 count Gorilla Humper, 10x Don Quixote, 10x Helicopter, 30x Arm circles, 10x Pollen Grass Angels, 10x Australian Grass Angel, 10x Alabama Prom Date, 25x 4 count Freddie Mercury, 10x Hello Dolly, 25x 4 count Rosalita, 25x 4 count LBC, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister

    Merkin Mania. 50 total, 5 count merkin: regular, wide, chuck norris, offset left, offset right, left leg up, right leg up, regular, ranger, carolina dry dock

    Mosey to second basketball court. Triple check – Donkey Kick, WW2, run to pull up bar and do 5 pull ups.

    Mosey to loop. At each light pole 5x Merkin, 15x WW2, 25x Jump Squat. Repeat for 10 total lights.

    YHC took us out. Prayers for healing. Joy for Pat – Bulkhead’s 100yo grandfather. Everyone recruit one more.

    NMS- Not much to report on mumble chatter today- pretty focused on getting it done. Come to WTH Wednesday!

    Little known fact: 1010(base2) = 10(base10)

    Get Some!

  • Punk not Dead

    Eight warriors braved the pollen for a perfect evening beat down. Here is how it went, more or less.

    COP: 25x 4count SSH, 10x 4 count Merkin, 10x 4 count Monkey Humper, 10x 4 count Gorilla Humper, 30x Arm circles, 10x Grass Angels, 10x Australian Grass Angel, 10x Helicopter, 10x 4 count Freddie Mercury, 10x Vee up, 25x 4 count LBC, 10x 4 count Hello Dolly, 10x 4 count Rosalita, 10x 4 count Suzanne Summers both sides, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister.

    Mosey to playground. Triple check. Lap trees + Dips + swing reverse crunches.

    Mosey to front of school. Triple check. Touch 3 trees + Donkey Kick + Vee Up.

    Elevens. Merkins + WW2.

    YHC took us out.

    NMS – Fun meeting some new brothers. Mostly working today, minimal mumble chatter. We had a quick reminisce about the DC punk scene and the glory days of dubbing cassettes.

  • Great long run day

    5 F3 Fearless Fellas, a guy named Patrick, and Peter the canine got together on a perfect day to run south of the river before returning North. Some took the trails (almost 7) and some the non trail loop (7.5). YHC took us out.

    NMS – While long runs have been later on Sundays, its been a while since river runs for YHC for no good reason. It could not be better than today. Warmer than over winter, but cooler than it could be. Decent enough overnight rain to wash out the pollen. Great 3rd F afterwards.

    Get Some!

  • Who is ready for more?

    17 svelte stallions stepped out into the gloom to see what Gomer Pyle had up his sleeve.

    Mosey to stage to pick up coupons and circle up. Preamble + 5 burpees & motivation opportunity.

    COP: 25x 4count SSH, 30x Arm circles, 10x Don Quixote, 10x Grass Angels, 10x Australian Grass Angel, 10x Helicopter, 10x California Prom Date / Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister, 25x 4 count Freddie Mercury, 10x Sit up up, 25x 4 count LBC.

    Merkin Mania 10 sets of varying OYO 5x merkins- holding plank for the six.

    Mosey to Rusty Cage. 2x Triple check: Timer runs around 2 trees then 5 pull ups, 5 curl ups, 5 jump ups. Round 1: Block Jerkins & Block Press. Round 2: Abyss Merkin & Block WW2.

    Mosey to valley of despair which now features a pollination oriented weed farm. Triple Check: Iron Chair + WW2. 10 merkins then Murder Bunny up hill. BTTF.

    YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Free to Bleed – see pre blast
    • Tomato Relay – see pre blast
    • BRR – Sep 9 -11 – see TYA – 6 slots left
    • F3RVA 7 year anniversary – Sep 20
    • F3RVA – retreat / sit and sip – maybe Oct 2 ?
    • F3 10 yr anniversary – Oct 8

    Let YHC know if you are interested in a virtual benefit 5/20 for Friends of Barnabas, a Honduran mountain medical mission. There will be a silent auction, and entertainment that you can view from the comfort of your home. No teams have travelled since March 2020, but FOBF has adapted well to new logistical challenges. For example, we are shipping an updated bus via USAF C17 and US Army logistics. YHC leads the first team in 2022 and I anticipate that we will have plenty of opportunity through out the year to round out teams from other churches – plenty of opportunities to fit a week of mission in your schedule – let YHC know if you are interested.

    NMS – This is the official kick off of YHC 4th anniversary Q week, a week early due to out of town work conflicts. After pushing off several EH from Toga, Flipper, Splinter, YHC finally posted with Fudd on my 46th Bday for a Hardywood Q. While relatively active and keeping up standards prior, YHC most needed the escape from sad clown disease and am grateful to the PAX for their encouragement and guidance over the years. When Vinny returns my copy of freed to lead, it is up for grabs for any PAX. Recommended reading.

    If you have not read it, Jocko Willink’s Discipline Equals Freedom is a must read. His other books are great too – YHC served with the same TF Bandit battalion from the big army that Jocko highlights in Extreme Ownership & Dichotomy of Leadership. When Swirly’s book comes out, read that too.

    Get some!

  • It doesnt get any better than this

    Six svelte studs joined up at Woke Bird for a little extra training. We ran a little more at the beginning and still finished with 5 min for rest.

    Handshake took us out.

    This is what we did + bootcamp.

    NMS – Adapt and overcome.

    Get some!

  • Cant hurt me

    Four warriors beat the warmth of the fartsack to go on a little run in perfect temperatures. Two routes today 4 and 5 mile. Pump to Three Chopt and back.

    YHC took us out. Prayers for healing.

    NMS – Not much to report today. Pinto recommends “Cant hurt me” by David Goggins. Intestinal fortitude is for winners.

    Currahee!

  • Getting Lucky

    Four men escaped the clutches of the ravenous counteroffer and stepped fearlessly into the gloom on a cool day. Not all were so lucky… or were they?

    Route was the “regular” route: Raintree, Falconbridge, around DRP, north on Cox to Brookmont, around Crowncrest to Pump and return. 5.5 miles as depicted below. Some ran in other directions.

    Pinto took us out.

    NMS – some discussion about impact of covid and recent issues on our lives and those around us. We were glad to welcome Johnsonville to his first Currahee!

    For Christians, this is an important day of remembrance that in Jesus, God became a man and died for our original sin. Lets pray for forgiveness for ourselves and a world that needs some.

    Currahee!

  • Beautifying Barrington

    Three men broke through the gloom on a perfect WTH day to improve the local neighborhood. One mile out. Working our way back we did 3 sets of 11s. 4.1 total miles.

    • Round 1: Merkins & WW2
    • Round 2: Jump Squat & shoulder taps
    • Round 3: LBC & Peter Parker shoulder taps

    YHC took us out.

    Announcements: BRR, Tomato relay,

    NMS – we worked pretty hard today. Minimal chatter. Gypsy is thinking about outreach to young men that need some guidance. I am too. For many sports is an outlet – but these require such an outlay for, equipment, advanced training, travel, or body type, there has to be something any body type can do for free. Hmmmm, do we know anything like that? To reach those that really need it – we need ideas that work through the liability issues in our current environment and a way to solve transportation limitations.