Hello fellas,
I have the Q for Breaking Bread this Sunday and currently I need at least two more to help serve. I’m handing all the food just need the hands to help. If you can Hard Commit either comment here or you can reach me at 804-347-9857. I already have Bulkhead on board!
Spit
Kick that beat.
Three wise men for an epic beatdown.
They came for a workout and they were not let down.
At first there were two, we ran around the church
Could not make a circle so we just kind a perched
Then came Yardsale which made it three
Triangled up for the COP
IJR, Tempo Merkins and Situps
american hammers, crunchy frogs then get up
arm circles and some helicopters
finished up with a few butt kickers
Then we commenced 10 minutes of burpees
The concept is simple now cant you see
You just pick a number, do that number for 1 minute
if you finish early you get a respite
do that thang 10 times then its done
You feel better than when you had begun.
Head to the shelter for something different
Two ran the church while the other did reps.
5 reps of each exercise was the way
5 exercises here they were today
squats, jump squats and split jacks
2 count side jumps and then some smurf jacks
Repeato this mess until your partners returned
Think of all the calories you burned.
Switch it up and the other partner runs
do the whole thing twice and then we were done
The second iteration caused some pain
Here was the shizzle, I will make it plain
Alternating Shoulder Taps and merkins too
Plank jacks, table tops and mountain climbers, ooh
Repeato as before until all were done.
Two minutes left, heck no we aren’t done.
Did some skull crushers on the fabulous benches
Can someone please enlighten me on what that stench is?
Finished with some dips for the last twenty
After all the arm work, that was plenty.
Numbers and names were thrown about
YHC took us all out.
Word,
Opus
Nine needed to get their day started right and posted to the Circus. Some posted without Kettlebells, others without gloves but we got after it:
COP: Hillbillies, SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Don Qs.
Stay in Circle and grab KBs: 10 Snatch each arm, burpee, then 20 High Pulls. Repeato dropping by 2 on Snatch & High pulls but increase burpees by 1 until down to 2.
Triple check: Run lot and back, Lunges w/ double bells, & Sit & Presses. Then some Boat & Canoe. Head over to back of school for Lindsays: Donkey Kicks, bear crawl, & KB Swings. Back to side lot: 2 sets of Skull Crushers & Pullovers, and WWIIs. Finish up with Freddy Mercurys and American Hammers.
NMS – YHC started his day by realizing he put his KB by his car but not in his car as he pulled in to the lot. Luckily White Deer travels with spare KBs and we were off. Good to see Tonka back out after recovering from a torn Achillies.
Jville posted with no gloves and managed to drop his KB on the ground a few times on the snatches. Guess he is not used to that much snatch… During the triple check ample fumes were traded from White Deer and Keymaster, 2 of the more noxious PAX members in RVA. Good to have Kubota and Keymaster out at CM and 9 is a good showing.
8 warriors hit the ground running at 530 this morning, with 1 LiFo joining COP a few minutes late to make it 9 for Timberwolf.
Mosey to Track
COP
SSH x 25
DQ x 10
Imperial Walkers x 20
Merkins x 10
LBCs x 20
Helicopters x 10
Mosey to side of track
Prostitute – 4 Corners return to Corner 1 each round and every time you pass a corner you do that exercise.
Corner 1 – 20 Plank Jack
Corner 2 – 40 Squats
Corner 3 – 60 LBCs
Corner 4 – 80 Monkey Humpers
Mosey around track
Triple Check – Runner 100 yards and back , Lunges, and WWIIs
Mosey (hallelujah style) to Light Pole Alley
Light pole Suicides- Perform exercise at first Light pole, run to last light pole, perform exercise again, the run back to 2nd light pole, repeat until all light poles completed.
Exercises – Merkins, Dying Cockroaches, Burpees, Flutter Kicks, Box Cutters, Shoulder Taps
Mosey to flag
Mary –
10 – Hello Dolly
10- Rosalitas
YHC Christmas gift to PAX – 1 minute of Arm Circles
Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out!
Announcements:
Murph Friday at Twin Team Tomorrow – Honeymoon is Q, Post!
Marmaduke is still collecting coats, we are 13 away from 100, please help push to try and reach this goal, 2 weeks left
Gomer Pyle has a Missions trip – Lets support him!! Check twitter and other BB for more info.
NMS
With HDHH taking place in SOJ last night, it was a mystery to who would show up at Timberwolf this morning. Proud to say that almost everyone from HDHH posted, almost. While recalling the conversations and food from HDHH, along with the sounds it created in COP, Gumbo posed the question did the Wings and Sausage platter contain Olestra, hence the title of the BB. If you aren’t a child of the 80s or 90s, google Olestra. You can thank Gumbo later. Strong work by all this morning!! Great to have Cerrano and Gate Keeper back out this morning. Still the biggest tip of the cap goes to Beaker, way to continuously post brother, you have bought in, respect! Great Mumble Chatter this morning.
Gents, Christmas is quickly approaching and 2018 is coming to a close. Lets keep in mind the real reason for the season! Love on your kiddos, wives, friends and families, don’t take this time for granted. Lastly, reach out to that buddy you haven’t talked to in a while, he/she may need it more than you know! Thanks for letting me lead boys, always an honor and privilege! See you fellas in the gloom!
Marmaduke
A legal eighteen came for the unlimited buffet of workouts this morning. YHC opened on time ready to serve the hungry.
Mosey to the front of the school for COP. Quick inventory of wounded and injured.
Off to the side of the school for Lindsays: Dips and Donkey Kicks
A brief stroll to the back of the school for Triple Check.
Line up on the school wall for a Line of Fire Chicken Peckers; 10 reps.
Mosey back to the field for B.O.M.B.S.
PLT – 3 sets of 20 reps
Indigenous people run back to the VSF. YHC took us out.
Moleskin
Good use of the AO today, spending a little time here and there. Saab was full of mumble chatter, even after the burpees. The zenith being his proclamation that “he smells chicken peckers” when YHC instructed the Pax to line up on the wall. Interesting.
BOMBS never disappoint the crowd, mixing in some abs at the end to counteract the holiday cheer. Speaking of cheer, it was great to grab some coffee with the Pax post workout. Hardywood is already scheming up adventures for the Pax and 2.0s in the new year.
Announcements:
I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Years. Stay safe for those traveling and come back with great holiday stories.
Time to Taper,
Lockjaw
6 Warriors of the Ville came in hot and ready to get your bells on for YHC’s 200th post of the year
The SF was planted, the extra bells were laid out, and the PAX got to work.
This how it when down
COP (ALL IC) – SSH, Helicopter, DQ, LBC’s, Crab Cakes, Merkins, Arm Circles
Grab your KB head to the opposite side of the parking lot next to the school sign
The Somewhat Suck – 5 exercise stations and 1 rabbit who while wearing a 30 lb weighted ruck sack, lunged to the end of the parking lot and back (about 15th of a mile). When the rabbit returned, everyone switches to the next station. Exercise stations were:
Four Corners – To celebrate YHC’s 200th post in 2018 the PAX completed the following
hallelujah carrier between the short corners and around the world between the long corners
Mosey to the SF
KB Dying Cockroach – While in the cockroach position, hand your KB to your partner who is holding their hands up, reach turn the start position, reach back up for KB and return back to start. This equals one rep. Complete 10 each.
Numberama, Namerama, and Announcements. YHC took us out
YHC thought he may have to go lone wolf today and was ready to grab the ruck sack while at 5:29 the rest of the back started to roll in.
Great to have Rounders out for two in a row and showing us all up with is massive KB
Thanks to Gumbo for the idea of “The Suck” and to Carpenter to give it the name “Somewhat Suck”. Also YHC can’t count since first he only called out 4 exercises.
It was great to be back out at MANNDate. Since YHC normally leads a bible study on Wednesday, he hadn’t been to out on that morning since early September. Couldn’t have been a better place to get in number 200.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
4 studs posted for the Hill run this evening and here is how it went down.
Husky – 1+miles – short loop
Kubota – 2+miles short loop with a ruck!
TYA – 5 short loops – was flying this evening – way to go dude = 4 miles
Swirly – 5 short loops – 4 miles
Great job guys – beautiful night for a run. Thanks for bring me some water TYA! Thanks for taking us out Husky – awesome job.
See ya in the gloom…
Six SOT regulars, still filled with holiday spirit, emerged in the very chilly gloom this AM. Most of the PAX remained in their heat-filled vehicles right up to 5:30. Gumbo might even have been taking a pre-beatdown nap.
Here’s what went down.
Mosey to the front of MMS for COP:
SSH x 25
DQ x 15
LBCs x 25
Arm circles x 15 (10 small, 5 big)
Advent Calendar:
At each numbered door (1-25), perform the called exercise (x door number).
Days 1 – 5: Burpees
Days 6 – 10: Merkins
Days 11-12: WWIIs
Days 13-14: Plank Jacks
Days 15-16: Donkey Kicks
Days 17-18: Box cutters (in cadence) (Door 18 doesn’t seem to exist anymore…just a bricked up hole in the wall that we assumed used to be door 18)
Days 19-20: American Hammers (in cadence) – Christmas surprise at Day 20 (there’s doors 20A and 20B…that’s double the Christmas fun!)
Days 21-22: Flutter kicks (in cadence)
Day 23: Merkins (putting in some solid effort as the big day approaches)
Day 24: The reindeer are released and need to stretch their limbs (PAX takes a lap around the school and meets back at door 25)
Day 25: Jingle Balls (check the exicon…it’s there). This 4-count exercise was definitely a crowd pleaser.
Christmas Victory Mile:
Having made it to Christmas day (and completed delivery of all the presents), it was time to take some victory laps. Mosey down to the track.
Round 1: 25 monkey humpers, sprint a lap
Round 2: 25 monkey humpers, 25 Alabama prom dates, sprint a lap
Round 3: 25 monkey humpers, 25 Alabama prom dates, 25 Rosalitas, sprint a lap
Round 4: 25 monkey humpers, 25 Alabama prom dates, 25 Rosalitas, 25 SSHs, sprint a lap
Mosey back to the parking lot.
Numbers, Names, Announcements, YHC took us out.
Announcements:
HDHH (today!) at SOJ Capital Ale
Marmaduke is still collecting coats (help him reach 100)
Hardywood’s daughter’s book signing postponed until after January.
NMS:
YHC was inspired by Rosie’s festive beatdown yesterday and took it upon himself to fill the often empty SOT spot on the Q sheet. With so many numbered doors as MMS, it was almost too easy to decide on an advent calendar theme. Making our way around the school, it is not that hard to find yourself in a dark corner with a camera pointed at you. Bullseye wondered if his son would be called to the principal’s office today with questions as to why his dad was lying on the ground with a bunch of dudes in the dark making humping gestures.
The PAX destroyed the advent calendar and just like that, Christmas was here and gone. In fact, the calendar exercise went by waaaaaay faster than YHC planned. Somehow, it went much slower in YHC’s head. With some time to kill and hearing a few PAX “grumble” that any Tobit Q is not complete without a decent run, we headed down to the track for the Christmas victory mile. YHC aims to please.
As Rosie said yesterday, enjoy this time of year, and don’t take it for granted. It will be over before you know it. Look for the peacefulness of the season…it’s there…I promise.
Here’s one of my favorite prayers (felt appropriate to share during what can be a hectic time of year for many):
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Peace…I’m out!
19 fine young men ready to enter society posted for F3 Finishing School. The air was rarefied, and the links were cuffed. Shall we…
Coat Check: Helicopters (12) / Invisible Jump Ropes (12) / SSHs (12)
Mingling: Jacob’s Ladder Clock Work with Merkins (10) and WWIIs (10) at each hour. Mix them all in back and forth – side to side – in the amphitheater parlor.
Social Graces: Triple Check on stage. Timer has 20 / 15 / 10 Jack Ass Merkins. Gentleman 1 holds elbow plank while gentleman 2 performs kneeling air presses.
Etiquette: Bottom step of amphitheater – 1 dip. Run to the top and back down to step 2. Two dips. Repeato to the end. Dessert silverware goes above the plate.
Manners: Mary style. 105 flutter kicks in cadence. 25 arms above the head. 25 arms to the side. 25 arms up at 90 degrees. 30 regular. Merkins Ring of fire – 10 each. 12 burpees OYO.
The Receiving Room/Social Convention: A reading of 2 minutes of American Hammers by Hardywood*
Bodos took us out.
Announcements: No Hardywood 2.0 book signing in 2018. Big things to come in 2019. HDHH today at Longwood. See the Southside guys for the dorm code.
NNMS: Lots of folks on the mend today. Stay healthy boys and remember, push yourself, don’t hurt yourself. F3 is a cult – I mean ultra marathon – keep drinking the Kool Aid. Stay in for the long haul. Clockwork WWIIs were an interesting twist. Eleven and twelve o’clock turned into an F3 slip in slide, but only good times were had. Today’s video works are an ode to an epic countdown performance – and it was a performance – by our pal and resident Swede, ABBA. He’s a solid dude, and always puts up with our Swedish Chef wise cracks. Love you ABBA. Way to push today fellas. We packed in a lot, and y’all crushed it. *YHC tried to gift everyone 2 free minutes, but Hardywood wasn’t having any of it. Denying the host is a big no no, but in this case, we’ll graduate Hardywood anyway. Atta baby! Consider yourselves all forever Finished.
Race Ipsa Loquitor – The Beat Down Speaks For Itself
26 Christmas spirit loving PAX from all the regions of F3RVA made the trek to NoToll for YHCs 4th annual 12 days of Christmas beatdown with the Ghost Flag up for grabs. For as cold as it was this morning the PAX were out of their warm vehicles early to see what everyone else had in store for Christmas spirit wear. Vinny went all out with snowflake lights and Rudolph’s red nose head lamp, Hutton was adorned with gift tags and bows, Shakedown brought his A-game with the Zombie Christmas sweater. Vinny, being the inclusive person that he is, stated there are no “ugly” Christmas sweaters, believing they are all beautiful in their own way.
Let’s get to it. Mosey to the parking lot, no FNGs – Disclaimer and an abbreviated warm-up of 12 SSH, 12 Helicopters and 12 Imperial Walkers. On to the main event
12 days song workout style – 1, then 1 and 2, then 1, 2 and 3…until we get to all 12. Exercises were as follows:
Mosey back to the flag with some time to spare – Peter Parkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Merkins, APDs.
What can I say, YHC’s a giver and there’s nothing like the gift of some fellowship along with a solid beatdown. Great to have a large crowd out this morning, a good mix of first timers and repeats for the 12 days and I believe there were 3 that have had the pleasure of all 4 years. DK, EF Hutton and Singer I think. Happy to see DK out since he’s been laid up with a back injury recently, hope this didn’t set you back. Reports are that Circle K made it home despite not being able to go above 40 mph. He might be getting a new car for Christmas. Great to meet Yard Sign who may not be Vinny’s personal chauffeur. Hardywood needed clarification on how to do some of the exercises after a few rounds, so that must be why he was finishing before everyone else. Say what you will about Mr. Roper, and you can say anything on here since we know he doesn’t read the backblasts, but the man is excited about an SOJ HDHH.
The ghost flag was up for grabs this morning and the Regional breakdown is as follows: SOJ was not going to retain it, this was predetermined; Richmond Proper had 4 PAX with top point getter for Christmas spirit; Tuckahoe had 2 PAX with both gaining the Christmas Spirit bonus points; DaVille had 1 PAX member that drove long distances at less than 40 mph to get there. The Q along with the Ghost Flag holder, Shakedown, tallied the points, did a detailed statistical analysis (thanks to Tobit and Offshore) of the results and determined that Circle K takes it home with the extra points awarded for the distance traveled at low speeds.
Announcments – quite a few, read on:
Fun times this morning, thanks for playing along and joining me. Enjoy the day, enjoy the season, don’t take it for granted.
Everything is coming up Rosie.