Nice 3 mile stroll this morning with some weight in our bags. Yukon Cornlious thinks we might have walked through a spirt of some sort while on our adventures. Kept feeling these weird temperature change pockets. Great chatter this morning with the view of the sunrise. Shoutout to Yukon for showing up time after time, he’s really killing it.
Out!!!
Party of 5 PAX showed up for the latest and greatest installment of The Bermuda Triangle. It was a rather chilly 70 and Sunny, but things would warmup quickly. Mosey lap around the parking lot then to the top of Taco Truck Hill for the warmarama.
SSH, Don Quyotes, Imperial Walkers, Nancy Kerrigans, LBCs, Plank for mission, credo, and core principles. Some of the guys had no idea who Nancy Kerrigan and had to be given the Broadway version of Wikipedia.
50 Mountain Climbers Double Count
50 Rollover Crunches
50 Diamond Merkins on the pole
50 Pole Dancers
Lunge walk lap or Run Quarter Mile
Add Monkey Humpers Drop to 40 reps
Lunge walk lap or run Quarter Mile
Add Merkins Drop to 30 Reps
Lunge walk lap or run Quarter Mile
Add Burpees Drop to 20 Reps
Mosey back to the flag for Names and Numbers
Broadway took us out
This was a workout that stole from Meatball with a few modifications. I used it at the Graveyard Shift once before and really loved the format, so I decided to bring it to Bermuda!
Nine of us met at Heartbreak Ridge this morning. Three even had a nice pre-run (impressive), one of whom (Supply Chain) joined us from Illinois.
Warm up: Normal stuff, but 10 fast Burpees were needed…just because.
Legs: A Triple-Check-Dora-Something or Other was poorly communicated by the Q…but the Pax got the point with 3 rounds of Lunges, Squats, and Runs
Arms: Triple Check of 30 Dips, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, and 10 Pull Ups
Abs: Lots of Pole Smokers
Cardio: Enjoyed running the hill 7 times with equal amount of Merkins at the top
Finished with some stretching and Abs: 20 WW IIs, 20 Heals, 20 WWIs, and 20 LBCs, and 20 2 count American Hammers
Four ruckers and three runners secured the AO early with discussion revolving around the return to meeting up at the front parking lot now that the latina market has closed up – maybe next week! Really enjoyed getting to know Broadway’s relative Dangerous Minds (DM) as we speed rucked the outside loop of Rockwoods trails. Sunrise at the lake was gorgeous, and the PAX stopped at five different intervals to complete x20 Copperhead Squats IC, adding up to the celebratory number of the day, YHC’s 100th Q for the year. Needless to say, all were feeling perfectly warmed up to tackle the R&R bootcamp after. Yours AYE! ~DTH
A solid SOJ PAX of 16 studs squeezed into the few remaining parking spaces at NoToll and crowded onto the basketball court. With fellow missionary “NoGrass” in attendance, here’s an outline of how the Pain Train toured the AO:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
COP #1:
COP #2:
COP #3:
COT:
Prayer Requests:
NMS: What a pleasure it was to have my dear missionary friend Dr Mark Crouch join us this morning. On our last missions trip to Papua New Guinea, Mark and a number of other missionaries and kids joined in, and his son Levi gave him the nickname “NoGrass” which means no hair in the native language (he’s bald). Mark is an extremely skilled physician who I have been deeply grateful to count as a brother and mentor when serving in the field. His wife and four kids have been serving there for 11 years, and we have really enjoyed our time serving in PNG alongside them. Our next trip back is coming up in Mar-May 2025 so your prayers and support are welcome! Check out our Blog link below for more info and to follow along with all the picture and stories. Yours AYE! ~DTH
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Yesterday we took the Crouch Clan down to Bell Isle for a fun family walk. Yay for family time!
”Who is this guy?” was soon followed by even weirder looks after I took out the Ghost Flag and stole the Q from Purple Rain.
After a mosey around the large bus loop we circled up for a little disclaimer and some warmups of Helicopters, Arm Circles, Ukrainian Soldiers, DQs, LBCs, Flutters and Merkins.
Taking from Attila’s playbook, I took out a park of cards to determine the kettlebell exercises. Clubs were Curls, Spades-Squats, Hearts-overHead presses and Diamonds-Da swings. Face cards=ten, Diamonds=15, face value for everything else with a 5 minimum and 2 jokers for ten burpees each. Lots of math involved. Total of 105 reps of each plus twenty burpees.
With 15 minutes left we did another lap of the bus loop with a shout of “we don’t run at Kettlebells” from the Pax. And then we did a Lindsey of Overhead Pulls and Sit and Press. (30/10, 25/15, etc until 10/30).
Circled back up for a little Mary of Freddie Mercuries, APDs and Heals to Heaven.
Music playing the entire time and Mary turning into The Funny Bone are some nice touches at The Old Hundred.
Announcements included Hermey going to the Bridge on 11/30 and encouraging others plus some secret SOJ meeting at a rodeo down south.
Prayers for Orange Crush’s friend Andy, Dumar’s dad, Roger Roger’s wife, Fudd’s sister Mary and Fireman Ed.
Thank you for letting me take over. Be on the lookout for a Purple Ghost Rain at an AO near you!
Light crowd at Hoedown this morning where three dudes gathered to kick off the week.
After a fantastic COP, a burpee 5 min drill, several Dora’s, a together triple check and 150 too many Supermans we wrapped up with some announcements and YHC took us out.
Sorry to those who missed the fun. There was a Bodosmobile sighting in the church lot but no Bodos today. The frozen food truck was all up in our business during warm up, must have been a new driver. The rest of the morning’s details are classified.
14 HIMs came out on a wet Monday morning to see what YHC had in store. I had prepared a nice easy workout to ease @ntb back into F3 after his time off but I think the fart sack got the best of him. so here is what went down…
Slow mosey around the cul de sac and then Warmarama – SSH, Merkins, dead man hang, Ukrainian soldiers, Freddie Mercurys…some minor grumbling that the exercises were outside the typical also order but we moved forward.
TRIPLE CHECK- LBC’s / Squats and runner runs to find a snowman each time looking for a different one. not many snowmen in the neighborhood yet !
Off to ” the cage” for some 4 corners prostitute sale- YHC had the pax pin their pain – Merkins, Mountain climbers, jump squats , SSH
Finished up with 11’s – decline merkins and monkey bumpers- karaoke across the parking lot.
ANNOUNCEMENTS- Chili cookoff @ the Alamo, Hermey bringing people to the bridge at the end off the month!
YHC took us out in prayer
Had 4 savages show up today to pay respect to our fellow Veterans.
Warmarama
Thang
Finished off Statefarm style!!!!!
Numbers, Names and Prayers to give us guidance and patience for are sons. Very thankful for being able to get up and enjoy this pain that we receive by doing these work outs. Very thankful for all the sacrifices in order for us to enjoy this pain!
Yukon took us out!!!!
One intrepid PAX launched in the pre-dawn darkness for the latest edition of The Clinic, SoCal Edition. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the 4 people wrapping up their Sunday evening beach party early on Monday morning, the following might have happened:
Mosey down the cliff trail to the beach circle for the COP.
100 SSHs (in honor of The Carpenter and his family)
Swirly’s DMH, walk it out, Fudd’s wife, Wilson’s Wife.
10 IWs
10 hand release merkins
20 WWIIs
10 LBC’s
Mosey down the service road, avoid the two giggling late teens/early co-eds, followed shortly behind by two young men carrying a 1980s vintage boom box and some blankets. If you are planning an overnight party on a SoCal beach, this crew seemed to have done it well.
One evolution today. Run about 30 kelp piles (it’s a measurement – you can look it up), which amounts to approximately 50 yards), stop, perform one of a set of exercises, and continue. 3.56 miles, round trip.
Exercises were merkins, WWIIs, LBCs, squats, monkey humpers, flutter kicks, gas pumps, rosalitas, SSHs, and hello dollies, some in 10s, some in 20s, some in 50s.
Run back up the hill, which is not long, but ticks above 10% grade.
Number, name, and YHC took himself out.
NMS:
For some guys, the BRR is the Super Bowl of workouts. For YHC, today is the Super Bowl. Soft sand, cool air (50), steady breeze, and the all important rush of water when a wave flows onto the wet sand. Water temp about 62 this morning. And, all done by 5:15. Cold, wet, and sandy. Nothing quite like it.
Announcements:
TYA has finally agreed that Thanksgiving was initiated in Virginia. If he changes his mind, presumably he’ll explain at the Thanksgiving workout.
Keep your pals in mind. Reach out to folks you haven’t chatted with in a while.
Let’s all keep The Carpenter, F3RVA distinguished alumnus, in mind as his family adjusts after his father’s passing. We are all with you, my friend.
P.S. YHC concluded with a strength session at the gym, which apparently many hotels have “indoors.” YHC is fascinated by the 10 people working out inside when the world’s most beautiful gym is on the other side of the glass walls.