6 guys chose to show up and work off all their candy from last night.
COP — crucnhy frogs, IW, merkins, HRM, etc
4 corner Lindsay
corner 1 –30 flutters
corner 2 — 10 HTH
corner 3 — 25 flutters
corner 4 — 15 HTH
etc….
crawling dora
100 dying cockroaches
200 Freddies
300 LBC
partner bear crawls out and back
10 Big boy situps with a jump
1 minute of AST’s
Fun times had by most. Good brekkie afterwards at the local Rise and Shine.
FIFA Q’d one heck of a beatdown yesterday in the gloom near the Rockville, MD area. Every time I visit downrange, the coupons come out, it’s like an F3 sense that goes off. I’m grateful to be a part of this F3 family, especially with the travel I do for work, makes it so easy to go work out and meet new HIMs and without a doubt be welcomed in as soon as I show up.
Shoutout to Choo Choo and Poolboy for getting me into F3!
10 HIM’s took to the field this morning at Timberwolf for some Ultimate Frisbee! YHC brought out the painters lights, extension sords and pinnies.
WARMARAMA
Moseyed down to the illuminated field which brought back high-school highlight reel moments for some of the PAX members. Trudged through the morning fog for some stretches on the field. Counted off for teams and got after it!
Team #1 – Warby, Dumar, Crabgrass, Fandango, Rush Hour
Team #2 – Rudy, Cookie, Hermey, McGruff, McRib
RESULTS – Team #1 won…YHC is butthurt so we’ll just leave it at that.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYERS
You know that scene in Legally Blonde when the mean girls invite Elle to a costume party, and when she shows up she’s the only person in costume? That was me this morning. I was somewhat consoled by the fact that Choo Choo’s M tricked him the last 2 years with the same prank. Last year he was Rick Flair, this year he was a wizard. Imagine making small talk at a cocktail party and everyone is dressed normally, while you are in spandex or wearing a long grey beard. That was Choo Choo. This morning, despite my appeal to dress up, I was Bat Man and everyone else was just the plain old pax. I really wished Choo Choo or White Snake was there.
After handing out treat collection bags, we started our Trick Or Treat Beatdown with a short mosey to the corner of Westmoreland and Grove. Here’s what happened:
Treat #1: 11s. 10 dips at the picnic tables, run to the sidewalk, 1 merkin. 9 dips, 2 merkins, etc. After 11s, treat #1 was distributed: full length carrots, in honor of Ms Winkle who always gave healthy treats on Halloween and then we would egg her house. After receiving the long hard carrots many penis jokes commenced. Mosey to Westmoreland and Cary.
Treat #2: Run the tree line, stop and perform 5 squats at each tree. Run back, perform 5 WW2s at each tree. Treat #2 was distributed, a reeces cup and pack of gum. Jokes about melting chocolate in our pockets commenced. Mosey to tennis courts.
Treat #3: Triple Check. P1: Plank Jacks, P2: Jump Squats, P3: run to the end of the courts, Bernie sanders back. Treat #3 was then distributed, the original lemon lime gatorade. Complaining from Handshake commenced. Mosey back to the start.
Treat #4: 4 corners. 40 2x Flutter kicks / 30 Carolina Dry Docks, / 20 2x Imperial Squat Walkers, / 10 Burpees. Lunging and Bearcrawl between corners. Finish with a Ring of Fire, ab excercises called. Treat #4 distributed, PBRs. We tried to make our downranger shotgun the beer as a hazing tactic, but he declined.
Namerama, Numberama, YHC took us out.
NMS: I love this group because we know how to push ourselves hard and laugh and make fun of ourselves the whole time. Let’s keep doing it. Thanks guys for playing along.
SYITG
YHC got lucky and had the opportunity to Q The Crossing with AMAZING weather and an even better group of men. Here’s what went down
Mosey through the parking lot and circle up for warmarama.
SSH, Arm circles, Copperhead squats, The Opus, Merkins, and WWII’s
1st exercise was catch me if you can. Partner 1 broad jump burpees across the parking lot while partner 2 runs down and back.
Keeping the partner theme going, I thought it would be a good idea to do 10 Booyah merkins, alternate wheel burrow across the parking lot, then 10 partner WWII’s, run back across the parking lot and repeat down to 1 rep. Turns out that wasn’t a good idea so after the 1st round we audibled to a triple check.
Triple check included dips, LBC and running to the speedbump at the far end of the parking lot and back.
Finally we did 2 minutes of each exercise
2 mins of Merkins
2 mins of jump squats
2 mins of Flutter Kick
2 mins of Burpees – I think DTH managed to get in 43 reps
Names/Numbers/YHC took us out. Prayers for all those on IR, 2.0’s growing up and experiencing new things and much appreciation for the moments we get with our dads. YHC cant believe how warms its been. I typically get to this AO fairly early just to walk a little, stretch and listen to some music. As YHC is taking a walk around the church parking lot, I run into DTHs’ M and 2.0’s. As I pass by DTHs’ M tells me Banjo noticed me and said Look mom, its Mr. Party House.
After careful consideration, I think I’m going stick with the name House Party
Thanks for letting me lead,
House Party
An unorganized group of ghouls enjoyed the ideal conditions for a numberless beatdown with plenty of good mumble chatter. Here is how things went down according to Bobby.
Mosey to the bus loop for introductions and disclaimers. YHC announces that no numbers will be used in todays beatdown. Warmarama all in conversation, shout out to the Lounge, which included DQ’s, Helis, Dead Man Hang, Ukrainian Soldiers, Heals to Heaven and Merkins. All seemed loose and limber, so lets get this thing going…
Triple Check: Timer runs a variety of loops routes without repeating (Big bus loop, small bus loop, around the school to the stairs and back). Partners perform various exercises changing each round. Opening Round – Elevated Merkins, WWII’s. Next Round- Shoulder Taps, APD’s. Next Round: Carolina Dry Docks, LBC’s.
Catch Me if you Can: Partner up. Partner lunges around the bus loop. Partner runs around the loop and catches lunger from behind. Switch roles and repeat for single lap.
Triple Check: Peoples Chair against the school (milkers and Muhammed Alis), Lt. Dans while timer runs up the hill and back down the stairs.
Indigenous Curb Crawl: Mosey back to the small loop. Curb Crawl around the loop while last person runs to the front. Single round was completed.
MBTTF: Quick stop for some additional curb crawling to balance out the burn.
Few minutes of broga. Names, announcements, prayers. Flatline took us out.
NMS: Great work today fellas. Thank you for entertaining an idea that was in my mind to eliminate the counting in preference of good mumble chatter. This was achieved with a phenomenal variety of conversations and laughs. Things got a bit serious once we noticed Bobby waiting for us at the flag. No conversations were had as Bobby did not leave his vehicle choosing instead to text Rosie. Stay tuned for next weeks exciting adventures.
Another great rock show in the back lot of Godwin. Wig participation was 13 strong, although some only lasted a few minutes until the heat or bad tasting rat hair resulted in a change. I was able to grab a setlist from the stage and it included the following:
Rock of Ages: Def Leppard. Warmups to this classic (where the backblast title comes from for you Boomers or 20/30 somethings).
Youth Gone Wild: Skid Row. Not sure the song would work as well with “Middle Aged Men Gone Wild”. We finished warming up to this song. Included some Flutter Kicks where EF Hutton’s kilt caught some extra glances from Attila.
TNT: AC/DC. Curls beginning with the “Oi!” and alternating with Lawn Mowers, taking a little break during the guitar solo.
Talk Dirty To Me: Poison. ‘Cause, baby, we’ll be, At the Godwin, near the old man’s Ford, Doing High Pulls, ‘Til I’m screamin’ for more, then do Burpees, Lock the cellar door, And, baby Talk dirty to me
Balls to the Wall: Accept. No Bell. Wall sits with air presses or Elaines and then Walls to the Ball toe taps during the Chorus. What came first, this song or Pigskin doing his first Balls to the Wall?
Love in an elevator: Aerosmith. Teapots (single leg deadlift) and Squats (going down…)
Drop Dead Legs: Van Halen. More leg work. Swings and Lunges.
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’: Judas Priest. Partner up, one does Bear Crawls and Bernie’s back while the other does presses. Did this two times each.
House of Pain, Faster Pussycat. I’m not trying to fake it, And Whitesnake ain’t the one to blame, There’s Sit and Presses In my house of pain. I didn’t write these pages, And my script’s been rearranged, Rotate to Triceps, In my house of pain
Heaven: Warrant. Circle back up. For this final song and power ballad, hold the bell in rifle carry as long as you can while we rotated through ten reps of favorite kettle bell exercise. Rushed through this at the end but got to hear all two key changes in this 1989 hit.
Thanks for everyone who made it out today. Thirteen is great numbers for Circus. Come on back!
Prayers for Fudd’s sister Mary, Roger Roger’s wife Molly, Faceplant’s wife, Fireman Ed and Gaudi’s family.
Didn’t play any GnR until coffeteria but will end with this great quote from Axel:
“I’m not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.”
4 ruckers and 4 runners showed up this morning to hit the mean streets of Mechanicsville.
A piece of bacon showed up as well…
Lots of fun was had by all.
Apologies to Beat it from YHC, who posted something jokingly about a dress up and run day.
11 grown-boys showed up to The Green Mile this morning. Hopefully the neighbors weren’t too upset after our workout because here’s what went down…
WARMARAMA
Moseyed down to the basketball court (about 1/4 regulation size) for some stretching. Warmed up and got into it!
COP #1 – 4 Corners (prostitute style)
COP #2 – KNOCKOUT!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYERS
According to Senor Frog the clock said 4:30. Last Call might disagree. Either way, YHC grabbed the Q for some hot yoga and we’re not talking about the temperature. The secret to when, where, and at what time Broga might break out shall remain a mystery.