Category: Richmond, VA

  • Annual RVA Shoe Drive

    F3: Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

    Fall is upon us and the cold months of Winter will be setting in before you know it. For many, life is comfortable, warm, and stable, the choices we have made along the road have led us to right here where we are being called upon to lead in a world that desperately needs leaders to step up and take action in the community.

    Officially Starting November 12th and ending December 30th, the men of F3 RVA are being called upon to help those men of Richmond that are in need of a small gesture of help. Over the 7 weeks, the challenge is to collect 62 pairs of new or gently used shoes or boots that will be donated to various organizations we have partered with including Shood, The Healing Place, Habitat For Humanity, and others.. For every pair collected, YHC will buy a corresponding set of new socks to go with them.

    Track shoes, Sport cleat, and Running shoes that have 85 to 100% life left are in a huge demand for this drive. If your 2.0s have out grown or you bought a pair of running shoes the just didn’t fit right, them please send them.

    Point of Contacts (POC)s have been spread out around the region with YHC tasked with collecting from the POCs.
    SOJ: (South of the James) POC: Dr.Try Hard
    West End POC: YHC
    Da-Ville: POC: Cornbeef

    Center City: POC: Mr. ROGERS


    These #HIM will collect your donations at the weekly Saturday AOs.

    Let’s make a mountain of shoes and socks men. I know you have pairs in the back of the closet just collecting dust and your 2.0s have outgrown a few pairs as well.

    SYITG!!!
    v/r
    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • Where’s the Beef

    12 Studs who’s names I can only hope to recall showed up and waited for Corn Beef, when 5:30 hit and the Beef was not present Rosie took charge and lead the PAX to the Basketball court for the COP and a Hot Potato was called

    Rosie:

    SSH, Helicopters, Hillbillies, Tempo Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Sugar Sticks, Freddie Mercuries

    Move to the baseline for some suicides 5 merkins at each line and 10 WWII’s at the baseline

    Mosey to the back lot for four corners, corner 1 – 5 Burpees, corner 2 – 10 Hand Release Merkins, corner 3 – 30 Monkey Humpers (?), corner 4 – 40 Squats

    Dealer takes the Q mosey to the first gate for a Dora

    100 WWII’s, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats timer runs to the water tower gate and back

    YHC gets the Q, mosey to the bridge to pay your toll at NO TOLL 20 Dips and 20 Incline Merkins

    Mosey to the indoor outhouse area for a Triple Check

    Partner 1 does Donkey Kicks, Partner 2 does Ball Dippers, Partner 3 runs to the playground entrance and back

    Mosey to the Basketball court (thought about Man Killers) not enough time, don’t want to be (that guy) and pass the Q just to not have to write the BB so in a circle everyone holds Lazy Boy while each PAX does 5 of their favorite AB exercise

    Numbers / Names DTH took us out

    NMS:

    It was good to have Crash Test Dummy back in the Gloom and hear about what he is doing now.

  • Billy Madison- Kettlebell Style

    8 men joined YHC for a back to school session kettlebell style on this cooler morning.

    Warmup- mozey around the parking lot followed by SSH, helicopters, imperial walkers, cherry pickers, Merkins, LBCs

    THE THANG – BILLY MADISON – kettlebell style

    12 reps for each exercise- stacking the exercises as we go. lap around the parking lot between grades

    1st grade- Squats

    2nd grade- Squats, halos

    3rd grade- squats, halos, chest press

    4th grade- squats, halos, chest press, lunges

    5th grade- squats, haos, chest press, lunges, swings

    6th grade- squats, halos, chest press, lunges, swings, curls

    7th grade- squats, halos , chest press, lunges, swings, curls, overhead press

    8th grade- squats, halos, chest press, lunges, swings, curls, overhead press, big boy sit ups ( mumble chatter stopped at this point)

    9th grade- squats , halos , chest press, lunges, swings, curls, overhead press, big boy sit ups, skull crushers

    10th grade – squats, halos, chest press, lunges, swings, curls, overhead press, big boy sit ups, skull crushers, merkins

    11 grade- squats, halos, chest press, lunges, swings, curls, overhead press, big boy sit ups, skull crushers, merkins, LBC’s

    TIME CALLED- GED’s were issued for effort

    Announcements- Rockwood park picnic, happy hour 10/13….check slack for details

    continued prayers for LIV, Wildcat and everyone in Israel.

    Thanks for allowing me to lead the great group of men this morning. the mumble chatter was wide ranging and a good beat down was served. Have an awesome day!

  • Sweet Potato Q

    With the annoyances of modern life (downed internet) ruining Florence’s plan for the Q, the remaining 3 Bermuda boys said let’s Yahtzee this Q. Since it’s the fall – we enjoyed a Sweet Potato Q. And with a nice tight group – some cinderblocks, and even dumbbells fell out of the trucks and into the AO. Yikes!…

    • Warmarama – Big Rig
      • Various IC xos
    • COP 1 – Triple Check – Mudslide
      • Cinderblock Thrusters
      • Dr. W’s (Thanks DTH for this idea from rock n’ roll saturday!)
      • Farmer’s Carry Dumbbells 100m
    • COP 2 – Crossfit Nightmare – State Farm
      • 9 Toes2Bar
      • 15 Bench jump overs
      • 21 Super Inclined Merkins
      • 400m run
      • 4 rounds (Vomit face)
    • COP 3 – Triple Check – Big Rig
      • LBC’s w/ Dumbbells
      • Bernie + Broad jumps to end of lot (we were smoked so ended up more like bunny hops!)
      • Ball Dippers

    MBTTF

    Close out with some stretching and cool down. Great 45 minutes with some classic bruiser PAX.

    Prayers for Posh to heal up from Rugged, for Mudslide and him to be safe at Tough mudder, and for Big Rig’s mom’s surgery upcoming. SYITG!

    -State Farm

  • Simpson’s Three Headed Fish

    Wait? Another Lockjaw Q?

    Today’s route was a non-hilly as possible considering the abundance of hills last week. Off we went around the lake, through the trail and to College. Up Lakewood to Wood to Waveny to Westham. Ascend the hill to Patterson and head east.

    4s turn on Ridgetop, 5s on St Chris, and 6s on Libbie. Routes were a little short today. You are welcome.

    YHC took us out.

  • I’m the Q?

    YHC pulled in to find out Q was open and YHC took it.

    Mosey to CSES parking lot for COP.

    Island hop squats +5 at each island.

    Mosey to track for some pull ups + reverse snow angels (1x pull ups + 4x snow angels) up to 5 pull ups.

    Back to island hopping starting at 30x Carolina dry docks -5 at each island.

    Mosey to benches in front of CMS for some step ups + crunchy frogs

    Mosey back to flag for some stretching to close out.

    Numbers, names. Mustang took us out.

  • Hawt Potat-Hoe

    12 Hoedown regulars and one FNG gathered in gloom. After some amateur stargazing and astrophysics lessons from Prof Pigskin,

    Bodo’s took the Q

    Mosey to COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, HRM x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field

    COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, Ukrainian Soldiers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Hand Release ‘Merican x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field.

    Triple check #1, runner does 5 pullups and returns, dips, donkey kicks

    Triple check #2, Bear Crawl to soccer goal and Bernie back, swing pumps, WW2

    Gomer Q. Mosey to the parking lot, burpee every 20 meters or so.

    Round 1. Bear crawl & 5 ‘mericans on each arrow. Change over to crab Walk and WW2

    Round 2. Lunge with 5 squats on each arrow (too easy). Finish strong with 5 burpees for the last 3 stops.

    Mosey to BTTVF. Hello Dolly to completion.

    COT: Senor Frog took us out.

    Announcements: WestHoe 2nd F at Firehouse subs noon 10/10.

    NMS – Welcome to Iron Maiden fka Daniel. Ahh the naming during a hot potato, when no one wanted to be Q for the day. Originally we were working with Belshazzar, which is another name for Daniel and also the name of an Iron Maiden song with a reference to the writing on the wall dream from the Old Testament. Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego were also mentioned but that super great idea was met with groans, even though Shadrach is a Beastie Boys song. Daniels first concert with the USAF band was less than inspiring (for obvious reasons) and while his most memorable concert with the Foo Fighters and some promise with potential monikers Monkey Wrench, Everlong and My Hero but our musical depth was rather shallow today. Daniel likes Star Wars, and Chewbacca was offered, and we failed to come up with any good Star Trek names, even though Viger or Ferengi might have worked. Honey Roger seemed to have some interest from the PAX but is just dang strange – we are at our Rogers quota already.

    Iron Maiden it is.

    Get some!

  • Bait not taken.

    Handshake said he was fart sacking this morning and there would be no takeover of the Alamo. My gut told me it was a cover story to fool the good men of the Alamo. Buffalo Bill even captured one of their scouts this morning “EF Hutton.” However, even after several rounds of interrogation we knew Hutton’s claims of visiting his girlfriend around the corner were true. No takeover today. Long live the Alamo.

    Warmorama: Mosey to top of modern home alley for: SSH, stretching, merkins, etc.

    Explained we would be doing:

    B.L.I.M.P.S.

    B – burpees 5x
    L – lunges 10x (kodiak count)
    I – imperial walkers 15x (single count – YHC made this way too easy)
    M – merkins 20x
    P – plank jacks 25x
    S – squats 30x

    And so we did them at:

    1. Alvecote Terrace
    2. Waverton Turn
    3. Endstone Trail/Waverton
    4. Endstone Trail/Port Savage

    Oh yea. Indigenous Person run between each set. Even up Endstone Trail hill.

    Brocode back to Alamo. Partner up for: B.O.M.B.S.
    Similar to Dora 1-2-3 but more exercises, B.O.M.B.S. consisted of Burpees (25x), Overhead Press (50x), Merkins (75x), Big Boy Sit-ups(100x), and Squats (125x). PAX 1 does exercise while PAX 2 runs from tennis court to dumpster and back. Continue alternating until all exercises are complete. 

    A little stretching for 2 min. Then time.

    COT:

    1. Family get together at Rockwood park this Sunday 9/15 from 4 to 6 pm. See DTH/Slack for details.
    2. Sober October is going on. Not too late to jump in. I am reevaluating my relationship with booze and might be done for good. I am at least going through dry January.
    3. Good news! Little Liv is back home and does not need any more treatments. Huge blessing. She can go to daycare, roll around with other kiddos, etc. It’s a big deal. So happy for Yeehaw and his family.
    4. Keep praying for Wildcat and his battle to defeat cancer. We need him out there whooping our butts in shape and making us better Pax
    5. Prayers for people of Israel.

    Wildcat took us out in prayer.

  • Always stay classy

    4 running PAX came together for a Sunday Funday run. YHC already knew Legz from working at The Hotel Roanoke back in the mid 2000s and a previous post earlier this year, but got to run with a couple others I haven’t gotten to meet before. Got to chat with each of them a bit during the run. Legz, and Freddy Mac both recently did the Blue Ridge Relay and are seasoned runners. Rapino is no slouch, he started doing triathlons 25 years ago. Very inspiring, as he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 12 years ago, but no way you could tell.

    We met up at the Sweet Donkey Cafe near Roanoke Memorial did a nice route around South Roanoke and then into the city. YHC had to relieve himself and cut off into a parking garage. Rapino decided that was a good idea as well and saw that YHC had found a drain to go in and Rapino was impressed by this classy move, as opposed to just using the wall. We made our way back towards Memorial Hospital, and cut through River’s Edge park back to The Sweet Donkey.

    6 miles logged and some stayed for coffee. A good time was had by all.

  • Welcome Choo Choo

    4 early birds (Spit, Opus, Mustang, Choo Choo (Mustang’s 2.0 & FNG) started at 6am for a 5k run.

    Rest of the PAX rolled in at the usual time for a hot potato Q.

    Bulkhead Q – COP, triple check

    Phonics Q – Bus loop beatdown

    Mustang Q – Parking lot beatdown

    Names, numbers, Opus took us out

    Great F2 as always at Local Cup, Surf n Turf was also able to join us.