2nd F meetups are fellowship related where members of the F3RVA community get together for non-workout related meetups (e.g. coffee, events, etc.)
Join us as we celebrate 11 years of F3 RVA with a beatdown followed by coffee and some very “special” awards. This event is open to all men. Bring your flags, wear your colors, and maybe make a donation to Nancy Lopez’s F3 Africa clothing and shoe drive. Please note the updated launch time.
Location: DogPile
Beatdown: 6:30 am
Coffee and Awards: 7:40 am
If you are reading this, you know there is a prank going around. Beware!
Just the two of us this morning. 2 hims just like any other day but it was different. Yes we did the WARMARAMA and the usually mosey around the school mixed with a bunch usual routines. Somewhere around the pull up bars Broadway saw i needed some help with some weight i was pulling around. Not a ruck not a kettlebell. For the last 15 minutes of the boot camp we spent 30 minutes sharing stories and other strengths. Today is an opportunity for new beginnings. Everyday is a blessing, I needed much more than a bootcamp today and Broadway was there. So many times in a little over a year F3 has been there for me, I’m thankful for all of you. Broadway took us out In a much needed prayer.
We had 47 studs show up this morning for a Holiday beatdown north of the wall in DaVille. YHC met with Gumbo, Mudslide and Upchuck to set the stage by planting shovel flags at 3 locations on the campus. Location 1 – Parking lot/soccer Field behind Atlee HS, Location 2 – Basket Ball Courts next to Bus Loop, Location 3 – Bus Loop.
Mudslide started us off with a warm up of 20 SSH, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 4ct Imperial Squat Walkers, Good Morning Stretch and 20 merkins.
So Phonics took a group who wanted to mostly run with a little bootcamp mixed in. We then divided the remaining into groups of 3. Upchuck had group 1, Gumbo had group 2, Mudslide and YHC had Group 3. To get the BB out you know what you did for your group…we made it real….fun! and from the look of everyone, a great time for all with some good sweat!
We circle up waiting for the runners to return, doing some stretching to include, arm circles, Nancy Kerrigans…a classic, Helicopters, one legged (Illinois Prom Date I head from the PAX) figure 4, repeato with other leg, stretching then we circle up for Numberama, Namerama as the runners returned for headcount. Gumbo took us out in prayer!
Great workout this morning gents and appreciate the help from the other Q’s to make the workout great for everyone and to Bulkhead, Surf and Turf, Opus, Phonics, Mr Holland, Helix, Thunder and Beat It for helping to set up and providing some Refreshements. Thank you Yardsale for getting the Tom’s Coffee truck as it was a hit at the end of the workout!
Have a great weekend Gents and I look forward to seeing you in the gloom soon! Cheers….CB!
YHC pulled up to the parking lot and saw 2 men ready for a work out. As this was a hot potato, here is what went down. Helix started off:
We mosey to a grassy area and start with 20 SSH, 10 Abe Bagodas, 15 arm circles 10 small and 5 big, reverso, 15 copperhead squats, 10 had release merkins, 10 dirty dogs, 10 scorpions and some ab excercises.
Speed bump 11’s with a Paula Abdul twist. We mosey to 1st speed bump, 10 WW2 sit ups, mosey past next bump to the third bump 1 merkin. Then mosey back to 2nd bump, 9 WW2 sit ups. We repeat until the end of the bumps (we had 11 total). This was a tough one. Helix and Phonics crushed this one and they came back to the 9th bump to pick up YHC.
Handed off to YHC…we mosey to bus loop at Cool Spring Elementary start with 10 merkins, mosey to opposite corner, 20 2 ct flutter kicks, bear crawl to the next corner, 30 2ct Freddie Mercuries then bernie saunders to last corner for 40 LBC’s.
Mosey to a small practice soccer field with a bench. P1 – performed dips on bench, P2 – Burpees at soccer goal, P3- started at the opposite soccer goal and ran a lap past the other stations as the timer and called rotate when he returned to the starting soccer goal. We rotated through all stations 3 times to complete a triple check.
Moseyed to the Atlee High School parking lot for numberama, namerama and Phonics took us out in prayer.
YHC realized as we began, that Helix and Phonics were the men that were headlocking me to try F3 for almost 2 years. I am so glad I finally caved in and have other brothers that get me out of bed to push myself to workout. We had a 2nd F at local cup and Surf and Turf posted there to catch up this morning.
We had a great tak about food fads that are supposed to be healthy but were later shown to not truly be this way (Olean in potato chips making this snack a healthy choice and currently the fat that a french fry is cooked in can be made healthier with a better oil choice…we chuckled as this was obvious that a French Fry is a French Fry…Have a great weekend gents and I look forward to seeing you in the gloom soon!
What a night!! A grand total of 39 hard charging dudes, or crazy MFers, depending on who you ask, saddled up for some or all of the Century 2.0. 3 teams of varying regionalities filled their vans up with supplies before 6pm on Friday night. Don Draper rolled in with a brand new Mercedes Sprinter van that inspired a new team name, Team Diesel. Van 4 carrying Team Boberry and the New Day (BND) rolled in hot with the crisp sounds of Yacht Rock as the instructions were given and the first runners, Focker, Gecko, Wet Bandit, and Heist, were sent off into the West End heat.
Team Westhoe had the advantage of home turf for the first stretch with every other team getting lost somewhere along one of the routes. The mood was set early when Purple Rain, FNG Jason, and Faceplant all ruck/ran the majority of leg #2. After Buddy pushed ahead of him on leg #4- Faceplant provided his team updates along his journey in the Taint. Charging into the depths of the West End, Chaplain found a way to add mileage to his route, combo that with a migraine and he had to take an early leave. A week of sleepless nights from Broadway did him and and left Boberry heading to DaVille alone in his van. Heist thought he might cruise into the pickleball courts at Pouncey Tract Park with an easy 2nd place finish but the vision of his tron ahead kept YHC focused on an extra push to put Team Diesel into 2nd place in the West End.
After grabbing Woodsman for Team BND it was off to DaVille for a 3 leg sprint led by Team Alamo aka team Silent but Deadly. Beat It (err Brownie?) was the lone Davillian to come support the effort, after waking him up from his car he was able to hang out and watch the festivities as the other teams scrambled to provide support for Boberry and his crew.
Next up – Team Challenges. Beaver, Choo Choo, and Yukon Cornelius met us at the Lumberyard for Team Challenge #1. Team Tug of War with a fire hose – Team Westhoe left their strength at home and, despite being the only team with gloves, failed to win a match while Team SBD took the round robin and got their first choice of exercises. Team BND won round 1 but fell in the championship, even with the help of the locals. Team Diesel and Westhoe had an epic back and forth battle for 3rd that felt like hours but was likely closer to 30 seconds with Team Diesel prevailing. A quick half mile out and back and we were on our way to the next challenge.
An open bathroom was a popular sight at Bermuda where BND picked up Mudslide. Heist had a map with 9, or was it 10, spots for team selfies, with a team total of 100 pullups at the final spot. Not sure how to judge who won this one besides maybe best selfie? The teams all agreed to a quick stop at Rock N Roll since that was the only other AO left off the route – start with some savasana, some quick Mary, and a group photo under the security camera before heading out.
The final legs began at Green Mile. After the runners took off the teams enjoyed some easy going times in the parking lot until an unnamed PAX cleared the parking lot with a stink like he was in an enclosed van. On the way to the clean bathrooms of the Alamo, Team Diesel spotted a bonking Focker a few miles in. A quick support stop for some GU, water, and salt and he was back to normal. The next couple legs featured a battle between Westhoe and SBD while Diesel and BND took on the legs together with Rosetta running back to back legs. All was well until team Westhoe brought in fresh legs and a City Ringer as a pacer. Marv and Sippy Cup overtook The Duke and watched him make a wrong turn. Either way, at that point the lead was Westhoe’s to lose, not even Offshore running a leg for team BND was able to catch them on the way to Dogpile. 23 men stuck around for the final COT where FNG Jason was not named – Colgate, 4 out of 5, Prentist, Root Canal, Early Bird, and other names are up for grabs – until he posts again.
Phenomenal work and a big Tclap thank you to the organizers – Routemaster – EF Hutton; Idea man – Don Draper; Challenge coordinator – Heist; Team Captains – Boberry and Swoop; Lumberyard Tug-o-war Refs and Teammates – Beaver, Choo Choo, Yukon. Could not have done it without support from everyone. Heist kept noting how different this was from last year’s CSAUP a year ago this weekend, some of that night is fuzzy but I recall it included some yelling, rain, dirty water, rucks, rain, logs, trails, sandbags yelling, carrying, dragging, and more rain. No rain, no logs, and only fun yelling this time around.
The Winner – well that is up for debate. Westhoe and Alamo/SBD each won 2 sections. The 5th – Bermuda may be decided by best team selfie – biceps vs binder. Controversy will swirl for years with accusations of the use of a City Pacer, fresh legs never touching a van, lending of runners to other teams, and flatulent sabotage until the next Century. One thing is certain, no one loses when the HIMs of F3 get together to solidify bonds in the shared suffering of a CSAUP.
Way to go men! Until next time, see you in the gloom.
YHC was ready for a great morning with the Bridge residents to lead a workout and had two stops to pick up others from RVA for the ride out to Buckingham, VA. Here is what went down.
Had a 5:15am pick up of Surf n Turf at Food Lion in DaVille, then a 5:45 pickup on Route 60/288 at the Wawa where Pucker jumped in for a ride. We waited until 6 am with no others showing up we were off. We arrived at the AO about 15 minutes early so we took some time to visit the recently completed great hall center complete with a full commercial kitchen. More in Moleskin below>
Three were present from campus and we circled up for 20 ssh, 10 4ct helicopters, 10 DQ’s, 15 arm circles (10 small and 5 big), reverso, then 10 Imperial walkers, 20 LBC’s, 10 4ct american Hammers, 10 reverse scorpions and 20 merkins.
We started with Escalator with corner 1 10 merkins, corner 2 20 squats, Corner 3 30 lunges and corner 4 40 2 count flutter kicks, back to 30 lunges, 20 squats and 10 burpees.
We started a triple check round where we each teamed up to have a workout teammate Pucker/Ghost, Surf n Turf – Bucket and YHC and links. Links and YHC started to run the lap as the timer, the other two stations were Plank and LBC’s.
Cisco showed up and Joined Pucker’s team to keep this going.
We did another triple check, running laps as the timer with the other stations were S2 – Squat and S3 – flutter kicks.
We then moseyed to the shack and lunged to the gate and returned to the basked ball court.
Staying in our paired teams, we did a 3rd triple check with station 1 – suicides on the bball court as the time, station 2 dips and station 3 step ups.
Mosey back to the big lot and planked for a Ring of fire where each member stated F3 name and then performed 5 merkins.
Numberama, namerama, Pucker took us out in prayer.
After our workout we shared some gatorade and coffee with everyone prior to leaving the campus. We stopped at the diner on Route 60 on the way back for a nice breakfast and some time to catch up.
What a great morning and see the vision and mission below of the Bridge
Vision – the vision of the bridge is to bring people of all different backgrounds, ethnicities, races and religions together to experience each others talents, ability, culture, and the gifts we have to serve those in need. From our service we fulfill a need within ourselves as we share our gifts and talents with each other.
Mission – The Bridge works to transform the lives of individuals by providing mentoring, vocational skills, education and the relationships they need to bridge the gap to productive community and family life. We accomplish this through the love of people, love of community, love of country, standing together in faith, trusting God and each other.
Hope to see you in the gloom soon gents…you missed a good one!
Have a great weekend … Cheers …CB!
A 16-count crew of PAX brothers and their families gathered at The Forge for an OTB trail blazing hike through the woods. Handshake and his family proudly represented NOJ, and while most of the PAX wore rucks, Bromance wore his adorable 2.0 in an awesome military grade carrier. Shortly after 2pm, we launched down to the railroad tracks and walked West along the tracks and then trail blazed South to Crestwood Elementary. In the melee of 2.0’s pouring through the playground gate, DTH’s 2.0 Banjo caught the sharp side of a metal latch on the cheek and the good doctor/Papa applied a snowball compress and then moleskin (thank you Sable) so he could join the rest. After 20 minutes at play, the rabble was rounded up for a looping hike through the woods and back to The Forge to complete the 1 hour adventure. Sunny and 50’s, the weather was truly perfect for this hike! Everyone then converged at Casa de DTH for backyard play and bonfire time – complemented with archery, axe throwing, zipline, trampoline, swing, s’mores, and bevvies. This is what being family is all about and we’ll miss all of you guys while we’re away in PNG the next few months. Yours AYE! ~DTH
2 now 3 freedom fighters gathered in the Robins Family Forum at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture to watch as this Constitutional Federal Republic grew by 60 souls. 36 countries were present among the group to witness history. According to the cries for freedom heard in the room here’s the path that they gave:
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”
Stars were spangled and America was blessed. YHC is thankful and humbled by the commitment taken by intentionally others when many claim it by birth. We are a nation of immigrants. What an honor to celebrate this with Belay on President’s Day.
YHC, EF Hutton, and Kubota got together for a 2nd F to talk about 2024 and what can come in 2025. Great times were had. It was extremely last minute but next time YHC will make sure there is time for a proper invite.