11 HIM’s of God carved some pain gain out of a beautiful crisp morning on our annual mountain men’s retreat at Windy Gap YoungLife Camp near Asheville NC. Here’s how 11 conquered 14 out of 18: WARMERAMA: Mosey a bit to circle up at a better lit area Welcome & Disclaimer Warm-up Reps IC, slightly extended total reps for a full body warmup The THANG: Mosey down to the start of an epic mountain frisbee golf course Outlined the plan: escalator burpees to match the hole number, with a movement exercise to complete each hole, and variable reps (mostly called…
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One intrepid warrior of The Gloom threw off the pull of the Fart Sack (and last night’s tequila old fashioneds) to hit the mean (ok, the office park) streets of Plantation. Temps were 75 and sunny. According to the restaurant worker (lady) who came out of the office building at 5:20 a.m. to see YHC unexpectedly 15 feet away, the following might have happened: 2 loops around the lake, using various routes / paths / etc. No scream (thank Heavens) when the lady came flying out of the building, never looked to her right, and then realized someone was close…
YHC is in Va Beach today for meetings, so I decided to get a DR post in and got on the handy F3 Near Me and found a nearby bootcamp. Ever the eager beaver (or really worried about getting lost), I was early. I pull into the parking lot with 12 minutes to spare and guys are moving around. Turns out, we are starting early because this is Iron Pax 1 – a 50-minute workout. Womp Womp. Oh well, suck it up buttercup. some stretching and warmup and then off to the track for increasing rounds of Thrusters (with 35…
17 of Bellevue’s tallest redwoods and one downranger came out to Peres ika to see what Gomer Pyle was bringing. According to the two FNGs that Pure Lead EHd during the workout, this is what went down more or less: Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Welcome. Bear Crawl down the hill to the CoP. Mission. Disclaimer. All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn n BounceArms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up, Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 20 Mercans, 10 Ranger Mercans, 5 wide arm Mercans fingers out, 5 regular…
Missed out on the RVA Labor Day Convergence sadly, but posted down range with 7 F3 Grandstrand HIMs at AO – Sharknado. Houdini lead the group in a good mix of running and exercises to get in about 2 miles and plenty of merkins, squats, big boy sit ups and a few others. Coffee after…appreciate the southern hospitality fellas. Until next time!
Traveling with the family for Labor Day and decided to post down range. Working out in the sand is no joke! Attended Sandblox in Surfside Beach, SC for an hour of block work on the beach! Appreciate the hospitality from the F3 Grandstrand PAX members.
YHC tested the temperature in Potomac MD for a little Potomac Rising. He was greeted cordially by 4 members of the DC brigade. According to the teacher that showed up way too early for school, here is what went down. Mosey warm up and pick up coupons. Standard warm up including one of my new faves Willie Mays Hayes. Farmer carry to back playground. The Thang: All together and on your own. Q calls out exercise do first set all together and various runs to other side of playground including Sprints, My captains, and high knees, then 2nd set to…
Had the change to workout with 5 of DC Metro’s finest this morning. Met on a football field so was expecting fun with that, only to find out they are in training mode for the 9/11 stairclimb. After a brief warm up we moseyed over to some parking deck stairs. Performed 1 burpee at bottom and escalating merkins starting from 1 at the top. 4 flights of stairs were used. The pax had ruck sacks strapped on so I felt need to stay at the front being I had no ruck. 20 rounds were completed.
AO: Galaxy When: 2025-08-21 QIC: Sparky PAX (012): Abacus (Mark Green), Blue, Jaywalk (Charlie Mason), Jillian, New Coke, Pharaoh, Skyline, Sparky, Tweaker, Wideright, Wolverine (Bill Smith), BoBarry – down range from VA PREAMBLE: disclaimer WARM-O-RAMA: warm up THE THANG: 4 corners Yo-Yo Thunderstruck Morning call Merry for time COT: announcements Prayers NMM Great to post downrange and experience some southern hospitality! Very welcoming group of dudes who knew Offshore from his travels. Apparently I was lucky because they ran back and forth through a dirty creek the day before.
9 were looking for a little workout on the beach and we found it for them. According to the early morning shell hunters, this is what went down more or less: Gitty up start: 5 Burpees. Welcome. Mission. Disclaimer. Mosey to Beach COP. All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up and Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 Mercans, 10 HRMs, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Shazam. 10 WW2 Making sugar cookies. Get in the water – dry spot penalty: 10HRM in the surf, 10 LBC.…