“That’s what dads do. They past the best of themselves on to their kids.” – Steve Gleason After nearly summer time Texas temps yesterday, the winds of the plains came back with a vengence. The thang: COP – Four mile run with the M. Worlds Worst 11s – The exercises were an Air Bud Merkin (both hands off the ground at the top of the merkin) and a weighted Texas Hammer. This is a WWII sit up with a 10 lb weight, at the top of the sit up, perform a one count American Hammer. 10 Texas Hammers/1 Air Bud…
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Marcus Aurelius Another rainy day greeted a pax of 1 in New Boston, TX. Humidity and doubt were the entry fee for those in pursuit of glory. The Thang COP: SSH, LBC, Freddy Mercury X 20, Merkin X 10 Polar Bear 40 Meters Airing of Grievances – Utilizing two aluminum benches complete the following exercises in a round – Box jumps, dips with feet on opposite bench, incline merkin with one hand on each bench followed by a short run. Round 1 is 10 count, Round…
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Jefferson On a cold blustery December day at New Boston High School a pax of 1 showed up. The call to arms was made. In the air was equal parts rain, doubt and determination. The Thang COP: 3 mile run on rural dirt road with the M. Then take vehicle to the New Boston High School football stadium for a solo beat down. Wait a minute, that came out wrong. I mean, getting after…
A cold, breezy morning greeted 11 faithful and 1 FNG at StinkHill for the last of the concentric launch for F3 Hampton Roads. Discussions on temperature, quantity of clothing and YHC’s clown car occupied the PAX until 0700 and the fun began. Mosey across the street to the playground parking lot. Begin with a disclaimer and right into the workout. 20xSSH then 5 burpees 10 Don Quixotes then 4 burpees 15 Hillbillies then 3 burpees 15 Imperial walkers then 2 burpees 20 LBC the YHC asked Dreamliner to complete the pattern, Dreamliner is confused and calls for Merkins – ask…
12 brave and fearless warriors arrived for a blustery Saturday morning. This group of men was ready to take ownership of their effort and of Mt. Trashmore. We were prepared for battle with just cause and able group of the willing. The thang: COP – SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddier Mercury X 20, Merkin X 10 11s – Partner up. Each team starts with Boo Yah Merkins and Partner Burpees. Round one is 10 Boo Yah Merkins and 1 Partner Burpee. Round two is 9 Boo Yah Merkins and 2 Partner Burpees. Etc. to 1 Boo Yah Merkin and 10…
12 intrepid and burgeoning leaders – including 3 FNG’s – descended upon Mount Trashmore for what has now become a hallmark AO for the steadily growing Hampton Roads F3 site. The Thang: Bleeder Q: Mosey to steps and perform Step Lunges to the top of MT. Mosey to other side of MT for COP: SSH, LBC, DQ, Merkins, Imperial Walkers. Swirly Q: At the top of the hill, perform Polar Bears from one point to the “Pole” (more about that later). Perform 20 WW2 situps, and run back. Al Gore until all were done. Run to bottom of hill near…
14 Redwoods witnessed a beautiful sunrise from atop Mt. Trashmore at the inaugural planting of the Hampton Roads shovel flag. It begins again, and here’s how it went down: Mosey to shovel flag for warm-up COP: 15 SSH, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Don Quixote, 10 Merkins, 15 LBCs Mosey 1st field: 50% run, 75% run, Karaoke x2, 2x bear crawl half the field then run, 2x crab walk half the field then run, Plankarama Mosey to benches for 10 dips and 10 squats in cadence repeato x2, 10 derkins Arc loader to footbridge then run the rest, repeato x3 Mosey…
A Pax of 2 ventured forth from their hotel to the park across the street. COP 20 SSH 15 Don Quixote 20 Imperial Walkers Arm Circles- 10 small, 5 large – reverso Line up at the 12 on the giant sundial in the park. Bear crawl around the outer circumference stopping at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 markers to do that many repetitions on the following: lap 1 – merkins lap 2 – burpees Mosey down to the park adjacent to navy pier for some Dora. Partnered up, one of the pax would run the loop around the fountain…
Two PAXs sallied forth in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a Nomad-style beat down this morning. Honey Do joined YHC in the Gloom to celebrate the 54th Anniversary of the release of the Beatles “Love Me Do” to the United Kingdom pop charts. YHC considered making the PAX repeat a single exercise ad nauseum (in line with the song), but took pity and decided variety is the spice of life for a VQ. The PAX met on an otherwise nondescript, open Field of Critters (FoC) complete with requisite Grassy Knoll adjacent to our lodging. Even before the first SSH was counted,…
A PAX of one posted at RVA’s newest AO, slightly less than 4.5 hours from #NoToll. Quick 1.5 mile stroll to the Art Museum for a Rocky inspired beatdown. Circle up around the Washington monument for COP. COP – Imperial Walker x20 – Copperhead Squat x20 – Arm Circles x15 forward and backward – Russian Soldiers x20 The Thang 11s on the steps of the Art Museum. Merkins / WWII situps. Run 2 steps at a time going up and 1 step at a time coming down. Start with 10 merkins and 1 WWII then work way down to 1/10. For the record there…