Tag: DownRange

PAX called YHC the “Original Offshore” and YHC met the “New and Improved” Wedding Singer. The “New and Improved” Offshore was not at this AO today. YHC heard they also have a HoneyDo. PAX gave Toga a hard time for not having more creativity with names. They were not surprised that he would message back to RVA, “Hey, I found a guy that’s even better for your name!”

Toga has apparently taken other F3 RVA traditions to Nashville, as the PAX did the 12 days of Christmas workout. It was a solid Q, with 2 times up 77 steps after each round. New to YHC exercises included the Worst Merkin and Single Leg Squats. YHC told Toga about new traditions he could steal, including Festivus, Die Hard, and Secret Santa.

It was great to catch up with Toga who EH’d YHC over 10 years ago with, “Hey, are you gonna do this or what?”. YHC got his ass kicked at Punisher the next morning and the rest is history.

YHC drove a vanful of students for a conference in NashVegas. After some white-knuckle driving through near white-out conditions early Sunday morning, YHC and an FNG posted to Westeros: https://f3nashville.com/2025/12/weightsteros-3

“Oil Rig”…close enough.

Three students were invited, but one made his way into the 14-degree gloom and crushed it. Welcome Cash Crop! He is super excited about F3 and eager to join the PAX regularly in RVA. He lives near VCU.

YHC and new PAX will drive back Wednesday, hopefully with one more post DR.

One man strove forth, under weight, to set a positive course for the day. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the person reporting to work on time, the following might have happened:

2.5 miles under 38 pound ruck. 4 loops. 2 cups of coffee.

YHC stayed out past his normal bedtime at a Florida Panthers game…no better way to shake off the morning rust.

Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

Is it really downrange when the PAX says, “of course you have our AO’s shirt, you’re here as much as the rest of us”. Great hospitality as always from the PAX at The Galaxy in Marietta, Georgia.

YHC and Joey Chestnut posted on Thanksgiving and the day after. Tuna Q’d Thanksgiving, Sparky on Friday. Friday’s workout was in memory of Wide Right’s daughter Kate Bell.

The Galaxy PAX were the inspiration for coffeteria at Circus. YHC gave props and celebrated the 2nd F trophy with them.

Sparky served build-your-own breakfast tacos (sausage, eggs, cheese, salsa) along with coffee. Tasty!

TYA was supposedly riding his bike in a 25-degree windchill about 15 miles south.

YHC and a closely related FNG joined the pax at The Dam, in Columbus, for a gloomy game of ultimate football. A light up football was the MVP, with huge plays from FNG Cracker & YHC and of plenty of penalty burpees for all.

I’m grateful for:

1. The warm welcome from Castaway, Jar Jar, and the other pax
2. The chance to school them on the proper name for a Pickle Pointer, i.e. Alabama Prom Date
3. The opportunity to demonstrate proper form of said APDs in full view of many cars passing by.

It was great to hang out with a group of fine HIMs who already understand what real college football is. Kudos to Nancy for the tireless work educating the Richmond pax. Go Bucks!

YHC posted DR in Norman, Oklahoma. The PAX lined up in a line and did a bunch of exercises while the PAX in the back did a specified number of reps of another exercise, then traveled (Bear Crawl, Lunge, etc.) to the front. No name was given for the routine.

NMS: YHC is grateful for the warm welcome from the locals on a first visit to Oklahoma. Two of the PAX reported on a recent 12-man 200-mile relay race through the Ozarks – how stupid! Tclaps!

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One launched for a few weighted loops around the lake. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the residents wondering who the guy in black shoes, black shorts, a black shirt, and a giganormous black flak jacket was, the following might have happened.

Loop Lake Florida 3 times. Rough distance 2 miles. 40 pound ruck. 2 cups of coffee.

Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

NMS: YHC has been traveling a ton. And, with traveling / working comes…a smidge more “drink” than is probably either healthy or desirable. No running after a night out…so, thus begins the upside / downside of having a ruck. It makes exercising easier, but it makes drinking easier. Gonna have to figure this one out.

All that said, rucking has one huge advantage…can carry coffee with me while working out.

Announcements:

The Bridge is December 27. Kubota with the Q.

Need a Q for January.

One nocturnal man and uncounted rabbits launched at the stroke of 04:00 in the latest edition of The Clinic. Conditions were 70 and sunny with dense fog and intense blackness. According to the rabbits silflaying, the following may quite possibly have happened.

Mosey to the edge of the golf course for the COP.

SSHs x30 (4 count, unless otherwise noted)
Imperial Walkers x20
LBCs x20
Flutter kicks x20

Mosey about 200 yards, pass the Dana Point Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and perform 20 HRMs.

Continue moseying another 200 yards, stopping for a variety of squats, LBCs, WWIIs, merkins, and so forth, generally following the fall-line of the trails towards the beach. Ignore the darkness. Embrace the isolation.

At the top of the bluff, continue right / downward to the beach path, then down the steps to the sand, forward 50 yards to the water line. Turn 80 degrees right / north, until intersection of water / sand, then proceed 6-10 feet west of intersection of sand / water (i.e., run in the water).

Note: Water temp 66 degrees.

Proceed to intersection of rocks / water / cliff. Find appropriate sized rock. 20 merkins. Find different appropriately sized rock. 20 boat / canoe. Do so without ingesting water / sand.

Proceed south on beach, repeating 6-10 feet from water’s edge, always on the water side. Approximately 1 mile run. Glorious.

Repeat rock exercises at south end of beach.

Proceed north / east to beach road and follow road uphill. Grade as much as 14%. Unforgiving. Lower speed, force continued run. Do not walk.

At top of hill, repeat exercises.

Continue east / northeast through city park and back to golf course, repeating exercises 3-4 additional times. 3 MOM at edge of golf course.

Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

NMS: YHC finds this workout to be the pinnacle of experiences, approximately 2x per year. Few things like exercising along the beach anywhere in the world. With the time change and the jet lag, YHC did this a bit earlier than normal. Good for the soul.

Announcements: EF Hutton leading The Bridge this weekend. No finer person to help our fellow men. Sign up, join up, and experience all 3 Fs in one morning.

Ol Beaver is on the road for work again. Thi time he finally hits an AO in the Chicago area named War Horse. You guessed it, we hit the coupons! It’s a thing! I feel like I’m always doing coupons DR. Luckily one of the HIMs grabbed an extra for me. A variety of coupon workouts were repped. I will certainly have to come out again.

VQ’s moleskin in a nutshell: Don’t pass up opportunities to help others when they present themselves

After a quick search for additional PAX, Joey Chestnut graciously offered YHC the Q. Game on!

The THANG:

Mosey for a lap around the park and return to the parking lot for the COP: SSHs, Hammer Dance, Power Dance, Dirty Birds, IWs, DQs, Merkins, LBCs, IC.

Move to the pickleball courts for Bearicides across two courts – Bear Crawl to a line, run back, and do 5 Burpees; Bear Crawl to the second line, run back, 5 burpees, then repeat for the third line. Next round, Lunge to the first line, run back, 5 Burpees, etc. Last round, one PAX Wheelbarrow to the first line, other PAX Wheelbarrow back, 5 burpees, and so on for lines 2 and 3, with a 10 count and 20 count in between.

Mosey to the playground for two rounds of: 5 Pull-Ups, 10 Derkins, 20 Dips, 25 WWIIs. Then two rounds of: 5 Jerkins, 10 Incline Merkins, 20 Dips, 25 2-count American Hammers.

One more lap around the park for the COT.

NMS: PAX did the best they could making a circle with 2 PAX, but then again, can you even make a circle with 20 points, anyway?