Tag: DownRange

  • Seventy

    One hit the mean streets of Plantation in the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Plantation police department staking out the La Quinta, the following, well, since they were watching the hotel, they have no idea what happened.

    Lake loop, cross Peters, parking lot (no fudd), 6th, Broward Mall, reverso at Broward and same route backwards back to the virtual shovel flag.

    Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

    Announcements / NMS:

    Wawa opened next to Starbuck’s. Talk about fighting inflation.

  • [Churham] All Gains at House Of Pain!

    Beaver made it downrange for a gear loaded AO called The House of Pain! It was like watching a circus act as I witnessed Funion remove one item after another from his hatchback. Kettlebells, jump ropes, lifting bars, a large tire, and a log! A yoked Tetris master indeed.
    Funions routine was complex as we teamed up, all struggled to understand which workout to do next among the many that were available, this included 25 reps of overhead presses and curls with the lifting bars. 25 reps of jump rope, dragging a tire loaded with kettlebells and hauling a log up the hill, burpees and some running to and fro.
    we ended with some competitive 4 PAX team tire pull while the remaining PAX planked and ended with some Mary.

    Shoutout to my partner this gloom The Exchange!


  • Who Doesn’t Love Running on Concrete?

    One lifted himself out of The Fartsack in the most recent central Florida edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the man walking his puppet-sized dog, the following might have happened:

    Leave hotel, turn right to find the path, nope, not there, turn around, proceed about 2 miles on the path, reverso, and BTTVSF. Number, name, and YHC mumbles to himself in front of the hotel.

    Announcements: YHC suggests that now is the time of year to go to Disney. Or, to an indoor call center technology conference.

  • Unseasonably Chilly

    One chose to throw off the warm lure of the Fart Sack at the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the driver of the hazardous hospital waste removal truck barreling through the parking lot, the following might have happened.

    Northbound loop. Office park, cross Peters, Office park #2, up to 10th, to 78th, to Federated, to shopping mall parking lot, to Broward, and then reverso BTTVSF.

    NMS: Chillier than usual with game time temp around 58. YHC did neither SSHs nor any ridges.

    Call it 4.5 today. Not terrible, and the running legs are coming back after a fall hiatus.

  • Catch the White Whale for VO2 Increase

    White Whale led a hell of a beatdown this gloom down in Midtown Raleigh at the Lourdes of Discipline AO. It was pretty quiet, didn’t get a chance to chatter much. When we weren’t doing burpees, squats or merkins, we were racing to the next point for more reps or running an indeginous form. 3.39 miles of running.

    White Whale ended with this quote,
    “The opposite of faith is certainty. Where there is certainty, there is no room for faith”.

  • That’s The Short F’n Hill

    YHC posted downrange at The Overlander at F3 Roanoke.

    YHC was admiring awhat he thought was a huge hill and one of the PAX said “That’s SFH, we have the Long F’n Hill behind it”

    Great PAX of 19 with some parking lot coffeerama for 2nd F after.

    Here’s the Q’s Backblast:

    WARMUP: Circle up, count off, disclaimer, Pax are confused as to why I needed 20 guys for my plan to work….I guess we will never know, various warmup exercises. Long mosey down the road and back to library. More warmup exercises to make sure everyone is warmed up.

    THE THANG: Go to the square in front of library. Partner up. 1 pax does stationary exercise while the other travels. R1: 125 burpees, bear crawl “short” sides, spring “long” sides R2: 200 squats, yog square. R3: Mosey back to parking lot, 125 merkins OYO. Some did more, some did less. Recover.

    MARY: Dunphy closed us out with a motivator, always a Pax favorite.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: Winter Challenge coming soon, get on the Q sheet. Happy to have Pre School DR from Portland, Oregon and Big Rig from RVA. COT: Blindspot prayed us out. Use the ‘New Backblast’ button to create a new backblast

  • Happy New Year Downrange

    F3 Grandstrand doesn’t hold a New Year’s Convergence and now I see why. These boys must have stayed up all night to party as only 3 HIMs showed up this AM at The Oyster. Started the new year off with a hot potato. According to the female hollering “I hate you. DO NOT FOLLOW ME!” to the apparent ex boyfriend following said female at 5:38 AM this is how it went down:

    Karma started us of with: Warmup with various IC exercises ending in 10 burpees

    Moseyed over to the bridge to cross over the water via bear crawl. 9 burpees. Continue mosey down 6 blocks to the tennis courts. 8 burpees. Karoaked across 2 tennis courts for 10 HRMs and back to the start for 7 burpees. Continued with exercise down until 1 burpee.

    Q tossed to Sarge: Moseyed way back in the direction of the flag and stopped at intersections for various exercises – Squats x 25, Lunges x 20, WWIIs x 25, Flutter Kicks x 20

    Q tossed to YHC with 5 mins left: Mailbox exercises starting with 1 Merkin, run to next mailbox for 1 Merkin + 2 Carolina Dry docks, run to next and add 3 Squats, continue on, add 4 Lieutenant dans and finally 5 LBCs. Running short on time with 1/2 mile back to the flag so picked up the pace and returned to the flag at 6:15 on the dot for a total of 2.4 miles.

    Numbers, Names, Karma took us out in prayer

    Likely heading back to VA later today and I appreciate all of the hospitality from the F3 Grandstrand crew. If you ever travel down this way, definitely check out The Oyster and Blackbeard’s Revenge as well as other AOs they may have in the area. Happy New Year to all and looking forward to continuing to better ourselves in 2025!

  • Downrange at Blackbeard’s Revenge

    Closing out 2024 with 1 final down range post in Surfside Beach/Murrells Inlet area. Respect to the 14 HIMs that showed up this morning. There were equal if not more PAX members that were 50+ in age today including Papa Smurf who is 76! Great to post with these fellas today and end 2024 with a good workout. Look forward to what 2025 has to offer. Here is how the workout went down:

    Warmup with various IC exercises including a variety of shoulder exercises that had my shoulders burning!

    COP 1: Lap around the baseball field to the benches. Partner up – alternate between wall sits and exercises on the benches to include dips, decline merkins, incline merkins, step ups x 24 each

    COP 2: Basketball Court Suicides including various exercises and bear crawls

    COP 3: Ring of Fire of your favorite called exercise x 24

    BTTF, Numbers, Names, Announcements, COT

  • Downrange at “The Oyster”

    Enjoying a little rest and relaxation down at Surfside Beach, SC with the family, but still gotta keep the muffin top away. Posted with 9 of the F3 Grandstrand fellas at the AO – The Oyster. Here is how it went down:

    Various IC warm up exercises.

    COP 1: Mosey to the waterway bridge to bear crawl up and over. Moseyed through the streets of Surfside stopping at 3 different intersections for 10 squats, 10 merkins, 10 wide merkins, 10 diamond merkins.

    COP 2: Moseyed to a public beach access with a big ramp up and over to the beach. Performed 11s with peter parkers in the parking lot and squats on the beach.

    COP 3: Indian run on the beach down to the pier. At the pier ran up the stairs and performed 1 burpee at the top and back down.

    COP 4: Mosey back towards the flag stopping at 2 intersections to perform 10 merkins followed by a jail break at the last back to the flag for 10 more merkins.

    Numbers, Names, Prayer

    Always fun to post downrange and see how different areas run things. Hoping to post another time or 2 while down here to end 2024 right and bring in 2025 even better!

  • Down Range Visiting Family in NC for Christmas

    YHC missed his typical workout at Satan’s Hill on Friday due to traveling down to NC to celebrate Christmas with the family. Decided to lead a PAX of 1 through a Saturday morning workout to allow YHC to eat more than usual for “Christmas Dinner” tonight. Here is how it went down:

    COP 1: 50’s Dora: Run lap around track, 50 Dips, Run lap around track, 50 Incline/Decline Merkins, Run lap around track, 50 Squats, Run lap around track, 50 Step Ups, Run lap around track, 50 LBCs, Run lap around track, 50 Carolina Dry Docks

    COP 2: Mosey to the playground for set of 10 pull ups

    COP 3: 11’s with Merkins and Jump Squats

    COP 4: 4 Corners Prostitute Style – 10 Diamond Merkins, 20 SSH, 30 Calf Raises with Arm Circles, 40 LBCs, Ended with 1 final lap around the track.

    Number, Name, No Announcements, Prayers for safe travels to all of those traveling this holiday season, those battling various illnesses and for a blessed Christmas! Now time to sit back, relax, watch the CFP and enjoy Christmas dinner/drinks with the family! Have a blessed day fellas!