Tuckahoe Elementary
Not even missing coupons could stop this block party!
12 high-impact men met under a full moon for a coupon carrying carnival.
-Warmarama
-150 merkins in the soggy bottom
-Birthday block beatdown in the parking lot
-100-yard-dash to the flag
F3 exists for the invigoration of male community leadership. Leadership starts at home and expands outward. God gives us wisdom. Integrity will be our edge.
It has been a minute since YHC has Q’d at Hoedown and somehow the bright lights are now always on in the lot formerly known as the darkest AO. 11 strong gathered to kick off the sort of last full week of summer.
COP – wander mosey to the front lot for 15xSSH, 10xDQ, DMH+, 15xLBC, 10xHRM and off we went to West Drive Circle and partnered up for a little Dora
Dora – 100x merkins, 150x superman 4 count, 200x squats. Audible to 100x superman when the Q realized he wanted functioning rotator cuffs later in the day. Wrapping up, we took the long way around to the church lot and hit 3x burpees for every SUV spotted. Subaru’s don’t count and crossovers were a game time decision.
Triple Check – Merkin sliding a coupon underneath, WWII and run the parking lot loop. After regrouping we went to the covered walkway behind the school to belly up to the bar.
Bar – 10x jerkins, 25x PLT, 25x dips then back to the flag for 10x merkins before numberama, namerama and YHC took us out.
Announcements – 7a Mon 9/1 convergence at Dogpile. Prayers for Salt Lick’s daughter and Spine’s coworker.
Moleskine – Great to be back out with y’all after a summer hiatus of travel and being present for time with teenage kids. Until next time, GP
A lucky 13 convened for this week’s edition of Hoedown. One would think that last night’s storm would have brought some cooler temps, but alas temperatures hovered around 70 with plenty of humidity.
At 0530, off we went for a short run around the horseshoe and then up to the blacktop for warmup that included:
Continuing the warm up trend, we lined up at the end of the blacktop closest to the school for some wind sprints. Run out, touch a line, come back and run a little further. We ran to the end of the music room, then the first basketball hoop, second basketball hoop, and finally the fence at the far end.
With the blood flowing, we moseyed to the upper field, which had sod and an irrigation system added over the summer. The pax was quite impressed with the new field, with one even commenting that it was reminiscent of a St. Christopher’s field.
First up, eye of the storm. 5 merkins in the middle and then run out to each corner for 20 of each of 4 exercises, returning to the middle for merkins. Corner 1 – SSHs. Corner 2 – Mountain Climbers. Corner 3 – Jump Squats. Corner 4 – Carolina Dry Docks.
Next up, a triple check along the back wall of the school. Partner 1 – run across field and do 5 pull ups. Partner 2 – BTTW. Partner 3 – dips.
Mosey back towards the drop horseshoe with a stop along the way for jerkins. The pax partnered up and did 2 rounds of 10 each.
At the horseshoe, another triple check. Partner 1 – run the loop. Partner 2 – donkey kicks along the wall. Partner 3 – shoulder taps.
Then, a short mosey to the small parking lot for 11s. Squats (10) and incline merkins (1). Run across and bernie back.
With just about 2 minutes left, we cooled down with a loop around the horseshoe.
Numberama / Namerama
Prayers for TES Principal Mrs. Ford fighting breast cancer, Rosie’s Mom starting radiation today, and all the families sending children back to school.
From time to time, I see these quotes from Marcus Aurelius. See COT below for more information.
Friendly reminder: check your aliases in Big Data (Saltlick, Salt Lick)
Mosey to corner Parking lot and give standard disclaimer
Mosey to Asphalt playground
Mosey to corner parking lot
Mosey to asphalt playground
Line up on sidewalk to the asphalt playground for 11s
To the grass playground in back; Count off by 3s. Rotate Clockwise.
To the wall for
On the patio in front of the wall for
Time’s up!
Announcements:
August 12: 2nd Tuesday, 2nd F: Tres Machos off Cox Road: Verify with Slack on details Gomer Pyle
August 16: The Bridge: Check with Upchuck, Bootleg for details or see Slack. Also on August 16, the Homegrown Half. See Slack
COT:
Prayer concerns: Roger Roger and wife, Handshake’s niece Charlotte, Fudd’s sister Mary, Fireman Ed
“The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.” Aurelius connects inner peace with power. Calmness is not passivity – it’s focus, discipline, and mastery over emotion. A steady mind can withstand any storm.
Many animals were harmed in the making of today’s Q.
Here’s what transpired:
Mosey around the horseshoe twice and over to the cafeteria patio.
COP (IC)
Mosey to parking lot closest to the school
Ark Loader – animal movements across parking lot
Mosey over to Horseshoe
Mosey to Blacktop
Quadruple Check
Mosey to the Paved Hill
Finish with Mary
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
During the Ark Loader, YHC was asked which Bear would win a fight, Polar or Grizzly. While a Polar Bear is bigger and stronger and would likely have an advantage on its home turf, a Grizzly is a more experienced fighter, has longer claws, and excels in striking and jiu-jitsu. A Grizzly would have a significant advantage outside of the Polar Bear’s natural habitat due to the Polar Bear’s lack of warm climate conditioning. YHC thinks it is safe to say the Grizzly would win that one, but both would die a quick painful death at the hands of Chuck Norris.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prayers for Bob
The Thang:
YHC rolled in right on time at 0530 to find Salt Lick and an FNG ready to roll. With just the three of us and no set Q, we decided to go with a hot potato.
Salt Lick started things off strong by retrieving a multi-sided dice loaded with exercises—like the Wheel of Misfortune, but more unpredictable. We moseyed to the Tuckahoe Shopping Center, where the dice got rolling. Literally.
Each roll brought something new: karaoke’s, bear crawls, crawl bears, slow moseys—and the crowd favorite (or least favorite?)—broad jump burpees, which Salt Lick apparently willed into existence with a prayer.
YHC took the reins next and we moseyed over to Third Church for some timer-style work:
From there, we headed back toward the flag, but added a twist—rolling the dice every time we passed an SUV. (Spoiler: there are a lot of SUVs in Tuckahoe.)
Wrapped things up with 5 Minutes of Mary, including some solid stretching to finish strong.
COT:
Naked Moleskin:
Small but mighty crew this morning. The dice didn’t disappoint, How did Salt Lick know that YHC’s favorite workouts are those with a game of chance. Great way to start the day. Welcome again to Plus One—hope to see you back out there soon!
YHC doesn’t do a good enough job of checking Slack and missed the post about The Deep being on the Summer Tour list for this week, so was indeed surprised to only see Senior Frog’s truck in the lot upon arrival. 5:30 arrived and we were off…..
To the parking lot with the blocks because that’s the newest fad at Hoedown. YHC ran us through a quick disclaimer and COP, halfway through which we were joined by Saltlick. The three of us grabbed some blocks, did some manmakers, and proceeded to hot potato the Q after every exercise to keep it interesting.
After we grabbed the blocks YHC said, “Any ideas on something new or different we can do with these blocks?” Senior Frog smiled and said, “Follow me.” At his direction we then rifle carried to the Rite Aid parking lot, and during the walk YHC was eagerly anticipating whatever Senior Frog was cooking up in his head. But when we got there, the “New and Unique” thing that Senior Frog had cooked up, was simply to go to the Rite Aid parking lot…….”I’ve never worked out here with blocks before”. Fair enough.
Saltlick’s turn…..rifle carry over to the Tuckahoe Shopping Center and do some exercises in the lot. Rifle carry back to Rite Aid and do lunges, curls, and block swings across the lot. Rifle carry back to the original lot and do a bunch of manmakers, more lunges, overhead presses, sit and press, more rifle carry…….at one point Senior Frog said, “I’m really smoked from all those rifle carries…..let’s do some more.” Copy that.
We were all sufficiently smoked by the end, returning the blocks to the pile and moseying back to the VSF for some Mary before numberama, namerama, and YHC took us out with prayers for Senior Frog’s friend Bob who has throat cancer and Saltlick’s family as they navigate a difficult development.
Enjoyed it today fellas. That was one of the tougher workouts I’ve done recently.
Never stop chasing the wabbit.
Fudd
4:24 YHC rolls over to see he had 36 more minutes of sleep left, so YHC put the phone under YHC’s pillow so the alarm wouldn’t wake up his M. 5:27 YHC wakes up and realizes the sound on the alarm never went off and YHC was the Q.
YHC gets to Hoedown as quickly as possible wondering if he will be able to find everyone. Luckily Bodo’s had the thought to go over to the Third Church parking lot for a COP since he knew YHC was going to head for the Coupons
YHC caught up with the guys and Bodos graciously handed the Q back over.
YHC took the Pax over to the far Parking Lot and grabbed the Coupons.
A couple rounds of Triple Check to work on the Arms/Abs/Chest.
Announcements – Dry July is happening. See Slack/Google Sheets for details.
Prayer Requests – Charlottes, YHC’s M’s Cousins Daughter went to the Hospital the other day and they found fluid on her lungs. They are trying to figure out what it is and we are praying the Cancer has not moved. Continued Prayers for Mary, Fudds sister. The Cancer is stable and prayers that it stays like that. Prayers for all the families impacted by the Floods in Texas, truly a tragedy.
NMS – YHC was appreciative of the graciousness of the Pax. Worst fear of F3 is to miss a Q, second worst fear is to be late.
A triumvirate of mighty men gathered at Hoedown to start the week off right. Here’s what happened:
COP: Mosey to the first Third Church lot. Stretching excercises, including DQ, Cherry Pickers, Helicopters, and other stuff, ending with SSH x48 IC to celebrate YHC’s next lap around the sun. Mosey to middle lot.
Coupon Triple Triple: Three rounds of three triple checks with coupon work. Round 1: P1 Goblet Squats, P2 Kettle bell swing, P3 run the loop. // Round 2: P1 Lunge pass throughs, P2 overhead press, P3 run the loop // Round 3: P1 – alternate rows 10x P2- Bench press, P3- Run the loop. Deposit the coupons and back to school parking circle
Final COP: end with some ab work. LBC 25xIC, Freddie Murcury 25xIC, American Hammer 25xIC, WW2 x 25 OYO, Shoulder Taps 10xIC, Merkins 10xIC. Plank/Elbow Plank/Plank.
Namearama, Numberama, YHC took us out.
NMS: Small numbers but strong men today at Hoedown, grateful for Salt lick and GP, grateful for the new day, the sunny skies, and good company. Grateful for another year of life. SYITG.
6 WestHoe regulars and one late arriving FNG convened for this week’s edition of Hoedown.
Warm Up on the upper black top
Our late arriving FNG found us during warm up before we headed to the front of the school for 11s – Derkins and WWIIs.
We then moseyed to the far Third Church parking lot and retrieved some blocks for a Triple check. P1 – run the loop. P2 – flutter kicks. P3 – block exercises (R1 – overhead presses. R2 – curls. R3 – swings). Replace the blocks.
Stayed in the same lot for 4 corners. Corner 1 – 10 HRM. Corner 2 – 20 Rosalitas. Corner 3 – 30 American Hammers (2 count). Corner 4 – 40 SSH.
Lined up for the run back to the flag. We finished up with some mary.
Numbers / Names / YHC took us out.
FNG – We were happy to have Cupid join us today, albeit a few minutes late. He lives near Gaskins and River, has two daughters and owns an online dating website (hence the nickname). Despite the heat, we hope to have him back out soon!