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A hearty 17 posted to NoToll for what will be a familiar sight at NoToll and SOT for the month of November…a Gumbo Q,  YHC planted the flag and off we went moseying to the back parking lot for COP, including:

• 5 Burpees OYO for each of Alex Bregman’s (LSU product!) 5 World Series RBI, including the epic game-winning RBI with 2-outs in the 10th inning off arguably the best closer in baseball…BOO-YAH!
• SSHs x25 for the number of runs scored in the aforementioned epic Game 5 that spanned Sunday into Monday and is YHC’s excuse for not posting at River Run – I should have just stayed up.
• DQs x 10 S-L-O-W
• Helicopters x15
• Imperial Walkers x15
• Tempo Merkins x10
• LBCs x20

Pre-Game Warmups

Mosey to edge of the parking lot and form up in 4 lines for some customary baseball warm-ups:

• Sprints the length of the parking lot – starting of course like you are leading off first-base and stealing second (or so I’m told). Wait for six and then head back.
• High Knees down and then back
• Karaoke down and then back

Game 6 Relay

Break into two teams – Astros (8 men) and Dodgers (9 men – a handicap since they are down 3-2 in the series).  Each team form a plank line in the corner of the parking lot.  First man in line sprints the perimeter of the parking lot back to the back of the plank line and next man takes off when first returns…so on through the line.  The Dodgers damn near won the relay despite the extra man as POSH was breathing down YHC’s neck the whole way around the parking lot.  Good thing YHC held off or else a decisive Game 7 Relay would have been needed to award the World Series (of F3 NoToll Relays) Trophy.

HR Box Jumps

Mosey over to the Pavilion for YHC’s favorite box jumps.  In honor of the record-setting 22 home runs that the Astros and Dodgers have already hit in this years Fall Classic, each PAX member found some bench and performed 4 rounds (one for each base) of 22 box jumps.  A 10-count plank breather between sets was offered up for those that wanted it.

Epic Game of Box Cutters

Pair off and together as a team perform 315 box cutters Dora Style – equal to the total number of minutes it took to play Game 5.  One PAX member runs the width of the field and back while the other performs box cutters – flapjack and repeato until you reach 315.

Cooldown Mary

Mosey back to the basketball court for 5 MOM, including Freddie Mercuries, APDs, Flutter Kicks and 5 more Burpees OYO.

COT, number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out

Announcements:

• November is breathing month and Merkin month – sign up and participate in the monthly challenges.
• November 11 is the Hampton Roads 1-year Convergence.  Some guys are talking about heading down to reclaim the Ghost Flag….coordinate.
• November 12 – Men’s 4-miler in C-ville.

NMS:

A great group out at NoToll this morning.  A lively bunch with lots of encouragement during the Relay, though it quieted down a bit when the box jumps and box cutters came to town.  Kudos to the Dodgers team for smoking the relay and nearly overcoming the extra-man deficit.  I for one have NEVER seen Flashdance move that fast – way to push it brother.  Thankfully, YHC didn’t blow the save like the actual closers for the Astros seem to like to do, but I tell you I felt condensation on my neck from POSH’s breathe.  Good times!

I hope everyone has a safe, fun and happy Halloween!

Until next time…No More Gumbo for You!

On a balmy Tuesday morning 10 men decided to enter the Gloom of No Toll for a session of pain.

Here is how it went down:

COP exercises all x 25 – SSH Merkin, Ticep Push ups, LBC’s, Squats, Don Quiote, Imperial Walker

Mosey to main field for a session of Field Hockey Ladder Runs

Each PAX hits the ball Pax sprints to the ball, mosey back then sprint 1/2 the distance, mosey back. If Pax did not increase distance each hit, 5 Burpees. Jville & mr. Roper got longest hits – However it must be noted Mr. Roper did “whiff” the first round!

X Runs – sprint from corner to corner mosey on short side of the field, then sprint to the next corner.

Mary – Cross Leg Lifts, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge, Superman, Alabama Prom Dates

Mosey to the flag.

Recently my oldest 2.0 (F3 Name Styx) was sidelined from her Varsity Field hockey team with a knee injury. Not a Bleeder or Saab style that takes you completely out, but one that just lingered until finally a doctor pulled her and said rest. I think it was 5 or 6 weeks where she did not practice or run. After a few weeks back she turned in a 7 minute 9 sec mile. She inspires me with her tenacity to improve and take a challenging situation and turn it into a positive.

I say all this because as she was not on the field, she kept saying, Dad you could never do one of our workouts. So as you might know, I like to be challenged. Today’s workout was inspired by her. If I did exactly what she said, we would still be out there!

Tobit took us out.

15 willing and able men answered the bell this morning and posted for a cool fall morning workout.  The air was crisp and cool as fall weather should be much better than hot and muggy like last week.  YHC rolled in with a minute to spare and no worries about being late.

THANG:

Mosey to the soccer field for a warmup of SSH, cotton pickers, Moroccan night clubs, alternating shoulder taps, LBC, and Peter Parkers.  1 minute of AMRAP Burpees – Keep count, it will be your Magic Number for the morning

Mosey to the corner of the field to start 4 corners using you magic number – Corner 1 – merkins magic number x1, Corner 2 – Jump Squats magic number x2, Corner 3 – Flutter Kicks magic number x 3, Corner 4 – mountain climbers magic number x4.  Plankarama  Reverso also reversing the counts (Heavy on the merkins in corner 4)

Mosey to the other soccer field and partner up – P1 Magic Number of Donkey kicks on the fence then plank, P2 – backward run to midfield and forward run back.  Repeat x3

Modified Beast – Use half of your magic number for each stop – WWII, Monkey Humpers, Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey back to the VSF for Mary – Freddie Mercury, Crunchy Frogs, APD (nice and slow for Aisle 5)

NMM

Again, great to see Aisle 5 out for a second day in a row.  Love the commitment to getting back into the groove!  Also Kotters to Sin Bin, hopefully he’ll become another NoToll regular like Shooter has been recently.  The New Market mumblechatter was strong today with Wilson, Honeymoon and Marmaduke all feeling chatty.  Mr. Roper may have been feeling more than alive talking about a morning wake and bake session.  I thought that was normally for dudes that woke up after 10am but to each his own.

The Magic Number theme of the day was an attempt to keep the PAX together a little better while adding some reps for the guys that are normally leading the group.  Flashdance was crushing it out in front of the PAX on the 4 corners, as he said, “Every dog has it’s day”.  YHC had the exercises planned but did not think about the number of merkins that would be prescribed on the Reverso 4 corners, the over-achievers got crushed.  Jenny Craig busted out a ton of burpees hoping for some relief on the back end but the Q did not accommodate.  Maybe that’ll teach him to keep his shirt on.

Way to get out and get some tough work done this morning men.  It doesn’t get easier, you get stronger.

Everything is coming up Rosie.

YHC rolled up to No Toll this am to see Gumbo finishing his mile-great commitment Gumbo! And the cars kept rolling in…19 men showed up this am to see if Flatline could count correctly! Ever since YHC first Q, all exercises have been found at the Exicon on F3 homepage or modified slightly.

Mosey to the parking lot for COP-X15 arm circle (10 small, 5 big),  X15 Imperial Walker Squats, X20 Don Quixote, X15 Merkins, X15 LBC. And mosey to the soccer field…

Exercise 1-WMD Crawl (Werkin, Merkin, Diamond Merkin) Bear Crawl……starting, x10 Bear Crawl/X5 Werkins, X10 Bear Crawl/X5 Merkins, X10 Bear Crawl/X5 Diamond Merkin and repeat previous 3 exercises in exact order to the end of soccer field back. Now, before PAX started there was plenty of mumble chatter…”the entire field”, “that’s a lot of merkins..” YHC knew the exercise was perfect when Rosie chimmed in, “..how far.”, or something to that extent. And, if Honeymoon ever needs another F3 name, “Bleeding Gash” would be perfect….I mean full of verbage this am. But the mumble chatter added to the experience…TOTALLY! YHC could not hear anymore complaining so an audible was called after finishing one length of the field. I mean BITCHING galore…so YHC switched all merkins to lunges-X10 Bear Crawls/X5 lunges for length of soccer field. Planks, waiting for PAX to finish. Mosey to parking lot, specifically, plenty of curb space….

Exercise 2- The Butkis, in honor of Rocky’s dog! One minute toe touches to the curb, as fast as possible. One minute Al Gore with a few touchdown poses than one minute of toe touches, as fast as possible. We performed two cycles of this exercise. Rosie did point out to YHC that we may need to move to a point in the parking lot with light since YCH could not see his stopwatch. Others suggested just buying a new watch!! But YHC’s worked fine….just fat fingers from my gloves trying to his light button. Small ass buttons…………and mosey back to soccer field.

Exercise 3-Super 21. Again, all exercises are listed in exicon or modified, including Super 21. You vs You. 1 merkin, 1 burpee, 2 merkins, 2 burpees, 3 merkins, 3 burpees, 4 merkins, 4 burpees…..continued till 21 merkins and 21 burpees are finished. Again YHC heard, “you mean we are going to do both exercises…” and “…more merkins..” And yes, even Rosie was adding to the mumble chatter. Honeymoon was full of himself this morning, and yes more bitching. So after YHC performed 9 merkins and 9 burpees and my ears could not hear anymore. AUDIBLE!! To the baseball courts…oops, I meant basketball courts. At least, I got the counting right this time. Mosey to the courts…

Exercise 3-Dora-cides. Partner up. One partner runs suicides while other partner performs stated exercises and flapjack…suicides and X100 Arm circles, Suicides and X 200 LBC’s, and last, suicides and X 300 squats. And with one minute left in YHC’s workout, all PAX members did 1 suicide, AYG(all you got). Short mosey to parking lot…

Number-ama, name-r-ama, and announcements, of which there were none. Except, Wilson–“dogs and kids.” Marmaduke took us out!

Great showing this morning. Thank you for following and YHC knows he did something super when Rosie is involved with mumble chatter about YHC’s exercises!! Great to see newer F3 brothers continue to post-POSH, Ram Man, Ollivander as well as some old faces, Flashdance-good to see you brother!

I am blessed to be able to get out of the fartsack and lead the PAX this morning!! I will always be thankful for this group and the men I have come to know and call my friends!!!

Loud and Proud,

Flatline

Thirteen of the faithful gathered on a fairly “slow-day” (at least in terms of numbers) at NoToll. The weather was crisp — so much so that there were groans upon first reclining in the plush grass. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less:

Warmup with 25x ssh, 25x scorpians, 10x merkins, 25x IWs, and 25x DonQuiotes.

Mosey to back parking lot. 10 burpees, then run the Four Square in the parking lot (run four laps around the perimeter of designated area sprinting side 1, then next time around sprinting sides 1-2, then next time around sprinting sides 1-3, and then next time around sprinting sides 1-4). Plank

Mosey to back right field. COP arm circles. 10 burpees, then run the Four Square in the back right field. Plank

Mosey to the back left field. COP under the light near the shelter — flutter kicks. 15 burpees, then run the Four Square in the back left field. Plank

Mosey to the front left field. COP under the light near the shelter — Boats/Canoes (WHITE DEER!). [FAKE NEWS ALERT ~ THIS ONE WAS PLANNED BUT DID NOT HAPPEN –> 15 burpees, then run the Four Square in the front left field. Plank]

Mosey back to SF. American Hammers.

COT with Viral taking us out

MOLESKIN:

We had some fast runners out at GridIron this morning (or else I was extra slow). Rosie gets special mention for having run there and back home. This was a workout of fairly constant cardio pressure, and several commented on how similar it felt to Saturday’s Charles Bronson.

There were comments about how much the Boat/Canoes and wheelbarrows Saturday hurt. (Mouth of) Wilson was particularly mumble-chattery this morning, even going so far as to attempt to shorten the duration of planks. I did not hear RammMan say a word this morning, but I have a feeling that he was quietly/silently criticising YHC with extreme prejudice.

Thanks for posting this morning! Jville

Announcements:
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