Tag: #SOJ

  • Return of BLIMP

    Original plan this morning was for Mudslide Gauntlet 2.0(a much more intense and insane version of the gauntlet Crabgrass sets up). I wasn’t sure with this week being Spring Break, how many would show(it turned out a good hard 9(no pun intended)came out with this being my second led Q in the past 6 days(i need to lead more will do as the warmer months roll in). Lets break things down…….

    A good WARMARAMMA(SSHs, Dead Man Hangs with elephant twist, Ukrainian Soldiers, Apple Pickers, LBCs and a promise of a little broga afterwards started off. I wanted to get away from the hill(not knowing that where we went between people going to work plus Amazon flex drivers flying to make the early morning deliveries would be in mass. BLIMPS(one of the first times I did it was with Florence. It’s one that normally you stack yet today there’s was no way(I would need 60 minutes for the stack plus broga). Instead, BLIMPS with a build a beast kicker: 5 burpees per spot, 10 lunges per side, 16 Imperial Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks, 30 squats). A couple of mini breaks added in due to the humidity(20 counts), then back to the flag for 3 minutes of broga(promise next time 7-10) numbers, announcements and prayer led by YHC to close things out.

    Yesterday I was over at Forest Hill Park(great place to train all around for running or overall fitness). I am trying to learn plus improve and get better all around. I have added some meditation to my routine(helps with calming the mind). Can I get a little faster(sure once i thought no way) i am getting better at pacing of training, start off easy then little by little build up the intensity. The next time at Satan’s….we will do the gauntlet(it will be “fun”). I will be at dogpile in the morning, see you there

  • The Peasant Reminds the PAX why he is the Duke

    Twas a nice humid spring morning and the PAX gathered at the local middle school track for a beatdown. The Q was prepared after getting burned in the group chat by multiple members. A respectable beatdown was to ensue

    Warm-o-Rama
    Circle up for:
    • SSH x20 IC
    • Imperial Walkers x15 IC
    • Cherry pickersx10 IC
    • Merkins x10
    • Some light stretching of the back

    Quick mosey around the track or to the football field to get the blood moving.


    The Thang: Field & track Grinder
    Round 1 – Field Suicides + Strength (Football Field)
    Suicides from goal line: 10yd, 20yd, 30yd, etc.
    At each turnaround:
    • 10 Merkins
    • 10 Squats
    • 10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)


    • 10 LBCs

    We knocked out 4 solid rounds. Plenty of mumblechatter on the longer ones.


    Round 2 – Partner Dora on the Track, but this was a Mega Dora the exploxer


    PAX paired up. One runs a lap (or half-lap), the other works. Switch on return. Cumulative goal:
    • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
    • 200 Squats
    • 300 American Hammers

    •400 Flutters

    Round 3: Basketball lunges

    PAX would lunge around the court for 2 laps

    COT
    Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, announcements, and prayers/praises.
    Naked Man Moleskin
    Small but strong crew this morning – Taziki, Heist, Matlock, and Hermie showed up ready to work. Loved watching the push on those court sprints and the solid effort on the Dora. Great mumblechatter and accountability out there. Thanks for letting me lead, fellas. Always better in the gloom with the brothers.

  • 7 Year Forgeversary

    A festive party of 15 HIM’s showed up to celebrate The Forge and get smoked. Here’s how:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap around the loop then up to the top of Mt Chaplain
    • Complete x7 Burpees – Happy Anniversary!
    • Plank it up, Welcome & Disclaimer while two latecomers arrive
    • Still planking, Review F3 Mission, Credo, and the 5 Core Principles (conveniently lining up with the letters of F.O.R.G.E. 🔥)
    • Mosey to the bottom of Mt Chaplain, stopping for x7 Burpees at each landing to honor the anniversary (total of 49 burpees for the first 8 minutes of the workout)
    • Circle up for the usual IC warmerama reps
    • Mosey over to the bottom of Love Hill

    DORA 04/04/2019:

    • Including today there have been 366 Forge Thursdays! 💥
    • x66 No Cheat Merkins
    • x100 Scrunchy Frogs
    • x200 Nancy Kerrigans
    • Moving partner Bernie’s up Love Hill then runs back down to switch

    SENIOR LOG:

    • Mosey off-campus to YHC’s house
    • En route Senior Frog reminisced about log carries, so YHC scratched the second planned Dora (which would have represented 494 Q’s), and led the PAX into the woods to collect two massive spruce logs an take them for a brief walk 🪵 
    • Mosey over to introduce the PAX to YHC’s new 1,200sqft concrete pad, the latest love child of DTH & Machismo ❤️

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Run the Stratford Rd hills back to Forest Hill
    • Mosey BTTF
    • Circle up for WWII’s and Flutters IC

    COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer
    • Pull-up Challenge! (Currently at 12)

    PRAYER: 🙏

    • Big Rig’s mom finishing Chemo
    • Tin Man’s recovery 

    NMS:  Fantastic group this morning to honor the greatest AO in RVA, and all PAX were accordingly smoked, YHC included! We didn’t get to the 2nd Dora so Senior Frog (now Senior Log in SOJ) could get some time under the log, but we can push the Dora to the next Q for 495 reps. T Claps to Dangle posting twice in his first week back after a year hiatus – both DTH smokefests! Well done to all these brothers putting in the hard work today. Keep posting and there’s NOTHING stopping any F3RVA PAX from doing what I did 7 years ago… start your own AO next to your house! Yours AYE! ~DTH 💪

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 4/11 OTB Ruck + BBQ (Machismo’s)
    • 4/12 Family Ruck&Pizza led by Beaver 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK! (Registration Link:

    https://event.freedom-ops.fit/gte-74)

  • #493 on April Fools

    Celebrating the countdown to 500 Q’s, YHC led a motivated 6 HIM’s on a high speed trek through Larus to some new ground on the other side of Chippenham. We braved walking across a large tree trunk to traverse the ranging torrents of a river (tiny creek), and L Woods managed to find a muddy spot with one foot. The topic of discussion for the morning was “Meeting” (Q1.8 of the QSource). In this Easter season, the PAX joined YHC in looking to JESUS as the best-ever HIM, and considered how we might follow His example in self-sacrifice for others. All for Him, ~DTH

    This is the power of Faith and the secret sauce to why F3 is an Effective Organization. The Joy of forgetting oneself in service of another surpasses all understanding. It is the foundation of Hope.

    COT:

    • Counterama # 6
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer
    • Pull-up Challenge! (Currently at 12)

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 4/11 OTB Ruck + BBQ (Machismo’s)
    • 4/12 Family Ruck&Pizza led by Beaver 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK! (Registration Link:

    https://event.freedom-ops.fit/gte-74)

  • Fun, sweaty and all over the place

    5 grown-boys made their way out to The Woodshed this morning to get April started out right!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the end of the soccer field where YHC had done a little recon work a few days before. Turns out that there’s a path through the woods that feeds right into WES and the hill that the PAX likes to run on sometimes. Gave the mission, stretched out and got into it.

    COP #1 – Quintuple check

    • Pacer to a far light pole while everyone else did Pullups, Merkins and Dips on the playground.

    COP #2 – Knockout!

    • PAX found (2) basketballs and rims short enough to dunk on. Played two rounds. Lots of dunks, a few balls over the fence and YHC got to throw down an alley-oop.

    COP #3 – Bus Line runs and exercises

    • Ran, back-peddled and did some karaoke (spelling).
    • Bus lanes were labeled “A, B, C, D, E” so each PAX member took a land and performed exercises based on the letter assigned. Rotated a few time.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Nancy’s fundraiser/race
    • Futon’s 40th Birthday Q is on 5/1 at Satan’s Hill!

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Patience with kids home on SB

  • Hello Darkness My Old Friend

    Four of Midlothian’s most handsome men gathered at The Old Hundred this morning only to discover the lights were also on spring break. Undeterred by the monsters in the dark, our fearless heroes pressed on. Heres what went down:

    Warm Up: Short mosey, SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, Copper Head Squats, various stretches.

    Workout 1: Four Corners. Corner 1: kettlebell rows (10 per arm). Corner 2: 20 swings. Corner 3: 30 deadlift/squat combo. Corner 4: 40 overhead press to crossbody crunch.

    Workout 2: Ring of Fire. Various ab exercises around the circle.

    COT: numbers/names. Announcements: Nancy Lopez 5K on April 11 (details on Slack). Took us out in prayer.

    Thankful for fellowship with you fine men. ‘Til next time!

  • Alamo, Alamo, Alamo

    50 cent isn’t the only one rollin 20 deep in da club. The PAX brought that this fine Monday morning to celebrate 3 years of the Alamo.

    5:30 and we were off for a warm up mosey through the tunnel and back to the flag. Ghost flag was threatened when SSH were not the first on the list. DMH, Cherry pickers, SSH, merkins, a few wife stretches, flutter kicks, jazzercise and 3 burpees.

    The PAX needed to get to COP location. We got there by an indigenous person bear crawl, forward, to the window, forward, to the wall. Followed by burpee broad jumps to cap it off.

    COP #1 Cookie took the reins for 11s. 1.5 squats at the bottom of the hill, lunge to the top for burpees. Broad jumps down the hill.

    COP #2 Warby took over for 4 corners, partial lady of the night style…. Corner 1: 10 Walkout merkins. Corner 2: 20 double count windshield wipers. Corner 3: 30 double count flutters. YHC looked at the clock and we reversed the above and ended with 40 shoulder taps.

    A few minutes on the clock, circled up for planks. While holding the plank, name the PAX member to your left. we had 3 penalties which resulted in 5 merkins each. We also got through a few AB ring of fire until time.

    Numbers, names, PR, COT

    This was also Cookie and my 3 years with F3. Wouldn’t be where we are today without this group!

    Always an honor to lead you gents!

  • Getup 11’s = 66 Total

    8 classic rock metal swingers strode into Huge Bells ready to rock. Here’s how we hit replay on a full body whoopin:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Classic Rock ON 🎸 🤘 
    • Mosey lap with KB’s + variable movements
    • Inchworm to the top of the knoll, then back down to circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC

    THE THANG:

    • Mosey around to the amphitheater and line up for ELEVENS
    • Turkish Getups 10 —> 1
    • KB Smokers x10 EVERY TIME
    • KB Bear Crawl between sides

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer 🙏 
    • Pull-up Challenge! (Currently at 12)

    NMS:  Solid PAX for a Turkish smokefest. These boys put in the WORK! 💪 Awesome to see DANGLE back in the gloom today after a year hiatus (BIL of Snip and Stagg) – just one more BIL to go! TClaps to Snuff planting an F3 Flag, AND bringing delicious coffee! After our goofy picture at the flags, Dookie proved he could clutch a KB with his legs and complete x3 perfect pullups! Keep getting after it! Pretty sure today’s Q starts the countdown to a total of 500 documented Q’s for YHC. 🔥 Yours AYE! ~Dr Tryhard

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 4/11 OTB Ruck + BBQ (Machismo’s)
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK! Registration Link below:

    https://event.freedom-ops.fit/gte-74

  • 9 Mile Skid

    On a ten mile ride. Am I right? Good ole GD. Anyway, knew this might be a solo run this AM with pax out for spring break. The show must go on.

    Route – over to Brigstock down to Ellesmere, Old Stonegate, Radstock, cross over Salisbury to Starcross and back home on Salisbury. Nearly 5 miles, little longer than usual but a good out and around kind of run.

    -Singer

  • Family Time!

    Today’s OTB family-friendly ruck gathered 29 cheerful hearts of all ages for ruck/hike through Larus Park. We started with a warmerama and stretching on the green space next to Gelati Celesti, and YHC even called a few reps in cadence. Before launching we covered safety rules for our big group including lots of kids, and then trekked a 2.5 mile loop around Larus with a merry band of high-energy boys leading the way the entire time. We stopped for the SIX a number of times including a refreshing splash in a creek and death-defying heights at the climbing rock, and made it back in just under 90 minutes. No injuries, bright sunshine, and fresh air! We topped it all off with a COT, a coolest gathered rock competition, and great conversations over ice cream. Until next time, Yours AYE! ~DTH