Tag: The Alamo

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  • More Humid than Humid

    10 HIMs with 1 FNG started their Monday morning out in the humid Gloom. Here’s what went down.

    Warm up. Quick mosey to north parking lot, mission statement. SSH, helicopters, Don Kehotes, DMH, merkins, LBCs.

    The Thang.

    COP #1- 11’s with burpees, jog up the hill and jump squats

    COP #2- 4 corners prostitute style. 10 merkins, 20 monkey humpers, 30 flutter kicks, 40 LBCs. After a 30 count, paired up for 8 bear crawl to merkin boo-yahs in the width of the tennis courts.

    COP #3- Triple check through the tunnel with WW2s and Alabama prom dates.

    Jog back to flag, ended with 50 toe taps, 25 curb dips, 5 count merkin choice around the horn, and plank until time.

    Welcomed Yee-Haw to the group, announcements, Prayer requests, COT

  • All the Way Down

    8 brawny HIMs met in the swampy morning gloom to kick this week off the right way. According to the female dog walkers who demanded strict merkin form from the PAX, this happened:

    Warmarama:

    5 minute mosey

    Overhead stretch, dead man hang, cherry pickers, Ukrainian soldiers, imperial walkers, copperhead squats, helicopters, SSHs, slow count LBCs, flutter kicks, and Freddie Mercurys (thanks to Gomer Pyle), merkins into a plank, right hand to right foot followed by left hand to left foot (arms extended overhead once in position), Fudd’s wife, Wilson’s wife

    The Thang:

    Horseshoe 11s, start with 10 Spider-Man merkins followed by 1 jump squat, proceed until finished

    *huff huff huff…okay, time for an audible. Stop at 5 Spider-Man merkins and 6 jump squats

    Four corners, lady of the night style:

    -10 werkins, 20 box cutters, 30 jump squats, 40 double-count mountain climbers

    Ring of fire followed by OYO stretching.

    Time called.

    Always appreciate an opportunity to lead this fine bunch; iron sharpens iron!

    Continued prayers for Liv, and for a young sailor Heist met at Busch Gardens who, at a young age, is dealing with major health issues and self-doubt. Thanks for our F3 brothers, and for our enumerable blessings which we sometimes forget and take for granted. Be a force for good, smile, give a kind word, for, it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

  • Ring of Mary?

    16 Beasts came out this morning to start the week of right!

    Warmup COP- SSH, Helicopter, Don Quixote, Cherry Pickers, Merkin, LBC

    Jog around neighborhood ( Q trying to burn off some VQ adrenaline )with stops at each cul-de-sac for exercise ( merkin, squat, mountain climbers, up / down walk the curb, plank jacks

    Then over to the hill for some mailbox work up and down the hill to each mailbox with increasing exercise at each (burpees,  jump squat, dry docks, lunge, shoulder tap, monkey humpers)

    indigenous back up the hill with last man doing merkins before leading the line. From the top of the hill we headed to the courts

    4 corners- 25 WWI, 50 mountain climbers, 75 squats, 100 SSH …

    Triple check –  WWII, Diamond pushups and timer

    a coupe minutes left for Swoop to create Ring of Mary ….after some mumble chatter we finished with MARY

    SWOOP took us out in prayer.

    Grateful to all who came out this morning for my VQ and grateful for this group! Make it a great day today!!

  • Nah that is the sprinklers

    9 strong posted for this mornings version of the Alamo. Of course it was sunny and 72. According to the dog walkers here is what happened. Futon EHed a friendly new guy. Welcome Cold Call. On the second side the sprinklers kept us nice and cool, or it could have been the rain drops.

    COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; 10 Each Topsy Turkey, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, , Copper head squat, Dead man hang, Merkins, Flutters,  

    YHC called for a progressive horseshoe. End were the top side of trail to tunnel. Run was though tunnel and back up the other side. I did not think it was that far of a run but we logged 2.5 miles. 5 Drydocks, 10 2 count lunges, 15 WWII’s, 20 Merkins, 25 toe taps, 30 LBC’s, 35 Squats. We worked all the way up and were on way back down when at merkins time was called. BTTF.

    Announcements- T-shirt order for Liv, see Futon. Workout with shirts coming to the Alamo soon.

    Prayer Requests: To Cold call’s MIL, To Liv a 9 month old neighbor with cancer. Cancer Sucks!

  • Alamo hot tater! Nurpees?

    No Q today. No problem.

    I kicked us off with the warmup and disclaimers, which looked like this:

    1. Lap around the Alamo
    2. SSH (25x)
    3. Ukrainian Soldiers (16?)
    4. Deadman hang (center/left/right)
    5. Merkins (10x)
    6. Plank (left/right arm high, regular)
    7. Cobra/down dog
    8. More merkins (10x)
    9. LBCs (20x)
    10. Scorpion stretch (left/right).

    1st workout (Warby): Four corner: Merkins, squat jumps, monkey humpers, LBCs

    2nd workout (Nancy): Relay around the U. Pair up. 5 groups (one with three). Each pair mans a station for merkins, LBCs, squats, toe taps. Rotate a 5th group as timer/runnner.

    3rd workout (P.O.G): Nurpee (burpee cousin) mailboxes

    4th workout (Mudslide): DTH clone workout. 50’s on four corners of tennis courts call out exercise whoever is done first.

    Numbers/Names

    Announcements: see slack

    BOM/Prayers: I took us out. Thanked the good Lord for the ability to get out there this morning and to get some! Prayers for all our friends and family in community. Prayers for Meatball to ace his interview today. Prayers for Futon’s mother in law who is going through chemo treatment.

    Great day. Get after it guys.

  • Swampy

    7 Stallions decided to rise and grind despite a 1000% humidity morning. No excuses they said, and off we went.

    COP –

    Mosey to the end of the street and back to the Alamo. Standard warmerama, SSH, Imp walkers, Ukr soldiers, arm circles big and small, Stretch R arm over left, L over R, behind the head, cherry pickers, dead man hang L/R center, Merkins, Plank 20 sec, forearm plank 20 sec, LH high 20 sec, RH high 20 sec, back to forearm, back to plank. LBCs, flutters, freddie mercury, W/S wipers.

    The Thang –

    The PAX asked for a light jog around the neighborhood, let’s just enjoy it today they said…Yeah…Sure thing. Let’s explore. Start with a cul de sac tour.

    • Partner up and at first sac P1 runs to end of sac. Exercises for P2 while waiting on P1. We hit 5 sacs total.
    • Merkins
    • Dry docks
    • Monkey humpers
    • Copperhead squats
    • WW1s

    By this time, we were at the hill. I had this planned for a while and knew it was going to suck, but committed anyway. This hurt me just as bad, I promise. Mosey to the bottom of the hill, stop, turn around, and Jacobs ladder it is. Run to the top of the hill, 1 burpee and back down. Back up the hill, 2 burpees, back down, up 3 and down. Do this until we hit 7 burpees. By this time we had 6 min left so we moseyed back to the flag for some light stretching and TIME.

    COT –

    Numberama/Namerama. Convergence tomorrow at Dogwood Dell. School of Rock this Saturday. SOJ Happy hour next Friday. See slack for details.

    Thanks for letting me lead again this morning fellas. I had Jacobs ladder in the pocket planning for an upcoming Q, but when I got there this morning I was still piecing together what we were going to do on the fly. So I figured, no better time than now, especially when the Pax wants a light jog day. When I got home, the watch said 3.17 miles. Just a little morning 5k in the swamp. It was THICK this morning, so way to put it in. You all are BEASTS!

    -Vagabond

  • Meatball Bromance

    A lucky 13 SOJ studs, including one Brandermill FNG from DTH’s church posted to the Alamo to start the week off with a bang. Here’s how YHC gave these fellas something to remember: 

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop around the Club House and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom (with of course some 8-count badassery to please the masses)

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the back field for a DIRTY MCDEUCE – BROMANCE STYLE
    • x4 rounds, x3 exercises each round, x12 reps per exercise
    • Partner Up
    • x12 Buddy WWII
    • x12 Booyah Merkins
    • x12 Buddy Squats
    • Wheelbarrow x20 yards between sides
    • Repeat for x4 total rounds

    COP #2:

    • Mosey around to opposing neighborhood, stopping intermittently for the Six
    • TRIPLE CHECK at the CAROUSEL (island in a culdesac across the way) 
    • P1 – Starfish Crunches
    • P2 – Sumo Jump Squats
    • P3 – Carousel Planks x20 paces around the curb before returning to switch

    COP #3:

    • Mosey back via the TUNNEL OF LOVE
    • Line up in BTTW while last man bear crawls to the front under PAX, avoiding the recently disposed condom
    • Repeato for all PAX to pass under

    COP #4:

    • Circle up road-side for PLT’s
    • x25 each, x2 sets

    Mosey BTTF:

    • 3 min of Mary and stretching

    COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  YHC has been wanting to visit the Alamo for quite some time but has been committed to the weekly 3rd F on Mondays. Well my buddy JJ from WEAG got the DTH headlock during our FNG challenge month and texted me he wanted to try the Alamo. Blank Q sheet? Donzo! And he got the nickname “Meatball” after giving this answer for his favorite food. Haha, AWESOME nickname! Welcome bro. It is always a fun little challenge putting together a beatdown for an AO you’ve never visited, but the PAX today affirmed it was sufficiently painful. So proud of the Alamo PAX for setting an awesome example of doing things with the right spirit – it was a GREAT honor to lead you guys. But maybe next time don’t leave the gently used condom right where we’re bear crawling – eeww. What else should have I expected in the tunnel of love! SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Tomorrow, don’t go to NoToll, instead come play ball behind Robius Elementary School
    • Every Monday, 3rd F Share&Prayer, at Starbucks off Huguenot&Robius
    • July 4th Convergence 7am at Dogwood
    • Next Sat (7/8) DTH on Q for 7-8am Rock&Roll men’s bootcamp followed by a kid-friendly School of Rock bootcamp. Bring your kids! Watermelon and Cookies on the playground after. 

  • Alamo = F3 mission. Plant, Grow, and Serve.

    Less than 6 months ago Vagabond, McGruff, and Nancy Lopez had the idea of splitting New Market’s Satan’s Hill into the Alamo (M) and Satan’s Hill (F). Today, a total of 10 Pax got it done via HP. Nearly all first posted at either the Alamo or Satan’s Hill. Not one has spent more than 1 year posting with F3. Good stuff.

    Warmorama: Quick mosey. SSH (30), UKS(20), CHS(20), Merkins(10), Planks, LBCs(20), APDs(15)

    COP 1 (Wildcat): Mosey to bunker. Triple check. Runner through tunnel and other Pax perform flutters and WW2s.

    COP 2 (Purple Rain): Mosey back to the future pickle ball court area. Partner up. P1 Bear Crawls. P2 10 V-ups. Rotate over and over until we reach the other part of the u-shaped parking area.

    COP 3: (Purple Rain): Mailbox burpees. Build from 1 to 10. That sucked.

    COP 4: (Warby): Warby honed his VQ spirit and brought back the side shuffles along parking lot with 1:5 merkins and plank jacks.

    1 min plank. Time.

    Numbers/Names. Wildcat took us out in prayer.

    Announcements:

    1. This Thursday (not Tuesday). 6/22 – 2nd F Lunch. 11:45 Torchy’s Tacos. 1315 Huguenot Road. Near Mellow Mushroom.
    2. Do summer challenge. It’s fun.
    3. Plenty of open spots on Q sheet this week.
    4. Come to KB tmw at Old Hundred. Wildcat has a treat for you.


  • Alamo

    10 strong made it out for beautiful morning at The Alamo. I’m told it’s a small group for this AO but they brought it!

    Circle up for the usual intro and a warmup

    Multiple exercises performed In Cadence

    SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers 30 count In Cadence(Speeding up the count as we go), LBCs ( regular, and Chums one legged LBCs) Canoe holds with arm circles.

    Next we would go for a run around the neighborhood for a somewhat golf inspired workout. Stop at every intersection and perform an exercise, adding an additional exercise at each intersection and increasing the reps in increments of 3.

    3 burpees

    6 squats

    9 WW2s

    12 Double count Mountain climbers

    15 merkins

    18 monkey humpers

    21 LBCs

    24 calf raises

    27 American Hammers

    We stopped adding exercises at 27 but we did 3 more full sets I think.

    I believe we did at least 36 burpees

    @NancyLopez got a sprint in on the way back to the flag. He thought we were stopping at an intersection, but I threw him a curve and kept going.

    Back to the flag for some Alabama prom dates and Supermans.

    I believe it was Pele who led us in some Broga to finish.

    Names, numbers, prayers and announcements.

    Prayers for McGruff’s neighbor who passed away too soon at 31. Pray for her family to get through this trying time.

    Great group at the Alamo! Lots of PAX I’ve never had the opportunity to post with. It was a great group to lead, even with Negative Nancy!(Just kidding!)

  • Butterfly Effect

    Was planning on doing a different workout but decided to change last minute based on our clown car conversation on the way over to the Alamo.

    Changed it to this….

    Warm up

    Mailboxes 1-10 (on the right), increasing reps at each mailbox up to 10.

    -Merkins

    -Burpees

    -Reverse Lunges

    -WWII’s

    -Jump Squats

    -Carolina Dry Docks

    -Another round of Burpees

    At the clubhouse did 5 merkins, 5 jumpsquats, 5 lunges on one side then around to the other side for 10 of each and back to the start for 15 each. 5 minutes left for some core work.

    Strong work boys!!!