Tag: The Alamo

RounTrey

  • The week of the game

    What better way to start TTUN (That Team Up North) week than a Q at the Alamo. Some trivia was mixed in, and the PAX failed miserably. I will really need to add Buckeye education in my Q’s over the next year. YHC found himself feeling like Flyboy talking to the PAX about helicopters being met with Blank stares.

    Buckeye Trivia:

    Who is the only 2 time Heisman Trophy winner? Archie Griffith

    Who won the Natty in the first 4 team playoff and the first 12 team playoff? The Buckeyes!

    What state was Woody Hayes in when asked about getting gas he replied “ We will not spend one cent in this state, if we run out of gas we will push the Bus to Ohio”. TSUN

    Who was the linebacker Woody punched at the end of the 1979 Gator Bowl, effectively ending his career? Charlie Bauman

    How many National Championships does Ohio State have? 9

    *The events described here are based on true events.  Some of the names, places and exercises may have been changed to protect the innocent.  This was also modified to fit your screen.  

    Quick mosey around the to start.  COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; Willy Mays Hayes, 10 Each, Jim Duggan’s,  Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperials Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters.

    The Thing: Horseshoe (In honor of the greatest stadium in all of sports). Progressive starting at 5 building by 5 up to 35 and then back down. Many exercises were performed.

    YHC took us out in prayer. Have a Happy and safe Thanksgiving.

  • What’s the time?

    10 grown-boys ran around RounTrey this morning. In order to get them their credit and get my kids down for bed, I’ll give the sparknotes.

    WARAMARA – Mission and strecthes.

    The Thang – Ran a bunch, I fell down, pull ups, sprints, Wildcat farted, 11’s.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance
    • Chili Cookoff

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Holiday stress

  • Crabtastic Q

    Between work travel and football-fartsacking, YHC has missed a few Alamo’s and wanted to get back out there. No better motivation than to put your name on the Q sheet! I completed my pre-blast on a paper plate and sent it to the group the night before.

    Gathered the group, mosey to start things off. Fresh legs led to a tempest pace out the gates. Warmup to get the blood flowing on a chilly morning.

    First THANG – Pyramids
    These are becoming a favorite of mine. Start with one exercise, add one exercise each round. After completing 6 exercises in a round, we start dropping one.
    One the tennis court along the base line (some may call it other things but they are foolish)
    1 – Shuttle run
    2 – hand release merkins x10
    3 – mountain climbers for Swoop x20
    4 – Superman planks (Nancy named these, send all complaints his way) x10
    5 – J-LO pickle poppers x10
    6 – Burpees x5
    Editor’s Note: It would appear from the mumble-chatter that shoulders were burning amongst the group

    Second THANG – Triple Check
    Per plate instructions, head to the hill behind the hill and locate 5 sandbags in the dark.
    Runner – run up hill with sandbag, lunge down the hill.
    P2 – No surrenders
    P3 – Lt Dans
    Editor’s note: It would appear from mumble chatter that legs were still struggling after Friday’s SH workout. YHC intended this to be true.

    Third THANG – Bunker Kicks
    Mosey to bunker for a series of Donkey Kicks / I am not worthy / Wall Sits

    BTTF for ring of fire abs edition.

    Announcements – Bridge this weekend, Hutton leading. Bunch of people doing Richmond Half – send them some love! Chili cookoff 11/23 @ 3pm, signup sheet on Slack.

    Prayers – Wildcat scans, Hermey wife healing from ankle surgery

  • NERD ALERT

    10 grown boys showed up to play in the rain and run around a parking lot at The Alamo this morning.

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the other side of the horseshoe. Gave the mission, kept the boys dry during stretches and got into it.

    COP#1 – Eye of the storm. Three stops. (10) reps at each stop and (25) ab exercises at the center.

    • Round 1 – Merkins
    • Round 2 – Squats
    • Round 3 – Burpees

    COP #2 – Redskin Run. IYKYK

    • Indian run ~0.25 miles.
    • Random arm exercises/stretches at the halfway point.
    • (3) rounds of running the length of the parking lot. (24) merkins and (26) squats at each for Champ Bailey and Clinton Portis.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance
    • Chili Cookoff

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • GO VOTE!
    • F3’s accountability
    • Hermey’s M has a surgery coming up
    • Heist’s M and her job uncertainty

    Thanks for allowing me to lead, Boys!

  • Welcome to the Ala(b)mo

    On this chilly October dawn 15 men bravely humored me as I converted the Alamo to a Laboratory and experimented with a previously undiscovered Four Corners formulation. Here’s how it went down:

    Warm Up: We warmed up with a mosey followed by side straddle hops, Jazzercise, deadman hangs, merkins, and a variety of wives.

    Workout 1 – Four Corners Accordion Style: The Pax splits into groups of 4. At corner 1, the first man begins with LBCs while the three remaining in the group jog to corner 2. At corner 2, the Hims complete 10 toe taps on the curb before leaving man 2 to keep tapping while 3 and 4 advance to corner 3. At corner 3, both men perform 10 squats. Man 3 keeps squating while man 4 heads to corner for 4 and performs 10 burpees. Man 4 then returns to each corner and collects his team. Upon returning to corner 1, Man 4 begins LBCs while the three other men in the group head back out and advance to a corner they had not yet completed. Repeat until each man has completed each corner. This Morning the Pax performed the Accordion Corners twice.

    Workout 2 – Meets the Fellas: Accordion Four Corners taking considerable less time than anticipated so we headed to the tennis court to Meet the Fellas. The Pax Paired off for four rounds of fitness style Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS). Round 1 – Lunge to the center, partner clap merkins, RPS. Loser takes a lap. Round 1 – Bear Crawl to the center, partner clap squats, RPS, loser takes a lap. Round 3 – Lunge to center, partner clap WWIIIs, RPS, loser runs. Round 4 – Bear Crawl to center, partner clap merkins, RPS, loser runs.

    Workout 3 – Tennis Court Laps: At this point having severally under planned for the days event we finished the workout with about 7 minutes of laps around the tennis court. Side 1-lunge. Side 2-Kareoke. Side 3-Back pedal. Side 4-Kareoke.

    Ended with a circle of trust. Announcements: Chili at the Alamo and Father Daughter dance coming up. See Slack for details. Prayers for all preparing for RVA Marathon/Half and for all F3 men to keep coming out and getting after it.

    Thank you fine gentlemen for humoring me and the Accordion style Four Corners this morning. Its always an honor to lead you.

  • The Smallest 4 Corners

    17 HIMs came out for what planned to be an easier, low cardio start to the week. YHC started off with a little mosey and some warmarama ( SSH, Cherrypickers, Dead man Hang, Merkins, Freddies, LBCs).

    With there being 17 YHC thought “the pain cage” would be too small for the group to do a 4 corners so had to audible to do a 4 corners in the parking lot. Our resident women’s famous golfer of the group immediately commented that it was the smallest 4 corners he had ever seen and YHC took note….we completed the 4 corners.

    on to increase the cardio… we moved on to pumpkin alley for a Dora ( merkins, squats and LBCs) some quietly commenting the run was now too far! over to the cul de sac for some speed work as the pax all tried to take down wildcat as we ran from the beginning of the cul de sac to the green house after each called exercise. After all 17 HIMs had called an exercise of 10x and we ran to the end each time the Pax wiped and we mosey’d back to the flag.

    announcements / prayers …..Thanks for letting me lead this group!

  • Thank god for the wind

    11 of SOJ’s best started the week the right way with an Alamo beatdown. The wind was blowing and autumn has arrived, with Wildcat leaking gas the PAX was thankful of the wind. According to the lady going to the clubhouse gym this is what happened.

    COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; Willy Mays Hayes, 10 Each, Jim Duggan’s,  Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperials Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters. 

    COP 1: Triple check, runner down the hill to the bunker, hand release merkins, WWII’s.

    COP2: Triple check, runner through the bunker up the other side. Drydocks and LBC’s.

    Lunge and bear crawl up the hill. Mosey back to the clubhouse.

    Split the PAX. I runner to end of lot on each side while pax perform exercise. 3 minutes of Mary to close us out.

    Announcements see slack. Chili cook off.

    COT: Prayers to Heist’s brother, YHC took us out in prayer.

  • 16 Gloom Cats Meowing at the Full Moon

    A solid band of brothers converged to welcome an uprange Q and a local FNG. Here’s how these 16 gloom cats toured the spooky streets of Rountrey, meowing probably too loudly for the sleeping populace. 

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the end of the lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A wide selection of excellent Warm-up Reps IC broadening the minds of many newer PAX – yes, there IS more to F3!

    CULDESAC CIRCUIT:

    • Mosey around the hood (maybe 1.6 miles), stopping at x7 culdesacs, with the PAX completing the following at each stop OYO:
    • x5 Burpees 
    • x10 Jump Squats
    • x15 WWII’s

    ALONG THE WAY:

    • The PAX honored the Credo and stopped periodically to ensure the SIX wasn’t left behind
    • At one midway stop, the PAX were guided to complete Broad Jump Herpees
    • Also there were a few uphill slopes by which the PAX ascended via Bernie Sanders

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Elbow Plank for Review of the F3 Mission, Core Principles, and Credo
    • SIX MINS OF MARY – again, widely variable reps wowing the novice minds of many a young PAX

    COT:

    • Counterama # 16
    • Namerama – welcome DR MEOW
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer – Heist 2.0 Max, the death of Brady’s daughter, some back injuries

    NMS:  How many times does it take to EH a guy into F3 who you’ve known for many years? Well, in the case of my Pediatrician colleague Dr Mason, it’s been too many to count. But today was the day! And once he gave the HC last week, YHC jumped on the Q sheet to ensure a high quality beatdown welcome party. Today’s routine was a fun patchwork of many different exercises, easily modifiable, and simple to keep the PAX together regardless of fitness level. This was evident based on how chatty the PAX were, but YHC can attest completing all the exercises as directed was a wonderful sweatfest. Dr Mason lives a few doors down from the Rountrey Clubhouse but since that name was already taken, we went with his license plate moniker “DR MEOW” – so named for his love for cats. Ya’ll can imagine some other quite derogatory options were suggested. This was YHC’s THIRD FNG within the last week, probably just a combination of determination and lovely weather – BUT the encouragement to you all is to KEEP ASKING those guys in your circles – you never know when they’ll finally say yes. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • 10/25 Smoketree Zombie Run
    • ?1st weekend in Dec – Alamo Chili Cookoff

  • Alamo post CSAUP

    A Bakers Dozen joined for a Monday morning beatdown just a couple days from a epic S-SOJ CSAUP and this is what happened.

    Mosey to the opposite side of the Parking Lot for a COP of various exercises.

    Make a left out of the Parking Lot towards where the newer section of the neighborhood is being built. Get 2 Partners for a Triple Check. P1 runs down the Cul-de-sac and back, P2 LBC’s, P3 HRM’s, switch for a total of 3 rounds.

    Bear Crawl across the street and then Mosey to the a lit Pumpkin (all but one on top of the Mailbox) and do 20 Deep Squats all the way down to the Cul-De-Sac on the opposite side of the Pool/Clubhouse. At the end of the Cul-De-Sac there were 3 houses side by side with Pumpkins so we did 20 LBC’s, 20 2-Count Flutters, 20 Box Cutters.

    Indigenous Peoples run back the same way we came and then back to the Clubhouse.

    In the Clubhouse Parking lot we Bear Crawled between each Parking Space, stood up, completed 1 Burpee, then repeated. 11 Parking Spots.

    Bernie back to the top of the Parking Lot. 5 Burpees OYO. 1.5 minutes of OYO Stretching to finish.

    Announcements – this is the last week of collecting items to send to F3 Kenya. See Slack and see Nancy Lopez with donations of materials OR money to help offset the shipping costs.

    Prayer Requests – Charlotte.

    NMS – Beautiful weather this morning and YHC was glad to make the trip out to The Alamo. YHC was glad to not spend all 45 minutes in the Parking Lot. Have a great week, men, see y’all again soon.

  • “Get busy livin’…or get busy dying!”

    16 HIMs ascended to the “movie theater” to watch 2 movies unfold before their very eyes.

    Warm Up: Side-straddle hops, Copperhead squats, LBC’s, Roscoe’s Mom, Cherry Pickers, & Dead Man Hang.

    1st movie: The Shawshank Redemption workout broken up into 2 parts. Part 1 = Adora (Andy & Redd) completed 100 WW2, 200 Monkey Humpers, & 300 Side Straddle Hops while the timer ran to the other side of parking lot.

    Shawshank Part 2 = Took the HIMs over to the sidewalk that leads to the tunnel and we simulated Andy Dufresne prison crawl “through 500 yds of filth” and up to the other side. We bear crawled down, two-foot hopped through tunnel, and bear crawled up the other side. We were supposed to do this 5 times but after 3, these men chose to go back to prison in Shawshank rather than escape to freedom.

    Second movie showing was Goodfellas Triple Check = Henry Hill: Runner to the hill and back; Tommy: 10 Firecrackers & 10 V sit ups continuously switching back and forth, and Jimmy the Gent: Any plank position HIM wanted to do.

    COT TIME: Kenya Collection through Nancy Lopez; Flyboy is collecting kettlebells at Old Hundy Tuesday for Friday CSOP at 8pm in Rountrey.