Tag: The Alamo

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  • The Movie Premiere of “Chalk It Up To Pain”

    Tagline on our Movie Poster: “On a crisp early morn, 22 men were born!”

    Fandango led his 1st Q with a movie theme.

    Warm Up: Mosey’d a bit then circled up for our Warm O’Rama: Side straddle Hops, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, LBC’s, ROSCOE’S MOM!!!!, and leg stretches.

    Forrest Gump Run: Thanks to some beautifully laid chalk as markers to the workouts, the PAX paid homage to Momma Gump w/ bear crawls from curb to curb, Jenny -13 Alabama Prom Dates (Alabama Slamma!), and 13 Lt. Dan’s x 4 down the street. Then, we did the Bubba – One person starts as Forrest and runs to a CHALK MARKER, turns around comes back for his fallen brethren who are in plank position waiting to be rescued and tags 2 others. Those 2 run to the first CHALK MARKER as the original runner goes now to the second CHALK MARKER. This pattern repeats until all the men have been rescued from plank position and everyone ends up on the “safe zone” planking once again on the other end of the street. Last, we make our way back to our original starting point by skipping every other chalk line and performing 6 Lt. Dan’s and 6 Alabama Prom Dates.

    Back to the Future: Goal is to get to 88!!! 11 LBC’s, run, 11 Silver Surfers, run, 11 Merkins, run 22 Alabama Prom Dates, RUN BACKWARDS and repeat until at starting point.

    Saving Private Ryan Dodgeball: We could have done the movie “Dodgeball” as McGruff pointed out, but we needed to incorporate WWII sit-ups. Pax divided into 2 teams, 11 WWII to start the game. If out, go outside tennis courts, perform 11 WWII, run to end of parking lot, perform 11 WWII, and make it back to perform 11 WWII. If your team was still in, you could re-enter after your 33 WWII. Team 1 dominated. However, Heist took a sweet headshot and Swoop had a sweet “kill shot” on Warby!

    Ended with Movie Trivia and 5 burpees to losing team if answered wrong, 5 burpees to other team if your team answered right.

    COT: Daddy daughter dance got rave reviews and Meatball/Rudy commended for the awesome effort in putting it together.

  • Beast Mode Monday

    9 HIMs needed to shake off the cobwebs from a weekend full of Halloween spirit, so YHC came with a beast mode Q for this chillier than normal 70° morning. According to the pumpkins, here’s what went down.

    Mosey to end of street and back, circle up by tennis courts and jumped into the warmorama. Cookie let out a battle cry during the stretches and got the crowd going.

    The Thang

    Beast in the parking lot, making 6 stops along the back-and-forth. Round 1 – firecrackers, Round 2 – squats, Round 3 – heels to heaven, Round 4 – Copperhead + Imperial Walkers, Round 5 – mountain climbers (double count for Cookie), Round 6 – jump squats.

    Up to clubhouse for a Triple Check – runner up the hill, squats, heels to heaven

    Indigenous run to end of street, person in back drops at each pumpkin and does 5 squats.

    Circle up for a squat-o-rama that turned into a merkin-o-rama that turned into a stretch sess. One eager HIM called for 10 burpees, but with only 8 seconds left on the clock, his dream was cut short.

    Announcements – Daddy Daughter Dance, VQ week starts on Friday with Satan’s Hill. Prayer Requests – Dumars Dad and family friend, Crabgrass mother-in-law recovering from surgery.

  • The Horseshoe

    9 grown-boys started off their week by running around a parking lot this morning at The Alamo. Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the one end of the horseshoe shaped parking lot for some stretching. SSH’s, DMH, Ukrainian soldiers, LBC’s, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s WIfe. Moseyed back to the starting area.

    COP #1

    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (10) Merkins and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (9) Squats and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (8) Lt. Dans and ran back.
      • Ring of Fire (Abs) so the PAX could catch a breath.

    COP #2

    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (7) Navy Seal Merkins and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (6) SSH’s and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (5) Mike Tyson Merkins and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (4) CH Squats and ran back.
      • Ring of Fire (Legs) so the PAX could catch a breath.

    COP #3

    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (10) CDD’s and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (10) CDD’s and ran back.
    • Ran from one end of the horseshoe to the other, performed (10) CDD’s and ran back.
      • Ring of Fire (Merkins) so the PAX could catch a breath.

    Names & Numbers

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Thursday, 10/24 – State Farm’s Farewell Q at Timberwolf. Come get some!
    • Friday, 10/25 – Rudy’s (early) Birthday Q – Donuts will be provided for the PAX and to take home.
    • Saturday, 11/2 – Daddy daughter Dance. RSVP through invite on Slack! Hit me up for deets.

    PRAYERS

    • Dumar’s family friends (and their children) facing some challenges.

  • Who’s Johnny Utah?

    11 grown-boys started their Columbus Day off at The Alamo! YHC was pumped to mix in some exercises to throw shade at that football team from Columbus but Nancy Lopez wasn’t in attendance so it wouldn’t have been as fun. Carry on!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the other side of the horseshoe for some stretching. Gave the “push yourself, don’t hurt yourself” disclaimer and got into it. SSH’s, DMH, Imp Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, LBC’s, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife. Moseyed through the tunnel to the far side of the road.

    COP #1: Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Indigenous Run for about 1/2 mile to the playground.

    COP #2: (2) members of the PAX completed pullups on the monkey bars while the rest of the PAX performed a called exercise.

    • Round 1: (5) Pullups/Arm Circles
    • Round 2: (5) Pullups/Plank
    • Round 3: (5) Pullups/Squats

    COP #3: Indigenous Run 1/2 mile back to The Clubhouse.

    COP #4: “Bank” Circuit. The PAX circled up to contribute reps towards the goal of QTY (1,492) as that’s when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Happy Columbus Day! (2) PAX members at a time took a mosey to stay fresh while reps were performed.

    • Round 1: (1,492) Merkins
    • Round 2: (1,492) LBC’s
    • Round 3: (1,492) Squats

    COP #5: Ring of fire. Plank and called exercises.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance! Saturday, 11/2 from 7-9

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN – Rudy, Warby and Cookie have signed up to be WATCH D.O.G.S at Old Hundred Elementary School. Excited/honored to have the chance to bring some of that F3 “Male Community Leadership” to the school.

  • Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! (Grab a Redbull)

    Were gonna go inside, were gonna go outside, inside and outside. Were gonna get ’em on the run boys and once we get ’em on the run were gonna keep ’em on the run. And then were gonna go go go go go and were not gonna stop til we get across that goalline.

    12 (+1 Rucker) showed up to defend the Alamo in the dark gloom this morning. Hot Potato called when the Q Sheet went blank leading up to the Q. (Rumors of Cookie playing games vs the beer winning)

    Meatball: Warmara – Did we ever finish the warmarama? Circle Back. SSH, Copperhead Squats, Merkins. Intro to F3 to FNG with Core Principles and explanation of a rotating Q. Mosey to the Tunnel of Love.

    COP #1: Triple Check – Air Chair / Balls to the Wall with a stumble run in the dark and no headlamps.

    COP #2: Elevens in the lot. WW2 with American Hammers

    COP #2: Warby’s redefined 4 corners: Chain Smokers into Lt. Dan’s at the fence, Bear Crawl to the Net for Burpees and walk back.

    COP #3: Hermey taking us to time with Stance Stretch Kicks and cool down to complete the Rama.

    COT: Numbers and Names. Welcome to Justin / “Knock-Knock” a neighbor of Cookie, Young Dad looking to get back in shape with limited time. Common story…

    Announcements:

    • Oct 25-27: Family camping in Amelia. Deets coming soon
    • Oct 26: The Bridge
    • Nov 2: Daddy Daughter Dance

    Prayers:

    • Those fighting Cancer: Big Win with Swoop, Wildcat and Yeehaw representing Team Brightside in Kiawah this weekend and raising over 60K alongside F3 RVA
    • Western NC still recovering from Helene

  • Start the week off right!

    11 HIMs peaked out their window and saw it wasn’t raining, so they ventured over to Alamo for a nice and easy start to the week. According to the bunnies, here’s what took place.

    Indigenous run to modern homes and back, 5 squats and run to the front of the line. Warmarama kept us dry and off the wet pavement. Feeling loose, we got into it.

    The THANG

    Mosey over to the bunker and do wall crawls halfway down, stop for 5 donkey kicks. Wall crawl around to the other side, 10 donkey kicks. Wall crawl to other side, 15 donkey kicks.

    Mosey up the hill avoiding a giant bush and trying to see the sidewalk in blinding headlights, we made it to a new part of the neighborhood for some and YHC called for 4 corners. 1st corner – bear crawl around circle, 2nd corner 20 8 count Shazams, 3rd corner – 30 squats, 4th corner – 40 squats with single count imperial walker.

    Indigenous run back to the clubhouse and group up for an eye of the storm. 30 merkins, 40 squats, 40 imperial walkers, 3 burpees after each exercise.

    One more indigenous run around the tennis courts. Various PAX members were steering the group back to the start, YHC had to fight them off. Circle up and did a Ring of Squats, 10 of your choosing. Good start to the week!

    Announcements – Ruck Tuesday @ Sunday Park Pavilion. VQ week in November

    Prayer Requests – Yeehaw/Swoop/Wildcat have their Tri for Team Brightside on Sunday, continued healing for those recovering from injuries.

  • Neverending parking lot

    A Baker’s Dozer (minus one) met at The Alamo to see what Handshake had to offer. YHC was expecting a group of young Thoroughbreds but we joined by a group of middle aged Clydesdales.

    Mosey across the parking lot for a COP with various exercises. Mosey back to ‘Lil Blue and grab 1 Microblock for each team. Mosey over to the far side of the Parking Lot by the Tennis Court. In groups of 2 we did the following. P1 runs all the way around the Parking Lot while P2 does a rotating exercise each round with the Block (Overhead Presses, Curls, Skull Crushers, WWII Presses, Swings, Bench Press, etc). Once P1 has returned they rotate. After each partner has run we moved forward 1 spot and then repeated. We began at 5:39 and by 6:11 we were still going but YHC called it.

    Mosey back to ‘Lil Blue and get in a circle with a Block for every man. We did a Puff Puff Pass where we handed off Blocks to the left, then switched back to the right until time expired.

    Announcements – CPR class in October, see Flatline and Slack.

    Prayer Requests – none today.

    NMS – Good workout today, pretty sure we are all still tired from the Convergence. Great job for everyone with all their hard work, it was certainly a run-heavy workout but YHC’s arms are still tired.

  • Rush Hour

    15 rushed to the Alamo in the early gloom to find no “Q” on the “Q” sheet. A dim light on the gathering of weary souls in the parking lot. The air was thick with a palpable sense of reluctance. The “gloom”, as they affectionately call it, was more than just the early morning fog; it was a collective mood of resignation from the “Q”. Embracing the gloom and the need to lead, Futon, Warby and Meatball started to toss the hot potato. And with that, the early morning gloom settled back into its familiar routine, as the PAX prepared for a workout that no one wanted to lead, but everyone was somehow compelled to endure.

    Mosey up to the Stop sign and back to the lot to collect the Pax that arrived just past the half.

    Meatball Warmarama: SSH, Roscoe’s Mom, Plank Stretch, Merkins, Don Quixote’s, Cherry Pickers, Stretch OYO

    COP #1: Meatball – Triple Check; Run up to the stop Sign, LBCS, and Copperhead Squats

    COP #2: Futon – U10 Merkins down the ladder. Start with 10 Merkins, Mosey to the lot corner, Karaoke across the front of the Alamo, Bernie Sanders back into the “U”. 9 Merkins and reverso and down to 1 Merkin.

    COP #3: Warby – 4 Corners Prostitute Style on the Tennis Courts. 10 Merkins, 20 Lt. Dan’s, DC 30 Flutter Kicks, DC 40 Mountain Climbers.

    COP #4: Meatball – Holding Plank and starting with 3 Merkins sending it around each direction. If you get caught in the middle, you double up and continue the pass. Second round, 2 Merkins and Pass holding a plank. Final Round, 1 Merkin and pass

    Meatball Called Time to name Aaron Monroe, FNG that Cookie brought, named Rush Hour for his favorite Movie. Fandango approved and we closed out with announcements and prayers for Dumar’s dad having surgery this week.

    Convergence Saturday, 9/21. Beatdown in the morning and Potluck in the afternoon. Signup to bring a dish if you are attending the afternoon at Huguenot Park. Starts at 1:30pm, Shelter #1

  • The NFL season is here and we have no ‘Q’B

    On the morning of week 1 of the NFL season, 10 HIMs showed up to the Alamo not knowing who the ‘Q’B was going to be for their workout. YHC came off the bench as the 4th string ‘Q’B to take the lead. According to the refs, it went something like this:

    Warmup: Mosey out of the Alamo down the street to perform various exercises at the mailboxes on the right. Add up all the numbers on the mailbox and perform said number of exercises. Performed ~10-12 different exercises at mailboxes down and back to the Alamo. Shade thrown at Cookie for calling 11 Burpees.

    COP 1: Partner up for 11s – Booyah Merkins & Ab Leg Throws with running up the hill across from the Alamo

    COP 2: Parking Space Exercises – PAX picked a parking space with a curb and performed called exercises while first PAX member ran towards the tennis court, back to the dumpster and returned to their parking space. Exercises included: Incline Merkins, Decline Merkins, HRMs, Single Leg Squats, Squats, WWIIs, Mountain Climbers, and a few others that can’t be recalled.

    COP 3: Head to the tennis courts for 4 corners – prostitute style with exercises being 10 Merkins, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 LBCs and 40 Mountain Climbers

    COP 4: With 5 mins left performed a merkin of your choice ring of fire while PAX holds plank followed by various stretches

    Numbers, Names, Announcements (SOJ Leaders meeting and hangout at Heist’s house 9/10 7-10 PM and F3 RVA 10 Year Convergence Weekend 9/20-9/21 – See Slack for all of the details on times/locations), Prayers (Dumar’s father undergoing surgery to remove cancer of his nose 9/20 and Wildcat battling a hip injury)

    Almost positive the Q sheet had Heist’s name on it at some point yesterday, but when YHC texted about bumming a ride last night, he informed that he was heading north to the Deep. Thought about signing up for the Q last night, but decided to wait and see what happened in the AM. Felt compelled to step up and lead and it was a pleasure fellas. Great work by all!

  • Jailbreak!

    14 Strong showed up this morning at the Alamo to better themselves. YHC had a plan in store for them…

    Warmarama- quick mosey over to the other side of the parking lot for some – SSH, Imperial Walkers, LBCS, Merkins, Werkins, heels to heaven, cherry pickers….after some light complaining about the warmarama we headed off

    The Thang- Ran down to modern row for a DORA- Merkins, Lunges and squats – run to the end of the street.

    off again running to the other side of the neighborhood to explore some new scenery. TRIPLE CHECK- american hammers, monkey humpers and lunge to the street light

    finished up with some tunnel work- with time running short we lined up for some pax work in the tunnel- dry docks and lbcs as two runners took on the hill. ended it with a jailbreak run back to the flag.

    announcements- NEW AO wednesday at Magnolia green

    prayers for heist’s friend Denise, the kids going back to school and the pax on IR