Tag: The Alamo

15 HIMs came out to make some room on the waistline to enjoy some delicious and moist cookies…according to the random pile of cinder blocks we found deep in The Alamo, here’s what happened:

PAX mentioned they were cold, so YHC kept things moving. Mosey to the playground and instead of circling up, we lined up for warmarama. SSH then high knees to next mailbox, Imperial Walkers then butt kickers to next mailbox, etc. Rotate to end of street.

Merkin alley. Ascending Merlin’s every driveway to 5, then descending to the end.

oh what’s this, a pile a cinder blocks? Don’t mind if I do. Partner up for MOUNT DORA. Fun little nugget of a hill tucked away in a far away corner of the neighborhood. 100 merkins, 200 curls, 300 mountain climbers, 200 overhead press, 100 squats. Runner to top of hill and back.

ascending firecrackers back on the road, followed by copperhead squats + high knees/butt kickers and mosey BTTF. Round of Merlin’s to close us out.

Announcements, prayers, and a round of bourbon for all.

Woodsman VQ

16 HIMs joined the Woodsman for his long overdue VQ in the elements. It was cold, wet, and raining, all of which we conquered. The fun began with a mosey down the main street with two stops for 4 burpees (just for Dumar) and then back to the clubhouse lot for the circle up. The F3 mission statement and 5 core principles were then stated for the PAX.  

Warmarama: 

– SS hops x 10 

– Don Qs x 10 (with a poor cadence)

– Ukranian soldiers x 10 (also with a poor cadence)

– Dead man hang -> R & L -> Cherry pickers x 10

– Merkins x 10 

– Xs and Os x 10 

Situation 1:

Mosey a short way across the lot for the cocaine bear crawl – merkin every other line

Situation 2:

Four corners / The U – prostitute style

– 10 merkins

– 20 2 count mountain climbers

– 30 squats

– 40 Alabama prom dates 

Futon with the 10 count

Situation 3:

Eye of the storm

– 3 burpees

– corner 1: 20 merkins, 20 WW2s

– 3 burpees 

– corner 2: 30 SS hops, 30 LBCs

– 3 burpees 

– corner 3: 40 double count toe taps, 40 pickle pounders

20 count then a slow mosey 

Situation 4:

11 – Mike Tysons -> lunge walk -> heels to heaven

Circled up and finished with squats until time expired 

Numbers and names

Gave thanks to DTH for the initial invite to F3 at my first doctors appointment for my twins about 9 months ago. He hounded me for a few weeks and then I hit the Crossing for the first time. 

Thanks given to the Pax for their continued daily grind in all elements to improve themselves and challenge each other. You know someone will always be out there putting the work in! 

Announcements: 

– Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas at Notoll tomorrow 12/17 – remember your bells and lights and secret Santa gift (if you’re participating)

– Rudy and Fandango will have a college football playoff pool – check slack for details

Prayer Requests:

– Keep the family of a local second grader that passed in your thoughts and prayers

– Dumar’s sister is having twins today via a C section – prayers all are okay and healthy 

Took us out in prayer

Again, thank you guys for the support this morning. I had planned to have my VQ back in July but got injured going through a trial run the weekend prior. F3 has been great for me and I appreciate you all.  

14 grown-boys stumbled out of bed and made their way to The Alamo this morning to get their week started RIGHT! YHC was out of town last week and was feeling fat/lazy so the PAX was treated to some extra cardio. Here’s what went down…

WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the other end of the horseshoe for some stretching. SSH’s, DMH, Imperial Walkers, V-Sit (Shoutout to Meatball), Butterfly, Leg Pulls, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife.

COP #1 – Tacky Light Run

• The PAX ran through RounTrey stopping at each intersection for a called exercise. YHC stuck with QTY (7) for Notre Dame’s CFP seed. Go Irish!
• Hit every muscle group along the way and gave Warby some great content on his security camera.
• Most likely gave some RounTrey folks something to complain about on Facebook. Please communicate any/all riffraff to Nancy Lopez.

COP #2 – Triple Check

• Made the most of the remaining (6) minutes in the parking lot.
• Pacer – To the dumpster and back
• Exercise #1 – Carolina Dry Docks
• Exercise #2 – LBC’s

NAMES and NUMBERS

• Fandango was able to get Sunny D out this morning which was a long time coming. Welcome aboard!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Tuesday, 12/10 – Boberry Q at No Toll. Rock on!
• Monday, 12/16 – Woodsman VQ at The Alamo!
• Tuesday, 12/17 – Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas at No Toll. Get some!

PRAYERS/WINS

• PRAYER – Fandango’s dad battling

15 grown-boys got their week started right at The Alamo! Although only some of the PAX was able to attend the Chili Cookoff yesterday, we all paid for it. It’s safe to say that the old saying “beans, beans the magical fruit…the more you eat, the more you toot” proved true this morning.

WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the neighborhood entrance and back. Circled up, gave the F3 mission and got into it. SSH’s, DMH, Butterfly stretch, Old school V-Stretch, LBC’s, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins.

COP #1 – Moseyed down to an intersection for a Triple-Check.

• Exercise #1 – Run to the the end of the cul-de-sac and back. Throw down on the 7′ basketball hoop at the turn (optional). YHC took advantage of the low rim and paid homage to MJ and Vince Carter.
• Exercise #2 – Merkins
• Exercise #3 – Squats

COP #2 – Slow moseyed to the bottom of a hill for some 11’s.

• Exercise #1 – Carolina Dry Docks
• Exercise #2 – LBC’s

COP #3 – Slow moseyed/moseyed back to the clubhouse parking lot for a Dora.

• (50) LBC’s
• (100) Flutter Kicks
• (150) Alabama Prom Dates (RIP, Alabama)

COP #4 – Quick Ring of Fire with Merkin variations

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Chili Cookoff was a huge success! Thanks to Heist for planning it and congrats to Handshake for taking the W!
• Thursday, NOV 28 – Thanksgiving Day Convergence
• Saturday, NOV 30 – The Bridge. Hit up Hermey for deets.

PRAYERS/WINS

• YHC’s sister Jamie. Life is hitting her hard. Prayers that she stays strong!
• The PAX agreed that we all have a LOT to be thankful for. God is good!

13 HIMs emerged from the weekend gloom to re-live a workout from 8 months ago. According to the morning walkers and their lit up dogs, here’s what went down.

Warmarama – 100 exercises to get the blood flowing, 10 each – SSH, imperial walkers, copperhead squats, arm circles big and small, don quixote, helicopters, merkins, LBC, heels to heaven

11’s – Tennis court to dumpster. hand release merkins to jump squats

Mosey to other side for some coupon love. 100 merkins, 200 overhead press, 300 chest press. Marker lunge to tree and bernie back.

Mosey to clubhouse for triple check. LBC, American Hammers, runner to stop sign and back.

Circle up for ring of fire merkin style, plus a few extra for Merkin November stat padding.

Circle up for announcements – chili cook-off @Alamo 11/24 3-6pm, Bridge 11/30. Prayer requests continued healing for Dumar’s Dad.

Today was a milestone for YHC as I hit my 100th workout since joining F3 in March. The impact this has had on me has been immeasurable. I knew I needed to do something to change the course I was on but like most, I failed to find the motivation to do it. For months I made excuses and put off putting in work until one day Yeehaw texted me and asked me to come to a workout. I didn’t question it or make an excuse, I just said OK knowing very well it was going to be a tough morning. Halfway through doing 20 SSH’s, I was gassed and out of breath but instead of that being a deterrent, it lit a fire and has served as my motivation. 8 months later, I am down 55 pounds, I’ve developed strong bonds with many in the Pax, and I can see in each of the three F’s where I have made gains in my life. Thank you to everyone for the support along the way, and to Yeehaw for sending me that text. Invite an FNG out, you never know what impact it could have on them.

On to the next 100 – see you in the gloom!

14 HIMs came out on a wet Monday morning to see what YHC had in store. I had prepared a nice easy workout to ease @ntb back into F3 after his time off but I think the fart sack got the best of him. so here is what went down…

Slow mosey around the cul de sac and then Warmarama – SSH, Merkins, dead man hang, Ukrainian soldiers, Freddie Mercurys…some minor grumbling that the exercises were outside the typical also order but we moved forward.

TRIPLE CHECK- LBC’s / Squats and runner runs to find a snowman each time looking for a different one. not many snowmen in the neighborhood yet !

Off to ” the cage” for some 4 corners prostitute sale- YHC had the pax pin their pain – Merkins, Mountain climbers, jump squats , SSH

Finished up with 11’s – decline merkins and monkey bumpers- karaoke across the parking lot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS- Chili cookoff @ the Alamo, Hermey bringing people to the bridge at the end off the month!

YHC took us out in prayer

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.

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.