Tag: The Creek

7 faithful awoke from their Turkey comas and post at The Creek for a Black Friday special. The shovel flag was planted and we got to work.

THANG

COP – Black Friday Founded in 1932 (sets of 32 or 16):

-SSH x 32 IC
-Invisible Jump Rope x 32 IC
-Helicopters x 16 IC
-Rosalita x 16 IC
-Crab Cake x 16 IC
-LBC x 32 IC
-Arm Circles x10 Small x 6 Big IC, Reverso

Mosey to the field

The Beast – Black Friday Style

First Set – Walmart – iPhone 5(s) on Sale for $99
– Merkins x 99 – 17 at each distance

Second Set – Target – XBox One on Sale for $249.99
– LBC x 250 – 42 at each distance

Third Set – Target – Hover Quest (robot vacuum) on Sale for $199.99
– Merkins x 200 – 34 at each distance

Four Set – Best Buy – LG 40″ LED TV on Sale for $149.99
– Alabama Prom Date x 150 – 25 at each distance

Fifth Set – Amazon – Echo on Sale for $139.99
– America Hammers x 140 – 24 at each distance

Sixth Set – Toys R Us – Lifetime Basketball Hoop on Sale for $77.99
-Jump Squads x 78 – 13 at each distance

Mosey back to flag

Numberama/Namorama

YHC took us out

Moleskin

Great showing at the Creek today with most PAX members staying in their fart sacks or being on the road today.

With today being Black Friday, YHC felt was only fitting to share with the PAX they specials they would be able to find today (these are actual specials at the retail stores for anyone that is interested).

The final count on the Merkins should be around 300 to 305.

The Carpenter made a comment it seems that it was smelling like we are still in our fart sacks. No worries it was just some near by septic tanks giving a wonderful aroma in the air.

At about the halfway point the PAX ask if the Karate Kid could come back. HeHe not allowed.

Welcome back to Tea Party! Glad that you were able to make it.

YHC shared at the end how thankful he is for F3. This has truly be a major impact in his life. Thanks to The Carpenter and Abacus for their special F3 work out during Restoration’s Men Retreat back in May. You guys are inspiration to YHC, you have help this once Sad Clown become a leader.

Thanks also goes out to Emoji, Opus, Lab Rat, and Circle K. YHC has love getting to know you guys in a deeper level. Really has put that 2nd F to work.

Finally thanks to some of the DogPile guys (Swirly, TYA, Hardywood, and Honey Do). YHC truly looks up to you guys to push himself more and more every gloomy post to become stronger!!

Announcements

F3 Expansion – Virginia Beach at Mount Trashmore every Saturday
F3RVA shirts on sale until today. Get them before time runs out!

SPIT ON THAT!! 

Nineteen men spanning five decades of ages stormed the parking lot to post at The Creek along with one FNG. The Carpenter (YHC) planted the shovel flag (thanks to Toga!) and the PAX took off running across the field into the dark to begin the workout.

The THANG:

COP warmup: Merkins IC x20, SSH IC x60, Arm Circles IC x10 large/x5 small reverso, Merkins IC x20, Copperhead Squats IC x10, SSH IC x20, Merkins IC x20, Copperhead Squats IC x10, SSH IC x20.

Mosey back to the parking lot near the corner of the church building.

Run from the Cobra Kai
Catch Me If You Can – Partner up.
First partner does 20 Merkins while the second partner takes off around the church building. The second partner stopped to do 10 Merkins at the halfway point. If the first partner catches the second partner, then the second partner does 20 Burpees. If the first partner doesn’t catch the second partner, then he does 10 Burpees.

Repeat, switching roles.

Training with Miaygi
Mosey to the pavilion and locate a picnic table bench.
10 Merkins, 10 Incline Merkins, 10 Derkins, Plank until everyone is done, 30 SSHs IC
Repeat 3x

The Tournament
Mosey back to parking lot. Line up opposite one another with half the men on one side of the parking lot and half the men on the other side. Step toward your partner. Bow. Do an exercise. Rotate down one person to face a new opponent. Repeat.
Here were the exercises:
5 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 20 American Hammers, 12 Imperial Walkers, 10 WWII Sit-Ups, Crab crawl to the edge of the parking/Bear crawl back to the original position.

The final exercise was “Daniel-Sons” (think of Daniel Larusso on the beach and then the final move in the tournament against Johnny Lawrence). Do as many as you can. The last two going faced off against each other and continued until finished.

Mosey to the SF.

Merkins IC x20, SSH IC x30

COT
Updates shared – 190 Merkins today (for the November challenge) and 190 SSHs to match them…
YHC took us out

Moleskin:

YHC rolled into the parking lot at 5:20 am and saw 10 men already circled up and ready to go. Cars continued to pile into the lot. Two Boston Red Sox fans met for the first time (Chow-DAH and a FNG now known as Tea Party). They were surprised to see a man get out of his truck who looked like Rob Gronkowski. It was actually a F3 returner named Hoss. Ratio was also back and he opened his mouth with some immediate trash talk to YHC (no surprise here!).

The theme of the morning was Karate Kid (1984 version). The PAX didn’t realize that they had automatically been signed up to The Creek dojo with The Carpenter as the Sensei. The Carpenter’s Dad has a similar look to Miyagi so everything kind of fit together…

The mumble chatter was loud due to the normal enthusiasts (Emoji, Abacus). The COP warmup was as close to the surrounding houses as we could get. The loud counting hopefully woke up some fart sackers and peaked the interest of sad clowns all around The Creek area…

YHC brought out “Catch Me If You Can” but reframed it in light of Daniel Larusso’s running away from the Cobra Kai. The Merkins partway around the church building simulated Daniel’s attempt to climb the fence before being pulled down. Unfortunately for the PAX, there was no Miyagi to save them from the burpees and intense sprints.

The Tournament provided ample opportunities for Karate Kid quotes to be shared. The PAX shouted out, “Sweep the leg, Johnny,” “Put him in a body bag,” “Mercy is for the weak, when you are on the streets…,” “Squash like grape,” and the singing of “You’re the Best Around.”

The “Daniel-Son” exercise ended up looking more like a Russian dance or Irish jig than a karate tournament fight. Spit and Toga outlasted Chapstick by 3 seconds and they were anointed the two finalists. The PAX circled up and cheered them on as they went head-to-head on the final exercise. Toga pulled out the victory and cheers erupted!

The announcements included updates on the F3 Hampton Roads expansion.

Ratio shared about his wife’s friend who has been battling bladder cancer and is now on hospice. He asked for prayers for her, her family and his wife (close friend). Emoji shared about his wife’s chemotherapy and recent struggles as she finishes up the treatments this month.

The PAX pulled in and YHC took us out. Ratio was overtaken by the moment and started to cry. The whole PAX surrounded our brother and encouraged him after the prayer.

F3 is a LOT more than just a workout. We are a band of brothers who are in the battle together. We are fighting more than burpees and derkins. We are all facing life’s challenges but we do not have to face them alone. We can face them together. We need to stay with the pack and fight our sad clown tendencies on all fronts!

Game over… The Carpenter is OUT!

13 men awakened and enjoyed the last remnants of the warm weather.  Here is what we accomplished this morning:

Mosey around church to some grassy area.

• SSH x25 IC
• Imperial Walkers x15 IC
• DQ x15 IC
• Arm Circles x15 / x5 IC then reverse
• 3 Minutes of Merkins (set 1)

Mosey to parking lot corner for some slow fun:

Set Alpha (All with a S L O W 4 count):

• 4 count “Ts” x10
• 4 count V Sit-ups x10
• 4 count LBCs x10
• 3 Minutes of Merkins (Set 2)

Run around Church with Numberama as you finish

Set Beta (All with a S L O W 4 count):

• 4 count Freddie Mercuries x15
• 4 count Heals to heaven x15
• 4 count “Ts” x15
• 3 Minutes of Merkins (Set 3)

Run around Church (1^st 6 finishers 30 second run / 10 second shuffle) with Numberama as you finish

Set Gama (All with a S L O W 4 count):

• 4 count Squats x15
• 4 count Belgium Squats Left x15
• 4 count Belgium Squats Right x15
• 3 Minutes of Merkins (Set 4)

Run around Church (1^st 6 finishers add 10 seconds of backpedals to mix)

Set Delta (All with a S L O W 4 count):

• 4 count V Sit-ups x10
• 4 count LBCs x10
• 4 count “Ts” x10
• 30 seconds of Merkins (Set 5)

Mosey to flag

Circle of Fire – 5 Merkins

The Thang:  As The Carpenter was placed on his six by an angry meal grinder bug, the stand in YHC wanted to make sure we all slow down.  By slowing down we can all take in the beauty of the mornings and life’s blessing. To accomplish this we did our exercises (outside of our Merkins) nice and slow.  Everyone embraced the concept till we completed the first 5 “Ts”…  Counting throughout the morning was erratic in respect of the Q.  YHC had the intention to use the Merkins as an encouragement to join the Merkin challenge.  However, realization that 400+ Merkins during one workout might have the opposite affect came to light as Emoji and everyone’s pace of Merkins dropped significantly as 615 came closer to the Pax.  However the Pax is strong and 200 to 425 Merkins were completed by the PAX this AM.  EF Hutton was happy to break his previous workout record of 350 by 75.  Others were not so happy…  Don’t forget to record your Merkins on the challenge sheet >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit?ts=563e70a3#gid=711611107

The Pax was challenged by Mud Face to keep Chewy in our prayers as he takes on challenges brought to him by fellow students seeking to gain recognition by having fun at other kid’s expense. This is what a Pax is about and a good conversation was had about the value of a Pax that provides healthy examples of love and encouragement.

Announcements: YHC reminded everyone of Tidewater Expansion starting tomorrow and asked for the Pax to practice some headlocking.  Lab Rat is set to Q tomorrow so encouragement and prayers were requested.

To close up the morning Mud Face prayed us out.

19 men awakened from the fartsack to enjoy perfect weather to work up a sweat.  Here is what we accomplished before most people have opened their eyes:

Mosey around church parking lot to form a plank line.  Merkin x15 IC.  Polar Bear across parking lot stopping at each parking space to perform a merkin.  Plank when finished. Merkin x5 IC.

Mosey to field for some fun 11s.  Run across field, perform 10 merkins.  Run backwards across field, perform 1 WWII situp.  Repeat until 1 merkin and 10 WWII situps.

Mosey back to church parking lot and around church building for four corners around church building.  Corner 1 merkin x25, Corner 2 Jump Squat with a Jump Shot x 25.  Corner 3 American Hammer x25. Corner 4, LBC x25. Repeat entire circuit x3.

Alabama Prom Dates x25, FlutterKicks x40, Freddie Mercuries x20, Rosalitas x10. (All IC)

Line up along parking lot for an abbreviated Mini-Beast. Lunge across parking lot stopping along three points and perform x3 of called exercises. Exercises called included BallDippers (Spit), Merkins (Chapstick), Burpees (Emoji at YHC insistence)

Mosey back to VSF.  Numberama, Namearama, Abacus took us out with prayer.

NMM :  The hardest part of Qing for YHC is writing the backblast, especially coming up with an appropriate Title.  So Abacus showed up to the AO on his bike with 30 seconds to spare.  THE Carpenter mentioned that he had about 30 seconds to change into his running shoes from his cycling shoes.  Abacus’s response to said issue was that he had plenty of time.  Until the second issue of the morning presented itself to Abacus.  Abacus “OH no, I picked up two RIGHT footed running shoes”.  With that being said YHC pronounced it was time to Mosey and YHCs dilemma of an appropriate title was solved.  In true F3 spirit, Abacus put on both RIGHT shoes and crushed the beatdown. (On a side note, Abacus in true F3 spirit, used this morning beatdown for a 40 mile bike ride afterword. Respect.)  YHC had not Qd at The Creek and was not familiar with the entirety of the property.  Therefore, YHC did not have a true game plan for this morning.  Fortunately, Emoji mentioned how much he enjoyed HoneyDo’s 5 mile Polar Bear earlier this week.  YHC thought to himself that would be a great way to start the beatdown.  YHC was thinking The Polar Bear would be a option for the day, but Emoji cemented the start.  During the 11s, the mumblechatter subsided, as YHC believes the PAX was concentrating on not running over each other.  That field is real dark at 530am.  Nobody collided, although YHC believes Helix? performed a backflip over a PAX member performing merkins as he began his backwards run during one pass.  Spit and Helix led the PAX through the four corners, with the rest of the PAX really pushing through a fast pace.  We finished with an abbreviated Mini-Beast to cool down.  Only an F3 beatdown ends with a Beast.  That is how we roll.  AYE!

Welcome to Front Porch and I-Beam.  Looking forward to seeing you at future workouts.

Great work this morning gentlemen.

Circle K

 

PS. My apologies to the PAX member I am missing.  Not intentional, I still have visions of Abacus running around the church with two right shoes and that is creating a fog in my memory.  Someone please help me, so I can update the PAX list.  Credit is due upon the completion of an F3 workout.

10 Regular and 6 FNG’s Stormed into New Highland for a sporty good time:

THANG

COP

SSH  x 25
Hillbillies  x 15
Don Quixotes  x 15
American Hammer  x 15
LBC  x 20
Arm Circles  x5 small, x 5 large – Reverso

20 Merkins on your own

Basketball

Partner Up, together complete 200 “Jump Shot” squats while running suicides

Baseball

Run the bases

1st – Burpees x 10
2nd – Merkins x 20
3rd – Mountain Climbers (2 count) x 30
Home – Touch a tree, 1 guy touches 16 trees, 2 guy touches 15 trees, etc..

Complete two times

Soccer

Crab vs Bear

Divide into teams, one team has to crab walk while the other has to bear crawl. Once someone scores a goal, then the teams swap roles (bear to crab and crab to bear). Team that is scored on does 10 Burpees. Goalies have to plank. 10 minutes of play

Ring of Fire

Pax planks will one member does 10 merkins until all Pax members complete the exercise

COT/Namorama

Carpenter took us out

Moleskin

YHC didn’t know what to expect this morning. The Carpenter had some serious EHing going on the night before in FB. When YHC arrived he was surprised to see all the FNG’s that showed up. The shovel flag was planted and we got to work.

Chatter was lite to start during the COP but with two FIFO FNG’s showing up, the PAX quickly got excited.

The theme was an extension of Carpenter’s ESPN post from last week. It’s a busy time in american sports at the moment so YHC (a sport fanatic himself) felt a sport theme was needed

First up, basketball. College basketball starts up in a just a few weeks and one of the most popular exercise for this sport is suicides. Also you can’t play basketball without practicing your jump shot so about 200 should do the trick. The PAX reluctantly agreed.

Next in honor of the up coming World Series time for a little baseball. Every PAX member was able to bat 1.000 with 2 homers. They had to do it the hard way but hopefully it was worth it.

Final sport was Soccer. YHC isn’t a huge soccer fan but if you add some crab walking and bear crawls into the sport I guess it’s ok. Abacus and Sugar Baby were some tough goalie but a few goals were had. Final score ended in a tie 2-2.

Time to mosey back to the flag for a ring a fire. Near the end of exercise and special guest came though and gave Abacus a slap on the butt. It’s ok that was just his wife 😉

Shout out to our most seasoned FNG Wild Thing (Double Respect) and our youngest Chewy (12) for posting.

Welcome to our other FNG’s: Pincher, Mud Face, ChowDAH, and Strickland (had to leave early will be named later). Hope to see you post again soon

YHC continues to be encouraged by Iron Sharpening Iron every week. The Creek has bought about just another reason why the 2nd F is so important.

Announcements 

YHC and Abacus explained a little more about what F3 is all about.

SPIT ON THAT!!

10 men stormed into #TheCreek on a crisp morning at 5:30 AM. The GLOOM was deep without a doubt! Abacus buried the shovel flag, and YHC (The Carpenter) fired up the troops for fast-paced Q. The theme for the Q was “Just Like ESPN (Almost).” The PAX tackled almost all of the exercises in sets of 20 while wondering how ESPN had anything to do with the challenge.

THE THANG

Mosey around the parking lot with a sharp turn away from the entrance back toward the bell tower. The PAX stopped where they left off last week in the grass behind the DUMPSTER.

COP

20 SSH, 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 SSH, 20 Hillbillies, 20 SSH, 20 Arm Rotations, 20 SSH, 20 American Hammers, 20 SSH

Mosey to the picnic area.

20 step-ups on the picnic table seats. Sprint around the church building. 20 step ups.

Hallelujahs – Sprint around the church building with hands in the air. 20 step ups hallelujah-style with hands up!

Partner up and do 3 Hail Mary sets on the picnic table flap jacking between partners.

20s for 20

Mosey across the field and located a corner.

Exercises moving through each corner of the field for a total of 20 minutes:

1. 20 jump squats
2. 20 merkins
3. 20 world war II sit-ups
4. 20 dips

Mosey to the flag at the edge of the parking lot.

End Of The Show

20 SSHs with crowd cheers!

COT, Numberama, Namerama…

FNG was named Toothbrush because Guppie saw him brushing his teeth in his truck before the start. Guppie couldn’t believe that someone would brush his teeth in a truck in a parking lot at 5:28 AM! Guppie has a lot to say for 13 year old… YHC took us out with a prayer and call to love and lead this day.

MOLESKIN:

This was the second Q for YHC after getting some (much-deserved) heat for not stepping up from The Creek and DaVille. 10 men, including a FNG (Toothbrush) and a guest from Raleigh (Fluoride) arrived in waves. The energy was high and the cool fall air appears to be igniting a higher level of engagement.

There was some pre-workout theatrics as Chapstick forgot his gloves. YardSale (his Dad) drove off at 5:22 AM to get them and the PAX wondered if he would make it back. Abacus showed up with his normal fire in his eyes but then realized that he wasn’t going to Q because YHC had signed up on the spreadsheet. Abacus and Guppie (his son) had set up a full Q with cones and a full line-up of exercises. Abacus pocketed the Q for another morning. Yardsale rolled back into the parking lot at 5:29 AM in dramatic fashion to a cheering crew!

YHC reminded the PAX the basic idea that F3 is a you-vs-you workout. Shortcuts do not do you any favors. If someone is ahead of you, then do not cut short your reps in order to keep up. Work harder so that you get stronger so you won’t have to do that in the (near) future. “The workouts don’t get easier but you will get stronger!” C’mon, MAN!

There was a good level of mumble chatter throughout the morning as the team got to work. The Hallelujahs running added a twist to the normal sprints around the church building at The Creek. Spit took the lead and showed how committing to 3-4 F3 workouts per week can up the game!

The PAX stopped in the middle of the field and looked up at the stars for a very short respite. Sometimes we need to look up in order to look forward and (re)engage with facing life’s challenges. The brief glance up set up the 20s for 20 throw down in the field.

Guppie and Abacus lapped some of the PAX in their aggressive attacking of the “20s for 20” exercises in the field. They are a strong and competitive father/son combo. YardSale gave the “Thank you, Carpenter. Give me another!” part way through the “20s for 20” that showed that he was in for a good fight (against himself in F3 style). Toothbrush shared that he was about to throw up in the field. THAT is the goal, brothers! A splash merlot makes everything better but he was able to hold it in (this time).

It was also noted the SSH total was 120 and it looks like YHC wants to increase that number with every Q (45 minutes of SSH…?)

ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary films was the inspiration for today’s Q. We went with “20 for 20” today but the PAX showed that they could step up to a “30 for 30” beat down in the very near future. we were just like ESPN (almost) today. Stay tuned for this possibility at The Creek or DaVille in the weeks ahead…

The Carpenter

Aye!!!

10 brave souls and 1 FNG came out for YHC’s VQ

Thang:

COP

SSH x25

Don Quixotic x15

LBC x 15

Alabama Prom Date x 20

Arm Circles x5 little x 5 big reverso

Mosey (about 1/2 mile) to the Ashcreek Clubhouse

Partner Suicides

One partner runs suicides on the court while the other does the exercises then switch.

Excerises as a team:

100 Merkins
200 WWII Sit Ups
150 Jump Squats

Partner Run

Mosey down to the main road, One partner exercises down the road while other partner runs ahead to the median and back. Then partners switch. Exercises were Lunge walks, Bear Crawls and Broad Jump Burpee. Repeato until everyone is at the end of the median.

Mosey back to the church ( about 1/2 mile)

Tunnel of Love

While Pax plank side by side, one by one someone crawls under the tunnel of planking pax. Repeato until the Pax reaches the dumpster (about 75 yards)

COT/Namorama

YHC took us out

NMS

YHC was excited about his VQ so he shows up extra early to get everything set up but find Sugar Baby as already arrived. Great job Sugar Baby for Posting early!

Abacus forgot the shovel flag so the YHC didn’t get the experience of planting the flag. Oh well maybe next time

The PAX was very supportive of the YHC’s VQ. Everyone work as a team and got things done.

Welcome to GumBand. Excited to have you and hope to see you more and more

Announcements:

Two-hour convergence this Saturday at Dogpile starting at 6:00 AM with 7:00 AM start especially for FNGs.

Bel Monte 50K – Put is on your calendar gents.  March 11, 2017.  There are 25K and 50K options. See Circle K for details

Spit on that!!

9 pax plus one FNGs showed up for the second Q at The Creek.  The anxious pax watched the radar and came to become better.   This is what transpired:

 

Mosey to the side parking log

COP

• X35 SSH
• X30 LBC
• X20 Freddie Mercury’s
• X15 Don Quixotes

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THANG

Run to front parking lot and spelled out some big news in YHC’s

W – 23 American Hammers

O – 15 5 count Leg Crosses

L – 12 Derkins

F – 6 Burpees

P – 16 4 count V sit-ups

A – 1 Around the Clock Merkins

C – 3 Laps around NHBC

K – 11 Webbicides

Mosey to the corner lot by the bell tower.

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“Patience”

2 minutes of:  Arm Cross

“Sense of Urgency”

2 minutes of: LBCs

SWITCH

“Patience”

2 minutes of:  Al Gore

“Sense of Urgency”

2 minutes of: V sit-ups

SWITCH

“Patience”

1 minute of:  Little Arm Circles

“Sense of Urgency”

1 minute of: 5 ct. leg crosses

SWITCH

“Patience”

1 minute of:  Leg Lift

“Sense of Urgency”

1 minute of: Merkins

SWITCH

Mosey back to Flag

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COT/Namorama

NMS

The day started out with a haze of rain that provided some coolness and reminder of the week’s weather.  After warming up and embracing the weather YHC challenged the pax to find the hidden meaning of the first part. Guppy on the 3 laps around NHPC figured out that we were paying respect to his sister’s verbal commitment to swim for the Wolfpack (23=W, 15=O, 12=L…) next fall.

Next the pax learned a lesson in patience and sense of urgency – what it takes to swim at an elite level.  The pax was split with half concentrating on being patient while the other half concentrating on having a sense of urgency. Once they finished their 2 minutes of their lesson the groups flip flopped and conducted the other 2 minute lesson.  Once the 1 minute lessons began the heavens decided to open up to give everybody an early shower.

Everyone did an excellent job and we got to welcome Doogie to the F3 fold as he is in the process of moving to the area. As the pax broke the rain stopped as our time concluded together.

 

Announcements:

• October 8 Convergence:  http://f3nation.com/2016/09/23/preblast-convergence-oct-8-dogpile/
• Dec. 4 Bear Creek 10 mile trail race.

Abacus

5 pax plus two FNGs showed up for the first Q at Mile’s Creek – which is in a parking lot across the street from Milestone and Ashcreek neighborhoods by the cell phone / bell tower (New Highland Baptist Church).  This is what transpired:

Mosey to the side parking log

COP

• X35 SSH
• X30 4 count squats
• X25 Imperial Walkers
• X20 LBCs
• X15 Freddie Mercury’s
• X10 Merkins
• X5 Burpee’s

THANG

Run to Corner field for 4 Quarters of 11s:

1st Quarter:

• Crab walk 10 yards
  • Heels to Heaven (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
• Run 10 yards
  • Alternate Merkins (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

2nd Quarter

• Bear Crawl 20 yards
  • 2 Ct. American Hammers (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
• Run 20 yards
  • Monkey Hops (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Halftime:

2 Around the Clock Merkins

3rd Quarter:

• Bounders 30 yards
  • LBCs (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
• Run 30 yards
  • 2 ct. Mule Kicks (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

4th Quarter:

• Kangaroos 40 yards
  • 5 Count Leg Crosses (10,9,)
• Run 40 yards
  • Burpees (1,2)

Mosey back to Flag

COT/Namorama

NMS

Fun was had by all, well, maybe not all.  This workout was to show what a battle royal we will be seeing tonight as Atlee takes on cross town rival Hanover.  The Pax saw early that it will be a throwdown as Sugar Baby screams for his Hawks.  YHC laughed inside as he knows what is in store for the pax and that Sugar Baby’s babies will be Raiders.  The grass was long, the field was wet, the chatter was low (as Lab Rat cheated on us with the fart sack) and the workout was a beat down.  After only 5 burpees in the COH, chatter from a FNG about “only 5” brought another YHC smile as the approaching 11s was in sight.

 

A brief warm-up became longer as YHC put the squats in cadence…  Ugh.  Fun was realized that you can get into the Skybox for $35 (35 SSHs) or pay online for $30 (30 squats) or $25 if your a booster member (25 Imperial Walkers), etc…   After that warmup we went to the field and began Quarter 1.  YHC lived up to his FNG name as he messed up his count in quarter 2.  The pax was introduced to “Around the Clock Merkins” at halftime – you start at 12 o’clock and after every merkin you put your right hand next to your left hand and then move your left hand out and go around till you get back to 12 o’clock – or go clockwise L to R and R out.  In the third quarter we did “bounders” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TetOdoov7jk at 9:30 mark, they call it drive bounders) Time was running out in Quarter 4 so the 11s were cut down to the first 2 cycles. And yes, Abacus lived up to his name multiple times during Qing and namorama.

Announcements:

Spit reviewed some of the Mechanicsville workouts for everyone – Tomato Run, Da’Ville and now Mile’s Creek. Also talked about Dog Pile and other RVA workouts.

Abacus mentioned the upcoming Sept HDHH. We’re rolling strong on the southside on 9/28. Workout at 6pm, beers at 645. Details here:

http://f3nation.com/2016/09/19/928-hdhh-ill-see-you-at-tha-crossroads/

Fun times:

Abacus