Tag: The FORGE

Last week at The Forge 7 men gathered to do all their favorite workouts, ad nauseam, until they were no long a favorite workout. And to discuss Japanese animation.

Mosey to the front, warmarama with 44 SSHs. Lots of other warmups to end on 44 LBCs. What could possibly be the significance? No idea.

Mosey to the amphitheater where YHC queued up a killer playlist featuring all the greatest hits from the Studio Ghibli movies. To his surprise and complete dismay, not a single person present had ever even heard of these movies. So the playlist was canceled and a new workout began.

Too much of a good thing: PAX does a continuous exercise while one at a time, the timer box jumps the big stairs then comes back down. Flutterkicks, arm circles, monkey humpers, APD, arm raises, all the easiest movements that become crushingly hard after doing them nonstop.

After a while it was too much of too much of a good thing, so we switched to:

Super tooth fairies: 5 incline burpees on the steps all the way up, then dip + 5 plank jacks on the way down. 3x Incline Lieutenant Dans on the way up, scrunchy frogs on the way down. Beautiful sunrise.

Mosey back to the flag where gratitude was given.

Here are some Studio Ghibli movies for homework:

Spirited Away. Howl’s Moving Castle (YHC’s personal favorite). My Neighbor Totoro. Princess Monoke. Ponyo. It would be amazing to be able to watch any of these movies again for the very first time – count yourself lucky.

9 brothers hit the HHS freezer to honor the snake.

Mosey to bus circle for some curb-to-curb merkins/bear crawls and dips/crab walks. Mosey to another parking lot for side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers, and a sampling of Broga to complete the warmup.

Mosey to the soft, dry comfort of the turf football field for The Snake.

Start on corner of the field where goal line and sideline meet. Run along the goal line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 5-yard line, then run along 5-yard line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 10-yard line then drop for 10 merkins. Run along 10-yard line to opposite sideline, up sideline, back across 15-yard line, up sideline to 20 then drop for 20 mountain climbers. Repeat – 30 merkins at 30-yard line, 40 mountain climbers at 40-yard line, 50 merkins at 50-yard line. 

Halftime guest performance by Doozy singing his hit single “Man Killers.”

Do The Snake run on the back half of the field doing 50 American hammers, 40 flutters, 30 hammers, 20 flutters, and 10 hammers.

Mosey back to flag but hit Peoples Chair for a two minute hold.

Enjoyed the fellowship and mumble chatter and prayer. I’m not bringing my mom next week.

A thin layer of gloom hovered over the parking lot of Huguenot High as YHC waited for the PAX to arrive for the second NTB beatdown of the week. Low turnout was to be expected given the option of an Orange Crush birthday bash, but after a silver sedan took a lap through the parking lot and then exited back onto Forrest Hill, YHC knew it was going to be the ultimate “you vs. you” morning. Mosey on!

Warmarama at the flag pole.

Brickyard 400 – Mosey around to the amphitheater for a Snuff-inspired pyramid.

• 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-2 rep scheme, moving up/down the brick steps each set for a total of 50 reps.
• Squats, Merkins, Ball Dippers, WWIIs, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Carolina Dry Docks = 400 reps

Beep ($#&*%) Test – Mosey down to the football field for YHC’s inaugural beep test. While traditionally conducted on a 20m interval, YHC did the math and shuttled between the goal-line and 21-yard line which is close enough. Scored a 7.9. Finished with a cooldown lap around the track and then mosey BTTF for a few minutes of self-reflection and prayer for the PAX.

16 men gathered for what was expected to be a Dealer Q only to find out they’d be “Ghosted” and some West-hoes took the Q and this is what happened:

EF Hutton Q – Mosey down to the field between the two schools for a COP followed by a Jack Webb with Squats and Monkey Humpers

Flip to Honeydo Q – with Dealer having scouted the AO it was known there was access to the Football field, so we moseyed to the Field for a Beast. All 6 round, non-escalating and finishing with Burpess

Flip to Handshake Q – mosey back up to to Bus Loop in front of the school for 8/9ths of a Triple Check with P1 Running the Loop, P2 Flutter Kicks, P3 Deep Squats. Mosey back to the Flag for 20 WWI’s to finish out the time.

Announcements – SOJ Leadership Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards Friday at an unknown time. SOJ Family Potluck/Jack-o-Block Decorating at Rock and Roll – Rockwood Park – Sunday from 4-6 pm.

Prayer Requests – none

NMS – A group text was going yesterday about “Ghosting” a SOJ Q but nobody was on the Q Sheet for The Forge. Yesterday afternoon Dealer took the Q so our takeover could be done. Thank you, Dealer, for graciously giving up the Q and we know your beatdown next week will be great, maybe you too could lead a Ghosting in NOJ? YHC, EF Hutton, Senor Frog, and Honeydo made the trip and we were glad we did. Great time to see faces were don’t always see.

9 Beastie Boys gathered in the gloom to kick it Root Down. Meanwhile, YHCs hounds were out on the town having escaped earlier that morning by digging a giant hole under the fence. Sabotage.

Warmarama with SSHs, DQs, helicopters, arm circles and more arm circles, shoulder taps, Alabama Prom dates, LBCs, etc etc.

Mosey to the middle school for a stair climb triple check: Hoedowns squats, timer runs up and around.

Mosey around the front for another stair climb triple check: Dips, WW2s, timer runs up around around.

Mt Chaplin climb triple check: Flutter kicks and one other thing while timer ran up the hill and back down.

Back to the flag for an ascending squat parking space lunges, ran it back with bear crawl ascending leg lifts.

Gratitude for the morning and yes, the hounds were found.

14-strong including one FNG conquered the Forge this morning, celebrating 5 years in F3 for YHC and Don Draper. With a Full Moon putting all the does into estrous, here’s what anniversary parties should look like:

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey over in front of the school and circle up for a Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps

COP #1: 

• Mosey to the Amphitheater
• TRIPLE NICKLE
• x5 Diamond Mericans bottom
• Box Jump to the top
• x5 DR.W’s top
• Box jump back down
• x5 Rounds

COP #2:

• Mosey to the Football Stadium Bleachers
• Partner up for DORA
• Spread out a the base of each flight of bleacher stairs
• x100 – Sumo Squats
• x200 – Calf Raises
• x300 – SSH’s
• Moving partner high-knees up and down flights of steps touching each step

INTERMISSION:

• Plank it up on the track
• Review the F3 Mission
• Review the x5 Core Principles
• Review the Credo

COP #3:

• Mosey down to the Track
• BURPEE 500
• Bernie 1/4 lap, x5 Burpees
• Sprint 1/4 lap, x5 Burpees
• Bear Crawl 1/4 lap, x5 Burpees
• Karaoke 1/4 lap, x5 Burpees
• Sprint 1/4 lap, x5 Burpees

Mosey BTTF:

• En route stop for a little Hug-a-Tree-athon while FNG recounts some life details
• Also stopped to do Flutters for the SIX

COT:

• Counterama # 14
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• DRAPER took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Brothers, ya’ll probably know how much being a part of F3 means to me, and I’m deeply grateful to each of you. Thanks also to Draper for being with me from the beginning, and for his meaningful words to close our COT. Welcome to Lee, AKA Switchgear (works in electronics/distribution), who’s another awesome dad from my Peds practice. Keep inviting the guys you know – this community is life-saving! Here’s to another year in the books, YHC, DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• SOJ Lunch tomorrow 9/29 at Rusty Taco
• Next Thur SNUFF on Q at Forge will provide an IR-friendly bootcamp – let’s get some of our benched guys back into the 2nd F they need! 

Prayer Requests:

• Guys on IR (Scram, etc)
• Florence’s M with death in family

Wide is the gate that lets Machismo Q a workout. This one was a reminder that anyone can lead it doesn’t need to be polished. 9 Gents went through the wide gate to get destroyed by 1st and 10s. YHC picked this up as a farewell Q to Red Card on his way back to India but, alas, it was not to be (Red Card got the foul.)

WARMERAMA:

– Mosey to the ticketed gates for admission to the fields, none being found the follow was performed in odd numbers: SSH, Don Q, LBC, Heel Touches, LBC, Crunchie frogs, 100s

Mosey to the wide gate.

COP #1: Burpee 11s 1st and 10

Merkins/Burpees run to the 10 do 1 merkin 10 burpees, score a touchdown and come back to the 20 for 2 merkins 9 Burpees……..

COP #2: Bruce Lee’s

According to the exicon:

An super set consisting of 6 ab exercises: 1. Hammer, 2. Leg raises, 3. LBC’s, 4. Heel Touches, 5. Crunchy Frog, 6. 100’s. 20 reps, 3 sets. 30 seconds rest between each set. work up to 90 reps, 7 sets: Bruce Lee’s work out.

According to Machismo: 3 rounds till time and the pax had to hoof it back.

Kudos to double respect @scram hanging with the pax through 1st and 10s regardless of knee trouble.

Closeout:

YHC could feel the shoulder grinding during the pushups but no pain. Scrunchy frogs are rough. Building muscle means tearing tissue. Growing in leadership means to stretch yourself. YHC has been grown by you Pax @Forge and beyond. Let’s continue to challenge each other.

Should you find yourselves by 9828D Midlothian Turnpike sometime 9/29 YHC would love to have you at my office open house btwn 3-6. Please RSVP or get more info by emailing YHC at Chad@cdwhomesincorporated.com.

Lucky 13, mosey to the cul de sac, warmarama.

Lightpole 11s: Imperial Sumo Squat Walkers + hand-release mirkins.

Lower lot lady of the night 4 corner abs: 20 LBCs, 30 flutters, 40 plank jacks, 50 American Hammers.

All you got sprint up the hill to the flag.

COT with gratitude. Thanks for showing up and putting in the work.

11 SOJ HIM’s stood around waiting for the mysterious “O” on the Qsheet to reveal himself. No takers? No problem, let’s pull something out of storage for a little fun…

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey and circle up
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

THE GREMLIN:

• Mosey down to the plush turf football field, perfectly clean and dry, and line up on the end zone line
• The name Gremlin was coined for being a short-in-stature beast, AKA the Bear Crawl Beast
• x6 Rounds, bear crawl between the 10/20/30 yard lines, stopping to complete x6 reps at each line down & back
• Exercises: WWII’s, Ball-dippers (2-ct), Diamond Mericans, Leg Lifts, Sumo Squats, & No Cheat Mericans
• Between sets, the PAX enjoyed doing ABC’s for the Six, some full field sprints, and played “Dead Rat” to pick a couple guys to be carried the length of the field

Mosey BTTF:

• En route, stop at the Amphitheater to complete x2 rounds of Broad Jump Box Jumps
• Also stop at the Echo Chamber for x10 Hoedowns IC

COT:

• Counterama # 11
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  With no man claiming the mysterious “O” as Q for the day, everyone agreed it was likely a typo from OC placing his name in the TwinTeam slot just below on the Q sheet (though OC has adamantly denied it, we like to blame him for stuff anyway). YHC had The Gremlin in storage for just such an occasion, and the little beast was all too pleased to come out and torment the forge PAX today. Turns out No Cheat Mericans are about as bad, or maybe even worse, than burpees for closing out a beast. Thank you gentlemen for rolling with it today. And now you know what to do when the Q calls “dead rat”. Haha. SYITG, DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Happy Hour Tomorrow! Fri 9/8, Diamond Billiards, after work
• 9/16 Alamo Convergence
• 9/23 Crucible Convergence and F3RVA Anniversary Sit&Sip

Prayer Requests:

• Dealer traveling to Yellowstone with family for a week, prayers for safe travels and well behaved children on long flights
• Scram has another week of hosting his MIL, so prayer for patience
• Doublemint’s boys (Spinal Tap & Cowbell) have just begun their freshman year in college, so prayers for their safety and opportunity
• Ongoing prayers for Liv/Yeehaw family