Tag: The FORGE

Nine nubile gentlemen of the gloom struck their best pose on the catwalk while Snuff judged the lighting with an expert eye. Some earned a place on the centerfold, while all gave their best, but you had to be there to really bask in Glory:

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Welcome & review NEW GLORY
• Moseyrama around the parking lot loop then a few Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom 

NEW GLORY:

• x14 stations around a loop Circuit
• You VS You, complete as many Circuit rounds as possible within 30min

RESULTS posted on Challenge Sheet for PAX to track their progress: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit#gid=116147269

Rosie – 4th HRM (3.5), DTH – Opener Burpees (3.1), Florence – WWII’s (3.0), Machismo – Mtn Climbers (2.13), Fiona – Ball Dippers (2.10), Singer – Chap Hill Burpees (2.9), Dealer – Chap Hill Burpees (2.9), HP – Jerkins (2.8), Snuff – IR Modified

BTTF:

• 5min of breathing/stretching

COT:

• Counterama # 9
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• SNUFF took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Solid numbers for this 3rd iteration of the Forge’s quarterly New Glory, and excellent efforts by all with Rosie breaking the record and Florence joining the 3.0 club. Also keeping an eye on Machismo accelerating closer to the 3.0 mark. Well done everyone! This won’t get easier, but keep posting and you WILL get faster. SYITG, DTH

Announcements:

• 10/20 SOJ HDHH at The Veil Brewing (BEER, CIDER, TACOS)

Prayer Requests:

• Snuff and Prince on IR, among many others

8 warriors gathered at Forge this morning to welcome a Garbage Plate south side variety show. Here’s how it played out:

Mosey to a slightly uneven grassy knoll at the bottom of the hill for a COP: 20xSSH, 10xDQ, 10xHC, 20xLBC, 10xMerkins. Move quickly and stealthily to the inclined ramp for a Native American style ascent; everyone hangs under a section of handrail, last man does 2x jerkins & moves to the front, repeated all the way up the hill. Gather at the ticket booth for

The Plate #1: partner up for 5 minutes, alternating wall sit and ascending rounds of merkins adding 2x each round until time is called

Mosey to the amphitheater for 30x dips at the bottom and top step followed by:

The Plate #2: partner up for 5 minutes, alternating plank and ascending rounds of squat jacks adding 2x each round until time is called

Light jog to the secret track entrance and onto the PROP 65 turf field for two sets of 20x PLTs followed by a triple check: copperhead squats, hip dips & the timer Bernies from the end zone to the 50 and runs back. On the way home there was just enough time for:

The Plate #3: partner up for 2 minutes, alternating crab cakes and rounds of 5x burpees until time is called.

Back to the flag for Numberama / Namerama / Announcements & Requests (prayers for DTH’s sister) and YHC took us out. Good times this morning in the gloom; thanks for the strong work and 5 min drill naming rights!

Six veteran iron smiths got the Forge blazing in the gloom, shaping and sharpening their metal for the battles ahead. 

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Moseyrama around the bus loop and circle up
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

COP #1:

• Mosey to the Amphitheater 
• x20 Dips on the bottom step
• Box jump to the top and back down
• Repeato for x3 Sets total

COP #2:

• Mosey to the brick wall
• Hoedowns IC
• Donkey Kickoffs up to 20

COP #3:

• Mosey to the football field
• WILT – Two times around the field doing x50 reps at each corner, rotating through LBC’s, SSH’s, Flutter Kicks, and Squats

COP #4:

• Keep the field fun going with 50’s at each corner
• Kicked off with a Footrace between Dealer and Machismo where Dealer won by a hair and only because he used his 4th F afterburners
• x50 Plank Jacks
• x50 Scrunchy Frogs
• x50 Merkins
• x50 Imperial Walkers

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  

For we are God’s workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus to do good works, 

which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

Announcements:

• Saturday 0730 Convergence at GridIron
• Sat F3RVA Retreat in Amelia, 4pm Cornhole tournament, see Slack for details

Prayer Requests:

• Healing for Fresh Prince

No, not DTH, but Corned Beef for the Daville Takeover on Thursday. So YHC arrived early as there may be a Broga session going on and did not want to miss it if that was happening…first to arrive and it was a peaceful 61 degree scene. The PAX starts rollling in and we settle on 8 total for this morning’s beatdown and here is what went down with the gang pictured below.

COP

So we mosey to the bottom of the street near the entrance to the football field, we saw a fox run accross the road and ran through some STINK (Last Call told us to breathe through our mouths…good call!) get to the bottom and circle up for:

20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 Helicopters, 15 Arm circles (10 small and 5 big), reverso, 11 Hillbillys (just wanted to get over 10 for the south side guys), 15 4 ct American Hammers, 20 4ct LBC’s, 10 reverse scorpions, 10 scorpions and 2 merkins.

THANG

So we line up to the 1st light pole and partner up for a Paula Abdul. P1 – Runs past the next pol to the 3rd light pole and returns to second light pole. P2 – lunges to 2nd light poles. As the runner is faster for this routine, P1 would get back to P2 and they would run together back to 2nd light pole, P1 then would start the lunge while P2 continued running to the 4th light pole returning to the 3rd light pole. We flap jacked this until we get the the access road below the AO parking lot.

Time for some 11’s – Start with 1 merkin lunge to other side of road to 10 LBC’s Bear crawl back to start curb for 2 merkins lunge to other side for 9 LBC’s and continue this until 1o merkins and 1 lbc is completed.

Mosey to stairs for a triple check and with 8 people 2 people on each team of 4 hung together for each rotation. P1 – Ran the steps twice and returned to start as the timer. P2 – Squats and P3 – Planked with feet elevated about 2 feet. Runner go to Squat, Squat to Plank and Plank to Stair, we repeat this one more time for a complete rotation and do 2 more rotations for a triple check.

Mosey to flag for 1 bermuda triangle 1 burpee corner 1, then lunge to corner 2 for 2 burpees and finally lunge to corner 3 for 3 burpees. Return to flag to stretch for 1 minute and we are done!

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out in Prayer.

Announcements

F3 RVA anniversary convergence is Saturday September 24, 2022 at Grid Iron, starting at 7am

Sit and Sip is later the same afternoon at Gomer Pyle’s Farm with a Corn Hole Tournament in the afternoon.

IT was an honor to lead this morning at the Forge this morning! Have a great rest of the week gentlemen. Cheers….CB!

Lovely cool gloom welcomed a sixpack of faithful HIM’s, including our prodigal darling Fiona, who we joyfully welcomed back into the F3 fold today after a 2 year hiatus. With YHC’s shoulder still on IR, a no-merkin beatdown was the name of the game, and it went a little something like this:

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Moseyrama over to the school front and circle up
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

COP #1:

• Mosey around to the amphitheater 
• ABBITHEATER ASCENTS:
• Variable IC reps on each step with a short mosey in between
• Exercises: Big O’s, Dips, Flutters, Freddie Mercury’s, Boat/Canoe, Variable Plankorama, DR.W’s

COP #2:

• Mosey through Snuff’s Gate to the Field
• OLD HUNDRED:
• Descending OYO reps, decrease from 100 to 10, with a variable movement or sprint length of field between
• Exercises: Calf Raises, Mtn Climbers, LBC’s, SSH’s, Oblique LBC’s, …Can’t recall…, Plank Jacks, Donkey Kicks, Heels to Heaven, Snuffing (deep breathing)

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  It was really great to see Fiona out this morning – welcome back bro!!! Always fun to remember how he earned his nickname – cause he said wearing gloves was for princesses. Haha!  There was a generally light spirit to accompany the grind (with the ever clever quips from Thugs), and a nice cool temp was welcome while the six pack perfected their six packs. SYITG! ~DTH

Announcements:

• Iron Pax Challenge continues at TwinTeam tomorrow with Florence on Q
• See Slack for more details on the 9/24 Convergence and Retreat (join Slack using this link: https://join.slack.com/t/f3-rva-workspace/shared_invite/zt-1ehuupnad-eVbVRVin1amRp1rqmBdfEg)
• Sign up ASAP for the upcoming Cornhole Tournament at the F3RVA retreat on 9/24/22 HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/htmlview#gid=1658878854

Prayer Requests:

• Prayers for our BRR brothers as they head out today for the relay
• Prayers for YHC preparing for a big presentation next week at the World Medical conference

10 men, forged in the gloom fires. YHC was yet again informed that the Q was his.

Mosey to the circle for warmups: SSHs, DQs, dead man hangs, Imperial Walkers, mirkins, LBCs, etc.

Flagpole dora: 100 pole smokers, 200 mirkins, 300 jump squats with timer running the short loop.

Bear crawl to the top of the stairs.

Breath-slowing exercises.

Indigenous rail crawl the entire length of the ramp.

Starting from the bottom, 11s with burpees and WW2s. Halfway through, audible to hand-release mirkins.

At the road, mosey up to the top of Mt Chaplain for a new exercise called ‘sunrise appreciation.’ 1 full minute of quiet contemplation.

Another day to be alive and give thanks.

Peace.

9 Ryan Reynolds doppelgangers met for the casting call for 2023 summer blockbuster that has yet to be named. According to the top notch security and catering crews this is what occurred.

Regular parking location was coned off by Snuff last night so we relocated to a lower deck that seemed adequate. Quick mosey to the front of the school to warm up with Invisible Jump Rope, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Freddies, APD and some Dead Man Hang. Warm…. lets head to the turf.

RED BARCHETTA: Short Mosey past the amphitheater and thru Snuff’s Gate to the plush turf fields. Red Barchetta was the call. 100 yard sprint followed by 100 merkins (1st one completed calls out). Slowsy back to the starting point. 75 yard sprint – 75 squats with a slowsy back. 50 yard spring, 50 World War II’s, slowsy back. 26 yard sprint – 26 lunges (single count), slowsy back. 10 yard bear crawl, 10 burpees OYO.

DORA: Move up to the open space behind the bleachers. Partner up for a DORA- 100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 LBCs. Timer runs the bleacher loop.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Mosey back thru Snuffs Gate and partner up. Bernie up the road to Forest Hill until overtaken by partner who performed 1 LT. Dan and sprinted to catch.

POLE WORK: Heading back to the flag, stop at every pole along Forest Hill alternating between 1 burpee and 2 LT. Dan.

Numbers, Names, Announcements. Draper took us out.

Announcements: Florence is leading the Labor Day Convergence at Dog Pile Monday Sept. 5th at 7 am. Coffee after. Prayers for Dealer and his family in preparation for the upcoming arrival of their son. Good luck to House Party with starting a new job. Prayers for those out injured or not able to join us today. Hopefully they are back on their feet and into the gloom soon.

NMS: YHC noticed a good amount of activity at Huguenot during a predawn scouting mission. Seems they are using Thompson or the high school for filming of “Swagger” and not the 4th American Pie sequel as YHC had hoped. Seems the turf fields have much to offer as the gate seems to remain open if we respectfully keep it closed after use. Humidity seems to have crept back in but still a good morning to welcome back Dealer and Sundance, who is now becoming a regular. Great work men, enjoy the day.

A swarthy half dozen gloom warriors took the Forge by storm, kicking off with DTH doing some kinda freaky rain dance that Juanita later came to regret…

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Mosey down to the culdesac, stopping for x3 Groiners at each light pole en route
• Circle up, Welcome, Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

COP #1:

• Mosey to the handicap ramp, completing x3 Merkins at each light pole
• Bear Crawl half way up ramp, Lunge walk the rest of the way
• Partner up for Jerkins
• x3 Sets of x10 each

COP #2:

• Tooth Fairies up the steps
• Partner up for PLT’s
• x3 Sets of x20 each

COP #3:

• Mosey up to the School Wall
• x10 Hoedowns IC
• x10 Hip Slappers IC
• x10 Dirty Hookups IC (each side)

COP #3:

• Mosey around to the Soccer Field
• Team up 3V3 for 10min of pick-up soccer
• x3 burpees if you get scored on

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Awesome time with the Forge fellas today, and with such cool weather! Enjoyed hearing all about Sundance having blue ribbons affixed to his banana hammock – but actually congrats, that’s a ton of work to win a body building competition! Was also entertaining to overhear during PLT’s Juanita ask “Is it raining?”, to which Last Call replied ”No, that’s ball sweat bro!” Yikes, hope you didn’t taste that salty rain. And we finished the morning with a quick game of pick-up soccer in the dawn light. Very kind of the HHS grounds crew to cut the grass – it’s only been about 3 months since the last trim! Notable soccer highlights were Posey megging Sundance for the first goal, Last Call doing a fancy behind the back kick, and YHC taking about 10 hits in a row to stop a Juanita goal from happening. It was fun and definitely got the heart rate up. Until next time, YHC, DTH

Announcements:

• 9/24 F3 Retreat – sign up for cornhole on the challenges spreadsheet

Prayer Requests:

• Doublemint, Fresh Prince, Heartburn, and plenty of other guys on IR

The meticulously manicured lawns of Huguenot High School were the ideal setting for another amazing edition of the FORGE. 8 HIM’s were up for the challenge on this fine morning. A brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

Mosey to the lower parking lot for Warm up:

Imperial Walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Hip Flexor Stretches, Alabama Prom Dates, Hand Release Merkins, Arm Circles, Butt Kicks across parking lot, High knees, Squatting side shuffles (x2), Walking Helicopters.

Tooth Fairies up the staircase, then mosey to the top of Mt. Chaplain for Exercise One: 75 WWII sit ups. Stop when the first person is finished (Rosie).

to the Amphitheater for Exercise Two: Triple Double Team Check
Team One: Chicken Peckers on the wall
Team Two: Side Wall Hoppers up, then run back and around the staircase.
Rotate through 3 rounds.

Mosey through Snuff’s gate to the football field for Exercise Three:
10 x 100 yard sprints with 15 second rest in between. Bonus 11th sprint at the end.

Lt. Dan’s back down the length of the football field.

Exercise Four: 50 Hand Release Merkins.

Back to the flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

DTH took us out

Final thoughts: Strong work by all today. Great to see Lumbergh back out – he had an extra gear on a couple of the sprints! Digging Deep is a common cliche used in a variety of sports settings. But there is some truth – can be applied to F3 workouts, or life in general.

“Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’ The answer is usually, ‘Yes”.
Paul Tergat

Six brave souls posted to the Forge for our second attempt at the quarterly New Glory. We were dripping with humidity before even getting started, but with the skull and shovel banners planted, the PAX went to work!

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Circle up at the Flag
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Review of the “New Glory” circuit, and complete a tour mosey around the circuit highlighting each of the 14 COP’s

!!! NEW GLORY !!!

• The Forge quarterly fitness litmus test, to provide PAX the opportunity to monitor their individual physical progress
• Timeframe: 30 minutes
• Style: BEST form possible, You vs YOU!
• THE CIRCUIT:
• Starting point at the Shovel Flag
• #1:  Complete x10 Burpees at the flag
• #2-5:  Run down S.Coleman Rd to the Handicap Ramp, stopping at each light pole (x4 poles total on the right side) to complete x5 Hand-release Merkins
• #6:  Bear Crawl halfway up the Ramp
• #7:  Lunge walk to the end gate
• #8:  Complete x20 Jerkins on the Rails
• Run up Mount Chaplain, stopping at each new paved landing to complete assigned exercise…
• #9 (Level 1):  x5 Burpees
• #10 (Level 2): x10 Ball Dippers (2-ct)
• #11 (Level 3): x15 Heels-2-Heaven
• #12 (Level 4): x20 Squats
• #13 (Level 5:) x25 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
• #14:  At the top of Mt Chaplain, complete x30 WWII’s, then run BTTF to begin next Circuit 
• THE GOAL: Complete as many circuit rounds as physically possible with good form until time is called. If you cheat or cut corners you are only hurting yourself and your baseline. If you take all 30 minutes to complete a single circuit, that will be the baseline you will work towards crushing next time.

NEW GLORY completion points have been posted on the F3RVA Challenge Spreadsheet, where PAX can review progress over the years! Link HERE:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit?usp=sharing

TIME CALLED! 

Mosey BTTF to Cool Down

COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Sooooo, THAT doesn’t get any easier, especially with 9000% humidity. YHC was also missing the Hardywood rabbit to chase. Strong effort from all the PAX, and extra proud of Snuff for being the only other man to come back for seconds – excuses or silence abounded among those others who posted for the inaugural New Glory in April but who were conveniently indisposed today. Maybe we’ll see some of you guys come out for #3 in cool Autumn temps. Also gonna give a shout out to Splinter crossing the river – hope we didn’t discourage your soon return! And last but not least, it was noted that the name should be changed to “New ASS Glory” since there’s so much asphalt involved. Or maybe because it’s a guaranteed ass kicking. Hey, you gotta try hard or die tryin’ fellas. SYITG, DTH

Announcements:

• The Crucible – kicking off this Sat 0730 – see slack for details

Prayer Requests:

• Doublemint Knee Surgery today, and he’s requesting help moving stuff this weekend – pls DM him for details