Tag: The FORGE

Huguenot High School

  • Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it’s bobsled time!

    10 brave souls battled the cold, snowy streets and icy conditions to perform a reenact of the hit classic, “Cool Runnings”. Big shout out to DTH for his canoe, sled and inspiration for the Q!

    Warmarama: Bus circle: Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixotes, Ukranian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs, and Alabama prom dates. 

    COP 1 Bus loop:  DORA: Partner 100 Merkins; 200 squat jumps; 300 monkey humpers, Timer runs around bus loop.

    Cop 2: Jamaican Bob Sled (with a canoe): start at top of hill near flag, 2 Pax sit down in the canoe, the rest pull and push the canoe down the hill. At the bottom of the hill, change out 2 pax, rest of the pax push/pull canoe uphill. Repeat 2 x. For third time around- 3 pax in the canoe, while rest of pax pushed/pulled down/uphill.

    Cop 3 Triple Check with sleds: partner 1: timer runs to top of hill with sled, sled down. Partner 2: snowman world war 2s  partner 3: icy shoulder taps

    Close out with ring of fire.

    Announcements/Prayer Requests: Prayers for DTH and his family as they prepare for their mission trip, as well as his father-in-law’s health.

  • Eye of the storm

    Seven arrived at the FORGE this morning expecting a deluge, given the weather report and preblast, however…..70 and sunny was all we got (relatively speaking). We set off for an adjusted plan given we didn’t require any shelter. The Q stumbled through the following.

    THANG

    Mosey for one half loop of top lot waiting for potential stragglers —none appeared.

    Wararama
    SSH, DQs, Imperial Squat Walkers, 6 count burpees, Alabama prom dates, American Hammers

    COP 1: Mosey to next lots for 4 corners, (forgot the prostitute part of the instructions) so we adjusted after the first corner.
    – 5 burpees
    – 10 Lieutenant Dans
    – 15 WW IIs
    – 15 Carolina Dry Docks

    COP 2: Mosey to bottom of ramp, near 3rd parking lot
    bear crawl to first street light, walking lunge to the next, walk to top, 20 jerkins, 25 incline merkins on railings

    COP 3: Triple check at top of lot
    partner 1 – Dips, partner 2 – flutters, partner 3 stairs and loop

    COP 4: Mosey up stairs back to lot 2
    holding the wall – 60s, then Balls to the wall for 20 Aussie mtn climbers, repeato

    COP5: Mosey to lot in front of school, for a mess (poor instructions). Something like curb crawl half top oval of island, indigenous style, though the Q did not follow his own guidance and then mosey the straight to opposite end of the island for more curb crawl, 2nd round was better,

    BTTF for a final 45 SSH, time…

    Numbers, names and announcements, Machismo took us out. Thanks for the company this morning gents, enjoyed it!

  • Googling **ward ***derson

    Sunday night, February 2nd NTB posted on Slack about needing a Q for The Forge. He commented about it was 5 straight weeks of different Q’s and YHC felt it was a good reason to get back out to The Forge.

    Wednesday night February 5th YHC looked at the weather and eye rolled at the thought of 34 degrees and rainy, would YHC be alone at 0530?

    0529:23 YHC pulls into the Parking Lot and realizes YHC will not be solo. 9 F3 Brothers were waiting and wondering where the Q was.

    YHC had decided on an off-campus Stratford/Lansdale loop but quickly realized that the Pax would not be able to make a double loop in 45 minutes. YHC had also considered figuring out exactly which house was Tryhards and taking advantage of the opportunity to add his property to the AO. Luckily his address is easily googable.

    We did all the fun things today: Throuple Checks, Pencil Rolls, 10-Count Star WWI’s. And it was even better since the rain held off until the end of the workout.

    NMS – Good times, new faces.

    Announcements – Frozen Triangle 0600 at Dogpile. Ruck option is also available.

    Prayer Requests – Tryhards M’s Father has Lung Cancer and will start treatments about the time they leave for New Guinea. Prayers for Tryhards FIL and his M while she comes to grips with not physically being with him

  • Jerkin’

    WARMARAMA: Mosey to bus loop for butt kickers, high knees, karaokes, SSHs, helicopters, dead man hangs, cherry pickers, merkins, and LBCs. 

    Mosey to handicap ramp for Jerkin Gym.

    COP 1: Jerkin Gym – Line up at ramp single file. Each man takes a section. 5 jerkins then 5 dips OYO. Leapfrog to next open slot. Repeat all the way down. 

    Mosey to parking lot.

    COP 2: 7 of Diamonds – Performed on a large diamond/square). For the first round, do 7 reps of an exercise at each of the 4 corners with a mosey in between corners. Each round, increase by 7 reps with a different exercise each round rounds 1-4. Decrease by 7 reps for rounds 5-7. 

    • Rd. 1: 7 burpees
    • Rd. 2: 14 WW1s
    • Rd. 3: 21 squats
    • Rd. 4: 28 plank jacks
    • Rd. 5: 21 LBCs
    • Rd. 6: 14 calf raises
    • Rd. 7: 7 mericans

    Mosey back to flag and finish with 7 burpees to get Salt Lick to an even 110 for the day. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck this Sunday. Frozen Triangle next weekend. 

    PRAYERS: For F3 brothers who continually step in and Q and set the example. For individual initiative to get up and go. For dudes on IR showing up and doing what they can. 

  • Frozen Forge

    10 delirious popsicles decided to come out and drop their core temps for 45 minutes. It was not sunny and certainly not 70. 9 f^#@ing degrees, yes, you read that right; single digits. It was cold and we were stupid enough to decide to come together and make ourselves better. The things men do for bikini season. Here is how things went down.

    Motion was the call of the day. Mosey down through various parking lots. Introductions and disclaimers were done in motion to keep the blood flowing. Mosey for lightpole 11’s (merkins and squats) down to the cul de sac. Gazelles did SSH’s as they waited for the turtles.

    Mosey thru the open gate to the track. Run 2 laps around the track, stopping at each corner for 20 reps of various exercises. PAX assisted in selecting the exercises that included WWII’s, Booyah Merkins, Elbow Plank, Lt. Dans, SSH’s, American Hammers and Burpees (not YHC’s choice).

    After the 2nd lap, triple check was on the menu. Timer runs across the field and back. Hoedowns and LBC’s were performed.

    Back down the road performing various motion exercises between light poles. Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Butt Kickers, Bernie, High Knees, etc.

    At the ramp we Polar Bear 1/2 the distance up the ramp, Lunge walk the remaining.

    BTTVF performing tooth fairies up the steps.

    Name/Numbers. Too cold for announcements and prayers. See slack for upcoming event (Frozen Triangle, Breaking Bread, etc.) YHC took us out.

    NMS: It was cold. YHC arrived with Tin Man and Dealer already awaiting enjoying the heated seats of their vehicles. YHC was certain he could convince these early risers to join him in the warm confines of Starbucks instead of only for 6 arrivals at 5.27. Great work out there today with a on the fly Q. Good to get the blood pumping and great conversation. Salt Lick loves a burpee. Thank you fellas for joining me in the cold. Next time lets meet in June.

  • VQ Backblast

    Tin Man led his VQ a week ago and the only way we know about it is this backblast. Tin Man has been a regular triple poster of late and the pax is better for it. After 50 of various exercises and a weird 12—3 cadence the pax fell in line and are the better for it.

    Nice job entering into 50 and COT respect with F3, great having you.

  • Frosty the Forge-man

    Eight popsicles gathered at the Forge for a snowy beatdown. With temps in the low teens, constant movement was top of mind for YHC and here’s what we did:

    Mosey to the flag pole for warmarama to include slow squats, side straddle hops, jazzercise (with toe tap), Fudd’s wife, Wilson’s wife, merkins, etc.

    COP #1 – Lindsay

    • Mosey to the stairs by the football ticket booth for 30 hoedowns then 10 dips, traversing the stairs between each set.
    • Adjust the rep count by 5 each round until you perform 10 hoedowns and 30 dips.

    COP #2 – Hillside Dora

    • Mosey around the school to the amphitheater for an incline Dora.
    • 100 WWIIs, 200 Flutter Kicks, 300 LBCs. Timer runs to the large amphitheater steps and back to the hill.

    COP #3 – Meet In The Middle

    • Find new partners and run opposite directions of the amphitheater loop where PAX 1 box jumps the large steps while PAX 2 runs the stairs. Each time the partners meet, drop for groiners before continuing the loop.
    • Started with 20 groiners and decreased by 1 each meeting until we got to 10 reps. Some of the partners would swap directions every-other time they met on the loop.

    Mosey back to the flag, stopping just short for a quick 10 count cocaine bear crawl (1 merkin at each white parking stripe) before time was called.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements

    • Frozen Triangle 2/8
    • Sign-up for Breaking Bread (TClaps to Last Call for the endorsement)
    • Continuing to pray for L Woods’ friend who is struggling with medications.
    • YHC took us out.

  • Rockin out MABA Tabata

    A 12-pack of Bud on ice? No. A perfect bakers dozen of jelly-filled donuts? No. This morning the Forge locked and loaded a magazine of 12 full metal jacket heroes and Rambo blazed the start of MABA Day 2 with the following badassery:

    The THANG: 

    ***1 minute prior to start, PAX given the game plan for 100 BURPEE TABATA = 1 minute to complete x10 Burpees, timer going off every 5min during the 45min beatdown for a total of 100 burpees. Classic Rock ON, Let’s GO!!!

    0530 Strikes —> 1st set of 10 Burpees

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Some usual IC Reps

    COP #1: 

    • LIGHT POLE ALLEY
    • Partner up, with buddy reps at each light pole to the cul de sac (x14 poles)
    • Rotate between x5 Booyah Merkins, x5 Buddy WWII’s, and x10 PLT’s (each)

    COP #2:

    • PLANKORAMA REVIEW
    • F3 Mission, Credo, 5CP’s
    • CIRCLE OF FIRE – Merkin Variety led by individual PAX all around the circle

    COP #3:

    • CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
    • Partner 1 Bernie’s while P2 completes x10 Monkey Humpers then sprints to switch, end at the handicap ramp

    COP #4:

    • THE HANDICAPPING RAMP 
    • Bear Crawl half way
    • Lunge walk the other half to the gate

    Mosey BTTF via Bernie Love Hill

    COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • DTH requested prayer for some folks in his Church small group taking a stand this month against the darkness – addiction, suicide, homelessness, anger, etc.
    • Also requested prayer for upcoming missions trip to PNG

    NMS:  After the Convergence MABA Day 1, YHC felt completely wiped out, and was a little surprised yesterday to see “DTH” signed up for the Forge. This, my brothers, is the power of accountability at work. Sign up ahead of time, and no matter how much you’re temped to fartsack, guys are depending on you to lead. All the PAX were encouraged this morning to sign up on the Q sheet. AWESOME work put in by the PAX to conquer Day 2 of “Make America Burpee Again.” It is truly SO much easier to get back up when you have awesome brothers on either side of you. Speaking of awesome brothers, WELCOME BACK to Fresh Prince!!! New year, new you! Excited to see what 2025 brings to this awesome group of men. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • MABA JANUARY CHALLENGE = 100 Burpees per Day x31 days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8mbKXzRZw
    • DRY JANUARY – abstain from your usual indulgences this month! 
    • 1/7 – SOJ SLT 7pm, followed by 2nd F
    • 1/11 at Dogpile – SPIT 40th Bday + 500th Q
    • Ongoing opportunities (details on Slack): Breaking Bread, The Bridge, SOJ OTB monthly Ruck
    • FEB CSAUP – Frozen Triangle

  • Imperium

    Holiday gone, time marches slowly on. 5 men, our bodies and our minds locked in a war of attrition with entropy itself. The expectations of a mechanized society, the weaponization of technology. In the gloom, we are winning, but it is trench warfare and we had the soundtrack to prove it.

    Mosey to the flagpole for warmarama.

    Mosey back and down the hill for some knoll work: 11s with mirkins, bear crawl the knoll, jumpsquats, lunge down.

    100 WW2s.

    Mosey to the roundabout for a cinco de checko. Timer runs the loop, flutter kicks, mountain climbers, squats, burpees. Rinse and repeat 5 times.

    COT. Peace.

  • smash the silence with the brick of self-control

    9 kind souls and one new playlist gathered around the warm fires of the Forge for an beatdown audible. Tin Man’s 50th VQ will have to take a rain check after too much egg nogg at Rosie’s Christmas Special.

    Crank up the volume: Warmarama. Mosey to the amphitheater for a triple check: run the loop, WW2s, squats. Then, 11s with box jumps up the big steps, incline mirkins and dips.

    Mosey over for some wall work Pigskin-style: people’s chair, balls to the wall, and donkey kicks, each 3 times.

    Mosey to back to the flag for some ab Mary, some mirkin Mary, and some breathing exercises to the sound of violins.

    COT. Prayers for those on IR including Tin Man.

    Warm welcome to Salt Lick, except, where’s that warm Texas weather we were promised? Look forward to seeing his enthusiasm out there this season. And welcome back Dookie – new Green Day pop-punk playlist coming soon! Great to see you both.