Month: May 2018

SCOREPile Saturday fun

8 pax gathered for a muggy 71 degree 60 minute SCOREPile workout. We got in some running (2.7 miles) and lots of exercises at the 15 pain stations throughout the Heathwood tour of neighborhood pax. Joined at 1 location by Pinky (Rivet’s pre-teen daughter). She complained a lot less than the the adult males! We …

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Shank 4 Corner Beatdown

I was an soggy and surprisingly quiet return to Shawshank as the Q.  Many text, Twitter messages and encouragement brought me back and for that I truly appreciate!! The accountability of this great group of men is what makes it special, along with being anchored by HIM!!  We did have a late arriving FNG, welcome Shirley Temple.  It was …

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A Legit Day at Legion

Hopefully Heist got his moneys worth today. The old man wondered whether YHC was “even capable of putting together a really tough workout?” According to Bookworm, “that really sucked”, a fine compliment if there ever was one! Conditions at Legion: The Gloom was thick! Thang: C.O.P outside AO entrance for: 3 SSH/2 Burpees. 5 rounds …

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The Beast

11 Men entered the Hammer Gloom this morning, ready to be challenged, ready to get better. The rain held off, but the PAX still ended up soaked. This is what happened… Conditions: 69 degrees and humid. The Thang: 20 Burpee warmup. Fast Mosey to Trenholm Park field via Bethel Church Rd.. Low plank while waiting on …

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Tabata Rounds

Q: Ebert Conditions: 72 and Humid Disclaimer: Ebert BOM: Ebert Pledge of Allegiance  The Thang Warm-up Move to the basketball court 10 SSH IC 10 Burpees 10 Toppling Windmills IC 10 Through the Tunnel IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Mountain Climbers IC 10 Michael Phelps IC Tabata First, YHC made the PAX go get blocks to be used during …

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Tomahawked

Its sad to say that this was YHC’s first trip to Tomahawk.  This place is perfect for a BC.  Plenty of hills, stairs, tires, fields.  You name its here.  There is also a great group of men out there.  Look forward to coming back soon.   YHC brought some of his home AO favorites out this …

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Stumble 5/16/2018

Conditions: Muggy Tha Thang: Mosey to Queens Way out to Old Woodlands down to Saye Cut to Galloway to Christie to Byron left on Shelly to Coachmaker left on Rockwood right on Knollwood right on Veterans right on Britton to Burnside back to veterans then right to wormwood to Galloway to Old knight BOM

Painstorm XXV

8 Pax were warned the night before the heat was coming.  And so it was and forever shall be known…Painstorm XXV! Conditions: 70 deg and partly cloudy The Thang: Disclaimer Warmup SSH x 20 IC MC x 20 IC OHAC x 20 IC IW x 20 IC TTT x 15 IC The Main Event – …

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Return to Legion

CornDog had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for Guest Q’s, but YHC was honored to be invited back to lead 5 other Pax.  YHC had helped with the launch of this darkest, longest and hardest of weekday AO’s and had been a regular pax for a while. Oh, the memories. Conditions: Cool, a …

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Swampfox 5-8-18

Conditions – Perfect The Thang: SSH Mosey to parking lot entrance Partner up for a stroll around the school   Partner 1 – completes exercise while Partner 2 runs Partner 1 – sprints to catch Partner 2 Partner 2 – completes the exercise while Partner 1 runs Partner 2 – sprints to catch Partner 1 …

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Kotters to the Humidity

Wednesday at Scramble, 5 to 6 miles on tap here’s what we did: Left on Forest, Right on Trenholm, Right on Spring Lake, Right on Spring Lake Circle, Right on Shorebrook, Right on Eastshore, Right on Lake Shore, Right on Forest. Announcements: Bull Convergence on May 28th Scramble Runvergence on June 1 Take 5 minutes …

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Thunderclap 5000

So 17 PAX decided to get out of bed…really early in the morning…ignore the humidity, and see what the hell the “Thunderclap 5000” was. It was awesome. It was epic. There was a lot of complaining. A lot of farting. And in the end, everyone’s arms were smoked. You’ll thank me during the summer when …

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Boneyard Beatdown

YHC was excited to visit the Boneyard Pax today since it had been several months since his last visit.  This morning’s workout consisted of 8 pain stations of goodness for the enjoyment of said pax. On  minute warning, circle up, intro, disclaimer, search for fng, BOM, then Hi Ho Hi Ho it’s off to work …

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Bradley Hero WO

15 pax showed up and showed out. Great to hove a larger group. Conditions: Nice and Sweaty Disclaimer and Prayer Mosey to the Practice Field COP SSH x 15IC TTT x15IC Imperial Walkers x 15IC LBAC’s x 15 IC both ways Windmills x 15IC Mosey to track The Thang Bradley Hero WO. 100 meter sprint, …

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May Flood

Conditions: 70’s and HUMID The Thang: Mosey to the sign at the entrance to the school.  See link to map for more details. Flood layout At every red box the exercises rotated between hand release merkins/LBC’s and squats/BBSU’s.  We ran from red box to red box and performed a burpee at each light pole we …

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CIRCUIT OF MAN

Conditions:  Muggy and 69 Into:  22 Men came out on a very muggy May morning to push themselves in the Circuit of Men! Disclaimer:  Not an expert but I do like to think at times I can be like Stats and Mayhem.  Grab Blocks Warmup: SSH IC X 17 TTT  IC X 10 LBC OYO …

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May 2018 PT Test

16 Pax posted this am for the May version of the PT Test.  Feeling like summer already.  Work was done and betterness was received. Strong Work Men! Conditions: Low 70s and sweaty The Thang: Disclaimer/BOM/Prayer Mozey through the parking lot and circle up in the back parking lot. SSH x 15 IC LBAC x 10 …

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Run, Burpee, Run

8 pax gathered in the warm and muggy gloom to #getbetter. YHC planned for a nice and easy workout focused on keeping a good heart rate going. Short mosey for a little warm-up – SSH x 35 then a short mosey to the new porta-potty for a sequence of 5 burpees (OYO), 5 8-count merkins …

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WOW for May 7 – 12

YHC hopes all the F3 Columbia faithful will excuse the sparse nature of the recent WOW posts.  They have been as regular as a YHC’s bootcamp posts, which due to injuries and marathons have been few and far between.  That being said, this morning was YHC’s return to the gloom after a ~3 week injury …

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MAKING MEN

Conditions: 58*   95% humidity Disclaimer: I am not a professional. Anything I call is merely a suggestion. Modify as needed. Warm up:  SSH x 25 IC TTT x 25 IC LBAC x 25 IC forward & reverse Squats x 25 IC Merkins x 25 OYO THE THANG Elevens: two rows of cones set up @25 …

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Kilbourne Hill Redux

8 or 9 pax braved the weather ( a lovely 71 with no clouds) for a blast from the past Out and Back route down and then up, up, up Kilbourne Hill with runs from 2 (YHC) – 4,2 miles. Feels good to be back with the Amble pax after a 3-4 month stint on …

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Friday StrideDay

Weather – 65 Disclaimer Countarama Prayer 6 PAX hit the gloom to crush an out and back to Target. Announcments: The Mission 100K Prayer Devo: God has got it! Be obedient to Him and let Him win the battle!  

Dust Storm

The night before YHC told everyone to bring a headlamp. It was time to explore new territory at Ambush. 13 PAX did just that. The only thing that was missing was a monkey named Boots and a singing map. Lucky we didn’t run into Swiper. After the 9 SL PAX made it back the 1 …

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Burpee Block Relay

18 Pax posted at TurningPoint.  Some expected the 10 reps of less workout from Surge, but that was not the plan.  The workout gave every pax the opportunity to accelerate their fitness, and all the pax were up to the task.  Another great morning at TP. Conditions: Beautiful 63 The Thang: Disclaimer/BOM/Prayer Mozey around to …

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40 for 40

9 pax (with 1 FNG- Stitch) posted on Thursday at The Roost to help celebrate the 40th birthday of YHC.  After Money Penny’s rap party beat down on Tuesday, YHC decided to keep the party going on this morning.  There wasn’t any cake or even presents, but instead a little sweat, a lot of hard …

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Basketball Jones

As YHC arrived for SL he noticed a Sad Clown shooting basketball by himself in front of his headlights at our basketball court. Odd yes but I’ve seen odder. Surely he’ll be gone by the time we come back from SL.  Wrong he stayed through SL and BC. Tried to recruit him but no dice …

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Dirty Dozen

Warm-Up 20x SSH 20x LAC 15x IMW Each Pax retrieved a block and went to the planters The Thang “Dirty Dozen” 12x Curls 12x Bent Over Row 12x Squats 12x American Swings 12x Squats 12x Bench Press 12x BBS 12x Dips 12x Box Jumps 12x Over Head Press 12x Russian Twist 12x Flutter Kicks COT …

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Only ONE Bouknight

YHC showed up at 5:01 so our AOQ was “happy” enough to lead our group in the COP, I also gave a disclaimer that there could possible be some sneezing and poots. I planned this workout when I was in much better shape but since the P200 I haven’t been making the greatest decisions as …

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The Principal

The call came out for a Q, and YHC was requested to his own delight, so we set out to do some serious work and try to bring some pain while working with another brother.  It was simple, kept all the PAX together, and pretty fun, YHC thought! Weather: 61* COT // Disclaimer // Prayer …

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Home Sweet Home

Because nowadays I relate more to Old Fat Vince than Young L.A. Vince… So, today YHC did something that I have put off for one reason or another and that is Q’ing at the AO where I started F3. That being said, I left today with a quiet sense of accomplishment. I assume most PAX …

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#All9x9

YHC has been looking forward to this workout for some time now. Any time the AOQ calls you out to Q, a compliment has been had. The pax did not disappoint in the work or mumblechatter department. Thanks for having me. Weather: Perfect 60 degrees Prayer Because YHC made a gentlemen’s bet with Moist on the …

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Awesome Sauce

It was a good day for Jumanji. We welcomed back Dinghy and Huggies and introduced Policy to his first Bootcamp…”WhatWhat”.  The work was strong and in the end we defiantly had a taste of some Awesome Sauce..but that could have been dirt but it was darn good. The thang: For our warm-up we moseyed to …

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In The Shadow of True Survivors with Speed For Need:

Saturday, May 12, 2018 the men of F3 have the opportunity to serve four true Survivors as #SpeedForNeed allows these heroes to compete and complete the Get In The Pink 5k. TRACK COMMANDERS: Sandra, Carol, Beth & Laurin.  We have the opportunity not only to serve these women but to also complete the mission of …

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Hammer APFT Round 2

YHC really enjoyed the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) earlier in January.  Time for Round 2 Conditions: Perfect for the APFT The Thang: Partner up to complete 1st two exercises. Merkins: Max amount in 2 Minutes. Partner counts. Flip Flop. BB Sit-Ups: Max amount in 2 Minutes. Partner holds feet and counts. Flip Flop. Complete 2 …

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Preblast: The Crazy Train Cometh

All aboard! Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa! Dahdum…….dahdum..dahdum..dahdum Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay Dahdum..dahdum..dadum Whhhhiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Dahdum..dahdum..dahdum All PAX prepare yourselves for the CSAUP to end all CSAUPs as we proudly present to you the second annual F3 Crazy Train. F3 Midlands has a lot to offer its PAX, from bootcamps to …

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Do You Even Leg Day Bro?

YHC was privileged to lead the PAX for a VQ in a leg beat-down day, complete with some tree-hugging PLUS an appearance from Kelly (the telephone pole chunk with handles) in homage to my bro Postal’s introduction to her a few months back.  Minus an appearance from our AoQ…something about recovering from a gauntlet. Mumblechatter …

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A Q to honor a 2.0

Mac was hosting the 2nd Annual 3rd F 5K to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Soceity so nearly all the AO’s in Lexington were closed to support Mac in this very worthy cause.  Since Boneyard is a non-running AO, it remained open and some pax still wanted to get a workout in.  In fact, 17 …

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New AOQ for Rooster

There was a spot open on the Q sheet for a few weeks after the Doctor had officially cleard YHC to run again. So naturally YHC took that spot, looking to make a triumphant return to running at the rooster. While the Dr. cleared me to return to full body weight running, the physical therapists …

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Ski practice in May

13 pax emerged from the fartsack for their DRP. YHC just hoped he could oblige with something beneficial for all. Yes, there were some ski jumps (side to sides) for about a minute. Most of the mumble chatter came during this time. Weather: Great. The Thang: 5 burpees OYO. A lap around Ila with stops …

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