So after a two week illness hiatus Tuesday’s Urkel Q hurt so might as well stay hurt and bring a beatdown for my Q…I stole the format from the Exicon with a Nub wrinkle or two and had no idea how it would go but me thinks twas a good un and the pax in …
9.11.2001 Those numbers stand alone in American history and will always be remembered for what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on that memorable day. Never (ever) forget! Who: F3 Smokehouse of F3 Lexington region hosts the 5th Annual 9.11 Never Forget Challenge to ensure that forgetting the events of that day is …
Well before laying down for my standard 4 hrs of sleep last night YHC was a bit excited, as over the past few weeks we have gotten some fresh faces posting to Smokehouse and word had it that another FNG was gonna show this morning too. The thoughts of a FNG always make me smile …
A little buzz in Twitterverse and a personal HC from a prospective FNG last week got YHC all excited for his next Smokehouse Q. The stars aligned and the FNG showed along with a couple travelers from over from another AO. All was seemingly going to go well until it was remembered that the shovelflag …
April 1st, just another wonderful day in the Smokehouse gloom but this day is the last BC before the bunny comes hopping into town on Sunday, so YHC decided to hop around a bit this morning to get some blood flowing (among other things flowing). An ode to the bunny or the hop, or Swayzes …
On a chilly 38 degree Smokehouse morning, the regular pax shuffled in. Shank rolled up on YHC fiddling around in my truck and quickly cautioned me to stop playing with my weinke and you know he was right…brought out an old school weinke from my console and prepared to bring back an oldie from years …
Well 8 loyal Smokehouse pax venture out into the gloomy gloom careful to dodge the deer in the parking lot entrance so that they could endure another “boring” Nub Q. You see Nub loves him some calf raises but some pax, who we’ll not name…URKEL…cough cough, likes to do his normal ribbing when those come …
5 Smokehouse studs chose to defeat the dreaded fartsack and posted for some good ole Thursday betterment! To those who slept in…ah yeah about that, well we’ll talk it out on Tuesday when you show up for Bouknight Jr, I meant Urkel’s Q. Glad to have our esteemed AOQ back with us from his Covidland …
Twas a cold and blustery morning in the Smokehouse gloom and as our A #1 Bouknight Jr. had to call in for a substitute, ole Nubby decided step up and go Black Snake hunting. Actually YHC was prepared to do a no running Q as he heard wind of a newly named Pax that might …
9 faithful Pax posted to Smokehouse even with the previous nights warning from Swayze regarding his choice for supper and what of course what that usually means for the gloom (Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know Swayze…its all organic, get another line how bout it)–1Pax for SL. Well after warning, disclaimer, and opening prayer we moseyed …
Well YHC has to audible to a Thursday Q as he was apparently bumped for the Iron Pax Challenge…since I had Tuesday’s workout all planned out and I knew the numbers would most likely be different on Thursdays (only the studs show up on Thursdays) I abandoned the original weinke and went at it this …
9.11.2001 Those numbers stand alone in American history and will always be remembered for what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on that memorable day. Never (ever) forget! Who: F3 Smokehouse of F3 Lexington region hosts the 4th Annual 9.11 Never Forget Challenge to ensure that forgetting the events of that day …
Twas a mite windy but dry ITG and the thought was to help out our Dam to Dam participants by going easy on the legs, and that certainly wasn’t a problem since none of our Dam to Dam participants posted. No matter…the weinke was set in advance and we carried it out as the Smokehouse …
Twas a wee bit nipply in the gloom of Smokehouse this morning with my temp gauge registering at 27, good thing we weren’t working out at Wilson’s house where the Hibernia arctic blast cooled him down to 26 or so his ACE hardware thermometer said. 4 for SL including a one lapper by Swayze, just …
Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world…??? Nope not Swayze’s southern-yankee drawl or even his playlist of gothic metal screaming rock that he sometimes brings for us to jam to…its was the ever present sound of a too close for comfort alarm going off in the distance in the Smokehouse gloom. That sound …
So after a short trip from the metropolis that is Batesburg-Leesville, we arrived at the Beech. I’ll admit I should have left a few mins earlier to properly scope out this new AO but I knew all I really needed were some lights, not so much as to see what we were doing but …
So upon searching my brain for some ideas for this possibly damp Q, I quickly realized that my ideas suck so i went searching for someone else’s to “borrow”. In my daily reading of Men’s Health magazine, because you know I like to read the sections about running mostly. I ran across a article about …
9.11.2001 Those numbers stand alone in American history and will always be remembered for what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on that memorable day. Never (ever) forget! Who: F3 Smokehouse of F3 Lexington region hosts the 3rd Annual 9.11 Never Forget Challenge to ensure that forgetting the events of that day is not …
Well as chatter on the board last night was going around, our AOQ made it known that today’s QIC would be the Lucky 7, meaning who ever rolled in as the 7th to arrive had the Q. YHC didn’t really think too much about this as he’s usually early but trouble locating clothes after vacation …
Well I’ll have to admit when i put my name down on the Q sheet I didn’t realize that it would be the 3 yr Anniversary of Smokehouse and after realizing this I then wondered if I could dream up a Q that would worthy of testing these men on this special day, maybe not …
So as YHC saw his name up on the sheet for today, he tried to think up a well rounded beatdown as he was expecting our newest FNG and winner of our F3 Smokehouse scholarship, Justin Castro, now named Fidel. When 5 am struck and no Fidel, YHC was frantically looking around to make sure …
Wilson reached out and needed a replacement due to field trip duties, YHC was ready and eager to help out the only problem was what to do. With no real plan, YHC decided to do what he loves best…RUN! I don’t think the gravity of what happened this morning played out in the pax’s brain …
So as I am the only pax that is still going with the #noburpees2019 theme @Smokehouse, I had to think of something else that I loved just as much as burpees, yep those who know me know i just love Running. The goal was to push over 2 miles but since i forgot to start …
So when YHC saw on the board that I was up for a slot of leading the betterment to the men at Smokehouse, I immediately got all warm and fuzzy inside. Warm and fuzzy thoughts remind me of the beach which reminded me its time to get those beach muscles toned up…yep its Calf day! …
Happy Anniversary to @F3Saluda #TheValley! Just a little over a year ago, thoughts of expansion filled the heads of some Smokehouse Pax and the idea was floated to former Nantan Ken Doll and even though Saluda was a little too far outside the Lexington, Aiken, Augusta and Greenwood regions, this didn’t stop the plan to …
Pax circled around flag and started with praying The Lord’s Prayer. A few weeks ago while looking at the Q sheet I’m pretty sure The Smoker was on tap one last time before the end of 2018 and somehow it disappeared, well I couldn’t fathom going into 2019 without the lingering effects of a …
So YHC is intrigued by the new Friday BC in Lexington that uses the town as its playground and has plans to try and head that was as soon as he can. The thought of bringing a similar type WO to the Smokehouse boys has been on my brain and this morning they guys obliged …
Stealing a page from #UrbanLegend Smokehouse styleRead More »
YHC was dreaming up this Q yesterday for Thursdays spot @ Smokehouse but a early morning text from Babe, the Destroyer, stating he was under the weather pushed it to the forefront this morning in the gloom. Sure wish i wouldn’t have left my weinkie at the office. Talk of not being scared of Babe …
Let this be a lesson to check big Twitter and not just the message board as a pole was presented regarding beatdown options, but alas some who posted said they had not seen it and tried to put in a last minute vote. No, no, no voting closed last night @ 9:30 and it was …
AMRAPs and #mantouching, the makings of a great morning in the gloomRead More »
Weather: still hot with no breeze but no smoke in the air today so thats a plus Disclaimer/Prayer Mosey to practice field and line up on goal line Warmup: Knee Huggers 10 yds, Lateral Lunges 10 yds, Reach Down Leg Lifts 10 yds, Reach-Back Lunges 10 yds, Crescent Moon Lunges 10 yds, Cheerleaders 10 …
Balance/Agility…yeah we have to work on that some moreRead More »
9.11.2001 Those numbers stand alone in American history and will always be remembered for what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on that memorable day. Never (ever) forget! Who: F3 Smokehouse of F3 Lexington region hosts the 2nd Annual 9.11 Never Forget Challenge to ensure that forgetting the events of that day is …
So as our rabbit turned turtle Mr. Wilson’s foot still won’t allow him to do anything but smoke peeps on his BMX, it just meant that there was an opening on the Q sheet. And as our running of The Smoker was nixed in lieu of the annual puntback game w/ Tomahawk on Thursday (i …
Conditions: 74° 1 min warning, Disclaimer, Prayer YHC has been saying for a while now he wanted to get out and see some other AO’s so this was the summers first stop of hopefully many chances to see some new sights in the region. Glad some others decided to make the trip over to to …
Well just as in life, the good Lord has a plan for everything and today’s circumstances helped me formulate a plan for the gloom. You see today is YHC’s 15th wedding anniversary to the best lady I know (yes, i am a bit biased). I actually did not plan to Q on this date but …
So after a long weekend of eating and eating and eating YHC needed this week to as certain pax would say “get my mind right” and by mind I really mean belly. Yesterday’s Murph, although tough in conditions absolutely helped to start the week off right both physically and mentally and most certainly a heartfelt …
Its been some time since YHC had the privilege of leading the Smokehouse pax and it was great to feel a little Q-drenaline pumping through the veins on this last cold morning (or so i hope) before spring/summer makes the long awaited return to the gloom. Viper yesterday on day 1 of The Gauntlet so …
So YHC just got back from another trip to The Valley to assist in getting that AO from Saluda up and running, I had a low impact Q planned that day to “take it easy” on them as word was already on the street that big bad Ranger was coming to bring some serious pain …
So it was YHC’s pleasure to head up to Saluda again this morning to Q at The Valley. These guys are getting better and since today was a heatwave compared to most of their WO days, didn’t even hear much mumblechatter about the cold. Tclaps to these Pax to post consistently in probably the coldest …
So this morning was YHC’s turn to head up to Saluda to try and get these guys off on the right track. After 2 on Tuesday, YHC was hopeful that the soreness subsiding from Saturday’s launch coupled with warmer temps would allow for better numbers. 4 Saluda pax posted including an FNG (welcome Hitch) so …
For a while now, YHC has been thinking of a second version of the Smoker (our version of a periodic PT test). This morning seemed like as good a time as any to test it out and see if it may make it to the Q sheet again in 2018. We sometimes struggle with darkness …
YHC signed was happy to make the trip down Hwy 1 to Surge on this not so cool December morning. YHC had already checked out some of the fast runs from the Surge regulars on Strava and knew much running would be out of the question as the Q can’t lead from the back of …
So after a couple months of consistent posting @ Smokehouse Polecat reached out and asked about to sign up for this Q thing. YHC gladly told him about it but by the time he was ready to commit Smokehouse was full for the year but the Q gods smiled on him and took Swayze and …
Conditions: Dark and dry 1 min warning Lords Prayer Mosey to stadium/COP Merkins OMC Mountain climbers IC x 10 SSH IC x 5 Cherry pickers x 5 IC Time to get it on… So as The Smoker finally got back on the sheet after a couple month hiatus, YHC was hearing all kind of chatter …
Well on this last day before officially becoming a man…queue the Mike Gundy GIF please… YHC had to re-adjust his plan to keep the Smokehouse pax on their toes as good ole Wilson busted my secret plan on Tuesday, he asked…What happened to the Smoker? (as it had been a couple months since we …
As YHC monitored the ever constant message board chatter, he learned of the potential for multiple FNG’s for our Tuesday dose of betterment. I guess they had so much fun at our first annual 9/11 Never Forget Challenge that they decided they wanted more, so more they got! I was kinda expecting 2 but to …
The 9/11 Never Forget Memorial was held on Saturday Sept. 16th at Smokehouse and was a rousing success! Thank you to all participants as we had Men’s, Women’s and Co-ed groups all join in on the special day. We look forward to an even bigger and better event next year. #Tclaps Please check out the …
YHC got a quick response from a certain someone to jump on the open Q slot when it was made know the newly installed Pull-up/Dip station at Smokehouse was ready and operational, enter Rollo! He’s been looking forward to this day since the last Murph where he put a hurting on the pull-ups down at …
Mark you calendars for the 1st Annual 9/11 “Never Forget” Challenge to be held Saturday, Sept. 16th at 8am at Smokehouse-Main student parking lot of Batesburg-Leesville High School. The challenge will be Fire Services themed and will include a Truck pull, pack stair ruck, 1 mile run and other pain stations to boot (can’t give …
YHC awoke to not really having a plan of attack this morning, but what he did have in tow was a helper so I knew by the time it was all over it would all come together and be a productive morning of betterment at Smokehouse. Tclaps to the wonderful humidity as it may or …
This morning in the gloom of the Smokehouse we were glad to see the Tomahawk boys roll in to participate in the far Westside AO exchange program and since we had already decided we’d treat each other with our versions of our PT test, twas time to get smoked up. I was concerned last night …