Bewildered
YC tried to keep the PAX inline today, but that was not the case from the get go. Trivia was tough for most, especially CD who kept complaining about timeframe, even though he was already born and in school when these movies came out. Think he is still sour from the big veto in our …
Monica
The goal today was to keep the pax moving, limit the standing around, and focus on form through low rep counts. Monica is the perfect workout to accomplish these goals. Soundtrack this AM was Classic Rock. Garth approved. Tclaps to Lego for showing up with a bum knee and modifying. Just do something! Well …
Cones and Duct Tape
What a glorious morning to be ITG! High humidity, lots of testosterone, and good dudes. Little backdrop for today’s workout. YHC has 10 cones with exercises written on them with a Sharpie. This was no good for today’s BC, so a late night run to Walmart was in order for a fresh role of duct …
Game Day at Shawshank
Six PAX celebrated the first Saturday of September, and first real football Saturday of 2023, with YHC at Shawshank. We had a lot of fun and a few of us put in some work, while others did some half squats, quarter merkins, and talked the whole time. This annoyed YHC significantly, so some extra credit …
Soaker and the Soak-ettes
Wow, was today hot and humid. Lot of moisture at Shawshank today. YHC broke out into a sweat when the front door opened this morning. Now that I have crested 50, I know why my dad likes the sauna so much. A good sweat cleans out the pores, boy…he always says. Kind of a dork, …
Making This Up As I Go at Shawshank
YHC led a fun filled Q today, complete with bear crawls, merkins, squats, and some LBCs to keep our dad bods in late season form. Everyone there also did SL, with the exception of our fearless leader who does his running with his men at the National Guard. Who can blame him for that? We …
Kenwood’s 8 Year Q at Shawshank
YHC had my 8 year anniversary this week and held my anniversary Q at Shawshank. 1 minute warning, disclaimer, prayer Mosey towards the blockpile. There was no warmup since, I believe, everyone did StrideLite. I still had to set out some cones since I placed them in the wrong spot thinking the blocks were somewhere …
Month of Murph At Shawshank
YHC is trying to get 10 Murphs and 100 run miles in this month, so we didn’t do any bear crawls, much to the dismay of the PAX. Bear crawls were on the menu though, we just didn’t have time. Several PAX are out of town or traveling to other AO’s, some are still injured, …
Probably John Wayne
YHC took the Q today since no one was listed on the Q sheet. We had a convergence of Shawshank men and a Turning Point HIM that YHC hasn’t seen in a while. Fun fact about Pickaxe, he’s from the same neck of the woods as YHC. Love Shack was asked about his favorite movie …
Farmer Carry Extravaganza
YHC had an idea for a workout but it depended on how he felt after SL. 5 studs showed up to run in slightly humid conditions with one really nasty hill. It was a good run so YHC decided no running in bootcamp. We would carry blocks around instead. A little backstory. The M was …
4 Corners of Fun at Shawshank
YHC is still dealing with a back injury, so our workout this morning was low impact and repetitive, with a bear crawl thrown in to keep us honest. During the course of our workout, it was made clear to YHC that the Shawshank men are not in tune with classic cinema, with the exception of …
Convergence of the Shacks
Weather: 62° I willingly admit that I was loosely tracking that Shawshank had the lead today for the rotational convergence but I lost track of dates and times and scrambled a preblast after being prompted by KD at around 930 PM last night. I also have to admit that when I showed up this morning …
Hash and Rice’s Birthday Block Beatdown
6 pax woke up and were present for my birthday Q!! Mumble chatter was present but low, by Shawshank standards. I surprised the pax with a birthday present of 20 brand new, F3 stamped blocks. Hopefully these will not get taken. After determining where to stage said blocks the pax and I got to work…. …
John Thick
For reasons known only to the incomparable Duff, Steven Segal was a big topic of conversation this AM. YHC felt Under Siege with all of the Segal talk. Doo Dah, as many of you know, is obsessed with John Wick. His 2nd favorite obsession beyond this one: Alas, Doo Dah wasn’t present so John Thick …
Shawshank 9-Year Anniversary
Nine years ago today, F3 Lexington (then still F3 Columbia) made it’s westward move to Gibson Road Soccer Complex, now known as Shawshank (due to proximity of the jail). At that time, our only bootcamps were at River Bluff High School with Graveyard and Crypt. Those workouts were #problematic, as 50+ pax would show up …
60-120-180 Shawshank Block Party
Great morning at Shawshank. The mumble chatter started strong and then was sucked up by breathing and counting. Some solid Armericans showed and betterment was accomplished. Thanks to Kenwood for inspiring this awesome beatdown. Weather: 52 degrees and clear No 1 min warning was given Disclaimer Prayer Mosey around the parking lot for a warm-up …
Faith, Hope, and Love at Shawshank
It’s been a trying week for YHC’s family as my M found out that she has breast cancer on Friday, 3/31. Through all the emotions of fear, worry, anger, and the rest, we have had tremendous support from our family, friends, and F3 brothers. My wife never really understood the bond of F3. She knew …
Bracket Buster Bootcamp
Sweet Sixteen themed workout this AM at Shawshank with a little trivia throw in. The pax have Brick to thank for answering several questions correctly and saving them from about 20 penalty burpees. We made it through 3 of the 4 regions. You can do the West Region OYO. Conditions: High 50s The Thang: Disclaimer, …
Getting Ready For Pool Season
Started off the Day at Stride Light with a good sized crowd. For some reason that escapes me, we put Coon Dog in charge of the route. He picked something new with lots of hills. So we had that going for us. Despite the fact that it was 30 degrees this morning, beach season is …
Murder Bunnies and Bear Crawls Under a Full Moon at Shawshank
Today was a little odd for YHC as he had to create his own mummblechatter. Hash, Duff, and Lego all made this pretty easy. Hash’s murder bunny form was so bad that YHC thought Hash was making a joke out of it at first. His form looked like a dying praying-mantis or a flying squirrel …
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Blast to the past w/Hash
YHC enjoyed being back in the gloom after being away for a few weeks. The mumble chatter never disappoints!! I got constantly ridiculed for reaching back to 2016 for a classic Q with fundamental exercises. Ken Doll expected more, new, wizbang exercises and got classic, proven methods instead. Coon dog and Cheers constantly trading quality …
23’s and other stuff
2/28/2000 was a spectacular day in the Soaker household. That’s the day our youngest 2.0 poked his head out of the birth canal and made a grand entrance into the world. Reese, aka Enlisted for those who know him, is a unique little fella. Good humor, good laugh, good heart, and heavy foot. He is …
Post D2D Upper Body BC
YHC Signed up to Q today to make sure no one had any silly ideas of working legs after running the Dam 2 Dam. BTW, special thanks to Paper Jam and Juice for putting together an excellent event. Monday night, as YHC was trying to come up with something to put on a Weinke, Boo …
Dam to Dam Eve Eve
Dam to Dam Eve Eve calls for a heavy upper body and core day. We saved legs for Saturday and math for the experts. Math is hard. Conditions: 47 degrees, gloomy The Thang: Disclaimer, BOM Warm up mosey toward back field near the blocks COP TTT x 10 IC IW x 15 IC Michael Phelps …
Cheers Birthday Q, Take 2 at Shawshank
YHC wasn’t able to conduct his birthday Q at the scheduled time on Tuesday due to some pretty tough chest congestion. Actually, he was on the Q sheet for today, then had to switch with Soaker because YHC was going to be out of town. Then, YHC had to ask if anyone would do his …
Birthday Blocks for Cheers
Well, it was a tad chilly today. 30 degrees according to my weather app. Ground was frozen, blocks were cold, yep…should have worn pants. 6 studs showed up for an impromptu Q with 5 of these dudes hitting up SL as well. Little note about SL. Lego picked the route, the pond loop, and took …
BlameDunphy MorningWood WO + Dinking Battle
FNG Disclaimer Prayer THE THANG SSH 20 IC Imperial Walker 20 IC Overhead Arm Claps 20 IC TTT 20 IC LBAC 10 Forward 10 Backwards Dunphy 11s Hump Mile – • Burpees Start with 1 and 10 Morning Wood at 1st stop, 2 burpees and 9 Morning Wood at stop 2, 3 burpees and 8 …
9 Years
Date: 12/27/2022 QIC: Ken Doll Pax: Ranger, No Help, Duff, Cheers, Coon Dog, Soaker, Brick, Hash & Rice, Ken Doll My #1stBell was 12/28/2013. Many thanks to #Mumblechatter award winner Coon Dog for pointing out today was not my actual 9-year anniversary. Appreciate all that posted today to help me commemorate the occasion. Special …
4 Years of F3 and Burpees
YHC celebrated 4 years of this F3 thing with some of the finest pax around. My neighbor, Doc Luvin’, asked me a great question 4 years ago this week…”Hey, what are you doing tomorrow morning at 5:30″? My reply…”I don’t know”. He told me to be on my front steps at 5:15 and he would …
Burpees plus other stuff
YHC went to bed on a blistery Wednesday night with dreams of hitting SL and a plan for BC. Well, 2am came around and YHC was wide awake and decided to login and do some work. Big mistake. Logging off around 4am, I decided an hour of sleep was needed and passed on SL. My …
Feeling the love at Shawshank
YHC was tired today and was not feeling the whole Q thing. However, accountability said otherwise and he had to push through. There was tons of support, except from Knozit who was targeted with phrases such as “I didn’t know you wanted the Q today” in somewhat sarcastic undertones. There was also Coon Dog who …
Omaha! Omaha!
Marathon training has taken YHC away from bootcamps the last 4 months but today was a scheduled cross-training day. Nothing intense was on the weinke, just a heavy concentration on core. The plan was subverted when we found the blocks were missing. Audible was called and work was done. We did miss some guys who …
Shawn Remembered
YHC signed up for the 10/13 Q for a reason. This is the birth date for his Grandma and brother-in-law. Good memories with each of these folks but today was all about Shawn. 10/13/71 – 2/22/02. Shawn was gone too early by our standards. 30 years old, solid dude, top notch matchmaker (YHC and the …
20 to 15’s at Shawshank
YHC did a different version of this one by himself at Surge last weekend and wanted the Shank PAX to experience the fun. I was able to do more rounds because of less light poles at Surge, so today’s suck factor was pretty high with the extra markers. See below on what we did: Conditions: …
Simple
It’s been a couple of months since YHC has stepped foot onto the hallowed grounds of Shawshank. F3 Midlands Tour, Summer baseball, and work travel have gotten in the way. Good to see some familiar faces this AM and hear the familiar complaining from Passion Fruit. After reading some recent backblasts (especially the latest from …
Big ole loops at Shawshank
7 PAX posted at Shawshank this morning. YHC can’t get over to Shawshank often, but when I do I always enjoy my time there. Good work today men. Weather- about 75 and humid The THANG Disclaimer, Prayer Mosey about halfway around the soccer fields for COT IC: SSH x 10, TTT x 10, Arm circle …
Kenwood’s #7 over at Shawshank
YHC grabbed the Q over at Shawshank without even realizing it would be my 7th year Q. I actually started at Snakepit, then went to Shawshank, then ended up at The Hollow. So an anniversary Q at Shank made as much sense as any. 4 met for StrideLite Weather was muggy, of course 10 for …
Swampy conditions at Shawshank
Some of us have given Shawshank the moniker “Swampshank” for good reason. YHC had a plan to go on one of the top fields today, but the three inches of water we had to run through foiled these plans. We had to settle for work in the parking lot instead. We missed some regulars, but …
Ladder Work at Shawshank
Conditions: High 60s, clear, humid Prayer/Disclaimer COP: SSH x 10 Derkins x 10 TTT x 10 Werkins x 10 LBAC x 10 each way Merkins x 10 Mosey to first corner of track next to the fence: Full body circuits, up the ladder: 10 burpees, then run to next corner 20 Merkins, 10 burpees, then …
Speaker Malfunctions
It’s been a hot minute since BunkBed checked in on his pal Coon Dog. Big Stride Light showing. Furthermore, Shawshank is a tough place to get the Q at as Brick keeps the PAX signing up! Conditions: Humid, but not awful Opening COT and Prayer Mosey to brick pile, pair up and grab a block …
Hard Core at Shawshank
Another Tuesday rolls around and another morning to wake up and face the gloom with F3 men of Lexington. I had signed up to Q knowing that I would be coming off a race and knew I would need extra motivation to get up and moving. I am glad I did. Had a good time …
Shawshank is 8
Every AO on “this” side of Old Chapin was born from Shawshank. It was 8 years ago yesterday (5/13/14) that we headed West and launched Shawshank. Before then, we had Graveyard and Crypt, a 20 minute drive for those on the west side of town. Expanding westward proved to be massive for our region as …
Trip over to Shawshank
YHC was honored to make a trip over to Shawshank earlier this month for a Saturday Q. Been looking to get on the Q sheet for a while but it seems to be booked through the summer. Quality workout with quality men. Apologies for the tardy and likely not 100% accurate backblast. Weather- 50ish and …
8 Minutes
Hated but loved every second of this one. Betterment was achieved. Suck factor was very high. 3 of our guys completed it with a weight vest. Stupid. Glad to share my morning with these fellas. Conditions: 60s, breezy The Thang: Mosey ’round Shank to get the blood flowing COP Hillbillies x 10 IC Catcher’s Squat …
Good Cop, Bad Cop, Runaway Bus
Well half the morning was spent avoid in a big yellow school bus. Somebody musta told the driver to be at LHS at 6 o’clock to pick up a bunch of guys carrying around cinder blocks. He was persistent. But so were we, and we never got on. Today was a good cop, bad cop …
We’ve been here before…
Once again, YHC finds himself rolling with the “Couch to Q” plan. It provides a certain level of accountability, so the chances of sacking are significantly less. That said, if you’re struggling to post, sign up to Q and that should help. Anyways, the men of Shawshank showed up with the usual top-tier mumblechatter. This …
Knuckleheads
Should’ve kept it simple. The quest for the perfect Q continues. But, like YHC told Coon Dog, this is a good workout if you let it happen. Nonetheless, always a good morning to #getbetter with these knuckleheads. Surprise visit from Ranger. Made my day. Conditions: 60 degrees, foggy The Thang: Disclaimer, BOM Count by 3 …
Dunphy Squid Games
2/15/22 Shawshank WO Dunphy Squid Games Pax: RunAway, Knozit, KenDoll, Cheers, Coondog, Hash&Rice, Dunphy, and Buzzsaw (Stride Only) Conditions: Warmer 55 dry The THANG! FNGs Disclaimer Prayer COP • Side Straddle Hops X 20 IC •Imperial Walkers X 20 IC TTT X 20 IC •LBA 10 IC forward 10 backwards •Monkey Humpers X …
10 PAX Get Get Busy Honoring a Honoring a Hero
In the past year and a half or so taking part in this amazing fellowship and brotherhood we call F3, YHC can remember attending Shawshank maybe twice, mostly because they were in direct conflict with home way from home at Surge. Also the #HIM of Shawshank were a tough bunch and YHC recalls that the …
Saturdayvergence at Shawshank, Sandbag-Style
YHC grabbed the first Saturdayvergence Q for 2022 which was at Shawshank. Lots of tough guys out there so wanted to give them a push. The new AOQ Brick sent out a preblast yesterday that included a few buzzwords like “beatdown” and “creative” and “guarantee”. So I put a weinke together that hopefully covered everything …