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Crazy 8’s on 8/8 at The Arena
The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance The workout went something like this: Warmup lap around the parking lot, running a figure 8 pattern and stopping in the middle of the 8 for warmup exercises. SSH X 8 IC Merkins X 8 IC LBAC – 8 FWD & 8 …
Stepping out of Q Retirement
Conditions : Beautiful 68 degrees 13 Pax woke up this morning to see what Floppy could dust off from the 4 years of hiatus from Q’ing. I did enjoy reading back through old backblasts trying to figure out what some of Arena’s newer pax may not have seen or done before. Missing some of our …
6 PAX Endure the Full-Court Log Ladder, Halftime Mary and a Musical Finale at Surge
After a week of brutality at Surge administered by our faithful Nantan and then by MacGruber only two days later, YHC felt inspired to keep the pain coming. With a little bit of this and a little bit of that and a sprinkle of March Madness, 6 HIM took to the gloom at Surge and …
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ARREARS BIRTHDAY Q
A nice 79 degrees, 11 PAX joined YHC for a Birthday Q. Disclaimer, Opening Prayer, Lord’s Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance Warm-Up Nice and easy mosey to the entrance stop sign and back. Circle up TTT x 10 IC; 20 SSH OYO IW x 10 IC; 30 SSH OYO Hillbillies x 10 IC; 40 SSH …
15 PAX Converge in the Gloom for a Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That at Surge
Surge was home to another Saturday convergence. YHC was trying to come up with a Q that touched upon some F3 Classics with some F3 Fun. So YHC came up with a little bit of this and a little bit of that and of course brought his favorite Waterfall type Mary at the end. Heres …
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16 PAX Converge at Surge for Block Work, Punt Back and Some Waterfalls
It had been some time since YHC had Q’ed a Saturday convergence, but whispers of YHC’s 2.0 wanting to come was a key motivator. YHC had a plan in mind, but circumstances changed the plans just a little. However the HIMs of the Gloom improvised and it couldn’t have gone better. Conditions: STICKY and high …
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You Never Even Called Me By My Name….
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 52 degrees, full moon. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot and …
Delta House at The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 60 degrees, cloudy. Lot of mumble chatter early on – easy to see why the Nantan was issuing corrective actions Tuesday. …
7 years of F3 by YHC
This morning we celebrated 7 years of being a member of F3 Nation. It has been a great ride and I owe so much to it and my brothers. You have made me better. Weather was a nice chilly 35 degrees. We started with a prayer, then mosied over to the closest field and circled …
Birthday Q
Weather was a nice 50 degrees with some wind. It was good to see 8 other brothers out this morning to celebrate my birthday this morning. We started with a prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, then the Pledge. Run to the block pile and take them back to the back of the school. Music was started …
Nothing new
Your Q this morning had writers block before this workout, so apologies for the lack of creativity. Weather was about 40 degrees with wet ground from the day before. After welcoming our FNG, we said the disclaimer, prayer, Lord’s prayer and the pledge. From then, we mosied to the back of the school the long …
Just a little bit more
We had a nice turn out this morning at the Arena. Weather was a nice 48 degrees. We started out with a warm up run around the small circle of the parking lot. We then circled up for some exercises in cadence. 20 SSH, 20 Imperial walkers, 20 Little baby arm circles, 20 Overhead claps, …
Arena Campus Block Tour
9 Pax Posted to Arena for a Campus Block Tour. Weather was great and fellowship was better. Everyone put in a great effort and Notebook a few Q pointers along the way, of course he did. Disclaimer, Prayer, Pledge Mosey to Block Pile and Circle up in grass at front of school SSH x 20 …
Saturdays are for the stairs
If you don’t post on Saturdays you are missing a great time. Its the opportunity to see brothers you rarely see due to different home AO’s. You miss out on the rare Meatball and Notebook sightings as well as Forest showing up 10 min late even on a 6 AM start time. Saturdays are some …
Arena Backblast 2020.09.17
Weather: Low 70’s and raining Started with disclaimer, the Lord’s prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the small loop and then a little warm-up SSH 12 IC TTT 12 IC LBAC-Front 12 IC LBAC-Back 12 IC OHC – 12 IC Imperial Walker – 12 1 minutes of stretch on your own Mosey to …
Arena Backblast 2020.08.18
Weather: Low 70’s and humid Started with disclaimer, the Lord’s prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the small loop and then a little warm-up SSH 10 IC TTT 10 IC LBAC-Front 10 IC OHC – 10 IC LBAC-Back 10 IC2 minutes of stretch on your own Mosey to block pile every with a …
Abs, Abs and more Abs
Weather this morning was a nice 70 degrees, but the PAX still was able to break a sweat. We warmed up by running around the parking lot to stop back where we started to circle up and do some exercises in cadence. 20 SSH, 10 TTT, 20 Imperial Walkers, 10 Merkins The Thing: Partner up …
Zoom Tabata
YHC decided to sign-up for a Zoom Q and decided to take the normal 5:15 slot. 8 PAX decided to take the DRP and get better. Conditions: Depends on where you did the WO. Hot and muggy in my garage. 1 min warning Prayer COP: 15 SSH IC 10 TTT IC The Thang: Workout went …
Last Dance With Arena
Before we get started, YHC wants to take a moment to say thank you to the men of Arena and specifically 7-11. He came to YHC during church on day with a novel idea. Combine workouts and go back and forth between Arena and Shawshank for one month. It was a phenomenal opportunity to get …
Workout games on the frozen tundra
Weather was a nice cool 24 degrees this Saturday morning. 7 PAX came out to beat the fartsack and get better. COT then mosie around the parking lot. Circle up for the following in cadence: 25 Side straddle hops 20 Imperial Walkers 15 TTT 20 Little baby arm circles 20 overhead claps Mosie around the …
DAY 2 OF SHAWSHANK / ARENA JOINT ADVENTURE
THE WEATHER: 60 Degrees. Rained all night, but not during the workout. THE THANG: The fear of rain kept us under the shelter. The winkie got modified. No worries Arena guys, the sandbags will make a showing sometime in February. 20 reps of each exercise. between each exercise 3 burpees. Round two- substitute running 1 …
Birthday Q @f3Arena
10 PAX helped me celebrate my birthday at The Arena this morning. Weather was a chilly 27 degrees with an 8mph wind. We started with our COT prayer and the pledge then ran around the parking lot. We then circled up for some work in cadence. 47 Side straddle hops, 25 Imperial walkers, 15 TTT, …
Failure
21 of F3 Lexington’s finest men dropped the DRP and posted in hopes of “(M)aking (S)aturdays (G)reat (A)gain”. Overall Saturday numbers have been inching down over time so YHC set out to change that trend by inviting these men to come together with the only goal being “FAILURE”. As noted by Puck, anyone can fail …
One Too Many Sets of Shoulder Taps
YHC returned to the Arena this morning; the last time I was here, we played around with tennis balls. None of that this time! No, today YHC decided a full-body beat down was in order. Despite the cooler temps, the PAX still got a good sweat on with some old favorites, and some new exercises …
Suicide races
15 PAX were great to see this morning including one FNG@F3arena. Weather was a VERY NICE 64 degrees. We started with BOM and the pledge of elegance. Run a lap around the parking lot 25 SSH IC 20 TTT IC Windmills IC 20 Emperial walkers IC Mosie to the block pile Everone gets their own …
Arena Finally Gets Fuzzy
YHC was planning thorough beat down of the Arena PAX when I realized… they haven’t yet had the pleasure to Play Fuzzy Balls of Fury! Well, that all changed this morning and I must say, it wasn’t the most organized Q ever. Things got off to a rough start when YHC pulled up to run …
Jam and Juice at The Arena
A few weeks back Voltron EHd YHC and Jam to co-Q over at Arena. After some back and forth we picked a day. And so it was 8-8. Good thing Voltron gave us a heads up Tuesday because we both forgot about. As we rolled in to the Arena only Voltron could be found. But …
LEG DAY AT THE ARENA
YHC has been working on our new FNG for years. Living right across from the school 5-0 (formally known as Brian) ran out of excuses and joined us halfway thru the SSHs. THE THANG: SSH x35 TTT X15 Line up at first Light pole at back pedal to second light pole and back to first …
Arena Pax enjoy a little “Who’s Your Daddy” racing in the 1000% Humidity
Conditions: 75 Degrees, 1000% humidity and wet, but no rain The Thang: YHC’s was excited to bring some betterment to The Arean. YHC was inspired to deliver a beat down, but the humidity was sucking all the energy from the Pax! Floppy Disc enjoyed playing “head games” with YHC. He shared some war stories from a …
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Running in Circles
This was YHC’s second Q at The Arena, but this one was much better weather! Everyone likes to say the mumblechatter is good wherever they’re posting, but Notebook really brings his A-game every time. YHC thinks its rubbing off on the other PAX, lots of experts ITG this morning. Speaking of Notebook, #TCLAPS to him for …
More than you wanted to know
13 of Lexington’s finest show up this morning and learn a little more about each other than they likely wanted to know. More about that in the Moleskin below Seal Jacks x 20 Hillbillies x 15 Goofball x 15 Donkey Kicks – jumping over curb x 20 Squats on Q – while down the Chinook …
SOUL of Arena’s Team = Utah
2019-03-14 Arena Q Disclaimer, prayer Run around parking lot to spot under a light for COP: SSHx10ic; TTTx10ic; Imperial walker x10ic; LBACx10ic each way; Overhead Claps x10ic; Air Press x 10ic. Mosey to drive in front of school for First letter of SOUL of a Team by Tony Dungy. 1. S – Selflessness. Be willing to give …
1-22-19 Arena Backblast
YHC made his first trip over to the Arena to see captain voltron and reminisce about B.R.R, glad to stay there we no water bottles damaged at this boot camp! I took Kelly on the road and and introduced the concept to the PAX, surely as the rain falls, a few attendees made the most …
FIRST Q VISIT TO ARENA……
Arena…located at Governors Grant University Elementary…otherwise known as New Providence Elem. Been there once before for the Gladiator stop of The Gauntlet. Voltron has been on YHC’s case to return the favor of him Q’ing Graveyard last month. So, with some tremendous assistance from Toe Ring, we brought a little bit of the Graveyard pain …
Lot of Morning Wood happened…
13 pax did the harder thing by posting to chilly dry 30s morning. Some late arrivals but they still posted. Greatly appreciated. The Arena pax provided the necessary mumble chatter to make it a memorable Q for YHC. Floppy Disk was leading the charge on the chatter despite coming a little tardy. Notebook was still …
Into The Arena
It was an honor to be asked to come Q a workout a few weeks back by an AO’s fearless leader. My only request for him to be in attendance when this workout took place was agreed upon, and then reneged on just a few days ago. No worries though as the stars came out …
Arena Tabata
YHC’s tabata WO has made it’s rounds, so today was Arena’s turn. Strong work was done by this crowd. Conditions: 70’s 1 min warning Prayer Mosey to the block pile to get a block and then mosey around the back of the school to the grassy courtyard area. We circled up once all PAX arrived with …
It’s a Celebration (part 2)
There were 2 parts to this Q because you just can’t fit this much fun into a 45 minute BC workout It was a beautiful morning with a temperature of 67 and 100% humidity (as reported by The Weather Channel). Disclaimer/Prayer Warm Up: SSH (IC) x20, LBAC’s (IC Forward/Backward/Overhead) x10, TTT x20, The Thang: Mosey to …
It’s a Celebration (part 1)
It had been far too long since YHC’s last Q, so we fixed it. We made it a week of Utah at The Arena. It was a beautiful morning with a temperature of 71 and 100% humidity (as reported by The Weather Channel). I think we would have fared better if we had gills instead …
Arena Gets a Dose of Flipper, 11’s style.
YHC was honored to Q at Arena, one of the first AO’s that YHC attended when new to F3. The men showed up early and did work! Conditions: 70 and not humid (for a change) The Thang: 1 Minute Warning Disclaimer BOM Mosey around parking lot to upper end LBAC (forward and reverse) X …
Twice the Q’s, Twice the Fun!
Weather: 76 degrees, humid No volunteers stepped up to be the starting pitcher for today’s activities, so we went to the bullpen and got two long relievers to split up the workout’s Q responsibilities. The workout went something like this: The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey one …
Back To Basics in The Arena
Weather: 73 degrees, nice for July This was basically a repeat of last week’s workout at Crypt with a few changes due to the lack of hills and a smaller campus and YHC’s lack of gloves that were sitting back at home. Thanks to Notebook and others for keeping the mumble chatter going. The Thang: …
Blocks and Ladders
10 pax joined YHC for a couple of rounds of ‘blocks and ladders’ for his first visit at Arena. YHC had been told this was a solid group of pax that would handle anything thrown at them and they did not disappoint. Work was done, betterment was achieved, and mumblechatter was on point. Thanks for …
Just a little #mantouching at The Arena
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 …
Shawshank 4 Year Anniversary Party
Happy birthday Shawshank! YHC (Cheers) takes responsibility in not advertising this as well as thought, but there was still a great turn out. With 38 PAX in attendance, this was a much celebrated milestone and shows the respect that the first west side AO garners. Thank you brothers for all of your support that you …
A Few Forty’s
YHC was looking forward to getting back to The Arena to see the faithful pax who post there. Its good getting around and spending time with brothers you don’t get to see much. Knowing that these men work hard, YHC wanted to bring something new. Hopefully they enjoyed it. I know I did. Good seeing …
We Need a Q
Well it was time for the end of the month Westside Convergence which normally means it is time for the MURPH. With so many MURPH options available on Monday the AOQ’s decided on a normal BC at The Hollow. The only problem was that there wasn’t a Q signed-up, so YHC stepped in late Friday …
See, what had happened was…..
Fresh off of a fun Q at the Arena, YHC noticed some empty slots on the Q sheet. In an effort to have a little fun with the pax, I immediately signed up to Q again. I’ve been toying with a Sandbag themed Q for a while, so the decision was made. I reached out …
The Shovel Flag makes its debut, and so does a new workout
Some days just have that “it” when you show up to BC. With the group of men in F3 Lexington, all it takes is something new, to get the pax going. Today, the Arena shovel flag made its long awaited debut. The shovel flag is something we don’t take lightly. It represents something bigger than …
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MURPH at Surge
YHC and Escobar have been talking about hosting a monthly BC at Surge and inviting our brothers from the surrounding AO’s to join us. Our hope will be that this will take place on the last Saturday of every month and we will rotate to other AO’s. The Thang: Weather upper 50’s and nice BOM …
When you step into the Arena……
The week after a #CSAUP event is always a weird week, and a little challenging to Q. You never know how the pax are feeling. You know their minds and bodies are tired and beaten, but the pax of F3 Lexington are NEVER defeated. You see the looks on their faces during those moments when you …
Indian line block workout
Conditions – Cold and clear, 32 degrees I enjoyed coming to The Arena this morning to lead a great group of men. After our COT prayer, we mosied to the back of the school. 20 Side Straddle Hops, IC 15 Through the tunnel, IC 10 forward and backward Little Baby Arm Circles 20 Overhead claps …
Legs for Days at Arena
Addition by Division has been a benchmark of what has helped F3Lexington grow. The Arena is another example of that. YHC was excited about the opportunity to Q at one of our regions newest AO’s, and the one closest to his house. Word has traveled fast that these guys have a good thing going, and …
Q pulls an audible to stay dry
Q pulled an audible to keep dry in the pouring rain. I woke up after only a few hours of sleep to lead some die hard men that came out in the rain. Luckily for them, I hate getting wet on cold mornings, so I changed up my workout to stay under the covered walkway …