Tabata workout with music This was a good workout with good fellowship. Weather: Clear morning with a cool temp of 50 Disclaimer Prayer Mosey to the Loading Dock SSH x 20 IC TTT x 20 IC Grabbed 2 bricks and gathered around in a circle on the basketball court for a Tabata style workout. We …
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Our community and more specifically, our Rocky Creek family, lost a warrior this week when young Brodie Derrick went to be with the Lord after a short battle with Leukemia. Prayers from the F3 Men for the family and friends of Brodie! Brodie’s birthday was 3/12 and throughout his fight with this terrible sickness, that …
F3 brothers, As gauntlet draws near, the theme of this years festivities has been revealed! I’m excited to share with you the idea behind the 2019 gauntlet: HAMMER DOWN 🔨 The theme will be present in 3 areas: 1- Our physical condition. Hammer down 🔨 and put in the work! The gauntlet is known for …
When I looked at the weather report late yesterday afternoon I must say I wasn’t too optimistic on the number of PAX. Boy was I surprised when 19 guys showed-up to get better this morning. It was a big day as Escobar and myself were passing the flag to some new leadership, but work was …
Posted by Wee Wee on Rosie’s behalf. Conditions: Low 40’s with a slight breeze The Thang: COP: SSH x 15 IC TTT x 10 IC SSH x 15 IC 6 stations have been set-up around the bus loop. Split up into groups of 4 and perform the exercises on the sheet at each station. Once …
Late on Sunday, YHC saw there wasn’t a Q listed for Bounty this morning. A few twitter messages later, we had ourselves a Co-Q with Hoist. Weather: 57 and clear Disclaimer No FNGs Prayer Mosey to the start line of the track for some COP SSH x 15 Butt Kicks for 30 feet Frankenstein’s back …
Posted by Wee Wee on Abner’s behalf Conditions: Low 30’s with some rain tapering off The Thang: Mosey to Loading dock for COP Side-straddle hop x 16 IC Through the tunnel x 16 IC Imperial Walker x 16 IC Mosey to front of the School with bricks. Legs — Bracket 4 Burpees 64 toe touches …
Conditions: Low 50’s 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 passed (highlighted …
Today is just another day for YHC. Birthdays come and go, but it was good to start it out with my Brothers at Surge. Conditions: 49 and breezy 1 Min Warning Disclaimer BOM Drop and do 36 Merkins OYO. Mosey to the loading dock area for COP. 36 SSH IC 10 Slow Mo TTT 36 Squats …
Conditions:30s Cool and Clear 18 pax beat the fartsack and posted for a Dunply Valentines WO. Heard there was 11 pax that did Stridelite but 3 decided not to do BC. I guess they heard YHC was Q and decided to go elsewhere. Could have been 21 at Surge today. You know who you are. …
YHC always enjoys his time out at Surge. These guys work hard and get after it. There must have been 8 or 9 of us for stridelite. Maybe more since counting is not my forte. Anyway when the 5:15 hit we had 19 men in the parking lot, although one was on two wheels sliding …
Conditions: Mid 20’s 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 passed (highlighted …
16 Pax Post for Super Bowl Trivia Conditions: Clear, 44 degrees and a slight breeze 1 Min Warning, Disclaimer, No FNGs The Thang Mosey to through the parking lot to the other side of the school COP How many points did the Patriots score in Super Bowl 37? – Answer 20 SSH x20 IC How …
9 men posted in the rain knowing that we would be doing burpees and getting their heart rate up. YHC and WeeWee have made this AOQ week at Surge and its been two pretty different days from a weather perspective for sure. Tuesday cold artic air blew down and covered us in the 20’s. Today …
Our local forecaster posted the usual hourly forecast the night before and the temps called for Mid 20’s. YHC didn’t expect many to show, but was happy to see 6 show for SL and thought 10 might be the number that showed for BC. Well 11 showed and they put in work as they usually …
Posted by Wee Wee 14 beat the fartsack for my third career Q since joining the founding of The Surge Conditions: 35 degrees, Wind ESE 1 mph The Thang: 1 minute warning Disclaimer BOM Mosey to the front of the school SSH X 10 IC TTT X 10 IC LBAC X 10 IC RLBAC X 10 IC OHC X …
** Typed by Buttdial and posted by Flipper ** YHC couldn’t wait to Q the HIM of Surge again! Maybe shouldn’t have had that 4th cup of coffee before the beatdown! To make it even better, we had a FNG show up! Conditions: 41 degrees and moist The Thang: Disclaimer (My name is Buttdial. If …
**Posted on behalf of Mulligan, apologies on the delayed posting YHC was expecting top-level mumblechatter, but the PAX came to work off that Christmas dinner, and work they did. Conditions: 44 degrees, light winds out of the east (per Drysdale’s pre-BC report) The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Mosey to docks (the long way ‘round as YHC …
Similar to the BB’s we’ve read this morning, we are all in complete shock in the passing of our FiA sister Digits this morning. We will continue to pray for this family – I know she was a wife, mother, daughter and friend. There are so many people that love her and supported her. I …
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Today, we did a modification of “The 12 Days of Christmas” song at Surge. Disclaimer, No FNGs, Prayer Mosey to the side of the cafeteria. SSH x 12 TTT x 12 OH Clap x 12 Grab blocks, and line up on the baseline of the basketball court. The Thang: The 12 Days of Surgemas On …
Deck of Pain Clear and Chilly 37 degrees as 11 PAX chose to beat the fartsack and get better together. BOM Disclaimer Mosey to the Front parking lot SSH x 13 IC TTT x 11 IC Windmill x 10 IC Burpees x 5 OYO The Thang: Deck of Pain YHC distributed a newly opened and …
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YHC turns 39 today and this has been a year of ups and downs for sure. I can specifically remember Christmas 2017 when the kids woke me and M from sleep with a joy that makes me smile just thinking about it. That was certainly a high point since my last birthday. This past year …
Well the rains came and kept a large majority of the PAX in the bed, but the 9 that posted got better this morning. Conditions: 38, windy and rain The Thang: Mosey to the covered walkway. Opening Prayer. YHC had a different plan for the morning, but the rain called for a call to the …
** Posted on behalf of Abner ** Football workout – Warmup Mosey Side-straddle hop Through the tunnel Superman Imperial walker First exercise is forward 10 yards, second is going back and third exercise is when we return. The length will increase 10 yards each time, eventually getting to 100 yards. All mary is a 16 …
YHC always enjoys Q’ing at the new home AO and hopes to help these guys get better while they help me get better too. It’s been great to get to know these guys over the past year and watching new PAX become committed to each other. Accountability to each other and posting for each …
Intro – Not a Pro – No FNGs Prayer Mosey Warm Up SSH x 20 TTT x 15 LBAC Front x 10 LBAC Reverse x 10 5 Burpees OYO Imperial Walker x 15 OH Clap x 15 5 Burpees OYO Grab Blocks and Mosey to the Basketball Court Modified IronPax Challenge AMRAP x 4 sets …
34 PAX rolled in to help us celebrate this AO’s 1st year. Conditions: Nice and Muggy The Thang: One Minute Warning Disclaimer that neither myself or Wee Wee are professionals BOM & Prayer and we counted off COP: SSH x 34 IC TTT x 15 IC 34 Burpees OYO Count off into groups 1 and 2…group 1 started with …
Posted on Nail Pop’s behalf: BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. Weather: Just right for a good ol’ sweat. 17 PAX posted at Surge for a 38 Special Birthday Q at the hands of YHC. Mosey to lunch lady land for a little warm-up. COP: SSH x 20 IC TTT x 19 IC Little Baby Arm …
YHC always enjoys coming to Surge as the pax flat out put in work. This morning was no different. Good work men! Thanks for having me. Weather: 72 Disclaimer Prayer The Thang Mosey a lap around the parking lot and then to the loading dock for COP SSH x 15 TTT x 15 Merkin x …
Conditions: Upper 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 …
YHC decided on a block workout for the hour we were all together on this bright Saturday morning. Brianiac just had knee surgery and will be having upcoming shoulder surgery soon, so the goal was to make the WO friendly for him. It was also necessary to make it fun, so we had to play …
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Part 2 of save the legs commenced with a EZ themed WO. Conditions: Humid and 70’s 1 min warning BOM Mosey to loading dock for COP SSH x 25 IC TTT x 15 IC 10 Merkins OYO OH Clap x 15 IC Divide into teams of 4. One team member grab a pole, one grab …
YHC saw a couple of months back that both spots were open on the Q sheet before BRR. Why wouldn’t I want to control what my legs do before I start running in the mountains. So YHC took both slots and this is what went down on part 1. Conditions: Muggy and 70’s 2 min …
Posted by Wee Wee on Drysdale’s behalf 14 beat the fartsack for my second career Q since joining the founding of The Surge Conditions: 70ish degrees, breezy and low humidity, great weather The Thang: 1 minute warning Disclaimer BOM SSH X 10 IC TTT X 10 IC LBAC X 10 IC RLBAC X 10 IC OHC X 10 …
Posted by Flipper on Buttdial’s behalf. 22 beat the fartsack for Buttdial’s VQ Conditions: 74 degrees and HUMID The Thang: 1 minute warning Disclaimer BOM Mosey to the loading dock TTT X 15 IC Imperial Walker X 15 IC LBAC X 15 IC Mosey to block pile and then to bottom of Bus Loop 3 Stations: Bottom of bus …
Weather: Hot and Humid… and the expected rain held off just for us! YHC was very excited to finally Q at Surge. So thankful 15 Pax took on the challenge to get better… and fun was had by all (I think). Great group of guys! Note: Mumblechatter was a little light, but always is with the Board …
Posted by Wee Wee on Flipper’s behalf. 24 Surge PAX do some brick laying, VQ style! I can’t think of a better group of #HIM to complete my VQ with. These men are dedicated and continue to impress me! We did some brick work this morning and only had 2 bricks left in stock. Good work …
Well YHC stepped out of his comfort zone (basically not doing anything physical) 2 years ago to the day and I haven’t regretted a second of it. So YHC wanted to do something a little out of our comfort zone at the Surge (staying on campus) and that we did today by taking a field …
Conditions: Upper 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 …
Posted by YHC on behalf of Abner. Conditions: Upper 70’s The Thang: BOM Mosey to the basketball court. Circle-up. SSH x 18 IC TTT x 18 IC Imperial Walker x 18 IC Superman x 18 IC Divide up into groups of 3 and each group go to a corner of the court. Lunge from corner …
YHC was finishing SL with about 10 minutes til 5:15 and there were 3 cars in the parking lot. In the next few minutes the flood gates opened on Surge and the pax started rolling in. As the one minute warning and disclaimer went off pax were still coming in, some of them sideways. One …
17 PAX including 3 FNG’s along with #Kotters (Sagat) decided they wanted to get better. YHC didn’t have a plan and the PAX were notified before the prayer that their was no Weinkie. Conditions: Upper 70’s and 1000% Humidity 2 min warning, 1 min warning The Thang: FNG’s? BOM Mosey to the basketball court. Circle-up. …
YHC had a gout flare up this week, so why not have a block workout until it heals? A great time was had by all as we walked the Merlot Mile, which is fitting when your AO is named after a fictional jail, right? We appreciate all those that converged, especially the far west men …
Conditions: Upper 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 …
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 …
YHC has led a Tabata workout at several AO’s, but we have never done a Tabata workout at Surge, so 15 Surge PAX joined YHC for a little Tabata Beatdown, while some NeedtoBreathe played over the speaker. Work was done today. Conditions: 70’s and 100% humidity 1 min warning Prayer Mosey to the block pile to …
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 …
Surge: A budding AO at Rocky Creek Elem equipped with dudes that run fast. Got to bring something to slow them down. Good luck with that. These guys know how to keep going and keep going just a couple more times….appreciate the opportunity to come out and Q this morning. Hope to see you guys …
A request was made several weeks ago asking for Q’s; without hesitation, YHC obliged. After a recent Escobar beatdown, YHC knew the men of Surge could take anything thrown at them. Work was done. Betterment was achieved. Here is how it went down: Weather: An already humid 72 degrees Disclaimer: 1 FNG (get to that …
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 …
Posted by Wee Wee on behalf of Drysdale: As this was my VQ. Anxious, YHC posted 30 minutes ahead of stride lite for set up as he didn’t want to disappoint the founders of the AO and planned aggressively building the Q around his strengths. Here’s how it went. Conditions: 64. Clear. Stiff breeze. Welcome Disclaimer …
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 …
YHC has posted at Surge on several occasions and every time they take all the Q throws at them and ask for more. The pax showed the same strength today. Word was done. Weather: 60 degrees with puddles abound. Prayer The Thang Mosey around the parking lot to the loading dock Circle up for COP …
Posted by Wee Wee on behalf of Brick. Was good to be back at the Surge this morning, as always, but this time for my inaugural Q. Had a strong turnout with 12 pax (7 for SL), and impressive effort was given as expected out of these Pax. Look forward to getting back soon. The …
Today was time for the monthly FLOOD #AMRAP at Surge and while The Gauntlet was over at Turning Point, we had our own fun here at Surge. YHC thought there might be slim crowd with the lack of chatter on the Twitter message board but knew that Up Charge was planning on doing SL so …
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Posted by Wee Wee on behalf of Nail Pop. BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. Weather: Little muggy after some rain overnight. 12 PAX posted at Surge for a little upper body work since the P200 is right around the corner. Jog around the parking lot for a little warm up and headed back towards the …
Conditions: Low 30’s and chilly 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 …
Backblast posted by Wee Wee on behalf of Abner. Conditions: Mid 30’s 1 minute Warning FNG’s (yes)…..Disclaimer Opening Prayer Mosey to concrete area near the loading dock. Side-straddle hop ICx16 Through the tunnel ICx16 The PAX were a little curious about the 16 reps performed during warm-ups. We knew there had to be a reason and below …
11 pax of Surge showed up on this Chilly morning to get better. Conditions: 30 and cold BOM Disclaimer Prayer Mosey to the Brick Pile and grab a block, and mosey back to the parking lot. The Ladder; 1 lap around the parking lot and do the following exercise(s) adding 1 exercise (10 reps each) …
Surge welcomed 3 new FNG’s to the gloom and they got a heavy dose of cardio and upper body work. The weather was perfect and the 11 PAX came ready to work. All 3 of the FNG’s are in the car business and their names came to the PAX with ease. A.P.R., Overcharge and Mater. …
YHC signed up to Q the last weekday Q before the Dam2Dam relay because he would be in control of the beatdown. Today was light on legs and the focus was more on core and arms. The mumblechatter was more than the last time YHC was out here, but the Surge pax worked hard for …
YHC has been on a Q streak lately and didn’t want to have a repeat from the previous stops at the other AO’s. At the request of several PAX there was a disclaimer thrown-out that there would be no bear crawls. YHC held up his end of the bargain. I will say I think this …
Temps 50 and WET Disclaimer Prayer COP Mosey to the front lot. SSH 15 IC Squat X 15IC Imperial Walkers 15 IC Squat X 15IC TTT 15 IC Squat X 15IC Mosey to the block / brick pile (1 block and 2 bricks per PAX) Set 1 With Your Block – Side Squat X 10 …
YHC finally got to lead this group of fine men. YHC promised a Brupee-free workout with no ticks attached. This was a crowd pleaser especially with Lt. Dan. The goal today was to keep the PAX moving which we did while mixing in a few exercises. The PAX covered approximately 2.2 miles this morning. Cudos …