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Dropping LBs at Germany

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Cougar Bait, D-Fib, Pop Up (Willy Loman from Bellevue), Rump Roast, Slushii, Sound Machine
QIC: Teasip

AO: Germany
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x15, IST x15, Vegetable Pickers x10

THA THANG:
Split into 3 groups. Group 1 does 5 pull ups, then goes to relieve group 2 who is doing AMRAP Squats. Group 2 then relieves group 3 who is doing AMRAP Rugby sit ups, and group 3 goes to do pull ups. 3 rounds.

Mosey to the track and do a lap. Dirty McDeuce (3 rounds of 12 reps of the following: Irkins, Step Ups, Derkins, Dips) with running across the football field and back in between each set. 

Do an LB’s lap: Lunge walk 100 M, Backwards Run 100M, Bear Crawl 100M, Burpee Broad Jump 100M

Mosey to the tennis court for Bolt 45’s, then some Mary

MARY:
LBC x20, Low Dolly x15, Flutter kicks x10, Freddie Mercury x15

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out.

MOLESKIN:
YHC went across the tracks to the West Side to Q at Germany and complete the first part of his #icicle. The first guy to show up was Pop Up, who got the name in St. Louis since he said he liked to read and the PAX assumed he read pop up books. Loved having him. Lives in Bellevue, but is here now with his wife since they had a kid a few months ago, her family lives here, and he can work remotely. Will be curious to see if it takes others (*cough* Ultra *cough*) three months to post after having a baby.

No Bleep this morning, which Slushii mentioned his text to Bleep in the morning was green and not iMessage blue so maybe his phone didn’t charge? Slushii debated knocking on his door, but decided not to. Rump was kind enough to keep the caravan going by letting Slushii still chauffeur him to the workout this morning.

YHC has decided that Sex Panther meant he would skip 200 workouts instead of attend 200 when he posted his goal of 200 for the year, so he is on a good pace for that.

Had some airplane talk during the warmup, including Sound Machine recounting a flight where he was asked to grab a ladies leg if the plane were to crash, and Rump remembering a time when a fellow passenger got a garbage bag for a barf bag. Otherwise, not a lot of mumblechatter during the workout, though got a few choice words from Rump doing the last part of the McDeuce and during the LBs lap.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. 4x4x24 CSAUP Feb 5-6
2. Grow Ruck in April

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Germany Park 12/28/2020

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Bleep, Cougar Bait
QIC: Slushii

AO: Germany Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given 

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15
IST x 15
Hillbilly x 15
Windmill x 10

THA THANG:
Lap around track
20 of each exercise on the concrete bleachers – derkins, irkins, step up kicks, box jumps, plank jacks
Lap around track
20 of each exercise on the concrete stairs – WW1 sit-ups, LBC, jump squats, monkey humpers, JLo’s
Lap around track

Mosey to tennis courts
7’s (merkins and LBC) – lunge walk between lines
DORA – 100 merkins, 200 Freddie Mercury, 300 lunges

MARY:
Box cutters to time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for each man and prayed for all of the fartsackers that didn’t show up

MOLESKIN:
YHC was a bit worried when we pulled into Germany Park. Bleep said “it might just be me and you today Slushii”. We saw a guy wandering around looking like he was looking for someone. We got out of the car and Cougar Bait immediately said “are you guys with F3?”. Was excited to have another PAX join the #westside crew this morning since all of our fellow #westsiders decided not to show up. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. F3 Golf
2. NYE workout at midnight 

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Burleson 12/24/2020 “4 guys and 2 cars”

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Rump Roast, Sound Machine
QIC: Bleep, Slushii

AO: Burleson Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given – kind of

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20

Windmill x 10

THA THANG:
Bleep – Prisoner NA Run around park x 4 laps, each lap stop at tennis court and do the following exercise (Lap 1 – LBC x 30, Lap 2 – Squats x 40, Lap 3 – Merkins x 20, Lap 4 – Prone Cobras x 20)

Slushii – Mosey to parking garage – partner up DORA (30 4×4’s, 100 Monkey Humpers, 150 JLo’s) while other partner runs up to next level of the garage, across to the opposite side, and back down the stairs. Bat wings (20 forward, 20 backward, 20 overhead claps, 20 seal claps, 20 forward pulse, 20 backwards pulse)

MARY:
Completed during workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for the men this morning, seeing the #KTT guys for a post workout 5min beatdown, and for bringing Pokey (Alex) to our group

MOLESKIN:
Bleep started off the workout with calling out IST and doing a SSH. Atypical westside warmup only doing 2 warmup exercises. Lots of F bombs dropped by Rump Roast during out running….a bit more than usual. Bleep had promised a 750cal workout and according to the highly sophisticated Apple iWatch I got 684cal. Pretty good beatdown for #secondchoice. Per norm – 2nd choice brought out more PAX than KTT. As we made our way back to the park from the garage (6:16am) I looked over and saw some runners I recognized heading out way. Alright Alright, Oatmeal, and Pepper joined in for a 5min quick circuit before their run back to the launching point for KTT. Sound Machine gave them a good #westsidecropdust and sent them on their way. Merry Christmas Eve men! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. F3 golf
2. NYE workout that is a mystery 

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Coffee Run!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Bleep, Slushii, Big Tex, Agnes, TikTok, sound machine, Rump Roast
QIC: DFIB

AO: Burleson Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: YHC forgot but Slussii saved the day!

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Hillbillies, ISTs, Tempo Merkins (X13 each except X10 Tempo Merkins) all in Cadence 
Run short lap and end inside the Tennis Courts

THA THANG:
J – Jingle Balls (yes it’s on the Exicon Bleep I didn’t make it up!) X10 In Cadence
A – Agassi’s X2 – Short to Long, Long to Short
V – V-Up Roll Ups X15 OYO
A – Agassi’s X1 Long to Short but run backwards on the return to home

Coffee tends to pass through you, so had to get it out with Mexican Jumping Beans – X15 OYO

Native American Run to the bottom of Caruth Hall outdoor amphitheater.
C – Catalina Wine Mixers X10 in Cadence
U – Up Downs X10 (some mummblechatter here on reliving glory days)
P – Pamela Anderson’s X10 OYO (Burpee with Nippler on the pushup)
O – Outlaws X15 in Cadence
F – Flutter Kicks X15 in Cadence
J – Jump ups (to the top of the amphitheater)
O – Obama’s (to the bottom of the amphitheater – did 16 Merkins as part of it)
E – Everest (back to the top – Lunge up step with a squat every step)

Had to empty the chamber pot with Mountain Man Poopers – X15 in Cadence
Native American Run back to Burleson, but lost a member, so everyone had to pick up the 6. Leave no man behind!

MARY:
Rosalita’s X15, Box Cutters X15, J-Lo’s X10; Freddie Mercuries X15 and Marge/Homers X15 all in cadence

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We welcomed back Cotter (TIKTOK), YHC prayed us out.

MOLESKIN:
YHC stopped by Starbucks on way in served it post beat down. YHC has been getting shade all week from Oatmeal about our slow start last Thursday and wondering if we were just going to mosey to Starbucks today and make it an F2 event – Hence today’s theme. The post beat-down Coffeeteria turned into a 30 minute F2 event with 7 of the PAX not only welcoming Big Tex as an official Westsider #westside but also intently listening to sound machine impart his wisdom to the PAX. Lot’s of fun today and the camaraderie is very strong in this group. Thanks men for the hard effort today!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F2 Event Sunday at 1pm Glencoe Park – wear your gear!; PowPow’s F3 food drive – get Germany AO credit; Potential NYD at midnight Ruck.

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Sandbagging It

December 17, 2020

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Oatmeal, Ina, Alright Alright, Special Sauce
QIC: PowPow

AO: La Madeline / Katy Trail
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Delivered

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 DC IC // IST x 10 DC IC

THA THANG:
PAX 1 picks up 120 lb GORUCK sandbag and starts mosey to tennis courts behind CVS. Remaining PAX jailbreak to tennis courts and back to PAX 1. First PAX to reach PAX 1 picks up sandbag and continues mosey to tennis courts.  Remaining PAX repeat jailbreak to tennis courts and back to PAX with sandbag. Repeato until sandbag has arrived at tennis court.

Let’s get warmed up with gassers and BLIMPS (no sandbag):

Gasser across the five courts to the other side – Burpees x 5

Gasser two lengths (other side and back) – Lunges x 10

Gasser three lengths – ISTs x 15

Gasser four lengths – Merkins x 20

Gasser five lengths – Plank Jacks x 25

Gasser six lengths – Squats x 30

 

Sandbag work

PAX 1 pick up sandbag and mosey across courts and back. When PAX 1 returns to start, he drops the sandbag for the next PAX down the line to pick up.

When not carrying the sandbag PAX cycle through rounds of BLIMPS: run across courts and back – Burpees x 5 – run again – Lunges x 5. Repeato through to squats and then start again on Burpees.

Reverse the sandbag carry / jailbreak to return to La Madeline.

MARY:
Flutters x 20 IC // Alabama Prom Dates x 20 IC

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC thanked the PAX for the inspiration they provide by living true to F3’s mission and purpose and exhorted the PAX to keep thinking about the impact they are having at home, with their friends and in their community.

MOLESKIN:
Alright Alright was not happy to see the sandbag laying on the sidewalk when he got out of his truck, and to be fair the sandbag is approximately 80% of Alright Alright’s body weight so he’s at a disadvantage for sure.  YHC promised there would be a lot of running despite the inclusion of a sandbag, and with 3.5 miles YHC believes he made good on the promise.

We discovered that at 0530 the smell of bagels coming from Shug’s is very prominent on the tennis courts. YMMV as to whether it’s pleasant or just makes you feel weirdly hungry during the beatdown.

After the beatdown Special Sauce showed us the form we *should* have been using to Clean and Press the sandbag to get it in position on our shoulders.  YHC takes responsibility for that error, as the Q YHC should have demonstrated the form at the beginning.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Food drive – get your donations to PowPow this week! See the notice on Band
2. Holiday gathering at Glencoe on Sunday 12/20 at 1pm. Wear F3 gear, bring a gift for the gift exchange

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Q of the Year Semifinal 1 – Old Fashioned Cage Match

AlrightAlright Aaarrrggghhh sound machine Meatball Oatmeal PowPow Rump Roast Slushii Special Sauce Stingray joined Teasip and YHC for the QOTY Semi Final Cage Match

Teasips’s Beatdown:
One PAX carries a coupon around tennis courts

WDW
WW1
Elvis meets Forrest

Carolina Dry Docks, then suicide
E2K, then suicide
Newton’s Cradle, then suicide

Mac Tar Jie’s
Alabama Ass Kickers
Not so lazy boys
ISW
All in

YHC’s Beatdown:
Suicide long to short – suicide short to long
Bear crawl court one, 10 merkins
Crawl bear back, 10 mountain climbers
5 burpees, run down and back, 5 burpees
Mrs Icebox Arms – 2 min
Suicide short to long, long to short
Crab walk forward court one, 10 Freddy Mercury’s
Crab walk backward back, 10 flutter kicks
Pilate Plank Routine – 2 min

If there was mumble chatter I didn’t hear much of it as the socially distant lineup along the tennis courts didn’t allow for a lot of interaction among the PAX

Stingray fulfilled his prophecy of showing up late and having to do penalty burpees and t claps to Rump Roast for doing them with him when no one else did

AlrightAlright figured that the Beatdown was going to be mild and decided to wear his ruck vest during the whole thing, and on top of that called out the PAX on the crab walks for being slow (someone is still getting over his #upsetalert vs Teasip last week).

Apologies for needing to b line it out as soon as the clock struck 0615 but the Jeep was about to turn into a pumpkin and I had 10 minutes to get home before the M changed the locks on me!

YHC is humbled to make it to the finals and look forward to an all-timer against either Special Sauce or Coach K, let’s all find the motivation to fight the fart sack and deal with some colder temps, I can guarantee that the Q’s this week will get us up and moving quickly!

Reminder: see PowPow’s post on the food drive, if able try to find a way to contribute to those less fortunate

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Burleson – 12/10/2020

AO – Burleson
QIC – YHC and Sex Panther
PAX – Big Tex Ant Man sound machine DFib Aaarrrggghhh Rump Roast

Warm-O-Rama
SSH x 20
IST x 15
Hillbillies x 10
Side lunge stretch x 5
Veggie pickers x 10
WindMill x 10

Tha Thang
Mosey to Tennis Courts – paint the lines, wall squats, wall merkins
Mosey to baseball field – bear crawl around bases with merkins at each base increasing by 5 (start with 5 at 1st base). Railroad plank around baseline
Mosey to outfield – sprint races with partner x 10ish
Mosey to tennis courts – suicide (long to short – every line). Figure 8 DORA (50 burpees, 100 merkins, 150 LBC’s)

MARY
Completed during Tha Thang

CoT
Sex Panther prayed us out

Moleskin
YHC was glad to have a Co-Q today after last nights 2nd F event. First time I have been to a bar in a very long time. Before I knew it 11pm had come and I was wayyyy over my bedtime. Great time at the event though – thanks Chairman Mao for setting it up! Oatmeal joined us as the solo #KTT participant for our workout and the ran back to the launch spot for #KTT. Enjoyed the push and motivation this morning from the PAX. sound machine had a #micdrop moment at the end of time but YHC can’t remember exactly what was said – need fellow PAX memory.

Announcements
1. F3 10yr pushed to October 2021
2. QOTY workouts on M, T, and W next week
3. Look for upcoming announcement for New Year’s Day launch

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Turkey Hunting for T-day

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Bleep, Classified, Gambler, Icebox, Oatmeal, Rump Roast, Slushii, Sound Machine, Special Sauce 
QIC: Teasip

AO: Glencoe #glencoefasho
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x20, Vegetable Picker x10

THA THANG:
Mosey to the field to start the Thanksgiving festivities. Had to start by finding and killing a turkey.

Searched for turkey tracks with Lieutenant Dans out to midfield, then reverse Lieutenant Dans back. Didn’t find much, so Bear Crawled out to get closer to the ground, and Crawl Beared back. Unfortunately, we ran into a BIG OL BEAR and had to sprint the full football field, then sprint back to escape.

Finally found a turkey, so did a turkey hunt: Partner 1 squat walks with coupon while Partner 2 does 10 curls (to get the guns ready), then run and chase Partner 1. Flapjack when Partner 2 catches Partner 1. Go to midfield and back. 

We had to next “murder” the turkey, so did murder turkeys/bunnies to midfield, then did “Annies” to season the turkey and Ring of Fire to start the heat and cook the turkey.

Next, we got to work on the sides/dessert. Partner up and do the following exercises (Partner 2 runs to midfield and back while Partner 1 does the exercises, then flapjack):

Man Mashed Potato Maker – 30
Stuffing Squat Thrusters – 30
Grip, Rip and Rolls – 30
Gobble Gobble Goblet Squats – 30
Pie Plank Jacks – 30

We had to go back for seconds as well (5 reps of each exercise).

MARY:
None/done during the workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all went around and expressed what we are thankful for, as well as prayer requests.

MOLESKIN:
Several PAX come wheeling into the parking lot at 0529, and Gambler even showed up a little late. More talk about the flatulence from the West Siders the day before. Rump let out a couple bombs even though the running was minimal and he destroyed everyone except Sauce on the first sprint away from the BIG OL BEAR (#tclaps to Alright Alright and Classified for being the only P1s in attendance). A fun workout with lots of groans throughout, so YHC will definitely be bringing this workout back in the future.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. F3 10 Year Anniversary

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Figure 8 SMU Run

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright,  Pow Pow, Ina, Oatmeal, Special Sauce
QIC: Draper

AO: La Madaline
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to SMU BLVD

15x SSH IC

15x HillBillies IC

15x Windmill IC

10x Merkins IC


Mosey to the area between the SMU track and SMU stadium

THA THANG:

Run figure 8’s around the stadium and the track.

Each time the PAX made it to the center (1/2 of the 8) complete the following

10x Merkins

20x Squats

30x LBC’s

MOLESKIN: As we started to mosey to meet the 2nd choice PAX’ers a lot of Mumblechatter started as fear of not getting the run in set in.  We met the rest of the PAX at SMU blvd, did a quick warm up and mosey’d between to the stadium and track.  Here I stole @PlusOne’s figure 8 path and the exercises and the PAX were off.  Not much chatter during the workout as everyone was on their own pace.  Most finished a full round of 7 and completed the exercises for 8 which if you were keeping track is 80 merkins, 160 squats and 240 lbc’s.  The elite few made it through round 9.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Turkey Trot Saturday
  • Q of the year.  Nominations are open and tournament starts Monday 11/30
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Burleson 11/19

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Dfib, sound machine, Agnes, Broadway Joe, 
QIC: Slushii, 

AO: Burleson
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to meet KTT group

SSH x 12 IC

Hillbillies x 15 IC

Windmill x 10 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

THA THANG:
5x5x5  at Cox building (5 dips on bench, run up stairs 5 burpees, run to other side and 5 (each leg) step ups on bench, around the world plank on street blockers, 5 box jumps on fountain

AB Station – LBCs, WW1, and Box Cutters

Mosey back to tennis courts at the park – calisthenic suicides (karaoke runs, high knee jump, backwards run)

On tennis practice wall – wall squat for 2 min, legs up on the wall and 5 irkins

MARY:
Jlo x 10 IC

Homer to Marge

WWI x 10

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for this day and time with these men

MOLESKIN:
YHC went to an immediate mosey after the disclaimer and PAX felt we were going to go and run with the KTT. Last night YHC talked with Draper about a meetup for warm up. After a quick warm up the two groups split and we commenced on for a bootcamp beatdown. Some decent mumblechatter about what we would name our FNG. Lot’s of “that’s what she said” comments were made on the tennis court. Great getting to know Broadway Joe this morning and welcoming him to the group! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. HH at Dfibs house 11/20
2. Cocktail making class December 9th – see Chairmans post