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Glencoe “Name that artist”

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Oatmeal, Sound Machine, Aaarrrggghhh, Special Sauce, Gambler, Rump Roast
QIC: Slushii

AO: Glencoe
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given 

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 12 IC

Hillbillies x 12 IC

Cotton Pickers x 12 IC

THA THANG:
Mosey to tennis courts with block. Perform burpess until on of the PAX correctly names the artist of the song playing. 

The following exercises were unlocked once the PAX named the artist:

Song 1) 50 Merkins, 100 Squats, 150 LBCs
Song 2) JLo and Squat Jumps (7’s)
Song 3) 25 shoulder press, 50 squats, 75 curls (all with coupon)
Song 4) Paint the lines forwards, Paint the line backwards
Song 5) Suicide – long to short, short to long – plank when finish
Song 6) 100 chest presses and 50 tricep presses (all with coupon)
Song 7) Sprints
Song 8) 25 shoulder press, 50 squats, 75 curls (all with coupon)
Song 9) bear crawl court 1, crawl bear court 2, crab walk court 2, lunge walk court 1 (10merkins at the end of each court)
Song 10) PAX 1 – 2 laps around tennis courts, PAX 2 – hold plank with block on back, flapjack
Song 11) Freddie Mercury with blocks x 25, 50 squats, 75 curls (all with coupon)

MARY:
Done during workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for each man present and wisdom to make decisions going forward while fighting COVID and leading our family, community, state, and nation. 

MOLESKIN:
YHC and Rump Roast pulled up to Glencoe to find only Sound Machine waiting in the gloom around 0525. Normally there is a larger crowd but that could be when YHC arrives its 0529. A few others showed up and we got right into warmups. YHC underestimated the time it would take to perform exercises and some of the exercises were not completed to full before the song ended. There were few burpees but not the amount YHC was hoping for when “naming that artist”. Next time YHC will have to choose more curveballs. There were two curveballs (What is Love – Haddaway and Animals – Nickelback) which took the PAX an extra minute to figure out. #Coffeeteria talk went many ways (in which YHC thinks it should). Some can be discussed and some cannot. We all learned about Oatmeals passion for pastries this morning as YHC announced he was heading to get some after the workout. The favorite pasty by Oatmeal (YHC agrees) is the Kouign-amann which is also now referred to as the “Cougar Mom”. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. CSAUP – 4x4x24 in February 
2. Patriot run (see Rump)

3. Splash PEP clothes donations

4. Swiper VQ at the Harbor tomorrow 

5. F3 Golf 

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Coffee

COUNT OFF & NAME O RAMA

PAX: Agnes, Bleep, Classified, Sex Panther, Slippy & Slushii

QIC: Aaarrrggghhh

AO: Coffee Park

F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA: SSH, IST, Veggie Pickers

THA THANG: Made our way to the Caruth Park tennis courts down Turtle Creek Blvd. and stopped at end of each block and completed the following: 

  1. Squats & reverse crunches x 12
  2. Loiners & WWI sit ups x 12
  3. Merkins & Rugby sit ups x 12
  4. Turkish get ups x 12
  5. Hand raises x 12
  6. Burpees  x12

Tennis Court Suicides: 

Round 1) Run to long end and bear crawl/crab walk back

Round 2) Run to long end and lunge/broad jump back

Mosey back to Coffee Park with same set of exercises between blocks. 

MARY: Reverse crunch, big boy sit ups, rugby sit ups x 6

MOLESKIN: Beautiful crisp morning. We did start out beat down with GAMS (grown ass men skipping) and were called out by neighborhood runners. It was great to hit the courts again at Caruth and look forward to future rings and things workouts once that AO opens again. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

  1. Wednesday 1/20 please bring any suits, slacks, button ups that are no longer in use to you but still have life in them. Splash is collecting to support a great cause. 
  2. 4x4x24 CSAUP Feb 5-6 starting at 1900 on Feb 5.
  3. TID 18K March 6 at 0700
  4. GROWRUCK April 8-10 in SA
  5. F3 Golf
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2021 Oatmeal Birthday Beatdown

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: PowPow, F150, Sound Machine, DFib, Classified, Aaarrrggghhh,

QIC: Oatmeal

AO: Germany Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 45 IC

THA THANG:

Mosey to stairs on west side of track

Burpees x23
1x 400m
Irkins x45
1x 400m
Russian twists x45 SC
1x 400m
Travoltas x45 SC
1x 400m
Hillbilly squats x45 DC
1x 400m
Derkins x45
1x 400m
Alt shoulder taps x45 DC
1x 400m
Yeah thrusts x45
1x 400m

Bolt 45’s (high half squat x15 DC, low half squat x 15 SC, jump squats x 15 OYO)

1x 400m

Did first set of half squats and then ran.  Finished other 30 squats after run.  Didn’t quite get to the 4500m that I wanted us to cover, but did a good job anyway.

Burpees x22
+1 to grow on

 CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out by thanking God for 45 great years and hopefully many more to come.  Thankful for the men who showed to celebrate and all those in F3 that keep me and other PAX accountable.  Prayers for ArightAlright and the M as they welcome Baby AA into the world!

MOLESKIN:
Start time was on us quickly upon arrival. YHC broke out his best of ’76 playlist to which DFib asked if it was all disco.  Mumble chatter was sparse with the exercises and then the 400’s, but there were occasional comments such as when Sound Machine heard Shake Your Booty by KC & the Sunshine Band and said that was the first album he ever purchased (For you millennials, that’s a flat round object made of vinyl from which you can play music, not to be confused with a CD or compact disc).  Or the various comments about how Classified could finish the Yeah Thrusts so quickly (ask his wife about that one).  Special thanks goes out to PowPow for correcting YHC’s senility when it comes to spelling Birthday!  All in all, the PAX thought they had completed KTT on Monday and therefore could skip the real KTT this week.  YHC reminded them the mileage is necessary as we approach 4x4x24!  Normal west siders were conspicuously absent this morning.  Slushii at least texted me this am and I assume Bleep was out because his driver was on gone.  Missed you boys! 

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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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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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Glencoe Duck Hunt 10/27/2020

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

AO: Glencoe
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 IC
IST x 15 IC
Hillbillies x 15 IC
Flutter Squats x 10 IC
Native American Lap

THA THANG:
Run from gazebo to past goal post and then run back to gazebo 

Round 1 (2 burpees) – at goal post
Round 2 (5 DC lunches) – at goal post
Round 3 (2 Star Jumps) – at goal post

QUACK x 3
Quad lift (dead lift) x 20
Upright row x 20
Alternating shoulder tap merkins x 20
Calf raises x 20
Kettle swings x 20

MARY:
Did not have time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for the strength within F3 Dallas and each PAX

MOLESKIN:
Yesterday YHC made mentions of the inclement weather situation we were going to face this morning. Much to my surprise there was no rain but was still cold and wet. The conditions remind YHC of what I expect on every duck hunt. A typical duck hunting saying for inclement weather is “misery brings company”. YHC was hoping this rang true with the PAX this morning. Turnout was 11 for this non ideal weather day. The playlist consisted of a 10 nostalgic songs YHC has enjoyed over the years with a few sprinkled in to pay homage for Alright Alright (The Outfield and Akon). In true wannabe DJ Icebox fashion YHC picked songs from different genre’s – more of a Now 2001-2010 edition.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Blood Drive – See Band for two location 
2. Give2Give – F3 foundation support 

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What is Teasip Spelling?

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

AO: Katy Trail #katytrailthursday
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST  x15, Hillbilly x15

THA THANG:
Mosey to the Trail for quarter mile intervals with the below exercises

OH Claps
LBC
Derkins

Irkins
Step Ups

Dips
Outlaws
Personal Burpees
E2K

Imperial Squat Walkers
Rugby Sit Ups
Carolina Dry Docks

MARY:
Rosalita
Freddie Mercury

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed the PAX out, including praying for our F3 brother Nomad

MOLESKIN:
YHC rolled into the parking lot at 0515 and was still undecided on whether to hit the Trail or maybe head over to the Bridge. Oatmeal showed up a few minutes later and, after some discussion on the auditor-client relationship and hostility, mentioned the betrayal Aaarrrggghhh had felt the previous Thursday when the PAX didn’t go to the Trail, so YHC decided if Aaarrrggghhh posted, the destination would be the Trail. Aaarrrggghhh did show up, so we moseyed over to the Trail for the beatdown.

YHC had some exercises in mind, but Special Sauce quickly wondered aloud what YHC was spelling when the first exercises was OH Claps, so YHC came up with the exercises for the rest of OLD IS DOPE (The first four were already planned, just had to switch the D and I).

The E2K was apparently a new exercise to Aaarrggghhh, as he was unsure of what to do and YHC didn’t demonstrate since it had been many times over the past four years. YHC will send the Exicon to Aaarrrggghhh and wonders if YHC needs to demonstrate a Merkin or a Plank Jack to Aaarrrggghhh next time. 

The last 1/4 was a backwards run which was probably not the smartest move given that is a high traffic area, but thankfully no collisions or injuries occurred. YHC will be sure to do that at a different quarter next time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. F3 Blood Drive (link on Band)
2. Give2Give (link on Band)

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Man, this workout BLOWS! – 10/13/20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Classified, Alright Alright, Rump Roast, Bleep, DFib, Teasip, F150, Sex Panther, Aaarrrggghhh, Sound Machine, PowPow
QIC: Oatmeal

AO: Glencoe Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC

Kim Jung Ils x10 IC

Windmills x 10 IC

THA THANG:

Partner up with someone of “complementary skill” and line up with goal post on field.

P1: Carry coupon to 50 yd line and perform exercise, then make a lap of the field

P2: Bear crawl length of field until tagged by running P1

 P2: Carry block from 50 to opposite goal post and perform exercise, then make a lap of the field.

P1: Bear crawl from where P2 was tagged and continue until relieved by P2.

 Continue sequence flip-flopping bear crawls and crab walks through the following 5 evercises:

Blockees x10

Lunges x10 DC

Overhead Press x10

WonderBras x 10

Squats x 10

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC announced the F3 Foundation Give2Give (a name that was much too easy to remember so thank you to AA for the memory bump) campaign and challenged the PAX locally by announcing a $1/$1 match in contributions up to $1,000 along with a burpee/$10 raised over $1,000

F3 Blood Drive: TBD.  Need indoor space if anyone knows of a location.

F3 Ten Year Anniversary, Cape Fear, NC: weekend of Jan 15

GrowRuck Alamo, San Antonio: weekend of April 9

YHC prayed us out

Coffeeteria followed for those that wanted the fellowship.

MOLESKIN:
Lots of mumble chatter to begin the workout.  Once again, at least three PAX were hood sliding into the warm up at just past 5:30 so YHC doled out 10 penalty burpees (3/late PAX rounded up).  Lots of chatter/questions/delay as YHC explained the partner circuit.  @AlrightAlright was bummed that there was a disincentive to bear crawl/crab walk quickly and repeated voiced his displeasure.  As PAX were staggered throughout workout chatter was muted although @Rump Roast was purposeful in giving me a capital “FU” some where throughout the beat down.  Huzzah!  I believe all teams completed the full circuit by time. 

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Another round of coffee? 9/23/20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Sound Machine, Slushii, DFib
QIC: Oatmeal

AO: Coffee Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC

IST x15 IC

Kim Jung Ils x10 IC

THA THANG:

Modified four corners starting at playground and working around the park counterclockwise x 5 rounds increasing reps by original number each lap:

  • 5 pull ups bear crawl to large tree in NE corner
  • 10 squats; run to bleachers in NW corner
  • 5 derkins; backward run to SW corner
  • 10 Russian twists; sprint back to SE corner playground equipment

Omaha after 4 rounds to get in some TCB suicides starting at the far north end of Turtle Creek Blvd:

  • Start with a T merkin x1
  • Run to alley
  • Carolina dry dock x1
  • Bear crawl back to start; complete T merkin x1
  • Sprint to Villanova
  • Burpee x1
  • Sprint back to start

Repeato adding one rep (Omaha run for bear crawl in rd 2)

Mosey back to playground to finish

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out, and then talked a bit about opening up and being vulnerable with the PAX.  This is a key tenet of F3.  It also allowed YHC to plug, once again, the necessity of Shield Lock groups, but also open up about struggles at home with kids and general family life during Covid.    

MOLESKIN:
Random mumblechatter throughout workout especially during bear crawls.  YHC and Aaarrggghhh attempted to EH a park patron after a round of derkins but neither of us had a card so YHC pulled some out of the car during the next sprint.  Pullups are definitely a weak spot for most PAX since the beginning of Covid so it was nice to get in some quality lat work.