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Q Source Beatdown – 1/9/2021

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Splash, Alright Alright, Chairman Mao, Agnes, Special Sauce, Whoops, Dirtbag, Classified, Teasip, Kitty, Big Tex, DFib, Avril, Icebox, Nicky Roth, Siesta, Sound Machine, Cougar Bait, Plus One, Oatmeal
QIC: PowPow

AO: Burleson
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
One warm-up exercise for each Foundation Q Point

F1 Disruption: “Disturbance to the Status Quo”
Slaughter Starter – 20 Burpees OYO

F2 Language: “The Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership”
IST x 15 IC (During which Alright Alright explained to the PAX the meaning of a few words in the F3 Lexicon, I figured since he talks incessantly through the warm-up anyway, I might as well put his words to good use).

F3 Group: “A Voluntary Combination of Two or More People”
Native American run around park

F4 Leadership Development Process: “The Process Employed by a Group to Develop New Leaders”
SSH x 15 IC – Led by Big Tex

F5 Preparedness: “Getting Ready for the Expected While Being Ready for the Unexpected”
Mosey to field to get in position for Tha Thang

THA THANG:
As a group, five minute sets of five exercises, 1 minute AMRAP each. Four different sets of exercises, one for each quadrant of the Q Source. Exercises drawn from the fitness test. Run a lap around the park after each set

Q1 Get Right – The The Pursuit of Proper Personal Alignment
Burpees / Calf Raises / Ski Abs / Merkins / Squats

Q2 Live Right – Dedication to Purposefulness
LBCs / Carolina Dry Docks / Russian Hammers / Nipplers / Jump Squats

Q3 Lead Right – The Practice of Virtuous Leadership
Mtn Climbers / Shoulder Raises / Dollies / Hindu Merkins / Squat Jacks
* YHC cut the Hindu Merkins due to lack of time

Q4 Leave Right – Construction of Legacy
Groiners / Burpees / Burpees / Freddie Mercury / WWI Situp

MARY:
Done during workout, particularly Q4 as YHC Omaha’ed the Q4 set to Groiners/Freddie Mercury/WWI Situp, due to time (ie no Burpees).

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Twenty-one PAX is probably an all time record for one of YHC’s Qs. It was an honor to lead today and thanks to the PAX for indulging me to run a workout that involved so much talking by the Q. I spoke a lot from the heart today because I am passionate about the Q Source because it can be such a positive force for improving men’s lives.

MOLESKIN:
It was a pretty cold day, so having a lengthy warm-up that was broken up by mini-speeches explaining the Q Source and the Foundational Q Points was a bit painful for the PAX I’m sure. YHC had originally planned to do a timed plank for F5 Preparedness, but scrapped that in favor of getting to the main part of the workout. Thanks to Alright Alright and Oatmeal for helping with the explanations of the three groups within F3’s leadership model during the Native American run.

Big Tclaps to Big Tex for stepping up to help demonstrate the Leadership Development Process (LDP), he had no advance warning that I would put him on the spot and he did very well – it’s time for him to begin preparing for his VQ, I think. The mistake he made in starting the count without saying “Exercise!” was perfect because it helped demonstrate the fourth step in the LDP (1. Schooling; 2. Apprenticeship; 3. Opportunity; 4. Failure). In F3 (and in all other dynamic, effective organizations) we don’t just accept failure as part of our development process, we court it. Failure is a critical part of the learning process.

The PAX found a mini-football on the field at Burleson and entertained themselves by throwing it back and forth across the 50 foot wide Circle of Pain while waiting for the lagging Q to announce the next exercise and get his timer started. Several PAX impressed the crowd with their throwing accuracy and tight spirals. The breaks between exercises and the fact that we stayed in a group almost the whole workout meant there was an enormous amount of Mummblechatter this morning – unfortunately YHC can’t remember jack sh*t, so it will remain unreported. You just had to be there.

Huge turnout for Coffeeteria at Bubba’s, despite the nearly freezing temps.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Q Source study launch
2. Splash’s fastest F3-er workout on January 20th – includes a clothing donation drive. Look for info on Band.
3. 4 x 4 x 24 CSAUP on February 5 – 6th – See Special Sauce’s post on Band (Notices section) and start preparing!
4. Texas Independence Day 18K CSAUP on March 6th – Mark your calendars!
5. Grow Ruck Alamo – April 9th – 11th – Mark your calendars and start learning what Grow Ruck is all about –

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Friday Fun at the Harbor

#Backblast – 01/08/2021

COUNT OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX: Sound Machine, Big Tex, Ant Man, F150
QIC: Stingray

WARM-O-RAMA

SSH x 15
Cotton Pickers x 10
IST x 10

THA THANG
Mosey to parking lot entrance

Merkin Escalator – 10x merkins at one entrance; run to the other entrance; 9x merkins… Repeato until 0x merkins

Mosey to the White Rock Trail hill

Jacob’s Ladder – Run Backwards up, 6 diamond merkins, Run down, 1 gorilla squat… Repeato until…. 1 diamond merkin…. 6 jumping bean squats

Mosey to LHHS Tennis Courts

Modified CATS
20x Carolina dry docks at one corner
Bear Crawl length of one full court to second corner
20x American Hammers at second corner
Mosey length of two full courts to third corner
20x T-Merkins at third corner
Bear Crawl length of one full court to fourth corner
20x Squats

Repeato for a Round of 19

Mosey to practice football field
Stingray Sling – PAX alternates throwing/punting football as far as they can; while the ball is in the air, PAX sprints toward the ball; once it lands, PAX lunge walks to where the ball landed; first PAX to get the ball throws it next

Mosey back to parking lot

MARY: 20x LBCs

MOLESKIN: Despite the chilly breeze, the PAX came ready to work. Good group w/ comparable fitness levels that kept everyone in the same group for the most part. As promised by YHC in the #preblast, the Stingray Sling provided some fun and smiles.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Completed – YHC prayed us out

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. CSAUP
2. 18K

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Burleson Park – Let’s have FUN

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Broadway Joe, Bleep, DFib, Rump Roast, Sound Machine, Big Tex
QIC: Slushii

AO: Burleson Park 
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given 

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 IC

IST x 15 IC

Hillbillies x 15 IC

Windmill x 10 IC

THA THANG:
NA run on street around Burleson 

Mosey to Tennis Courts – DORA (PAX 1 run across courts to fence and back for first exercise, PAX 1 run across courts to fence and Bear Crawl 1 court for second exercise, PAX 1 run across courts to fence and Crawl Bear 1 court for third exercise) Exercises – 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC’s

Mosey to Basketball courts – divide up PAX to minimize contact and PLAY BASKETBALL! 

MARY:
Hunt for Big Tex’s key

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thankful for each man and others that were not in attendance 

MOLESKIN:
YHC wanted to continue #makingsecondchoicefirstchoice and decided to keep it simple and fun today. What’s more fun than some old school basketball pick-up games!?! Other than Rump Roast I think all enjoyed the 12min of cardio. Rump Roast stated “he would rather do burpees than play basketball”. YHC will keep that in mind next time. Big Tex stated during DORA that his key was lost. A quick scramble was made to find the key but he decided to push on with the workout instead. We all found out that Bleep is a beast from the elbow, Broadway Joe kept DFib on his toes during the game of 21, Sound Machine is far quicker and nimble on the court than he looks, and DFib hates deflated balls. I guess DFib and Tom Brady have differing opinions on how they like their balls. We spent the last couple of minutes retracing our NA run and route to DORA. YHC found the key where Big Tex was standing during warmups. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. TRAIN FOR CSAUP
2. Be on the lookout for 2ndF event coming up soon (also F3 Golf)

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Always have gloves for a F150 workout

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

PAX: Big Tex, Oatmeal, Alright Alright, Plus One

QIC: F150

AO: The Harbor

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

WARM-O-RAMA:

21 SSH, 21 IST, 21 Arm Circles F &  4 R, 21 Annies

THA THANG:

Wounded Bear Crawl parking lot

Mosey to playground

Humpty Dance – 100 Balboa, 100 step ups, 50 curls

Murder Merkins 50 yard and back (10 murder bunnies, 10 Manmaker Merkins)

Mosey back to flag

MARY:

60 sec of A-Rods (J Lo, Pickle Pounder, J Lo)

Box Cutters x10

Hello Dolly x10

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

No matter what our view on Covid-19, remember our families may differ. We need to think creatively on how to engage our families and encourage them during this time. 

YHC challenge the PAX to think who in the LH and surrounding area we need to be EHing. Some sad clowns will not cross 75 because of its mystical powers to those who live on either side of it to not cross it. There have only been a few brave Eastsiders to cross the mystical barrier. We have averaged 6 PAX for The Harbor workouts in 2020, there are men who need F3 in and around LH and surrounding areas it our job to EH them.

MOLESKIN:

A lot of mumblechatter from Alright Alright about it would have been nice to know we were going to have coupons at this workout. YHC purposefully didn’t ask the PAX to bring coupons in the preblast, always bring gloves to a workout YHC leads. You never know if YHC will have coupons or not. Something about Starbucky hands was muttered, but YHC quickly ignored. Plus One mentioned that when he read the preblast he figured there would be coupons. Not sure what gave him that idea, except that YHC challenged the PAX to know who would HC. It was more for knowing what to plan for the workout. 

Even with the slight mist/rain it was a good workout. We can’t 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New Year’s Eve CSAUP workout – Dec. 31, 11:59 PM

7 AM New Year’s Day workout

February 5th-6th CSAUP

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Happy 6th F3 Birthday Plus One and Glencoe

PAX: Big Tex, Bleep, Classified, Oatmeal, Rump Roast, Slushii
QIC: Alright Alright, Plus One

8 PAX posted this morning and 6 were surprised and perhaps disappointed to find out that Teasip had delegated this morning’s Q to Your Humble Correspondent and Plus One. Conveniently, this week is the sixth anniversary of Plus One’s first F3 workout and the first F3 workout at Glencoe Park. We decided that we would throw it back (sort of) to the theme from that day six years ago…

YHC led the PAX to the football field for Warmorama…
Side Straddle Hops x15
Upright Rows x6
Curls x6
Kraken Burpees x6
During the Kraken Burpees, Classified made a comment about my loss in the Q of the Year Quarterfinals …. and I took that personally (insert MJ meme)… so I scrapped the original plans and decided to punish the PAX.

Fast mosey to The Bridge with #burpeerule in effect.
17 Burpee Penalty.
12 Jumping Spiders OYO, run across The Bridge. 12 Burpee Penalty.
12 Freddie Mercury’s IC, run across The Bridge, 12 Burpee Penalty.
12 Merkins Single Count, run across The Bridge, 6 Burpee Penalty to be made up later.
Run Back to Glencoe Park and our Coupons. (We were supposed to complete American Hammers, Monkey Humpers and Jump Squats, but ran out of time)

Plus One took the reins from there.
Rifle Carry 50 yards
31 Curls
7 Merkins
Murder Bunny 50 yards
31 Overhead Presses
8 Merkins
Rifle Carry 50 yards
30 Curls
9 Merkins
Lunge Walk 50 yards
31 Curls 10 Merkins
30 LBCs
11 Penguin Crunches
12 something else…

6 Penalty Burpees

Only 8 men in attendance today with lots out of town and lots exposed to COVID. Keep checking on each other. And keep working out OYO if you have to. You don’t want to just take a week or two off. You will feel the pain.

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MRM/DT

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Princess Turtlehead, AlrightAlright, Stingray, Big Tex
QIC: Oatmeal

AO: Flag Pole Hill
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Ooops

WARM-O-RAMA:
None

THA THANG:

Princess Turtlehead, AlrightAlright and YHC ran the 2.5m loop x 2

Stingray and Big Tex rucked the loop once

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out. 

Jan 1 @ midnight: Oatmeal’s Completely Unplanned and Utterly Solo workout at Klyde Warren Park

Feb 5/6: Sauce’s 4x4x24.  Even if you cannot run every four hours, show up and ruck, walk, bear crawl, duck walk the four-mile stretches!

MOLESKIN:
Obviously no mumble chatter between the runners.  Ruckers, I assume were on the verge of solving for world peace.  I’ll let them comment if there was anything less pithy. 

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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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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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Thanksgiving Day Gobble Party

PAX: Ant Man, Big Tex, Ina, Pepper, Teasip
QIC: Alright Alright
AO: Burleson Park
Weather: 43 Degrees (Ina called it hot after his 3 mile extra credit run in – he was also in short sleeves)

Warmorama: mosey to Quad
Side Straddle Hops x20
Hillbilly x10
Imperial Storm Troopers x10
T-Merkins x10
(get it?)

Tha Thang: Partner up. Partner 1: exercise. Partner 2: run around fountain and back.
GOBBLE
Groiners x50
Overhead Claps x100
Bonnie Blairs x150 (double count) #crowdpleaser
Burpees x200 #eternalcrowdpleaser
Little Baby Crunches x250
E2K x300

We finished gobbling at 7:49 and moseyed back to Burleson Park leaving us enough time for…

Crabway to Heaven. Unfortunately, YHC had promised Pepper that we wouldn’t do any bear crawls, so we got to try something new. All of the PAX crushed it. Teasip and YHC were both able to finish before the song ended. Teasip finishing was more impressive as he had to deal with Pepper’s friendly crop dusting. Some might call that karma….

Moleskin:
200 burpees after 150 Bonnie Blairs is really horrible.

Crabway to Heaven wasn’t as bad as I thought initially, but once you hit the second court it gets terrible.

#tclaps to these dudes for getting up and getting after it on Thanksgiving. And extra #tclaps to Ina for his extra credit run before the workout.

On the COVID front… YHC assigned each PAX their own square at least six feet apart from one another (probably more like 8-10 feet) in which to do their exercises.

I’m incredibly thankful for all of you. Sunday will be the sixth anniversary of my move to Dallas, and I don’t know where I’d be without this brotherhood.

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Veterans Day – Chad 1000X

November 11th, 2020

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Oatmeal, Big Tex, Stingray, Draper, F150
QIC: PowPow

AO: The Harbor
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHx15 // ISTx15

Short mosey with rucks to pavilion

THA THANG:
Step Ups x 25 IC – Remove ruck – mosey to handball court

Dirty Hookup (aka London Bridge)x10 IC // Chicken Peckersx8 IC – mosey back to pavilion and put on ruck

Steps Ups x 30 IC – Remove ruck – mosey SE to path near volleyball court

Merkins x 10 IC // OH Claps x 10 DC IC // Carolina Dry Dock x 10 OYO – back to pavilion

Steps Ups x 30 IC – Remove ruck – mosey to wheelchair path on west edge of park

Underdog on handrail x 15 DC IC – back to pavilion

Steps Ups x 30 IC – Remove ruck – mosey east to grass on far side of pool

LBCs x 20 DC IC // Crab Cakes x 20 IC – back to pavilion

Steps Ups x 40 IC – Remove ruck – mosey to handball court

Mtn Climbers (w/ feet on wall) x 10 DC IC – back to pavilion

Steps Ups x 45 IC – Remove ruck – mosey SE to path near volleyball court

Merkins x 10 IC // OH Claps x 10 DC IC // Carolina Dry Dock x 10 OYO – back to pavilion

MARY:
Fluttersx15 DC IC // Freddie Mercuryx15 DC IC // Rosalita x 15 DC IC

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Before the workout, YHC spoke about the purpose behind the PAX performing, as a team, the Chad 1000X WOD. Chad Wilkinson was a US Navy Seal who served his country for 21 years and who took his own life in 2018 due to the effects of traumatic brain injuries, blast wave injuries and PTSD; all suffered due to his numerous combat deployments. His friend and fellow Navy Seal, Dave Castro, created this Hero WOD to honor Chad upon hearing that he trained to climb Mt. Aconcaqua with this workout: For time – 1000 x 20″ box step ups w/ 45 pound ruck.

Veterans Day is a day to honor our veterans and thank them for their service.  GORUCK partnered with the Navy Seal Foundation to promote the Chad 1000X for Veterans Day to  honor Chad’s life and legacy and to raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention. We contributed to this mission in a small way through our participation today. For more information visit: https://www.goruck.com/pages/chad-1000x

YHC prayed us out with the Peace Prayer (or Prayer of St. Francis).

MOLESKIN:
Each PAX completed 200 step ups during the workout, for a team total of 1,200. Getting to 1,000 individually would be quite a beatdown and very CSAUP-y, we should definitely try it sometime! Oatmeal demonstrated excellent leadership by example by picking up litter around the park during our moseys.

Not much mumblechatter, Draper joked that the Chicken Peckers (look it up in the Exicon) should only be done with Fluoride around….pretty good advice actually.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Turkey Trot coming up on 11/21