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Avril VQ Groundhog Day

#Backblast Glencoe 03/09/2021

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Sex Panther, DFib, F150, Shifty McCoy, Rump Roast, Ultra, Gambler, Bleep, Oatmeal, Teasip, Draper, Agnes, Jobu, Slushii, Plus One, Classified, Stingray, PowPow, and Special Sauce 
QIC: Avril

AO: Glencoe
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
13x SSH IC

13x Daisy Pickers

13x Hillbillies

THA THANG:

Appetizer:

Indian Run around Glencoe

Groundhog Day:

Deadlifts x10

Overhead Press x10

Upright Rows x10

American Hammers x10

Squats x10

Short loop through Glencoe

Rinse Repeat

Finishing Touches:

Rifle Carry width of football field with 10 burpees then Rifle Carry back

Little touches of abs:

Commandos x13

Burpees x10

Flutter Kicks x20

Penguin Crunches x13

LBC x5

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

YHC thought about what should be touched on and that was upper body, back, and cardio.

MOLESKIN: YHC wanted to thank all the PAX that showed up for YHC first Q. Was exciting and focused on a mixture of cardio, upper body, and back. Ready for the next one!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Grow Ruck San Antonio 4/8 and 4/9
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Germany 3/1/21

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Rump Roast, Bleep, Aaarrrggghhh, DFib, Sex Panther, Sound Machine, Special Sauce
QIC: Slushii

AO: Germany Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Burpee x 10 IC

Lap around track – NA style

Merkin x 15 IC

Lap around track – OYO

Monkey Humpers x 20 IC

Lap around track – NA style

IST x 25 IC

Lap around track – NA style

Squats x 30 OYO

THA THANG:
Cindy Crawford – AMRAP 10 minutes (5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBC’s, 25 calf raises) to get the full body bikini ready

Mosey to Tennis Courts

DORA

JLo x 75

Lunge x 126 (single count)

Bat Wings x 200 (Overhead clap x 50, Seal clap x 50, 50 forward arm circles, 50 backwards arm circles)

MARY:
Penguin crunch x 10 IC

Uptown crunch x 10 IC (each side)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Push yourselves. Never give up. Keep trying.  

MOLESKIN:
Bleep started the nonsense of trying to exceed “700 cals” during the 45min workout. YHC took that as a challenge and started the PAX off with a bang out of the gate with burpees. The warmup consisted of a mile of running and 5 exercises increasing by 5 reps starting with 10. YHC heard the usual compliments of Rump Roast but after the second lap YHC didn’t hear any mumblechatter from Rump. Sound Machine stayed strong and didn’t modify but understood his limits. Good to have DFib and Aaarrrggghh back out there to keep the mumblechatter high. The #westside is happy to see the return of Special Sauce after a birthday beatdown over the weekend. The sexiest of all panthers, our very own Sex Panther, was back in the saddle again after getting some recovery rest. Quite a bit of mumblechatter about the playlist but was strange that everyone sang along the entire 45min. Special Sauce also made the recommendation that YHC make the playlist for the 6 mile ruck during TID18k. Watch out DJ Icebox! This wasn’t the beatdown we all wanted but it was the beatdown we all deserved.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. TID18k – March 6th
2. Grow Ruck – April

3. F3 Golf

 

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Run it Back | Zach Tellier Hero WOD

Date – 2/20/2021
Weather – 30° and the sun shining bright! 

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Teasip, Meatball, TikTok, DFib, & Sound Machine 
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – Burleson Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 

Intro/ Warm-o-Rama: 
SSH x15 (DC,IC)
IST x15 (DC, IC)
Cotton Pickers x10 (DC, IC)

Mosey to the parking garage 
 
Tha-Thang:
Zachary Tellier WOD:
10x Burpees
 
Run to the 2nd level
10x Burpees  
25x Merkins
 
Run to bottom, repeat-O
The 3rd level
10x Burpees  
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
 
Run to the bottom, repeat-O
4th level
10x Burpees  
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
100x LBC’s
 
Run to bottom, repeat-O
5th level
10x Burpees  
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
100x LBC’s
150x Squats
 
Mosey back to launch

Circle of Trust (CoT):
YHC prayed us out

Playlist:

Moleskin:
This was the first time that I’ve finished this WOD, it took us about 70mins total and it sucked. I remember during warm-up Dfib was chatty to the point I almost stopped to do OYO burpees but let it slide knowing he was about to see plenty of burpees! I think at the first set of burpees, Teasip knew what we were in for. Just a few minutes in Sound Machine caught on to the pattern. Within just another minute or so Meatball gave me a direct “Fuck U Rump”!  Sound machine at one point sang a Fuck You Rump cheer/fight song. I consider it a win! T-claps to everyone there this morning for getting up and getting out here! Teasip helped push the pace, TikTok with the form to watch. It’s a true beatdown and everyone agreed to push thru another 10-15mins to finish the routine strong. Way to give it away men! #HIM’s

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A Walk on the Wild West Side

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Classified, Cougar Bait, D Fib, Rump Roast, Slushii
QIC: Teasip

AO: Coffee Park #west side
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x15, Vegetable Pickers x10, run a warm up lap

THA THANG:
3x5x5 (Pull ups, Swerkins, Squats)

Partner up, Partner 1 runs a lap while Partner 2 bear crawls a short lap. If Partner 2 finishes the  bear crawl lap, switch to crab walk. Flapjack and repeato until both Partners ran 2 full laps. 

Dirty McDeuce: Dips x12, Rugby Sit ups x12, Burpees x12, T Merkins x12. Run to largeish, bigish tree and back. 3 total laps.

Squats til time

MARY:
Done during McDeuce

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
A few F bombs on the Rump scale, especially during the bear crawl laps and burpees during the McDeuce. I’m sure there was other mumblechatter, but I forgot since I was delinquent with my BB. Sorry guys.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. 4x4x24 next Friday-Saturday
2. TID 18K March 6 at 0700
3. GrowRuck April 9-10
4. F3 Golf coming soon

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Second Choice Thursday – Time to be a Man!

Date – 1/28/2021
Weather – 31 degrees

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Aaarrrggghhh, Agnes, Big Tex, Slushii, & Sound Machine
QIC – Dfig
AO – Burleson Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
13x SSH
13x IST
13x Hillbillies
13x Veggie Pickers

The Thang:
Native American Run around park then mosey to field
 
4X40’s Wind Sprints
 
Sets 1 & 3
13x Bonnie Blairs + 1 to grow on
13x Bobby Hurleys
13x Apollo Onos + 1 to grow on
13x Jump Knee Tucks
13x Squat Jacks
 
4X40’s Wind Sprints (between each set)
 
Sets 2 & 4
13x Superman Merkins
13x Carolina Dry Docks
Merkin Clock (on curb, at 12 position – 5x Irkins, at 3 & 9 – 5x unbalanced merkin (one hand on curb and one hand on ground), at 6 postion – 5x Derkin
13x Roof Raisers
13x Wolverines (10x in set 4) 
 
Extra Credit Set
13x Mike Tysons
13x Monkey Humpers
 
6X40’s Wind sprints (for a grand total of 22 – 40’s or 2 miles)
 
Mary
13x J-Los
13x E2K plus 1 to grow on
13x Dying Cockroach
1:13 Plank Hold
 
Circle of Trust (CoT):

YHC prayed us out

Playlist:
None today

Moleskin:
It’s my son’s (F3 Name- Meow) birthday and wanted to honor his big day and entering the  teenage years with a “manly” workout.  Not a ton of mumblechatter other than some grumbling due to the myraid of sprints and hatred of the Wolverine (Burpee – Merkin, peter, merkin, parker, merkin, jump up).  Also Sound Machine has all the toys and the glow in the dark football was fun to throw around pre and post beatdown.  Was some discussion of  Bleep skipping and Rump Roast’s fartsacking after a HC (weird to see Slushii solo in the suburu). I guess he didn’t want a perfect week afterall! Slushii is still on target.  Overall great day, chilly day but the wind sprints made us forget about it quickly. 

Announcements:
CSAUP, Independence Day, Patriot Run, Grow Ruck

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Monday at Germany

Date – 1/25/2021
Weather – 68 degrees, windy, and poured down rain. The definition of The Gloom!

Count-off & Name-O-Rama:
PAX –  Dfib, Cougar Bait, Bleep, Slushii, & Sound Machine
QIC –  Rump Roast
AO – Germany Park
Disclaimer – Given 
 
Intro/ Warm-o-Rama:
20x SSH
15x IST
10x Veggie Pickers

The Thang:
Mosey 1x lap around the track
At the wall/bench:
12x Erkins
12x Prisoner Squats
12x Step Ups
12x Derkins
 
Ran half lap
Sprinted across muddy field back to wall/bench
Another round of 12 minus the step-ups
 
Mosey to Tennis courts
 
Partnered up for B.O.M.B.S.
  50x Burpees
100x Overhead Claps
150x Merkins
200x Big Boi Sit-ups
250x Squats
 
Finished up with a few minutes of Mary. 20x LBC’s and I let Slushii give us some J-lo’s to finish it.
 
Circle of Trust (CoT):

YHC prayed us out

Playlist:
None today

Moleskin:
Pretty normal day for the most part, I hear Dfib comment on the lap that we’d already done more running than he expected. Then the rain started and while it was fairly steady it wasn’t too bad until the Big Boi Sit-ups. Not only was there water standing on the tennis court by that time it start coming down in buckets. Everyone seemed to have a good time and I heard Slushii report he got 3mi. I got 2.72 so a pretty good day. 

Announcements:
A lot!

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Omaha Q

Teasip Ant Man Whoops Oatmeal Island Time Ina Siesta Nicky Roth PowPow Special Sauce sound machine
DFib Brutus joined YHC for an Omaha Q beatdown

Warmup

Mosey to ring of benches

20 Bobby Hurley squats
10 dips, both exercises call by workout die

Mosey to quad
Partner up for
50 burpees
100 lunges
150 IST’s
200 merkins
250 plan jacks
While alternating running around the flag pole and back

5 minutes of interval abs, changing exercises every 30 seconds

5 minutes of Mrs Icebox arms, changing exercises every 30 seconds

Run out to flag pole and back

Mosey to ring of benches
15 Bobby Hurley squats
20 burpees, both exercises called by the workout die

Mosey back to park for slow county Mary
Freddy Mercury’s
Flutters
Penguin crunches
WWI sit-ups

Luckily(?) for the PAX YHC and Dirtbag had talked about splitting up the Q last night so when Dirtbag KO’d himself during the EC run (possible delayed victim of murder bunny’ing up The Hill at Lindsley?) YHC was kinda sorta prepared.

Mumblechatter picked up in the second half when there was a lot less counting and we rocked out to SirusXM’s top 500 hip hop songs, I think we heard 478-465. Teasip went 2 for the first 10 on knowing the artist

I posed the question of what would happen if Rump Roast tried to use a speaker, interval timer, and dice during a workout and the consensus was that his head would explode

Thanks to the PAX for putting up with a half baked Q on a cold and wet day!

Announcements
F3 golf
CSAUPS
Grow Ruck

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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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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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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)