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Rucking Party

Backblast! Rucking PartyCOUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

Date: 5/24/2021

AO: Flag Pole Hill

PAX: Alright Alright Icebox Jennay Oatmeal Silent Bob Stingray Trash Panda Rabbit from F3 Memphis (I think?)
Q: Teasip
Count: 9
 
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Given as we started
 
WARM-O-RAMA:
N/A
 
THA THANG:
Did the normal ruck route
 
MARY:
N/A
 
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out
 
MOLESKIN:
Big crowd for MRM, including 4 pups (Larry, Green, Maverick/F3 Goose and Stingray‘s pup whose name escapes me). Good mumble chatter amongst the group, including the first day away from the 2.0 for Alright Alright‘s M, moving and all that fun, Hilton Head and I’m sure other stuff I missed as Larry was much more interested in the smells than keeping up with the other ruckers. A lot of discussion about poor Green and how he would probably crush the DT route since he was ready to be let loose
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
  1. Carry the Load Next Weekend – Lots of open spots!
  2. Broga the weekend after (June 5th). M’s and 2.0s welcome!
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5/19/21 Beatdown at the Harbor

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Avril, Jennay, Phelps, Silent Bob, Stingray, FNG – Austin Bonick, FNG – Travis Connor
QIC: Big Tex

AO: The Harbor
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH, 10 ISP, 10 Vegetable Pickers

THA THANG:
11’s in the parking lot w/ Burpees and Squats

Mosey to the park at Church and Fieldcrest

10 Urkins OYO, 10 Step-ups each leg, 10 Derkens OYO, 15 Dips OYO

Mosey on back trail, stop halfway 10 Carolina Drydocks IC, Mosey to the back parking lot of the Rec Center

Partner up and Dora – 100 Merkins, 200 Monkey Humpers, 200 Overhead Claps

MARY: 20 LBCs, 15 Flutter Kicks, 2 Penguin Crunches

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC thanked everybody for coming and prayed us out.

MOLESKIN: Not a lot of Mumblechatter that I heard. I heard Stingray and Jennay tell each other their origin stories for their nicknames. FNG – Travis threatened to splash merlot at one point, but to his credit no merlot was splashed.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oops. YHC was in a hurry this morning, and I think we neglected announcements.

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Beginning of the 2022 Mother’s Day Bod

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Avril, Draper, Gold Digger, Maverick, Meatball, Silent Bob
QIC: Teasip/Icebox

AO: FPH #doubletime #mrm
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given with COIVD Disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
Chatter about Cane’s (see NMM for more detail)

THA THANG:
DT’ers ran two loops with 20 upright rows with coupons in between laps

Ruckers rucked up and down the big hill, with descending T Merkins at top and descending reverse crunches at bottom. Started at 20 and got to 17

MOLESKIN:
Several of the PAX got concerned when YHC started pulling out his coupons, but YHC explained it was just for between laps for the DTers. There was discussion about Avril’s Mother’s Day gift idea to Slippy and how he was a big fan and went “once a month.” As he was challenged by Draper about how good it is, Avril explained he really only goes for the sauce, as the chicken is simply the medium through which the sauce is delivered to his taste buds. 

YHC wasn’t sure of mumblechatter on the run, as Meatball, YHC, and Draper all ran separately with Avril and Gold Digger running and chatting together.

Icebox was sure to mention that the hills with the exercises led to him and Silent Bob “hoofing it pretty good”, but this was “a better beatdown than Rump’s bear crawl vision quest” 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. F3 McKinney Launch
2. Memorial Day Carry the Load

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Harbor Sprints

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Classified, F150, Jobu, Phelps, Rump Roast, Silent Bob, Slippy, Sound Machine, Special Sauce, Stingray 
QIC: Teasip

AO: Lake Highlands North Park (#theharbor)
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given, with COVID disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x15, Hillbilly x12

THA THANG:
Split into four groups for 4x5x5 with Pull-ups, Swerkins, Dips and Squats

Mosey to the parking lot for 10 sprints, with a Mary break after 5

Mosey to the benches for Irkins x10, Step ups x20, and Derkins x10

Mosey over to the hill for 10 more sprints, this time up the hill with another Mary break after 5

Mosey back to the parking lot for some backwards sprints, then a shuffle sprint and karaoke sprint

Mosey back to the start where the burpee rule was in effect so 6 burpees. Then finished up the workout with Gorilla Squats x12 and OH Claps x12

MARY:
Did the following exercises throughout the workout:
Uptown crunch x12, Rosalita x12, Rugby situps x12, 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC talked about what the CoT means and encourage PAX to be vulnerable with each other to help keep each other accountable. YHC shared his recent struggles with his M and taking her for granted/harboring resentment lately. Good input from several PAX from improving communication, keeping the word Grace in mind, and trying to do little things for the M (giving gifts/cookies, doing the dishes). Much appreciated men!

MOLESKIN:
YHC planned on doing some running after Slippy’s brutal tabata workout yesterday that only involved about .5 miles of movement. YHC showed up a few minutes early to get a lay of the land and find good sprinting spots. Classified saw this and assumed that YHC was looking for a portapotty (a smart assumption).

The PAX were none to thrilled about the sprints. Slippy had a blowout after about sprint 4 and went to the non-mobile workout for the rest of the workout. Rump Roast 2.0 was out in full force and full of positivity. Sauce pointed out multiple times that “we’ve already done these” as we returned back to prior stops for the workout. We discovered Classified has quite the backpedaling speed and may have been misused during his gridiron glory days as a lineman when he should have been a corner.

Slightly less mumblechatter than normal, which YHC attributes to the PAX sucking wind and having almost constant movement. YHC will definitely continue to incorporate sprints and pullups in future Qs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. 2.0 Workout this Saturday at 0900
2. Carry the Load Memorial Day Weekend
3. F3 Golf

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Hahbah 4/30/21

#backblast Hahbah Friday 4/30/21
 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: AlrightAlright, Bleep, DFib, Jobu, PowPow, Rump Roast, Silent Bob, Slippy, Slushii, Stingray, Trash Panda
QIC: Sally

AO: The Harbor
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 16
IST x 15

THA THANG:
Mosey to parking lot behind playground.

Dora w/ P1 running a lap around the parking lot, P2 completing exercises.
50 Parker Peters double-count
100 Bonnie Blairs single-count

Indian run on trail to playground at backside of park.

Lazy Dora w/ P1 completing 12 dips and 12 box jumps, P2 doing Mary.
3 rounds.
Mary for 1st round was flutters, 2nd round reverse crunches, 3rd low Dollies

Mosey to NE corner of park, corner of Fieldcrest and Church.

Partner up, Vacuum Cleaner x 2 (each PAX) across the street and back. Keep that core tight!

Mosey back to tennis courts.

Painting Noah’s Ark – split up into 4 groups, each group completes 4 animal crawl paint the lines in a rotating fashion. Like 4 corners but with paint the lines.
Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Duck Walk, and Frog Hop

Some 8-count bodybuilders, mountain climbers, & other interspersed.

MARY:
Throughout.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Done

MOLESKIN:
Good time today. Thanks to all the PAX for showing out and welcoming YHC back to Q’ing.

H/t to Jobu for bringing the Chicken Alfredo, all PAX carb-loaded up 5 minutes before kickoff. This gave many of the PAX incredible energy and strength. Supermen out there. And only one chunder.. YHC will let you guess who.

Trash Panda was unfortunately a couple minutes late, incurring 20 penalty burpees. Meanwhile, the rest of the PAX did flutter kicks. This brought loads of mumblechatter.

Rump Roast brought an upbeat positive attitude today, even thanking the Q for pushing his limits instead of cursing him. A shocking change of heart.. will it last?!

Silent Bob was happy to “see the other side of the park.” Not necessary to get a good workout to leave the immediate AO, but definitely can be a good change of pace :).

Rain mostly held off. Prayed to get better and use our gifts for good.

Everyone stayed after for some 2nd F. The glue, baby!

Happy Friday.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. AA’s bday party this weekend
2. McKinney Launch
3. Carry the Load Memorial Day
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Back blast – 04/21 – The Hahbah Failya

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Slushii, Oatmeal, Silent Bob, F150, Jobu, Trash Panda
QIC: Agnes

AO: The Hahbah
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME:

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 15

Veggie Pickers x 15

IST x 15

THA THANG:
YHC had a plan, and it just spiraled out of control once Trash Panda showed up 3 minutes late, to which all PAX paid 3 penalty burpees.

Mosey over to the parking lot behind Lake Highland HS

Jacob’s Ladder (mistakenly called Dora by YHC) 5 burpees, 1 double count lunges … running across the parking lot

Took a page out of Trash Panda’s book and ordered an Indian Run from the parking lot to the trail behind Lake Highlands, all PAX finished strong and kept moving (shout out to Phelps)! 

Moseyed over to the Tennis Courts for an actual Dora: 2 teams of 2 PAX and 1 team of 3 PAX completed 100 squats, 200 merkins and 300 LBCs (150, 300 and 450 for the team of 3) running all 4 tennis courts. 

Had some time left so had to hit YHC’s favorite and bear crawl 2 tennis courts … crawl bear back. 

Moseyed back and finished with some quick Mary

MARY:
JLos x 15

Heels to Heaven – OYO until time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Name-o-rama and YHC prayed us out and thanked god for continue to push us all to keep getting better and stronger each day as well as asking the Lord to bring us together as one nation no matter our differences and continue to cherish our existence here.

MOLESKIN:
Not much mumblechatter throughout the workout, but at first it was a like head shaking at YHC failure to figure out how to do a workout with odd numbers … YHC folded under pressure and just went truly live with it. YHC truly forgets how long of a run that Indian Run can be.  Some mumblechatter was had on the Tennis Courts as Jobu was flying around like a mad man. After the workout Slushii informed YHC that the PAX ran 3 miles … how about that for a Westside led workout? 

Also, Slushii wore his chin condoms.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 GOLF; GROW RUCK … all the time … everywhere; Carry the Load coming on Memorial Day, 

 

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Up and Down the Parking Deck

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Agnes, Alright Alright, Big Tex, Classified,  Lil Smokey, Oatmeal, Rump Roast, Silent Bob, Slippy, Slushii, Sound Machine, Special Sauce, Supercuts, Sweet Baby
QIC: Teasip

AO: Burleson #2CT
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given with COVID disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20
Hillbillies x15
IST x15
T merkins x15

Merkins were changed to T merkins by request of some of the PAX and it spelled out what many PAX were thinking when we began Tha Thang

THA THANG:
Mosey to the parking garage for Parking Garage Suicide. Run up and back each ramp, with a burpee at the top and bottom of each ramp.

Quick Mary for some recovery, then bear crawl up the entire parking deck. Mosey back to the park for a couple of burpees before time.

MARY:
LBC x15, J Los x10 (for the West Side)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC was very torn on what to do for his first SCT posting and Q, and after some discussion with other PAX, YHC decided to go back to the TID crowd pleaser of a parking deck suicide with some bear crawling (which was promised in the preblast, not beers. Reading is tough eh Special Sauce?)

The PAX enjoyed the spelling of the warmup exercises, but did not enjoy the next phase. Several PAX jokingly asked if we were doing the TID suicide again and when YHC informed them that yes, we were, quite a few four letter words similar to the word spelled by the warmups were uttered. It’s always a crowd pleaser. YHC even got an “EAD” from Rump, which YHC thinks is at the top of the Rump scale, above the F bombs.

The bear crawling was also a crowd pleaser, but everyone finished in time to mosey back to the park. We took the poop stairs back which led several jokes of bear crawling, crawl bearing, crab walking, and walk crabbing those stairs, so now YHC has ideas for his next 2CT Q.

Some good 2ndF after the beatdown as Slippy humble bragged about being an Hawaii expert and gave YHC his recommendations. Some Band discussion about the length of running during the workout, with some apps showing about 1.5 and Alright Alright’s showing over 3. We agreed it was closer to 1.5 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Launch of the Shops at Park Lane  AO on Tuesday, April 27
2. Launch of McKinney workout on Saturday, May 1
3. Carry the Load from Noon on Sunday, May 30-Noon on Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day)
4. 2.0 Workout on Saturday, May 8 at 0900 at Burleson

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43 STRATEGERY

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Silent Bob, Agnes, Classified, Slushii, Slippy, Lil Smokey and Lifeboat
QIC: Gold Digger

AO: Burleson Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Announced and Acknowledged by all.

WARM-O-RAMA:
In Cadence… SSH x15, IST x15

THA THANG:
Mosey to the George W. Bush Presidential Center (GWBPC) from Burleson Park. There, in the parking lot, we began the first of many 43 Strategery workouts. 

The PAX was instructed to do to following:

3 Rounds: 43 Squats > Run 43yds > 43 American Hammers, repeat…

3 Rounds: 43 Lunges (Double Count) > Run 43 yds > 43 LBCs,  repeat…

3 Rounds: 43 Good Mornings > Run 43 yds > 43 Mountain Climbers

We made it through 1 round of the last group of exercises before moseying back to Burleson for Mary.

MARY:
Circled up and went around doing 43 reps (single count oyo) of everyone’s exercise choice. YHC began with Freddie Mercury’s, followed by Agnes’ Penguin  Crunches, followed by Lifeboat’s Bear Crawls twice in a circle, followed by Slippy’s Frog Crunches, followed by  Lil Smokie’s Supermans, followed by, last but not least, Classified’s JLo’s.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out, giving particular thanks to the men of F3, our community and the freedoms we enjoy in this country.

MOLESKIN:
YHC dressed up for the occasion, in my best early 2000s presidential running gear. The plan was to do the workout in the GWBPC field, but multiple security guards, all of which were packing heat, deterred us. During the workout, GWBPC employees kept driving around the parking lot, backing into parking spots etc. I particularly appreciated the person driving a blacked out late 90s model Lincoln Town Car. Such a great automobile!

As always, I am nervous to Q and always feel that my workouts aren’t that great. I felt much more confident when Agnes looked over mid-workout to drop an “FU Gold Digger” in Rump’s voice. Arguably one of my favorite things in life is hearing Rump getting pissed at everything around him, even when he’s not physically present. Thanks Agnes. I am particularly proud of Lil Smokie for crawling out of the fart sack to post. Keep it up Braaa. Lifeboat left to go back to ATL. Come back soon! Silent Bob was silent, Slippy was stealthy,  Classified was sweaty Slushii’s calves were, well… sexy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. GrowRuck 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 infinity…

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Post GrowRuck Beatdown

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: AlrightAlright, Slippy, Classified, Dfib, Pow Pow, Sound Machine, Stingray, Phelps, Big Tex, Slushii, Silent Bob, Icebox, Cash (Pax from Katy), Scott Friend (FNG), Tyler Zoz (FNG)
QIC: Jobu, Oatmeal

AO: Glencoe
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hops x20; Pickers. x.20

THA THANG:
Group 1: Carry Coupons around outer loop 2.5 laps in 20 min. Penalty burpees for not finishing.

Group 2: Split into groups of 4. Starting at home plate each group must have one person performing lunges with sandbag while the rest of the pax bear crawling alongside. Group must go all the way around the entire field and stop at every light post and perform 100 merkins as a group. Once back at home plate group must perform 200 dive bombers. The sandbags were not aloud to touch the ground at any point in the workout.

MARY:
Penalty burpees x10

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC was ready to exchange his Q for another day because of his recovery from Growruck. Oatmeal talked him into co-Qing so we could share the lessons we learned with the group. Most of the complaining came from the soreness of the Pax who attended GrowRuck 2 days before. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. All future GrowRuck events

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A Little at The Harbor

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

PAX: Sound Machine, Stingray, Trash Panda, Swiper, Silent Bob

QIC: F150

AO: The Harbor

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

WARM-O-RAMA:

12 SSH, IST, daisy pickers, annies

THA THANG:

Mosey to front of school. Split into two teams, one pax runs the course and exercises while others do exercise.

Rd 1 – Merkins, E2K (both sides), Nipplers X10 ( PAX waiting hold Al Gore)

Rd 2 – Burpees, American Hammers, Rocky Balboas x10 (PAX waiting do Plank Jacks)

Rd 3 – Carolina Dry docks, Alternating Shoulder Taps, T-Merkins x10 (PAX waiting do Squats)

Rd 4 – Lunges, Outlaws, Gorilla Humpers (5 monkey bumpers with Gorilla Jump) x10 (PAX waiting do Hello Dollies)

 

Mosey to Tennis Courts

Motivator long to short

MARY:

12 Yeahs, Box Cutters, LBCs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

We are influencers in some sphere of influence we are in, whether at home, work, with PAX, or friends. How are you influencing in a positive direction or in a negative direction, F3 is about male leadership and we must be aware we are always leading and someone is always watching us lead. Not watching a creepy way…kids, friends, co-workers, and so on.

MOLESKIN:

 A LOT of soreness and discussion about the number of bear crawls the day before at SCT, causing some modifications for the group. Over all a great morning with the men of The Harbor.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: