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Bear Crawling the Trail

#backblast 6/11

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Chairman Mao, Sally
QIC: Teasip

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

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

THA THANG:
Mosey to the trail. Run a quarter mile, then 10 Merkins and 15 OH Press 

Run another quarter mile, followed by the Teasip second quarter special (Irkins and Derkins), followed by 15 LBCs

Partner up for the next quarter mile. Partner 1 starts running and Partner 2 starts bear crawling. Partner 1 runs to the next quarter mile marker, then runs back to swap with Partner 2. Partner 1 then continues bear crawling while Partner 2 runs to the next quarter mile and back. Keep switching until you finish bear crawling the full quarter mile.

Mosey to the benches for Dips x12. Then quarter mile runs back with the following pain stations: 

15 Rugby Sit ups OYO

Uptown crunch x12 both sides and 10 diamond merkins.

Mosey back to La Madeline for Merkin ring of fire to 50. 

MARY:
Done during the workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out. Alright Alright proposed an idea of starting every workout with a Merkin Ring of Fire so guys can get familiar with each others names.

MOLESKIN:
Small group this morning, which was a shame cuz the no shows missed out on some great Trail running weather. Alright Alright informed us that Pepper did his best politician impersonation by promising to have a perfect rest of the week starting today, but alas he was a no show. Maybe he’ll HC again for tomorrow? AA said Pepper promised him Canes if he didn’t show, so we’ll see if Pepper will pay up. Everyone was pretty sore from either the Harbor yesterday (even Sally with his half post yesterday) so YHC tried to hit the upper body hard. This was confirmed by AA saying this was the heaviest upper body Trail day (Mustang nonwithstanding). Overall, a solid beatdown enjoying probably the last good weather day until October.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Happy Hour tomorrow at 1730 at Oatmeal’s. Check the details and RSVP

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Icebox Birthday Beatdown – Take 3

#backblast

Bleep AlrightAlright Sally Sex Panther Oatmeal F150 Life Alert Slushii Teasip Royal Flush, and Dr. Oz (FNG) joined YHC for his 3rd annual bday beatdown

Sex Panther, Dr. Oz, and YHC thought this was going to be a 3 man weave but per usual the Glencoe Caravan rolled in at 0529 with the rest of the PAX doing their best Rump Roast impression coming in HOT

AlrightAlright immediately asked if we were going to be rolling around the ant hills of Glencoe since he wanted to Chippendale, I replied his backside was safe and proclaimed myself one of 3 PAX who knows how to handle the elements of Glencoe (the most finicky of AO’s…I’ll let y’all guess who the other two are 🤣)

After a quick warm up we completed a burpee mile where we added mine and Slushii’s bday burpees:

1/4 mile, 17 burpees
1/4 mile, 17 burpees
1/4 mile, 17 burpees,
1/4 mile, 17 burpees

That’s a total of 68 for the non math majors out there

Quick mosey to the tennis court for a ring of fire, 30 seconds of an exercise, 36 times, no breaks. Exercises included the following:

Arm circles forward (twice)
Arm circles backward (twice)
Burpees
One leg burpees
Tony Hawk burpees
LBCs
Flutter Kicks
Freddy Mercury’s
Penguin Crunch
Box Cutters
Squats
Bobby Hurley Squats
Merkins
T Merkins
Superman’s
SSH’s
IST’s
Overhead Press
Overhead Claps (twice)
Wide Grip Merkins
Missing a handful but y’all get the point

Had a few minutes left so we did some sprints across the two tennis courts and back

Thanks all for coming out, a lot of fun to have y’all join!

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I’m Back

AO: Glencoe Park

Weather: 79 degrees = Auto-Chippendale

PAX: Sex Panther, Chairman Mao

Q: Alright Alright

Hairy Chihuahuas (HCs that didn’t post): Teasip and Pepper

Disclaimer: Given

Warm-o-rama: Mosey to The Bridge

Tha Thang: Jacob’s Ladder across the length of The Bridge with 7:1 Burpees on the North Side and 1:7 Lunges + Merkins on the South Side.

8 Burpees OYO/8 Lunges in cadence/8 Merkins in Cadence

9 Burpees OYO/9 Lunges in cadence/9 Merkins in Cadence

Mosey back to Glencoe.

COT: 45 reps of everything for my return.  If you don’t get it go watch The Last Dance on Netflix.  Burpees, Lunges and Merkins because Black Lives Matter.

Moleskin:  YHC was disappointed in our Hairy Chihuahuas this morning, but thrilled to be the only non-Jason in attendance.  This definitely tested everyone’s cardio, as we ran over 4 miles.

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The Last Dance (Beatdown?)

#backblast  5/19/20

AlrightAlright Teasip Amelia PowPow F150 Sex Panther Rump Roast and Shifty McCoy joined YHC for a Last Dance themed beatdown, here’s the thang

Warmed up to the Bulls pregame intro song, SSH and IST’s (23 of each)

First 3 Peat:
Go “DJ” – hold overhead, press with “DJ” (45)

House “Party” – hold goblet squat, curl “party” (75)

“Burn” up the dance – Freddy Mercury’s while holding coupon, bench press with “burn” (76)

Second 3 Peat

PAX ran a lap around the park, spread out start time by 10 seconds each, while waiting to run and while PAX completed the run completed sets of BLIMPS (burpee, lunge, IST, merkin, plank jack, and squat

Did lap/BLIMP combo two more times

Finished with a ring of fire, hold legs 6 inches + flutter kick, went to 91

PAX was welcomed this AM with me rocking my “real men wear red” Bulls tank,
Morning observations:
Rump Roast didn’t know what the Last Dance was, contemplating our friendship, Teasip is real close to hiring me as his wedding DJ after throwing these hits out, PowPow has the sweetest quarantine beard I’ve seen so far, AlrightAlright still has a Starbucky tailbone

Per Pow’s post, I’m leading again this Thursday at Lindsley Park, will be hitting up the Sante Fe Trail and a hill I found

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mcagFlJImUthqF5J3YgQ1?si=iJye4KMkTb29ALt7KLHeEw

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Katy Trail 5/28 (No Clever Title)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Alright Alright, Chairman Mao, Gibbler (Wily Loman from F3 Knoxville), Oatmeal (sort of)
QIC: Teasip

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

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x15, Daisy Pickers x12

THA THANG:
Quarter Mile intervals with the below pain stations:

OH Press x20, WW1 sit ups x12

Ruby Situps x15 OYO

Dips x12, Step Ups x16

The Bird/Angels in the Outfield x12

Irkins x12, Derkins x12

Diamond Merkins x15 OYO, Uptown Crunch x12 each leg, Penguin Crunch x12

Head back to La Madeline for Freddie Mercury x15

MARY:
Done throughout the workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out.

MOLESKIN:
It was good to be out on the Trail again. Great having Gibbler from Knoxville. Alright Alright decided it wasn’t hot enough yet to drive up having already Chippendaled (YHC agreed), but the time will be coming soon. Oatmeal had a blowout/pulled Quad and had to bow out after the first quarter. He claimed to have gone back to La Madeline and done a workout, but we will never know. Also shout-out Aaarrrggghhh warning YHC about the bike coming from behind or that might have been the end of YHC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. In Person Happy Hour Tomorrow, 5/29 at 0530. BYOB and chair. 5542 Glenwick Ln.

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Dynamic Duo Take on Katy Trail

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Sex Panther
QIC: Teasip

AO: Katy Trail
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x15, IST x15, Daisy Pickers x12

THA THANG:
Quarter Mile Intervals with the below pain stations:

OH Press x12, LBC x20

Rugby situps x15

Merkins x12, Squats x12

Burpees x5

Dips x12, Step ups x12

Uptown crunch x12 each leg

End with BLIMPS, starting at 10 and increasing reps by 5 for each new exercise

MARY:
Done throughout the workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
Not much mumblechatter, as most of the PAX went to the new AO of Lindsley Park. Plus, we were both sucking wind after not having visited Katy Trail in quite awhile.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Cole-“VID 19” Park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Coach K, Draper, Generic (FNG – welcome!), Plus One
QIC: Teasip

AO: Cole Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given, with added COVID 19 disclaimer

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x15, IST x12, Daisy Pickers x10, warm up lap

THA THANG:
Paint the lines, followed by bear crawl paint the lines. Followed that up with more tennis court work of 10 monkey humpers, lunge walk between two courts, 10 jump squats, lunge walk to the end, 10 squats. 

Next was Del Brown (10 merkins, crab walk between the two courts, 10 diamond merkins, crab walk to end, 10 wide grip merkins).

Mosey to the benches for Dirty McDeuce: 12 Step Ups, 12 Dips, 12 Jump Squats, 12 Irkins, with a lap around the pavilion in between. Finish up with Mary and mosey back to the tennis court

MARY:
Penguin crunch x12, Uptown Crunch x10, Rugby sit ups x 13

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We stayed spread out and YHC prayed for protection and us to do our part with COVID 19. Named Generic

MOLESKIN:
5 PAX (1 FNG) braved the wet, and cold, as well as COVID 19 fears, to join YHC this gloom. Alright Alright was quick to question YHC’s clothing choice of the EY sweater (sans smell) and leggings. YHC gets cold rather easily and was prepared for the mid 50 temps. YHC did ditch the sweater at some point and probably would’ve been fine without the leggings as well. 

Not much other mumble chatter, though Plus One did appreciate doing his signature Del Brown exercises while he was in attendance. Several instances of “the what?!” after each time YHC mentioned to go/mosey/find a bench. Not sure if that joke will every die.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Vote for the F3 Golf Outing (assuming COVID 19 doesn’t wipe out the world)
2. Practice safe techniques to ward off and prevent the spread of COVID 19

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MardiStrong – Backblast 2/25/20

Fat Tuesday, 2/25/20

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Abercrombie, AlrightAlright, Coach K, F150, Goop, Oatmeal, Plus One, Sex Panther, Special Sauce, Teasip
QIC: Sally

AO: Glencoe Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20
IST x 15
High Knees x 15

Ski Ab 1/2 Mile
-Run 1/4 mile, 12 ski abs
-Run 1/4 mile, 12 ski abs
-Indian Run Style, (2 linez)

THA THANG:
Grab your coupons, to the field / benches. Yeah benches.

Partner Dora:
As a team, complete the following:

150 Groiners, hands on block
150 Rosalita Presses – lie flat on your 6, simultaneously perform a Rosalita and a coup chest press.
150 Apollo Oh-no’s (with coup, each leg is 1)
150 Step-Ups on the bleachers with coup

Partner 2 runs across to the other sideline, performs 1 burpee, and returns.

Switcharoo until done.

Dirty McDeuce:
12 Squats
12 OH press

MARY:
Dr. W’s x 8
Flutter Kicks x 15
PAX’s choice (LBCs, Freddy Mercuries, & maybe one more)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
check check

MOLESKIN:
Sorry for the late backblast bruddas. Work has been a little, uh, volatile.

This was YHC’s first Q of the New Year. Happy to be back at it.

Having been focused on #Strength lately, YHC wanted to use the great opportunity of a Tuesday coup day to really set the PAX up for some strength gains.

YHC was reminded that this glorious day was to be Fat Tuesday, and as such pondered an appropriate Mardi Gras theme. After writing off KING CAKE and FAT T’s, YHC decided it would suffice to use ‘GRAS’.   Oh yah.

And out came the painful DORA you see above. YHC swears he tries to think about exercise counting when constructing his Q’s, but this would evidence otherwise. The Groiners, Rosalita Presses, and Apollo Oh-no’s were good exercises. All hit different and rarely-used parts of the body, too. The step-ups, however, quickly brought the realization that 150 reps of a 4-count exercise was going to suck.

And suck it did.

But all PAX pushed through. Took some serious mental and physical (aren’t they the same?) toughness, but probably added 1/2 inch to each of our thighs. #WorthIt, YHC envisions the PAX would say.

As always, thank you to the men who posted. It’s a privilege and opportunity to lead.

Apologizes, YHC doesn’t remember much mumblechatter. YHC did get some crap (he remembers one in particular – ‘What, so the goal was to get the PAX so sore nobody comes out the rest of the week?!’).

Stay healthy out there fellas. Practice that sweet Millennial “self-care” – eat well, wash your hands, get enough rest, and focus on the things that matter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. TID18K was a success. #TClaps to the PAX for either participating or thinking about us while we participated 🙂
2. QSource: Topic this week is the “M” – Friday lunch, likely Preston Center, 11:30
3. Happy Hour – Friday evening ~5pm, likely Ozona

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Four Man Weave

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Alright Alright, Bleep, Coach K, Draper, Oatmeal, PowPow, Sex Panther, Slushii, Special Sauce, Tatanka (FNG – welcome!), Ultra
QIC: Teasip

AO: Glecone Park #glencofasho
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, IST x15, Windmill x10

THA THANG:
5x4x5 (5 reps of 4 exercises, for 5 rounds). Pull ups, dips, swerkins & OH Press with coupon

Mosey over to the football field for the 4 man weave (copyright pending)

Groups of 4 (had one group of 5). PAX 1 started at the near side of the field doing Man Makers. PAX 2 started at the far side of the field doing curls with a coupon. PAX 3 started bear crawling from one side of the football field to the other. PAX 4 started at the near side of the football field, ran to PAX 2 and back, then relieved PAX 3 of the bear crawling, who ran and relieved PAX 2 of the curls, who then ran and relieved PAX 1 of the Man Makers, who started running. Continue that cycle for a couple more rounds with the below exercises:

Man Makers, Curls, Bear Crawl, Run

Squats, Lunges, Crab Walk, Run

Penguin Crunch, Elf on a Shelf, Crawl Bear, Run

Once everyone was done, had just enough time to mosey back to the start for 12 Burpees OYO, followed by Mary

MARY:
Uptown Crunch x10, LBC x20

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC pulled in at 0525 after having enjoyed an extra 15 min of sleep and a shorter commute with the move back to civilization (read south of 635). YHC was greeted by what sounded like a reason for why Alright Alright missed Monday’s beatdown. Apparently, we may need a second F event where Plus One is our bartender as his margs led to the missed workout.

Some criticism from the PAX during the warm up as YHC mistakenly said that ISTs are standing curls as opposed to standing sit ups (YHC has curls on the mind for his girl/future M), then YHC was again laughed at for the apparent twang when saying “Windmill” (YHC has always had a different way of saying i’s, like in pillow). Regardless, the warmup was done and we transitioned to the 5x4x5.

The naming convention for this popular workout was discussion topic during it, as several PAX were unsure of how many sets to do. YHC has always thought it was reps x # of exercises x rounds, but YHC is flexible. The confusion was only a preview of what was to come.

YHC led the PAX to the football field for the 4 man weave, which after an explanation and demonstration, led to some expected confusion on who was to relieve whom (who? YHC can never get these right). After a few minutes, it appeared as though the PAX finally got the rotation down. Alright Alright’s group must have taken after him the night prior as there was some difficulty with crawling/crab walking in a straight line.

Once done, YHC felt like there was too much mumblechatter going on and decided to initiate burpee silence with 12 burpees which quickly quieted the PAX. 

Just enough time for some Mary before we named Tatanka (it was either that or something related to bears I think?) and the discussion over spelling started. Ultra and YHC liked the Lafawnduh style spelling “Ta-tawn-kuh”, but Pow Pow found the proper spelling. Overall a good time in the gloom and the 4 man weave will definitely be making another appearance. I may make it a goal to keep increasing the weave by 1 with ultimate goal of a full PAX weave.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Big D TID Beatdown (fka Texas Independence Day 18k) is this Saturday at 0700, kicking off from Riverchon Park
2. Q Source this Friday at 11:30 in Preston Center. This week is on the Jester.

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Core and Cardio on the Trail

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: AlrightAlright, Oatmeal, Goop, Teasip, Special Sauce, Aaarrrggghhh, Coach K
QIC: Ina

AO: La Madeleine
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: 

Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15 IC

IST x 15 IC

Windmill x 10 IC

THA THANG:
Mosey to Trail

Peter Parker with Merkin x 8 IC

1/4 mile – Toe Touch x 15 IC

1/2 mile – Freddy Mercury x 15 IC

1/4 mile – Right Side Crunches x 10 IC

1/2 mile (1/4 mile down and back) – Left Side Crunch x 10 IC

1/4 mile – LBC x 15 IC

1/2 mile – Native American Run – Rugby Sit Up x 15 IC

1/4 mile – 10 Burpees OYO

Mosey Back – 15 WWI situps OYO

 

MARY:
Done during the workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC tried to cover more distance by incorporating some 800 m stretches on the trail. It was a nice, cool morning and we ran about 3.5 miles, got in some core work, and had a glorious workout.  Some comments were made about tailbone issues with the core work on the trail.  YHC doesn’t really notice tailbone issues but perhaps that is because I have more padding – not necessarily a good thing…Other than that I hope the PAX enjoyed the workout and got their daily dose of core and cardio on the Trail.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Q source Friday at 11:30 in Preston Center