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Never Stop Never Stopping

PAX: Bagger Vance, Hambone, Blue Mule, Boom Clap, Squeeze, IDK , Photo Shop, Happy Feet, Otis, Big Country, Toga (QIC), Detective Picachu, B&B, Red Skull, Shocker, Mater (Prevac)

16 Redwoods posted for a little fun in the sun, rain and mud this morning.  It went something like this:

Thang: Mosey to gravel lot for warmarama (including the fan favorite scorpion stretch in a puddle)

Mosey to grassy area next to the gravel lot for ye ol’ football ground drills= chopping feet a la mtn climbers until the Q calls for rolls right, left and forward.  Repeato x 4

Mosey to nearest wall of the STEM school for wall sits= 30 sec people’s chair followed by 10 IC alternating lunges.  Repeato x 4

Mosey to Bball court for SEAL Burpees= burpees with 3 merkins and alternating knees to elbows.  12 reps

Mosey to the nearest grassy hill for 4 minutes of Quadraphilia= bear crawl down the hill and crawl bear back up for 4 minutes= Crowd Pleaser

Mosey back to basketball court for EMOM shuttle run.  The PAX started at 5 and made it to 14.

Quick Mary and COT with YHC taking us out.

NMM: Strong work by the PAX as we focused on getting out of your head and finishing what we started.  Jobs and life don’t get done when you quit on yourself and those around you.

Stay Classy,

Toga

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Fool’s Errand

413 Class II Q I

Temp: 36
Gloom Factor: Low

Stranger, Black Widow, Boushe’ (WL), TOGA, Red Skull, Hambone, Jackie Moon (LIFO), Boom Clap, Squeeze, IDK , Photo Shop, Happy Feet, Otis, Goofy, Big Country, Bagger Vance (QIC)

WANDERING WARM A RAMA

Main Lot
SSH X 13 IC

STEM Lot
IW X 6 IC
HB X 7 IC

Side Shuffle L/R down sidewalk at STEM Bldg

Indoor Pool Smoking Deck
AST X 10 IC
Plank Jax X 10 IC

Smokestack Lot
LBAC F/R x 13 IC

THANG – Fools Errand

Partner Up

413 PAX Line up shoulder to shoulder
F3 PAX Line up shoulder to shoulder
PAX across is your partner

413 Reps each between the PAX. When you switch Movements, run to the light at the top of Smokestack Lot and back.

MOVEMENTS

8 CT BB
SQUATS
PISTOL LBC
FRANKENSTEINS

Time called at 0610 for us to hit some Hand Stand Push Ups (homage to Grisham whom YHC had a lunch meeting with) on the wall heading back.

MARY –
AL Prom dates (finishing position) x 13 IC
Plank 1 M
Flutter Kix x 20 IC
5 Burpees

TIME

NMM: Today’s workout was inspired by the book of Proverbs and its many references to foolishness and fools. The PAX were sent on a Fool’s Errand to try and finish all called Movements along with the running breaks. All PAX challenged to read through the Book of Proverbs this month.
Today’s Playlist also inspired by the term “Fool”

Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Foolin’ – Def Leopard
Fool in the Rain – Led Zeppelin
Fooling Yourself – Styx
Fool for Love – Lord Huron
Ship of Fools – Grateful Dead
Fool – Fitz and the Tantrums
What a Fool Believes – Doobie Brothers
Fool Hearted Memory – George Strait

BH: it’s Holy Week, be sure to seek or share depending on where you stand.

YHC –

BV

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BBLIMPS et al

BBLIMPS 1.0

Temp: 37
Gloom Factor: Nil
PAX: Topanga, Faulkner, CCR, T Cell, Grisham, Tampa Libra, Movin on Up, Too Tall, Accounts Receivable, Bagger Vance
QIC: BV

UA: Razorback, Dupree, High Flyer, Vegemite

Noticeable Absences: W4AG, Trot, Rug Dr, Noodler, Pedialyte, D Frost

WOR:
SSH, IW, SnLSquat, Inch Worms, Pistol LBC

Mosey the baseball loop in reverse (no handicap ramp in honor of Razorback) to swing-set for

THANG:
5 Big Boy Pull-Ups
5 Burpees
10 Lt Dans
15 Inch Worms
20 Merks
25 Pistol LBCs
30 Squat Jumps
1 Baseball Loop

RnR 30’

After R 5 of work set, PAX instructed to Coupon walk the length of the swing-set holding ‘pon in different ways : Farmer, OH, Bear Hug
Return Coups and circle up in lot for

MARY:
F Kix x 15 IC (2X)
Plank Progression
1’ of Burpees to finish

Time.

NMM:
Good output today men. Pleasure to start the week w y’all. Looks like Too Tall has restarted his Tiger Blood routine. Be advised.
Nice to hear the work was adequate to get the blood flowing and the week stated.
Topanga continues to grind out one armed burpees, one armed merkins and one armed pull ups. It’s a sight to see for sure.
Welcome back to the Shire, T Cell. CCR nailed it… a co post from T Cell and Grisham can mean only one thing, SpringBreakY2K21 just around the corner.
TL and I shared some horror stories regarding our IBS issues from the AM
Rooster aka Mike Bannon and some other shadowy character were hanging out under the pavilion with some weights.

Didn’t get a Q for next week but I’m sure TL has that on lock.

BH:
Prayers up for Martin family and for Ludwig and his family. See F3 General tab for ways to help Ludwig.

YHC,
🎒🐜

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Bomber – 03.05.21 – “Here Comes the Sun”

25 HIM improved their celestial bodies as we honored the Father of Heliocentrism, Nicolaus Copernicus, in a snow-delayed birthday celebration and lesson in astronomy. The temperature was perfect and the greenhouse effect negligible.

QIC: Princess Aurora

PAX: Bad Boy, Blueprint, BnB, CB, Cobb Wrangler, Chowdah, Crawlspace, Freakanomics, F3G, Hambone, High Flyer, Lunch Lady, Michelin Man, Minus 3, The Nanny, Natural Ice, Pop-A-Lock (LIFO), Rev Runs (FNG), Rich Soil, Right Said, Spinal Tap, T-Cell, Vector, Wet Wipes

THE THANG:

Mission prep with the usual disclaimer and launch into the upper atmosphere (parking lot) for COP and explanation of today’s heliocentric theme:

  • SSH x 15
  • Overhead Clap x 15
  • Lunges x 16
  • Air Presses x 15
  • Reverse Lunges x 16

Having escaped Earth’s orbit, it’s time to carry out the mission. Journey all 2.8 billion miles to (the lower crosswalk by the groundskeepers’ hut) to enter Neptune’s orbit.

Perform the following circuit for 20 reps each:

  • Overhead Squats
  • Ranger Merkins
  • Burpees
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Turkish Sit-ups

In between each ORBIT, speed across the Solar System to the center of it all (stop sign at top of driveway) for a planet-specific exercise, reps representing the length in hours of a solar day on each planet. Return back to ORBIT but closing the distance by about 10-15 yards with each trip.

  • Neptune – 1.5x Squats x 16
  • Uranus – Apollo Ohnos x 17
  • Saturn – Chinooks x 11
  • Jupiter – 8ct Bodybuilders x 10
  • Mars – Dive Bombers x 25
  • Earth – Merkins x 24
  • Venus – LBCs x 117*
  • Mercury – High Knees x 176*

*These actually represent the length in days as the rep counts for these two slow-moving planets are in the thousands

Most everybody made it to Venus before we ran out of fuel (time).

COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:

Welcome to FNG Rev Runs, and congratulations all for earning your astronaut wings. As one would expect when embarking on an interplanetary journey, our spacecraft had a few hiccups along the way. Not only was communication from mission control a bit clunky and jumbled, but we began experiencing audio failure within minutes of reaching Uranus. Additionally, our reconnaissance (rep counts) once inside the Asteroid Belt needed to be shortened due to time constraints, and yet we were still unable to explore Mercury. I trust that all PAX perform their 176 high knees upon return to Earth. Nevertheless, you all navigated the Final Frontier wonderfully, and Copernicus would be proud of your better understanding of our Solar System.

BULLHORN:

  • Prayers for the return of students and teachers to school. Keep everyone safe and help schools to navigate staffing issues.
  • Congrats to Michelin Man for landing his new gig. Looks like he’s getting a little mud on the tires.
  • Vector birthday Q next week!

PA out.

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Titan – 2.10.21 – Choose your own adventure

Intent was to keep PAX guessing as to what was next

PAX: Cub Cadet (QIC), Michelin Man, Smoke Jumper, Vector (R-E-S-P-E-C-T), Defrost, Crawl Space, Ask Jeeves, Hambone, Siri, Rich Soil, Blue Mule, Crablegs, Black Lung, Natural Ice, Freakonomics

Conditions:  Cold enough for most of us to wear hats, but warm enough for Mule and Soil to wear shorts

Usual disclaimers and warm-up in front of the Parthenon.

Main Event:  Top of front steps of the Parthenon was considered home base.  One random pax would select an adventure, identified by letter A-F, with outcome unknown until selected.   Each adventure included a group run to a point elsewhere at Centennial Park, followed by one minute each of two different exercises.  The group released to sprint back to home base.  Upon arriving at home base, squat jump up steps and hold plank at top.   Sequence selected as follows:

  • Adventure F: Back of ellipse, formerly near women’s’ suffrage statue. Wide Arm PU, American Hammers
  • Adventure C: Open air theater near McDonalds. Route cut short by construction fence.  Dips, Leg raises
  • Adventure E: Play set / playground. Pull-ups, LBC
  • Adventure A (fan favorite): Hilltop monument across road vic dog park. Burpees, Alabama things
  • Near time, so skipped Adventures B and D; modified by doing squats, flutter kicks at home base.
  • Sprint back to AO

COT: no FNG.  Each PAX asked to share aloud one specific item of thanks / gratitude for today.  Prayer.  Coffee compliments of Hambone.

SYITG,

Cub Cadet

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It will wash off

15 redwoods posted to see just how wet and muddy they could get.  Here’s how it went down:

Gloom Factor: Nada!  Seventy and sunny

PAX: Noble Virus, Detective Pichachu, B&B, Toga (QIC), Red Skull, THE Black Widow, Hambone, World tour, Man about Town, Tender foot, Dry rub , Butt Dial, Zyppah, Bagger Vance, Billy Blanks (FNG)

Quick disclaimer then mosey to gravel lot on the back 40.  Warmarama then line up facing the far side of the lot for Noah’s ark= transport down and mosey back using the following modes:  bear crawl, crab walk, inch worm merkins, kangaroo hops (broad jumps), some other animal?

Line up in the grass facing South for 5x grass drills= chopping and rolling

Mosey to bball court for some bonus calisthenics then line up on the side line for ye old EMOM shuttle run.  We started with 5 and increased by one rep EMOM.  Time was called at 14 reps

COT with YHC taking us out!

NMM:  The focus of today was working through not so awesome conditions, not giving up and not letting the guy next to you down.  Strong performance by the PAX!  Shoutout to Butt Dial who is not only the first 4:13 member to bring an FNG, but he’s also expecting a new arrival and could use our prayers for a healthy baby.

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14 Jan 21

413

Temp : 34
Gloom Factor : Moderate

PAX:

Flava, Noble Virus, Stranger, Detective Pichachu UltraTech, BnB, Olan mills, toga, Red Skull, black widow, porcelain, blue mule, crawl space, right said, Hambone, Benjamin Button, world tour, Man about Town, jersey shire, Tender foot, dry rub , butt dial, double flush, shin guard, Zyppah, maybe, clean trim, Bagger Vance (QIC)

Disclaimer Claimed
Blocks grabbed by 413ers

Mosey to back gravel lot for

WOR –
SSH
IW
HB
Squats
All IC x 12

THANG –

P1 Worm Burners (initially called Murder Bunnies but corrected by Right Said and Shootuh) ~30 yards

P2
Imperial Walkers
Flap Jack
Then rinse n repeat x 3

Non WB PAX
Squats (R2)
IRON MIKES (R3)

THANG II

Lots of PFT this week so YHC modified a bit :
2min Timer w P1 working while P2 planks and counts

R1 – Burpees
R2 – Flutter Kix (4 ct)
.75M run

TIME

NMM :
Such an honor to see all the F3 PAX out this am in the Gloom to support our new 413 brothers. Thank y’all for the commitment to changing these guys lives one Burpee at a time.
Cobains for the Qonfusion on block needs and calling Worm Burners Murder Bunnies.
Be sure to record your FIT Test numbers for measuring at the end of this class.

BH :
Prayers up for this class of 413ers. Specifically for Crop Duster and the recent loss of his Mom. Several PAX asked for prayers regarding discipline and trust.

YHC,
🎒🐜

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New Year, Same PFT

PAX:  Umbrella, Venus, Faulkner, Toga (QIC), Too Tall, Ponzi, Hugs Not Drugs, Enron, Nurse Ratched, Penny Loafers, Not a Sport, Double Check, Plus 1 more?

Gloom Factor:  Nada, 70 and Sunny

13 redwoods set some bars today as the PAX took on the USMC PFT.  It went something like this:

Thang: Mosey to the park for a very brief warmarama with an explanation of the day’s events.  Two columns on the pull-up bars for strict form pull-ups.  Partner up for 2 minutes of crunches.  Mosey to the street and start 3 mile out and back route heading West on Maryland Way, turn left on Granny White and reverse direction at the Virginia Way light.

The PAX closed with a brief Mary session, COT and Umbrella’s finest roast.

NMM:  YHC hadn’t really done this since college, so it’s always good to see what that looks like.  The PAX will plan to leverage this little activity quarterly with goals now set for the coming months.  Strong work today!

Stay Classy,

Toga

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Two Much Coffee

PAX: Boone’s Farm, Penny Loafers, Nurse Ratched, Hugs Not Drugs, Toga (QIC)

Gloom Factor: 70 and Sunny

Five fought off the signs of a chilly, blustery morning to get a little better in the gloom.  Here’s how it went down:

Mosey to BHS track for warmarama then head to the goal line for THE BEAST with tiny animal interludes.  It went like this:

  • Complete 6 merkins at the 25, 50, 25, touch the goal line and repeat on the way back. Broadjumps/Kangaroo hops back and forth in the end zone 4x
  • Round 2= Jump Squats and Bear crawls 4x
  • Round 3= WWII and duck walks 4x
  • Round 4= Something and gorilla walks 4x
  • Round 5= Lunges and Inch Worm merkins 4x
  • Round 6= burpees

Indigenous People’s Run back to the flag and Mary till time expired.

Announcements and Prayer Concerns:

  • Kids and teachers finishing out the first half
  • Nurse’s coworker’s father having brain surgery
  • YHC is stepping down as AOQ and we are entering the dawn of the Boone’s Farm regime.  Long live the AOG!

NMM:  It’s good to know that the PAX reads Slack prior to arrival.  Everyone brought coffee mugs and Boone’s even thought YHC was signaling him to bring coffee.  Which resulted in 2 carafes of coffee floating around.  Good problems to have!

Stay Classy,

Toga

 

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Pole to Pole

11 Dec 2020
Pole to Pole

Temp: 72
Gloom Factor: Nil

PAX: Siri, Spinal Tap, Hi Viz, T Cell, Princess Aurora, Minus 3, Reveille, Right Said, Crawlspace, Cub Cadet, Bad Boy, Hambone, Red Skull, River Dawg, Hambone, Crablegs, Black Lung, Michelin Man, F3G, Rich Soil, Vector, High Flyer, Natural Ice, Bagger Vance

QIC: BV

0530 – Dosclaimer
0530:30 – Count off in 4s

WOR:
SSH X13 IC
IW X 13 IC
HB X 13 IC
Squats x 13 IC

High Plank for Instructions

Each group would start at a corner of the range. At each pole PAX were to deconstruct a burpee as so : One Thruster, One Merkin, One Squat Jump
At pole 2, increase to 2 of each movement all the way up to 20 since there are 20 poles.
As usual, YHC’s comz skills came under fire from T Cell and Bad Boy.
We performed these movements for 30’ then circled back up for

MARY:
F Kix x 20 IC
5 Atomic Merkins
AL PD variations x 20 IC
5 Diamond Merks
Ola Dolly x 20 IC
5 Ranger Merks
Box Cutters x 20 IC
5 (8 CT) Body Builders

GMA x 5 IC

TIME

NMM: Ole Bomber has come a long, long way from the days of PA, HiViz and YHC as well as the #KBA campaign championed by T Cell. Great work cultivating a brotherhood in Sylvan Park y’all.

In light of watching the standard doc this week, today’s work was designed to be monotonous, boring even…just keep grinding men.

Prayer Horn:
F3G’s Dad
Sinclair, Byles, Tallula families
Medical pros
Metro Schools

Bullhorn:
NYD Divergence at normal AOs, 0630-0730, Q compliments of PA

YHC,
🎒🐜