16 April 2018 MARSOC short card, et al

Temp: 34

Gloom Factor: High

PAX: FTTAL, Money Shot, Life Champ, Cowboy, Cathy, Funyuns, Venus, Preacher Man, Bagger Vance (QIC)

Disclaimer 0530

Quick Mosey east then back west in lot Side Shuffle R/L, Politician

WOR:  High Plank while YHC get his $#!+ together.

Cherry Pickers, Merkins, SSH, Chain Breakers, Squats, Mtn Climbers ALL X 10 IC

EVO I : Head over to the West Side of the School for 13 HSPUs OYO

EVO II : MARSOC Short Card w Mosey

  1. 30 Push-ups
  2. 30 Air squats
  3. 30 Crunches
  4. 10 Burpees
  5. 10 Windmills (Mosey)
  6. 30 Push-ups
  7. 30 Mountain climbers
  8. 30 Flutter kicks
  9. 10 Burpees
  10. 10 Cherry pickers (4-count) + (Mosey)
  11. 30 Push-ups
  12. 30 Star jumpers (or jumping jacks)
  13. 30 Back Extensions (“supermans”)
  14. 10 Burpees
  15. 10 Chain breakers (4-count) + (Mosey)
  16. 30 Push-ups
  17. 30 Lunges
  18. 30 Binary’s
  19. 10 Burpees
  20. 10 Putin Pounders (4-count) + (Mosey)
  21. Max sets P1 holds the “Up” position of the pull-up on the rails while P2 holds his feet Flap Jack and RnR x 3

EVO III

Wall Work

Wall Sits, Wall Sits w hip flexor stretch, Supermans, Wall Sits, Supermans w Peter Parker, Wall Sits w hip flexor stretch, Supermans w Mtn Climbers, Wall Sits w one leg on ground (switch), Supermans w one arm up, Wall Sits…

Mary:

Plank, Flutters, Plank, Burpees 1 min, Low Plank

TIME

Spotify Playlist (Les has Premium, apparently, I am not on her account thus we found out about all the Spring Cleaning BOGOS at Publix):

Crazy Train , Killing in the name , Run Like Hell, Spirit of the Radio, Harvester of Sorrows, Unthought Known, Kashmere, Knockin on heavens door GNR, NIGHT MOVES, Paranoid, American Girl, Cult of personality, The Call of Ktulu

NMM:

PAX instructed to Partner up for accountability and for someone to push them through the MARSOC portion of the Q.  Those 30 Merkins at the beginning of each rotation started to suck as we got on with it.

Not much MC during today’s event, seemed to be lots of MidWife noises though.

Great to have the Legend, Funyuns post with us up in this part of town.  He is the rare PAX like Big Bang that can successfully float from Nashville to The Shire to Franklin with open arms and a hearty welcome from all HIM.  If you haven’t posted to a different AO in a while, I would encourage you all to do so.

Thank yall for allowing me to lead and to hone my skills with yall.  Always a pleasure to see the HIM of F3Nashville get smoked with a smile and grimmace.

BH:

Continued prayers for Spicoli, El Maestro, Olan Mills.  Foggy Pirate is down in the back and looks like he will be out for 6-8 weeks on a rehab program.

Keep the EH alive…

YHC,

BV

7s and 6s

PAX: Life Champ, Cowboy, Money Shot, Foggy Pirate, Bagger Vance

QIC: Bagger Vance

49 and humid for five Misfits this morning.

0529 30 disclaimer given…

0530 headlamp turned on and off we go.

Mosey around track and over to the top swing set for

WOR:

PAX squared off and commenced with

All IC x 13

Heavy breathing deep squats, Imperial Walker, hillbilly, OK mornings, Willie Mays Hayes with baby arm circle forward and reverse

PAX partnered up by YHC to perform what turned out to be the first fail of the morning… PAX instructed to do 42 pull-ups to start today

What YHC realized was twofold 1) PAX hands are about four sizes too small to grasp the makeshift pull up station and B) we need to get better at pull ups

After about 60 to 90 seconds of bodies flailing around and modifying pull-ups for Rows, YHC dropped the grenade on that portion of the morning and we went over to the hill on Belmont Park Terrace.

PAX instructed to stick together although some of the speedier ones left their brothers behind heading up the hill.

Evolution I

Simple seven Burpee‘s at the top six squats at the bottom flap jacking exercises each run up and down the hill… We cranked out five rounds of this before moving onto the next evolution.

Evolution II

Head over to Lipscomb for dirkins, thrusters, irkins, thrusters combo on the rail.  Reps of 7s &6s flap jacking the exercises and one RnR

To the wall for 42 Mike Tyson Merkins…21 performed and then wall sits followed by the remaining 21. It was at this point that Foggy P made some pretty racy comments about YHCs midwife noises and the volume during a certain private act btwn husband and wife.  It wasn’t until after all was said and done that all remaining PAX wondered why FP went there.  By the by, Life Champ gave a nod to Bigstick by taking a leak right out there in the middle of the way.

Evolution III

Cover and Move southbound on GW to corner of GW and Lone Oak. 42 ASTs and then head back to Caballo Blanco as a team for

Mary:

42” plank, F kix IC 42x, Supermans 42x sgl ct, Pistol LBCs 40x IC, SSH x 20 IC

TIME

NMM:  see above

BH:

  • Keep praying for recovery for Toga and his knee.
  • Spicoli will have his results in by this week.
  • Convergence happens this Friday to honor Spicoli at 0530 at the Battleground AO off McEwen. Please plan to make it, happy to get some clown cars loaded up and heading that way.

YHC,

Bagger Vance

 

Snow Day w/ Crazy 8

PAX: Money shot , Bagger Vance, Iron Lung, foggy pirate, Cathy, razor, Big stick,
Q: cowboy

Prevalent Mumble Chatter heard “Damn, I should have checked the weather before I threw out that HC last night.” Foggy Pirate. Iron Lung running around the parking lot “he never stops”

A set of Crazy 8 HIM PAX braved the elements at The Skunk. And stink was there. Those conditions were a terrible combo. 8 hours of rain followed by a couple hours of snow.
30 sec was called and then 5 Burpees to wake up. A mosey to the ballfield. Some Mumble Chatter about lots of 90 degree turns.
As we turned onto the baseball field YHC realized the tragic calamity that was about the ensue. The plan was to work in 4 stations (bases) on the ballfield. The ballfield was a muddy mess with at least 1/2″ of water over the infield. One would think that sitting on YHC’s couch Sunday afternoon amid the rain outside would have prompted pondering the condition of the field. Yes, one would think. But YHC did no such pondering of any significance.
As my Garmin used to say “recalculating route” went off in my head. A diversion to centerfield grass.

WOR: Disclaimer (after gentle reminder by bagger) and the WOR began
SSH, Good Mornings, Sumo Squates (slow & low), Willy Mays Hays (all IC x15)
Mosey to the 1st base dugout fence

The Thang:
Count off 1-4 (nice even pairs). Since the bases are a mess we will station at the dugouts, centerfield grass and behind homeplate
1st base – 3 Balls to The Wall x3
2nd base – 15 Merkin-Groiners x2
3rd Base – 44 Sumo Squats
Home – 60 American Hammers (now called Russian Hammers after campaign influence of recent times)
When finished at the station, plank and wait. All PAX progress to their next station when YHC called move by Bear Crawl to next station.
After 2 stations YHC decided to take this party to the state-of-the-art JT Moore tennis courts to pull the PAX in closer and step up the intensity if possible.
We completed the other two stations 3rd Crab walk between and 4th broadjump
After that painful 1st round YHC was smelling a dumpster fire. So Rinse and Repeat Round 2 was modified with everyone together on the same station. Starting at 1st station together, moving together. Better.

Next was Indian Run around the entire field with 5 burpees at each corner.
At last corner 11s – Dips and Derkins between the bleachers and the dugout bench.

Mary: Mosey to the parking lot for a slightly less conventional Mary
Circle up for 21s – SSH IC of 2 – 1st 10 are out loud as PAX. The remaining 11 to 21 are silent. The goal is everyone stops at 21 together. If we fail to stop together we do it again. The goal was to get in 5 perfect. We got 2.
Time:

MS:
It is clear YHC has waited too long to be on Q. Needed the practice and needed the pressure. No HIM is as agile as Bagger with the Q-adjustment on-the-fly. I can aspire to that.
I have spent a lot of time with my Dad recently. He is 82 and not as mobile as he once was. He and my Mom moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee about 1 1/2 years ago from Oklahoma where he lived all his life. I haven’t lived in the same town as him for 35 years. This season of life is a chance and a challenge. A chance to have some meaningful moments with he and my Mom as they age in what will most certainly feel like a short final season. A challenge to live with the man he is today and not bring my expectations of the man I expect him to be. As he is dealing with and coming to terms with his new set of physical limitations of being 80+, I am finding how to personally journey with him there. I find I am disappointed with his lack of interest in getting better and more mobile, and I realize that disappointment is about my fear. My fear of what it will be like when I get there. I have to find a way to enjoy him in the health place he is in, find the moments to grab and cherish, sit with him in the tough transitions of life because I think I am guaranteed to be in many of those same tough transitions into a more limited life in my future. This winter has been a tough one for me getting out in the gloom. My frequency of posts in recent months took a big dip. I found my drive to get out of bed seems less than last year. I think I can find that drive again, but it often takes a challenge from the brethren of F3.
Doing hard things has always given me energy. I am grateful for the chance to do hard things with the HIM of F3.
SYITG
Cowboy

Lucky Horseshoe Comes to The Skunk

PAX: Venus, Life Champ, Preacher Man

QIC: En Fuego

A breezy 22 degrees greeted the 4 PAX at the Skunk this morning – Super Bowl hangover had nothing on these men, much to the delight of YHC who at 5:28 was fairly certain he’d be flying solo on this Q.  Following a short mosey, disclaimer and COP, we proceeded with The Thang:

Lucky Horseshoe (courtesy de Racetrack, courtesy de Toga – though this time I believe we applied the down and distance correctly).

  • Run carved .25 mile lap around the baseball fields.  Avoid ice patches.  20 merkins
  • Lap 2, 20 merkins, 20 storm squats
  • Lap 3, 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks
  • Lap 4, 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWIs
  • Lap 5, 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWIs, 20 lunges.  Not a lot of mumble chatter by this point
  • Lap 6, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWIs, 20 lunges
  • Lap 7, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWIs, 20 lunges
  • Lap 8, 20 WWIs, 20 lunges
  • Lap 9, 20 lunges
  • YHC calls for the Victory Lap; Preacher Man says check your time.  Following checking of said time, YHC realizes we have 30 seconds left.  Hold plank while thanking Preacher Man for keeping us honest with the clock.

Mosey back to close out in prayer – lifting Toga, Head Stud and his wife Emily, and Life Champ’s buddy in Knoxville up in prayer.  Great work by the PAX – 2.65 miles all in including moseys.  Thank you for the opportunity to lead and be a part of all things F3 with you

En Fuego

The Negroni and the Risotto Ball

Eight (really! 8 at The Skunk) redwoods came to get stronger and avoid running.  Here’s how it went down:

Grabs YHC’s weight collection plus Life Champ’s kettlebell and mosey to the baseball field for the following:

30 sec AMRAP of each exercise: elevated APD, superman merkins, goblet squats, dips, burpees, kb swings.  Rest 30 sec between each exercise then decrease by 5 secs each round till there is no time to rest and you immediately switch exercises.  That’s seven rounds for those keeping track.

Partner up with P1 grabbing two weights for 200 yd farmer’s carry while P2 holds plank.  Flapjack

Mosey back to the parking lot for Mary= Jane Fonda center, back and front on each leg.  You just have to experience it, but the groans and people not completing all the reps was evidence enough that we need to do it again.

COT

NMM:  Apparently Kathy discovered some all you can eat pasta situation with Negronis and all the risotto balls you can handle.  While that may sound interesting to some, the PAX can assure you that there are ramifications.  Venus actually tried to keep up with the flatulence but couldn’t handle the pace.

Special welcome to FNG Daniel = Money Shot.  See Cowboy for an explanation.

This may be Toga’s last F3 visit for awhile as the knee surgery is imminent.  You guys will be missed, but YHC plans to be back out in the summer and running faster than ever.  YHC has never been accused of being fast, so the bar is purposely being set low.

Stay Classy,

Toga

PAX: Cowboy, FNG – Money Shot, Foxtrot, Foggy Pirate, Life Champ, Toga, Venus, Kathy

20 or 21, Whatever it Takes

A jaunty four posted for some fun in the sun at The Skunk.  Here’s how it went down:

Mosey about 6 ft. for warmup COP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, mtn climbers, scorpion stretch, good mornings, T-stretch

EMOM CoP: Complete 10 merkins, 10 WWII situps, 10 squats every minute on the minute for 20 minutes (Note: we did 21 in case Foggy Pirate lied about the count).

Grab some weights for death crawl circuit: P1 completes 10 yd death crawl (bear crawl with 45 lb kettlebell) and back, P2 overhead tricep press with dumbbell, P3 db curls, P4 kb swings.  Rotate and repeato x3

Mary: flutter kicks, leg raises w heals to heaven, Alabama prom dates

COT

NMM:  Apparently YHC should have done more promo on Slack after seeing the numbers CCR pulled to Detention #CHallMafia.  Nevertheless, we got after it, and Kathy seemed pleased to be back in the elements after the subzero NY conditions.  Apparently he’ll be wearing very little to future workouts due to the thickening of his blood that took place over the holidays.  Similarly, Razor initiated a new workout where you get in some extra miles chasing burglars #NotBilbo from your car prior to leaving for the workout.  No dude is too big after joining F3!

Thanks to everyone for letting me Q while not moving more than a few feet from the cars.  Hopefully it was enough to get the week started right.

Stay Classy,

Toga

Co-Q Get’s Garth’d – Field Trip Must Go On

PAX: Foggy Pirate, FoxTrot, Venus, Chum, TripleD, Big Stick

QIC: En Fuego

Four hours after arriving home from Garth and wondering if YHC is #muchtooyoungtofeelthisda@#old, and a mere 9 hours after receiving a text from Leatherneck stating #bringmetwopinacoladas cause I #aintgoingdowntilthesuncomesup, YHC arrived at The Skunk knowing the Co-Q was now just a Q, but the Field Trip to Higher Education Must go on.

Bus #1 departed at 5:30 sharp, with 5 #friendsinlowplaces moseying from J.T. Moore down to the Lipscomb University Soccer Field.  Bus #2 apparently departed at 5:31 with Venus and Big Stick on board.  With Green Hills streets just like a #river, ever-changing as they flow, Bus #2 and Bus #1 never actually met #inanother’seyes, but good to run into them 45 minutes later at the COT.  Following a quick COP on the Lipscomb Soccer Field, Bus #1 proceeded with…

The Thang:

11’s at stairs leading down to the field – Burpees at top, Jump Squats at bottom.  Stairs apparently are slippery when wet, and steeper than their visual from Granny White would suggest.   With Leatherneck still a member of the #americanhonkytonkbarassociation and no one for YHC to hand the Q baton, it’s time for YHC to improvise.

Backward mosey to the dugout, where FoxTrot mumbles once seeing USMNT practice on the field, their performance being barely #morethanamemory.  At Dugout:

Circuit of tricep dips, urkins and derkins.  Start at 5 reps, R&R x 4 adding 5 reps each round.  Foggy impressed us all with his ability to rep out some derkins x 20.  YHC lead modifier of said derkins.

Time left to kill, we’re going Dean Smith 4 Corners.  Cut the soccer field into a third, Lieutentant Dans from one touch line to the other, perform 20 WWIs, bear crawl to corner flag, 20 flutter kicks, Lieutenant Dans back to the other touch line, 20 Mariah Careys.  No time to bear crawl to fourth corner, it’s time to mosey back.  Bus took a slower pace on the way home, perhaps slightly affected by FoxTrotTalksaLot deciding to FoxTrotPopsaSquat #shameless? No judgment passed along from this PAX.

COT and closed it out in prayer, all thankful that He is the reason for the Season.

Solid work by each of the PAX – thankful and appreciate the opportunity to lead and work alongside each of you.

SYITG,

En Fuego

 

GrowSchool 2.0

0600 Time to Go…Couple of Stragglers coming in on Two Wheels
Mosey to Soccer field w side shuffle L/R, Politician, High Knees and Butt Kickers
WOR (Princess Aurora)
All IC
SSH X 20
SQUATS X 20
MERKINS X 15
LBAC F X 15
OHAC X 15
SEAL CLAPS X 15
THRUSTERS X 15
LBAC R X 15
THANG PART I – Ode to OBT (BV)
The Dirty McDuece
Count off 1s and 2s to partner up
Round I
Merkins, Squats, Ola Dollies x 12 IC
Run 400M
Round II
Atomic Merkins, Lunges, LBCs x 12 IC
Run 400M
Round III
CDD, Jump Squats (OYO), Reverse Crunches x 12 IC
Run 400M
Round IV
Burpees (OYO), Jump Lunges, Flutter Kix x 12 IC
Run 400M
THANG PART II Ode to DREDD (T Cell)
High Plank on Hill for some of the Genesis of F3 Nation.
Looooong Aunt Bea like wandering mosey around the football field, softball field past the playground through the woods, slalom through the red tips.
Plank Progression in parking lot. More on F3Nashville’s beginnings.
Cross country over to JOHS baseball field back up to rear parking lot. Plank progression on Leadership, Fartsacking and the like.
6 MOM (CCR)
Why do they call it Mary, CCR? From the famous car ride scene in Something About Mary…look it up.
High plank, low plank, flutters x30 IC, American Hammers x20 IC, Mariah’s x13 IC, j-los x13 IC, 10 burpees oyo
TIME
NMM:
Goal today was to replicate the Qs of OBT & DREDD of GrowSchools and GrowRucks of the past. Must say, think we nailed it! Great work by Qs to explain what we do, why we do it and how we do it. Nice work by the PAX in chiming in w the MC and hard work. Probably the most Forward Leaning Rest/Listening Position/High Plank on record.
Proud to be a part of this great group of men. Thank yall for your hard work and dedication to the reinvigoration of male leadership in our communities.
If anyone knows of some small men that may need this, please a little EH on em.
Bullhorn:
Lots of great stuff going on right now…many opportunities to serve. Please reach out to me if you feel led to serve in any of the roles we mentioned this am or in any other way we would love to help.
I will get all of the GrowSchool info in one document and see about getting it on the interwebs.
YHC,
Bagger Vance
PAX:
Bicentennial Man, Brother @ Law, Right Said, PA, CCR, Floppy Disk, FTTAL, TOGA, T Cell, Traffic Jam, HiViz, Bad Boy, Pappa Lock, Frugal McDugal, Life Champ, Dupree, Numbtucks, Nimbus 2K (FNG), Black Lung, Hambone, Crawfish, PreVac, Lewd Wig, Foggy Pirate, Chum, Vegemite, Big Stick, Deep Dish, Cowboy, BV

Warm Feelings at The Skunk

6 warm blooded creatures posted for some frosty fun at The Skunk.  Here’s how it went down:

Warm-up COP: Russian Soldiers, Copperhead squats, Imperial Walkers, Scorpion Stretch, Good Mornin’s

Go grab some weights for the following:

10, 9, and 8 reps of rows, jump squats and dive-bomb merkins

1 min each for single arm snatch, single arm swings, goblet squats, deadlifts, burpees

7, 6, and 5 reps of rows, jump squats and dive-bomb merkins

1 min each for single arm snatch, single arm swings, goblet squats, deadlifts, burpees

4, 3, 2 and 1 rep of rows, jump squats and dive-bomb merkins

1 min each for single arm snatch, single arm swings, goblet squats, deadlifts, burpees

ab fun including, leg raises, v ups, pull overs, oblique crunches and weighted WWI’s

NMM:  YHC was truly a bit concerned when there were no other participants at 0526.  Thankfully En Fuego rolled in with Venus and Kathy rolling up and hanging in their sled while YHC and En Fuego started the warm-up promptly at 0530.  Big Stick rolled in somewhere around 0540 after claiming a failed Foxtrot pickup.

Hilarity ensued as everyone went through the sets, and we learned that Kathy’s special purpose is the dive-bomber merkin.  Who knew!?  It’s also interesting to see how people gear up when the temperature drops.  We had everything from tights, Venus/Razor’s ode to Mike Tyson and Kathy’s fourteen layers.  It could be that Kathy was still cold from the ruck.  He said it went well and was not overly taxing.

Special thanks to Bagger for letting me take the Q so I could make sure of no running on the bum knee.

Stay Classy,

Toga

PAX: Big Stick, Kathy, Toga, Venus, Leatherneck, En Fuego

QIC: Toga

We Focus on the Second F (with YHC Hopeful it’s not Historically Bad)

PAX: Life Champ, Foggy Pirate, Leatherneck, Venus, Erector Set, En Fuego, Cathy

QIC: En Fuego

Six other PAX braved an En Fuego VQ – arriving to a 46 degree gloom under some breezy skies.  Mumble chatter begins with PAX discussing all time worst VQs and the corresponding exercises.  YHC’s mind starts sweating as the lists are tossed out – hearing the sounds of exercises about to be partaken.  Alas, too late to rewrite the script, the 5:30 bell tolls and we’re off.  Here’s what we did:

Quick mosey followed by COP: SSH, WMH, GMs and Scorpion Stretch.  YHC instructs that today’s theme is the Second F – and from this point forward you won’t do another exercise without your partner.  With that, commence fireman’s carry mosey to the soccer field:

The Thang:

Partner 1 begins suicide utilizing length of soccer field – 1/3rd, 2/3rd and full length with one burpee, two burpees, three burpees at the respective stops.  The Second F twist is Partner 1 never takes their eyes off Partner 2, always facing Partner throughout length of suicide (so half the suicide is backwards run).

Partner 2 commences the following, with Partners flapjacking until the below is complete:

  • 100 Burpees
  • 100 Jump Squats
  • 100 Merkins
  • 100 Lunges
  • 100 LBCs

Following mumber chatter consensus on a growing disdain for backwards running, we’re all in and commence fireman carry mosey back to parking lot.  YHC later realizes VQ lesson #1 – never go back to initial place of COP until it’s officially Mary time – because we aren’t there yet.

With same Partners grab a parking spot lane – wheelbarrow across lot to opposite parking block in your lane.  Partner 1 completes 5 urkins followed by 5 derkins while Partner 2 performs back and forth jump over parking block until Partner 1 completes.  Flapjack and R&R x 3.

Slight mosey back to initial COT spot – confusion reigns again with PAX thinking it’s over (confirming VQ lesson #1 a second time).  Nope, we’ve got 3 minutes for Mary’s – where we complete group ABCs recited around the horn at a level slightly ahead of 3-year old’s pace followed by a plank closeout.  VQ officially a wrap.

COT: TAP for Leatherneck’s brother-n-law, T-Cell and Leatherneck with babies forthcoming and Cathy’s in-laws both battling pneumonia.

Great job to each of the PAX – 1.65 miles total on the suicides.  Thankful and am appreciative for the opportunity to lead and work alongside you!

SYITG,

En Fuego