A bunch of gentlemen got together this morning to finally put forth an epic beatdown worthy of the first day of 2025. Bushwhacker was first up, it was Round Robin style, and of course Bushwhacker started off giving a wonderful description of his beatdown. The detailed, thought out approach was mesmerizing. His intensity is legendary, however, Ten minutes later, he just simply called out 100-100s and he was done. Next up was Bird. Bird gave us his infamous yoga workout, which was unbelievably increasingly difficult. Stretches, handstands, where he walked around with three people on both of his feet while he was handstanding on one arm. Epic. Akbar kept it simple: 3 rounds of Stone Mountains increasing by 5 up the street, then decreasing by 5 back down. Grundy was up next. That’s when he brought out 2 100 pound sandbags and a spear. We each took turns trying to hit the unlucky man carrying the sandbags with the spear. Luckily, no one could hit the broad side of a barn. But we did hear Grundy yell “ If you think you want to quit, don’t quit! JV was grumble grumble, but more pissed about the pace for next years turkey trot. Next up was Einstein with Star Jacks and the. Norwegian speed skater workout. we hate him for that. Next up was Fledge with hot sauce. We always enjoy the hot sauce, it’s good stuff. BBQ was up with some, uh, Al Gore Thorough Goods, and a cadence that was very, very questionable. And of course, there was Hammer, and Hammer simply said, let’s do burpees, while giving us random 80s and 90s pop culture trivia. Shooter had donkey kicks. Hate donkey kicks. And those damn dice and jump rope. Ken from Humana will beat you down, but get you a great deal on healthcare with his own personal birthday celebrations. Shooter than called out for Steve to go next. Steve with his Bulgarian Split Squats and his cracking burpees. I’m so sick of those, Steve. The next person up on the list, well, it was Moby. Oh, Moby and that damn chain. I’m so sick of that chain. But at 74, soon to be 75, I guess he can do whatever the hell he wants. Zoolander was next up, and he doesn’t have a signature exercise, but god dang, does he not just look dapper. He was wearing those iconic aviator sunglasses and the feathered hair just in a perfect form. It’s epic. Waterpik and his perfect squats. Perfect form, and then a nice, you know, three-mile jog to warm us all up. And then while we’re doing all that, my nephew Speedy comes around the corner after running 15 miles with a four-minute, three-thirty-second pace. And then there was somebody going, huh? And that was Frank from Rommel trying to wrestle Russo down to the ground to try to convince him that Forrest Gump was the greatest movie ever made. All Russo wanted to do was a round of “Never have I ever” , and I’m still not convinced of the rules. While that was going on, Cowbell ran by on mile six of his jog this morning. We all then did our best Christopher Walken impression. All in all, none of this actually happened because Moby and I were the only two stupid idiots to get up on New Year’s Day. But I included all the gentlemen I could possibly think of to summarize the 2024 F3 beatdowns that I’ve grown to love and hate. But just wanted to give shout outs to people that if you made the list, you had of great importance to me. And if you did not mention you, I’ll just honest with you, I’m delirious on about 3 hours of sleep. SYITG
Author: Rudy
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Foggy Dew for 2 – from Kenna Brah
The gloomy fog saw two dedicated PAX arrive and ready to take o the day.
PIckup a 80 and 40# sandbag, then mosey to the JPASWarmup with arm circles, IMP Walker, LS Squats
DORA –
One PAX with 80# on his back , walks up the long ramp backwards as the timer
with 40#Bag
100 – Curls
200 – Squats
300 – RowsFINI
Then moved to the loading ramp
7’s
Start with Squat, lung up and then Donkey KicksMosey back
COT
Prayer for illneses, mental health etc. -
Substiture teacher – from Kenna Brah
In the foggy dew of the gloom where men grind out a new life, I approached the field with confidence. Putting on a beat-down worthy of Mr Rodgers is no small feat, but, chaos rules here and we were headed toward a great time together.
Once the PAX had assembled, we mosey’d to the rocks We had a down ranger from Houston, DINGHY. A former NOLA native.
Warm-ups arm circles imperial walkers combo meal ple’ squat, picked up rocks rifle Carry to parking lotRound 1
start with five Hellraisers walk parallel to the next tree WITH ROCK
10 Merkens on the rock walk back to the start repeat the first two exercises. Moving from tree to tree
15 tricep extension so 5,10,15 each time returning to the start to repeat the first exerciseRound 2 – Same movements as Thang 1 ( Between trees, return to start after each movement)
5 sumo squat, then backwards, walk to the next tree, holind rock in a static curl position
10 lunges
15 Curtsy lunges every time coming back to the beginningRound 3
5 pullovers
10 chest press
15 Rock on hips, wife pleasersReturn to Rockpile for Mary with the rock, COT
Prayers for aging family mental health during the holidays suicide prevention, general friendship
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Out with old, here comes the new!! – from Shooter
Taking the final beatdown of 2024, you had to know YHC would incorporate some type of relation to numbers.. And while I did learn there were 2 square roots to 25 thanks to our very own math genius Jose10k. I still stayed with my basic mathematics and picked 24 and 25 as our most utilized numbers of the day..
The rest of our numbers would come from the dice we took along for the Mosey down to the Lakefront..
Brief warmup in number of exercises as we only completed four. 24 Imperial walkers and Cherry pickers. 25 SSH IC and selflove.
Off down Girod Street stopping at each corner down with 24 Mountain climbers and 25 shoulder taps followed by a roll of the dice..
Multiple Merkins, Putin’s and Burpees..
The return changed to 24 SMKs and 25 squats.
Less numbers rolled with opportunities on the six leg lifts, crunchy frogs 🐸 and SSHs.
With 5 mins remaining we took to the six for Hello Dolly 24IC, 25 Penguins IC, ETKs 24 each side, 25 LBCs to close..Appreciate the post gentlemen!
Most importantly, I thank you for the amazing dedication and discipline both of you men demonstrated throughout 2024. I look forward to sharing many more glooms with you in the New year and years ahead!!
Just a reminder gentlemen reading this to reach out and check on fellow F3 brothers, a long lost friend or family member. Our words or simply our voice may be just what they need during this time of the year…
Until the New Year and next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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2024 Rock City Review – from Hawgcycle
Conditions: Thick Gloom, 52 degrees, 95% Humidity, Wind 2.0 mph from SSW
Ten men met in a thick fog for a Rock City 2024 Year End Review.
Warm-up:
• SSH x 20
• Abe Vigoda x 10 – We did them slooooow like they are supposed to be done
• Grass Grabbers x 10 – The natural follow-up
• Crab Cakes x 10 – Why do we just touch our knee? Can we change that in 2025?
• Tai Fighters x 10 – Quality stretch for the knee. Similar to the stretch you get from standingThe Thang:
Today was the 53rd Monday of 2024 and you are reading the 29th RC BB of the year. That leaves 24 Mondays without a BB. We did a burpee for each.Moment of Silence for the Schaff Family, who were involved in a car accident and lost April Schaff at the beginning of the year.
Triple Shift’s Mini-Cooper. In February, Triple Shift wanted to do a Cooper (10 burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, and a 400m run, followed by 9 burpees, 9 Squats, 9 Merkins, another 400m run, continue counting down to 1 rep of each). A wet track thwarted his plans and he modified. Today we did the round of 10 and the round of 9.
We moseyed to the Rock Pile, remembering the time Fast Tax sterilized himself jumping the fence by the playground. We all took the gate by the parking lot.
Architect’s Manniversary Workout – We recreated a portion of this workout.
• Architect – 12 Thrusters
• Hawg – 12 Curls, Architect – 10 Thrusters
• Vagabond – 10 Lunge twists, Hawg – 10 Curls, Architect – 8 Thrusters
• Mr. Rogers – 10 Hell Raisers, Vagabond – 10 Lunge Twists, Hawg – 8 curls, Architect – 6 ThrustersMosey with the Rock to the Flag
Hand Grenada’s Rock Mile – One of the backblasts was a hand written note on the back of a McDonald’s napkin that someone found and entered into the computer for Hand Grenada. It detailed a mile around the track carrying the rock and doing exercises every quarter mile. We started with 10 chest presses, ran ¼ mile and did 10 OH Presses, ran ¼ mile and did 10 squats.
Mosey back to the rock pile where we dropped off the rock and walked backwards to the flag
NMM
Overall we had a good year at Rock City. I was pleasantly surprised that there were 28 completed backblast. I think most people would have taken the under on that number. We still have lots of room for improvement. As many of the men spoke about in the COT: let’s reach out and encourage the guys that haven’t posted in a while, let’s try to get new men to come out, let’s be more fit at the end of 2025 than the beginning, and let’s make sure that we are investing in ourselves and those around us throughout the year. There is no reason we shouldn’t have 20 men on the regular at Rock City. Let’s make it happen. -
Route 66 kinda – from Hokie
17 Pax posted including Maverick & Minnow up range from Tampa and an FNG, Goblin
Warmorama included 56th birthday greetings for Bogey, grassgrabbers, Abe Vigodas & arm circles
First 48% of the workout was a twist on Route 66… skipped 1 and started with 2 so we had route 65 for my 65th birthday
From bricks to trees, starting with two Honest Merkins (Hand release at bottom and shoulder taps at top) then back to benches to do dips until all Pax were in PLUS 56 seconds for Bogey’s 56th birthday… then mosey to next tree for Three Honest Merkins and then back to benches for dips waiting on the six plus 56 seconds… after 3rd route of dips, the Q modified to steps ups… continue for remaining trees and route Sixty Five
for the remaining 52% of the workout, we paired up in teams of two for Dora with 100 burpees, 200 BBSU, 300 Squats
We concluded workout with 56’ of backwards lunges for Bogey’s 56th birthday
Thank you for the opportunity to spend my morning with a bunch of HIMs… I am a blessed man!!!
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Shoeless Joe Jackson?!? – from Jose10k
A delayed start for the usual pair at the A1C, Moby forgot his shoes! 2 guys worked out. Short, sweet, and too the point. Last A1C beatdown at the A1C!!!
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Sure, I will Ruck with you! – from Shooter
The normals were missing, but that didn’t stop Jose10k and Speedy from traveling south.
During warmups Sir Wacker decided to roll in looking like he was about to T-bone speedy’s Miata exiting like it was -40 shedding clothes as he joined the PAX.
Jose10k and YHC rucked while Bushwacker and Speedy took out for an 8:17 pacing through Mandeville..Appreciate the post 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!