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  • The Dirty Diablo – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions:
    78 with 83% Humidity. Heat Index of 85. Wind 5 mph from the South

    Pax:
    The Bogé, The World Renown Fast Tax, The Incredible Hoke, He Really is a Papa Smurf, War – May Not Like Him But at Least We No Longer Hate Him – Eagle , Triple didn’t Fartsack Today Shift, and me…Hawgcycle

    The Thang:

    Warm-up: One lap; Imperial Walkers x 20; SSH x 20; Merkins x 10 (IC); Lunges x 10 (IC), Windmills x 10; Bat Wings (FAC x 20, BAC x 20; Seal Claps x 15; OH Claps x 15; Moroccan Night Club x 31)

    The Dirty Diablo: 4 rounds. Each round starts with a 10 burpee buy-in on your own and ends with a 400m run at 75% effort
    • Round 1: Merkins x 12 (IC), Squats x 12 (IC), Dying Cockroaches x 12 (IC)
    • Round 2: Werkins x 12 (IC); Monkey Humpers x 12(IC); Gas Pumps x 12 (IC)
    • Round 3: Stagger L Merks x 12 (IC); Bonnie Blairs x 12 (IC); Vladamir Douilles x 12 (IC
    • Round 4: Stagger R Merks x 12 (IC); Sumo Squats x 12 (IC); Hundreds

    Mosey to the Wall for some…

    Wall Work: BTH; Shoulder Taps x 10 (IC), Floyd Mayweathers x 10 (IC)

    Mosey to the goals for….

    Body Builder Basket Ball: Each man takes a free throw. The group does 10 8CBBs after each miss. War Eagle was the only one that made it. We did 20 8CBBs for the misses by Hoke and me. We went double or nothing on the last 4 and ran up a total of 80 8CBBs. Ran out of time so those 80 are for homework.
    Back to the flagless gathering spot

    COT: Announcements: Frac’s five year manniversary is tomorrow at Okwata. Show up for the celebratory burpees and levee work. Q-School with Professor Catfish is this Saturday at City Park. Encourage everyone, especially recent FNGs to come. City Park Clean-up after the workout. Prayers for Ryan and Rob. Gratitude for our health and F3.

    NMM: It seemed especially sticky out there today. Make sure you are hydrating constantly. If you are working out everyday, a gallon of water should probably be your goal. T-claps to War Eagle and Papa for the hard charge on the last two 400s, although there was grumbling that they were sand baggin’ on the first two. Where was Catfish when I needed him? No one was with me on the Bonnie Blairs, apparently not a crowd favorite. Our B-Ball skills need work. 1-7 from the line this morning. T-claps to War Eagle for the make. Found out he was the Middle School MVP in Podunk, AL.
    It was humid today and we are looking at hot, humid workouts for the next 4 months. The heat and humidity in New Orleans is what the F3 Lexicon terms a “condition,” a dis-Advantage that cannot be remedied. We cannot change it; we can only embrace it and deal with it. We do not have mountains here. We do not have thin air. But we do have more heat and humidity than any place in the country.

  • Da Plane! Da Plane! – from Fracsac

    9 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Westward Ho!!
    There was a new theme for the beat down that had all pax rejoicing! Anytime an airplane was heard, all would do 10 burpees. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then mosey for:

    Warmup

    Airplane! 10 burpees OYO

    IW x 15
    GG IC x 12
    Abe Vigodas x 10

    Mosey to the levee. Start off with Jacob’s Ladder:

    Run up levee, 1 burpee, run back down
    Run up levee, 2 burpees, back down
    Continue up to 7.

    Mosey to a grassy area for a pax choice. YHC asked Bogey to choose between M and J. With M being the choice, it was time for:

    Motivator! Basically a deconstructed SSH from sets of 10 down to 1. #CrowdPleaser

    Next Papa Smurf was asked to choose between J and S. He couldn’t pass up the J, so:

    Jack Webbs

    1 merkin, 2 air presses
    2 Merkins, 4 air presses
    Continue up to 10 Merkins and 20 air presses.

    Plane!! 10 burpees

    Mambi had to choose between T and D. He enthusiastically chose D:

    Plane! Hey that’s the same plane! Overruled! 10 Burpees!

    DirtyMacDeuce

    4 rounds of 3 x 12 rep exercises, an arm, a leg and a core. Run a lap after each round. The lap was up and over the levee.

    Merkins, Big boi sit-ups, squats
    Lap
    Shoulder Taps, flutter kicks, Bobby Hurleys
    Lap
    Floyd Mayweathers, tin snips, burpees IC
    Lap
    Catalina wine mixers, LBC’s, 8 count body builders IC
    Lap

    War Eagle looked up and said Senior Q, Da Plane, Da Plane!! YHC thanked Tattoo…err….War Eagle….and 10 Burpees!
    YHC lost count of burpees…🤷‍♂️

    COT

    NMM

    -YHC was excited to see 9 Pax at Westward Ho! Thanks for coming out.
    -There was a light rain that cooled us down
    -Congrats to War Eagle on his 2.1 on the way, due 31 December! Solid tax credit!!🤣. Maybe you had to be there…..

    SYITG

    Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this awesome brotherhood!

  • Better Late than Never – from Fast Tax

    Absolution and the Mad Mad Race

    Forgetting that Saturday beat downs started an hour later, YHC showed up bright and early at 5:30. After a short nap in the car, 6:30 rolled around.

    9 Pax, including 3 that made the Beer-run the night before, ventured forth to Mothership to see if Fast Tax had yet run out of creative ways to Embrace the Suck. With the shovel flag flapping in the breeze, we welcomed War Eagle from F3-Tallahassee, disclaimer was given, and Pax moseyed to the parking lot for some warm-up.

    Warmups consisted of:
    o Abe Vigodas 13 IC
    o Mountain Man Poopers 10 IC
    o Bat Wings 20 IC
    o Happy Jacks 4 cycles IC

    To the rock pile (aka Fountain) we go…yes, Bogie, there is a rock pile at Mothership.

    As we lined up amidst the chatter, YHC thought maybe we needed a little absolution first before we got started…make that 12 Absolutions (an 8 count exercise starting in the plank position: feet forward, feet back, left elbow down, right elbow down, legs out, legs in, left elbow straight, right elbow straight).

    To the delight of the Pax, Mini Hairburners were next. Starting in plank position, on a line, in cadence, Pax pushed their rocks forward and pulled them back until YHC thought we scarred the grass up enough.

    Rocks down, we raced to Humpty-Dumpty, sat on a wall (People’s Chair for 45 secs), and, of course, ended with a fall (to Merkins) and a run back to the rock pile.

    Next bit of fun was the Mad Mad Race.
    We formed teams of 3, with each Pax in the team choosing one of the following exercises: soldier crawl, broad jump, or crab walk – no duplicates. From the line, the teams had to traverse 40ish yards, switch positions, and come back. Losing two teams had to do 15 burpees [Bogie and the winning team graciously took five].

    Rock-a-bye Baby was the next event.
    In a chair position with our rocks at chest height, sequence is IC: rocks overhead, back to chest, arms straight out, arms to the left, back to middle, arms to the right, back to middle, back to chest. 10 reps.

    Finally, it was time to Get our Rocks Off.
    Holding wife pleaser position with rocks on the ground past their head, sequence is IC:
    As YHC called “up”, tricep lift to overhead and back down. 15 reps or until it hurts.

    With plenty of time remaining, YHC introduced the Bear Crawl Snake as the final event. Pax line up in a plank, head to toe, three feet apart with last man bear crawling to the front, weaving between each Pax until last man passes the finish line (40 to 50 yards).

    To close out the morning’s entertainment, we circled up and did a round of choose your own Mary, in reverse direction so as to not hurt Snooze’s feelings.

    At 7:23, as the picnic-goers began to arrive (and stare at us), we headed back to the flag with Catfish lamenting the extra 45 seconds we could have exercised.
    To ease Catfish’s angst that we would finish early, we counted off 3 times before name-a-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayers.

    Coffeteria at Café Navarre with Hokie, Gabbie, and Fracsac joining.

    Thanks for the fellowship!
    SYITG

  • It looked better on paper – from Rudy

    Large crowd in the gloom at El Diablo this am. Weather was delightful. Ground was moist, promising a nice, muddy workout. So at 5:30 – YHC gives a disclaimer and 12 PAX head to the football field. BooBoo starts the festivities by mocking the Q about said disclaimer, so all PAX get to start with 5 OYO Boo-Boo Burpees. Then we warm-up. Stretches, SSH, IW, arm circles. Get the blood flowing. And lo-and-behold, Vagabond emerges from the gloom just in time to make for an even 13 PAX.

    The Thang 1: Two teams, count total reps. Losing PAX team will have to do more Boo-Boo Burpees. What’s the event? 10 8-cts, run to the other bench and back (i dunno, maybe 20 yards each direction?) 10 BBS, run to the bench and back. That’s 1. Do it again. OYO. Count how many iterations you get done. YHC sets a timer (8 minutes, but don’t tell anyone. Its more fun when you have no idea how long you’ll be working….). Go. Team 1 (with only 6 members) still outshines team 2 28-27. Way to go FastTax and Hawg, leading the way.

    OK, that part worked ok.

    Lets head to the playground. Quick round of 6 stations with pull ups as the counter. I’m not even sure what other exercises we did. This part definitely did not work out right. YHC was very confused about how to split PAX into 6 groups. So rather than multiple rounds, lets just get the heck out of here and go get a rock.

    The Thang 2: Line up. What’s the event? 10 Overhead, 10 BBS, 10 Press, Bearcrawl 2 trees (20 yards-ish), mosey back. That’s 1. YHC sets a timer (again, 8 minutes. But don’t tell anyone). Go. OYO. Timer finishes, line everyone up by how many laps they got done (Bogey, FastTax, Vagabond and Hand Gernada led with 7). (one brief pause for 5 Hawg-Burpees as punishment for mocking the Q)

    Lets do it again – the winner of each group gets to watch the losers do burpees. YHC sets a timer again (4 mins this time). FastTax, BooBoo, LeftCoast and someone from the “other-side-of-the-fence” group were the winners. Everyone else got to do 5 RevSox Burpees.

    Overall, that one worked pretty well. Some room for improvement, though.

    The Thang 3: OK, this one didn’t work. I hesitate to write it. But it happened. Partner up. PAX 1 does *whatever PAX 1 wants*. PAX 2 mirrors it. 90 seconds, then flipflop. The idea is to challenge our awareness, responsiveness, agility. Rougarou nailed it with a weird Irish clog dance that Hawg desperately tried to follow. War Eagle seemed to take it to mean “Can I just stand here?” which is, technically, allowed.

    This one didn’t work so well. But YHC will adjust and try it again one day. Be warned.

    Mosey back to the flag (3 mins late…)

    NMM: Thanks, Vagabond, for sharing a story of forgiveness. Good reminder for each of us to avoid holding grudges. Reach out to those we may have hurt, or those who have hurt us. Offer forgiveness. Bring ourselves to feel the forgiveness in our heart, even when our brain is not ready to.

  • Great Day for a Beatdown! – from Fast Tax

    PAX at El Diablo: Bogey, Bolt, Hand Grenada, Rev Sox, Vagabond, and Fast Tax
    Not to be swayed by a little water and mud, 6 pax ventured forth to El Diablo to embrace the SUCK and see what Fast Tax had up his sleeve this time. It was quickly pointed out that I was 45 seconds late, so disclaiming while moseying, we headed to the rock pile.
    Warmups consisted of:
    o Abe Bagodas
    o Matt Biondis
    o Mountain Man Poopers
    o Star Jacks
    o Swan Dives
    o Australian Snow Angels

    Though Vagabond was hoping we would be heading to the parking lot that would have been waaaay too clean…to the field of puddles we go.
    The first exercise was Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, starting on the goal line with your rock. Each pax performed the following sequence OYO: Squat, double arm shotput rock, broad jump toward rock, lunge the remaining distance and repeat the sequence until you got to the 40ish yard line. After a 20 sec breather, we repeated the exercise back to the goal line. One of us may have “accidentally” thrown his rock in the very large mud puddle by Rev Sox’s feet…oops.
    Red Barchetta was the next event (would have been done to the musical accompaniment of Rush’s 1981 hit – Red Barchetta if the Q remembered to bring his phone)
    Sequence OYO no resting:
    o 100 yard dash, 100 SSH, run back to goal line
    o 75 yard dash, 75 mountain climbers, run back to goal line
    o 50 yard dash, 50 LBCs, run back to goal line
    o 25 yard dash, 25 merkins, run back to goal line

    The festivities on the field culminated with the Rapid Fire Rock Set.
    Set of 20 curls, overhead press, triceps extensions, and rows all with rock, IC, and fast paced. Repeat – 15 reps then 10 reps.
    With Bogey lamenting that Rudy was not here to enjoy the festivities (and the mud), we moseyed back to the rock pile to drop our rocks.
    After determining pax were not muddy enough (and time remaining) Q introduced the Welsh Dragons: Bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 1 burpee, 1 merkin, and tap the BACK of each shoulder 1 time. Repeat adding 1 rep to each exercise each time – bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 2 burpees, 2 merkins, 2 sets of back of shoulder taps… etc., repeating until we covered about 40 feet.
    Light stretch and head back to flag for countoff, name-a-rama, announcements, and prayers.

    #Bogey, #Bolt, #Hand Grenada, #Rev Sox, #Vagabond, and #Fast Tax

  • Rock City meets Margarita on the Rucks – from Triple Shift

    As 10 HIMs are preparing for the GrowRuck Alamo on April 9-11th, we had to put some work in with weights. As expected, the football field was wet with dew and the weather was unseasonably warm at 5:30 am. Here is the link to the explainer video!

    Those men at F3 Alamo are killing it with their high quality explainer videos and exercises! In short, it was a suck fest performing rock rows, rockees (burpee with rock), flutter kicks, brickyard man makers, squats and then out 50 yards and back and rinse and repeat for 45 minutes. We had to modify it since your QIC was the only one with a ruck. Anyway, truly humbled by the men that yielded themselves to my leadership this morning. Ended in a prayer of gratitude and request to be growing in our leadership.

  • RED – Tribute to the 141 and the 256 – especially Army Specialist SPC Jean-Paul Tujague Jr – from Hokie

    Technically Army Specialist SPC Jean-Paul Tujague Jr is in the 141st (Washington Artillery) which is attached to the 256th Infantry Brigade, so we paid tribute and respect with 141 Merkins and 256 Big Boy Sit Ups… broken down into six rounds.

    We started at the gathering point and moseyed to the rock pile and then onto the tree lines field.

    Round 1 – 16 Merkins, run across field from one tree line by baseball field to the other tree line near the gym lot, 26 Big Boy Sit Ups (BB), run back across the field, grab your rock and do shoulder presses waiting on the 6.

    Round 2 – 25 Merkins, run across, 30 BB, run across, grab rock for curls waiting on the six

    Rounds 3-5 — 25 Merkins, run, 50 BB, run and use rock while waiting on six with triceps (round 3), rows (round 4) and chest presses (round 5).

    Round 6 – 25 Merkins, Run, 50 BB, and stay in lot doing Side Straddle Hops waiting on the six.

    While in lot, we planked and bird dogged for 14.1 seconds and then again for 25.6 seconds.

    We then ran back to gather our rocks and return towards the rock pile for 25 (.6 was silent) more chest presses and (14 (.1 was silent) box CUTTER’S with our rocks overhead..

    Mosey back to the Flag for Mary and COT. At request of Boo Boo, Penguins saved us after Jay-Lo’s by Scantron.

    Special gratitude to all those who serve!

    Thank you for allowing this old man the opportunity to lead.