A quick warm up of arm circles and LBCs before starting the usual 5k run and a surprise at the end of the pier, an actual Shark from the Lake! Children beware.
Run was completed in 32:00 by the official time
Back at the playground we tried two exercises from the new Army Combat Fitness Test
2 Min of Leg Lifts
2 Mins of Hand Release Mirkins
Count-off, Name-o-rama (Cudos to Spocket for the new recruit), COT
6 pax met at the Mandeville TH. YHC came in hot, shoe on but not tied. No disclaimer today boys, Yhc carries malpractice insurance.
The thang
mosey to underpass
circle up: my climbers x 20 ic, donkey kicks x 20 ic
mosey down the UP, karaoke the flat, sprint the up the UP.
Circle up: shld taps x20 Ic, heels up squats x 10 ic
mosey down the UP, karaoke the flat, sprint the up the UP (Near miss, way to recover pelican)
…insert crazy man barking at us, oh wait, it’s Capt sparkles with the sneak attack!
circle up: plank R/L arm high, single leg reach to floor x 10 ic
mosey dn the UP, Buttkick the flat, sprint up the UP
circle up: plank R/L arm high, single leg reach to floor x 10 ic
mosey to the street, Fartleks to Monroe, up girod back to TH
Circle up: scorpion kicks, lower/mid trap exercises, active HS stretch/nerve glides
COT, name or ama, prayer from Bub.
As always thanks for letting me lead.
Chewy
There’s been a fair amount of mumble chatter emanating from the Southshore lately about the so called H8! beat down. Never to be outdone by our Southshore brothers, the Northshore PAX decided to turn up the volume to 11 this morning with a modified version of the H8! After the standard disclaimer and a warmup of SSHs, Seal Jacks, Toe Touches, Imperial Walkers, Front to Back Lunges, Lateral Lunges, and Windmills, all IC and with rep counts from 10-20, YHC led fourteen men westward on the Mandeville Lakefront to the launch pad for 40 minutes of suffering.
The PAX started the clock and their first lap with one Merkin. This one Merkin was the centerpiece of YHC’s diabolical plan to make the Northshore H8! .01% better than the Southshore version. YHC’s poor reading comprehension and math skills actually made it a lot harder, however. YHC misinterpreted Hawg’s Friday afternoon briefing, realized his mistake 1 lap into the H8!, but by that time the horses were out of the barn and it was too late to recall them for revised instructions. Anyone who has Q’d a beat down know how that works.
At any rate, after that first Merkin (which was terrific across the board by the way), the PAX bear crawled 35 yards, ran out and back for .4 miles round trip, bear crawled 35 yards back to our starting point and then performed 8 burpees and 8 Merkins within each burpee to complete one lap. This last part is where YHC mangled Hawg’s instructions. We should have performed descending Merkins instead of 8 Merkins for each burpee, i.e. 36 instead of 64. Too late. The die was cast, as mentioned above, and there was nothing to do but get on with it.
So we did, completing as many laps as possible in 40 minutes, dropping the number of burpees and Merkins by one on each lap. Whether it was the extra Merkins or our lack of fitness relative to our Southshore brothers, we’ll never know, but no one completed 8 laps in the prescribed 40 minutes. The PAX cheerfully embraced the suck, however, which is something. Even when the wind picked up, it started to rain hard, and the Sky Q started throwing lightening bolts nearby.
Thanks for letting me lead this morning, guys, and welcome to FNGs Survivor and The Hammer. See you in the Gloom.
There wee
2 weeks of beat downs at G-ma’s House the past 2 weeks, YHC cued both of these, but failed to inform the pax.
Last Tuesday, (7/24) chewy and bubba met for some jumping of the rope, 1/4 runs, and various exercises of the single leg persuasion.
this past tuesday (7/31) chewy and bushwacker met for some more jumping of the rope, manmaker merkins, and Rower sit ups (finishing off july’s ISI challenge) while chief sparkles climbed stairs in prep for the 9/11 memorial climb.
Thanks for the small yet faithful pax, that still make Tuesday mornings happen.
Yhc is hoping things will pick back up on Tuesdays once Steve is relocated and EiEi comes out of hiding.
Sorry for the late blasts!
chewy
With predictions of massive heat waves by meteorologists in the forecast, one would not expect to arrive to mild temps and little humidity at the end of July. Then again nothing stops the men of F3 from posting, whether it be 100% humidity with 105 heat index or 16 degrees with iced over roads. Taking a quote from the movie Field of dreams, “if you build it, they will come!” Well we don’t build structures at F3, but when we post we build great relationships with strong men who care and share daily life as we F2 through a beatdown.. For this YHC, the fellowship is always welcomed and appreciated!!
Made the walk through the park to the illumination of Sprockets headlights gleaming through the trees to plant the flag.. Shortly after Chewy arrives with great energy engaging in chatter of his recent 20 year high school reunion in recent past. As Sprocket and I engage in the chatter with Chewy we reflect upon how the ones we remember from back then and the paths in which they have taken may not always add up to what we thought may have been.. However, given the opportunity to take yet another breath and join these men on this beautiful Gloom only reassures this YHC to be mindful and count each moment as the blessing in which it truly is, in this journey called LIFE… Not sure where I was going with this but there it is..
Began with IC to 15 Good mornings, Windmills, Butt kicks and SSH..
Off and moseying through the streets of our peaceful and most serine city of Mandeville.. Journeyed our standard route with a brisk pace and mumble chatter along the way. Returning to the AO with a few to spare for some Yoga stretching to close. Q looking forward to Chewys upcoming ISI challenge in August!!
count, announcements, COT
Thanks to Sprocket for closing us in prayer!!
Always grateful to Post with you men, thanks for keeping me accountable!!
✌🏻👊🏻💪🏻
Wet running shoes from the Narley Nutria served this YHC as he Doubled down on a post with little rest from the previous night… Having attended the Narley and being part of the winning World domination of sorts I could not help but share with the men who had missed, what an awesome experience was had the night before. Come on, where else can one go and experience the creativity of such a large PAX and the great naming of new FNGs along with some great F2ing.. It is certainly a great thing when men from all over can come together and instantly grab chatter as if they had recently assembled at a family reunion to catchup on old times.. Certainly one of the benefits I have received in my experience with F3 and look forward to many more as I travel this thing called life with a core group of strong men.. Enough sentimental thoughts for one day!!
Began with 20 IC Windmills, Chewy one leg balance touch both legs 8 IC. This looked worse than an all night booze fest with slurring words to the arresting officer as we epically fail this YHCs choice of field sobriety testing. Alternating lunge leg twist and then we are off for the thang..
Standard journey with flashes of Tom/Jerry playing a game of cat and mouse as Backdraft shot out the gate like a triple crown horse untamed.. Men quickly paired up and paced each other. Along the journey Q shared some good conversation with Chewy as he respectively took a moderate Mosey and hung back with a tired YHC. Tclaps to Waterpik and Coconuts for getting out there and pacing the lead of the PAX. Burgundy shared his hard commit to the Northshore half coming up in October.
Upon return with Bushwacker’s dice of doom in hand we alternated rolling knocking out a total of 50 rower sit-ups and in between 5SSH IC and 20 Burpees.
count off, annoucements, COT
Waterpik took us out in prayer offering intentions to all the F3 brothers!!
Appreciate the lead men!!
Thank you F3, ✌🏻👊🏻💪🏻!!
Well since Captain Sparkles is starting to prepare for the annual 911 New Orleans Memorial Stair Climb it was on his agenda to incorporate the Mandeville Trailhead stairs into the Beatdown.
But Mother Nature had other plans throwing some lightning around.
So for the warm up.
Side straddle hops originally planned on 20 but with late comer Chewy felt the need to extend the count so Chewy wouldn’t miss out on a few so extended it to 50 as I was approaching 50 got some mumbling from Mr Shooter thinking it would never end. Lol.
25 Imperial walkers in cadence
25 mountain climbers in cadence
The Thang
Partner up for sit ups
50 each
50 Merkins or your best without stopping
35 sit-ups
35 Merkins
15 sit-ups
15 Merkins
Totaling 100 of each
Jog to bus stop in remembrance of Steve
His favorite. Yep on benches
10 Freak Nasty’s
10 box jumps
10 Freak Nasty’s
5 box jumps
10 Freak Nasty’s
3 box jumps so I’m out of shape
Jog back to Trailhead
2 min. Forearm plank
25 flutter kicks in cadence
2 min. Elevate legs 6” above ground or as long as you can.
30 right leg step ups
30 left leg step ups
Gave last 3 min. To Chewy for some stretching exercises.
There have been many times that QIC has thought about coupons to spice up a beatdown. Honestly there has also been a lot of forgetfulness or unpreparedness that has spoiled such ideas. Not this time! Gentlemen, we have garbage bags! Turning the scramble into an easter-egg hunt of sorts, the PAX was prepared to rid our 5k route of every scrap of litter it spied.
Beginning in a more intentionally subdued manner:
10 deep inhalations and exhalations (eyes closed IC)
15 toe touches IC
Off we went! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you asked) YHC didn’t grab quite enough garbage bags, and so Chewy and Sprocket mosied empy-handed, more able to focus on their run. The rest of the PAX, upon entering the stretch of road leading to the vaulted, though never close, gates of sunset point, were scrambling at every wayward piece of refuse the eye could detect.
Upon Pelican and my later-than-the-rest return due to a little Wacker gimpiness, there was just enough time for 1 throw of the Dice O Doom by The Pelican himself. Much to the PAX’s delight, 25 putins were all the Dice demanded of them. Waterpik prayed us out, and cold water was had by all!
As some altruistic professionals are never off-duty, Chewy took the time to do a little diagnostics on YHC’s leg issues. I’ve always been quite impressed by the glimpses I’ve had of his knowledge, as well as the true passion he has for his craft. Final diagnosis: there’s a broken Bushwacker who has a lot of “pre gametime” work to do.
Many thanks, gentlemen. I appreciate you all more than you could know.
YHC arrived promptly at 5:10 am this morning to plant the shovel flag at the trailhead.
After waiting for 15 min to no avail, yhc decided to head home and spend some quality time reading The good book, and to spend a few more precious minutes back In the fartsack.
Having the morning off from work, yhc decided to accompany his wife to her 9:30 pilates-yoga fusion class in which he was the only non-tomato, and was repeatedly called out by the instructor for having above average hip mobility “for a guy.”
all in all it was a good morning, but I’ll stick to working out in the gloom!
See you next time,
chewy
With another year in the books the YHC arrived at the Scramble on his birthday Q. To no surprise the regulars, with the exception of one Bushwacker 🤔decided to post and celebrate in the festivities. Jumped into a short warmup before we embarked on our standard Scramble route..
Warmup
15 IC Toe touches
15 IC Windmills
15 IC SSH
Started our Mosey with Chatter of the previous nights Arkansas/Oregon State game ending in a way, which surly would have a betting man thinking how did that just happen.. Come on!! Let’s hope a routine pop up with 2 outs to win your first Ship doesn’t come back to put the Razor in their Backs figuratively speaking.. Enough with the hate of an SEC foe, go Hogs!! Returned to the AO for 42 Merkins and two rounds of protractor with each PAX calling out a degree of leg extensions. Something the Q picked up in his travels to Charlotte this past weekend.. Closed with 21 IC LBCs. For those with better math skills than I equals 42 hence the one to grow on..
Appreciate the post gentleman!!
Count, announcements (Choppa considering a Q featuring a beefed up Murph at a post near you), COT
Much thanks to Sprocket for the pray out into the day!!!
