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  • Is That A Wienkie In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? – from Steve

    About once every three to four years, YHC finally tires of the endless Four Corners and the Doras and the 11’s, and attempts something more creative. (See Music Trivia Beatdown circa 2020 for last said attempt.) Today’s experiment? A game of Family Feud (minus the… families?) This experiment was made all the more exciting with a downrange visitor from Birmingham – VTach. And with Jose 10k in the audience to heckle and jeer at my simple math skills, what could go wrong?

    Now I’m no Steve Harvey (though I do think I could give Louie Anderson a run for his money), so I did my best to keep it simple (cue Jose, “Hey, I gotta leave in 15 minutes, can we not make this a Bushwacker length explanation?):

    – Each round (question) is associated with an exercise (noted alongside the question).
    – Guess an answer on the board? We halve the points and do that many of said exercise.
    – For every wrong answer, the Pax has to do 5 burpees.
    – After three strikes, the round ends and we DOUBLE the points of each unguessed answer, then do that many reps of said exercise.

    1. Name something snowmen might have nightmares about. (Freak Nasties)
    Sun/Beach Weather (62)
Fire/Flame Throwers (14)
Blow Dryers (3)
Rain (3)
Snowplow/Shovel (3)
Drought (2)
Snowballs (2)
Peeing Dogs/Pee (2)

    2. Name something that gets passed around. (Big Boys)
    A joint (34)
A cold (23)
A collection plate (12)
A rumor (9) 
A baby (6)

    3. Name something that might ripple. (SMK’s)
    Water/Stream (63)
Body/Muscles (30)
Potato Chips (4)
Pants (3)

    4. Name something that can be inflated or deflated. (Donkey Kickoffs)
    Balloon (44)
Tire (25)
Beach ball (10)
Ego (7)
Raft (5) 

    5. Name something that might be full of holes. (Bulgarians)
    Swiss Cheese (40)
Clothes/Socks (16)
Alibi/Story (14)
Net/Fishing Net (9)
Colander/Strainer (8)
Golf Course (2)
Screen (2)
Road/Street (2)

    6. Name something that a doctor might pull out of a person. (Hand Release Merkins)
    A gerbil (32)
A baby (23)
A tumor (15)
A tooth (9)
A bullet (7)

    The whole enterprise was worth it for the expression on Shooter’s face when he learned that gerbil was the top answer to this final question (“What is wrong with this world when gerbil is the top answer and stitches aren’t even on there?”). How he went his entire life without hearing the Richard Gere story remains a mystery.

    COT and Russo prayed us out. Welcome VTach! Great having you in town and hope we get to see more of you. I’m sure one of us will make it up to a Birmingham AO at some point. And thank you gents for the patience on this one, YHC will definitely give it a go one Saturday where we can properly split up into “families.”

  • Can You Follow Instructions? – from Steve

    With Chewy calling in for a replacement Q the night before and Russo’s Altima nowhere in sight, YHC was pretty confident it’d be a solo beatdown.

    But that’s why you never bet against Russo, who pulled in shortly thereafter, barefoot but with shoes in hand, ready to rock. (The shoe-less drive, FYI, is not an uncommon thing – both Hammer and Bush have done this a few times as well.)

    YHC was happy to be the Q because I wanted something mellow today. So kept things simple, with a mosey to the lake, stopping at each intersection to add an exercise and ladder up:

    5 jump squats
    10 lunges
    15 merkins
    20 gas pumps
    25 shoulder taps
    30 flutters IC

    Along the way, we discussed the Olympics, drag queens, homeschooling, and the instructions test. Anyone remember that? Teacher gives you a list of instructions to follow, and basically the last one negates 90% of them, so then you look like an idiot if you did all 18 things on the list? Well, Russo and I both admitted to being that guy (but hey, that would be no surprise to my wife).

    At the lake, we worked in some Bulgarians and freak nasties (as is customary), and followed that up with another lake tradition, 5x calf raises up each step.

    Hit the road back to Granny’s with 10 merkins at each stop to get our merkin total up to 100, and closed it out with a little Mary.

    COT and Russo prayed us out. As always, thanks for the post and the camaraderie – appreciate you brother!

  • Sweet smell of success – from Russo

    YHC picked up a full-in Q when Steve wasn’t able to make it, so we went to an old standby. I figured to throw some burpees in to help out Jose, but alas he was in the midst of his patented pre-thang thang as I drove up. We were joined by a Shooter and off we went.

    Warmup (all IC, 10x)
    -cherry pickers
    -Arm circles
    -torso twists
    -self love
    -Toe touches
    -high knees

    Thang
    Pax knocked out the Deck of Death (exercise and count based on value and suit of the card turned over from a standard deck of playing cards). YHC likes to split the deck into 4 groups to vary up the exercises, with some moseying between rounds.

    Round 1 at the benches
    Hearts – Freak Nastys
    Diamonds – step ups
    Clubs – BSSs
    Spades – Leg Raises

    Round 2 at the fans
    Hearts – SMCs
    Diamonds – wide merkins
    Clubs – monkey humpers
    Spades – gas pumps

    Round 3 at the bus stop
    Hearts – shoulder tap plank jacks
    Diamonds – durkins
    Clubs – star jumps
    Spades – crunchy frogs

    Round 4 at the stage
    Hearts – jump squats
    Diamonds – donkey kicks
    Clubs – Lunges (2 is 1)
    Spades – wife pleasers

    Somewhere along the way, the comment was thrown out about the unpleasant aromas emanating from sweaty mid 40s gents in the near 80 degree humid morning. One of us offered that it was a “sweet smell of success” so we’ll run with that for a while. It was not lost on YHC that in the three of us you probably had the gold, silver, and bronze medals of sweating: dukes of damp, masters of moisture, princes of perspiration. I would venture only Frank could give us a run for the podium.

    Mary

    All 10x IC
    -LMCs
    -Flutter kicks
    -Penguins
    -Rosalitas
    -Box Cutters
    -Freddy Mercurys

    -One minute or so plank

    COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out. Thank you gentlemen for joining me and get better Steve!

  • Hold up Steve! I’ve got you! – from Jose10k

    YHC was lucky that his wife reminded him that he had the Q for the beatdown today. I honestly forgot, and I was hoping to take a day off. The alarm was set, but no early morning shenanigans. I knew exactly how to add those awesome “extras” Zoolander has inspired us to do. Absent this morning: Shooter. Where o where is shooter? I arrived to Steve, trying to get his early burpees in before the beatdown. I quickly yelled out to him: I got you bro.
    Warm-up: SSH, torso twists, snap crackle pop( apparently a Covington warm-up), toe touches.
    The thang: In breezy conditions (tropical storm Beryl made things bearable this morning, I crack myself up sometimes) we moseyed to the marsh to utilize the playground equipment. We did a modified mini murph. 10 sets: 5-10-15 of pull-ups, burpees, SMK for the first 3, then squats to round out the remaining sets. Two of us sweated excessively, while Steve made it look effortlessly. Despite the challenging exercises with heavy sweating, Russo and myself surivived, while Steve smiled at us. Mosey back to the street to lunge walk a block. Russo and myself discussed Electrolytes and dehydration. Y’all don’t even know the struggles of hyperhidrosis, but luckily for both him and I, we have great Katie’s in our lives that know when to take care of us. Maybe we need to bring out some Brawndo ( it is afterall, what the plants crave). Once at the stop sign, we planked up for 1 minute. Moseyed back to grandmas for another round of 1 minute plank. 5 minutes remaining which normally means Mary, however, with the chatter on the run back, YHC decided to use those 5 minutes for some well needed deep stretches. COT, Russo prayed us out with intentions of those affected by the hurricane and the sudden death of his coworker. Thanks for letting me lead Gentlemen, and thanks for the read. SYITG

  • Tabata, Ceiling Fans, and Jose’s Michael Jackson moves – from Chewy

    Yep. That’s about what happened.
    +COT, prayer by Russo
    SYITG

  • Just the facts, creativity tank is on empty – from Russo

    Right at about one million degrees and 345% humidity this morning for Pax of 3.

    Warmup (all 10x)
    – SSHs
    – toe touches
    – Torso twists
    – Arm circles
    – hillbillies

    Thang
    Mosey around old Mandy, stopping every block or so to do a 5-4-3-2-1 rep for different exercises.

    Group 1 Reps/ exercises
    5 T merkins
    4 Peter Parker’s
    3 Wide merkins
    2 8 count body builders
    1 Burpee

    Group 2
    5 SMCs
    4 Ballerina squats
    3 Imperial squat walkers
    2 Star Jumps
    1 Smurfjack

    Group 3
    5 Leg raises
    4 Crunchy frogs
    3 V ups
    2 Gas pumps
    1 Big Boy sit-up

    After block 3, we performed all three groups before continuing on.

    At the seawall, it was the modified “Steve circuit”, all 10x IC, sans those step downs he loves so much.

    -freak Nastys
    -BSSs
    -Step ups

    Reverse! On the way back and at home base, we reversed the rep count (e.g., 5 burpees, 4 8 counts, etc.)

    Wrapped it up with some Mary:
    – penguins
    – Wife pleasers
    – Freddie Mercury’s
    – hello Dolly’s
    – Rosalitas
    – 1 minute or so plank

    Quick COT and we were done for another day. Gentleman, as always, enjoyed the comraderie, even if I was quiet because it was brutally hot and I was sucking wind throughout. SYITG

  • The HighTower – from Shooter

    4 HIMs to the 💊 this Gloom to get out at Granny’s and put in some work..
    Warmup of 15IC Imperial walkers, SSH, Cherry pickers, front claps and Grass grabbers..
    Moseyed down Girard toward the lake stopping at every second block to complete a round of the HighTower (check Exicon for description) Burpees of all sorts of variations was had along the way with the final set performed in the overflow lot of OLL. Utilized for 4x back pedals and sprints.. Returned to AO for Wife pleasers and L/R elbow to knee 15IC..

    Closed out with prayers for the Tillery family, as well as recent news from a former 10k students family… 🙏🏼🙏🏼

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Inquerious Questions of Guidance – from Steve

    It took 3 attempts before auto-correct finally let that title stand as is. And even now I’m not sure it’s right… But there it is, in all its glory, preserved for the annals of F3 history. What the hell it means is anyone’s guess.

    Rowdy crowd of 6 this morning at Granny’s, (7, if you count the monster mosquito hawk that was making a racket during warmup and Mary). So rowdy that a bleary-eyed Chewy and I wondered what the hell was going on as we attempted to keep cadence count. I mean, sure, Jose wakes up ready for a fight. That makes sense – teaching junior high you gotta be on your toes and ready to knock someone down a rung or two. (Plus, he’s got the additional 20 minute drive of wake up time.) And now that Bush has become the new grumble grumble, well, let’s just say the back and forth between these two has become a joy to witness. Though it does make counting difficult.

    Luckily, we quickly moved on to the thang, a semi-random circuit of increasing reps that spanned most of the trailhead:

    – Derkins
    – Step Ups (ea. leg)
    – Lunges (2:1)
    – T-merkins
    – Donkey Kickoffs
    – Crunchy Frogs
    – Apollo Ohnos (2:1)
    – SSH’s
    – Freak Nasties

    Each round ended with a set of x3 calf raises up the stairs, then start again, increasing the rep count by x5.

    We mostly stuck together today, entertained by the barefoot Duke and his parkour moves. It was a big day for him, as he saw his net worth nearly double to $24.12 and, more importantly, learned the subtle distinction between the adjective demure and the verb to demur. Hard to believe one day we could be reading a backblast written by Wacker’s offspring. We can only hope he inherits his father’s love of flowery language.

    And, of course, there were also the usual F3-type ramblings about Scientology, drinking vials of blood, moon landings – that sorta thing. Hey, Russo is right – the internet does indeed always win.

    COT and Chewy prayed us out. Appreciate you gents, was fun to have a bigger group out there today.

  • Granny’s magic!! – from Shooter

    Four rounds, four exercises and four loops was the magical number for our 45 mins in the Gloom.
    After completing a loop around the Trace brief warmup of 15IC and 10IC Grass grabbers, Toe touches, Abe Vogadas, over head claps, Cherry pickers and arm circles..
    Thang was 3 coupon stations and a jump rope station..
    Timer was 1 min of work 30 seconds of rest 4 rounds of motion.
    Coupon 1 Chest press
    Coupon 2 Curls
    Coupon 3 Overhead carry up and down the stairs. Intensity version shoulder presses while going up and back down.. After 4 one min rounds PAX made a loop around the Trace.
    R/R till each PAX completed all stated exercises.. For you math folks out there, total work was only 16 mins of engaged movement not counting the loop’s.. Doesn’t seem like much but I promise by rd 3 the burn was real and I believe the PAX got their monies worth..

    Finished right at 6 and we announced multiple CSAUP opportunities ahead.. 4 on the 4th, BEAST, Turkey trot and I believe some other hot ass marathon or something… Not really certain, but one thing is certain, Cowbell lives and he mentioned a possible Saturday post for the Wacker Q..

    Russo graciously took us out and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • How is it not summer yet? – from Russo

    How do I know it’s unofficially summer? Close to 80, crazy humid, not a breeze to be had at 5:15 AM. Oh, and Jose posted which means school is all but wrapped up.

    Pax of 4, with regulars Steve and Chewy rounding out our barbershop quartet. Yes, Chewy moved up to regular status this week in YHC’s opinion. Pax Miner is pleased.

    Warmup (all 10x)
    – seal jacks
    – Self love
    – Good mornings
    – Toe touches
    – grass grabbers
    – Torso twists

    Thang
    Mosey to the bridge, where at every block it was 20 plankjacks and 20 squats merkins.

    At the bridge: 7s (Peter Parker’s 2×1 and Donkey kicks)

    Between:
    – Mosey
    – Carioca
    – Back pedal
    – Lunge walk
    – Skip
    – Mosey again (I forgot we could sprint, high knee, or side shuffle, knowing a bear crawl was out of the question)

    Back at the pad, Mary included some 10x IC core (LMCs, flutters, B2K, Rosalitas, Wife Pleasers, American Hammers) and a column slalom.

    COT, NOR, Announcements, and Prayer closed us out. SYITG