I don’t know, it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
But hey, that’s what you get when you cut off two fingers and a few left turns. Apparently Legal and Bean could further trim the route if Tank doesn’t return from his European vacation soon.
T-claps to Parrot for getting some extra, and to William for his ever-improving one mile sprint.
Coffeteria followed, where we learned not to wade into Bushwacker’s reading history – some things you just don’t want to know.
I don’t know, it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
But hey, that’s what you get when you cut off two fingers and a few left turns. Apparently Legal and Bean could further trim the route if Tank doesn’t return from his European vacation soon.
T-claps to Parrot for getting some extra, and to William for his ever-improving one mile sprint.
Coffeteria followed, where we learned not to wade into Bushwacker’s reading history – some things you just don’t want to know.
A bunch of dads ran!
This fall, some of the PAX of the Northshore will be CSAUPing at the Spartan Beast obstacle race near Dallas. There is a palpably intense excitement in the air and this beatdown was designed to make sure all in attendance felt it. YHC, along with some some kind and committed brothers, arrived at 5:15 to begin setting up. We just beat the pre-thangers back to the flag in time to get things started promptly.
WARMORAMA
Warm up consisted of briefly attended tabata, and a garbled pronouncement of rules, regulations, and “the way things aughta go”, which, thanks to Jose’s requisite comments and interjections of others, were immediately and throughout the course disregarded, slightly adopted, and outright ignored. But a great challenge was mostly bested and a fun time was had by all teams of 2 who attempted.
1. Tire Shuttle – step in each of 6 tires while running through (QIC tripped and fell so never assume anything is TOO easy!)
2.Sandbag StepUp – holding 50lb sandbag, 10 Step Ups on sea wall (MAY have forgotten to mention the step up part)
3. Bucket Carry – 5gallon bucket filled with sand carried out and back
4. Sledge Hammer Slam – 15 wacks on the tire with a 10lb maul
5. Tire Toss – 2 tires tossed individually out and back
6. Sled Drag – 2 45lb plates on a minil sled pulled out and back
7. Battlerope – 3″ battlerope slung up and down for 15 reps
8. Rope Climb w/ Cowbell (not the short crunchy-frogging runner) – climb rope appx 12′ and tap the bell. As indicated prior to start, if a PAX was unwilling or unable to complete an obstacle, they were to complete 10 Burpees and move on. However, the rare and awesome challenge that a rope hanging from a tree posed caused a bit of a pile up by the time QIC and partner Shooter arrived. Immediately Shooter was pulled in by the tractor beam as well
9. Dummy Drag – appx 150lb hose dummy dragged out and back
10. Tire Pull – giant tire with long rope attached, pulled length of rope
11. Spear Throw – in addition to the Rope Climb, Farmer’s carry, Sand Bag, flags and cones our own Zoolander (aka Chaka Zulu)supplied his new favorite toy to be thrown at and stuck into a foam target strapped to a tree. However, our honorary FNG, Al Gore, let us know with great protest that we were committing arbocide and proceded to take picture of the crime scene, and tear down the foam target for good measure.
12. Farmers Carry – set of appx 30lb logs with handles carried out and back
13. Tire Flip – giant tire flipped end over end out and back
14. Sawhorse Hurdles – 4 8′ sawhorses spaced 6′ apart hurdled over
Strong Work, great fun, fantastic teamwork!
COT
Count, Name, Grappler demurred praying us out in lieu of Rev Russo.
Just a small taste of thing to come in October, gentlemen. Thank you for allowing me to lead you in tackling this Fire/Spartan obstacle course
Post Script: Many thanks to the many hands who made light work of picking up the coupons!
13 for the Memorial Day Murph at the Milestone Marsh. Mumblechatter was strong and the weather was stifling hot, muggy, and brutal.
PAX: Speedy Gonzalez, Bird, The Hammer, Parrot, Zoolander, Steve, Shooter, Tanked Up!, The Manny, Chewy, Jose 10k, TruCoat, Akbar
Warm Ups: SSH, Self-Love, Arm Circles, Grass Grabbers, Windmills, Overhead Claps, Slow Squats
Thang: The Murph
1 mile run to the Lakefront wall and back
100 Pull Ups
200 Merkins
300 Squats
1 mile run to the Lakefront wall and back
Count-o-rama, name-o-rama
Trucoat shared personal experiences of how tough battle can be, reminding us that the wars fought don’t end on the battlefield – but can carry on for a lifetime. Shooter prayed us out with thanks and honor to all U.S. Military who have served and will serve, honoring those who died while serving our country.
Announcements:
Spartan Dallas in October – se Zoolander or Hammer for sign up information
T shirt order ends in 6 days.
Coffeeteeria at Zoolander’s house
SYITG,
Akbar
A bunch of foolish hims showed up to run in this heat. YHC was ridiculously stupid and showed up a half hour early to get in a half Murph at the playground. Oh well, SYITG
First off, let’s just take a moment to recognize the Pax that got out there early for the pre-thang – I think there were 7-8 guys? And that’s not counting Jose and JV, who started even earlier to roll at their own pace. AND, an additional t-claps to Jose for not only EH’ing JV, but also for getting out to the Marsh extra early for a pre-pre-thang of 30 minutes of pull-ups.
And I’d argue we were off to a good start even before that, when in the wee hours of the morning the temperature mercifully dipped down into the mid-60’s. That small fact made all the difference – were it not for those 8-10 degrees, JV (by his own admission) would’ve punched that guy on roller blades in the face. And hasn’t Christian Slater suffered enough these last few years?
Usual warmorama (can you decode them all?): WM’s, IW’s, GG’s, HB’s, AC’s, SSH’s. And 20 Merkins OYO.
Split Q today, with YHC (Steve right now), up first. I tried to find the most pricker-filled patch of grass to mosey to for our first set of:
Nickel and Dimes I:
5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, then SSH until next minute – for a total of 5 minutes. (Shout out to Catfish who taught me that one way back when.)
Many noticed PI’s entrance at this point, but few saw Zoolander’s sly exit.
Next up: Partner Races (or foot races, if Turtle had been there):
Line up at the start of Marigny for a sprint down the longest block known to man. Winner does 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.
Tank, who positioned himself as the final sprinter, noted that every guy looked good running that block. “If I was passing by and saw those guys, I’d say, ‘Wow, those guys are athletes.’” High praise from the leader of the gazelles.
Back at the pricker-filled, ant-infested (sorry Bird) patch of grass for:
Nickel and Dimes: First Blood Part 2
10 Sister Mary’s (2:1), 5 squats, plank until next minute. 5 minutes.
And another partner race down Marigny, with winner taking 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.
There were plans for Nickel and Dimes III: Nickel and Dimed With A Vengeance, but thankfully Bushwacker had arrived and it was time to cede leadership duties. Even I was hating myself by this point. (Though I’ll point out, quite a few guys still had plenty fuel left in the tank for Wacker – including Russo, who was somehow able to calculate the age of Madonna’s hoo-ha in between Side Straddle Hops [approx. 130 yrs old, if I heard correctly].)
So without further ado, time to turn the pages of this backblast over to the man himself, the Wacker of Bushes (and here you thought he was the long-winded one!).
Geez! Chatty Cathy, huh, guys?
Anyhoo, YHC got a taste of this race business (10 Burpees courtesy of Mr “I’m not really trying hard” Tank), and no thank you sir! Instead, a healthy order of circuit training was on the menu.
All OYO, plank for the 6:
50 100s, 40 SSH (single count), 30 Freddy Mercury’s (2is1), 20 Jump Squats, and 10 Burpees. 1 lap around Noah’s Ark and plank for the six. I reckon we made it through 5 or six rounds, with the final lap continuing to the flag.
COT
Count, Name, Steve prayed us out. Guys, I don’t know why you put up with Steve and his shenanigans, but I know he appreciates the allowance of said pied piper status. On a much more humble note, I appreciate this brotherhood and the ability to contribute in any small way to its lively and fulfilling existence.
First off, let’s just take a moment to recognize the Pax that got out there early for the pre-thang – I think there were 7-8 guys? And that’s not counting Jose and JV, who started even earlier to roll at their own pace. AND, an additional t-claps to Jose for not only EH’ing JV, but also for getting out to the Marsh extra early for a pre-pre-thang of 30 minutes of pull-ups.
And I’d argue we were off to a good start even before that, when in the wee hours of the morning the temperature mercifully dipped down into the mid-60’s. That small fact made all the difference – were it not for those 8-10 degrees, JV (by his own admission) would’ve punched that guy on roller blades in the face. And hasn’t Christian Slater suffered enough these last few years?
Usual warmorama (can you decode them all?): WM’s, IW’s, GG’s, HB’s, AC’s, SSH’s. And 20 Merkins OYO.
Split Q today, with YHC (Steve right now), up first. I tried to find the most pricker-filled patch of grass to mosey to for our first set of:
Nickel and Dimes I:
5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, then SSH until next minute – for a total of 5 minutes. (Shout out to Catfish who taught me that one way back when.)
Many noticed PI’s entrance at this point, but few saw Zoolander’s sly exit.
Next up: Partner Races (or foot races, if Turtle had been there):
Line up at the start of Marigny for a sprint down the longest block known to man. Winner does 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.
Tank, who positioned himself as the final sprinter, noted that every guy looked good running that block. “If I was passing by and saw those guys, I’d say, ‘Wow, those guys are athletes.’” High praise from the leader of the gazelles.
Back at the pricker-filled, ant-infested (sorry Bird) patch of grass for:
Nickel and Dimes: First Blood Part 2
10 Sister Mary’s (2:1), 5 squats, plank until next minute. 5 minutes.
And another partner race down Marigny, with winner taking 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.
There were plans for Nickel and Dimes III: Nickel and Dimed With A Vengeance, but thankfully Bushwacker had arrived and it was time to cede leadership duties. Even I was hating myself by this point. (Though I’ll point out, quite a few guys still had plenty fuel left in the tank for Wacker – including Russo, who was somehow able to calculate the age of Madonna’s hoo-ha in between Side Straddle Hops [approx. 130 yrs old, if I heard correctly].)
So without further ado, time to turn the pages of this backblast over to the man himself, the Wacker of Bushes (and here you thought he was the long-winded one!).
Geez! Chatty Cathy, huh, guys?
Anyhoo, YHC got a taste of this race business (10 Burpees courtesy of Mr “I’m not really trying hard” Tank), and no thank you sir! Instead, a healthy order of circuit training was on the menu.
All OYO, plank for the 6:
50 100s, 40 SSH (single count), 30 Freddy Mercury’s (2is1), 20 Jump Squats, and 10 Burpees. 1 lap around Noah’s Ark and plank for the six. I reckon we made it through 5 or six rounds, with the final lap continuing to the flag.
COT
Count, Name, Steve prayed us out. Guys, I don’t know why you put up with Steve and his shenanigans, but I know he appreciates the allowance of said pied piper status. On a much more humble note, I appreciate this brotherhood and the ability to contribute in any small way to its lively and fulfilling existence.
A plethora of runners joined up to celebrate the Three Amigos. Three cowboy movie stars from the silent era — Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander — are fired when one of their movies bombs. In what seems to be a career-saving offer, a young Mexican woman Carmen offers them a high-paying gig in her village. The three jump at the opportunity, expecting to do their typical act, but Carmen believes they are really heroes and asks them to rid her village of bad guy El Guapo.
This weekend marked the eighth anniversary of F3 North Shore, a milestone that reminds us of the incredible journey we’ve been on together. From humble beginnings to becoming a pillar of support and growth for men in our community, F3 North Shore has truly made a difference in many lives.
Since its inception , F3 North Shore has been more than just a workout group. It’s a place where men of all backgrounds come together to break out of their comfort zones, forge meaningful friendships, and support each other through life’s challenges. In a time when maintaining close relationships outside of family can be challenging, F3 North Shore has been a beacon of camaraderie and support.
I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for F3 North Shore and the core group of men who consistently show up each week. Your dedication goes beyond just exercise; it’s about building each other up, pushing boundaries, and creating a positive impact on each other’s lives.
Personally, I may not have been consistent throughout the years, but I always find comfort in knowing that I can come back to the PAx and that the core group is always there, ready to welcome me with open arms.
Here’s to celebrating eight years of F3 North Shore and to many more years of growth, friendship, and support.
The Thang:
Warmup: SSH, IW, Mt climbers x 20 IC
Mosey to the Grove:
Jack web: push ups and Ws x 10 rounds
10 rounds of 5 burpees, 5 squat jumps, 5 merkins
Mosey to the end of the lakefront, Indian run back to the grove,
11 more rounds of 5 burpees, jumps squats and merkins
Indian run back to the flag.
6 min of Mary plank variations
COT
Prayer
Cofferteria
