Cinco De Mayo, Cincuenta Y Cinco!
Hey, its just a headline, leave me alone!
Started off with an alarm this morning that woke me from a deep sleep. The M thought it was Thursday and was asking where YHC was going saying, “where you going, you have Hockey tonight?” i replied, nope, its wednesday.. Guess its already been that type of week. As I waddled out of the room to get ready, every bone was cracking and muscles sore from the days prior.. Man, I just want to go back to bed, but the pax were counting on me. so I muster up the strength an head out to MRHS half awake and yawning.Finally nice weather, so the Tank came out… No sun just yet, but OneStar noticed the Guns were out in preperation.. DICCS applied, Lets mosey.
Warmup: 1st mosey to the HS lot with some Good ole Pickle and Goo stretching.. Calf stretch/Run stretch/glute stretch, cross armed stretch and behind back arm stretch..
2nd mosey to other side of lot for regular warmup. 15IC IW, SSH, Potato Pickers.
THANG: Remembering this was Cico De Mayo last night, had to switch up the counts and exercises to accommodate…. So, mosey over to small track and pick a partner and Rock. Each pax does 55 of each of the 5 exercise while the other partner runs with 5 burpees at the far corner:
- Curls
- Overhead press
- Chest Press
- Tri ext
- 55 total row->thruster
this got some groans as many of us picked a bit larger of a rock than expected.
Mary with some Hernias for the 6.
Head to the MS cafeteria for some Circuit work: Bear Crawl up the path first.
At the Cafeteria 55 of each exercise split up in segments
- Dips
- Step ups
- Merkins- Incline/Decline split count
- Wall Press x2
- Jabs x2
Back to COT as we slow for the 6, 1 burpee at each of the 10 tree/shrub, at COT Heels to heaven IC for the 6.
M0leskin:
Lots of Pax were a bit sore since there had been some layovers the last few weeks whether on IR or traveling for work. this is the second day posting with 18 other pax. its a good number to have as there can be decent conversation.. most involving trips to the Wells Fargo this week…Enjoy it if you go, I got caught in the rainstorms Monday..
As usual, fun times with leading the group and Q’n a different AO than I normally do. Luckily everyone kept their sleeves today. weather is beautiful, so enjoy the day!!
Welcome FNG Mark Collins (RR) “The Grouch” hes from Rochester and name is taken from the Garbage plate and garbage being Oscar the Grouch.. Brought in by Bouncehouse and Pocahontas
Announcements:
Murph on Mem day
Blood drive 6/19
Need Q’s for Last call and Body shop
possibly looking at a new location for Last call to be a later start(maybe Publix on Newtown)
Led the group with prayer askign to look over those that are battling various ailmentsthat they are keeping inside and not ready to share with others at the moment which prompted Premature to say a few words following up from Zinfandels BB from yesterday about Anxiety and willing to help others when they do express their inner thoughts or emotions and notice if someone may reaching out without reaching out.
Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day and never take it for granted.
Shhhh!!! Kids Are Sleeping!
Gear is back at Chiseled! What better way to celebrate than doing a mini CSAUP with gear. The plan was in my head for quite some time, but I was waiting for the ability to share gear again before busting it out. Who knew I’d have to wait almost a year. Like with most of my planning, there was room for improvement. Arrived early to start setting up. At around 5:05 I saw the beautiful site of headlights entering the parking lot. Sweet, another sucker pax that can help me get gear set up (Thank you Chastain). DiCCS given with extra emphasis on cars coming in and form on the tire flips (I guess we will have to add noise level at Chiseled from now on???).
WARM UP
YoYo run around the sign and back to pick up the six. Apparently several guys including our Nantan don’t follow directions well. Got the guys grouped back up near the entrance for walking toy soldiers. Sprint up one light and jog back for the 6. Skips with a knee grab at the top for an extra stretch. Mosey to near the rock pile. Gave instructions that we would draft teams after the run around Mt. Chiseled and back to COT. Line up upon arrival to COT and I will draft. I start counting off and some (Schneider) didn’t quite get the counting. 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2…. Its called a snake draft for those that have never played fantasy football. Several sandbag runners may have made the teams a little uneven, but its what we had so lets go with it.
THE THANG
Both teams had equal amounts of gear and equal pax on the team. They were to start moving that gear from one side of the parking to to the other side (long ways). If you didn’t have gear (two pax), you were a runner to the curb and back. The catch was that you couldn’t pass the hair burner (fail # 1). Gear was:
- Tire Flip (Fail #2)
- Hair Burner
- Curls with 27lb bar
- Hammer Curl with 25 lb dumbbell
- Tricep extension with 30 lb dumbbell
- Front and lateral raises with 10 lb dumbbells
- 20 lb slam ball
- Farmer carry with two cinder blocks
So right off the bat team 1 had an advantage in that the parking lot curves and they were on the inside. I knew that so the plan was to switch sides at the other end. But team 1 (who must have been made up of the same guys that didn’t listen in warm ups) decided to go down and back. I attempted to correct them 3 times before they finally understood. Once we met at the curb (with Schneider claiming victory even though team 1 had already hit the curb) we switched sides.
Being on the inside lane proved to be a huge advantage as team 2 was in the lead until…….CAR!!! (Kinda early for Bible study to arrive but ok…) the car stops near Shop Dawg (huh, I guess they know each other from church?). All of a sudden Shop sprints over to me as I’m flipping the tire “Stop flipping the tire! We woke this guy up and his kids and he’s pissed!”. Really? Tire flips in the middle of a wooded campus woke this guy up? I mean, I guess its true, who gets out of bed on the own and drives over unless they really aren’t happy. Audibled to roll the tires back in while everyone else finished the CSAUP. Team 2 by a mile here.
Needed to regroup after the no tire change up and the fact that the down and back went way quicker than I expected. Lap around Mt. Chiseled and back to the gear.
Team back up for the gear relay again, except this time no tire flips and we are only going half way due to bible study traffic likely picking up. Bottle Cap questions if the hair burners might be too loud. 
Lets keep it.
I honestly can’t remember which team won here, but if you really want to know, ask Chastain and Schneider together at the same time.
That round was way too quick and didn’t feel very CSAUPish. What can I do to make it harder. 
. Oh I know….1000 merkins split per team…..Picture of my idea coming to shape and the pax’s reaction….
Finished with 2 minutes left…mosey to COT. Tried to sneak in a jack webb of Turkish get ups and dips but only got to 3 and 12 before time was called.
MOLESKIN
- So many lessons learned on this one.
- Tires are loud when flipped and they land perfectly flat. Chiseled site Q’s to regroup and test methods of how to tire flip without being so loud. Options include spinning the tire on the flip, flipping it in grass, and getting the neighbor’s kids headphones.
- Chastain ruined the CSAUP by hairburning so fast. His opening hairburner was about 80 yards in 1 minute. I was counting on tire flipping and hair burners to be the slowest….boy was I wrong.
- Ask Mad Dog to demonstrate a hairburner for you next time. His demonstration took up about 50 yards. He was severely gassed after it. I was ready to pounce on top of him and start singing staying alive but he gave me a look like “I’m alright” since he couldn’t talk through his heavy breathing.
- Shriver developed a secret weapon for us and started tossing the weighted ball. It quickly became the ball toss on our team. Not sure team 1 figured that out.
- Popeye is a monster at tire flipping and weighted ball throwing. Hairburning…not so much.
- Rudy pushed through a bad back to flip some tires (to my repeated concern and attempted take over from him).
- Good to see Spitz back out regularly. I needed another Carolina guy to get on as I think Paper Jam and Gerber were tired of catching the full brunt of my Carolina hate.
- Did another double take on Draper and Schneider’s resemblance.
- It was good to see Drive By at a morning workout for once. We got on a regular rotation when my daughter got interested in the afternoon workouts but with softball and tee ball season in full swing, I hadn’t been to an afternoon workout in awhile.
- The rest of the guys were on the other team so I didn’t getting any good nuggets on them.
Remembering the past
Fine group of men gathered this morning on a fine spring morning. I was excited and was ready to go. Confirmed with Ricky Bobby if I was the Q and he said yes. Let’s GO.
DICCS given.
Mosey to the Bus lot.
20 x SSH
20 x Imperial Squats
10 x Moroccan night club
Stretches.
Thang:
Now everyone is geared up and ready for the main event.
Start with 12 Merkins then run to next light pole and do 12 BigBoi sit-ups. Come back to the start and do 12 Merkins, run to 2nd light pole and repeat.
Mosey to back of the school. Grab and wall and 50 air pushups. 10 Mike Tysons then run around the track stopping at far end to do 10 jump squats. Hop to the stairs from the near end of the track. Repeat 3 times. Still had 10 mins left. Next is an added bonus for being fast this morning.
Mosey to parking lot. Start with 10 burpees and reduce by 2. In between run to other the end of parking lot and back, Repeat 5 times. It’s time to go back to COT. End with 10 box cutters.
Moleskin:
Awesome group of men this morning. Everyone pushed hard. The support was awesome. Thanks for appreciation Glidah. F3 has been the best thing that happened to me last year. Not only the workout, but also the fellowship. Open Door and Sanctuary has played a great part in my life. Thank you Posse for EHing me during the blood drive last July. There is a blood drive around the corner (June 19th). Sign up. You might find another FNG there.
Welcome FNG Tim (Mute)
Announcements:
- Chiseled to start sharing gear from tomorrow. Mini CUSUP planned.
- Blood drive July 19th. https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?order=DATE&range=10&zipSponsor=F3
From the Gloom to the Doom!
10 PAX emerged from the gloom for YHC’s 2nd Q. To say I was prepared was an understatement but we put something together that would cover the three food groups — legs, core and upper body. Gratitude and disclaimer given, we launched our way from the Gloom to the Doom!
Warm up – Jerry World arrived just as we were settling in to make our group 11. He was working on yet another post-draft trade to a division rival to help them lose earlier in the season so us Cowboy fans don’t have to worry about false hope. Side-bar — Dak Prescott cannot block, run the ball and catch the ball at the same time. Get us some better protection please!!!
Anyway — warm up of SSH, IW, Hillbilly and Big Arm circles (need to work on the Q Pivot to avoid dizziness).
The Thang –
“4” Corners – Mosey to the medical corner for some “4” corner work featuring 25 reps of Squats, 25 Bonnie Blair’s, 25 Bobby Hurley’s, 25 Sister Mary Catherine’s and 25 Lunges. Wait a minute, that’s five exercises! Only the late great Dean Smith can make five positions work in four corners. Let’s reset the PAX, cut Bobby Hurley and go a second round — Squats, Sister Mary Catherine’s, Bonnie Blair’s and Lunges. One Star called marry while we waited on the six. 2nd round completed successfully, PAX confusion reduced and we mosey to the back of Target.
“LBC Ladder Match” – Start with 5 LBCs at the first street light and add 5 more LBC to the count at each light while travelling travelling through the gloom. One stipulation, at least one bear crawl AND one crab walk must be done between a set of lights. Lot’s of inaudible mumble chatter due to my heavy breathing indicated the task was challenging. Circled up and waited for the six in the parking lot with more LBCs. Anonymous quote – “what are we doing here 65 more LBCs?” Yep — followed my a Mosey to the Doom.
“Merkins of Doom” – Circled up for Moroccan Night Club, Little Arm Circles and Windmills to warm the shoulders. 3 reps of each Merkin variation called by each PAX. Only stipulations provided were no repeats and one round of Seal Merkins not called by YHC. Teddy lead off with Diamond Merkins to set the tone followed by One Star’s call for Star Merkins (wide are and wide feet)…Tonyatine’s Criss-Cross Merkins (now known as OMG Merkins) blew out any remaining arm strength but Sweetwater brought us back on task with Regular Merkins (so refreshing and soothing!) and re-established mental focus. Left Arm Forward Merkins (Jerry World)…Right Arm Forward Merkins (Noonan)…Right Leg Up Merkins (Mic Check)…Hand Release Merkins (Patent Pending- who almost ran out of ideas)…Carolina Dry Docks (Loogie)…Wide Arm Merkins (Point Break) completed the circle of 30 reps! Leaving YHC to call the last round of SEAL MERKINS with a tacked on 2-rep penalty to raise our total to 35. Thoroughly impressed and gassed, we took the long Mosey back to launch to sluff off some time and recover.
…But still arrived a minute early according to Point Break’s time check so we dropped and held a plank to see the round through.
Moleskin:
This was my 2nd Q and despite zero prep time compared to my VQ this felt comfortable and relaxed. That confidence comes from F3 and knowing we are all there for each other. The shame of the fartsack is a real thing, but the real pull to get out into gloom is knowing that one will be out ready to lead all who show up. The biggest fear of a Q is not knowing who, if any, will show up — so we pay it forward by getting out of the fartsack to go stand beside the one. Thank you for showing up and following YHC through the Gloom and Into the Doom.
Announcements:
Future blood drive, The Maul needs Qs, Wingman still recovering, too many new AOs to list but go check them out, we need a shovel flag building party.
Take out:
Trickle
Where is the state line? Oh. We already passed it. Cool.
YHC got to Q my first multi state workout this morning. I’m not sure how many AOs include a state line but The Bottom Line offers some fun possibilities.
I rolled up to the clubhouse at about 5:27 and found 7 pax waiting for me in the parking lot with only 2 cars in it. Must have been a big clowncar.
I couldn’t find my usual reflective belt so I used an old one from my trunk. I ran about 10 steps and the belt flew off because it was broken. I guess thats why its the old belt.
5:30 hit, give disclaimer and we’re off towards the front of the neighborhood.
Mosey to the intersection of Bridgehampton Clubhouse and Ardrey Kell for a quick warmup.
IW x 15
Windmills x 10
Run to highway 521 stopping at each tree for alternating 5 squats, 5 carolina dry docks.
Turn around at HW 521 and go to the other side of the street, lunge walk from 1st tree to 2nd tree, do one burpee, jog to the next tree, repeat all the way back to Bridgehampton Clubhouse.
Triple Nickel on the hill: 5 burpees at the bottom, 5 jump squats at the top.
Mosey back to the launch for about 2 mins of Mary.
COT
Moleskine:
8 pax in 3 cars. That has to be a record. A couple guys ran in but Brexit’s care must have been pretty stinky at 0630A.
Toro works in landscaping and some pax were asking him to remove some of the neighborhoods trees during our time on Ardrey Kell.
Our FNG was wearing a Boston Beer Company(Ie. Sam Adams) t shirt during the workout so we decided to name him after the competitor brewery, Harpoon.
Some of these Bridgehampton pax have been been out a few times and are getting ready to Q….
Announcements: Keep EHing pax. Expecially those who live in Bridgehampton.
Nailed it
Showgirl was the QIC but called in sick. April 1 Q Challenge was in jeopardy. 15 minutes to go, Nails stepped in and got a quick tour of the AO. Time to start. Exercises done. Loops around the front lot. Donkey Kicks on the side wall. A dark run through the woods for some partner work. I don’t remember the rest. I just want my credit you lazy bums.
May the Fourth…whatever, no one cared
International Star Wars Day had very little appeal for this group…more on that later. I bet SweatWater got more response from his Bagpipe Q on 4/20. I’ve been away for some time, only a month, so I pretty pumped to lead my first day back. Bagpipe faithful never disappoint and 11 guys rolled in. Wrote and memorized my weinke yesterday. I always try not to make it easy, hopefully I held up my end. I was gassed a few times myself, mostly because I’ve been away I guess.
The Thang:
Disclaimer
Mosey – Out past Einstein down Conlan, cross Brixham, past Courtyard and LochNess, to grassy area…wet grassy area.
COP
– Imperial walker x 20 in cadence
– LSS with jump x 20 in cadence
– Merkins x10 on my up
– Plank – 6 inches (yes down in the wet grass)
– American hammer x 20 in cadence
– Recover
One lap around pond (LochNess)
– At each porch (x2)
– Derkins x10
– Dips x20
– On wall knee raises x15
– Plank for 6 – back at start
Mosey to trail – right side
– Split into two groups
– Group 1 – 10x Dips / 10x Merkins
– X3 – nope, X2 nope, x 1 1/2
– Group 2 – 10x pullups / 10x Squats
– X 1 1/2 rounds
– Flip Flop – everyone got in 30 of each exercise – close enough
Mosey up trail to Ball Corp Pl – straight across
– Through parking lot
– Circle up for Star Wars trivia
– Yes/no – 5 squats / 5 burpees
– X 6-8
Mosey around the pond #2
Mosey back out to Ball Corp – turn right by pond
– Circle up for mary – (4 various called; rosalita, box cutters, etc)
– Mosey around pond #3
Mosey straight across through Sara’s Y to cut the corner, left on Brixham, Rt on Ball Medical
Check time
Enough to catch the 4th pond behind Tony’s Pizza. Loop x1.
Wall ups beside Tony’s – well a few of us got one in
Head back to start
Done
Moleskin:
- Fun group for somewhere between 2.25 (my watch) and 3.5 (Cooter’s?) and 4 ponds. Jerry World found us after COT on the lap around LochNess, he said it was his 3rd try. Don’t think I’ve met him before – thanks for the hustle my man!
- Found out later it’s Teddy’s birthday – wish him a happy birthday, maybe we can celebrate Thursday at 4:30 – Bradshaw, or Friday at the Wells?
- Tagalong walked up before the disclaimer…and again after the COT? Not sure he was even in attendance. Jokes… hard to miss the mumble chatter.
- Frehley’s is a veteran, he avoided the wet grass. It was pre-determined that I was headed there. I remember one of my many Bagpipe workouts, I can’t remember the Q, but I remember him making us do COP in the wet grass. Always stuck with me… this ain’t supposed to be easy.
- Rousey and CableGuy were always out front – those two guys get after every exercise and never complain.
- Cooter checked in on me last night – I was ready, but it’s always a solid idea to check the Q. I had to get up freakin early, it’s almost a 20 min drive…
- Ralph and Morning After rolled in together. Not sure I’ve ever seen MA show up alone. Great quarantine hairstyle. Evidently he only just started coming out again. He stayed up front all morning too – we talked about working out at home and how much tougher in person F3 workouts are. Good to see Ralph also, he’s a grinder.
- As you might know now this is a great group of guys – add in Midriff and it’s a cool dozen. Somewhat new to F3, but it seems like he’s been here for years. Jumping head first into the CSAUP’s and always looking out for the PAX during boot camps. Solid dude – say hello if you haven’t, guarantee it will change your day for the better.
I thought the Star Wars trivia would be a fun way to interact with the group – possibly it’s too damn early for trivia, and a little of me screwing up the questions. I was working from memory – most of these guys were not. LOL
- Hans ships name? – Millennium Falcon (correct) easy one
- Hans loyal friend? – Chewbacca – (correct)
- Leia and Luke’s mom? – Padme – (incorrect, and i accidently said her name)
- Father? – yep easy one…
- Who cut off Anakin’s arm? – Count Dooku – (incorrect)
- Bonus, which arm – right – (incorrect, well sort of, everyone yelled out both)
- What battle armor is used by Boba Fett? – didn’t get to this one… it’s Mandalorian
May the Fourth be With You!
– Fredo
We Want BOT
Diccs given, let’s mosey …
LRC rolls in early, they all get out of the car ready to go, like going to kick our butts … Smithers and his tattoos are a little intimidating. Easy button and I were outnumbered until Sugar Daddy jumps out of no where, at least now its 3 on 3.
My legs still smoked from WTF needed a recovery run, so we ran an “interval recovery workout” with strides to finish. After the opening mosey, we performed Bratwurst style runner stretches. Then we ran mile repeats (4 in all) starting slow and building speed each time. Ended with 100 meter strides (5) and short mosey back to COT. Everyone worked hard this morning. Some got 6 miles. I appreciated the support.
We talked about everything from Little Dickey, Outerbanks, Ghosted’s recruitment for Q’s at Pursuit, the public outrage over death of the bot, Chicken Little’s recovery, WTF, and Kid Rocks mobile party trailer with beer tap, big screen TV and Weber grill. And most importantly, LRC’s upcoming attendance/support of Pursuit:)
Announcements: Off the Chain (MTB) wed night and the Murph on Memorial day.
I took us out.
Bushwood 2 Man Scramble!
Diccs!
2 laps around circle then Into Warmup
On gym side of campus!
18 SSH in cadence, 18 Mountain Climbers,
27 Merkins, 18 LSS in Cadence!
The Thang:
2 Man Teams selected, Partner 1 runs around circle and does 5 Mike Tyson’s mid way while partner 2 starts the exercises. Rotate upon finishing each lap! LBC’s till the 6 returns before next set.
100 Merkins as a team
100 Donkey Kicks
200 Air Presses
100 American Hammers
100 Dry Docks
200 Squats
100 Side Shuttle Hops
100 Bobby Hurleys
100 Freddie Mercuries
Moleskin:
It was an honor as usual to lead such a fine group of men! The Pax quickly found out we won’t be going far as we started the tunes with Round and Round (RATT). Good work today gents for a 45 min no break session. Highlight of the morning was Smuggler returning with 1 sleeve after a trip to the woods! Use your imagination 😂, He is halfway there to the traditional Bushwood attire!!
Announcements:
Keep a lookout for Blood Drives coming up.