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FEB 14, 2020
Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy Birthday, Birdcage is Bad at Math...
Well, there were a few things we knew and one thing we learned on this cool Friday morning. First, it was Valentine’s Day and many PAX were trying to get some last minute swollness. Second, it was Birdcage’s birthday…
JAN 17, 2020
Black Diamond at the One Word Convergence
If you're going to call it a Black Diamond, well then I owe it to the guys who show up for it to give them a true Black Diamond. Even if that makes 12 guys hate your guts for 40 min. They're mad because it sucks, which…
THE RANCH · JAN 9, 2020
Sore legs, laps, and laughter
Due to scheduler difficulties, YHC didn't know about this Q until a day or two before, which is fine, because there's so darn much a guy can do in a Q at an AO that's as diverse as the Ranch Unfortunately, I was about 5…
SNAKE PIT · JAN 8, 2020
Push, pull, who mows your lawn...what?
8 (soon to be 9...then 10) PAX gathered for chilly Snake Pit morning. Getting the formalities (disclaimer) out of the way, YHC didn't waste time moving b/c it was COLD! We took off behind, I guess it's behind, the…
SNAKE PIT · JAN 1, 2020
Snake Pit: New Year's Day...
"Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white Arms entwined, the chosen few The newspapers says, says Say it's true, it's true" - New Year's Day, U2 It was New Year's Day and the #Faithful convened at…
DEC 31, 2019
Be A Helper
Had a total of 7 men show up to end the year. I originally thought I wanted to do a partner workout till I reflected on the sermon of this past Sunday. It was set around looking for "The Helpers." With that in mind I…
DEC 23, 2019
Extortion 17 Spl Spencer Duncan
Five men posted at Honey Badger to honor the 31 heroes of Extortion 17, and Spl Spencer Duncan. Conditions were cold and raining. NaFo has two entrances with some awning cover and we utilized both. Warm up: Under the…
SNAKE PIT · DEC 11, 2019
Snake Bite At Snake Pit
Five years ago my mom passed away after six months of hell, dealing with kidney failure and all that entails. She had mental health issues, that meant she had to take some strong medicines that basically eventually…
OCT 24, 2019
Merkin Mania
It was a chili morning and I was over at Cross Town Rival FMHS to lead a WO at Laces In. I got there a little early to loosen my old bones and fortunately for me I ran into Pusher. This was a good thing because whether…
SNAKE PIT · OCT 23, 2019
Ohhh Milk!
The gloom was upon us as we watched our former brothers @F3_Polaroid and @birdcage_f3 ran away out of unadulterated fear and loathing to find a safer path known as Whites Road... A custom playlist was created for this…
OCT 21, 2019
F3 CrowsNest - October 21, 2019
Crow’s Nest (10/21/2019) We had 11 HIM at the Poop Deck. Warm Up From the parking lot we moseyed to the west side of the school. At each light pole for a total of 4 light poles we performed 5 burpees. SSH - 25 IC…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 2, 2019
QvQ 19.1 - Jiffy vs. Sasquatch
21 PAX showed up to the first round of QvQ 2019. This first round is the classic match up from last year, which was decided by ONE point! That’s right, the reigning champ versus his challenger. Jiffy versus Sasquatch…
OCT 1, 2019
The Terrible Awful
Where is the weather break ,man? 91% humidity at 0515. Dang, son. While sweating through their shirts, everyone at least kept them on. Confident we would have at least 1 invisible shirt guy had he posted at GC…
THE RANCH · SEP 12, 2019
Ranch Style
As our boys are on the same soccer team, Jiffy took the opportunity to request my Q the week before. Been a little while since I've been to the ranch and more than likely, it was a Q, too. Two Run and Gun Musketeers…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 11, 2019
September 11 Memorial Stair Climb
Today I was honored to lead 39 men of the Fort in my version of a 9/11 Stair Climb.... I asked these gentlemen to bring rucks or sandbags and headlamps. This was to simulate the equipment worn by the first responder's…
SEP 9, 2019
Honoring 5 heroes from 9/11 at the Honey Badger
16 PAX joined me to honor our fallen heroes, this time I went off the book and decided to do my own version and honor some of the heroes from the tragedy of 9/11. -During the September 11 of 2001 attacks, 2,977 people…
SEP 9, 2019
Making Monday Great Again
Just another case of the Mondays. 13 of us showed up to get better, including another FNG from Bones named Adam. We walked him through the disclaimer and then set out to do our warm-up. Warm-up - quick mosey over to the…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 28, 2019
Iron Paradise
Since becoming the Site Q at The Coop YHC has been missing The Tomahawk. Luckily, 3D was gracious enough to swap AO’s for a day. Needless to say I was pretty excited. 10 PAX showed up 10 minutes early so we had some…
AUG 24, 2019
Tinsel's Utensils rolled in the Deep
Great morning to bring all the props out, we had 17 PAX (4x2.0's) kids have become "regulars" at the deep, we also had the visit from EZ rider from the Gas House Region. We started with a slow mossey around the parking…
AUG 19, 2019
Extortion 17 - CPO Mills
Fourteen men came out Honey Badger for a Hero-based workout. Disclaimer Short Mosey Warmup: SSH (IC 12x) Windmill (IC 12x) Imperial Walker (IC 12x) Cherry pickers (IC 12x) Low Slow Squats (IC12x) Merkin (IC 12x) Peter…
AUG 15, 2019
Caution: The Minnow Pond may contain hills
Man, that sucked...I mean, that was awesome. Pardon me as oxygen is still hard to come by this morning. It was in the 70's with 4,000% humidy, we averaged 7:45/mi for 3.25ish miles, did some low-rep exercises along the…
THE RANCH · AUG 1, 2019
Fields of Gory at The Ranch - And The Importance of Sharing Your Burdens
Jiffy gave me a holler this weekend to Q here. I was in the lower spectrum of the Flux lately and Q-ing a mostly black diamond AO was just what I needed to get out of it. Thank you Jiffy for the opportunity!! As I…
JUL 30, 2019
Rugby Sprints and Ab Work Work Great Together
It was a beautiful morning in the middle of the Teeter parking lot. 10 solid upstanding young men decided to choose the harder thing and push ourselves and each other (quite literally). With YHC on Q you knew there were…
JUL 24, 2019
To the Moon and Back
5 Pax came out for a Tesla Q in honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's return to earth. Warm up Side straddle hops Stretch merkins Imperial walkers Mercury P i m p s Pull-ups Imperial walkers merkins plank jacks…