We'll take it from here, Cardinal

 Posted on January 13, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  876 words  |  

Early Thursday morning, YHC was stirring and came across the news of young Taylor Phelps, F3 Cardinal, out of Knoxville TN, who had horribly passed away during his Virgin Q (VQ) at a workout on 1/11/23. For Thursday’s workout, I incorporated one small element of his planned workout, 15 double count Freddy Mercury’s. We did them at the very end of our workout, and after the workout was over, I shared that his planned workout looked extremely hard, and I would be hesitant to try it. [Read More]
ashbury  bubba  cataracts  cauliflower  clockwork  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  doggy-paddle  floppy-crust  meat-loaf  old-maid  red-ryder  sega  slim-shady  smokey  sour-mash  the-commish  triple-lindy  wahoo 

2022 May the 4th Be With You CARPEX Challenge

 Posted on May 4, 2022  |  13 minutes  |  2601 words  |  

(This Backblast is long….) Pre-Thang A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Away…. May the 4th Be With You CARPEX Challenge It is chaotic times in galaxy. The Empire as fallen. The New Republic is moving fast to gain control of former Imperial facilities. Mon Mothma has charged the New Republic Eclipse Team travel to the planet Wayland, located in the Inner Rim, to lock down a former Imperial Research Facility. [Read More]
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Decades Day 1: Sunday Slowzy 20's/30's

 Posted on March 8, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  433 words  |  

YHC first posted at F3 on March 6 2020 at Gran Torino, EH’d by good buddy Torpedo. Fast forward to 2022 as mask mandates are easing and the weather is getting warmer, it felt like a perfect time to challenge myself and Q all week. The idea of a “Decades” music themed series of workouts has been in my mind for awhile, so I grabbed slots on each day. Inspired by the “8 pack” box in the Carpex Challenge, I reached out to Sooey for interest in a “Super Slowzy” to ease into the week. [Read More]
deuce  geek-squad  schroeder  sooey 

Dora Got Nothing on Jeff 1-2-3-4

 Posted on February 23, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  442 words  |  

Preamble Per usual, planning the Q started sometime after dinner and finalized before going to bed. YHC drifted off to a sound sleep with a smile my face. The smile continued as I woke up (I mean, at my age every day above ground is a blessed one), through my morning deuce/wordle/stretching routine, and on the drive to Bond Park. 40 seconds prior to launch, YHC flawlessly recited and enunciated the F3 Mission. [Read More]
bartman  burt  chipper  coney  cosmic  deuce  happy-gilmore  hi-liter  hot-spot  kwik-stop  loom  ollie  open-concept  pivot  sabre  schroeder  shoe-horn  sky-blue  snots  sooey  suck-up  the-commish  wkrp  yeah-baby 

2017 was 5 years ago?

 Posted on January 30, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

It is hard to believe that 2017 was 5 years ago but alas here we are celebrating my 5 years of doing this thing we call F3. I am still not sure why I started in January since I really do not like cold but so glad I decided to join Crimson all those years ago. A little known fact is I did not start posting regularly until early March 2017 frequently using the too cold excuse. [Read More]
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Escalating

 Posted on January 5, 2022  |  1 minutes  |  157 words  |  

Warm-Up Mosey over to the Community Center parking lot and circle up for 22 side straddle hops and others. Callahan showed up late and salty so a few burpees thrown in. The Thang Mosey down the hill to the bottom lot and partner up. One runs the pickle, the other alternates step-ups and dips. After a few rounds switch from dips to derkins. Escalating merkins up the hill. Run to first light pole, 1 merkin, run back. [Read More]
chanticleer  cosmic  deuce  disco-duck  flacco  goose  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  hotspot  kwik-stop  press-on  sabre  sky-blue  sooey  uncle 

Are we still doing this?

 Posted on November 3, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  753 words  |  

I know we have a newfangled method of tracking workouts with attendance and what happened on slack with PaxMate, but part of me still enjoys typing it out for posterity. Anyway, as Triple Lindy and I were discussing running plans for this morning, I remembered I had a late softball game Tuesday night. It’s cool we can just run Friday. And then our boy Happy Gilmore dropped the SNS pre-blast and I was reminded I did indeed have the Q. [Read More]
burt  charmin  coney  cosmic  deuce  flacco  happy-gilmore  hotspot  intimidator  kwik-stop  liverpool  loom  press-on  prodigal  sabre  schlitz  shoe-horn  sooey  stella  tecumseh  the-commish  triple-lindy  two-factor 

So You Say There's a Parking Deck?

 Posted on October 8, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  396 words  |  

There’s really no reason I’ve not been to Dazed and Confused is a few months. So when I was looking at the Q sheet early this week and noticed a gap for Friday, decided to jump in there. Almost immediately, I heard from Mama’s Boy. Apparently he was watching the Q sheet as well. I figure the excitement he was expressing was almost certainly his feeble attempt at reverse psychology. Nevertheless, I’m not taking my name off now. [Read More]
bootlegger  bubba  crew-chief  crimson  deuce  egon  frisco  intimidator  mamas-boy  mandolin  manram  meat-loaf  ramsay  red-ryder  sega  sooey  stella  the-commish  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

Alright, Alright, Alright

 Posted on October 2, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  

AO: Dazed And Confused Workout Date: 08/13/21 Warm Up: State the mission, check for FNGs(0), and give the disclaimer. Warm Up exercises Main Event: 1) Number of The Beast in the front parking lot 2) Balls to the Wall, People’s Chair, and Australian Mountain Climbers on the wall by the school 3) Fives on the hill behind the parking deck. Squats and Star Jumps maybe? I took too long to write this Backblast and can’t remember [Read More]
bogo  bubba  charmin  deuce  dr-seuss-2  egon  flea  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  honeycomb  hotspot  mccants  one-four  parker  pigpen  prodigal  silver-fox  torpedo  trident  two-factor  water-wings  yogi 

Front Toward Enemy

 Posted on August 17, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  

AO: Claymore Workout Date: 08/10/21 I scoped out the park on the internet, but arrived too late to scout. With only a couple of minutes to spare, I peppered site Q Skipper with multiple AO-related questions. Hopefully this did not worry him too much. Warm Up: State the mission, check for FNGs(0), and give the disclaimer. Side Straddle Hops x20 In Cadence (IC) Good Mornings x5 IC Sir Fazio Arm Circles forward x10 IC [Read More]
bronx-bomber  deuce  foie-gras  pigpen  pinto  press-on  repeato  skipper