Tears of Pain

 Posted on March 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  398 words  |  

A beautiful, God-given morning greets 18 HIM for an impromptu, Earhart beatdown (get better Riptide). Most of the PAX show-up on time, so quick disclaimer and pledge allegiance then a quick mosey around the big parking lot. Circle up for: Warm Up Good Mornings Combo of shoulder work including arm circle twirlies, overhead claps, behind the back claps Cotton Pickers Windmills The Thang Done with warm-ups, each PAX grab a bell, Sega grab the 15lb medicine ball and head to the back shelter. [Read More]
ashbury  billy  cataracts  earhart  house-arrest  intimidator  meatloaf  monkey-nut  parker  pickles  puddles  roney  sega  shut-in  snooze  snots  sour-mash  triple-lindy  www 

Final Countdown Beatdown

 Posted on March 12, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  452 words  |  

Date: 3/11/19 QIC: WWW AO: Hells Bells PAX: Ashbury, EarharT, FNG House Arrest, Kubota, Meatloaf, Milton Bradley, Monkey Nut, Puddles, Rooney, Sega, Snooze, Triple Lindy, WWW Hells Bells has always been one of my go-to workouts. There are so many things you can do with the KBs and it is defaulted to a limited run AO which is right down my alley. The gloom temp was spot on (balmy 60+ degrees). [Read More]
ashbury  earhart  house-arrest  kubota  meatloaf  milton-bradley  monkey-nut  puddles  rooney  sega  snooze  triple-lindy  www 

Keep Your Eyes On The Road, Your Hands Upon The Wheel

 Posted on January 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  

It was a beautiful morning at Hells Bells during my first kettle bell Q. I know the guys at Wolverine miss my presence there the past few months, but I have really enjoyed mixing up workouts and incorporating kettle bells. Sub and Frisco arrived early for some ECP3. 12 dudes arrived, 5:30am hit on my wife’s watch, and we moseyed to the flag to Pledge our Allegiance, then… Warm-Up Moseyed the large pickle then circled up for: [Read More]
earhart  frisco  hotty-toddy  intimidator  monkey-nut  pickles  puddles  quiver  rooney  sub  triple-lindy  www 

Grace California

 Posted on January 10, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  618 words  |  

AO: Tortoises Date: 1/9/19 PAX**: Free Bird, Earhart, Clementine, Puddles, Ashbury, Trike, Pet Sounds, Sub, Cataracts, Meat Loaf, Crimson, Deuce, Spartan, Frisco, Payback, Dust Bowl, WWW, Yogi, Quiver, Milton Bradley** There was a slight breeze blowing in when I arrived at Tortoises this morning and a silhouette lingering in the lot, solo, yet there. I walked up and had pleasantries with this man and we seemed to have met before, when others start streaming in with faces coming at me in all directions. [Read More]
ashbury  cataracts  clementine  crimson  deuce  dust-bowl  earhart  frisco  meatloaf  milton-bradley  payback  pet-sounds  puddles  quiver  spartan  sub  trike  www  yogi 

Colt 45

 Posted on January 9, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  904 words  |  

Figured this was a nice nod to the Marine Corps’ chosen sidearm, the Colt 1911 Marine CQBP M45-A1 .45 ACP Pistol . Here at Full Metal Jacket, we are used to close quarters, and we went into battle today. 2 hearty youth (@michelobcarpex and @sub)joined YHC for 3 extra credit laps around the Salem homestead. FYI, one lap is a little over 1.33miles if you’re looking for extra credit running in the future. [Read More]
blue-and-out  butt-fumble  callahan  chanticleer  freebird  gtl  honeycomb  michelob  old-maid  parker  payback  pet-sounds  poolee  puddles  rooney  saban  shank  smithers  stealth  sub  term-paper  triple-lindy  wonderbread 

Merkinpalooza

 Posted on January 2, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  783 words  |  

When you arrive at Tortoises early you have to join Theismann in ECPs. Spartan, MaBell, Red Ryder and Theismann were already knocking them out, so I did a couple sets with them. I had prepared music to last 52 minutes, so at 5:23am the mellow piano of Floyd Cramer (playlist is below) greeted the 29 PAX as they stumbled in from the gloom. At 5:30 we moseyed over to the front lot, circled up and did: [Read More]
ashbury  bambi  chinese-downhill  clementine  deuce  dust-bowl  earhart  ezekiel  frisco  hotty-toddy  intimidator  kubota  lawn-dart  liverpool  ma-bell  matlock  meatloaf  milton-bradley  pickles  puddles  red-ryder  snapper  sour-mash  spartan  sub  theismann  two-factor  www  yogi 

This Is 40

 Posted on December 21, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  403 words  |  

PAX Clementine, Disco Duck, Duce, Dust Bowl, Freebird, Hansen, Hotty Toddy, Mohawk, One Four, Passport, Pivot, Puddles, Revere, Rooney, Snapper, Sub, Two Factor This was YHC’s second Q ever and first time keeping the site flag safe (thanks for trusting me Red Ryder)! This was my birthday Q and turned 40 on 12/22. Good times. It was a beautiful morning and was quickly called out by the PAX that I overdressed. [Read More]
clementine  deuce  disco-duck  dust-bowl  freebird  hanson  hotty-toddy  mohawk  one-four  passport  pivot  puddles  revere  rooney  snapper  sub  two-factor 

Just Don't Re-name Me Tonya Harding

 Posted on December 20, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  340 words  |  

Anyone who as joined me on one of my Qs knows that if I do anything well it is that I expose the PAX to a few new exercises whether I make them up and tag them with a silly name (Drunken Snow-angel) or, as often is the case, dive deep into the Exicon to tap into the plethora of experience shared by F3 Nation. Today was no exception as I pulled out some of my favorites and added some of the lesser known as well. [Read More]
ascot  ashbury  clementine  deuce  dust-bowl  ezekiel  hanson  hotty-toddy  intimidator  meatloaf  puddles  revere  rooney  shut-in  sub  theismann  traffic-cone  www  yogi 

No Music - Plenty of Heavy Lifting

 Posted on December 17, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  244 words  |  

D YHC has been absent from posting due to family and travel. So it was good to get back into the swing of things with my second Q…..much appreciated Frisco…… We were 16 strong HIMS this morning. My apologies for not getting all 16 listed. There were tech difficulties with the video on my phone and I was not able to get everyone accounted for….as some may have thought YHC is not perfect [Read More]
clementine  doogie  earhart  ezekiel  frisco  heisenberg  intimidator  monkey-nut  pickles  puddles  the-joker  trike  www 

1stF #6 of 7 BD & F3’versary Q-week: Technical difficulties and assumptions did not sway the beatdown - Plan B modification at its best

 Posted on December 15, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  520 words  |  

The morning was wonderful. I had my plan all ready to go so I was not worried. I arrived to Seymour Park early. I was ready so I got out of the car and started to stretch. Theismann shows up to do some EC pull-ups. I went with him for fellowship. I’m still bummed that I cannot do regular pull-ups … injuries suck!!! About fifteen minutes left to start Hotty Toddy shows up so I flapped jack with him and headed back to the flag to prepare. [Read More]
disco-duck  earhart  ezekiel  freebird  geek-squad  hanson  heisenberg  hotspot  hotty-toddy  lawn-dart  puddles  red-ryder  revere  sub  theismann  two-factor  www  yogi