Choices

 Posted on December 21, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  

11 PAX braved the balmy drizzle to gather ‘round the flag at Harold D. Ritter Park. 1st exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. As Coxswain was the last HIM to arrive, he got the honor of choosing one of two envelopes. Inside each envelope was a workout. Choose wisely. Warmup SSHs, then mosey to the big ‘ol parking lot off across Centergreen. Circle up again for Good Mornings, Sir Fazio, Burpees, Seal Claps, and Cotton Pickers. [Read More]
adjacent  ashbury  coxswain  frisco  horatio  joe-smith  meatloaf  milton-bradley  oofta  red-ryder  smokey 

The Making of A Champion

 Posted on December 19, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  633 words  |  

The idea for this workout just fell into my lap. On Tuesday, there was some debate on Slack about what it takes to be a champion. Some would posit that showing up and staying makes you a champion. YHC would posit that deciding to get up at butt crack of dawn to attend a workout and sticking around is laudable, but is just a prerequisite to becoming a champion. Since YHC is the QIC, YHC gets to decide what constitutes a champion. [Read More]
angry-elf  badlands  banjo  bartman  bogo  burt  chanticleer  coney  coxswain  disco-duck  el-duce  flacco  flip-flop  flo-rida  freebird  frey-daddy  goose  grease-monkey  hello-kitty  hi-liter  hotspot  joe-smith  katniss  khakis  largemouth  loom  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  old-maid  ollie  parker  pivot  press-on  prodigal  red-ryder  sky-blue  smokey  squatter  term-paper  two-factor  water-wings  wonderland  yoga-mat 

Calories Melting Like Snow

 Posted on December 18, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

The morning was cold but not as cold as we all expected; 31 degrees vs an expected 27- yay Global warming! We had 15 men turnout to challenge, cheer, and celebrate each other. After a brief disclaimer from the law firm of Oxtail, nervous, and chilly LLP, we turned north for our warm up run. Let the self questioning and labored breathing begin! Below are the work out details. Mosey from flag to 1st lot for warm up – curb albert on arrival Warm up 1 - Good Morning - 14 [Read More]
gtl  imp  michelob  orphan  parker  queequeg  red-ryder  theismann 

The Core Principles

 Posted on December 18, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  368 words  |  

FNG Check / Disclaimer / Cast the Vision / FOLLOW ME.. two feet away for: F3 Workouts are FREE of charge. Warm Up -Failure to Launch -Rockette Hillbillies -Erkin x 15 -Erkin x 15 F3 Workouts are Open to All Men. Run to the far parking lot for Daft Punk 7s with World War 1 Situps and World’s Worst Merkins F3 Workouts are held Outdoors, Rain or Shine, Heat or Cold. [Read More]
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Pick up the S(t)ix

 Posted on December 17, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  411 words  |  

Pre-count off to form Red, Green and Yellow groups. 18 present and no FNGs Thang 1 Brisk mozy to start of the greenway heading back to SWW with Warm up GM x 8 and merkins x 20 along the way. Glow sticks strategically placed on the greenway. When you arrive at your color – 10 merkins (total of 10 stops per color) If you see a blue, bear crawl to the next stick. [Read More]
burt  chanticleer  coney  denali  flip-flop  joe-smith  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  old-maid  pierogi  red-ryder  shut-in  snots  squatter  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread 

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 

1stF #4 of 6 BD & F3’versary Q-week: Plan B – 11s with multiple burpees taboot

 Posted on December 13, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  697 words  |  

On my drive to Tortoises in the blistering 27⁰ temperature, I took a small detour to scope out the AO. The original area I wanted to do my planned thang would not work due to safety concerns, black ice. Safety is ALWAYS #1 in my mind when leading a group of HIM. I reverted to Plan B. As I got into my parking spot, Theismann and Spartan were getting after ECP. [Read More]
cataracts  deuce  disco-duck  earhart  ezekiel  freebird  garfield  hanson  honeycomb  hotty-toddy  imp  intimidator  jayhawk  ninjago  orphan  puddles  red-ryder  revere  spartan  theismann  traffic-cone  www  yogi 

Warning and Warming

 Posted on December 7, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  464 words  |  

Our brother Chinese Downhill was scheduled to Q at Dante’s Peak this morning, but something came up and he needed someone to cover for him. We talked this week about picking up the six, here it is in action. Trike agreed to take the Q, and asked YHC to co-Q with him, so let’s go. Warm-Up 23 pax make our way down to the circle at the end of the parking lot and circle up for side straddle hops. [Read More]
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Burpalicious

 Posted on November 29, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  209 words  |  

Pre-Blast 14 Him joined YHC for 2.12 miles of Burpaliciousness. We sang Hail to the Victors too. Michigan beat UNC last night. That is all. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run a one mile warmup stopping for 20 Burpees OYO in honor of late PAX. Circle up at the skate park for: GM, Windmill, Sir Fazio AC/Seal Clap/OHC/MNC/Sir Fazio, 84 SSH (Michigan’s point total last night). Partner up. [Read More]
ausfahrt  butt-fumble  hi-liter  imp  nerf  open-out  oxtail  parker  queequeg  recently  red-ryder  smokey  theismann  yogi