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  • Jose10K’s Sweat-Fest Recap: Moby is a lean, mean, fighting machine – from Jose10k

    So there we were—5 a.m., still basically night, but nature decided to bless us with 78 degrees of muggy disrespect, lightly garnished with a breeze that said, “This is the best you’re getting, deal with it.”

    Darkwing and Fletch rolled in, and with them, a historic moment: the legendary Run Cajun Run shirt was finally returned to its rightful owner—cue the slow clap. And of course, Old Faithful Moby showed up, reliable as that one knee that pops every time you stand up.

    We kicked it off with 5 minutes of warm-ups—code for “let’s convince our joints not to mutiny.” After a good stretch that felt like we were all auditioning for a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies” yoga DVD, we made our way to the courthouse for a classic round of 11s.

    Here’s the deal:
    • Merkins at the bottom
    • Run up the courthouse steps like Rocky Balboa
    • Hit the Copperhead Squats at the top—slow, painful
    • Then a leisurely jog all the way back down and around the courthouse, which somehow gets bigger every round.

    Repeat. For 45 glorious minutes. A symphony of sweat, pain, and the occasional existential crisis.

    The mumble chatter was strong—somewhere between therapy session and roast battle. Next Friday, Moby turns 75, which means his cue is legally required to contain both wisdom and at least one threat of injury. Tomorrow is Marsh Madness, where a new champion will be crowned. And don’t forget May 10th—Barely Legal is throwing down with the second annual F2 Extravaganza.
    Jose10K out. May your soreness be short and your coffee strong.

  • Hello to the muggies!! – from Shooter

    Almost forgot what it felt like to be sweating by the first stop sign. This gloom provided a reminder of what is soon to come. The Muggies are back and so is Cowbell..
    5 PAX posted for the Scramble
    10k Rucked, Steve and Cowbell paced and Waterpik and YHC moseyed.
    We made it back and wrapped up with some core.

    Appreciate the post and until the next Gloom
    👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Solo Team Effort – from Mayhem

    76 degrees with 30 mph gusts out of the SSE

    Party of 4 with no Q

    After a moment of silence YHC stepped up

    Mosey to Canal

    WOR: GG, WM, MC, PPP, SSH

    Thang 1: 1771s including burpees and big bois with 10 SSH in the middle of each round

    Thang 2: along the lake using either trees or light post taking turns choosing an exercise IC and mode of transportation

    Mayhem Merkins – bear crawl
    Dips – lunge walk
    Burpee – broad jump
    Snow Angels – crawl bear
    Low Slow Squats – duck walk
    Inchworm Merlin
    Derkins ALMOST in the lake – bear crawl
    Ws – shuffle

    Thang 3: ring of fire

    Three rounds of 10-count merkins, hold plank
    One round of 10-count burpees, hold al gore

    Thang 4: Mary
    FK, DC, JL, ?, LBT

    COT
    Announcements- many F3 are on Hogs teams, get out there
    Intentions- most men are going through stuff, prayers for all

  • April 1,000 2025 – from Grundy

    Scratch sound followed by the following message…

    “We did 1,000 reps combined of burpees and Bobby Hurleys. We also moved weights in a bucket and a cinder block.”

    … We now return you to your show already in progress.

  • April Fool’s Workout: The Legend of Grundy and the Bucket of Doom – from Grundy

    This morning, the sun rose on an unsuspecting group of warriors, ready for another classic April Fool’s workout. Grundy, our fearless leader, arrived with Jose Russo Bushwacker Shooter, who may or may not be a real person but certainly sounded like a guy who meant business. We all chuckled, debating whether we should start with a solid 30 minutes of warm-ups or just dive into the rich history of pranks from workouts past. But no—Grundy was in no mood for jokes today. He had a bucket full of stones and a soul full of vengeance.

    The madness began immediately. One unlucky soul had to carry the Bucket of Doom all the way to the stage, where they were rewarded with 10 burpees—a true sign that life is unfair—before running it back to the group. Meanwhile, the rest of us embraced the suffering with burpees, because why not add to the chaos with a running cumulative total? Once the poor fool with the bucket survived, we transitioned to our next task: carrying the Block of Destiny up and down the stairs, a shuttle run from Hades itself.

    But wait—there’s more. We then formed a circle to partake in what can only be described as the most ridiculous exercise ever invented. Each of us paraded our blocks down the corridor with the grace of a newborn giraffe, before planking and sliding our coupon back like we were human curling stones.

    Then, things got weird. Dragons descended from the heavens. Fire-breathing lizards engaged in aerial combat. Grundy, now completely unhinged, lifted 400 blocks with a single pinky while cackling like a supervillain. Burpees and squats continued as monstrous creatures clashed in an epic battle of strength and agility.

    And just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any wilder…

    Oh wait. April Fool’s.

    But seriously, we’re all sore now.

    Come out to the A1C on April 11th for Moby’s Birthday Q. He’s turning 75!!

  • The Daniel – from Kilo

    YHC woke up ready to Q, ready to pick up the pace to get through this week and ready to honor one of our fallen heroes. Inspired by The Architect’s callout a few weeks ago to Q more this was my 2nd Q in as many weeks. And so on the Eve of El Diablo, YHC did what all good non professional trainers do… googled “hero workouts” and scrolled a little bit until the Daniel popped up. The PAX came out from the gloom, some in cars, some on foot coffee in hand, some on bikes and we began the Thang.

    The THANG:

    WOR: SSH, GG, Hillbilly’s, Slow Pagodas, Imperial Walkers, and finished with some TIE Fighters

    @ the Playground
    5 Rounds: 10 pull-ups, 10 merkins, hold a plank and rotate

    Mosey to the track for a 400 m Washington Football Team Run

    Rock Pile Partners: 10 thrusters, merkins, 11 thrusters, merkins

    Mosey to the track for 800 m on your own

    Different partners: 10 squats, merkins, 11 squats, merkins

    Started a Washington Football Team run but cut it short, PAX were beginning to think something was wrong with YHC… moseyed to a wide spot in the road,

    20 count merkin Ring of Fire
    Broga
    10 count merking Ring of Fire (lest Vagabond not feel like he was exercising)

    Finished with COT: Gratitude for community of F3

    SYITG

  • Crawl Wars: Bear vs Crab – from Space Cowboy

    When I arrived back home late Sunday night, I noticed some Scrum commitments from several PAX nursing foot injuries; so, I had to adjust Monday morning’s beatdown to avoid jump roping and running yet still set the bar high.
    It was a warm but comfortable morning when I arrived at Kennarie Ridge and I was soon joined by @Frac Sac, @Kenna Brah, @Boo Boo, and @ PVC…in a walking boot. Gave disclaimer and headed to JPAX.

    Warm-Up
    Samson Stretch x10
    Self Love x10
    Low Slow Squats x10
    Tie Fighters x10 right leg front and forward arm circles, flapjack x10
    Seal Claps x10
    Overhead Claps x10
    SSH x20

    Headed to the possum’s den under JPAX stairs to retrieve cinder blocks

    The Thang – Each round performed as a group
    Round 1
    Alternating Block Merkins x 30
    Bear Crawl up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 2
    Blockees x 20
    Lunges up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 3
    Block Swings x 30
    Crab Walk up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 4
    Squats with Blocks x 30
    Crawl Bear up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 5
    Overhead Block Press x 20
    Backwards Lunge up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 6
    Block Curls x 20
    Walk Crab up ramp, run down stairs

    Round 7
    One-Armed Bench Press x 10 each arm
    One-Armed Rows x 10 each arm

    The ramp work was challenging especially the up hill crab walks but the “50+ year old only” group endured and marched on. As we reached the apex for the last time, I think I even heard a “Kennarie Ridge” war cry from @Boo Boo! The Scrum Bunch had conquered the bears and crabs! Returned the blocks to the possum and commenced with pole-dancing back to the flag with a mix of high knee slaps, lunges, and KOT’s.
    COT and coffee time with Frac

  • Milestone marsh – from Waterpik

    Mosey to lakefront stopping at each intersection. Exercises (sets of 5) were
    Burpees, Peter Parker’s, crunchy frogs, Bobby Hurleys, stone mountains. Rinse and repeat to the lakefront and back.

    Have a good week guys.

  • Burpees in the Garden – from Fracsac

    YHC committed to take the Q a day before, which was good cause when the alarm went off anything but having the Q may have resulted in a fartsack.

    7 total posted to see what nonsense the Q had on tap. Not gonna lie, YHC delivered! It was total nonsense.

    It went like this:

    Warmup facing the bacon.

    Stations involving sand bags and a jump rope. The timer was run into the temporary garden for burpees x 10. It was originally only 5, but YHC had to take it up a notch when I heard the fountains and felt the peaceful and serenity like conditions. Perfect environment for burpees. Finished off with a bear crawl through the garden.

    Ring of fire around the closet art, burpees and squats.

    Mosey to the singing oak throwing the frisbee and last man doing 10 jumps with the rope. Burpees for a frisbee drop. 

    Frisbee toss to make the oak sing. Thumb War made a perfect throw…into the tree. Burpees for missing the chimes.

    Mosey back the using the same frisbee and jump rope nonsense. Sunday mornings x 3.

    COT

    What a start to a great day with a great group of men!

    SYITG

  • Alphabet Soup – from Mayhem

    Nearly perfect temps…
    Actual temp: 70 deg
    Felt like: 70 deg
    Wind: 4mph out of the SE

    Having been on IR since Feb 24th, YHC hasn’t Q’d in a long time. The evening of my birthday, I decided it was time to change that. I was inspired by Bushwacker’s recent BB. Here we go…

    5:30 disclaimer
    Started with six PAX which turned into seven shortly thereafter; Kenna Brah thanks for escorting Mahatma to our circle

    Warmup: GG, IW, PPP, CC, LSS, SSH

    Mosey near the swings and share the plan 26 exercises from A to Z over the next 40 minutes.

    Absolution + Merkin IC
    Burpees AMRAP for 90 seconds
    Cut-A-Flip: 5 rounds of 5 Merkins followed by 5 Big Bois OYO

    (Mosey to 1st Pavilion)
    Derkins IC
    E2K (Elbow to Knee) IC
    Freddy Mercurys IC
    Guantanamo: A unique exercise where we circled up and each PAX takes a turn doing leg throws to all of the other PAX
    Hill Billies IC

    (Mosey to near 2nd Pavilion)
    Indian Crab Walk where last man bear crawls to the front
    Jackees
    Killer Bs: Bear crawl to the pole then 3 broad jumps + 1 burpee back OYO
    LL Cool Js: Lunge right, Lunge left, burpee, Jump squat to the pole OYO (wait and watch Triple Shift’s perfect form at the end)

    Mayhem Merkins (the infamous): 10-count, hip slap, shoulder tap, Merkin IC… soon to be in the Exicon

    Not-So-Lazy Boys: On your six, legs straight, leaning back and holding—flipping between right, middle, and left IC
    Obamas: Bear crawl hands 4 steps, followed by 4 Merkins OYO (44th president)
    Trumps: while in this position, Bear crawl hands 4 steps, followed by 7 Merkins OYO (47th president)… not in the Exicon
    People’s Chair: find a tree to do People’s Chair… no Architect, we are not peeing on the tree for the letter P
    Quixote (Don Quixote): classic windmill to work those shoulders and abs IC (varying cadence that is)
    Rock-Paper-Scissors: pair up, the winner got to do a merkin while the loser was tasked with a burpee
    Snow Angels IC
    Upside-Down Shoulder Press on the wall

    (Running out of time… head to the field to feel the stickers)
    V-Ups OYO
    Wife Pleasers IC
    X-Factor IC

    (Running out of time… head to the flag)
    Y-Stretches c/o Architect
    Z Walk Like an Egyptian Moves c/o Kenna Brah

    Apologies for finishing one minute late @ 6:16 but we accomplished the task completing the Alphabet Soup Beatdown! We were dirty, sweaty and exhausted… and that was the goal! Thanks to everyone for keeping the energy high and supporting each other throughout the workout. It’s always a great feeling to be part of this brotherhood.

    COT
    Announcements- coffee
    Intentions- Architect’s co-worker, Triple Shift’s conference
    Prayed it out- thankful for F3