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Twenty Hate

YHC rolled up to The Gipper in the Gloom this morning armed with the knowledge that Grundy turns 28 years old today. What better present could YHC bestow than a proper beat down? So once the preliminaries were out of the way, the birthday celebration began with a warmup of …

Honoring Sgt. Joseph Bovia

Sgt. Joseph “Joey” Bovia, USMC, was a native of Metairie, Louisiana.  He served in the Marine Corps for six years.  Sgt. Bovia volunteered for two deployments to Iraq and his last deployment to Afghanistan.  He was the leader of a combat engineering platoon and was building an outpost to protect …

Stairway to 7

16 men met in the early morning sweltering humidity known as a typical NOLA morning gloom in July.  QIC was anxious to get back to an F3 regiment after returning from a beach vacation where most exercise was pulling chairs and ice chest to and from the beach….oh and a …

Repeat Miles

Now that we switched to every other week for the “Danger Zone” Monday Speed work out, even more of a reason to make each beatdown count. My first Q for Danger Zone, but not a stranger to speed workouts. Overall good showing for a Monday after a holiday break, the …

Post 4th firecrackers

Disclaimer given, mosey to rock pile for warmup:
-Mountain Climber X10
-Peter Parker X15
-Parker Peter X15
-Grass Grabber X10
-Arm Circles X10 front X10 back
-Side Straddle Hop X10
-burpees X3 oyo
Grab a rock and head to Fball Field:
-4 groups X1 rotation
-group 1 is timer: 1 lap around track
-group 2 overhead press
-group 3 curls
-group 4 squats
Mosey to playground, stay in same group, one rotation:
-group 1 box jumps
-group 2 underdogs
-group 3 incline merkins
-group 4 rocky balboa
Mosey to baseball field:
-11’s but 6’s instead:
-rows and burpees oyo
Pair up for some Dora 1,2?
-100 bench press, 200 LBC’s
Mosey back to role pile for mary:
-dying cockroach X15
-penguins X15
-J-lo’s X15
Return to flag, count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, prayer.

Thank you gentlemen for your participation and allowing me to lead!

New AO — F3 Fairhope

Kuch and I bumped into each other at lunch at The Grand Hotel in Fairhope, AL, during a little family R&R during the 4th of July weekend. Naturally, we decided to post. And Kuch even EH’ed an attorney colleague also at The Grand for the weekend. We were hoping for …

Renaissance 2019-07-07

Wonderful day out at the Park with a fine turnout: Catfish (Q), Hokey Pokey, Swamp Cox, Smooth, Fracsac, and Tackleberry (Visitor from South Carolina). Started the workout with a brief warmup of Side-Straddle hop, Imperial Squat Walkers, “Hop” laps up the museum steps (x5), and jump lunges. Moseyed over to …

No Shorty, No Problem

YHC arrived with a couple minutes to spare, looking forward to a classic Shorty beat down. What would Shorty deliver this day? Gassers? At 0629, it was evident the Shorty beat down would have to wait, for no better reason than “No Shorty.” The 10 Pax agreed that it wouldn’t …