The title says it all. The beat down consisted of consistent motion comprised of three minute rounds of following the leader wherever he goes, and doing whatever he does, with five second rests before the next man up. From parkour to Freak Nasty Scissoring (laces DOWN Dan!), we had a little bit of everything – all to the beat of Metallica’s drum. Bonus for not getting bit by the sleeping homeless guy’s guard dog, and Jose has an interesting new modification to T Stretches!
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Alright, picture this: it’s a typical morning at the garage. The crew lines up, ready to embrace the madness that Shooter inspired me this morning. The plan? A deceptively simple combo: 10, 20, 30 reps of upper body, core, and leg exercises—but with a catch. One poor soul is always running down to the bottom of the garage, and this is where the fun begins.
First, our hero grabs a jump rope and busts out 60 reps, Rocky-style, because why not? But there’s no rest for the wicked—time to sprint back up that ramp (which feels longer with each step). At the top, it’s straight into 40 curls with a coupon that somehow seems to have gained weight on the way up. Then, just when the arms are jelly, it’s time to drop 20 squats like they’re nothing.
Meanwhile, the rest of the squad is sweating through their own reps, secretly praying for their turn to run and escape the pain. Rinse and repeat, everyone goes twice, and by the end, even the garage is out of breath.
Workout complete, pride intact (mostly), and everyone feeling like they could take on the next mission—after a nap.
COT
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Imagine the reaction when those words came out of Tank’s mouth as we were gathered for rehydrating and caffeinating at Abita Roasting! Of course, he was reminiscing about his childhood, inspired by the chemistry of Duke and Will I am (having a 2 year age difference). That’s right, the 2.0s are taking over the Au Lait! In training for the Turkey Trot, and inspired/excited by tales of Will I am’s consistent participation, Duke chose to attend his 1st Au Lait and persevere through his 1st 4 miler. With support from the whole PAX, he started in earnest, the energized 8 year old leading the way. At the 2 mile mark, QIC and qicJr turned back, while the rest surged onwards to push through the rest of the current route. Meanwhile, Jose, who has always run the the beat of his own drummer, had fallen back to take his own abbreviated track. From out of nowhere, he swooshed up from behind a struggling short-round, to encourage him with his stoic presence, ubiquitous soundtracks and teacherly words of wisdom. The three intrepid adventurers carried on to the end with every ounce of vigor a breakfast bribe could muster. Within scant minutes, the rest of the men appeared from around the corner, having traded Steve for Will I am! Of course, OCD Steve was just rounding out his Garmin-tracked mileage to 5.0. Beau and William played cornhole and breakfasted while the titular phrase passed from Tank’s lips like an uncurated comment caught on a hot mic….
All this to say, a great group of men enjoyed more great mumble chatter on another great run marking another great Au Lait!
Possibly the latest alternate beat down start time in F3 Northshore history, 7:30 brought a convergence of 2 stoic idiots who passed up what could reasonably be called the one weekday in several years that could legitimately be considered fully allowable to fartsack life. And so we two took off in an attempt to stick to the traditional route, but thwarted by standing water, small fallen branches, and cars venturing here and there, we ambled a seemingly aimless route that returned us safely to the starting point after 3.5 miles. Coffeteria and breakfast followed at Waffle House. A not-quite-Kafkaesque Scramble, in the books!
Well it was Simple the morning started with the circle of trust, announcements then a short prayer for the families who lost someone on 9/11 it took every minute to squeeze in the amount of steps needed in 45 minutes that was the reason for starting of backwards.
Everyone wore their ruck packs or backpacks with weight to simulate the firefighter gear worn on that day. No one finished there 343 merkins so they had homework. Finish at home.
F3 Members that participated,
Russo, Bushwacker, Steve, Shooter, Akbar, The Dukes of Hazzard, Jose 10K, & Captain Sparkles
Number of Steps in Twin Towers
2071 Steps
Mandeville Trailhead 24 steps
=86 times up= 2064 steps
343 Firefighters Died So 343 Merkins for the day.
First set of Merkins 23
20 merkins every 5th climb gives you 343 merkins
Rainy morning at the A1C this morning.
With the kick-off of the football season, the 1st & 10 routine, from the F3 Exicon, was the order of the day.
Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, imperial walkers, neck rolls, hillbillies(country boys), hi-jack hi-jills, seal jacks
Thang: 1st & 10, using the upper deck parking garage parking stripes as our football field (a wet one at that)
1 merkin, 10 burpees, “sprint” to the end of the field, mosey back around, the ref (Bushwacker) moved up the chains…2 merkins, 9 burpees, sprint, move up…3 merkins, 8 burpees, sprint, move up,…etc.
Bushwacker – in the lead, still doing his referee duties, scored first, with the rest of the pax a minute or so behind.
Next Thangs: with time to spare the pax did some Lieutenant Dans, lunging forward and backward, side shuffles, etc.
Mary: one minute of star stretches.
Cuz prayed us out.
80 degrees and 1000% humidity at 5 am? Seriously, WTF! Hammer was crazy enough to join me this morning in the Sweatapalooza. Having two consecutive late days (not getting home til after 7:30), I went back to the good ol ladder workout. 12 reps for each exercise followed by a 1/5 mile loop. All with a coupon.
Squats
Lunges (2 is 1)
Kettlebell swings
One hand on the coupon, one hand on the ground merkins, alternate 1 is 1
Shoulder presses
Curls
Triceps
Finished up with a one mile run
At least if the Spartan race has humidity, we’ll be prepared for it.
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11s were on the docket today. After a questionable game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, YHC took the q. Quick warm-up then moseyed to the courthouse. Burpees on the side walk, run to the stairs, 5 calf raises up each step, then big boy situps at the top. Run down the ramp and out the side, around the parking lot, back to the side walk. Finished right at 6 am.
COT and done.
Beautiful morning to take the red pill and get some work in. No one picked up the Q so it was a little ROSHAMBO to take the lead. Regular warm-up, then mosey to the courthouse.
A set of 11s was the choice. Burpees at the side walk, big boys at the top of the stairs, 5 calf raises at each step, with a lap down the ramp and around the side in between each set.
Ended right a 6. COT. Simple beatdown, simple back blast for a great group of HIMS.
About once every three to four years, YHC finally tires of the endless Four Corners and the Doras and the 11’s, and attempts something more creative. (See Music Trivia Beatdown circa 2020 for last said attempt.) Today’s experiment? A game of Family Feud (minus the… families?) This experiment was made all the more exciting with a downrange visitor from Birmingham – VTach. And with Jose 10k in the audience to heckle and jeer at my simple math skills, what could go wrong?
Now I’m no Steve Harvey (though I do think I could give Louie Anderson a run for his money), so I did my best to keep it simple (cue Jose, “Hey, I gotta leave in 15 minutes, can we not make this a Bushwacker length explanation?):
– Each round (question) is associated with an exercise (noted alongside the question).
– Guess an answer on the board? We halve the points and do that many of said exercise.
– For every wrong answer, the Pax has to do 5 burpees.
– After three strikes, the round ends and we DOUBLE the points of each unguessed answer, then do that many reps of said exercise.
1. Name something snowmen might have nightmares about. (Freak Nasties)
Sun/Beach Weather (62)
Fire/Flame Throwers (14)
Blow Dryers (3)
Rain (3)
Snowplow/Shovel (3)
Drought (2)
Snowballs (2)
Peeing Dogs/Pee (2)
2. Name something that gets passed around. (Big Boys)
A joint (34)
A cold (23)
A collection plate (12)
A rumor (9)
A baby (6)
3. Name something that might ripple. (SMK’s)
Water/Stream (63)
Body/Muscles (30)
Potato Chips (4)
Pants (3)
4. Name something that can be inflated or deflated. (Donkey Kickoffs)
Balloon (44)
Tire (25)
Beach ball (10)
Ego (7)
Raft (5)
5. Name something that might be full of holes. (Bulgarians)
Swiss Cheese (40)
Clothes/Socks (16)
Alibi/Story (14)
Net/Fishing Net (9)
Colander/Strainer (8)
Golf Course (2)
Screen (2)
Road/Street (2)
6. Name something that a doctor might pull out of a person. (Hand Release Merkins)
A gerbil (32)
A baby (23)
A tumor (15)
A tooth (9)
A bullet (7)
The whole enterprise was worth it for the expression on Shooter’s face when he learned that gerbil was the top answer to this final question (“What is wrong with this world when gerbil is the top answer and stitches aren’t even on there?”). How he went his entire life without hearing the Richard Gere story remains a mystery.
COT and Russo prayed us out. Welcome VTach! Great having you in town and hope we get to see more of you. I’m sure one of us will make it up to a Birmingham AO at some point. And thank you gents for the patience on this one, YHC will definitely give it a go one Saturday where we can properly split up into “families.”
