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Tag: Mayhem

  • In Honor of Fr Kapan – from Mahatma

    The morning was crispy and after a long train 4 pax crossed the tracks to find Bogey in the cage doing a solo warm up as the clock was now 5:35 so no time to waste. All pax to line up on the goal line for a Red Barchetta – run the field 100 SSH, run back then 3/4 field 75 BBSU yet with the stickers in full bloom we all suffered a little pence then YHC modified to a square dirt patch to finish out – 50 air squats, 25 merkins and only 5 burpees.
    Followed by a short 3/4 track Indian run with the boom box baton – stopped at the pull up bars 3 rounds of 3 PU short run 5 merkins.
    Transition to several rounds of Mary
    Now 3 rounds of 3 PU short run 3 burpees.
    Transition to several rounds of Mary
    Head to the rock pile to grab a solid rock of choice for several rounds of: sitting over head hold, curls, chest press, squats, rows, pistons (thanks Rudy for the intro Handgranada said his back felt them from Monday) curl/sqaut/press, TriCep ext, and finished with curls again.
    Indian Run Back to pin.
    COT – Bogey threw out LQCO reminder for 2026 (better luck to Scantron, Uptown team, Frac/Triple and of course Handgranada)
    Prayers for intensions as well focus on Pride and Humility which Fr Kapan helped his troops endure while in Korean prisoner of war camp.

  • BOMBS & POMS – from Kilo

    A little stolen BD this morning from the PAX in JAX

    0530: disclaimer given
    0531: mosey started to the W-O-R
    SSH, TIE Fighters forward and reverse, HB, and IW, finish with the Vagabond Sunrise

    Mosey to the parking lot, quite a bit of grumbles about the amount of moseying down already… partner up and on to the THANG

    BOMBS – burpees, overhead claps (in a deep squat), merkins, big boys, and squats: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250
    Pax take turns running to the light pole that was illuminated with a plane directly over it and back. Some chasing and sprinting was done so as to keep up the spirits.

    POMS – plank, reverse plank (aka Overhand Plank), merkins, squat hold all for 20 count by the resting Pax

    Mosey back to the W-O-R spot for some broga and MC’s sprinkled in

    COT: gratitude for all that the Sky Q has done for us this week and for a successful Leg Quarter Cook-off tomorrow

  • Gotcha – from Hawgcycle

    Warm-up: SSH, IW, GG, Merkins, Bobby Hurly
    On the line: open the gate, close the gate, high knees, butt kicks, scoops

    Mosey to Gym:

    Gotcha – 1 line at the 3 point line. First two pax have a ball. Pax 1 shoots a 3. If he doesn’t make it he gets his own rebound and tries to score before pax 2 scores. If he doesn’t he’s out. Continue until one man left. There was a way to buy back in.

    Buy-in #1 – 30 Abe Lincolns, 60 Monkey Humpers, 90 Big Bois

    As predicted by Mayhem, the buy in was too steep. Although a couple of us came close.

    The Architect won the first game and pretended to do squats while the losers finished up.

    We reduced the buy-in for game two. Fast Tax and YHC got back in to be quickly dismissed once again.

    Buy-in #2 – 20 Big Bois, 40 Monkey Humpers, 60 Abe Lincolns

    I assume The Architect won again. It was him and Mayhem at the end, but I was too busy to pay attention.

    We took a break from basketball to do some
    wall work – BTW. Chicken Peckers, BTW, Pecker Chickens, BTW, Pecker Mayhem

    We then divided up into 3 teams of 3. Teams 1 and 2 play a game of 3 on 3 sudden death wile Team 3 does 10 merkins, 10 Bobby Hurleys, 10 Big Bois, in perpetuity. The losing team swaps with the team doing exercises.

    We made it through three games and headed back to the flag

    NMM
    * There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that enjoy having fun occasionally and Mr. Rogers
    * Speaking of everyone’s favorite neighbor, I did Q a workout that made him remove the weight vest. That feels almost as good as making an FNG puke. I consider it a badge of honor.
    * My shot was off. Must have been the wind
    * At first I was skeptical of Mahyems 10-count hip-slap, shoulder-tap merkin. I’m now fully on board having developed what I have now decided to call the Pecker Mayhem. This will prove to be the pinnacle of Mayhemdom

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Celebrating with Mayhem Merkins – from Rudy

    Lovely 65 degree morning at the lakefront. A far cry from last week’s 40 degree gale force winds. 10 PAX to celebrate Mayhem’s birthday. YHC received a few texts suggesting that I use the Mayhem Merkin in the workout. Fear not, that was definitely included in the plan.

    5:30am sharp – a quick sing-a-long for Mayhem, then across the street for a warm up. Despite the warm temp, Squints refused to part with his NYY sweatshirt, celebrating opening day.

    Thing 1: Route 66, with Mayhem Merkins.

    YHC caused confusion by incorrectly calling it 11s. That’s what I had planned – until he arrived and saw how lovely the waters of Okwata were. Fortunately, people quickly figured out what was up. Frac played the roll of Triple Shift by critiquing my form as I demonstrated the MM. Jesus Juice seemed quite confused as to how it was a 10 count exercise. No amount of counting it could quite solve his issues. Thumb War managed to convince a few people to go Shoulder-Tap-Hip-Slap rather than the approved technique. Mayhem and High Rise led the way, while YHC brought up the rear.

    Thing 2: 3/27. YHC has a thing for numbers. Today: 3/27. 27 is 3 cubed. 3*3*3 = 27.

    Run the H8 loop. At each corner, do 3 burpees. Counting the starting and finishing point, that yields 9 stops. 3 burpees each. 27 burpees.

    Thing 3: The PAX utterly failed when given a choice between a) Repeating 3/27 2 more times (total of 81 burpees) or b) What YHC had up his sleeve. Confusion reigned, and voter fraud was widely reported. So YHC chose plan B.

    Top of the levee for a bear crawl indian run to the House of Pain. Then pair up for 5 stations: Pull-ups (or hangs), Big Bois, Dips, Sweat Angels – and the timer: run over the levee for 3 burpees and back.

    Bongo talked for the entire 15 minutes – something about how he received an email from a Nigerian prince and was now traveling to go collect his money.

    COT – Great to see Floaties out again. Becoming quite a regular already! Okwata never fails to disappoint, so many possibilities out there. And getting to watch the sunrise over the lake for a few minutes afterwards – offers YHC a chance to reflect on life and how to follow the example of these great men and “be better”.

  • Big Boy Battle at the Mound – from Mr Rodgers

    Conditions: Foggy, springy, and perfect for chaos

    Disclaimer? What disclaimer? YHC was so locked in on the plan that a PAX had to ask if we were doing one. Oops. Onward.

    Warm-up at the Rock Pile:

    Low Slow Squats

    Hillbillys

    Grass Grabbers

    4-Count Wife Pleasers

    Peter Parkers

    Shoulder Taps

    Game On: Grinder Relay
    Teams of two. One rock per team. Rifle carry to the Indian Mound with rock hand-offs mid-journey. Let the madness begin.

    Round 1 – 4 Rounds, 3 Sets:
    Set 1:

    P1: Bear crawl up, crawl bear down

    P2: 10 Thrusters + Big Boys until tagged

    Set 2:

    P1: Mound repeat

    P2: 10 Shoulder Presses + Big Boys

    Set 3:

    P1: Mound repeat

    P2: 10 Rock Swings + Big Boys

    Scoring was based on total Big Boy sit-ups per team… which got chaotic fast.

    Mahatma started crawling before instructions were even done (classic), tanking his team’s strategy from the start.

    Round 2 – 1 Round, 3 Sets:
    Now with lunges instead of crawls. Exercises included:

    Burpees

    Squats

    Bent-Over Rows
    (And yes, more Big Boys… so many Big Boys.)

    Winners: Kilo and Mayhem – focused, efficient, and didn’t ask how many reps the other teams had.
    DQ’d Teams:

    Vagabond: Spent more time asking for others’ counts than doing his own.

    Mahatma & Hand Grenada: Jumped the gun, ignored instructions, and swapped bear crawls for lunges due to… stickers.

    Penalty: Losers carried the winners’ rock back. Because pain builds character.

    COT: Quick name-o-rama, a prayer to be grateful for strong bodies (and tougher minds), and we called it a wrap.

    Moral of the story:
    Follow instructions. Respect the stickers. Never trust a Q who skips the disclaimer.

    AYE! 👊

  • 21s on the 21st – from Vagabond

    Black Jack 21
    Everyone carries a weight round pontiff

    Merkins
    Squats
    Lunges 1 is 1

    Shoulder taps
    Hillbilly 2 is 1
    Bobby Hurley

    Bleachers
    Hip slap
    Leg raises
    Step ups

    Nolan Ryan 1is1
    Side lunges 1is1
    Wife pleaser

    Plank jacks
    Squat kick 1is1
    Big bois

    Wall
    Walk ups
    Calf raises
    Plank ups

    Gazebo
    1 leg power ups
    Irkins
    Flashers

  • The Friendly New Guy – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Partly Cloudy, 64 degrees. Humidity 83%. Wind 10.5 m/h from S.

    As promised, an FNG showed up at El Diablo this morning. YHC took control and gave a very succinct and informative overview of the five core principles. Not to be outdone, Frac immediately started throwing his weight around and started making up stuff on the fly. He said YHC needed to assign a person to the FNG to get to know him throughout the work out. That person will then be responsible for sharing the information during the COT. Looking past the humiliation of having my power usurped I agreed to the idea and selected Pinewood for this task, given he was standing next to the FNG and they looked to be about the same age.

    Pinewood immediately declined the role, stating that he had no desire to get to know the FNG. Instead, he planned to put all of his efforts this morning into getting the Mt. Carmel girls running on the track to notice the mustache he has been carefully cultivating. For the next few minutes, we stared at him, asked him to move under the light, asked him to tilt his head in various ways, and then all finally agreed that we could indeed see the moustache he was talking about.

    I looked around the group seeing if there was anyone I wanted to pair the FNG with. Bogey had his hand raised high in the air as he jumped up and down yelling, “Pick me! Pick me!” I continued to scan the audience, looking for anyone. Bogey continued his jumping. I decided two people would be better than one, so I chose Thumb War and Mayhem.

    The work out went something like this:

    Warm-up: SSH x 31, Imperial Walkers x 15, Windmills x 10, Squats x 15

    Not wanting to make the FNG work out in the sticker grass at his first workout, I opted instead to circle up in a gravel pit at the end of the track. From there we did a Dirty McDeuce

    Round 1: Merkins, Lunges, Big Bois, Run a lap
    Round 2: Ranger Merkins, Monkey Humpers, Dying Cockroaches, Run a lap
    Round 3: Larry Craigs, Sumo Squats, Russian Twists, Run a lap
    Round 4: Carolina Dry Docks, Bobby Hurleys, Crunchy Frogs, Run a lap

    It was clear that Bogey did not care who was actually assigned to get to know the FNG. He was talking up the FNG from the very beginning, although we only heard Bogey’s voice…we never heard the FNG say anything.

    Next we moseyed to the wall for 2 rounds of Chicken Peckers and 1 round of Balls to the Wall.

    Then we moseyed to the playground for a station rotation:

    Station 1: L Hangs
    Station 2: Squats
    Station 3: Incline Merkins or Dips
    Station 4: Step Ups
    Station 5: Burpees x 10

    At this point, it became clear that Mayhem and Thumb War each thought the other was the FNG and they had spent the entire workout trying to get to know each other. So I suppose it as a good thing that Bogey at least took the initiative to tell the FNG all about himself.

    At COT, we welcomed Spanx to the fold. There was great discussion about who actually gets credit for bringing in the New Guy. Frac Sac tried to take credit since Spanx filling out his contact info on the national website eventually led to Frac getting a text. Bogey swears he Eh’d a runner at Pontiff named Brian, or Billy, or Bill. Triple will surely try to take credit since Spanx does his laundry there. But Spanx settled the discussion when he told us how he noticed this guy at Pontiff running with the F3 group in flip-flops. At that moment, he said to himself, “I want to be like that man. I need to get in that group.”
    So you’re welcome F3.

    After COT there was TLC and PLC. IYKYK.