Author: Huckleberry (Page 11 of 13)

9 men woke up and took that DRP for another edition of the sparky beat down.  at precisely 0530, it was time to roll.

temperature: 62 degrees and nice

warmups: don quixotes, ssh and toy soldiers all x 15IC

quick mosey around the tennis courts.  partner up.  p1 does 20 dead lifts while p2 does 20 pull-ups. switch.  rinse and repeat.

mosey down to and around the lower parking lot and back. all with block: shoulder press, squats, curls and american hammers all x 15

another lap.  rinse and repeat the above three times. lap after each set, bear crawling the last 30 feet or so.

time left for 10 blockees OYO. pledge. time.

COT announcement: CSAUP. prayer requests: gumby’s brother in law, noah hampton (who has since unfortunately passed away)

BOM: sparky took us out.

• side note about the title. while the workouts are always free, sometimes things happen during that result in spending money.  during the block curls, floyd unfortunately busted his tooth.  this resulted in a 272 dollar dentist bill. hope you’re doing well, floyd.

good work, men.

4 men posted to folsom for roadie’s second touchdown beat down. no fngs, brief disclaimer and it’s time to roll.

warmups: ssh and gravel pickers both x 15IC.

mosey down to the lower parking lot. cones set up every ten yards, 100 yards total.

the thang

bear crawl to the ten, 10 cdds. sprint to the twenty, 20 lunges. sprint to the thirty, 30 merkins.  sprint to the forty, 40 squats. sprint to the fifty, 50 lbcs. sprint to the forty, 40 squats. sprint to the thirty, 30 merkins. sprint to the twenty? 20 lunges. sprint to the ten, 10 cdds.  bear crawl to the end zone for the touchdown.  run back to the start and repeat until time is up. winner takes the coveted folsom trophy.

mosey back to the start for COT. announcement: CSAUP. prayer requests: gumby’s brother in law, each other, the our nation. BOM: redskin took us out.

great work, men.

11 dudes took to the gloom at folsom. low humidity, starting to feel better outside.  all are stretching as medicine woman notes that allen tate was doing some intense stretching, insinuating we may be about to run. allen tate looks up and asks…who is the q?  after being informed he was, and the look of complete surprise… allen tate quickly (about 15 seconds) puts together a plan.  it’s 0530; let’s roll.

warmups: ssh, gravel pickers, allen tates and merkins all x 15IC. pledge

mosey up to the edge of dallas cherryville highway for lbc, flutter kicks and burpees.  mosey a little more for some an work, alphabet and don quixotes. indian run down to the far parking lot. mosey to the hill. run up, run back, run up, backwards run back and do some burpees.  link arms for friendship sprints x 4.  mosey to the picnic shelter for dips, lbc and raise the roofs.  mosey to the tennis courts for 4 corners. work at three corners, run a lap at the fourth. circle up an lbc ring of fire.

mosey back to the launching point as time is up.

COT: announcement, CSAUP. prayer request: hellderman family.  BOM: allen tate took us out.

8 men, including an fng and two 2.0s posted to Folsom to get better.  Freight and Pizza Man ran to the workout, much respect to these guys.  0630 06:35 strikes, time to get to work.

warmup: ssh, cherry pickers and imperial walkers all x 15IC.

pledge

mosey down to the lower parking lot for a little core work. lbc, alphabet and rosalita.

mosey back to the tennis courts. partner up for Dora. 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 lbc. p1 works, p2 runs the length of the courts. switch. repeat. you get it.

four corners.  bear crawl to one, 25 lbc. sprint to 2, 25 rosalita. crab walk to 3, 25 Freddy Mercury, sprint home, 25 ww1 sit-ups.

four corners again. lunge walk to one, 25 burpees.  sprint to 2, 25 something. lunge walk to 3, surprise (Allen Tate’s 2.0) called monkey humpers aka, the Allen Tate’s. zombie walk home.

10 merkin ring of fire.  mosey back to the launching point as time was up.

Annoucement: brr next weekend. prayer requests: floppy disk’s M, gumby’s brother-in-law.

name the new guys.

BOM: Q took us out.

way to push the rock.  big welcome to baconator, lil Papi and supplies.

AYE!

6 took to the gloom at Folsom this morning. 6 took the #DRP and resisted the comforts of the fartsack, although not all in attendance resisted the comforts of a fart.

conditions: 73, little muggy.

warmups: CDD x 30IC, good morning x 25IC, Moroccan nightclubs x 65IC (the plan was to do 30 but I continued hoping some of the regulars would roll in hot), and side trunk stretches x 25IC

mosey down to the bottom of the lower parking lot (sorry Gomer) hill by the concession stand for a little triple nickel. up the hill, 5 merkins. down the hill, 5 squat jumps. repeat x 5.

mosey over to the amphitheater for donkey kicks x 25. YHC asked if everyone was awake.  one pax said no.  ok then, 25 more donkey kicks.  this seemed to get everyone awake.  proceeded with ascending testicles.  planned on more donkey kicks and ascending testicles, but medicine woman said he felt a wasp on his ear.  YHC cannot confirm this, but in the sake of safety, we took off.

mosey a bit, drop for 10 diamond merkins.  mosey a bit, drop for 10 wide arm merkins.

mosey back to the parking lot for get to know your bro. YHC will ask the questions, the answers determine the number of exercises.  question one: number of kids. Belt with 2. 2×3= 6 burpees.  question two: # of states lived in. Roadie with 4. 4×3= 12 8 count body builders.  question three: age. Garfield with 38. 38 merkins.  question four: years married.  YHC with 8. 8×3= 24 squats.  question five: months in f3.  gomer with 2.  this wasn’t enough, so we added. 30 lbc. question six: birth year.  medicine woman with 1977. 77 mountain climbers. question seven: birth month. Belt with November.  11 lunges each leg.  after every exercise, we sprint to the other end of the parking lot.

circle up for rosalita x 15IC, dolly x 10IC, flutter kicks x 10IC, 5 one-legged double merkin burpees, a 10 merkin ring of fire and 22 merkins to honor our veterans.  we had one minute left, medicine woman called SSH x 10 to close us out. TIME.

COT: announcements: f3 the fort will be having a charity golf outing for one of their pax who lost a daughter.  medicine woman is working on a CSAUP event. prayer requests: YHC’s M will be having surgery tomorrow – would appreciate prayers.

BOM: YHC took us out.

nice work, men. humbled and honored to be a part of this group. until next time.

Philippians 4:13

Huckleberry

8 entered into the gloom at Folsom. 8 made it out of the gloom, but barely. 05:30, 05:33 hit and we got started.

warmups: ssh, cherry pickers, imperial hillbillys, Allen Tate’s all x 15IC

pledge

the thang

mosey. then mosey.  then we went on another mosey. stopped for 20 merkins and 20 lbc.

mosey. mumble chatter, mosey, mumble chatter, mosey, and some mumble chatter.  stopped for 8 count body builders and the alphabet.

mumble chatter about the upcoming mosey. mosey. mosey. mosey. mosey back to the start and sparky doesn’t think we ran enough.  mumble chatter and a hat throw.  mosey. circle up for air presses, dying cockroaches. mumble chatter.

walked back to the launching point.

cot: no announcements or prayer requests.

bom: q took us out.

all told, about 37, I don’t know how many miles.  I’m also fairly certain I forgot to list some of the exercises.  I spent 6 minutes trying to find my lungs.

way to work, men.

8 men took to folsom this morning.  most were expecting a beat down courtesy of cspan. due to unavoidable circumstances, an audible was called. one of many things I love about f3, always someone willing.  Sparky accepted the challenge, and for the Folsom regulars, we knew exactly what that meant.

warmups were: don quixotes x 13IC, toy soldiers x something IC and SSH x something IC.  sparky was all over the map with the counts.

the thang

partner up for… deadlifts.  p1 deadlifts, p2 sprints to the end of the parking lot and back. up to 200 deadlifts.

mosey to the amphitheater to find there were a lot of wasps.  Omaha mosey to the concession stand. 25 donkey kicks and ascending testicles.

mosey back to the starting spot to grab out coupons. then to the tennis courts.

p1 doing overhead presses with the block, p2 sprints to the end of the tennis courts and back.  switch. count up to 200.

p1 doing curls with the block, p2 sprints. switch. count up to 200.

p1 doing lbc, p2 sprints. switch. count up to 200.

p1 doing merkins, p2 sprints. switch. count up to 200.

mosey back to the launching point in time for 5 burpees OYO, 10 merkin ring of fire and 22 merkins to honor our vets.   TIME

COT: no announcements. prayer requests: t-square and his family, sparky’s friend, each other.

BOM: sparky took us out in prayer.

also enjoyed what I believe is Folsom’s first coffeerama.

always an honor to be amongst you men.

9 men resisted the comforts of the fartsack and made it to Folsom this morning. no fngs, short disclaimer and we’re off.

warmup: monkey humpers (Allen Tates), cherry pickers, imperial walkers and ssh all x 20IC.

pledge

the thang

mosey to the lower parking lot.  Bobby Hurleys and Captain Thor both x 20. partner up for catch me if you can.  p1 does five burpees then sprints to catch p2, who is running backwards.  catch, flip.  p2 does 5 burpees, p1 runs backwards.  up the parking lot and back.  rinse and repeat except round two was p1 does 5 lbc and catches partner who is bear crawling.  catch, flip.

mosey back up to the tennis courts for lazy Dora. p1 x 10 merkins, p2 holds plank.  alternate up to 100.  p1 does 20 lbc, p2 holds six inches.  alternate to 200.  p1 does 25 squats, p2 holds a low squat.  alternate to 300.  lots of mumble chatter about a correct squat.

circle up for a 5 merkin ring of fire, 10 lbc ring of fire while the PAX hold six inches, 5 burpees OYO and ended with Moroccan nightclubs x 50IC. mosey back to the launching point.

COT prayer requests: each other, our nation. BOM: Allen Tate closed us out in prayer.

like always, I consider it an honor, pleasure and privilege to lead you men. until next time…

Allen Tate