Author: Sargento (Page 4 of 30)

YHC arrived at Martha’s House for the last beatdown of the year. As I remember, it was a little chilly and the 6 PAX who appeared were ready to get after it. This is what happened…

We moseyed the long way to the middle of the baseball fields and did a fellowship lunch walk around the concession hut. Once that was done we kept moseying down to the lowest part of the big parking lot for the Thang.

The 12 Days of Christmas!!! This routine was sung by YHC so that the PAX could get even more in the Christmas spirit.

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a lap around the 3rd light pole.

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to, 2 lunges each side plus all the rest in order.

On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 3 jingle balls plus all the rest in order.

On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 4 merkins plus all the rest in order.

On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 5 sumo squats plus all the rest in order.

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 6 American Hammer plus all the rest in order.

It was about this time that YHC asked the PAX to sing the corresponding exercise so we could share in the Christmas cheer. It worked pretty well except for one Scrooge-like PAX who refused to sign his part due to what can only be explained as a heart that was several sizes too small that day. You hate to see it.

On the 7th day or Christmas, my true love gave to me, 7 alternating shoulder taps plus all the rest in order.

On the 8th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 8 monkey humpers plus all the rest in order.

On the 9th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 9 big boy sit ups plus all the rest in order.

On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 10 CDDs plus all the rest in order.

On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 11 Side Straddle Hops plus all the rest in order.

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 Burpees plus all the rest in order.

With a little time left, we moseyed back the way we came in and stopped at the shack for another round of lunge walks then got back to the start right on time.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead men!

Merry Christmas!!!

6 HIM for the Pub this morning. We did the Sargento route backward to test everyone’s directional abilities. No one got lost or injured. It was a good day.

For those keeping score at home, 5 of the 6 wore neon.

Announcements – 2nd F lunch Wednesday at Hickory Tavern, Beer Mile Saturday the 30th, muster at Sargento’s at 10:30 – 4333 Winder Trail

Prayer Requests – Turtleman, Greg Dills’ (F3 Wimpy) mom passed this week, Roscoe’s coworker’s mother passed, Roscoe friend in hospice care

It’s that time of year again for the most CSAUP of all CSAUPs. The 2023 Beer Mile welcomes all participants and spectators for the most thrilling 5280 feet in sports. The details are below.

When? Saturday December 30th

What time? 11:00 at YHC’s hacienda, 4333 Winder Trail in Gastonia. We’ll have a briefing on rules and then head to the AO.

Participants are to bring 4 of their preferred 12-ounce canned beers to be consumed during the race. The following are allowed or a Sargento preapproved alternative. Must be 4.2% alcohol or above.

• Natural Light
• Ultra
• Miller Lite
• Coors Light
• Bud Light (if you’re like that)

We’ll have burgers and dogs afterward and hand out awards for:

• fastest racer
• best costume
• best spectator
• best sign

Please HC to YHC and get ready for the most awesome event since last year’s Beer Mile. If you know, you know. See y’all there!

15 HIM showed for a beautiful morning of rock pushing with Sargento. Disclaimer was given. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Fun was had by all. This is what happened…

Warmup of Goofballs and Don Quixotes

We reviewed the mission of F3 – “To plant, grow and serve small group workouts for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.”

Mosey down to the pit for a round of 11s. We did Derkins on the big road blocks and Big Boys at the other end. It only took about 5 minutes to get some complaining that there was wet grass where the blocks sat. Your tampons could be used to dry that up I guess.

Head toward the track behind the old middle school. It’s gameday, so of course we did the Wolfpack Grinder!

• 20 Prayer Squats, run 1/2 a lap
• 20 Merkins & 20 Prayer Squats, run 1/2 lap
• 20 20 Mountain Climbers & 20 Prayer Squats, run 1/2 lap
• 20  Merkins & 20 Prayer Squats, run 1/2 lap
• Intermission of reviewing the 5 Core Principles
• 20 Monkey Humpers, run 1/2 lap
• 40 LBCs & 20 Monkey Humpers, run 1/2 lap
• 20 Plank Jacks & 20 Monkey Humpers, run 1/2 lap
• 40 LBCs & 20 Monkey Humpers, run 1/2 lap

Mosey down to the covered picnic area for the already requested and Wienke verified Bring Sally Up. It was glorious!

Head back to the Pit for the last leg of the workout, mini Dora 123. Partner up and do 50 Shoulder Taps, 100 Donkey Kicks and 150 Dying Cockroaches. Lunge walk 1/2 way to the wall then run the rest of the way and back.

This took us to time, with a minute to do a headcount of how many years each of the PAX has been an F3 brother. BOS took the record with 12 years! Happy to have an FNG out today, he even works with a PAX from long ago, Anthrax. AYE!!!

Announcements – Convergence next Saturday at The Yank, Christmas Party at Lewis Farm, Beer Ruck Dec 9th @ 11:30, Beer Mile on Dec 30th

Prayer Requests – Jackson Hall, Turtleman, Montana’s recovery, Jackson Curti (bone marrow need), students to finish school well

There were a Magnificent 7 brave HIM who showed to the Storm today. There was a forecast of wet weather that kept most of the chickens away. It would be their loss. This is what happened…

Pledge of Allegiance

Warmup of Goofballs

Mosey towards the shelter for the first round of stuff.

Triple Nickle

5 lunges each leg at one end of the covered drop off area, drop for a burpee in the middle and at the other end do 5 Spatchcocks. What is the Spatchcock you ask? Show to know! Just know, when you do the Spatchcock, you have to yell Spatchcock at each rep, otherwise it doesn’t count.

Now that we’re warmed up, we headed out into the fierce drizzle for The Thang.

Hump Sprints – as per my miracle knee solution, each of my Q’s will have some version of sprinting to stay limber and strong.

The PAX would sprint from the start until reaching the road hump, do 15 Merkins, sprint, 15 merkins at the next hump, sprint, 15 merkins, sprint to the stop sign. That gets the blood pumping for sure! Easy mosey up the hill to the artwork, gather the PAX and then Nur down to the starting circle.

Rinse & repeat the sprint cycle, swapping in Plank Jacks for the hump action.

Mosey back to the covered area by the entrance for Hurricane Hoedown. Lots of flutterkick reps in this routine until we had to get back for namorama. Thanks for the opportunity to lead men! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Prayer Requests – Turtleman, Friend of YHC from church’s niece had seizure and now in coma, Montana, Anchorman’s niece’s friend needing marrow transplant, Cherie Berry’s employee lost child, Breaker Breaker’s coworker, Breaker’s cousin with family issue, Ocho’s recent work situation, Jackson Hall

Announcements – Ultimate frisbee tomorrow, Christmastown 5k Saturday, Convergence Dec 2, Christmas Party, Beer Ruck, Beer mile

6 HIM ran the Sargento route. No mud was encountered. We all returned safely and were better for having posted.

Announcements – 2nd F lunch 15th at The Lodge in Belmont, Frank’s trail run on the 18th, Ultimate frisbee Thanksgiving morning, Christmastown 5k, convergence, Christmas Party, Beer ruck, Beer Mile

Prayer Requests – Oompa, Turtleman, Broke’s former coworker passed unexpectedly, everyone’s mental health

It was a perfect day for thousands of miles of running. YHC passed 10,000 miles on this run using the Nike+ app, so there’s that. There were ruckers. There were runners. We all started at 5:00. There were words said about the appropriate finish time. This is what happened…

The runners ran the route Virus put out using the map to Kevin Loftin Park, around Keener and back down to the start. We finished on time. The ruckers wandered around ruckland pontificating and finished late. Better luck next time.

Announcements: See Stogie’s latest newsletter

Prayer Requests: Montana surgery next week, Tooth Fairy’s 2.0 testing, Norwood, Turtleman, Jackson Hall, Achorman’s bone marrow donor list

Thank you for the opportunity to lead men!

It was a beautiful day for some recreational excitement. Most of the PAX were on time for the start but others straggled in. While we still have sunlight for the  afternoon AO, YHC decided it was time for kickball again. This is what happened.

Pledge of Allegiance (for those already gathered at the start)

Warm up

Mosey across the parking lot to play on an actual diamond. Rats, they’ve locked up the field! Mosey down the road to the back soccer field so we wouldn’t be blinded staring into the low sun. Once there, YHC asked if the PAX had any suggestions about how to play since we only had 7 in attendance. Defib suggested be “bat” with our non-dominant leg. Perfect, I love doing things amphibiously, just like Charles Shackelford. YHC called off the teams by 1s and 2s.

We did Merkins, Squats and Bigboys as the penalty for each opposing team when outs were made or runs were scored, just so we can get some extra muscular action. We rans laps and some sprints in between batting changes too.

Mid-game, none other than ‘ole Stroganoff stopped by for a visit. We tried to talk him into playing so we could have equal teams, but apparently he was required to watch his 2.1’s soccer game on the lower field. He was just there to make an appearance.

Anyway, runs were scored, welts were dealt out and even some grass burn was achieved. All in all it was fun, especially since YHCs team won despite being undermanned. You had to be there!

Mosey back to the start for COT. Thanks for the opportunity to lead men!

Announcements- Frank’s trail run 11/18, Ultimate Frisbee Thanksgiving morning, HC to Broke for Christmastown 5k (don’t register!), convergence on 12/2 with Christmas party that night at Lewis Farm, Beer Ruck 12/?, Beer mile 12/30 or 31 (TBD)

Prayer requests – Jackson Hall, Turtleman is home!, Les Nesman’s M, Happy Trees’ cousin Marty Blair

The day prior marked 1 year since YHC experienced the most unfortunate event of my life. Yep, it was the one year anniversary of breaking my arm. The Lord has blessed me with a mostly full recovery, it’s still a struggle to do some things and building strength is still happening. That said, we would focus on elbow strength today. This is what happened…

Pledge of allegiance

Warm Up including Goofballs and the Patented Right over Left

Mosey to the track for The Thang

Do 10 reps of Dips, Shoulder Taps & Makhtar N’Diaye’s and then run a lap. We did this 5 times.

Next, head to the drop off lane in front of the school for some suicides with sprints. At the return of the first leg of the suicide, we did 10 Merkins, 2nd was 10 LBCs (I think), and the last one 10 jump squats. The last and longest return trip would be a sprint. So why is this BB named Wojo’s miracle drug? Because when he led Midoriyama a couple weeks ago, while YHC was still struggling with the knee problems, we did lots of sprints. The days after that, the knee pain had gone away! The next couple Q’s YHC led, we did sprints just to make sure to keep strengthening and doing whatever good the sprints do.

Goose even mentioned that his knee was hurting lately and while we did the laps of the first routine but after the sprints, the pain wasn’t there. So cool!

After the suicide sprints, we headed down to the back drive area for a quick Dora 123. Partner up and do 50 squats, 100 of something else and 150 calf raises.

Mosey back to the start for some Mary and we’re done!

Announcements: Freight’s trail run and Beer ruck coming up

Prayer Requests: Marriages, Jackson Hall, Flintstone’s student whose mom died, Turtleman, Flintstone’s family, Tesla and son

Throngs of eager PAX waited patiently for the arrival of the Q to Old School. They only had to wait about 75 seconds before YHC plowed into the lot to get the festivities under way. This is what happened…

We started with a warmup under the picnic shelter that included the Patented Right Over Left. Other stuff was done.

Mosey around the track a couple times to get the blood pumping for the first course of the Thang.

50 Squats, 100 Merkins and 150 LBCs in whatever combination and order you want. Once that was done we moseyed toward downtown, taking a pause at the fire department for a sprint break. Mosey around the courthouse block, sprinting one of the straightaways. We stopped at the dry gazebo for plenty of ab work, which included lots of American Hammers thanks to Seuss and Wiki. Get up and mosey again, throwing in a couple more sprints for good measure. Back to the gazebo for more ab work and some stretching, then a mosey back to the start.

We stretched a little more to limber up after all that sprinting. The crowd went wild with excitement.

Prayer requests: Jackson Hall, Turtleman, Broke’s daughter getting engaged

Announcements: HC for Christmastown 5k, 2nd F lunch