Six men, several of whom were still sore from the Helix beatdown at DaPile on Saturday, gathered on the grounds of Atlee High School for a May the 4th be with you beatdown that went like this:
COP
All IC – SSH, Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Reverso, Step-Back Lunges, Merkins, Angled Knee Jumps, Hand-to-Foot Mountain Climbers, Freddie Mercuries, LBCs, APDs, American Hammers, Heals-to-Heaven
The Thang
Mosey to Chickahominy Field
Triple Sprints – In groups of 3, one person sprints to a partner and then does 5 burpees as the partner sprints back to the 3rd person and does 5 burpees. This continues until all group members to 5 rounds of sprints and 5 burpees. The group members then bear crawl to the middle and do 20 merkins.
Mosey to Cool Spring Playground
Lat Hangs/Merkins – 6 rounds with each PAX member leading a round. Hang for a count of 15 lowering once the count reaches 5 – 0. Once completed, 10 Merkins IC. PAX members selected normal Merkins, Werkins, Diamond Merkins, Knee Merkins, Derkins, and Hand-Released Merkins.
Mosey to Atlee field
Elevens – APD Dips, WW2s (Time was called before any PAX members completed the exercise.)
Mosey to VSF
Circle up and hold 6 inches as YHC counted from 30 – 0.
COT – Name-O-Rama, Number-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.
NMS
Five years ago yesterday on May 3, 2016, YHC finally decided to check out F3. Lab Rat had invited him several times over a period of 6 – 9 months. YHC felt like nobody would be at Atlee High School that morning since it was thundering outside. YHC did not know F3. Three PAX members including Lab Rat and TYA had already started into the COP that morning. After that workout, YHC was all in.
As YHC reflects on his time with F3, several things stand out. The first thing is the friendships he has formed with many of the PAX members. My oldest daughter will be graduating this year with The Carpenter’s daughter, Opus’s daughter, and Yard Sale’s son. My son ran track with Helix’s son. YHC has seen many members of F3 RVA at track and cross country meets, at chorus concerts, at swim meets, and Kroger. Without DaVille, it is possible YHC would not have met some of you which would have been a shame. In addition to this, YHC used to organize a children cancer fundraiser called the ReeseStrong 5K. During my 1st summer with F3RVA, I mentioned this September event during the COT. Soon after this, Swirly was telling the PAX that F3RVA was going to participate. Many F3 members participated the 1st year. By 2017, the number including family members of F3 members participating was over 50. This included members of the Virginia Beach PAX. Although I have not organized he event since 2017, I am still so grateful to Swirly, Lab Rat, and so many of the other PAX members for promoting and participating in my event.
About today’s workout, YHC tried to theme it with Star Wars but after looking at numbers associated with Star Wars, many were extremely high like 1,000,000. For that reason, YHC went in another direction. At first, YHC thought there were 5 PAX members as he went to organize the first exercise. Once it was pointed out to him that it was 6 PAX members, he did an audible before even beginning the 1st exercise and changed it to Triple Sprints. He then miscounted who the 6th man was as well during the COT. Last week, Yard Sale considered himself the only non-runner. Why YHC thinks this is amusing is because Yard Sale was talking with ease the entire time he was running back and forth during the Elevens. I believe Yard Sale is a much stronger runner than he thinks he is.
Thank you PAX for letting me lead today.
Announcements: See Dr. Try Hard’s pre-blast concerning ordering Mudgear shirts. https://f3rva.org/2021/04/30/f3rva-shirts/
Gotta Run!
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