16 Beasts came out this morning to start the week of right! Warmup COP- SSH, Helicopter, Don Quixote, Cherry Pickers, Merkin, LBC Jog around neighborhood ( Q trying to burn off some VQ adrenaline )with stops at each cul-de-sac for exercise ( merkin, squat, mountain climbers, up / down walk the curb, plank jacks Then over to the hill for some mailbox work up and down the hill to each mailbox with increasing exercise at each (burpees, jump squat, dry docks, lunge, shoulder tap, monkey humpers) indigenous back up the hill with last man doing merkins before leading the line.…
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After shooting awake at 2:45am – YHC was too excited about the forthcoming (VQ) beatdown to sleep. Lucky for the PAX, that allowed some time for fresh brewed coffee prep, to be enjoyed post workout. 16 PAX stumbled and bumbled through the thick morning gloom for a Cindy-filled beatdown with plenty of Satan’s Hill mixed in. Heist creeped up through the woods, which was weird, but he brought a diesel jacked FNG (more on him later), so that made it okay. THE THANG WARMERAMA: Mosey around troll house Welcome & Disclaimer Ukranian Soldiers, Don Quixote’s, Side Straddle hops, Michael Phelps/Helicopters…
19 men of steel descended upon the sleepy suburban village of NewMarket to sharpen one another and experience skin-splitting pumps. YHC was honored and humbled to lead such a large PAX for his VQ experience. According to the security guards staffing the guardhouse at the neighborhood entrance, this is what went down. COP: SSH, helicopters, Ukrainian soldiers, copperhead squats, merkins, plank it up (right hand high, left hand high, right foot to right hand, left foot to left hand), quick mosey up and down Satan’s own hill The Thang: 1st triple check: Runner, coupon sumo squats, calf raises 2nd triple…
Circle Of Pain:In reflection of it being both my VQ and BQ as well as the start of the magnificent 6-Nations Rugby Championship we started this weeks COP with an introduction to the principles of the game of rugby and linked it to one of our key guiding lights of “Leave no man behind; but leave no man where you find him”. There was a big focus on working together as a team and encouraging the hares to run back for the tortoises. Pre workout warmers and post workout refreshments had a 6-Nations (English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French and Italian)…
Lots of guys have provided their 2023 Challenges, both individual and group. Thank you. I have two private challenges so far that people have shared with me. Good stuff. I’ll add one for the group. The Purpose of F3 is to “… plant, grow, and serve …for the invigoration of male community leadership.” We do this through all 5 principles. Dredd and OBT selected principles that are very simple and entirely intentional. Each man should strive to live all 5 F3 principles every week. This includes one easily overlooked: live the Rotating Q. Some guys Q all the time. Some…
5 men of The Forge decided to chance fate and give up Q control to co-VQers Dealer and House Party. It’s a morning I’ll never forgot. Dealer got the crew warmed up with some off-cadence Don Quixotes, Helicopters, and Merkins. Practice makes perfect, and Dealer’s got some YouTube “How to Count on Cadence” videos to
11 truth seekers posted ready for the Ponch VQ. No FNG would arrive on this beatdown cause they heard this one would not be for the faint of heart. Ready, in-Cadence GO!!!!! Merkins, Arm Circles, Flutter kicks, Merkins, Leg-lifts, apple pickers then off for a stroll around the park. Airborne Daddy gonna take a little trip, mission uncertain, destination unknown and “My Granny” came along as well. That was just round 1, by the end, we toasted to the brotherhood. Im still sore from that beatdown two days later.
5 men joined me at Satan’s Hill for my first Q. COP: Mosey up to top Satan’s Hill (corner of Sultree Dr and Fanrham Ln). Circled up and did the following warm ups: SSH, Americans, LBC, Dog Pointers, Dead Man Hang, and Monkey Humpers. The Thang: Did you know Satan’s Hill has many hills? The Pax got to tour most of them today. Hill 1: Mosey from top of Satan’s Hill via Farnham L to top of Hill 1 at corner of Willowmore and Farnham. Q split Pax into 2 groups. Triple Check (or was it?) with A-man sprinting down…
Today was my VQ and what a great day, 70 and sunny! 8 Stubs arose to tackle the earliest AO and according to the van that ran over the sign at N Ridge and River here is what went down. Mosey to church pavilion after completing a lap in the auxiliary lot, so Handshake could catch up to us COP: 20 SSH10ish HelicoptersStretch to touch the skyStretch to touch the toes10 Cherry pickers10 Heals to Heaven10 Hand Release Merkins The Thang: Mosey to church parking lot. P1 runs to mini buses and back while P2 works on their numbers with…
This is a pre-announcement. With all of us excited about F3 and an on-going push to headlock new guys and pull other guys back from the Fart Sack, F3RVA will be hosting a Q-School later this year. This is an invitation to each PAX member to provide input on what they suggest we cover. Recall that one of F3’s five core principles is a two-part statement: workouts are led by a rotating Q who participates in the workouts. Rotating Q. Participates in the workouts. Some of the following may (or may not) be topics and / or instructors: “Counting to Three or Four,” by Mr.…