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DeepDish Doesn’t Do Hill City

QIC: WuzntMe

Date: 11/14/2019

PAX: Sinai, Kowbell, Ringwald, Uncle Fester, Red Tees, Sherlock, Candu, Deer Jack, Doghouse

AO: HillCity

Conditions

Chilly, but not too bad. Hunting gloves not needed. 

COP

Mosey under the bridge
SSH IC x30
Forward Fold x10
SSH IC X25
Willie Mays Hayes x10
SSH IC X20
World’s Greatest Stretch x10, each side
SSH IC x15
Little Teapots x10 each side
SSH IC x10
Calf Stretch x30
SSH IC x5
Nope, 5 burpees on your own

The Thang

Mosey to the Blue Rhino – this serves as staging area.
5 burpees
10 lunges
15 LBCs
20 Merkins
25 squats
Run to Frazier ave and back
(x5)

Plank circle x 60

Mary –
Flutter Kicks x20 IC
Heel Touches x20 IC
Freddie Mercuries x20 IC
100s x10 IC
Time.

COT

This was a You vs You workout. You could go as fast or as slowly as you wanted. And if you only focused on yourself, you wouldn’t notice what the men around you were struggling or dealing with. You also wouldn’t notice who had come before you, or who was following in your footsteps. Take some time today and pay attention to someone else in your circle, and ask them how they’re doing. Maybe you have perspective on something that you can help them with. Maybe they’ve been there before you, and can offer advice to you.


It’s easy to get self-absorbed. But there are a lot of men traveling the same path you are, who either can help you, or need help from you. Be a brother.

Moleskin

DeerJack’s brother killed a hawk once, and also has been known to make a porcupine pot roast. This family is metal.

Red Tees had flashbacks to the mountain climbing routine we did back in June. 

Uncle Fester and Doghouse set the pace. 

News

Convergence at the BX on Saturday. 
One year anny of Battery next Saturday. 

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    500! at The Lions Den 11/13/19

    QIC: Moneyball

    Date: 11/13/2019

    PAX: The Count, Blindside, Chum

    AO: Lions Den

    Conditions

    21 degrees and breezy……..

    COP

    Slow Willie Mayes Hayes x 10 IC, SSH’s x 25 IC, Fast Little Baby Arm circles forward and reverse x 15 IC, Keep arms Up, Squatting Cherry Pickers x 15 IC, Hold Squat w/Shoulders Presses x 15 IC, Slow Merkins x 20 IC, Forward Fold silent count, Frog Squat silent count, SSH’s x 20 IC, Mosey around the track……

    The Thang

    500

    Start at the pad behind the field goal.

    PAX to do 100 reps of these exercises (Merkins, LBC’s, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Flutter Kicks) then take a lap of the track, we’ll do this 5 times, hence the title 500! PAX must do 100 of each exercise by the completion of all 5 rounds, e.g. you could 20 of each exercise per round before you run the lap. 100 reps then take a lap, rinse and repeat.

    When PAX is finished with all 5 rounds mosey to the football stands.

    25 dips then 25 reverse merkins on the bars (lay on your back and pull up) Rinse and Repeat until time is up…

    Mosey back to pad. PAX had time for a few stretches to warm down, Slow Willie Mayes Hayes x 10 IC and Forward Fold silent count…. TIME!

    COT

    The PAX were few but the effort was Huge! Half the battle was getting out of bed especially when its 21 degrees outside. Men who will show up in these conditions will show up when life gets tough and you need help…F3 is more than a workout.

    Moleskin

    Double glove kinda of weather…We warmed up fast and didn’t stop until it was over..Had the 80’s rock tunes cranked up on the bluetooth, music makes any workout better!! Period!

    News

    Ridgecut Convergence 11/16/19 at the Brainerd BX soccer field. No Landfill or Battery.

    Thanksgiving at HILL CITY 5:30am

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      Three Year Anniversary with Goose on Q

      QIC: Goose

      Date: 11/12/2019

      PAX: Goose, Moneyball, Deer Jack, Ringwald, John Doe, Skitch, Sunshine, The Count

      AO: Hill City

      Conditions: Cold and wet

      COP:

      SSH x 20

      Forward Fold OYO

      One leg quad stretch OYO

      Third Grade Exercises x15

      SSH x15

      The Thang:

      Mosey to Hills

      Box jump up steps with 20 merkins at 4th every step> then jailbreak up Mt Mediorama> back down. x4

      Adora: 300 squats. One partner squats while other partner Bernies up Mt. Mediorama.

      Mosey to field by Rhino

      4 jailbreaks across field

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      Gentlemens Ridge Jaunt

      QIC: Fissure

      Date: 11/12/2019

      PAX: Prosciutto, Whittler, Gusher, Holy Kiss, Burrito

      AO: Smackdown

      Conditions

      Low 30s and flurries. Ground was wet from overnight rain. Nice and miserable conditions.

      COP

      Circled up in SMAC parking lot
      SSH x 20 IC
      Fwd fold x 10 IC
      Iraqi tea time x 10 IC
      SSH x 10 IC

      The Thang

      Still in parking lot

      10 Burpees, squats and merkins

      Mosey off the SMAC property and up Mayer St to the Brow Estates “hood”
      Stop at first intersection

      15 burpees, squats and merkins
      Continued the mosey onto Gentleman’s Ridge stopping in the cul de sac

      20 burpees, squats and merkins
      Continued the mosey back to the intersection

      15 burpees, squats and merkins
      Continued the mosey back down Mayer St, onto SMAC property and down to the track

      10 burpees, squats and merkins
      Over to concrete bleachers

      Hold Al Gore with backside a centimeter off the bleachers x 10 IC
      Dips x 10 IC
      AG x 15 IC
      Dips x 15 IC
      AG x 20 IC
      Dips x 20 IC
      Onto track

      4 cones, 5 yards apart (20 yards total)
      Suicides part 1: run only
      Suicides part 2: bear crawl to cone, crawl bear back, RNR to each cone
      Back to bleachers

      Al Gore x 30 IC
      Back to track

      Suicides part 3: run only
      Back to bleachers

      Rectangle of merkins, ended after 5 each man.
      Back to track

      Suicides part 4: run only
      Bleachers again

      Al Gore to failure. Burrito victorious. What a stud.

      Mary: Plank, Medium pickle pounders, Plank, Jumbo pickle pounders

      COT

      Broke open the qsource this week and the intro contained a good enough nugget to share with the pax today. Leadership is a skill that requires honing. It is not like a square jaw or receding hairline (thank you very much) that you’re simply born (blessed) with. Sure, some guys may seem to possess traits that make them better “natural” leaders but don’t let it discourage you. F3 is a great source of leadership training. Get into the Q Source and if you haven’t q’d a workout I highly recommend it!

      Moleskin

      Burrito brought his A+ jokes to the gloom today. Fairly certain he owns a weed eater.

      Burrito does a mean Napoleon Dynamite impression.

      It was pretty miserably cold today but after five minutes who can really tell. Right?

      News

      3 year Anniversary convergence, 11/16 at Ridgecut (Brainerd Baptist BX) 0700

      Thanksgiving convergence at Hill City 0530-0630

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        DeepDish Can’t Pick Coupons

        QIC: WuzntMe

        Date: 11/12/2019

        PAX: El Chapo, Topless, Deep Dish, Clothespin

        AO: The Battery

        Conditions

        Cold, wet, and nasty as all hell.

        The most perfect Battery conditions of all-time.

        COP

        Run past the dog park, line up in the pavilion.

        SSH x 20 IC
        Forward Fold x10 IC
        WMH x10 IC
        Merkin x15 IC
        LBAC x15 IC
        Seal Claps x10IC
        SSH x 20 IC

        Run down past the dog park and around the cars to enjoy that Battery weather again. Circle back up at the Pavilion

        The Thang

        Rock’em
        Grab a rock from the pile.
        20 of each:
        Curls
        Shoulder Presses
        Bent over Rows
        Consecos
        Modified McCains (hold boulder above head and step up on bench)
        Rotate the rock to next man after every exercise to ensure we all suffer from Deep Dish’s inability to select coupons.

        Intermission:
        Plank for 60 count
        20 Incline merkins
        20 Decline merkins

        Rock’em Rd 2
        15 of each:
        Curls
        Shoulder Presses
        Bent over Rows
        Consecos
        McCains

        Second Intermission:
        60 second plank
        20 step ups
        20 box jumps
        20 toe merkins

        Rock’em Rd 3
        10 of each:
        Curls
        Shoulder Presses
        Bent over Rows
        Consecos
        McCains

        Mary:
        LBCs x 20 IC
        Hello Dollies x 20 IC
        Plank for 1 minute
        BBS x 20 IC
        100s x 20IC

        Time

        COT

        We all get up in the cold and wet to workout because it’s enjoyable, and kinda fun to rough it in these conditions. But there are a lot of people who *live* like this, and it’s getting colder and more uncomfortable outside. If you have a coat taking up space in your closet (and you do), then pass it along to an agency or charity that can use it.

        Moleskin

        The desire to go for a run in the sleet and rain was directly linked to Clothespin’s hatred for it.

        I tried an exercise to hand the rocks back and forth, but it didn’t work. Nevermind on that one.

        News

        Convergence on Saturday at RidgeCut – no Battery. Talks of a clown car have been brought up…

        One year Battery anniversary next week. BartScottCantWait.gif.

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          Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds

          QIC: Sidekick

          Date: 11/12/2019

          PAX: Candu, Sunburn (R), Peanuts, Pebbles, Back fire

          AO: Boneyard

          Conditions

          33 degrees and rain/sleet

          COP

          Forward Fold ICX11; Willie Mays hays ICX12; Right over Left ICX6; Left Over Right ICX6; 3rd Grade Exercises ICX12; SSH ICX25; Slow Squat ICX15; LBAC ICX11; Reverse ICX11; Morrocan Night CLub ICX11; Shoulder Press ICX11

          The Thang

          Grab 3 blocks and head to the USPS parking lot

          Dora Goes Postal

          Mosey a lap around USPS

          Pair up and grab a block

          Round 1

          200 Block Curls; Bernie to bike rack and run back; Flap Jack

          Mosey a lap around USPS

          Round 2

          160 Overhead Press with block; run to bike rack, 5 Burpees, run back; Flap Jack

          Mosey a lap around USPS

          Round 3

          100 Goblet Squats with block; Run to bike rack, 10 Flutter kicks, run back; Flap jack

          Mosey a lap around USPS

          Round 4

          80 Kettle Bell Swings; run to bike rack, bernie back; Flap jack

          Mosey a lap around USPS

          Back to flag

          Time

          COT

          Dedication in the cold. The guys picked me up this morning. There was to be no solo gloom today. If nobody showed, my butt was back to Rang-gold. They didn’t let me falter, held me accountable. That is what F3 is all about. We got better today even though the elements said stay in bed.

          Moleskin

          Had some MC today about arms hurting. Only had 4 Burpee buses today so i don’t know what all the complaining was about. You think Hasseloff complained on the set of Baywatch? I don’t think so. You gotta work for those pipes!

          News

          3 year anny for F3 Chatt this saturday at Ridgecut – 7 AM

          1 Year Anny for the Battery on 11/23 – 7 AM

          Thanksgiving Day Beatdown at Hill City – 5:30 AM

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            Burpees Hate You Too!

            QIC: Clothespin

            Date: 11/09/2019

            PAX: Deep Dish, 9Volt, El Chapo, DNF, GRU, JohnDoe, Shotput, Topless, Fastlane, Schnitzel

            AO: The Battery

            Conditions

            Cold for about 5 seconds then everyone warmed up.

            COP

            Mosey around greenway to parking area in front of pavillion.
            SSH, Willy Mayse Hayse, Calf stretches, Forward fold, Baby arm circles (forward and reverse), military presses

            The Thang


            Doracide Burpiacs

            Straight spot about 150’ long. Suicide while partner does exercise switch with partner until exercises complete. Do 1 burpee at 1st pole, 2 burpees at second marker and 3 burpees at 2nd pole while doing suicides. Exercises as follows:
            100 merkins
            75 Burpees
            200 squats
            150 LBC
            200 Imperial Walkers
            100 Lunges
            100 Big Boy Sit-Ups
            Once Complete with burpee portion of exercise burpees can stop on suicide as well.

            Once through all exercises mosey to skate park and complete the following:
            25 decline merkins
            25 squats
            25 LBC
            25 dips
            Stretch

            Then mosey to pavilion and complete the following:
            25 incline merkins
            Get a rock
            25 military presses
            25 bi-cep curls
            25 tri-cep extensions
            25 step-ups or box-jumps
            Multiple stretches to cool down
            Mosey back to flags

            COT

            Keep pushing yourself! You will get better! Push yourself some this week!

            Moleskin

            It really got quiet when the burpees started other than snarky remarks about the Q. (I don’t know who that was!) Something about burpees hate you too…….

            News

            Convergence 11-16, Battery Anniversary 11-23, WuzntME on Q 11-12.

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              Veterans Day beginning in Veterans Park…yeah that feels right.

              QIC: Red Tees

              Date: 11/11/2019

              PAX: U-Turn, Hasboro, Ducktales, Burrito, Couch Potato, Milkman

              AO: Huey

              Conditions

              Cold and Clear (Ducktales mentioned the best part of this kind of weather is we can’t smell the dumpster in the parking lot).

              COP

              • Side straddle hop x 20
              • We moseyed from the flag over to the parking lot and knocked did perform
              • Willie Mays Hayes
              • Forward Fold
              • Little Baby Arm Circles X 20
              • Reverse X20
              • Moroccan Night Club x20
              • Cherry Pickers x 20
              • Merkins x 20

              The Thang

              Indigenous Peoples Burpee Run (keeping it politically correct) each Pax did 3 rounds. We then picked out some coupons I stole from my neighbor’s scrap pile last night and partnered up for a Dora. 100 curls, 200 overhead presses, 300 squats and 400 little baby crunches. We then moseyed over to the pavilion and while one partner did 30 leg lifts the other partner practiced their best Fight Club moves while sitting on the wall for a couple of rounds. Upon completion we bear crawled back to the flag with no time to spare.

              COT

              Today is Veterans Day. It is not lost on me that we are blessed to be able to gather, fellowship and practice our faith in this country freely how and when we see fit. There are places in this world where bowing your head around a flag is not allowed. We owe a lot to our Veterans and let me encourage everyone to take a moment and thank the people in their lives who served in the military for doing so in whatever capacity they did. My dad was drafted during Vietnam and served in the Army and my brother served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Air Force. I love them very much and am proud I can give them a buzz later today.
              BALL OF MAN: Milkman asked for prayers for the young marine’s family who took his own life last week. Couch Potato made a point of encouraging us all to look out for those guys who are struggling after their service. Let’s get headlocks on those guys and get them out in the gloom with others who can help encourage and pick them up when life gets hard. Hasboro’s grandmother is recovering from a heart attack over the weekend, but is in good spirits.

              Moleskin

              It was a good morning all the way around and my first time to Q at the Huey. Milkman runs faster backwards than forwards I think, and Ducktales and Couch Potato may or may not need to be tested for PED’s. Burrito insisted we bear crawl to finish the day off (he’s an animal), and I got my gloves all wet, which is a bummer. I have my suspicions U-Turn may be a CIA assassin (he is a quiet guy who I am pretty sure is holding back and could make Couch Potato look like me if he kicked it up to a 10). I’ll bet his body count is prolific. For that matter Hasboro may be one too.

              News

              Convergence in Brainerd on the 16th

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                Diamond in the wet

                QIC: Bernie

                Date: 11/15/2019

                PAX: Sidekick, 9Volt, FastLane, Peanuts, Wuzn’t Me, Swipe Right, DNF, Escobar, Walla Walla, Moneyball, Paper Boy, MayHem, The Count, Annie, ToeTag, John Doe, Bernie

                AO: Hacksaw

                Conditions

                Chilly, 42 degrees and a bit of squishy mud in the middle of the field but fortunately not in the Diamond!

                COP

                Mosey from parking lot around the building to flag pole in Veteran’s Park. SSH’s, Forward Fold, Willy Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Slow Merkins, SSH, mosey to Da Thang!

                The Thang

                7 of Diamonds!

                Same exercise at each of the 4 stations = 1 round

                Pay attention to the lit up clipboards!

                Round 1 – 7 Burpees!

                Round 2 – 14 Flutter Kicks (each leg)

                Round 3 – 21 Merkins

                Round 4 – 28 Squats

                Round 5 – 21 LBC’s (Little Baby Crunches)

                Round 6 – 14 Diamond Merkins

                Round 7 – 7 Alternating Lunges (each leg)

                Following the faster than expected completion of the Diamond (great work guys), circled up on the center of the diamond for several rounds of Mary to finish out the time and exhaust those abs “just one more” time!

                COT

                We are all here for the purpose of getting into better shape through exercise but we also influence those around us in positive ways that might not be obvious.  You never know who is watching your example whether it is at home, church, work, etc. so let’s pray and ask God to make us an example worth following and that his image may be reflected in us.  “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another!”   Proverbs 27:17

                Moleskin

                Thanks for the support for my inaugural Q, looking forward to more in the future!!!

                News

                Convergence at Ridge Cut (or was it Brimstone?) tomorrow 11/16 with Jazzy Jag leading! 1 year anniversary of the Battery 11/23.

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                  Trying times. No Summer Soldiers!

                  QIC: MaYhem

                  Date: 11/13/2019

                  PAX: SwipeRight, Vaccine, Bernie, John Doe, Fastlane, WallaWalla, WuzntMe

                  AO: Hacksaw

                  Conditions

                  Colder than a witches tit in a brass brassiere! > 22 but really 14 with wind chill. :))

                  COP

                  SS Skips to Left x 11 IC, …to the Right x 11 IC, FF x 11 IC, TGE x 11 IC, SSS Left x 11 IC, SSS Right x 11 IC, LBAC front x 11 IC, LBAC back x 11 IC, Seal Clap x 11 IC, MNC x 11 IC, Chinooks x 11 IC, Sholder Press x 11 IC, Recover! Abe Vigoda x 11 IC, Worlds Greatest Stretch R & L x 11 IC, Turn it over to Bernie for Pre VQ SSH x 11 IC

                  Indigenous People run to Pavilion

                  The Thang

                  Pavilion Party

                  Mosey over to the pavilion, and do the following:
                  Decline Merkins, Incline Merkins, Stargazers, Dips > 3 Rounds R1-25/R2-20/R3-15 reps each exercise OYO

                  Pickleball Dora

                  Mosey to the Pickleball court one lap around. Partner up by weight for partner carries down and back x2.
                  Dora: Partner 1 Exercise. while Partner 2 traverses back and forth the length of Pickleball Court.

                  Round 1 – P1: 100 Smurf Jacks / P2: MOT – Long Skip
                  Round 2 – P1: 100 Smurf Jacks / P2: MOT – Drunken Sailor

                  IP Run to the flag for Mary.

                  Turn it over to Bernie…LBCs and Am Hammers until time.

                  COT

                  Getting up this early in the freezing cold to workout sucks! In the spirit of Invigorating Male Community Leadership, reminded PAX that in the service of their country/community, men are often called to do hard stuff. Brief Am History Lesson > December of 1776 at critical point of Revolution in fight for Country’s Freedom, Thomas Paine writes pamphlet ‘The Crisis’ and penned these words read to PAX: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell is not easlily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly…

                  In the days ahead, it would inspire General Washington and his troops to cross the Delaware on Christmas Eve in the freezing cold to essentially turn the tide of the war and help to win and establish the freedoms we enjoy today.

                  Takeaway, our decisions to either “shrink back from service” or push through to do hard things can have significant impact to both ourselves and our posterity.

                  Moleskin

                  Wala Wala needs some better gloves. John Doe’s farts still stink even in the bitter cold.

                  Also, even though he did not participate in the beatdown for having to be at work early, Escobar did an admirable thing acting as the PAX Mom and left behind a piping hot growler of cider for the boys in the parking lot. Awesome!

                  News

                  Convergence on Saturday. Bernie VQ on Friday.

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