63° F and clear skies greeted 16 PAx, including 2 FNGs, at The Hogg this AM. Tip of the hat to Beta and Fireball for EH’ing both Po’Boy (Nelson Mandy) and Boring (Sham Sidhu), and getting two FNGs out to post in The Gloom on a weekday morning. That’s no easy task, but you proved you’re more than up to it!

Warm Up

• Mosey to St. Theresa’s front parking lot for some High Knees, Butt Kickers, and Karaoke
• Grab coupons from the back of YHC’s SUV and circle up at SF
• Side Straddle Hops (SSH) x 25 IC
• Windmills x 15 IC
• Merkins x 10 IC
• Imperial Walkers (IW) 15 IC
• Little Baby Arm Circles x 20 IC front/back

TheThang

• The Pax sounded off 1-2-3-1-2-3 all the way around the COP, then grouped up in three’s for a DORA
• The DORA consisted Pax 1 performing the exercise, while Pax 3 did a Wheelbarrow down/back across the Side Yard (~20 yds) helped by Pax 2. Upon their return, Pax 3 cycled into the exercise and Pax 2 into the Wheelbarrow with Pax 1 assisting. The rotation continued along those lines throughout the follow exercises:
  • Squat Thrusts with Coupons x 150
  • Vertical Hands-to-Toes with Coupons x 300 (quick explanation: while on their Six, lying flat and holding a single Coupon above their head, the Pax would simultaneously raise their arms and legs to 90°, touching their hands to their toes, then lower back to a flat, horizontal position = ONE…YHC hope that description makes sense)
  • SSH with Coupons x 450
• Mosey back to the SF to circle up

Count-O-Rama

• 16 Pax – a new mid-week record!

Name-O-Rama

• Po’Boy (Nelson Mandy) – Grew up in NOLA, but found the light and moved to Houston 8 years ago, after having also tried out Dallas and Austin first.
• Boring (Sham Sidhu) Grew up in Houston and went to A&M. As a Civil Engineer, he likes to dig holes, so you might say that he’s a Boring guy.

BoM (Ball of Man)

• #TAPs for Bublé’s uncle, along with F3 Rocky from Greenwood, both of whom continue to fight the good fight against cancer. Also, TAPs for Spewer’s/Inferno’s colleague, who’s newborn was having surgery to repair a hole in the diaphram.

NakedManMoleskin

• The Three Way DORA was a real #crowdpleaser, and proved to the Pax that you don’t have to go very far or have a lot of equipment to enjoy a solid #beatdown.
• After the second round of Wheelbarrows, there was a lot of heavy panting around the field, and it seemed that when the one Pax took a break from the Wheelbarrow, his partner just took it as an opportunity to stop and stare at him. So, this not being acceptable thing for partners to do, YHC instructed the Pax that if the one Pax couldn’t perform the Wheelbarrow, then BOTH Pax had to perform Bear Crawls or Lunges together. Remember, you never leave the Six and its all about keeping the unit together, whether the number is 2 or 20. You stick together and that helps Iron Sharpen Iron (#ISI).
• Bublé’s trio had clearly missed their required caffeine intake before the BC, because they thought YHC had only instructed the Pax to perform 150 of each exercise, rather than the escalation of 150-300-450. Fortunately for them, YHC had helped them catch their error, and much to their credit, the trio knocked it out and made up for the shortfall in the count by the end.
• Midway through the DORA, Spewer was seen off to the side, balled hand to mouth. Asked if he had just #spalshedmerlot, he replied that, “If there had been anything in there before the start, it would’ve been up by now.” It’s good to see that he’s thinking ahead like that. Don’t need any nasty surprises on the field when the Pax get onto their Sixes for a little Mary.

It’s great to see how far everyone has already come since their first day. Men that were taking breaks after their first 10 reps of an exercise on Day 1, are now pushing it past 15, 20, or even 25. Guys that had to walk every couple of steps during a Mosey are making it further and further. They’ve visibly lost weight, the lbs. are coming off, and their stamina and strength are clearly improving, as the presence of muscles long-since gone, make a welcome reappearance. They can feel and see the difference for themselves, as can their friends and family. Pretty soon, those F&F are going to being asking them for their ‘secret’, and that’s when they’ll become EH beasts, because they know that F3 is the type of Good Thing that you can’t help but want to share with others. That, having gotten a hand up and out of Sad Clown Syndrome, you feel compelled to reach back and return the favor to some other man in need.

Buckle up gentlemen, because we’re about to go on a very exciting ride!

SYITG

Duggar