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6.29.19 – McEnroe & His Cabin

by f3noodles39, posted in Uncategorized

4 PAX made the HC and presented for another episode of Noodles & Company. Beautiful sunny day w/ temperature rising made for a drenched end result.

WoR: Motivators x10, Abe Vigodas x15, Mosey around the tennis courts w/ Q calling out Al Gores (regular/reverse), Lunges.

Thang #1: Wimbledon

Round #1 – Agassis x5 – Merkins x30

Round #2 – Agassis x5 – Squats x30

Round #3 – Agassis x5 – Scissor Kicks x50

Round #4 – Agassis x5 – 50 Step Ups (25 each leg)

Thang #2 – Cabin Fever

Planks pulls w/ coupon x30

Coupon Swings x30

Goblet Squats x30

Wall Squats – 2 minutes

Thang #3 – Hoffa

Linked Merkins – Legs to Back x15

Sprint #1 – Jumping Jacks x50

Sprint #2 – Bear Crawl Uphill w/ Coupon – LBCs x50

Sprint #3 – Bernie Sanders – American Hammers x30 – TBTF confused me on amount and did 20 EC.

Sprint #4 – Watch TV x50 Mississippi

6MoM: Arm Circles (front/reverse) until Halt, Arm Claps x25 – some did some EC until Halt.

CoR: Archive, Too Big To Fail, Skirt Chaser, Noodles (Q)

CoT: Archive – Prayers for Banks & Captain Crunch on their travels and so that they may find some time to put in the work. Skirt Chaser – Prayers for sister, Leslie, so that she gets the proper treatment in Peru and speedy recovery. TBTF – Prayer for health as something that is earned, so that we show up and put in the work. Noodles – Prayers for M’s health and pregnancy and to provide guidance to newly hired staff to start. Prayers for Hoser and speedy recovery.

6.27.19 – New, Improved Operation Overlord

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

Now with more coupons!

6 PAX (Toolbox, Noodles, CATS, Banks, Archive, Crunch[QIC]) posted promptly for a Thursday Beatdown that was early, but certainly not gloomy. YHC had too much planned anyway, so we hit it hard and the time flew by. Inspired by the last rucking workout, the Q felt the need to up the ante with some coupons.

Warm-O-Rama (The Usual)

  • 7x Motivators
  • 10xIC Tin Soldiers
  • Burpee (Short)Mile – 12 Burpees x 4 around the island loop (.72 mi if you needed to know)

The Thang: Everyone’s Favorites

20 Min cycle of:

  • 50m Coupon Lunges
  • 50m Bears and Blocks
  • 25 American Hammers (w/ Coupon)
  • 50m Coupon Lunges
  • 50M Bears and Blocks
  • 25 Man-Makers

No time left for MoM or the Bucket Brigade up the hill. Mosey to the flag.

COR/NOR/COT: Prayers for traveling PAX — Noodles’ new hire and plans for transfer — new projects for Archive’s work.

I’ll be missing you guys being DR for the next three Saturdays. Hopefully after this workout, you won’t miss me as much!

6.24.19 – Ruck Mondays – 82nd Airborne

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

Two PAX (Noodles / Crunch) posted in the bright mid-summer “gloom” to start the week off right with the last of the GORUCK June workouts: the 82nd Airborne Workout. After waiting a respectful time (10 IC Tin-Soldiers) for any borderline fartsackers to race into the parking lot, they started out on their mile:

82nd Airborne:

8 rounds for time: (32 min)

  • 8 Shoulder Press
  • 20 Plank Pulls (10 per side)
  • 8 Ruck Swings
  • 200m Ruck (with added sandbag, optional)

With some extra time we moseyed to the hill for some bonus work (with the ruck on):

  • Hill Sprint
  • Bernie (sprint)
  • Bear Crawl

2 MoM:

  • American Hammer ICx20

NOR/COR/COT: prayers for hiring process at Noodles work and health for Noodles M (and baby) as they await the new arrival. — For a strong start to the week and good commitment from us and the other PAX in the group, that we would Get After It in work, home, and personal arenas. — For good preparation and safe travels for the Crunch household as they trek out to Colorado for a few weeks.

 

6.22.19 – No Legs

by F3Banks, posted in Uncategorized

8 PAX including one FNG (Welcome Too Big To Fail!) showed up on a beautiful summer day for the regularly scheduled weekly beatdown. With the evening ruck on the Horizon, our Q promised to stay away from any leg exercises. The lesson behind today’s workout is that when you put your mind to it, you can do 5 of anything, just keep moving forward.

Warm-O-Rama (The Usual)

  • 7x Motivators
  • 15x Tin Soldiers

Thang 1: 5 Alive

  • Run the short mile stopping at each lamp post and adding on the rep count
  • 1st Lamp Post -> 1 Burpee, 2nd Lamp Post -> 2 Burpees… 5th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees
  • 6th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 1 Merkin…. 10th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins
  • 11th Lamp Post -> 5 burpees, 5 Merkins, 1 Star Jump
  • 16th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 1 Dive Bomber
  • 21st Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 5 Dive Bombers, 1 OHC
  • 25th Lamp Post -> 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 5 Dive Bombers, 5 OHC’s
  • Totals: 115 Burpees, 90 Merkins, 65 Star Jumps, 40 Dive Bombers, 15 OHC’s

The Finale:

  • 20x Pull Ups
  • 2 MoM – 50 4-Count Flutter Kicks

COR/NOR/COT

We welcomed FNG Too Big To Fail! Prayers for this evenings Ruck Event, Jazz Hand’s Wife and her new job, Noodles and his Baby, and safe travels for Toolbox and Panadero.

6.20.19 No Running

by Ridgeway Burns, posted in Uncategorized

3 pax got wet. Archive (QIC), Noodles, and Captain Crunch were especially peppy despite the drizzle.

WOR-
7x Motivators
15x Arm Circles
15x Tin Soldiers
25x American Hammers
25x Flutter Kicks
25x Protractor
15x Derkins – Noodles took a big swing at it: his feet were above his head for this set of derkins… LFG!
15x Derkins

Lunges to Bathroom Wall
Ascending Testicles- this got tough quick
Bear Crawl to Hoffa

Thang 1-
2 rounds of Bernie Up, Crawl Bear Down/ Bernie Up, Crab Down

Back to Flag- PAX holds plank while 1 pax jumps over.

Short but sweet. COR NOR

Prayers for Noodles, Noodles’ M and upcoming 2.0.

6.17.19 – The 101st Airborne

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

Three PAX (Banks, Crunch and Noodles rocking a new bag and plate(+5lbs!)) posted to take on the 101st Airborne workout (2 of 4 for June). The coolest day of the week made for a comfy rucking morning, and we got after it without a warm-up:

The 101st:

Done for Time: (~42min)
– 101 Thrusters
– 400m Ruck
– 101 Lunges
– 400m Ruck
– 101 Ruck High Pulls
– 400m Ruck
– 101 second Plank
– 400m Ruck

Done in cadence to keep the rhythm going, we made our way around the lake stopping at the quarter miles. Done with a few minutes to spare.

COR/NOR/COT: Lifting up health for Noodles’ M and baby as she’s heading into her third trimester. — productivity for the week ahead — prayers for safety and enthusiasm for the double-header F2 + Unity Ruck/F2 events Friday and Saturday.

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Another Monday Ruck in the books. Definitely going to be stronger after this one. Need to work in more regular arm-exercises with the ruck.

6.15.19 – APFT Benchmarking

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

With YHC’s birthday coming up next week, and with the Army having it’s 244th birthday on Friday, it felt like the best possible time to try the Army Physical Fitness Test and get some numbers on the board. 8 PAX showed up to see how their present selves measured up against their future selves.

The Standard Open:

  • Motivators x7
  • Abe Vigoda IC x 20

The Main Event – APFT:

  • 2 minute AMRAP Push-ups
  • 2 minute AMRAP Sit-ups
  • 2 mile run

APFT June 2019 results:

Name – Push-ups / Sit-ups / 2 Mile time (Age / Army Scores = Total out of 300 possible)

  • Captain Crunch – 70 / 68 / 13:24+10sec penalty for shortcut (32 / 95 + 91 + 97 = 283)
  • Jazz Hands – 43 / 35 / 17:44 (32 / 67 + 52 + 87 = 206)
  • Skirt Chaser – 61 / 43 / 15:03 (36 / 86 + 61 + 84 = 234)
  • Archive – 80 / 70 / 15:06 (33 / 100 + 93 + 84 = 277)
  • CATS – 20 / 19 / 21:47 (31 / 40 + 33 + 8 = 81)
  • Noodles – 46 / 24 / 19:09 (39 / 72 + 45 + 52 = 169)
  • Hurt Locker – 69 / 66 / 16:14 (41 / 96 + 89 + 77 = 262)
  • Banks – 74 / 69 / 16:14 (37 / 100 + 93 + 77 = 270)

Overall assessment – Not bad F3 Wheaton, but there is more core and cardio in our future…

The Closer:

  • American Hammer with Coupons, while Captain Crunch did his penalty Blockees for bypassing the parking lot detour on his first mile. (If you can’t do it, don’t Q it, man!)

COR / NOR / COT: Prayers for continued growth as individuals and as a group, for support and strength, that we can help the people around us be their best selves and make the world a better, healthier place for our presence in it — Lifting up Jazz Hands and his M and 2.0s in the midst of a season of transition on all sides.

 

MOLESKIN: Today I was really impressed by the grit on display by all these men, giving what they had in them to bust through, arms shaking, joints complaining. 100% completion. And we have the future APFT to look forward to. A lot of newer PAX here have done less than two months of F3. This was a great day to have in the books to look back to.

Doing the Goruck June challenge has really driven home for me that improvement comes from consistent application over time. To get the mileage in, I have been rucking almost every day, and I have seen steady strength and speed increases that I wouldn’t have had or wouldn’t have noticed without trying to accomplish the same thing again and again, day after day. To any PAX reading this, what is the thing you want to be better at? Do it at least every other day, preferably every day. Measure successes and failures. It will improve. Embrace the Suck.

6.13.19 – 4-Elements

by f3noodles39, posted in Uncategorized

Ran against the Wind. As Bruce Lee once said, “Become like Water my friend.” Set a goal today to work on cardio and be more fluid in our strides. The challenge at hand also involved a combination of exercises meant to push against Earth‘s gravity and make people burn like Fire. Front runners to always hold for the 6, Plank or Side Plank.

It was a brisk 53 degrees, 8 PAX waiting to warm up.

WoR:

Toe Reach x 15 – 1, 2, 3 (1), 1, 2, 3 (2), in cadence

Motivators x 10, in cadence

Mosey to first bridge – “No man left behind, leave no man where you find him” Moseyed together as a group.

Thang 1

Bridge #1 – Mountain Climbers x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #2 – Squats x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #3 – Merkins x 30 -> Bear Crawl across the bridge

Bridge #4 – Bear Crawl across the last bridge -> Sprint -> Grab coupon -> 15 Deadlifts x 15. When done sprint to Hoffa to hold for the 6.

Thang 2

Sprint #1 – Little Imperial Walkers x 30

Sprint #2 – Watch TV – 30 Mississippi count

Sprint #3 – LBCs x 30

Sprint #4 – Side Plank – 30 Mississippi count (Switch sides at 15 count)

6MoM – Arm Circles, Raise the Roof, Guantanamo, Supermans

CoR – 8 Strong HIMS – Archive, Captain Crunch, Hoser, Banks, Toolbox, Skirt Chaser, Good Hands, Noodles (Q)

COT – Prayers:

Hoser -> Prayer for the Naperville guys and Ruck. Good Hands -> Grandmother – Prayer for health and recent health challenges, asking for motivation and sense of purpose to help cope w/ recent loss of her husband – Prayer for Naperville Family Day at the end of the month. Captain Crunch -> Prayer for the Unity Ruck on 6/22/19 and asking for health and a good turn out from F3Naperville, F3Geneva and F3Wheaton. Noodles -> Prayer for M’s health and pregnancy.

Thank you all for making my first Q experience a memorable one!

6.10.19 – 75th Anniversary Ruck

by f3captcrunch, posted in Uncategorized

3 PAX – Archive, Noodles, and Crunch (QIC)

A warm but windy day kept the bugs down and the PAX ready to get moving. Short simple and to the point on this one:

1 Mile (AFAP without running)
75 Ruck-Squats
75 Merkins
75 Ruck Deadlifts
75 Overhand Press
1 Mile (AFAP, try to hold the previous mile’s pace)

A good brisk pace, holding right around 15 minutes for both miles. Split the sets into 25×3 and repped them out. Looking forward to the Airborne challenge next week. Prayers for a good start to the week and getting after it on work challenges, interviews, and discipline.

6.8 Baseball

by Ridgeway Burns, posted in Uncategorized

10 PAX (2 FNGs) gathered for a baseball beatdown.

WOR
8x Motivators ( miscounted again by the QIC)
21x Ballerina Toe Squats
Sprints- 3x up the hill, 2x Bernie Sanders up the hill
50x stepups

Thang 1 F3 Baseball
Split into two teams of 5- thanks Banks- not the original 4 teams suggested by the QIC. Race around the bases- 200 team reps of: Merkins, Squats, Bissyous, Burpees. Bear crawl between bases. The beatdown was real- I’d say neither team won…

Plank Scout Run around the Bases.

6MOM
Guantanamo
Ring of Fire

COR, NOR- Two FNGs today. Cats- big singer, work colleague of Captain Crunch. Prince Eric- former swim coach. Prayers- thanks for all the HIMs for being there! Also for Noodles/m/new baby, recovery for Jazz Hands house.