Upper Body Workout

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Pax of 5 for a workout focused on upper body strength. No legs, running or cardio as many of us are preparing for half marathon this weekend.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:  SSH, Cherry pickers, L+R overhead stretch, fazio arm circles

The Workout:

Cycle through upper body parts with 3 exercise per body part, using a rock or weight.

15 Exercises:  12 Reps each, 10 count recovery in-between body parts

Chest:  merkins, derkins, wide grip merkins

Shoulders:  Upright rows, balls to the wall, shoulder press

Triceps:  dips, triceps press, diamond merkins

Back and Arms:  curls upright rows, curls again

Core:  LBC’s, WWII, Boxcutters

Stretching

Repeated 15 exercises, reducing rep count to 10

More stretching

Mary:  Rotated around PAX picking various core exercise for last 15 minutes of work out.

Announcements:  Frosty, Christmas Party, Holly Springs Half

Prayer:  Quiver’s daughter, health

Thanks for coming to the Party!

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EC: 187

FNGs: The party was open to all men but only FHIGs showed (Friendly High Impact Guys)

Invites were sent but based on RSVPs it was hard to tell who to expect at the party.

YHC got to the party a little early to double-check the venue before the guests arrived.  A quick spin around the back lot to confirm that all of the standard party fare was in place.  The bounce house was not there and that was OK.  HSHM is just 2 days away and the jumping wouldn’t sit right for some of the runner-types…  You know who I’m talking about…  “Did you get a race shirt yet?”  “Are you running a half-marathon this weekend too?”  “Do you even run bro?”  “Yeah… I ran a full last weekend, I’m gonna Q all week, do a Fritter, not show up to your birthday Q, and run the HSHM this weekend”  (I <3 you team FML, I’m just playing to the crowd – except you Lipstick, that last one was real)

Oh… HEY…  Sorry… Yeah let me get back to talking about this manly workout thing we did today.

12 men gathered in the lot, the clock moved over to 5:30 – Welcome to the Party!

Warm Up:  Like any good party you start out with something light.  Allow people to mingle and have a little small talk.  We circled up in that front lot and tackled these party snacks.

  • 12x Windmills
  • 12x Daisy Pickers
  • 12x Frankensteins = 36
  • Fozio Arm Circles (36)
    • 18 Forward
    • 18 Back

Now that the pleasantries were out of the way, we moved the party to the back of the house.  Tiger Blood has some room to move around so we needed a little mozy to get there.  Nothing too strong

Party games are essential for keeping your guests entertained…

The Workout:  Party Games!!!

  • finish the MOZY back wall of the school
  • Balls to the Wall Elimination (Blowing Out the Candles)
    • We held our balls to the wall until we just couldn’t anymore.
    • If you fell, you called a Plank-o-rama move for those not still on the wall
    • 187 beat out the birthday boy for the win (his invite will be revoked for next year)
  • MOZY to lot by the football field
  • Curb Alert
    • Line up on the curb and climb up and back down, then do a Merkin (1:4 until 9:36)
  • Captain Thor
    • On your 6, WWII / American Hammers (1:4 until 9:36)
  • MOZY to the bleachers by the football field
  • 12 Erkins /12 Derkins /12 Dips – 36
  • Repeato – 12 Erkins /12 Derkins /12 Dips – 36
  • MOZY back to lot by the football field
  • Overhead arm stretches and Michael Phelps
  • Jack Webbs
    • Merkin / Air Presses (1:4 until 9:36)
  • MOZY to front lot
  • Superman (Ws, Ts, Ys) – 12 each OR 36
  • MOZY to driveway between the schools
  • Flat Tires
    • To the metal poles jutting out of the ground with the arms that stop cars.  AKA the gate
    • Wheelbarrow “steps” / Merkins  (4:1 until 36:9 or until we hit the gate)
    • Partner exchange as needed
  • MOZY to the Jungle Gym behind the school
  • Partner 1 – 4 Pull-ups / Partner 2 – Continuous LBCs until switch  (36 Pull-ups before you’re done? – we might have done it)
  • MOZY to the front lot for Mary

Mary:

  • Pickle Pounders (36)
  • Homer to Marge (36)

Party is over – everyone go home!!!  Good luck washing your hair today!

Announcements:

  • HSHM this Saturday
  • Frosty

T-Claps (Recognition):  Post workout, BackBlast T-Clap…  ShamWow! leading the HSHM training agenda.  Aquaman representing South Wake as a poster boy for the race – Beyond that continuing their leadership role by leading the warm-up and making sure the shirts land in hands in support of Skidmark.   Skidmark who is not running the race but coordinated the shirts, will be volunteering and probably running his fellow #HIM up the ramp.

Prayer:

  • Thoughts with Quiver and his clan
  • Safety as we approach Thanksgiving week and travel
  • Open arms and mind towards those that may be feeling the holiday depression.  Let those in your circles or outside know you are there and you are thinking of them.

2nd F after Tiger Blood – M4L showed up after Disney and gave me a cake pop!

Thanks for the coffee and the fellowship guys

Fancy Feast made a random appearance to buy biscuits, Lipstick didn’t show up…  🙁

Lipstick Delegation Tour Day 4 – “Turning our bodies into Weapons”

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EC: Banana Seat, Yosemite, YHC  “Lipstick Fritter Bound for these Guys!”
Warm Up: Quick loop around Soccer fields and circle up in lot.

SSH x50

Daisy Pickers x15

FAC x10 Fwd/Rev

Overhead Claps x15

Seal Claps x15

Monkey Humpers x10

PAX was informed of Delegation Week Day 4 and today’s luck winner was M4L
The Workout: Mosey to the halfpipe hill. Crab Walk with feet first up the hill. Army crawl up the hill.

Indian Run over to Big lot for 10 Rounds with Tyson.  Burpees, Merkins, Squats, WW2 in the corners. I believe we did 4 rounds 10-7 🙂

Mosey over to the abyss. Bear Crawl Face Fwd down the stairs, SSH for the PAX to complete and recover on the jog backup. Repeat x2. Indian run back to lot

Mary: Pickle Pounders x25, Boat Canoes x20, American Hammers x10
Announcements: Frosty Dec 7.  F3 Southwake Holiday Party Dec 14, Please RSVP or just showup.  Oakwood 24hr with Frey Daddy Dec 21
T-Claps (Recognition): Grimmace for coming backout to the gloom after his debut at Ground Pounder
Prayer: Quiver’s Family, Crablegs. Yosemite’s church family for the passing of a young lady in a car wreck

Six For Sevens

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Rolled into the Downtown Train lot at 5:03 am with Coal Ash ready for EC. Nemo arrived a minute later. Flag planted, we took off to Womble, around the soccer fields, and back. Two miles.

Six PAX for Main Event: Breach, Coal Ash, Nemo, Fanny Pack, Pumpkin Spice, YHC

Warm Up: SSH 25x, Good Mornings 16x. Near Bat Wings: Arm circles 16x front 16x back, Hold ’em out, Seal claps 16x, Hold ’em out, OH claps 16x. Between reps, we took turns counting to 10. During warmups, a car sped up Ballentine and I was looking forward to the mandatory burpees for all. The car turned into the lot, a guy hops out, and he goes into the church. Oh well. We did five burpees anyway.

The Workout: Sevens: I was eager to use Holly Springs’ first and only parking deck, but had not yet scoped it out. As we entered, I was impressed at how bright and clean it was. First thing I thought of was, can we play winter-time flag football or ultimate in here?

Perfect venue for some Sevens. We lined up and did Star Jumps on the far end and Merkins on the near end. It was so much fun, we did another round with Derkins on the far end and Dips on the near end. Nearly nailed the count on everything, but Breach had to remind me at least once.

Mosey to small rock pile. Time for some arm work. All 16 counts because I thought the date was the 16th, turns out it was the 18th. Straight lifts, tricep extensions, curls, hold rock behind back. Now my favorite–the bus driver, which seems to be the most innocuous exercise–looks easy, but it’s not. We did 16 counts of multiple arm workouts, plus some squats.
Mary: Pickle pounders, WWIIs, boat.
Announcements: Slack, FB
T-Claps (Recognition): Really nice work by all today. Good to see Pumpkin Spice.
Prayer: Coal Ash’s family following his grandfather’s passing. Others spoken and unspoken.

Left turn Clyde

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FNGs: Not today

Warm Up: 10 x SSH and 10 x Daisy Pickers in cadence. Discussed the routes and headed out.

The Workout: The 3 mile group ran an out and back from Ting to Main Street. The rest of the group continued past Main Street to finish the Little Dipper route….except Boogie and Iceman. They missed the turn at Stinson and YHC was the 6 but unable to get their attention as they continued down Grisby.  I dropped the ball and am sorry for not keeping you guys on the route.

Mary:   🙁

Announcements: Holly Springs Half Marathon/5k this weekend, CSAUP Dec 7, and Christmas Party Dec 14. Check Slack and FB for details.

T-Claps (Recognition): Boogie and Iceman for making it back to the gloom.

Prayer: Slide Rule and his family in the last month of pregnancy, Master Shake and his family, Quiver and his family, PAX running this weekend

Solid work this morning men.

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

Not Shoulder Friendly

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YHC arrived not sure what to expect in terms of numbers for this morning’s workout. Lots of guys tapering for HSHM, runners coming out of Richmond, and recovering from Ruck. YHC did a lone EC run for 2 miles. Weather wasn’t optimal either. No mumble chatter on Slack or FB about the workout. However, 14 Pax fought the fartsack and won, became stronger, and learned about the F3 mission and core principals.

EC: Skidmark

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 1 lap around the soccer field. Circle up on the tennis courts for SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, and Fazio Arm Circles.
The Workout: Mosey to the pavillion for some plank shuffle to the left up and down the picnic tables for one loop. Then Reverse.

Mosey to the Rock Pile. 11’s in the parking lot with Ground Pounders and Burpees. Carry the rock on the run. Intermittent switching of rocks as well

Mosey back to the Pavillion for two sets of split squats.

Mary: 1o minutes in plank hold with some exercises including merkins, 1 arm up, pickle pounders, and peter parkers. YHC also reviewed the core principals and F3 mission while in plank.

Announcements: CSAUP Dec 7, Christmas Party Dec 14. HSHM this weekend. Get out and run in the 6 up the ramp.

T-Claps (Recognition): Nice to see Moby out this morning

Prayer: Quiver and his family. Be better leaders in the community.

Delegation Tour Day 3

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EC: Fromunga, Banana Seat, Yosemite, YHC
Warm Up: This is getting a little repetitive at this point…maybe tomorrow we don’t start with….. SSH x50? I guess you will have to show at Disney to find out 🙂

SSH x50

Smurf Jacks x25

Good Mornings x10

IW/Hill x15 Each

Merkins x10

YHC announced to the PAX Delegation Tour continues. A wise man once told me that any Pax should be able to Q on the spot at anytime, anywhere. That wise man was delegated 20 minutes of beatdown this morning – Double D!

The Workout:

Double D Mosey us over to the big hill by main st. for 11’s. Burbees at the bottom (increments starting at 1), Bear Crawl up, LBC x11 at the top and then crawl bear back down. Repeat until Burbees reached 7

Mosey over to the baseball diamond for up/down wheelbarrow merkins on the bleachers. DQ (Delegate Q) was notified he had 3 minutes left and we mosey to the parking lot for bear crawl 2 spaces, crab walk backwards to start and repeat until 8 spots.

YHC took back over and led the Pax to the Tennis Courts. We lined up long ways for suicides on the outside lines of the courts. We then grabbed some wall for BTTW shoulder taps x25, Peoples Chair. Repeat suicides and meet back at wall. BTTW Shoulder Taps x15, Peoples Chair Hallelujah x15, repeat 2x
Mary: (Copy Paste from yesterdays workout) Low Slow Flutters x25, American Hammers x20, LBC’s x20, Boat Canoes x25, Pickle Pounders x25
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP is Dec. 7 Shirt order by Midnight tonight. Holiday Party Dec 14, RSVP
T-Claps (Recognition): Sprinkles! After the workout we had some great fellowship at Stick Boy and I had the privelage of talking with Sprinkles. It took a while to EH this guy by Double D and 3rd Cousin but Big T-Claps for his commitment since showing up August 12th. Sprinkles has been committed to 6x a week! Hard work is paying off, he was crushing it out there today!
Prayer: Quiver and his family. We are here for you Quiver, we may not know what to say/do to help, but we are hear to listen and support you in any way we can brother.  Fromunga’s co-worker with Kidney Failure.

Enjoyed coming down to the Quay! If you don’t make the trip enough, it’s not a whole lot extra time to get there in the mornings from the HS workouts. The way home is a different story 🙂  Worth the trip HIM’s!

Threes company

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FNGs:none
Warm Up:SSH, monkey humpers, fazio arm circles, arm stretches
The Workout:

10hot potato IC

10 count IC around waist

10 count IC figure 8

10 shoulder press

10 slow bent over rows and 10 fast

10 straight rows

10 tricep extension

10 goblet squats

10 suitcase deadlifts each side

10 single leg deadlifts each leg

10 wonder bras

10 sit-up press

10 push-up, squat curl combos

10 American hammer variation

10 side bends each side

 

repeat

Mary:15 count boat canoes,hello dollys, LSF,pickle pounders, homer to marge box cutters, stretches all IC
Announcements:frosty, Christmas party
T-Claps (Recognition):
Praye r: Quiver and family

Solo Murph

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Warm Up: Run one mile

The Workout:  100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats

Mary:  Run one mile

Prayer:  Gratitude

The Classic U

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FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: SSH, Frankenstein, Imperial Walkers, Let’s go.
The Workout: The Classic U-Turn, 3 and 5 Miles were had.  I think I am missing one PAX….Speak up!!
Mary: Nope
Announcements: Frosty – SIGNUP
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: YHC took us out