All Upper body at Ivan

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FNGs: None
Warm Up:

Circled up at the top of the parking deck.

Foot Trace
Tootsie Rolls
Hip Barrels
Spinal Twist
Shoulder Shrug
Neck Stretch

The Workout:

5 Rounds of the following Exercises. 30 Seconds Reps 10 seconds rest

Kneeling Clean and Press
Push up On Bell
Lawnmower
Bobbity to Bbbity
Shoulder Press
KB raises
Midget Cookie Pouches

Mary:

Onnit 6 minute abs – Up to 6 minutes or 30 rounds. No stop keep ongoing
10 Second Plank
10 Second Plank knees to Elbows – Nice and Slow
10 Seconds Mountain Climbers – Nice and Slow
20 Seconds Situps Hug your knees
20 Second Bicycle nice and slow
20 Seconds Russian Twist
20 Seconds Bowl

Announcements:

Mulch Sign Up

T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Saddique

Oh great :/

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EC: Emeril, Dawgpound, Cupid, 187, Skidmark

YHC has three favorite exercises: The first is the merkin clock. We would not see that today, that comes out on special occasions. The second is the two man catch me if you can Indian Run. We commonly see that at Paradise City but not today. My third is the three man Indian Run. It is typically higher tempo with slight variations to pace. You really get a race feel when doing it. Start out fast, then run faster. I also like to make the three man indian run random grouping, it get’s people out of their comfort zone.

YHC promised no warm-up and to be ready at 0530. At 0529 it looked we had the final group there so we counted off in 4’s. A moan overtook the group as guys imagined what was about to happen. Some may have prayed for a good group of like paced Pax, then cursed the devil when the groups were established.

Group 1: Pablo, McNugget, Cupid
Group 2: Snap, Bondo, 16-bit
Group 3: Emeril, Katniss, Lucky Charms
Group 4: 187, Dawgpound, Skidmark

FNGs: none
Warm Up: none
The Workout: Three man Indian Run as promised with the group heading out on the Paradise City EC route. At the top of the first Bridgewater Hill stopped for 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 LBC’s. Continue three man Indian Run to the top of the next Bridgewater Hill for 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 LBCs. Three man Indian Run to fence at the bottom of the hill. Pax would be doing 11s back up this side of the Bridgewater hill.

Pax would run a three man Indian Run up the hill and complete Peter Parker Merkins. Then jail break down the hill for reverse lunges (L/R = 1). After a few loops Q audibled to only going up the hill halfway. At some point Dawgpound traded himself to Group 2 for Snap.

Whole group Indian Run to the top of bridgewater hill for 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 LBC’s. Continue 12 man Indian Run to the corner of Main St. then jail break back to the basketball courts.

Mary: Yoga stretching
Announcements: Mulch, Scramble week
T-Claps (Recognition): Cupid finishing his master’s.
Prayer: Piper (Bondo’s granddaughter), McKeon family

Out and Back

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3 PAX showed to AGS for some miles, but only two were eager to knock them out this morning. YHC was still sore from all day yard work the day before, and perhaps some residual soreness for the bricks M4L made us run with for 40 minutes on Friday. In any event, Cupid had a good suggestion to do some 1.0 out and backs, with Womble as the focal point, making sure YHC didn’t feel left out and would be able to check in throughout the workout. Perfect!

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Half circle to the back of the soccer fields. Imperials X10, Fazio, 10 F\10B. Good Mornings X10. Continued on the mosey back to the picnic shelter on the opposite side of the soccer fields. Squats X10

The Workout: Out and Back #1- Get your Groceries- From the top of Stinson to Lowe’s Foods and then back to Womble

Out and Back #2- Cletus EC route- Top of Stinson to Raleigh Street

Out and Back #3- Continuation of Out and Back #2, and instead of heading back to Womble, PAX took Grigsby all the way around and to the fence at Sugg. Great work throughout by Cupid and Oboe, who got a solid 6+ mi in.

Mary: Stretches OYO
Announcements: Q Swap coming in August
T-Claps (Recognition): Cupid and Oboe for getting out there this morning and additionally to Cupid for getting a 60 mi week. Great Work
Prayer: Health Workers, those with family members near an far that are ill. YHC took us out.

The Ruck – 3 Mile

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FNGs: None
Warm Up:  OYO
The Workout:  3 miles red loop and some extra strolls in the parking lot.  Midget and his Gal sighting (someone’s alarm did not go off). PAX carried 20-50 # depending on stupidity, I mean strength and will-power.
Mary:  No appearance but a ton a mumble chatter.
Announcements:  Mulch, future Rucks.  And for the record, do not ever piss off POTS!  He was on a roll today and a wee bit cantankerous.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:  Unspoken

 

52s at Casino Royale

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FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  YHC was anxious about this Q.  Slept poorly the night before waking up repeatedly.  Had sent out a pre-blast getting PAX excited with a Daniel Craig-themed meme wearing a tuxedo talking about coupons and asking if PAX were all in?  The problem was simply, was the Q all in?  With a 52nd birthday rapidly approaching, I wanted to incorporate the number 52.  A deck of cards was too easy.  Regardless, I broke out pen and paper and wrote down various exercises for each weight.  Somehow I managed 4 hrs of sleep.  Alarm went off and I was delighted to see we had just missed the rain in the forecast.  Still wicked humid with temps in the 70-75 range.  We were still going to be moist.  I pulled into Fleming Loop and only saw two Deputies parked side by side in a distant parking lost.  They watched me unload hundreds of pounds of kettlebells and dumbbells lining them up meticulously (6 feet apart) on the sidewalk adjacent to the snack shack.  I planted the flag and waited.  I was early.  In the distance I saw glowing lights from a vest approaching.  It was the site Q, H1N1 with his son Messi.  I think Messi literally grew a foot since the last time I seen him post.  I said hello and excused myself as nature called for the second time that morning.  Luckily being the Eagle Scout that I am, I was prepared.  Took care of business and sanitized just in time to see 16 bit had joined and was delighted to see another PAX pull in in a Honda Pilot.  It was Banana Seat.  Did not recognize him without the Yoda mobile.  Well it was 530 am and when needed to start.  Started slow with 10 good ams.  Proceeded to do 10 Daisy pickers, 10 windmills, 10 seal claps and some static arm stretching.  Not sure what I was thinking but I called 52 merkins.  Started and got to 10 before a car pulled in and head for us.  Poor planning on my part.  Stopped while the car ended up a bit away from us.  Called merkins again to finish off with 42.  About #38 I was like, “WTF”?  I can crank out 50 just about anytime in my house.  I was on the struggle bus.  Fudge me.  I know, F3 isn’t for everyone or if you can’t do it, don’t Q it.  Disclaimer:  were these merkins “perfect”?  No.  I’m sure my ass was in the air, arms were too far out, etc.  That’s ok, right?  On to the workout.

The Workout:  I gave direction early on with the seven stations laid out.  I set the goal for 52 reps for each exercise.  Mix it up.  Do sets of 13 or use your imagination.  It was up to you.  Do I dog it?  Do I try to do 52 of each?    The only non-52 rep was the dreaded overhead carry or farmer’s walk using the 40 # dumbbells.  I tried the two 40 # dumbbells over my head like John Cusack.  That was a quick no and modified to just one.  Still, walking to the fence and back – that was a bitch.  The Farmer’s carry with both dumbbells was no joke too.  I liberated a neat neat exercise to the coupons with the addition of a frisbee.  I had heard of these merkins before using a towel.  Merkin position with one hand on a frisbee sliding the frisbee out out/above and forcing yourself to do offset merkins.  Other exercises included kettlebell swings, figure 8s, halos, thrusters.  With the dumbbells, one round was from your six doing nipplers, chest presses, overhead presses, and straight arm Tricep extensions.  Additional exercises included curls for the girls, ground pounders, Tricep curls, lawn mowers, rutrows, and upright rows.  It got sweaty real quick.  Funny part, it was too quiet.  BS needed some music so I ran to the car grabbed my phone, turned on Pandora and found a hard rock station. The PAX gave it their all!  They put in the work this morning.  Nice job!

Mary:  it was 6 ish and I asked PAX to grab some wall.  In honor of 52 we held people’s chair and BTTW for 52 count (4 PAX x 10, YHC counted to 12).  I did not think my arms would hold up.

I immediately called for Yoga.  The rock music continued with a song that had some profanity.  It was not the soothing music one is accustomed to when conducting yoga.  PAX were cutting up.  We finished with downward dog, runner’s stretch, child pose, some neck/leg stretches.

Announcements:  Mulch at Bass Lake.  New AOs – get out and try a new/different AO this week.

T-Claps (Recognition):  All PAX who gave 100% this morning.

Prayer:  Silent prayer, unspoken.  YHC took us out.

An honor to lead and thank you for pushing me when I was anxious and not feeling my normal self.

 

 

“Wow, these really are gold!”

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It was a search for treasure.

Gold, specifically.

Sorry for the late BB post here, YHC had a whirlwind of a time since the AO, and only now getting back in front of the computer after a trip to Beech Mountain and a day of downhill mountain biking.

Warm Up:

Shredder, Mr. Terrific, and Fumunga for EC.

Side straddle hops, Moroccan night clubs, Frankensteins, and trunk twists, then mosey to the first stop.

The Workout:

Workout consisted of five stations (we only completed 4 before time), each station holding hidden treasure in the form of a small stack of gold playing cards. One man was chosen (or volunteered) to hunt, while everyone else held a squat. Once the treasure was found, the 5-6 cards dictated the exercises thusly:

♦ – 3 reps, ♠ – 6 reps, ♣ – 9 reps, ♥ – 12 reps

  • Ace: One-arm merkins
  • 2: Thighmaster – hold lunge position, pulse up and down in cadence. Suit count for each leg
  • 3: Travoltas – side plank, other arm points up, then shoots through arm
  • 4: Freddy Mercury
  • 5: Failure to Launch – squat hold for 10-count, then explode upward, land in a squat
  • 6: Shrimp-on-the-Bar-B – plank position, crunch arm and opposite leg
  • 7: Sterkin – step up each leg, then erkin. That’s 1 rep
  • 9: Not Quite Lay-Z-Boys – on your six, arms and legs up, extend and lean back as much as possible until you roll back or touch the ground. That’s 1 rep.
  • 10: Twinkle Toes – squat hold with calf raises, in cadence
  • Jack: J-Los – Elbow plank hold, hips rotate side to side to kiss the ground
  • King: King of Hearts – karaoke suicides

Combatives:

Sitting kick defense – front kick (remember to thrust hips forward!), twist kick (hips shift out L, R leg kicks to the outside, then switch legs), side fall turn kicks

Announcements:

Mulch signups

Prayer:

Mr. Terrific’s wife’s roommate tested positive for COVID; general continued health for the PAX

Ground Pounder with a twist

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FNGs: Nope

5 HIMs posted to GP this morning.  Mumble chatter did not disappoint. 

WarmUp:

10 Good Mornings, 10 DaisyPickers,  10 Emperial Walkers, 10 Hillbilly Squats, 10×3 ct Windmills, 10x3ct Fozzie Arm Circles,  20 SSH, 15 ct arms stretches

The Workout

Mosey to the Wall of Pain

  • 50 ct Wall Sits
  • 1 set of 10 x 3ct  Australian Ass Smacker
  • 10 Merkins
  • 50 ct Prisoner Wall Sits
  • 1 set 10x3ct Ascending Testicles
  • 10 Merkins
  • 20×3 ct Moroccan Wall Sits
  • 1 set 10x3ct Ascending Testicles with a few holds

Mosey to the Rock Pile. PAX all selected perfectly large rocks (so proud) and assembled in the lot.  Rotate rocks between exercises.

3 set of 10 x 3 ct of each exercise:

Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Trunk Twists, Bus Drivers,  Rutrows, and Ground Pounders (of course).  Broke up each set with Ab exercises.

  • 2 set of 10 x 3 ct Plank Rock Spanks (1 without consent; 1 with)
  • 40 LBCs
  • 10x3ct Freddie Mercuries
  • 10 x 3ct Windshield wipers
  • 10x3ct Scissor kicks
  • 10x3ct Box Cutters
  • 10x3ct Rocky’s
  • 20 Love Haters  (10 for each handle)

Mosey back for Mary

Ended with ACDC’s Thunder Struck to end the suck.
Divided song in 3 sections.

1st section:  SSH + Squats on “Thunder” (just about killed us)

2nd section: Mountain Climbers  + Merkins on “Thunder”

3rd section: LBCs + Homer to Marge on “Thunder”

Announcements:  Mulch day at Bass Lake, Derrick Davis and Yogging 5Ks Sign up open

Prayer Requests:  Praise for all HIMS who support one another in times of need. Praise LED’s uncle on solid road to recovery.  Continued Prayers for DOA’ Father in Law, Wes undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Rockin’ those Abs

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PAX: Gamecock, Finkle, 16-Bit, Fram, Martini
Warm Up:  SSH, Sir Fozie Arm Circles, Windmills, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Stretching
The Workout:  Split into 2 groups.  Each chose a line of paring spots.  5 erkins on the first parking bumper, bear crawl throught two parking spaces, 5 erkins at the next parking bumper . . . continued until we reached the other side of the parking lot.

Mosey to the rock pile.  Pick a rock.

Circle up for rock work.  Go around the circle and each PAX called a rock exercise.  Once the circle was complete, we began again with abs exercises going back around the circle with each PAX calling an exercise.

Reinse and repeat rock and abs for 2 more rounds.

Mary:  No Time
Announcements:  Q Sheet has a buch of openings (challenged each PAX present to sign up to Q once a week for the next 4 weeks).  Mulch this weekend – sign up on slack.  16-Bit looking a 12 man for BRR.
Prayer:  Sickness

After All These Years

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3+ years of F3, dozens of posts at Womble including early days of Crazy Ivan as a site Q when getting 3 guys was a strong turnout, but I don’t think I have ever taken lead at Cletus. Slot was open on Q sheet and really needed some increased accountability to close a tough week out with the chance to spend 45 mins+ with a great group of #HIM each dealing with their own weights on their shoulders and each looking to put in some work together, earn some small victories and get stronger in many ways.

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Jog to far lot, quick set of the usual stuff
The Workout: In the “Ivan Lot” and we set up at one end. First we did a sprint to the far end (intention was to hold a “race finish” pace), then a jog back to other end and repeat for total of 3 laps. Second we burned the shoulders – arms out and hold for slow 10 count, Fazio ICx0 front, hold out for 10, Fazio ICx10 reverse, hold out for 10, Slow Seal Claps ICx10, hold out for 10, Overhead ICx10, hold for 10 and done. Third we did 10 count merkins straight up to SSH ICx25 and we repeated 2 more times. That was 1 set. We did 2 more full sets of the whole thing. Nice mix of different stuff, some solid cardio and shoulder work.
Mary: 2 quick sets LBC, Homer, 6″ hold, Low Slow Flutter, 6″ hold
Announcements: Mulch, let’s keep contributing and helping out the Town
T-Claps (Recognition): Hardy for gearing up for a Ninja Challenge this weekend, we know you will do great and we hope you enjoy the competition
Prayer: FloJo shared with us how he got his name and what F3 has meant to him. YHC talked about the weight we are all carrying on our shoulders. Don’t carry all that weight around alone, it might knock you down – YHC took us out. Let’s keep FloJo, Hardy and their family in our prayers as FloJo travels to SC for a work opportunity.

Dungeons, Dragons, Tigers, and Blood

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9 pax came out for what YHC promised to be a “fun game” at the track. Apparently there was some confusion as Peeping Tom did not realize that this AO was speedwork – woops. He pushed through though.

Before we started all pax confirmed their short interval pace per the RRCA pace chart provided by YHC.

A surprising lack of comments about my interesting dice selection of using a D8 and a D4 – for thos uneducated not nerdy enough, dice come in more than just the standard six sided variety. Lipstick correctly assessed after the workout that these were for Dungeons and Dragons, or more commonly after an unjustified bad rap in the 80s D&D.

FNGs: None today
Warm Up:

Mosey to the track. Side to side leg swings x10, Tiger Claws x10, warm up lap
The Workout:

First roll had a 6 on the D8 and a 3 on the D4 – so we did 3x 600s starting halfway around the track with a target of the recovery lasting half as long as the work portion. Keeping this ratio makes speed work absolutely brutal and it was exacerbated by the oppressive humidity this morning.

Between rounds we did ab solution x5 IC (8 count) plus a recovery lap.

Roll two had a 4 and a 2 (well, it was a 1 but that was too easy) so we did 2x 400s with the recovery again being half of the working time just around the finish line. We ran these in the opposite direction like the law breakers that we are.

Between rounds we did ab solution x5 IC (8 count) plus a recovery 200m.

Our last interval was determined by a good old fashioned D6 – ended up doing one more 400m where pax were told they could go a little faster if they were still feeling spunky.

After our last interval we did some strides, running easy to the first goal, picking up through to the end of the second, and then rolling through to the 100m line. We did four of these.

Mary:

Jumping back over the fence is always one of the tougher maneuvers of the morning. Recover mosey back to the flag. Butterfly stretch, seated hamstring stretches, chattaronga, downward dog.
Announcements:

Mulch at bass lake continues!
T-Claps (Recognition):

Peeping Tom for pushing through the surprise speed workout.
Prayer:

Rams’ family, unspoken