Rock pump’in but no jump’in

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Pax: @Martini, @Gamecock, @Finkle

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Sir Fazio Arm Circles F/B IC, Michael Phelps, SSH x20 IC (poor attempt on my part with a boot on), Hillbillies x10 IC, Imperial Walkers x10 IC, Walkouts x5 OYO.
The Workout:

Event 1: Rock work 4 sets of 10

  •  Colt 45’s
  • Rock Merkins (10 each side, very nasty by the 4th set)
  • Skull Crushers
  • Bus Drivers
  • Rut Rows

Event 2: Deck of Death

  • Spades = Squats
  • Clubs = Shoulder Taps
  • Hearts = Crab Cakes
  • Diamonds = Dips
  • Jokers = all 4 suits x10

Mary: We ended up playing cards instead…
Announcements: Brute and Odyssey CSAUPs, Holly Fest, Fuquay downtown event on Sat.
T-Claps (Recognition): EC- Gamecock and Martini
Prayer: Southern Wake Academy lost a student yesterday and students and staff need prayer (@Finkle’s M is a school counselor there).  @Martini and issues at work.  @Gamecock’s M is going to be doing a certification course in a couple weeks.

This Is A Family Park

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7 pax posted for no running weight based Thunder. Pax brought their kettlebells and Pikachu provided the trap bar for 115 lbs of deadlifts. YHC’s marathon playlist had some music with questionable lyrics for the park.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Fazio Arm circles, ankle circles, Good evenings
The Workout: Tabata style 45 second on, 15 seconds rest. 3 sets of each group. Pax rotated for deadlifts for 45 seconds
1st group: Cleans, Swings, merkins
2nd group: Clean & press, Snatch, Jump Squats
3rd group: Clean & Jerk, Snatch w/ reverse lunge, Burpee
Mary: Stretching
Announcements: Brut CSAUP, Long Ass Run October 24
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Church member with Pikachu lost life to COVID

The Rope is Thick…and the Pipe is Sweaty!

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All I know is the title of this Backblast contains two statements that WERE said by PAX at today’s workout. I just don’t know sometimes…

FNG’s: none
Warm Up: SSH x25 IC, Seal Claps x10, Overhead Claps x10, Imperial Walkers x8, Hillbillies x10, Good Mornings x12, Daisy Pickers x8, Squats x15
The Workout: PAX took turns leading various counts of the following ground exercises (most of which attached the plank position). Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Peter Parkers, Mountain Climbers, Pickle Pounders, El Lobos, more Merkins, LSF’s.

Pain Stations: The timer was a runner doing a short lap. The stations were Tire Flip, Pain Stick Squat, Kettlebell full swing to overhead, Kettlebell Row, Ballistic Curl with mace, Blockees, Battle Ropes, Dumbbell Bench press w/ 45’s, Brick Shoulder Progression. Everyone got in about 2 whole rounds.
Mary: Time for more distributive leadership. These PAX are good! PAX took turns calling Mary exercises which were: LBC’s, Freddie Mercury, Homer to Marge, WW2’s, Side Plank Stretch, 6 In. Hold, Box Cutter, Merkins, LSF’s.
Announcements: Brute CSAUP Oct. 16th. Breach has lots of free Apple Pie LiquidIV, 3rd F channel has info regarding partnering with town for Holly Fest.
T-Claps (Recognition): Sunshine in the house!!! Back out in the Gloom brother, we are better with you!
Prayer: YHC and job/career transition, Ricoh…F3 brother and family recovering from COVID/family still with illness, Sprinkler mom. Bondo took us out!

Expect the unexpected

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I thought it was just going to be Full House and I posting this morning because he threw out the only HC on Slack.  Wild Turkey also commented he would try to make it.  With BRR only 2 weeks over, 4PAX showing to U-Turn the day prior, cooler weather this morning, and the fact that it was a Sunday, I didn’t expect more than a couple guys including myself.   Full House and I went out for some EC prior to the ME and when we came rolling in and I saw more than a few PAX it made my morning.

FNGs: none

Warm Up: quick mosey, 10x windmills, 10x daisy pickers, 10x Frankensteins, 25-30x OYO Merkins

The Workout: Exit Womble, L on Stinson, R on Grigsby, L on W Elm, crossover Main St. and stay on Elm, L on Ballentine, R on Saranac Ridge, L on Onondaga Ct., follow the sidewalk on Onondaga to a hidden connector that will put you behind a daycare center on Earnie Lane, head straight on Earnie Lane, R on Holly Springs Rd, L on Tullich Way, L on Stonehedge Ct, L on Oakhall Dr, crossover Main St and stay straight on Crossway Ln, R on Skymont, L on Rhamkatte, R on Holly Springs Rd, L on Raleigh Rd, L on Grigsby, L on Stinson, and back to Womble for just under 6mi.

Mary: no time

Announcements: Holly Springs Half in November, Fanny Pack 7 Pack of Q’s this week to celebrate his 42nd bday, 2nd F opportunities for 3-Alarm (Yogurt sending out details soon)

T-Claps (Recognition): 8 strong coming out on a Sunday at 6am to get in some miles

Prayer: quick recovery of 3-Alarm, those battling COVID-19, sickness, mental health issues, addiction, quick recovery of Aquaman’s knee, prayers for all the unknown

And just like that it was over

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4 PAX for a quick run @ U-Turn….we all stayed together throughout the run, finished early, closed out COT, and all went our separate ways.  And just like that it was over.  I found my self standing in the parking lot all by myself wondering what just happened.

FNGs: none

Warm Up: 10x windmills, 10x frankensteins, 10x hillbillies, 25-30 merkins OYO

The Workout: U-Turn in reverse…I always thought this distance was around 5.75mi but I discovered today it’s around 5.3mi.

Mary: I should’ve made the time, but put more into COT so no regrets on that

Announcements: CSAUPS October 16th

T-Claps (Recognition): All 4 of us PAX staying close together the entire run

Prayer:  Speedy recovery of Aquaman’s knee, loss of one of my close friend’s father, loss of one of my co-worker’s father, the well-being of my M’s grandfather who’s overall health continues to unravel, prayers for all the unknown

Emeril Meant Business Today

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9 PAX to celebrate YHC’s birthday Q! Number 42 was on display for some of our time as well as a quick team effort to “lift guys up”. Emeril…my polish brother…was definitely the man going after it the most today as he took the Main Street Hill hard…every time today! Great work and thanks for joining me to celebrate life!

FNG’s: None, however YHC wasn’t sure because I can’t see in the dark and thought maybe…BossHog was someone else.
Warm Up: SSH x20 IC, Good Mornings x10 IC, Sir Fazio’s F/R x10 IC.
The Workout: A full lap around the soccer loop/ramp stopping for a total of 42 Burpees along the way as we made our way up to the Main St. flagpoles.

Next, we did 11’s. Merkins at the flags, Ground Pounder’s with rocks from the hole up by the street. Emeril was motivated today!

We did a full loop of Indian Runs, with stops along the way to do partner rows (2 PAX act as base, other PAX does inverted rows and rotate). We did this 4 times along the way. Each PAX did 5 rows per stop. We did a quick stop for a silent BTTW by the ticket booths.

We ran down to the guardrail to do 42 dips before heading for Mary.
Mary: Freddie Mercury, LBC’s, Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders all either x15 or x20.
Announcements: CSAUPS in Carpex and here on October 16th.
T-Claps (Recognition): Emeril…beast mode!
Prayer: YHC took us out. Praise for Pikachu’s M starting a new job!

Just the Tip for Mary

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PAX:  Bondo, Yogurt, Ricoh_Suave, Kosher, Wild Turkey, U.T.I, Woody

FNGs:  None

EC:  Woody and U.T.I got caught up in quality mumblechatter and ended up with 2.5 mi.  Nice.
Warm Up:  Quick mosey to Center St(?) for Good Mornings, Frankenstein, Sir Fazio Arm Circles.  I forgot to do a count-o-rama.

The Workout:  Selfish is as selfish does.  My workout schedule these days revolves around my training for the Holly Springs Half Marathon, and with my focus always on not overdoing it with my legs I used this opportunity to go balls out with upper body.  As usual I lost track of what exactly I had planned and completely omitted any shoulder work but it seemed to work out just fine.

Start with some 11’s up and down Center St.  Merkins at the bottom of the hill, squats at top.  Wild Turkey rolled in late and joined us about 3 rounds in.

I invited a delivery driver to join us as we ran past him.  He did not join us.

Mosey to the rock pile for medium/large-ish selections.  Lined up on the sidewalk just next to the pile for curls for the girls, mosey around the traffic circle, back to rocks for skull crushers – 25 count each, I think.  Mosey to starting parking lot, 25 standard merkins.  Continue up Ballentine to the brick half wall for 25 dips, then return to starting parking lot for more merkins.

Repeato – Curls, traffic circle, skull crushers, mosey to merkins, mosey to dips

  • Next stop at starting lot for merkins we used a wide hand stance. Hands about 10-12” wider than standard position.  Good stuff.

Repeato – Curls, traffic circle, skull crushers, mosey to merkins, mosey to dips.

  • Next stop at lot for merkins we did what P90X calls “Floor Flys”…not sure if there’s an F3 name for it, but it goes like this: Starting in plank position, slide your right hand out to the right about 12”-15” and perform a merkin.  Return that hand to starting position, repeat with left hand.  I lost count but think we did about 10 reps (5 each hand).  Not easy.  But awesome.

Repeato – Curls, traffic circle, skull crushers, mosey to merkins, mosey to dips, return to merkins.

Woody chased a cyclist to the traffic circle.  Did not catch him.

Mary:  With just a couple minutes left, we squeezed 20 i.c. LBCs into Mary.  No time for more, just the tip.  Having completed, on our sixes, we took a few seconds to gaze upon the glorious clear sky, filled with bright twinkling stars.  Heavenly.
Announcements:  Holly Fest volunteer/F3 marketing opportunity coming up.  No need to commit to the whole day, 30 min/1 hr slots will be available.
Prayer:  Ricoh Suave’s friend – father/son team both on ventilators with China Flu.  Gave thanks for another day, another gift.

GP – So many inappropriate jokes

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FNGs: None

3 HIMs posted to GP on a nice cool morning.  Met a guy who moved here recently and plans to join F3 soon. 

Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings,  Willie Maze Hays,  Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions), arm/shoulder stretches,

The Workout

Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock. Alternate rocks between exercises.

3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows, and Ground Pounders. 10x3ct:  Windshield wipers, Rockies, Box Cutters, and Low Slow Flutter; 4 sets of 10x3ct Rock Press, 2 sets of Skull Crushers, 2 sets of 10x3ct Rock Spanks (w & w/o consent), 10x3ct Homer to Marge w/ Rock, 2 sets of 10x3ct Mountain Climbers. YHC decided to tell the more inappropriate jokes between sets which wasn’t probably the best idea just before skull crushers.

Disc Put

Start with 40 LBCs and 20 leg extensions. 4 rounds of PAX tossing discs toward the goal ( I think we made 3 total out of 36) and lunge walk back and forth to return for exercise: 10x3ct Heal Taps, Dying Cockroach, Rosalitas (we all recognized we need to work on our hip flexibility)

Announcements: SW Brute CSAUP in Oct 6th 6AM start

T-Claps (Recognition): FARVA for posting Tequila Sunrise prior to the workout

Prayer: Prayer for Farva’s M (14 yr old dog not doing well). Prayer for Jinkies upstairs neighbors to move out ASAP.

BossHogg VQ 9/24/21

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-Cash In-
1 lap Indian Run
-Good mornings
-Rising Sun
-Inch worms
-Air Squats

-Then-
3 rounds
20 Triceps overhead
20 Curls
20 Goblet Squats
30 sec rest

(Go Heavy)
20 KB Swings
10-1 Mound mushers
1 Lap Mosey

15 KB Swings
7-1 Goblet Squats
1 Lap Mosey

10 KB Swings
5-1 Explosive Jump Squats
1 Lap Mosey

If time permits…

Cleans
Left Hand × 60 seconds
Rest 30 seconds

Right Hand × 60 seconds
Repeat if necessary

Cool down on our six.

Gettin Booty

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Due to having a wonderful stress fracture across my ankle bone I get to wear a fantastic aircast boot for 4 weeks…

FNGs: None

PAX: @Finkle, @K I T T Y L I T T R
Warm Up: Good mornings, daisy pickers, Sir Fazio Arm circles (f & b), imperial walkers, hillbillies, followed by Michael Phelps.
The Workout:

Since running is not in my forte right now we were pretty stationary.  We started off with some fantastic bear crawls in the parking lot and stopping at each stall we did 10 merkins down five stalls and then 10 merkins on the way back with crab walks.  We repeated this with American Hammers.

Next stop was over at the block wall for a round of California Rolls.  This was @ K I T T Y L I T T R’s favorite as we got to do 10 irkens followed flipping over to do 10 dips and repeating all the way down the wall.  It took a while to complete this with only 2 PAX present.

Last, when I did a round of exercises with my kettle bell while @K I T T Y L I T T R took a lap around the block at Falcon Park.
Mary: LBCs, low slow flutter, dying cochroaches, reverse LBCs.
Announcements: none
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Prayer for @Finkle’s ankle and annual review at my job this week, @K I T T Y L I T T R is part of a men’s retreat with church this weekend and looking towards spiritual growth.