End of an Era

FNGs: lol we can’t even get normal PAX to show up, you think we can get an FNG Warm Up: poop The Workout: mosey, poop, merkins, mosey, poop, mosey Mary: Announcements: T-Claps non-existent: Prayer: skidmark recover from illness

You Can’t Spell Cletus…

FNGs: NONE

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Windmills, Franks, Sir Fazios, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Willy Mays Haze

The Workout: Partner Up and Execute a MURPH with the time allowed.  Partner 1 ran the .5 mile loop around the soccer fields while partner 2 executed the Pullups, Merkins, and Squats.  As the .5 mile loop completes the partners switch.  The goal was to complete 100 pullups, 200 merkins, and 300 squats as a team.  All teams met that goal!

Mary: Freddie Mercs, Supermans, WW2s, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge (it is almost Valentines Day after all)

Announcements:

  • Check the 3rd F channel for some opportunities to give back
  • 2ndF2ndFriday Lunch today

Prayer:  Prayers for the sick/injured PAX and for those recent celebs with public cancer fights.  Reminder for all men to stay on top of their screenings, even the uncomfortable ones.

Into the Dungeon

FNGs: Not today

Warm up: Mosey around the parking lot and then circle up for SSH, Windmills, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, and Overhead Claps

The Workout:

YHC promised a Dungeons and Dragons themed workout this morning.  I brought 4 dice with me as well as 8 numbered cards., each with four exercises on them.  The format was fairly simple, we’d roll the dice and they would determine what we did and how much.

The dice were:

D8 – Chose which card we would work off of

D6 – Determined the number of sets we’d do

D20 – Number of reps per exercise

D100 – Number of swings we’d do in between choosing cards.

I have to admit, this whole thing came out of the gate hot.  I was hoping we’d ease in to it but, alas, it was not to be.  As Pikachu said in Slack, the dice may not lie but they are not kind.

The first rolls were

D8 – 3 – This card consisted of Snatch on the left, Snatch on the right, Clean on the left, Clean on the right

D6 – 3 sets

D20 – 15 reps

As was exclaimed many times during this part of our quest, that’s way too many Snatches (not something I ever thought I’d say).  If you’re playing along at home that’s a total of 90 snatch and clean.  That was a lot.  But the D100 would be kind to us, right?

Prophetically, Pikachu called this one before we got to it.

D100 – 90

90 swings.  Nothing fancy about it, just a lot.

The second roll was:

D8 – 4 – This card was Chest Press, Skull Crushers, Overhead Reach, and Turkish Getups

D6 – 6 sets

D20 – 15 (!)

YHC immediately called an audible and said we weren’t going to do 6 sets of 15 Turkish Getups and that we’d save them for the end.  4 sets in and I called another audible because I hoped to get through another card or two.  We did four sets of 15 of the first three excercises.  We began our 15 Turkish Getups but a few minutes in to it I called an end to it because, again, I wanted to get more in.  The D100 couldn’t be cruel again, right?  Right?

D100 – 100

F.  Another audible was called.  We started the set of 100 with just 25 with the promise of sprinking the rest in later.

The third roll:

D8 – 5 – This was single arm lat raise on the left, single arm lat raise on the right, bus drivers, and ground pounders

D6 – 3

D20 – 8

Ok, this was a little more reasonable.  However, after struggling to do the single arm raises with the amount of weight we all had we changed it to double handed straight lat raises for the rest of our sets.  Also, instead of waiting until the end after each set we did another 25 swings.  By the end of this card we had finished our 100 from the previous roll.  Unfortunately we were out of time at this point.  The good news is that there are still 5 unused and unseen cards to be used again.

Mary:

Low Slow Flutter x10 IC

LBC x10 IC

Box cutters x10 IC

Pickle Pounders x10 IC

JLo x10 IC

I might be forgetting something here.

Announcements:

Fire Marshal Gavin – Seriously, congrats!

Prayer Requests:

Injured PAX.

 

As always, its an honor to get a chance to lead you all.

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Mustang Mosey

Warm Up: SSH, GM, Frankenstein’s,

The Workout: Moseyed to hills, Did 6’s, Merkins at bottom, Jump squats at top, with reverse run up hill as travel mode. To Mustang alley we went and at each red mustang a squat incrementing as we encountered them (up to 18) and 5 SSH at the black mustangs. Moseyed back to starting point.  Using agility ladder did several versions of foot work and shoulder work. 10-12 versions with 2 rounds each. 

Mary: Hello Dollys, LBC, reverse LBC, leg raises, Homer to Marge, Heel taps, Pickle pounders and plank circle passing BBall around the circle.

Announcements: Q challenge

Prayer: Pax health.

Solo Workout Getting So Low

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH IC, Sir Fasio Arm Circles IC, Daiy Pickers IC, Stretching

The Workout: Solo workout consisting of a mix of The People’s Chair, Urkins off a picnic table, Everests, and Moseying around the track.

Mary: WW1s and Low Slow Flutter

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition): Popeye for swinging in from his run for COT

Prayer: Stovepipe foot and in-laws and Popeye’s father and genetic testing

Ting Circles

PAX of 9 today at Running For The John aka R4TJ. We had a 10th HC but something kept him sidelined. YHC wanted to try some new today. We partnered up and YHC passed out a baton for each team.

We did a loop all together to warm up. Once we got back to the start, baton runner was to take off and run at a fast pace until they caught up to the partner that was to mosey until caught. YHC and Sardine got two loops in until we started getting close to our partner. Once you had off the baton, you stop and do 10 merkins and 10 air squats. YHC quickly changed the strategy bc this one wasn’t going to work. It took over a mile to catch up. So the new plan was the baton runner ran one full fast paced lap, then reversed direction back to partner then switch. Still incorporating the exercises. Most PAX got to switch 3 times each. Final lap, we all came together as a group to cool down. We got in close to 5 miles in a little over 40 mins. Then we did some stretching of the legs.

COT for announcements and prayers. YHC counted the 6th PAX to tell how they got their F3 name, how long they’ve been doing F3 and what F3 has done for them. Bleeder was the lucky candidate. YHC took us out in prayer.

Thanks for dealing with the shenanigans this morning. The stimulus was definitely met. Until next time….
BS Out!

Curling on Heroin Hill

FNGs: NoneWarm Up: SSH IC, Good Mornings IC, Sir Fasio Arm Circles, and stretching.

The Workout: A mix of elevation gaining exercises of Murder Bunnies and Moonwalks up Heroin Hill (rocks in tow), Dips and Urkins on the guardrail at the top, something resembling Olympic shot put/curling/bocce on the way down, and Burpees and WW1s at the bottom. Some complaints were filed by some competitors alleging that the rocks were not uniform and that some competitors in the shot put had an unfair advantage. To settle the controversy, rocks were rotated among each man with a rotation of Ground Pounders, Curls Fu Du Gurls, Tris Fu Du Guys, WW3s, and Overhead Presses.

Mary: LSF IC, Homer-to-Marge IC, LBCs IC, and a 45 second chill cut plank hold

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition): None

Prayer: Buttermilk upcoming ablation to relieve back issues, Ausfart’s wife is having brain surgery for a tumor, and Motor Boatin’ is still looking for work.

Discovering The Nutcracker

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Goodmornings, Daisy Pickers, Arm Circles, Seal claps, Overhead claps.

The Workout:

Pyramid Workout. Walk up then back down.

2 burpees

4 jump squats

6 merkins

8 LBCs

10 leg raises 

12 Lunges

14 calf raises

Mosey

Mary: Stretching

 Announcements: Regional challenges

Prayer: Injured Pax and Pax Traveling

Rope Work at Purple Cobra

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH IC, Daisy Pickers IC, Willie Mayes Hayes IC, Stretching

The Workout: Bearcrawls with Ascending Merkins, Lung Walks with Ascending Squats, Battle Rope Slams, Speed Rope, WW1s, Offset Merkins, Heel Raises

Mary: LSF IC, Homer to Marge IC, LBCs IC

Announcements: Q’em All Challenge and Weekly Post Tracker

T-Claps (Recognition): None

Prayer: Military, First Responder, and general PAX

Neighborhood Sweep

  • Warm‑Up:
    Good Mornings, Frankensteins, Windmills, and Fazio Arm Circles to get everything loosened up.
  • The Thang:
    Mosey over to Crooked Bluff. For every mailbox on the right, knock out 1 merkin; every mailbox on the left, 1 squat. Reps increment and stack as we make our way toward the cul‑de‑sac.
  • At the cul‑de‑sac:
  • 20 Calf Raises
  • 20 Mountain Climbers
  • 20 Shoulder Taps
  • Rinse and repeat on the way out of the neighborhood, stopping again at a second cul‑de‑sac for the same set.
  • Next, mosey to Brushy Meadows and repeat the mailbox gauntlet all the way down to the cul‑de‑sac. After finishing there, we headed back toward Shady Greens, worked in some stretching, and moseyed back to the yard.
  • Mary:
    LBCs, Hello Dolly, and Leg Raises to close it out.
  • Announcements:
  • Q Challenge is live — step up and take a turn!
  • Prayer:
    Intentional and internal moment of reflection.