A swarm of 15 dudes running down a parking lot towards a lone runner at 5am and M4L screaming “hey go get that guy” (in an attempt to EH a stranger). I bet that guy wet himself… From taking off your clothes in the garage before you go into the house, and doing so “proudly”, to an actual workout – all in all a successful day in the happiest place on earth….
FNGs: NOPE
Warm Up:
Shared with Nemo as I corralled Mookie in a huddle to take a second group as we split up the Q to meet new guidelines.
SSH, Sir Fazio, Goofballs (Start of a character theme), Windmills, Frankenstein (with voices!), Mosey around the Soccer Fields.
YHC split the groups as they returned from Mosey, LETS GO!
The Workout:
Group 2 went to the back parking lot to start duck walks and then make their way back to the bowl and ultimately the flag.
Group 1 to the bowl:
5 – Star Jumps top of hill, down to middle 5 Mickey Mouse Merkins, repeat across until 20 Mickey Mouse’s were complete (60 total PUs)
Mosey to the High School Parking Lot, Donald Duck Social Distancing Indian Run – Just as it sounds, PAX 6 feet apart moving in a duck walk
Mosey to the half wall by the football field, 20, 20, 10 Erkins, Dips (1 leg up at 10 for last 5 switch), Derkins
Mosey to the back wall for a Character meet and Greet. ½ PAX on the Wall People’s Chair, ½ PAX Daisy Duck Partons (Play on Dolly) x20 switch. 2nd time around People’s Chair with 1 leg up at 10 count (switch) and ground group Minnie Mouse-alitas (play on Rosalitas) x20
Mosey to meet up with Group 2 back at the Flag
Group 2 –
Mosey to the high school lot – Duck Walk up one side, 5 Burpees OYO, Mosey to corner 5 Burpees/10 Squats, Duck Walk/Mosey, 5 Burp/10 Squat/15 Star/ 20 Merkins
Mosey to the Bowl (Same as group 1)
Mosey to the lot 10 Curb Erkins, 20 Should Taps IC until Group 1 returned
Back as a group: Count off by 4’s, each group takes a corner of the soccer fields. Stack-em ups…
First Corner SSH x10
Second, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10
Third, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10, Standard Merkin x10
Fourth, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10, Standard Merkin x10, Prisoner Squats x10
Mary:
WWII x20
Fred Mercury x20
LBC x20
Homer to Marge x10 (+ R x10, L x10)
Have a nice day
Announcements: Shots fired around the horn in good fun, Watch for news and next steps around any government guidelines that might apply to our workouts.
T-Claps (Recognition): EC: Deadbolt, Nemo, Mookie, RogerRoger, Redenbacher, Emeril, ShamWow!
Prayer: Those out on the front lines of the disease and those who are sick. YHC took us out.
I read today a quick line from my “verse of the day” for 3/26:
Matthew: 5:9 – Happy are the people who bring people together to be friends. God will call them his children.
I spoke briefly about our group and how much our friendships mean more than ever. Reach out publicly or privately through any comms you have available if you need help, or just a voice to connect with. We’re all in this together friends. AYE!
“Hey go get that guy up there…”
/in AO Post/by ShamWowA swarm of 15 dudes running down a parking lot towards a lone runner at 5am and M4L screaming “hey go get that guy” (in an attempt to EH a stranger). I bet that guy wet himself… From taking off your clothes in the garage before you go into the house, and doing so “proudly”, to an actual workout – all in all a successful day in the happiest place on earth….
FNGs: NOPE
Warm Up:
Shared with Nemo as I corralled Mookie in a huddle to take a second group as we split up the Q to meet new guidelines.
SSH, Sir Fazio, Goofballs (Start of a character theme), Windmills, Frankenstein (with voices!), Mosey around the Soccer Fields.
YHC split the groups as they returned from Mosey, LETS GO!
The Workout:
Group 2 went to the back parking lot to start duck walks and then make their way back to the bowl and ultimately the flag.
Group 1 to the bowl:
5 – Star Jumps top of hill, down to middle 5 Mickey Mouse Merkins, repeat across until 20 Mickey Mouse’s were complete (60 total PUs)
Mosey to the High School Parking Lot, Donald Duck Social Distancing Indian Run – Just as it sounds, PAX 6 feet apart moving in a duck walk
Mosey to the half wall by the football field, 20, 20, 10 Erkins, Dips (1 leg up at 10 for last 5 switch), Derkins
Mosey to the back wall for a Character meet and Greet. ½ PAX on the Wall People’s Chair, ½ PAX Daisy Duck Partons (Play on Dolly) x20 switch. 2nd time around People’s Chair with 1 leg up at 10 count (switch) and ground group Minnie Mouse-alitas (play on Rosalitas) x20
Mosey to meet up with Group 2 back at the Flag
Group 2 –
Mosey to the high school lot – Duck Walk up one side, 5 Burpees OYO, Mosey to corner 5 Burpees/10 Squats, Duck Walk/Mosey, 5 Burp/10 Squat/15 Star/ 20 Merkins
Mosey to the Bowl (Same as group 1)
Mosey to the lot 10 Curb Erkins, 20 Should Taps IC until Group 1 returned
Back as a group: Count off by 4’s, each group takes a corner of the soccer fields. Stack-em ups…
First Corner SSH x10
Second, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10
Third, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10, Standard Merkin x10
Fourth, SSH x10, Jump Lunge x10, Standard Merkin x10, Prisoner Squats x10
Mary:
WWII x20
Fred Mercury x20
LBC x20
Homer to Marge x10 (+ R x10, L x10)
Have a nice day
Announcements: Shots fired around the horn in good fun, Watch for news and next steps around any government guidelines that might apply to our workouts.
T-Claps (Recognition): EC: Deadbolt, Nemo, Mookie, RogerRoger, Redenbacher, Emeril, ShamWow!
Prayer: Those out on the front lines of the disease and those who are sick. YHC took us out.
I read today a quick line from my “verse of the day” for 3/26:
Matthew: 5:9 – Happy are the people who bring people together to be friends. God will call them his children.
I spoke briefly about our group and how much our friendships mean more than ever. Reach out publicly or privately through any comms you have available if you need help, or just a voice to connect with. We’re all in this together friends. AYE!
It’s Just Another BOMB-Track!
/in AO Post, Speed Racer/by Fanny PackThis is the way we lead. We know people are counting on us…so the HIM shows up! He shows up for himself, his family, his fitness, his mind, and for his F3 brothers!
Word was today could be last official post for awhile with COVID lockdown…so no way was YHC missing this. Truth is…YHC is pretty banged up. Got a hamstring and knee injury that was making all this much more difficult. Have absolutely no spring in the step, it’ll be time to rest up soon…but not today! Thanks to the pax for waiting for my 6 a few times as we travelled to many places in the jungle looking for Tiger Blood!
FNG’s: None
Warm Up: Warm up was really done along a mosey path that integrated into the workout. We did a 15 for 15. 15 light poles on our mosey path – 15 exercises at each. Exercises were: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Seal Claps, Good Mornings, Merkins, Frankenstein’s, Prisoner Squats, Monkey Humpers, Staggered grip merkins L hand, Overhead Claps, Burpees, Hillbillies, Staggered Grip Merkins R hand, Nipplers, and Fence Dips.
The Workout: Down the stairs for just another BOMBS Track! Like the great Rage Against the Machine track…this series brought grunts and words of displeasure from the pax. Pax split up and run opposite directions. When pax met up again…BOOM! An exercise was called. Each lap had an exercise as follows: 15 burpees, 25 Overhead Air Presses, 35 Merkins, 45 BB Sit-Ups, 55 Squats.
Headed back up through the jungle to the parking lot. Each pax was instructed to line up with 8 parking stripes in front of us heading up hill. Bear Crawl to 1st stripe, perform a Diamond Merkin, lunge walk back. Bear Crawl to 2nd stripe…2 Diamond Merkins…so on and so forth. Pax did a few series of H2M and Freddie Mercury’s while YHC was about a lap being and going low and slow on the knee.
To the Wall Tigers! Pax did a 15 count each of BTTW, repeato but with a 10 count, then again with a 5 count. Let it be known…Breach counts slower than Snap and I. Also worth noting, Snap runs faster on a track than Breach and I… or maybe faster than any pax I’ve seen!
Finished with 20 count People’s Chair from each pax. Mosey back to the flag for Mary.
Mary: only time for 15 count Pickle Pounders IC.
Announcements: Follow Slack closely today for continued instrux. Breach shared that this is a great time to reach out to other pax and family members to check on them and encouragement.
T-Claps (Recognition): These two pax for keeping me honest and motivated to get out here and Q despite the pain. Way to work hard!
Prayer: Our Nation, health and safety. Acceleration despite limitation. YHC took us out. Honor to lead. Time to heal up… glad I have weights, kettlebell, and heavy bag at home…leg needs a rest.
Rock Crabs
/in Containment Area - Virtual/by 16-bitYHC pre-blasted to have something heavy on hand because we’d be doing some “rock” work. Also decided to throw in several exercises in the crab position.
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
Standard merkin x10
SSH x20 IC
Nancy Kerigan x10 IC forward and reverse
Frankensteins x10 IC
Imperial Walkers x10 IC
Hillbillies x10 IC
The Workout:
This whole routine was performed three times with our “rocks” –
Colt 45 (15 curls from the bottom to half way, 15 from half way to the top, 15 full curls)
Elf on a shelf x10 IC. For these you start with your “rock” beside you. Pick it up and lift it as far above your head as you can reach and then put it back down beside you on the other side. Done in cadence it was one up, two down to the other side, three up, four back to original location.
Triceps curls x10 IC
Ground Pouders x10 IC
Bus Drivers x10 IC
Halo x10 forward and reverse
Goblet Squats x10
Deadlifts x10
Rut-rows x10
Then came the crabs. Most of these were also done with our weights. On the last exercise I quickly found that having the weight there would have been bad news for any future pickle pounders, so YHC quickly modified.
Crab cakes x10 IC
Crab humpers x10 IC
Crab jacks x10 IC
Once all three sets were complete we did some plank work. We started with a standard plank and alternated raising our arms. From there we did Catalina Wine Mixers followed by mountain climbers and finally plank jacks.
Finished up with some runners stretch and pigeon pose.
Mary:
American Hammer x10 IC
ABC’s
Box Cutters x10 IC
LBC x10
Announcements:
Nothing new to announce.
Prayer:
For all PAX dealing with the craziness in their houses right now if they have kids. Even if not, when was the last time you spent this much time with your M? Prayers also for all of our medical staff out there fighting the good fight.
Thanks for everyone that has been watching the stream, either during or after. I honestly can’t wait until I get to see you all out in the gloom again. Tonight we had a photographer come to the house to do porch photos where she stood on the sidewalk and we stood on our front porch. We had everyone dress up in something that represented something they were missing. My son wore his baseball uniform, one of my daughters was in her girl scouts uniform, my wife in her junior women’s club shirt. I had on an F3 shirt. I miss seeing your sweaty, gross, ugly (not you Dauber) faces and I can’t wait to get out there just in time for it to heat up and hate smelling you all at COT. Stay safe.
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Merkins on the Rocks
/in To Be Determined/by Doc5 PAX for a hump day beat down. Forecast was ugly but we mostly stayed dry.
EC: ShamWow and Aquaman
FNGs: Not today
Warm Up: SSH, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers
The Workout: Ran the loop around the soccer fields, taking the long way (including Ivan parking lot) to the rock pile. Selected a rock to get good and cozy with and proceeded back to the sidewalk around the fields. YHC has always considered 4 corners at Womble to be a solid workout – you get some distance and mix in good boot camp exercises. Decided to kick things up a notch today by taking our rocks along, as follows:
Corner 1: 10 curlz for the gurlz
Corner 2: 10 curlz for the gurlz, 10 triceps extensions
Corner 3: 10 curlz for the gurlz, 10 triceps extensions, 10 shoulder presses
Corner 4: 10 curlz, 10 extensions, 10 shoulder presses, 10 merkins on the rocks (Any bartenders among the PAX? Seems like a good drink idea).
Repeato, but remove one exercise per corner on the trip back around. Carrying the rocks definitely made it more difficult.
After completing two circuits we headed to the shelter for the following:
10 step-ups per leg with rock, OYO
10 curlz
10 triceps
10 squats with rocks
repeato, but this time add 20 merkins on the rocks.
Returned to the rock pile, then took the long way back around the circuit and headed to the shelter for Mary. Got in about 2 miles altogether.
Mary: Mary-go-round with PAX that included lots of six-inch hold, lots of plank hold, a variety of standard ab exercises and then burned it down at the end with 25 merkins.
Announcements: Short discussion about COVID-19 (because really, what else is there?)
T-Claps (Recognition): @FloJo, @Hardy, @Aquaman, @ShamWow for showing up despite the miserable forecast. Turned out that the weather was fine.
Prayer: Variety of prayers for first responders, health care professionals, everyone dealing with the effects of coronavirus, leaders, and friends and family that have significant health challenges
2 PAX for a soggy wet morning
/in Possum Trot/by SprinklerWhen I woke up this morning the rain was coming down. I initially thought why I signed up to Q. I already had a couple of text messages saying….I’m out this morning. So, I got up and headed that way. I had pretty much made my mind up if no one shows I will head home. It was raining hard. As I was headed West on Wake Chapel Road with my turn signal on to turn left low and behold a car was turning into Action Park. I was like….NO I want to go back home. Oh well, Fanny Pack did not disappoint and fartsack like others I will not NAME: F_N__E? _E_? lol
FNG: None
Warm Up: Moseyed a lap around the tennis courts. SSH-20, Imperial Walkers 15, Hillbillies, Moroccan Night Clubs, Fazio Arm Circles, Daisy Pickers, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps
The Workout: Moseyed down to the concession stand. Around the clock Merkins, 12/3/6/9. Over to the wall for 15 count Dips, Urkins and Derkins. Rinse and repeat. Headed to the concession stand where Fanny Pack took over. Peoples Chair while the other one bear crawled around the building. Then together BTTW IC for a 15 count. Rinse and repeat.
Lunged walked to end of parking area. 15 Squats IC bear crawl back. Rinse and repeat. Back to the wall for Dips, Urkins and Derkins. Rinse and Repeat. Moseyed to the rock pile by the tennis courts. By this point we were co-Qing the workout. 15 count IC curls for the girls, ground pounder, over head triceps, dead lift, bus drivers, wonder bras Rinse and Repeat. Great mumble chatter this morning with Fanny Pack.
Mary: Wind Mills, Plank Jacks, Squats with long hold and Have a Nice Day.
Announcements: See Slack and Facebook
T-Claps: Fanny Pack for getting out in the rain and pushing me to be better this morning!
Prayer: All those affected by Corvid-19 virus. Sickness, job loss, business owners suffering, and thing will never be the same. This has for sure brought families closer together however prayer for needing a break from one another. Prayer for Fanny Pack nursing a hamstring strain.
Remember, no storm lasts forever, Hold on. Be Brave. Have Faith! Every storm is temporary and we never face the storm alone. God is with us. Always.
Privilege to lead with Fanny Pack!
Not doing that again
/in Containment Area - Virtual/by 16-bitDoing these streaming workouts has caused me to have to dive deep in to the Exicon to find exercises that don’t require running, partners, or bear crawls. Or some combination of them. I peruse it every night, building out a new, stationary routine that I can do in the morning, hoping to find close to 45 minutes worth of material. Last night’s research brought me to the Super 21. It starts with 1 merkin and 1 situp and increments up by one each round until you finish by doing 21 of each. For those keeping count at home that’s 231 reps of each. After compiling my workout I spent the rest of the evening trying to convince myself to change it. I didn’t. I should have.
FNGs: None
Warm Up:
Good morning x10 IC
Windmill x10 IC (half way through my ghetto camera set up fell apart so there was a break to fix it)
Daisy Pickers x10 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles 10x forward 10x reverse IC
The Workout:
Super 21 – Started with 1 merkin and 1 situp. Kept going until we had completed 10:10
Monkey Humpers x21
Resume Super 21, sets 11 – 13
Squats x21
Sets 14 & 15
Mountain Climbers x21
Sets 16 & 17
Imperial Walkers x21
Sets 18 & 19
Hillbilliles x21
Sets 20 & 21
This was terrible. Don’t do this. I won’t do it again.
We still had time left over so we did 11s with Turkish get-ups and tricep dips. As the filler in between we did 10 SSH in cadence. We ran out of time before we could finish all of the sets.
Mary:
American Hammer x15 IC
Boat/Canoe x10 IC
Dolly x10 IC
Announcements:
Nothing new
T-Claps (Recognition):
H1N1 and Fumunga for watching the recording and following along at home on their own time. Way to find time to post!
Prayer:
All the people affected by the virus. Those dealing with the madness in their houses. Unspoken.
See you tomorrow morning.
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I didn’t know what Library Hill was until this morning.
/in AO Post, Downtown Train/by Coal Ash5 Pax, including rare visits from Foghorn, Cupid, and Banana Seat, showed up for a full body workout and hill repeats at Downtown Train.
FNGs: Negative
Warm Up: Warm up lap > 10 burbees OYO > SSHs > Merkins > Squat Jumps > Butt Kickers
The Workout: Mosey’d to rock pile grabbed rock and headed to the circle/fountain at the top of library hill. Spread out around circle for the following sets:
Set 1: In cadence – Curls (x 30), Tricep Extensions (x30), Overhead press (x30), Curls (x 20), Tricep Extensions (x20), Overhead press (x20), Curls (x 10), Tricep Extensions (x10), Overhead press (x10)
Run down to pool parking lot, 10 squat jumps, back up library hill.
Set 2: In cadence – Chest press (x30), tomahawks (x30), Chest press (x20), tomahawks (x20), Chest press (x10), tomahawks (x10)
Run down to pool parking lot, 10 merkins, back up library hill.
Set 3: Monkey humpers (x30), squats (x30), lunges (x30), Monkey humpers (x20), squats (x20), lunges (x20), Monkey humpers (x10), squats (x10), lunges (x10)
Run down to pool parking lot, 10 burpees OYO, back up library hill.
Returned rock and mosey’d to parking garage for Mary.
Mary: 50 LBCs in cadence
Announcements: Slack and Facebook
T-Claps (Recognition): Banana Seat, Cupid, Foghorn, and Potts for coming out on a dreary Monday morning and putting in the hard work.
Prayer: 60 seconds of silence.
Looking for hills
/in Any Given Sunday, AO Post/by Coal AshHad 8 @ AGS for some miles of various sorts…4 runners, 3 ruckers, and Yogurt running his leg of the marathon relay! YHC decided on a hilly route for the runners.
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Butt kickers, frankensteins, SSHs
The Workout: Womble > Ballentine > 55 Bypass (turnaround) > W Elm > Avent Ferry > Cemetery Hill > Earp > Bass Lake > Stintson > Around Womble > Grigsby > Womble (6.2 miles)
Mary:
Announcements: See Slack and Facebook
T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for continuing to get out an push themselves in what is a fairly stressful time for everyone.
Prayer: 30 seconds of silence
SPELLING Continues at Purple Cobra
/in Purple Cobra/by DauberFNGs: None
EC: Redenbacher & ShamWow! Nice job men!
Warm Up: Arrived at the BP/Harris Teeter parking lot a bit early and found two cars (one with an F3 sticker) and felt confident I was in the right place. I had reached out to Foghorn for some guidance, specifically, if there was a rock pile. I toyed with the idea of doing a repeat workout with my spelling sheets that was successfully implemented the day before at PC. I saw a HC from Deadbolt the night before and thought I should change things up so I planned out a rock routine for this boot camp. As the clock struck 5:30, no signs of Deadbolt. (I later learned he ended up at a different site this am). I also learned the rocks at this AO were let’s say, smaller than I was accustomed to, compared to other rocks at other SW sites. It was determined that SPELLING was now back in play. Four PAX followed YHC around the parking lots and back to the flag for the following warmup exercises: 10 cc Good am, Don Quixote, Daisy Pickers, Overhead Claps, Seal Claps, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (F/B), Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers. SSH X 25. I think I deeked out Foghorn a couple of times as my starting positions did not correlate with the warmup exercise. Apologies. I think my mind was racing ahead. No matter. PAX seemed in good spirits despite all of the crazy COVID-19 stuff going on.
The Workout: Grabbed my SPELLING HOMEWORK from the car. This was a list of exercises from our F3 exicon in alphabetical order with a number of reps associated with it. See Photo below. Asked PAX where was a good wall to commence some wall exercises. Ran over to a new building behind the HT. Had PAX execute people’s Chair (each PAX called a 10 cc) up the line. Recover. Back on the wall with BTTW starting from opposite direction, again with each PAX calling a 10 cc down the line. Rinse and repeat 2 additional times. I think it was about this time ShamWow! Wanted to tell some jokes. There is always one. Just like this one: Did you hear a lot of celebrities are being diagnosed with COVID-19? Fortunately, John Travolta was misdiagnosed. Yeah he has the Saturday Night Fever but he’s still “Staying Alive, Staying Alive!” OK, I will not quit my day job. With homework in hand, we ran to the road by the burger joint and across from the DD. It had a nice hill with some protective barriers at the bottom marking off a future road extension. I handed each PAX a paper in a clear plastic holder. Discussed they had to spell their full names out and then add their F3 name. One letter at the top of the road. Run to the bottom and do the exercise corresponding to the next letter. Diversions to a wall were allowed to perform certain exercises like A = Australian Mtn Climbers. The PAX performed the following letters/exercises:
CRAIG JOSEPH NELSON DAUBER
SHAUN TIMOTHY BROTHERS FOGHORN
MARK ALLEN RUSSO SHAMWOW! (! Was substituted for another letter R, helping Redenbacher finish off his name)
MARC STEVEN LEMIRE BOBBY DALL
COREY BRANDON TAYLOR REDENBACHER
A little over two miles were covered at this “boot camp” – sorry fellas for the extra running.
Mary: With only a few minutes left, we gathered our gear (lots of garments were thrown to the ground during this workout) and ran back to the flag, tired, but still in high spirits. Had PAX hold squat while I grabbed my phone. I wanted to record PAX full names, including their middle. Getting old. Led PAX with some AB exercises that included 6 inch hold, box cutters, and LBCs.
Announcements: See FB/Slack. Eat red delicious apples.
T-Claps (Recognition): ShamWow! Got a new job/promotion. Rumor has it he will be colleagues with Oprah. Really. No sh#t.
Prayer: Everyone impacted by virus, emotionally, financially, physically, etc. UNSPOKEN. I may have forgotten a prayer request – apologies. YHC took us out.
Honor to lead! – Dauber
6 Pax and 2 runners made it out for a Hilltop Prison Yard workout hosted by the Warden (Breach)
Double D, Sprinkler, BB, Felix, Hefer,
Runners- Dirty Pipes and Laettner
Warm-Up: A short Mosey around the parking lot to a circle of 22 rep counts of SSH, Windmills, Daisy Pickers, and Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies
The Workout: 6 Stations 2 rounds, 2 minutes of work at each station with 15 second of rest between each station
Station 1 Barbell
Round 1 Ab Rollouts
Round 2 upright rows
Station 2 Big tire #1
Round 1 Flip-Squat-Flip
Round 2 Plank Get-ups
Station 3 Pain Sticks
Round 1 Pain stick hip bridges
Round 2 Cross Over Merkins
Station 4 Weight Plates
Round 1 Weight plate straight arm raises
Round 2 My Little Sunshine’s
Station 5 Fire Hose
Round 1 Pull and Bear Crawl
Round 2 Plank Pull Through
Station 6 Sandbag
Round 1 Bent Over Rows
Round 2 Shovel Twists
Mary: Ab burnout, 3 rounds of duck duck plank holds followed by 22 counts of LBC’s Homer to Marges and Pickle Pounders
Announcements: Be Patient, with all that is going on be slow to anger and think through your decisions. Don’t let the current situation be the reason that you make a bad choice that can hurt you and your family. You will be remembered by how you handle this situation, so let your positive character show through.
Prayer: Keep us safe and let us get through this with positivity.