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Florence couldn’t keep 6 men from posting at Cletus.

 

Warm Up: some stairs at the pavillion and then mosey to the back parking lot. 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x hillbillies, 15x Good morning, 21x SSH.
The Workout: mosey down stinson where there is a road on the left. 7’s with burpees at the top and merkins at the bottom. End of run was by crosby’s house.

Back to parking lot for some lunges and bearcrawl before mosey to the tennis court.

Jack Webb’s at the tennis courts 1:3.

Mary: all pax 5 count with 1 cadence count to 10 of boat canoes.

Announcements: CSAUP Oct 20, Beer Mile 10/13

Prayer: Crablegs, safety for thoe at the coast

Cletus – Noah’s Ark 1 year anniversary & birthday Q

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Warm Up: Jog to soccer field parking lot alternating forward and reverse. Quick feet on curb for half the parking lot and return on other side with walking sideways planks. Performed arm and leg stretches to a 10 count. Then, in cadence (22) SSH, (11) IW, (11) HB, (11) CP, and finish with (11) merkins on Q’s up & down.
The Workout: Indian run with last man doing 2 merkins and then running to front with the pill(football). Pax passed back to last runner and repeat. Penalty for dropping the pill all Pax do 5 burpees. Group was lacking running backs since there were quite a few penalties (Pikachu, Gump). Continued to south side of BB field and dropped for 11 LBC’s. Then, continued to valleyball court. Partner WB thru sand and do 11 burpees. Partner switch and return to other side for 11 SJ. Bear crawl through sand for 11 patty cake merkins. Bear crawl on the return for 11 squats with leg lifts. Mosey to rock pile and center parking lot for bear bowling(bear crawl pushing rock) to end of lot. Performed 11 elevated merkins per arm. Jon Cusak with rock to other end for 11 weighted squats. Return rocks and mosey to tennis courts.

Mary: 11 FM modified alternating each leg, 11 PP, 11 LSF, 11 HTM, and finished with 11 AH. Theme throughout based off of Q’s 56th birthday which 5+6 = 11, if you didn’t catch on.
Announcements: 9/11 stair climb, Christmas parade signup, Kid Cracker looking for men to help move his parents this Saturday afternoon. Great job to all and welcome FNG’s Pumpkin Spice and Mortar.
Prayer: Crablegs, all those traveling to the BRR this weekend, especially our F3 brothers, and the right opportunity of employment for Brickhouse.

Just Q It

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Warm Up: Jog to East parking lot doing SSH x 15 and Karaoke.  In parking lot we did Moracin Night Club, Imperials and Hill Billie’s.  Run in place and “down” was a burpee x 10
The Workout: Shuffle Merkins (with partner in a plank, shuffle 5 steps over then 10 pattycake merkins, last PAX run to front of line while rest are holding plank and repeat to all PAX have ran to front).  Jog to softball parking lot with partner and rocks 1 set of power squats with partner doing lung walks there and run back, one set tricep extensions with partner doing bwd crabwalk with rock on stomach and run back and then one set of curls with partner running with rock over head there and back.  Guantanamo’s x 2 was the last exercise before Mary.
Mary: Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers and Pickle Pounders followed by PAX call of Plank-O-Rama.
Announcements: 9-11 Stair Climb, BRR next weekend Friday and Saturday, Charity Event on Sunday in Apex at a Brewery – see Crosby for name/location
Prayer: Those running BRR and/or traveling this weekend, our little buddy Clay who cant catch a break, Yogurts mom and her knee and recovery.

Who has Q?

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Warm Up: SSH x 15 IC , Moracin Night Club x 15 IC, Prisoner Squats x 15, Mountain Climbers x 20 IC and Around the Clock Merkins
The Workout: Up Hunt Hill doing 7’s (Burpee and Squats).  Jog to Main Parking Lot – Partner Wheel Barrel down main parking lot.  Jog to East Parking lot – Running around the lot, Patty Cake Merkins and Broke Back Durkins.  Relay x 3 – Bear Crawl w/ Partner doing Star Jumps, Lung Walks w/ Partner doing Squats, Duck Walk w/ Partner doing Lung Jumps.
Mary: Plank-O-Rama
Announcements: 5 year South Wake Anniversary at Possum Trot Wednesday at Action Park 5:30.
Prayer: CrabLegs, DoubleD Family, those Traveling and a Praise for HasselHoff’s mom’s results.

I’m on Top

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Warm Up:

Started with a jog to East Parking Lot with backward and karaoke.  Followed by SSH x 15 IC, Moracin Night Clubs x 10 IC, Arm Circles x 10 FWD and 10 BWD.

The Workout:

Pattycake Merkins and Broke Back Derkins around the parking lot 2 sets @ 10 each.  Patch said to Doc “I’m on top”…

Over on the main stage we did box jumps and monkey humpers 3 @ 15 IC

Jog to Softball parking lot where we did Dora with rocks (curls, tri extensions and squats) while partner did bear crawl and run back, lung and run back and BWD Crabwalk and run back.

Jail Break to Tennis Courts

Mary: Plank -O-Rama – each PAX called an ad exercise.

Announcements: Derek Davis 5K tomorrow, Setp 26th, 5yr ann for F3 Southwake, Deadbolt looking into starting the “Q-Source” http://f3nation.com/q-source-index

Prayer: F3 Dad’s camp and traveling, DoubleD and Family, CrabLegs and his journey

Cletus Mega beatdown

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Warm Up: Jog and SSH
The Workout: Around the parking blocks/stops 3 times – timed exercise where as the count finishes, you bear crawl or plank shuffle to the next parking stop for the next exercise consisting of:

Plank Shuffle: Mountain Climbers, Derkins, Erkins, Shoulder Taps and Dips

Bear Crawl: Squats, Lunge Jumps, Monkey Humpers and Star Jumps

2 Sets of Catalina Wine Makers @ 15 and Pickle Pounders @15

Mary: Ab blast with LBC, Box Cutters, In and Out, Freddy Mercury, Nipplers, Pickle Pounders
Announcements: U Turn tomorrow, Ground Pounder
Prayer: CrabLegs, Fog Horn, Travelers and Military/First Responders

Lipstick Virgin Q at the Farm

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PAX: 187, Lucky Charms, Brony, Webex, Skidmark, Doc, Warbucks, PSI, Peeping Tom, UTI, Forceps, Axe, The Natural, Straight Cash, Cowboy, Pikachu, Yogurt, Lipstick, Crosby, Brexit

Warm Up: Nice 1 mile jog over to Sugg Farm for a change in scenery.  Circle up for SSH x32, Daisy Pickers x16, FAC x8 (Forward and Reverse) Count off 1’s and 2’s
The Workout: Mozy over to Heartbreak Hill and Soul Crusher.  1’s took Heartbreak and 2’s on Soul Crusher. Q called for 3 circuits of hill repeats with 10 burpees at the bottom and 10 diamond merkins at the top.  After 1 time thru, Q called for a modify of x2. (Credit to Pikachu & Lucky Charms for x3 to pick up the 6).   Pax took a nice 1 mile jog back to tennis courts for Mary
Mary: Pickle Pounders x16, Low Slow Flutters x10, Pickle Pounders x10, Low Slow Flutters x10, Diamond Merkins x10
Announcements: CSAUP tomorrow
Prayer: Warbucks family (Lost his son at 6 weeks of age, 2yrs ago today), PAX that are injured, Foghorns family as he lost his father yesterday

Proverbs 27:17  “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend”

Men tend to keep things inside and this verse tells us though the power of being there for a friend.  Not only is their bonding that occurs but being there for a brother in Christ can uplift them, keep them accountable and makes them feel better.  Men need each other in the worst way and we tend to bottle things up and that leads to problems.  If you know someone you could reach out to, do so today!

4 year F3 Anniversary at Cletus

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YHC hit the fartsack last night with an irritated eye.  I hoped that a good 5 hour nights sleep would cure this.  YHC woke a little early for Extra credit (4am) and right eye pain was killing me.  A quick trip to Harris Teeter to waste some money on eye drops that did nothing.  Well… I figured I was going to be in eye pain anyway – so why not take my mind off it with some total body pain.  I said screw it – lets post.

This morning, I was celebrating 4 years of F3.  It took about 18 months of emotional headlocking for Chase (Gnard Dogg) to convince me to try my first workout at Womble Park.  I will never forget this workout – Key West was my Q and I think Peak Week, Blue Hen, Moby, New Mexico and Howard were all there to name me.  I did not think I would make it through without quitting.  I remember doing a jacobs ladder with burpees in the baseball outfield.  This morning, I wanted to celebrate with one of my best memories of a hard ass workout.  The Bearway to heaven.

About 7-8 gathered for EC to hear me bitch about my eye.  None of that matters as 5:15a hit and we were off.  We did about 2 miles with many doing a little more as they circled back to get the 6 (YHC).  We had 187 and Skid Mark even join us AFTER their Murph (BEAST)

PAX:

Emeril, Deadbolt, Patch, Kid Cracker, Peak Week, Brony, R22, Peeping Tom, The Dawgpound, Mookie, 187, Butterfinger, M4L, Flannigan, Slide Rule, Foghorn, Skidmark, Pablo, Luck Charms, New Mexico, Yogi, Yogurt, Doc, Hasselhoff, Nemo, Cowboy, Beach, 8Bit, Lip Stick, Banana Seat, Da Business, Forceps, The Natural, Roger Roger, Noah’s Ark, Gump, Double D, LED, Fed Ex, POTS, PSI, Vespa, Red Pill

Warm Up:

Grab the official Southwake Shovel Flag (T Claps to Howard for making it and entrusting me with it) and head to the large field to circle up for warm ups.  We had WAAAAY more pax than I anticipated.  Someone ran by me an said – “were you planning on 40” – I remember thinking – I am barely hear and can barely see out of my right eye 🙂

Anyway – we circled up

  • SSH x 20
  • Good Mornings x 15
  • Standard Merkins x 20
  • Imperial + Hill Billy (10 each = 20)
  • 5 Burpee OYO
  • Fazio Arm Circles 10F 10R
  • Recover on the jog to the shelter by the soccer fields and bathrooms

The Workout:

THANG 1:  Pass the Pill

  • Count of by 2s to divide the pax into two groups
  • Indian Runs (clockwise and counter clockwise) around soccer field with back pax carrying a 25 pound weight as he runs to the front
  • Pax then carefully passes the weight to the back – man by man – repeat while indian running
  • We had 20+ in each group so it took nearly 1.75 laps to get it done.
  • Head to Hunt center field for next

THANG 2:  Bearway to Heaven

  • 40 pax in a line along the side line of soccer field
  • 7 cones set up about 20 feet apart
  • Bear crawl to 1st cone – 7 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 2nd cone – 6 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 3rd cone – 5 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 4th cone – 4 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 5th cone – 3 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 6th cone – 2 burpees – run back
  • Bear crawl to 7th cone – 1 burpee – run back
  • Thanks to the pax for picking the 6 (me) up

Recover on the jog back to the flag for mary / COT

Mary:

  • LBC Ladder (in cadence)
    • 5, 10, 15, 20 – 20, 15, 10, 5)
  • Hand release Merkins x 10
  • we’re done!

Announcements:

Yogi mentioned pax member running 26 hours in honor of bing sober for 26 years

F3 Greenville is having a CSAUP “Sasquach” next weekend – real all about it here – http://www.f3enc.com/backblasts/csaup/2018-sasquatch-pre-blast/ – clown cars forming

Prayers:

Prayers for many pax including

  • Boy George M
  • Doube D Father – ailing health
  • Pablo’s 2.0 – out patient surgery
  • Crablegs
  • Rams (foot)
  • H1N1 (MCL/ACL)

Naked Moleskin:

Thanks to everyone for 4 of the best years of my life.  I never thought that I would get THIS much out of F3.

  • I feel I am in the best shape of my adult life
  • I’ve ran 4 half marathons
  • Made 100s of new true friends
  • Made great strides in my spiritual walk
  • Became a much better husband and father
  • Became a better leader at work
  • this list could go on…

Here’s to 4 more!

 

Next Workout: Same Damn thing (only different)

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Background:   A buddy recently started working out and told me he did a “fitness test” as a barometer.  I wondered how I’d fare on that test, but I certainly wasn’t going to work out on my own, so figured I’d start Cletus with the test.  Thus, the warmup!

We started with the disclaimer for 2 FNG’s (nice job!), guaranteed we wouldn’t leave them behind, then tore off at a 7 minute pace for the warmup (thanks to the awesome Pax who stayed with the Six)

Warm Up:

As fast as possible, do

  • 1/2 mile
  • 50 SSH
  • 40 Squats
  • 30 WWII
  • 20 Merkins
  • 10 Burpees

Time: 7 min, 6 sec.

Result: YHC was smoked and the rest of the workout was pulling from fumes

Warm Up Part Dos:

20 SSH, 20 Squat Jumps, 20 WWII, 20 Merkins, at a much more reasonable pace

The Workout:

Pt 1:

Indian run to the rocks.  Grab a stationary curling rock and circle up around the volleyball courts.

  • Squat Hold, Overhead Press Rock.  First one in circle throws rock to sand, does a burpee, then runs a lap around the court.  Second man follows after the burpee.  Repeat until all have run a lap
  • Same damn thing, only this time curling the rock
  • SDT, only this time triceps extensions.

Recover with a round of Guantanamo Leg Raises

Followed by Bull Frogs

  • Back to volleyball circle, only this time second man starts after the rock throw (Before burpee)
  • SDT, curling
  • SDT, triceps

Mosey to playground

Pt 2:

Groups of 4 for 3 rounds of:

  • Pullups
  • Merkins
  • WWII
  • Sprint to rock wall (acts as timer for the group)

Mary:

  • 13 Russian American Hammers
  • 13 Box Cutters
  • 13 R-A Hammers
  • 13 Freddy Mercury
  • 13 R-A Hammers

Make it stop, please.  Ended right on time.

Announcements:

CSAUP coming up.  Ask Pikachu, he’ll be on slack

Skid Mark was our Six and shared awesome words of what F3 has meant for him this year.  Invited a half dozen + guys, one today, and several of those guys are still going strong.  Awesome job dude, and great getting to know you.

Welcome aboard FNGs: Vespa, Big Wheel

Prayer:

Brexit’s Michigan friend badly burned, but hanging on; Troops overseas and at home; Crab Legs.

Pilgrim Rock

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Bernie did a Slight Variation to a Pilgrim workout…

Warmup: SSH, Good mornings, Mountain Climbers

Main Workout: 4 Stations

1- Burpees, Curls, Jack Web, Homer to Marge

2- KB Swings, w/ Jump, Squats, Lunge with Swing, Jumping Lunges

3-Uneven Pushups, Crawl Bear to Start Bear Crawl back, Plank to knee tap, lateral skaters

4-Plank, hollow hold, Mountain Climbers, Russian Hammers

Mary: Abs blast

Announcements: Kenny’s Grave – next Thursday – Banana Seat, Need Q for “Getting the Runs”; also low attendance for Saturday’s Ground Pounder.

Prayers: Roger Rogers grandfather, Injured, Crab Legs, those Traveling