The Blocks are No Longer Hidden

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I love to Q at this place…just so much to do on the grounds of Disney! Apparently, we’ve recently had the addition of 20 cinder blocks as permanent fixtures to this AO that were cleverly hidden in a grove of trees. Well…today YHC pulled up to see that those trees had been cut back significantly, exposing our hiding place for the blocks. But, the blocks remained. YHC was unsure if he was going to use them, but was glad they were still there. At the end of the workout, all PAX jumped in to re-locate them to a more secure…hopefully undisturbed location for future use. 8 PAX travelled quite a bit throughout Disney covering nearly 2 miles today on their fast pass to fitness.

FNG’s: no
Warm Up: Good mornings IC x 22, followed by a mosey to the community center where we circled up for Frankensteins x 10 IC, Seal Claps, Sir Fazio’s (F/R), Overhead Claps all x12 IC.
The Workout: We moseyed to the back wall of the school for a quick 22 count of People’s Chair and Balls to the Wall IC.

We then moseyed over to the bowl for Dirkins, Step-Ups, Irkins, and Dips…in that order, x 10 for round 1, x 15 for round 2.

We then quickly moseyed over to the “L” and partnered up. To run the “L”, one partner went up the hill toward the library stop sign to do 11 Star Jumps, while the other ran toward the hill at the elementary school to do 7 WW1’s. When partners returned to meet in the middle, they did Patty Cake Merkins, starting with 3 and getting the count up to 8 before stopping. Each time partners met and did the exercise they would travel opposite directions.

We then did an Indian Run all the way back to the flag for some Mary.
Mary: Mary was kind of Mary, and kind of not. Everyone grabbed a cinder block for Mary. It consisted of: LBC x 22IC, 22 Chest Press w/block, 7 Blockees (block burpees), LSF x 17 IC, 17 Chest Press w/block, 6 Blockees, Dying Cockroach x13, 13 Chest Press w/Block, 5 blockees, 10 American Hammers x10 IC, 10 Chest Presses, 4 blockees, 7 Pickle Pounders IC, 7 Block Presses, 3 blockees, 5 Superman’s on the Up and Down, 5 Block Presses, 2 blockees, 3 Absolutions, 3 Block Presses, 1 blockee to finish. Have a nice day!
Announcements: Q Swap next week! Disney is a site!
T-Claps (Recognition): Dahmer and POTS for getting all in that bush finding a new hiding place for our blocks!
Prayer: Unspoken. YHC took us out!

Easy Street (On Repeat)

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Before you read this BackBlast – please scroll to the bottom and hit play and enjoy the music to accompany this recount of the workout.

YHC had been meaning to bestow a gift to the Disney AO based on his recent move to site Q.  It worked out that Lipstick had a stack of cinder blocks in the corner of his garage and I had some spray paint.  Now there is even more to do at The Happiest Place on Earth!

 

FNGs: None

 

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Squat Thrusts, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, SSH and a mozy around the soccer field and back through the field, back to the flag.

The Workout:  Our Q knew that the site gift was in play and decided to take full advantage.  YHC opened the hatch on his family’s light blue minivan to show off the freshly logo’d cinder blocks.  PAX were divided into teams of 4 and instructed to grab 2 blocks per team.  A triangle course was marked by 3 cones from the corner of the soccer field.  Thing-a-ma-bob called out exercises for each cone for each round.  One cone had a resident block that would be used for the stations workout.  A PAX was stationed at each cone until his 4th team member showed up carrying the other block.  He would then take the block and move to the next cone.  Each round continued through some pre-determined timeframe in which “Easy Stree” played on repeat.  A buzzer marked the end of the round.   The music would pause momentarily – each PAX would hope against hope that there was another song on the playlist only to be disappointed over and over again.

Round 1 – Merkins, Goblet Squats, WWII

Round 2 – Squat Thrust, Shoulder Taps, CBLs

Round 3 – Jump Squats, Curls, LBCs

Round 4 – Dry Docks, Flutter Kicks, Lunges

Round 5 – Skipped for time

Round 6 – Jump Squat, Burpees, Squat Thrusts

Mary:  In teams, 1 PAX completed Murder Bunnies, while 3 Squat Hold / Plank Hold – repeat until all PAX complete a round of Murder Bunnies

Announcements:  NE Wake CSAUP

The Deacon – F3 NE Wake’s CSAUP to take place on Saturday September 18, 2021 – Mark you Calendars: ~10 miles of fun that include 6 AOs including the Falls Lake Dam and Mt. Thrashmore

Sign up sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ISdSIGG8reanF0AbN4S_Vg-lO6WpEfvwEdTMyNEM12g/edit?fbclid=IwAR27_dqvppQGNNZiQMSqiKn9n9yor0M83jCiJ0zVB6Eqf4C_kULxbtm1Vsg#gid=0

T-Claps (Recognition): Thing-a-ma-bob and Tubetop for making the journey.  Extra claps to T-bob for his leadership.  Claps to all in attendance for helping me stash the new attraction.

Prayer:

  • For all PAX that attended today, that they may get this song out of their heads.
  • Bondo – wife’s checkup
  • Kosher – getting back out in the world for work.  Upcoming travel.
  • FRAM – friend recovering from multiple back-to-back medical issues

Now… Please enjoy the melody of Easy Street for the next 10 hours or MORE

A CHARMED LIFE IS ONLY IN FAIRY TALES

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A solid crowd of supportive, encouraging HIM showed up to my VQ just in time to beat the downpour of Tropical Storm Elsa.

PAX:  Bobby Boucher, MadDog2020, Fanny Pack, Kosher, Fonzie, LED, Pablo, 8Bit, Breach, BossHogg, Hardy, U.T.I, Ricoh_Suave, Sputnik, Florence/FloJoe, Quiver, Yogurt, Fram, M4Life, Bondo, Swisher Sweets, Sprinkler, Redenbacher, Bobby Dall, Dahmer, and Poopeater

FNGs: None
Warm Up:  A quick intro to the group:  First by presenting the outstretched waist band of my comically large size 40 shorts and telling all that two years ago today, these shorts fit me quite well  (my “fat pants”, as Fram called them).  I then explained that today, July 8 is my two-year sobriety anniversary, which was met with a generous round of applause, and that today also coincided with a Disney AO which was the site of my F3 debut – so it seemed a fitting opportunity to take my first Q.

Now the real warmup:  Mosey down to the community center parking lot (because I got a little excited and took off running before warmups) where we counted off by 2s, followed by good mornings, SSH, frankensteins, sir…did we do sir fazios?  Maybe I forgot that.  But finished with merkins – 10 standard, 5 slow-count up/down.

The Workout:  PAX lined up for some Jail breaks.  Grumbles of disapproval were heard and I almost felt bad…almost.  7 sprints total, of varying lengths along the parking lot.  Bits of Woody’s life story were told during the intermissions between runs.  Apparently YHC talked too much because I ran out of time well short of what I had planned.

Next we moseyed to the school building where 1s and 2s split – BTTW & LBC, 20 count IC, then switched.  More stories were heard.  Moseyed again to the stadium entrance where we did some dips and derkins, with more yammering on by YHC between sets.  Moving on, we stopped near the main entrance of the school where 1s/2s did People’s chair (sorry for calling them wall squats, I think that’s a P90X term?) and Plank Jacks.

Should be noted that PAX did an excellent job of jumping in to call cadence when YHC was noticeably winded – thanks!

About this time I realized I was way over my time limit, had to deviate from the plan and call some audibles to wrap it all up by 0615.  Moseyed for a bit then split 1s/2s into single file lines for an Indian Run back to the starting point. Threw in a surprise stop for 5 burpees OYO, just because.  Very cool to see, just before reaching destination, entire PAX crowd circled back to pick up the 6 to finish up unified and strong!

YHC gave a quick summation of the stories and anecdotes that were heard along the way before Mary…or was it after?  Whatever.   That is:  This amazing body and everything it’s capable of is a gift, not to be left idle.  We do this to celebrate what we have, to use it, to build it and make it stronger.  We do this because we can.

Mary:  In no particular order because I had none planned and don’t quite remember – box cutters, homer to marge, a quick downward dog stretch, toe taps, and some side hip raises (another move I didn’t know the F3 name for – sorry)
Announcements:  No time – YHC saw 0617 on his watch and told all to just check Slack and bring it in for prayer.
Prayer:  Because I’m selfish and made this AO all about me, the prayer followed suit.  It was one of thanks, for pulling me out of darkness and for bringing me to this group at just the right time in my life.  But also that this group would take inspiration from my stories, share them with those around them, and be the light to as many as possible so that no one feels that they are alone in their struggles.

We did a lot

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FNGs: Welcome FNG Paycheck (Gavin)

Warm Up:
Mosey by soccer fields to half pipe for SSH, merkins, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps, OH claps.

The Workout:
1. 7’s on the half pipe
Squats on 1 side, lunges on the other, 1 merkin on sidewalk each time.

Mosey to parking lot by playground

2. Partner merkins
Partners ran opposite directions. 1st meeting 5x brokeback derkins, 2nd meeting 5x pattycake merkins. 4 rounds were completed.

3. Step-ups/knee tucks
Partner 1 did 10 step ups while Partner 2 did knee tucks (hanging or on swings). 3 rounds were completed.

Mosey to soccer fields

4. Indian bear crawl across soccer field
PAX lined up head to feet and held plank position in 1 line. PAX in back bear crawled to front until we made it across the field.

5. Evolution of man (crawl, walk, run)
Inch worm to 1st blue line, crab walk to center field. 21x LSF, 21x pickle pounders. Sprint the remaining half field.

Mary:
Alphabet Abs and popcorn exercise: homer 2 marge, heels to heaven, LBCs,

Announcements: See social media, Bondo’s retirement Q next week

T-Claps (Recognition):
Fram for rocking the 30lb vest all week, including EC.
PAX for their donations to UNC last week.

Prayer:
Fram’s co-worker Tim, Swisher Sweet’s family member
YHC took us out.

Baby Yoga at Disney.

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Several PAX had indicated over a couple of months that we should do more stretching or yoga during a workout.  YHC thought what better time to drop it on my 2 year celebration week.  40 min of  yoga from a non-YOGI master.  Names of moves and fluidity were suspect, but nonetheless we made it through. DRP taken!

FNGs: John P. AKA: Cheesy Tots
Warm Up: SSH, SFAC, Frankenstein’s
The Workout: Various Yoga poses.  Don’t know all the names, but we moved through Vinyasa’s, Triangles, Warriors, Reverse Warriors, Runner pose, Twisting Triangle, Etc…etc…..etc… Groan, grunt, cuss, Groan….breath……hold breath…..breath……groan, cuss, breath again……..CUSS!  “Damn that was fun, different and great! Let’s do it again sometime.” said various PAX’s.  Cue a “That’s what she said line” by Quiver every 30 sec during the ME.
Mary: LBC, Rev LBC, Full LBC, Butterfly’s, Two hand heel tap, Oblique V-ups, Scissors.
Announcements: Too many to list, check Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Woody’s son traveling to West Coast, Family in Golf cart accident. Fram daughter in NE.

A little drizzle this am but still sticky!

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Driving down Optimist Farm Road this morning. Several PAX ECing and I blew the horn. Fanny Pack said I scared the crap out of them. M4life rolled in with maybe 1 second to spare barefooted. He said he did not need shoes for this easy workout.

FNG: Nope

Warm Up: We moseyed over to the baseball PVA. We did Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankenstein’s, Side straddle hops, merkins, Burpees to 10 all IC.

The Workout: Moseyed behind school and broke off into 2 groups. 1st group BTW while second group did monkey humpers, switched-then we moseyed back down stretch of school for some burpees. Moseyed back to the wall for wall sets with seal claps, group 2 was doing Turkish get up. Moseyed back behind school where we rinsed and repeated. I left a little earlier and got called out. So when we moseyed around the back of the school for another BTW while group 1 did Turkish get ups. Went into the circle where some steps were for step up, Urkins, Derkins and dips. Left there and took the scenic route to the Abyss behind the ball field. While enroute we used steps, ramps wherever they were in sight. Once we arrived at the we split up in our groups for 2 rounds of LBC’s at the top while the other group ran the steps. Moseyed back for Mary.

Mary: Circled Up and squatted down low. The circle shuffled to the right and left. I called on several PAX for their favorite exercises. FRAM’s were the least liked. Peter Parker with a hold on the way up and down. (Sucked)

T-Claps: 2 visitors from NE Wake region-Thing-a-ma-bob and Tube Top Several PAX’s out getting EC this morning. M4life did workout barefooted! (I bet he is hurting)

Announcements: Bed Build Kohls PVA Saturday morning. %K race this weekend. Check slack for details.

Prayers: Lipstick’s M, Hastelhoff Prayers as well. YHC took us out!

It was an Honor to lead fellas!

So much to do, but so little time

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3 Pax for Monthly Challenge EC and several for an EC run.

Warm Up:Side straddle hops, arm circles forward and reverse, seal clap, overhead claps, daisy pickers

The Workout: I started with a blast from the past, my first visit to this AO was the 1776 workout on July 4th 2018.
Mosey around the parking lot and head towards the shelter for 16 rounds of 31 seconds on, 9 seconds off Tabata work:

  • merkins
  • high knees
  • Scorpion dry docks (not enough pull up bars for everyone so I subbed this one out)
  • Plank jacks
  • Side straddle hops
  • Turkish get ups
  • Overhead claps
  • American hammers
  • Lunges
  • Step ups
  • Squats
  • Moroccan night clubs
  • Mountain climbers
  • LBCs
  • Dips
  • Plank shoulder taps

Bear crawl across the parking lot and 7 burpees to finish it off

Mosey to the legendary Abyss for some Dora style partner work

  • 100 Planche merkins (great for biceps)
  • 100 AG squat front kicks
  • 100 mountain climbers (L/R=1)
  • Pick up the 6 and a 10 count squat hold
  • 100 boat canoes
  • 100 crab cakes in cadence between all PAX

Mary: Mosey back to the parking lot for an Embrace the Suck hold (3 minutes). Finished with 25 low and VERY SLOW flutters.

Announcements: Several Pax doing the Triathlon Saturday and they are looking for volunteers, some 3rd F opportunities coming up, my 4yr F3 Anniversary is this Saturday and I’ve got the Q at GP.
T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone that came out this morning despite the threat of pouring rain, and especially those that did EC.
Prayer: We all took a knee and I took us out.

Early 4 Year at Disney

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My 4 year would be the Memorial Day Murph, but out of town plans led me to ask Dawgpound if I could take the Q from him at Disney for an early celebration. This was just before the challenge and I appreciate he gave up a coveted Q spot late in the month, and was pleased to see he picked up a different AO this morning. It was an honor to lead, was pleased to see such a great turnout, and what better place than Disney for me to celebrate. I am a proud Disney site Q alum. Preblast promised nothing fancy, just moving around and putting in the work, with a guarantee of a good tour.

FNGs: None today, so no bonus point awarded
Warm Up: Quick jog around lot, circled up for Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Hillbillies and had to throw in Goofballs for good measure. 5 burpees OYO too.
The Workout: Jog around back of fields and down the hill to the road, circled up for a couple sets alternating SSH ICx20 and a shoulder burn (arms out, fazio front, arms out, fazio reverse, arms out, seal claps, arms out, overhead claps, arms out, recover). On the jog back to entrance and grabbed a low pole for alternating deep tempo dips ICx10 and tempo merkins ICx10. Did this 4 times. On the jog to the lower lot, each man on a line, dropped to plank hold, shoulder taps, plank hold, nipplers, chill cut, merkins, plank hold, recover. Did this 2 time. On the jog to back corner of building for alternating low slow flutters ICx20, 15 and 10, with the other half holding BTTW, so 3x on the wall for each of us. On the jog to big lot lined up in groups of 4 for a bear crawl Indian Run. PAX hold plank while man in back bear crawls to front. Each man did 4 bear crawls. 10 quick merkins to burn out and then on the jog to The Abyss for 2 rounds with LBC up top and Star Jumps at bottom. On the jog back to flag.
Mary: Not much time so heel taps ICx22 and LBC ICx2
Announcements: Cletus 7 year anny celebration with Deadbolt on Q, wear red Fri, ZERO excuses and support Breach raising money for Travis Manion Foundation – let’s go big tomorrow for this.
T-Claps (Recognition): from me to all of you for the experiences over the past 4 years, and for putting in the effort start to finish today – might not seem like we did all that much but when you think about it we did not stop working the whole time
Prayer: 16-Bit mother-in-law, those impacted by the shooting in San Diego. As leaders in all we do, let’s be mindful of looking out for others especially when it comes to mental well being. YHC took us out

Does this count as 1?

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FNGs: Welcome Woody!
EC: Pikachu, Dahmer, Fonzie, Gamecock, Warbucks

Warm Up:
Warmu p lap around soccer fields.
Quick disclaimer, then SSH, Windmill, Sir Fazio arm circles, Imperial Walkers.

The Workout:
Mosey to the Abyss and partnered up.

PAX completed a Dora 1-2-3.  YHC struggled to explain counts, so PAX mileage may have varied…
Partner 1 ran down stairs and back up, YHC instructed to touch each step
Partner 2 did exercise and swap when runner returned.
100 Single leg Homer to marge (1 each leg = 1)
200 Low slow flutter IC
300 Side crunch (1 each side = 1)

Mosey to soccer fields for an evolution of man.
Inch worm (crawl) a quarter of the soccer field and held chill cut plank.
10 pickle pounders IC
Crab Walk to half field.
10 monkey humpers IC
Sprint the remainder of the field
10 Scorpion dry docks

Repeat above back across field.

Mary:
With 20 seconds remaining YHC called for 20 sec of have a nice day!

Announcements:
Workout and cornhole tourney on Sunday to raise money for Sgt Leach
Social media.

T-Claps (Recognition):
Nice work by FNG Woody and the rest of these dudes.

Prayer:
Unspoken. Bondo took us out.

No Frills, Just Thrills at Disney

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19 PAX for multiples of 56 at Disney. Indian runs and classic F3 exercises took us 3 miles around the park. Solid work by all! Great way to celebrate 56 years. Pleasure to lead.

EC: UTI, Maybelline, Nemo, Fanny Pack, YHC

ME: @Warren Brendle @LipSync @Fanny Pack @Banana Seat @U.T.I. @Bobby Dall @Bobby Boucher @Kosher @Fancy Feast @187 @Nemo @Mookie @Maybelline @Roger Roger @Fanny Pack @Banana Seat @Lipstick @Warbucks YHC

Today’s theme: 56 in recognition of my 56th bday.

Warm up: 14×4 = 56 – 14 good mornings, 14 goofballs, 14 arm circles, 14 somethings

Kickoff: At any site, you gotta use your resources. Here at Disney, I love the artificial turf.

In a format similar to 11s, we lined up for burpees on one side and select exercises on the other side. Reps of burpees times other side reps = 56

  • Round 1: 1 burpee, run to opposite, 56 SSHs (1×56)
  • Round 2: 2 burpees, run, to opposite, 28 squats (2×28)
  • Round 3: 4 burpees, run to opposite, 14 Turkish getups (4×14)
  • Round 4: 8 burpees, run to opposite, 7 mtn climbers (8×7)

Indian run to carpool drop-off circle.

  • Divide into groups of 4/5.
  • Sevens (7s) with WWIIs at bottom, star jumps at top, GO!

Indian run, split into two groups, back to turf center circle.

Mary: Just enough time for a full round of Jack Webbs (30). This is one of my Disney favorites that I learned at one of Nemo’s workouts. Another good one for that soft artificial turf.

I’ve been ending my Q’s with a blast of classic rock. Today it was Chicago’s 25 or 6 to Four. No particular theme tied in. Spotify played this for me when I was searching songs. This classic is among many, many others that were routinely played on the radio in the 1970s, which was the heart of my childhood (age 5-15). Hope you enjoyed!

Announcements: LipSync shared successful F3 South Wake to support Brandon, who he routinely pushes in Brandon’s wheelchair on runs. Brandon has cerebral palsey and lives with his mother. Her cleaning business is way down due to Covid-19. F3 South Wake more than covered their immediate needs. Also Warbucks announced a challenge at Cletus to earn the Q for U-Turn on Saturday.

Prayer: unspoken

TClaps: All for keeping me motivated. Fanny Pack for the May Challenge–great idea, great execution!