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BOARDING ACTION!!

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FNGs: N/A

Warm Up: The Usual. F3 Mission Statement and 5 core principles were stated correctly.

The Workout: in today’s gloom we ran a competition pitting Queen Anne’s Crew (Gump, Flip Phone, and Finkle) against Vane’s Rebels across 4 stations of equipment and body weight exercises. With the help of a 50 second tabata timer, members of one crew would lift the heavy things and put them down (farmer carry, kettlebell swings, sandbag burpies, and curls for the girls) while the other crew did body weight exercises of their choosing (too many to name). The crews would switch and see if they could lift up heavy things better than that of their rival crew. 

See history lesson on Blackbeard and Charles Vane below.

Mary: No time!

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Prayers for injured PAX and PAX on the job-hunt.

History Lesson: Blackbeard vs. Charles Vane

Charles Vane and Edward Teach — better known as Blackbeard — were both prominent pirates operating in the Atlantic during the early 1700s, and their rivalry stemmed from competition over territory and resources in the Caribbean and along the American coast. Vane was known for his brutality and refusal to accept pardons, while Blackbeard cultivated a fearsome reputation through theatrics and intimidation. Towards the end of Blackbeard’s life, the two were competing for dominance in pirate havens, and Vane’s aggressive tactics alongside Blackbeard’s declining influence created tension between their crews. Though they never directly clashed, their rivalry represented the cutthroat nature of piracy in that era — fitting inspiration for today’s beatdown.

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Using the Strings

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5 PAX showed up to use the TRX “strings”. Warmed up because it was cold out and then proceeded with 4 rounds of various TRX exercises. And an Around the Horn Mary. 

Prayers for upcoming surgeries and healings, jobs, and travels. 

Cold Snap

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Warm‑Up

Mosey around the track, stopping periodically for:

  • Side‑Straddle Hops (SSH)
  • Good Mornings
  • Windmills
  • Squats
  • Squat Pulses

The Thang

At the wall:
Performed a modified Jack Webb, using a 1:4 ratio of 4‑count Wall Planks to Mountain Climbers.

On the tennis courts:
Broke down burpees, then used lunges or bear crawl as the mode of travel to each end line.

Round 1:

  • 5 Bobby Hurleys
  • 10 Merkins
  • 15 Squats
  • 20 Burpees

Round 2:

  • 20 Bobby Hurleys
  • 15 Merkins
  • 10 Squats
  • 5 Burpees

Mary

Closed with a mix of ab work:

  • LBCs
  • Hello Dollys
  • Toe Touches
  • Leg Raises
  • Homer‑to‑Marge
  • Chillcut with Peter Parkers

Finished with stretching.

Announcements

  • Q Challenge underway.

 

Prayer Requests

  • Banana Seat and his travels.

7 for 9 stations at Mutiny

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: Arm circles, IW, HB, GM, WMH

 

The Workout:

9 stations. 50 seconds on 10 second off. 3 round

Werewolfs (downward dog <-> cobra)

Weighted Lunges

Crab Cakes

Jump Squats

Navy Seal Merkins

Weighted Homer-to-Marge

KB squat into a tri-for-the-guy

Squat Hold Calf Raises

Weighted American Hammers

 

Mary: LSF, Hello, Dolly, Scissors, and LBC. Next, we had a few group activities with a 20 lb medicine ball. Finished with 4 min of active stretching 

Announcements: pool Qs on Friday at Sheep Dog. 

T-Claps (Recognition): Happy 35th, Sombrero! 

Prayer: travels for Flip Phone and Abacus

4 Year Anniversary Hoedown

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Standard

The Workout: PAX partnered up and – with use of coupons, kettlebells and more – ran through a circuit of Farmer Carry, Forearm Twist, Norma Jean Rileys (Ab Roll), Chest Press, Swings, Curls for the Girls, Snatches, Lunges. At each station, one partner would do the prescribed workout listed above while the other partner would do either merkins, WWIs, burpees, or squats. When the 45 second timer went off, partners would switch places. They’d go onto the next station once both partners had completed that station’s workout.

Mary: Pickle pounders for the pickle ball players present

Announcements: July 4th is on July 4th

T-Claps (Recognition): YHC’s 4 years and going. T-Claps to Fedex, Gump, FRAM, LED, and all those who were building up F3 SouthWake before I arrived.

Prayer: Loafer, Socrates, Michigan Church Shooting

Day 1 2015 Throwback Week – Mutiny

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YHC has the privilege of leading the four original AO’s that were offered in 2015 when I first started this week. It will be a build up to my 10 year anniversary on Friday. We start out with Mutiny. YHC has completed maybe a hundred or more workouts at this AO throughout the years. Today we remembered one of my first posts here that was delivered by Brett Michaels…”The Michigan”. It was super tough back then and still can be today depending on how much you push yourself. Anyway, here is the workout we did.

Warm Ups
Mosey from upper circle down and around circle drive and back up.
– Good Mornings
– SSH
– Michael Phelps
– Frankensteins
– Plank Jacks

Clock Merkins – Rotating to each hour while in a plank position and performed the number of merkins for each hour. Ex. 3 merkins for 3 o’clock. When completed, it was 78 total merkins.

PAX moseyed up to the upper field for “The Michigan”
Ten 100 yd dashes – 2 M&H
Eight 80 yd dashes – 4 M&H
Six 60 yd dashes – 6 M&H
Four 40 yd dashes – 8 M&H
Two 20 yd dashes – 10 M&H
M&H = Merkins and 2X Hallelujahs
We built our speed over the progression of the dashes.

Next, we moseyed down to the parking spaces for Build-A-Bears.
Start at the end of the parking line, do a burpee, bear crawl the line to the curb, do a merkin on the curb, slide plank across the curb to the next line, do another merkin, crawl bear back down the line and perform another burpee. We did this 5 times total.

We then went to the tennis courts.
Balls to the Fence shoulder taps x10 IC then into Hallelujah wall sits x10 IC for 3 rds.

Mary
Core Challenge Wk 1 exercises X10 IC
– Sitting knee tucks
– Starfish crunch
– Exaggerated LSF
– American Hammers
– Superman’s

COT
Announcements: Paint the fence at Bass Lake on Friday. CSAUP coming this fall.
Prayers: Many unspoken, Fram’s FIL, YHC’s friend’s dad passed

PAX, Thanks for attending and it’s always an honor to lead. Until next time…

BS Out

Not quite accurate rainy Mutiny

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: popeye punches, WMH, IW, HB, arm circles

The Workout:

Part 1 (3 sets of the following)

Copenhagens L&R

Squat Hold calf raises

Part 2 (4 corners)

Breakdancers

Sumo squats

Mike Tyson

Balls to the Wall

Mary: around the world Announcements: @yogurt 60th bday Q is tomorrow (Tuesday)

Prayer: @frams father-in-law, @Rico’s friend lost his mom

Absolutions! Oh My!

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FNGs: Welcome Hardhat! Named because a TBI in high-school and that he works in construction project management.

Warm Up: Side-straddle hops, daisy pickers, and a few stretches while the F3 Mission Statement, Core Values, and the FNG disclaimer was recited. (Penalty burpees were assessed when the initially called upon PAX hesitated when asked to recite the mission statement)

The Workout:

Round one consisted of partnering up for a core themed DORA consisting of Absolutions x100, Plank Jacks x200, and LBCs x300 with the alternate partner running 100ish meters then swapping out. 

Round two was a BLIMPS blitz with the PAX lining up on one side of the tennis courts and completing ascending reps of Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and Squats then sprinting to the opposite side of the tennis court and repeating with an additional rep. Ascended through 7 sets. 

Mary: Low-slow flutter and hello dolly

Prayer: PAX that are traveling and friends/family of PAX that are ill or going through challenging times. 

Simple but effective

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FNGs: Warm Up: some good mornings, Fabio arm circles, Frankensteins, windmills,

The Workout: two lunges and 8 count squat pulse for 30 yards followed by lap around circle. 4 count bear crawl, 2 pushups and burpee for 30 yards followed by lap around circle. Rinse and repeat after 40 count SSH to honor the 40 Gold medals from Us Olympians. Did some stretching in the tennis court followed by Mary.

Mary: 40 count LBC, 40 count homer to Marge, 40 count reverse LBC and 1 minute chill cut with knee taps.
Announcements: even the odds last week of August followed by Pax Challenge in Sept. at Sheepdog.

Prayer: patience and support for families and pray for health issues.

 

Greenway Trip at Mutiny

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11 PAX in attendance today at Mutiny. We ran the greenway to north lakes parking lot. Everyone made it safely but very sweaty. Welcome Timberland!

Warm up lap with agility and back peddle on hill repeats. Move onto field for exercises
GM
SSH
Windmills
Up downs
Hydraulic squats

Indian run to north lakes parking lot
Stopped for merkins while some picked up the six
7’s w/burpees and Spider-Man merkins
Lt Dan across

Indian run back
Stopped at bridge otw back
Bridge sit hallelujahs x10
Ascending merkins 5x5x5
Rinse and repeat

Mary
WWIIs
Freddy Mercury’s
Box cutters
Reverse LBCs
HAND

Timberland just moved down to go into a rehab program for the next 21 months. Let’s all keep him in our thoughts and prayers. X-ray took us out.

Nice swampy morning men. Thanks for allowing me to lead such a strong group.

BS out!