I thought that was FedEx

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Chilly, windy Monday mornings always brings out the best in people: great workouts, great mumble chatter, great fellowship. Nice to see a consistent showing at PC as 13 strong ventured out to let FML take the Q. We make this promise, you will get a variety.

EC Bells: Dawg and Emeril
EC Running: UTI, Lipstick, Skidmark
Commute: Pikachu

FNGs: One new member to F3 moseyed across the street to join rather than making the commute to Garner. Welcome Brah. Good thing he didn’t tell us he joined slack with a fake name or this could have been ugly. Someone pointed out a slight resemblance to FedEx.
Warm Up: Lipstick ran us up the ramp for some SSH, Imperial Walkers, and Hillbillies. Down the ramp for burpees for sleepy Kat and Frankensteins.
The Workout: Lipstick with the first Q who took us on a 5 minute mosey to the entrance to Oak Hall. The first one. BUT depending on you point of reference that could easily change. Regardless we had to run up there in 5 minutes and back in 3:45. Valiant effort.

Pikachu with part Deux. Suicides on the ramp. 3 star jumps at the bottom and Monkey Humpers at the light post. Add 3 humpers at each light post to get you to 39 humpers of monkees.

Mary: Skidmark at the rear. 3 man indian run to the courts for about 7 minutes of plank hold for varying exercises. Forgot Dumbo hurt his shoulder so he exercised his abs from his back. Lots of guys on their knees at this point. Guess they were all sucking…wind

Announcements: 2nd F leadership, 3rd F looking for more guys to join the committee
T-Claps (Recognition): FNG, Bondo is 60 and getting after it.
Prayer: Fanny’s wife, 187 and Tracey, Holiday goods and bads

Paradise City Fitness Test 12/14/2020

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Well the last fitness test for what is 2020. What a year and what a rainy day to push yourself. I good showing considering the rain. Missed a couple of Pax, but I understand how this year has been.

EC: UTI, FullHouse
FNGs:Nope
Warm Up:

Side Straddle Hop
Quick lap so everyone saw the lap for the test.

I skipped doing more warmup. I remember being pushed for time after the challenge. Though this time we had to much extra time. I learned something today.

The Workout:

Paradise City Fitness Test: All must be done in order. Each rep is .01 points. Each lap is also .01 points. The test last for 30 minutes

15 Burpees
1 Lap
20 Merkins
1 Lap
20 Squats (as close to parallel as you can get)
1 Lap
20 WW II (Non Cadence)
1 Lap
20 Scorpion Dry Docks
1 Lap

1 Lap will be around 2 parking medians. We left the basketball court and made a left.
Then down past the cars and made a right. Ran past one aisle then the next aisle turned
right up past the median then right and ran back to the basketball court.

Results

Mary:f

Sir Emeril lead us in some fantastic stretching.
Announcements:

Christmas Party Thursday

T-Claps (Recognition):

Pablo for leading the Pax
All men that were present to see where they stand
UTI and Shamwow for decorating the Christmas Tree

Prayer:
187’s Wife Tracy
Fanny Pack’s Wife
Igna Cher’s Mother. Quiver did I get those names right?

Field trip to Veterans

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FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
SSH x10 and we were off – not much time for our intended field trip destination

The Workout:

Mosey to Veteran’s Park via Sportsmanship, Main Street, Crossway, and Folsom. Stop at each turn and periodically on straightaway – alternate 10x Star Jumps and 10x Chill Cut Plank Jacks at each stop.

At Veteran’s we did 7’s between the monument and the top of the hill at Chrismill – 7’s consisted of Star Jumps and Chillcut Plank Jacks.

Moseyed back to Ting along the same route with some focus on downhill running along Folsom and Main St.

Mary:

Downward Dog was all we had time for

Announcements:

Check the coms
Prayer:
187 & M

Shit’s Creek

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Taper week is upon us for the HSHM so the EC crowd was light but PC held true with its very typical 11-14 pax every week. It had been a few weeks since YHC had visited the tunnel at PC. Can’t remember the last time we went down there but today was as good as day as any, especially since it hadn’t rained in a few days, reducing the chances of a hepatitis outbreak.

EC: Pikachu, Full House, Skidmark

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 2 groups of Indian Run for one loop around the complex with stops for IW, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm circles, and Good mornings. YHC is such as nice guy that he only made Pax do SSH for the late Pax (shall remain nameless).

The Workout: Mosey to the tunnel. All the way to far end of the Greenway to nowhere is appox 1/4 mile. Set the pace at 2:30 for Pax to get out and back and complete merkins until the 2:30 was up. Next time out and back at 2:25 and do squats. 3rd time 2:20 LBC, last round 2:15 and preachers chair. Most Pax completed but one ventured out into the woods to pinch one off. You know the guy that disappears every workout about 1.5 miles in.
Next part of the workout was a Partner Dora will 100 Big Boy situps, 200 merkins, 300 squats. Moseyed to the other end of the tunnel to run the short side. As we approached that side of the tunnel it was clear where Lipstick took his morning squat. Never in all my travels, through tunnels, public restrooms, bus stations, subway stati9ns, and mountain outhouses have I smelled what I whiffed on the other side of that tunnel. Quicker than an 8-0 Ben Roethlisberger audible we ran as fast as we could back to the other side of the tunnel. The new running portion would now be up to the little greenway to the road and back down.
Finished off as a group with 2 rounds of Balls to the Wall and Preacher Chairs before the mosey back to the court.

Mary: Mountain Climbers, Pickle Pounders, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters, Homer to Marge, Have a nice day

Announcements: HSHM run this weekend. 0700 hard start with coffee in the lot. Dawgpound is planning a Christmas Party, Breach is giving a TED talk next week

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Davis is having surgery today.

Go Back!

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PAX: Skidmark, The Dawgpound, Bondo, Dumbo, Buford, Emeril, Katniss, Pablo, Cupid, 187, Lipstick, Fanny Pack, UTI, Full House, Snap

FNGs: none
Warm Up: mosey to the top of the ramp with some butt kickers, high knees, karaoke, and high skips along the way to do some Good Mornings, windmills, frankensteins, arms circles, and goof balls
The Workout:  4 corners around the park.  We ran to one corner, did 10 reps of a set of exercises, then ran back to the previous corner to repeat 20 reps of that corner’s exercise, then on to the next corner etc.  Exercises for the 4 corners were: 1. jump squats 2. step ups 3. LBCS: front and side 4. erkins, derkins, and dips

Then we did Diamond Merkin suicides up to each foul ball sign on the ramp.  5 diamond merkins at foul ball sign #5, 4 at #4, etc.
Mary: Went around the circle for 20-rep Mary exercises that included shoulder taps, side crunches, low slow flutter, pickle pounders, Homer to Marge, and a few others I’m sure
Announcements: Ultimate under the lights at Ting next Monday
T-Claps (Recognition): Lots of good F3 and service activity going on, good work UTI
Prayer: Tracy (Skidmark’s M) got biopsy results back: cancer’s is fortunately treatable with a good prognosis but still a tough push to come for her and the family.

How will you lead?

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EC: I have no idea because I wasn’t there and forgot to ask.

FNGs: nah

Warm Up: SSH x40, Lap with stops for good mornings, IW/HB, Fazio Arm Circles.

The Workout:

PAX split into 2 groups. Groups Indian run with 2 stops per lap – the back lot by the bathrooms and the basketball court. At each stop we do the following:

B – # of burpees for the stop you are (count up by 1 each time)
O – 10 overhead claps
M – 10 mountain climbers IC
B – 10 big boy sit ups
S — 10 squats

PAX made a total of 5 laps (10 stops). The PAX at the front of the Indian Run line when you arrive at the stop leads all the exercises at that stop.

Mary: Low slow flutter x 20IC

Announcements: Ted Talk coming up next week. Thanksgiving meals for Mama’s House ($20 serves a meal). Donations can be made via PayPal.

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX that volunteered at HSFC this past weekend. Quote from HSFC “There are volunteers and then there are VOLUNTEERS!”

Prayer: 187, Nemo

Message this morning was to consider what kind of leader you are. Do you try to get ahead by cutting corners, often robbing those who follow you of the opportunity for ‘good form’? If those around you are struggling, will you take over or offer a hand? Will you run too fast and too far ahead so those behind you can’t follow?

It’s always an honor to lead you men. I’ll try to do better next time.

McNugget served a bunch of value meals

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: good mornings, sir fazios, hillbillies, imperial walkers
The Workout: Indian Run around Ting, stopped at 4 stations: WW1 x10, dirkins x10, burpees x5, 1 legged squats x10, repeat the circuit 4x.  Finished with some bear crawls in the parking lot
Mary: none
Announcements: Dumbo 3rd F at Holly Springs Food Bank this Saturday
T-Claps (Recognition): Skidmark for encouraging me to take on Q duties for the first time!
Prayer: The family in Holly Springs whose kid was unfortunately hit by a car, Unspoken.

PC 10-5-20

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EC: Skidmark, Full House, UTI & YHC

Warm Up: Mosey to the ramp and go up backwards with 10 merkins in the middle. PAX Circled up outside the bathroom trailers for SSH x25. We were going to SSH until Full House came out of the potty, lucky for the PAX he came out after only 6.  Continued to mosey around the Ting loop with periodic stops for IW x10, HB x10, Buttkickers, Karaoke, FAC x10 fwd and x10 rev, Seal Claps x10, Overhead Claps x10 and john Qsac to stop sign.
The Workout: Catch me if you can Indian Runs in 2 groups of 4 around Ting Loop. First Loop the back runner did 1 Burpee. Second Loop 2 Burpees. Third Loop 3 burpees and Fourth loop 4 burpees.  During our second loop @ Dumbo decided he needed to use the facilities. So Pax stood outside the trailer and did SSH until he came out (55 in cadence)

Closed out the workout with Suicide Burpees on the ramp
Mary: Various stretching
Announcements: Food Cuboard opportunities starting up this Saturday. Sign up to help our community, they need us!
T-Claps (Recognition): Bondo for killing it this morning! I hope when I am #respect 59 I can keep up with a bunch of 30yr olds playing catch me if you can.
Prayer: All those battling Covid, including our Leader of the Free Nation.

I Love this Place

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I’ll admit I’m a little biased. When it comes to workouts in SouthWake this is my absolute favorite. Maybe it’s because it’s Monday morning, maybe it’s because it’s high intensity bootcamp, maybe it’s because of the smell from the dump, but more than likely it’s because of the core group of guys we get there every week, the complaining they do during workout, how they push themselves and then show up the next week and do it all over guys. Exhibit A: Dawgpound and Dumbo. Good work guys.

I promised all 3Fs and all 5 core principles would be on display so let’s take a look.
1st F – Check
2ndF – Panera Check
3rdF – We did a spotlight on the the 6th person in the circle. Asked how they go their name and what F3 meant to them. – Check

1st Core Principle (All workouts are free) – check
2nd Core Principle (Open to all men) – check
3rd Core Principle (Held outdoor rain or shine, heat or cold) – check (there is no shelter at Ting)
4th Core Principle (Member lead, in a rotating fashion, with no certification necessary) – check, the Pax picked all the exercises today
5th Core Principle (All workouts end in a COT) – check

EC: There were a bunch. Pikachu, Full House, ShamWow!, Emeril, Dawgpound, UTI, Lipstick, Pablo, Skidmark

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 1 lap mosey around the complex complete with the standard Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, SSH, Good mornings

The Workout: Split into groups of 4 randomly. Stack up suicides with 5 stops.
Exercise 1: 5 Star jumps
Exercise 2: 10 Squats
Exercise 3: 15 WWII
Exercise 4: 20 Diamond Merkins
Exercise 5: 25 Monkey Humpers
Go to stop 1 do the exercise, return to the fence. Go to stop 2, do the first 2 exercise, return to the fence. Etc. Go all the way up to doing all 5 exercises. Then unstack them.
Everytime the group returns to the fence they do 2 Peeping Lipstick (A Turkish Get-up with a star jump.).

Mary: Slight mosey to get the HR back down. Finishing with stretching.

Announcements: More 3rdF opportunities coming

T-Claps (Recognition): Dawgpound was our 6 in the count during COT. Thank you for you leadership and sharing what F3 means to you.

Prayer: Praise=Bondo’s Granddaughter will be coming home soon. ShawmWow! took us out.

Fitness Test 9/21/2020

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Wow!!! What a day! A couple of misses at the Fitness test. I went to bed and there was one more HC then when I woke up. Red must have taken a mental health day and went scuba diving somewhere. Dumbo was fighting the jambalaya early in the morning. Pablo overslept. Emeril kept Midgets bottle and we all got to drink it at Panera Bread.

Congratulation Katniss and Snap for posting at all four fitness tests. The following improvements were made.

Skidmark increased his score from 3.47 to 4.5. I believe though he had breathtaker on the first time.
Snap went up from his last time. 3.79 to 4.16
Dawgpound went up from 3.05 to 3.37

Great first time scores for the following:
Goldilocks: 3.26
Hardy: 3.68
Emeril: 3.89
Pikachu: 4.79

Pikachu set a new record at the fitness test.
Emeril has the record for the Fritter Goobers. If only Pablo posted.

Next Fitness test 12/14/2020

EC: Emeril, Pikachu, Skidmark, Cowboy
FNGs: Nope. It would have been a good one for an FNG
Warm Up:

Quick lap to show the guys what the lap for the test would be.
Circle Up:
30 Side Straddle Hops
10 Hillbillies
10 Imperial Marches
10 Spinal Twist

The Workout:

30 Minutes of Fitness Test

Paradise City Fitness Test: All must be done in order. Each rep is .01 points. Each lap is also .01 points.

15 Burpees
1 Lap
20 Merkins
1 Lap
20 Squats (as close to parallel as you can get)
1 Lap
20 WW II (Non Cadence)
1 Lap
20 Scorpion Dry Docks
1 Lap

1 Lap will be around 2 parking medians.  We left the basketball court and made a left.
Then down past the cars and made a right.  Ran past one aisle then the next aisle turned
right up past the median then right and ran back to the basketball court.

Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KoJ6tCaTCUZzADBkf3LInmA1C1272m2kgDKYTh2CCTM/edit?usp=sharing

Mary:

Several stretches were done

Announcements:

Mulch is done!!!!!!!!

T-Claps (Recognition):

All men completing the fitness challenge
Pikachu for hitting 2,000 miles for the year. A goal for Emeril next year.

Prayer: