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Amigos and Boulder Bases

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FNGs: Welcome Sombrero!

Warm Up: slide straddle hops, good mornings, Willie May Hayes, imperial walkers, hillbillies, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps

The Workout: Boulder Bases: 8 PAX moseyed to the rocks, grabbed our pick of the litter to play a game YHC calls Boulder Bases. Along the road surrounding the tennis courts, we started at one corner (1st base) doing rock exercises of 10 clean/squat/press, 10 curls for the girls, 10 lunges, and 10 rut rows. Rifle carried our rocks to 2nd base and dropped them before doing body-weight exercises at each base: 5 burpees at 2nd base, 5 burpees + 10 merkins at 3rd base, 5 burpees+ 10 merkins + 15 big boy situps at “home plate,” and 5 burpees + 10 merkins + 15 big boys + 20 squats at 1st base. From there, we moseyed to 2nd base to do another round of rock exercises. Then we rifle carried the rocks to 3rd base. We carried on this routine until we could get the rocks to “home plate”. We changed up the body-weight exercises throughout, but kept the same structure.

Mary: No time

Announcements: F3 SouthWake meeting on Tuesday, Bass Lake Park.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Prayers up for men struggling in their marriages and relationships.

Farewell Possums of 2022

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Possum Trot was cold but 4 HIM came out for the final beat down for 2022. We got it done and beat the sack.

Warm up across street at ample
Smurf jacks
Mtn climbers
Plank jacks
Travolta merkins
Squat pulses up on 4

Indian run to FVHS circle
Bear crawl around
Morning wood x10
Frog hop around (modified at halfway)
Monkey humpers x20
Lieutenant Dan around (mod at half)
Plank up/downs x30 IC

Bench used to box jump squat at top with burpees at bottom x10

Partner up
Wheelbarrow with +1 dirkins at each parking space. 8 spaces total

Indian run back to flag
Mary in world’s greatest parking lot
LBC’s
Reverse LBC twists
Protractor

Honor to lead fellas.

BS out!

45 Reps around the Possum Trot

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FNGs: Buttermilk…Not really but technically a Kotter.
Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot. Mosey to the concession stand to find a stash of weights. SSH, Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio
The Workout: 45 reps of each exercise.  Curls for the Gurls, Tricep ext, Squats, Double rope slams, Kettlebell swings, Lawnmower pulls and one guy run to the next ballfield and back. Next round Plank holds on the wall and pass the 25lbs down and back.  Repeat and add 40lbs. Preachers chair, pass 25lbs with overhead press and repeat adding a 45lbs.  One BTTW and pass the 25lbs down one way.
Mary: Heel taps, Touch the sky, Squat hold cause Banana Seat is a time Nazi.
Announcements: Even the Odds on Friday at Sheepdog, F3 Christmas party sign-up
T-Claps (Recognition): Buttermilk for coming back out after 6 months and ECing.
Prayer: Thankful for F3!

Hump Day at The Trot

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5 PAX showed for the main event. 3 ECers. Lipstick must have been lost and showed up in FV. Here is the workout we all enjoyed.

Mosey down to concession stand
Warm ups
SSH
Windmills
Good mornings
Copperhead squats
Copperhead merkins

Wall work – 3 rds x10 each
Irkins
Dirkens
Dips
Box jumps

Vicious Circle on baseball field
Rd1 – Bear crawl around bases. First man runs to pitchers mound for exercise. Then returns to back of line. 5 burpees
Rd2 – lung walk around. 5 diamond merkins
Rd3 – duck walk around. 5 star jumps

7’s on the hill
Bear crawl up – Bobby Hurleys at bottom
Run down – groiners at the bottom

Courts
Suislides
Backwardsides
Suicides

Mary
WWIs
Dying cockroaches
Windshield Wipers
Freddy mercs
Stretching

Announcements see slack
Prayers – unspoken
YHC took us out.

Good times. Thanks for letting me lead and strong work.
BS Out

We Belong – HOF Pat Benatar

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Warm Up: mosey to lower parking lot trying to make it harder for Fram to find us as he checked out the port-a-potty.  SSH, good morning, OH claps, seal claps, sir Fazios, willie mays hays , daisy pickers. Mosey back outside fence, open gates, close gates, Frankensteins, karaoke L/R back up hill
The Workout:  off the rock pile for medium rocks. John cusack to lovely coral rock parking lot for some fun.  Lots of 10c and in cadence movements including slap rock, curls, tricep extensions, rut rows, bus drivers, squats, knees Gov’t tore up from pavement doing o/h press (that was a bad idea – sorry for all PAX wearing shorts)
more rock work and then returned the rocks to the pile.  Mosey to bottom of the hill.  Bear crawl up the hill, dips on the guard rail R & R but with erkins in the guardrail. No ant hills experienced. Mumble chatter was exceptional .
Mary:  YOGA on the tennis courts. Much needed stretching.
Announcements:  HS half; support Breach at T Marion booth; Gump and I shared some wisdom from our +50 years each on this planet; I referenced the newest member of Rock and Roll’s HOF class, Pat Benatar,, men – we (all) belong in F3.  It makes us all better because of each other
T-Claps (Recognition):  Sunshine and all PAX who ran their first Marathon – AWESOME
Prayer: Breach took us out. Thank you sir!  Honored to lead.  -Dauber
2nd F Stickboy

Four Corner Rocks and a Hill

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It was a sticky morning today as YHC pulled in to the cheese grateiest parking lot in all of South Wake, if not North Carolina.  Fumunga was spotted finishing up EC on the drive in and that would be it for total number of participants this morning.  Some loose plans had been made for the beat down but some modifications were necessary with only two HIM.

FNGs:

Nope

Warm Up:

SSH x20 IC

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

SFAC x10 IC forward and reverse

Frankenstein x10 IC

Imperial Walker x10 IC

The Workout:

Mosey to the back corner of the loop around the tennis courts to pick up travel sized rocks.  Fumunga had grabbed a larger rock and as I went to go put mine back in favor of a bigger one he pointed out how thin his was.  30 seconds later he said “Wow, that really is a little rock” so back to the rock pile I went.

The plan was to take our rocks with us around the four corners of the loop, working different muscle groups at each and finding fun ways to travel between the corners.  First up was arms and chest.

Two sets of:

Curls for the girls x10 IC

Tris for the guys x10 IC

Chest press x10 IC

Skull crushers x10 IC

After those two sets we John Cusack’d to the next corner where shoulders and back were the focus.  Again, two sets of:

Shoulder press x10 IC

Bus drivers x10 IC

Dead lifts x10 IC

Torso rotations x10 IC

After this we took our rocks to be even with the pergola by the tennis court and then set them down to do a bear crawl rock push to the end of the parking lot and the base of the hill.  We set the rocks aside for the time being to do a bit of work on the hill.  The plan was simple and, in similar fashion to the rest, consisted of two sets.

Burpee at the bottom

Sprint up the hill

Dirkins x10

Burpee at the bottom

Sprint up the hill

Irkins x10

After this we reclaimed our rocks and lunge walked to the next corner.  Time for legs.  Two sets:

Goblet squats x10

Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC

Good Mornings x10 IC

The form of travel this time was a slow backwards mosey with our rocks.  At this point time was running short so we modified a bit.  At the first corner we only did one set and excluded the skull crushers.  At the second corner we put the dead lifts in between the shoulder press and bus drivers.  We were out of time at this point so we went in to ….

Mary:

Mostly all of these were done with our rocks

American Hammer x10 IC

LBC x10 IC

Reverse LBC while holding rocks up x10 IC

Homer to Marge x10 IC

Bridge hold x10

Sleeping Hillbillies x10 IC each side (no rock)

Announcements:

South Wake family picnic at Harris Lake Park this Saturday

Prayer:

YHC and Fumunga both traveling in the next few days

Fumunga’s family as they deal with tension with his brother-in-law and the rest of the family

 

It’s hot and gross out there boys so please be safe.  Check Slack for a post from John Deere regarding temperature + dew point.  Also remember to be drinking lots of water.  This humidity is harder on our bodies than you think so slow it down and be safe.  And as always, an honor to lead.

 

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Trotting the Boulder Bases

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Diamond Rio at Possum Trot

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Good mornings, Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps

The Workout: 4 HIM moseyed to the rocks, grabbed our pick of the litter to play a game YHC calls Boulder Bases. Along the road surrounding the tennis courts, we started at one corner (1st base) doing rock exercises of 10 overheads, 10 triceps, 10 squats, and 10 curls for the girls. Rifle carried our rocks to 2nd base and dropped them before doing non-rock exercises at each base (20 plank jacks at 2nd base, add 15 Merkins at 3rd base, add 10 side straddle hops at “home plate,” and add 5 burpees at 1st base) before returning to 2nd base to do another round of rock exercises. Then we rifle carried the rocks to 3rd base. We carried on this routine until we could get the rocks to home plate. We changed up the non-rock exercises throughout, but kept the same structure of 20 reps, +15 reps, +10 reps, +5 burpees. At Home Plate, Diamond Rio’s 90’s hit song Nowhere Bound was played on repeat the entire workout because
why not?

Mary: shoulder stretches, downward dog, and some cobra for a quick wrap up

Announcements: South Wake picnic July 30th

T-Claps (Recognition): T-Claps for @Dangle, the pride of Wilson, NC, joining us in the gloom at F3 South Wake and cleaning up the Quay Walmart in the daylight!

Prayer: Unspoken prayers lifted up

I thought it would take longer.

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps
The Workout: I stole the first part of this workout from one of the recent Crossfit WODs. Merkins and Squats. Reps of 40/30/20/10 for a total of 100 each. Recover each round with a mosey around the tennis courts. We were ahead of schedule, just being the two of us, so I added on 7s on the hill with WWIIs at the bottom and shoulder taps at the top. YHC lost count and it ended up being 11s, which worked out nicely.
Mary: LBCs, Homer-to-Marge, Reverse LBCs, American Hammers, finished up with some yoga.
Announcements: South Wake Picnic and Holly Springs July 5th volunteers needed.
T-Claps (Recognition): 16-Bit for his accountability.
Prayer: 16-Bit’s daughter, Stubs
Moleskin: In my past, I’ve tried to pick up and stick to an exercise routine. It would last for a couple of weeks, maybe a month at the most. But it was inconsistent and didn’t last. F3 has been the one thing to stick and I’ve been getting out into the gloom for a little over three years now. The accountability and camaraderie are large contributors to that. Hold your fellow PAX accountable. In doing so, you’ll be holding yourself accountable as well.

PT Throwback

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For the third day in a row, YHC was at the helm. EC was skipped due to some fatigue. Rolled up with 4 mins to spare for some mumble chatter. Nine pax were ready to do some work. I wanted to relive some old school workouts at PT so that’s what we did. Everyone survived but not without some moaning and groaning. Heck I think I ever moaned some from my stupid ideas.

Warm up
Follow the leader into the tennis courts for some agility on the lines then circle up.
Smurf jacks x20
1 burpee
Windmills x10
2 burpees
Slaloms x15
3 burpees
Michael Phelps x10
4 burpees

Partner up similar size
Using the four tennis courts across:
Wheelbarrows across 2 courts with 10 dirkins at the end of each court
Switch partners
Partner carry with 5 squats middle and end
Switch and go back
Wheelbarrow across all 4 courts
Switch and go back
Broad jump burpee across all 4

Indian run down to bottom of road then back up to concession stand hill
11’s monkey humpers & diamond merkins
back peddle to top, reg down
Indian run back to courts

Suicides at end of each court

Mary
Dying cockroach
Pretzels
Boat canoes
Heels to heaven

We ended with a circle of trust and FedEx took us out.
If you see a problem within F3, confront the situation and try to help. Don’t be a bystander. We can all be better together.

BS out!

B-ballin at Possum Trot

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FNGs: @Matlock

PAX:  @LED, @FRAM, @Fonzie, @Deuce, @Pumps (Andy Johnson), @Quiver, @Abacus the OG, @Cupid, @Boy George, @2 Dollars, @Breach, @Roaming Gnome, @Finkle

Kotter: @Deuce… welcome back ya salty sailor!
Warm Up: Quick mosey down to the gym at Wake Chapel Church
The Workout:  5 v 5 basketball with subs on the side being led in legit workout by @Fonzie
Mary: Mosey back to Possum Trot
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Deuce making a reappearance (good work @LED).  FNG @Matlock brought to us by @FRAM
Prayer: @STUBS recovery and @Lipstick and family.  @Matlock wanted prayers for friend who was involved in the Philadelphia shootings last week.  She is in the hospital with a brain injury.