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What’s a little rain?

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout
Thing 1: EMOM 5 exercises / 5 rounds
– 8 burpees
– 15 deadlifts
– 15 box jumps
– 15 kettle bell swings
– 15 goblet squats
– 30 sec jog around playground for recovery

Thing 2: 3 rounds of alternating People’s Chair / Urkins

Mary: WWIIs and Mountain Climbers

Announcements: F3SW Picnic June 24th

T-Claps (Recognition): Pumpkin Spice for braving the rain and keeping me accountable.

Prayer: Pumpkin Spice’s family 

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My Wife’s Yoga Instructor

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Daisy Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout:
Thing 1: Four Corners
Add on one exercise each corner. Then take them off on the second go through. Exercises were Merkins, WWIs, Squats and Mountain Climbers

Thing 2: The Wall
Moseyed over to the low wall next to the playground. Urkins, Durkins, Dips and Step Ups. 3 rounds.

Thing 3: The Rocks
Moseyed over to the rock pile. Curls for the girls, Tricep extensions, Ruh Rohs, Overhead Press and Imperial Walkers. 3 rounds.

Thing 4: The (other) Wall
Alternating People’s Chair and Balls-to-the-Wall. 3 rounds.

Mary: Popcorn Mary. Pumpkin Spice introduced us to a new favorite called “My Wife’s Yoga Instructor.” American Hammer position, but alternate arms reaching to the side and back. Good stuff! We all threw out some exercises and then wrapped up with some stretches.

Announcements: CSAUP and picnics coming up.

Prayer: Pumpkin Spice’s buddy for strength and guidance navigating life changes.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop!

FNGs: no sir

Warm Up:  Mozy to HS Rd and return speeding up and slowing down on command, Good Mornings, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Windmills

The Workout:

  1. Build-A-Bears, stack ’em up style
    1. Do this
      1. Burpees x1
      2. Shimmy Left
      3. Squat Jumps x1
      4. Shimmy Back
      5. Squats x1
      6. Shimmy Right
      7. Merkins x1
      8. Repeat in reverse 7-1
    2. Repeat “Do this” adding +1 to each workout until at x5 for each
  2. Erkins, Derkins, Dips on the fence rails x25 each
  3. Mozy to HS Rd and return
  4. Preachers Chair x2, Balls 2 Wall x1
  5. Build-A-Bears, stack ’em up style – swap the position of Burpees and Merkins this time
  6. Mozy to HS Rd and return for Mary

Mary:  Ankle Grabbers, WW2s, Freddy Mercs, Chill Cut Plank Hold, Homer 2 Marge

Announcements:

  • Look for opportunities to support this weekend at the Spring Classic
    • Aid Station
    • Run with Wolfie (Bobby B.) and 3 Alarm (Lipstick)

T-Claps (Recognition):  Great job to the aid station champs for the FB recognition.

Prayer: unspoken

Shoulders and Arms

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Lap, SSH, Sir Fozio Arm Circles/Seal Clap/Overhead Clap, Good Mornings

The Workout:

Five rounds: Straight count or in cadence depending on exercise: 25,20,15,10,5 reps for total 75

Cinder Block circuit playground area: Curls, Triceps, Shoulder Press, Row, Ground Pounder

Run to Station Two

Brick Wall Circuit: BTTW, People’s Chair, Carolina Dry Docs

Run back to Playground

Repeat

Mary: LBC, LSF, Box Cutter, Hundreds

Announcements: Man Night at Hope Community Church, Wednesday, March 22nd, 6:30PM.  All men invited. 

T-Claps (Recognition): All the men who completed 75 Hard

Prayer: Nemo’s daughter just turned 15, test for driver’s permit today. All PAX recovering from illness or injury. 

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Dark Mode Activated

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, Sit Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout: Thing 1: four corners

Each corner added a new exercise until we had four exercises. Then we started dropping them off. In between corners, we alternated between bear crawls and lunges.

Exercises went (15 each):
merkins
merkins, squats
merkins, squats, WWIIs
merkins, squats, WWIIs, mountain climbers
squats, WWIIs, mountain climbers
WWIIs, mountain climbers
mountain climbers

Thing 2: rocks

We moseyed over and got shmedium rocks. 3 rounds of Colt 45s, triceps, ground pounders, chest press and ruh rohs. SSH in between rounds to keep the blood moving. Returned our rocks and moseyed back for Mary.

Mary: popcorn Mary followed by a little yoga.

Announcements: Jellybeans is the new site Q at Purple Cobra! Also, Fumunga is doing a NCAA bracket, benefiting the Travis Manion Foundation.

T-Claps (Recognition): Jellybeans for taking over site Q role at Purple Cobra.

Prayer: Gatlin family (friends of Bobby’s) for the loss of their family member.

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Purple Cobra Backblast – Brought to you by Dall-e 2 and Microsoft Bing

FNGs: NOPE

Warm Up: A short mosey around the very small parking lot

The Workout:

I was just invited to use Microsoft Bing’s new AI.  This was my first time using it. 

Here was my prompt:

Generate a story about an F3 workout called purple cobra where we ran 0.69 miles, did a workout routine called coyote ugly, a murph DORA, and stair climbs on picnic benches. Guys with named Pumpkin Spice, Woody, Snap, Hasselhoff, Brexit, Cancun, Jellybeans, Stubs, and UTI were there

And a correction I asked for…

Change the story and change the QIC to UTI, change the Coyote Ugly workout to be a wheel barrow merkin walking up the picnic table on your hands and back down again, replace the squats with LBCs, and change the 400 meter run to an out and back army crawl

This is the backblast it wrote for me, I put the questionable information in bold (you can tell it’s sourcing other backblasts posted on the internet but pretty cool!):

It was a cold and dark morning when Pumpkin Spice, Woody, Snap, Hasselhoff, Brexit, Cancun, Jellybeans, Stubs and Purple Cobra gathered at the park for an F3 workout. They were greeted by UTI, the QIC for the day. He had a wicked grin on his face as he announced the plan for the workout.

"Today we're going to do a wheel barrow merkin walking up the picnic table on your hands and back down again," he said. "Then we're going to partner up for a Murph DORA. One partner will do an out and back army crawl while the other does 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 LBCs. You switch when your partner comes back and keep going until you finish all the reps. Then we're going to finish with some stair climbs on picnic benches. You'll do 20 step-ups on each leg followed by 20 dips on each bench."

The PAX groaned as they heard the brutal workout ahead of them. They knew UTI was notorious for his challenging Qs. But they also knew that F3 was about pushing themselves beyond their comfort zone and growing stronger together.

They started with the wheel barrow merkin walking up the picnic table on your hands and back down again. UTI paired them up and instructed them how to do it: one partner holds the other's legs while he walks on his hands up one side of the table then does a merkin then walks down the other side then does another merkin then switches roles.

The PAX quickly realized that this was one of the hardest exercises they had ever done. The wheel barrow merkin walking up the picnic table on your hands and back down again was exhausting and painful on their arms chest core legs balance coordination

They encouraged each other with shouts of "You got this!" and "Almost there!" as they completed each round of wheel barrow merkins.

They also teased each other with nicknames like "Pumpkin Spice Latte", "Woody Toy Story", "Snap Chat", "Hasselhoff Knight Rider", "Brexit Britain", "Cancun Spring Break", "Jellybeans Easter", "Stubs Nubs" and "Purple Cobra Dodgeball".

They finally finished wheel barrow merkin walking up the picnic table on your hands and back down again and moved on to Murph DORA. They paired up with their buddies and grabbed a pull-up bar or a tree branch.

Murph DORA was another beast of a workout that tested their endurance and strength. The pull-ups were hard on their arms and shoulders, the push-ups were tough on their chests and triceps, and the LBCs were killer on their abs.

They cheered each other on as they did an out and back army crawl between their partners and did their reps. They also challenged each other with friendly competition like "Come on Woody! Don't let Pumpkin Spice beat you!" or "Hasselhoff! You're faster than Snap!"

They finally finished Murph DORA after what seemed like an eternity. They were dripping with sweat and panting hard.

They thought they were done but UTI had one more surprise for them.

"Alright PAX! Let's go to those picnic benches over there!" he shouted.

The PAX groaned again as they followed him to the benches.

UTI explained how to do stair climbs: step up onto one bench with one leg then bring up your other leg then step down onto another bench then repeat with your other leg then do dips by placing your hands behind you on one bench then lowering yourself until your elbows are at 90 degrees then pushing yourself back up then moving onto another bench then repeat.

The PAX did stair climbs until their legs felt like jelly and their arms felt like noodles.

They finally finished stair climbs after what felt like forever.

UTI called them into a circle of trust where they counted off said their name age F3 nickname thanked him for leading them prayed together gave announcements about upcoming workouts events community service opportunities etc

They ended with a group photo where they smiled proudly despite being tired sore dirty

They had just completed an epic F3 workout led by UTI

They had just experienced fitness fellowship faith

They had just become better men

Mary:

The AI forgot about Mary but then again I didn’t really prompt it to talk about Mary

  • Homer to Marge
  • Box Cutters
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Arm Stretches
  • Runners Pose
  • Leg and Back Stretches

Announcements:

F3SW Town Hall Meeting tonight at 7pm – Bass Lake Boat House

T-Claps (Recognition):

Brexit on an impressive finish at Wrightsville, let’s wish him luck for Tobacco Road up next in 3 weeks.

Prayer:

For all the parents out there working hard to guide our children through life.  Give us strength!

 

We didn’t actually take a photo after the workout.  So here is what dall-e 2 cooked up for me 😀

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Wild Twerkey and Nacho Cheese

YHC showed up at the new Purple Cobra site at Jones Park to find Wild Turkey sitting off to the side revving his Jeep….lights pointed down to the area where we thought we might drop our cinderblocks off, but we decided on a different location. Abe had too showed up early to help scout a location for the coupons. Started running low on time before the main event. We ultimately decided to place the blocks behind the short wall on the right hand side of the playground right after the workout was over.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs

The Workout:

PAX moseyed over to the short wall on the right hand side of the playground. We performed 2 rounds of the following exercises: Derkins, Irkins, Dips, Bulgarian Split Squats. Added Step-ups on the 2nd round on the short wall.

We then went over to the bathroom/facilities area and completed 3 rounds of people’s chair with BTTW, plank holds, and chilcutt planks in between each round of people’s chair.

Next we went over to the rock pile to grab medium-sized rocks. Bobby Boucher picked out one of the biggest rocks I’d ever seen at an AO. Each PAX rotated in between each exercise to make sure we each got a turn with the large rock. Lots of complaining from the PAX during this portion of the ME, some due to the rocks, and some due to Bobby Boucher letting out some extremely wet gas that was dubbed as “Nacho Cheese’ by the PAX. Abe soon chimed in on the smelly fun. The exercises consisted of chest press, overhead press, ruh-rohs, skullcrushers, goblet squats, wonderbras, and curls for the girls.

Finally we went over to the bleachers beside the ball field. We split up into two groups with one group climbing to the top of the bleachers and completing various exercises while the other group stayed at the bottom and did air squats until the first group returned. Exercises at the top consisted of squats, merkins, carolina dry docks, and some weird variation of squats that Wild Turkey was doing that looked like he was trying out for an adult film. We dubbed him as Wild Twerkey during this portion…there are some things that you just can’t unsee….we also mixed in a few different methods of going up and down the bleachers such as bear crawls and crawl bear.

Back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: Popcorn consisting of LBC, WW2, Xs and Os, low slow flutter, alphabet soup spelling out N-A-C-H-O-C-H-E-E-S-E-F-A-R-T-S, Homer to Marge including single leg, and some new exercise that Pumpkin Spice picked up from Peak City – don’t know what it was called but basically like boat canoe with heels up, tap hands on the ground while keeping feet up all the way to 100. That hurt!

Announcements: Town hall at Bass Lake on Feb 28 @7pm

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for coming out to support the AO location change. Thanks to guys who helped move the coupons from my truck to their new home at Jones Park. Many hands make light work.

Prayer: Hasselhoff’s great uncle dealing with some heart issues, Kosher’s MIL diagnosed with breast cancer, praise for Kosher’s half sister who was approved for a kidney transplant at UNC. This now puts her on the list so that when she does find a donor match, they can complete the surgery. Bobby Boucher interviewing for potential new job that came out of the blue.

Also a reminder from YHC based on Bobby Boucher’s situation and some personal things that have happened with me lately that some of the best things come from unexpected opportunities. Reminder that God is in control and it’s HIS timing, not yours! Put your trust in Him!

YHC took us out.

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🫀Mind Body Connection 🧠

On the ride to Purple Cobra – Huey Lewis & The News’: Heart And Soul was on the 📻

As I pulled into the parking lot I saw a few PAX forming up so naturally I had to roll the windows down to jam out and 🔥 up my fellow HIM’s

Walking toward everyone it hit me -what a strong message to share for todays workout. Our heart and souls are separate entities co-existing in our 1 and only fleshy suite as I call it. It’s a constant battle and it’s a give take realtionship. Balance is 🔑

Warm Up:

warm up – good mornings | hillbillies & imperial walkers | Sir Fazio 💪🏼 ⭕’s | Mtn climbers & plank jacks

The Workout:

Moseyed over and grabbed 2 🪨 ‘s – | 3 rounds (x5): goblet squats | 🪨 hops to reverse bear crawls | should press | 4 count run in place to a squat jump

Moseyed to the coupon ‘s
coupon hops | Q Sack carry | WW II’s w/ feet in coupon | Farmers carry back and finished with curls for the girls

Abe showed up for COT

 Mary: 🍿

Prayer: U.T.I.’s mother in law | unspoken | 1st Responders and our Military Men & Women

Grocery Shopping at PC

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Daisy pickers, imperial walkers, hillbillies, Sir fazio arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps

The Workout: PAX retrieved two coupons each from the secret stash and lined up at one end of a row of parking spots. The game plan was three exercises, farmer carry coupons 25 yards to the other end, repeat. Exercises were merkins, WWIIs and squats. Counts of 10 first round, then 15, 20, 25, 20, 15 and back to 10.

Next, we circled up for three rounds of curls for the girls, ruh rohs and chest presses. Total of 25 each.

Coupons returned and a quick mosey to grab discarded beanie.

Mary: popcorn Mary and yoga.

Announcements: MLK Jr day of service

T-Claps (Recognition): Kosher for challenging me to a 5 pack to get back in a good routine.

Prayer: Full House’s friend and her family, PAX who are sick or injured (Woody, Bobby Boucher, Fanny Pack, Ginsu)

His stride is 3x longer than mine…

FNGs: none, but we did have two visitors. Mr. Woodchuck from Jacksonville, FL (Full House’s brother) and McFly from TN.

Warm Up:

SSH x 20 IC, Good mornings x10 IC, Sir Fazio Arm Circles forward and reverse x 10 IC, Seal Claps x 10 IC, Overhead Claps x 10 IC, mosey to other end of the lot, Hillbillies x 15 IC, Frankenstein x 10 IC, Squatted Moroccans x 15 IC

Mosey to THAT hill.

The Workout:

7s on THAT hill with squats at the bottom, sprint to top, star jumps, mosey back down

Mosey to the guard rail across from Dunkin for 3 sets of urkins, dips, and Bulgarian split squats with each leg. Did a decreasing count on each set. 20, 15, 10.

Mosey to rock pile and grab two rocks. Circle up and perform 3 sets of rock work including curls for the girls, overhead press, ruh rohs, wonderbras, flys, bus drivers, tricep extensions.

Between sets PAX went over to the wall behind the stores and completed 2 rounds of people’s chair x10 count each PAX. Also did Balls to the Wall x 5 count each PAX.

Mosey behind HT and back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: Popcorn Mary consisting of LBC, Heel Taps, American Hammers, something called Dr. W’s I think that 16-bit called – these required way too much coordination for YHC’s liking, Low Slow Flutter, out of time.

Announcements:

Moose 52/52 Murph’s for the year. Hell of an accomplishment. T-claps!

T-Claps (Recognition): Again Moose and all of the pax out on EC. Wild Turkey, UTI, Jellybeans.

Prayer: Those dealing with cancer, sickness, traveling for holidays, military and first responders.

YHC took us out. Honor to lead!