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Welcome Midget Flow

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Yoga EC: Dawgpound, Emeril, Lucky
EC: Deadbolt, Mookie
FNGs: Sadly None
Warm Up:

Took the workout to some sunlight. I know now its artificial light. I just thought maybe the sun came out a bit early for Crazy Ivan.

Circled up for the following:

Side Straddle Hop
Fazio Arm Circles
Good Mornings
Daisy Pickers

Kettlebell Swing Progression:
Bell against stomach
Two handed swing
One Arm Swing
Traveling Swing

The Workout:

I brought back some of my favorite flows from the past. Plus I created my own flow and the pax changed the name of some of the Mary Flow and gave it a name.

Flow 1:
Row Right Arm
Kneeling Clean Right Arm
Press
Stand
Row Left Arm
Kneeling Clean Left Arm
Press
Stand

Flow 2:
Clean
Squat
Bicep Curl
Stand
Press
Tricep Curl

Flow 3: (Dawgpound Flow)
Pushup Right Hand on Bell
Across Row with Left Hand
Snatch Left Arm
Pushup Left Hand on Bell
Across Row with Right Hand
Snatch Right Arm

5 total Reps Flow 1
Side Straddle Hop
5 total Reps Flow 1
Mountain Climbers
5 total Reps Flow 1
LBCs

5 total Reps Flow 2
Side Straddle Hop
5 total Reps Flow 2
Mountain Climbers
5 total Reps Flow 2
LBCs

5 total Reps Flow 3
Side Straddle Hop
5 total Reps Flow 3
Mountain Climbers
5 total Reps Flow 3
LBCs

Mary:

Midget Flow:
Midget Love Handles
Midget Cookie Pouch (Sternum Pull)
Midget Standups (Mini Turkish Getups)

3 rounds of the Midget Flow

Announcements:

Picnic October 12th

T-Claps (Recognition):

UTI with breath taker

Prayer:

All Pax training for something
Unspoken Prayers

Four corners, two sides, and a rock.

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10 PAX came out to KG this hot and humid morning.  Once again it was a pleasure to lead this group.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Short lap around the parking lot, 25 SSH, 10 HB, 10 IW, 10 Good Morning, and stretches
The Workout: Moseyed over to the rock pile and each PAX selected their rock of choice.  John Cusacked to our starting point.  Corner 1 – 15 curls, 15 overhead press. Bear crawl, with rock, to Side 1 – 15 presses, 15 LBC with rock. Crab walk, with rock, to Corner 2 – 15 reverse lunges with rock, 15 squats with rock.  John Cusacked to Corner 3 –  15 triceps extensions, 15 dead lifts. Duck walk, with rock, to Side 2 – 15  front lifts, 15 bus driver IC.  Lung walk, with rock, to Corner 4 – 15 hand on rock mekrins, each side, 15 burpees OYO.  John Cusacked back to Corner 1.  Rinse and repeat with set of 10 then set of 5.
Mary: Somehow we missed a set of burpees, so 10 burpees OYO, 10 low slow flutter IC, 10 box cutters IC, 10 american hammer IC, 10 big boy sit-ups, have a nice day.
Announcements: 10/5 – CSAUP. 10/12 F3 Picnic. Holly Spring half training opportunity coming up, reach out to Boy George for details.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: The family of Matt (38) who passed away.  The loss of unborn children (miscarriages). Unspoken

He Called You “Sir”!!!!!!

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PAX: Promise Ring, Hump Day, Finkle, Sprinkler, Potts, Doc, Fonzie, LED, Slimer, H1N1, 16-Bit, Noah’s Ark, Banana Seat, UTI with breathtaker, Cha Ching, Modify, Venkman, FedEx

FNG: Hump Day

EC: H1N1

Warm Up: SSH x 25, High Knees x 15, Butt Kickers x 15, Mountain Climbers x 20, Fozie Arm Circles x 10 F & R, Half Burpees OYO

The Workout: Started at the first shelter with dips x 10, step up x 10 (first right leg then left leg), Derkins x 10 and skull crushers x 10. Rinse and repeat. Then we partnered up, grabbed some coupons (thanks LED and Fonzie) and moseyed over to the playground. While one partner did floor press, ground pounders, and goblet squats with the coupon, the other partner did either squat hold or plank hold, switch, then merkins, pull ups, and mosey across the field and back together for 10 count. We continued decreasing each rep count by 1 (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1) but had to call it half way through in order to get to Mary.

Mary: American Hammer, Low Slow Flutter, LBC, Freddie Mercury, Plank Merkins, Pickle pounders

Announcements: UTI AO bid sheet ( all proceeds goes to this month charity), Carpex Odessey Oct. 5, F3 South Wake picnic Oct. 12, check FB and Slack
T-Claps (Recognition): UTI raising money for TMF, Hump Day
Prayer:Noah Arks wife, Banana Seat’s young neighbor who fell over a zip line and landed on her head, FedEx’s wife knee surgery

Time is Relative

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YHC had not done his homework and in excitement/haste had pre-blasted a start time of 5:05 EC / 5:30 ME.  Which would be fine at many of our South Wake AOs but Sheepdog has a publicized start time of 5:15 EC / 5:45 ME.  Eventually there was some mumblechatter on Slack indicating that I was a trendsetter at Sheepdog and with some indication that an early start was somewhat desired.  But…  YHC started to think about the possibility of an FNG dropping in like our newly minted Master Shake did based on the website schedule.  I didn’t want to leave a friendly new guy all alone in the gloom.  So… I walked back the messed up start time the best I could on the Facebooks and Slack.  I also committed to show up at 5:05 anyway.  Peeping Tom wanted some extra miles anyway so if someone showed up for early EC, they would find us.

ECEC:  Peeping Tom and YHC – We covered the Sheepdog EC route the best we knew it ~ 1.5 miles crossing into the neighborhood, hitting both cul-de-sacs and circling the school.  We made sure to pass the shovel flag at 5:15 (normal EC), 5:30 (messed up ME time where we caught up with Forceps), and again before 5:45 (the real deal ME time where we saw a strange shadow appear in the gloom)

         

SHREDDER!!!!

EC: Forceps joined for the last mile.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

  • Windmill (15x)
  • Daisy Pickers (15x)
  • SSH (30x)
  • Mozy around the lot and into the soccer field.

The Workout:

YHC was inspired this week by the workouts he hadn’t made.  Specifically Purple Cobras Q’d by Warbucks where he debuted the Flat Tire (Exicon pending) and TBD where Double D broke out the Coyote Ugly.  YHC let the PAX know there was inspiration from the week but didnt specifically call out the workouts by name.  Gotta keep em guessing.  Gump did inform me that Sheepdog was known as the low-key Friday workout, no need to go too crazy…  (too bad, plan already made – tv executives… am I right?)

  • No Surrenders – Hands on your head, knee down, knee down, stand up and repeat (20x)
  • Mozy to the truck gate behind the school
  • Flat Tires (by Warbucks) – We partnered up.  One partner pushed the wheelbarrow, the other was the wheelbarrow.  The Wheelbarrow moved forward 4 “steps” before completing 1x Merkins.  The Wheelbarrow continued until they just couldnt take it any more and swapped out.  The course continued the length of the rear of the school with parnters swapping as necessary.
  • Tom had the early finishers do some Turkish Getups… Oops… That’s what I get for asking him to cover while we finish up….
  • Box Jumps  on the wall (20x with minimal no pause)
  • Coyote Uglys (thank you Double D) – Partners, 3 each.  We used the picnic tables and again assumed the Wheelbarrow.  The Wheelbarrow ascended the table on their hands completing a merkin at the seat, the table top, then again on the seat and back on the ground.  Swap until each partner gets 3 each.
  • Mozy to the front of the school.
  • Leave No Man Behind (Partnees) -1 runs the inner parking lot out front, the other holds the position,swap on the return
    • Balls to the Wall
    • People’s Chair
    • Hold Plank
  • Mozy back to the flag and the soccer field
  • Rapid Fire (No Recover)-repeat until exhausted
    • Merkins 5x
    • LBCs 5x
    • Squats 5x

Combatives: OSU – Japanese word with 1000 meanings.  Means “I will do it”, “keep pushing”, does not mean any version of quit.

Dovetail led us in some blocking moves.  Not forceful, steady flow, effortless even.  Also showed us how to pair it with an offensive punch.  Now we are ready for some bar fights.  You missed out LipSync!!!

Mary:

  • Peeping Tom led us through Fozio Arm Circles (I managed to fill the workout so he couldnt do too many Turkish Getups)

Announcements:  South Wake Picnic – Oct 12th.  Sign-up sheet on Slack for food, etc.

T-Claps (Recognition):  Crablegs and Shredder are back!!!  Thanks to 16-bit for calling out this Tclap, positive things happening in South Wake.  Nice to have our brothers back.

Prayer:  Prayers for Shredder going through the loss of his Dad.  Was nice to pray with him this morning.

9/11 Stair Climb

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At 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, over 250 men gathered for the fourth annual 110-flight stair climb at Carter-Finley Stadium to honor the first responders who risked or lost their lives during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. South Wake represented well with almost 50 Pax posting.

FNGs: Welcome Side Piece, Smokey, and Swanson!

Warm Up: SSH x20, mountain climbers x20, good mornings x20

The Workout:

110+ flights of stairs.

Kickoff to Football Season

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Swish and I had hoped to utilize the soccer facilities but there was already a lot of action there by 9 am so we opted to move to the open field south of the creek that is adjacent to the playground.  With only a few minutes until 9, Shimmer asked if anyone is coming and shortly after I hear Swish say “There is Pikachu!” Soon we see Pikachu emerge (no yellow suit today) with shovel flag in hand, and a little ways behind him is 16-bit and Shamwow! with their 2.0’s. Looks like we have enough for a game! We throw the football for a little bit, 9:00 hits and off we go for a short mosey toward the softball fields, through the overflow parking area, across the bridge by the playground, and back to where we started by the tennis courts. We circle up and squat hold for the 6 back at the flag and then move into warm up exercises…

FNGs: Not this morning.

Warm Up:   Swish and I decided on a 14 count for each of the following: SSH, Squats, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, and Goof Balls. All exercises in cadence. Swish and I alternated leading the exercises and there was some mumblechatter of how Swish had his cadence on point. Shamwow! asked if we had practiced the night before, I said we went over cadence but are winging the exercises.

Now that we were all warmed up, YHC and Swish instructed PAX to mosey over to our designated field for some drills. Pikachu grabbed the shovel flag, I grabbed the cones and jerseys and we mosey over to the field. We reach the field and I realize I had forgot to bring the flags. I ask Swish to mosey back to grab them as I get the cones set up for the first exercise.

1st Drill- Agility and Speed

We split the PAX into 2 somewhat even teams and each member ran the drill in the image below. After the team member ran through all of the cones, they would tag the next person in line and they would rinse and repeat. The first team with all members through the cones won and the losing team had to do 5 burpees OYO. After a very close race, the winning team decided to join the losing team with the 5 burpess OYO. Completed 2 rounds before moving to the next exercise.

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Drill- Human Domino

Split the PAX into two groups as YHC and Swish set up cones to mark the distance of the exercise. Groups of 2 from each line would go against each other to see who could get to the end and run back to the line to tag the next group of two. The first person would lay on the ground on their stomach, the second person would hop over them and then lay on their stomach, rinse and repeat until reaching the next set of cones, jump up and run back to the line and tag the next group of 2. The first team with everyone finished won, the losers had to do 5 burpees OYO. Again, the winning team joined the losing team for the 5 burpees OYO.

Scrimmage!

A very competitive game that started off with some confusion on which team Shimmer was on. She had red flags on but was over with the yellow team. Pikachu tells her that it looks like there is an issue with the teams and she says looks like we have an issue with a beard! Shots fired! We all laughed and the game began. The score went back and forth with a few goal line stands by way of some stellar defense! Swish had 2 picks and Pikachu had a long run and put the moves on everyone. The game was won by the yellow team by a last minute long run by McNugget!

Mary: Mosey back to the tennis courts for PAX count of 11 and Name-o-Rama. As we are getting close to the flag, Linedrive comes running up to YHC and says “I am running faster than Pikachu” Shots fired again!

Announcements:  F3 Family Picnic October 12th. Check Slack and Facebook.

T-Claps (Recognition): All of the 2.0’s for playing a great game and having fun! All PAX for making it to the workout. Shamwow! for rucking his 2.0 Hitchhike for the entire workout!

Prayer: Injured PAX, unspoken

YHC took us out. It was an honor to lead and a great time playing flag football!

3 Years & 1 Onesie

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Solid crowd for YHC’s 3 year anniversary – clearly my warnings of no funny business did nothing to deter anyone from showing up.
After some speedy EC with Yogurt YHC donned the infamouse Pikachu onesie to make things really interesting. 0530 was here with no FNGs and we were off (our FNG showed up ~5 minutes into the workout).

EC: Pikachu, Yogurt, Skidmark, Dahmer, Aquaman, Redenbacher

FNGs: Sea Breeze

Warm Up:

Mosey to small tennis court and circle up

3x Burpees OYO
5x Burpees OYO since M4Life’s car clock needs to be fixed
SSH x 53 IC
Breakdancer x10 IC
Good Morning x10 IC
The Workout:

Stay on the tennis courts, partnering up (size matters, speed kinda matters)
Start at fence along long side of court, partner 1 does 10 partner carry fence squats, then wheel barrels the short way across the courts
Partner 2 repeats on the other side
Repeat counting down to 1 dropping by 3 each time. Can’t just do 1 so do 10 on the set of 1.

Mosey across street down hill to the well lit big hill in back
Partner 1 bear crawls to the top, does 10 derkins, crawl bears back down
Partner 2 does crab cakes until they’re back and then switch
Repeat with derkins going down 3 each time (7, 4, 10)

Mosey back across road all the way to pull up bars
Partner 1 does 10 pull ups
Partner 2 holds squat hold or helps partner if need be
Repeat with pull ups going down by 3 to 1….10 if pax can handle all that

Mosey back to tennis courts (big one this time) and line up along side line near fence.
Burpee broad jump across both courts to the other fence. Circle up for mary.
Mary:

LBC x20 IC
Plank hold for 3 minutes of fun:
1 minute of left hand up, left leg up, x10 crunches
1 minute of right hand up, right leg up, x10 crunches
1 minute of chill cut, pickle pounders, big boy pickle pounders
Announcements:

Great overview of Travis Manion Foundation by Breach and Lt. Dan.

New coffee spot for Fridays – Harvest Moon near Bass Lake Draft House/Lowe’s Food

T-Claps (Recognition):

Crab Legs for an inspirational summer
Prayer:

Crab Legs

Noah’s Ark & Michelle

Those impacted by 9/11

 

 

Always an honor and a priviledge men – thanks for making the last 3 years great. Can’t wait to see what the next 3 hold in store!

Ultimate at….Sugg!

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: OYO
The Workout: Ultimate!
Mary: More Ultimate for anyone interested.
Announcements: 9/11 Stair Climb

I forgot everything else…sorry. Work/school was a bit hectic this week so the backblast is tardy.

The Wall at Sheepdog

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PAX:  16 Bit, Banana Seat, Cricket, Sprinkler, Trojan, Beater, Martini
Warm Up:  Mosey to the back, Good Morning x 10, Windmills x 10, Daisy Pickers x 10
The Workout: 6 stations (one at each knee wall):  Station 1 – Irkins, 2 – Step Ups, 3 – Dips, 4 – Box Jumps, 5 – Dirkins, 6 – Dips.  PAX completed as many reps as possible that their current station while the 7th HIM did a lap around the track.  With the completion of the lap, all PAX rotated to the next station.  Rinse and Repeat for a total of 4 complete circuits.
Mary: LBC’s x 10, Heel Taps x 10, Homer to Marge x 10
Announcements: Labor Day Convergence
T-Claps (Recognition): Sprinkler for taking us out
Prayer: Unspoken

Batting Practice in the Dark?

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As part of my Q Sheet Challenge, I took the reins from Modify and he allowed me to lead. I was introduced to the batting cages by Wrangler a few years back and wanted to bring it to 2019 (I found out later that he had done it a few times since then…shrug) Hopefully, the PAX had fun.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: A few Trunk Twists and Good Mornings to get warmed up for the Big Stick
The Workout: With a bat and a ball, we smashed it from 2 feet to 2oo ft. If the ball didn’t leave the infield we were penalized with 5 Burpees. Once we were warmed up, most went into the grass resulting in Swing Kicks, Merkins, Diamond Merks, Bobby Hurleys, Star Jumps, WWII, Freddie Mercuries and a gamut of others.
Mary: Some Yoga stretches.
Announcements: 911 Stair Climb, Labor Day Convergence
Prayer: Injuries, Finkle’s neighbor injury