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FNGs: Not today

4 HIMs showed up to GP on a cold but clear sub 40 morning. 

WarmUp:

20 Fozzie Arm Circles, 10 Good Mornings, 20 SSH, 10 Daisy Pickers, 10 Windmills, 10 Emperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 10 Willy Mays Haze, 20 ct Pigeon Pose stretch

The Workout

UnBEARable: PAX line up in single file plank hold. HIMs Plank Hold and take turns Bear Crawling to front of the line until we get to end of parking lot then Crawl Bear back to the the starting line.

Mosey to the Wall of Pain

  • 40 ct Al Gore Wall Sits
  • 20 ct Balls to the Walls
  • 40 X 3 ct Moroccan Night Club Wall Sits
  • 20 Ct Balls to the Walls

Mosey to the Rock Pile. Rotate around rocks between sets.

  • 2 sets of 20’s – Curls for the girls
  • 2 sets of 20’s  – Overhead Overhead Tri-press
  • 2 sets of 10’s – Ground Pounders
  • 2 sets of 10’s – Trunk Twists
  • 2 sets of 10’s – Bus Drivers
  • 2 sets of 10’s – Rutrows

On your 6:

  • 10 X 3ct Windshield Wipers
  • 20 X 3ct 6 Inches

Mosey to Playground for Roll the Dice (sets varied from 3 – 20 depending on the roll; If doubles were rolled we doubled the number)

  • Plank Jacks, American Hammers (2 sets), Dips (2 sets), Rocky’s, Mnt Climbers, Lunges, Merkins, Split Jacks, Star Jumps, High Knees, WWIIs, Derkins, Erkins, Shoulder Tap Planks, Hand Release Merkins, Single Leg Homer to Marge, LBCs, Squats, Step Ups (2 sets),  Turkish Prisoner Get ups, Pickle Pounders (Convict rolled a 3 and said “these will be short and sweet”- to which was replied “That’s what she said”) 

Mosey to Flag for COT

Announcements:  None

Prayer Requests:  DOA and Convict both have pregnant baby mamas that are due in March. Forceps and 3rd Cousin both have a lot of travel in the coming weeks, Crab Legs going through experimental treatment.

YHC took us out.

Rockin’ n Blockin’ a Mutiny

FNGs: None

Warm Up: As the half past the hour drew near 16 Pax stood wondering in the gloom with mumble chatter of where oh’ where might the Q for the inaugural Red October Kettlebell workout be. Low & behold Dauber comes in near sideways at 29 past the hour. As today was “The Day” to christen the new AO alongside Mutiny we were to warm up and embrace Mary all together in good fashion. YHC called out to said Q across the way and then instructed the Pax to a 5 Burpee OYO in keeping with SouthWake’s tardy policy.

Sprinkler was on edge chomping at the bit for the signal to take warm up from there. Off to a quick lap around the field then back to parking lot for a sprinkling of SSH, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, & Fozio AC forwards and reverses. Here is where the group splits and Dauber drags his prey off to the tennis courts for an inaugural can of kettle bell whoop arss!

The Workout: Sprinkler & YHC co-Q’d the block work laid today. A few rounds of around the waist, curls for the girls, high knee step ups, overhead presses, rut rows, quick feet, elbow planks w/opposite leg lifts, uneven merkins, reclined chest presses, tricep extensions, wonder bra’s, parking lot block bear crawlin’ Indian run, single parking space block pushin’ burpees increasing by 1 at each line by 5 spaces, a final round the horn 10 count of  block exercises called by the remaining 8 Pax.

Mary: Merged back with the weary kettle beller’s for a date with Mary. Led by YHC started with a round of 1:4 Jack Webbs up 10/40, box cutters x 20, low slow flutters x 50.

Announcements: Christmas party coming up likely at Pablo’s place.

T-Claps (Recognition): To Sprinkler for being volunteered by YHC to co-Q his first workout last week and stepping up and doing a magnificent job in the gloom this morning.

Prayer: 16-bit dealing with some possible blood clots in one of legs, Quiver’s job situation, unspoken. YHC took us out in prayer.

Tiger War

It was  a brisk morning rolling into  TigerBlood with a good crowd ready to get after it.  After a quick check for FNG’s the PAX were off to get things under way.

FNGs: nope

Warm Up:

Ran along the side of the middle school towards the track for with some butt kickers, karaoke, and high knees along the way.  The PAX knocked out 2 laps around the track stopping along the way for SSH X 20, dips X20, Good Mornings X 20, Fazio Arm Circles X 20, Step up on bleachers X 20, and squat hold Moroccan night clubs X20.  Mosey behind the schools making our way to the far parking lot next to the elementary school.

The Workout:

War

The Pax paired up and 8 went to one side of the parking lot and the other 8 remained on one side of the lot.  The Q had prepared a special deck of cards for War, but realized when pulling the deck out that the wrong deck of cards was brought. There were some secret jokers in the other deck that will have to come out next time.Here is how the Game of F3 War went down…

Each group had half a deck of cards.  One person from each group took turns pulling a card.

Round 1:

  • Diamond – LBC
  • Hearts – SSH
  • Spades – Squat jumps
  • Clubs – Boat Canoes

The highest card was the winner and everyone had to do the exercise and amount of reps based on the card number.  Face cards were 10 and Ace was 11. The losing team had to do 1 burpee after the exercises were complete.  Both groups had to run down the parking lot to third light pole and back ready to pull the next card. Peak Week and the Q faced offed for a good ole’ fashioned duel going into double war.  Peak Week just lost and the penalty was 10 burpees for his team.

Round 2:

  • Diamond – little baby dips on the curbs
  • Hearts –  Star jumps
  • Spades –  merkins
  • Clubs –  SSH
  • Face Cards – run to the 1st island and back, run to the 1st light pole and back, run to the 2nd island and back

Same rules apply to round 2 but there wasn’t a run after each card was pulled unless it was a face card.  One good ole’ fashioned duel went down again with the Q, but this time was beat out and a 5 burpee penalty was applied.

With some mumble chatter about the definition of a boot camp and the amount of running the PAX finished WAR and assembled into two indian runs making their way back  to the parking lot for Mary.

Mary:

Six inch leg hold moving to twelve inch back to six inch up to twelve inch and into flutter kick.

Announcements:

SlideRule mentioned a shield challenge with four men drinking a beer together for the month of January.  He also mentioned starting a small group bible study  in the new year.  More details to follow.

Prayer:

Prayers were lifted for the family and friends of the 14 year old girl that was hit by a car in Holly Springs yesterday and lost her life. Prayers were also lifted for a friend of Banana Seat that died of a heart attack along with all unspoken prayers.

It is always good to get out and lead the group.  Watch out for the Joker in the future.

South Wakes first ever Slaughter Starter?

YHC’s first time Q’ing at Nutcracker. For the special occasion I dug into the exicon for some new exercises. Had 8 show up for the fun. Thanks for the strong work, Men!

EC: The Natural, Alpine

FNGs: Nope

Warm Up: Started with two laps around parking lot. During laps we did some side shuffles and ran backwards. PAX circled up the following exercises: 20 burpess OYO, windmills, daisy pickers, good mornings, toe touch (10 count x 2).

The Workout: Mosey to track behind school for the 4 corners, where PAX completed a round of various exercises at the four “corners” of the track. In between exercises, PAX got in line for Indian Runs for a full 1.25 lap to the next station. The following exercises were completed at the corners:

Happy Jacks (5 SSH x 2 Squat Jumps) x 10 rounds

Iron Hulks (Merkins:Airpress (1:5) – Total 6 merkins: 30 Airpress

Monkey Humpers x 50 in cadence

Hurpees (hand release burpees) x 5

Peeping Lipstick (Turkish get-up with star jump at top) x 5 each side

Merkin into sideplank x 8 each side

Curtsy Lunges x 15 each leg

Iron Hulks (Merkins:Airpress (1:5) – Total 6 merkins: 30 Airpress

Mary: LBCs X 50 in cadence

Announcements: Slide Rule looking to start Bible Study in the new year. More details to follow.

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for a strong effort this morning.

Prayer: The Naturals brother (foot surgery)

Mondays, the sooner you start Mondays, the quicker its over.

 

Ahh another Monday, Got even earlier so I rolled into Downtown Train at 5:08, did not post about EC because it’s not something I have been doing so I was as not sure if I could make it. Was the only car in the lot that was not a town holly springs car, so I grabbed the shiny new nox vest and took off for a slow jog to womble and back. Saw a few more cars when I arrived, (Abe and 3rd Cousin) and Oboe pulled in shortly after.

FNGs: None
EC: YHC (Still hate running UTI)
Warm Up: Mosey to Libray and back, 15 SSH, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Hillbillys, 10 Sir Fazio forward and backward, 10 Good Mornings
The Workout: Mosey’d to the lower level of the parking deck.
       Thang 1:
50  lBc’s
100 Overhead Claps
150 Merkins
200 Big Boy Situps
250 Squats
If I do this again, will probably switch the sit-ups and lBc’s… my abs still hurt.  With that done decided we should do some Erkins and Dips

       Thang 2: 10 Erkins, 15 Dips Repoato Twice, we then mosey back to the flag for some quick broga, Sun Salutation, to Warrior and back.

Mary:  Various exercises were called by the pax and YHC including American Hammers, Freddy Mercuries, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge
Announcements:  None
Prayer: Oboe and YHC as our company transitions to new ownership, F3 Cape Fear on the Loss of a Pax, and Continued recovery for the people down east still recovering from Florence.

COT: 
     Count-a-rama:  4
     Name-a-rama: 3 Meh 1 Respect

TClaps:  Oboe for gutting it out with Breathtaker

NMS: As always a pleasure to lead, small groups or large, it is great to be amount all of you.

Nutcracker, rock you like a….

Saw an open space on the Q sheet for Nutcracker, so I grabbed it, it is a great place to work out with many options. We had 12 total once we got started.

FNGs: None
EC: Flanigan
Warm Up: Mosey To playground, 15 SSH, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Hillbillys, 10 Sir Fazio forward and backward, 10 Merkins
The Workout:
       Thang 1: 11’s on the hill, find a partner, stay with partner, split the pax, half start at the top, half at the bottom.
First Round: Star Jumps and LBC
Second Round: Squats and Wide Grip Merkins
       Thang 2: Diego 123  Grap a Rock (Probably should have been a little more specific about rock size… 🙂 )
100 Triceps extensions
200 Genuine’s (Hold Squat and Do a Chest Press)
300 Curls For Girls

Did some arm stretches and Michael Phelps after all the Curls, and head to the flag for mary.

Mary:  15 Homer to Marge, 15 Freddy Mercury, 15 American Hammers, 15 Dying Coachroach, Have a Nice day
Announcements:  South Wake Picnic Oct 12th
Prayer: Pigpen and his M on the impending arrival of their Child going into Rex tomorrow, YHC with 2 on-site interviews at the same company today, Burgaw and other NC communities still recovering from last years hurricanes.

COT: 
     Count-a-rama:  12
     Name-a-rama: 8 Meh 2 Respect, 1 Hate

TClaps:  Breech for Breathtaker, again.

NMS:  As always my days are always better when they start with F3. The Q Sheet is pretty empty, so now is the time to step up and grab a spot, I and many others will help or co-q with you if you want to do your VQ or if you have not Q’d in a while.

Really bad COT Video…

9/30/19 Downtown Train

8HIMs at Downtown Train this morning

FNGs: None  

Warm Up:  10 Good Mornings, 10 Willy Mays Haze, 10 Daisy Pickers, 20 SSH, 20 Arm Circles, 10 Imperial Walkers

The Workout:

Each Pax lined up on a parking line for 11’s: Merkins then bear crawl to end of parking line for American Hammers then crawl bear back.  Squat hold until everyone finished

Mosey around the block and then to the rock pile

3 sets 20ct Curls, Triceps Press, Bus Drivers and Ground Pounders

In between each set we did sets of 10 varied exercises: LBCs, Windshield Wipers, Presses, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge (5 standard, 5 left leg raised, 5 right leg raised), Rockies, Plank Jacks, Lunges, Goofballs, SSH,  and 30 ct Chilcutt planks.

Return rocks and mosey around the block

10 Wide stance Merkins, 20 ct Supermans, 10 WWIIs, 4 Absolutions (brutal) 

Mary: Each PAX took turns choosing a 10 ct exercise.  Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Tap Planks, Cockroach, Low Slow Flutters, Box Cutters, LBCs, Hill Billies, Crab claps (which I quickly learned I cannot do)

Finished up with 10 OYO Burpies

Announcements: F3 Picnic Oct 12th – Use the sign up sheet

Prayer Requests: Prayers for Forceps’ boys dealing with separation

YHC took us out.   Thank you for letting me lead.

9 – 19 – 19

The Q rolled into the lot with a few minutes to spare and a crowd  of 9 ready to  get after 9 – 19- 19 at TigerBlood.  Great to see some old (Da Business- RESPECT) and new faces at this AO. It  appeared that Pablo tackled EC solo.

FNGs:NA

Warm Up:

Mosey to the back of the school with some butt kickers and karaokes along the way.

Circle up for..

Good morning X 10 IC

CP X 10 IC

Windmill X 10 IC

SSH X 20 IC

FAC X 20 IC

Daniel Son X 20 on Ah kicks

The Workout:

The PAX made their way over to the soccer field behind the elementary school for some 9 – 19 – 9.  The PAX started at one side of the field and did the below exercises and sprinted to the other side for the next set.  This was repeated for 9 sets of exercises and sprints.  Still pool season so the PAXX worked on getting buffed, bronzed, and B*itch*n.

  1. 19 – Merkins – sprint across the field
  2. 19 – low slow flutter – sprint across the field
  3. 19 – wide grip merins – sprint across the field
  4. 19 – freddie mercury – sprint across the field
  5. 19 – one arm extended merkins – sprint across the field
  6. 19 – WWII – sprint across the field
  7. 19 – hand release merkins – sprint across  the field
  8. 19 – plank jacks – sprint across the field
  9. 19 – fake partner air clap merkins

 

Next up the PAX made their way over to the long parking lot and partnered up.  Partner one, in a wheelbarrow, made their way down the parking line and on the curb. Once in the middle of curb did 5 merkins in the wheelbarrow and continued down the curb and back out the other parking line.  The partners switched until each partner had covered 5 parking lot curbs and 10 parking lines.

Quickly the PAX went over to the bloody, uneven wall next to the parking lot.  One partner did BTW while the other group of partners did 20 count IC quick feet.  Switch and repeat.  Next One partner did mountain climber BTW while the other group of partners did 20 count curb jumps.  Switch and repeat.  Finally, one partner did mountain climber BTW while the other group of partners did 20 one leg curb jumps.  Switch and repeat.

For the grand finale the PAX,  in an indian run, made their way to the red Tiger/Labrador paw prints leading into the elementary school.  One partner did 10 dips on the benches out front followed by 10 urkins.  The other group of partners did bunny hop jumps on each Tiger/Labrador paw print.  Rinse and repeat twice.

Mary:

Each of the 9 PAX called out an ab exercise that they didn’t want to do and the rest of the PAX did this exercise  while they zig zagged in and out of the PAX in the circle.  Next guy up called out an ab exercise until everyone made their way around the circle.   Boat caonoe’s X 20 IC to finish things up.

Announcements:

Completion of the mulch project at Oakview. 7:30 AM on Saturday.

T-Claps (Recognition): Da Business was able to successfully complete a workout at 50 and  returning from a week in Vegas.  He did mention something was bloody while he was there.

Prayer:

Prayers lifted for Shredder’s father that recently passed.  Continued prayers for CrabLegs.

 

 

 

We only ran…twice.

Had 10 STRONG at Downtown Train this morning. Maybe a slight bit of false advertising on the running, but really, we only ran twice. Didn’t expect to see an BRR guys this morning, understandably so and was super impressed to see Pablo roll in from EC. And not only Pablo, but M4L showed just before start time. Well done men!

FNGs: None

EC: Pablo

Warm Up: Took a field trip to womble. Circled up on the tennis court for the following exercises:

5 Burpees OYO; Daisy Pickers, Windmills, and SSH.

The Workout:

Moseyed to picnic shelter for the first part of the workout. Conducted 4 rounds of the following exercises, decreasing reps each round.

Step-ups x 20 x 15 x 10 x 5 (each leg)

Dips x 20 x 15 x 10 x 5 (in cadence)

Irkins x 20 x 15 x 10 x 5

Moseyed over to rock pile for rock and the 4 rounds of the following exercises.

Curls for girls x 20 x 20 x 20 x 15 (in cadence)

Overhead press x 20 x 20 x 20 x 15 (in cadence)

Tricep extensions x 20 x 20 x 20 x 15 (in cadence)

Bus driver/Overhead holds (20, 15, 10, 5 second intervals)

Back to DT homebase for…

Mary: 20 LBCs (in cadence), 20 freddie mercury’s (in cadence)

Announcements: 9/11 stair climb, convergence picnic, BRR review

T-Claps (Recognition): Pablo and M4L. Way to get out there this morning men.

Prayer: Thanks for safe return of BRR runners, injured PAX

Pumpkin Spice B-Day Co-Q

5 HIMs at GP this morning.

FNGs: None  

Warm Up:  20 SSH, 10 Good Mornings, 10 Windmills, 10 Daisy Pickers, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies

The Workout:

Mosey to the wall

3 sets of 30 ct Ascending Testicles

3 sets of 50 ct Wall Sits (run beetle run)

 

Mosey to the rock pile where Pumpkin Spice took over the Q:

3 sets 24 Curls, Triceps Press, Dead lifts, and Ground Pounders 

On your 6 – 3 sets of 24 x 3 ct Chest Presses and Low Slow Flutters

 Return the rocks and mosey to the playground

Aik’n Abs

  • 20 LBCs 
  • 10 WWIIs 
  • 20  Pickle Pounders
  • 20 x 3 ct Homer to Marge (10 standard, 5 single leg)

Aik’n Arms

  • 15 Merkins
  • 15 Derkins
  • 20 x 3 ct Dips
  • 10 x 3 ct Shoulder tap planks

Aik’n Legs:

  • 20 Step ups
  • 20 Squats
  • 10 Star Jumps
  • 10 x 3ct Mountain Climbers  

Aik’n Abs:

  • 15 American Hammer
  • 20 ct 6 inches
  • 20 Freddy Mercurys
  • 30 ct Chilcutt plank
  • 30 ct Supermans

Ring around the Playground:

  • Bear Crawl half circle & Karaoke back
  • Lunge Walk to half circle & Bunny Hop back
  • – Rinse and repeat

Announcements

F3 Teams running BRR Relay to finish this afternoon. TBD September Qs: get out and support Double D and The Natural this month. 

 

Prayer Requests: Pray for all our brothers dealing with challenges; Dutch Oven’s Father diagnosed w/ pancreatic cancer. 

T-Claps for Pumpkin Spice 1 year F3 anniversary and for stepping up to Co-Q .