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BOARDING ACTION!!

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FNGs: N/A

Warm Up: The Usual. F3 Mission Statement and 5 core principles were stated correctly.

The Workout: in today’s gloom we ran a competition pitting Queen Anne’s Crew (Gump, Flip Phone, and Finkle) against Vane’s Rebels across 4 stations of equipment and body weight exercises. With the help of a 50 second tabata timer, members of one crew would lift the heavy things and put them down (farmer carry, kettlebell swings, sandbag burpies, and curls for the girls) while the other crew did body weight exercises of their choosing (too many to name). The crews would switch and see if they could lift up heavy things better than that of their rival crew. 

See history lesson on Blackbeard and Charles Vane below.

Mary: No time!

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Prayers for injured PAX and PAX on the job-hunt.

History Lesson: Blackbeard vs. Charles Vane

Charles Vane and Edward Teach — better known as Blackbeard — were both prominent pirates operating in the Atlantic during the early 1700s, and their rivalry stemmed from competition over territory and resources in the Caribbean and along the American coast. Vane was known for his brutality and refusal to accept pardons, while Blackbeard cultivated a fearsome reputation through theatrics and intimidation. Towards the end of Blackbeard’s life, the two were competing for dominance in pirate havens, and Vane’s aggressive tactics alongside Blackbeard’s declining influence created tension between their crews. Though they never directly clashed, their rivalry represented the cutthroat nature of piracy in that era — fitting inspiration for today’s beatdown.

Chilly and Breezy at UFO

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FNGs: Welcome FNG “Hi-YAH”

Warm Up: SSH IC and stretching

The Workout: 60 minutes of Ulimate Frisbee with ascending burpees on the score.

Mary: None

Announcements: Q-em All Challenge and Triple Ruck Series for Holly Springs races in 2026 with Breach.

T-Claps (Recognition): The guys who helped the Hope Closet over the weekend.

Prayer: Ausfart’s wife and our military in the middle east. 

Curling on Heroin Hill

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FNGs: NoneWarm Up: SSH IC, Good Mornings IC, Sir Fasio Arm Circles, and stretching.

The Workout: A mix of elevation gaining exercises of Murder Bunnies and Moonwalks up Heroin Hill (rocks in tow), Dips and Urkins on the guardrail at the top, something resembling Olympic shot put/curling/bocce on the way down, and Burpees and WW1s at the bottom. Some complaints were filed by some competitors alleging that the rocks were not uniform and that some competitors in the shot put had an unfair advantage. To settle the controversy, rocks were rotated among each man with a rotation of Ground Pounders, Curls Fu Du Gurls, Tris Fu Du Guys, WW3s, and Overhead Presses.

Mary: LSF IC, Homer-to-Marge IC, LBCs IC, and a 45 second chill cut plank hold

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition): None

Prayer: Buttermilk upcoming ablation to relieve back issues, Ausfart’s wife is having brain surgery for a tumor, and Motor Boatin’ is still looking for work.

Tumbleweed’s Virgin Q

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Note: Abacus filling our the backblast for Tumbleweed

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Standard

The Workout: We split up in teams of three and did 100 merkins, 200 Carolina dry docks, and 300 curls for the girls while one person alternated between bear crawls or broad jumps and another held a plank. Followed by an Indian run.

Mary: Popcorn Mary

Announcements: 1776 Workout

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Abacus neighbor, Popeye friend, horse face traveling mercies

Passing the Baton

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Probably close to two years ago Fonzie and I took over as site Q’s at Possum Trot.  As one of our favorite AOs it was fun to keep it running, Qing as much as we could, and making sure things went smoothly.  Over time, and with injury, we lapsed in our duty.  It became evident that new leadership was needed so we reached out to local PAX to find potential candidates.  After a lot of searching two stepped forward, almost at the same time.  Both Stovepipe and Rubiks wanted to help lead South Wake’s original AO and felt up to the task.  YHC picked up the Q for the day and asked the two of them to be there for the official hand off.  All in all, 11 other men joined the three of us for a beatdown and the official handoff of the site.  

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

SSH x27 IC (that was the temperature when I looked when I woke up)

Windmills x10 IC

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Sir Fazio Arm circles x10 IC forward and reverse

The Workout:

We started at the back corner, by the rock pile, to begin a four corners workout.  Each corner would be some sort of leg or ab workout with the exception of the first because I finally feel like I can lift a (small) rock.  

Curls for the girls x10 IC

Tris for the guys x10 IC

Rut Rows x10 IC

Chest press x10 IC

We then did a backwards mosey to the next corner, by where the parking lot met the road.  

No Surrender x10 IC

Bobby Hurley x10 IC

Star Jumps x10 IC

We then proceeded to the next corner, on the other side of the tennis courts.  We made our way there via Walk like an Egyptian.  This is a lunge walk Indian Run where everyone steps in to a lunge while the guy at the back lunge walks to the front of the line.  Once they get there everyone steps in to a lunge with the other leg while the next guy goes.  This got a little unruly at times and, honestly, took way longer than I thought but all the complaining really fed my soul.  

The next corner was abs.  We did an LBC cycle

LBC x10 IC

Reverse LBC x10 IC

Side LBC x10 IC each side.  

We did a rinse and repeat and then did a slow mosey to the next corner for some squat rounds

Squats x10 IC

Wide squat x10 IC

Feet together squat x10 IC

Two rounds of that as well and then it was a duck walk back to the rocks to do another round of what we had done before. After that we returned our rocks and went to the tennis courts.  We started with a set of calf raises.  After that, there was a lot of mumble chatter which made YCH feel like he hadn’t worked everyone hard enough so we went in to a round of suicides across the width of of the court.

Mary:

American Hammers x16 IC

Sleeping Hillbillies x10 IC each side

Box cutters x16 IC

Announcements: 

Prayer outreach with Rubiks down town Raleigh at 7:00pm

Prayer:

Bleeder recovering from surgery

 

Always an honor to lead and it has been an absolute privilege  to have led this AO.  I look forward to what new leadership will do.  

 

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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.

Tabata Sweat and Christmas Soul

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Date of Q: 12/19/22

FNGs: None

Warm Up: slide straddle hops, good mornings, willie mays hayes, imperial walkers, hillbillies, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps

The Workout: 3 Rounds of Tabata all to the soulful Christmas melodies of Mariah Carey, Josh Turner, Hanson, and more. Each round consisted of 14 sets of 30 seconds ON and 10 seconds Rest. we switched between 2 different exercises to make 7 sets each.

1st Round: balls to the wall and people’s chair
2nd Round: clean/squat/press with rocks and dips
3rd Round: curls for the girls and bear crawl circles

Mary:low slow flutter, box cutters, LBCs, Homer to Marge

Announcements:None

T-Claps (Recognition):None

Prayer: Praise to Fonzi being 1 year out from Achilles injury and seeing improvement. Praise to Pumps getting back out there after back injury. Prayers for families coming together at Christmas time. Thankfulness for Him who is the reason for the season.

The Most Uncomfortable Thing

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YHC pre-blasted a potential FNG at Mutiny this morning which brought a good crowd.  Unfortunately our FNG was a no-show but we had a good time regardless.  I was happy to see so many happy faces this morning.

FNGs:

We were supposed to have one but, alas, none showed.

Warm Up:

Lap around the soccer field and then circle up by the tennis courts:

Good morning x10 IC

SSH x20 IC

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Penalty burpees for Warbucks being late x5

The Workout:

We moseyed down the parking lot and stopped at the first island.  From there we started YHC’s favorite go-to, the Crab Boil

Crab walk two parking spaces

Crab cakes x10 IC

Crab walk two parking spaces

Crab humpers  x10 IC

Crab walk two parking spaces

Crab jacks x10 IC

Once we were done with that we took a break to do some Jack Webbs.  For those who forget, it’s a 1:4 ratio of merkins and air presses.  We went up to 10:40

We crab boiled back up the parking lot and then did Spud Webbs, which are like the previous workout but this time with lunges and squats. (It was A LOT of squats)

Once done with that we went to the rock pile and grabbed a rock and moved up to the pavilion:

Curls for the girls x16 IC and move two rocks to the left

Triceps extensions x16 IC and move three rocks to the left

Chest press x16 IC and move two rocks to the left

Trunk rotations x16 IC and move two rocks to the left, back to our original rocks

Ground pounders x16 IC and then return your rock

One last exercise, we paired up and did roman sit-ups on the picnic table.  This is where you hang off the front of the table, face first, while someone holds your legs to keep you from falling on your face.  Then you do a reverse sit up using your lower back muscles to pull you up.  Each PAX did 10 OYO and, afterwards, one described it as “the most uncomfortable thing I’ve ever done in F3”

Mary:

At the tennis courts we circled up for:

LBC x10

Reverse LBC x10

Knees to the left side LBC x10

Knees to the right side LBC x10

Homer to Marge x10

Sleeping Hillbillies x10 each side

Freddy Mercury x10

Announcements:

Long Ass Run this coming weekend on the ATT.  Keep an eye on Slack for updates regarding the route

Hollyfest coming up and still needing volunteers to help with the booth.  See Slack and/or reach out to Dauber for more information

Prayer:

Unspoken

 

An honor to lead as many men as showed up this morning.  I love leading a large crowd.  More pain to share.

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Rocking the whole body with Bears and Bunnies at Mutiny

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PAX: @Banana Seat, @Finkle, @Abacus the OG
Warm Up: Mosey around the track, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, SSHs, Sir Fazio’s forwards and backwards.
The Workout: We were after that full body workout so we went to the rock pile to get our work done!  Started off with shmedium sized rocks and each Pax was the timer doing lunge walks around the circle drive while the other Pax did some rock work with curls for the girls and tri’s for the guys.  3 sets.  Then the timer did rock squats while the other Pax did wonder bras and rut rows. 3 sets.  Next the timer did a run down to the tennis courts and we did murder bunnies around the circle followed by more sets of rock bear crawls…LOTS of MUMBLECHATTER on this one!  LOL.  Finally to push ourselves into Mary, we ditched the rocks and moseyed back up to the pavilion and did a set of step ups, 15 each leg, on the block wall.
Mary: Low slow flutter, Freddie Mercuries, Homer to Marge, and Pickle Pounders.
Announcements: Celebrate Fuquay Varina on Oct. 1st, Long Ass Run coming up 10/22, Frosty CSAUP has been scheduled for December 10th.  More details coming on that.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Family members in FL who are getting prepared for the hurricane coming on Tuesday.

Standing in a Circle Staring at Each Other

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FNGs: Welcome Rhubarb!
Warm Up: normal warm-o-rama activities
The Workout: Tabata style with 4 pairs of supersets. 20sec on, 10sec rest, for 18 rounds and 4 sets.

SSH and walkouts, mountain climbers and rotating planks, daft punk and merkins, high knees and squats
Mary: no time for Mary
Announcements: races upcoming
T-Claps (Recognition): Rhubarb and Abacus for EC
Prayer: Gamecock for parenting patience