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Damn it feels good to be back at Cletus!

16 long months have went by since YHC last led the PAX at Cletus. 5 HIM posted on this brisk morning for a tour of the grounds. YHC got in a two mile solo EC while seeing a few PAX out getting their run on. 0530 came and we got down to business.

Warm up down to lower lot (agility otw)
Red Bull smurf jacks x10 IC
Squatted Morracan night club x10 IC
Up/downs x10
Diamond merkins (on my down and up) 10
Frankenstein’s x10 IC

General Dan’s increasing merkins 1 to 10 in parking lot

Mosey to amp for box jumps, one leg dips, BTTW shoulder taps – 3 rds x15 each

Indian run to lat pull bars
Lat pulls and Bobby Hurley’s 3 rds x10 each

Indian run to walkway btwn fields
Broadjump burpees down
Hallelujah wall sits at booth x50IC

Scout run long way back with 2 Turkish get ups after 5 sec run out, then to tennis court

Chilly plank railroad along the fence
Bear crawl-a-cides 5 lines
Reg suicides

Mary
LBC’s x20
Pretzels x20 each side

Prayers for Florence job, those fighting cancer, COVID victims

It was a pleasure men.

BS Out!

Q less

FNGs:None
Warm Up: SSH, good mornings, wind mills, fazio arm circles back and forward, overhead claps, seal claps, 10 merkins.
The Workout: pax’s split into 6 for mutiny and 3 at Red October. While mutiny did a popcorn Q Pots, Gump and I knocked out some upper body exercises with bell

30 curls, 15 each side lawn mower pulls, 30 rows, 15 each side press, 30 squats, 10 normal 10 diamond and 10 wide merkins, 30 triceps, 30 press.  Exercises were repeated at 20 per exercise.
Mary:the pax’s met up for Mary and each chose exercise as we went around circle. 20 LSF, 10 each side v ups, homer to marge, 5 burpees, heal taps, 10 x and o’s, 10 ex icon homer to marge 6in to 90 degree leg raises
Announcements: dec 5 breach is working on a rucking  surprise. Dec 12th frosty csaup. Mamas house still needs door to feed families for thanksgiving. Can donate cash on line as well
T-Claps (Recognition): Banana seat for taking the Q while in town for a day
Prayer: Frams co worker, safe travels, families and marriages during this time, 187 wife. Be thankful for what we have and don’t take for granted.

9/11 Tribute

4 HIM decided to join YHC on a special 9/11 tribute workout that involve TRX bands. It was another schweaty morning and the park was full of walkers while we got swole. On this day, always remember those that perished and the hero’s that sacrificed their lives for others.

The Workout:
2001m run (1.25 mile)
During run stopped 4 times
Good Mornings
Windmills
Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies
Merkins

TRX
9 exercises 11 reps
Bi’s
Tri’s
Pikes
Squat jumps
Flys
High row
Low row
Merkin crunch
Twist pulls
Rinse and Repeat

110 lunge walking steps

Mary:
9×11
Pretzels
H2M
Leg lifts
Shoulder taps
Pickle pounders
Freddy Mercuries
6 inch hold 11 Ct x 4
LBC’s
Twin Tower lifts aka Heels to Heaven

Announcements:
BRR happening now, no mulch this weekend

Prayer:
BRR runners, 9/11 remembrance and families

Great work guys! TRX is no joke. Always a pleasure to lead.

BS out!

Never Have I Ever

YHC raised his hand to fill in for Norm yesterday afternoon when he needed a substitute Q.  I was hoping to get a chance to Q this week but the Qsheet was pretty full for they days I wanted so I was in luck when he needed help.  I wanted to create my own BRR friendly workout which, evidently, is a confusing concept.  To me, BRR friendly is easy on the legs.  Gotta save them for later this week.  With that in mind I formed together a loose plan in my head and figured I’d sort the rest out as we went.

FNGs:

None today

Warm Up:

Quick lap around the track and then circled up for:

Good morning x10 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Daisy Picker x10 IC

Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbilles x10 IC

The Workout:

Moseyed down to the first parking lot island and lined up.  The idea was to crab walk 4 spots, do an exercise, crab walk another 4 spots, another exercise, 4 more spots to the end, and another exercise.  Then we flipped over and bear crawled 4 spots, did an exercise, etc., etc.  Rinse and Repeat.   The exercises were:

Crab:

Crab Cakes x10 IC

Crab humpers x10 IC

Crab jacks x10 IC.  Fram was adamant that never in his life had he done these before.  Good thing he ruminated on it later or else we would have completely forgotten Name o Rama. “Never in my 42 years…hey, wait…”

Bear:

Shoulder taps x10 IC

Merkins x10

Nipplers x10 IC

 

After those two laps we went down to the rock pile, grabbed a rock, and circled up around the picnic tables for some upper body rock work.  With our own rocks first we did Curls for the Girls x10 IC then put the rocks down and did 10 Irkins.  Rotate one rock to the right and do triceps extension x10 IC and 10 dirkins.  Rotate again and 10 IC overhead presses and then 10 dips.  Next rock over got 10 bus drivers IC and another 10 dips.  Rotate and 10 chest presses on our six followed by 10 dirkins.   Last rotation was 10 trunk twists and 10 irkins.  Then we did the whole thing over again but this time rotated rocks to the left.

Once we got through two laps of that we partnered up and did two sets of 10 roman situps (hang off the end of the table, face down, holding the rock on your chest and “sitting” up using your back) with the rocks per partner.  After that we ran over to the playground to do 10 pullup OYO because we can do that again.  Once those were done we went up to the nameless brick building to do 10 count BTTW by each PAX.  Then off to the tennis courts

Mary:

LBC Circuit.  10 IC regular LBCs, 10 reverse, 10 with knees on the ground to the left, 10 with knees on the ground to the right.

LSF x10 IC

HAND

Announcements:

Hardy has another ninja competition today at Rock Solid Warrior.  Wish him luck.

Prayer:

Everyone running this weekend.  Unspoken.

 

Thanks for the opportunity to lead this morning gentlemen.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

 

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Taking on the Swarm

So named because Bebop parked himself under the lamp during People’s Chair, and got swarmed with ant drones. It looked like that scarab scene in The Mummy, and also my worst nightmare.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Warm-up lap, butt-kickers, high knees, Willy Mays Haze, Fazio Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Side Straddle Hop

The Workout: THING 1: Mosey over to the FV Community Center for some rock push tug-of-war. Split up into two teams with a pair of rocks at one end of the parking lot. Team 1 performs an exercise then starts pushing the rock to the other end of the lot. Team 2 runs around the community center, and Team 1 stops in place once they’re back. Alternate, and Team 2 exercises and pushes the rock the other way. After a few rounds the team that made the most progress wins. We’ll dial this one in, since everyone made it to the other end before the other team got back. Exercises: Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tri’s, Ruh Rohs

THING 2: Peoples Choice. Start out with a set of exercises and a PAX eliminates the one they hated the most every round. Exercises: Burpees, Merkins, Lunges, Shoulder Taps, Monkey Humpers

THING 3: Peoples Chair with Bat Wings (Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Fazio Arm Circles Forward and Reverse)

Mary: LBC, WW2, Rosalita, Homer to Marge, Have a Nice Day

Announcements: F3 Mission Statement recital, Norm’s F3 Anniversary, BRR this weekend

T-Claps (Recognition): Bebop and Banana Seat for coming out the next day after the Iron PAX Challenge at Possum Trot

Prayer: Boy George and his family travels, Bebop’s sister for a healthy pregnancy, Gamecock’s Daycare owner’s family loss

Normageddon it! > Part 1

YHC has had the honor of being part of F3 for two years now and it is only fitting to celebrate with a week’s worth of Q’s (albeit somewhat disjointed).  This is just a small way to give something back to those who have given so much to me.

Thanks to all of you who have truly helped make this much “more than a workout” and created a great community of mutual encouragement and accountability. YHC is not only in the best physical shape I’ve been in since high school, but much healthier mentally and spiritually than when I started two years ago as well. Not to mention the great friendships that have been made along the way! Thanks for being there in the gloom and for the constant push. It is greatly needed and appreciated even more. Keep it up HIM!

FNGs: None
Warm Up:

  • Mosey around the lot for a tour of what was to come…
  • Recitation of the F3 Mission Statement (Aye!)
  • SSH x 24 IC
  • Daisy Pickers x 15 IC
  • Frankensteins x 15 IC
  • Windmills x 15 IC

The Workout:

We counted off by 3’s to form 3 different groups. Each group split up and ran to one of three stations to do an exercise that was listed on the sheet. When finished, we returned to “home base”, when the whole team was back we did 5 burpees, and proceeded to the next station. The round was complete when all PAX completed all 3 stations with burpees in between. We completed 4 rounds total but dropped the burpees in the last round due to time constraints.

Station 1 > Abs > each exercise = 20 count IC
Round 1 – LBC’s
Round 2 – Freedie Mercuries
Round 3 – Low Slow Flutter
Round 4 – American Hammers

Station 2 > Arms
Round 1 – Merkins x 20
Round 2 – Carolina Dry Docks x 20
Round 3 – Sir Fazio Arm Circles x 10 fwd/ 10 rev IC
Round 4 – Shoulder Taps x 20 IC

Station 3 > Legs
Round 1 – Squats x 20 IC
Round 2 – Lunges – alternating legs – x 20 IC
Round 3 – Star Jumps x 20
Round 4 – Apolo Ohno’s (Speed Skaters) x 20 IC

Mary:

Homer to Marge x 10 IC
Homer to Marge – right leg up – x 10 IC
Home to Marge – left leg up – x 10 IC

Announcements:

  • No Mulch this Sat.
  • BRR next weekend

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • 4 PAX did 2 mile EC – good work!

Prayer:

  • COVID
  • Kids in school
  • Dauber’s daughter is homesick @ Baylor

As always – it’s an honor to lead! Until next time…

New Lighted Frisbee at Mutiny

FNGs:None
Warm Up:  Good am, static stretches, SSH
The Workout:  Ultimate frisbee:  6v5.  Lots of burpees.  Lots of scores.  Lots of great throws and catches.  breach brought a light up frisbee  still hard to see/play in the darkness especially if you were wearing black/dark clothing.

Mary:  None
Announcements:  Iron PAX; possible Ultimate next week AFTER Mutiny.
T-Claps (Recognition):  PAX who were flexible playing Ultimate one week early.
Prayer:  Welcome back Norm from his Army training; Best wishes to Boy George as he gets ready to close on his house and begin an adventure across the USA with his family.  UNSPOKEN.  YHC took us out.  Honored to lead.

It’s Something Alright

7 PAX posted at Something Awesome. Two cotters and two FNG’s. We had some laughs and farts but mainly sweat. Clown car arrived at 5:31 so burpees followed the opening mosey. Here’s what you missed.

FNGs:
Peephole (works on pad locks for doors) and Towelie (he brought a small red towel to wipe his perspiration from his brow)

Warm Up:
Mosey then circle up
Good mornings
Frankenstein’s
Windmills
Michael Phelps
stretches

The Workout:
Circle
Bear crawl ring of fire
– bear crawl around the circle. Q calls out various merkins x10 (Reg, diamonds, wide, ranger, knerkins)

Field
The Michigan
– Run 20 yards 10 squats, run back 10 Jack Webb’s
– Repeat 40 yds 20 squats 20 jack webs
– Repeat 60 yds 30/30
– 80 yds 40/40
– 100 yds 50/50

Grab some wall – 3 rds
Seal clap preacher seats x10 IC
BTTW shoulder taps x10 IC

Small wall- 3 rds x15, x12, x10
Side step up & overs on small wall
Chest tap irkens
Dips
Box jumps
Dirkens (last set hand release)
Mosey over to mary

Mary:
Hurricane Hoedown (look it up)
Pretzel both sides
Windshield wipers
Heels to heaven
Boat canoes
HAND

Announcements:
AO School House on Wednesday. Breakfast and q-source to follow. SW guys are welcome.

T-Claps (Recognition):
Cotters back in the gloom (Buttwax and Rainmaker)

Prayer:
NM friend Chris chemo battle with leukemia 36 wife two kids
Darby’s friend special ops broke back and Covid-19

Strong work today gents. Appreciate the opportunity to lead.

BS out!

Running the Tables

FNGs: None

Warm Up:  As the Pax were anxious to try their luck at the tables, warm-up was kept to a minimum. SSHx15 IC; Good mornings x 10IC; Imperial walkers x 10IC; Hill billies x 10IC

The Workout: Pax split up into 3 groups and mingled around Casino Royale.  At station 1, Banana Seat treated the Pax to a round of TRX bands and table top work.  At Station 2, YHC dealt out some 11s and finished the round with some blackjack. At Station 3, the Pax ran the tables with Boy George with a mix of merkins (H.I.I.T. group).

Station 1 – various exercises with TRX bands and tabletops

Station 2

Rd 1 – 11s with Curls for the girls and LBCs (ran with coupon between islands).  Finished up with some blackjack. Dealer wins 10 burpees, Pax wins 5 burpees

Rd 2 – 11s with Tricep extensions and squats (ran with coupon between islands). Finished up with some blackjack. Dealer wins 10 turkish getups, Pax wins 5 turkish getups.

Rd 3 – 11s with rut rows and ww1s (ran with coupon between islands).  Finished up with some blackjack.  Dealer wins 20 second plank, Pax wins 10 second plank

Station 3

Using the path around the south end of the park (800m long)

First lap – merkin half mile with appearances by some of Boy George’s favorite characters.

100m runs with stops along the way for 8 different style of “merkins”

5 diamond merkins; 5 mike tysons; 5 wide grip merkins; 5 balls to the all derkins; 5 Peter Parker merkins; 5 Mickey mouse merkins; 5 Makhtar N’Diayes (former basketball player ho spent 2 seasons at Univ of Michigan then transferred to UNC); 5 irkins on the fence

Second lap – burpee pyramid with sprints

100m acceleration (increase speed with every 10 steps or so) followed by 100m mosey recovery

Corner 1 – 4 single merkin burpees; Corner 2 – 3 double merkin burpees; Corner 3 – 2 triple merkins burpees; Corner 1 – 1 quadruple merkin burpees

Mary: Finished up 1 round of blackjack.  Dealer wins 20 second plank, Pax wins 10 second plank

Announcements: Mulch at Bass Lake – signup slots still open for this weekend

T-Claps (Recognition): Nemo for going 10/10 for EC and workout during Q swap; Boy George for going 10/10 for workouts during Q swap.  For all the Pax that contributed to the clothing and hygiene product drive.

Prayer: Boy George

Little bit of this, Little bit of that…

15 HIM chose to workout at Kenny’s Grave today. Here is what we did.

Warm Up:
Mosey around the parking lot with buttkickers, high knees, carioca. Then circle up.
Good Mornings x10 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x10IC
Windmill x10IC
Copperhead Merkins x10
Copperhead Squats x10

The Workout:
Split into two groups.
Group 1 grab a rock.
11’s on the hill next to baseball field
Rock never touches the ground and always face downhill
At the top – Prisoner get-up (right knee down, left knee down, then back up)
At bottom – Wonder Bra’s

Group 2 on the court.
Two lines PAX guy runs the ladder/cone course with a burpee at the end before repeating back.
Next man calls the exercise each time. Do this until group 1 is done

Tabata at the picnic table. AMRAP 20 secs on/10 secs off.
Group 1 upper body on the tables. G2 lower body in the parking lot.
Upper – Chest tap irkens, Dips, Hand release Dirkens (rinse and repeat)
Lower – Reverse Lunges, Bobby Hurley’s, Star Jumps (R&R)
Should be 3 mins per group then switch.

Mary:
Rapid Mary with only 3 mins. Feet never touched the ground.
Freddy Mercury into Protractor into LSF into Heels to Heaven into Rosalitas
HAND

Announcements:
Last day of Q Dual swap tomorrow at Casino Royale. Reach out to cotters.

Prayer:
School teachers aka Parents, CrabLegs and Forceps, Missing PAX

Thanks to 16-Bit for taking a group today.

BS Out!