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Tabata Time

There was a ton of HIM ready for Crazy Ivan workout this morning. YHC was running slightly behind from setting up the action. Planned for 20 max and had 26 (1 that was running solo), so last minute changes were needed. We had 2 FNG’s that were given the low down on how this F3 thing works. YHC put on breath taker for the last time this week. It was 0530 so let’s get to work.

EC:
Tons of guys

Fritter Foundation Inductees:
Blue Hen & Brony

Warm Up:
Started out with a quick count to get us in small groups of 4. There was one group of 5.
SSH x20 IC
Small group indian run to opposite side of parking area
Jump lunges x10 IC
Indian run backside of lot, return to start
Shoulder raises front then side x20 IC
Daisy pickers x10 IC
Good mornings x10 IC

The Workout:
Mosey down to playground
Tabata Time – rotate to each station 2:30 of strong work then 0:30 break to rotate
6 stations, 5 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5 (YHC lost a member to the crapper for about the first 10 mins)
1 – Morning wood with kettle bells
2 – Partner lat pulls at bars (partner up and hold legs, keep back straight and pull up)
3 – Kettle squat hops cone to cone with 10 wonder bras at the end of each cone
4 – Jump ropes and rotating battle rope every 30 secs
5 – Agility ladders with a burpee at the end of each pass
6 – Merkins and plank jacks x10, continuous R&R for all the exercises until air horn blows to rotate

Mary:
We didn’t have enough time for all of Mary so we did a few quick ones.
Obliques with kettle bell x10 IC, switch sides
American hammers with KB x10 IC
Superman (with KB but that failed) x10 IC

Announcements:
Check FB & Slack, link coming for Dad’s camp, Fire Dept training set up by PacMan aka Cowboy

T-Claps (Recognition):
Is it ok for YHC to call himself out? I was battling a cold/pollen blend all week and wearing breath taker. This was the toughest workout week I have had in a very LONG time. BT is a beast and you don’t realize it until you wear it. At each AO I posted this week, there was a 30 sec blurb about Testicular Cancer Awareness. We can donate funds to help the society spread the message of the importance of checking yourself regularly. Key task for the month is for each PAX member to make a habit of checking the jewels for any changes. See slack and FB for details on how or just google it. YHC plans to posts to as many different AO’s this month to spread the message.

Prayer:
Pikachu and his episode at Tapline, Crab Legs, Shredder, BS results from CT scan (all clear)

Great to see so many HIM posting today! Apologies for being a bit flustered to start but wasn’t expecting that turn out. It worked well and hope that you broke a sweat today. Thanks to Sir Dawgpound for allowing me to lead my first Q at Crazy Ivan and my last day in BT. Good luck to Yogurt who gets the enjoyment of wearing BT next week with a winning bid of $120. Welcome Pace and Snap (FNG’s). It was real and it was fun but it wasn’t real fun.

BS Out!

This is Spinal Tap

11 PAX made it out to the virgin Q this morning to enjoy a Spinal Tap inspired workout.  The new Q even brought a few old faces out in to the gloom for the first time in a while.  The weather was perfect even if the hill was a bit soggy.  5:30 came as everyone was milling around.  No FNGs.  Let’s do this.

Warm Up:

Lap around the baseball fields with high knees and butt kickers sprinkled in.  Circle up in front of the basketball court for the warmup

15x SSH

10x windmills

10x Moroccan night clubs

Arm and leg stretches

The Workout:

Mosey to the rock pile where everyone was instructed to get a rock and then John Cusacked to the big hill by the lower baseball field.  On the way over those that weren’t familiar with Spinal Tap were told that Nigel Tufnel was know for rock music and an amp that goes to 11.  So, with our rocks, we went to do 11s on the hill.

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With rocks in hand we start at the top of the hill with turkish get ups and did Bobby Hurleys at the bottom.  If anybody’s rock hit the ground they owed 11 diamond merkins on the rock.  No one was caught without their rock though so this never came in to play.  YHC was glad to hear no mumble chatter and just some grunts and groans as the guys were working out.

Once everyone was done with their 11s we John Cusacked over to the pavillion where we paired up (one group had three) and picked a picnic table.  The groups were to take turns doing Roman situps (reverse situps hanging off the edge of the table) with the rocks.  Did sets of 10, 15, and 10 switching off between doing the exercise and holding the partners legs.  The group with 3 had one member doing WWIIs AMRAP while the other two occupied the table.

Once everyone was done we did a quick set up irkins, dirkins, and dips (rock in laps for an extra challenge) and then headed back to the rock pile to return our rocks.

Mary:

In celebration of Modify’s chocolate shop being in the final 4 of the Indy’s best chocolate in the triangle we did 4 burpees OYO

15x American hammers

10x homer to marge

10x Freddy Mercury

10x box cutters

10x pickle pounders

Announcements:

Check Facebook and Slack

Modify’s chocolate shop nominated for best in the triangle.  Link to vote here.

Banana Seat talked about the importance of checking yourself monthly for testicular cancer.  Women do it for breast cancer and, as it is the leading cause of cancer in men, we should check ourselves regularly as well.  This month’s breathtaker charity is for testicular cancer

T-Claps (Recognition):

Banana Seat and Dawgpound both donating their NCAA poll winnings to testicular cancer charities

Prayer:

Norm took us out.

Banana seat has a CT scan this afternoon.  Prayers that the results are favorable

Crablegs and Shredder

 

What an honor it truly was to lead this group of men this morning.   I’m thankful for the opportunity.  Until next time.

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200’s at the Trot

Warm Up:  Beautiful morning at the Trot with pleasant high temps in the low 60’s; 19 PAX dressed in shorts and short sleeves jogged around the tennis courts circling up in the parking for the following exercises in cadence:  20 SSH, 10 Sir Fazio Arm Circles (F/B); 10 Daisy Pickers; 10 Windmills;  Static stretches included L/R arm stretches in front, over the shoulder and hands clasped behind our back.

The Workout:  PAX partnered up.  8 groups of two, (one group of three).  The workout began with a modified Dora:  each two-man group executed the following exercises OYO:  200 merkins, 200 LBCs, 200 Squats and 200 SSH.  The single group of three PAX executed 300 reps of the same exercises.  When PAX were not executing the Dora, PAX initially ran down the driveway to the opening in the fence and back to the parking lot; PAX alternated their run the next time with an opposite run – running to the top of the hill, touching the guardrail and back to the parking lot.  PAX got in multiple runs in both directions.  LED gave us a 10 count after completion of modified Dora (Some PAX helped the 6th finish their reps – great work).  With time still left on the clock, Q called an audible and added 100 Star Jumps and 100 Frog Jumps.  PAX not jumping ran down the driveway to the snack shack and back.  Great job by Pablo running back to the shack picking up the six for a strong finish.  With legs shaking…

Mary:  PAX headed to the tennis courts and held BTTW for a 30 cadence count and circled up for the following 10-count cadence exercises:  Freddie Mercury; LSF, Box-cutters, Homer to Marge (L/R leg up).   Finished with numerous yoga stretches including, chaturanga, three legged table, plank, cobra and pigeon pose.

Announcements:  Banana Seat advocated all PAX check themselves monthly –  screening for testicular cancer.  He won the Breathtaker challenge and is raising awareness at each AO this month.  Look on Slack/social media to support this important cause that negativity impacts many men.  Great work BS.  See Slack and FB for additional announcements.  Q-Source immediately after workout- Stick Boy.

https://www.cancer.gov/types/testicular/patient/testicular-screening-pdq

T-Claps (Recognition):  With the Final Four in the review mirror, PAX learned we had two winners in their respective brackets:  The Natural chose both of his teams correctly in the Final two (hence the VA orange gear he adorned) and BS picked more games right in our local F3 pool.  Well done.

 

NO Spotlight on the 6th this week – Apologies.

Prayer:  Families, kids, spouses; Injured PAX; Crab Legs involved in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins; UNSPOKEN, work issues/opportunities with Dauber; Breach took us out.

EC:  Particle Board, LED, Blue Hen, Brony, Dumbo, Pablo – Nice Work on the 2 mile run.

Thank you for the opportunity of leading you men in the gloom.  -Dauber

Doubled Down on the Stack Em Up

Warm Up: Quick mosey around the parking lot

SSH x 25   ( cadence may need some work according to the mumble chatter)

Moroccan nightclub x 10

Sir Fasio arm circles x 10 forward and 10 reverse

Daisy Pickers x 10

Imperial walkers x 10

Hillbillies x 10

The Workout:

Stack ’em up Suicides drills

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 to start

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 at first station

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 back at home

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 at 2nd station

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 back at home

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 & Crabcakes x 30 at 3rd station

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 & Crabcakes x 30 back at home

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 & Crabcakes x 30 & Monkey Humpers x 40 at 4th station

Burpees x 5 & Diamond Merks x 10 & Bobby Hurley’s x 20 & Crabcakes x 30 & Monkey Humpers x 40 back at home

Mary: Ring around the Mary

Peter Parker’s x 10

Merks x 10

Mountain Climbers x 10

Carolina Dry docks x 10

Shoulder taps x 10

Windshield wipers x 10

Sideways plank crunches left x 10

Sideways plank crunches right x 10

Homer to Marge x 10

Left leg up, bridge rise x 10

Right leg up, bridge rise x 10

Burpees x 10

Pickle pounders x 10

Announcements:

Banana Seat has breath-taker and the charity this month is Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. Banana Seat encouraged the PAX to educate themselves on testicular cancer and check themselves regularly
T-Claps (Recognition):

Spanx, 3rd Cousin and Bernie(?) stepped up to Q a portion of Nutcracker over the next two weeks. Virgin Q’s
Prayer:

Crablegs and his trial opportunity today

Moby’s dad

Shredder and his recovery

Keep the Change

2 for EC to start the week with a nice run for YHC down to Womble and back while Bernie was out on the roads for a couple miles around town.

1 FNG welcome Grandmama – lived in HS since ’98 and an old school Hornets fan, also “respect” and welcome.  He is looking for some of our run workouts so let’s get him out to U Turn

Warm Up: Standard 0.4 mile jog followed by circle up for the usual exercise including arm stretches, which were needed based on what was to follow.
The Workout: On the jog to the traffic circle at the top of Library Hill where we lined up on the sidewalk (knowing the usual traffic of unusual suspects pursuing craigslist-driven dream would soon be driving through) and engaged in 3 rounds of a modified “short change ATM”. 5 count plank – shoulder taps ICx5 – 5 count plank – tempo merkins ICx5 –  count plank – 5 count merkins – 5 count plank and recover on a 10 count.  Upped our game on 3rd round and went to 10s.  When we were done we “recovered” on the jog down library hill and reconvened in the pool lot. Found the grass along the back curb and lined up for a set of Jumping Jack Webbs.  This is a variation of the Jack Webb that adds my beloved SSH.  1:3:5 merkins:air press:SSH (IC).  Climbed all the way to 10:30:50 for a grand total of 275 SSH. “Recovered” on the jog back up library hill. Stopped by the drop box for a short bear crawl and lunge on our way back to start.
Mary: Circle up for a quick plank-o-rama
Announcements: Banana Seat taking breathtaker on a tour of AOs to spread the important message about testicular cancer. Let’s all step up this month and promote awareness and support the cause.

Prayer: Moby’s dad, Crablegs for his opportunity at Johns Hopkins and YHC took us out in prayer

Merry Go Round at Cletus

Warm Up: 21 PAX got the blood flowing as they moseyed over to back parking lot just to the side of the baseball fields. Pax circled up for some Sir Fozio arm cirlces 10 count cadence (forward and backwards), Good Mornings,  Imperial Walker’s, and last with Hillbillies (which I messed up on)

The Workout:  PAX gathered around a large circle with various exercise stations.  PAX performed as many repetitions as possible in 90 seconds of each exercise  and recorded the results in front of the station with a piece of caulk.  The goal was to do the most repetitions and record your results for others to beat.   After the 90 seconds,  PAX  ran around counterclockwise and went to the next station for a different exercise.  Exercises included Star Jumps, Flutter Kicks, Jump Rope (Yoda killed it and looked like Rocky), Merkin’s, Burpees, Kettle Bell swings, Weighted  Squats, Weighted Overhead Squats, Curls for the Girls, Prisoner Squats, World War II’s, and a few I probably forgot to mention. Pax moseyed back to the courts.

Mary: Due to time running out, I  got the guys ready for tonight with 30 in cadence Pickle Pounders.
Announcements: First Saturday 2.0 at Womble 9:00am. Burgerfeet recruiting help for hurricane victims rebuild, Breath taker auction.  Honor to lead!
T-Claps (Recognition): EC Yogurt and Banana Seat. Banana Seat outbid Yogurt for breath taker!
Prayer: Moby’s father, Shredder, Crab legs with possible drug trial.

Always Have a Plan B

Prelude:  Arriving early to Kenny’s Grave, your QIC parked his car and headed to the basketball court with ladder and scissors in hand.  (Disclaimer:  No running occurred with scissors in hand.) I had visions of a Final Four beatdown working solely on the four corners of the basketball court.  The prize at the end of the workout would be a picture of a PAX “simulating” cutting down the nets as the other PAX looked in awe of the brother/team of brothers that went above and beyond during the planned workout.   Well crap.  Wouldn’t you know it but the net was made of chains!  Always have a Plan B.  And as Modify would say, “sometimes you just have to “Modify as needed.”  Q took his ladder and scissors back to the car and drove over to the other parking lot.

Warm Up:  Just as Banana Seat predicted, PAX came rolling in with minutes to spare.  We thought we hit max capacity until a tiny European car promoted by JLo came screeching in right at 530 am.  And with Cupid’s arrival, (no penalty Burpees given), the PAX were off to a nice run around the ball field under +50 deg F conditions.   PAX circled up under the lights in the adjacent parking lot for the following exercises:  20 SSH; 10 Daisy pickers; 10 Good AM, 10 Sir Fazio Arm Circles (F/B).  Excitement of the PAX was high, as well as the pollen count, with a sighting of a lost F3 brother – R-22 and a guaranteed beat-down by a guest Q – your #HIM.  Banana Seat was smiling since this was the third/forth time he has had a Guest Q at Kenny’s Grave with word on the street of a VQ next week too.  BS has promised to return the favor and guest Q down the road at Possum Trot in the near future.

The Workout:  PAX headed to the bathroom walls with rounds of Frankensteins, Open Gates and Prisoner Lunges.  At the two flags, Q called for Jack Webs (1 merkin, followed by 3 air arm pushes from our knees); a mis-count by the Q lead to a count of 7/21.  PAX headed to the bathroom wall for 10 cadence counts of Seated Chair, Balls to the Walls and Australian Mountain Climbers (Rinse & Repeat).  The second AMC went much better as PAX were initially confused by the exercise. (Q had learned this exercise from Breach while posting at Ground Pounder the week before).  With arms burning, PAX moseyed to the parking lot for quick feet (L-R) up and down the curbs in the parking lot.  Plank hold for the 6th, Q led PAX for additional quick feet (R-L) up and down the parking lot curb.  PAX were instructed to find their very own parking space for a build-a-bear workshop consisting of a bear crawl to the curb, 0ne merkin, hand walk side to side on curb, additional two merkins, and bear crawl reverse to opposite parallel line from initial start.  Q called out Rinse and Repeat but doubled the number of merkins to two and four.

Since Gump was closest to my vehicle, Q asked him to grab the four foot, four inch PVC pipe filled with water (coupon).  PAX lined up for an Indian run.  Lead PAX switched off carrying the Coupon as PAX slowly ran from parking lot to the basketball court covered in pollen.  Coupon left on bench as PAX lined up on the out of bounds line for the next beat down, I mean exercise.  Q instructed PAX would do seven’s with 1 frog jump, side shuffle across the court to the opposite out-of-bounds line and then execute 6 of R-22’s favorite exercise:  the burpee.  PAX side shuffled back and forth until sevens were completed.  Modify gave Dauber a 10 count.  PAX lined up closely up against the fence in BTTW.  Last PAX bear-crawled under each PAX getting back into BTTW until every PAX made it through.  PAX got on their six while laying on the three-point semi-circle and Q called the following 10 cadence count/count exercises:  Homer to Marge (added L&R leg up too); WW IIs; LBCs; Lo-slo flutters; American Hammers; Box cutters; and Freddie Mercury.  With time still left on the clock, PAX performed suicides running to each of the four lines on the court but back-pedaling on the return.  Ten star jumps, 10 frog jumps and 10 monkey humpers were added for fun.  Movement was continuous with very few breaks to the delight of the PAX.

Mary:  Yoga stretches including pigeon, three legged table, chaturanga, etc.

Announcements:  Saturday 2.0; Dad’s Camp; See Slack/FB

TClaps:  Took a page from Fed Ex and asked PAX to think about something positive in their life that has either happened or will happened soon.  Many PAX shared positive things including their kid’s solid job interview, great co-partnering /raising of kids by two separated parents, a new home-brew, an up-coming concert with his son, new little league baseball/coaching, things better on the work front and other positive events on the homefront/other.

Prayer:  silent/unspoken; Dauber took us out.

F3 Brother Highlighting the 6th:  Dovetail – Jess Hines (bio below)

 

Born in Minnesota in ’84, moved to the mountains of the Atomic City, home of the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, NM at age 2. Was homeschooled all the way through. Had a younger brother who passed away a year ago from colon cancer, have a younger sister who is teaching right now in Siberia (and doing outdoor workouts in 20-below sometimes!). Mom and Dad live in Charlotte. Went to school at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, the Armpit of the South (seriously, it’s more humid than here) where I met my wife. The family moved from NM to NC in 2007, and I got married later that year.
Been at F3 since about the beginning of 2017—Boy George introduced me. Got the name Dovetail because I had just started practicing making dovetails with hand tools, which I like restoring and using. Recently ran my first-ever half marathon in Wilmington (which, as a CrossFit guy, I never would have done without the influence of my F3 brothers). Currently site Q for Sheepdog on Friday mornings while Shredder is recovering from knee surgery.
In addition to F3, I’m also thankful that I recently found out about David Wood (through the Cross Examined podcast) and his excellent YouTube content at Acts17Apologetics, as I’m big on apologetics and worldview studies.

 

Thank you for the opportunity to lead you men!  Dauber QIC

Lucky Number 11s

7 PAX showed up for Kenny’s Grave to see what the Q of the day was going to do.

16-bit and Messi showed up first, and got to choose the workout. Kind of. Both PAX picked two numbers, which determined two of the exercises for the 11s that YHC had planned. YHC balanced it out by picking the third.

Warm Up:

Mosey around the parking lot

Circle up, 20x Side Straddle Hops IC

Mosey around the parking lot

Circle up, 10x Good Mornings IC, 10x Fozzy Arms Circles Forward IC, 10x Fozzy Arm Circles Reverse IC

The Workout:

11s!

PAX bear crawled from Splash Pad to Playground, 10 pullups. Bear crawl back, 1 Turkish Stand Up. 9 pull ups, 2 Turkish Stand Ups, so on and so forth.

After completion of first 11s, YHC checked his phone and realized there was no way we’d get a second set of 11s in. Quick audible.

PAX ran from one end of parking lot to the other, 60 seconds plank hold. Ran back, 1x LBC IC. Ran back, 50 seconds plank hold, 2x LBC IC, so on and so forth.

Mary:

Circled up, went around the circle and had each PAX call out an exercise to do. Can’t remember them all. Finished it up with Have a Nice Days.

Announcements:

Check Slack, Swim training at Triangle Aquatic Center Tuesday mornings, Mason-Dixon Convergence on Saturday.

Prayer:

Continued safe travel for H1N1, prayer’s for H1N1′ and Messi’s church as the lead pastor recently passed away.

Double D’s knee.

Family with the son that recently passed away.

Squirkins While You Wait!

EC: Dawgpound, Dumbo, LED, M4L

4 PAX showed up for EC this morning and the first leg of the Fritter. Good mumble chatter on the EC jog with LED and M4L circling back for the more “deliberate” runners – Dawgpound and Dumbo. 19 PAX showed up for the Main Event to get stronger today and discuss #f3MentalHealth.

Male Depression is a serious issue and I was glad to see the nation and the PAX take it seriously. YHC shared some stats and warning signs regarding depression and then several PAX shared how depression has touched their lives. I don’t think anyone left this morning without an increased awareness of this issue. We must be diligent in reaching out to our fellow F3 brothers and making sure we are all healthy – physically, mentally and emotionally. We must also go back into the community and be that same rock that someone needs. Take a minute and think about someone you know who might need a friend or someone to listen – you could be the difference!

Proverbs 17:17 – A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Warm Up: Aquaman – SSH x30, Daisy Pickers x10 (Banana Seat is the only one who did it right), Fazzio Arm Circles x10 (front and back), Seal Claps x10, Burpee x5 OYO.

The Workout:
PAX paired up for the day. With your partner, run opposite directions around the tennis courts and do 5 Bropees (do an epic high-five with your partner on the jump of a Burpee) when you meet up. Bropees decreased until we got to 1 and made 3 laps. When finished, PAX waited under the light doing Squirkins (wheel barrow hold with one PAX doing Derkins then the other doing Squats using the first PAX legs as weight).

With all the PAX back together its time for a traditional Dora (100 Merkins, 200 LBCs and 300 Squats). One PAX does the exercise while the other runs to the entrance to the concession stand and back. As the pairs finished they were instructed to go to the center of the tennis courts and again do Squirkins while they waited on the 6.

The remainder of our time together was spent on the tennis courts. First the PAX had a Princess Tea Party (Patty Cake Merkins followed by People’s Chair using your partner as support). The first round consisted of 20 reps of each exercise followed by a sprint to the end of the tennis court and back. With all of the PAX remaining close together YHC decided we needed another round of 10 followed by an additional sprint. By this time we were really having a good time with our partner and learning some new exercises so YHC decided to wrap up with another instant classic, Lt. Get Ups (2 steps in a lunge walk followed by a Prisoner Get Up – think absolution but using your knees and not your elbows). We went from the middle of the tennis court to the end doing Lt. Get Ups and then bear crawled back to the center for Mary.

Mary: Aquaman – Low Slow Flutter x20, Box Cutter x20, Homer2Marge x20 then R leg x10 and L leg x10.

Announcements: Check social media

Prayer: Those traveling, those dealing with health issues and those dealing with mental health issues.

As we finished our extended COT and were leaving, Messi waited by the entrance to the tennis court to give every PAX leaving a fist bump. I don’t know about anyone else but that was just the thing I needed to put my day into high gear. Keep being that light in the world Messi – we need more of that!

It was an honor to lead you boys and I’ll try to do better next time. Thanks to my co-Q, Aquaman for taking warm up and Mary.

Face Catching Frisbee

It was time to take out the frisbee for some Ultimate Frisbee. We had 15 PAX split into two teams, with a non-glow-in-the-dark frisbee and blinding parking lot lights for some face catching Ultimate.

Welcome FNG Nacho!

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, and Quad stretches. That’s all you need when you play Ultimate
The Workout: Every time the frisbee hits the ground, we rotated with 5 each of Monkey Humpers, Star Jumps, Merkins, LBCs. The team that scored got to pick the 10x penalty for the other team while they enjoy 5 ranging from Diamond Merkins to Homer-to-Marge. There were some amazing plays with cheating shoves and tricks. But always a great time.
Mary: 4 minutes of Mary called out by various PAX
Announcements: Check Slack for latest, Convergence this weekend.
Prayer: Closed out by Gump for Jameson’s Family, sadly another suicide in the community, strength and healing