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R4TJ 5 Year Anniversary – “What we experienced this moanin’ was sum gud ole fashion fun”

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Nine men got stronger on the BEST HILL TRAINING ROUTE EVER. After 25 fast side stradle hops in cadence, we took off. Across Main Street, right on Milpass, left on Crossway, up to Creekvista. Batboy and Flop arrived first and started running the elbow. On this route originated by Wild Turkey, the “elbow” consists of running down Creekvista, running back up, then running to the bottom of Crossway, then running back up to Creekvista. Rinse and repeat as many times as possible before converging for the run back to the flag.  

I got hooked on the elbow last week with Sunshine’s Q. This is the kind of run that is exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time. Everyone ran strong and pushed each other–just like last week. But, no trips this week. Two last week. No “knee-matomas” either. 

Glad to honor the 5-year anniversary of F3SW’s original mid-week run. Thank goodness one of the Original Gangstas @U.T.I. joined us at COT. UCrain told us all about it. Started with his Blue Ridge Relay team looking for a mid-week run. Went to HS Run Club, found very unsatisfying. Got headlocked, I mean, realized they were Freed to Lead and started their own Area of Operations (AO). UTI and Lipstick were site Qs for the first year or so, then @Redenbacher took over for the next four. Red used to wear his DOT approved safety vest. So glad that he broke down this barrier, now I’m proud to wear one. Shout out to Red by wearing my vest in the snap. 

In the end, TomTom declared, “What we experienced this moanin’ was sum gud ole fashion fun” And so it was! It was an honor men.

Flag planted, warmups, run, COT, snap, backblast, done.

Bring back the HC! 

Sandbag Dora

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6 HIM showed for Prison Yard. After a long night with no power, trees were down and some cleanup needed around South Wake. YHC showed up 3 mins before go time. Breach brought the 60lb, 80lb, 100lb sandbags for some fun.

WU
Lap around blue loop with stops
Good mornings, SSH, arm circles, decline merkins on hill, squats
Took 10 mins which was a bit longer than expected.

Sand bag Dora
50 burpee jump overs
100 squat jumps bag on shoulders
150 curls
200 chest press
250 LSF bag overhead
P1 does reps while P2 runs down lot hill and back. Switch repeat.

Mary wasn’t allowed in the yard today due to assault with an ice pick.

No new announcements
Prayers and thanks. Those that participated in 2nd F clean up. Those traveling and injured PAX.

Rule the day men!
BS Out

suicide blimp

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Pre-blast for today’s workout gave all of the details of what was to come. Those in attendance choose to fight the heat to get stronger.

Warmup: Slow mosey from the parking lot towards the other parking lot, with a stop at the picnic shelter for some goooooood mornings. Once we arrived at the other lot and commented how little of the field construction materials remained, we did some side straddle hops and daisy pickers.

The Thang: Suicide B.L.I.M.P.S

Using the parking lot light poles as distance markers for each new exercise that was introduced, with the curb serving as the start/finish point. Exercises were as follows:

B-Burpees (5)

L-Lunges (10)

I-Imperial Walkers (15/side)

M-Merkins (20)

P-Plank Jacks (25)

S-Squats (30)

Workout was a stack-em, where each round we repeated the prior exercises and added a new light pole/exercise. Stack until you spell BLIMPS.

Curb–> B –> Curb

Curb –>B –> L –> Curb

Curb –>B –> L –> I –> Curb… etc

After spelling BLIMPS, we worked our way back down to B, removing one light pole/exercise each round. (BLIMP, BLIM, BLI, BL, B)

At this point we were all cooked, so we moseyed to the amphitheater for some preachers chair and dips,  moseyed to the picnic shelter for some more preachers chair and dips, then to the tennis courts for mary. 

Mary was popcorn around the circle, throwing a found pickle ball at the next popcorn leader. Everyone went the extra mile to come up with an ab exercise more miserable than the one before.

COT: T-Claps to @TomTom for jumping back in with both feet after time away. T-Claps to @Abe for leading the backpack drive for SouthWake. Prayer requests for PAX who are training for assorted events, safe travels for @abe as he heads to Tennessee.

 

 

4 for 4 corners

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YHC had plans to use the field but upon arrival the landscaper must be on vacation. So improv we go.

WU lap around track
Good mornings
SSH
Cotton pickers
Mtn climbers
Copperhead merkins
Copperhead squats

Mosey over to do 4 corner stackems at home base.
1st corner 10 burpees
Return home 10 burpees
2nd corner 20 monkey humpers
Return home 20 monkey humpers, 10 burpees
3rd 30 crab cakes
Home 30 crabs, 20 monkeys, 10 burpees
Whole lap to 4th corner, 40 reverse LBCs
Home all the exercises

Mosey to picnic shelter for Mary
American hammers
Freddy Mercury’s
Box cutters
Low slow flutters
Pickle pounders
HAND

Announcements check slack

Prayers: Gherkins family fostering 2Yr old Liam, Rubiks family member Eric with some struggles, H1N1 daughter going to camp and another daughter starts driving, BS church guys recovering from major surgery, all injured PAX.

Nice job men and thanks for letting me lead.

Sandbaggin Sum Beaches 6/26/23

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FNGs: None but been EHing like mad.

Warm Up: SSH, Frankenstein, SFAC, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies

The Workout: Took 3 sandbags to the Tennis courts. Couldn’t drop them 1 burpee penalty for dropping. Corner 1 exercises: LBC, BTW, Reverse LBC, Corner 2: Std merkin, wide merkin, diamond merkin. Corner 3: Plank Jacks and 2 others I can’t remember. Corner 4: absolutions. Each time we went to a new corner we did: Reverse Guantanimo Sandy Bays, Walking BTW, Bear crawls, Crab Walks, Walking Willie Mays Hayes. All exercises were 16 reps except Absolutions.       

Mary: Several various abs 

Announcements: Naner cet Q at Prison Yard. Keep EH guys. Even the Odds on June 30th. 

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Unspoken

Honor to Lead! 

Triple Nickel on Big Red

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8 HIM came out to Prison Yard for some hill work.

WU
Mosey over to side parking lot
SSH
Sir Fozio Arm Circles
Willie Mayes Hayes
Good Mornings
Lower Stretching

Triple Nickel
We ran to the bottom of Big Red which is around 0.3 miles.
5 Absolutions
Run back up to the top.
5 Kraken burpees (3 hand release merkins in burpee)
We repeated that 5 times
The last round we only had enough time to go half way down and back but still completed the reps.

Mosey back to start for 1 minute of cool down with stretching and deep breaths.

Announcements: Q sheet always needs help, You vs You this Friday at Sheepdog
Prayers: Injured PAX, unspoken
Sunshine took us out.

Lots of deep breathing today on Big Red. Great work PAX! Thanks for allowing me to lead. Rule the day.

BS Out!

You Chose Poorly

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11 HIM swung some bells today. YHC brought back some ska hits to keep the tempo moving us. It was a moist one. Some PAX may have chose poorly for a bell to travel with but they pushed through the pain.

WU’s
Good mornings
SSHs
Willie Mayes Hayes
Carolina Dry Docks (slow IC)

12 exercises 3 rds each (15, 12, 10 reps)
3 groups

1 – goblet squat
2 – swings IC
3 – single arm chest press (R arm)
4 – single arm chest press (L arm)
Mosey to playground with traveling curls
5 – bent over rows R
6 – bent over rows L
7 – lunge pulse bell w touch knee R
8 – lunge pulse bell w touch knee L
Mosey to shelter with traveling tris
9 – halos rotate directions (L&R count 1)
10 – pull through merkins (both sides 1)
11 – cross body snatch R
12 – cross body snatch L
Mosey to courts with John Cusaks.

Join Cletus for Mary
Mary almost didn’t happen as Forceps started name-a-rama with 5 mins left. Once that was over YHC saw we had almost 3 mins left.
American Hammers x22
LSF x22
50 sec chillcut plank hood for Forceps respect bday Q

Announcements on slack
Prayers – BS church member lost life to pneumonia mid 30’s lady named Brenae. Forceps lost co-worker to kidney failure. Cousin IT spoke of one but cannot remember.

Nice job today men!
BS Out

Mini Murph + Some

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Memorial Day at Mutiny.

6 PAX had the choice of a mini murph or something equivalent of pain. They choose wisely IMO.

WU
Good mornings
SSH
Windmills
Frankensteins

Mini Murph
Run 0.5 miles
50 pull ups
100 push ups
150 squats
Run 0.5 miles

Rock work
Pax grabbed a rock. We rotated rocks after each exercise.
Curls
Tris
Wonder Bras
Squats
Return rocks and mosey to shelter for Mary.

Check slack for announcements
Prayers unspoken

Honor to lead men.
BS Out!

Battle Rope, Burpees and Bags (5/30/23)

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FNGs: 1 Scott Oliver (FlipPhone)

Warm Up: 1 lap around Club house, SSH, IW,Hillbillies, Frankenstiens,GM.

The Workout: 6 stations. Battle Rope was the timer. 40 Double hand smash, Bag jump burpees, Rut Rows (120lbs) Curls for Gurls, Lawnmower, Kettlebell swings, RD2 BR SSH 30, Bag toss, Single Snatch KB, Squats 120lbs, Front Raise, X? Rnd 3, BR singles 50, Figure 8’s with 50lbs sandbag, Goblet Squats, Deadlift, Hammer Curls, Triceps.

Mary: Each PAX had 10 Battle Rope Burpees while we called out Mary Exercises. 

Announcements: Run Quay, Brute CSAUP

T-Claps (Recognition): Flipphone for coming out! 

Prayer: Banana Seat M’s toe, Unspoken. 

7/7/7 Hidden Gem Jackpot (5/24/23)

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Slow mosey to Church St with 2 stops and exercises with the Pledge of Allegiance mixed in. 

The Workout: Mosey to the bottom of Church St. 7 reps at the bottom, run to the top of the hill 7 reps, 7x. Exercises included: Merkins, Squats, Morning Wood, Shoulder taps, Jump Knee tucks, 180-degree turns, Burpees, LBC, American Hammers, Lunges, Krakken Burpees, Bear Crawl 50 meters. Can’t remember the others.   

Mary: Yoga at tennis courts 

Announcements: T-Claps (Recognition): Cancun was #6 and told us How/Why and What F3 has done for him. 

Prayer: Cancun with patience, followed by a lot of “ditto” from the rest of the PAX. Breach took us out.