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Rotation Station

6 PAX out in perfect weather and not even much gloom.

Warm Up:

Stretches, Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, lap then parking lot with karaoke, high knees, and buttkickers

The Workout:

1-minute stations, 30s rest & recover after each, 1 full round:

  • Burpee box jumps
  • Jump rope
  • Pushups
  • Squats
  • Plank Jack’s
  • Pullups

300 meter run

Another round of stations:

  • Wall step-ups with knee strike
  • Jump rope
  • Dive bombers
  • Squats
  • Turkish get-ups
  • Plank rows

Combatives:

Punch defense with return strikes

Mary:

Low slow flutter with a hold at the end, LBCs, pickle pounders.

Prayer:

Shredder, Crab Legs, irritating minor injuries (Beater, Norm, Dovetail)

Sheepdog – finding Baby Jesus…

8 Pax w/ 1, 2.0 killed it this morning with a little Egyptian, planets aligning with the moon, find baby Jesus vibe. Kidding aside, the sight was pretty cool! Black Knight, 2.0, just wrapped up a 5-pack with his 1st week at F3.  Bam!!! Set the bar. Get this kid Breathtaker.

EC Beater & YHC

Warm Up: mosey to the front. SSH, Sir FAC (F&B), Michael Phelps, IM & HB with a little extra push to engage the core.   Frankensteins

The Workout: mosey to the brick knee walls for some traveling. Three sets of Erkin travel around kneewall and lunges between. Wing Chun strikes and wedging between each set. Last set, Pax had a choice between military, diamond, or one arm erkins. Moseyed to the back. Introduction to breaking someone balance in preparation to take them down.
Mary: plank tap; wrists, shoulders, hips, knees, anckles then back. 5 sets, no rest. LBCs, Boxcutters, LSF.
Announcements: BRR, ATT CSUP, Wrightsville, Breathtaker.
Prayer: Friend of Beater lost his mom. Pax in need; health, etc.

Fire Dept Fun

PAX of 7 on this 20 degree brisk morning in the gloom. YHC wanted to switch things up a bit. Everyone stayed in their vehicles until 1 min to go taking advantage of the seat warmers. 5 PAX started and 2 joined soon after. Here’s the damage.

Mosey over to tennis courts
Warm up
SSH X50
5 burpees OYO due to late comers
Windmills x10 IC
Bat wings x20 each IC (forward arm circles, hold, Reverse, hold, seal claps, hold, overhead) This one gets the shoulders on fire.
Squat jumps x20

To downtown FV fire department
Indian Run with 5 merkins at back before running to front of line
– Stopping at rails for derkin ladder OTW. Upper rack, middle rack, lower rack 10 each.

Once we arrived to our destination we paused under the flag pole to say the pledge of allegiance. Fire Dept was quiet assuming everyone was cat napping.

Fire drill – circle up, chop/high knee, each pax calls “fire”. Drop, roll right, merkin, roll left, merkin, back up choppin.

Copperhead Sets (3 rds, x10 IC)
– Lunge
– Merkins
– Squats
– Dips

Mosey back Indian run with 3 burpees at end before advancing.

Mary
LSF x15 IC
Corkscrews x10 IC

Announcements
See FB and Slack, phone down challenge, WB runs

Prayers
Banana Seat mentioned a lady that attends our church battling cancer (Reba). Doctors announced yesterday the treatments are not working. Only short time remaining in her life. Life is a gift, remember to make each day meaningful and memorable.

Way to start the day men!

BS Out

ATM Machine Open for Business

It was an honor to lead out at Purple Cobra. When this AO started I was skeptical. Excited to have it so close to home, buy was not sure about what was available to plan and have strong workouts. It’s proven to be a great AO, strong leadership, good variety and lots of different guys stepping up to Q. Today was as advertised – heavy on the shoulders. Also, with so many new faces, and my phone resting safely at home, I apologize in advance for not tagging everyone  if you were there and not on the list let me know so I can add. We had 19 strong.

Warm Up: Started on the jog around the sidewalk and back to circle up for SSH, Good Mornings, SSH and arm stretch.
The Workout: On the jog to the Goodwill lot we circled up for a set of Fazio Arm Circles.  Yes, these are a mainstay at our warmups, but they also make for a great headliner in a shoulder set. Went ICx10 forward and reverse, held out for 10 count then a set of Moroccon Night Clubs for good measure. Recovered on the LBC and repeated this 3x.  On the jog top the bank, a few of us made sure to run by Anytime Fitness to get some advertising opportunity. At the bank we did, what else, 3 brutal rounds of ATMs (ICx15 Shoulder Taps, ICx10 Tempo Merkins, 10 count merkins) – 3 sets strong.  On the jog behind the Teeter we lined up in 2 lines back in the loading dock area. Jack Webbs but with Patty Cake Merkins for accountability and we worked up in even numbers from 2 to 10 merkins (6 to 30 air press). Focused on a slower count on Air Press to pay attention to form, not speed. Stuck with partner for 3 rounds alternating BTTW and Air Squared to 5 count.  On the jog back to start.
Mary: Opened with a few rounds of Annies in the plank then a quick moving set of the MARY classics.
Announcements: So much great stuff going on – catch up on facebook/slack
Prayer: Took a silent 10 count for unspoken and YHC took us out in prayer

Thanks for all the hard work out there this morning.  Guys were really pushing themselves. Catch up with me on the Q next week out at Disney as I will be bringing back one of my favorites.

Take Care of My Baby! says R22

Warm Up: Dauber warmed us up with every thing from a run around the track, Windmills, SSH, some good stretches
The Workout: Don’t drop R22’s baby or you will have to do 5 Burpees each time….we did a lot of burpees.

  • Got in line for Duck and Weave. Last person in line had to duck walk and meander through the pax. Baby was dropped a few times.
  • Bear crawl and crawl-bear back while one PAX carried and shared Baby
  • Quick feet half way around the island curb, Baby was dropped. Irkins and ____ rounded the circle.
  • Rock pick up with around-the-horn exercise call outs (Freddie Mercury, Alphabet Soup, biceps, triceps, rows, shoulder presses, lap around the field, more burpees) from the PAX who were carrying Baby.
  • Indian run carry baby back to the tennis courts

Mary: Around the horn while tossing Baby. More burpees.
Announcements: Respect to POTS! Follow FB and Slack for announcement reminders
Prayer: Gump to us out. Buford, Randy and his family, struggling marriages,

Welcome 2.0 Black Knight

Welcome 2.0 Black Knight to the fold.

Warm up:

25 SSH, 10’s –  Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and Windmills. Stretch it out with Pigeon Pose.

The Workout

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks clockwise between sets. 2.0’s in center circle rotate while HIMs rotate outer circle

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls for the girls,
  • 4 sets of 20’s  – Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 20’s – Ground Pounders

Mosey to the Bathrooms

3 Sets of  Wall Sits 10 ct down the line

3 sets of Balls to the Walls 5 ct down the line

Cusack rocks and Mosey to Playground w/ Rocks for Aik’n Stations.

  • 3 sets of 20’s – Bench Press
  • 3 set of 20’s – Windshield wipers

Break up into groups of 2-4 and rotate stations

  • Aik’n Abs: 15  American Hammers,  20 ct 6 inches, 25 Rockies, 30 ct Chillcut Planks
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Standard Merkins, 15 Dips, 15 Erkins, 15 Shoulder tap planks
  • Aik’n Legs: 20 Box Jumps, 15 Lunges, 15 High Knees, 15 Split Jacks
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 LBCs, 20 Pickle Pounders, 20 WWIIs, 20 Homer to Marge
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Shoulder Tap Merkins, 15 Hand Release Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 20 Dips
  • Aik’n Legs:  20 Squats, 20 Step Ups, 10 Star Jumps, 15 – 3 Ct Mountain Climbers

Cusack Rocks back to pile and circle up for COT

Announcements:    Feb 9th 4th Annual F3 CSAUP at ATT. Bike, run, roller skate or any combination (various mile options).

Prayer Requests:  Prayers for Sugar’s neighbor Bob who is undergoing Kemo for cancer. Emeril took us out.