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No Running!

EC: Warbucks, Slide Rule, Dawgpound, Buford.  Blue Hen tried real hard, but there was no one at the circle, so he was compelled to drive
FNGs
: no sir

The pax were promised a low/no running workout.  YHC had an idea, and wasn’t sure it was going to work.

Warm Up: No lap, straight into side straddle hops.
The pax were asked: What is the mission of F3?  When Warbucks correctly answered, 5 burpees OYO
Next, Fazio arm circles.  The Pax were asked: What are the 5 core principles?  Dawgpound came up with them, and we did 5 burpees OYO
Then we did the Bobby Hurley, Blue Devil, Devil Burpee progression that is guaranteed to spike a heart rate, even without miles.
The Workout:

  • Idea #1: Pair isometric holds with kinetic exercise.  So, on the wall, the pax held the low position of a dip for a 7 count, then did 1*2 derkins.  6 count, 2*2 derkins, up to 1 count & 7*2 derkins.  This sucked and was a terrible idea and no one should ever do it again.
  • Squat hold in a circle while every pax recites the mission of F3 and the 5 core principles.  This took a while.  My legs hurt.
  • Idea #2: Pair slow kinetic exercise with isometric holds.  So, walk (not run) to the playground for balls to the wall while the other guys do a 10 count release pullup (go up, come down over 10 count) x3.  Rinse and repeat 3x.  This also sucked.  And we’ll definitely do it again.
  • Back to idea #1.  Thanos, I mean Dawgpound, insists all things be balanced.  So we repeated Idea #1 holding the Derkin-down position and doing 2x dips.  Still sucked, still terrible, but I guess we will do it again

Mary:
Plank hold and repeat the Mission & Core (get it, core?) principles.  So very much harder than squat hold
Circle of 5 counts.  Highlight was 3rd Cousins idea to some kind of crazy turkish get up from the kneeling position on asphalt.  Apparently Warbucks taught it to him.
Announcements:
YHC took some time at the end to focus on why we do what we do.  It’s just just for Selfish Accountability.  Getting faster (not today!) stronger, leaner are all great things.  But our mission is to lead our community as men.  Let’s consider that goal more often and think about ways we can move in that direction.
T-Claps (Recognition): Today sucked.  Props to all y’all who pushed through.  There was a lot of sweat, but no complaining (other than the only core principle everyone remembered was “Led by someone who clearly doesn’t have any training”).
Prayer:
We closed with a ball-of-man COT.  One core principle is that we end every workout with a COT.  What is so important about that that it needs to be held at the end and that it’s core to our mission?  We contemplated that and shared.  You literally had to be there, because that’s part of what it means.

Thanks for indulging me today, guys.  I’d say it was fun, but I’d be lying.  Was definitely glad I did it with y’all, though.

No Beauties but there was a Beast at Disney

Day 4 of You vs. You was at Disney, the greatest place on turf and the best ride in all of Southwake. YHC had the park open early arriving at 0450 to set up a couple ladders on the turf and plant the flag. After yesterdays hiccup, YHC was up early with no alarm and ready to work. We had a strong showing for EC again. There was an FNG so the disclaimer was given. A cotter showed up somewhere during the warm up and we could not remember his name, anyway welcome back Tussin. Skins for the Q today so enjoy the nips show.

Quick shout out to Messi for being at every AO this week at 0500 with his dad. He’s riding his bike for EC but he’s still there. I know a lot of you couldn’t even do that so hat’s off to this kid.

EC:
Goya, Emeril, Axe, 187, Breach, 8-Bit, Coal Ash, H1N1, Messi*, Warbucks, Banana Seat, ShamWOW!, Aquaman, Popinski

Warm Up:
Warm up lap on the turf with ladders, quick feet, slides, and backwards runs
Windmill x10 IC
Plank jacks x20 IC
Ranger merkins x20
We’re Not Worthy into Seal Claps x20 IC each
Stretch legs

The Workout:
Mosey to Abyss with two line Indian run
Down steps and back up with hops
Two lines at top squat hold until the the guy in front gets to platform
Bear crawl down with 5 merkins at each platform
At bottom hold squat until the six is in
Crawl bear up as far as you can go then modify to hops back up when needed
– Popinski went full beast mode wearing Breath Taker and completed the whole Abyss
Return to bottom and partner up size matters
Partner carry to half way then switch
Plank for the six

Mosey back to for the greatest show on turf
Line up on side lines
Skips across and lunges back
Slides across switching half way and carioca back with switch half way
Lie on belly and sprint at 75% speed on Q’s GO
– Some PAX don’t know how to dial it down and basically went full speed each round
Repeat back at 5K speed
Repeat back at Full speed
Repeat back at Usain Bolt speed
PAX was nice and winded so we circled up

Mary:
Capt. Thor 1:4 – 7:28 Big Boy Sit Up/American Hammers
Box Cutters x10 IC
Australian Snow Angels x10 IC
HAND

Announcements:
Foghorn putting together some charity work for local school, 911 stair climb coming soon, Co-Q at Purple Cobra announcement coming soon, UvU day 5 wraps up at Cletus

T-Claps (Recognition):
Popinski in BT completed a crawl bear up the Abyss. No words…
4 HIM completed the 4th EC+AO combo in a row, 1 more to go (Axe, 187, Emeril, H1N1)

Prayer:
Noah’s Ark family, Wiggly released an employee due to addictions and keep him in prayers, PAX on IR, Crab Legs tour winding down

4 EC’s and 4 Q’s are no joke. 1 more day tomorrow at where things all got started for me, Cletus. The workout will be a repeat from my 4 Year Anni this past June in Carterico. Let’s finish You vs. You strong men.

BS Out!

Rockin’ Good Time – UvU2

Foggy drive to the Nutcracker this morning. YHC showed up at 0500 and planted the flag. There was a group waiting for an extra push. One guy was already out running like it’s no big deal. We took off at 0505 and passed 2 others coming out of 12 Oaks. Back at the AO, YHC passed out the treats for those that just ran. New faces were in the mix for day 2 of You vs. You. There was a challenging workout ahead.

Warm Up:
Warm up lap over to circle with backwards hill runs otw
Good mornings x10
The pickers x10
Sumo squats x20
Slalom x20
Standard merkin x20

The Workout:
Mosey to playground – 3 rotating groups
Pull ups x10 (group rotates when complete)
BTTW shoulder taps AMRAP
Monkey humpers AMRAP
3 rds
*Note to self – stay away from Breach on BTTW as hot air rises and exits quickly. That was the closet I’ve ever came to a merlot during a workout.*

Mosey to top of steps – partner up same size and speed
Partner carry over to gated rock area, switch when needed
Everyone grab a rock – Cussack to track/field

Field long ways for Devin Hester’s (x2 each)
– Rd 1. P1 holds two rocks, P2 does 2 burpees then tries to catch P1, both partners go (curls on the recovery)
– Rd 2. P1 holds one rock, P2 does 1 burpee then tried to catch P1

Mosey over to short side of field
Wheel barrow across field, Switch and repeat back
Broad jump Rockees across field (this was a challenge as most had to modify)
Crab walk back with rock in lap
Curls and Tri’s while waiting on the 6

Running low on time YHC asked for everyone to hustle back with rock across the parking lot for 3 min abs.

Mary:
Canoes x10 IC
X-men crunch x10
LSF into
Protractor

T-Claps (Recognition):
Pikachu(ECEC), 187, Wiggly, H1N1, Messi, Flanigan, Blue Hen, Axe, Cupid, Emeril, Banana Seat
Lottery Prize Eligible: 187, Axe, Emeril, H1N1

Announcements:
Xmas party 2nd Saturday in Dec., UvU Day 3 tomorrow at Possum Trot

Prayer:
Noah’s Ark M, H1N1 good results

Awesome job today PAX! Very moist out there and socks were soggy fast. Looking forward to Day 3 of UvU tomorrow.

BS Out!

Just One Minute – UvU1

Day 1 of the You vs. You challenge had 20 HIM getting stronger together. 11 of those chose to start with some EC. YHC passed out some special treats just before the workout to those that completed EC. One FNG was there and one visitor from Carpex made his first trip to a SouthWake AO. A light drizzle came into play during the workout and the PAX was pleased by it. UvU challenge is intended to get guys out of their comfort zone and push harder than normal through the workout. YHC saw that in some guys, others were called out a couple times for walking. Here is how we went down to Paradise City.

FNG: Goya (brought by Emeril)

Warm Up:
Laps while snaking the parking lot with cariocas and slides before circling up with a squat hold.

Work on form
Exaggerated SSH x10 IC
SSH x10 IC
Exaggerated IW into HB x10 IC
IW into HB x10 IC
Exaggerated Mtn Climber x10 IC
Mtn climbers x10 IC
Exaggerated Prisoner Squats x10 IC
Squats x20

The Workout:
Just 1 Min – 3 groups for scout run
PAX will start in lower parking lot for 1 min of scout running then stopping for 1 min of an exercise. Rinse and repeat for 14 mins. Then head towards upper loop and repeat for another 14 mins.

Run, merkins
Run, bear crawl
Run, squats
Run, lunge
Run, monkey humpers
Run, plank jacks
Run, burpees

Head to laps with ramp
Run, shoulder taps
Run, broad jumps
Run, diamond merkins
Run, star jumps
Run, Turkish getups
Run, knerkins
Run, Catalina Wine Mixers

Mary:
Cold Play – Sally with 6 inch hold

Announcements:
See slack and FB, UvU continues tomorrow at The Nutcracker

T-Claps (Recognition):
EC – 187, Emeril, Messi, ShamWOW!, Axe, QWERTY, Yogurt, Go-Gurt, H1N1, Pablo, Banana Seat
Ramp Sprints – Yogurt, Go-Gurt, Snap
Breath Taker – Popinski

Prayer:
H1N1 testing, shootings, PAX on IR

It was a pleasure to lead this morning. Pumped for a strong week. Hope to see more guys out tomorrow pushing themselves.

BS Out!

Let’s get to it… Slide Rule this one’s for you! ;)

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: x20 SSH, x10 Slow Frankenstein, misc Stretching – Instead of going longer, we got right to it.
The Workout: The U-Turn! once again, PAX all over town this am. Some finished with 11+ after EC, some shy of 3, most hitting the 5+ mark with the 6 pick-ups along the way. Also, I’m pretty sure that Emeril wins for the day, as I rolled up early and might have seen him seeking the golden throne ahead of the turn…maybe I’m wrong.  Lastly – I tagged Bernie, Straight Cash and Pikachu, but I’m not sure if anyone else was running with them or not. I’ll update if there was anyone with them I wasn’t aware of.
Mary: Nope.
Announcements: Dad’s Camp coming up. Check the slack channel for more info.
T-Claps (Recognition): Alpine and Oyster for repeated efforts to pick up the 6. Well done boys!
Prayer: Dahmer starting a new job on Monday. Others unmentioned, YHC took us out.

10 for 11’s

The temp this was much cooler and a lot more humid than the Mojave Desert where YHC has been the last couple of weeks!

There wasn’t a lot of time to get super creative and come up with an elaborate plan for the workout this morning, so YHC kept it super simple. The goal was to get through as many “11’s” as possible, using one rock exercise and one standard exercise. We almost made it through 3 full rounds. Not bad but we might have to try again sometime in the not too distant future.

YHC is honored to have the opportunity to lead you HIM this morning. Thanks for participating and giving a solid effort out there in the gloom! We help make each other stronger – and we work out too.

Also – we had a good Q Source discussion on accountability at Shooting for the Star(bucks) over some brewed beverages. Good to have Aquaman join us this week – in addition to Pikachu and Wiggly.

FNGs:
Maybe next time

Warm Up:
Mosey around the parking lot to the back parking lot and circle up…
SSH x 20 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles x 10 forward IC / x 10 reverse IC
Hillbillies x 10 IC
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Good Mornings x 10 IC

The Workout:
Grab a rock and bring on the 11’s – first exercise each round using the rock, next exercise without the rock. PAX had the opportunity to choose the exercise…

Round 1: Curls for the girls / Merkins
Round 2: WW2 (with the rock) / Squats
Round 3: Ground Pounders / Frankensteins — had to cut short for time. So close!

Mary:
Box Cutters x 15 IC
American Hammers x 15 IC
Freddie Mercury x 15 IC
Heel Taps x 15 IC
Have A Nice Day

Announcements:
– See Slack and FB

T-Claps (Recognition):
– Huge thanks to all who helped with the Meg’s Smile Golf Tournament – lots of money has been raised so far and still more coming in. F3 South Wake has been asked to consider possibly sponsoring a hole at the tournament next year. Good work!
– Shout out to those who did EC and ran to Oak View from 12 Oaks.
– Also T-Claps to Aquaman, Pikachu, and Wiggly for doing Q-Source at Starbucks after the workout.

Prayer:
– Shredder’s continued recovery
– Crablegs
– Family and friends of firefighter that died in FV
– Family and friends of runner that was killed in FV

So… I borrowed this recipe from Emeril…

ECEC: Cupid, Pikachu, M4L, Yellow Card

EC: Lipstick, Flanigan, Emeril, ShamWow!, Blue Hen, Nemo, Full House, Skidmark, Pablo, YHC

Ting Ramp EC: Nemo, Pikachu, Cupid, Yogurt, GoGurt

I must admit that I was a little overwhelmed to see the number of HIM that showed up today in support of my 2yr Anniversary with F3 – and this was only EC.  It was quite a light show pulling up right at 5:15 this morning with all those vests lit up, blinking away.  I can report that these vest contraptions really, really work.  As I pulled up just in time and had some preparation to do, I got to watch this awesome pack of PAX roll-out right on time and could see them slowly disappear over Bridgewater Short Hill (Strava Segment name BTW, I highly recommend Strava, it’s all the rage).  Shovel Flag planted, Nemo out ahead of me by a few minutes.  It’s going to be a great morning in the gloom!

What follows is a workout inspired by the workout Emeril put together as Q on July 24, 2017 – My first F3 Post.  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Emeril deserves some credit for this workout, it’s a burner as they say.  If you are a Facebook’er – Here is link to the BackBlast.

  • I showed up late this morning for EC, please correct me if I missed you…

FNGs: Too scared

Warm Up:

A moment taken by YHC to thank everyone for showing up and bringing such a large number of PAX to the celebration.  27!!!  Nearly got a Deadbolt sized crowd 🙂

Special thanks given the Thingamabob out of N.E. Wake, he had a 45 min drive this morning.  He and I used to work together and apparently I had EH’d him in conversation and he decided to post on his own at some point.  Great dude, hope you got a chance to get to say hi.

Also notable attendance by Emeril, Pikachu, BlueHen, Nemo, Patch, M4LIFE, and Yellow Card.  These guys were there with me on day 1 and showed up again today.  Noted regrets from Deadbolt, Roger Roger, DawgPound, and Slide Rule.

Equally present were many of my EHs from the last 2 years.  Lipstick (BREATHTAKER!!!), Straight Cash, Peeping Tom, and Tetanus

WHERE IS THE HOOK!!!  WHAT WAS THE WORKOUT!?!?  ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

We began with 20 SSH, 10 Windmills (1st 10 count offense),  YHC was still a little verklempt and had some counts that sounded like he was ending these 2 workouts a little early.  There was a quick little internal monologue and pep-talk (UTI you’re blowing it!) then we went on a Mozy towards the tennis courts.  Half way up the back stretch at Ting we went into a Carioca, switching half way past the tennis courts and continuing the rest of the way up the hill.  We rounded the corner and Mozy’d once again for a bit.  At the next tree, we met the sidewalk for Fast Feet until the next tree.  Back to a Mozy as we headed down the Ting Ramp for “The Workout”.  Squat Hold for the 6

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The Workout:

Pulled straight from Emeril’s cookbook – Pair up into partners for B.O.M.B.S  (50- Burpees / 100- Overhead Claps / 150- Merkins / 200- LBC’s / 250- Squats)

Partner 1 does a workout and works to complete as many as possible during the time allowed.  The time allowed is driven by partner 2 who is on the run from one side of the lot to the other.  Partners 1 and 2 switch out at the completion of each run and they work together to complete the B.O.M.B.S.  If this were a video I would be playing this section in timelapse cause it took a while to complete.  PAX picked up the 6 on these and helped the remaining groups finish out their work.  This workout was tough for me as an F3 newb and it was good to see that it’s still pretty effective on some of the experienced guys too.  Good feedback on this one.  Everyone seemed to feel they got their money’s worth.

Short/quick Mozy to the bottom of the ramp.  The rest of the time I diverged from Emeril’s recipe a bit.  His recipe called for partner carries and in the last 2 years we have largely moved away from them, past the injury record they have – I know no one wants to carry YHC (I was particularly sweaty today).  So, we stayed in our existing partnerships with partner 1 Bear Crawling up the ramp while partner 2 hung back and whipped up 3 Burpees.  Once said burpees were adequately whipped, partner 2 sprinted to catch partner 1 and they swapped all the way up to the top of Ting Ramp.  The original plan was to take these all the way to the tennis courts but time was almost up.

<Slashed out a small section of the original plan here for time.>  You know how in cooking you can just leave stuff out sometimes – dash of this, dash of that, nope don’t need that (toss it over your head without looking)…  Emeril knows what I’m talking about.  BAM!

Audible called to form 4 lines for Indian Runs.  From the looks of it, we ended up in 3ish lines of varying sized but it seemed to work well enough…  Indian Runs continued around around the tennis courts and back down to the basket ball courts for Mary.

All the while – we did have Peeping Tom (or PT as he’s known in Carpex) out on a run with Straight Cash to keep him company.  PT is still on the mend but they both made a point to be here on my anniversary with a modified workout.  Nice job men!

Mary:

10 Have A Nice Day (2nd 10 count offense), 20 Leg Lifts, 12 Freddie Mercs, 12 Homer to Marge, Pigeon Pose both legs, Runners Pose both legs, 20 Diamond Merkins (Lipstick ending strong with Breathtaker)

One more thing from YHC – Very happy to be a part of F3 South Wake.  It’s been a great 2 years and I’m happy to have stuck with it.  1st F was the hook and I’ll admit it took me almost my first year before I started to truly buy-in.  So happy to have gotten more involved in the 2nd and 3rd Fs.  Feeling alot of growth through F3 and very happy to continue that growth in the years to come.  If you’re new and this is still just a workout, you haven’t come to understand or believe that it’s more than a workout – hang in there.  It’s worth the wait.

Announcements:

  • Check with Skidmark – BRR Simulation will be in play next weekend, 3 mile runs scattered throughout the day to test your legs
  • F3 Dads Camp has some open spots – See M4L
  • Check the Slack and the Facebooks for more intel and other announcements.

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • See above – Thanks again everyone.  Great time out there this morning.
  • Shredder doing good in the world on a mission trip.

Prayer:

  • Hit and run victim in Fuquay over the weekend.  Not a member of F3 but a reminder to wear your reflective gear on your runs.
  • Crablegs on his MLB journey
  • Quiver’s daughter starting school soon shortly after their move to South Wake.  YHC extended the prayer to all kids returning to school.  Being a kid is hard and guiding your kids through life is hard too.  Prayers to oversee the kids and the parents through these changes.

Welcome White Claw and Duck Hunt

Yoga EC: Dawgpound, Buford, Emeril, Skidmark
EC: Pablo, Blue Hen, Moby, Flanagan, Lucky Charms, Dahmer, UTI, White Claw

FNGs: White Claw and Duck Hunt
Warm Up:

Bounce
High Hinge. Left leg back
High Hinge. Right leg back
Trace your foot
Back Stroke
Arms out rotate shoulder

Teaching:

Tier 1:
Swing bell against chest
Reverse Warrior Lunge
Pushup on bell on knees

Tier 2:
Swing two handed
Rotational Warrior Lunge
Pushup on Bell

Tier 3:
Single Arm Swing
Rotational Warrior Lunge with Press
Plyo Pushup on Bell

The Workout:

20 Rounds of one minute of the tier you select above. Start at 4 reps each exercise. If you have something you have to do on each arm it will be 2 and 2. If you finish the exercise under 30 seconds. Increase the number of reps. We will go from 4 to 6. If you cannot finish by 40 seconds decrease the number of reps from 6 to 4. You must stay in good form. Form cannot suffer. Increasing/decreasing the reps is down by 2.

Mary:

Reach Through Draw the Bow
Childs Pose
Downward Dog Leg lift Open Hip
Pigeon Pose Look both Ways
Runners Pose With rotation of hip

Announcements:

Meg’s smile volunteers Saturday
Sasquatch coming up
Special BRR run next Saturday

T-Claps (Recognition):

Flanagan and Moby got their fritter

Prayer:

Crablegs
John Deere
Emeril’s Dad
UTI’s family friend
Dusty’s brother

Wish It Was Just a Little Hotter…Not

It was an honor to lead 23 PAX in my 4Y4Q Anniversary week.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Simple stretches before taking a tour of Downtown Varina
The Workout:

  • Mosey to Ample Storage parking and did a Bear Crawl Ring of Fire with 10 Merkins in between
  • Jog to flags for Global Warming, Step-ups, Dips, Irkins
  • Jog across the street to furniture store wall for Dwight Howards, Wall Side Push Ups, Wall Forward Push Ups, Wall Tricep Pushups
  • Jog to Aviator Bottle Shop for BTTW Inch Worms, Wall Mountain Climbers, Wall Homer to Marge (with each leg up), Wall LBCs and People’s Chair
  • Jog across street and Duck and Weave Indian to the breezeway
  • Derkins, Crucible Merkins, Wall Lunge and Wall Plank

Mary: Around the Horn Mary by the PAX
Announcements: DeadBolts 5Yr Workout at Disney, Gumps 4Y/4Q Week, SUP Workout Aug 3 at Jordan Lake
Prayer: Noah’s Ark and wife, DoubleD with father passing away, health struggles, unspoken.

We had great 2nd F afterwards at Stick Boy.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your day and lives. F3 is truly a lifesaver. #DontDoLifeAlone.

Field Trip Bring your Permission Slips

I signed up to Q last week, but the Week of Chaos went through Nutcracker. I then took this week. I have been itching to go to Rovisys and hit up the ramp for some time. So I planned to hit up Rovisys and the ramp. The EC run to Oakview was tough this morning. I was wavering on if I really did want to go on a field trip. The excitement I got from thinking about the ramp was just too much. Sorta like the abyss at Disney. How do you turn something like that down?

EC: Dawgpound, Buford, Pigpen, Moby, Flanigan, Blue Hen

FNGs: Brownie
Warm Up:

Formed an Indian Run with 16 folks.  Made our way to Rovisys for a field trip.
Indian Run to Green Oaks Road.
Bat Wing:
Fazio Arm Circles Forward
Fazio Arm Circles Backward
Overhead Claps
Seal Claps
Indian Run to Thomas Mills Road
Good Mornings
Pickers
Indian Run to Rovisys
Good From Merkins

The Workout:

We gathered at the railing.  What a beautiful railing.  The turns the straight away.  So nice.

Plank Hold until your turn.  Bear Crawl up the ramp.  The whole ramp.  Nothing but the ramp.  Plank hold up top for the final Pax
Once all the Pax made it to the top we did 10 Good Form Merkins, 20 Squats and 30 LBCs.

Next we had to get back down the ramp.  What goes up you must come down.  This time we plank hold until your turn and Crawl Bear down the ramp.  Plank hold until the last Pax made it.  Then once again 10 Good Form Merkins, 20 Squats and 30 LBCs.

Next was lunge walk up the ramp.  Squat hold for all Pax to finish.
Next was Russian Typewriter down the ramp.  10 to the left 10 to the right.

There was still time so we did a bit of runs up the entrance to Rovisys.  Run to the third street lamp on the left.  10 Merkins.  Run back down the hill.  Run to the second street lamp on the left.  10 Squats.  Run back down the hill.  Run up to the first street lamp.  10 LBCs

It was then decided to head back to Oakview.  I gave the choice of A and B on the method to get back.  A was Indian Run, B was Fellowship Run.  They Pax selected C… There was no C option so Scout Run.

Mary:

Scout Run back to Oakview.  It turned into a Fellowship run at the end.  We made it back in time with a couple minutes to spare.

Circled up for the following
Downward Dog into Pigeon Pose (Both Legs)
Downward Dog into Runner’s Pose (Both Legs)
Have a nice day

Announcements:

Meg’s Smile.  Still need volunteers for Saturday

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:
Double D and his family
John Deere
Crablegs