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Sciatica is my wife’s name!

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FNGs: None (5 PaX split off and Rucked) 

Warm Up: Mission, Disclaimer, SSH, Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, Frankenstein, SFAC, Scarecrows. 

The Workout: Thang 1: Each PAX grabbed a Med/Lrg rock.  Two lines for parking lot Indian runs.  The man at the back did a burpee (Stack’em)  and ran to the front while PAX did an exercise.  I/C Exercise when meeting in the middle.  (OH press, Curls, Triceps) Thang 2: Guantanamo Bay’s with a side shuffle rock press, Panama Canal with a bear crawl under the legs while pushing a rock.  Hold plank and pull all rocks through. Thang 3. Various strength exercises low rep good form. 

Mary: WWI, WWII, and V-Curl ups with rock, Side Raise with rock

Announcements: Painting, Fill up Q-Sheet

T-Claps (Recognition): All that help with the food cupboard

Prayer:  Nemo’s Mom passing, Pumpkin Spice helping a guy in a dark place dealing with Porn and his family, Rubiks business venture. YHC took us out. 

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Friends Old and New

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willy Mayes Hayes, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs

The Workout: PAX were instructed to go get a “mediumish” rock and meet up at the amphitheater. 4 rounds of:
15 Curls for the Girls
15 Tricep Extensions
15 Ground Pounders
15 Ruh Rohs
15 Tempo Squats
bearcrawl down to the library doors, mosey back
We swapped rocks in between each round. Once done, we returned our rocks gently and responsibly back to the rock pile.

Mary: Plank for a 10 count around the circle (170 count total), LBCs, WWIIs, Homer-to-Marge, American Hammers, finished things up with a little stretching.

Announcements: UFO every 1st / 3rd and 5th Monday of the month! Watch for 3rd F opportunities with the town that help support our ability to use the fields at Ting for UFO.

T-Claps (Recognition): 3rd Cousin, Bobby Dall and Slide Rule for joining us back in the gloom. Good to see you all again!

Prayer: Midget and his family for their loss.

Thoughts: Midget shared with us at COT that his mom always put others first. He encouraged us to do the same in our own lives, put others first and always give. If you maintain this mindset of others first and use it as your guiding principle, the decisions you make will fall into the right place automatically.

Even the Odds

EVEN the ODDS 3/22/24

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FNG NONE; 

ODD NUMBERS EXERCISE DISTANCE Points EVEN NUMBERS EVEN EXERCISES Points
1 Run  400 1.0 2 100 I/C SSH 2.0
3 Run  800 2.0 4 100 I/C Big Boy Sit-ups 2.0
5 Run  1200 3.0 6 100 I/C Plank Hold  2.0
7 Run  1600 4.0 8 50 Absolutions 5.0
9 Run  1200 3.0 10 Tire Flip (1 lap) or Squat Thrust Broad Jump (1 lap) 20.0
11 Run  800 2.0 12 100 Sandbag Burpees (25 per bag) 20.0
13 Run  400 1.0 14 Lunge Walk Curves / Sprint straights (2 Laps) 5.0
15 Run  1600 4.0 16 Bear Crawl (1 lap) 10.0
17 Run  1200 3.0 18 John Cusack w/Cindy (1 lap) 10.0
COMPLETE IN ORDER 9,200 23.0 COMPLETE EVEN #’S IN ANY ORDER. NO REPEATS!! 76.0

PAX picked their path.  

1 hour beatdown: 

 

Announcements on SLACK. 

 

SEE ya’ll in three months! 

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In Cadence On my Down

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The weather is finally starting to warm up but it was still a bit chilly this morning. We had a good turn out for the EC about 4 if I recall. I haven’t been out in a while for an F3 workout let alone Q the damn thing. So we warm up everything is fine. Mossyed over to the football field to do some erkins derkins and dips. As I start calling out the exercises and instructing how to follow me I ended up saying both ways “In cadence on my down”. It gave Woody a good laugh. Then I did it about two more times after that. Lol good times!

Warm Up:

  • Good mornings
  • Imperial Walker’s
  • Hill Billy’s
  • Sir Fazio Arm Circles
  • Mtn Climbers
  • Side Straddle Hop

The Workout:

  • erkins derkins and dips
  • Wall sits
  • 11’s – WW I’s & Air Squats

Mary:

  • Homer to Marge & pickle pounders

Q School – Session 1 2024

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12 PAX for a mixer of Kenny’s Grave and Q school. Here’s a review.

Why Q school? This is to help with F3 formality (uniform) across all regions so if you attend an AO in New York or Texas it’ll still be close to the same structure.

3 main topics to cover – How to Q? Why to Q? (new exciting things) Are you ready to Q?

Sample structure for warm up with some discussion:
Disclaimer, warmup, workout (the thang), Mary, CoT – 45 mins total time, get a watch. Assign a sweeper if you have a large group of FNG’s.
Bring a Flag if you plan to Q. If you don’t have one, ask site Q to bring one.

Conduct WU and have guys take turns with exercises. SSH, Good Mornings, etc.

Be ready for CoT with announcements and prayer requests/praises

Review during workout:
Cadence Count
Form and rep count
Know your PAX limitations if possible
Site Q duties
Q sheet, pre-blast, backblast
Exicon, backblast from other regions, winky, Co-Q

Thang 1: Dora with bear crawl timer. 50 diamond merkins, 100 monkey humpers, 150 groiners,
Thang 2: Basketball court 7’s – burpees and absolutions

Thanks for attending men!

Sally start to finish

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8 PAX out for a moist 65 degree gloomy morning. Couple of missed HC’s but still a couple new faces. We started with a Sally song and ended with a Sally song.

Mosey down to circle for warm up while listening to Long Tall Sally
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Air squared
Imperial squat walkers
Mtn climbers
Merkins

Track – Indian run w/ exercises every 200M
1. Ranger Merkin toe tap – go down for a push up then come up and touch opposite foot x10 IC
2. Deep Squats x20
3. Merkin and up like a burpee but keep hands down and the back out x10 IC
4. Shoulder taps x20
2 laps

Ramp
Crawl bear up ramp
At top grab some short wall
Irkins, box jumps, dirkens x15 each
Mosey to stairs
Calf raises on each step x5 (16 sets)
Grab tall wall
Wall sits 10 count each PAX
BTTW 10 ct each

Mosey to bball court
Broad jump burpee across bball court
10x Turkish getups
Broad jump burpee back
Indian run back to flag

Mary
Sally (Moby)
Side dips
Stretching

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Pickle Beatdown at Cletus

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FNGs: Nope

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles F/R, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Wille Mays Hays

The Workout:

Thang 1 – The Big Pickle:

PAX completed an Indian Run over to the parking lot on the other end of the soccer fields. Once we got there, we partnered up (one group of 3) for 3 rounds of the Big Pickle. One PAX ran one direction, partner ran the other way around the lot, when they met up, completed 10 patty cake merkins. Continue running, meet on the other side, do 10 WW2. We did 3 rounds of this.

Thang 2 – Bread and Butter:

PAX moseyed over to the amphitheater for the following: Partners from the previous round split up into 2 groups. Group 1 completed people’s chair 10 count each PAX while Group 2 held chillcut plank. Switch. Next round Group 1 completed balls to the wall 10 count each PAX while Group 2 held a squat. Switch…we did 3 rounds of this.

Then we went to the lower wall and did the following exercises in order: Round 1: Erkins, Dips, Heels to Heaven Round 2: Erkins, Dips, Heels to Heaven Round 3: Erkins, Dips, Tempo Squats

Thang 3 – Variety Fresh Pack

PAX moseyed to the rock pile and were instructed to get a medium rock. Everyone did except for Bondo, who picked a cute little one we called the “Pebble”…

YHC instructed PAX to rotate various directions and number of rocks to switch it up and get variety/diff size rocks. We completed overhead press, curls for the girls, chest press, skull crushers, ruh rohs, and bus drivers.

PAX returned rocks and went back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: Heel Taps, Box Cutters, Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutter, Pickle Pounders

Announcements: Upcoming all hands meeting being scheduled by Breach, be on the lookout. Also, a PSA that CPR can and has saved lives in F3. If you haven’t been trained, highly recommend it.

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for showing up in the gloom! 33 PAX combined between Cletus and Crazy Ivan on this fine Friday.

Prayer: Unspoken, Woody took us out

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🥶 Disney on Ice 🧊

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It was a cold one this morning! 28 degrees to be exact. Had a solid turn out for EC 5 total PAX. Breach and Fram were warming up to throw heavy shit around per usual. Absolute DAWGS I tell ya! Since it is the holiday season I thought it would be appropriate to call this work out Disney on Ice since the grass was frozen where we were doing bear crawls…. Here is how the workout went.

FNGs: nope

Warm Up:

  • Imperial Walkers
  • Hillbilles
  • Sir Fazio Arm Circles
  • Moroccan Night Clubs
  • Side Straddle Hop

The Workout:

  • curls for the girls
  • shoulder press
  • squats
  • mericans

with bear crawls in between

We then took it to the pavilion and did wall sits / erkins / derkins & dips!

Mary: popcorn

Passing the Baton

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Probably close to two years ago Fonzie and I took over as site Q’s at Possum Trot.  As one of our favorite AOs it was fun to keep it running, Qing as much as we could, and making sure things went smoothly.  Over time, and with injury, we lapsed in our duty.  It became evident that new leadership was needed so we reached out to local PAX to find potential candidates.  After a lot of searching two stepped forward, almost at the same time.  Both Stovepipe and Rubiks wanted to help lead South Wake’s original AO and felt up to the task.  YHC picked up the Q for the day and asked the two of them to be there for the official hand off.  All in all, 11 other men joined the three of us for a beatdown and the official handoff of the site.  

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

SSH x27 IC (that was the temperature when I looked when I woke up)

Windmills x10 IC

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Sir Fazio Arm circles x10 IC forward and reverse

The Workout:

We started at the back corner, by the rock pile, to begin a four corners workout.  Each corner would be some sort of leg or ab workout with the exception of the first because I finally feel like I can lift a (small) rock.  

Curls for the girls x10 IC

Tris for the guys x10 IC

Rut Rows x10 IC

Chest press x10 IC

We then did a backwards mosey to the next corner, by where the parking lot met the road.  

No Surrender x10 IC

Bobby Hurley x10 IC

Star Jumps x10 IC

We then proceeded to the next corner, on the other side of the tennis courts.  We made our way there via Walk like an Egyptian.  This is a lunge walk Indian Run where everyone steps in to a lunge while the guy at the back lunge walks to the front of the line.  Once they get there everyone steps in to a lunge with the other leg while the next guy goes.  This got a little unruly at times and, honestly, took way longer than I thought but all the complaining really fed my soul.  

The next corner was abs.  We did an LBC cycle

LBC x10 IC

Reverse LBC x10 IC

Side LBC x10 IC each side.  

We did a rinse and repeat and then did a slow mosey to the next corner for some squat rounds

Squats x10 IC

Wide squat x10 IC

Feet together squat x10 IC

Two rounds of that as well and then it was a duck walk back to the rocks to do another round of what we had done before. After that we returned our rocks and went to the tennis courts.  We started with a set of calf raises.  After that, there was a lot of mumble chatter which made YCH feel like he hadn’t worked everyone hard enough so we went in to a round of suicides across the width of of the court.

Mary:

American Hammers x16 IC

Sleeping Hillbillies x10 IC each side

Box cutters x16 IC

Announcements: 

Prayer outreach with Rubiks down town Raleigh at 7:00pm

Prayer:

Bleeder recovering from surgery

 

Always an honor to lead and it has been an absolute privilege  to have led this AO.  I look forward to what new leadership will do.  

 

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‘Twas the Week Before Christmas

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FNGs: Zero

Warm Up: Side Straddle Hop, Good Mornings, Windmills, Daisy Pickers, Frankensteins, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles

Bondo with the good call for a count off before we Moseyed to the Parking Deck! Thanks Bondo!

The Workout:

PAX planked whenever the poem was being read and they were not performing another exercise.

Twas the week before Christmas, when all through downtown

Not a sad clown was stirring, only the PAX.

The burpees  (10 oyo) were finished in the parking lot with care

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be here

The PAX were planking all cold on the ground

While visions of 20 monkey humpers danced all around

And Cancun with his stinky gloves, and Abe in his cap

Had just settled down with the PAX to do 20 plank jacks.

When out on the grass, there rose such a clatter

The PAX sprang from their plank to see what was the matter.

Away to the other side (across the parking deck – touch the wall and return) we flew like a flash

Sprinting vigorously, we completed the dash.

The concrete at the feet of the of winded PAX

Gave the luster of 20 in cadence smurf jacks

When, what to our wondering eyes should appear,

But Stickers and 8 tiny exercises so near.

A little old Q, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment, this must be a trick.

More rapid than eagles his courses they came,

And he whistled and shouted and called them by name.

Now Little Baby Crunches (ICx10), now Mountain Climbers (ICx10), now Squats (ICx10), now 10 OYO Burpees

On Merkins (ICx10), on Side Straddle Hops (ICx10), on Lunges (ICx10), on Side Lunges (10 each leg)

To the end of the parking deck, to the base of the wall

Now dash away, dash away, dash away all! (sprint back to other end – touch wall and return)

So up to the other end the PAX they flew

With a sleigh full of toys and Stickers, too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the ground

The sound of feet as more mountain climbers (ICx10) came ‘round.

As we drew in our hand, and did 10 Merkins

Down the slide Stickers came with a bound

He was dressed all in red, from his head to his foot,

His clothes were all tarnished, in sweat and dirt.

A bundle of toys, he had brought on his back

He looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples how merry.

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow

And the beard of his chin was gone, oh no!

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath

He had a broad face and a little round belly

That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

He was lean and mean, a right jolly old creature

And everyone laughed when they saw him,

he had the weirdest of features.

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head

Soon let me know, we had nothing to Dredd.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to work.

Laying out presents, then he turned with a jerk.

And laying a finger on his nose,

Giving a nod, up the slide he rose.

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle

But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight

DO 20 OYO Burpees YOU’LL BE ALRIGHT!

Mosey to Ampitheater to open a present!

But wait, what’s this?! Santa left us a present?? 

We opened the present and found a Tea Party Set: 10-20-30-40  (Perform 10 Dirkins, 20 Irkins, 30 Dips, 40 Step Ups)

We wrapped with the Little Merkin Boy at the end. (PAX Plank, while we Play Bing Crosby’s Little Drummer Boy and every time we get parump-a-pum-pum – do a merkin)

Mary: Homer to Marge, Box Cutters, Heel Taps, Supermans, Low Slow Flutter, WWIIs followed by stretching to close us out

Announcements: Backblasts are a big part of F3, and a help to fellow PAX looking for ideas or to see if an AO is active. Downtown Train closed for Christmas next week. Banana Seat with Purple Cobra Q tomorrow. 3Alarm Christmas party tomorrow at 6pm at his house. Reach out to PAX you haven’t seen in a while, check in and see how they’re doing.

T-Claps (Recognition): Pumpkin Spice wedding anniversary today! Welcome back to the gloom, Kosher! 

Prayer: Sick and injured PAX, Bondo’s brother Jimmy hospitalized battling COVID.