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FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, Sit Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout: Thing 1: four corners

Each corner added a new exercise until we had four exercises. Then we started dropping them off. In between corners, we alternated between bear crawls and lunges.

Exercises went (15 each):
merkins
merkins, squats
merkins, squats, WWIIs
merkins, squats, WWIIs, mountain climbers
squats, WWIIs, mountain climbers
WWIIs, mountain climbers
mountain climbers

Thing 2: rocks

We moseyed over and got shmedium rocks. 3 rounds of Colt 45s, triceps, ground pounders, chest press and ruh rohs. SSH in between rounds to keep the blood moving. Returned our rocks and moseyed back for Mary.

Mary: popcorn Mary followed by a little yoga.

Announcements: Jellybeans is the new site Q at Purple Cobra! Also, Fumunga is doing a NCAA bracket, benefiting the Travis Manion Foundation.

T-Claps (Recognition): Jellybeans for taking over site Q role at Purple Cobra.

Prayer: Gatlin family (friends of Bobby’s) for the loss of their family member.

2023 F3SW TownHall

2023 F3 South Wake Town Hall

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BREACH INTRO

Ground Rules for the Meeting – Show Respect to everyone, Let each other talk, be kind

F3 Core Principles were reviewed
 
Everyone asked to remember our WHY
 
Rough Spots Addressed Up Front – Based on Breach conversations with PAX to this point since becoming Nantan for SW
  • Breathtaker – Seen by some as a measuring contest that was limited to those with the budgets to participate
  • Covid – Division based on and still present since F3 SW AO shutdown
  • June/May Challenge – Competition/Points/Rules – PAX pushing themselves rubbed some the wrong way
Let’s use this opportunity here to discuss our perspectives, work on fixing things, and move on.
 
OPEN DISCUSSION
 
What’s the Problem/Solutions?
  • Pre-covid – more comradery, more community, more supportive.  AOs started despite the shutdown
    • Should we have more convergences to bring a larger group of PAX together more often?
    • Growing number of workouts happening at set dates/times weekly that aren’t on the website, not pre-blasted, don’t present themselves as open to all (undisclosed)
      • Concern raised about FNGs going to these undisclosed workouts, are they being introduced to the greater F3 South Wake?
      • Concern raised about a lack of time shared with PAX that only go to undisclosed workouts
    • Point Countered – some have moved away from Social Media including Slack making it harder to share with a wide audience but noted that there are still some that go to 
    • It was discussed that we have ~472 PAX listed on the website, it was estimated that we have ~100 Active PAX in reality with a split of about 20 in FV / 18 “BlackOps” / 40 HS
      • Feeling was that we are losing PAX, folks are falling out, and our division can lead to the feeling that we are lacking in community
      • It was countered that covid or not, this has always been the case.  People decide F3 isnt for them, cold weather, hot weather, life happens, injuries, it’s always in flux
      • The PAX that arent showing up are opportunities for us to continue reaching out and staying in touch – growing 2nd and 3rd F would mean avoiding losing PAX to injury or workout related reasons for not showing up.
      • Lots of good growth and FNGs joining us all the time – great leadership coming from them too.
  • We used to be more grass roots, less structured – No one person calling the shots
    • Lot’s of rules being dictated down from the leadership team, should we remove leadership and be more FREED TO LEAD?
    • Point countered
      • Leadership team is a model that exists throughout the nation.  Part of what F3 is
      • No dictators in the leadership team just FREED TO LEAD PAX trying to help set examples around the Fs
      • Other than Covid there have been no rules or mandates passed down nor should any one F3 person be able to do so.
      • As in Covid, it was suggested that F3 not officially meet in alignment with national and state laws – black ops AOs popped up, no one stopped them.
  • Transitioned to a run club, covid spurred more running for all PAX and it’s continued
    • Bootcamps are pushing 3+ miles, R4TJ is pushing 9-10 miles
      • Was told that if you don’t expect to bring 3 mile minimum to Paradise City, don’t expect to Q by Site Q
    • Point countered re:mileage
      • Strava shows more experienced runners ‘picking up the six’ for greater mileage at AOs
      • Paradise City is listed as a high intensity workout with a 3 mile min expectation every week
    • BREACH:
      • Reviewing website listings to ensure clarity on what bootcamps vs running vs high intensity means
      • Conversations with Site Qs around working to maintain a standard depending on the expectation bootcamps should be less than 2mi, shovel flags, Q School, etc
  • Did we grow too fast?  Should we consider shutting down some AOs?
    • Discussion in the room resulted in the idea that AOs should self-govern, Site Qs should take responsibility/decision to officially close it down based on lack of attendance/Qs
  • We need to plant shovel flags more often
    • Site Qs need to take responsibility for planting a flag
    • It was suggested that we should have a 2nd F for making shovel flags – DOC and VIDEO examples – these are all over the internet
  • We need to keep up with BackBlasts
    • These are maybe largely unseen but a valuable resource for FNGs learning about F3 and eventually running their own Qs
    • Can be valuable to PAX going to a new/different AO to get a sense of what typically happens there.
    • Can be valuable to PAX Qing an AO for the first time
    • BackBlast Generator is now available to make it easier – Ask SoftServe for a website login if you dont already have one.
  • 2nd F
    • Is in a good place – Coffee is shared almost daily and regularly
    • It was asked that there be more emphasis on sticking around after COT if possible, 2nd F can be open to more with a few more minutes in the lot
    • More social events?  Rush Hour Karting was suggested recently, talk of a 75 Hard BBQ Celebration
      • Need more leadership in planning events, just like 1st this is a leadership opportunity
      • Doesn’t have to be well thought out or planned – Pick up BB games, Disc Golf, whatever you’re into just invite others if you are looking for people to hang with.
  • 3rd F
    • We have always been great about stepping up and taking care of our own – family hardships, celebrating new 2.0s, moves, etc
    • HS Food Cupboard is still out there but they are getting alot of support from the Boy Scouts, less needs for us at the moment
    • Holly Springs and Fuquay Town partnerships have been good for F3 SW
      • Can we shift our relationship to be less about manual labor?  What else can we offer?  Professional Services?
      • It was pointed out that things like HollyFest have been great for bringing FNGs to Fuquay
      • FV PAX were set to be at CelebrateFV but it was cancelled due to weather in 2022
      • We are listed as a free exercise class in Fuquay Parks and Rec – has brought FNGs and made our workouts officially sanctioned by the town so we won’t be kicked out of parks.
    • School Partnerships to find more 3rd F opportunities, improve our relationships there as well
      • Will likely need to find local school leaders – NutCracker has had the Principal at a workout before 😀
    • Parade Participation?
    • Abe is our 3rd F Q
      • Reach out if you need support with any ideas on 3rd F leadership opportunities.
      • Freed to lead, we need leadership in 3rd F and 2nd F like we have in 1st.  If you see something worth doing go after it.
    • 3rd F is organic and is best limited to 3-5 guys, shared bible study or book study
    • Doesn’t just have to be about doing physical good, it’s about spiritual good as well.  Great examples out there today on this too.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
  • We can’t force our way back to the way things were.  Things Change.
  • Intentionality.  We should still figure out who we want to be as a region and individuals and work towards it.
  • Negativity spawns negativity – we need to be mindful of how we talk to one another.  Especially on Slack where inside jokes and playful banter can be taken the wrong way.  
  • Slack – Think your messages through and recognize when in-person, phone, or direct text messages to smaller groups are warranted.
  • If you aren’t adhering to the F3 Core Principles, you aren’t running or attending an F3 workout.

1 and Done

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3 HIM decided to make their way to Disney on a wet and warm morning in the gloom. YHC had two plans of which both should equally suck. A shelter workout if it was pouring or a trip to the stairs aka The Abyss in the drizzle. We all agreed this was a terrible workout so my vote is for it to be retired. One and Done. Here it is.

We ripped the bandaid right off taking a lap around the track and hitting multiple large puddles.

Warm up back in parking lot.
Good mornings
Willie Mayes Hayes
Frankensteins
Mtn climbers
Merkins

Main Event
We each grabbed a cinderblock from the secret hideout. Then moseyed over to the Abyss. YHC called out the exercises.
100 Abyss merkins using the blocks
100 ground pounders with blocks
100 rut rows with blocks
Break these reps up into 5-6 rounds.
Staggered going down and up the stairs.
1st trip – bear crawl down and run back up
2nd – run down bear crawl up
3rd – run down bunny hop up
4th – run down hit every step both feet up
5th – OYO
6th – OYO
Great support to finish all the reps as we were completely smoked on the last round.

Mosey back to return blocks.

45 secs for Mary but YHC choose to not get our backs wet. You’re welcome.

No new announcements.
Prayers for Breach traveling. Bobby with possible job change. My M with a cough that keeps hanging around.

Men, thanks for the support. I tend to come up with stuff that will challenge myself and others but still be able to modify. This one really pushed me to exhaustion. Great push from all. Pleasure to lead.

BS Out!

nacho

Wild Twerkey and Nacho Cheese

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YHC showed up at the new Purple Cobra site at Jones Park to find Wild Turkey sitting off to the side revving his Jeep….lights pointed down to the area where we thought we might drop our cinderblocks off, but we decided on a different location. Abe had too showed up early to help scout a location for the coupons. Started running low on time before the main event. We ultimately decided to place the blocks behind the short wall on the right hand side of the playground right after the workout was over.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs

The Workout:

PAX moseyed over to the short wall on the right hand side of the playground. We performed 2 rounds of the following exercises: Derkins, Irkins, Dips, Bulgarian Split Squats. Added Step-ups on the 2nd round on the short wall.

We then went over to the bathroom/facilities area and completed 3 rounds of people’s chair with BTTW, plank holds, and chilcutt planks in between each round of people’s chair.

Next we went over to the rock pile to grab medium-sized rocks. Bobby Boucher picked out one of the biggest rocks I’d ever seen at an AO. Each PAX rotated in between each exercise to make sure we each got a turn with the large rock. Lots of complaining from the PAX during this portion of the ME, some due to the rocks, and some due to Bobby Boucher letting out some extremely wet gas that was dubbed as “Nacho Cheese’ by the PAX. Abe soon chimed in on the smelly fun. The exercises consisted of chest press, overhead press, ruh-rohs, skullcrushers, goblet squats, wonderbras, and curls for the girls.

Finally we went over to the bleachers beside the ball field. We split up into two groups with one group climbing to the top of the bleachers and completing various exercises while the other group stayed at the bottom and did air squats until the first group returned. Exercises at the top consisted of squats, merkins, carolina dry docks, and some weird variation of squats that Wild Turkey was doing that looked like he was trying out for an adult film. We dubbed him as Wild Twerkey during this portion…there are some things that you just can’t unsee….we also mixed in a few different methods of going up and down the bleachers such as bear crawls and crawl bear.

Back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: Popcorn consisting of LBC, WW2, Xs and Os, low slow flutter, alphabet soup spelling out N-A-C-H-O-C-H-E-E-S-E-F-A-R-T-S, Homer to Marge including single leg, and some new exercise that Pumpkin Spice picked up from Peak City – don’t know what it was called but basically like boat canoe with heels up, tap hands on the ground while keeping feet up all the way to 100. That hurt!

Announcements: Town hall at Bass Lake on Feb 28 @7pm

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for coming out to support the AO location change. Thanks to guys who helped move the coupons from my truck to their new home at Jones Park. Many hands make light work.

Prayer: Hasselhoff’s great uncle dealing with some heart issues, Kosher’s MIL diagnosed with breast cancer, praise for Kosher’s half sister who was approved for a kidney transplant at UNC. This now puts her on the list so that when she does find a donor match, they can complete the surgery. Bobby Boucher interviewing for potential new job that came out of the blue.

Also a reminder from YHC based on Bobby Boucher’s situation and some personal things that have happened with me lately that some of the best things come from unexpected opportunities. Reminder that God is in control and it’s HIS timing, not yours! Put your trust in Him!

YHC took us out.

Mushy Ground, Dark Stairs, Hard Blocks, Good Dog!

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YHC on back to back Comeback Q’s took to the famous grounds of Disney with 8 other good dudes and a precious pup (Poopeater 2.0). Figured I’d try something different over on the half pipe…I’d say 75% effective, the gound was very muddy, mushy, and soft. We’ll keep working on it.

EC: The one and only Nemo!

FNGs: Welcome Komatsu! (works for Caterpillar and we already got John Deere and Kubota))

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Sir Fazio’s, Moroccan Night Club, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankenstein.

The Workout: Short mosy over to the half pipe hills for a sideways up and down merkin side crawl (crawl sideways, with each movement ends in a merkin). Again, ground mushy…mixed results.

Blocks: 25 Tricep Press, 25 Curls for the Girls. We started making out way to the Abyss, blocks in hand. We traveled about 50 meters of each (Cusack, Murder Bunny Hops, Grave Digger Walks, Regular). We needed 2 rounds of this to get to the Abyss.

Abyss: 1 trip up and down. At the top, 50 Chest Presses. 2 Trips up and down. At the top, 25 triceps/25 Curls for the Girls. 3 trips up and down. At the top, 25 Rut Rows, 25 LBD’s (Little Baby Dips), 25 Shoulder Press.

Travel Back: We once again traveled back to the beginning with various intervals of Cusack, Murder Bunny Hops, Grave Digger Walks, and Regular.

Mary: 10 Nice Good Mornings!

Announcements: Reach out to guys who struggle. YHC shared at COT that it can make a fellow PAX’s day when someone reaches out. It certainly has impacted me tremendously as I’ve been slow to return from a long IR. There are guys who deal with mental health stuff and find themselves in ruts, let’s help each other out of those ruts. You can do more than you think. Great time to bring this up with an FNG today! We are more than a workout. We are a fellowship and friendship…and we also embrace the suck and push each other!

T-Claps (Recognition): Welcome Komatsu…you made it through your first F3 workout!

Prayer: YHC continued progress. Pumpkin Spice M looking for part-time work as she finishes Graduate School. Bobby Boucher’s M got a new job starting…good stuff! SoftServe took us out.

Star Wars is Not Superman

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YHC was stoked to be back in the Q circle again. I’ve been battling several injuries, sicknesses, and setbacks for the last 2, but honestly 6 months. My COT message today was simple: Don’t take your health, but especially this fellowship of men for granted, it’s a great blessing that is greatly missed when you are not in it. #morethanaworkout

EC: Fanny Pack, Bleeder, Bobby Boucher, Nemo, Brexit, Batboy

FNGs: Nopes.

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Squatted Sir Fazio’s/Seal Claps/Overhead Claps, Frankensteins, Windmills, Cadence Squats.

The Workout: YHC promised mostly core and legs today with Indian Runs and so it was. Indian run double BOMBS hit first. Indian runs with stops along the way. The stops were: 5/5/5/5 Brokeback Merkins, 10/10/10/10 Outlaws/Overhead Claps, 15/15/15/15 Merkins/Marge Hold (Bridge), 20/10/20/10 Big Boy Sit Ups/Box Cutters, 50/50 Squats/Superman Hold…this is where Cancun got slightly confused on his 80’s adventure music…it’s Superman, not Star Wars!

Once BOMBS were built, a variation on BLIMPS was up next. The group ran small hill repeats with an exercise between. Each time we added 1 to the hill repeats between exercises. Exercises between were: 10 Bobby Hurley, 20 Lunges, 30 Imperial Walkers, 40 (total count Mary as dictated by PAX), 50 count Plank Hold, with a run back for about 4 mins. of Stretching.

Mary: Plenty of it during!

Announcements:

T-Claps (Recognition): Stubs, hitting the 6 month mark in his journey of recovery.

Prayer: Stubs and continued recovery, Ginzu with a pinched nerve is down for a bit, PAX who are in ruts…reach out. YHC, still banged up and recovering…but hopeful the comeback is beginning. We make each other stronger…don’t forget it!

4 Corners with no running… How do we get around?

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Warm Up:
Windmills, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, OH Claps, Hold them out

The Workout:
4 Corners with reps divisible by 5 in celebration of my 2.1s 5th Birthday
– 5 Burpees each corner of parking deck, travel via Karaoke
-10 Low Slow Flutter each corner, travel via high knees
-15 Breakdancing Bear each corner, travel via butt kicks
-20 Merkins at condensed corners, travel via bear crawl
-25 Squats at condensed corners, travel via broad jump

Move to low wall, 2 rounds of dips, erkins and derkins then mosey back to flag for some Mary

Mary:
Popcorn Mary – Homer to Marge, Box cutters, Poop Crawl?, Heel Taps, Shoulder Taps, WWIIs, Chillcut plank hold (10 ct ea PAX), followed by some disjointed Yoga

Announcements: AED list being generated for easy reference at AOs

T-Claps (Recognition): Thanks to those that came out and braved the cold

Prayer: Sick and Injured PAX, Bobby Boucher’s M seeking dream job opportunity, Pumpkin Spice’s M seeking part time work while finishing out grad school. YHC took us out.

11-18-22 Agility, Speed, Balance, and the Lady Bug Warmer

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EC 3m Bleeder, Yogurt

EC 2m Abe, Bobby Boucher, Woody

Warm-up

Side stepping: Follow the perimeter lines of the tennis court. One lap right foot forward, one lap left foot forward. Head to other tennis court. Follow the interior lines of the tennis court. Shoulders facing square to net, travel up and back the lines on both sides of the net.

Fancy feet: Step up on curb, alternating feet, while traveling. Right foot first up the parking lot. Head back down, change sides, fancy feet left foot first.

Head to Ivan lot to continue warmups: GMs x10, SSHs x50. It was at this time that Woody exclaimed that it was so cold that his Johnson was shriveled up to about the size of a ladybug. 

Main Event

ME Balance: Head to edge of amphitheater stage for balance exercises. 1-foot 4-count step-ups; Up 1, hold 2-3, down, that’s 1. Second foot never touches the ledge. Next: Calf raises with toes on ledge.

ME Agility: Mosey to softball parking lot. Fancy feet around perimeter.

ME Agility: At least four times through agility ladder, mixing with more fancy feet and many lunges. Ladder steps: left/right run; bunny hop; out/in both feet simultaneously (like and SSH); one more. Ladder stayed in middle and we did figure eights around, using the parking lot curb for fancy feet and path for lunges.

ME Speed: Sprint to marker. Must be going full speed at marker. Decelerate.  Back to marker for exercises.

Five sprints, five sets of exercises: B.L.I.M.P.S: 10 burpees, 20 lunges, 30 imperial walkers, 40 merkins, 50 plank jacks, 60 squats (didn’t have time for squats).

Mary

Balance: Tree position yoga

Announcements: Upcoming CPR class, HSHM Saturday

Prayers: Woody’s dad, Bird Flu’s wife and newborn

Block on Main Loops

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Mountain Climbers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Chinooks
The Workout: PAX moseyed over to the Block on Main for a four corners workout. A different exercise at each corner with a mosey in between. The four corners consisted of upper (merkins, mountain climbers), core (WWIIs, LBCs, etc), lower (squats, squats, squats) and then dips (regular and French). 25 counts each. We managed to get in five rounds before heading back for Mary. PAX did a sprint along Avent Ferry on the way back, just for fun.
Mary: Popcorn Mary, with favorites such as Homer to March, Ankle Grabbers and Freddie Mercurys.
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP coming up Dec 10th. CPR class this evening.
T-Claps (Recognition): Bleeder and Bobby Boucher for EC
Prayer: PAX with ailing family and friends. The girl killed in the parade last weekend.

Full Steam ahead at Downtown Train

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FNGs: Tripod!

Warm Up: Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins, Sir Fazio Arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps

The Workout: Mosey over to the rock pile.  Get medium size rocks, 15 to 20 reps the Q says. Cusack over to the amphitheater grass. Q splits group into 2.  Group #1 does AMRAP of specified exercise, Group #2 does a lap around the Cultural Center. Curls for the Girls, Overhead Press.  Change of plans. Group #1 does AMRAP of specified exercise, Group #2 holds  Wall Sit until done. 2 Rounds with Ground Pounders and Ruh Rohs maybe? Sorry, I should have done this day of. Another round, Group #1 dips at the picnic tables, Group #2 balls to the wall.  Return the rocks.

Mosey in front of Town Hall.  2 rounds of fast feet on the steps in cadence followed by merkins and diamonds.

Mosey back to parking lot for Mary and stretching.

Mary: 10+ minutes.  YHC called out some various standards, Freddie Mercury’s, WWIIs, and others. Then to popcorn Mary as 10 minutes of Mary is a long time. Some stretching to finish it off.

Announcements: Nov 21 CPR class. Respect week coming up. Others I may be forgetting.

T-Claps (Recognition): Stickers and Sunshine for 2 mile EC. Thanks for the accountability!

Prayer: Runners heading to Richmond this weekend. Unspoken. Apologies if I forgot others.