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No Extra Time for You!

I pulled up to setup and there were a lot cars there already.  This means EC happened. I though wasn’t there so the EC list is probably wrong.

Congratulation Breach for joining the Fritter Foundation!!

EC: Breach, Pikachu, Skidmark, Chips, Deadbolt (Did Cletus though instead of Ivan)

Warm Up:

Ran to the parking lot to pick up Chips.  He was just taking his time making his way to the playground.  Ran back to the playground and circled up for a quick warm up.

30 Side Straddle Hops
Good Mornings
10 Reverse Merkins
30 Kettlebell Swings

The Workout:

Partnered up for TRX/Kettlebell Stations

TRX Station 1:
Atomic Pushup.         — Timer 20 Reps
Kettlebell Chest Press

TRX Station 2:
Row
Kettlebell rows
TRX Station 3:
Tricep Press
Kettlebell Tricep Extension
Battle Rope Station
Alternate Rope
Low slow flutter
Pit: – Each Pax did three rounds in the pit
Pull ups
Jump Rope

Ran to the wall of the pavilion to do some much needed balls to the wall.  3 Pax Members counted down from 10.

Ran back to the stations for the following.  During the following section the Q asked for extra time.  Not much love was given for the following request.  Apparently F3 workouts start and end on time.    🤷‍♂️

TRX Station 1:
Cable Cross         — Timer 20 Reps
Kettlebell Chest Press
TRX Station 2:
Ts to Is
Kettlebell Bent over Rows
TRX Station 3:
Bicep Row
Kettlebell Bicep Curls
Battle Rope Station
Thunder claps
Kettlebell Swing
Pit: – Each Pax did three rounds in the pit
Pull ups
Jump Rope

Mary:

Midget Love Handles

Announcements:

See Slack/Facebook
Start of no phone time from 6 to 8
Crazy Ivan Q Sheet is live

Prayer:

Chips neighbor friend going through a rough point in their marriage

Howling Monkeys, Duck Jousting, and a Virgin Q

13 PAX showed up for a Virgin Q by YHC.  It was a freezing 21 degrees (felt like 14) at 5:06am as 5 PAX headed out on the standard loop for EC: Deadbolt, Full House, Breach, Nemo and YHC.

Warm Up:

Lap around the soccer field for warm up. YHC thought he saw headlights as we began, but was reassured by the PAX that no one was tardy.

Circled up on the soccer field for:
SSH x 20 IC
Windmills x 10 IC
Frankenstein leg kicks x 10 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles 10 forward/10 backward IC

The Workout:

YHC got creative this week and came up with a new routine, dubbed Evolution (crawl, walk, run). Evolution went as follows:
Line up on sideline
Bear crawl 1/4 of the field
10 squats
Lunge walk to center line
10 WWIIs
Sprint to other sideline
10 shoulder taps
For the final leg YHC decided to reverse things and PAX did crawl bear, backward lunge walk, and backward sprint with 20 of each exercise.

PAX then circled up in a tight circle for Howling Monkey.
PAX in monkey humper starting position
Moving around the circle, each PAX do 10 monkey humpers
After 2 rounds, our monkeys were howling and we moseyed to the abyss for some quick stair work.

It was only after our rounds of Howling Monkeys that I heard some mubblechatter to Chips. After further questioning it was determined that Chips was indeed tardy, so 5 burpees OYO.

On the mosey, we partnered up and did the following on arrival:

Round 1: Partner 1 did LBCs at top while Partner 2 ran to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.
Round 2: Partner 1 did Homer to Marge at top while Partner 2 runs to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.

Some interesting mubblechatter by Deadbolt about being between a bush and they abyss while looking at the moon. The sky was in rare form this morning as we saw Jupiter and Venus on either side of the moon.

25 LBC’s IC then moseyed back to soccer field for Mary.

Mary:

In preparation for this VQ, YHC spent some time reading the Exicon. As a result, Mary consisted of:

Duck jousting: PAX get down in duck walk with hands on chest (like a duck) and try to knock each other down (joust). If PAX fell, 10 merkins and re-join the fight.

When YHC explained this to the PAX, it was received with uncertainty and reluctance. After a few minutes of walking around solo, PAX jumped in and by the end there were ducks falling all around. This was done as a free for all, but could also be done 1-on-1 (bull in the ring style).

With 1 minute left, YHC wanted PAX to get their money’s worth so time was filled with 45 seconds of Pickle Pounders IC followed by Have a Nice Day.

Announcements:

Wear red tomorrow, cell phone challenge, daddy-daughter date nights (posted links to social channels).
Crablegs challenged us to try and find something awesome in your everyday (like the beautiful sky this morning).

Prayer:

Full House’s dad, Pacman’s vertigo, Crablegs – Way to post in the cold with us!

F3 nutcracker

Cracking nuts, flat or medium… Pax of 13 showed up on a mild morning at the nut

Flanigan (Q), breach, Moby, peak week, brony, norm, wiggly, dawg pound, skidmark, blue hen, the natural, slide rule and Crosby

Warm Up: jogged around parking lot to side lot, good mornings IC x10, morracan night clubs IC x 20, plank jacks IC x 10, mountain climbers IC x 10, merkins x 20

The Workout: went to rock pile, paired up and grabbed flat rock and medium rock. Back to lot, one had flat rock on back, did merkins while partner did squats x 20/monkey humpers/scissor lunges/squats switching after 20. Following this,  Using larger rock, did colt 45 curls, (0-90/90-180/0-180) while partner boo boo bear crawl half of the lot, jogged to end and back, switch. Continues same with wonder bras and tricep presses.

John cusacked around school with rocks to play ground. Did back rows with feet on partners shoudler x20, sets of 2. Got rocks to the pile, back to the front of the school.
Mary: circled up for lbc IC x 20, homer to marge IC x 20 alternating legs up and impressing school workers. WW II x 20, standard merkin x 30
Announcements: long ass run 2/9, breach and I reaching out to get new Q starting 3/2
Prayer:crab legs

 

make it a quality week men!

 

out

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,

Sideways rain and deep puddles

PAX of 6 for EC and 11 for main event came out for a warm and soggy beat down at the greatest place on earth.

EC: Pablo (foundation:current), Warbucks (foundation), Breach, Slide Rule (foundation:current), Nemo (foundation), Full House

Warm Up:

With the rain and puddles, we avoided running around the soccer field, so 2 laps around the parking lot at the playground, SSH IC x 20, Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies IC x 10, Fazio Arm Circles 10 forward and 10 backward
The Workout:

The PAX split in to 2 groups and did an indian run over to the large parking lot.  The PAX remained in their indian run groups and continued up and down the lanes of the parking lot doing 10 merkins on one side and 20 squats on the other side.  Once all lanes were done and every puddle stepped in, we moseyed over to the faculty parking lot where PAX found an accountability partner and started 11’s on the long and steady climb up the road that goes from the lot to the library and West Lake Rd (burpees at the bottom, squat jumps at the top).  With time running short, we stopped 11’s and regrouped and did an indian run back to the flag for Mary.

Mary:

Catalina Wine makers x 12, LBC IC x 10, Good Mornings IC x 10, Pickle Pounders IC x 10, Low Slow Flutter IC x 10,
Announcements:

see facebook and slack, try and commit once per quarter to travel to ENC to help those effected by the hurrican
Prayer:

Raleigh Police officer who was shot in the line of duty who is still recovering, Dumbo’s Knee, Those effected by the Government shutdown, Crablegs,

Nutcracker 1/22

Pax of 7 came out in the Nutcracking cold

Slide Rule, Blue Hen, Norm, Da Business, Dawg Pound and Wiggly with Breach on the Q

Warm up– Run around the front of the school and circle up for 22 counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies, Prisoner squats, Frankenstein’s and Merkins.

Workout– Mosey over to the rock pile with some fast feet, side shuffle and up and back up and down the parking lot. Grab a rock and circle up in the side parking lot. 22 count of curls for the girls, move 2 rocks left, Wonderbra’s, move 2 left, Triceps extensions, move 2 left goblet squats. Followed by traveling Merkins around the circle until we got back to our original rock. John Cusack back to the rock pile. Mosey through the parking lot with some weaving around the parking spaces and some backward running to the loading dock.

The school was nice enough to leave us some 4 x 4 so we used them Split into two groups, group1 did 22 counts of Australian mountain climbers while group 2 did prisoner squats, then we switched. Round 2 group did peoples chair while group 2 did 22 count American hammers while holding the 4×4 off the ground with their feet. Round 3 group one went back to Australian mountain climbers while group 2 did V-ins with your feet hanging over the edge of the loading dock. Finished up at the dock with some 22 counts Dirkins and dips off the milk crates.  Mosey over to the basketball court.

Bunny hops around the perimeter of the court and circle up for 22 squat jacks. Catch me if you can run, the last man drops and does a Merkin and then run to the front of the line. Ran to the front of the school and took the stairs down to the playground area. Split back into 2 groups. Group 2 balls to the wall while group 2 runs to the top of the hill for 5 deep squats. Switch it up and repeat. On round 3 group 1 performed Merkins while group 2 ran and then switched. Mosey back to the front of the school for 22 counts of Irkins, Dips, and Derkins.

Mary– Circle up for 22 counts of reverse LBC’s Homer to Marge and side crunched, 22 both side.

Announcements: Crablegs shirt order ends Friday. Q-source with Norm this AM Dauber tomorrow morning and Breach at CBC at 8p. Blue Ridge Relay meeting at Black Dog bottle shop at 6p tonight and Tobacco Long run Feb 9th see Blue Hen for details.

Prayers for Crablegs and Buford for a speedy recovery. Closed in prayer.

 

Groundpounder 1/19/2018

Pax of 6 for Ground pounder:

Shredder, Pikachu, R-22, Doogie, Dovetail

Breach on the Q

Warm Up: Run down the parking lot to the 2nd-speed bump, turn back to the fence. 22 count of Irkins and then hop over the fence back and forth until the big gap. Mosey over to the hill and run up and backpedal down over behind the baseball field. Circle up for 22 counts for SSH, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies and windmills. Grab some wall for 22 Count dips.

The Workout: Run up the bleachers, at the top 10 Irkins at the bottom 5 burpees. Reapeat for 3 cycles. Mosey over to batting cage fast feet around the perimeter. Mosey over to the fence. Traveling planks around the fence until the bricks stop. Mosey over to the rockpile.
Grab a rock and circle up for around the world. 22 curls for the girls..rotate to the left..22 count tricep extensions rotate..11 up and over merkins…rotate 11  Wunderbras… rotate 11 Wunderbras.. rotate..11 up and over merkins back home for another set of 22 count curls for the girls.
Mosey to the picnic tables for around the world core..22 counts of shoulder taps, pickle pounders..American hammers.. crab cakes. Diamond merkins and reverse hop bridges. Move over to the curb for 22 counts of step ups..11 right 11 left. 22 counts of irkins and dips.
Mosey over to the disc golf circle for a little duck duck goose. 1 duck runs around the circle and chooses a goose. If the goose catches the duck choosesse his exercise. If the duck gets back to his spot first he chooses for the goose.
Mary: 5 Turkish get ups and 22 cadense count of SSH.

Prayer: Prayers for Shredders dad and for other pax members family for their health battles. Close out in prayer.

Back in Black (Carpex QSwap 2018)

Today is Thursday, January 17, and it’s time for SouthWake to head North and Q the ever-early Back in Black (5:15 start!)  16 Pax showed up on a chilly morning, 7 SW regulars + 1 FNG (pretty sure that’s 50% SW….just sayin!) .  A few minutes before kickoff, an emergency plan was discussed and a brief tutorial of how to properly do an Australian Clip Board & Nutcracker Merkin.

Hermes, Repeato, Straight Cash, Disco Duck, Peeping Tom, Light Bright, Staubach, Wiggly, Yoga Mat, Warbucks, Pikachu, Breach, Blue Water, Shut In, Slide Rule, you were all there.

And we’re off!

Emergency Plan:

In case of emergency, we’ll load up in Hermes’ truck, 2 men in back with downed Pax, 1 passenger calling 911, and Hermes driving us to Wake Med just up the road.  Shut In would take over if Hermes is down.

Warm Up:

Quick lap around the small lot.  SSH & Imperial Squat Walkers in Cadence to get loose.

5x Bobby Hurleys, then 5x Blue Devils (add a Turkish Getup to a Bobby Hurley…the Flop really captures the full Duke experience).  In a surprise to all involved, Shut In and Hermes opted to actually do the exercise rather than stand and watch this year.

Circle up, all Pax do SSH while we introduce ourselves and pick 1x Burpee or Blue Devil.  YHC is sorely disappointed more Blue Devils were not chosen, but if the Pax wants to start the day with 16 Burpees, so be it.

The Workout:

The goal of all SW Q’s when we come to Carpex is to work hard enough to slice through the mumble chatter.  YHC figured the best chance of that was a mix of running and lots and lots of Burpees + Blue Devils.  If you can’t breathe, you can’t chatter 🙂

Indian run to the larger lot and group in 4’s by speed.  YHC got there early and set up 10 Traffic cones, zig-zagging the entire lot.  Pax would run the long way to the next cone, do the workout, bear crawl around the island, work out, then run.  Repeat until reaching the far side.  The 10 workouts were, in order:

  • 5x burpees
  • 10x Nutcracker Merkins (one pax bench presses the other’s ankles, 2nd pax doing merkins…watch your nuts!)
  • 15x Australian Clip Boards + 5x Burpees (ACB: 2 pax (the clipboards) form a platform by grabbing wrists; 3rd pax does upside-down rows (australian pull up))
  • 10x Blue Devils
  • 5x Double Merkin Burpees
  • 5x Wide, Diamond, Military & Regular Merkins
  • 15x Australian Clip Boards + 5x Burpees
  • 10x Blue Devils
  • 5x Burpees
  • 10x Nutcracker Merkins

When finished, loop back and pick up the six.

At this point, YHC made a tactical error.  I should have just repeated the lot workout, but I was told there were rocks and didn’t want to be accused of being boring.

Thang Pt 2:

Indian run to the rocks (farther away than I thought).  Grab a Vanity Rock….Pikachu is very vain…. for a set of 16’s with WonderBras + Curls.  We made it about 5 rounds in before having to audible away due to time.

Indian run back to the lot, clean up the cones, and Jailbreak to start

Mary:

5 mins of Yoga stretching followed by 25x Pickle Pounders

COT Proof:

COT Video

Announcements:

2.0 Dad’s workout Saturday; Looking for big turnout next Friday for Arena in DTRaleigh; QSwap ends tomorrow!

Prayer:

Ausfart, Buford, Crab Legs, Mission Trip, family

 

9/16 went for Coffeeteria.  I look forward to QSwap all year, was a great two weeks guys!

Nutcracker found some monkeys

Pax of 10 joined in the gloom at the nut for some fun

Flanigan (Q), blue hen and skid mark added EC, met up with pikachu, breach, Smithers, fomangu, coal ash, da business & norm

Warm Up:left parking and began jogging towards business park. Q had a stash of 10 beat down cards in his pocket.
The Workout:while running to the business park, stopped to perform random card from pocket. Got to park, bear crawled up the ramp, sprinted down and up hill, crawl bear down, repeat the deck in random order back to school

Deck; 15 obl crunches each side IC,  100 lsf IC, 25 monkey humpers IC in front of traffic, 20 Rosalitas IC, 14 Carolina dry docks, 15 hand release merkins, 25 shoulder taps IC, 100 fozzy  arm circles IC, 200 m sprints, 75 m backwards lunges

Mary: finished the deck with 100 lsf and 100 arm circles
Announcements: q swap week, q source today and tomorrow
Prayer:breach took us out, prayed for coal ashes father having surgery today

Disney Qswap

33 Pax from Southwake, Carpex, and Raleigh came to the best place on earth to see what Carpex had to offer in the Qswap.  Q was Shut-in.  Backblast is from memory and a few days old.  If you were missed, please let me know and I can add you.

Warm Up:

SSH, fazio arm circles forward and back, overhead hand claps
The Workout:

Mosey to the big parking lot for exercises.  Run around the big lot stopping at the islands to conduct hand release merkins.  Partner up for bull frog burpees down one side of the lot while the partner ran the length of the lot and back.  Mosey to the flag with stop for Australian mountain climber
Mary:
Announcements:

QSwap continues, Rebuilding homes in Eastern NC affected by hurricane is still ongoing every weekend,

Prayer:

crab legs, parent going through surgery, Raleigh Police officer shot in the line of duty,