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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!

5th Q of the Week

Thx for a late text from Lipton that alarm was set n syitg.. I always cherish my time conversation with this guy, man is regimented and buttoned up- texted Emeril if he can grab yellow card- of course he complained bitched n moan about getting no sleep but like always he did pick yellow car. Thanks
Pre blast n got some folks fired up/ scared but full disclosure- we were mostly using our feet- and YHC always loves Disney-
Pre Murph- with my man Lipton- he was waiting we chatted a bit and ask if South Wake was bringing beverages as part of workout?😉
Started the run and 1/2 way thru the great conversation YHC had to pull lipstick n go behind the bush-
Carried on with the Murph and some deep life conversation- very impressive to do pull ups while bar is swinging.
Ec runners start showing up-

EC: Warbucks, Yellow Card, Emeril, Dawgpound, Buford, Katniss, Pablo, Dumbo ( oh never mind) he needed a EC rest 🙂  Dawg thinks Pikachu was there, but not sure.

It is main event time – got 21 dudes waiting to #getafterit
We go for a mosey around the circle and we do count off and by that time we saw this dude and of course said hello and said come on join us and 1st he hesitated but just jumped in- well now we have 22- time to circle up and disclaimer.
Promised him- #neverleaveyouwherewefoundhim

We were running stoping to pick up the 6th n making our way to #turkishgetuphill- just named that hill n Jamison
Exersice in the way-

FNGs: Yellow Submarine
61 yr young about to get married- lost his wife if 35 yrs – dog of 20 yrs- writer- May be he can help midget ( got his work cut out)- worked for beetles for 15 years #submarine

Warm Up:

Side Straddle Hops
Quick Feet
Merkins

While doing merkins created 4 groups of 5 runners for our Indian run and also reminded all pax to have inside voice
And wait for further #wawd at the stop sign.

As we are running towards tukishgetuphill- another ‘emil’ runner
Told him 2 join n he said sure.. well 2 dudes just by leaving the compound.

Bottom of the hill- Pablo read him disclaimer- every time we stopped 10 front jumps – Pikachu called them

The Workout:

4 groups of 5+
2 groups go left when you meet the group coming from other direction perform
10 frog jumps and #turkishgtup
Make a left on Wesley ( emeril) not that hard no chaos-
Do not leave 6th behind push ur self on Indian run – very simple but effective

We did 2.5 laps – pax were gassed/ oxygen was low/ mask were ordered/ used/ pax were using fng n cotters as excuses to slow down but guess what ?? We all got what we put in- just like life.
T claps to fng submarine and dead bolt to keep his dbshuffle going.
Gathered back at stop sign I hear few guys/ think they were tired-
Midget 11 mnts let’s head back
Carpex mumble chatter
Yellow card- 1 Indian run-
No guys- we have time and we are using every darn minute-
4 mail boxes 3629- Indian run as hard as u can and 10 Turkish get ups-
Emeril n pickachu team only did 3 mail boxes- oh well
Back at the bottom-
Indian run back to the flag- few stops to pick up the 6th ( squats/ frog jumps)
Come to the very bottom- face each other 10-11 on each side and perform squats-
Jail break to the flag-

Mary:

Coffee was for pickachu
We lost Emil ( lime) he had to head back but warbucks stalked him and posted we should nag him back to f-3

22 were there and 2.75 miles were covered and some went home and napped-

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:
Crablegs
John Deere
Emeril’s Dad

Quote: Life is hard but it is harder when u r stupid and around stupid ppl- Yellow Submarine

Life Lesson Naked Mole Skin

Sprung out of bed and was ready roll, and no better way than have the opportunity to have your teenager run into the workout. Would never imagine doing that in the past. So thank you to this amazing group of guys-#goobers/ #fritter
Yellow card and I had discussed the game plan for the workout. Had a friend drop a cooler- full of drinks ( water/ Gatorade) so yhc can take to workout but we were planning on running 3.6 miles from home front to PT, so that did not happen đŸ€Ș. Texted emeril to grab/ bring some water and of course he stopped and got some cheap ass water. Thank you
Parking lot was full and we rolled in right at 0523, rest of the 10 guys were just coming back from the EC run.  Thx, grabbed 2 tires and rolled them just like he use to back in the day, as a toy, all he could afford while in 3rd world country.
Set the stage/ tires- dawg # brought the rope( thank you). Dawg was very excited about carrying tires and ropes etc but he had no idea his perfect workout may not happen ..

Fartsackers: dumbo/ wacka wacka/ wallaby- pablo knew it would be a hard workout so he sent his M on a work trip – (great excuse).

EC: Dawgpound, Buford, Cowboy, Emeril, BB-8, Brony, Blue Hen, Banana Seat, Peak Weak, LED, H1N1

FNGs: BB-8
Warm Up:

It is 0530- disclaimer was done and we ran to storage unit and did the following warmup exersice.
Sshx15, smurf jacksx15, sir fazio x 15(backward/ forward), imperial walker/ hillbillies x 15.
The Workout:

We lined up went for a ‘burpee mile’ waited for the 6th ofcourse through the hood that we never visit and behind aviator etc. we never know, we may pick a guy up. We also did burpees in honor of Bernie, in front of aviator bar (that fun night after the ruck). Emeril announced that we were 20 mnts in and we did the count off, stove pipe thought 10 count.. but no No no, no 10 count, this is not a (DD) workout, so we did 5 burpees to punish our selves. We also did 5 burpees since dumbo fartsacked and 5 in honor of my good friend puddles.
Break off in group of 5, one guy pulled the tire/ carry the tire and flipped the tire, while rest of the group did Ab exersices.
We still had 15 mnts, run to the tennis courts, of course dawg was salty but not as salty as he was at whiplash, since he did not get his fix of tire flipping-

Tennis courts-
Bear crawl-
Duck walk-
Balls 2 walls 5 count (entire pax line)
Frog jump
Crab walks
Balls 2 walls 5 count ( entire pax line)
People’s chair – hands up ( 5 count)
Next- plank square x 2- you had to be there

Mary:

Low slow flutter/ ww2/ quick feet n honor of you know who-

Announcements:

5 year next Thursday 4 dead bolt

Sasquatch.  Midget is Qing so somewhat organized somewhat not.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:

Emeril’s Papi
Chips neighbor’s son was in a car wreck
Crablegs as he continues his trip
Michelle and also help Duane and hope doctors can help them during this time

Message:

Naked mole skin-

Bet you guys didn’t know you got a midget lesson this morning. Life lesson-
You have a plan- You think things are set ( tires/ rope/ all the good stuff you asked for) and than someone takes you down a road where you have to do things that you hate( burpees)or do not like but you have to because you are dealt with those cards and you thought you had everything lined up. But guess what you are with a group of guys that every .10/ mile waiting on you cheering you on, looking out for you.. you take a longer road but you are a little bit stronger- storm of life has passed and day light has come, now go enjoy the tires..
For you dawg 😄

Always honor n fun to be with you guys
#keep pushing the boulder
Aye-
M4L

Peeling the layers of the onion

Skidmark was scared so he did the right thing by not posting in the gloom- Midget has been at this f-3 thing for almost 4 yrs now and 1st time been consistent with exercise. Thanks for this great group of guys that keep me motivated, engaged and accountable.

Pax of 20 showed up and Flanagan was looking for an easy Q by Dumbo but was told by UTI that Midget had the Q.
Disclaimer was read.

FNGs: Welcome Tetanus!

EC: M4L, Yellow Card, Emeril, Pikachu, Dawgpound, Cowboy, Pablo and Dumbo (rolled in hot at 0517 due to too much bourbon)

Warm Up: There was none.

The Workout: We took off right on time and carried on where we left on Saturday(Whiplash). Stopped at the first turn off at Ting and divided into groups of 4 for Indian Runs. 9 burpees were performed while PAX got in the 4 man Indian group. The goal today was to get to know the small group and what kind of impact f-3 was making in their everyday life. Each time we stopped, until we came to main event ‘Arctic cooler’, we did 10/10/5 (squats/hand release merkins/ burpees). There were 5 stops along the way.

We lost Dumbo and t-claps to Lipstick for staying with dumbo (too much vacation bourbon).

Main event was a 0.41 loop where 2 guys go in opposite directions and perform patty cake merkins when they meet. We did this until 6:17. Chips / Yellow card/ Banaseat/ Poponski called a few Ab exercises while we waited on the 6th.
Indian run with your group back to the flag-

Mary: 45 low slow flutter/ 10 absolution

Announcements:
Sprint next Saturday –
Sasquatch- clown car- Emeril is doing it 7/28
Meg smiles- need more dudes for 22nd and wear f-3 gear
Bourbon raffle till 20th- why not- so far $200

T-Claps (Recognition): Lipstick for waiting with Dumbo.

Prayer: Pickachu’s wife, Crab Legs, Liquid Force doing better after being stung on Friday

It has been fun ride and thanks for all the help/ ear/ accountability and many laughs over the last few years. This truly is more than A workout.
M4L

Week of the Midge Day 2

EC: Emeril, M4L, Yellow Card, Cowboy, Buford, Dawgpound, Brony, Blue Hen, Flanigan, Moby, Peak Weak

FNGs: None
Warm Up:
Everyone picked up new bricks and ran to the basketball courts to circle up.  All exercises where done with the bricks.   The new bricks are brought to you by Midget 4 Life.

Fazio Arm Circles Forward and Backwards
Hands overhead and did circles  — I don’t know the official name
Simbas
Good Morning
Merkins

The Workout:

Jogged to the track for as folks count off by fours.  Even number went one direction odd numbers went the other.  We ran with our bricks until we meet a fellow pax.  Then we did 10 Partner Merkins.  We repeated this two times.

Next up where trips across the fields
Bear Crawl with the Bricks
Bunny Hop with the Bricks
WheelBarrow with the Bricks
Lunge Walk with One Brick

Next everyone lined up shoulder to shoulder.  The guy at the end of the line did a bear crawl to the front.  Everyone did curls with the Bricks.  Then we shifted down one spot.  Ever other shift we did the exercises with air.  After everyone Bear Crawled we did Crab walks and Wonder Bras

Mary:

Circled up at the Basketball Courts for the following:
Carolina Dry Docks
Hammers
Pickle Pounders

Announcements: Nadda
T-Claps (Recognition):  12 Oaks Representing
Prayer:

Moby’s Sister in Law recovering from surgery
Emeril’s dad recovering

Schweaty Cobra

12 Pax came out for a beatdown at the Purplest Cobra and 5 for EC. It was a schweaty morning. For the second week in a row, Plex rolls up as the EC crew is taking off. Axe hung back last week, but this time we all circled back to pick up our tardy comrade. As the F3 mantra goes: we leave no man behind, but leave no man where we found him. Upon return, we were greeted by the remaining PAX. Mookie said M4L HC’d, but we all know what that means. 0530 hit, no FNGs and we were off.

EC: Warbucks, Dahmer, Plex, Axe, 187
FNGs: Psssh
Warm Up:
SSH
Windmill
Sir Fazio arm circles
We are not worthy
Butterfly
Mountain climbers

Made our way to Dollar Tree by way of: skips, high knees, butt kickers, carioca, side shuffle, and mosey. YHC led PAX to the crosswalk to safely cross the street, but for some reason neglected the do not cross sign. Luckily 187 was there to keep YHC in check.

The Workout:
At the DT, split into 2 groups for an Indian run around DT and bank while other group does AMRAP of exercise(s) called. Rinse and repeat.

Exercises were:
Merkins
Burpees + LSF
Monkey humpers + LBCs
Star jumps + pickle pounders
Lunge walk + homer to marge

Mosey to Lassiter rdby way of the crosswalk. #safetyfirst At Lassiter rd, we lined up for 7s with squats at bottom, box cutters at top.

Mary:
Coal Ash led Mary for us. We did the following, plus some I forgot.

1 minute plank hold
American hammers (several sets)
LBCs
Freddy Mercury

Announcements:
Sign up for Derek Davis 5k https://event.racereach.com/derek-davis-memorial-5k-run – Code “Merica” saves you 10%

4th of July convergence

T-Claps (Recognition):
Plex coming out while recovering from shoulder surgery.
Coal Ash out 2 weeks in a row and continued recovery.
Prayer:
187s friend Tom passing.
Praise for Pac-man’s friend Arthur for healthy baby born at 32 weeks after scare last week.

YHC took us out.

Lucky 7’s – in Diamond Formation

Shout out to Wiggly for providing the cones and helping put them out before the festivities began. YHC had never done a “7 of Diamonds” workout before today and the inexperience showed as improper instructions were given regarding the number of reps. Fortunately the mistake was caught before the first exercise so no harm done (except by the workout itself). Thanks to all for bearing with my shortcomings. We just might see the 7 of Diamonds again in the future.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

Mosey around the parking lot
SSH x15 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Monkey Humpers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks – x 15 IC
Nancy Kerrigans x 10 IC – bend over with one leg back and do arm circles – switch legs
The Workout:
Mosey to the bus parking lot for…
7 of Diamonds: Repeat same exercise and reps at each of the 4 “corners” (aka cones)…
Round 1: 7 reps – Turkish Get Ups (modify to do 1 arm/leg and alternate at each corner)
Round 2: 14 reps – Americans Hammers (IC)
Round 3: 21 reps – Merkins
Round 4: 28 reps – Squats
Round 5: 21 reps – Low Slow Flutter (IC)
Round 6: 14 reps – Carolina Dry Docks
Round 7: 7 reps – Bobby Hurley’s

Mary:

Player’s Choice all the way around the horn – did some LBC’s, reverse LBC’s, Pickle Pounders, Blue Devils?, Box Cutters, WW2’s, American Hammers, Hillbillies (without doing Imperial Walkers), Windmills,  Freddie Mercuries – and more – and ended with Have A Nice Day
Announcements:
See Slack/ Facebook
4th of July convergence @ Womble Park – 7am?
T-Claps (Recognition): Wiggly brought the cones and helped put them out. What a great guy.
Prayer:
Crab Legs – bringing awareness to ALS in search of a cure
Chips family – had a Carbon Monoxide scare at the house this morning.

Butt holes and shoe holes but no squat holds

FNGs: Cobbler

EC: 187, Axe, Chips, Dawgpound, Dumbo, Emeril, Lipsync, Liquid Force, Pablo. 3 other PAX did some form of EC – Sidmark was out when YHC arrived at 5:05. M4L and Pikachu both ran from home to Ting.

Warm Up: 10 x Good Mornings, 30 x SSH, 10 x IW/Hillbillies, Bat Wings (10 arm circles forwards and 10 reverse, 10 seal claps, 10 overhead claps, 10 seal claps).

The Workout: Scout run to the green way across the street (1 mile there). The PAX were unfamiliar with a Scout Run and apparently YHC isn’t good at explaining thing because this was a ball of nonsense running through the neighborhood. The idea is that we form a LINE and the person at the front sprints as far as they like and then returns to the back of the LINE. We will try this again!

Launching from the top of the cul de sac we did Triple Nickle. PAX perform 5 big boy sit ups at the top of the hill and then run to the bottom and do 5 burpees. Rinse and repeat 5 times. A small group of PAX finished early so in lieu of a squat hold they did a 6th round. (1.2ish miles on the hill).

Mosey back to the parking lot to see if the hot chick Mary was going to be there today. It wasn’t in the cards again but my suspicion is that the high humidity had her hair all frizzy and she didn’t want to come out. Perhaps something else came up. Either way, we have a few minutes to kill before we name the FNG.

Mary: 20 x merkins, 30 x homer to marge, 30 x American hammer, 10 x boat canoes, 20 x merkins

Announcements: Take it to the interwebs!

Prayer: Chips has a co-worker that recently had a heart attack. He was sort of in decent shape but not too good. The comparison to Emeril was made.

As we are closing out a couple of PAX revisited elementary health class to remind us that we all have a hole in our butts. #OnlyInTheGloom! The FNG had a rather used pair of shoes on today resulting in the name Cobbler and thereby saving Schnuckles for the next unsuspecting FNG.

It’s always an honor to lead you men. I’ll try to do better next time!

All those rides and we only rode one

FNGs: None
EC: Aquaman, Dahmer

On a beautiful and unseasonably comfortable morning, 20 PAX came to the greatest place on earth. Two of these men decided EC was the way they would start their Thursday. Flag is planted. The sky is starting to turn purple and the birds are chirping. YHC has a moment of regret knowing that Disney has so many rides and we are only going on 1 today. There isn’t a plan B and now its 5:30 and a circle has formed out of the gloom. There is only one thing to do at this point…warm up.

Warm Up: GM x 10, SSH x 30, IW x 10, FAC x 10 F/R.

Thankfully Wallaby was able to beat the fartsack this morning . The struggle is real! To celebrate triumph over the fartsack, PAX did burpees OYO while Wallaby parked his chariot and joined us for the remainder of the warm up.

The increasing mumble chatter during arm circles signaled it was time to get this party started. Afterall, YHC had posted a pre-blast offering an opportunity to blow shit up. A man who gets out of bed before 5am has expectations that must be met. I’m tired and can’t think of any interesting warm up exercises so we do the only thing we could do – Mosey. Our destination is Disney’s most beloved ride, The Abyss.

The Workout: Abysmal B.O.M.B.S.
B – Bupees (50)
O – Overhead claps (100 IC)
M – Merkins (150)
B – Big Boy Sit-ups (200)
S – Squats (250)

When arriving at the Abyss, PAX found a partner and the workout is explained. Exercises are done at the top of the hill by one partner while the other partner goes to the bottom of The Abyss and does star jumps (start at 1 and +1 each trip down). Switch and repeat until all 750 reps have been done.

BOOM! Burpees > Stairs > Burpees – my heart is racing. BOOM! Overhead claps > Stairs > Merkins > Stairs – my arms are blowing up. BOOM! Squats > Stairs > Squats – my legs felt the explosion. I don’t know if it was the star jumps or the squats or the stairs but it worked! It worked real good. I’m pretty sure everyone got to ride The Abyss at least 10 times during the routine. PAX who finished early were given the option to continue riding or wait up top and do plank jacks while everyone finishes up.

We are done and YHC is glad there wasn’t a plan B. While I usually like variety, sometimes its nice to just dig in and get to know something. These 20 PAX are familiar with The Abyss now so its time we head back over to the parking lot to meet up with this hot chick everyone calls Mary.

As usual, Mary isn’t at the flag. I’m sure something came up last minute. I’ve yet to meet Mary but I keep posting and I just know she is going to be there one day. I’m going to be all hot and sweaty when I get back to the flag and there is Mary. I’ll play Homer and she’ll play Marge and then I can show her my pickle pounders. I’ve been watching Lucky so I can impress her.

Mary: Nipplers x 20, H2M x 20, LSF x 10, Have a nice day!

Since Mary is not at the flag and we have some time we might as well do a couple of exercises. YHC asks Pablo to get us started while I retrieve the phone to memorialize name-o-rama. Pablo has obviously heard of Mary and he has been thinking about her on his way back too. How else do you explain his call for Nipplers? Feeling validated and seeking to increase my preparedness for the eventual meeting with Mary, Homer to Marge is next. Round out the day with some low slow flutter because the legs hurt and doing things that hurt makes you stronger. Have a nice day!

Announcements: Put them on the interwebs!!!

T-Claps (Recognition): YHC decided today to spend a couple of minutes talking about what F3 means to me. We constantly say “it’s more than a workout” but we don’t always say what that means. I am grateful to have you men in my life to strengthen me both physically and emotionally. Its important that we have each other in our lives to support one another. I cherish the friendships I’m making in this group and look forward to accelerating with you all.

YHC also called on Slide Rule to tell us what F3 means to him. Those of you there know what you heard this morning from a man who obviously cares about F3 and all of us. If you weren’t there, I encourage you to seek him out and talk to him. We all have a story to share and I am thankful I was able to hear part of a great one today.

Who will you share your story with? What kind of support do you need in your life? If you don’t need it today, are you preparing for tomorrow when you do need the support? I encourage all of you to take the time and invest the energy in forging strong relationships outside of the gloom. The men of South Wake are remarkable and the kind of guys that you can build a sure foundation.

Prayer: YHC took us out remembering those praises and concerns shared during our COT.

It is a honor to lead you men. I’ll try to do better next time!

Honestly…

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Jog around the block, circle up in the town hall parking lot.

  • 15 x side straddle hops
  • 10 x good mornings
  • 10 x daisy pickers
  • Fazio Arms (10 forwards / 10 backwards)

The Workout I took a page from the Nemo workout book and did a variation of his rock work routine from a few weeks back. Each PAX grabbed a rock and gathered at the semicircle for some rep exercises.

  • Curls for the girls (5 x lower half, 5 x upper half, 5 x full)
  • Jog to other side for 10 Merkins
  • Jog back by way of the lower parking lot, up the stairs and back to start
  • 15 x Louganis (WWIIs w/ rock)
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back (adding a bunny hop up the stairs)
  • 10 tricep curls
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bear crawling up the stairs
  • 10 sumo squat with rock
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bunny hop up stairs
  • 15 ground pounders
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bear crawl up the stairs
  • 10 wonderbras
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins

At this point, we had some more time, so we started back with Curls for the girls, 10 merkins, then Louganis (increasing to 15), 10 merkins, and then some more tricep curls. We probably could have done another round or two, but YHC is still getting his timing right. Off to Mary.
Mary: Plank for 10, then:

  • 10 x pickle pounder
  • 10 x Australian Snow Angels
  • Outlaws (10 clockwise / 10 counter clockwise)
  • 15 x Homer to Marge
  • Have a good day

Announcements: New AO starting on Wednesday at Womble (0530).
T-Claps (Recognition): Yogurt, for getting me out to F3 in the first place, and Nemo, for giving me the opportunity to Q my first workout.
Prayer: Everyone’s parents, especially those dealing with illnesses currently.