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Kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit

FNGs:None 9 pax for EC 16 pax’s joined the beat down.
Warm Up:SSH, good mornings, imperial walkers with squat, fazio arm circles
The Workout:

With rock in hand, we lined up along parking lot.
Murdered bunnies two parking spots did 4 merkins cusack back to start.

Murder bunnies 4 parking spots, 4 squats cusack back.

Murder bunnies 6 parking spots 4 ground pounders, cusack back.

repeat this for 2 more iterations upping reps to   8 and 12 reps

Made way to hill at ball fields where we did 8’s of 1-leg squat at bottom and Turkish getups at top, while running backwards up hill.

At shelter we did 3 sets of  wrk in seeking and dips increasing reps from 5-10-15.
Mary: LBCs, side kicks, pickle pounders, Peter parkers, heel taps, 6in – hello dollies, to 45 deg hello dollies and then windshield wipers.  Last exercise captain Thor’s 1-2 up to 8-16 reps
Announcements: Derek Davis race June 12. SHP June 12th. Joco csaup May 22nd

Prayer:FedEx mother, injured pax’s.

Baker’s Dozen at a Respectful Downtown Train

FNGs: None. welcome back kotter – KOSHER!  Great to have you back in the gloom
Warm Up:  Circled up after a bunch of PAX ran 2 miles EC in the rain.  Thanks for picking up the six men.  Began with 20 SSH, daisy pickers, sir fazio (F/R), seal claps, overhead claps, Don Quixote, and Imperial Walkers.  Gave PAX an overview of the workout and we were off to library hill, not the parking garage.
The Workout:  Ran down library hill.  SAFETY Point:  only one PAX had a head lamp.  Completely poor leadership on YHC.  Thank you Lipsync for lighting the way.  Stopped at the stop sign/fire hydrant and cranked out 10 squats.  Proceeded down the road until we reached the cross walk.  5 burpees OYO.  Mumble chatter had continued from the warm-up….something about would this be a running boot camp?  From Dauber?  PPPLEASE!   Back to the fire hydrant for 10 merkins. What goes down must come up?  Heading back up library hill. At the top, conducted 10 star jumps.  Off to the rock pile.  Asked PAX to get a medium rock.  Size does matter.  11/13 rocks were fine.  Other two…I think they were replaced for bigger ones.  Lined up near sidewalk until a car was spotted and we moved again on to the sidewalk.  Once again, better leadership was needed by me.  We did A LOT of exercises with the rocks in cadence mostly.  Exercises included, curls for the girls, tricep extensions, slap rock, toe taps, rut-rows, wonder bras, upright rows, squats, overhead press, ground pounders, bus drivers, etc.  From our six, more rock exercises including nipplers, straight arm curl, 6 inches with rock above chest, box cutters, etc.  Returned the rocks.  Thanks again to Lipsync for lighting our way.  Off to the amphitheater wall by library.  All PAX participated in 10 count BTTW or people’s chair rotating between the two exercises.  Running out of time head to flag for Mary.
Mary:  American hammers, box cutters, protractors (some trouble with math due to Dauber’s public education), H2M, six inches, etc.  Finished with some yoga including DD, chair, pigeon…
Announcements:  Build a bed; Run for HSPD/officer in need; see Slack/FB.
T-Claps (Recognition):  Fundraising for Brandon Rizzuti (and his mom) for the purchase of a new chair and local company gift cards! T-claps to those who organized (Lipsync) and everyone who donated bottles and all PAX who purchased raffle tickets.  Good luck everyone.
Prayer:  Thank you Norm for leading us out in prayer today.  Prayers for India, injured PAX – including PAX who was in a bike accident, Deuce’s surgery, first responders, for our country, Unspoken….

Finished with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.  I saw this at AGS by Full House.  I love this idea.  Encourage other Qs to incorporate in their workouts.

Honored to lead!

Thank you to Quiver for asking PAX with RESPECT to lead DT in the month of May.

Dawgpounder

EC: Fanny Pack, Red, Pikachu, Maybelline, Full House, Katniss, Cupid, LED, Nemo,
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:

Lap around the parking lot. We then circled up in the field.
Bounce
Staggered hinge
Spinal Twist
Bat Wing
Fazio Forward
Fazio Backward
Seal Claps
Overhead Claps

The Workout:

Pax split into two groups

Group one did absolutions while Group 2 did BTTW and vice versa. Group 1 would do Monkey humpers in cadence while group 2 did wall sits. Each pax did 10 absolutions 9, 8 7 … 1.

10 absolutions/BTTW
9 absolutions/BTTW
10 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Right Leg out
10 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Left Leg out
9 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Normal Wall Sits
8 absolutions/BTTW
7 absolutions/BTTW
8 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Right Leg out
8 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Left Leg out
7 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Normal Wall Sits
6 absolutions/BTTW
5 absolutions/BTTW
6 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Right Leg out
6 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Left Leg out
5 Monkey Humbers in cadence/Normal Wall Sits
4 absolutions/BTTW
3 absolutions/BTTW
2 absolutions/BTTW
1 absolutions/BTTW

Moseyed to the playgrounds. This became complicated. Note to self. This is not easy to explain.
Split up into 2 groups. The pax went around the circle. Pax will hold plank. Pax in the back will Burpee and bear crawl to the front. When we got to the fence we did 5 each leg Bulgarian squats. I will think about how I can improve this workout.

Mary:

Circle up around the practice green
Legs Straight up to our hands
Six Inch Holds
Pickle Pounders
Legs Straight up to our hands
Six Inch Holds
Pickle Pounders
Supermans

I’m drawing a blank here. We did abs though.

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:
Pax bringing home their kids
Full house’s friend
50 car pile up on 540

Sheepdawgpound

EC: Dawgpound, Emeril, Yoshi, Dumbo, Shredder, Lipstick, Yogurt, Big Ditch, Norm,
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:

Ran around the parking lot and circled up.
Will the Pax bounce I did a terrible job explaining the main event.
We did some other warm up excessive. Everyone felt froggy.

The Workout:

At each light pole was a stop. 2 x 36# and 2 x 22# kettlebells where carried to each pole and back to the start. The Pax was doing build them up suicides. This means at Pole 1 they did Break Dancers (Side kicks). At the start they only did break dancers. At Pole 2 they did 5 Prisoner Squat Get Up Squat Jumps. At the start line they did 3 break dancers and 5 Prisoner Squat Get Up Squat Jumps. We kept going until we learned how to defend ourselves.

Exercises:
Pole 1: 3 Break Dancers
Pole 2: 5 Prisoner Squat Get Up Squat Jumps
Pole 3: 10 Carolina Dry Docks
Pole 4: 20 in cadence LBCs

Mary:

Modified Onnit 6 minute abs

Plank Hold
Peter Parkers
Mountain Climbers
Big Boy Situps
Bicycle
Russian Twist
Bowl

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:
Martini
Yogurt’s Mom

Reach out and touch someone (old AT&T slogan)

During announcements I closed encouraging everyone to reach out to someone within F3 that may be dealing with an injury or just flat out hasn’t posted to an AO in a while.  I told Saturday’s U-Turn PAX during the month of April I was personally dealing with a toe sprain and I hadn’t posted nearly as much as I would’ve liked to.  Weekends are usually my only time to post at all during the week and I had missed U-Turn and AGS for 2 weeks straight.  It didn’t take long for me to feel disconnected and somewhat distant from my fellow F3 brothers  (both because I hadn’t seen anyone in a while and I had also lost some of my stamina/endurance).  I can only imagine how a long term injury or a long period of time off (for whatever reason) may lead to a PAX feeling embarrassed or shameful to come back and post.  Although we would never shame anyone and we always welcome any man to any workout at anytime I feel its important that we make an effort to reach out to a fellow F3 member that we know is injured, dealing with another issue, or just haven’t seen in a while.  Sometimes a little encouragement can go a long way.

FNGs: none today

Warm Up: quick mosey, 10x Windmills, 10x Daisy Pickers, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Frankensteins, 25x-30x Merkins

The Workout: standard U-Turn in reverse (6mi option or 3mi option).  By far an easier route than standard U-Turn due to less hills/elevation.

Mary: ran outta time

Announcements: congrats to Sprinkler’s son graduating high-school!  Upcoming Grasshopper 5K run, 5K walk, & 1mi fun run benefiting Sergeant Rick Leach Sat June 12 here in Holly Springs.  Bed build June 12th.  May challenge continues…

T-Claps (Recognition): Picking up the 6 as always

Prayer:  11yr old recently involved in dirtbike accident, injured PAX, well being of F3 Friar Tuck and family upcoming move to TX

Dawgpound Celebrates 4 years

EC:There was 22 plus people running EC. So yeah I don’t have the names here.
FNGs:Pile Driver
Warm Up:

Circled Up and bounced while I went over the Disclaimer. Did a count off to have an understanding on how many Pax where there.

Mosey to the field and circle up.
Bat Wing
Fazio Arm circles Forward
Fazio Arm circles Backward
Seal Claps
Overhead Claps
Ralphies
Good Mornings
1 Burpees
2 Burpees
3 Burpees
4 Burpees
5 Burpees

The Workout:

Moseyed to the Bus Drop off. We split up into pairs and then a pair took one of the three islands.

Run in opposite directions around the island. When you met your partner do 7s counting down of Broke Back Shoulder Tap Merkins. Every time you meet you decreased the number. We went down to 1. Once that was wrapped up we did laps around the island. Partner A did bear crawls and Partner B did Lunge walks. When Partner A needed a break Partner B took over the bear crawls and Partner A did lunges. After one lap we switched to Gorilla Walks and Lunges.

Mosey to the wall for mobile balls to the wall. The pax waiting held their Squat Hold. As pax held balls to the wall and moved down the length of the wall.

Moseyed to the playground and split up in three groups. One group went with Emeril to the hill. One group with Flanigan to the play ground and the last group with me to the wall. The hill group was the timer. 5 trips up the hill running backwards. The folks against the wall held squat while lifting up one leg and switching. The playground group did pull ups. Once the 5 trips where completed group one went to the wall. Group 2 to the hill and group 3 to the playground. Repeat until all groups ran the hill.

Then we made our way up the stairs. We then found our original partners and wheelbarrow to the flag pole/stop sign.

Mary:

Circled up for Mary:
Did a modify Onnit 6 minute Abs:
Plank Hold
Peter Parkers
Mountain Climbers
Big Boy Sit-ups
Freddie Mercuries
Russian Twists
Bowl

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

All unspoken prayers

Crazy or Lazy 8’s

FNGs: None

EC: Maybelline, Yoshi, Emeril and 187

Warm Up: Merkins, Squats, Low Slow Flutter, Good Mornings, and Pickle Pounders

The Workout: Run the 8 at Womble.   Once you completed the loop do x10 each Low Slow Flutter, Merkins, Squats, Good Mornings, and Pickle Pounders

Few Pax completed 4+ loops while the others complete 3+

Mary: No time for it.

Announcements: None

T-Claps (Recognition): None

Prayer: YHC took us out

Monkey Humper

FNGs: None

EC: Yoshi
Warm Up: Good Mornings, Weed Pickers ;), SSH
The Workout:  Mosey to the rocks and partner up.  Dora x2

First Dora – Partner 1 jogs around the fence while Partner 2 starts on 100 Ground Pounders, 150 Tricep Extensions and 200 Curls all done with the rocks.

Second Dora – Partner 1 does 1 Rock Squat and then John Cusack to the second post, 2 rock squats, then John Cusack to the third post, 3 rock squats, then John Cusack to the 4th post, 4 rock squats, John Cusack back to the start while Partner 2 starts on 100 Merkins, 200 Squats and 300 Monkey Humpers in cadence.

Mary: Some more stretching as we were all feeling some tighteness in our hammy’s
Announcements: I don’t remember
T-Claps (Recognition): N/A
Prayer: Midget took us out

Gashers at Paradise City

EC:Dawgpound Lipstick
FNGs:Nope
Warm Up:
We made are way to the second field. We didn’t want Frisbee taking the second field. I had already setup the timer for today’s Gashers.

We stopped at each corner of the field for the following.

Corner 1:
Side Straddle Hop
Good Mornings
5 Burpees

Corner 2:
Fazio Arm Circles Forward and backwards
5 Burpees

Corner 3:
Imperial Marches
Hill Billies
5 Burpees

Corner 4:
Good Mornings
5 Burpees
Frankenstiens

We then headed to the bucket to explain what a Gasher is.
A Gather is across the width of the football field. Come back and repeat. A total of 212 yards. The soccer field is a bit wider. So the bucket was the turning back spot.

The Workout:

Started out with 10 Gashers. The goal one minute. For every pax that doesn’t make it back we had 1 Burpee. If you felt like it you could do Merkins, Squats or WWII until we ran again. We had 15 seconds to recover before we started the next gasher.

We then proceeded to do 4 corners. We did three laps around the field.
Corner 1: 5 Mickey Mouse Merkins
Corner 2: 10 Lunges
Corner 3: 10 Pickle Pounders
Corner 4: 5 Burpees

After we did three trips we went back to the Gashers. We did 2 more Gashers. The last one was for time.

Mary:

Homer to Marge
LBCs
Pickle Pounders

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): To all Pax that stuck with me for the Gashers.
Prayer:

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