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Senior Moment: 7 Respects at GP – Welcome Slapstick

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FNGs: Yes – welcome Garrett Riley, F3 name “Slapstick”…FV native, went to UNC Wilmington, married, has 18 month old daughter, first concert James Taylor, played RW in hockey growing up, loves the Hurricanes…see pic attached
Warm Up:  Discussed F3 mission and welcoming statement with Slapstick.  Had Sprinkler hang with him throughout the workout.  20 SSH, 10 daisy pickers, 10 sir fazio arm circles (f/b), 10 seal claps, 10 o/h claps, 10 hillbillies. Two laps around the tennis courts picking up the six.  Norm departed needing to get some miles in promising to join us for Mary
The Workout:  10 PAX partnered up; five got rocks and met the other five at base of hill.  Found semi dry area and began with 50 rep rock exercises (total) including curls for the girls, rut-ro’s, tricep, squats, wonder bra, bus drivers…the PAX rotated after one PAX climbed the hill, did 5 reps on the guardrails (dips, irkins, dirkins…) and then came back down the hill.  Called an audible after slippery conditions caused a PAX to fall on his bottom….audible to hop  the guardrail, jog down sidewalk and drive – back to the bottom of the hill.  Lots of great effort.  Had PAX move slightly to the left under the light held plank until five PAX retrieved another rock for some core work.  From our six, we did nipplers, straight arm extensions, 6 inch with rock above our chest.  Rinse and repeat.  Discussed F3 CORE Principles.  More core work including slap rocks, toe taps, WW I sit-ups….returned rocks to pile.  Mosey to tennis courts.
Mary:  Norm came in hot and joined us for some yoga that included pigeon,  cobra, table, various arm/leg stretches….have a nice day.
Announcements:  Q school.  New AO Saturday’s at Fleming (beta) – run 5-6 miles or ruck 3 miles.  Stay tuned.  Discussed Q responsibilities.  Discussed ID tags – YHC offered up a $10 coupon to one PAX (Endo) to purchase a Road ID.
T-Claps (Recognition):  Price is Right for bringing out numerous FNGs over the last few weeks at PT.  great work!

Observation:  7/11 men who posted this morning were 50 years or older.  AWESOME SAUCE!  RESPECT!

Prayer:  Bob Barker has new changes taking place next week…prayers for safe/smooth rollout.  I asked Norm to take us out.  unspoken. Thank you Norm!

2nd F at Stick Boys (Motor boatin’, Norm and Dauber….Buttermilk sighting)….Congratulations on new job Motor boatin’!

Honored to lead.  Nice to be back out after being on IR.  -Dauber

 

 

Just cause it’s hazy don’t mean you can be lazy

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FNGs: NONE

PAX: @DoubleD, @Finkle, @Norm, @KITTY LITTR, @Gamecock
Warm Up: Mosey around park track, followed by a round of daisy pickers, good mornings, Frankensteins, Sir Fazio Arm Circles f/b
The Workout: Event 1 – Doras on the hill, with a partner we did 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats

Event 2 – took a nice jog up to the middle school to the brick wall to do some typewriting.  Started with 10 box jumps, then 20 leg ups (ten each leg), followed by 10 Irkins, and 10 dips.  Then we typewritered back down to the starting point with the same exercises.

Event 3 – In the middle school courtyard we did 10 counts in cadence chillcut planks followed by shoulder taps up the stairs.  At the top we did star jumps and shoulder tapped our way back down the stairs and R/R.
Mary: Each PAX went around the circle and called out an ab exercise.
Announcements: Possibly a new Saturday morning AO at Flemming Loop Park.  More details coming from @Martini and @Norm.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Finkle led the prayer time.  @Finkle’s cousin Brooke is recovering from pancreatitis and has type 2 diabetes.  Pray that he will follow diet plans.  @Double D’s mother-in-law has dementia and family is having difficult times with the situation.

We like it cold and wet…

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FNGs:none

PAX: @Martini, @Gamecock, @Spoonman, @Finkle
Warm Up: SSH, Seal claps, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles
The Workout: Since it was cold and rainy we took shelter under the pavilion.  We played a fun game of Princess UNO or rather OH-NO

Rules for the game:  Draw 4 means we did 10 counts of 4 different exercises, same with draw 2.

Red cards were switch lunges, Blue cards were LBC’s, Green cards were Groiners, Yellow cards were Merkins.  If we happen to pull a Wicked Stepmom with the Poison Apple we had to take a lap around the whole parking lot in the rain…very nasty.
Mary: 10 counts in cadence of Boxcutters, Low-slow-flutters, E2Ks, and reverse LBC’s
Announcements: Q-School on Sunday Feb. 22nd
T-Claps (Recognition): To all the guys who came out in such wonderful weather.
Prayer: @Finkle took us out.  @Martini has a big audit coming up at work, @Finkle travel mercies.

First Dingers

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A much warmer, yet still misty morning at The Nest. YHC cooked up a much different routine that required far less running than the Q yesterday at Mutiny. We would be doing a pronounced upper and lower body attack during our workout today. I just needed to make sure the stage was clear for us to use the area down by the ballfields. As Gamecock and I passed on the EC run, YHC saw that we should be good to go. Good thing Sprinkler pulled in for the main event. The first routine of the day was inspired by him as he had previously shared a story about his first little league home run being hit at the field at the Nest. In addition, he shared that his 2.0 hit his first homer on the same field. Good story.

FNG’s: none
Warm Up: Windmills, Frankenstein’s, Moroccan Nightclubs, a squat hold series with overhead claps, seal claps, and more Moroccan Nightclubs, and Daisy Pickers.
The Workout: A short mosey over to the ball field for a baseball inspired stack up series. Each stack was followed by a 5, 10, 15, or 20 count per PAX of alternating Balls to the Fence or People’s Chair. We added an exercise each go around as noted below until the last round where we did all of them in order. Wound up with 7 rounds total.

SSH x5 IC (Single)

Merkins x10 (Double)

Fence Squats x15 (Triple)

Pickle Pounders x20 IC (Home run….of course)

Star Jumps x25 (2-Run Shot)

WW2’s x30 (3-Run Homer)

Diamond Merkins x35 (The Grand Slam)

Another short mosey back up to the parking lot for a suicide series that included a bear crawl, reps of squat jumps, lunge walk return. We did this across each of 8 parking lines, each line was a rep count (ie. 8th line = 8 squat jumps). We blew it out at the end with Monkey Humpers x10 IC, Shoulder Taps x25 IC, and Merkins x25.

Mary: American Hammers x20 IC, LBC’s x25 IC, LSF’s x20 IC, Hand Release Merkins x 25, Freddie Mercury x20 IC, Dying Cockroach x25 IC. Have a nice day!!!
Announcements: Hilltop Needmore Ruck followed by roadside cleanup this Sunday! Q School this Sunday, 3 PM, Womble.
T-Claps (Recognition): Martini was grateful a couple HS PAX as well as a few irregulars joined today at the Nest.
Prayer: PAX who are hurt, sick, injured. Finkle has got a heavy week at work. Sprinkler took us out.

Hills and Yurpees

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FNGs: @Teachers Pet, @Yodeler, @McRib

PAX: @Norm, @Fedex, @Breach, @Double D, @Price is Right, @Endo, @Sprinkler, @Finkle
Warm Up: Mosey around the tennis courts, followed by a 10 count of Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, 20 SSH, 10 counts of quad stretches each leg and cross leg toe touches to get the legs loose.  Ended with 10 count cadence of Sir Fazio Arm circles F/B.
The Workout:

Event 1:  Hill Climbers – we split into 2 groups and group at the bottom of the hill did Mountain Climbers, Monkey Humpers, and Marionettes while the other group hiked up the hill as fast as they could to do a circuit of Dips, Irkins, and Squats starting with 10, 15, then 20 each time around.

To catch are breath we went on an Indian Run around the courts to lead us into the second event.

Event 2: Tennis court fun – at the tennis courts we circled up to do a round of exercises with dancing bears (plank with right hand up and left leg up then switch), alternating shoulder taps in cadence, followed by Yurpees (merkin clap and two tuck jumps).  We started at 3 of each exercise and added one each time we completed the round.  We got up to 6 and modified to go back down 5, 4, and 3.  Very nasty stuff those Yurpees!

Mary: Not So Lazy Boys, Box Cutters, ABCs, Boat Canoes, Outlaws all in a to count.
Announcements: Ruck this Saturday being led by @Norm.  Another ruck on the 21st followed by roadside trash pick up.
T-Claps (Recognition): To our FNGs for hanging in there.  Also, for FNG Teachers Pet who did EC with @Breach his first day out to F3.
Prayer: @Fedex’s cousin passed suddenly, so prayer for his family, also @Teachers Pet’s mom is recovering from COVID, prayers for our nation and families.  @Finkle took us out.

May I Make a Suggestion?

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A cold morning at Kenny’s Grave today. Norm and YHC ran EC together and Norm was looking for a few more miles, so mentioned he’d return and jump in with whatever we were doing. Thank goodness he did, because YHC has been tweaking the routine on this agility ladder Thang that I have and Norm made a suggestion to help me further tweak it during the workout. F3 brothers need to be unafraid to help sharpen each other in the moment…or at least in the moments after. The F3 workout is the place to try, fail, and improve constantly. Much better to do it here than with more important things in life out there (we do that too but…). We hold each other accountable, we push each other, we accelerate! This is our workout, the Gloom belongs to us, and we all make it better and are stronger together!

FNG’s: none

Warm Up: Quick mosey lap with some nice and slow Good Mornings and Windmills IC, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Seal Claps, and Overhead Claps. Another quick mosey with a stop for 5 burpees OYO.
The Workout: Each man grabbed the rock to his liking and Cusack over to the main lot. We laid the rock on the farthest parking line. Routine was: rock exercise (all 20-25 counts, except the chest presses, which were 30,40), sprint or mosey to the end parking line, then crabwalk, lunge walk, karaoke, high knees, typewriter, fast feet, or merkin roll back to rock for a repeat. Each set, we moved the rock 1 stripe closer to the start line. Merkin rolls are a means of travel between two points, but can get you dizzy or disoriented fast as we found out. But Kenny’s Grave apparently is the land of bad ideas, as site Q Finkle made mention. You do a merkin, tight roll over keeping core engaged, then merkin until you reach your destination. Exercises when we got to rocks were: Curls for the Girls (2 rounds), Tricep Press (2 rounds), Shoulder Press (2 rounds), Chest Press (2 rounds), and Rut Rows. Once complete, we returned the rocks.

Next Thang was the aforementioned agility ladder routine. Each PAX took a turn doing alternating in/out fast feet on the ladder and side shuffled to a series of 5 cones performing a burpee at each. While other PAX awaited, we did continuous WW1’s on one end and LSF’s IC on the other. It was a long time! This is where the suggestion came in to have the next PAX go when the PAX got to the ladder, rather than finished. Good idea! We did a return trip of this routine with continuous squats on one end and SSH’s IC on the other. Various PAX stepped up to take counts.
Mary: All exercises x 20. American Hammers, Freddie Mercury, Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders. Finished with pigeon poses and some stretching and a few more Good Mornings for good measure! We don’t always stretch enough.
Announcements: Monthly challenge continues. Donations and action for HSPD first aid kits. Check Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition):  All the PAX for venturing out to play on this cold morning!
Prayer: My M Courtney, our schools and students…we need them to go back. Their learning and experiences have been deeply impacted and we just have to get after it! Pumpkin Spice and Mr. Terrific. YHC took us out. Honor to come down to the FV and lead today!

Burpees are NOT a Stretch!

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Brisk morning at Awesome Possum. YHC had no idea what to expect for my first Q at the Trot, but coming over the hill and seeing some FNGs made it something special! Norm and Martini stayed for warmup then hit some miles and were back in time for COT.

FNGs: Yes! Endo, False Start, SIR Shanks-a-lot
Warm Up: Warm-o-rama with SHHs, Good Mornings, Willie Mays Haze, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Newton’s Cradle, Michael Phelps
The Workout: Event 1 Rock Ping Pong: Partner up with one rock and line up at the edge of the parking lot. One partner performs the exercise then starts pushing the rock across the parking lot. Other partner takes a lap around the tennis courts and meets the partner on the other side. The goal is a competition with your partner for the end position of the rock. Exercises were 20 each curls for the girls, triceps extensions, overhead press.

Event 2: Survivor Series: Start with a round of exercises and each round vote off the group’s least favorite. Starting exercises were 20 each merkins, fire brigade lunge, turkish get-ups, star jumps, Carolina dry docks, squats. Order of eliminations round 1: turkish get-ups, round 2 (oh shoot we’re out of time): merkins and star jumps, complete round 3 with the last four.

Mary: Let’s see who’s still with me. Silent count Mary. Q leads the cadence but no total count. Anyone that stops over or under, add on 5 exercises. 20 each box cutters, LBCs, Homer to Marge

Asked POTS to lead some stretching while I grabbed my phone for name-o-rama. I come back to find everyone doing burpees. Honestly… privileges revoked POTS!

Announcements: Super Bowl squares for HSPD First Aid Kits
T-Claps (Recognition): I saw solid efforts by Endo, False Start, SIR Shanks-a-lot.
Prayer: Roger Roger’s family friend battling breast cancer, Country and leaders, Gamecock’s daughter’s 3rd birthday, WCPSS in person classes

Dice, Dice Baby

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Finkle, @Norm, @Martini, @Gamecock, @Fumunga
Warm Up: Quick warm up lap around the park, followed by Sir Fazio Arm Circles F/B, Michael Phelps, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, Quad stretches, and calf and hamstring stretches.
The Workout:

Event 1: Dora at FV Middle School.  Splitting up into teams we ran the bus loop and partners would do exercises.  As a team we did 100 merkins, 200 lbc’s, and 300 squats.

Event 2: Stair climbs.  We started by bear crawling up the flight of stairs.  At the top we did 1 minute of lunges.  On the way back down we did either irkins or derkins.  At the bottom we followed up with a lucky roll of the exercise cube and did whatever exercise it landed on.  Unfortunately, @Martini had to roll 20 Burpees.  We did 3 sets of stair climbs.
Mary: We took a quick jog back to the parking lot to end with a 10 count of Outlaws and Boxcutters.
Announcements: SB raffle for the HSPD First Aid kits
T-Claps (Recognition): Great to have @Fumunga back out after an injury.
Prayer: @Fumunga and M with the pregnancy and for everything to keep progressing well and with a healthy pregnancy.  @Finkle shared about new requirements at work and lots of projects needing to be closed out.  @Finkle led them out.

Flaming Burritos?!!!

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FNGs: N/a on this 24 degree morning

This was preblasted as “There’s something about Mary, show up to find out what it is.”  I was  excited by the 1 HC and several thumbs up, but was ecstatic to see 4 brothers waiting for this beatdown when I finished EC and made my way over to the side parking lot!

Warm Up: Mosey to the building and circle up for Fozzy arm circles forward and reverse, Michael Phelps, and Good mornings.
The Workout: Today’s workout will be a you vs you, three round, all out battle with Mary in the subfreezing temperatures!

Round 1 (10 minutes)

4 minutes AMRAP

  • 4 broken recliners with split lunge
  • 8 Jay Los
  • 12 Flutter kicks

1 minute AMRAP

  • V-ups

rinse and repeat with no rest to finish Round 1

A brief intermission for talk of being dead already/recovering and on to round 2

Round 2

AMRAP for 10 minutes starting with 1 rep of each, then 2,3,4,etc

  • plyometric mixed grip merkins
  • Right side single leg v-up then double leg
  • Left side single leg v-up then double leg
  • Flaming Burritos

Another brief intermission to discuss combatives with everyone kicking the Q in the nuts/recovery

Round 3 Final round of the fight, 5 complete rounds gets you a win by decision, 6 gets you a KO victory! Mumble chatter about a W is a W then we got started

  • 10 plank jacks with shoulder taps
  • 10 Superman swimmers
  • 10 crossbody v-ups

All Pax completed 6 rounds with a minute to spare, but unfortunately no time for combatives.

Shredder led us in embrace the suck for the final 3 minutes.

Mary: All of it
Announcements: Someone was keeping their birthday a secret, thanks Finkle for the heads up, and Happy Birthday to Yosemite! Money is being raised for First aid kits for the HS Police dept. Make sure to buy some squares for the Super Bowl.

T-Claps (Recognition): Farva finished the monthly challenge and everyone for showing up this morning in 24 degree weather!
Prayer: The current situation with this country, troops in D.C., and those effected by the pandemic.

Kenny’s Grave 1/21/21

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PAX:  Spoonman, Finkle, Gamecock, Yosemite, Martini

FNGs:  None Today

Warm Up:  Lap around the lot and the ususals:  SSH, Arm Circles, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers

The Workout:

PAX split into 2 groups.  PAX 1 or each group performed 5 burpees while the remaining PAX held People’s Chair. Switch.

Round 2:  4 Burpees, Round 3:  3 Burpees, Round 4:  2 Burpees, Round 5:  1 Burpee

Headed to the tables – PAX 1 Performed 10 Erkins while the remaing PAX performed LBC’s.  Switch

Round 2:  8 Erkins, Round 3:  6 Erkins, Round 4:  4  Erkins, Round 5:  2 Erkins

Back to the Wall – repeat starting with 4 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 2 Burpees, 1 Burpee

Table – repeat starting with 8 Erkins, 6 Erkins, 4 Erkins, 2 Erkins

With a little time left performed BLIMPS and BLIMP

Mary:  Everyone got a shot to call out an exercise

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  State of the Nation