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Day 5: 5 days of Fankle

FNGs: none

PAX: @Florence/Flojoe, @Hardy, @Finkle, @Pots, @Shredder, @Banana Seat, @Abacus the OG, @Farva, @Mr. Terrific
Warm Up: Mosey with around of seal jacks, good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Mountain climbers, Downward Dog, and Runner’s Pose
The Workout: Today we had a very special guest for the 5th and final day of the 5 Days of Fankle…Sheldon Cooper

Sheldon Cooper’s – we did 10 rounds (decreasing reps by 1) with a lap around the parking lot.  Merkins, squats, big boy sit-ups, herpes (hand release burpees)

Sheldon’s Deck of Death.  Diamonds = Bonnie Blairs, Spades = Alternating Shoulder Taps, Clubs = Randy’s, Hearts = Balls to the Wall.  Thankfully, Sheldon let @Hardy shuffle the deck so we escaped having to do Jokers = Yurpees (10 burpees with a clap merkin into 2 tuck jumps)
Mary:  None we went the full 45.
Announcements:  The Judge CSAUP: Flemming Loop Park 6 am
T-Claps (Recognition): @Pots for moral support and accountability all 5 days of the Fankle!
Prayer: @Finkle’s Aunt is having heart palpitations, @Pots father – carpel tunnel, @Shredder – uncle has cancer.

Day 4: 5 Days of Fankle

FNGs: none

PAX: @Pumps, @Pots, @Finkle, @Florence/Flojoe, @LED, @Fonzie, @Deuce, @Sunshine
Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot and at each corner of the parking lot we stopped to do 2 warm-up exercises.  Daisy pickers, Sir Fazio Arms f/b, mountain climbers, Hillbillies, Imperial walkers, Finkle kicks(hairy rockettes), the goof ball, etc.
The Workout: 1st Event – 7 of diamonds.  Did an exercise at each corner incrementing the next exercise by 7.  7 merkins at each corner, 14 burpees at each corner, 21 American Hammers at each corner, 28 lunges at each corner.

2nd Event – Apple Turnovers with 10 count in cadence monkey humpers at each end of the parking lot.  Turnovers were bear crawl 3 parking spots then turn over to do crab walks the same.
Mary: Low slow flutter, Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders, spitting cobra, downward dog into pigeon.
Announcements: CSAUP ‘The Judge’ on Saturday at 6 am.
T-Claps (Recognition): 7 for EC this morning.  Great work gents.
Prayer: PAX who are dealing with injuries and sickness, @Fonzie’s extended family.

Day 3: The 5 Days of Fankle

Pax voted to stay dry so we left Possum Trot and headed down to the Nest to workout under the pavilion.

FNGs: none

PAX: @Hardy, @Florence/FloJoe, @Pots, @Sunshine, @Warbucks, @Finkle
Warm Up: 10 SSH and 10 Seal Jacks in cadence, Good mornings, Willie Mays Hayes, Downward dog into chaturanga up-dog
The Workout: First Event: Ascending testicles 10 count in cadence at 15/45/and balls to the wall, squats 10, lunges 10 each leg.  3 rounds

Second Event: Bat Wings – Sir Fazio Arm Circles F/B, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps.  In cadence 10, 15, & 20 counts.

Third Event: Abs – Lounge Act(homer to marge with one leg crossed over knee), E2K’s, and Big Boy Situps. In cadence 10, 15, & 20 counts
Mary: 42 count in cadence of monkey humpers to celebrate my soon coming 42nd b-day.
Announcements: CSAUP Saturday at Tequila Sunrise
T-Claps (Recognition): for all who showed up in the rain!
Prayer: Thankful for our many blessings, and to reach out to those who are hurting during the holiday season.

Day 2: 5 Days of Fankle, The Mystery and History of Ray Finkle

FNGs: none

PAX: @Sunshine, @Pumps, @Pots, @Finkle, @Martini, @Florence/FloJoe, @Bobby Boucher, @Warbucks
Warm Up: Mosey around the park track then circled up for 10 SSH, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, Sir Fazio Arm Circles f/b and Michael Phelps in cadence.
The Workout: First event was 4 corners in the parking lot and at each corner YHC shared historical facts about the real Ray Finkle aka Uwe Detlef Walter von Schamann.  As usual Hollywood has twisted the facts about this fictional character.  After a deep dive into the history of this modern day marvel “Finkle” we find a true champion and a culprit!  Back to the workout…

At each corner we did a prescribed exercise.  Round 1 was 4X4’s (4 burpees into plank then 4 merkins, 4 mountain climbers, and back up), lunges – 10 each leg, alternating shoulder taps in cadence to 10 and ending with Bobby Hurleys.  Round 2 was Boat Canoes, Crab cakes, Jack Webbs (set of 4), and star jumps.

2nd event was getting personal under our newly rehab’d pavilion.  We did 2 sets of gyno-crunches, procto-derkins, and step-ups 10 each side.

3rd event was California Rolls down at the wall.  We did sets of 10 Irkens and dips R/R till we reached the end of the wall.

Finkle Facts: 

  1. In the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective the character Ray Finkle is in reality Dolphins kicker Uwe von Schamann.
  2. Uwe Detlef Walter von Schamann (born April 23, 1956) is a former professional American football placekicker.  He played for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, from 1979 to 1984.
  3. In the real Super Bowl XIX, Von Schamann made three field goals and an extra point in this game.
  4. In the movie Finkle missed the game-winning field goal in a fictional Super Bowl XIX. The latter play actually occurred six years later in Super Bowl XXV by the Buffalo Bills kicker Scott Allen Norwood.  The real culprit…
  5. Norwood’s field goal range was unusually short for a professional kicker and he had difficulties in converting field goals over 40 yards throughout his career, especially on natural grass (the Bills’ home stadium used AstroTurf, which mitigated this issue).
  6. Super Bowl XXV, which was played on January 27, 1991, cemented Norwood’s name in football history when he missed a 47-yard field goal attempt with 8 seconds left in the game, giving the New York Giants their 2nd Super Bowl victory, and started the Bills’ string of four consecutive Super Bowl losses. This kick was made famous by the “wide right” call by the TV announcers. Later video analysis revealed the holder mistakenly aligned the laces to the right, thereby positioning the kicked ball to fade right once in the air.  Hmmm…interesting…Although the Bills signed Björn Nittmo as Norwood’s potential replacement in the 1991 offseason, Norwood remained with the Bills through that season. The Bills returned to the Super Bowl and Norwood was perfect throughout the postseason, including a 44-yard field goal that served as the decisive margin in the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos.
  7. What was the dolphin’s name in the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Movie? Snowflake
  8. What was Ray Finkle’s other name in the movie? Lois Einhorn
  9. Who did Ray Finkle murder in the movie? Roger Podacter, the Dolphin’s head of operations.
  10. The name of the mental hospital that Ray Finkle escaped from was named Shady Acres Mental Hospital.
  11. The mental hospital where Ventura goes undercover was named Shady Acres as a play on the name of director Tom Shadyac.

Mary: We did round-robin style with a mixture of abs, stretches, squats and the Sweater Fox (Boxcutters) decided to show up again to torture @Warbucks…
Announcements: CSAUP on Saturday, December 11
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Bobby Boucher’s M is looking for a new employment opportunity, @Farva’s back injury, @K I T T Y L I T T R and M recovering from sickness.  Remember those who need hope during the Christmas season.  Be the salt and light our community needs fellas!

Day 1: Five Days of Fankle

FNGs: none

PAX: @Pots, @Sunshine, @Finkle
Warm Up: SSH in cadence to 20, Sir Fazio Arm circles f/b, Hillbillies and imperial walkers in cadence to 10, walkouts to 10 OYO
The Workout: Today we did intervals of 6 exercises for 1 minute with a brief rest in between totaling up to 42 minutes.  The exercises were mountain climbers, Peter Parkers, squats, dips, monkey humpers, Freddie mercuries.  We did 4 rounds of these, all the while @Pots enlightened us about 5G and other misc topics about railroads and solar and wind energy sources!
Mary:  included in workout.
Announcements: CSAUP this Saturday
T-Claps (Recognition): all three did EC this morning
Prayer: Praise, @Finkle’s daughter got in an accident last Saturday evening but nobody was hurt and the damage to the car is very minimal.  @Pots unspoken.

That last burpee completes me

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
SSH, daisy pickers, arm circles, mtn climbers, merkins
The Workout:
We took 3 laps around the park, stopping for burpees at the half way point between corners (increase to 6 then back to 1) and 3 sets of 10 exercises at each corner.
1st half exercises: rotated between 1)shoulder taps, monkey humpers, LBCs and 2)merkins, squats, LSF
2nd half exercises: rotated between 1)dips, mtn climbers, american hammers and 2)carolina dry docks, lunges, freddy mercury
1.5 miles were covered, 42 burpees and 360 exercise reps were completed.
Mary:
Various stretches
Announcements: See Slack, BRR Sign-up on 12/6. #fuquaymafia
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Gamecock upcoming travel

At the Nest with Big Bird and the Sweater Fox

This is a late post for 11/23/2021

FNGs: None

PAX: @Warbucks, @Finkle, @Martini, @Banana Seat, @Florence/Flojoe, @Hardy
Warm Up: Mosey around the courtyard, and came back to do SSH, Daisy Pickers, Imperial Walkers,
The Workout:   LEG/CORE DAY  –  We went on a trip and encountered a couple friends.  We ran to the far corner and dropped to do Freddie Mercuries.  Then down to Main St. to pick up a round of mount climbers.  We ran up the hill to Ennis and Big Bird (@Martini in his yellow hoodie) was excited to do 3 rounds of step ups 10 each leg and 10 box jumps 3 rounds.  Then we moved down the block to do some Bars and Dan’s (Dan Taylors and shimmying up the bars on the ramp to the school).  Our commitment was to get to set 10.

Mary: Last we went over to the bus loop and the Sweater Fox (boxcutter exercise) showed up.  Each PAX took a turn being the timer as they ran a loop around the bus loop and called an ab exercise for those left behind to do.  @Warbucks said from his first time hearing the exercise “the boxcutter” he thought they called it the “fox sweater” and thus we evolved it into the Sweater Fox…somehow.  Lots of mumble chatter today!
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Gooey Pound Cake

It’s been two years with F3 and it all started at the Nest. I’ve recreated the first workout as best as I can remember. I’m grateful for this group if men and the way it brings out the best in us. Celebrated with pound cake and brownies for 2F.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: circle up for warm-o-rama
The Workout: One group runs two short parking lot laps as the timer while the other groups work stations. Round 1 stations, dips, rope with underdogs. Round 2, broke back merkins, rope with lunge walk. Finished as a group with a full park Indian run.
Mary: 5 min of round the circle pax choice abs
Announcements: holly fest sign up, csaup
T-Claps (Recognition): all those that showed the extra effort even when you had a reason not to.
Prayer: thankful for F3, wives and family

When Cooper brings apple turnovers to Kenny’s Grave

FNGs: none

PAX: @Gamecock, @Finkle
Warm Up: Lap around the ball fields and incorporating high knees, butt kickers, and karaoke’s.   Next we did good mornings IC, Yoga stretches, Michael Phelps, and elbow over your head stretches (whatever those are called)
The Workout:

Started off with 5 sets of Coopers around the main parking lot.  These little devils are simple in theory but give you a good full body workout.  We ran around the main parking lot 1x each round and followed the lap with 10 big boy sit ups, 10 merkins, 10 squats, and 10 burpees.  Then next round same thing decreasing by one each time.  We did the 5 sets and took a brief intermission (if that’s what you want to call it) and did apple turnovers down the parking lot.  These are bear crawls for three parking spots, then crab walks for three spots all the way down.  Last we typewritered our way back with fast feet.  Did another round with bear crawls and crab walks followed by a lunge walk.  Once our break was over we went right back into 2 more rounds of Coopers.
Mary:  ABC’s and calf and quad stretches.
Announcements: Holly Fest coming up on 10/30 and Brute CSAUP on 10/16
T-Claps (Recognition): @Gamecock for making it happen with EC this morning.
Prayer: @Gamecock’s M is going out of town this weekend so traveling mercies and R&R for her.

Worm Porn in the woods

YHC hasn’t been to Kenny’s Grave in a while so one way to get back…sign up to Q. One pax had to be lost since he lives in 12 Oaks and another had a air boot on. I thought how would he keep up, well he did. Here’s what we did.

Warm up
Loop track
Good mornings
Michael Phelps
Sir Fazio
Air squared
Merkins

Wood trail run pyramid
Every other lamp do exercises
Moves to each set: high knees, butt kickers, caioca, slides
2 Turkish getups
4 Jump squats
6 Freddy Mercury IC
Next light (s)
4,8,12 reps
6,12,18 reps
8,16,24 reps
10,20,30 reps
Reverse everything back to start
*Laid down besides some worms getting it on for some FMercs.*

Dugout
Dips and knee tucks 2 rds x10
Step ups and pull ups 2 rds x7

Mary
Box cutters
H2H
Pretzels
Superman

Prayers
Finkles boot and X-rays come back showing healing, Dawgpound health as training for HSH, Gamecock parenting while M in training, YHC family kids health, pandemic

It was great getting back to South Park. T-claps to Finkle getting in 1.4 miles in a air boot. Great work men!

BS Out!