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The Nest is the new Disney

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Hillbillies, Good Mornings, Fozio Arm Circles / Seal Claps / Overhead Claps. Penalty burpees were waved in light of today’s workout.
The Workout: Falcon Park has a baseball diamond. But today we used the whole park for our 7 of diamonds. One exercise performed at each corner, switching the exercise every round. Starting with 7 count and increasing by 7 each round. It went like this:
– Round 1 (performed 7 times at each corner): burpees
– Round 2 (performed 14 times at each corner): merkins
– Round 3 (performed 21 times at each corner): squats
– Round 4 (performed 28 in cadence times at each corner): LBCs
(Round 4 was performed in the parking lot with karaoke on the long sides. Someone said they felt like a princess and that The Nest was the new Disney AO.)

We then mosied over to the picnic shelter for Urkins / Durkins / Dips and People’s Chair. 3 rounds.
Mary: Popcorn Mary followed by some quick yoga.
Announcements: Jan 17th day of service.
T-Claps (Recognition): Finkle and Gamecock for taking me around their EC route.
Prayer: Kosher’s uncle Frank. Finkle’s family friend, Edna. PAX continuing to heal.
Moleskin: I’m going to steal a thought that Martini brought up at COT.
We have a limited number of days left on this planet. The average life expectancy is 78. You can do a calculation based on that to determine how many waking hours you have left (on average).
For me, 78-38=40. 40x365=14,600. 14,600x0.67=9,782.
So I have about 9,782 waking hours left, on average. This can help put things in perspective. Of course, no one is guaranteed tomorrow. We are seeing that every day.
All the more reason to make the most of today.

Farva’s 35th Birthday Beatdown

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FNGs:N/a
Warm Up:4 for 2+ miles EC then returned to find a parking lot full of PAX who had no idea what they were in for. Did a quick mosey around the parking lot along with some line agility drills, circled up for side straddle hops, arm circles forward and reverse, seal claps, overhead claps, and good mornings.
The Workout: I told everyone to partner up by size and what weight they’d like to use. There were 2 45lb plates, 2 35lb plates, 2 25lb plates, 2 70lb dumbbells, and a 75(ish)lb atlas stone. Then I proceeded to lay out the Farva 35 challenge.

Fun with Dora

Alley work

Rinse and Repeat

Victory Lap

And finally 35 man maker burpees

First Dora using one of the plates was 100 curls for the girls(in cadence), 100 overhead press (in cadence), 100 tricep extensions(in cadence), and 50 merkins together with your partner. The Pax that wasn’t doing the reps ran line agility down the parking lot and back before switching.

Alley work- grab a dumbbell or atlas stone and go down half of the alley and back. Switch with your partner as needed, the partner not carrying the weight would bear crawl or duck walk.

Rinse and repeat, but the Dora this time was 100 weighted squats(cadence), 100 mtn climbers(cadence), 100 chair kicks, and 50 monkey humpers (in cadence) together with your partner. The pax not doing reps went down and back as before. Then back to the alley to finish the rinse and repeat.

Next was a victory lap around the school to celebrate what you’d just accomplished.

Finally this beatdown was to end with 35 man maker burpees.

Mary: All pax helped finish out the Burpees with no time to spare.
Announcements: Q sheet opportunities
T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone who made it out to support my birthday Q!
Prayer: I took us out

Bad form burpees according to the FV J. Larsen Creeper

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Pumps, @Florence/Flojoe, @Warbucks, @Finkle, @Sprinkler, @Pots, @Sunshine, @Gamecock, @Martini
Warm Up: Mosey over to the basketball courts.  Followed by SSH 20 count in cadence, 10 walkouts, 10 good mornings in cadence, and imperial walkers 10 count cadence.
The Workout: I was a good boy last year, so Santa got me some new F3 toys to share.  We had 5 different stations and broke up into 2 teams of 5 and 4.  The stations were the “dice of death”, slam ball, jump rope, agility and sprints, and the battle rope.

While one group was the timer at the dice of death doing burpees, squat jumps, lbcs, SSH, and other various activities the other team was doing the other stations and then we would switch after three exercises were completed with the dice.  We did 4 rounds.  Little did we know that that morning in the gloom we would be come the talk of the town.  Apparently, our friend James Larsen videoed us doing burpees and wanted to give some critique on Facebook all the while it became a fantastic PR stud filled stunt for F3 in Fuquay.  It’s too bad we didn’t give them the full show with some pickle pounders and monkey humpers…James my friend, if video taping guys working out at 5:45 in the morning is your thing come back next week for some great footage!
Mary: Merry go round.  Thanks @sunshine for the monkey humper addition in cadence to 30 lol.
Announcements: Q source happening on Wednesday evenings at 6:45.  check slack for details.
T-Claps (Recognition): Special recognition to the Larsen Creeper for his award winning video footage.  https://fb.watch/amCz6mhtUj/
Prayer: Several job interviews, Sprinkler and family, Pots’ dad recovering from covid, and Pots’ cousin with tumors and treatment for them.

Two Chilly Penguins

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It’s freezing out there. The Nest saw two cold flightless birds this week.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Normal warm-o-rama
The Workout: 2 rounds of 4 corner stack. Pushups, jump squats, Turkish get-up, Carolina dry docks. Squats, lunges, Frankensteins, duck walk.

Finished up spelling penguin with our exercises. Pickle pounders, E2K, nine inches, ground pounders, underdog, irkins, high kNees.

Mary: 6 rounds of core exercises
Announcements: MLK day of service
T-Claps (Recognition): Finkle for braving the cold and EC
Prayer: Finkle’s class, praise for Gamecock’s wife test.

Cobra Kai day at Sheepdog

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FNGs: N/a
Warm Up: 2 PAX for a new EC route after missing a turn. Returned to find 3 more ready to kick off the last South Wake workout of the year. Cranked up the 80’s rock on the Bluetooth speaker and we started with lots of parking lot agility, then circled up for side straddle hops, good mornings, imperial walkers, Hillbillies, and arm circles forward and reverse.
The Workout: Plank snake around the parking lot doing wax on/wax off in plank position, while the last person weaved in and out of the pax to the front to drop into plank, then continually rinse and repeat until the full parking lot was complete.

Next was a build a Strike combo. The 5 stations were 5 knuckle merkins(start), 10 jab cross combos(Station 1), 10 jab cross hook rear uppercut(Station 2), 10 jab cross/clinch 2 rear knee strikes(Station 3), and jab cross hook rear uppercut jab cross/clinch 2 rear knee kicks and a flying front kick (Station 4)

Rd 1 – start, bear crawl, station 1, mosey, start

rd 2 – start, bear crawl, station 1, run, station 2, mosey, station 1, mosey, start

rd 3 -start, bear crawl, 1, run, 2, bear crawl, 3, mosey, 2, mosey, 1, mosey, start

Rd 4 -start, bear crawl, 1, run, 2, bear crawl, 3, run, 4, mosey, 3, mosey, 2, mosey, 1, mosey, start

Mary: introduced the PAX to Thunderstruck and was shocked that this was the first time they’d done it.
Finished with pickle pounders and homer to marge in cadence – 5, 10, 15
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Thanks to all of the PAX that push me to be better physically, mentally, and spiritually each day! Happy New Year brothers.
Prayer: I took us out

150th Post at Kenny’s Grave

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Cornholio, @Banana Seat, @Finkle, @Florence/Flojoe, @Pots
Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot with butt-kickers, high-knees, and crossovers
The Workout:

Event 1: Poles on the baseball field.  We focused on the number 150 this morning.

5 stations and 30 reps of prescribed exercises, BTW, Dips, Squat Jumps, Star Jumps, shoulder taps

mode of transportation was sprints, bear crawls, lunge walks, and jog

Event 2: 150 Doras

broke into 2 teams and one team was the timer and other team did exercises.  Since we had 3 on a team, each Pax was responsible for 50 in cadence of each exercise. Mountain Climbers, LBC’s and Merkins

Leftovers: we finished a little early so we did wall sits and plank holds with a ten count from each PAX 2x. This one created a little mumblechatter as we counted to ten in various ways and @Banana Seat forgot how to count to 10…
Mary: American Hammers, Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders, J-lo’s, Monkey humpers
Announcements: none
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Day 5: 5 days of Fankle

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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

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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

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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

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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!