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Dauber “The Magician”

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After a week hiatus due to the weather last week, Any Given Sunday re-opened for business to 8 PAX looking to get stronger. Some fresh off a great evening and aggressive headlock at the F3 holiday party and others looking to post at AGS for the first time. This morning also yielded Any Given Sunday’s first FNG. Welcome to F3, Redenbacher.

Arrived at 6:20 and was immediately greeted by Forceps and Beater. In the distance beyond the parking lot was the faint glow of a light-up vest, which YHC thought was Skidmark getting his HC’d EC before the run, but quickly found that it was Wiggly. Planted flag and greeted both Double D, Roger Roger, and Dauber. FNG-Redenbacher rolled in with just enough time to provide the F3 disclaimer. 6:30 hit and we were off with the warm up which went as follows. 

Warm Up: Light jog to the back end of the parking lot, butt kickers back. Switched to Carioca L\R, R\L back to other end of the lot. Frankensteins with a set of Lunge Walks and circled up for Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Fazio Arm Circles IC all with a 12 count (just because….). Michael Phelps to close out the warm up.

The Workout: A few PAX expressed an interest in 3 mi versus a full 6mi route. Here at AGS, we aim to please. Knowing that it would be soggy and muddy from the recent rain, the trails around Bass Lake were out of bounds this morning, so had to change course to the streets of Holly Springs, offering 2-5K loops for those wanting 3 and 6 miles. PAX took off from Womble heading up Stinson toward Grigsby, then proceeded to Raleigh St and then onto Main St. PAX crossed Main St. so that the traffic was coming toward and not from behind. As we headed down Main St. and then right onto Holly Springs Rd., we noticed that a few PAX were unaccounted for as we circled back to pick up the six. Quickly determined that Dauber and Beater were missing from the course. Double D circled back all the way to the light pole at the 4-way intersection at Main St\Holly Springs Rd., with YHC shortly behind. We later discovered that Dauber pulled a ‘Houdini’ to exercise some digestion issues from the night before. This is not the first time this has happened at Any Given Sunday as Dauber had a similar episode on the way to Bass Lake several months back. After this morning’s run, YHC will now refer to him as the Dauber ‘The Magician’ on Sunday. Proceeded back to Womble where PAX ran the figure 8 around the fields starting on the Stinson side of the soccer fields and proceeded to the right around the base ball fields, back to the parking lot. Reunited with Dauber and Beater on the return loop as they proceeded in the opposite direction to complete their 3mi, while the rest progressed forward to the parking lot and then picked up the 6 on their return run, with all PAX finishing together. Circled up for a ‘halftime’ COT, where we also had the unique opportunity to name a new FNG on a Sunday morning.

YHC, DoubleD, and Redenbacher continued on for 3 more miles. Kudos to DoubleD for picking up the six throughout the workout

Mary: Halftime and post-game stretches OYO

Announcements: Wrightsville Half, A big shout out to those participating in the cold and rainy Frosty-CSAUP. Thank you to M4L for hosting another great F3 Holiday party with #HIM and their M’s. 

Prayer: DoubleD’s wife who is recovering from surgery, CrabLegs, Roger Roger’s grandfather, and additional prayers for continued health throughout the upcoming holiday season.

12 Days of Christmas, Foxworthy Style

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EC run: 187, Skidmark, LED, Cowboy, Lipstick, Yogurt

Yoga EC: Crosby, Emeril, Pikachu, Sliderule, Wiggly

PAX of 22 enjoyed a helping of redneck culture on this cool, rainy morning

Warm Up: SSH 25, GM 20, shoulder/tricep stretches 10 count, Moroccan night clubs (20 shoulders back), Fozio arm circles F10/R10, erkins 10.

The Workout: Following Jeff Foxworthy’s 12 days, Yogurt dished out the following circuit. Partners run opposite direction in loop, converge and complete the Day’s exercise reps upon three meetings (3x).

12 Pack o’ Bud – Wheelbarrow, 1+ burpees upon switch, modify to lunge walk as needed (try to keep it under 12 burpees for the circuit)
11 wrastlin’ tickets – No wrastlin’, but broke back merkins instead (3×11)
10 o’ Copenhagen – That tin goes in your back pocket, so on your 6, then 10 WWIIs (3×10)
9 years’ probation – 9 prisoner squats – self explanatory (3×9)
8 table dancers – 8 pickle pounders – self explanatory (3×8)

No time for the following 7 day of Christmas:
7 packs of Redman – Again, that ‘backer goes in your back pocket (LBCs)
6 cans of Spam – 6 crunches
5 flanel shirts – hand release merkins
4 big mud tires – 4 IC Freddie Mercuries
3 shotgun shells – 3 star jumps
2 huntin’ dawgs – 2 downward dogs
And some parts to a Mustang G.T. – 12 merkins just because parts is parts

Mary: Foot strengthening exercises – Using fence as balance bar, in cadence, (1) slightly bend knees, (2) roll to balls of feet, keeping knees bent (this is where you’ll feel the strengthening), (3) straighten knees, staying on balls of feet, (4) return to starting position. These ballet exercises will strengthen your feet, helping to prevent plantar fasciitis and other foot injuries. Other Mary: low slow flutter.

Announcements: CSAUP Saturday 12/15/18, begins and ends at Womble Park, 6-10 am. Support vehicle driven by Forceps. Bring water, food, change of clothing for rain. Also, Breach says wear RED on Fridays to remember and support troops who are deployed.

Prayer: Double D’s wife and recovery from surgery, Pablo’s mom’s recovery, Ausfart, and PAX in general.

Redneck 12 Days of Christmas

Baby it’s cold outside

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8 Pax got stronger at Paradise City on a cold, wet Monday morning. #nevermissamonday. No need for temporary AOs, no  fartsacks, no bitchin, just rise and grind. All F3 workouts are held outdoors, rain or shine. All F3 workouts begin and end on time. 45 minutes of solid beatdown work followed by COT.

A few pax got some EC by doing a few laps around Ting to get warmed up. 187 and Full House for 2. Skidmark and Crosby for 1. Pikachu ran from home.

7 Pax converged at Dunkin for some quality 2nd F.

Warm Up: I loop with SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Frankensteins, Good mornings, Fozio Arm Circles. Close out warm ups with 5 burpees for Forceps who was late, but he HC’ed so he made sure to show up.

The Workout:

Pax ran Catch me if you can Indian Run with 3 burpees.

Corner 1: 5 Star jumps

Corner 2: 5 Star jumps, 10 Squats

Corner 3: 5 Star jumps, 10 squats, 15 merkins

Corner 4: 5 Star jumps, 10 squats, 15 merkins, 20 plank jacks.

Pax completed 3 full laps. Final lap was done in reverse without the indian run. Corner 4, 3, 2, 1.

Mary: Good mornings and 3 more burpees OYO.

Announcements: CSAUP 12/15 at 6:00. Start at Womble. If you don’t want to run drive between AOs or bike. U-Turn will still happen on Saturday so there will need to be a Q to lead. Christmas party 6:00pm Saturday at M4L. No 2.0s

Prayer: Ausfart – long road to recovery. Double D, Puddles, Crablegs (great to see him at Starbucks saturday.)

PT’s 5 Pack

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5 Men got stonger today and GP & Peeping Tom completed another 5 pack. Nemo wins the coveted Double Down award today for posting at both U-Turn and GP.  Thanks for your continued support Nemo. 

Warm up:

10’s –  Good Mornings, Fuzzy Arm Circles Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and 20 SSH

The Workout

Mosey to Bathrooms

3 sets Wall sits &  Balls to the Walls (each Pax ct to 10)

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks around circle between sets

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls,
  • 4 sets of 20’s Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 15’s Ground Pounders (Deep Squat w/ Overhead press)

Cousak to Playground for Aik’n Stations

  • 20 Windshield Wipers with Rock extensions
  • Aik’n Abs: 20’s LBCs, Rockies, 6 inches & Chillcut Planks
  • Aik’n Arms: 20’s Merkins, Dips, Derkins, Shoulder tap planks 
  • Aik’n Legs: 20 Step ups, 20 Squats , 20 lunges, 10 Star Jumps, 10 Split Jacks, 20 Mountain Climbers
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 cts, Pickle Pounders, WWIIs, Homer to Marge, American Hammers
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Hand Release Merkins, 20 ct Superman, 20 Plank Jacks

Announcements:    F3 Southwake Christmas Party next Saturday at M4L’s, CSAUP on Saturday 6-10AM (come out and do what you can however you can).  Encouragement to participate in the Wrightsville  walk w/ Crablegs.

Prayer Requests:  For Ausfahrt and his family as he recovers in the ICU from a bad motorcycle accident, Health for Puddles and Crablegs.

Nutcracker ’55’

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PAX: The Dawg Pound, Breach, Flanigan, Buford, Foreceps, Da Business, Norm, and QIC The Natural

Warm Up: 20 SSHops IC, 20 Merkins, 15 BBSit-Ups = 55; 20 Imp. Walkers/HillBillies IC, 20 Shoulder Taps IC, 15 WWIISit-Ups = 55

The Workout: Mosey to the four-square courts/hill for 11’s of Merkins, BB Sit-ups with a Burpees ladder at the top of the hill included (totalling 55 of each exercise); Mosey to pick up CMUs (blocks) and on to the parking lot – partner 1 run a block to the end of the parking lot while partner 2 AMRAP exercises with a block. When partner 1 returns, switch and partner 2 runs to the end of the parking lot and retrieves the block while partner 1 AMRAPS – rounds of exercises included Curls (2X), Block Squats, Overhead Press, Block Swing, Bent Row, Shoulder-to-Shoulder, Tricep Extension, and block Monkey Humpers. Stopped in the middle to ‘rest’ with 55 Low Slow Flutter IC. Mosey back and return blocks.

Mary: Around the horn exercises 10 reps each – Burpees, Homer to Marge (2x), Merkins, Pickle Pounders, Mountain Climbers,  and 2 others….

Announcements: CSAUP Dec. 15th – see your favorite social media for details.

COT: Breach closed with prayer.

Back to Basics- 4 PAX for 5K and 10K routes at AGS.

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A very mild 61 degree foggy morning in the gloom at Any Given Sunday. No magnificent sunrise this morning, but will take these temps as long as we can as we head into some frigid December\January temps in the upcoming weeks. 4 PAX got stronger this morning. One fresh off of string of Raleigh beat downs (Kudos DoubleD), and 3 additional PAX looking to get some training miles in as eyes are set to March with Wrightsville and Tobacco Rd just around the corner. With the rain coming in from the night before, we decided to stay clear of the soggy trails around Bass Lake and Sugg and hit the pavement, with the streets and hills of Holly Springs providing an effective run for this morning’s edition of AGS.

Warm Up: Light jog from mid-parking lot to the back end, butt kickers back to the start, Carioca back down to the far end with a switch in between, Frankensteins back, and circled up for Imperial Walkers X10, Hillbillies x10, Stationary high knees x10, Michael Phelps, Shoulder stretches left arm across body for a 10 count hold, right arm across for 10 count hold.

The Workout: YHC had 2 routes planned- a 5K and a 10K option, with the Womble parking lot as the center point. PAX proceeded on the normal EC Cletus route, with a left on E.Elm to Main Street, right onto Holly Springs Road, then back down Raleigh to Grigsby en route to Womble for a figure 8 around the soccer and baseball fields, with periodic circle backs to pick up the 6. Shout out to Pac-Man for completing his first 5K in 6 years. With a 5K in the books, PAX took a quick photo op,  and YHC and DoubleD continued for additional 3+ miles to complete the 10K.  Remaining route led us down and up the rolling hill of Stinson, then left up Bass Lake. We then took the left onto Earp and continued all the way down to the street behind My Way Tavern. Followed the route to the Barber Shop and proceeded left to come back on to Main Street and then back to Womble.

Mary: Light stretching and mumblechatter

Announcements: CSAUP Dec 15th, great work amongst the SouthWake PAX who participated in the “Ocho” in Raleigh this week- M4L, Pablo, Emeril, DoubleD, and DawgPound.

Prayer: Continued prayers for DoubleD’s family and his dad.  Additional prayers for Pablo’s mom and the families of all PAX.

The Slide Rule Guilt Trip

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Special thanks to Slide Rule for guilting Dauber and Nemo into posting GP but then bailing out.

Warm up:

10’s –  Good Mornings, Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and 20 SSH

The Workout

Mosey to Bathrooms

3 sets 20 ct Wall sits &  Balls to the Walls

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks around circle between sets

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls,
  • 4 sets of 20’s Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 15’s Ground Pounders (Deep Squat w/ Overhead press)
  • 20 Windshield Wipers with Rock extensions

Mosey to Playground for Aik’n Stations

  • Aik’n Abs: 20 LBCs, 15 Rockies, 20 ct 6 inches & Chillcut Planks
  • Aik’n Arms: 10 Merkins, 10 Dips, 10 Derkins, 10 ct standard plank (rinse and repeat twice)
  • Aik’n Legs: 20 Step ups, 20 Squats , 20 lunges, 10 Star Jumps
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 cts of Pickle Pounders, WWIIs, Homer to Marge, Box Cutters
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Hand Release Merkins, 20 ct Superman & Shoulder tap planks
  • Aik’n Legs:  20 ct Squat hold, Mountain Climbers, SSH, High Knees, 7 OYO double Merkin Burpees

Announcements: Nemo’s Ugly Sweater Christmas Party tonight (special thanks to Jeanette), Reminder to sign up for Wrightsville if you haven’t already.

Prayer Requests:  For health and happiness for the Men and families of F3, For all the students dealing with the stress of finals and major papers/projects, Lipstick’s Grandmother dealing with Dementia,  for DD and his family going through a tough time, for everyone’s marriage (reminder that we are one in Christ and to reflect His love for us through our relationships with our spouse)

A Half Dozen for Post Half Recovery @ Any Given Sunday

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The day after an incredible Holly Springs Half Marathon showing for F3 Southwake, 6 PAX decided to get up and begin the recovery process with a modified version of Any Given Sunday, while getting 2-3 miles with a side order of quality mumble chatter and much needed stretching. Arrived 7 minutes early and was quickly met by Double D, Skidmark, and Forceps. With a few minutes left before 6, Slide Rule and Cowboy rolled into Womble to make it an even 6 PAX for this morning.

Warm Up: Began with some lunge walks for 20 steps, then YHC wanted to get a head check to see if PAX were awake and called for high knees, which lasted for 1 high knee, and then transitioned back to lunge walks. Circled up for Imperial Walkers x12, Hillbillies x12, Air Squats x10 (IC), Fazio Arm Circles 10F/10B, Hacky Sacks x10, Plank Calve Stretches w\10 sec holds on each heel.

The Workout: Light jog on standard Cletus EC route for 2-3 miles, followed by Stretching and coffee\donut curls at Dunkin Donuts (2nd F)-where there was also a Blue Hen sighting.

Mary: Stretch-O-Rama: CP’s x10, Good Mornings x10, Windmills x10, Stationary High Knees x10, Frankensteins x10, Right Leg over Left\Left over Right for 10 counts

Announcements: CSAUP planning is underway for December (15th), Wrightsville Half Marathon Training starts this week- many PAX planning to participate-some doing Half, some doing Full Marathon, and some currently coordinating Relay Teams.

Prayer: Prayers for our brother Bufford. Continued prayers for Double D and his family. YHC took us out in prayer.

HSHM

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The morning was brisk but the sun was on the rise. All the work over the past few months went on display. PRs abound. All the Pax brought the A-Game. Injured ones battled through some pain or decided to ruck. All in all another fabulous showing by the F3 pax.

Warm Up: Deadbolt led warm up of SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Mountain Climbers, Frankensteins
The Workout: 13.1
Mary: Beer
Announcements:
Prayer: Thank you for the glorious day. For the pax that couldn’t be with us today. For all our servicemen. To help us be better leaders in the community.

2 Got Stronger today

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Warm Up:

20’s: Fuzzy Arm Circles, SSH, Windmills,

10’s: Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers & Hillbillies

The Workout

Mosey to Rock Pile (rotate clockwise)

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls
  • 4 sets of 20’s – Tricep press
  • 4 sets of 10’s – Ground Pounders (Deep Squat w/ Overhead press)

Mosey to playground where the stench of dirty diaper was strong.

Aik’n Abs – 20’s: LBCs,  Pickle Pounders, WWIIs, Homer to Marge

Aik’n Legs- 15’s: Step Ups, Lunges, High Knees, Split Jacks

Aik’n Arms- 15’s: Merkins, Derkins, Dips, 20 Shoulder Tap Merkins

Aik’n Abs – 15 American Hammers, 20 Rockies, 30 ct Chilcutt Planks

Aik’n Legs: 20’s: Squats, Step Ups, Mountain Climbers

Aik’n Arms: 15’s Shoulder tap Planks, Hand Release Merkins, Plank Jacks, Dips

Finished off with LSFs, One leg Homers, Supermans and plankarama (standard, right leg and arm up, left leg & arm up, chillcutt, low & hold)

Announcements:

Bottle share tonight 7-10pm (200 Treyesan Dr, HS),

F3 Social Pig Picken tonight at 5 PM (North Hills Club Pavilion)

Prayer Requests

Prayers for military,  veterans, and their families.  Healing for  Pikachu’s achilles,