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Ultimate Hard Mode

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FNGs: None today
Warm Up:

SSH x20 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Frankenstein’s x10 IC
The Workout:

Ultimate frisbee F3 style! When the disc hits the ground do an exercise from a rotating list. For today the list was 10x merkins, 10x squats, 5x burpees. A big up in the number of reps vs what is the norm – that’s why it was hard mode!

When a team scores they call an exercise that everyone does.

Mary:

We played until 42 minutes or so – after a game point call we moseyed back to the parking lot for some Mary.

Low slow flutter x20 IC

LBC x20 IC
Announcements:

CSAUP, Christmas Party, Oakwood 24.
T-Claps (Recognition):

16-bit for playing with breathtaker. He’s committed to the 5 pack and I’m sure this wasn’t easy with the extra 20 lbs.
Prayer:

Finkle’s daughter is in post op recovery. Duwan at Banana Seat’s church needs lifting up. Continue to pray for Wallaby and his family – a meal train is in the works by Pablo. Fumunga’s hot water heater is busted. Beater’s son is having some behavioral issues.

Thankful

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FNGs:none
Warm Up:Good mornings, arm stretches, fazio arm circles, ssh
The Workout:

T – The Wolverine 10 count

H- Howling monkeys atom the circle and 10 count at end

A- Aiken legs 20 jump squats, 20 lunges IC, 15 smurf jacks

N- no surrender 20 IC

K- king of hearts suicides. 3 sets

S- Stirkins stepuos and irkin

G- 20 Groiners

I- indian run to tennis court with last man doing 3 merkins

V- vacuum cleaners with 3 sermons at two locations

I- iron Hulk 1:4 ratio to 7

N- never cross dolly

G – growing pains

G- good day

Mary:none
Announcements: convergence tomorrow at 6:00am tiger blood, csaup dec 7th, Christmas party Dec 14th.  Leadership changes starting Jan 1st
T-Claps (Recognition): to the pax who came out and brought canned goods for Mamas House of Thrift.  Picture to follow but we’ll over 300 items.
Prayer:Quivers family, Hardy and sickness, Wallaby

Kettlebells, Bands, & Jump Ropes

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Warm Up: 11 PAX met in FV this cold, brisk morning with temps in the mid 30’s.  After shoutouts to those who ran the HSHM, we began with – you got it, a run (more like a jog) through the parking lot and circling up for some warm-up movements led by Dauber.  10 Michael Phelps, 25 SSH, 10 Daisy Pickers, 10 Don Quixotes, 10 Moroccan nightclubs, and 10 mountain climbers.  PAX broke off to do Mutiny or Red October.

The Workout:  headed to workout shelter with kettle bells, jump ropes and bands.  Introduced Fram to kettle bells – great effort today.  Began with hop-overs using the short wall.  I can honestly report this is harder than it looks.  And this was just the start. Rotated positions with among kettle bells and bands. Grabbed the bells and began goblet squats and arm thrusters with bands.  Completed 3 sets of 10 reps.  Changed it up with various lunges: forward, 45 degree, back leg alternating.  Wrapped band around posts and completed pulls working the arms/chest while kettlebells were swung.  Moved to arm curls with the bands, and kettle bell upward hammers.  More KB exercises included figure 8s, halos, and mid range go-arounds.  Held squat hold while other PAX jumped rope for a 20-count, R & R.  On the picnic table, PAX executed skull crushers with KB and/or  LBCs.  Derkins added too.  Lawn mowers.  Moved to the wall for step ups OYO  and dips.  Heard the Mutiny guys on the wall and joined them for donkey kicks and wall taps before heading to tennis courts for Mary.

Mary:  Lots of plank exercises and stretching.  H2M, Pickle pounders, Y/T Supermans, plank hold, downward dog, child’s pose, other yoga poses.  PAX voiced what they were thankful for this year and what they were looking forward to in 2020.  Very cool indeed!  I liberated this idea from Mookie.

Announcements:  CSAUP, Holiday party, possible Thanksgiving convergence; Wrightsville discussion

T-Claps (Recognition):  LED, Fonzie, Cupid (other F3 PAX running HSHM); volunteers who came out in support too.

Prayer:  Quiver’s family, Puddles, Crablegs, folks traveling this week.  Unspoken.  Thank you Double D for taking us out.

An honor and privilege to lead you men in the gloom today.  Appreciate your flexibility while working through this new AO adding new tools including bands and jump rope to the fun. – Dauber

Smells Like Teen Spirits

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6 HIMs at Sheepdog this morning. YHC was saddened to learn there are no accessible rocks to play with.

FNGs: None  

Warm Up:  10 Good Mornings, 10 SSH, 10 Cherry Pickers (DT informed the group cherries grow on trees- point taken), 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 20ct Pigeon Pose

The Workout:

Mosey around the back of school to benches

10 Erkins, 10 Derkins, 10 Dips, 9 Erkins, 9 Derkins, 9 Dips

Mosey to half wall

Roll the Dice (5-11) .

  • 7 Rockies
  • 10 LBCs
  • 9 Dips
  • 5 Erkins; 5 Derkins
  • 5 x 3ct Shoulder Tap Planks
  • 10 Merkins
  • 7 Diamond Merkins
  • 6 – 8 inches
  • 5 x 3 ct Plank Jacks
  • 10ish Burpees OYO
  • 10 Willy Mays Haze, 10 windmills

Mosey back to flags

15 yard Frankensteins and Karaoke

Face cards (10s)

  • Merkins and LBCs (diamonds)
  • Rocky’s (clubs)
  • American Hammers and Lunges (spades)
  • Plank Jacks and Mountain Climbers  (hearts)
  • 10 ct Happy Days (Jokers)
  • More stretching

13 minutes of Dovetail’s Defensive training

Announcements: HSHM Saturday, Frosty CSAUP, Christmas Party Sign up

Prayer Requests: Prayers for Teen’s Spirits- Quiver’s daughter, Trojan’s teenager, Shredder’s manager’s teen, Sprinkler mentioned fentinal laced vape juice has made its way to our area and drug OD’s are rampant.

Delegation Tour Day 3

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EC: Fromunga, Banana Seat, Yosemite, YHC
Warm Up: This is getting a little repetitive at this point…maybe tomorrow we don’t start with….. SSH x50? I guess you will have to show at Disney to find out 🙂

SSH x50

Smurf Jacks x25

Good Mornings x10

IW/Hill x15 Each

Merkins x10

YHC announced to the PAX Delegation Tour continues. A wise man once told me that any Pax should be able to Q on the spot at anytime, anywhere. That wise man was delegated 20 minutes of beatdown this morning – Double D!

The Workout:

Double D Mosey us over to the big hill by main st. for 11’s. Burbees at the bottom (increments starting at 1), Bear Crawl up, LBC x11 at the top and then crawl bear back down. Repeat until Burbees reached 7

Mosey over to the baseball diamond for up/down wheelbarrow merkins on the bleachers. DQ (Delegate Q) was notified he had 3 minutes left and we mosey to the parking lot for bear crawl 2 spaces, crab walk backwards to start and repeat until 8 spots.

YHC took back over and led the Pax to the Tennis Courts. We lined up long ways for suicides on the outside lines of the courts. We then grabbed some wall for BTTW shoulder taps x25, Peoples Chair. Repeat suicides and meet back at wall. BTTW Shoulder Taps x15, Peoples Chair Hallelujah x15, repeat 2x
Mary: (Copy Paste from yesterdays workout) Low Slow Flutters x25, American Hammers x20, LBC’s x20, Boat Canoes x25, Pickle Pounders x25
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP is Dec. 7 Shirt order by Midnight tonight. Holiday Party Dec 14, RSVP
T-Claps (Recognition): Sprinkles! After the workout we had some great fellowship at Stick Boy and I had the privelage of talking with Sprinkles. It took a while to EH this guy by Double D and 3rd Cousin but Big T-Claps for his commitment since showing up August 12th. Sprinkles has been committed to 6x a week! Hard work is paying off, he was crushing it out there today!
Prayer: Quiver and his family. We are here for you Quiver, we may not know what to say/do to help, but we are hear to listen and support you in any way we can brother.  Fromunga’s co-worker with Kidney Failure.

Enjoyed coming down to the Quay! If you don’t make the trip enough, it’s not a whole lot extra time to get there in the mornings from the HS workouts. The way home is a different story 🙂  Worth the trip HIM’s!

Veteran’s Day Kettle Bells

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Joined PAX from Mutiny for Veteran’s Day moment of silence; Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  Long jog around gym/swimming pool complex at a decent clip.  YHC lead warm up with the following exercises (11c):  Good mornings, Daisy Pickers, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Side straddle Hops

The Workout:  Split from Mutiny PAX, headed to picnic tables with kettle bells.  In honor of the Air Force, Marines, Navy and Army, each exercise was completed four times with 11 reps.  (No offense Coast Guardsmen).  Started on our 6 on top of the picnic table.  PAX completed tricep arm extensions and chest presses.  PAX moved to the front of the picnic table with bell and completed one arm rows while leaning over and holding on to the table.  Added kb squats, toe taps, planks with reaches to the kb in cadence.  Mosey to the wall for 4×11 counts of BTTW and People’s chair.  Back to picnic area and picked up kb in each hand, farmer’s carry up and down each picnic table alternating legs.  R & R while non-walking PAX held squat hold.  Next kb exercise was waiter’s carry with one kb with each PAX walking around the tables twice.  Swings and Figure 8s until we had PAX from Mutiny join us.  Gathered up for Mary.

Mary:  FedEx started us off with core exercises.  Each PAX called an exercise.  Number of reps varied from 10-25 depending on exercise.  Exercises included burpees (Cupid called himself out for being tardy), American hammers, LSF, pickle pounders, monkey humpers, box cutters, H2M, merkins (slow count with Doc leading the way), more exercises I simply forgot due to pain as I experienced some tightness in my lower back;  luckily YHC was last one so I called Have a Nice Day.

Announcements:  Frosty CSAUP, Holiday Party.  Please volunteer at HSHM if you are not running it!

T-Claps (Recognition):  All veterans.

Prayer:  Unspoken, veterans, first responders, family….thank you Norm for taking us out!

An honor to lead you men especially on this day.  – Dauber

Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting

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Ten PAX joined me for some Kung-Fu fighting around the school. I believe Da Business was there but he had on too many layers to confirm.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Circle up for GM, SSH, IW and stretches
The Workout: It is fun to mix it up a bit so we started with Donkey Kicks, Side Kicks, Front Kicks and Squat Kicks…those kicks were fast as lightning. We Mosey’d over to the back of school for some Dwight Howard wall jump shots, wall push-offs with a back clap, tricep push-offs, BTTW and People’s Chair…it was a little bit frightening. Around to the playground for normal, close, and sumo squats, jump squats and swing kicks. Each PAX fought with expert timing at the front of the school with jab/cross punches, upper cuts and elbow swings.

We needed to practice a bit more so we repeated the training. By the end, everybody was kung-fu fighting.

Mary: Around the horn with Mary.
Announcements: Holiday Party at M4L on Dec 14, Frosty CSAUP Dec 7. We need more PAX to sign up to Q workouts.  On a personal note: As I listened to testimony for two weeks in trial, I just want to remind you to hold your children close, notice acute changes in them, listen to them, and, more importantly, be there for them.

Prayer: Unspoken.

Thank you for letting me lead this workout.

Ultimate at Mutiny!

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: Quick lap, 30 SSH, 10 good mornings, light stretching
The Workout: Ultimate!
Mary: She was not found, we played til the last second.
Announcements: Frosty! Get your CSAUP on. One month away.
T-Claps (Recognition): Fram for a very awesome catch!
Prayer: 16-bit’s daughter, travel

Successful Launch of Red October – New AO in FV

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Red October made her maiden voyage on a gorgeous, crisp, autumn morning with pleasant temperatures in the 60s!  Dauber was giddy with excitement about bringing all of his kettlebell knowledge he had learned while under the tutelage of Sir Dawgpound and Nemo during many early morning study sessions at Crazy Ivan.  Unfortunately, Dauber arrived to the launch site at 5:29 and dawdled getting over to the circle of 16 PAX eager to start their Monday off right.  Double D penalized the lads with 5 burpees OYO for his “tardiness” and handed off the warm-up duties to Sprinkler.

FNGs: None.

Warm Up:  As announced through social media, Red October would join the Mutiny PAX for both warm-up and COT.  Sprinkler was “volun-told” to lead us and did an amazing job.  We warmed up with the following exercises:  quick jog around path, SSH, merkins, Fozio Arm Circles, Daisy pickers, IW and HB.

The Workout:  PAX of 7 moseyed with kettle bell in hand to the tennis courts.  A brief discussion about technique and modifications ensued with nods from all PAX eager to begin their KB work out.

The following exercises were executed using a kettle bell:

10 count Goblet Squat, 10 cadence count merkin-tap, 10 count swing (Rinse and Repeat)

10 count Bent-Over row, 10 cadence count chill cut plank-tap, 10 count halo (R & R)

10 count Lawn mower pull (L&R), 10 cadence count OH press, 10 count Midget love handles (R & R)

10 count figure 8 (5L, 5R), 10 cadence count twists back to center, 10 Arm thrusters (L,R) (R & R)

10 count pulls, 10 count straight leg/tricep pull, 10 rear lunges (L,R) (R & R)

PAX divided into pairs (Forceps had to depart for a flight); PAX without KB executed LBCs, PAX executed farmer’s walk back and forth with two kettle bells at their sides.  Crab walk to center and back from opposite sides of tennis courts.

BTTFence for a 30 cadence count

Mary:  Red October PAX were joined by Mutiny PAX after Mutiny PAX played with some cement blocks and drank lattes watching Red October PAX get sweaty.  40 count Jack Webb’s in the grass with some AB exercises too.  Double D rocks!

Announcements:  HSHM, F3 Christmas party, CSAUP

T-Claps (Recognition):  LED and his SHOCK ABSORBERS handling all of the kettle bell weight PAX ordered!

Prayer:  Double D took us out with words of wisdom.  Unspoken, spoken.  16 Bit leg issue, Quiver job/home sale.

A sincere thank you to those PAX who came out today for a different workout in FV and those PAX who sent kind words my way in preparation for this AO.  A true privilege to lead you men. – Dauber

Burpees X 0 = My legs hurt

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During last week’s COT at Possum Trot, Fonzie made a comment about the Iron PAX challenge highlighting that we don’t do enough leg work.  With that in mind, I set out this week to begin combating that notion.  45 minutes later I had problems standing up after saying the prayer and we’re not even going to talk about trying to walk upstairs once I got home.

FNGs: None

EC: Cupid

Warm Up:

Moroccan Night Club x 10

Smurf Jacks x 10

Good Morning x 10

Cotton Pickers x 10

Nancy Kerrigan x 10 each direction.  This is a variation on the traditional arm circles.  You lean your torso forward and extend one leg out behind you.  Circle arms for a 10 count forward.  Switch legs and then do 10 circles in reverse

The Workout:

Today’s workout was to be a modification of four corners, where we were doing exercises on each of the four sides of the outside of the tennis courts with some sort of lunge walking between sides. It took a lot longer than I thought it was going to so in order to get through everything I wanted to we switched to moseying between sides on our 2nd lap.

We began in the parking lot with an easy set of 20 prisoner squats.

Lunge walk to the side of the tennis courts nearest the road.  Reminded PAX that it wasn’t a race and to make sure to use good form on the way over.  Squat hold for the six.

Bobby Hurley x 16

Walk Like an Egyptian to the next side of the tennis courts.  WLaE is essentially a lunge walk Indian run.   PAX line up and step forward in to a lunge and hold it.  The exion calls for the person in the back to run to the front but since I promised no running yesterday on Slack we bear crawled to the front.  Once that person go to the front we lunged forward with our other leg and held it while the next PAX bear crawled to the front.  We cycled through the line two times to get to the next spot.

Everyone grabbed a rock and came back down to the road.  Goblin squats x20 and then all PAX lined up and held squat with their rocks while 5 counts were given all the way down the line.

Lunge walk to side by the ball field.

Floating lunges x 10 each leg.  Lunge forward and then backward with the same leg, not touching in the middle.  Forward and back counted as 1.  This hurt.

Walk Like an Egyptian back to main parking lot.  This time, instead of bear crawls, we did duck walks to the front of the line.  We had less time than I wanted at this point so we only did one cycle through the line and then moseyed to the center of the lot.

Everyone grabbed a partner and back-to-back people’s chair for a 30 count.

Mosey to the street side where we did Bobby Hurley x 20.

Mosey to the back and grabbed our rocks.  Held them over head and did 20 squats.  Everyone returned their rocks and we moseyed to the next side where we did No Surrender x 20.

After that we moseyed back to the parking lot to circle up for Mary.

Mary:

Low slow flutter x 15

American Hammers x 15

Box cutters x 10

6 inches for a 30ish count.

The count wasn’t exact because I was doing it in my head and during this point someone mentioned my comment about burpees in the pre-blast.  I said that we were multiplying by 0 and that was the number of burpees we were doing.  It was pointed out that 0 wasn’t a multiple of 10 and then other’s starting indirectly calling in to question the public education system of Pennsylvania.  Clearly I got distracted.  Either way, we didn’t do any burpees.

Announcements:

Picnic on Saturday.  Signup sheet in the #2ndF channel in Slack.  Bring stuff.

Q Sheet challenge still going.  Even if its a couple weeks out, get your name on there and lead a workout.  If you’re new or nervous ask for help from a site Q.  It doesn’t have to be perfect and it doesn’t have to be gimmicky.  Just make people hurt (in a good way).

T-Claps (Recognition):

Fromunga for wearing a weight vest for no good reason.

Prayer:

FedEx’s coworker who got bit in the hand by a dog while at work.  Pray that he recovers full feeling to his hand.

Double D’s grandson getting tubes in his ears this morning.  Pray for his mother as any procedure on a child is always much harder on the parents.

 

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