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Field Trip

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EC: 187, Aquaman, Deadbolt, Mookie

FNGs:None
Warm Up:SSH, Daisy Pickers, Frankenstein kicks and off we went
The Workout:2 group indian run to downtown. On the way out, 20 merkins at every intersection, every other bench was either 20 dips or 20 derkins (there are way more benches downtown than you think).

On the way back, benches either 20 squats or 20 LBCs IC and 20 more LBCs IC at every intersection.

Stoped at the beginning of Stinson and partnered up. While one held Chill Cut the other ran 2 poles down and back, then both would run down 2 poles and start over until we reached the Ivan lot for Mary. 2.5 miles were covered.
Mary:20 Fredie Mercury IC, 20 LBCs IC, hard run back to tennis courts for COT.
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:YHC took us out.

F3 365

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2019 was the first year that YHC has tracked workouts consisently. Early in the year the goal was F3 250 (250 workouts throughout the year – half marathons count as 1, marathons count as 2, 4+ hour CSAUPs count as 4, black ops runs with F3 brothers also count, nothing else does though) but fairly early on I gave myself an additional stretch goal of F3 365. I’m fortunate enough to have lots of time to work out based on where I’m at in life, and double downs could be a freuent occurence on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The only concern was work travel – a long trip to Europe in the spring put me behind early and I didn’t really catch back up until sometime over the summer. It was in the fall that I became confident that I would hit the goal, but I didn’t actually verbalize it to anyone outside of my M until sometime in the past week.

It made for a heck of a year. The biggest thing I’ll say is that we have a ton of amazing pax down here in South Wake – if you’re one of them then thank you for an awesome year. If you haven’t been out to some of the more niche AOs (looking at you Tea Time, Thunder, and Ground Pounder) then I would highly recommend it – not all of the fun happens at 0530 on a weekday morning!

I don’t know what my goals will be for 2020, but I know that repeating this will not be one of them. I’m sure I’ll come up with something stupid though.

Based on all of that – I elected to Q Cletus knowing that I would be really close to 365 (ended up being 364 because of a fart sack at Paradise City that I got so excellently called out for) but we were still committed to 365 reps for the workout.

FNGs: None today
Warm Up:

SSH x10

Half lap over to old Ivan lot

The Workout:

Rep count = 10

 

Four corners on soccer field

 

At each corner – 5x double merkin burpees

10x Turkish getups

10x Breakdancers

10x Star jumps

When passing pull-up bars – 10x pull ups

 

After lap 1 rep count = 160

 

Between laps we did 10x IC balls to the wall at the amphitheater. We also modified the 2nd lap swapping out star jumps for merkins for the sake of Shamwow’s ankle.

 

After 2nd lap rep count = 320

 

Mosey back to tennis courts, line up on near line. Bear crawl across, crawl bear back, with exercises at each end:

 

Breakdancer x10

Diamond Merkin x10

Scorpion dry dock x10

LBC x10

 

Rep count = 360

Mary:

5 double merkin burpees OYO to get us to 365 reps total
Announcements:

Christmas party
T-Claps (Recognition):

Hardy – no way I would’ve been getting after it at 5 something in the morning at his age.
Prayer:

Wallaby. Holiday season. Oboe’s father in law.

They Like Me! They Really Like Me!

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As you can read on the social medias TBD (or really Aquaman) and R4TJ (really all of the R4TJ site Qs past and present) have had sort of a love/HATE relationship.  As you can also read about on the social medias…  I was double dog dared into Qing at TBD.  Further back story from the social medias…  Aquaman was not attending my glorious Q that he EH’d me into and was now at R4TJ!?!?  Apparently he was happy to be at R4TJ as long as I wasn’t there.  What a baby!

I wake up and quickly sit down, as I do most mornings, and ponder what workout is in store.  This morning, I was reviewing my winky (not that winky) and making sure I was ready to roll.  As I sit in the quiet of a sleeping house, I hear the loudish sound of rain on the roof.  Not surprised, it was forecasted but it does have me rethinking a few things.  In all of my initial planning I was DETERMINED not to do any running so the workout was mostly stationary anyway.  I wasn’t excited about the rain personally but that’s the F3 life.  Eventually, I stood up, got ready, and was out the door.

So… I arrived at TBD.  Determined like they say are “to be” here.  One truck in the lot.  A car arrives, its FIA.  Minutes to spare and two more cars.  The time is upon us and today’s DETERMINED were out of their cars.  Some PAX were in rain gear but I assured them that we were going to take full advantage of this AOs amenities.  We mozy’d to the big shelter where we were surprised to find the lights on.  Fancy!

EC: My excuses include – it was raining, I was tired, and my foot hurts…

FNGs: I hear they don’t like rain…so no

Warm Up:

  • 10x IC Good Mornings
  • 15x IC Daisy Pickers
  • 15x IC Imperial Walkers
  • 15x Hillbillies
  • 20x Windmills
  • 30x Prisoner Squats

A pause in the rain seemed like the right time to go grab some rocks.  We mozy’d over and grabbed one.  On the return we John Cusak’d our rocks overhead.  Then Left Hand only, Then Right Hand only.  We rounded out Warm-up with a staple…

  • 40x SSH

The Workout:

  • DORA in the shelter
    • Partner Up, We went 3 and 2 based on our numbers.
    • Partner 1 completed a circuit of step-ups, step downs around the perimeter of the shelter on the picnic tables
    • Partner 2 worked through 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats
    • Switch at the completion of the tables circuit

It was during this DORA that I was shown how empty Aquaman’s rhetoric really is.  He missed me sooooo much, he brought R4TJ through the park and past the shelter to say hi!  Even the PAX formerly known as LipSync was there.  Pikachu and Abe and Red.  We got some junk for being in the shelter but I say… when the AO has shelter and it’s raining… its fair game.  Like Aquaman is ever here anyway…  He probably didnt even know TBD had a shelter…

  • Coyote Ugly
    • 2 stations of 2, 1 was doing row-ups from the end of a picnic bench
    • Rotate to row-up station
    • Each person plays the wheelbarrow role 3x to complete
  • Rock Work – Repeato 2x
    • 20x Overhead Press
    • 20x IC Curls for Girls
    • 20x On your 6 – Chest Press
    • 15x On Your 6 – Pull Over
    • 30x IC American Hammers
    • 20x IC Tricep Extentions

Mary: Aquaman’s Core O’ Rama (a show of respect)

Announcements: Xmas Party – Good 2nd F stuff happening there, 24 Hr Run – Good 1st, 2nd, and 3rd F opportunity all balled into one.  See M4L and slack-o-sphere for details.

T-Claps (Recognition): These dudes didnt know if they would get to be in the shelter today but they still showed up and delivered.  Way to be!

Prayer: Kosher’s cousin Nikki, lost her husband to suicide

Cletus gets a younger Q. The year of Katniss!

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EC:  Katniss, Full House, Maybelline, UTI

PAX:  Katniss, Full House, Maybelline, UTI, Yogurt, Doc, Fanny Pack, Tetanus, Kosher, Dahmer, Abe, Roger Roger, Snap, Florence, Hardy, Oboe, and Poop Eater

FNGs: Nope

So I have to poke fun that Cletus indeed gets a younger Q, unfortunately the previous Q can put most 20 year olds to shame and we will just have to see about the new Q, although I expect him to at least carry on the impeccable cadence and count that you have come to expect!

As a side note, Poop Eater and UTI were in rare form, and brought much comic relief to the workout.  Yes, I do think it’s appropriate to group Poop Eater and UTI antics together.

Warm Up: 10 Fazio arm circles forward and back, 10 overhead claps, 10 seal claps, 20 SSH, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 10 Daisey Pickers
The Workout:

1) A modified 4 corner Stack’em around the soccer field, 10 Squats in cadence, 10 Merkins, 10 LBC’s, and 10 Mountain climbers in Cadence.  Sprint log sections, Mosey short sections.  Subtract exercise on the next lap

2) Mosey to the rock pile, 15 curls for the girls, 15 overhead press, 15 tricep extentions.  Split Indian run around the baseball field, repeat exercises with rock and head back for Mary

Mary: Popcorn from the Pax
Announcements: Frosty (well it’s too late you missed it), Oakwood 24 event for healing transitions, Christmas party next Saturday
T-Claps (Recognition):  Yogurt’s leadership for Cletus for the last year!
Prayer:  Kosher’s cousin’s family, Quiver and family

Not Shoulder Friendly

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YHC arrived not sure what to expect in terms of numbers for this morning’s workout. Lots of guys tapering for HSHM, runners coming out of Richmond, and recovering from Ruck. YHC did a lone EC run for 2 miles. Weather wasn’t optimal either. No mumble chatter on Slack or FB about the workout. However, 14 Pax fought the fartsack and won, became stronger, and learned about the F3 mission and core principals.

EC: Skidmark

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 1 lap around the soccer field. Circle up on the tennis courts for SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, and Fazio Arm Circles.
The Workout: Mosey to the pavillion for some plank shuffle to the left up and down the picnic tables for one loop. Then Reverse.

Mosey to the Rock Pile. 11’s in the parking lot with Ground Pounders and Burpees. Carry the rock on the run. Intermittent switching of rocks as well

Mosey back to the Pavillion for two sets of split squats.

Mary: 1o minutes in plank hold with some exercises including merkins, 1 arm up, pickle pounders, and peter parkers. YHC also reviewed the core principals and F3 mission while in plank.

Announcements: CSAUP Dec 7, Christmas Party Dec 14. HSHM this weekend. Get out and run in the 6 up the ramp.

T-Claps (Recognition): Nice to see Moby out this morning

Prayer: Quiver and his family. Be better leaders in the community.

Yoga in the Rain

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: Jogged around the soccer fields and back to the small tennis court. Circled up for SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers and Fozio Arm Circles
The Workout: YHC planned to use one of the picnic shelter areas, but others had already claimed the spots. Can’t blame them. Indian-run over to the amphitheater for the thang. Yoga strength was today’s theme.

The routine was a bit unstructured, but it went generally like this:
stretch to the sky, stretch to the ground, into downward dog and then plank
yoga plank murkins (hold 5 count on low position, back up) then back to standing.
Burpees OYO
Back down to Downward Dog and Downward Dog pushups (almost like Catalina Wine Mixers in Downward Dog pose, but both arms move simultaneously).
Burpees OYO
People’s chair, sans wall. Boat pose (American hammers, without the hammers). Back up to standing stretch. Back down for People’s chair and boat pose again.
Burpees OYO
YHC realized that he was running out of exercises, so we added on some balls-to-the-wall / proper people’s chair, two rounds. Indian-run back to the big tennis court for Mary.
Mary: Popcorn Mary. Props to Hardy for pushing us through 50(!) low-slow-flutters.
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP (Dec 7), Christmas Party (Dec 14)
T-Claps (Recognition): everyone getting out in this gloomy weather
Prayer: Oboe’s father-in-law, Noah’s Ark’s wife, Quiver’s daughter

Tips on staying warm

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FNGs:None
Warm Up:Jog to big parking lot with high knees to circle up.  SSHx15, GoodMx10, Windmillx10, MClimbx10, FArmCx10 forward/backward, Overheadclapsx10, sealclapsx10, Hillbx10,Impwalkx10, SSHx15
The Workout:   Partner up for Dora and gather 1 big rock for the couple.  150 Squats, 200 Wonder bras, 300 straight leg dead lifts.  Other partner ran a lap around the parking lot and picked up where other partner left off.  This went on for some time.  Still had enough time to do a 3 line(parking line) bear crawl to 1 merkin and lunge walk back for 2 merkin.  This went on till we achieved 10 merkins.

Mary: Barely enough time for Mary but, we pressed on.  Mainly because the Q does not like laying in water and the parking lot was wet but, we forged ahead with LBCx10, lowslowflutx10, anklebiterx10, WW2x10, boxcutterx10 and homertomargex10(to which we learned we are doing this wrong) So i’ve been wrong for 2 years.
Announcements:  Christmas party, Q sheet (be sure to sign up)  Yogurt and I are looking for site Q’s for Cletus.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Noah Ark M has taken a step back, please pray for her.  Several babies born and more on the way.

TIPS to stay warm:

Avoid wind, keep all body parts covered from the wind and when running or standing, wear hoodie to put your hands inside to keep them out of the wind.

Skull cap is important to keep heat in.  Always wear in lower temps.

The Q can play a major role in keeping you warm but, keeping you out of wet grass and water spots.

Wear gloves with cloth back so when your nose is running you have some place to wipe your nose.

Layers!!!! Da Business rules on layers.  Under 60 degrees is a 2 layer day (shirt, hoodie), under 40 is a 3 layer day (shirt, hoodie, plastic or nylon cover), under 20 is a 4 layer day (winter shirt, Fleece, Hoodie, plastic or nylon cover).  All temps below 60 require 2 layers on the bottom.

Circle of Abs

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Who needs abs anyway! Well, we all do and I can promise you the more water that has passed under the bridge for some of us fellas the more difficult it is to keep that core in check. With that in mind these last couple of days I decided to focus on core work as Q today for the not yet named TBD there in the Holly Rock. Arriving a little early set up 4 four stations with cones in the back parking lot then drove on around to find several vehicles in the parking lot but only one other PAX there waiting. Planted shovel flag and within 4-5 minutes of go time the rest of PAX either ran & rolled in.

Core Goonies GIF - Core Goonies Abs GIFs

EC: I know there were several but since I’m too lazy to get up before the butt crack of dawn to run EC I don’t keep up with ’em. I know, fire me!!

NO SHOWS: M4L  – I received a text last night he would be running to the workout and needed a ride back home. Of course I would’ve given him a ride. You gotta love him though!!

PAX: Aquaman, Dahmer, Doc, DoubleD, Fanny Pack, Farva, Florence, Hardy, Katniss, Pikachu, Popinski, POTS, Sprinker

4 legged PAX: Poop-eater

FNGs: None

Warm Up:  A series of mostly ab exercises all in cadence. El-lowboes, Box cutters, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Smurf Jacks, Mtn. climbers.

The Workout: Circle of Abs – Pax not at one of the 4 work stations are all circled up and continue an in cadence Ab exercise led off by Farva. Evenutally each PAX in the circle of Abs will lead an ab exercise or two. Station 1 is the timer who starts off with 3 burpees and then carries 2 tall five gallon buckets with 2 cinder-blocks in each bucket a 100 meters, drops buckets for 3 more burpees and then returns to base. Rotation takes place when bucket carrier returns to base. Station 2: jump ropes, Station 3: 40lb. barbell thrusts, Station 4: Battle rope arm swings.  Remaining Pax are on their six in the Circle of Abs and 1 rotates to the stations each time the bucket carrier returns. All PAX were able to get through all 4 stations at least once, some more so. After last PAX worked his way through all 4 stations we then split up and circled the parking lot in opposite directions to meet and complete 10 broke back derkins each. Met back at the stations to form one line of PAX across the parking lot on one parking space line. Completed 1 merkin on that line, bear crawled to next line completed 2 merkins, continued forward to the 6th line with 6 merkins, crab walked back to start line.

Mary: We’d had enough of her during the workout!

Announcements: CSAUP Frosty coming up in Decemeber.

T-Claps (Recognition): All the PAX this morning for putting in extra effort concentrating on those abs

Prayer: Pikachu’s M fighting cold and unspoken. Fanny Pack took us out in prayer.

Peace out, YHC

Hard Stop at 10?

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EC: Bulls Eye, Yogurt. After planting flag at 5:03 am, launched EC with Bulls Eye, who was already underway setting a 5k PR. Way to go!

Warm Up: With temps well into the 40s for the first time this year, we looped the soccer fields and returned to the top of the Cletus lot for warmups. SSH x25, arm circles 10f/10b. A car sped into the lot and out hops Florence, Hardy, and Poop Eater (dawg). Five burpees OYO to celebrate their arrival. SSH 25x to get these additional guys warmed up. GMs 16x. Mosey to tennis courts.
The Workout: Partner up and claim a corner of a court. Wheelbarrow the service box 3x, switching partners and doing 5x Merkins in between. I didn’t write down all of the following, so it may not be 100% accurate! But you get the idea–alternating arm and ab work.

Amphitheater. Dips 16x on ledge. Pickle pounders 16x, WWIIs 17x, Catalina wine chillers 15x on stage.

Playground. As you can see from the illustration above, there’s a difference between chin ups and pull ups. By using different hand positions, we did both. Pullups 5x each hand position (palms in, palms to front, palms to back). WWIIs 15x and plank while waiting.

Amphitheater. Dips 17x on ledge. WWIIs 17x on stage. Slide Rule notes the seemingly random counts. He argued that I just kept forgetting to stop at 15. I did not argue.

Playground. Pullups 3x each hand position (palms in, palms to front, palms to back). Plank and ab work while waiting.

Amphitheater. Erkins 21x, derkins 21x on ledge. Pickle pounders 16x, Catalina wine chillers 15x on stage.

Playground. Pullups 3x each hand position (palms in, palms to front, palms to back). Core work–abs and plank while waiting.

Amphitheater. Erkins 21x, derkins 21x on ledge. LBCs 21x, Balls To the Wall by request with 10 count by each PAX.

Mary: Indian run from amphitheater back to tennis courts. Oboe’s “favorite,” Freddie Mercurys 21x. Just enough time for 10 Merkins! Slide Rule seized the opportunity to ensure a hard stop/count of 10 with a firm HALT at 10.
Announcements: See Slack for Breathtaker accomplishments and current status.
Prayer: Slide Rule big academic test this week. Families with new babies and those expecting new babies.

BTTW til you drop!

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EC: Fonzie, LED

Warm Up: I can’t remember…but I know we did 5 burpees.

The Workout:

Mosey to baseball field for one welsh dragon to 10.

Mosey back to tennis court for reconstructed burpees.

Crab walk first court, 4 turkish getups. Run back.

Crab walk two courts, 4 turkish getups and up/downs. Run back.

Crab walk three courts, 4 turkish getups and merkins. Run back.

Crab walk all four courts, 4 turkish getups and burpees. Run back.

Circle merk for 3 rounds, one side do 10 pattycake merkins, the other side do 10 brokeback merkins.

Back to tennis courts for BTTW til you drop. Losers do 5 burpees. Winner: Fonzie! 5 burpees anyways.

Mary: PAX choice.

Announcements: Frosty the CSAUP.

T-Claps (Recognition): Fonzie, our BTTW champion! And welcome to Fuquay Hardy, Florence, and K9 Poop Eater.

Prayer: Everyday life.