🎵,This Must be Just Like Living in Paradise 🎵
A rockin tour of paradise by 3 PAX for my 6 of 25 Q’em All Challenge. We toured the pollen-filled stadium with some miles (two) and monkey humpers.
Thanks for joining me and letting me lead!
Tag Archive for: Hasselhoff
3/16/26 Train in the Rain
Six PAX arrived by 5:27 am when the rain got heavy. Blue Crush, Shooting Blanks, Best In Show, and Hasselhoff hopped out of their cars and embraced the suck. Vasoline already embraced a 4 mile EC. I hopped out, ducking, as if I could avoid the downpour. We immediately ran to the parking deck and settle in.
WU: Exercises on the corners: SSH 25x, high knees 15x, arm circles 10x F/B, stretching OYO.
The PAX nearly nailed the F3 Mission Statement, but left out the word “community.” Three burpees–a light penance.
ME: B.L.I.M.P.S. = Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Squats
Ascending reps: 5, 10, 15, 20 with trips up the steps between sets.
Each PAX took a turn leading up the steps. To get some fresh air, Shooting Blanks and another exited at the upper deck and we circled around the long way to return to the lower level.
PAX helped me keep count up to 20 burpees.
Mary: Popcorn, ending at 6:15
Grateful for shelter of parking deck, but Hoff wanted ventilation to clear Vasoline’s gas.
COT: Prayers – Best in Show asked for prayers as he replaces the turbos on his truck
Gratitude for this day and Jesus.
Announcements: Run with Davis
Yogurt out.
Snagged Downtown Train off my Big Gulp for my Monopoly Board
I was fortunate to jump in line and secure my Big Gulp with the Downtown Train game piece. SCORE!!!
To my surprise, 13 PAX showed up to join in on the fun. Let’s play Monopoly!!!
Warm Up: Fazio Arm Circles, Willy Mays Haze, Frankensteins, and Good Mornings, Windmills
The Workout:
Travel to Amphitheater – Lunge Walk Half the Parking Garage, Bear Crawl the other half
Thang 1 x4
- Partner 1 Preachers Chair
- Partner 2 Box Jumps up the theater seats
- Switch
Thang 2 x4
- Partner 1 Balls 2 Walls
- Partner 2 Step Ups up the theater seats
- Switch
Thang 3 x1
- Earkins, Derkins, Dips
- Up the normal theater steps and back down 2x between each of the last bullet
Thang 4 x3
- Partner 1 Inverted Rows – 15, 10, 5
- Partner 2 Plank Hold
- Switch
Thang 5 x4
- Partner 1 Preachers Chair
- Partner 2 Box Jumps up the theater seats
- Switch
Travel Back to Flag – Carioca through the parking garage
Mary: Poop Eaters, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge, WW2, Superman, 6inches, Low Slow Flutter
Announcements: Check-in with Abe about CPR Opportunities, 2nd F/2nd Friday Lunch is this week join Abe+ in picking a place and BE THERE!!!
Prayer– Pumpkin Spice’s wife as she manages a full plate at work. T-claps for her opportunity but pray to help her through the stress of getting things settled.
Prayers re: war. Life is precious, peace is the answer.
Just the Basics
FNGs: none
Warm Up: side straddle hop, hill billies, imperial walkers, frankensteins, daisy pickers, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps
The Workout: The workout today was, as advertised, just the basics. 15 Push-ups, 15 squats and 9 x 5 count planks. Then mosey. Rinse, repeat. We got a trip down and up Library hill in as well.
Just goes to show you it doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective.
Mary: popcorn mary
Announcements: fence painting, Hollyfest, sign up to Q!
Prayer: Praises for Pumpkin Spice’s wife’s job, Hasslehof, Mix Tape and his wife’s pregnancy
Memorial Day Murph
FNGs: Aaron Bass (Small Mouth)
Warm Up: Took a few moments to stretch and warm up with Side Straddle Hops, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Willie Mays Hayes, and Daisy Pickers
The Workout: The Classic Murph WOD (1-mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 air squats, 1-mile run)
Mary: None
Announcements: Fence Painting at Sugg Farm this Friday. UFO moving to Womble for a few months starting in June
T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone who pushed and picked up the 6s.
Prayer: Loafer, Timberland, other injured PAX, our country.
If It Burns For 7 Years… Should You See a Doctor?
FNGs: Friendly, not new
Warm Up: SSH, Daisy Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willy Mays Haze
The Workout:
- Running lap around the outside of the field – talk about how Pikachu are electric Pokemon but for some reason are OK swimming and surfing. Not fire Pokemon though, swimming is a no go.
- Grab Blocks and head to the soccer field. 1st, take a walking lap around the field with your block.
- Head into the gate between both fields, drop your block for 5 burpees. Talk about Pikachu’s Pickle.
- Pick up blocks and follow the outside line of the field until you reach a corner. Uneven burpees on the block, 3 each side.
- Farmer carry the block to the next corner, switching hands half-way. Talk about Pikachu’s Eggplant.
- Partner up and set both blocks shoulder-width apart. Partner 1 completes negative Merkins AMRAP while Partner 2 runs the length of both field end-zones and back. Switch and complete 2x.
- Carry blocks to next corner. Talk about how Gizmo was named after Pikachu’s little soldier. Also reflect on how much Downrange and Cancun love sausage.
- 15x Skull Crushers
- Carry blocks overhead to half-field, recover, carry blocks to the next corner. Not sure what we talked about here….
- Run a victory lap around the field.
- Get back to last corner and partner up for Explosive Merkins. Setup blocks accordingly. Partner 1 does Merkins AMRAP, Partner 2 runs one of the two soccer end-zones. Each completes 1x
- Go to soccer field endzone and sprint to opposite endzone 1x. Return mozy.
- Return Blocks to their home and head to Mary
Mary: Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutters, Poop Eaters, Pickle Pounders, Squats
Announcements: F3 Dads Camp Seagull – https://www.ymcatriangleregister.org/personifyebusiness/default.aspx?TabID=1502&ProductID=80481896&Subsystem=MTG
T-Claps (Recognition): Support from the PAX on my 7 years. Thanks Fellas. Can’t say enough this group means to me. It’s always awesome to know that I have you all.
Prayer: For those still trapped at the airport, Cancun’s wife see MealTrain https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/dn5z0l
Triple Nickel on Earp
18 PAX for a lot of hill repeats on Earp St.
WU over to top of Earp parking lot
SSH
Good Mornings
Windmills
Frankensteins
Merkins
Thang 1
Triple Nickle to cemetery 5x5x5
Burpees and Turkish get-ups at top ends and shoulder tap merkins at bottom
Thangs 2
3-some pull ups/rows
Clock merkins (2,4,6,8,10,12)
Mary
Sally (aka Green Sally)
Lower stretch
Thanks for the opportunity to lead at DTT.
BS out
Downtown Train Birthday Bash 59
Warmups: Good mornings 10x, Bat wings 10x 4 positions, Sidestradle hop 59x for bday
Main Event: Mosey to stage area in front of HS Culture Club
Absolutions 10x
Complete circuit around library with three stations. Each station with three exercises: arms/shoulders, legs, core.
Partner up for counts and form. Complete 59 reps between the two of you.
Station 1: Merkins, squats, LBCs 59 reps
Between: Absolutions
Station 2: Side planks, lunges, WWIIs 59 reps
Between: Jack Webbs
Station 3: Patty cake Merkins, squat hold, American hammer 59 reps
Finale: Sprints in parking deck
COT: Announcements: Accept the challenge. In this case, consider signing up for the Triangle Sprint Triathlon. Super easy.
Fence painting on Monday, May 20
Prayer requests: Hasselhoff job situation/opportunity
Unspoken
Second F: Coffee by Abe and Wild Turkey
Fresh strawberries by yours truly.
Honor to lead. Thanks for helping celebrate my birthday.
Friends Old and New
FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willy Mayes Hayes, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs
The Workout: PAX were instructed to go get a “mediumish” rock and meet up at the amphitheater. 4 rounds of:
15 Curls for the Girls
15 Tricep Extensions
15 Ground Pounders
15 Ruh Rohs
15 Tempo Squats
bearcrawl down to the library doors, mosey back
We swapped rocks in between each round. Once done, we returned our rocks gently and responsibly back to the rock pile.
Mary: Plank for a 10 count around the circle (170 count total), LBCs, WWIIs, Homer-to-Marge, American Hammers, finished things up with a little stretching.
Announcements: UFO every 1st / 3rd and 5th Monday of the month! Watch for 3rd F opportunities with the town that help support our ability to use the fields at Ting for UFO.
T-Claps (Recognition): 3rd Cousin, Bobby Dall and Slide Rule for joining us back in the gloom. Good to see you all again!
Prayer: Midget and his family for their loss.
Thoughts: Midget shared with us at COT that his mom always put others first. He encouraged us to do the same in our own lives, put others first and always give. If you maintain this mindset of others first and use it as your guiding principle, the decisions you make will fall into the right place automatically.
EGG-cellent workout
FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH, GM, WMH, Arm-circles, Seal Clap, Overhead Clap, Michael Phelps.
The Workout:
Circuit #1: PAX chose a coupon (sets of dumbbells, weight plates, weight vest, mace bell, kettlebells, slam ball)
Selected exercise from Easter basket (plastic eggs). Stacked exercises. Did each exercise 10 count in cadence: Triceps, Row, Curls, Halos, Ground Pounder, Death March, Shoulder Press.
Circuit #2: Selected exercise and number from Easter basket: Urkins, Durkins, Dips, Step Ups; Round 1: 15 count; Round 2: 10 count
Circuit #3: Each PAX did 10 inverted rows on playground then murder bunnies the circumference of the playground. PAX alternated doing 10 merkins and 10 squats while waiting for inverted row bar and for other PAX to complete their murder bunnies
Mary: American Hammer, Box Cutter, LSF, Shoulder Stretch.
Announcements: April Ab Challenge, Bottle Share coming up,
T-Claps (Recognition): No Regerts new to F3. Two posts in a row.
Prayer: PAX struggling to find work, struggling marriages, sibling with addiction.