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Paradise City
7 Pax converged at Paradise City for the weekly beatdown. Workout started promptly at 5:45 and ended precisely at 6:30. Not a wasted minute.
EC: Cowboy, Skidmark
Yoga: Sliderule, Wiggly, Crosby
Warm Up: Start mosey around the Ting loop doing some ass kickers and high knees. Periodic stops to do 20 SSH, 10 IW, 10 Hillbillies, 15 cc Mountain Climbers, and 15 cc Good mornings.
The Workout:
Stayed in the lower parking lot. Pax did a 3 or 4 man indian run for the workout.
- Corner 1: 5 Turkish getups
- Corner 2: 5 Turkish getups, 10 lunges
- Corner 3: 5 Turkish getups, 10 lunges, 15 brokeback
- Corner 4: 5 Turkish getups, 10 lunges, 15 brokeback, 20 squats
Mary:
- 20 Count LBCs
- 10 Count Homer to Marge
- 10 count homer to marge right leg up
- 10 count homer to marge left leg up
- Hold plank 10 count
- Right arm up 5 count
- right arm up right leg up 5 count
- Left arm up 5 count
- left arm up left leg up 5 count
- Parker Peters 5 count
- Hold plank 10 count
- Right arm up 5 count
- right arm up right leg up 5 count
- Left arm up 5 count
- left arm up left leg up 5 count
- Peter Parkers 5 count
- 10 merkins
Announcements:
- Q Source starting in January. Currently 3 options in South Wake.
- Breathtaker challenge starting in January. Pay to play.
- Boy George doing the heartbreak/soulcrusher challenge on Saturday. Will have him post more details.
Prayer:
- Ausfart
- Wiggly’s son suffered a concussions
- Brexit’s friend and family
- Cowboys’s friend
- Hasselhoff’s co-worker
- Those that continue to suffer with loss this time of year
- Many more unspoken
Accountability
Lots of Pax this morning at U-Turn but the final count came in to 26. Tons of varying distances and lots of Pax turning back to pick up the 6. Some Pax continue to set PRs in pace and distance. Well done men and well done to the men pulling and pushing other Pax this morning. You will not fail. If you fall we will pick you up.
Warm Up: Slight mosey with high knees and ass kickers. Imperial Walkers x 10, Hillbillies x 10, Frankensteins x 10, Mountain Climbers x 15.
The Workout: Varying distances and paces. Lots of good work out there.
Mary:
Announcements: Be careful out there. Christmas brings out the best and worse in people.
Prayer: Be careful. Lots of joys and sadness around the holiday. Troops that aren’t with their family.
Do British warm ups really help?
17 PAX got stronger and faster today at U-Turn with Brexit’s 1 year anniversary at F3.
There was some chatter about the ‘Rebel Walk’ warm up implying PAX looked they all $hit themselves… This theme continued into prayer requests as Dauber asked for prayers that he could make it through mile one without having a bowel movement. His running mates were pleased he made it back for 2nd F without doing so. God answers prayers!
Warm Up:
Arse Kickers, Rebel Walk, and Union Jacks.
The Workout:
EC: 187, Hotspot, Bernie, H1N1, Brexit.
A balmy 53f clear morning. The usual 5 Mile U-Turn route, with an abbreviated 3 mile route for a few. 2nd F at Starbucks with lots of chatter about Wrightsville Beach and Pikachu Fartsacking…
Announcements: Nemo Ugly Sweater Party this evening. Bring food for Food Pantry; CSAUP Dec. 15 start/end at Womble, Any Given Sunday at Womble, Sunday at 6am.
Prayer: Pray for Dauber’s Bowel movements during the run along with unspoken requests.
HSHM
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.
10 PAX for a Half Dozen at Any Given Sunday
Still waiting on the cooler temps and the humidity to lift, but 10 PAX got stronger this morning at Any Given Sunday. On my way onto Raleigh St. en route to Womble, Brexit and Bernie were seen getting some extra miles. Arrived early to the tennis court lot and quickly was met by additional PAX including Forceps, Skidmark, Hot Spot, Farva, Hasselhoff, and Draper, and Boy George. YHC unfortunately could not lead this morning still nursing shin splints, so Skidmark (fresh off a 1/2 Marathon yesterday at U-Turn) thankfully accepted the leadership role on this morning’s run.
Warm Up: Quick jog to both sides of the tennis court lot. On the second pass, switched to butt kickers and Frankensteins to the half way point and then alternated carioca to the end and then back to the half way point to circle up for the following:
Imperial Walkers x10, Hillbillies x10, Hacky Sacks x10 (IC). Fazio Arm Circles x10 F/B. Michael Phelps
The Workout: 6 mi Scout Run (1/2 Marathon Route- counterclockwise around the lake and exist route to Sugg Farm instead of greenway). While PAX enjoyed a humid 6 mi in the gloom, YHC stayed back in the parking lot to do some stretch\core\upper body work as follows:
Occupied a parking space- Squats x50, Bear Crawl to the other side, 25 Curb Merkins, Bear Crawl back, Squats x25, Bear Crawl to other side, 20 Curb Merkins, Bear Crawl Back, Squats x20, Bear Crawl other side. then stopped…. feeling uninspired flying solo in the lot, YHC decided that instead of sleeping in car waiting for #HIM to return as jokingly noted by Brexit after the warm-up, made a quick trek to the nearby Dunkin Donuts for some coffee and donuts to invoke a 2nd F after the run\COT.
Arrived back to the Womble lot to see the faint glow of F3 reflective gear in the distance by the baseball fields as PAX made their final push to the tennis lot. Realizing that they were a little over 0.25 miles short of 6mi upon return to tennis lot, Skidmark, Hot Spot, Hasselhoff and Draper decided to make it official and took off for another loop around the soccer fields.
Circled up for some stretching and mumblechatter.
Mary: Varying stretches
Announcements: CSAUP- October 20th, SAS 5K next Saturday, U-Turn needs a Q for next week
Prayer: Prayers for Hasselhoff who is battling a pinched nerve in his neck, Draper celebrating 18 year wedding anniversary. YHC’s friend John, who recently passed this week. He leaves a wife and young children. Continued prayers for his family. Additional prayers for a safe and healthy upcoming week.
Recount at U-Turn…18 PAX for 5-6 miles, humidity, and strong hill work
After a travel week out west, YHC was looking forward to a much needed return to the gloom to kick off Labor Day weekend with some quality miles at U-Turn. As the Wescott clown car traveled down Holly Springs Rd, Boy George and WebEx were seen getting some extra EC miles from Womble. As we approached the Starbuck’s parking lot, we were greeted to a large number of PAX loosening up. Race season is definitely here.
6 o’clock hit and started with some dynamic stretching as follows:
Warm Up:
Light jog around drive-thru side lot.
Circle up for Fazio Arm Circles (10F\10B), Michael Phelps, Air Squats x10, Butt Kickers x10, split group across the lot for carioca to the dumpster R over L and back L over R, High Knees to the dumpster, Butt Kickers back, Toe walks to the dumpster\Heel walks back. PAX circled back up for a 10 count of Figure-4 stretches to open up the hips.
The Workout: 5+ mile Scout Run with PAX picking up the six periodically throughout the route. PAX were seen pushing hard up Library Hill this morning. Strava later revealed that 7 of the Top 10 times for that segment of the route this year are owned by members of F3-SouthWake. Way to push, Men!
Announcements: 9/11 Stair Climb, BRR next week. Kudos to Norm for posting a 5-Pack.
Prayer: Continued prayers for CrabLegs, Prayers for Darby who lost his friend this week and to his friend’s family. Roger Roger’s neighbor’s son, Clay, who is undergoing treatment for a spinal cord tumor.
Who has Q?
Warm Up: SSH x 15 IC , Moracin Night Club x 15 IC, Prisoner Squats x 15, Mountain Climbers x 20 IC and Around the Clock Merkins
The Workout: Up Hunt Hill doing 7’s (Burpee and Squats). Jog to Main Parking Lot – Partner Wheel Barrel down main parking lot. Jog to East Parking lot – Running around the lot, Patty Cake Merkins and Broke Back Durkins. Relay x 3 – Bear Crawl w/ Partner doing Star Jumps, Lung Walks w/ Partner doing Squats, Duck Walk w/ Partner doing Lung Jumps.
Mary: Plank-O-Rama
Announcements: 5 year South Wake Anniversary at Possum Trot Wednesday at Action Park 5:30.
Prayer: CrabLegs, DoubleD Family, those Traveling and a Praise for HasselHoff’s mom’s results.
We need answers
Pax of 24 @Paradise City looking for answers to Emerils questions and get some BRR training in.
Will Corporate Java Edwin Gonzalez show back up at F3 again? He didn’t’ show up this morning. Maybe he’ll show up at Nutcracker
Will Jason DeFreitas verbal HC Saturday hold? Yes. He also brought most of 12 oaks with him
What has John Collins dreamed up for us on his trip out West? He didn’t dream. He had a nightmare. We were all in it.
Is Ryan Hooper and Mike Edwards back from vacation and ready to get back to work? Yep. Buford brought some Blanton’s back with him also. Bonus! THE Dawgpound was working hard out there. Trying to burn off all the brownies he ate in Colorado
How long will Chris Adkins use this new job as an excuse to no show? To be determined but Monday appears to have been excuse day for this guy
Will we get Owais Patel to ever HC in the comments? Or is he to afraid? Still no HC but he did post in Wrightsville so we’ll give him credit here.
EC: Emeril, CHiPS, Dawgpound, Nemo, UTI, 187, Lipstick, Mookie, Axe, Pablo, Skidmark
Warm Up:
½ mile jog
½ mile jog w/ Good Mornings courtesy of The Dawgpound. Guy loves these for some reason. Fazio Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Tricep Dips
The Workout:
24 Pax all in one line in the parking lot
On your 6
Flip, jump and sprint to other end. Merkins until your told to stop.
Back on your 6.
Flip, jump and sprint to the other end. Squats until your told to stop
Rinse, Repeat,….never ending. CHiPS “We aren’t stopping until one of you throws up”
No one threw up but a couple came close.
To the ramp. Suicides until an exercise was called out. (WWII’s, Pickle Pounders)
To the courts for Mary.
Mary:
Good Mornings, again courtesy of The Dawgpound
LBC’s – I don’t remember
American Hammers – Patch
Pickle Pounders – 187
Merkins – UTI
Announcements:
Derek Davis run Saturday
F3 Dad’s camp this weekend. Still openings
Two new options for running. Weds at Ting – Running for the Johns and Sunday at Womble – Any Given Sunday
Prayer:
Gents please keep Crab Legs in your prayers on a daily basis.
Psalm 55:22
22 Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let
the righteous be shaken.
7 PAX for Crazy Ivan- Cardio Playground
Warm Up: Jog around the back lot, SSH x15, Imperial Walkers x10, Hillbillies x10, Morocan Nightclubs x10, Fazio Arm Circles 10F/10B, Tricep stretch R\L, Leg Stretch R over L\L over R, Michael Phelps
The Workout:
The Parking Lot
Fresh off of Crazy Time and some head locking by a skirted Midget, Crosby made a debut appearance to Crazy Ivan to join our ‘intimate group.’ He was quickly joined by 4 additional PAX and by 5:30, Mookie pushed ‘Play’ on a playlist that would set the tone for a high-intensity HIIT\Tabata beatdown, complete with Kettlebells, Battle Ropes, and TRX straps.
PAX circled up for a series of 3 sets of Kettlebell Swings for 11 reps each (this was a tribute to Pats #11-Julian Edelman).
Since today’s playlist featured old school 90’s rap tunes from Public Enemy, it only seemed fitting that after the 3rd set of swings, PAX were instructed to perform Clockwork Merkins in honor of Flava Flav and his trademark clock necklace.
Clockwork Merkins x12, x3, x6, x9, x12
PAX took a quick 10 count and picked up the bells for the next series of Kettlebell exercises- 3 sets of Goblet Squats for 11 reps each. After the 3rd set of Squats, PAX assumed plank position and performed a series of Clockwork Shoulder Taps
Clockwork Shoulder Taps x12, x3, x6, x9, x12
PAX took another quick 10 count and picked up the bells for the next series- 3 sets of Curl presses for 5 reps per arm. After the 3rd set, PAX assumed plank position and performed another series of Clockwork Merkins
Clockwork Merkins x12, x3, x6, x9, x12
Kettlebells were gathered and PAX mosey’d from the parking lot to the Playground with the ‘F3 Boom Box’ (Red Solo Cup + iPhone) varying Kettlebell carries between John Cusacks and Farmer Carries.
The Playground
The Playground was equipped with 7 pain stations, complete with 3 hanging TRX straps, 1 Battle Rope, and various weighted kettlebells. Upon entry to the playground, Eminem’s ‘Til I Collapse’ kicked in at just the right time.
Tabata Style Workout- 20 secs on\10 sec off
Station 1- TRX In\Out Merkins
Station 2- TRX Chest Press
Station 3- TRX Back Rows
Station 4- Battle Rope
Station 5- Kettlebell Shoulder Raises (18lbs)
Station 6- Kettlebell Double Tricep Extensions (2 Kettlebells 25lbs/per)
Station 7- LBC’s
PAX completed 4 Rounds of 7 pain stations. This provided just enough time for 1 more round of Kettlebells\Clockwork in the parking lot. Mosey’d back to the parking lot. A series of 2 Upright Kettlebell Rows x 11 and 1 set of Shoulder presses x 5 R\L were performed…(actually x9 R\L as the Q lost count and did extra).
PAX performed lunge walks, alternating to Frankensteins to first backlot speed bump and then back to Kettlebells for Mary.
Mary:
Plank-O-Rama: Kettlebell Plank Cross-Overs, Offset Kettlebell Merkins, WWII’s, LBC’s, Freddy Mercury’s, Shoulder Taps, Pickle Pounders
Announcements:
Friday Post at Healing Transitions. Midget and DD planning to head out there this afternoon to post. Derek Davis 5K next week. 9/11 Stair Climb is coming up. Fantasy Football- if interested, see Peeping Tom for details.
Prayer: Hosselhoff’s mom who is having a procedure, holding her in our prayers. FedEx’s wife who is currently job hunting