Kermit – F3 South Wake

Q Swap Week Countinues – Tabata Crush with Ultimate Frisbee at the Mighty SW Thunder

January 15, 2020/in AO Post, Thunder /QIC: Pikachu
PAX: Cataracts, Cauliflower, Disco Duck, Fanny Pack, Gump, Kermit, Kubota, Pikachu, Red Ryder, Wahoo, WWW

I got the call from HOTY 2018 and 1stF Q Disco Duck asking if I wanted to Q Thunder during Q Swap Week with our SW Brothers. I emphatically said ABSOLUTELY YES!!! The day and time was not an issue with me because I will take every and advantage to Q a workout. I’ve never Q’d at Thunder before so I made it a point to attend a Thunder Q before said date. I went the week prior to my Q and John Deere was the Q. We played with tractor tires that were 220#+, a PVC pipe filled with water, sledgehammer, and some crazy weight stick wrapped in duct tape. Bottom line: It was a blast but tough workout.

Here is my take away with a workout at this time. I get a workout in before hitting the sack at the end of the day.

As I contemplate what I want to do, I pulled out one of my favorite routines … tabata with pain stations. Additionally, I wanted to have some fun with it and since Thunder is held at one of the largest sports parks in Wake County, I also wanted to play one of my favorite F3 sport (Ultimate Frisbee).

Since I Q’d a lot last year and experienced routines and exercises from multiple Q’s since my start of F3, I have made a list of my favorites. Here is what we did:

No FNG. We got the F3-ministration stuff out of the way and we Pledged Our Allegiance to Old Glory, it was time to get rolling. We moseyed over to the baseball field parking lot, which by the way was without any lighting other than the glow of the already existing lighting from the soccer and baseball fields. It looked alright when I did my walk through to set-up my weinkees. Yes I still do weinkees and you’ll understand why. When you have a tabata routine with 5 stations and multiple rounds, its hard to keep up with all the exercises. So no pride here, a weinkee it is to keep things straight.

Warm-up: SSH, Sir Fazio, seal clap, overhead clap, Moroccan nightclubs, calf stretch, and last but not least, Eskimo merkins to 13.

QIC had the PAX count of 1-5. Each number representing what station to start at in the thang. QIC also had PAX 3 & 5 get an ego rock to take with them to their station. They will leave it at the station upon completion of the time.

Thang: Tabata Crush with 5 pain stations X 2 (1 min 15 secs per station)

Station 1:

R1: Plank Destroyer

R2: Crowd Pleaser

Lunge walk to Station 2

Station 2:

R1: Heels to Heaven

R2: Low slow flutter

Bear Crawl to Station 3

Station 3:

R1: Burpee rock your body with coupon

R2: Wolverine burpee with a rock press

Disco Duck walk to Station 4

Station 4:

R1: Sumo squat jump

R2: Squat palm touch

Karaoke or side step to Station 5

Station 5:

R1: Overhead Press with coupon

R2: Tricep extensions with coupon

After round 1, run around the pickle twice and back to your starting station for round 2.

After round 2, run around the pickle and back to the starting point for thang 2.

Thang 2: Ultimate Frisbee.

Here is the thing about where we played. Womble Park is an extremely busy park which I mistakenly thought a field was going to open up (NOT). I had to figure out a back-up plan. I was not giving up on ending the workout with some Ultimate Frisbee. I found a decent size area right next to the tennis courts which we utilized effectively. It will do. We played Ultimate Frisbee for 23 mins closing out the workout. Rules: Dropped Frisbee (closest PAX calls a 10 count exercise); if a team scores, winners do 10 merkins and losers do 7 burpees. We did lots of stuff and each side scored a touchdown.

No Mary done today.

CoR: 11

NoR: Respect (4), mehs (7)

Announcements:

Q Swap week continues … Theismann will Q Tiger’s Blood Thursday; EarharT will Q Crazy Ivan on Friday, and Triple Lindy will Q Ground Pounder Saturday.

HFT (finest AO West of 540) Thursday … Sour Mash will be your Q

Prayers / Praises:

Prayers for safe travels for Cauliflower’s family traveling to see them

Prayers for Wolloughby who is recovering.

NMS:

Do what you love and have fun doing it.

Q Swap with our SW Brothers is absolutely awesome to do. It is an amazing chance to meet other F3 Brothers from another region.

Q #2 or 52 for me. Blessed and honored to be able to Q these awesome HIMs.

One More Round!

January 11, 2020/in AO Post /QIC: Banana Seat
PAX: 14, 187, Banana Seat, Bubba, Buenas Dias, Calahan, Cataracts, Defib, Deuce, Disco Duck, Earhart, Fridge, How How, Joker, Kermit, Kickback, Lipstick, Lobsta, Luma, Mookie, Ollie, Pigeon, Prodigal, Ramsey, Redenbacher, Rich, Seahawk, Shut In, Skidmark, Smokey, Texas Ranger, WWW

YHC has been commuting all week to CarPex and this would be the final round. No one had signed up to Q Phoenix as of last Sunday so Sliderule and I decided to co-q it. However, he could not make it happen with a new baby not cooperating. YHC knew of a fellow HIM that wanted a piece of the action so we were covered. YHC arrived at 0545 to scope out what Phoenix looked like in the gloom. Quickly set up tokens at community center and went to the gathering spot. After a 2+ mile trail run in the dark (stupid), we arrived to a lot filled with PAX ready to work. 1 FNG was present so the disclaimer was given and we were off.

FNGs:
Lobsta (Boston native, navy guy, water, accent from Boston and a lobster…you had to be there)

Warm Up:
Warm up over to community center parking lot where YHC set up floor agility ladders and cones. Two lines went through 3 times for some feet work with hops at the end.
Circle up
Frankensteins x15IC
Bat Wings x20IC (4 exercises)
Imperial Squat Walkers x20IC
Reverse Carolina Dry Docks x10 on Q’s up/down

The Workout:
Mosey to rock pile and grab a token. Head to large field at bottom of THE HILL.
Prisoner get ups with lunges across with rock. Rinse and repeat back across.
WWI’s with rocks x10
Broad jump brockees back across field (broad jump then burpee with rock) Squat hold for 6. R&R back across.
Mosey back to rock pile to return tokens.

Head to back side of community center for some wall work.
BTTW with half way down holds on Q’s call x5. Recover
BTTW with shoulder taps. x15IC
Wall chair with hallelujah’s x20IC
Pass the torch to Lipstick.

Mosey back over to THE HILL
Blackjacks 21’s on the hill with peeping lipsticks (Turkish roll on back then up with a star jump at the bottom, diamond merkins at the top) made it to 10×11 then Q called 20 PL’s at bottom then to top for 1 diamond. No merlot but faintness feelings were strong. Mosey back to flag.

Mary:
LSF x20IC
LBC x20IC
Boat Canoes aka Crunchy Frog x15IC
LSF with hands raised to sky x20IC
Pickle pounders x20IC

Announcements:
Qswap week continues next week in SouthWake

T-Claps (Recognition):
Joker with a vest, 3 SW crazies running 8 miles to commute to A, All who posted on a Saturday, 4 Ruckers

Prayer:
Skipper’s ruck bday, HowHow mother passed and PAX support for that event, New baby coming soon, Unspoken

YHC thought on the commute this morning about how fast time goes by. The Bible tell’s us that no one knows when the lord will return but he will come quickly. Let’s live in the now and not for what the future holds. Love those around you. Give a hug to those you care about each day. It’s such a blessing to have loved ones in our lives.

Thanks CarPex for hosting such an awesome week with 7 AO’s we all could come together to get stronger. We look forward to having the favor returned next week. And don’t worry about UTI’s comment during the pray Friday. I know you’ll bring it.

BS Out!

Nov-11 Murph

November 12, 2019/in AO Post, Tea Time /QIC: Dusty
PAX: Dusty, Foul Ball, Kermit, Pikachu, Skidmark

Five Pax for Murph this evening. Some modifications for the guys preparing to run marathon in Richmond this weekend.

Warm Up: Run 1 mile

The Workout: 100 pull-ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats

Mary: Run 1 mile

Prayer: Safety for race this weekend

Muggy May 1st Beat-Down

May 2, 2019/in Thunder /QIC: Dusty
PAX: Bulls Eye, Dusty, Emeril, John Deere, Kermit, Kubota, Lipsync, Rams, Tofu

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Jog to grass near pond: Side Straddle Hops, Daisy Pickers, Fazio arm circles

The Workout:

Jog to road on sidewalk, stopping at 10 light-posts doing Double Merkin Burpies at each pole, increasing count from 1 to 10 (55 total)

Jog to rock pile for 3 sets of 15: Curls, Triceps press, shoulder press, bent over rows and squats. Lunges and bear crawl to horseshoe pits in between.

Jog to pavilion for two sets of 15: Dips, Diamond Merkins and balls to wall.

Jog back to tennis courts, each PAX picking an exercise for 10 reps.

Mary: Shoulder taps, plank, LBC’s, WWII

Announcements: F3 Dads this Saturday

Prayer: Crab Legs, Family of Students at UNC Charlotte, life struggles

“Lucky” for us you couldn’t “Blame it on the Rain” at Rush Hour during Q Swap Week

January 16, 2019/in AO Post /QIC: LipSync
PAX: Art Vandelay, Buttjoint, Candy Crush, Dice, Disco Duck, John Deere, Kermit, Lipsync, Lucky Charms, M4L, Old Maid, Prepare to Die, Semper Fi, Slide Rule, Speed Racer, Spitz, Theismann, Traffic cone

PAX of 18 , including two FNGs (welcome Candy Crush and Spitz), came out for a 25-minute “warm up” with LipSync before Lucky Charm brought the pain

Warm Up

A fun jog to the rock pile and then circle up for warm up consisting of: SSH, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers and Hill Billie’s

The Workout

Part 1 – LipSync

Grab a rock and line up for Barley Curling across the parking lot

Return to starting point with crab walk rock kicks

John Cusack to parking garage for rock Wonder Bra/LBC 11’s

John Cusack back to rock pile… return rocks… hand off to Lucky Charm for the real beat down

Part 2 – Lucky Charms

50 merkins

Run to parking garage and grab sands bags to carry up stairwell to top level of parking deck

Grab a spot on the wall for shoulder tap balls to the walls

Carry you sand bag back down to the pile… the long way

Run to flag poles for Mary

Mary

More merkins and intense row boats from Lucky Charms

Announcements

Q Swap continues

Prayer Request

Crab Legs, wounded Police officers and their families, F3 brother in motorcycle accident, Beaufort’s recovery from hip surgery and any others that I forgot.

2 years of the Chu – Part 1/2

October 19, 2018/in Thunder /QIC: Pikachu
PAX: Buttjoint, Kermit, Kubota, M4L, Peeping Tom, Pikachu, Rams, Shredder

YHC decided to Q consecutive workouts to celebrate 2 years of F3 – the lovely folks at Thunder got to go first.

Peeping Tom joined YHC for a nice 2+ mile EC route – standard Cletus EC + a run by Black Dog Bottle Shop to check the new venue out (looking nice by the way – give it a go).

Warm Up:

Mosey to grass parking lot by rock pile.

SSH x20

Good afternoons x10

Standard Merkin x20

Mountain climbers x20
The Workout:

Tour de Womble:

Mosey down the greenway towards baseball fields, make a left onto the loop and stop at the metal bars.

Half of pax on bars, half on the grass for deep squats.

Reps of 10 and 15 for each group of pax

Mosey to park entrance – burpee broad jump from yellow greenway pole to end of walkway.

Mosey to grass between greenway and baseball fields – gitmo x2 + chilly broad jumps (jump over Pax doing broad jumps)

Mosey to hill between greenway and opening in fence between baseball fields

Did 3 rounds of run to the top of the hill (each time) and various exercises down (crawl bear, bunny hop, and run). Each round we did Merkins (standard, on my up/down, and diamonds on Butt Joint’s call) at the top and squats (standard, on my up/down, and on Peeping Tom’s call) at the bottom.

Mosey to grass near batting cages – stopped for some Mary to show off to the parents.

Mosey to rock pile for some rock work – in a circle, rotating between rocks after every exercise:

Triceps x15

Deadlifts x15

Curls x15

Overhead press x15

Groundpounders x15

Mosey to the grass next to the tennis courts – following the first Mary exercise we promptly moved to the tennis courts as we were all covered in hundreds of nats.
Mary:

Low slow flutter, freddy mercury

Stretching routine:

Tabletop -> cat/cow

Plank – runners pose down onto elbows

Plank – pidgeon
Announcements:

South Wake Beer Mile 10/13
Prayer:

Hurricane Florence safety

Under New Management

October 8, 2018/in AO Post, Thunder /QIC: John Deere
PAX: Buttjoint, Crosby, Dusty, John Deere, Kermit, Kubota, Lipsync, M4L, Pikachu, Rams, Tofu

Thunder….

Warm Up: 20 x side straddle hops, 15 x cotton pickers, 10 x fwd arm circles, 10 x reverse
The Workout: mosey to first street lamp on Stinson…10 lap posts to Grimsby.. 2 burpee’s at post number 1, increasing 1 burpee per post… (65 Burpee’s in total….) Pikachu did an extra set… was unable to understand simple instructions it seemed.

Plank holds / LBC whilst waiting for PAX.

Mosey down Grimsby stopping at every lamp post conducting the following:

Post 1- 10 spiders, Next post – low slow flutters in cadence 20, Next post – 35 Merkins, Next – 20 cadence American hammers, Next – 20 cadence pickle pounders, Next 20 cadence homer to marge, next, 20 cadence box cutters.

Mosey across the road down Fairground Rd, turn left on Barley Mill Rd to hit the currently closed Greenway…..Partners up, target accumulate 100 Merkins and 50 burpees with shuttle runs up the greenway (PAX modifies due to time)

Getting back to the tennis courts………….Indian run, 1 burpee… PAX got 3 burpees as we ran back to tennis courts.

Mary: Q led – 5 std Merkins, 10 wide, 10 fist, 10 diamonds, 10 dry docks. PAX calls in cadence 5 Leg raises, 5 burpees, 5 Superman, 5 LBC, 5 have a nice day, 10 diamond.

Announcements: Beer Mile, CSAUP

Prayer: Fallen F3 member in other group, crablegs

2 Years of the ‘Chu – Part 1 of 2

September 12, 2018/in Thunder /QIC: Pikachu
PAX: Buttjoint, Kermit, Kubota, M4L, Peeping Tom, Pikachu, Rams, Shredder