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It was a warm night at Thunder with what may have been the hottest day of the year. At the 1900 mark Q made everyone squat hold while he gave a disclaimer and made sure all medical paperwork and life insurance were up to speed. There was a reminder to modify as needed and make sure we keep an eye on the 6.

EC: Pikachu, Skidmark. Crosby and John Deere did a pre-workout run but the heat was a little too much and decided to modify.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 10 burpees OYO. Mosey to 1st corner at soccer field and 5 cc SSH. Mosey to Second corner and do 5 cc SSH & 10 merkins. Mosey to third corner for 5 cc SSH, 10 merkins, 15 cc plank jacks, Mosey to amphitheater and do 5 cc SSH, 10 merkins, 15 cc plank jacks, and 10 cc Imperial walkers and 10 cc hillbillies

The Workout: Box jumps x 10, dips x 10, box jumps x 15, dips x 15, box jumps x 10, dips x 10.

Mosey to playset for 7’s with pullups and merkins

Mosey to area near the flag for burpee bullring. One pax goes in the middle and selects someone to race to 5 burpees. Pax on the outside do side strattlehops. Loser runs to a bench and returns while winner joins the circle. All Pax went two times.

Mosey to the hill on the bottom side of the soccer field. Bear crawl races up the hill. Winner does 3 merkins. All others do 5. Rinse and repeat x 5.

Mary: Hold plank for 5 minutes. During 5 minutes did each arm up 1x, peter parkers, pickle pounders, side crunches. When Q noticed most pax were on their knees we took a quick break.

Back to plank for 5 more minutes. This time is was a straight hold with Q asking pax the F3 mission, core principals, and motto. Sets of 5 merkins at various times. One set of clock merkins with stops at 12, 9, 6, and 3. Ended when most Pax on their knees.

Announcements: Beta AO Wednesday joint Q with Carpex. Will run a couple more times. Convergence tomorrow 0704 at Womble

T-Claps (Recognition): Hot

Prayer: Tom’s family from 187’s neighborhood, Crablegs, Shredder.

10 Stations in the Heat

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Pax of eight battling a hot June evening.  Temperature was in the 80’s, but it felt like 100 degrees out there tonight.

EC:  Some running a few miles before workout.

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  SSH, Daisy pickers, Good Morning, L+R overhead stretch

The Workout:  15 reps at 10 stations with a different exercise, using a 25 pound weight or rock to make it harder.  Stations were separated by 10-20 yards to give time to recover between sets.

1.  Merkins, 2. Diamond Merkins, 3. Up-right Rows, 4. Squats, 5. Lunges, 6. Triceps Press, 7. Curls, 8. LBC’s,  9. Ab Roller and 10. Shoulder Press.

Recovered on a lap around soccer fields, then repeated the 10 station circuit again.

Mosey to amphitheater for to sets of:  1.  Dips, 2.  balls to the wall 3.  one leg get-ups 4. LBC’s

Mary:  Merkins, WWII, Diamond Merkins, Box Cutters, Wide Merkins, Protractors

Prayer:  Kabota’s upcoming drug trial, Peace and Gratitude

It’s Hot. Damn Hot.

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May 29, 2019 / Thunder / QIC: Doc

PAX:  Lipsync, Kubota, Dusty [Expected but missing: Dauber due to concern over large pre-Thunder meal and potential Merlot, Crosby as an HC no-show and John Deere who got waylaid at work]

Three brave souls showed up for Doc’s one year anniversary, 99 degree heat index Q at Thunder.  It was hot.  How hot?  It was so hot that….
Chickens were laying omelettes
Squirrels were fanning their nuts
Trees were whistling for the dogs
Dick Cheney waterboarded himself
(I could go on all day men – Google has pages of this stuff….)

FNGs: None

EC: Lipsync (2 mi), Dusty (1 mi)

Warm Up: 21 (SSH cadence count to 2, then silently to 21.  All PAX must end at the same time exactly or count starts again); the daisy picker; shoulder burn: Annie’s (merkin followed by plank with right hand scrubbing the floor, then merkin into plank with left hand scrubbing the floor X 5 each side), straight into arm circles, flapping bird, seal claps X 10 IC each.  Grab some water and mosey to amphitheater.

The Workout: Grab a medium rock and head to amphiteater for ALARMs (Arm, Leg, Abs, R-exercise, M-exercise).  Shoulder press with rock, lunge with rock, big boy situp with rock, rut-rohs with rock, merkins (one hand on rock) X 10 each exercise, repeat at 9, 8, 7…..1.  Recover on the curls-for-the-girls at 7 and 3 and a sip of water at 5 and 1.

Headed to the parking lot for Apple Turnovers/Hot Apple Turnovers: Bear crawl three spaces, then flip to crab walk for three spaces; rinse and repeat (and rinse and repeat).  At the end go back but crawl bear three spaces then reverse crab walk three spaces.

It was about this point that YHC was so overjoyed to have other PAX with him (confused? see “The Lonely Virgin” Ground Pounder Q) that he noticed hearts floating up from Kubota’s head and a unicorn-covered rainbow connecting Lipsync and Dusty!! Every color imaginable swirling around the PAX until……no….no, actually this could just be the edge of heat stroke.  Time for a quick water break.

After rehydrating PAX circled up for some curls for the girls and tricep presses X 10 each, changing rocks as we moved around the circle.  Returned the rocks and headed back for Mary.

Mary:  Hurricane Hoedown (in honor of the Canes and their unceremonious and premature exit from the SC Playoffs) on the edge of the cement at the amphitheater.  Flutter kick IC as follows: 7 seated with arms raised, 7 seated with hands behind back, 7 laying high, 7 laying low.  No break in between.  Completed 7,5,3,1.  Then plank-o-rama including WWIIs (x10), picklepounders (x10), homer-to-marge (x1o) and some stretching.

Announcements:  Lipsync made an extremely important and highly relevant announcement, which the sun promptly baked directly out of YHC’s short-term memory (sorry Lipsync)

Square of Trust: ‘Grace and Gratitude’: Doc read some words of wisdom then gathered for a moment of silence.  PAX invited to express requests for grace or expressions of gratitude as they desired.  Gratitude for service members, family, friends, F3 brotherhood.  Amen.

This has been a great year for me.  Man hug to this F3 brotherhood that has become a huge part of my life.  Aye!

Midget who?

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solid 13 PAX turned up for a sweet hot and sticky evening Thunder work out.

Warm Up: mosey to rock pile, 20 Cadence side straggled hop, 15 Cadence daisy pickers.

Grab a rock and mosey to picnic shelter.

The Workout: THE DECK OF CARDS.

Card Value = Rep, FACE CARDS = 10, Ace = 15, 2 x Jokers = 10 double merkin burpees.

Full Deck Completed = 99 Reps of each exercise….

Hearts – Mountain Climbers Cadence

Diamonds – what else…..diamond Merkins…

Spades – Peoples Chair & Wonder Bra with rocks

Clubs – Balls

Mary: mosey to rock pile… one arm pickle pounder with other arm holding rock on back (10 Cadence each arm)

mosey to tennis courts..

20 Cadence Box Cutters

10 Left, 10 Right Straight Pretzels

10 Left, 10 Right Cadence Toe Taps

20 Cadence American Hammers

Announcements: Holly Springs Police Torch Run – 0715 25th May, Memorial Murph 0700 Womble… Bender Street first full set Lincoln May 19th…forgot the rest….
T-Claps (Recognition): none
Prayer: Shredder weight bearing…

Muggy May 1st Beat-Down

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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

Rams pooped in his glove

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Warm Up

A fun jog to Ram’s car to get his gloves followed by another jog down next to the horseshoe pit for warmup consisting of:  SSH, Imperial Walkers and various stretches.

 

The Workout

Jog to rock pile and grab some traveling rocks

John Cusack across Grigsby with several stops to do the following:

Girls for the girls, triceps extensions, full body press, derkins and erkins on the fence and plank Indian bear crawl

On the other side of Grigsby… bearly curling down the road with crab walk rock kicks back up the road

Return the rocks repeating some of the previously stated exercises

Run up small hill 5 times with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 double merkins

Bear crawl merkin pyramid in grass parking lot then head to Mary

 

Mary

Plank-o-rama

Freddy Mercurys

WWII

Protractor

 

Announcements

Guess Q by Art Vandalay (Trevor Cundiff) at next week’s Thunder (10-Apr)

 

Prayer Request

Crab Legs and Shredder

An App For Everything…… Draw A Card

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PAX of 8 for a Thunder Card Session…

Warm Up: Mosey to amphitheater…… some dynamic stretching…..
The Workout: DECK OF CARDS (with a Deck APP…..) – The Deck was COMPLETED. Rep = Card Value, Face Cards = 10, Ace = 11

JOKER – 5 x Double Merkin Burpees, Hearts – Wide Mountain Climbers Cadence, Diamonds – Diamond Merkins, Clubs – Balls Cadence, Spades – Homer to Marge (one legged, card value each leg)

Half way through we stopped for some ”Wall Toe Taps” super difficult Quad workout

Mary: Protractors 10 count cadence (22.5, 45, 90, 45, 22.5), 10 x Toe Taps, Various Boat Canoe holds with 2 x 30 taps, 10 x Box Cutter. Then 5 count Pax Mary – Monkey Humpers, Wide Merkin, Merkin, Squats, Squats, Stretch.

Announcements: See Slack Or Facebook

Prayer: Gump took us out – Thanks

 

90210 Firestarter

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Warm Up: SSH, Daisy Pickers(beneficial Pace) , stretch legs & Arms

The Workout:Mosey & stop between Lower Pavillion & Top of BB field stopping to do:

In-between each set do 2 Double M’erkin Burpees (20 total)

10 each

Monkey Humpers

Donkey Kicks

Squats

Diamond M’erkins

LBC’s

Brian Boitano’s

Seated Toe Taps

Shoulder Taps

Low Slow Flutter

Repeat 10x

Mary:

Protractors to FireStarter by The Prodigy

15/45/15/45/90/30ish/15/45

Announcements: FB/Slack

Prayer:Our Crew/ Our Country

Thunder is a mainly no running…. but we like legs…

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Warm Up:

Mosey to Amphitheater – Dynamic High Legs 10, Quad Stretch 10, High Knees 10. MERKIN Twists Arm Up / SCORPION stretch / Dynamic Hamstring / Groin Stretch 1 arm up. 

The Workout:

LEG SETS

10 Jump Squats

10 Bulgarian Split Squats (5L/5R)

10 Pistol Squats (5L/5R)

DEEP SQUAT HOLD (15 cadence)

10 One leg get ups (5L/5R)

Foot Over Toe – shoulder on wall, tighten quads to lift heels off the ground, keeping heels off ground touch the top the top of toe with heel (5L/5R/5L/5R)

Recovery: 20 Cadence Count BALLS

Rinse and Repeat 3 times

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10 Diamonds/10 count Superman/10 Pickup Planks/ 10 Inch Worm Merkins

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REPEAT LEG SETS (3 sets)

Mary:Box Cutter 15 cadence, Low Slow Flutter 20 cadence,  American Hammers 20 cadence, Homer to Marge 20 count std +10 left leg, +10 right leg. Diamond Merkins 25 count. Finished up with Protractos 10 count cadence each angle 22.5/45/90/45/22.5

Announcements: Tri-Sprint June 1st (speak to Gump)

Prayer: Thanks for Fitness & Fellowship

Bear Sighting and Shooting Stars

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February 13, 2019 / Thunder / QIC: Aquaman

PAX: Aquaman, Crosby, Gumby, Gump, John Deer, Kubota, Tofu, Quiver

PAX of 3 for EC and 8 for main event came out to crawl around in the dark of the night with shooting stars above!

EC: Crosby, Gumby, John Deer

Warm Up: Mosey to parking lot to circle up for a very short warm-up as everyone could “Bearly” hold back their excitement to get started!

SSH IC x 25, Cotten pickers IC x10

The Workout:There are 32 parking spaces in the middle of the parking lot. There are also 3 handicap spaces on the far corner of the parking lot. Each space had a card with the exercise you were to complete written on it. You were to bear crawl to each space and do the exercise. 2 of those spaces gave direction to bear crawl to a handicap space of your choosing. The 3 handicap space exercises included Dbl merkin burpee x 10 or LBC’s IC x20 then WW2’s x10 or 2 laps around lot then Turkish Get-ups x5. You would then bear crawl back to your next space and continue. I do not feel like typing all 32 exercises but we had lots of fun and Bearly made it around to all of them. Also at any given time, anyone was allowed to call out a exercise of their choosing and we would all stop and complete it b4 moving on. With 8 minutes remaining, we bear crawled to meet Mary.

Mary: Complete the exercise in the handicap space that you had not done.

Announcements:FB, Slack, and a reminder to that just because not everyone has prayer requests, that does not mean that they might not be struggling with something. Keep our eyes open and be available to one another
Prayer:Quiver is moving to HS and the stresses involved, Bullseye’s recovery, those that are struggling and not saying anything to anyone to have strength to speak up and for the rest to have eyes to see.