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TS Michael

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On this day, we await remnants of Michael. Schools are closed, but for most of us it will be business as usual.

EC streak alive with Nemo, Deadbolt, 187, Pablo and Warbucks doing the standard loop

Warm Up: Jog around the soccer fields and circle up in starting lot for the usual including Good Mornings, SSH, Mt. Climbers, Fazio Arm Circles, and another set of SSH.  Shifted to some leg stretch to close it out.
The Workout: On the jog to back corner of soccer fields we stopped at top of greenway hill.  Partnered up for a brutal set.  Partner 1 was on the run to bottom of hill and back while Partner 2 was AMRAP select exercise.  We did this 5 freaking times.  Exercise order was merkins, burpees, squats, SSH and air press – this was all about pushing yourself to a limit. After each Partner completed each of the 5 exercises and 5 laps on the hill, we recovered on the jog back to the parking lot where we found the wall and alternated BTTW and dips on the bench.  5 rounds, again, working up from a 10 count to a 14 count.
Mary: Strong Plank-o-Rama, real strong
Announcements: SAS 5K, Beer Mile, HSHM shirt order
Prayer: Lab Rat house on market and preparing for move and to work with his family business leading sales for Oyster Farm, all those impacted by Michael and still recovering from Florence, all our brothers through unspoken prayer.  YHC took us out.

What Hurricane?

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Warm Up: SSH IC, Arm circles, cotton pickers, mtn climbers, standard merkins

The Workout: PAX lined up to perform a modified Beast.  6 Merkins then bear crawl to the next line, rinse and repeat until PAX reached the center column.

Modified Tabata – 20 seconds work, 15 seconds rest.  Alternate cycles of jump rope and slam ball for 2 rounds through.

Cut a deck of cards in half.  Spades = burpeess, clubs = air squats, diamonds = WWIIs, hearts = merkins.

Back under the main shelter.  Linkin Park up on the playlist.  Wall squats for the verses, Balls to the Wall for the choruses.

Lined up at the bottom of the shelter lunge walked to the top, broad jumped back to the bottom.  Recovery walk to the top.

Thunder on the playlist.  Everytime “Thunder” was mentioned, PAX performed  a monkey humper.

Mary: WWIIs, supine freddy mercury, superman, heels to heaven, there could be more but this Q cannot remember.  Train on the playlist.  Plank was held and rotated through left and right arm up, chill cut same thing with hip dips, then back to regular to finish it up.

Announcements: Darby organizing a ruck.  Possibly an overnight ruck prior to Veterans Day to meet up at a location an then continue into the morning.

Prayer: safety for those in the path of this storm and those who are dealing with the after effects.

2 Years of the ‘Chu – Part 2 of 2

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15 pax came out to workout 2 of 2 celebrating Pikachu’s 2 year F3 anniversary.

Warm up:

Lap around the turf field. Circle up in the parking lot:

SSH

Mountain climbers

Arm stretches

The thing:

Mosey to turf field – line up along near left edge

Jog to other end

Bear crawl length of field

Jog to other end

3 count – on 1 start holding low plank, on 2 keep holding, on 3 sprint to other side of the field

Low slow flutter

Jog back to far end

10 count

3 count – on 1 start holding 6 inches, on 2 keep holding, on 3 sprint to other side

Freddy Mercury

Jog back to far end

10 count

3 count – sprint on 3, all out for last one

10 count

Mosey to the abyss/stairs

Warm up trip to bottom and back to top

Back to bottom – 10 of Pikachu’s favorite exercise (aka the Burpee)

Back to top – plank hold

Back to bottom – 10 of Pikachu’s 2nd favorite exercise (aka the Turkish Getup)

Back to top – squat hold

Back to bottom – third favorite exercise (Pickle Pounder)

Back to top – 10 count

Mosey back to parking lot for Mary. Yogurt started while YHC got his phone…..and a speaker.

Thunder by Imagine Dragons – hold plank and do a merkin every time the word Thunder is said.

Stretching routine (copy from Thunder).

Announcements:

Pikachu thanks all of South Wake for making Holly Springs feel like home over the past two years.

Prayers:

Crab legs. Brick house is looking for a joke.

And on that note…

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Warm Up: Led by Stovepipe as YHC was en route.  Many laps around the ‘lot ensued followed by a lovely 20 burpee penalty for YHC, SSH, windmills, static stretch, merkins, and mountain climbers

The Workout:  PAX adopted a rock and partnered up.  All exercises 15 reps with the rock except merkins.

  • Shoulder press
  • curls for the girls
  • tricep extensions
  • sumo squats
  • standard merkins

After PAX went through the list, partners switched rocks and did the run through again.

Mosey over to the basketball courts for 2 rounds of B.L.I.M.P.S.  Almost had a merlot.

Mosey back to the front lot for build a bears

Mary: Flutter Kicks IC x 40

Prayer: Injured Reserve (PnG), Bloodsport and Mrs healing, Laker upcoming travels, Lab Rat’s grandpa, Unspoken

Rule of threes.

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Warm Up:10 Minutes of Agility Ladder, Jogging, and Circle Activities
The Workout: Teams of 3 work through three different exercises per station. Tabata Plank between rotation.

Workouts: Stations Time(rest/work)

  • Round 1: 30/30
    • box jumps, step ups, Sit squat with foot release
  • PLANKS 10/20
  • Round 2: 25/35
    • TRX ROWBulgarian Bag Halos, TRX Squat
  • PLANKS 20/10
  • Round 3: 10/45
    • Big bag clean and walk, Slam Ball, TRX Push

Mary: American Hammers, LBC’s, Flutterkicks
Announcements: F3Southwake Convergence being held on Wednesday August 29th at Action Park. Date TBD for the Next “Crawl”
Prayer: Pray for 2% and provide him safety while he navigates the legal system in regards to assisting someone leaving a abusive home. Prayers for Bloodsport and his new child.

Father, thank you for allowing us to stay connected with you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for the powerful work of your Holy Spirit that enables and equips us to bear fruit for you as we remain in you. Thank you for reminding us that apart from you we can do nothing. Thank you that when we turn to you we always have a clear signal and a connection that is never lost. Help us to hear from you so that we can make an impact for Christ in the lives of our fellow athletes and coaches. In Jesus name, Amen!

What’s that rubber thing?

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Warm Up: 10 minutes of jogging, sprinting

The Workout: Round 1: intervals of TRX Push/pull, Slam balls, Lateral Resistance bands, heavy bag cleans, tire drags, wrist/forearm trainer. Round 2: Partner Dora: sprints and TRX push/pull/squat
Mary: American Hammers, Flutterkicks, WWII’s
Announcements:
Prayer: Prayers for Wes and Christa Claytor who lost their baby over the weekend. Praise for 2% and his Foster Parent License approval. Prayers for LAbRats Cousin and their baby going through complications.

Disney Legwork

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Pax of 17 came out to Disney for some cool but humid leg work.  Unfortunately there were no turkey legs to be found 🙁

EC: 187, Nemo, Lipstick, Axe

Warm Up:

It began like many other Disney workouts with a run around the soccer fields.  We circled up for some Good Mornings, Mountain Climbers, Side Straddle Hops, and completed our workout with a nice Indian Run to the STAIRS OF DOOM.

The Workout:

We paired off to take on the STAIRS OF DOOM.  Partner 1 ran down the stairs, completed 20x Star Jumps, and then ran back up the stairs.  Meanwhile, partner 2 completed as many Merkins as they could OYO.  The partners swapped off and exchanged Merkins for LBCs for Planks (one round of each until both got a shot).  Once we got to planks we did a little Plank-O-Rama to keep things interesting and had the remaining stair climbers join in as they finished.

We took a short breather and a 10 count before a Mozy to the “walls”

Partner 1 bellied up to the bathroom wall for some Balls to the Wall while partner 2 completed 20 box jumps at the short wall.  The partners swapped out for 3 rounds.  Again we waited for the 6 with some Plank-O-Rama

Mary:

Box Cutters, Low Slow Flutters, Diamond Merkins, Burpees, World War I’s, Goofballs

Announcements:

New Running AO “Running 4 the John” started on 8/8 at Ting – Will continue weekly Wednesdays @ 5:30AM – 5 to 6 miles

Convergence to honor Ankle Biter @ Vance Elementary this Friday @ 5:30

Some folks will be out at the Derek Davis 5k on 8/18 – Look to Lipstick to meet-up and warm-up near the shovel flag

9/11 Stair Climb

Lab Rat reported that the prayers for the premature baby in his extended family are working.  Still in the hospital but improving everyday.

5 Pack for Warbucks

2x 5 Pack for Dumbo

Prayer:

Hope Community Church goer and friend to Roger Roger jumped out of a boat and sustained major injuries.

Darby – Ankle Biter unfortunately did not recover.  See Announcements to support Darby at Convergence

 

 

Morning After the Fartsack Q

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Warm Up: Several laps around the parking lot followed by Ladder drills to get the feet moving and the heart rate up.  SSH, Goofball, Windmill, static stretching.
The Workout: Modified Tabatas! 12 rounds x 2 for an 8 round tabata for each exercise.

  • 20lb slam ball
  • Jump Rope
  • Standard Merkin

20 seconds on 10 seconds off.  Rotate after each interval.

YHC limped along for an indian run lap around the park with the PAX and was admittedly dismayed there was still 15 minutes left after the lap was completed. (applause for non-sleeping 2.0)

Headed to the shelter for more fun.  First up was legs with foot release squats x 20, single leg step ups 10/leg and jumping lunges 10/leg.  Al Gore for the 6 then over to the posts for 20 count wall squats.

15-10-5 Irka-Derka-Merkins.  Then 15-10-5 Derka-Merka-Irkins, then 15-10-5 Merka-Derka-Irkins (insert Team America jokes here)

Mary: flutter kicks x 20 IC

Prayer: Lab Rat’s wife’s cousin’s baby had a successful surgery for stent placements and will have more operations to come.  But he (Grayson) is moving out of the ICU to a step down unit once one becomes available.  Sweeny Todd’s M had emergency C-section and is having some issues and may require a surgery, United’s M is still looking for a job and they are dealing with no AC in their home out in Greensboro–they have a 1 year old.

No Rest for the weary

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Props to Lab Rat and Darby for completing a 5 Pack (Detox, The Station, GTR, Disney/Kenny’s, Morning After)

Warm Up: Lap around the lot followed by SSH, Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, static stretch, and arm circles
The Workout:

PAX partnered up and ran opposite directions around the lot for a miserable mile.  North and South ends: patty cake merkins and Squat jumps; East and West ends: bear craw and lunge walks.  PAX completed 4 laps and plank for 6.

Keeping a running theme DORA 1-2-3s.  Merkins (100), Squats (200), flutter kicks (300).  All exercises were cumulative.  Partner ran length of parking lot and back then picked up the count.

Run to the shelter and lined up on a line.  PAX completed 5 WWIIs then crab walked up to the next line until the center column was reached.  PAX held a wall squat for the 6 then a 10 count was observed.

Mary: PAX held plank was asked to name something they were thankful for and what positive impact F3 has had in their lives.
Announcements: Sasquatch tomorrow and a wild coyote is roaming garner.  Media hype made it appear crazier than it was.
Prayer: politics at work, upcoming surgeries, continued healing for Grayson (now 5.6 lbs), unexpected loss

Substitute Teacher

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UTI woke up not feeling well so Nemo took a quick glance at the workout he had planned and the PAX headed out to put in the effort.  EC credit to Nemo, Mookie, 187, M4L and Axe (with and “e”)

Warm Up: Lap around soccer fields followed by circle up for SSH, Good Mornings, Fazio Arm Circles, and some leg and arm stretch.
The Workout: Over the half pipe we split in 2 groups, each taking a hill.  OYO with accountability we lunge walked up the hill, 10 count Mt Climbers at the top, jog down and 10 Shoulder Taps IC.  Repeat x5.  Back the building we alternated Balls the Wall and Squat Jumps.  Started on a 10 count, then 15 and 20.  Did the same with Preachers Chair and Dips on the benches.  On the jog to far corner of soccer fields we partnered up.  Partner 1 was on the run down the greenway to the road and back with a nice uphill to finish, while partner 2 was doing LBCs or Squats.  Each ran the hill twice and each set of partners completed 200 LBCs and 200 Squats.  Split up for Indian Run to meet back at far corner of fields.
Mary: Circled up for a quick set of LBCs, Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutters, Pickle Pounders and more LBCs.
Announcements: CSAUP this Saturday.  Lip Stick VQ Cletus tomorrow (look for some serious hill work)
Prayer: Lab Rat’s cousin’s baby still being treated, Double D and his family.  We talked about the message Double D shared at Possum Trot – the value of when we lift each other up and the video clip he posted about “Shoulder Taps”