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Surprise Birthday Party

It was my birthday, but I didn’t want to make a deal out of it. I kept it hush until Side Straddler Hops at that time the pax figured things out. Then Katniss notified me that we are Birthday buds.

EC:  Dawgpound, Dumbo, Cowboy, Buford, Sliderule, Pikachu, Lucky Charms, Emeril, Pablo, Deadbolt, Axe, UTI, Warbucks, Mookie

FNGs: None
Warm Up:

Did a lap around the Paradise City complex. Stopped at the corners for the following.

38 Side Straddle Hops
Good Mornings
Fazio Arm Circles
10 Slow Reverse Merkins

The Workout:

Formed 4 to 5 man Indian runs.

Lap 1:
At the basketball hop: 5 Double Merkin Burpees
The corner: 5 Double Merkin Burpees, 10 Merkins
Box Office: 5 Double Merkin Burpees, 10 Merkins, 20 Squats
Bottom of Ramp: 5 Double Merkin Burpees, 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs

Lap 2:
At the basketball hop: 5 Burpees
The corner: 5 Burpees 10 Carolina Dry Docks
Box Office: 5 Burpees, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Step Ups
Bottom of Ramp: 5 Burpees, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs

Lap 3:
At the basketball hop: 1 Burpees
The corner: 1 Burpees 10 Carolina Dry Docks
Box Office: 1 Burpees, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 10 Step Ups
Bottom of Ramp: 1 Burpees, 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs

Pax then lined up against the fence and did Balls to the wall as the pax farthest from the basketball court sprinted to the end.  After all the Pax went through once it was their choice for BTTW or Squat Hold.  All Pax Sprinted three times.

Mary:

The other Birthday Boy took over for Mary.

Pickle Pounders
Low Slow Flutter
Have a Nice Day

Announcements:

See Slack

T-Claps (Recognition):

Katnis for celebrating 48 in style

Prayer:

Derek Davis and his family
Katniss Cousin Jay
Crablegs

Don’t Stop Believing

25 PAX came out for the conclusion of You vs. You. 14 HIM started out with a run to get the juices going. UTI looked like he just got out the pool. YHC was feeling anxious to get this thing going. A quick “push yourself” speech and we were off.

EC:
Yogurt, Go-gurt, UTI, Emeril, Axe, 187, Mookie, Katniss, Messi, Fonzi, LED, H1N1, Lucky Charms, Banana Seat

Warm Up:
Jog down to amphitheater lawn
Smurf Jacks x30
Bat wings x20 IC each
Jump Squats x20
Absolutions x10 on 8 cadence count

The Workout:
Mosey over to the white fences for typewriters
Lower rung x10 then 3 slides
Middle rung x10 then 3 slides
Top rung x10 then 3 slides

Long mosey over to Grigsby side parking lot for 11’s
Pickle Pounders and Bobby Hurley’s all done together
– saw a lot of sporadic bursts of speed out of guys during this one and I liked it

Mosey over to concession stand
BTTW Shoulder taps x10 IC
Preacher’s chair with hallelujah’s x10 IC
Rinse and Repeat

Mosey over to parking lot near rock pile
Wheelbarrow merkin suicides (partner up)
– using the parking spaces for distance, wheelbarrow to the next line, 1 merkin, then reverse wheelbarrow back to start. Go to 2nd line for 2 merkins, reverse back. Continue until the 5th line for 5 merkins then reverse back. Modify with bear crawl instead of merkins. Not sure if anyone successfully did all these without rest.

YHC looked at his Garmin and knew that we would not have time for planned Mary which was “Thunderstruck”. I’m sure everyone was happy though.

Mary:
6 inch hold into hello dollys x15 IC
LSF x15 IC
Windshield Wipers x15 IC
Heels to Heaven x15 IC
American Hammers x20 IC

Announcements:
Aug. 24 @ Middle Creek Elementary voluntary work day, Christmas Party 2nd Saturday in Dec., 911 shirt order and event, Fry Daddy run charity event

T-Claps (Recognition):
Hats off to 187, Messi, H1N1, Emeril, Axe for completing the You vs. You challenge of 5 EC + 5 BS AO’s

Prayer:
Noah’s Ark and family, IR PAX, unspoken

Wow, what a week! If you really want a challenge, try doing something crazy like UvU challenge. Continue to develop fresh ideas to keep the PAX engaged. Don’t stop believing in yourself and know you can push harder in everything you do in life. Now, it’s time for a couple days of fartsacking. SYITG when I return.

BS Out!

Just One Minute – UvU1

Day 1 of the You vs. You challenge had 20 HIM getting stronger together. 11 of those chose to start with some EC. YHC passed out some special treats just before the workout to those that completed EC. One FNG was there and one visitor from Carpex made his first trip to a SouthWake AO. A light drizzle came into play during the workout and the PAX was pleased by it. UvU challenge is intended to get guys out of their comfort zone and push harder than normal through the workout. YHC saw that in some guys, others were called out a couple times for walking. Here is how we went down to Paradise City.

FNG: Goya (brought by Emeril)

Warm Up:
Laps while snaking the parking lot with cariocas and slides before circling up with a squat hold.

Work on form
Exaggerated SSH x10 IC
SSH x10 IC
Exaggerated IW into HB x10 IC
IW into HB x10 IC
Exaggerated Mtn Climber x10 IC
Mtn climbers x10 IC
Exaggerated Prisoner Squats x10 IC
Squats x20

The Workout:
Just 1 Min – 3 groups for scout run
PAX will start in lower parking lot for 1 min of scout running then stopping for 1 min of an exercise. Rinse and repeat for 14 mins. Then head towards upper loop and repeat for another 14 mins.

Run, merkins
Run, bear crawl
Run, squats
Run, lunge
Run, monkey humpers
Run, plank jacks
Run, burpees

Head to laps with ramp
Run, shoulder taps
Run, broad jumps
Run, diamond merkins
Run, star jumps
Run, Turkish getups
Run, knerkins
Run, Catalina Wine Mixers

Mary:
Cold Play – Sally with 6 inch hold

Announcements:
See slack and FB, UvU continues tomorrow at The Nutcracker

T-Claps (Recognition):
EC – 187, Emeril, Messi, ShamWOW!, Axe, QWERTY, Yogurt, Go-Gurt, H1N1, Pablo, Banana Seat
Ramp Sprints – Yogurt, Go-Gurt, Snap
Breath Taker – Popinski

Prayer:
H1N1 testing, shootings, PAX on IR

It was a pleasure to lead this morning. Pumped for a strong week. Hope to see more guys out tomorrow pushing themselves.

BS Out!

Nomads in search of Fritters

15 PAX, 11 for EC came out to support a few Nomads traveling to Southwake plus one local on their journey for the coveted Fritter.  All fritters have to come through Disney, so YHC decided to take the Q and show these Nomads how we do it in Southwake with a trip to the Abyss

EC: Particle Board, Borland, Full House, Garfield, Orphan, Katniss, Lucky Charms, Emeril, Dumbo, Dawgpound, Pablo

FNGs: None

Fritter: Borland, Orphan, Garfield, Full House (with Breathtaker!!!)

Warm Up: A warm-up jog around the soccer field.  Circle up for exercises in cadence: SSH x20, Imperial walkers x10, Hillbillies x10, Sir Fazio Arm circles x10F x10R, Good Mornings x10

The Workout: Quick count off then mosey to the Abyss.  Find accountability partner for a Dora 1-2-3 (exercises 100x merkin, 200x LBC, 300x squat).  Parnter 1 start the exercises, partner 2 travel down the abyss and do 5 burpees and back up to switch with partner 1.  Wash rinse and repeat until all exercises are completed.  YHC felt that we still had a few more trips up and down the abyss, so partner 1 completed plank exercises called out by myself or M4L while partner 2 traveled back down the abyss for 5 star jumps; wash, rinse, and repeat for 2 cycles each.  Regroup and head back toward playground/bathroom area for more fun.  Found a nice wall to rest our balls, so Partner 1 hold BTTW while partner 2 did 10 merkins, switch and repeat.  Then, Partner 1 hold BTTW while partner 2 did 10 count in cadence mountain climber, switch and repeat. Partner 1 hold BTTW while partner 2 did 10 shoulder taps, switch and repeat.  Then repeat all 3 exercises sets again but instead of BTTW, Partner held Peoples chair.  Once completed mosey to flag for MARY

Mary: All exercises in cadence: LSFx20, Homer to Marge x10, Box Cutter x 10, Pickle Pounder x 20

Announcements: Check FB and Slack

T-Claps (Recognition): Full House doing Fritter with Breathtaker!!!

Prayer: Unspoken, New Mexico took us out.

Dawgpound brings music to PT

EC: Dawgpound, Emeril, Dumbo, Pablo, Orphan, Garfield, LED, Lucky, Full House, Cowboy, Borland, Banana Seat

FNGs: Pinto
Warm Up:

Side Straddle Hop
Good Morning
Bat Wing
  Fazio Forward
  Fazio Backward
  Seal Claps
  Overhead Claps
  Ralphe Pulses
Pickers
Imperial Walker
Hillbillies
The Workout:
The Man from the Killers — Jumping Jacks and Burpees
Stack Em Up Suicide Bear Crawl and Crawl Bear.  Bear Crawl to cone.  Crawl Bear to start line.  Up the hill by baseball field
Round 1:
  10 Merkins — Good Form
Round 2:
  Reverse Lunge to Forward Lunge 10 each leg  — /Only do this at cone/
  10 Merkins
Round 3:
  30 Plank Jack — /Only do this at cone/
  Reverse Lunge to Forward Lunge 10 each leg
  10 Merkins
Round 4:
  40 Shoulder taps (20 Each Shoulder — /Only do this at cone/
  30 Plank Jack
  Reverse Lunge to Forward Lunge 10 each leg
  10 Merkins
Round 5:
  10 Absolutions — /Only do this at cone/
  40 Shoulder taps (20 Each Shoulder
  30 Plank Jack
  Reverse Lunge to Forward Lunge 10 each leg
  10 Merkins
Saw Lightning — Plank jack with Catalina Wine Mixer on Saw Lightning
Mary:

LBC
Low Slow Flutter
Homer to Marge
Have a Nice Day

Announcements: Nada
T-Claps (Recognition): Full House with BT
Prayer:
Double D
Injured Pax

Crazy Ivan 7/26- Big Boy Toys

Pax of 8 got stronger with some big boy toys

Dauber, Pots, Dawgpound, Lucky Charms, Emeril, Pablo, 8-bit and Breach on the Q

Warm up– Jog around the parking lot and circle up for a 22 count party of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Daisy Pickers and Windmills. 

Main Event– 4 stations of fun for a Tabata style workout 8 30 second sets with 10 seconds of rest between each set. Rotate Stations after completion of the set. 

Station 1 (Kettlebells) Round 1 swings, Round 2 Upright Rows

Station 2 (Tires and Fire hoses) Round 1 Tire flips, Round 2 Fire hose Lunges 

Station 3 (Battle Ropes and Med Balls) Round 1 Waves, Round 2 Med Ball Slams

Station 4 (Pain Sticks) Round 1 Alternate between Curls and Tricep extensions, Round 2 Squats 

Announcements: CSAUP in Greenville 

Closed in Prayer  

Indian Run 11’s

12 PAX, 7 for EC, decided to start their week off right by posting at Paradise City to admire the green grass and pretty girls.  In the few minutes before the workout started, all PAX seemed eerily quite and having a difficult time shaking off the weekend.   As the clock was counting down to the start time, we noticed that Cupid had not made it back from EC.  The Q had gone to back to pick up the six at the end, but the problem was, he was not the six.  He was in the front and decided to take an alternate route solo, which the Q was not aware, and got lost.  [Side note: if you are planning on breaking off from the group to get more miles, please take a partner or at least let the Q know!].  As the start time was quickly counting down, we saw his NOX vest rapidly approaching Ting in an effort to make it in time.  He was late, 5 penalty burpees OYO!

EC: Cupid, Yogurt, Lucky Charms, Pablo, Axe, Katniss, Dawgpound

FNGs: None

Notable Absences: Pretty Girls, Site Leadership (Dumbo and Skidmark), Emeril, Rainmaker, Deadbolt, Flair, Wood Creek clown car, 12 Oaks clown car…

Warm Up: mosey to the top of the ramp, in cadence: SSH x20, Imperial Walkers x10, Hillbillies x10, mosey to the back corner, in cadence: fazio arm circles 10 forward, 10 back, good mornings x10, mosey to the bottom of the hill by the entrance to the basketball courts.

The Workout: PAX counted off by 1’s and 2’s, which seemed really difficult for some to grasp, to split into 2 groups for indian-runs to complete 11’s.  The workout started at the bottom of the hill by the basketball court entrance running counter-clockwise around the loop to the dumpsters.  Exercises started with 10 star jumps at the top and 1 prisoner squat at the bottom.  Exercise reps decreased by 1 at the top and increased by 1 at the bottom after each completed trip up and down the road.  Q also added that every time we hit the 90° turn at the halfway point (up and down), 5 merkins.  We were only able to complete 6 full trips up and down to save enough time for “six minute abs”.

Mary: All exercises in cadence:  Low slow flutter x20, homer-to-marge x10, box cutters x10, Freddie Mercuries x20, pickle pounders x20, have-a-nice-day

Announcements: Check Slack and Facebook

T-Claps (Recognition): Full House with Breathtaker

Prayer: Unspoken

Yogurt’s Post Workout Sprints: Cupid, Full House, Katniss, Pablo, Particle Board, Steamboat, Yogurt

Still hard a year later…

PAX of 18 to celebrate YHC 1 year anniversary by revisiting his first F3 workout. One year ago today, Stark made his triumphant return to South Wake with an epic beatdown at Paradise City. YHC was an innocent victim merloting not once, but twice during the workout. An honor Midget likes to remind me of at least weekly, if not more often.

Thanks to all who came out to support me today. More importantly, thanks to the men of South Wake for the support, encouragement and accountability over the last year. Just showing up was one of the best things I’ve ever done. My life has changed because of and continues to be enriched by you HIM. Thanks to you all, especially 187 and Pablo for the headlock.

FNGs: None – its probably for the best.

EC: Cowboy, Lucky Charms, Dawgpound, Warbucks, Maybelline, Aquaman, Axe, Dahmer, Dumbo, WebEx (EC only)

Warm Up:Quick warmup jog
SSH x20, Windmills x10, Imperials Walkers x10, Hillbillies x10
½ mile jog with warmps – Good Mornings x10, Windmills x10, Fazio Arm Circles x10, Stretches

The Workout: 6 Cones were set up about 10 yards apart.  YHC instructed the PAX to bear crawl (round 1), lunge walk (round 2), Bunny Jump (round 3) and partner wheelbarrow (round 4) to each cone and perform the exercise associated with that cone.

B.L.I.M.P.S
B- Burpees – Cone 1 x5 – Total = 20
L – Lunges – Cone 2 x10 – Total = 40
I – Imperial Walkers– Cone 3 x15 – Total = 60
M – Merkins– Cone 4 x20 – Total = 80
P – Plank Jacks– Cone 5 x25 – Total = 100
S – Squats– Cone 6 x30 – Total = 120

Mary: LBC’s x15, Low slow flutter x15, Homer to Marge x30

Prayer: Child injured in Fuquay this weekend. Coal Ash grandmother.

Original workout – https://f3southwake.com/2018/07/23/return-of-stark/
Thanks for the opportunity to lead you HIM. I’ll do better next time!

So… I borrowed this recipe from Emeril…

ECEC: Cupid, Pikachu, M4L, Yellow Card

EC: Lipstick, Flanigan, Emeril, ShamWow!, Blue Hen, Nemo, Full House, Skidmark, Pablo, YHC

Ting Ramp EC: Nemo, Pikachu, Cupid, Yogurt, GoGurt

I must admit that I was a little overwhelmed to see the number of HIM that showed up today in support of my 2yr Anniversary with F3 – and this was only EC.  It was quite a light show pulling up right at 5:15 this morning with all those vests lit up, blinking away.  I can report that these vest contraptions really, really work.  As I pulled up just in time and had some preparation to do, I got to watch this awesome pack of PAX roll-out right on time and could see them slowly disappear over Bridgewater Short Hill (Strava Segment name BTW, I highly recommend Strava, it’s all the rage).  Shovel Flag planted, Nemo out ahead of me by a few minutes.  It’s going to be a great morning in the gloom!

What follows is a workout inspired by the workout Emeril put together as Q on July 24, 2017 – My first F3 Post.  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Emeril deserves some credit for this workout, it’s a burner as they say.  If you are a Facebook’er – Here is link to the BackBlast.

  • I showed up late this morning for EC, please correct me if I missed you…

FNGs: Too scared

Warm Up:

A moment taken by YHC to thank everyone for showing up and bringing such a large number of PAX to the celebration.  27!!!  Nearly got a Deadbolt sized crowd 🙂

Special thanks given the Thingamabob out of N.E. Wake, he had a 45 min drive this morning.  He and I used to work together and apparently I had EH’d him in conversation and he decided to post on his own at some point.  Great dude, hope you got a chance to get to say hi.

Also notable attendance by Emeril, Pikachu, BlueHen, Nemo, Patch, M4LIFE, and Yellow Card.  These guys were there with me on day 1 and showed up again today.  Noted regrets from Deadbolt, Roger Roger, DawgPound, and Slide Rule.

Equally present were many of my EHs from the last 2 years.  Lipstick (BREATHTAKER!!!), Straight Cash, Peeping Tom, and Tetanus

WHERE IS THE HOOK!!!  WHAT WAS THE WORKOUT!?!?  ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

We began with 20 SSH, 10 Windmills (1st 10 count offense),  YHC was still a little verklempt and had some counts that sounded like he was ending these 2 workouts a little early.  There was a quick little internal monologue and pep-talk (UTI you’re blowing it!) then we went on a Mozy towards the tennis courts.  Half way up the back stretch at Ting we went into a Carioca, switching half way past the tennis courts and continuing the rest of the way up the hill.  We rounded the corner and Mozy’d once again for a bit.  At the next tree, we met the sidewalk for Fast Feet until the next tree.  Back to a Mozy as we headed down the Ting Ramp for “The Workout”.  Squat Hold for the 6

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The Workout:

Pulled straight from Emeril’s cookbook – Pair up into partners for B.O.M.B.S  (50- Burpees / 100- Overhead Claps / 150- Merkins / 200- LBC’s / 250- Squats)

Partner 1 does a workout and works to complete as many as possible during the time allowed.  The time allowed is driven by partner 2 who is on the run from one side of the lot to the other.  Partners 1 and 2 switch out at the completion of each run and they work together to complete the B.O.M.B.S.  If this were a video I would be playing this section in timelapse cause it took a while to complete.  PAX picked up the 6 on these and helped the remaining groups finish out their work.  This workout was tough for me as an F3 newb and it was good to see that it’s still pretty effective on some of the experienced guys too.  Good feedback on this one.  Everyone seemed to feel they got their money’s worth.

Short/quick Mozy to the bottom of the ramp.  The rest of the time I diverged from Emeril’s recipe a bit.  His recipe called for partner carries and in the last 2 years we have largely moved away from them, past the injury record they have – I know no one wants to carry YHC (I was particularly sweaty today).  So, we stayed in our existing partnerships with partner 1 Bear Crawling up the ramp while partner 2 hung back and whipped up 3 Burpees.  Once said burpees were adequately whipped, partner 2 sprinted to catch partner 1 and they swapped all the way up to the top of Ting Ramp.  The original plan was to take these all the way to the tennis courts but time was almost up.

<Slashed out a small section of the original plan here for time.>  You know how in cooking you can just leave stuff out sometimes – dash of this, dash of that, nope don’t need that (toss it over your head without looking)…  Emeril knows what I’m talking about.  BAM!

Audible called to form 4 lines for Indian Runs.  From the looks of it, we ended up in 3ish lines of varying sized but it seemed to work well enough…  Indian Runs continued around around the tennis courts and back down to the basket ball courts for Mary.

All the while – we did have Peeping Tom (or PT as he’s known in Carpex) out on a run with Straight Cash to keep him company.  PT is still on the mend but they both made a point to be here on my anniversary with a modified workout.  Nice job men!

Mary:

10 Have A Nice Day (2nd 10 count offense), 20 Leg Lifts, 12 Freddie Mercs, 12 Homer to Marge, Pigeon Pose both legs, Runners Pose both legs, 20 Diamond Merkins (Lipstick ending strong with Breathtaker)

One more thing from YHC – Very happy to be a part of F3 South Wake.  It’s been a great 2 years and I’m happy to have stuck with it.  1st F was the hook and I’ll admit it took me almost my first year before I started to truly buy-in.  So happy to have gotten more involved in the 2nd and 3rd Fs.  Feeling alot of growth through F3 and very happy to continue that growth in the years to come.  If you’re new and this is still just a workout, you haven’t come to understand or believe that it’s more than a workout – hang in there.  It’s worth the wait.

Announcements:

  • Check with Skidmark – BRR Simulation will be in play next weekend, 3 mile runs scattered throughout the day to test your legs
  • F3 Dads Camp has some open spots – See M4L
  • Check the Slack and the Facebooks for more intel and other announcements.

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • See above – Thanks again everyone.  Great time out there this morning.
  • Shredder doing good in the world on a mission trip.

Prayer:

  • Hit and run victim in Fuquay over the weekend.  Not a member of F3 but a reminder to wear your reflective gear on your runs.
  • Crablegs on his MLB journey
  • Quiver’s daughter starting school soon shortly after their move to South Wake.  YHC extended the prayer to all kids returning to school.  Being a kid is hard and guiding your kids through life is hard too.  Prayers to oversee the kids and the parents through these changes.

Welcome White Claw and Duck Hunt

Yoga EC: Dawgpound, Buford, Emeril, Skidmark
EC: Pablo, Blue Hen, Moby, Flanagan, Lucky Charms, Dahmer, UTI, White Claw

FNGs: White Claw and Duck Hunt
Warm Up:

Bounce
High Hinge. Left leg back
High Hinge. Right leg back
Trace your foot
Back Stroke
Arms out rotate shoulder

Teaching:

Tier 1:
Swing bell against chest
Reverse Warrior Lunge
Pushup on bell on knees

Tier 2:
Swing two handed
Rotational Warrior Lunge
Pushup on Bell

Tier 3:
Single Arm Swing
Rotational Warrior Lunge with Press
Plyo Pushup on Bell

The Workout:

20 Rounds of one minute of the tier you select above. Start at 4 reps each exercise. If you have something you have to do on each arm it will be 2 and 2. If you finish the exercise under 30 seconds. Increase the number of reps. We will go from 4 to 6. If you cannot finish by 40 seconds decrease the number of reps from 6 to 4. You must stay in good form. Form cannot suffer. Increasing/decreasing the reps is down by 2.

Mary:

Reach Through Draw the Bow
Childs Pose
Downward Dog Leg lift Open Hip
Pigeon Pose Look both Ways
Runners Pose With rotation of hip

Announcements:

Meg’s smile volunteers Saturday
Sasquatch coming up
Special BRR run next Saturday

T-Claps (Recognition):

Flanagan and Moby got their fritter

Prayer:

Crablegs
John Deere
Emeril’s Dad
UTI’s family friend
Dusty’s brother