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33 Pax’s 4-2.0s with 17 getting in some EC.  start to new year!!

Warm Up:20 SSH IC, 20 good mornings, fazzio arm circles, 10 merkins oyo
The Workout: split into 2 groups one in parking lot one at concession stand Dauber took one while I lead other.

Group 1

Side shuffle to snack bar stopping to do 1, 2, Randy 4 burpees along the way down. Mozey to wall for 10 L and 10 R step ups. Head to hill to do sevens: merkins on bottom of hill, lbc on top. Mosey to snack shed and did 20 count cadence BTTW followed by 20 count cadence people’s chair. Rinse and repeat Mosey back to parking lot

1 guy did rock exercises 10 count; other guy dragged tree to halfway point. Run back switch up. Pull rest of the way. Run back more rock exercises. Rinse and repeat. Returned trees and rocks. One guy ran around tennis courts and the other guy did exercises called out by Q/other

Group 2

Partner up. P1 pull Christmas tree to end of lot. P2 curls for girls.switch. Rinse and repeat with triceps. P1 does rutroos P2 jump lunges.Switch. P1 burpee with low squat shuffle. P2 overhead press.

mosey to concession

bear crawl up hill and down stairs then to wall were we did BTTW shuffling the length of wall. In plank position alternate hands to wall 20 IC. Turned around and did variation of BTTW with a merkin. People’s chair 20 IC. P1 dips P2 monkey jumpers 20 IC. Switch.P1 erkins P2 LBCs 20 IC

mosey back for mary

Mary:low plank hold 10 secs x 5, 10 nipple taps IC, 10 burpees
Announcements:several distance of Csaup in feb. fritter challenge 3 days ec and workout in row starting Wednesday gets you fritter on Friday. Breath taker challenge sign up. Q source meet ups starting this week. Q swap next week. See social media for details
Prayer:modifys mother and family, Noah’s ark, Buford.

F3 Breakdancing Bust

13 total PAX posted at Kenny’s Grave. We had 3 that showed a couple mins late so YHC was feeling gracious and PAX did 3 burpees for the penalty. 12 Oaks clown car rolled in to join the KG fun today. Here we go.

Warm up – lap around parking lot with normal agility exercises
Use parking curbs for high knees, 2 passes
Over to tennis courts for some ladders, 3 passes on double ladders

Air squared x25 IC
Shoulder taps x15 IC
Hand release merkins x15
Breakdance R spins, L spins 10 each (this was a bust)
Was hoping at least one HIM would know how to sweep the leg. Had laughs trying.
Slalom x15 IC

Partner up similar size
– Partner carry suicide (free throw line, back, half court, back, far free through line, back, full court, recover) Switch partners
– Ladder wheel barrows with quick hands in boxes. Switch partners (3 rounds variations)

Evolution of man
– Crab walk length of court, exercise at other end, jog back to start: reverse plank jacks x10 IC
– Bear crawl, “” proper merkins x10 IC
– Duck walk, “” monkey humpers x10 IC
– Lunge walk, “” star jumps x20
– Broad jump, “” burpees x10

Mosey back to flag for Mary

Mary
Thor – up to 7 with 1:2 ratio
Pretzels – each side x10 IC
V-holds – 3 rds OYO

Verse
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5:16-18‬ ‭
– Simple requests from God. Praying for others should be in our daily routine. We are very blessed in our lifestyles and should rejoice in what we have and not what we don’t have.

Announcements
CSAUP this Sat 6 A.M. Womble, Christmas Party Sat 6-10 M4L crib, WB training, U-turn, Q school Jan 13 @2 Womble, slack…seriously guys, Messi Q, Sliderule debut of yoga at 0515 Womble

Prayers
– DD dad and wife, Ausfahrt recovery, Crab Legs, unspoken

13 PAX
Sliderule, 16-bit, Messi, H1N1, Modify, Norm, Moby, Slots, Natty Ice, Blue Hen, the Dogpound, Buford, Banana Seat

12 Days of Christmas; Respect for 41

Warm Up: Banana Seat lead us around the tennis courts to the lower area by the concession stands.  Dauber took over and warmed up the PAX with the following exercises:  20 SSH, 10 Flower/Cotton pickers, 10 Windmills, 10 Imperial Walkers right into 10 Hillbillies; Left arm and Right arm stretches. It was a nice start to this sub 30 degree clear morning.


The Workout:  PAX of 16 (welcome friendly face Natty Ice) broke into two groups, odds began 10 left up/downs followed by 10 right up/downs on the wall while evens held BTTW on the concession stand wall for a 20 count cadence count; swapped positions and completed the previous exercise.  Rinse and Repeat.   PAX walked to the driveway lining up into two lines.  PAX performed Frankensteins, high knees, open doors, and Karaoke (R/L) to the parking lot.  Each PAX grabbed a medium-sized rock and circled up in the parking lot.  In honor of President George H. W. Bush passing last week, PAX performed a total of 41 reps (10, 10, 10, 11) of the following rock exercises:  Rut-Ros, Curls, Tricep Curls, Squats.  PAX moved one space to the right before executing next exercise.  Once completed, PAX got on their six, knocked out 15 rock presses, 15 skull crushers and 15 Homer to Marge passing the rock to the right again before each exercise.  PAX John Cusack back to the rock pile and met up on the tennis courts. Lots of mumble chatter as Q forgot his left and right and pulled a Lipsync with his rep counts).
Mary: 12 Days of Christmas (F3 Style):  Q passed out 12 index cards to 12 unsuspecting brothers.  Each index card had a number (1-12) and a corresponding exercise.  We missed R-22 for special 5th day.  In the spirit of The Twelve Days of Christmas, F3 gave to me….

1st Day: 1 chill cut plank (turned into a pickle pounder – per Double D)

2nd Day: 2 Plank Jacks

3rd Day:  3 Mountain Climbers

4th Day:  4 Wide Merkins

5th Day:  5 Burpees OYO (missed you R-22)

6th Day: 6 Box-cutters

7th Day:  7 LBCs

8th Day: 8 Freddie Mercury 

9th Day:  9 Merkins

10th Day:  10 Squats

11th Day:  11 WW IIs

12th Day:  12 SSH

PAX and Q were spent.  Dauber asked Double D for a 10-count hold.  PAX knew they were in trouble when Double D went off count a few times.  (Must have been that new math)  It messed up the Q as he tried holding plank which looked more like a yoga move with his a$$ high in the air.  Recovered after a lengthy time.

Announcements:  CSAUP (Sat-Womble), U-Turn still on; Q-School in Jan; F3 Christmas Party (Sat); Mutiny on Mon will have a 2.0 as Q (first time in SW history).  Check out Yoga deal (one month = $29 Groupon at Burn? In Holly Sporing) – unlimited yoga.  And for those early birds, Slide Rule will lead a yoga class for EC on Friday before Cletus…5:15 in pavilion.


Prayer:  PAX circled up and held hands.  Dauber took us out.  PAX looking for employment, PAX having challenges at work; Double D’s Dad medical issues – recent fall, Double D’s wife – back surgery; Ausfart recovery in the hospital from his motorcycle accident (long road ahead)

EC:  2 mile run – Banana Seat, Beater and Dauber

Always an honor leading you men.  
Dauber – Q

No Curb Sharing

Cold and clear in the gloom today. PAX of 7 got warm rather quickly. Here’s how.

Warm up lap in parking lot with Carioca
Stretching
SSH x25 IC
Frankenstein’s x15 IC
Proper squats x25 IC

Burpee mile on track
Run .25 do 12 burpees, repeat 3 more times. Total 1 mile 48 burpees

Wheel of merkins – use curb and no sharing. 10 each, total 40 merkins
Baby dips x20 IC

Curb side hops with sumo squat in between curb line 4:1. 10 sets
Rinse and repeat with forward/backward hops over parking curb and squat

Air press shoulder taps 1:4 ratio. Stopped at 7:28 ratio for time

Mary
Febreze – 2 big boy sit ups, 6 inch hold in up position, 10 air presses. 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50
Windshield wipers x15 IC
Boat Canoe x10 IC

Announcements
CSAUP dec 15, dec 1 Nemo’s Christmas party and dec 29 potluck, WB training, Crab Legs planning to run 5k at WB. Banana Seat has approval for all runners in the Saturday race to run as support.

Prayers
DD family, Crab Legs, holiday sadness for some, Natty Ice wife had a mis-carriage two weeks ago and maybe no more kids due to complications, Joe (Pastor) with heart surgery Norm and Chickenfoot request.

As always it’s great to lead such a fine group of HIM. Seize the day!

BS out!

The Great 8

8 showed up for an epic beat down at Ground Pounder

Warm Up:

20’s: SSH, Merkins, Fuzzy Arm Circles

10’s: Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers

The Workout

Mosey to Rock Pile – rotate rocks around circle between sets

  • 5 sets of 10’s – Curls,
  • 5 sets of 10’s – Overhead Tri-press
  • 5 sets of 10’s – Ground Pounders (Deep Squat w/ Overhead press)

John Cousac to the playground 6 sets of 10’s Standard Press rotating rocks between sets

Break into 3 groups:

10 shoulder tap merkins, 20 Al Gore Squats, 20 Rocky’s, 15 Pickle Pounders, 15 Homer to Marge,

Rotate through every Aik’n Station:

  • Aik’n Legs – 15’s: Box Jumps, Lunges, High Knees, Split Jacks
  • Aik’n Belly – 15 American Hammers, 20 ct 6 inches, 25 Rockies, 30 ct Chilcutts (use of rocks optional)
  • Aik’n Arms – 10 Shoulder tap Merkins, 15 Hand Release Merkins, 15 Plank Jacks, 20 Dips
  • Aik’n Legs – 20 Squats, 20 Step ups, 10 Star Jumps, 15 Mnt Climbers
  • Aik’n Belly – 20’s: LBCs, Pickle Pounders,  WWIIs, Homer to Marge (use of rocks optional)
  • Aik’n Arms – 15’s Merkins, Derkins, Dips, Shoulder tap Planks

John Cousac back to rockpile to return rocks

Mosey to parking lot for COT/BOM

Announcements:

Lipton asked if we have a 911 Memorial Murph scheduled – Stair climb was referenced but we might want to consider a Murph that day at Womble for those not going.

Southwake 5yr Anniversary Q – Wedn, Aug 29th @ Possom Trot (Action Park)

6AM  tomorrow – Any Given Sunday @ Womble

Prayer Requests

Prayer for Lipton’s brother Steve that he seeks God to take the lead in his life and direct his decisions.   Quiver’s girls have a big soccer tournament, may they have fun and be a blessing to others.

Mutiny – True Grit

Warm Up:  Nine men showed their True Grit this morning at Mutiny.  Pax included Farva, LED, FedEx, Modify, Gump, R-22, Noah’s Ark, Natty Ice, and your Q, Dauber.  Got things started before the rains came with a steady jog around the soccer field.  Circled up for SSH, GM, CP, FAC, HB and IW.
The Workout:  PAX partnered up (Q-solo) and performed a DORA consisting of 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats.  One partner performed the exercise while the other partner ran hill repeats to the light pole near the parking lot; most PAX kept running an extra 15 yards to the end of the parking lot.   PAX helped the six finish squats or held plank.  PAX followed Q up/down the curb to the end of the parking lot.  PAX grabbed the curb and cranked out 10 erkins and 10  Derkins.  PAX bear-crawled up the parking lot, performed 10 American hammers, bear-crawled back down the parking lot, rinse and repeat with merkins and derkins.  Frankensteins and lunges back up the parking lot, Al Gores until all PAX came in.  Ten burpees OYO.  Moseyed to the wall for B2W.  PAX crawled under each member on the wall.  PAX cranked out more LBCs on the wall and concluded with a 30 second count of B2W.
Mary:  Headed over to the shelter for core work.  Each PAX called out their favorite exercise for a 10 count.  Exercises included: pickle pounders, American hammers, Box-cutters, low-slow flutters, 6-inch counts, diamond merkins, Freddie Mercury, reverse LBCs, …  finished with stretching.
Announcements:  Recognized some great runs put in by our F3 brothers at the DD 5K on Saturday.  Loved hearing “go F3” by many folks throughout the run; really excited helping bring in Dumbo with our flags – wicked cool moment.  5Yr Anniversary reminder.  Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Natty Ice celebrating 10 years of marriage.
Prayer:  Lots of kids heading back to school; prayers for Dauber and his kid heading back to college today; prayers for Reconciliation; prayers for health recovery for our injured brothers; Message focused on raising successful kids.  Dauber shared a podcast he listened to learning that many successful kids share a bunch of things:  discipline, goal-setting, perseverance, failure – yes failure (they learn from it) and GRIT.  Grit is hard to define.  I saw 9 PAX show true Grit today, showing up with storms brewing in the distance, giving 100%, over-coming both physical and mental challenges.  As parents, our kids are always watching us.  Set the example, set some goals, give 100%; when you fail, learn from it and move on.  Grit is good.

Skipping to the John

EC: Boy George and UTI grabbed 2 miles on the EC route (you may know it from Paradise City EC)

Warm Up: We went through some dynamic stretching starting with the very difficult and dreaded: WALK.  Walking away from the start of the run, we warmed the legs and made some space for some Butt Kicks, followed by Karaokes, SKIPPING!!!!, and finalized the warm-up with some lunges with a twist.  END WARM UP

The Workout: The main event was a modified and simplified running route.  There is this whole thing about not leaving the 6 behind or losing people or something…  😛

This week we turned right once we left Ting and went straight down Main/55.  We had some folks returning for the 6 and continuing on past town Hall, turning back for Ting just after the Car Wash.  A bonus Port-o-John was spotted which reassured us we were on the right route and that all was right with the world.  From here, this is where we basically be followed the return route of the Holly Springs Half Marathon the all of the way back to Ting.  There were some slight modifications near the end following a reverse of the typical Paradise City EC route.  Extra miles, extra hills, extra FUN!!!  4.7+ miles of it!!!

Announcements:  Derek Davis 5k this weekend, keep an eye out for Lipstick, 187, and the shovel flag.  A post will likely hit the Facebooks, F3 Camp is also still happening this weekend – spots still available,

Prayer: Brandon, friend of Peak Week and Roger Roger, was placed in a coma to overcome some of his injuries incurred from an accident on the water.  Chips mentioned a young boy Dawson that needed our prayers, he sustained a concussion and was under observation in the hospital.  I checked in with Chips tonight and it sounds like he is home and doing much better.

Better Late Than Never

A 10 PAX showed up for a Gump 3 year anniversary, albeit, 3 weeks too late because I can never remember when it is.

Warm Up: SSH, IW, HB, Good Mornings, Cotton Pickers, Ankle Rolls

The Workout:

4 Corners of the field:

  1. Merkins x10, Sidestep to next corner, Diamond Merkins, Sprint to next corner, Twisting Merkins, sidestep to next corner, wide merkins, run backwards to next corner
  2. Squats x10, sidestep to corner, Closed leg squats, run to corner, sumo squats, sidestep to corner, skiers, backwards to corner
  3. Lunges x10, Karaoke to corner, corner lunges, run to corner, backwards lunges, karaoke to corner,

Bleachers: Irkins, Dips and Dirkins – Rinse and repeat

Two Rock Shakur: Several rounds of Curls for the Gurls, tricep extension, rows with a plyometric exercise between each

Mary: Around the Horn to one round of Mary: 10x Burpees, LSF, WWIIs with Knees Up, Pickle Pounders, SSH,  Box Cutters.

Announcements: Upcoming 5 year SouthWake anniversary convergence at Possum Trot on 5-29-18. Carpex CSAUP in October, The Odyssey

Prayer: Requests to remember Crab Legs, H1N1, Noah’s Ark son, Ryan, Kevin C.

It was an honor to lead this 3 years later. I tried to share how important F3 is to me and the friendships that were made that help me get through many dark times #DontDoLifeAlone.

 

First AO, First run to the John, literally

AO: “Running 4 the John” We had some great ideas on the name of the AO.  Thanks to Emeril we solidified (although we can’t confirm it was a solid) the name with an early exit before COT. I never seen someone run so fast to the finish and peel out George Costanza style with his shirt off 🙂  Actually wait….there was that time at PC and a certain mathematician

 

EC: Skidmark and UTI

Warm Up: Leg and Arm stretching
The Workout: Running! 5-6 mile run depending on pace.  The route was thru Bridgewater to Veteran’s Park, Jones Park and back down Cayman to Bridgewater.  A few wrong turns but we will learn our routes over time.

Announcements: F3 South Wake 5yr Anniversary at PT 8/29
Prayer: Crablegs, Natty Ice Pastor from Florida Chris, Brandon from Hope

Unofficial Official P2P F3 workout

Warm Up: N/A – Who needs a warmup for a 5 mile jog.   I warmed up on the toilet bowl before I left the house.
The Workout: Run 5 miles
Mary: Mary who?  She didn’t run with us this morning.
Announcements: We didn’t have any
Prayer:  Lucky Charms