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Bless me Father for I have sinned

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3 Real Men doubled down U Turn+GP and got stronger.

Warm up:

10’s –  Good Mornings, Fuzzy Arm Circles, Daisy Pickers, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and 20 SSH, Lounging Pigeon stretch

The Workout

Mosey to Bathrooms

40 ct Wall sits &  Balls to the Walls (each Pax ct to 10).  Park ranger showed up so we moved on.

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks around circle between sets.  This time every PAX picked a rock they would be proud of (one in particular was deceptively heavy).

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls for the girls,
  • 4 sets of 20’s  – Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 20’s – Ground Pounders

Mosey to Playground for Aik’n Stations

  • Aik’n Abs: 20’s LBCs, Rockies, 30 ct Chillcut Planks
  • Aik’n Arms: 20’s Merkins, Dips, Erkins, Shoulder tap planks
  • Aik’n Legs: 20 Step ups, 20 Squats , 20 lunges, 10 Star Jumps OYO,
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 cts, Pickle Pounders, WWIIs, Homer to Marge, American Hammers
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Hand Release Merkins, 20 ct Superman, 20 Dips, 50 ct Standard Planks (w/ alternating arm raise)
  • Aik’n Legs:  20 ct Squat Hold, Mountain Climbers and Plank Jacks

6 Minutes of Mary: 6 Inches, Box cutters, Leg lift Homers

Announcements:    Wrightsville Beach half/full coming up.  Make sure you have housing accommodations as you don’t want to miss the Crablegs 5K walk on Friday evening and the after parties.

Prayer Requests:  Prayers Brandon (TIN member and Hope Community friend) who is still paralyzed from a boating accident.  Praise for great relationships with in-laws and a reminder to verbally share our love and appreciation for with them this holiday season. Prayers for Shredder and family – may they find peace after losing his Mom last year.

Mumblechatter:  The confessional reference: 1 PAX reminisced about a few hot teachers in high school during 2nd F at Starbucks and the carried the conversation over to GP and there was a discussion about some naughty teacher behavior and Panama City

Sheepdog – hoot

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7 Pax and an ominous 🦉 braved the rain.

EC: 2 miles; Beater, r22, Shredder

Warm Up: light jog  around the parking lot and then PAX circled up.  Side straddle hop. Moroccan night clubs, Fazio arm circles front and back and then all over again backwards. Michael Phelps. Wind mills. Good mornings. All in cadence.
The Workout: Traveled; move one, one irkin. Lunges between knee walls.   Pause for squat kicks. 2nd round of traveling; move one, one arm irkins. Lunges between. Mosey.

One round of 150 strikes. Dos e doe. Block and enter. Block, enter, trap. Capoeira push-ups.
Mary: crab toe taps, breakdancers
Announcements: F3 Southwake region. Prayer: we talked about intentionality, “picking up the six” outside of the gloom AND who’s got your six? Prayers for those deployed, family members who’ve passed away, those fighting cancer and serious illnesses, and for Beater’s friend’s daughter.

Pffffttttt….. You Call That A Tag!?

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Warm Up: Daisy Pickers, Frankensteins, Good Mornings, Side Straddle Hops, Long lap around the parking lot heading to the first workout.

The Workout:

If anyone asks everything went smoothly.  I remembered all of the workouts and counting was on point.

  • 4 Corners – 10 Boat Canoes > Bear Crawl (BC) or Lunge Walk (LW) > 15 WWIIs > BC or LW > 20 Freddy Mercurys > BC or LW > 25 LBCs
  • 11s – Star Jumps > Sprint > Mountain Climbers
  • 4 Corners – 10 Burpees > BC or LW > 15 Shoulder Taps > BC or LW > 20 Plank Jacks > BC or LW > 25 Merkins
  • Repeat Running Loop around the Purple Cobras lot.

The truth is I am really looking forward to Q school – hope it helps 🙂  Also, there is a new years resolution in here somewhere for me to lead more workouts.

Mary: 5 Count Plank-o-Rama, we stopped half-way around the COT for time

Announcements:

  • #MumbleChatter about Purple Cobras being closed next week for Christmas Day.  I hear Average Joe’s might be open…
  • Brickhouse’s son has officially left for service with the Marines
  • Brickhouse is seeking a new job, Tech based bus dev, sales, and/or project management – he’ll post with more details on FB
  • M4L reminded us about Frey Daddy’s run this weekend in support of Healing Transitions – https://f3raleigh.com/oakwoodholiday24

Prayer:

  • Mike Lee, Pastor at Hope
  • Double D’s wife, recovering from surgery
  • Noah’s Ark headed for surgery

  VS  

NO CONTEST!!! – UTI WINS!

Building Hulk Arms

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17 PAX came out to a brisk and clear 40F morning in the gloom to take partake in my first Q!

Warm Up:

Mosey around the track for a 1 lap warm-up.

Good morning x 10 IC, SSH x 20 IC, Cotton pickers x 10 IC, Fazio Arm Circles (forward and back) x 10 IC, Michael Phelps, IW and HB x 10 IC

The Workout: Bring the PAIN!

Began with 5 slides in a basketball defensive stance followed by one burpee.  Rinse and repeat adding an additional burpee each time until the roundabout was reached.

Mosey’d to the rockpile and each PAX picked out a rock and circled up for some heavy lifting.  Q called an audible and had PAX rotate to the right and workout with another PAX’s selected rock.  Proceeded with the workout – Curls for the girls, overhead triceps, ruh-rohs, and rock merkins (10 with left left hand on rock and switched for 10 more with right hand on rock).

Returned rocks and mosey’d to picnic shelter for some irkins, dirkins, merkins, and dips.  Performed 10 count of each exercise IC.  Some mubble chatter about a 10 count but Q continued on with a rinse and repeat.

Finished out the beat-down with three rounds of Balls to the Walls and Preacher Chairs for 30 seconds each exercise.

Mary:

Around the horn for 10-count exercises: diamond merkins, box cutters, LBCs, low slow flutters, burpees, WWIIs, pickle pounders, reverse LBCs, boat canoes, homer to marge, Freddie Mercuries, burpees OYO, mountain climbers, Carolina wine mixers, X-Men crosses, finished with 3 burpees, 2 merkins, and 5 WWIIs
Announcements:

Prayer: Ausfart, LED’s coworker, PAX looking for job. Families celebrating first Christmas without loved ones.

2nd F provided by Lipsync – coffee and donuts

 

 

PT’s 5 Pack

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5 Men got stonger today and GP & Peeping Tom completed another 5 pack. Nemo wins the coveted Double Down award today for posting at both U-Turn and GP.  Thanks for your continued support Nemo. 

Warm up:

10’s –  Good Mornings, Fuzzy Arm Circles Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and 20 SSH

The Workout

Mosey to Bathrooms

3 sets Wall sits &  Balls to the Walls (each Pax ct to 10)

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks around circle between sets

  • 4 sets of 20’s – Curls,
  • 4 sets of 20’s Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 15’s Ground Pounders (Deep Squat w/ Overhead press)

Cousak to Playground for Aik’n Stations

  • 20 Windshield Wipers with Rock extensions
  • Aik’n Abs: 20’s LBCs, Rockies, 6 inches & Chillcut Planks
  • Aik’n Arms: 20’s Merkins, Dips, Derkins, Shoulder tap planks 
  • Aik’n Legs: 20 Step ups, 20 Squats , 20 lunges, 10 Star Jumps, 10 Split Jacks, 20 Mountain Climbers
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 cts, Pickle Pounders, WWIIs, Homer to Marge, American Hammers
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Hand Release Merkins, 20 ct Superman, 20 Plank Jacks

Announcements:    F3 Southwake Christmas Party next Saturday at M4L’s, CSAUP on Saturday 6-10AM (come out and do what you can however you can).  Encouragement to participate in the Wrightsville  walk w/ Crablegs.

Prayer Requests:  For Ausfahrt and his family as he recovers in the ICU from a bad motorcycle accident, Health for Puddles and Crablegs.

Don’t Grab the Crunchy Leaves

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A great turn out in December as Wrightsville training is in full swing. Numerous distance PRs – kudos to Pac-Man, Doc, and Dovetail (who not only distance PR’d but was out picking up the six too). More than a workout.

Warm Up:

SSH x15 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Mountain Climbers x10 IC

Merkin x10 IC
The Workout:

All the 3 milers got talked into 5, so 5-15 miles. T-claps to 187 & Skidmark for 15 and running us down.
Mary:

Individual stretches
Announcements:

CSAUP next Saturday. Will look for someone to Q U-Turn if there is interest – has to be someone committed to picking up the six during run.
Prayer:

Ausfahrt – recovery from motorcycle accident. Keep your eyes out for ways we can help the family in the coming weeks/months.

Fantastic 2nd F after. Great work men – always a privilege.

Shake It Off

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EC: Nemo, Dawgpound

Warm Up:
Quick lap around the parking lot
Circle Up:
  Side Straddle Hop
  Imperial Walkers
  Hillbillies
  Good Morning

The Workout:

Kettlebell Pyramid:
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; 10 Lunges with Press Each Arm; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; 10 Lunges with Press Each Arm; 15 Overhead Squat; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; 10 Lunges with Press Each Arm; 15 Overhead Squat; 20 Swings; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; 5 Lunges with Press Each Arm; 15 Overhead Squat; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; 5 Lunges with Press Each Arm; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; 5 Man O Makers; Sprint
  3 Turkish Getups Each Arm; Sprint

Mary:
No Time for Mary today.  We had a lot to do

Announcements:
CSAUP December 15th.   Going to be Epic
Clothes Donation for Healing Transitions
Each Pax Member should try to go to Healing Transitions/Arena once a month 

Prayer:
Pablo’s Mom
Brexit’s Friend Dave in Michigan

Disney ’55’

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In the Quest for 5 Q’s running up to my 55 birthday, Disney was the 4th. Thank you Nemo and M4L for allowing me to lead today. 28 men (including FNG Wiggly) got stronger in the sub-30 degree crisp clear morning with a 55-themed workout. 9 for EC – Skidmark, 187, Dumbo, Dead Bolt, Dawg Pound, War Bucks, Nemo, Axe, Lipton.

QIC: The Natural

PAX: Emeril, Midget for Life, Buford, Nemo, Squatter, Dumbo, Dead Bolt, Moby, Full House, Lipton, Blue Hen, Doc, Pac Man, Wiggly (FNG), Slide Rule, DoubleD, Mookie, Chips, Sharapove, Over Easy, Dawg Pound, WebEx, Skidmark, Foghorn, 187, Warbucks, Axe.

Warm Up/Workout: 55 SSHops IC; 10 IW/10 HB IC, 20 Merkins, 15 BB Situps = 55; 20 Cotton Pickers IC, 20 Mountain Climbers IC, 15 WWII Situps = 55; 11’s on the hill with merkins/BB Situps = 55 of each; Mosey to the soccer fields – 5 stops, 11 repetitions – exercises were squats, LBC, jump squats, SSHop, Low Slow Flutter, and several others…. 55 Burpees were accomplished throughout.

Mary: PAX called, 11 reps – Pickle Pounders, Squat Pyramid, Freddie Mercury, Boat Canoe, and others…

Announcements: CSAUP Dec. 15th; Christmas Party Dec. 15th – see your preferred social media for details.

COT: Dead Bolt took us out with prayers for healing and struggles.

“This Carwash?”

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EC: Nemo, UTI, Emeril, M4L

Warm Up: Leg and Arm stretches, Monkey Humpers x10, Frankensteins x10, Downward Dawg, Superman
The Workout: 3-5 mile route options  Turnback was the Carwash in Downtown, not the carwash right outside Ting Park 🙂

Announcements: Xmas Party Dec. 15 @ M4L Basement
Prayer: Lots of unspoken prayers

An Early Christmas Miracle!

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Thanks to all who posted to help set a new attendance record at Purple Cobra!  Special thanks to the few PAX from Raleigh that came down to visit us in the South Wake gloom (Drysdale, Bloodied Elf, and Yoda).  There were even a few Purple Cobra virgins out there and to top it off we welcomed 3 FNGs! (La Fleur, Bob Ross, and Motor Boatin’)

Warm Up:

YHC took a page out of the F3 Houston workouts and started off with 50 IC SSH.  Then we did the following:

Imperial Walkers ICx15

Hillbillies ICx15

Frankenstein Kicks ICx15

The Workout:

Count off by 3’s and then Bataan Death March with 5 Merkins at the end of the line over to the Jiffy Lube guardrail.

 

Partner up to do the following:

Partner 1 – 10x Derkins/Erkins/Dips

Partner 2- Plank Jacks and Squats

Switch, rinse and repeat decreasing by 2 reps each time

 

Mosey to the Goodwill Lot

Wilt Chamberlains

 

Mosey to Dollar Tree Lot

Burpish Getups 10 OYO

 

Mosey to Wells Fargo Lot

The same damn thing again

 

Mosey to the Flag

Wave of Merkins to 10

Mary:

Homer to Marge IC x20

Back Plank

Announcements: CSAUP is 12/15, see Chips post on FB about tickets to Xmas church services

Prayer: Pablo’s mom, unspoken, YHC took us out.