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Guest Appearance by Tom Petty

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Many training plans, one team. F3 strong is what I’m talking about. 20 fellas pushed themselves in various ways this morning.  The “bat flippers” were mostly present and accounted for on a 10 mile route. Team FML plus a few more got at least 10 miles while joining the classic U-Turn route and picking up the six…a lot. . Several more of us including YHC got between 6-9 miles with many mix-ins training for BRR and RDC marathon. Aquaman and Bernie were hitting 20 plus today.  Martini bagged a half marathon.

YHC message was simple as I was inspired by Dovetail’s post this week. If you struggle…good. If it hurts (not injured)…good. If it’s difficult… good.  If you fail… good.  If you make a mistake… good. Bottom line is I had a crappy week, and many of us can complain about many things.  BUT… if our M’s and kids are happy and healthy, if we have meaningful work to do, if we can exercise and have our health, if the Lord above loves us as sons even though we are messed up people, well then…good!
Warm Up: Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Good Mornings, Frankenstein’s
The Workout: Standard U-Turn route.  Lots of picking up the 6..,which was often YHC.
Mary: Runners Stretch And Pigeon Pose with almost a full…OUT LOUD… sing along to Tom Petty by none other than THE Dawgpound! The song…Last Dance with Mary Jane! Not gonna lie…the way my feet and knees hurt… I get the song big time today. But enough of that for now…
Announcements: Go mulch. There may be an additional week or two added.
T-Claps (Recognition): Martini on the half marathon today.  Strong work brother. Lots of picking up the 6.  All those elites out there…many of you for picking up my six!
Prayer: Pikachu’s M and health issues. Protection from injury illness for pax with races coming up. YHC took us out…and then a few pax went to join Martini as he completed his half… THAT is what this is about!

Run and Upper Body Fun

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: 10x Fazio Arm Circles (FWD & Reverse), 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Hillbillies, 25x Straddle Hops, 25x Merkins

The Workout: 1st half:  4-mile jog starting by exiting Womble Park and making R on Grigsby Rd, R on Raleigh Rd, R on Holly Springs Rd, R on Bass Lake Rd, R on Stinson, back to Womble followed by 1 loop around the park and finishing up at the rock pile located at the end of the lower parking lot.  2nd half:  25x Merkins, Grab 1 medium rock and 1 large rock followed by 3 sets of 15x Curls for the Girls (Large Rock), 10x Overhead Tricep Extensions (Medium Rock), 10x Shoulder Press (Medium Rock), 15x Bentover Upright Row (Large Rock).  After the 1st set completed 25x shoulder-width Merkins, 2nd set completed 25x narrow-length Merkins, 3rd set completed 25x wide-length Merkins.

Announcements:  HSHM cancelled

T-Claps (Recognition):  Successfully got through my first of many more Q’s to come…

Prayer:  anyone suffering from the loss of a loved one or hospitalized/quarantined during these tough times; school children who will continue to stay at home for online learning that depend on school meals or may not have the most stable environment at home, anyone suffering from addiction of any sort, especially drugs and/or alcohol

I like big tires and I cannot lie.

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey towards rock pile, large circle around the island. SSH IC 20, Imperial Walkers IC 10,  Hillbilies IC 10, Moroccan Night Club IC 10, 5 burpees for late PAX, Mosey back to tires.
The Workout:  YHC explained how the tire exercises would work. There were a few audible mumbles after explaining each exercise…but no questions.  Once the ME starts neither rocks nor tires touch ground.  Only if Q of group calls exercise to include the coupon, was it allowed to touch the ground.  So during the rotation PAX had to pass the coupon to the next group.  5 burpees per drop to be tallied up and done at end…a few more audible mumbles.  After a quick count off in groups of three we sent Group 1 to the Tires. Group 2 to the Rockpile and Group 3 went on an Indian run.  2 Rocks per PAX. This is was a shared leadership experience. Rock exercises from each PAX calls exercise for reps or cadence. Too many to list but the normal staples were done (Curls/press/row/abs/forearm) until Indian run group relieves. Group 1 got 3 rounds of Rocks exercises in. (the goal was 4 but time did not allow) Rock Group sprints up the parking lot and relieves the Big Tire Group.  Big Tire Group. 3 PAX per tire.  For each exercises the tire only touches the ground for #2. 1. Tire press / Squat Jumps (touch tire) 10 reps (modified hold above head or at chin if too heavy to press) 2. Flip & Drag Tire from cone to cone / Abs (2x) One PAX flips tire up to next cone then other man drags it back. The PAX that aren’t flipping or dragging do abs awaiting their turn. We found this one to be very challenging and needed to pick up the six on occasion.  3.Bench Press & Rows / plank hold IC 10 count One PAX benches tire while other PAX rows, odd man out does a plank hold IC.  4. Shoulder shrugs / Derkins 10 reps (not sure if any group got to this one due to time). Indian run group (timer group) middle circle ,stop sign down to main parking lot then down to the rock pile circle.  They replace Rock group, Rock group sprints up a replaces tire group, tire group does Indian Run. Repeat cycle.

Mary: 35 burpees for dropped coupons during the workout
Announcements: Banks Road AO starting back up on Mondays. Continue to sign up for spreading mulch at Bass Lake. Come out to the Nest for continued CO-Q Duel.
T-Claps (Recognition): Those that EC’d. Thanks to Breach and Sprinkler for assisting in the CO-Q. Great work on the clothing drive last week.
Prayer:  Quiver’s Family member dealing with COVID. 1st day of school and families dealing with the new logistics of managing. Pray to God for your objective in life.

Some Stones You Can Control

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Distributive leadership opportunities were pre-blasted for Ground Pounder today. One of the best things we can do as men is recognize the strengths in other men around us and encourage them to lead alongside us. HIM’s need to be intentional about giving other men a chance to lead. One characteristic of YHC’s workouts is giving others a chance to take some leadership… and I’m not just talking about taking the cadence count when YHC is winded. Talking about intentional distribution here! 4 pax posted at Ground Pounder on a thick, foggy Saturday morning for some upper body blasting!

FNG’s: None
Warm Up: SSH x 20, Windmills, Merkins x20, SSH x15, Sir Fazios, Merkins x15, SSH x10, Frankenstein’s, Merkins x10.
The Workout: Mosey to the rockpile and select a rock. There were no Farva, Pikachu, or Shredder size rocks chosen today!  Circled up for curls for the girls, Tricep press, squats, rut rows, shoulder Press. 5 burpees, 10 star jumps, and 5 double merkin absolutions. Each pax then took a turn moseying up the parking lot, doing typewriter on the curbs and going fast feet back before returning. Each time a man left, they would delegate leadership for exercise and counts to another pax in the circle. During this time, there were many, many rock exercises chosen , including some Mary-type exercises and burpees, Star Jumps and more through the two whole rounds we did this.

Next, pax were instructed to trade rocks for two, hand-held, well-controllable rocks. Oboe, always quick with a line says “here’s two rocks I can control” while positioning rocks appropriately.

Going to the wall, YHC led the pax in 20 IC Shoulder Press, 20 front raises, 20 lateral raises, and an each pax 20 count of BTTW.  We proceeded to repeat this two more times with 15 and then 10 counts, respectively. Finished with 5 counts of above exercises and a 20 count each pax of People’s Chair. Mosey on over for Mary.

Mary: 20 IC LBC, 15 IC LSF, 10 PicklePounders IC, and 5 IC Homer to Marge.
Announcements: Mulch, Food Ruck at Needmore tomorrow.
T-Claps (Recognition): the pax making it happen out there!
Prayer: DOA’s father in law battling cancer, Saadiq, guy living with Pumpkin Spice and light on his path forward. YHC took us out. Honor to lead.

Cletus August 7th BTTW forever count!!!

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FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: 10 X Fazio Arm circles FW & REV, 15X Overhead Claps, 15X Seal Claps, 15X Imperial Walkers, 15X Hillbillies, 15X SSH
The Workout: These guys came to play and added difficulty through out the workout.  This Q needs to up his game!

Mosey to side of Rec Center

Thing 1:

10 Count BTTW by all Pax except Vasoline which was somewhere around 3-5 minutes of discussion before counting, 20X Derkins on fence first rung, 20X Derkins on second fence rung

10 Count BTTW by all Pax, 20X Erkins fence first rung, 20X Erkins on second fence rung

Thing 2

Rock work – 3 sets – 20X of everything in cadence – Overhead press, Ruck Rows, Curls for the girls, Tricep Press (added by AquaMan), Sumo Squats

Quick arrow sign creation to confuse Aquaman who pulled a lipstick on us.  Then a fast 3 man Indian run around the baseball fields and back to check on Mary

Mary:  20 Pickle Pounders, Omnit Abs – 30 sec. Rocky Balboa’s, spoon hold, Russian Hammers repeat, Have a nice day!
Announcements: check Slack
T-Claps (Recognition):  Vasoline for his slow BTTW count, Aquaman for adding in exercises, Oboe for getting a bigger rock in the middle of rock work!
Prayer: Unspoken and Spoken

What the Ruck!

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Hilltop NeedMore Ruck. We were off at 6:00 am. 6 PAX showed to endure the heat. It was hot!!!

FNG: None

Warm Up: The RUCK

The Workout: We hit the Red Trail first for 2.2 miles which is always my favorite. We lost one that had other obligations so off to the yellow for 2.1 miles. Last but not least the blue for .6 miles. We circled the old club house to make it a complete 5 miles. If you have never done this….it’s a great way to catch up with F3 family you normally don’t see every day. You do not have to own a Ruck pack. Plenty of guys have a back-pack and weights inside. Come out and join us next week as we will Ruck a little over 8 miles and deliver food to Momas House of Thrift.

Mary: None

Announcements: Bass Lake mulch.

T-Claps (Recognition)

Prayer: YHC took us out.

Just a little backwards yogging

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19 PAX in total out to celebrate National Backwards Day (which is really January 31st, who knew!) and a reverse U-turn track.  Multiple PAX grabbed extra miles for EC this morning prepping for BRR.

The warm up – SSH, IW, daisy pickers, windmills, good mornings, 10 burpees OYO.  19 PAX set off for a leisurely stroll, reverse u-turn heading up through by Target first and then down the hill on Irving, up Green Oaks and into 12 Oaks before returning back to Panera.  Post run circled up for Skidmark’s version of some stretching by watching some chick on a video…some yelled out porn, but couldn’t be confirmed.  YHC determined best to just wrap this thing up.

Announcements, mulch sign up, volunteers are still needed, repeat offenders are welcomed.  FV/HS convergence this week, make sure to check as not all AO’s will be open this week or next.  Great job by the entire group today picking up the six.  No spoken prayer requests, but honor those unspoken and for our first responders, military and for our nation.

12 Get a Dirty Dozen

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The Management here at TBD take pride in our AO. As such, when we have an FNG that is new to the state, we like to show off our AO, and so I decided to call an audible and start the workout with a tour of Womble and a dirty dozen.

FNGs: Welcome Nadia

Warm Up:

Windmill x12, Frankenstein X12, SSH X 20, Squat Stretch 10 count

The Workout:

Thing 1: Tour of Womble

Indian run with a dirty dozen (12 exercises with 12 reps per exercise)from the tennis courts and over the bridge toward the softball fields. Make a right to go counter-clockwise around the ball fields. Stop once for tempo merkins x12, squat jumps x12, WWI x12. Back to the Indian run around to the volleyball courts for another stop and burpees, side straddle squats, low slow flutter. Modified to a go at your own pace mosey and instructed the faster pace runners to pick up the six once reaching the pavilion beyond the bridge.  Once everyone reached the pavilion, it was ranger merkins x12, lunges x12, LBC x12, then back to a self-paced run around the soccer fields and a stop at the far end parking lot to finish the dirty dozen with overhead to seal claps x 12, prisoner squats x 12, windshield wipers x12. Then head to the PIT for a lighting round of Dora 123.

Thing 2:

Dora 1-2-3…..dips x100, monkey humpers x200, LBC x300 while the partner runs backwards up the hill and back down frontwards.

Mary:

Not much time for Mary….boxcutters X15

Announcements:

“Featured AO Week” starting next week. Check out Slack for more details

Derek Davis Memorial Run: This Saturday is your last chance to get a guaranteed shirt with registration.

derekdavismemorialrun5k.weebly.com

Mulching continues…check slack for opportunities

T-Claps (Recognition): Nemo hitting up the EC. Oboe, Hardy, Snap and others for picking up the six

Prayer:

Prayers answered for Omaha with some promising job opportunities

Continued prayers for Florence as he embarks on a short-term job opportunity in Wilmington, NC

A Family close to Nemo that is going through a difficult time

Those not living in the present and enjoying what is around them because they are too caught up in what is happening on their phones

 

IsaWhaa?

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YHC checked a few times last night to see if anyone was stepping in to Q Purple Cobra. The Q sheet has continued it’s struggle and was still open this am at 0430. Pre-blast on Slack and I was off to see who might show. EC was solo – but somewhere passed by 187 as he rolled in to HT Lot along with Cupid and Oboe. We had a team! Let’s do this.

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Mosey over to Goodwill, circle up. Varying warm-ups – SSH, Frankenstein, Good Morning, Daisy Pickers, SSH, OHC/Seal Clap, SSH.
The Workout: Not sure what to expect, we did a solo Dora’s. We would do the work in 25 reps starting in GW lot and then jog down to bottom of the hill around the corner. Repeato through 100 Merkins, 200 LBC, 300 Prisoner Squats. We did a double-time runs for about the last 200 and moved up to sets of 50.  With time left, I offered up the exercises to the other 3 PAX.

Cupid – 50 Dippy Dips at Jiffy Lube; 187 2 Sets Shoulder Taps, Mtn Climbers and Pickle Pounders (1st time 10, 2nd 15 IC); Oboe – BTTW 20 count down the line

Mary:  Helped 187 w/ his 25 Merkins for Mental Health and PTSD awareness, 15 Box Cutters, Have a nice day
Announcements: “Q-Swap” next week – bring clothes and toiletries for Healing Transitions – starts Monday in Holly Springs
T-Claps (Recognition): These 3 guys for coming out and pushing this morning.
Prayer: Moment of silence, YHC took us out.

Isn’t that a dead end…wrong there’s a hill

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Q sheet was empty so FML decided to take a leap and Q the workout since we needed most of us only needed 5 miles this morning while following the training plan. YHC was excited to catch up with Mookie who was like BOOM!! when the Q sheet slot filled. Unfortunately there are sometimes more pressing issues like late nights with the family, illnesses, hangovers, or sometimes the fartsack just wins baby. I’m not going to speculate as I believe the sleeping in was needed. Next time Mookie, next time.

FML rolls in style. We promised 2nd trunk coffee complete with all the fixins in a picnic basket. No donuts or fritters, sorry.

YHC rolled up early to set up coffee and there was only 1 EC, Vaseline, who for 2 days in a row drove to the workout. Congrats on the PR.

Route was secret until time to post but I promised hills and we’d keep our feet dry. Minus the sweat, they stayed dry. We started with 11 but finished with 12. See how that works, you can come back with more, but never less.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Leg swings side to side and front to back, tiger claws, and some hip opening things
The Workout: The route went like this: Down Stinson and across Bass Lake Rd, into Sunset Ridge. Turn R at the first road and continue staying right until Sunset Walk, Sunset Walk to Gable Ridge, Turn R on Gable Ridge to Linksland. Turn R on Linksland. Follow Linksland to the end where some thought this was a dead end but it actually meets up with Salem Ridge again. Turn Left on Salem Ridge and loop back up to Linksland. Turn Right on Linksland. Follow Linksland past the driving range and pool and turn L on Gable Ridge. Follow Gable Ridge and turn R on Sunset Walk. From here follow the route back to Womble. At the peak of every hill we picked up the 6: Stinson, Sunset Walk, Linksland and Gable Ridge, Salem Ridge and Linksland, Linksland and Gable Ridge (after pool), Sunset Walk, Stinson at Womble.
Mary: Some stretching OYO
Announcements: mulch
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Full House’s family