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A Roll of the Dice

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Willie Mayes Hayes

The Workout: Today we followed the dice. Always a fun time (in my opinion at least) because you get to go on a field trip and you never know what you’ll get. Somehow, bear crawls, balls to the wall and absolutions showed up on the dice as well. Weird. About 1.75 miles and a bunch of merkins, side stradle hops and lunges in between.

Mary: LBCs, WWIIs, Homer-to-Marge, Poop Eaters, a bit of stretching

Announcements: Beer ruck on Saturday starting at 12, Spring Classic on Saturday (if you’re not running, help at an aid station)

T-Claps: Slide Rule and Wiggly coming back out to the gloom. Missed ya fellas.

Prayer: Unspoken, Banana Seat’s family

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FNGs: none 🙁

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, 5 penalty burpees, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willie Mays Hayes, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout: We moseyed over to the rock pile to get some medium rocks. Headlights came down the drive, 5 more penalty burpees.

Today’s workout was a tabata-style circuit. 3 stations, 2 minutes on and half a minute of rest. We did 4 rounds. The stations consisted of the following:

Station 1
– 20 Jump Squats
– 10 Merkins
– AMRAP Burpees

Station 2
– 20 Reverse Goblet Lunges
– 10 Supine Bodyweight Rows
– AMRAP “Kettlebell” Swings

Station 3
– 20 Step-Ups
– 10 Overhead Press
– AMRAP Box Jumps

We returned our rocks and circled up at the flags.

Mary: LBCs and Homer-to-Marge was all we had time for.

Announcements:
– Suicide Prevention Class
– Bottle Share
– Core Challenge

Prayer: Thanks for new jobs, Jill and Scott’s families for their losses, Downrange’s wife, other’s who are injured

We gathered for parking lot coffee afterwards.

Q School: Session 2

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12 PAX came out to Cletus for some edumucation. Here’s what happened.

Discussion:
Why Q school? This is to help with F3 formality (uniform) across all regions so if you attend an AO in New York or Texas it’ll still be close to the same structure.

3 main topics to cover – How to Q? Why to Q? (new exciting things) Are you ready to Q?

Sample structure for warm up with some discussion:
Disclaimer, warmup, workout (the thang), Mary, CoT – 45 mins total time, get a watch. Assign a sweeper if you have a large group of FNG’s.
Bring a Flag if you plan to Q. If you don’t have one, ask site Q to bring one.

Conduct WU and have guys take turns with exercises. SSH, Good Mornings, etc.

Review during workout:
Cadence Count
Form and rep count
Know your PAX limitations if possible
Site Q duties
Q sheet, pre-blast, backblast
Exicon, backblast from other regions, winky, Co-Q

Be ready for CoT with announcements and prayer requests/praises

Thang 1: Dora  – 50 pull ups, 100 Bobby Hurleys, 150 shoulder taps with lunge walk timer
Mary
WWI’s
Pretzels
Heels to Heaven
Windshield wipers

Thanks for coming out men!
BS out

Hanging Bells on Santa’s Sleigh

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Side Shuttle Hop, Slow Squat, Slow Merkins

The Workout:

45 seconds on with 15 seconds rest for 3 sets:

  1. Hand to Hand Suitcase Deadlifts
  2. Bear Plank Shoulder Tap
  3. Alternating KB Swings
  4. Bear Plank Shoulder Tap+Carolina Dry Dock
  5. Pass Under Lunges

Five One Minute 5 Second EMOM

  1. 10 Full KB Swing
  2. Pulse Squat Time Remaining

Five One Minute 5 Second EMOM

  1. 10 Shoulder Press
  2. Seesaw Lunges Time Remaining

Mary:

45 Seconds on with 15 Second Rest

  1. North South KB Plank Pulls
  2. KB Alternating Leg Lifts
  3. Plank Pull Through East West
  4. Hollow Middle Rocks
  5. Half Turkish Get Up Right Side
  6. Half Turkish Get Up Left Side
  7. Peter Parkers
  8. American KB Hammers with Sprinter Situp
  9. Bear Plank KB Taps
  10. KB Deadbugs
  11. Hollow Low Slow Flutter

Announcements: Stay safe and wear lights when running in the morning and at night.

Prayer: Abe and his family with the passing of his father; Safe travels for those traveling over the holidays; Cover Story and his job search after being laid off, T-Claps to UTI for helping Cover Story our with getting him an interview at his company.

530 Alarm Clock

Leadership Lessons

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YHC wanted to help build the leadership principles of initiative, contingency management, and succession planning with todays convergence crew at Crazy Ivan and Cletus. To that end, Q decided it was best to stay asleep until exactly 5:30am and then see what happened.  

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Something probably, I was brushing my teeth

The Workout: YHC had promised some upper and lower body work in the pre blast, where PAX could choose their own adventure. Drawing from that direction, @pikachu took a crew for lower body work while @bestinshow took a crew to work on upper body with kettle bells. Plan that was formed involved a switch of activities for the two groups about halfway through.

As the groups split, the Q finally arrived and fired up the Xmas music. A playlist with some truly horrific takes on xmas classics. 

Upper Body Thang:

3 rounds, of 9, 12 and 15 reps each

  • Goblet Squat
  • Cleans
  • KB Hopover Burpees
  • Single Arm Rows
  • Single Arm Snatches
  • Jump Lunges

Lower Body Thang:

Ascending progressing where you would work forward through a seriesof exercises, then reverse back to the start, then add another exercise the next round. Took place on the small tennis court

  • 20 Merkins, Bear Crawl across short side, 20 LBC IC, Crawl Bear
  • 20 Merkins, Bear Crawl across short side, 20 LBC IC, Crab Walk along long side, 20 big boi situps, reverse crab walk, 20 LBC IC, Crawl Bear
  • 20 Merkins, Bear Crawl across short side, 20 LBC IC, Crab Walk along long side, 20 big boi situps, Lunge Walk along short side, 20 merkins, reverse lunge walk along short side, 20 big boi situps, reverse crab walk, 20 LBC IC, Crawl Bear
  • 20 Merkins to close

Mary: Stretching

Announcements: Some xmas light run with an the HS run club, meeting at an unknown date and time, and traveling an indeterminate distance

T-Claps (Recognition): @bestinshow and @pikachu for stepping up to lead and cover for Qs failures. Greatly appreciated.

Prayer: 

  • (Praise) @abe’s father back home, simplifying care and anxiety for his Mom
  • @YesHeCan having heart surgery today
  • @brexit with a 4th round interview today to hopefully secure a job that allows him to stay local
  • @bestinshow for working through a slow season in business, prayers for additional work or finding a wad of dough somewhere
  • @bleeder upcoming surgery (Dec 15)

2nd F – Café Tacoma:

  • @abe and @BnB provided some excellent hot brew as well as penalty free cups
  • Great 2nd F in the parking lot
  • @u.t.i. and @gilette joined following their run, @u.t.i. of course arrived shirtless and sweaty
LORDY LORDY

LORDY LORDY

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FNGs: Not a one

Warm Up: Side Straddle Hops (Thanks Skid), Windmills, Daisy Pickers, Franks, Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies

The Workout:

  • Grab the blocks
  • Go to the disc golf practice hole
  • Partner Up
  • Partner 1 does an exercise AMRAP while Partner 2 travels from one side of the circle to the other.  Then Switch.  Repeat 3x
    • P1 Explosive Merkins P2 Army Crawl
    • P1 Skull Crushers P2 Bear Crawl
    • P1 Abyss Merkins aka Negative Merkins P2 Lunge Walk
    • P1 Curls for the Girlz P2 Crab Walks
  • Return Blocks

Mary: Homer to Marge, Boat Canoes, Low Slow Flutter, Pickle Pounders, Big Boy Sit-ups

Announcements:

  • Lipstick Anny Q / Convergence at Disney on Thursday
  • Christmas Party
  • Suggly Sweater
  • Davis Run
  • Q-Sheet

T-Claps (Recognition): 

  • Happy Birthday UTI – Thanks dudes for showing up!
  • DownRange – He made it!

Prayer:

  • Holiday Travel and Safety
  • Lipstick gets whatever died up there removed… 
  • Survivor – new meds, let that settle and get him back out with us
  • SoftServe’s brother
  • Stubs – new treatment
Lt Dan

No Legs and Two Big Balls

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, Arm Circles, Some Clapping

The Workout: All PAX gathered a Cindy and readied themselves for an upper body beatdown. YHC is working through a knee issue, so we were doing this Lt. Dan style, no legs.  

Tabata style workout, 45on/15off, AMRAP all exericises:

2 rounds:

  • Chest Press
  • Overhead Raises
  • Dying Cockroach
  • Hex Press
  • American Hammers

15 merkins after each round

PAX then lined up shoulder to shoulder in a V-SIT and passed a 25lb med ball down and back a few times – Group American Hammers

2 rounds:

  • Curls for the girls
  • Halos
  • Weighted WWIs
  • Overhead Press
  • Dips

15 merkins after each round

Second round of group american hammers

1 round:

  • Rows
  • Plank
  • Standing Dead Lift
  • Shoulder Shrug
  • Low slow flutter

15 merkins

Mary: PAX sat in a circle and a large exercise ball was introduced. All members of the circle held a V-sit while throwing the ball around the circle. One merkin penalty for each time the ball hit the ground. The total darkness supplied by Purple Cobra added to the excitement. 

Cletus

Irrelevant bug facts and a Personal Anniversary

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FNGs: No

Warm Up:  SSH, Willy Mays, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio, Seal Claps

The Workout:  7’s in the parking lot – Doubled up burpees on both ends…lol

Simple stuff today.  Set up stations under the covered picnic table area:  People’s chair, balls to the wall, curls for girls w/dumbbells, WWII, standard merkin, Squats w/30lb ruck, alternating shoulder raises w/dumbbells.

The timer was my homemade Quadzilla tire sled pull.  PAX chose a station to start in and the tire puller ran to the playground sign and back, at which time all PAX would rotate.  We got two full rounds in.

Mary:  YHC called box cutters then opened it for popcorn:  Freddy Mercury, reverse boxcutters, some goofy but difficult thing Pikachu called, low slow flutters…I don’t remember the rest.

Announcements: Trash pick up and backpack donation that Abe is collecting for

T-Claps (Recognition):  YHC share with the group that today is his 4-year sobriety anniversary.  In his old age, he’s not big on most anniversaries, traditional ceremonies and the like, but this one is different.  A time for reflection, praise and the sincerest of gratitude.

Prayer:  The usual

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The Bowler Runs 4 The John

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FNGs: Nuh uh

Warm Up: EC was had by 187, Lipstick, UTI

The Workout: A past route of my own creation returns!

Mary: Profuse sweating in the parking lot, heavy breathing

Announcements: 

  • Bottle Share this weekend – see Cupid and Slack
  • Picnic next weekend – see Cupid and Slack
  • 3 Alarm Run – just show up (See Q sheet)
  • R4TJ in need of a site Q – Bring the flag, encourage leadership, draw up some running routes – Ask Lipstick, UTI, and Redenbacher for past Site Q overview.  

T-Claps (Recognition):

Flag provided today by Yogurt – thanks brother!

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Prayer:

  • Maybelline
    • MIL is having open heart surgery, M is traveling to be with her
    • Dad is recovering from recent procedure
  • Pikachu
    • MIL is traveling
    • Mom is having surgery
  • Down Range
    • New baby, new to the area, new job
U-Turn 5-13-2023

Respect The 1st F

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Warm-Up: Warm Up: Good mornings 10x to stretch out; 58 SSHs to recognize my 58 years of the good life.

The Workout: 5.8 mile run based on the Original U-Turn route: Irving, Thomas Mill, Green Oaks, Ballentine, Elm, Main, Holly Springs Road, Sprint to Starbucks

COT Message:

  1. Respect the 1st F. If you are a site Q, if you leading workouts, if you regularly attend a workout, then you should be flying an F3 flag. Why? The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. Planting a flag at your workout is a metaphor for that mission. Without a flag, we’re just a bunch of guys working out together. Respect the 1st F, fly your flag, give others the opportunity to experience F3.
  2. Don’t wait until you’re in your 50s to develop an exit strategy for work. If we’re all lucky, we’ll live to be 90 years old. Do you want to work beyond your 50s or 60s? I don’t, at least not tied to a desk. Make a plan now.
  3. Don’t wait until your in your 50s to find Jesus. Turn your life over to Him now and your life will be much more peaceful.

Announcements: Udder has a bib to give for a half marathon in Umstead for next weekend.

T-Claps (Recognition): none called out today

Prayer: Safety to Redenbacher, who’s taking a deep underwater dive in Florida today. Strength and safety to Bobby Boucher, Gator, who are knocking out the New River Marathon near Boone today.

Second F: Panera. I brought a box of fresh strawberries from Miss Madison’s Strawberries. You can find one of their stands on the corner of Bass Lake Road/Hilltop Needmore and Sunset Lake Road (you know, the Citgo station). These strawberries were delicious.

Bottom Line: This was a great way to kick off my birthday. I really appreciate everyone coming out–I know many of you adjusted your runs and plans to be there, so THANK YOU! And I appreciate all the kind words and support throughout the day. Now, go build yourself an F3 flag and fly it!