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Boulders and Balls

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6 HIMs posted to GP on a cold dry morning for boulders and balls.  YHC brought the music box and basketballs. 

Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings, Willie Maze Hays, Daisy Pickers,  Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions), arm stretches, 20x3ct SSH

Mosey to rock pile.

The Workout

Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock. Alternate rocks between exercises.

3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Bus Drivers, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders.

3 sets of 10x3ct Skull Crushers and Presses

1 set each of 10x3ct Windsheild Wipers, Box Cutters, Low Slow Flutter, Freddie Mercuries,

Mosey to the B-Ball court for Heavy Balls

20 minutes of Knockout. PAX line up and try to knock the HIM in front of them out by getting the ball in the basket before they do.  If knocked out, 20 ct exercise and then return to the line.

Exercises: 20 10X3ct SSH, 10 Merkins+ 10 Squats, 20 LBCs, 20 Imperial Walkers,

Prayer Requests:   Pumpkin Spice on sabbatical with next role in question. DOA diagnosed with meniere’s disease (inner ear disorder causing dizziness) and step-father Wes battling cancer.

Announcements: CSAUP in South Cary in April, Wilmington Marathon/Half next weekend, Motor Boatin’s 1st 5K March 4/5th.

Captain Caveman 2/15/22

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FNGs: Not today

Warm Up:

Bounce
Foot Trace
Spinal Rotations
Fazio Arm Circles
Good Mornings

The Workout:

We had a little upper body circuit going on at the Caveman.

5 rounds of the following exercises with a lap around the parking lot in between to get the heartrate up.

10 Each Side – Uppercuts
10 Each side –  Ballistic Curls
10 Each Leg  – Side Lunges
10 Each side –  Bow Draw
20  Bent Over Rows

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Rinse and repeat.

Mary: We went around the circle and all PAX called out an exercise.

Announcements: Check Slack and FB.

T-Claps (Recognition): Stubs for helping out at LAR and getting back out in the gloom!

Prayer: Pumpkin Spice on his Sabbatical, Stub’s Dad, unspoken

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

 

A Mix of Complaints and Cheers

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Ya know…everyone is a critic. At Crazy Ivan, it is incumbent on the Q to choose the playlist, so I always choose mine. Today, there were equal numbers of complaints versus kudos for the playlist. “Hell yeah..this is my jam”, “I’m down with Fanny on this one”, “Thowin it back…yeah!”, It’s too loud”, “what the hell are they singing?”, “This makes me wanna go bust stuff up”, “Crazy Ivan…when Fanny’s the Q, you leave angrier then when you got here.”  Good stuff right there.
Warm Up: SSH x 25, Good Mornings, Seal Claps, Frankensteins, Spinal Rotation.
The Workout: This was a “recover on your time workout”, so the timer just kept going. It was a 1:15/:45 Tabata/AMRAP with the Kettlebells. During the 1:15, YHC would call an exercise. During the :45 PAX had a choice of Boobity-Boobitys, Plank Hold, Swings, or Snatches. Rest was entirely up to the PAX. Some PAX took it upon themselves to stretch, run, etc. during the :45. OK. Exercises that YHC called during the 1:15 segments were: Bell Merkins, Bridge Pullover,  Bobbity Boobity, Squats, Suitcase Lift, 1 leg Deadlift, Lawnmower, Halo, Figure 8, Curls for the Girls, 1 Arm Shoulder Press, Ground Pounders, Plank Pull Through, Midget Cookie Pouch, Midget Love Handle, Swings.
Mary: Bad form plank and downward dog, with some runner’s stretches. Awful Q examplehood!
Announcements: Long Ass Run, 2/12…details on Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition): Ponzi…cotter…back out in the Gloom!
Prayer: Lots of relatives sick or injured. Emeril daughter/family with just being a teenager! YHC took us out and ended this debacle!

Library Day Part Deux

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shut itFNGs: none
Warm Up: Mosied down Library Hill to the pool parking lot. Circled up for: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies, Windmills, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (forward/back), Seal Claps, Overhead Claps.
Mosied back up Library Hill and met in front of the amphitheater.
The Workout: YHC was looking back through Downtown Train backblasts for inspiration and decided to redo a workout from Nov 2020. It’s not complicated, but it’s effective.

Thing 1: Diamond.
4 exercises, one at each corner. Start with 5 reps, increase by 5 each round, going up to 20 reps. Exercises were Merkins, LBCs, Squats and Side Lunges.

Thing 2: Rocks!
Curls for the Girls, Triceps, Ruh Rohs. 10 in cadence each. Drop the rocks, SSH x10. Repeat two more times.
Mary: WWIIs, American Hammers, Low Slow Flutters, Chill Cut Plank, Pickle Pounders. Wrapped up with some stretches and yoga.
Announcements: Donate blood! Q Source on Wed mornings at Panara
Prayer: Praises for Quiver’s sister on the mend, praises for PAX getting back in the gloom after being out with injury and illness, continued prayers for those still healing.
Moleskin: Sometimes I fall out of the habit of rising early and getting out to an AO. It gets pretty bad if I let it go on for a few days. I have found one way to cure this is to sign up for a couple of consecutive Q spots. The additional accountability that comes with knowing a group of guys is waiting for you to show up and lead is a good motivator to get out of bed. Once you’ve got that ball rolling for a few days, it’s easier to get back into the routine.

Cancun was late – but luckily not pregnant….

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3 Pax for a chilly Ground Pounder……..

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Seal Claps, Arm Circles, Knee 2 Chest, SSH
The Workout: Mosey down the creep path toward Veteran Park Shelter, stopping for some Merking, Burpee’s & Hill Billie’s on the way. At the Shelter, Dice Workout: 2 = Diamond Merkin (5), 3 = SSH (10), 4 = Hill Bills (10), 5 = High Knees (10), 6 = BALLS with shoulder taps (6), 7 = Squats (10), 8 = Wall Sit (10), 9 = Mountain Climbers (10), 10 = Heel Crab Touches (10), 11 = Merkins (10), 12 = Burpees (5)

Completed a few rounds then mosey to the playground bars – 1 PAX preformed 5 pull-up, the rest doing dips and inclined merkins, rinse repeat a few times. (spoke with two guys who work out together on a Saturday morning at the park and told them about F3 etc etc….)

Back to shelter for a little more dice then 5 mins YOGA (thanks Cancun) – Mosey back up the creepy path to Jones park (stopping for some regular, diamond & wide grip merkins)

Mary: American Hammers (20), Wall sit (20), Homer to Marge 10, Right leg up 10, left leg up 10, Wall Sit over head claps (20)

Announcements: nothings particular… a lot of marathons going on.

T-Claps (Recognition): We are awesome for turning up
Prayer: for our kids & John Deere international travel next week to Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Groundin and Poundin

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4 HIMs posted to GP on a beautifully hot morning.  YHC brought the music box & balls.

Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings, Wind Mills,  Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions), Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Arm Stretches, Pigeon Pose Stretch,  20 SSH.

The Workout

Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock (if it can be curled or even lifted with one arm – pick another). Alternate rocks between exercises.

3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Triceps Press, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders. 10x3ct:  Rock Spanks (with and w/out consent), 20x3ct LBCs, 10x3ct Mountain Climbers, 10x3ct Heal Taps.  Return the Rocks and Mosey to the basketball court

Heavy Balls:

3 rounds of free throws: one PAX shoots while others exercise.  Shoot from 3 different points on the court (2 free throws and 1 layup) – miss making all three and receive a 2 burpie penalty.

Exercises: Imperial Walkers;  Hill Billy’s, Mountain Climbers; SSH, Squats, Lunges, Split Jacks, Star Jumps, more squats

Announcements: Q exchange this week starting on Monday; Pikachu moving July 31st

Prayer Requests: Praise for Norm getting to the Mexican border safely, Prayer for safety – Forceps’ son on mountain trip with friends this week.

One Big Ball

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FNGs:
Warm Up: GM, sir fozzy, imperial walkers, windmill, ssh
The Workout: 8 bell exercises. 45 sec work/15 sec rest. 5 rounds.
1 plank row, 2 kb snatch, 3 swings, 4 tricep extra, 5 CFG, 6 GP, 7 pull overs, 8 fig 8

rotating atlas stone workout throughout. 1 atlas stone carry, 5 burpees, and carry back. 2 atlas stone throw over the shoulder x5. Rinse and repeat

Mary: no time
Announcements: Carpex dads workout.

Prayer: PAX and family for safety and health

“Let this be your outlet”

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Warm Up: EC- YHC, Dahmer, Cancun, Yogurt, Swisher Sweets for a 2 mile EC. Also, Java & Warbucks on their bikes.  Nice work & the guys pushed me to the 2 mile PR 9:18 pace.

SSH (20), Frankensteins (10), Good mornings (15) & Willie Mays Hays (10).

The Workout: I decided not to over plan & not print out a sheet. This was a good idea & I didn’t think too much about it. It was time to dive in & focus on my weak points.

Indian run over to the dreaded hill towards Bass Lake/Greenway.

We paired up in twos. 5 rounds of hill sprints (what a rush).

Indian run back to the rock pile. Curls for the girls (20 X 2), tri-cep ext (20 X 2), Ruh Rohs (20 X 1), Bus drivers (20 X 1), shoulder press (20 X 2) & shoulder raises (20 X 1).

Pavilion area- Erkins (20 X 1), Derkins (20 X 1), Dips (20 X 1).

Mary: Call arounds at the tennis court. Cancun got us at the end!

Announcements: Run with 3-Alarm (Davis) every Tuesday at 6pm. Lookout for Yogurt’s posts.

My message at the end was “Let this be your outlet”. Tomorrow it will make one year that my family & I have been in HS. Prior, I did not have an outlet, was stressed out, angry & bitter. I would take things out verbally at times on my family. F3 has changed my life in so many ways. Thank you Pax for your friendship! It was an honor to lead this morning!

T-Claps (Recognition): Pumpkin Spice for not backing down & focusing on his weak points too. Boss Hog, Cyclops & Fireball for pushing through it.

Prayer: Cyclops wife, Shredder & many more for their mission trip to Mexico. My M & FIL on their trips home. Safe travels.

So you want to play with my balls?

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8 HIMs posted to GP on a salty morning.  YHC brought the music box, balls & discs.

Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings, Willie Maze Hays,  Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions).  Mosey to the disc golf putting green

The Workout

Disc Puts:

Started with a round of 20 Merkins.  8 discs in play at all times – PAX synchronize disc toss and bear crawl to nearest disc and return to starting point for exercise.  10x3ct exercises: LBCs, Freddie Mercuries and Mountain Climbers.  Penalty Burpies for 1 HIM tossing prematurely.

Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock (if it can be curled by anyone with one arm – it ain’t big enough). Alternate rocks between exercises.

3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders. 10x3ct:  Windshield Wipers, Rock Spanks, 10x3ct Rock Press & Skull Crushers (3 sets),

Mosey to the basketball court

4 rounds of Knock Out: Pax line up and do prisoner squats unless they have a ball in hand or one to chase.

Once knocked out, HIMs do cycles.

Cycle 1: 20 Merkins, 20 LBC, 20 Emperial Walkers;

Cycle 2: 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 Rockies, 20 Mountain Climbers;

Cycle 3:  20 Freddie Mercuries, 20 Homer to Marge, 30 sec Plank hold

Cycle 4: 30 SSH, 20 Squats, 20 Lunges,

Announcements: Norm Moving Day starts at 9AM

Prayer Requests: Praise for the hurricane being mild (Strategery and Forceps both had family in the path of the storm.  Prayers for our military and those struggling with illness or addiction.

T-Claps: Farva and Forceps tripling down with Tequila Sunrise, GP and moving day

Thunder YOGA w/ 19 PAX

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FNGs:  Welcome Jukebox, future patrolman who loves to sing.  Thanks for bringing this young man out Pumpkin Spice.  Good to see your college basketball playing, former HS Hawk XC star, Cobbler, out to the gloom too.
Warm Up:  many PAX participated in VC.  Bike ride +10 miles.  PAX moist.
The Workout:  YOGA, much needed.  Look, I will simply attach a pic of the movements we executed.  Special thanks to Cancun who provided the play by play and color commentary of all the moves attempted.  I tried finding the prisoner terminology he used on this sheet I downloaded from the internet but was unable to locate the verbiage.  I will defer to Cancun for his intimate experiences.  Quite flexible for a 6’4” 260 pound dude.  Awesome.  The much anticipated spread Eagle was executed flawlessly by many.  Only a few PAX let out some flatulence.
Mary:  lots of stretching, balance stuff.  Full 45 mins of pure awesomeness IMO.
Announcements:  CSAUP, Murph, bed build, 5Ks, see Slack/FB
T-Claps (Recognition):  Happy Birthday Cancun!  All PAX killing it during May challenge.  Remember to listen to your body and REST.
Prayer:  Interrupted by geese, goslings and churlish children, YHC chided them and finished up in thoughtful, loving prayers only a seasoned parent could pull off.

Honored to lead – Dauber.