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The Unnecessary Tour

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It was an unusually cool morning at Disney this morning, which probably had PAX snuggling in tight in the fartsack to stay warm instead of posting in the gloom. YHC decided to celebrate his 1 year with F3 with a Q at Disney as it is the best AO (at least until Purple Cobra launched) and happiest place on earth. I took PAX on a journey of Disney recounting some of the most memorable workouts from my 1st few weeks that made me realize just how much I needed F3. Looking back, this was a pretty crappy (difficult) 1st couple weeks of workouts. Thanks guys! I started coming to get in better shape and definitely accomplished that. I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in, but F3 is #morethanaworkout. The 2nd F (fellowship) is what has kept me coming back out and has really cemented how special this group is. Now enough of the sappy stuff. We had 3 for EC, and 6 for the Main Event. It was an honor to lead this morning!

EC: Axe, Pablo, Warbucks

FNGs: Nope

Warm Up:
Mosey to the big lot and circled up for SSH x20, Windmill x10, Moroccan Night Club x10

The Workout:
Thang 1:
This one was inspired by a Nemo Q my 2nd week at F3. This one sucked and I wanted to bring this one back. To get a full sense of this workout, the temperatures needed to be about 10 degrees warmer, but I’m sure the Pax got the idea.

Mosey around big lot, stopping 6 times around the lot for:
Stop 1: 12 merkin
Stop 2: 12 jump squat
Stop 3: 12 WWII
Stop 4: 12 shoulder taps
Stop 5: 12 mountain climbers
Stop 6: 12 pickle pounders

Not sure why 12 was the number for Nemo that day, but I went with it. Pablo asked if it was for 12 months (1 year for those numerically challenged) and of course I agreed. So 12’s were the number of the day today. 12 is also a very hard number to call cadence for and YHC goofed this up quite a few times, but the PAX were more than willing to provide correction.

PAX then lined up at the end of the lot for suicides. Sprint to 1st island, do exercise x12, mosey back to start, sprint to 2nd island, do x12 of 2nd exercise… You get the picture. Exercises were the same as above. Squat hold for the 6, a 10 count, and we were off to our 2nd stop, The Abyss. Quiver was very adamant that he didn’t need a tour, so off we went.

Thang 2:
This one was loosely inspired by a UTI Q the following week at F3 and many other abyss workouts since. As the new guy I had no idea what the abyss was when it was called, but soon realized what the mumblechatter was all about.

This one was simple, but effective. Split into 2 groups to avoid crowding stairs. Group 1 started with 12 LBC’s at the top and Group 2 ran to the bottom of the abyss for 10 merkins. This was repeated for 3 rounds (except Axe who got 4). LBC’s for the 6 and we were off to the half pipe.

Thang 3:
This one was inspired by a Double D beadown on my first trip to Possum Trot, the day before UTI’s beatdown noted previously. 11’s on a hill suck.

Pax started on the back side of the half pipe for some 7’s (due to time) with star jumps at the top and burpees at the bottom. I forgot about bear crawling up the hill, but there’s always next time. Early finishers did 7 star jumps and 7 burpees as the 6 finished up.

Thang 3.5:
With Mary not quite ready, we mosey’s over to the shelter by the flag. Partner 1 held BTTW while Partner 2 did 12 box jumps on the playground wall. Each partner got a turn and we circled up by the flag for Mary. This was also part of the aforementioned UTI Q.

Mary:
Homer to Marge x12
YHC asked PAX to call out an exercise. We did:
LSF, boat canoes, Freddy Mercury, Box cutters, and a couple of others I forgot.
Homer to Marge x6 w/ each leg up and x6 regular.

Announcements:
Sasquatch CSAUP this weekend, BRR runs on Saturday throughout the day.

T-Claps (Recognition):
Foghorn for rocking the vest.
Quiver for putting up with my tour.

Prayer:
Quiver’s daughter’s starting school today, Crableg’s ALS tour, unspokens.

YHC took us out.

So… I borrowed this recipe from Emeril…

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ECEC: Cupid, Pikachu, M4L, Yellow Card

EC: Lipstick, Flanigan, Emeril, ShamWow!, Blue Hen, Nemo, Full House, Skidmark, Pablo, YHC

Ting Ramp EC: Nemo, Pikachu, Cupid, Yogurt, GoGurt

I must admit that I was a little overwhelmed to see the number of HIM that showed up today in support of my 2yr Anniversary with F3 – and this was only EC.  It was quite a light show pulling up right at 5:15 this morning with all those vests lit up, blinking away.  I can report that these vest contraptions really, really work.  As I pulled up just in time and had some preparation to do, I got to watch this awesome pack of PAX roll-out right on time and could see them slowly disappear over Bridgewater Short Hill (Strava Segment name BTW, I highly recommend Strava, it’s all the rage).  Shovel Flag planted, Nemo out ahead of me by a few minutes.  It’s going to be a great morning in the gloom!

What follows is a workout inspired by the workout Emeril put together as Q on July 24, 2017 – My first F3 Post.  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Emeril deserves some credit for this workout, it’s a burner as they say.  If you are a Facebook’er – Here is link to the BackBlast.

  • I showed up late this morning for EC, please correct me if I missed you…

FNGs: Too scared

Warm Up:

A moment taken by YHC to thank everyone for showing up and bringing such a large number of PAX to the celebration.  27!!!  Nearly got a Deadbolt sized crowd 🙂

Special thanks given the Thingamabob out of N.E. Wake, he had a 45 min drive this morning.  He and I used to work together and apparently I had EH’d him in conversation and he decided to post on his own at some point.  Great dude, hope you got a chance to get to say hi.

Also notable attendance by Emeril, Pikachu, BlueHen, Nemo, Patch, M4LIFE, and Yellow Card.  These guys were there with me on day 1 and showed up again today.  Noted regrets from Deadbolt, Roger Roger, DawgPound, and Slide Rule.

Equally present were many of my EHs from the last 2 years.  Lipstick (BREATHTAKER!!!), Straight Cash, Peeping Tom, and Tetanus

WHERE IS THE HOOK!!!  WHAT WAS THE WORKOUT!?!?  ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

We began with 20 SSH, 10 Windmills (1st 10 count offense),  YHC was still a little verklempt and had some counts that sounded like he was ending these 2 workouts a little early.  There was a quick little internal monologue and pep-talk (UTI you’re blowing it!) then we went on a Mozy towards the tennis courts.  Half way up the back stretch at Ting we went into a Carioca, switching half way past the tennis courts and continuing the rest of the way up the hill.  We rounded the corner and Mozy’d once again for a bit.  At the next tree, we met the sidewalk for Fast Feet until the next tree.  Back to a Mozy as we headed down the Ting Ramp for “The Workout”.  Squat Hold for the 6

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The Workout:

Pulled straight from Emeril’s cookbook – Pair up into partners for B.O.M.B.S  (50- Burpees / 100- Overhead Claps / 150- Merkins / 200- LBC’s / 250- Squats)

Partner 1 does a workout and works to complete as many as possible during the time allowed.  The time allowed is driven by partner 2 who is on the run from one side of the lot to the other.  Partners 1 and 2 switch out at the completion of each run and they work together to complete the B.O.M.B.S.  If this were a video I would be playing this section in timelapse cause it took a while to complete.  PAX picked up the 6 on these and helped the remaining groups finish out their work.  This workout was tough for me as an F3 newb and it was good to see that it’s still pretty effective on some of the experienced guys too.  Good feedback on this one.  Everyone seemed to feel they got their money’s worth.

Short/quick Mozy to the bottom of the ramp.  The rest of the time I diverged from Emeril’s recipe a bit.  His recipe called for partner carries and in the last 2 years we have largely moved away from them, past the injury record they have – I know no one wants to carry YHC (I was particularly sweaty today).  So, we stayed in our existing partnerships with partner 1 Bear Crawling up the ramp while partner 2 hung back and whipped up 3 Burpees.  Once said burpees were adequately whipped, partner 2 sprinted to catch partner 1 and they swapped all the way up to the top of Ting Ramp.  The original plan was to take these all the way to the tennis courts but time was almost up.

<Slashed out a small section of the original plan here for time.>  You know how in cooking you can just leave stuff out sometimes – dash of this, dash of that, nope don’t need that (toss it over your head without looking)…  Emeril knows what I’m talking about.  BAM!

Audible called to form 4 lines for Indian Runs.  From the looks of it, we ended up in 3ish lines of varying sized but it seemed to work well enough…  Indian Runs continued around around the tennis courts and back down to the basket ball courts for Mary.

All the while – we did have Peeping Tom (or PT as he’s known in Carpex) out on a run with Straight Cash to keep him company.  PT is still on the mend but they both made a point to be here on my anniversary with a modified workout.  Nice job men!

Mary:

10 Have A Nice Day (2nd 10 count offense), 20 Leg Lifts, 12 Freddie Mercs, 12 Homer to Marge, Pigeon Pose both legs, Runners Pose both legs, 20 Diamond Merkins (Lipstick ending strong with Breathtaker)

One more thing from YHC – Very happy to be a part of F3 South Wake.  It’s been a great 2 years and I’m happy to have stuck with it.  1st F was the hook and I’ll admit it took me almost my first year before I started to truly buy-in.  So happy to have gotten more involved in the 2nd and 3rd Fs.  Feeling alot of growth through F3 and very happy to continue that growth in the years to come.  If you’re new and this is still just a workout, you haven’t come to understand or believe that it’s more than a workout – hang in there.  It’s worth the wait.

Announcements:

  • Check with Skidmark – BRR Simulation will be in play next weekend, 3 mile runs scattered throughout the day to test your legs
  • F3 Dads Camp has some open spots – See M4L
  • Check the Slack and the Facebooks for more intel and other announcements.

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • See above – Thanks again everyone.  Great time out there this morning.
  • Shredder doing good in the world on a mission trip.

Prayer:

  • Hit and run victim in Fuquay over the weekend.  Not a member of F3 but a reminder to wear your reflective gear on your runs.
  • Crablegs on his MLB journey
  • Quiver’s daughter starting school soon shortly after their move to South Wake.  YHC extended the prayer to all kids returning to school.  Being a kid is hard and guiding your kids through life is hard too.  Prayers to oversee the kids and the parents through these changes.

Two Big Bowls of Quinoa – aka 1776 workout

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First, WTF is quinoa. Second, I had to ask Alexa how to spell it.

Happy Independence Day!

5 for 7.4 mile EC: Pikachu, Cobbler, Warbucks, H1N1, Skidmark

Several others for 2 mile EC

39 Pax posted this morning.

FNGs: Welcome Oboe and Snowden
The Workout:

T-Claps (Recognition): American Eagles: Popinski, H1N1, Yogurt, Banana Seat, 187, Pikachu, Lipstick was on his way.
Prayer: Warbucks and family, Thank you for the freedoms and our first responders, 243 years ago men sacrificed their lives to fight for the freedom we have today, good to Noah’s Arc back out, safe travels this weekend

Ladders

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Date: 6/20/19

Pax: Ice Man, Bobby Doll, Wallabe, Catness, Quiver, Boogie, New Mexico(Q)
Warm Up: SSH x20, GM x20, Jog around the soccer fields.
The Workout:  Jacobs Ladder at the halfpipe.  When completed Indian Run.  Jog over to the stairs, Jacob’s ladder on the stairs with burpees at top and bottom.
Mary:  WWIIs x20, Protractor, Merkins x20
Announcements:  EH a sad clown who hasn’t shown up in a while to come to Disney and you’ll get a prize.
Prayer:  Banana Seat and Crab Legs

I don’t have the list of EC’s, if you posted for EC please leave a comment.  Always a pleasure to lead.

NM

Bear Sighting and Shooting Stars

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February 13, 2019 / Thunder / QIC: Aquaman

PAX: Aquaman, Crosby, Gumby, Gump, John Deer, Kubota, Tofu, Quiver

PAX of 3 for EC and 8 for main event came out to crawl around in the dark of the night with shooting stars above!

EC: Crosby, Gumby, John Deer

Warm Up: Mosey to parking lot to circle up for a very short warm-up as everyone could “Bearly” hold back their excitement to get started!

SSH IC x 25, Cotten pickers IC x10

The Workout:There are 32 parking spaces in the middle of the parking lot. There are also 3 handicap spaces on the far corner of the parking lot. Each space had a card with the exercise you were to complete written on it. You were to bear crawl to each space and do the exercise. 2 of those spaces gave direction to bear crawl to a handicap space of your choosing. The 3 handicap space exercises included Dbl merkin burpee x 10 or LBC’s IC x20 then WW2’s x10 or 2 laps around lot then Turkish Get-ups x5. You would then bear crawl back to your next space and continue. I do not feel like typing all 32 exercises but we had lots of fun and Bearly made it around to all of them. Also at any given time, anyone was allowed to call out a exercise of their choosing and we would all stop and complete it b4 moving on. With 8 minutes remaining, we bear crawled to meet Mary.

Mary: Complete the exercise in the handicap space that you had not done.

Announcements:FB, Slack, and a reminder to that just because not everyone has prayer requests, that does not mean that they might not be struggling with something. Keep our eyes open and be available to one another
Prayer:Quiver is moving to HS and the stresses involved, Bullseye’s recovery, those that are struggling and not saying anything to anyone to have strength to speak up and for the rest to have eyes to see.

ThunderStock

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4+ mile EC- John Deere, Crosby

EC- (add as others let me know)

Warm Up:SSH , Moroccan Night Clubs, Daisy Pickers
The Workout:

Roxanne– 3:11(26)
M’erkins (during Roxanne)

Rebel Yell– 4:48
Pickle Pounders(Chorus)
Homer to Marge (Verse)
Low Slow Flutter (Bridge)

Thunder– 3:07(78)
Dips Hold in down position and raise up on “Thunder”

Optional Mosey-

Flower– 3:26(30)
Squat up & Down squat hold

Safety Dance– 2:45(47)
Reverse M’erkins On “dance” You come up

Give it away– 4:42
Protractors during verse
15/45/90 start back at 15
LBC’s during the chorus

BRIEF STRETCH

Thunder Struck– 4:52(34)
Double M’erkin burpee on thunderstruck/Thunder

Mary: OYO

American Hammers
Freddie Mercury
Shoulder Taps
Box cutter
Balls to The Wall (With Shoulder Taps x1)

X2

Cobra Stretch

PROTRACTORS 15/45/15/90

LBC

M’erkins x10

Diamond M’erkins x10

Announcements: on the F3 page & Slack, Crosby @Bombshell Saturday Night, Long Ass Run Feb 9(?)
Prayer: Pikachu took is out… Lots of PAX hurting, Raleigh Police officers, moment of silence.

The Great 8

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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.