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2 Years Strong

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First, it was Memorial Day and we made sure to acknowledge before we started the workout.  Important to focus on what the day really means.

It was my 2 year anniversary so I took the Q at Paradise City, one of the most influential AOs for me during my F3 time.  I have since started Downtown Train as an alternative for Monday mornings but PC will always be near and dear to my heart.  So, we did a convergence.  We had several for EC including a group of  doing a run from Womble as EC then a return run to Womble for the Murph, thus creating their own CSAUP.  Kudos to UTI, Lipstick and Aquaman.  Don’t recall who we had for EC exactly.  Think there were 5 of us, but what I do remember is, in rare form, all of us stuck together the entire 2 miles, and that was cool.  One thing I really love about F3, every workout is a bit different and it is all driven by the guys you post with.  We have so many great characters and the mix we had today was really a strong reflection for me of my time in F3.  Thanks to all who came out top post.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: On the jog to bottom of ramp for SSH (a Nemo favorite) and extended count Good Mornings.  On the jog to top of ramp for SSH and Goofballs.  On the jog around to back corner for Sir Fazio.  On the jog down to end of guard rail to stretch the arms.
The Workout: On the guard rail we did a rapid set of tempo dips ICx10 followed by Mt Climbers ICx10.  3 sets.  Sweat was already in play thanks to the muggy air.  On the jog to the rocks each man picked a rock, and a couple picked a wasp nest, then we headed over to the tunnel with half lined up on each side.  Did a few rounds of exercises with one group on the exercise in tunnel and the other on the run to end of path and back.  Had to wait to switch until all were back and in People’s Chair.  Started with curls for the girls, then ground pounders.   2 sets of each.  Might have been more, I don’t recall.  Ended with some BTTW with a long count down the line.  Stench was building so we returned the rocks and headed back to bball courts.
Mary: A couple quick sets keeping the legs up for LBC, 6″, Low Slow Flutter, American Hammer and a Pickle Pounder to close it out.
Announcements: See Slack
T-Claps (Recognition): Abe for putting in total effort with BreathTaker.  This guy has been an inspiration for me from his first post.
Prayer: YHC shared 2 things I hope all of you will think about.  1. If any of you think you are not making a difference in someone’s life – if you have ever posted with me, 1st, 2nd or 3rd F, if we have posted together only 1x, or if we have been out in the cold weeks on end pushing each other – know that you are making a difference for me.  And 2. something that F3 has done for me – just like the rest of you I carry a lot of stuff around with me, some of it I share, some I don’t because I might just not be ready, but what F3 has done for me is it has made me stronger in identifying and more patiently dealing with my “stuff’ and maybe that’s because I know that at any time I need it, one of you will have my back, and that has been a difference maker.  YHC took us out in prayer with respect to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Kibbles and Bits, and bits and bits

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FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: SSH x20, Daisy Pickers x15, Sir Faxio F/B x10, Imperial Walkers x15, Hillbilly x15  – An unusually late Lucky Charms treated PAX to 10 Burpees OYO.
The Workout: EC: Warbucks, Maybelline, Dahmer, ShamWow!

PAX were gifted to a Co-Q today of YHC and Dahmer. Dahmer’s advice is “Never lose your hunger to succeed”. Well this played itself out in this beat down, including quenching our hunger for some dog food which was littered all over the back parking lot.

The Thang: PAX counted off by 2’s and formed Indian lines which took us the back way around HT. We found ourselves at the dumpster wall to begin what seemed like an eternity of switches. First up – Line 1 to the Wall, Line 2 t to the ground and all of the following in 20 counts: People’s Chair/Standard Merkin, BTTW/Shoulder Taps, Australian Mountain Climbers/Mountain Climbers, BTTW/WWII’s. Rinse and Repeat 3x through.

Back to our Indian runs over to an old favorite of Purple Cobra, the dead-end hill. YHC  instructed PAX to find an accountability partner.  In cumulative there would be 3 exercises between the partners counting up to 100 count each.

Partner 1 Sprint up the hill, Mosey Back – Partner 2 Standard Merkin – Switch

Partner 1, Sprint/Mosey – Partner 2 WWII – Switch

Partner 1, Backwards up the hill, Mosey Back – Partner 2 Squats (we didn’t get all of these in due to YHC calling return for Mary)

Squat Hold for the 6, mosey back for Mary

Mary: Chill-cut for the 6, Plank Hold and Popcorn Mary (plank hold returns for next exercise call out). 10 rounds were had.
Announcements: Tri-Sprint, The Quay, Ground pounder cancelled for this weekend. U-Turn will remain open for anyone looking for miles but YHC will need a Q as Dahmer and I are running the Super Spartan.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Warbucks family friend going through medical issues resulting in a imminent back surgery, Maybelline’s Father who is facing prostate cancer. YHC took us out.

AMRAP Indian Runs!

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PAX of 21 posted at Disney, “Where Dreams Come True” (dreams can be nightmares too) for a BRR friendly workout.  The definition of friendly was debated by Nemo after the workout.  Q was happy to see a large group of #HIM swallowed the DRP and decided to show up for EC (15 in total).  Upon further inspection, he was even more pleased to see that there were no Fritter Quitters.

FNGs: None

EC: Pablo, M4L. Dawgpound, Emeril, ShamWow!, Crosby, Dahmer, 187, Axe, Plex, Pilgrim, Bernie, Pumkin Spice, Nemo, Katniss

Fritter: New Fritters: Bernie, Pilgrim, Crosby, Katniss  Repeat Fritters: Dawgpound, Emeril, M4L, ShamWow!, Pumpkin Spice  Fritter Quitters: None

Warm Up: All exercises in cadence: SSH x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20, Hillbillies x 20, Fazio arm circles 10 forward 10 back

The Workout: PAX split into small groups (3 groups of 5 and 1 group of 6) based on speed for Indian runs.  In there groups, PAX moseyed to the drop-off circle at the front of MCHS where they found benches to complete 10 erkins, 10 derkins, 10 dips, and 10 more erkins while we waited for the six.  Once we regrouped, we moved to the gate that separates the faculty lot from the road for the main entrance.  In their Indian run groups, PAX were instructed to run up the long road to West Lake Rd and do 5 burpess, run back and bear crawl under the gate, run up the short road to Middle Creek Park Ave and do 5 star jumps, run back to the gate, and wash-rinse-repeat until Q called time.  After 30+ minutes, Q called PAX back do the gate to regroup.  While waiting for the six, we completed LBC ICx25, 25 Merkins, SSH ICx25.  Once we all regrouped at the gate, all groups combined for a large group Indian run back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: All exercises in cadence: Low Slow Flutter x 20, Homer to Marge x 20, Freddie Mercury 20 regular and 20 reverse, Pickle Pounders x 20, Have a nice day!

Announcements: Blue Hen 5 year anniversary Q @ cletus with a 5 mile EC that starts at 4:30, Breath Taker charity is the Holly Springs Food Cupboard: Accepting donations of cash (Fritter Foundation is matching all cash donations), food, or time at the cupboard to help in garden or general repairs (meeting there this Saturday)

Prayer: Drew (victim in UNC Charlotte shooting), Crablegs, Bernie’s stepmom, Pilgrim’s father, spoken and unspoken.  Thank you to Pumpkin Spice for taking us out in prayer!

Rocks at the Trot

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It was great to be back at the Trot in front of 27 high impact men eager for a “Rock” beat down promised on social media.

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  Jog around tennis courts.  Circle up in parking lot.  25 SSH, 10 IW, 10 HB, 10 Daisy Pickers, 10 Good Mornings, 10 Seal Claps, 10 Thunder Claps (all in cadence).

The Workout:  Jog to the snack shack.  Lined up in front of hill adjacent to ballpark fence.  Sevens of Merkins and LBCs.  Line up against outfield fence for 25 count people’s chair, 25 count BTTW.  Lots of chatter/commotion as the chain link fence may not have been as sturdy as Q anticipated for said exercises.  Adapt and overcome – headed to the snack shack for 25 count Australian Mountain Climbers and People’s Chair.  Chatter continued as PAX lined up on road in two lines.  Not sure what PAX anticipated but Q began Frankenstein’s, Gate openings and Lunges up the hill.  Mosey to rock pile for medium size rock.  PAX lined up with their rock in two opposing lines.  Q was at one end in the middle leading the following rock exercises with a couple of 10 count breaks in between:  10 count cadence – Curls for the girls, OH press, Tricep extension, Side twists, goblet Squats, Rut-rows.  PAX continued with their rock performing the following exercises on their six:  Homer to Marge, chest press with feet 6 inches off, skull crushers, LSF with rock extended above chest and LSF with rock extended behind head (that was a fun one).  Chatter was minimal.  Hmmm.  PAX finally put their rock down and began 25 count of toe taps, side to side jumps (over rock), front and backward jumps (over rock).  With rock at feet, PAX completed a square circuit beginning 10 R and then 10 L.  PAX switched rocks.  Some Mosey and curls.  Felt like I was back at ROTC Field Training on the parade grounds.  10 Burpees together.  Closed out with 10 cadence counts bicep curls, tricep curls and OH curls.  Return rocks to pile.

Mary:  Various Yoga positions for cool down.

Announcements:  Bottle exchange at LipSync home (whether or not he is home) this Friday; Torch Run; Food Cupboard (need more PAX turnout – See Emeril); Lots of PAX celebrating F3 Anniversaries – Guest Qs coming:  Memorial Day workouts and Murph at 0730 (Womble).  Check Social Media.

T-Claps (Recognition):  Highlighted Rainmaker (Pete McKeon) today as 6th man.  Originally from NY/CT, LEO (20 years); Great F3 naming – during an interview with a person in custody, threw his keys to another LEO and inadvertently hit a sprinkler causing the sprinkler system to go off!  LOL!  Mets fan.  LOL! Active 5-6 months in F3.

Prayer:  Messi has schoolmates involved in a 4 wheeler accident – doing OK; wear helmets!  Injured PAX; Silent / Unspoken prayers.  Thank you Fonzie for leading PAX out today in prayer.

EC:  Messi (bike), Fonzi, Pumkin Spice, H1N1, Katniss, Pilgrim, Bernie, Crosby, LED, Cupid, ShamWow!, Emeril, Dawgpound, Pikachu, M4L, Skidmark (ruck) and The Natural.

 

An honor leading you brothers – Dauber.

Holly Springs Finest

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21 Pax posted this morning for a 0.0 workout. In case you’re not sure what that means, it means no running. Mixed reviews from the pax at the beginning. Some dreading the no mosey workout, others, unsure of what was about to hit them, were a bit excited about that thought of no running. I’ll let them chime in with their opinions later.

Full day this morning as Holly Springs finest made an appearance to address what I can only assume was an issue related to noncompliance and an ATM machine.

As our workout started we had a brief break in the action when a truck backed over a shopping cart.

EC: Quite a few but I’m not sure who so I’ll go with Pikachu, 187, Shamwow, Warbucks, Aquaman, Bullseye

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up: Can’t have a good day without a good morning, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, and Sir Fazio Arm Circles

The Workout: Deck of Cards Rotated exercises in order: merkins – on Q down and up (diamond if pulled, Hand release if heart pulled), Lunges in cadence, WWII, Squats

A 25 lb and 35 lb kettle bell were passed left after each exercise. If a spade was drawn it was 2x the amount on the card.

Joker = 10 turkish get-ups and yes you had to do them with the kettlebell if you had it.

Mary: Pax held plank for 7 minutes. Did some R arm and L arm up. Also did some R arm R leg up crunches and vice verse. 1 quick 10 count pickle pounders. While Pax were holding plank Q tested Pax knowledge of F3. A little trick I picked up in F3 Pittsburgh were they hold a position and each pax says the mission.

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

We also did some work on the core principals: 1. Free of charge 2. Open to all men 3. Held outdoors rain or shine, heat or cold, 4. Peer led in a rotating fashion with no certification needed 5. All workouts end with a COT.

Recover

Announcements: Work at the Holly Springs Food Cupboard this weekend from 9 -12. Showup bring the 2.0s. Need support.

Memorial Day Murph at Womble 0700. Paradise City will be open. Rumor is so will Mutiny with Ultimate.

T-Claps (Recognition): Shamwow for checking on the guy that ran over the shopping cart.

Prayer:
Pilgrim’s dad Ben Sr.
Drew from Motorboatin’s neighborhood
Double D
Lucky on his 50 miler

Emeril took us out.

Groundpounder Backblast 5/18

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Pax of (10) for a very warm Jones park beat down

Slide Rule, Doc, Pikachu, Dauber, Motoboatin, Pumpkin Spice, Shamwow, Lizard Lick, Daumer

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Warmup–

Jog around the parking lot area and circle up for 22 counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Frankenstein’s, Squats and Hillbillies.

Main event–

Mosey snake style up and down the hills behind the baseball field over to the wall for 22 counts of Irkins, Dirkins and Dips.

Mosey over to the batting cages for some fast feet across 2 sides, more mosey over to the rock pile.

Circle of fun with rocks for 22 counts of Curls for the girls, rotate to the left, 22 count of overhead extensions, rotate left 22 Rut Rohs, rotate left 22 counts of chest presses, rotate left 22 counts of trunk twists, rotate back to your home rock and 22 count meltdown with no break of curls, over extensions, trunk twists and Rut Rohs.

Return the rocks to the pile and mosey over to the shelter for 22 count of peoples chair followed by balls to the wall. Repeat with Australian mountain climbers and seal clap peoples chair.

Mosey back in the grass for some Duck, Duck, Goose. The duck chooses his goose after running around the outside of the circle. If the goose catches the duck its 5 burpees for the duck and if not the goose does 5. Pax performs squats while we wait.

Mary

Circle up for 22 count of Lo Slow Fludder and then a squat party for Bring Sally Up. Hold squat on bring sally down and stand up on bring sally up. A great time was had by all.

Closed in prayer

Better late than never, I say…

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FNGs: Lizzard Lick (Steve who works at a car auction, EH’d by Dahmer – Two Z’s…)
Warm Up: Traditional Butt Kickers, High Knees, Wide Knees, SSH x15, Daisy Picker x10, The windmill x10, Stretching.
The Workout: U-Turn favorites! 3 went out of the 3 mile route – Fonzie was head locked into pushing past picking up the 6 as Katniss roared by and inspired him to get 5 in that morning. Nice job Katniss! Editors Note: Fonzie broke off ahead of the industrial park and headed back to Starbucks.  A lot of great effort out there Men!
Mary: N/A
Announcements: Holly Springs Food Pantry.
T-Claps (Recognition): Dahmer, Lizzard Lick, Pikachu for going the 5 and a sprint to Ground Pounder for the double down!!
Prayer: YHC took us out.

Today’s Workout Is Brought To You By The #11

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So during the pre-blast mumble chatter for this workout YHC learned that Squatter had already brought the Mickey Mouse Merkin to Disney the week before. Having been encouraged to read over Squatter’s backblast, YHC became inspired to work with the number 11 since Squatter had claimed 7’s the week before.

EC: Quite a few Pax came out for EC – possibly more than half of the workout. YHC, Warbucks, Dahmer, The Natural, and Shamwow started at 0500, with YHC and Warbucks running the 1.5 mile loop as a warm up once and then hard the 2nd time to get after that Strava segment.

Chips, Nemo, 187, Fonzie, LED and Axe also did EC.

For those keeping count, that’s 12 out of 13 that did EC. Very impressive.


FNGs: None (but it was Plex’s one week anniversary – way to stay after it)
Warm Up:

Lap around the parking lot. Last half incorporated butkickers and high knees.

Circle up for 10 burpees as Abe arrived during our warmup lap.

Note: This was second after YHC promised Fonzie there would be no Burpees after LED put us through 50+ yesterday at the Trot. Oh well, some traditions have to stand.

10x SSH IC and we seemed warm enough.
The Workout:

Mosey to the half pipe and partner up along the way for the first round of 11’s. 1 pax goes to one hill for 10x Star Jumps, other goes the other way for 1x Monkey Humper. Bonus Turkish Getup in the middle every time you pass (but just 1 each time – turned out to be enough to kill the momentum and make things harder for no reason. My style). Switch hills and count down/up so it always adds up to 11.

After we finished that fun time for our legs we went back to the meetup parking lot to trash our shoulders with the Mickey Mouse Merkin Mile. Partners run opposite directions and when they meet they perform 11 Mickey Mouse Merkins (Wide Merkin, Diamond Merkin, Wide Merkin – WDW aka Walt Disney World).

Original plan was the pax would continue this dropping by 1 every time (YHC learned from Hello Kitty in Chicago that this should be a descending thing, not an ascending one). However after round 1 it was clear that this was unreasonable, so YHC audibled to dropping the count by 2 every time.

Once finished we went to the highlight of the AO – the abyss. (I guess you could argue about the turf fields, but today it was all about the abyss).

Pax go to the bottom for another round of 11s – 1x LBC In Cadence (IC) at the bottom. Pax bunny hopped up the stairs (yeah, that sucked) for 10x Low Slow Flutters IC at the top. Standard 11s – drop the LBCs, increase the flutters. We stayed together as a group for these, holding 6 inch holds for the 6.

2nd time up the abyss we bunny hopped again, times 3 and 4 we wheel burrowed with our partners. Sadly after time 4 we were approaching our time limit, so we headed back to the meetup parking lot for some Mary.

Mary:

Pickle Pounders x20 IC (impressive form by ShamWow!)

Homer to Marge x10 IC, x5 IC each leg

Shoulder taps x10 IC

Yoga – runners pose on each side x10 seconds, pidgeon pose on each side x10 seconds and we were done right at 45 minutes.
Announcements:

Work day at the food bank this Saturday. 9am – noon, bring gloves, they have tools.

Push for those that haven’t Q’d to sign up. Sheet is pretty empty for next week 🙁

T-Claps (Recognition):

Warbucks for pushing himself to run fast on EC and getting on the segment leader board. Sometimes you have to push yourself!
Prayer:

187’s neighbor Tom – prognosis is better but continued prayers.

Shredder – praises for progress.

Skidmark for the annoying calf injury

Crab legs as always

YHC took us out. Always an honor and a privilege to lead!

Field Day at Purple Cobra

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8 PAX got stronger at Purple Cobra with a ring of fire beatdown with 4 for EC.

EC: 187, Dahmer, ShamWow!, Warbucks

Warm Up:
SSH x25 IC
Imperial Walkers x15 IC
Hillbillies x10 IC
Windmill x10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles x10 forward / x10 backward

The Workout:
Mosey behind Harris Teeter on the way to Goodwill parking lot. YHC had setup 8 pain stations for Ring of Fire and with 8 PAX, so it worked out well. Upon arrival, YHC was informed that it was field day at some schools today, so this was dubbed our version of field day. Ring of Fire consisted of 1 minute AMRAP at each station with a 15 second break between stations, rotating at the sound of the air horn until PAX visited all stations.

Pain Stations:
1. Jump rope
2. Merkins
3. Curls with 2 rocks
4. Squats
5. Build a Bears
6. Lunges
7. WW I’s
8. Burpees

Once all 8 stations were hit, we ran a lap around Lassiter Mill and back to Goodwill. We stopped at the guardrail for 15 rows IC, 10 dips IC, 10 derkins.

Rinse and repeat for round 2.

Mosey back to start. YHC and 187 put back the rocks while Shamwow! led a round of shoulder taps.

Mary:
LSF x20 IC
American Hammer x20 IC
Homer to Marge right leg up x20 IC
Pickle Pounders x20 IC
LBCs x10 IC
Plank hold x10
Freddie Mercury x20 IC

Announcements:
Need Q at Purple Cobra next week. Sign up on the Q sheet!
Memorial Day Murph – see Slack for details.

T-Claps (Recognition):
We had a lot of strong jump rope abilities this morning. Nice moves Deadbolt, Plex, Tube Socks!
Dawgpound for 2 years with F3.

Prayer:
187’s neighbor Tom, Pablo’s mom, Dahmer and M’s test results.

Small Light Poles – there’s 13

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FNGs:

ECEC: ShamWow, Pikachu

EC: ShamWow, Pikachu, 187, Axe, Skidmark, The Natural
Warm Up:  Axe lead the warmup with running around ting after each exercise, Side straddle hop, Good Mornings, Imperials, Hill Billies, Arm Circles and Merkins
The Workout:  Partnered up – playing catch me if you can with BLIMPS.  Each pax started with 3 Burpees as they ran and caught the next pax, then that pax did the exercise.  3 Burpees, 4 Lungs, 5 Imperials, 6 Merkins, 7 Pickle Pounders and 8 Squats.  After this, we got at the bottom of Ting ramp and did Merkin Suicides.  We followed the instructions left by Skidmark, but were not certain if he meant suicides where we did latter Merkins at the large light poles or small light polls.  Pikachu liking pain and whatnot determined it must have been the little light poles, 13 total.  1 light pole 1 Merkin, 2 light pole 2 Merkins … to 13.
Mary:  Various ab exercise such as low slow flutter, LBC’s, Freddy Mercury’s, and some taps – lots of taps (shoulder taps, nipplers, back of the head and then butt taps).  You cant make this stuff up…
Announcements:  Rugged Maniac this Saturday, Memorial day at Womble, Cletus is now a 05:30am workout, Derek Davis Aug 17th.
T-Claps (Recognition): Axe leading the warmup and did a hell of a job (he is ready to be Q…)
Prayer: Skidmark –  for the calf, 187’s neighbor Tom for breathing issues Saturday night hospital visit, unspoken