Tag Archive for: Socrates

Cinder Blocks are heavy

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, GM, WMH, Arm Circles.  The PAX did a great job reciting core values and F3 mission. No penalty burpees.

The Workout:

Grab a Cinder Block, Cusack for a bit. 10x Ground Pounder, 10x Rows. Cusack. Did 3 rounds.

Curls and Triceps as we walked to bathroom building w blocks.

Dora : 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC (single count). Partner farmer carry both cinder blocks 50M and back.

return blocks.

Mary : Stretches and circle of ab exercises called out by each PAX. Final set of Good Mornings.

Announcements: Trash pick up today 9AM Walmart FV.  My Way anniversary party today 5:30PM My Way in Holly Springs

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Motor Boatin’s sister to ER last night . Uncertain. All PAX dealing with injuries and illness.

Cold cold morning at Ground Pounder

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FNGs: None

Warm Up:  Hill billies, Imperial walkers, Sir Fozio Arm Circles forward and backward, Willy Mays Hayes, Side Straddle Hops, some merkins

The Workout: Large rock and rotate to the left after each exercise: Curls for the girls, Wonde, Rut rows, Overhead tricep press, Shoulder press, Ground Pounder. Move to the wall. Balls to the wall with counts of 10 by each PAX, people’s chair 10 second counts, individual calf raises cadence x 11. Repeated large rock work rotating to the right, and then the wall exercises. Played 2 holes of frisbee golf with squats before each throw on the first hole and monkey humpers on the 2nd hole. Breach also added a missed putt penalty for 5 merkins for each missed putt. Nice finish. Time’s up so brought it back to COT.

Announcements: Road cleanup scheduled for Saturday February 3rd at 9AM at the Walmart in FQ.  

Football! YOU BET!

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FNGs:  None

Warm-up:  Planted flag after rolling up facing 8 PAX ready to go!  Willy Mays Hayes, OH Claps, Seal Claps, Sir Fazios, Static Stretching with nice mumblechatter

Thang:  Mosey with football lateraling all the way, Ho-Ho-Ho! and picked up a medium rock.  Stubbs was funny and grabbed an XL.  Bastard.  (JK)  Circled up for the following exercises with rocks in cadence rotating one spot to the left:  Curls for the girls, Rutrows (when I came to the XL rock), bus drivers, ground pounders, squats, slap the rock, OH press…Singles with tricep extension.  On your six for six inches, nipplers and chest press.  Return rocks.

Mosey to various fields until we found a flat area on the pitch.  Ran routes for points.  Those PAX not throwing or catching conducted LBCs, Squats, Imperial Walkers, etc.  Competiion moved to 4 PAX playing football, QB, WR, Stationary defense doing SSH in front of QB and a Defender.  Rotated through all positions.  Lined up again for drop kicks/punts.  One PAX ran after the kicked ball while remaining PAX did exercises.  Moved into a 4 v 4 with GUMP being center/referee/cheerleader,  Lots of nice throws and catches.  Checked some PAX for stick -em.  Mosey back to parking lot for Mary.

Mary:  static stretches in a circle.  Some PAX got friendlier than others.  Something about a recent hike/tush play.  Lots of laughs for sure.  Each PAX shared a rose and a thorn.

Q forgot to do name-a-rama.  Blame his age.  YHC took us out.  Lots of Prayers for Family, Jobs, Surgeries

2nd F at Thanks a Latte.

Honored to lead. – Dauber

Some football. Some rocks

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Good Morning, WMH, SSH, Arm circles, Seal Clap, Overhead Clap

The Workout:
Football Passes. 3 Rounds 

Single Line. Single PAX ran a route. Caught pass from another PAX second in line. Then did 20 squats. PAX waiting in line did Hallelujahs.

Rock Work: Big Rock 3 rounds

Curlc, Triceps, Around the World, Deadlift, Single Leg Deadlift, Wonder Bra

Two Small Rocks 3 rounds 

Curls, Triceps, Alternating Lateral Raises

 

Mary: 3 rounds: Feet on bench: Should Tapx10, Slow Mountain Climbersx10 in cadence 

some stretches 

Pi Approximation Day 22 July, 2023

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FNGs: None

22/7 is the fraction approximation of Pi 3.14. It’s July 22, 2023. Happy Pi Approximation Day 22 July (22/7). 

Warm Up: Bounce, knee raises. One burpee for failure to know the F3 Mission and Core Principles. Mosey to rock pile and carry rocks to the picnic area. 

The Workout:

7 exercises, 22 reps x 2 rounds . Rotated after each exercise. 

Circuit One x 2 
  1. Curls
  2. Triceps
  3. Rows
  4. Wonder Bra
  5. Squats 
  6. Rock Spank 
  7. Ground Pounder 
Circuit Two x 2 (On your Six) 
  1. Chest Press
  2. Low Slow Flutter
  3. Skull Crushers
  4. H2M 
  5. Rock push through (plank position) 
  6. Leg raise over rock
  7. Monkey Humper (standing) 

Mary: Return rocks 

Announcements: Back packs for Foster Kids. See 3rd F Slack. 

Prayer: Gump’s son’s travel to Florida with mom for 3 weeks. Hazmat new role at work, more travel. Socrates starting back up school next week (teacher). PAX who are struggling w injuries or illness. PAX looking for work / in job transition. Forcep’s move to DC. 

Mumblechatter at Ground Pounder stays at Ground Pounder

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Old man hangs, Good Mornings, Windmills, Sir Fozio Arm Circles forward & reverse, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Willy Mays Hays, Side Straddle Hops x 25 in cadence

The Workout: Each PAX picked two small rocks.  One for each hand.  Many reps of Curls for the Girls, Rut Rows, Forward arm raises, Overhead tricep presses, Lateral arm raises and Shoulder presses.  Repeat all 6 exercises until everything burned.  Mumblechatter took a sideways turn and the count was hard to keep on track during the whole set….  On to the small wall for a set of 11’s with Merkings and Dips.  Then mosey to the picnic tables for a round of squats, monkey humpers and star jumps.

Mary: Around-the-horn core exercises.

Announcements: F3 picnic.  3-Alarm run this Tuesday.  Open Ground Pounder Q still needs to be filled for 7/8/23.

Prayer:  Prayers for all those travelling.  Prayers for Socrates’s family.

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Basketball Closed? Modify as Needed.

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Mosey to see if basketball court open. Fence locked :/ 10-15 count GM,WMH, Arm Circles, SSH, EW, Hillbillies. Mosey to bleachers. 

The Workout:

Circuit 1: Climbing bleacher merkins: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,2 = 51. Mosey to playground.
Circuit 2: 3×17=51 Step ups/R Bulgarian Squat, L Bulgarian Squats.
Circuit 3: 3×17 alternating Urkins and Inverted Rows. Mosey to cinder blocks. 
Circuit 4: 3×17 Cinder Block Curls/Triceps/Press

Mary: 3×17 American Hammer/LSF/LBC

Announcements: CSAUP June 10th. 

T-Claps (Recognition): @Woody and @Jellybeans EC to U-Turn, then EC to GP.

Prayer: Motor Boatin 29th Wedding Anniversary and mother turns 88 next week. Safe travel for Socrates daughter and son-in-law to Africa, Pumpkin Spice’s M in Israel. 

Ground Pounder 5/6/2023

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Toe touches, Sir fozio arm circles, side stradle hops among others

The Workout: First half: Rocks.  Curls for the Girls, Rut Rows, Overhead Tricep press, Wonder bras, Ground Pounder.  Core work on your six.  Second set of exercises above.  More core work with a plank focus. Second half: Frisbee Golf.  3 holes of frisbee golf with 15 x merkins before each through.  Exercise on the next hole was 15 x squats.  Next hole was star jumps.

Mary: No time for Mary since our golf game went long. 

Ground Pounder 4/8/23

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Good mornings, Hillbilly’s, Imperial Walkers, Willie Mays Hays, Sir Fozio Arm Circles, Try to touch your toes, Calf Stretches and Side Straddle Hops

The Workout: Two rounds of rocks while the rain held off.  Moved over to the restroom hut.  4 walls.  exercise on each wall. 5 sets of 45 second mini-workouts of balls to the walls, preacher’s chairs, merkins and planks.  20 exercises in total in 20 min!

Mary: No time for a formal Mary.  Planks were the Mary of the day.

 

Knockout with Pain Stations

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: lap, good morning, arm circles/seal clap/overhead clap, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, WMH.
The Workout:

Rock Work: Sets of 10 in cadence, rotate to your left. Three rounds Curls, Triceps, Rows, Shoulder Press, Ground Pounder. 

Basketball Knockout with 3 pain stations for those knocked out to complete before they jumped back in :

1. Slam Ball x5 (20#)

2. Dumbbell Shoulder press x10 (Two 15# or 30#)

3. Rows x15 (25# or 35# KB) 

Mary: LBC, LSF, FM, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Tap, T-Pushup each side, Pickle Pounder.

Announcements: April 5th 1st&2nd F breakfast Possum Trot. 

T-Claps (Recognition): Pumpkin Spice completing 75 Hard

Prayer: PAX recovering from illness and injury.