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A trip to the Five & Dime

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23 HIM’s posted in the gloom at the Trot this morning for a little arm work with a little gray block of cement!

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Led by FedEx – 5 burpee penalties were doled out to all pax who showed up to run EC while remaining pax held squats, SSH, Good Mornings, IW, Hillbillies, Michael Phelps, Fozio AC forward / reverse all in cadence. YHC added an additional 5 burpees in honor of Puddles who had requested on Tuesday that the pax perform burpees on his behalf since he had to return to his new abode in Beaufort, NC. We miss you Puddles!

The Workout: Two year F3 anniversary for FedEx and Double D who co-Q’ed a trip back in time to the days of the local Five & Dime. Cinder blocks were conveniently placed across the parking lot and Pax were instructed to push, pull, drag, or get cinder block anyway they so chose across parking lot to tennis courts without block leaving the asphalt. Once inside all Pax lined up at one end and a series of sets of 5 & dimes were called by YHC across the courts of curls for the girls, overhead presses, uneven merkins, blocks around the waist, rut rows, box jumps and plank jacks on blocks. At each end FedEx called an exercise with or without blocks of balls to the wall, mountain climbers on blocks, LBC’s, American hammers, wonder bra’s, etc, and then the series of 5 & dimes resumed back to the opposite end of courts. After a several trips to the Five and Dime blocks were then carried back out off the courts to be pushed, pulled, dragged back across the lot to YHC’s truck to be loaded up for another day! An audible was called for 10 burpees OYO after loading up the blocks.

Mary: Led by FedEx for a series of LBC’s, American hammers, pickle pounders, Homer to Marge, WWII’s

Announcements: Both FedEx and YHC expressed our thanks for this group of friends who inspire and challenge us here in SouthWake. YHC encouraged the Q’s to mix up their workouts by adding whatever they so choose and to think outside the box like assigning penalties to those who performed EC. Yoga tonight at Snap Fitness, Deadbolt’s & Gump’s 5 year anniversary Q at Womble on 7-19-19 – don’t miss it! The Arena workouts every Friday at 2:30 PM – try to do our best to give back to those men at Healing Transistions

T-Claps (Recognition): Mookie sporting Breath taker this week. Strong work Mookie!

Prayer: Robinson family whose husband/father very recently suddenly passed away, Noah’s Ark’s wife FedEx led us out in prayer.

A Little Chilly This Morning

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April 29, 2019 / in fitness, Mutiny/ QIC: Fedex

PAX: Noah’s Ark, H1N1, Messi, Modify, Dauber, Cupid, Stovepipe, FedEx, Potts, Overachiever

EC: H1N1, Messi, Overachiever

FNGs: Overachiever

Warm Up:

Lap around track

Calf raises

Side straddle hop

Fozio arm circles

Good morning 

Imperial walkers

Hillbillies

Stretches

The Workout:

Started the workout with Captain Thor, in honor of Avengers End Game, which are 1 big boy sit up and then 4 American hammers, 2:8, 3:12……. We made to 10 sit-ups and 50 American hammers. Told the Pax they should have instant abs after that.

Then we moysed over to the rock pile where I told the Pax to pick a rock that is suitable to them. We then head over to the shelter where I told the Pax that we would be doing circuits with 3-4 exercises in each.

The circuits consisted of;

Circuit #1

Urkins

Derkins

Dips

Circuit #2

Shoulder press

Curls

Triceps

Circuit #3 

Plank jacks

Plank push ups right leg up

Plank push ups left leg up

Mountain climbers

Circuit #4 

Squats

Lunges

Skaters

People’s chair

Circuit #5 

LBCs

Homer to Marge

Low Slow Flutter

We went through 2x running to each corner of the soccer field in between circuits

Mary: Done in the workout

Announcements: Check Slack and Facebook

T-Claps (Recognition): To Overachiever for not only being an FNG but also doing EC and surviving the workout

Prayer: Cupid’s friend who’s having surgery, friend that most of have in common that lost his wife on Easter morning, the Pax dealing with injuries and unspoken

Fuquay Varina – The Other Downtown

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PT was lit up early this morning for an EC run. 29 total HIM ready for Tour de Quay – Part Deux (the other side) No FNG’s

EC:
10 strong – Yogurt going for the fritter

FartSack:
Roger Roger (or possible kid issues)

Warm Up:
Small group Indian run, stop at Mexican Restaurant parking lot

Red bull smurf jacks x25 IC
Reverse carolina dry docks x20
Bat wings 4×20 IC
Up downs x10

The Workout:
Mosey to FV Chamber of Commerce
Chilly broad jumps (two lines)

Pledge of Allegiance

Mosey to Church parking lot
Broad jump burpee ladder across parking lot, increase merkins on each jump (ex. 5th burpee will have 5 merkins in it)

Mosey back up to Fidelity bank lot
Sneaky Gorilla x10

Mosey back to guard rails near start
Irkin/nippler count down on guard rails x15, x10, x5
*YHC called an audible to finish up at tennis court due to high traffic*

Mosey back to courts
Finish up with merkins/nipplers x10 each, x5 each

Mary:
Fabreze (Big Boy sit-ups and air presses with 6inch hold) 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50
Dying cockroach
Figure 8’s
Have a nice “Hump” day

Announcements:
FB and Slack
Charity blurb for April

T-Claps (Recognition):
Pikachu did EC EC and was the sweeper today holding the PAX together.

Prayer:
Coal Ash uncle passed, Moby’s dad, Shredder, Crab Legs, Durham blast

Way to get after it today men. Should have clocked around 2 miles and broke a sweat. Thanks for letting me lead a great group of HIM. Make HUMP DAY great!

BS Out!

200’s at the Trot

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Warm Up:  Beautiful morning at the Trot with pleasant high temps in the low 60’s; 19 PAX dressed in shorts and short sleeves jogged around the tennis courts circling up in the parking for the following exercises in cadence:  20 SSH, 10 Sir Fazio Arm Circles (F/B); 10 Daisy Pickers; 10 Windmills;  Static stretches included L/R arm stretches in front, over the shoulder and hands clasped behind our back.

The Workout:  PAX partnered up.  8 groups of two, (one group of three).  The workout began with a modified Dora:  each two-man group executed the following exercises OYO:  200 merkins, 200 LBCs, 200 Squats and 200 SSH.  The single group of three PAX executed 300 reps of the same exercises.  When PAX were not executing the Dora, PAX initially ran down the driveway to the opening in the fence and back to the parking lot; PAX alternated their run the next time with an opposite run – running to the top of the hill, touching the guardrail and back to the parking lot.  PAX got in multiple runs in both directions.  LED gave us a 10 count after completion of modified Dora (Some PAX helped the 6th finish their reps – great work).  With time still left on the clock, Q called an audible and added 100 Star Jumps and 100 Frog Jumps.  PAX not jumping ran down the driveway to the snack shack and back.  Great job by Pablo running back to the shack picking up the six for a strong finish.  With legs shaking…

Mary:  PAX headed to the tennis courts and held BTTW for a 30 cadence count and circled up for the following 10-count cadence exercises:  Freddie Mercury; LSF, Box-cutters, Homer to Marge (L/R leg up).   Finished with numerous yoga stretches including, chaturanga, three legged table, plank, cobra and pigeon pose.

Announcements:  Banana Seat advocated all PAX check themselves monthly –  screening for testicular cancer.  He won the Breathtaker challenge and is raising awareness at each AO this month.  Look on Slack/social media to support this important cause that negativity impacts many men.  Great work BS.  See Slack and FB for additional announcements.  Q-Source immediately after workout- Stick Boy.

https://www.cancer.gov/types/testicular/patient/testicular-screening-pdq

T-Claps (Recognition):  With the Final Four in the review mirror, PAX learned we had two winners in their respective brackets:  The Natural chose both of his teams correctly in the Final two (hence the VA orange gear he adorned) and BS picked more games right in our local F3 pool.  Well done.

 

NO Spotlight on the 6th this week – Apologies.

Prayer:  Families, kids, spouses; Injured PAX; Crab Legs involved in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins; UNSPOKEN, work issues/opportunities with Dauber; Breach took us out.

EC:  Particle Board, LED, Blue Hen, Brony, Dumbo, Pablo – Nice Work on the 2 mile run.

Thank you for the opportunity of leading you men in the gloom.  -Dauber

Another Freeze Warning

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April 1, 2019 / in Mutiny / QIC: Stovepipe and Fedex

PAX: Gump, Dauber, Norm, 16-Bit, Cupid, Doc, Stovepipe, Messi, H1N1, FedEx, Beater, Fonzie

With the temperature dropping back into the 30’s it was good to see 12 men decided to not fart sack and come out to get a workout in.  Stovepipe and I decided to co-Q. As always it’s an honor to lead.

 

Warm Up: Stovepipe started us out with a lap around the track and then circled up in the parking lot for some SSH IC x 30, daisy pickers IC x 10, good morning IC x 10, and some stretches. Stovepipe then hand over the Q to me and I had the pax do 5 burpees OYO and shoulder taps IC x 10.

The Workout: We headed over to the shelter for some dips, urkins, and derkins IC x 10 for 2 rounds. We then headed over to the middle of the parking lot behind Club Works where I told the Pax to partner up.  I then told the pax that we would start with partner people’s chair for a 10 count, then P1 would run to one end of the parking lot and does 10 LBC while P2 runs to the other end of the parking lot and does 10 squats. We completed 10 rounds, called an audible after first round because I forgot to include t claps during partner people’s chair, and each pax ended up doing 100 of each exercise.  Asked Messi to lead the pax in an exercise while we waited on the six, he chose to do more LBC, I then had the pax do 5 burpees OYO for standing around.

Mary: Headed over to the tennis courts for Mary. Started with BTTW, per Doc’s earlier request, and called on Dauber, Doc, and Beater for a 10 count each. Stovepipe finished Mary with big boy sit ups, low slow flutters, box cutters, American hammers, stretches, plank variations, and pickle pounders.

T-Claps: Maybelline, for consecutive workouts

Announcements: Sign up for F3  Dad’s camp starts on Tuesday, Dad and 2.0 workout this Saturday at Womble, Possible swimming AO, check Slack for more announcements

Prayer: Beater’s friend dealing with mental issues, unspoken

Squirkins While You Wait!

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EC: Dawgpound, Dumbo, LED, M4L

4 PAX showed up for EC this morning and the first leg of the Fritter. Good mumble chatter on the EC jog with LED and M4L circling back for the more “deliberate” runners – Dawgpound and Dumbo. 19 PAX showed up for the Main Event to get stronger today and discuss #f3MentalHealth.

Male Depression is a serious issue and I was glad to see the nation and the PAX take it seriously. YHC shared some stats and warning signs regarding depression and then several PAX shared how depression has touched their lives. I don’t think anyone left this morning without an increased awareness of this issue. We must be diligent in reaching out to our fellow F3 brothers and making sure we are all healthy – physically, mentally and emotionally. We must also go back into the community and be that same rock that someone needs. Take a minute and think about someone you know who might need a friend or someone to listen – you could be the difference!

Proverbs 17:17 – A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Warm Up: Aquaman – SSH x30, Daisy Pickers x10 (Banana Seat is the only one who did it right), Fazzio Arm Circles x10 (front and back), Seal Claps x10, Burpee x5 OYO.

The Workout:
PAX paired up for the day. With your partner, run opposite directions around the tennis courts and do 5 Bropees (do an epic high-five with your partner on the jump of a Burpee) when you meet up. Bropees decreased until we got to 1 and made 3 laps. When finished, PAX waited under the light doing Squirkins (wheel barrow hold with one PAX doing Derkins then the other doing Squats using the first PAX legs as weight).

With all the PAX back together its time for a traditional Dora (100 Merkins, 200 LBCs and 300 Squats). One PAX does the exercise while the other runs to the entrance to the concession stand and back. As the pairs finished they were instructed to go to the center of the tennis courts and again do Squirkins while they waited on the 6.

The remainder of our time together was spent on the tennis courts. First the PAX had a Princess Tea Party (Patty Cake Merkins followed by People’s Chair using your partner as support). The first round consisted of 20 reps of each exercise followed by a sprint to the end of the tennis court and back. With all of the PAX remaining close together YHC decided we needed another round of 10 followed by an additional sprint. By this time we were really having a good time with our partner and learning some new exercises so YHC decided to wrap up with another instant classic, Lt. Get Ups (2 steps in a lunge walk followed by a Prisoner Get Up – think absolution but using your knees and not your elbows). We went from the middle of the tennis court to the end doing Lt. Get Ups and then bear crawled back to the center for Mary.

Mary: Aquaman – Low Slow Flutter x20, Box Cutter x20, Homer2Marge x20 then R leg x10 and L leg x10.

Announcements: Check social media

Prayer: Those traveling, those dealing with health issues and those dealing with mental health issues.

As we finished our extended COT and were leaving, Messi waited by the entrance to the tennis court to give every PAX leaving a fist bump. I don’t know about anyone else but that was just the thing I needed to put my day into high gear. Keep being that light in the world Messi – we need more of that!

It was an honor to lead you boys and I’ll try to do better next time. Thanks to my co-Q, Aquaman for taking warm up and Mary.

Face Catching Frisbee

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It was time to take out the frisbee for some Ultimate Frisbee. We had 15 PAX split into two teams, with a non-glow-in-the-dark frisbee and blinding parking lot lights for some face catching Ultimate.

Welcome FNG Nacho!

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, and Quad stretches. That’s all you need when you play Ultimate
The Workout: Every time the frisbee hits the ground, we rotated with 5 each of Monkey Humpers, Star Jumps, Merkins, LBCs. The team that scored got to pick the 10x penalty for the other team while they enjoy 5 ranging from Diamond Merkins to Homer-to-Marge. There were some amazing plays with cheating shoves and tricks. But always a great time.
Mary: 4 minutes of Mary called out by various PAX
Announcements: Check Slack for latest, Convergence this weekend.
Prayer: Closed out by Gump for Jameson’s Family, sadly another suicide in the community, strength and healing

Mutiny+Burpees= Lots of Mumble Chatter

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PAX: LED, Fonzie, Puddles, Cupid, H1N1, Messi, Gump, Stovepipe, Modify, FedEx

EC: LED, Fonzie

 

Warm Up: After a lap around the track we circled up for SSH IC x 25, Fazio Arm Circles IC 10 Fwd and 10 Rev,  Daisy Pickers IC x 10, Stretches, and Shoulder Tap Merkins IC x 20

The Workout:

Pax ran over to the parking lot where we bear crawl 5 lines, do a burpee, sprint back to the start, bear crawl 5 lines, do 2 burpees, sprint back to the start, etc… Told the Pax to keep adding a burpee till we reach 10 burpees. We started off great but had to call an audible when we all reached 8 burpees.

After a Messi 10 count, like only he knows how, we headed to the rock pile. After picking appropriate rocks we circled up for circuits of: curls for the girls IC x 10, tricep extensions IC x 10, overhead press IC x 10, rut rows IC x 10, LBC with rock IC x 10, American Hammers w/o rock IC x 10 and some other excercises I can’t remember.

After a couple of circuits, including one on our knees, we put it all together with a flow of squat, curl for the girls, overhead press, tricep extension IC x 10. Rinse and repeat. We put the rocks back and lined up for an Indian Run to the tennis court for Mary.

Mary: Plank it out, Diamond Merkins x 10
Announcements: Check Slack
Prayer: H1N1 and Cupid are traveling this week, Stargazer, and the founding/lead pastor at H1N1 church passed away over the weekend

Morning After

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Warm Up: 2 laps around the track then onto the clock for 12 SSH IC, 11 SSH IC, 10, etc etc
The Workout: The Clock Starting with 12 and working to 1 or vice versa • Merkins • Tricep extensions (with rock) • Squats • Curls (with rock) • WWIIs • Monkey Humpers • Should Press (with rock) • Hillbillies IC Total 78 movements for standard counts
Mary:
Announcements:
Prayer: Celebration of marriage, travel mercies, career direction and guidance

Morning After

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Warm Up: SSH, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps
The Workout:

Deck of death • Spades – burpees

Hearts – merkins

Clubs – WWIIs

Diamonds – Squats

PAX finished early so YHC fired up the ole music box… Flower– Bring Sally Up-stand, Bring Sally Down-squat and hold Tubthumping – SSH for duration of song, “I get knocked down” (burpee then back into SSH)

Mary: Flutter Kicks IC to 40

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