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Easy Street (On Repeat)

July 15, 2021/in Disney /QIC: UTI
PAX: Bobby Boucher, Bondo, Dahmer, Fram, Kosher, Maybelline, POTS, Quiver, Thingamabob, tube top, UTI, vanilla, Warbucks

Before you read this BackBlast – please scroll to the bottom and hit play and enjoy the music to accompany this recount of the workout.

YHC had been meaning to bestow a gift to the Disney AO based on his recent move to site Q. It worked out that Lipstick had a stack of cinder blocks in the corner of his garage and I had some spray paint. Now there is even more to do at The Happiest Place on Earth!

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Squat Thrusts, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, SSH and a mozy around the soccer field and back through the field, back to the flag.

The Workout: Our Q knew that the site gift was in play and decided to take full advantage. YHC opened the hatch on his family’s light blue minivan to show off the freshly logo’d cinder blocks. PAX were divided into teams of 4 and instructed to grab 2 blocks per team. A triangle course was marked by 3 cones from the corner of the soccer field. Thing-a-ma-bob called out exercises for each cone for each round. One cone had a resident block that would be used for the stations workout. A PAX was stationed at each cone until his 4th team member showed up carrying the other block. He would then take the block and move to the next cone. Each round continued through some pre-determined timeframe in which “Easy Stree” played on repeat. A buzzer marked the end of the round. The music would pause momentarily – each PAX would hope against hope that there was another song on the playlist only to be disappointed over and over again.

Round 1 – Merkins, Goblet Squats, WWII

Round 2 – Squat Thrust, Shoulder Taps, CBLs

Round 3 – Jump Squats, Curls, LBCs

Round 4 – Dry Docks, Flutter Kicks, Lunges

Round 5 – Skipped for time

Round 6 – Jump Squat, Burpees, Squat Thrusts

Mary: In teams, 1 PAX completed Murder Bunnies, while 3 Squat Hold / Plank Hold – repeat until all PAX complete a round of Murder Bunnies

Announcements: NE Wake CSAUP

The Deacon – F3 NE Wake’s CSAUP to take place on Saturday September 18, 2021 – Mark you Calendars: ~10 miles of fun that include 6 AOs including the Falls Lake Dam and Mt. Thrashmore

Sign up sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ISdSIGG8reanF0AbN4S_Vg-lO6WpEfvwEdTMyNEM12g/edit?fbclid=IwAR27_dqvppQGNNZiQMSqiKn9n9yor0M83jCiJ0zVB6Eqf4C_kULxbtm1Vsg#gid=0

T-Claps (Recognition): Thing-a-ma-bob and Tubetop for making the journey. Extra claps to T-bob for his leadership. Claps to all in attendance for helping me stash the new attraction.

Prayer:

For all PAX that attended today, that they may get this song out of their heads.
Bondo – wife’s checkup
Kosher – getting back out in the world for work. Upcoming travel.
FRAM – friend recovering from multiple back-to-back medical issues

Now… Please enjoy the melody of Easy Street for the next 10 hours or MORE

A little drizzle this am but still sticky!

June 10, 2021/in Disney /QIC: Sprinkler
PAX: 187, Bobby Dall, Bondo, Dahmer, Deadbolt, Fanny Pack, Fram, Kosher, LED, M4L, Mookie, POTS, Sprinkler, Thingamabob, tube top, UTI, vanilla, Woody

Driving down Optimist Farm Road this morning. Several PAX ECing and I blew the horn. Fanny Pack said I scared the crap out of them. M4life rolled in with maybe 1 second to spare barefooted. He said he did not need shoes for this easy workout.

FNG: Nope

Warm Up: We moseyed over to the baseball PVA. We did Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankenstein’s, Side straddle hops, merkins, Burpees to 10 all IC.

The Workout: Moseyed behind school and broke off into 2 groups. 1^st group BTW while second group did monkey humpers, switched-then we moseyed back down stretch of school for some burpees. Moseyed back to the wall for wall sets with seal claps, group 2 was doing Turkish get up. Moseyed back behind school where we rinsed and repeated. I left a little earlier and got called out. So when we moseyed around the back of the school for another BTW while group 1 did Turkish get ups. Went into the circle where some steps were for step up, Urkins, Derkins and dips. Left there and took the scenic route to the Abyss behind the ball field. While enroute we used steps, ramps wherever they were in sight. Once we arrived at the we split up in our groups for 2 rounds of LBC’s at the top while the other group ran the steps. Moseyed back for Mary.

Mary: Circled Up and squatted down low. The circle shuffled to the right and left. I called on several PAX for their favorite exercises. FRAM’s were the least liked. Peter Parker with a hold on the way up and down. (Sucked)

T-Claps: 2 visitors from NE Wake region-Thing-a-ma-bob and Tube Top Several PAX’s out getting EC this morning. M4life did workout barefooted! (I bet he is hurting)

Announcements: Bed Build Kohls PVA Saturday morning. %K race this weekend. Check slack for details.

Prayers: Lipstick’s M, Hastelhoff Prayers as well. YHC took us out!

It was an Honor to lead fellas!

So… I borrowed this recipe from Emeril…

July 22, 2019/in Paradise City /QIC: UTI
PAX: Blue Hen, Brony, Cupid, Emeril, Flanigan, Full House, Go-Gurt, Lipstick, Lucky Charms, M4L, Nemo, Pablo, Patch, Peeping Tom, Pikachu, Quiver, ShamWow!, Skidmark, Snap, Steamboat, Straight Cash, Tetanus, Thingamabob, UTI, Wiggly, Yellow Card, Yogurt

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

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.