33 men completed the Patriot Games workout and celebrated our nation’s independence.
3 FNGs:welcome midstick,waterboy, and cliffhanger
Announcements: F3 dad’s camp, Kid Cracker has tickets
Prayers: Crablegs, Pax dealing with injuries, families, marriages, military, great discussion about how F3 has impacted us and how each of us use it in our daily lives, the community is watching us be better men and make our community better, read Freed to Lead
QIC: Sliderule
FNG in attendance, so disclaimer was given, prompt start at 5:45
Warm Up
Reverse Indian Run w/ Burpees to start. We’ve done this several times at Cletus. Apparently Brony and Peak Week never managed to attend when it happened, though. Therefore, there was much mumble chatter and complaining. The exercise itself is straightforward. Pax runs in a line, front man sprints to back. When he reaches the back, he calls “DOWN” and entire Pax drops for a burpee. Repeat. Apparently, this extended beyond the capabilities of some of our veteran pax.
So, Audible ⅔ of the way around the soccer fields to do:
Fence work: 10 Derkins on each rung alternating with 10 count BTTW or People’s Chair.
Partner Carry back to parking lot (~ 80 yards), then switch partners to fence across street
Thang Pt 1
Typewriter on the wooden fence, alternating height, derkins, side to side.
Thang Pt 2
11’s on the hill. 10x Burpees at the bottom, run up the hill backwards, 1x Derkin at the top. Go until Lucky Charms finished. I think I made it to 4 burpees. This was the pinnacle of “You vs. You”. Lucky lapped me (and pretty much everyone else) before I made it up the hill twice.
Bear Crawl the parking lot back to the gate. Speedsters went to go get a “curling rock” and meet us at the playground. Slower guys did an Indian Run the long way around the soccer fields.
Thang Pt 3
Split into groups of 4 for 3 rounds of the following:
Pax 1: AMRAP pullups
Pax 2: AMRAP curls
Pax 3: AMRAP triceps extensions
Pax 4 (timer): 10x merkins
Rotate through the exercises 3x each.
Some guys return the rocks, others head to tennis courts. First ones to the courts do wheelbarrows & everyone bear crawls in the six.
Mary:
Freddy Mercury, 10x forward, 10x backward. 6 inch / 45 degree / 6 inch leg hold.
COT
Our Six in COT was Crosby. Dude came out this winter for the first time and got named for his love of the Capitals (was rocking a Caps sweatshirt). He quickly got his comeuppance with them winning the Cup this year, much to the chagrin of a half dozen Pens fans who named him. After attending 1x/week for a couple months, Crosby has been killing it lately and even attended the pre-Cletus Murph. It’s awesome to see him get involved and invite his friends. Might be time for him to step up and Q soon! We’re better because you’re here, Crosby, keep it up, dude!!!
Announcements
1776 Workout July 4th @ Disney. Ugh.
Ongoing prayers for Crab Legs
Pax of 4 gathered under the moonlight for Crazy Time. WebEx dropped by on his way to getting some miles – he got in 8 before the workout!
No announcements and we all did our thing – great work men!
So, after 2 years of being with F3 I finally got the balls to lead a workout. Thanks, Double D for going on vacation and giving me a chance to lead the men through the grind.
Warm Up:
Jog around the tennis court
15 Side Straddle Hop
15 Hillbillies
15 Imperial Walkers
10 Fozzy Arm Circles Regular
10 Fozzy Arm Circles Reverse
10 Good Mornings
10 Copperhead Squat
The Thang: Ten station workout all the way down the Possum Trot road
Station 1 Burpee x 10
Station 2 Rock Curls x 20
Station 3 Merkins x 15
Station 4 American Hammer with Rocks x 20
Station 5 Bobby Hurley x 20
Station 6 World War II x 20
Station 7 Plank Jacks x 20
Station 8 Morning Wood 10 Left / 10 Right
Station 9 Mountain Climbers x 20
Station 10 Monkey Humpers x 20
Sprint Back to the start (Station 1)
THANG ROUND 2 with adding 5 more reps to each station
No Man was left behind!!!!! Everyone picked up the six!
THE WALL
10 Donkey Kicks
15 count – People’s Chair arms out
10 count – Balls to Wall
15 count – People’s Chair arms up
Mary:
20 LBCs (I know we only had time for 1)
COT:
Prayer Request – Pikachu has a job interview and pray for F3 vets to get back out. Let’s reach back out to the guys and get them back in the grind.
24 Pax made their way down to the Paradise City.
EC: Pikachu, UTI, Roger Roger, Pablo, Crosby, Nemo, Deadbolt, Skidmark
Fartsacks: Breach
Warm-up: One lap around the complex with 25 merkins, 15 SSH, 10 IW, 10 Hillbillies, and 10 Cotton/Daisey Pickers
The Thing: Mosey across Main St for 11’s. Burpees at the top and Jack Webbs at the bottom. Run to first tree do 1 burpee, back to start for 10 merkins/30 overhead presses. Run to second tree for 2 burpees and back to start for 9 merkins/27 overhead presses. So on and so forth.
Mosey back to the complex for Brokebacks with a partner. 10 each and then run up the hill by the ticket booth. 10 each at the top. Run back down and 10 each at the bottom.
Mary: 22 WWII for missing Breach, 10 Peter Parkers
Welcome FNG Axe (Like the body spray)
185 total Merkins and 2.85 Miles along with 55 Burpees
Announcements: 4th of July South Wake Convergence 0630 Disney
Prayers: Roger Roger’s grandfather, Forceps’ son, Crablegs, unspoken
8 Pax said screw sleep and showed up at 4:30AM to get an extra beat down in on a humid Friday morning. Extra kudos to Yellow Card – YHC certainly wasn’t waking up at 4AM to work out at 15.
No FNGs, so we went off and did our thing:
1 mile
100 Pullups
200 Merkins
300 Squats
1 mile
Various set patterns per usual – shout out to Skidmark for doing the first 10 sets at 10 pullups/10 merkins/15 squats and then finishing from there. Getting stronger bro.
We had a quick CoT and then (most of us at least) went off to our regularly scheduled 2nd beat down of the morning.
Based on three weeks of good attendance in a row Crazy Time is now a thing!
Aye! ~ Pikachu
Pax of 17 showed up in the stifling late week heat as the summer solstice was taking place at Middle Creek as Nemo was back on the Q. Not sure it counts as FNG but the Nemo fan made an appearance to stress the message of importance about hydration and exercising responsibly during the summer heat. EC credit to 187 (check that pace), Skidmark and Crosby.
Warm Up: On the jog we headed around the main fields but veered off down the greenway and circled up along the main road for SSH ICx15, Good Mornings ICx10, Fazio Arm Circles ICx10 front and reverse, and a series of arms/shoulders/chest stretch.
The Workout: On the jog we headed to the wood rails along the entrance to the start and set up shop for a round of assisted deep squats offset with merkins. 10 count of each and we went 5 rounds. Included a bonus 5 burpees in the middle as H1N1 rolled up a couple minutes late. On the jog around to what I like to call the lower lot, we set up on the benches for a round of dips offset with squat jumps and merkins. 10 count of each and we went 4 rounds with a recover jog around the lot between rounds 2 and 3. On the jog back to the main field we set up for SSH ICx30 then a round of Jack Webbs at a 1:3 ratio (1 merkin then 3 air press). We pushed this to a 10:30 count.
Mary: Plank-o-rama with plenty of time to work in some tough exercises, each man on a 10 count or IC.
Announcements: Nemo will be out the next 2 weeks so Tha Natural has your Q next week and Yogurt has your Q the week after. July 4th convergence will be at Disney. Plenty of great options Fri so post (EC Murph at Womble, Crazy Ivan, Cletus, Sheepdog all in play). Reminder to exercise smart in this heat – be aware of your condition and rest as needed, hydrate throughout the day.
Prayers: A reminder to take time to listen to others and see any signs. Praise for how F3 guys step up as needed, for each other and for the community. Plenty of unspoken. YHC took us out in prayer.
16 posted @ the Possum Trot in the heat & humidity of another hot Carolina morning in June.
Warm up: Q led by Farva for SSH, IW, Hillbillies, G-mornings, Fazios all IC
The Workout: Pax lined up for a 1-2 count off then bear crawled to their respective pain stations at opposite ends of parking lot. Before YHC could lead the Pax in a 10 count of merkins, Pikachu jumped the gun causing a penalty thereby leading to 20 merkins. Upon bear crawling to each groups pain stations, Pax each proceeded to carry or flip tires to opposite end of parking lot. Stations consisted of farmers carry of 2 40lb water jugs, 2 40lb cinder blocks, flanked and rolled 3″ fire hose, 40lb barbell, large flippin’ tire, medium flippin’ tire, 2 shoulder carry tires, pallet, and slosh pipe. Pax without weights to move stayed back and completed merkins & LBC’s waiting for their turn. Upon reaching end of parking lot Pax bear crawled large hill to complete 20 count of Irkins, Derkins, dips on the guard rail the crawl bear back down hill. Rinse & repeat x 2. After 2 completed hill climbs of the above, the remaining time was used to continue moving weights back and forth across parking lot. The Pax held various forms of plank waiting on the six. Upon finishing, YHC called for a sprint from opposite end of parking lot to the base of hill for another round of Irkins, Derkins, & dips at the top. Since Pikachu had found fault with YHC’s earlier merkin count of 10 it was decided to rinse and repeat the hill work once again! Mosey on over to tennis courts for Mary.
Mary: Farva & YHC decided together to call out a Pax who had never led Mary. Noah’s Ark raised his hand and took center court like a pro leading us in 20 modified Freddy Mercurys IC, followed by 10 Pickle Pounders and 20 WWII’s.
Announcements: Upcoming July 4th 1776 convergence at Womble, up and coming AO for Yoga and Kenny’s Graveyard, and Wake County finally approved the South Wake Park project coming to Crooked Creek.
Name-o-rama
Prayer requests: Crablegs to have continued strength
COT: YHC shared the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have done unto you and what that looks like when we all encounter less than desirable situations involving people including family that say or do things that hurt us or rub us the wrong way. React in a way that will demonstrate the love and kindness of Christ in the situations. Noah’s Ark and YHC shared a short testimony how easily we can become agitated and react with the wrong attitude. Let this not be said of us F3 men. YHC led us out in prayer.
When: 06/19/2018
QIC: Blue Hen
The PAX: Blue Hen, 187, Emeril, Yogurt,The Natural, Forceps, Pablo, Pikachu, Breach, DogPound, Da Business
The Q got a late night text from Flanigan asking to sub in for the Q. While watching highlights from the World Cup it only seemed appropriate to draw up a soccer themed workout. Went to the 2.0’s soccer bag and pulled out a ball and retrieved some cones and the workout was ready.
Warm UP
Quick run from the front of the school and around to the soccer field, but kickers and high knees along the way. The Q had set up 15 cones in a line and took the Pax through some rounds of shuffles, cone jumps, and backwards shuffle. X 20 Windmills, X 20 Good Mornings, X 20 SSH.
The Thang
The PAX divided into two teams with one team having an extra player. We moved the goals about 50 yards apart and set up cones around the perimeter. Shirts vs. skins in a round of crab soccer. If the ball went out of bounds everyone had to do 5 burpees. If a team scored a goal the other team had to do 10 merkins. Dogpound and Breech sacrificed their bodies while Emeril made several strong saves in goal. F3 SouthWake has some strong CrabWalk Soccer players. An Indian run lap was the intermission around the track. During the second half burpees were substituted for merkins and you could either crab walk or bear crawl to the ball. As the PAX approached 200 merkins (50 burpees) the Q called everyone on their feet for about 5 minutes of somewhat normal soccer. Not sure who won, but we all finished stronger with at least 200 merkins and covered in dirt and sweat.
The goals were put back to where we found them and the PAX followed the Q down towards the playground running up and down the hill. As the PAX approached the playground everyone held a low squat hold on the fence by the playground. On the call everyone backwards run down the hill and back up to hold the squat hold on the fence. Rinse and repeat 5 times. Quick mosey over to the front of the school for Mary.
Mary
Circle up and the Q called out and ab exercise for the PAX to complete while shuffling around each person in the circle. The next person called out an ab exercise until all eleven went.
Announcements
Convergence 4th of July at Disney 6:30 am.
Prayer Requests
Carpex brother Snots with heart issues, CrabLegs, and the Robinson family that lives in 12 oaks rebuilding after a house fire this weekend.
Pax of 22 for NutCracker
Warmup
Jog around the parking lot and circle up for 22 rep of exercises (Imperial Walkers, Merkins, LBC’s)
Medicine ball Indian run to the industrial park, Man in front throws the med ball over his head to the pax member behind him. If the Medball hits the deck entire pax does 1o merkins.
At the industrial area, partner up size did not matter, Partner 1 would peter parker merkins up in the incline to the power transformer. Partner 2 would sprint to the transformer and back. repeat until the partners reach the transformer.
At the top of the incline, pax would perform a round of ab exercises in 22 rep count (WWII’s, Low Slo Fludder, Pickle Pounders) On the move over to the railings. Bear crawl plank hold down the railings to the end.
On the move back to the school, Trunk twist with Medball to the pax member behind you. The last man in line sprits to the front on of the line and we repeat. If the Medball hits the deck, pax performed 10 merkins.
Circle back up at front of the school for one last round of 22 merkins.
Ended in prayer, to go out and be a positive influence in whatever way the means.