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I Can’t Feel My Arms!

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Great workout this morning men. Way to make the most of the last day of unseasonably warm weather for at least the next few days. Thanks for getting out there and holding each other accountable! It was my honor to lead you this morning (with Dovetail’s help).

FNGs:

None

Warm Up:

(Led by Dovetail)
Line up – everyone did SSH while 2 PAX ran down 2 parking spaces, next 2 PAX ran to the 4th parking space, and so on until we got to the end of the parking lot.

KickBacks x 10 – each leg (not sure of the proper F3 term – if there is one) – just like it sounds – kick your leg back to work those glutes and stretch the hammies.

Sir Fazio Arm Circles – x 10 forward / x 10 reverse

Imperial Walkers/ Hillbillies x 10 each

Good mornings x 10

The Workout:

We broadened our horizons a bit this morning and used the semi-square sidewalk around the flagpole near the entrance of the community center. Nice change of scenery. One we moseyed into position, we commenced with some 4 corners:
Bear crawl to Corner 1 – Standard Merkins X15
Lunge Walk to Corner 2 – WW2’s x15
Bear Crawl to Corner 3 – Carolina Dry Docks x15
Lunge Walk to Corner 4 – LBC’s x15 IC
Mosey around the parking lot, then Rinse and Repeat for 2 more rounds.
At this point we could still (somewhat) feel our arms, so we moseyed over to the pavilion and partnered up for the next bit…
Partner 1 does a lap around the parking lot while partner 2 does exercise – P1 picks up where P2 left off
Irkins x 100
Derkins x 100
Dips x 100
We ran out of time so we had to forego the 300 squats that were planned for the last round, but YHC didn’t hear too many complaints.

Mary:

(Also led by Dovetail)
American Hammers x 15 IC
Modified Box Cutters (hourglass shape) x 10 IC
Side Crunches (not aware if there is a different F3 name for these) – crunches while laying on your side – x 10 on each side
X Men Crunches – a worse version of Boat Canoes – x 7

Announcements:

Check Slack & FB

Join us at Sheepdog tomorrow at 5:45 / EC at 5:15

T-Claps (Recognition):

Dovetail for taking warmup and Mary
Props to the ECers > Dovetail / Yosemite/ YHC

Prayer:

Finkle’s jacked-up knuckle – getting an ultrasound and MRI to see how to get it fixed
Martini’s mom – cancer – Doctors have said there isn’t anything more they can do to treat it.
Troops in harm’s way
Those training for races to stay free of injury

Thanks again for the opportunity to lead you HIM’s this morning! See you back out there soon.

21 at U-turn! Be SAFE!

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FNGs:   My car was on auto pilot and almost turned into Target enroute to Starbucks.  Second time this week I went to an old AO site.  Luckily, I remembered we were meeting at Panera Bread.  Got out of my car and planted a shovel flag. No FNGs, but lots of new faces at U-turn.  Expected a handful of PAX to show up.  Blown away by the number who PAX who came out to run in this incredible, January weather!  (Temps in the 60’s – balmy). Mumble chatter from Dumbo blaming it in global warming.

Warm Up:  I wanted to change the flow of things up a bit knowing that PAX were running at different distances (3-7 miles) and different paces.  I grabbed my phone and started recording for name-o-rama after we sounded off.  Made some announcements and prayer requests (see below) and got into the warm-up.  20 SSH, 10 open doors (L/R), 10 Don Quixotes and some static stretching L/R with the legs.

The Workout:   Before starting out, I brought up partnering/running with a PAX that had a head lamp or a light vest.  I emphasized safety highlighting the route and the rules of the road for the first-timers.  I identified the Clydesdales running 3 miles (I knew I was going to run with them) and asked the Gazelles running 5-7 miles to ensure they had the six.  Appreciate LED, Mr. Terriffic (nice toe shoes) and other PAX bringing in the six on the longer run.  Shout out to Dawgpound who alerted me two PAX who took off running before circling up.  I learned later that Pablo was CPR-trained and volunteered to run with Emeril who had a commitment later in the morning down range and needed to skid daddle immediately post workout.  Thanks Pablo for your help keeping Emeril safe.
PAX:   May I suggest checking in with the Q prior to taking off running in the future.

During the Gallop with the Clydesdales, we had a lot of mumble chatter about movies, actors, and running techniques up hills (thanks Shredder).  Some of the PAX were running only three miles knowing they would be doubling down and attending GP later that morning.

Mary:  None

Announcements:  Accomplished prior to running; Bowl game at M4L – Go Tigers!, Movie night “1917” – 8 PAX going, five bucks this Tues in HS.  Invest in a head lamp or light vest – could save your life.

 

T-Claps (Recognition):  Martini – EC and 5/6 mile long run.  (AND GP afterwards). Killed it today

Prayer:  Thank you Shredder for taking us in (out) leading us in prayer.

F2 at Panera Bread with all PAX accounted for.  An honor to lead, thank you Sham Wow for the opportunity. – Dauber

Full House

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Pax of 15 out in the gloom for a Sheepdog record. A bunch for EC. Many guests including Crab Legs and Howard in attendance. Co-Q with Shredder taking combatives. May it truly be said that a good (sweaty) time was had by all.

Warm Up:

Leg lifts, SSH, trunk twists.

2 rounds:
30s Plank hold
30 Mountain Climbers
20 Alternating Reverse Lunges
10 cadence Plank Up Downs
5 Squat Jumps

The Workout:

4 rounds, every 2 mins, split into even groups
10 imperial squat walkers
10 pullups
10 box jumps

Wing Chung punching circle while each pax in turn does an exercise, recover in between each round
10 capoeira pushups
10 break dancers, double punches
(ran out of time for round 3 with triple punches 🙂 )

Combatives:

Mechanical Advantage Control Holds, Theory and Application, parts I-III.

Mary:

Core incorporated. Good thing since we were outta time anyway.

Announcements:

Last AO of Q-Swap with Carpex tomorrow, 6:30 at Bond Park, led by Slide Rule and Skidmark(?)

T-Claps (Recognition):

Crab legs, successful carpal tunnel surgery for Dovetail’s M.

Prayer:

Crab Leg’s father-in-law Bob (new lease on life), Howard’s son (pneumonia + flu), Shredder’s coworker Danielle (cancer + other).

Birthday Q at The Nest

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Warm Up: Started the day with a mosey around the parking lot and some line agility work, then circled up for for some side straddle hops, arm stretches (with a warning that they’d need them today), good mornings, and daisy pickers. Then told everyone to partner off for the first main event.
The Workout: I kicked it off with Dora the Explorer. We’d start by needing 100 total reps(L+R=1) from each set of partners of Australian mountain climbers.  One Pax began the reps, while the other ran half a lap around the parking lot, then rotated as needed until all of the six are done. Then it was time to go exploring, we needed to find the sets of 200. It happened to be across the street next to a ramp with handrails. We needed 200 reps of split lunges and the partner would rail walk up  both sets of handrails, then rotate as needed until all of the six were done. Everyone got their 200 and we set off again to find the sets of 300. We found them back in the initial parking lot and were serenaded to the Dora theme song on the mosey there. The sets of 300 were shoulder taps in plank while the partner did the line agility work that we’d started with this morning, then rotate until all of the six were done. Dora was toast but we still had time for more! Line up for main event number 2 – animal 11s.

1 monkey humper in cadence, bear crawl 2 spaces then 10 merkins on my down. Duck walk back followed by 2 monkey humpers in cadence, bear crawl 2 spaces, and 9 merkins on my down. Rinse and repeat totaling 11 each time until the final set of 10 monkey humpers in cadence and 1 merkin on my down

Mary: Mary was sounding good but I mentioned she looked like a couple of avengers to me. Circled up and on your 6 for 10 rounds of Captain Thor’s! Those begin with 1 sit-up and 1 American hammer in cadence. Add 1 rep each time until we reached 10 sit-ups followed by 10 American hammers in cadence. I believe all Pax were sufficiently smoked and one mentioned those felt like Captain America punched Thor in the face! Time for have a nice day and Dovetail took us out with several stretches.
Announcements: There is already an Ice Man in South Wake, so Yetis 2.0 is now named Jester after another pilot in Top Gun.
T-Claps (Recognition): Several EC posts this morning
Prayer: Travel, illness, wildfires, and our troops. I took us out and am thankful for the opportunity to lead

Mutiny/Red October

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7 pax for EC

FNGs:Yeti(Chris Zerkel) Iceman Jester (Malaki Zerkel)
Warm Up:SSH, good mornings, Daisy pickers, arm stretches, 10 merkins
The Workout:split 4 for red October 15 for ultimate.

15 count of following. Single arm bent over rows, hot potato, halo around body, figure 8 between legs, reverse lunges each leg, side lunges, goblet squat with 15 count pulse at end. 10-Snatch and press each arm.

7’s wonder bra and slow merkins

repeat 1st group of exercises adding 30 IC chest press, Russian twists, and side bends.

Mary:none
Announcements: q swap. Hit up cart AO’s to support SW pax.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: family surgeries this week. Military in Iran, Australia

Throwback 5 – Day 5 – Riding the Murphy-Go-Round at Cletus

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46 PAX IN THE GLOOM!  Way to end the week HIM!

EC: Norm, ShamWow!, Martini, DawgPound, Skidmark, Maybelline, Redenbacher, Pablo, Buford, Cowboy, Mr. Terrific

FNGs: NOPE

Warm Up:  YHC felt a little odd Qing the final Throwback of the week.  I wasnt here when these fine AOs were established.  I needed some star power…  I needed CrabLegs!!!

No, not those delicious buttery delicacies… This HIM!

I reached out and luckily enough he was available. CrabLegs was wrapping up some vacation in New England and he made the push to get back and join in on the fun.  Crablegs put the PAX through their paces in the warm-up.

  • SSH
  • Runners Pose
  • Pigeon Pose
  • Overhead Stretches
  • Daisy Pickers
  • Good Mornings

The Workout:

41 PAX were present when we started the workout with an initial count-off.  YHC watched as a few men filed in at various moments but was unable to get the count.  This called for 6 Burpees OYO!

PAX had counted off 1,2,3,4 and broke into 4 groups.  We were headed to the Murphy-Go-Round.  Most Murphs would last about an hour and we would have enough room for everyone to grab some pull-up bars.   We didn’t have that today and with 41 (later 46 PAX) there were some logistical challenges.  YHC had his heart* set on some sort of Murph-like event today so a contingency plan was in place to make it happen.

*One of my earliest memories of attending Cletus was when a Murph was announced instead of the normal workout.  As a new PAX at the time, I was intimidated and I remember being pretty shattered the day after.  It was brutal and humbling and oddly it now made me feel nostalgic and happy…  this F3 really changes a guy.

The Actual Workout…  Finally…

We mozy’d to the railing on the greenway between the pond and the baseball fields.  The railing would serve as our pull-up bars, strike that Inverted Row bars.  Group 2 was dropped here and told to get started AMRAP until they were relieved by Group 1.

We mozy’d to the parking lot beyond the baseball diamonds.  As we entered the lot, we dropped off Group 3.  There job was to do AMRAP Merkins until they were relieved by Group 2.

We mozy’d down the lot to give some space and dropped off Group 4 off.  AMRAP Squats until relieved by Group 3.

From there, Group 1 set off on a Run around the Baseball diamonds until they got to Group 2.

The Murphy-Go-Round was set in motion and continued until time was called.

Mary:

Back to the tennis courts…

  • 6 inch leg holds
  • Boxcutters
  • Superman Ws and Ts
  • LBCs

Announcements:  Check Slack because my memory don’t work so good…  here is a round-up

  • Paradise City starts at 5:30 from now on
  • U-Turn launches from Panera from now on
  • Support a local Eagle Scout and the food pantry.  Donations happening now, building out a greenhouse later
  • Dumbo has setup a FREE CPR class at Hope next week – sign-up and show-up, you could save a life
  • Dad’s Workout 1/4 @9am Womble

T-Claps (Recognition):  To the OGs that set South Wake in motion.  Great representation this week from some of the earliest PAX including Howard.  Amazing leadership and great whetstones to reference as we push forward with the 2020 vision.

Prayer:  Those PAX that are working on physical and mental battles among us.  For our service members that keep us safe and guarantee our freedoms.  CrabLegs took us out.

Throwback Day One – Baby Come Back

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Day 1 of our Throwback week. I had the honor of leading 25 PAX from Holly Springs and the Quay in bringing back and taking care of Baby.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH, Fazio Arm Circles, Windmills
The Workout: Our goal was to not drop Baby (the football) throughout the workout. If she is dropped, a 3 Burpee discipline

  1. Combo exercises included: step-ups and irkins, wide merkins and plank jacks, rinse, repeat
  2. Quarterback / receiver drills while other PAX were in line doing planks, squats, high knees
  3. Two Rock Shakur: Colt 45s and Tricep Extensions
  4. Split in to two groups. Bear Crawl around circle drive holding Baby from the inside and passing to the next PAX to reach the outside circle
  5. Mosey to playground: Split in to 4 groups for pull up, swing planks, and a game of Hot Potato
  6. Two Rock Shakur repeat

Mary: Around the Horn starting with those who have been in F3 the longest down to two years…and a few Respects
Announcements: Throwback week. Hope to see everyone at the next workout at Kenny’s Grave. Shield Lock starts Jan 1.
T-Claps (Recognition): Those PAX that have stuck with F3 for multiple years!
Prayer: H1N1 sports hernia, Quiver’s wife uncle with cancer

2nd F at Starbucks!

 

Ultimate Hard Mode

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FNGs: None today
Warm Up:

SSH x20 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Frankenstein’s x10 IC
The Workout:

Ultimate frisbee F3 style! When the disc hits the ground do an exercise from a rotating list. For today the list was 10x merkins, 10x squats, 5x burpees. A big up in the number of reps vs what is the norm – that’s why it was hard mode!

When a team scores they call an exercise that everyone does.

Mary:

We played until 42 minutes or so – after a game point call we moseyed back to the parking lot for some Mary.

Low slow flutter x20 IC

LBC x20 IC
Announcements:

CSAUP, Christmas Party, Oakwood 24.
T-Claps (Recognition):

16-bit for playing with breathtaker. He’s committed to the 5 pack and I’m sure this wasn’t easy with the extra 20 lbs.
Prayer:

Finkle’s daughter is in post op recovery. Duwan at Banana Seat’s church needs lifting up. Continue to pray for Wallaby and his family – a meal train is in the works by Pablo. Fumunga’s hot water heater is busted. Beater’s son is having some behavioral issues.

Lipstick Delegation Tour Day 5

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EC: Lucky Charms, Skidmark, Pikachu, Banana Seat, Yosemite, YHC, Slide Rule
Warm Up: Lap around lot to loosen up the legs.

SSH x100 I mean what else would we start with?

Imperial Walkers x15

Delegation Tour continued at Crazy Ivan. YHC called out on the slack that we would be doing some Yoga, I believe the message was taken as a joke. At least 15 HIM’s showed up with bells in hand. YHC quickly sidelined Banana Seat and said “This is going to be a real delegation” YHC may have planted the seed on delegation the previous 4 days 🙂
The Workout: PAX split up for a Banana Seat Kettle Bell Beatdown (you had to be there to know what took place) and a Sarah Beth Yoga Session
Mary: Plank hold for final 4 minutes with various plank positions, including Pickle Pounders x25
Announcements: Check the Web
T-Claps (Recognition): Yosemite for completing his first Fritter. Banana Seat for the Lipstick Fritter and truly taking on the delegation Q!
Prayer: Quiver’s Family, Crab Legs, All those running HSHM tomorrow

*Dumbo and Slide Rule went out for a 4.5 mile run, as they didn’t think a real kettle bell workout would happen.

Lipstick Delegation Tour Day 4 – “Turning our bodies into Weapons”

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EC: Banana Seat, Yosemite, YHC  “Lipstick Fritter Bound for these Guys!”
Warm Up: Quick loop around Soccer fields and circle up in lot.

SSH x50

Daisy Pickers x15

FAC x10 Fwd/Rev

Overhead Claps x15

Seal Claps x15

Monkey Humpers x10

PAX was informed of Delegation Week Day 4 and today’s luck winner was M4L
The Workout: Mosey to the halfpipe hill. Crab Walk with feet first up the hill. Army crawl up the hill.

Indian Run over to Big lot for 10 Rounds with Tyson.  Burpees, Merkins, Squats, WW2 in the corners. I believe we did 4 rounds 10-7 🙂

Mosey over to the abyss. Bear Crawl Face Fwd down the stairs, SSH for the PAX to complete and recover on the jog backup. Repeat x2. Indian run back to lot

Mary: Pickle Pounders x25, Boat Canoes x20, American Hammers x10
Announcements: Frosty Dec 7.  F3 Southwake Holiday Party Dec 14, Please RSVP or just showup.  Oakwood 24hr with Frey Daddy Dec 21
T-Claps (Recognition): Grimmace for coming backout to the gloom after his debut at Ground Pounder
Prayer: Quiver’s Family, Crablegs. Yosemite’s church family for the passing of a young lady in a car wreck