Block Party with Cake

Block Party 2/18/20

Warm Up

  • Mosey to drill bits
  • 1st 5 burpees
  • 2nd 5 burpees 10 Merkins
  • 3rd 5 burpees 10 Merkins 15 overhead claps
  • 4th 5 burpees 10 Merkins 15 OHCs 20 squats
  • 5th 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 leg raises

Mosey to playground

partner up- 2-3 rounds of each

  • Pull-ups 10
  • Swing crunches 20
  • Monkey Humpers 30
  • Lap 

Stairway to Heaven

  • 10 Dry docks 2nd light
  • 20 V ups 4th light
  • 30 Sumo Squats 6th light
  • Until time runs out

Great group of PAX today. The mumblchatter was quality. Solid work by all. Thanks Esso for the Q!! Honored to lead💪🏻

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy Birthday, Birdcage is Bad at Math…

Well, there were a few things we knew and one thing we learned on this cool Friday morning.  First, it was Valentine’s Day and many PAX were trying to get some last minute swollness.  Second, it was Birdcage’s birthday and even though it was his special day, he wanted to spend it leading HIM in a local high school parking lot.  Finally, we learned that Birdcage is not good at Maths.  The other thing that he struggles with is BackBlasts, but for now we will set that aside…

Upon arriving PAX were treated to a warm up which included the tried and tested, moseying, side straddle hops, windmills, etc.  The warmup may have included none of these, but it was so forgettable that I have already forgotten…

It was at this point that the PAX were introduced to some of the worst math of all time as Birdcage led all to a parking spot that would serve as the starting point for the morning’s supply of heavy lifting.  “We will do one tricep extension in the first spot, two in the second, three in the third, etcetera until we get to the end,” Birdcage said enthusiastically.  “Are you aware of exponentials and how many we will ultimately do,” asked many self interested PAX.  The mumble chatter would be strong with this group…

Omaha was called by parking spot 21…  That was how the morning progressed, and in all honesty, it was refreshing to see Birdcage get worn out by some strong mumble chatter and much weeping and gnashing of teeth.

In the end all were recipients of some solid face kicks and pain implementation before a jovial name o’ rama and an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday…

https://twitter.com/f3_uhaul/status/1228283967914303490?s=21

 

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the walking workout

Hive, the weather was clear, but wind was pronounced.  we had 10 at the hive so hive x2.  the workout was a walking workout times for each exercise.

kettle curls

tricept ,

side swings with step

butt kickers

halo

bob n weave

L,R,C mill press

Good mornings with step

lung swist

inch worm

clean l,r

Center high pull

butt kickers

duck walk

l,r, c. high hold

clean step

abs work , running man, 20 count, side hip lift 20 count, mak tar gi, 20 count, left hip lif 20 count, and mountain climbers 20 count.

stretch.

 

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Wegmans at Snakepit

When asked to Q here I assumed it was too far. It was only 8 minutes from YHC house. The Coop is about 3, so hard to argue passing that one up.

Disclaimer was disclaimed and off we went. Took the bells over near one part of the parking lot. I had a box with exercises written down on them.

normal warmup. Nothing fancy. Nothing out of the ordinary.

partnered up. Partner 1 performs exercises while partner 2 runs the lap. The goal was to not let your partner beat your rep count, otherwise there was a man-maker penalty that was not enforced.

The exercises, in no particular order, were:

Squats,

Curls,

KB Swings.

Merkins.

Kid Launcher 45 degree angle shoulder raise.

Overhead press

some others?? Bobber destroyed the box with the exercises.

we also lunge walked and squatted some more

finished it up with some Mary

Thanks for the opportunity 3D!

Wegmans

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Primetime at Block Party

14 PAX gathered in the warm early February gloom. Unbeknownst to them, Cheddah had laid a hurting on YHC a few Saturdays ago…. once YHC has found a weakness, he addresses it. Meaning we were in for the Deion “Primetime” Sanders inspired circuit.

Quite a few PAX I didn’t know, so after some introductions we started a little mosey:

Warmup:
SSH circa 55 (went till PAX started to stop. Still haven’t made it to 100 as Chicken Hawk did at #TheHive in the rain around January 2019….maybe one day…)
IW x10
HW x10
Peter Parker x10
Parker Peter x10
Updog –> Honeymooner
–Mosey–
Bulgarian Split Squats x6ish
–Mosey–
Dirty Hookups x11
–Mosey–
Monkey Humpers x15
–Mosey to FBC parking lot–

Thang

Primetime

Leg Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Deck Squat
21 – Gorilla Squat
24 – Monkey Humper
37 – Bear Squat

Repeat

Cardio Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Burpee
21 – SSH
24 – Mountain Climbers
37 – High Knees

Repeat

Upper Body Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Hand Clap Merkin
21 – Merkin
24 – Ankle Touch Merkin
37 – Carolina Dry Dock

No time to repeat –> Mosey back to COT

Some stops along the way to catch the 6
Dips, Erkins, Box Jump
WWII Situps, Flutters

NMM
Thinking a lot about about my “Input” (word of the year). Can’t expect different results without putting something different into the system.

Grateful to lead, and grateful for another day. Big thanks to Geronimo for pushing the tempo of the Mosey (seriously, I love the push).

Lots of prayers for those suffering illness and loss.

–Band Camp dismissed

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LE TOUR DE WEP Dora Style

Great morning for a Q, my third one of the week, I was super pumped since my sidekick Sonic (2.1- 8 years old) accepted to take the lead roll and co Q with me.

This time I brought my battle rope and chatters started early, we welcomed all PAX. Drop Thrill was in charge of the milkshakers so off they went.

With the Bootcampers we grabbed the rope and moseyed/walked across the wet and cold grass to the playground for the warm up, many PAX whined about getting  their toesies wet but the idea is to get out of your comfort zone and accelerate, this is why you leave your fartsack every morning. We explained that we will move as a team and our team will be as fast as the slower PAX so we all encouraged each other to get better (this is what F3 is all about)

Warm up led mostly by Sonic:

Side straddle hops
Windmill
Weed picker
Low slow squat
Moroccan night clubs
Low slow merkin
Mountain climber

I mapped the park on my phone for 15 stops and we run in between stops (picture attached), we used the walking trail to run around the park. The idea was to complete the following Dora:

100 merkins (4 stops x 25)
200 carolina dry docks (5 stops x 40)
300 overhead claps (6 stops x 50)

We went back to our starting position at the playground for some fun with the battle rope.

Our team was split into two groups for some Tug of war competition, PAX enjoyed this part as adrenaline kicked in while pulling the rope in a friendly competition. I’m definitely repeating this in my Q’s

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We had abut 11 minutes left so it was time for our superhero visit and the crowd started cheering:

Captain Thor
1 big boy situp,  4 american hammers
2 big boy situps,  8 american hammers
3 big boy situps,  12 american hammers
Progressive to 10 big boy situp,  40 american hammers

3 rounds of Superman to stretch the abs, honey mooners, downward dogs and tunnel of man for Sonic back and forth to finish our beatdown,

we finished our day running back to COT carrying the rope as a group.

We met with the milkshakers for namearama, announcements, prayers and praises.

Thanks to Slash for the opportunity to lead this great group of PAX, some of them I had only seen once or twice but it’s all about the camaraderie.

My 2.1 Sonic really enjoyed this as he does everytime he comes to F3 with me, all PAX welcomed him as one more of us encouraging him every minute, he’s only 8 but not afraid of the gloom.

TINSEL and SONIC are out!!

 

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Armory Led Zep Tribute

Eleven in total at the Armory.  Weather was a cool 38 degrees, no wind, dry.  Ideal for what we were going to do.

Warm Up
Mosey Run
Exercises:
SSH (IC 12x)
Windmill (IC 12x)
Imperial Walker (IC 12x)
Moroccan Nightclub (IC 12x)
Low Slow Squats (IC12x)
Peter Parker (IC 12x)
Plank stretches
Downward dog
Honeymooner

Thang 1: Intervals 
Led Zepplin playlist going during this.

45 seconds on, 13 seconds rest in between.  Set 1 exercises:
Kettlebell Swing
Kettlebell Goblet Squat
Tricep press/OH press
Snatch
American Hammers

Run approx. 500’ lap

Then Set 2 exercises, same interval timing as above:
Curls
Single-Leg Kettlebell Romanian Deadlifts
One arm kb row
Shoulder Press
Kettlebell crunch / rollup
Run approx. 500’ lap
Rinse/Repeat above

Thang 2: Thunderstruck routine
Do a burpee each time “Thunder/Thundedrstruck” is mumbled in the song.

Mary, Five mins worth

Fini, COT

Prayers include those undergoing cancer treatment; and for most of us, driving is the most dangerous part of our day…let’s be mindful and careful out there.

 

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Round 2 at Laces In

Lack of creativity? Potentially. Simple yet effective? Undoubtedly. That could be how I describe several stages of my life.

Yesterday at the JOC, we did round 1 of the Deck of Cards. Whenever you have a round 1, you have to have a round 2. Taking yesterday’s learnings on clock management, I modified the warm-up, flapped the gums a little less and up’d the tempo. That would ensure we get through the deck this time.

We had a total of 20 at Laces, with 2 of those being Road Runners. The other 17 joined me as we circled up.

River Rat got to hear this twice but I shared what Billy Bob said on the Roundtable podcast recently about modifications. You can always modify as needed BUT do not use that as an excuse to not push yourself. It’s appropriate in so many areas of life and it was appropriate for the PAX & I this morning.

So, we jogged over to the start line for our abbreviated warm up consisting of (2) 50yd runs at 50% pace and 75% pace. We followed that up with windmills in cadence and butt kickers in place, also in cadence. And that was it for our warm up.

For the 1st-timers, the deck goes like this, your rep count is the number on the card, 2-10 are obvious, Jacks=11, Queens=12, Kings=13, Aces=14. Suits represent the following exercises:

Hearts: 8ct Burpee (It’s a burpee with a plank jack & the push up)
Diamonds: 4ct Mountain Climbers
Clubs: Jump Squats
Spades: Diamond Merkins
Jokers: (25) 4ct Flutters

In total, we did:
(104) 8ct Burpees
(104) 4ct Mountain Climbers
(104) Jump Squats
(104) Diamond Merkins
We had 3 Jokers in the deck so that is (75) Flutters, of the 4ct variety

We finished the deck at 0551 so we had 9mins left on the clock which was filled with:
(30) Flutters
(12) Hand-Release Merkins
(15) American Hammers

4 more 50yd runs at 50%, 75%, 100%, 75%

Moseyed back to COT for:
Heels to Heavens
Freddy Mercury

COT today was pretty powerful for me. We had men that brought some real stuff today that they are walking through life with. As we say, you are not meant to carry this on your own; that would crumble any man. You have been called and designed to lead but the best leaders have a group they work with. In F3, we call that group a Shield Lock.
Remember, sometimes you need to modify the game plan. However, DO NOT use that modification as an excuse to not give it your all.

It’s been my honor.
Maximus

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Chutes and Ladders at the Hive

drug this up from a past Q I’ve done

Warmup – Mosey, Moroccan Nightclub, Hillbilly and Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Plank, Honeymooner, Plank, Downdog, alternate calves in Downdog

Next started the pain

10 ManMakers

20 LBCs with Bell

30 Skullcrushers

Mosey w/ Bell

40 Curls (or 20 each arm)

50 Tricep Extensions

Mosey w/ Bell

60 Overhead Press

50 Flutters with Bell

Mosey w/ Bell

40 Goblet Squats into calf raises

30 Rows (15 each side)

Mosey w/ Bell

20 American Hammers

10 Turkish Getups with a butterfly or lat raise on your back to start (5 each side)

Still had 16 minutes, so PAX called exercises (Manmakers, Uhauls, etc, even rotate one bell and did rows and BBS)

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