4 Corners of Pain

WARMUP: Yes

THE THANG:

4 Corners Circuit/4 Stations/5 Exercises Each Station
Run a Lap After Finishing Each Station (after carry)
Transport KB Between Each Station With Carry/Exercise

Station 1:
Goblet Squat x 20
OH Press x 20 (L/R)
Merkin x 20
American Hammer x 20 (L/R)
OH Carry to Next Station

Station 2:
KB Swing x 20
Bent Row x 20 (L/R)
Mountain Climber x 20 (L/R)
KB Side Bend x 20 (L/R)
Suitcase Carry to Next Station

Station 3:
Lunges x 20 (L/R)
Curls x 20
Burpees x 20
KB Around the World x 20
Murder Bunny to Next Station

Station 4:
Deadlift x 20
Skull Crusher x 20
Plank Jacks x 20
KB Sit Up x 20
Goblet Shuffle to Next Station

Repeat until time

MARY: Yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Yes

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The Loop of Pain

WARMUP: none

THE THANG: Hot zone (starting point) 20 Jump squats, 15 Merkins, 10 Peter Parker’s, 5Burpees and Run 1/4 mile loop. Pain station Large fire :fire: truck tire and flip three times. Run 1/4 mile to next pain station and Bear crawl between cones ending with 5 Merkins. Total of 75ft with 25 Merkins. Run 1/4 mile back to hot zone and repeat process.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: none

COT: multiple prayer requests

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300 is the count

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Cherry pickers, merkins

THE THANG: Partner work: count is 300; Big Boys, Chest Press, one arm overhead press, 100 count tricep extensions & LBC’s

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp, read your newsletter

COT: Prayers for all things mentioned and unspoken

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That Veronica Vaughn

Warmup:
SSH x 20 (IC)
Cherry Pickers x 10 (IC)
IW x 10 (IC)
HW X 10 (IC)
Broga

The Thang:
Billy Madison Goes Back to School

Mosey to bus parking lot
Run down and back and perform 1 exercise of 12 reps
This concludes 1st grade
So and so forth until 12th grade is complete

Grades:

MNCs
Calf Raises
LBCs
Merkins
Squats
Flutters
Shoulder Taps
Lunges
Dolly
Burpees
Good Mornings
Big Boys
American Hammers

936 total exercise reps
1+ miles of running

Mary: Finished with a couple minutes of Mary and Dark Helmet demanding excellence in cadence counting, much to the crowds displeasure.

Announcements: We announced some things.

COT: There was a circle and trust in and around it.

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That Veronica Vaughn

Warmup:
SSH x 20 (IC)
Cherry Pickers x 10 (IC)
IW x 10 (IC)
HW X 10 (IC)
Broga

The Thang:
Billy Madison Goes Back to School

Mosey to bus parking lot
Run down and back and perform 1 exercise of 12 reps
This concludes 1st grade
So and so forth until 12th grade is complete

Grades:

MNCs
Calf Raises
LBCs
Merkins
Squats
Flutters
Shoulder Taps
Lunges
Dolly
Burpees
Good Mornings
Big Boys
American Hammers

936 total exercise reps
1+ miles of running

Mary: Finished with a couple minutes of Mary and Dark Helmet demanding excellence in cadence counting, much to the crowds displeasure.

Announcements: We announced some things.

COT: There was a circle and trust in and around it.

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Where’s the Shower Curtain

Shower Curtain was on Q, but no showed. The PAX stepped up

WARMUP: band camp led

THE THANG: rebound had a cardboard workout in his car. It was very arm heavy. Bells at one end and partners. Cumulative 120 reps of things at the far end. The bell exercises were AMRAP (and very arm focused). The AO isn’t called the Legory.

Band Camp led then for movement between two parking spaces. 10 swings, bear crawl, 10 cleans, bear crawl. Eventually that shifted to 5 man makers, lunge walk with a pass through.

Backdraft led us to the wall.
Step ups
Dips with the bell in the lap
Hip thrusts or big boys

Return to COT via a modified over head carry and indigenous peoples run

ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter

COT: yep

Hope Shower Curtain is alright

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Co-Q

WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Moroccan night clubs
THE THANG: Tabata workout. 3 rounds of 6 exercises. 45seconds work, 20 seconds rest.
Exercises: curls, front raise, standing row, tricep extension, oh press left, oh press right
Mozy to bigger parking lot at front of church.
Pt2- Crystal Lake- start at 13 squats, MOT to next set of parking spots was near crawl with bell, then 12 squats. Around the world MOT to next parking spots. Repeat and decrease by 1 rep until finished

MARY: Flutter press, American Hammer, big boys
ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence
COT:

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A Primer on The Mission and Principles of F3 served with a side of pain.

Another day at The Ballroom dawned clear, cold and windy. Kept the Shovel Flag in the trunk for fear it would be blown away. Excellent mixture of veteran and new pax were ready to get warmed up and take on the Weinke. Think that we got some Pax scared away from Jedi’s Q at Golden Corral.

Mosey around the school for  COP:

  • Windmill* 10
  • IW * 15
  • SSH * 20
  • Merkin * 10
  • Squats * 15
  • Plank-O-rama
  • DIAMOND MERKINS *10

Mosey to hill between PKES and PKMS. Word on the Misssion of F3: For our NEWER PAX: WHAT IS THE MISSION OF F3? PLANT, GROW AND SERVE MEN’S SMALL WORKOUT GROUPS FOR THE INVIGORATION OF MALE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.  The Nation is here to serve the Pax not the other way around.

Partner up FOR MODIFIED DORA 1,2,3

P1 RUNS TO TOP OF HILL, P2 DOES EXERCISE

54 Donkey Kicks TOGETHER with your Paartner, 108 MERKINS, 216 LBCs, 324 SQUATS. PLANK ON THE 6

Mosey to wall- Word on the  Core Principles of F3:

  1. Free
  2. Open to Men of all ages, fitness levels
  3. Outdoors, rain or shine
  4. Peer Led
  5. Ends with a COT

Peoples Chair while each Pax does 5 Bombjacks. Mosey to field-partners do 20 leg throws, 20 cherry pickers, 20 Big Boy sit ups (ouch)

Circle up for some scorpion dry docks & Jack Webb.  Back to COT and a word on one of my favorite F3 themes- PROVERBS 27:17-AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO DOES ONE MAN SHARPEN ANOTHER.

The camaraderie and banter among the Pax today was great to experience. Never hurts to remind the group how this crazy thing called F3 came to be and, more importantly, what it stands for. Always a pleasure to lead even when the Q-drenaline means a night of fitful sleep.

This is Short Sale bidding you a pleasant adieu.

 

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Ballroom Beatdown

So as I stepped outside this morning my first thought was “this is 44 degrees?” As the wind cut straight through my workout gear.  I was cold…so I guess we need to keep moving to stay warm.

At 5:15 sharp we stared off with a mosey down the entrance road to the bend by the field for our warmup. The warmup consisted of the following, all in cadence:

  • SSH – 15
  • Imperial Walkers – 15 (in honor of the new Star Wars movie coming out this week)
  • Move aside for a better late than never greatly missed kotter, Uncle Cracker (who EH’d me into F3 just 10 short months ago)…treated with a wave
  • Windmills – 10
  • Low Slow Squat – 10

Then it was time to mosey around to the wall at the back of the school for The start of The Thang

  • Everyone grab some walls for The People’s Chair as each PAX took their turn with a 10 count
  • A little talk about the word of the month, Gifts
  • Balls to the Wall in the same fashion as The People’s Chair…each PAX with a 10 count (the counting pace was MUCH faster this time around…Hmmm)
  • A couple of 10 counts to recover
  • Another round of People’s Chair, same as before
  • Another round of Balls to the Wall, only this time a single count like when we count off at COT

Mosey across the bridge to the football field and partner up…size does not matter

For a series of 3 exercises one PAX will stay in the end zone while the partner runs to the 50 yard line and back, then switch.  Plank for the six.

  • LBC’s
  • Merkins
  • Flutter Kicks

Break

  • Carolina Dry Dock’s
  • Hello Dolly’s
  • Wide-Arm Merkins

We still had some time left, so it was perfect for a little Reince and repeat.  The only difference was on the last set of 3 we ran to the 30 yard line, but ran back at 75%

After a couple of 10 Counts I had one more beatdown attempt.  We all lined up on the goal line, and ran to the 50 yard line like normal, then continued to the other goal line at full out sprint…100%.

Took a couple 10 Counts and did the same thing back to the other goal line.  At this point I was so close to passing out, I honestly don’t know how any of the PAX was doing.  I just know they all beat me back to COT!

Mosey back to COT for a few minutes of Mary where we got the following exercises in (Probably a few others) all in cadence:

  • Mahktar Jai – 10
  • Side Stradle Hop (Twister style) – 10
  • Peter Parker – 10
  • Superman’s
  • LBC’s – 10
  • Imperial Walkers – 10
  • Morrocan Night Club’s – 15

Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayers and Praises

Then off to the cars…

Smithers….Out

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Slow Burn – Solid to the Core

So, it was a fairly nice morning, especially when you consider it is December 1st!  I was able to workout in shorts and a t-shirt, so really…who can complain about that?

After reading Popeye’s back blast from down in The Rock region from a couple of days ago, it really got me off my six.  I saw that Trucker was scheduled to Q this week, but he posted that he needed a last minute Q change since he was DR last minute for work.  So I set out to plan a good ole’ core workout.  It went a little something like this…

Disclaimer (one FNG), then mosey down to the parking lot below for warmup.

Warmups:

  • Side Straddle Hop – 25
  • Low Slow Squats – 10
  • Windmill – 10
  • Moroccan Nightclubs – 25
  • Cherry Pickers – 10

Mosey to the other end of the strip and circle up.

Gifts – that is the word of the month for December.  We discussed how, especially this time of year when we hear the work gift we think of things…things we get, things we give, things we buy for ourselves…just stuff.  I challenged the PAX to think of the Spiritual Gifts that we all have.  We talked about how God has given us ALL various gifts, and literally everyone has them!

Another gift, is the gift of this F3 Brotherhood, and the unconditional support we all give to each other!  And lastly, my gift to the PAX was a good solid to the core workout 😉

The Thang:

  • LBC’s in cadence – 15
  • Flutter Kicks in cadence – 25
  • Boat/Canoe in cadence – 10

Recover with 10 count

  • LBC’s in cadence – 15
  • Flutter Kicks in cadence – 25
  • Boat/Canoe in cadence – 7

Mosey to the side of Lowes

  • Line up in 4 lines and have a relay race (all out) for half the length of the parking lot.  Boy can these HIMs move!

Two walking 10 counts to the back of Lowes, with a mosey the rest of the way.

  • Hello Dolly in cadence – 25
  • Freddy Mercury in cadence – 25
  • Big Boy Sit-Ups OYO – 10
  • American Hammer in cadence – 15

Mosey over to the wall.

  • People’s Chair with a 10 count (or more) from each of the 29 PAX

Time for a break.

  • Merkins in cadence – 10
  • Diamond Merkins in cadence – 10

Heard from Gilmore a bit about how he got his name, and what F3 has meant to him.  Great story and inspiration!

Back to the core.

  • Hello Dolly in cadence – 25
  • Freddy Mercury in cadence – 25
  • Big Boy Sit-Ups OYO – 10
  • American Hammer in cadence – 15

Mosey to the other side of lowes (working our way back in the direction of COT) for a couple minutes of Mary.

  • Box Cutters
  • Protractor

Mosey back to COT for name-o-rama.  We had one FNG, who was named Elvis (which is a STRONG name)

So, I wore myself out, and am super proud of all the PAX who pushed through this morning and stood together.  It is an honor and a GIFT to be able to Q!  Stay strong, get better, be willing to drop to your knees and accept help…Have a Blessed Week!

 

 

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