It seems that Gears was still holding a grudge from last week when he was Run Solo at Tempo. This week he had some company, much to his chagrin, as he had plans not to run alone 2 weeks in a row (he wanted to go back to the fartsack). But Geeves and YHC showed up with our own plan to run as little as possible. Thank goodness Gears was in agreement and off we went. Easy 3.5 miles, lots of conversation and pontificating wildly. We solved many problems, but we are waiting to figure out how to make some money off of them before we bring them to the world. Post run talk was good. Its nice to have a small group where we can actually ask how someone is doing and really listen and respond. We had finished a little early so this gave us plenty of time. Running alone is fine for some, but do F3 long enough and running with someone else is the only way to go.
Tag: Geeves
Pantheon – 5 at 5
- QIC: FunHouse
- When: 07/17/2019
- Pax: Bear Grylls, Dennis the Menace, Funhouse, Geeves, Uber
- Posted In: Pantheon
5 PAX took the DRP and came to Pantheon for a 3rd Q in 5 days from YHC. It was a hot and humid morning, who would have thought that of Tega Cay in July? Needless to say, YHC brought a Weinke and a speaker. That’s all that is needed. And we’re off….
The Thang
Big Lap around parking lot to COP
SSH X 30, Windmills X 10, Squats X 15, Merkins X 10, Mountain Climbers X 15, SSH X 30
Mosey to WalMart Way, bottom of the hill. Hill repeats with 5 Flying Squirrels at top and 10 Squats at bottom. Rinse and repeat X 3.
Mosey back to Shovel Flag. Turn on the tunes and get ready for the 10 minutes of burpees. 6 burpees in 1 minute X 10 sets. Crowd pleaser.
Mosey to the Pillars. Wall sits while one PAX sprints to end of sidewalk and back.
Done
COT – Prayers for travels, returns, in route babies, patience for parents with kids during summer break, prayers for stop being an asshole to the M (that’s mine).
FunHouse
Q Group at Pantheon
- QIC: FunHouse, FishSticks and CornHole
- When: 06/19/2019
- Pax: Cornhole, Dennis the Menace, Fishsticks, Funhouse, Geeves, Uber
- Posted In: Pantheon
6 PAX took the DRP and headed to Pantheon, unknowingly that the Q was non-existent. No worries, 3 of us said we go it and Group Q was made.
YHC had the warm up. The Thang:
Big Lap to COP
SSH X 25
Merkins X 10
IW X 20
Moroccan Night Clubs X 20
Squats X 20
Mountain Climbers X 20
6 count Burpees X 10
Hand off the FishSticks, run to back of school to bb court.
Bear Crawl 5, 5 merkins – length of the court
Lunges 5, 10 Squats – length of the court
Crab Walk 5, 10 LBCs – length of court
Crawl Bear 5, 5 Carolina Dry Docks – length of court
Wall sits with over head hand claps to 40
Hand Off to Corn Hole for last 15 minutes, mosey to play ground
Swing Crunches X 20, step ups each leg X 20, 5 pull ups or 10 modified
Swing Crunches X 10, step ups each leg X 10, 5 pull ups or 10 modified
Run back to COT, had 4 minutes of Mary
COT
Naked Moleskin – Welcome Dennis the Menace FNG. Prayers for safe travels this week for M’s and 2.0 travelling alone. Prayers for sleep, less anxiety for the PAX.
FunHouse
Laces Out – WEP loop is actually 0.6 miles. Who knew?
- QIC: FunHouse
- When: 05/30/2019
- Pax: Deacon, Funhouse, Geeves, macgyver, Rock Thrill, Straightup
- Posted In: Laces Out
6 Pax decided to run in Laces out today.
The Thang – Choose your own Adventure
Basic Loop: FMHS, Munn Road, left on Harris, left on path to WEP, up 160, left on Munn to FMHS = 3.91 miles
Add Old Kingsley Business Loop = 4.28
Add 1 Loop of WEP = 4.88
Add 1 more Loop of WEP = 5.48
Add 1 more Loop of WEP = 6.08
Stretched and met up with Laces in with Double D at the Q.
FunHouse
If you build it, they will come..
- QIC: Frat Boy
- When: 05/18/2018
- Pax: Barnie Fife, Cooter, Curious George, Destiny, Dilbert, Elvis, Fire Marshall Bill, Flat Tire, Frat boy, Funhouse, Gamma, Geeves, Gopher, Hasselhoff, Iceman, Kenyan, Longshanks, MASH, Norm, Offspring, Old Bay, Pick Six, Pusher, Shady, Smithers, Spark Plug, Trucker, Uncle Sam, Wide Right, Wilson, Zimmern
- Posted In: Slow Burn
The weather forecasts leading up to Slow Burn showed what could have been a soggy outing. In preparation, I made sure I had not one, but two Weinke’s prepared for the PAX. One bringing back a popular game from College past to keep us dry, “Roxanne,” with a slightly different spin, and the other a friendly mosey around the parking lots with a few exercises mixed in. Surprisingly, it ended up being a perfect day and with it, an impressive 30 PAX showed for the party.
Warm-up
Mosey to the parking lot in front of Empire Pizza
Along the way, did some butt kicks, high knees and side shuffles, left and right and circled up for some warm-up
SSH- x25
LSS- x10
Windmill-x10
Moroccan- x25
Overhead Claps- x20
Happy Jacks- 4 rounds- 5 SSH/ 2 jump squats- a nice new surprise for the PAX
Mountain Climbers- x 10
Annie- 1-2 (1) Total of 10-
The Thang
Mumble Chatter was in full force and hard to avoid with such a great number.
First Round-Same parking lot, PAX lined up close to the center back parking line and faced towards the curb heading at a slight decline. Kicked off the fun with a round of 7’s. PAX started with 1- CDD and sprint to the other side- 6 squats. Continue this pattern until the the flip-flop happens, and you are ending with 6-CDD and 1-squat. Great work out of everyone. Plank until the Six was in.
Second round-Mosey over to the parking lot next to the new restaurant Persia (not sure if that’s the name). PAX lined up along the parking space middle line facing the curb. Seemed to be a theme for the day. Next up- Modified ascending bear crawl until 13. 1-CDD then Bear Crawl to other side- 2 Derkins. Bear Crawl back to starting position, complete 3-CDD. Continue this pattern until you end on 13- CDD. Once complete, a couple of ten counts and off to the next destination. Amazingly, the mumble chatter had decreased significantly!
Third round– Mosey over to the right side of Lowes and all the PAX grabbed some space on the wall. I had originally planned for some chicken peckers, look it up. Instead we started a 10 count at one of the PAX line and continued with all PAX in a chair position. PAX joined in with instructions to push everyone to that great feeling of displeasure. Thanks for chipping in! As it got to the halfway point, I could hear the mumble chatter wondering what happened to the moderate workout, so I gave a quick leg shake break. Quick it was, and then back on the wall. We didn’t quite complete the entire line but I commend the PAX on the effort.
Next up Individual suicides- showed the PAX the lines to hit and off they went. 5 Merkins after first set and 5 flying squirrels after the second. Took a break in between to highlight for the group the mission and 5 principles of F3. Hopefully the FNG’s heard it!
Headed back to the warm-up spot for some Mary work
Dolly-20
Reverse Crunch- 20
American Hammer- 15
Flutter kicks- 15
Mountain Climbers/Peter Parkers/Parker Peters
Back to COT
It wasn’t quite Six O’ Clock so we needed one more exercise to get us there, and Trucker happily offered up toe touches to get us home. Thanks!
Announcements– read your newsletter
Prayers/Praises– Badger, Glenn, Children, Teachers, Parents, Smithers, CSPAN, if I missed one I apologize
Thanks for the support PAX and for Shady and FMB for bringing FNG’s- Wide Right and Wilson
And Smithers for the opportunity to lead!
Frat BoySlowburn
Tour De Lowe’s
- QIC: Zimmern
- When: 10/06/2017
- Pax: Anchorman, Barry Manilow, Bowtie, Buckshot, Chicken Hawk, Clark Kent, Culture Club, Deep Dish, Destiny, Dilbert, Drop Thrill, Flat Tire, Geeves, Geronimo, Handy Manny, Hickory Stick, Hootie, MASH, Optimus, Polaroid, Popper, Quickbooks, Spud, Sugar Daddy, Twister, Zimmern
- Posted In: Slow Burn
26 Men showed up on a glorious Friday morning for a Slow Burn.
Began with a Mosey to the Empire Pizza parking lot for some warm ups. Line up. High Knee across parking lot, mosey back. Butt kickers across, mosey back. Karaoke across, Karaoke back. Toy Soldiers across, mosey back.
Circle up. SSH x20, Windmill x15, Moroccan Night Club x20, Low Slow Squat x15, Merkins x10.
Short mosey to being the “Tour De Lowe’s”. Found guardrail behind Lowe’s for stop #1: Dips on guardrail, Calf Raises, Freddy Mercurys, Rinse & Repeat
Continue the Tour De Lowe’s with a mosey to The Wall for stop #2: Peoples Chair (5x 10 counts), 25 LBCs, Peoples Chair (5x 10 counts), 25 LBCs, Balls to the Wall (3x 10 count, felt much longer thanks to some non-standardized counting), 25 LBCs
Time Out for Zimmern’s first attempt at preaching. Talked about Control and what things in life we have control over (thoughts, words, actions, reactions, etc) and what things we don’t have control over (spouse, kids, others, job, etc). Things outside of our control often have a huge impact on our lives. How do we learn how to control our response towards things outside of our control? Drop Thrill quotes Proverbs 3:5-6: “ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” We need to turn control over to The Lord and trust in Him. Ask Him for help controlling things that are within our control and help in guiding us with things outside of our control.
Complete the Tour De Lowe’s with a mosey to the front parking lot. Pax pair up. One Pax starts squats. Other Pax runs across parking lot. switch. Continue to 150 cumulative squats. Repeat, but with Carolina Dry Docks.
Mosey over for a lightning rounds of 4 corners around Empire Pizza. Pax counted off by 4’s. #1 40x Merkins. Mosey to #2. 30x Flutter Kicks. Bear Crawl to #3. 20x Bomb Jacks. Mosey to #4. 10 Burpees.
Return to COT. Name-o-Rama. Welcome FNG Bowtie. Announcements. Prayers & Praises. Big Ball of Men.
-Zimmern
Mary Go Round at the Colosseum
- QIC: Sparkle
- When: 09/26/2017
- Pax: Charbroil, Deacon, Frat boy, Fun House, Geeves, Ginsu, Javert, Jekyll, Maximus, Mr Jenkins, Nomad, Nutshell, Peabody, Seacrest, Sparkle, Straight Up, Sugar Daddy, Tesh
- Posted In: The Colosseum
Warm up:
20 x -SSH
20 x MNC
15 x Windmill
10 x Merkins
Plank
Honeymooner
Downward Dog
15 x Mountain Climber
15 x Squats
The Thang:
So after some short sprints and side shuffles through the parking lot, we partnered off. Then a word on leadership.
Leadership doesnt have to happen alone! Just like your partner during the workout a partner in life can help you be the leader you are meant to be.
And the Mary-go-round begins…..
Each round consists of doing one exercise followed by a lap around the parking lot. Since one round of each set of exercises wasnt enough, we decided to rinse and repeat each round. Between rounds as we waited for the six (usually me) we did wall sits for round 1 followed by planks for round 2.
Round 1:
10 x Freddy Mercury
10 x Rosalita
10 x Protractors
Round 2:
10 x Crab Humpers
10 x Carolina Dry Docks
10 x Flutters
Meet back at COT for announcements, prayers and praises.
Thanks for all the support PAX for my VQ!
A great time was had by all!
Announcements:
-Invergence Friday
-Convergence Saturday
Prayers of PAX:
-Family who lost father due to fire ants
-Missionary family resolving paperwork stateside to return to Asia.
Overflow of Pax at Slow Burn
- QIC: Chicken Hawk
- When: 08/18/2017
- Pax: Ace, Air Wolf, Barry Manilow, Bowinkle, Chicken Hawk, Culture Club, Fun House, Geeves, Handy Manny, Hasslehof, Kouter, Long Shanks, MASH, Pin Up, Polaroid, Pringles, Professor, Short Sale, Spitz, Spud, Trace, Trucker, Twister, Uncle Sam, Wheels, Zimmern
- Posted In: Slow Burn
28 men battled the humidity this morning and welcomed FNG “Ace” to the Pax who was head locked by Wheels! Nice job by all moderating up or down depending on your need.
Message:
Discipline:
- We all have struggles with disciplining ourselves. Maybe for you it is the harsh words spoken, diet, gossip, eyes wandering, pornography, envy, serving in your marriage, serving and teaching your kids or serving the least of those in our community. Whatever it is there is Hope!
- Bottom line – you can’t do it by yourself. I find that my discipline gets better when I move closer to the Word and further from the world. Find a guy to lock shields with to walk in life together
- Warm up by Wheels – Wheels got his tires warmed up again after being a cotter for too many months. In promptu Q by Wheels with some SSH, Squats, Merkins, Windmills… nice job stepping up to lead.
- Running warm up – Various running, side shuffle, karaoke and sprint varities
- 3 minutes of Mary
- Partner up/ Pair off – Joust (lunge walk, bear crawl) 3 rounds
- Pentagon of Pain (split into five groups) – do each exercise on the cone (10x). Run to middle 5 merkins, clock wise go the next cone and back to the middle with 5 merkins. Until each exercise is done 1x. Rinse and Repeat
It is always and honor and privilege to lead the pax in a work out. Thank you to Barry Manilo on having the opportunity to serve the men of The Fort Pax.
Peace!