Pole Dancing At The Yard

2022-09-08Leave a comment

QIC: Stang
When: 2022-09-03
Pax: Bitcoin, Boogie Down, Bowzer (Uhaul 2.0), Cornerstone, Dojo, Fogerty, Hamhock, HarryCarry, Ironclad ( Peabody 2.0), Peabody, Ruby Slippers, Short Sale, Stang, Stinger, Tater, Tesh, Uhaul
Posted In: referrals

WARMUP: Mosey Pax to back parking lot. We did 10 Seal Jacks, 10 Plank Jacks, 10 Windmills, Moraccian Nightclubs, Over head claps, and 7 Merkins.
THE THANG: After the warmup I told the Pax to meet me at the road leading out to Springfield Pkwy. This was the start of the pole work we put in. Along the road there are 14 lights that I put exercises at each one. You start at the first light pole then you proceed to next pole after doing your reps at each. To continue down the road you have to start back at the beginning and work through all the previous poles before continuing to the next one. Here’s the list of the exercises and order they where in at the light posts:
Hand Release Merkins
Big Boy Sit Ups
Sumo Squats
Diamond Merkins
X’s and O’s
Carolina Dry Docks
Monkey Humpers
Wide Arm Merkins
American Hammer
Lt. Dans
Regular Merkins
Freddy Mercury
Jump Squats
Everyone’s favorite Kraken Burpees
10 Reps for all stations

It was a tough workout that Uhaul complained about the whole time saying it wasn’t original. Harry Carey, Tesh and Peabody where kings. All Pax got at least 2 miles in.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 The Fort 10 year anniversary this week and the next.
COT: Prayers for Tater’s daughter. Thanks Fogerty and Bitcoin for the Q. Sorry I’m terrible at writing Backblasts.

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Christmas In August? How Thrilling!

2022-08-30Leave a comment

QIC: Drop Thrill
When: 2022-08-30
Pax: Assassin, Drop Thrill, Tater, training_wheels, Triple Lindy
Posted In: The Ballroom

WARMUP:
THE THANG: 12 days of Christmas was the thang:

1-run
2- Deconstructed Burpee’s
3-Jump squats
4-LBCs
5-Diamond merkins
6-Imperial walkers
7-Rosalitas
8-Slow flutters
9-Low slow squats
10-Lunges (10 each leg)
11-Merkins
12-Burpees

We got through Day 10 in our festive workout. I know everyone was sad we didn’t get to Day 12.

Thanks Triple Lindy for one year as Site Q at Ballroom!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Triple Lindy’s wife and her first wedding she is officiating. Prayers for Cybil for healing and wisdom for her doctors.

This September check in on someone you haven’t seen in the Gloom in a while.

The Thrill is gone..

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SlowBurn: What’s your number…Go get it!

2022-08-27Leave a comment

QIC: CakeBoss
When: 2022-08-26
Pax: Anchorman, Assassin, Barry Manilow, Bass-o-matic, Cakeboss, Cousin Eddie, Dojo, Flounder, Fogerty, NakedAndAfraid, Pusher, Rebel, Tater, Twister, Weezer
Posted In: Slow Burn

WARMUP:
Mosey, shuffle, toy soldier, bear crawl, moracan night club,l
THE THANG:
20sec on 10sec rest
3rounds
Merkins
Leg lifts
Sumo squats
Wide arm Merkins
Donkey Kicks
Squat jumps
Plank punch
Flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read Newsletter
COT: was glorious!!

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Lamp Post Pain

2022-08-27Leave a comment

QIC: Cousin Eddie
When: 2022-08-27
Pax: Bass-o-matic, Bitcoin, Bowser, Cousin Eddie, Dojo, Double D, Fogerty, Ham Hock, HarryCarry, Iron Clad, Mr Clean, Peabody, Reaper, Rebel, Tater, Uhaul
Posted In: the yard

WARMUP: 10 each Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers, SSH, imperial walkers
THE THANG: started with 3 laps of the parking lot with duck walks, bear crawls, lunges, toy soldiers, LBC, merkins, burpee’s, big boys

Suicides on the hill with burpee’s, LBC’s, flutters, squats, min climbers, merkins

MARY: box cutters, LBCS, flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pick up, Dam to Dam, check slack

COT: Shower curtain, wisdom for u-hauls daughter, bitcoin sons health, gentleness in words for Peabody, reaper and cousin Eddie marriage, ham hocks dad, Double Do’s moms back, dojos son battling culture, travel mercies for rebel, mental health

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Thanks for the Burpees, Fogerty

2022-08-06Leave a comment

QIC: Wegmans
When: 2022-08-06
Pax: Backdraft, Bass-o-matic, Bitcoin, Boogie Down, Cousin Eddie, Dojo, Fogerty, Ham Hock, oldbay, Tater, Twister, Wegmans
Posted In: the yard

WARMUP: 5 burpees oyo. Short mosey. Moroccan night clubs, LSS, shoulder taps, dynamic warmup.
THE THANG: Jacob’s Ladder with merkins and bomb jacks using 11. Picked up the 6. Split up into teams for a couple relay races. Loser had to do 5 burpees. Then 10 merkins. Winners had 3 burpees and 10 merkins.
Hold Al Gore and 1 by 1, run to the picnic table. Next round was skipping.
Do some calf raises. Then head back to the basketball courts. Do Airborne’s hip routine.
Next shake out the lactic acid. Quick yoga at the end and more burpees due to Fogerty. Sprinkled burpees in other places as well.
MARY: bbsu and burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of stuff in the newsletter
COT: stays in COT.

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Substi-Q

2022-08-04Leave a comment

QIC: Cousin Eddie, Rebel
When: 2022-08-02
Pax: Bass-o-matic, Boogie Down, Cousin Eddie, Dojo, Fogerty, K-Cop, oldbay, Rebel, Spinner (Derrick Dominey), Tater, Triple Lindy, Wicked Tuna
Posted In: The Ballroom

WARMUP: Cousin Eddie took us through SSH, windmill, IW, Merkins. This guy is accelerating and will have a VQ next week.

THE THANG: We started with a DORA, 100 merkins, 200 Dips & 300 squats. Moved to back of building for 3 mins on and 30 sec rest. 3 exercises for 3 mins 10 reps each and continue for 3 mins.
First round – merkins, CDD, monkey humpers
2nd round – Flutter , big boy, hello dolly

Back up the hill and did Dips and Step – ups up to 7 count and then back down to 1. Mosey to COT

COT: prayers lifted and K-Cop took us out with prayer.

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Hey, carry my bell will ya?

2022-08-04Leave a comment

QIC: f3anchorman
When: 2022-08-04
Pax: Boogie Down, Cakeboss, Dojo, f3anchorman, NakedAndAfraid, Short Sale, Small World - Chris Gunn, Tater, White Lightning
Posted In: Footloose

WARMUP: 10 count of things, then 15 count of same things
THE THANG: we all swapped carrying the 25 lb bell around for fun. Did BOMBS at unity church circle. 10-15-20-25, a full Jack Webb and then a run around the block for good measure. Mr Kettlebell enjoyed the tour.

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The parking lot is always smoother in the other corner

2022-07-29Leave a comment

QIC: Sugarbug
When: 2022-07-29
Pax: Backdraft, Boss Hogg, Destiny, Dilbert, Esso, Flounder, Gump, Hassellhoff, Pusher, Spinner (Derrick Dominey), SugarBug, Tater, Twister, Weezer
Posted In: Slow Burn

WARMUP: Some side straddle hops, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs and cherry pickers to loosen things up

THE THANG:

Used the ol’ Seconds Pro app to provide a TABATA workout with 50 seconds on 20 seconds rest ratio. After every 4th exercise we would rotate to the next corner of the parking lot. It should be noted that I used an Apple playlist and the app appeared to have undergone an update since last use… By the time I discovered the errors with both of these items we had come too far (I already pushed start) and the only option was to press forward for the next 40 minutes… We made it through a full cycle and 3/4.

Merkins
Squats
Flutter
Donkey Kick
Rotate
Calf Raises
Mountain Climbers
Side Straddle Hops
Al Gore
Rotate
Box Cutter
Plank Jacks
Lunges
Dry Dock
Rotate
Seal Jacks
High Knees
Monkey Humpers
Freddie Mercury
Rinse and Repeat

Things learned:
-the update changed the default voice from an Australian lady to a deep voiced male… not as fun to be told to do monkey humpers by a deep voiced male
-Apple includes U2’s One as a 90’s Rock/Alternative Essential, and while a great song, it is not terribly motivating… however it is very long…
-the update also messed up the volume of the coach voice anyway, so everyone just had to listen to me yelling over U2 anyway…

COT: It happened… we were all there…

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A Call to the Bullpen

2022-07-01Leave a comment

QIC: Punch List
When: 2022-07-01
Pax: Bass-o-matic, Boogie Down, CableGuy, Cheddah, Couples, Cousin Eddie, Cyclops, Dojo, Double D, f3destiny, Fogerty, JWOW, Kindergarten Cop, Mark Nestel, oldbay, Punch List, Rebel, Seamstress, Spinner, Sprocket_F3, Tater, Weezer
Posted In: Slow Burn

Wegmans was tapped to Q but due to 2.0 issues, a call to the bullpen was made at around 0415. YHC was happy to lead in his absence. Fun group this morning!

I about splashed merlot after all those lunges. Nice Weinke, Wegs.

WARMUP:

20xSSH
10xMerkins
Southern Gentleman, Northern Aggressor, Side Planks
Low Planks
10xJLos

THE THANG:

10x Lunge Walk across Parking lot, 10xMerkins, 8xCDDs
4 Corners of 10x Squats and 10x Tricep Dips at alternating stops

MARY:

Yes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Post on Saturday!

COT:

Double D’s mother and Father in law both dealing with health problems.
Destiny’s co-worker, Susan, also having a heart issue.
Tater getting a week with his grandson (3.0??) – prayers he can pour into him.
Change Order thankful for F3 and what it has done for his life. We can all say the same, brother.

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Not Naked, Not Afraid, Just a VQ with a Crew

2022-06-24Leave a comment

QIC: NakedAndAfraid
When: 2022-06-24
Pax: Assassin, Barry Manilow, Bass-o-matic, Bonsai, Boss Hogg, Cakeboss, Cheddah, Cousin Eddie, Dojo, f3anchorman, f3destiny, Fogerty, Grizzly (Metro), Incoming, NakedAndAfraid, Pappy, Professor, Rebel, Shady, Sprocket_F3, Tater, Weezer, WhatDid
Posted In: Slow Burn

Slow Burn was smoldering this morning with 23 strong men choosing the gloom over the ‘sack & supporting YHC for my VQ! Some special guests were among the group: 2 PAX made the trek from Metro, and we welcomed our newest FNG (Cousin Eddie), EH’d by Rebel. Conditions were great – sky was clear & the rain last night cleaned the streets off for us, but also washed away my exercise notes from the curbs (lesson learned & more on that later)! It was the perfect setup for a VQ…

Started with the 5 Core Principles & Disclaimer, then got right to it.

WARMUP:
A short mosey around the parking lot
SSH x20
LSS x10
Alternating Lunges x10
Slooow Merkins (3-count down) x10
Imperial Walkers x10
Token Burpee x1

THE THANG:
Today was a somewhat of a hybrid of Pearls on a String / 11’s

Started at the 1st Street Light in front of Lowe’s Contractor Parking/Pickup
First “Pearls Set” was 10/ea: Merkins > LBC > Squats > Flutters > Big Boys > Plank Jacks
Then the “11’s Hybrid” component, which was 1x Flying Squirrel
Mosey up the road to the 3rd Street Light (back toward Empire Pizza)

Next was 9/ea of the Merks > LBC > Squats > Flutters > Big Boys > Plank Jacks
And 2x Flying Squirrels, then Mosey back to the 1st Street Light

Mosey & Repeat: 8/ea + 3, 7/ea + 4, etc. The exercises quickly moved from the main drive into the parking lot to get away from traffic. The last two rounds/sets were done in cadence – not just for my own accountability, but wanted everyone to finish together.

Short mosey back to the flag, where Mary joined us for the last 6’ish minutes. The unofficial total distance was just shy of 1.5mi (I haven’t yet joined the Strava cult).

I think the mumble chatter was good, though I was deaf to most of it as I was putting everything I had into calling exercises, trying to catch some breath in between, and pushing myself to just keep going!

Upon the clock striking 6am, the PAX graciously provided some feedback from the workout. I’ll remember to speak louder than what feels necessary (especially when in close proximity to a highway!), consult amazon to get my hands on some water-proof chalk (which sounds like it would be a parent’s nightmare… isn’t the fact that chalk doesn’t last is what makes it acceptable for the 2.0’s?!), and a Q should call an audible when needed & modify their own weinke to ensure the Q can complete it (I fumbled on completing the 9x Flying Squirrels, though I did pull it together & knocked out the last 10 when it was time)!

HUGE THANKS to Weezer – it was an incredible honor & privilege to have the opportunity to lead such an awesome group this morning. Huge shoutout & THANK YOU to Grizzly (my original EH’er) & WhatDid for making the early drive down from Metro (and THANKS to Shady for passing the note to them!). And another HUGE THANK YOU to all my PAX brothers who showed to know this morning. It was amazing having such a strong turnout! The support was more than humbling!

MARY: Yes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. 2nd F Lunch today (was today). F3 Dad’s this Saturday @ WEP.

COT: Praises & Prayers all around.

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