Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Month: September 2022 (Page 2 of 11)

First Fall day at Tequila Sunrise!

Welp, it is that time of year again! Time to drop the humidity and temps AND get back in the gloom. Went like this:

COP:

SS – burpees X 5

IWs X 20

Gravel pickers X 20

Mtn. Climbers X 20

Tesla Stretches X 20

Mosey over the field for Blimps as follows:

Half way – 10 reps

End  – 15 reps

Mosey back

Do it all as a team

Burpees, Lunges, IWs, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Squats.

Over to the benches for some work:

Step ups, Dips, inverted big boys, dirkins 10X

Parking lot suicides 1st round

Burpee Broad jumps 2nd round

Suicides again 3rd round

Mosey back to the field for a Tesla special: Bear crawl slalom! Everyone gets 3 runs.

SSH X 10

Hand release merkins X 10

Back to COT, 2 minute plank to end – pledge.

NMM:

Good crowd, good workout, everyone got it done! Amazing community we have here men. Let’s keep pushing the rock and getting better!

Tesla

 

 

Round 3

Three Q’s in a row for me this week. The Back Blast begin to struggle to say the least.

Grammer slips and Laziness can take place when realizing you got some paperwork to complete.

At least for me it does.

Warm Up!

Mosey to the Ampitheatre

Australian Mountain Climbers and Rocky Balboas three rounds each

dips and foxholes three rounds each.

To the Court!

Tennis court that is.

Dora 1,2,3, with Merkins Flutters and Seal Jacks.

Total recall!

Time for a little triple Nipple I mean triple Nickel to finish the morning.

Burpees and squats.

We finished with some Sarlacc Cherry Pickers.

Time

I encouraged the Men at the end to step and Q! We are only as good as the Men who Lead. Take the next step this aint a game where you ride the bench and the coach puts you in. This is a Game that you can step in at any time and lead others to Greatness. I believe any Man in F3 can run a Q.

GO DO IT!

The Bed Pan is full…

 

1 Samuel 13:14

Samuel told Saul:

The Lord has found a Man after his own heart.

1 Samuel 13:14

Saul fit all the criteria of a king. The Bible says he stood a head taller than everyone else.

But there was one problem, he didn’t seek the Lord for guidance. So God found someone else David!

 

David Chased after the Heart of God!

In order to have a better relationship with the Lord our aim should be to please the Lord in everything we do.

Chase after his word, and let it come alive in you, and watch your relationship with HIM grow.

 

The Bed Pan is full,

On a Mission

After the Pax ran and the pledge was pledged we prayed for the request and discussed Missionality.

Q source is a great way to bond with your brothers of F3 and gaining some great Knowledge about life.

 

The Bed Pan is Full.

 

 

Fly like a butterfly, Sting like a bee

We did neither of those things this morning at The Ricky Bobby, but HIM’s Orangeman and Tesla get some credit for showing up with multiple bee stings from a run through Rocky Branch park yesterday.  Gator, Slim Shady, and late-arriving J2C rounded out the six of us in the Gloom.

Started at 0530 with a brief disclaimer and warmup of SSH, Hillbilly walkers, gravel pickers, Nolan Ryans (all 10xIC), and 5 burpees OYO.   Got a quick count off, then moseyed to the back parking lot, but first stopped at the wall facing the softball field.  Half of us took a seat on the wall while the others did hip slappers (10xIC), then we switched.  Continued to mosey around to the edge of the parking lot near the playground.

The Thang:

One HIM called an exercise.  The HIM to his left ran to the other side of the parking lot and back while PAX do the exercise AMRAP.  We started with hand release merkins and did a variety of other stuff.  After 2 full rounds, moved to the other side of the lot (bear crawl halfway, high knees the rest) for “rinse and repeat.”  Good mumblechatter during this, including speculation about why Tom Brady’s wife doesn’t like him playing football (huh?), and Gator even spotted a shooting star while doing flutter kicks (or Freddy Mercurys or LBC’s).  After 2 more rounds, carioca-ed back to the playground side and changed it up a bit.  Instead of a there-and-back run, we circled up.  Bear crawl around the circle marked the time for each exercise.  Got in 3 rounds of this, then moseyed back to the wall facing the softball field for alternating hip slappers (10xIC) and wall sits.  Moseyed back to the flag for a rapid-fire round of Mary during the final 2 minutes.

Announcements: 
2nd F lunch TODAY at Vietnamese place near Adventure Landing (Franklin and Cox Rd)
Oct 8 Amoeba Ruck – check Slack for details
Oct 15 Convergence with Lake Wylie at Bulldog

Prayers:  Tesla’s family, Nutria’s brother-in-law, Orangeman’s daughter and other Florida residents in the path of Ian.

Glad to have these 5 HIM’s out this morning to help push the rock!
 – Nutria

Don’t be a wiffled!ck

Wiffledick. If you weren’t there, you missed the best Q ever in the history of F3 Midoriyama.

Blart running EC while I drove in. Little chit-chat beforehand.
1730. Let’s get this party started.
Disclaimer. Suggestions only. You vs you. Don’t hurt yourself.
Bastardized version of the Q Slaw led on 27SEP16 where YHC posted as a FNG.

WARMUP
Seal jacks 15 ic; toy soldiers 15 ic; Hillbillies 12 ic; Moroccan Night Clubs 20 ic; LBCS 25 ic.

The THANG
Indian run to small soccer field. 30 count rest.
30 reps high knees; 30 SSH; (Stop Wiffledicking-full rep with clap at top, slap on hip) 30 reps imaginary jump ropes; 30 count rest.
Rinse and repeat.
1 merkin, 1 crunch, 1 jump tuck, fall on your ass, roll right, 2 merkins, 2 crunches, 2 jump tucks, fall on your ass, roll right, 4 merkins, 4 crunches, 4 jump tucks, fall on your ass, roll right, 8 merkins, 8 crunches, 8 jump tucks, 30 count rest.
On your ass, 1 vee-crunch, roll left, 2 vee-crunches, roll left, 3 vee-crunches, so on and so on until 10 vee-crunches. 30 count rest.
Repeat from 10 to 1 with roll right. 30 count rest.
Mountain climbers, 5 ic. High to low merkins, r elbow down, l elbow down, r elbow up, l elbow up, 2 reps. 5 rounds. This sucked big time. 30 count rest.
Mosey to horseshoe pits.
Pair up. Pax 1 grab a block, Pax 2 line up across pits by the opposite stob.
B.L.I.M.P.S.
B=murder Bunny for Pax 1 to Pax 2. Pax 2 does Broke perfect pushups until pax 1 transfers block. Pax 2 murder Bunny while Pax 1 does Broke perfect pushups. Pax 2 returns block.
Mosey to near turd shack.
L=Leg lifts 10 ic
I=Imperial Walkers 15 ic
M=Mountain Climbers 20 ic
P=Plank Jacks 25 ic
S=Slaw’s Slow Squats 30 ic

Bear-muda Quadrangle
1 burpee, bearcrawl to corner of turd shack, 2 burpees, bearcrawl to corner of turd shack, 3 burpees, bearcrawl to corner of turd shack, 4 burpees, crawl to corner of turd shack. Q from the rear! The death of old man wiffledick.
Mosey to flag.
22 Def Leppard Pushups ic for veterans

Announcements
Lunch tomorrow, Adopt a street cleanup Saturday weather dependent, Amoeba ruck the 8th, Convergence the 15th, Christmastown 5k Speed for Need.

Prayers
Purple Haze’s mom
Huck
Turtleman
Gold Digger’s Grandma
Gumby’s mom
Sarlacc’s daughter
EZ Rider’s son
Broke’s M
Others not mentioned
Those in the hurricane path

YHC took us out.
Thanks!

Hard to believe that it’s been six years. Counting YHC 4 pax were present for my anniversary Q. Best group of guys that I have as friends.

For Slaw’s Q:

Are we doing more Burpees?

Is that BOS?

Flintstone, Virus, Latte and BOS were out early getting in 17 miles in preparation for their full marathon in November.  Buckeye and Sargento were out getting in some good miles as well.  Buckeye finished with 18 while Sargento got 17.  He walked the last mile in protest because his training routine only called for 17 that day.  Either way, great work men!

 

It was great to be back in the “House” on a crisp morning.  Things are a bit different in the Denver Region with fewer AO’s and smaller groups.  Sometimes only two for a workout but more typically it’s 4 to 6 PAX.  Some great guys with a few ties to GasHouse.  Whoopee’s name has come up on occasion.  Anyway, on to the work out…….

Seal Jack IC x 20

Imperial Storm Trooper Walkers IC x 20

Eskimo Merkins up to 5

Calf Raises on the stairs to Stowe Park, IC x 20

Mosey to the pavilion for Mater Jane Fonda’s.  Mater is a regular in the Denver region.  When he leads Jane Fonda’s he has the PAX raise their foot on count 1, then hold for count 2 and 3, and down on 4.  Thus Mater Jane Fonda’s IC  x 20,.  Flap Jack and 20 IC on the other side.

At this point I saw a someone getting out of a car on Main Street.  It was a larger person getting out of a silver car.  Since I wasn’t wearing my glasses and couldn’t see well, I thought it might be BOS joining us after his EC run.  It turns out that it was a middle-aged woman.  Sorry for the mix up BOS!

One round of AB Ring of Fire where each PAX present called out an AB exercise of their choice.

Mosey to the shelter on top of the hill.  Dips IC x 5.  Step Ups x 5 each leg OYO.  Rinse and Repeat x 10, 15, 10 and x 5.

Mosey to the track for 5 x 5 Burpees across the width of the field.  Quadraphillia (a Denver Region phrase, it’s NUR to GasHouse) to the end of the field for a Triple Nickle across the length of the field.  Triple Nickle exercises were CDD’s at one end and Jump squats at the other end.

Mosey to the back of the old middle school for Wall sits and Bear Crawls.  Wall sits were with Air Presses and Air Punches.  The Bear Crawl was to the curb and back.  Rinse and repeat for three rounds.

Mosey to the First Baptist Church parking lot for more Mater Jane Fonda’s and another round of Ring of Abs.

Mosey to the steps of the church for another round of Calf Raises.

Mosey to the corner of S Central Ave and Main St for Sparrow Route 66.  Sparrow is a retired Air Force Pilot who hangs in there pretty well for his age.  He still flies small planes out of the Lincolnton Airport.  Rather than starting with one rep at the first station and counting at each station, he does 6 reps at each station.  I asked Tooth fairy what exercise to do and he choose Merkins.

Mosey back to the YANK for COT.

Sorry, I forgot the pledge.

It was great to see everyone again.  Thanks for showing up this morning gentlemen!

Dirt has returned!

Member’s Only 9/25

Four runners and two for the ruck. Q Source followed on consistency.  Really good topic and discussion.

Announcements: 2nd F lunch. Amoeba food ruck 10/08, co-vergence 10/15, Christmas Party 12/03

Prayer requests:  Tesla and family, Bubba Sparxx potential job change, Living Hope church launch

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

CSAUP – Amoeba Ruck 10/8/22

Grab your four-man team, and a ruck sack.  Empty your steel, rocks and foam blocks out of your sack.   Fill your sack with canned goods to donate to the Dallas Christian Ministry and lets explore Gastonia!

Saturday 10/8/22 @ 0900.   Launch Point: First ARP Church (317 S. Chester St.)   Four-man teams will navigate their way to six checkpoints before pulling into the finish at Pita Wheel (110 S. York St.)

At the start you will receive a team packet containing addresses of the checkpoints and a picture of the “thing” you need to find when you get there.  With your team phone take a team selfie with the “thing” and text it back to YHC.  Now move on to the next until you hit all six.  Each checkpoint will include a few reps of one of your favorite F3 exercises,

Once you find all six checkpoints get your team back to Pita Wheel to the finish line for your weigh-in.

The team carrying the most weight will be rewarded!

FACTS:

Estimated mileage ~ 8 miles by road.   (If you are creative, it should/ could be less.)

Estimated time ~ 2.25 hours.   Back in time for lunch and a beer.

PACKING LIST:

Rucksack – This does not have to be an official GoRuck rucksack.  Grab any backpack and fill it with canned goods for the Dallas Christian Ministry.  Don’t have a backpack?  Still no excuse.  YHC has three loaners if you need one!

Hit YHC up with questions.

BOS

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