Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Author: Medicine Woman (Page 1 of 12)

My Redemption Q

It’s been a while since YHC has taken a Q so when Pony Boy put me on the spot a little while back, I couldn’t turn it down. The last time I led this group of men, YHC wasn’t feeling great and had a rather crappy attitude to be truthful. I apologized to the PAX and promised to redeem myself at my next Q. That being said, I arrive at Folsom a little early to get some stretching in. 5:30 hits so we clock in.

Warmarama: SSHx 10 IC, Monkey Humpers x10 IC, Goofballs  x10 IC, 5 Burpees OYO

Mosey to horse track.

Thang

Here we perform a dirty version of the triple nickel. The dirty part being running a lap after each trip up the concrete seating. Huck always blamed the box jumps I had often called here being the start of what became the Jacked Up Leg. I actually broke my leg later on, but not by doing said box jumps. That’s a story for another time. This episode included no box jumps. 5 derkins at the bottom, 5 calve raises each step to the top, 5 burpees, down and run a lap around the track. Repeato 5 times. During this routine, Pallbearer noticed something spectacular in the sky. I had forgotten about the green meteor shower that was taking place. PAX got a little entertainment during the rest of the workout.

Mosey to the flag at the office, Pledge.

Mosey to the parking lot by soccer field. Route 66 with Bobby hurleys. Always one of my favorites.  Once we finished up with those we mosey to tennis courts.

Being the humble and generous Q I am, and believing in the democratic republic idea, YHC gave the PAX the opportunity to make their voices heard with a vote. Of course, the constituents today didn’t have a description of the referendum they were to vote on. They were simply asked option 1 or Option 2. I’m sure some democratic scholars will contest my election procedure, but I am the Q here. Option 1; burpeecides. Run the width of one court for 1 burpee then back to start. Run 2 courts, 2 burpees and back. Continue every court adding a burpee each trip. Once you reach the end, start decreasing back to start. Option 2; 4 corner escalator. 10 merkins at corner 1. Corner 2; 10 merkins, 20 squats. Corner 3; 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 mountain climbers. Corner 4; 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 mountain climbers, 40 LBCs. After a final vote and 37 recounts, the electorate decided with Option 2.

With time remaining, and being the constitutionalist I am, gave representation to the minority of the earlier vote. The people also got Option 1. We made it to the 6th court and then Omaha back to start.

22 for the Vets

Announcements:

2nd F Dec 20 Hickory Tavern by the PUB

2nd F happy hour Friday at Wild Wing Cafe

Beer Mile Dec 30 Sargento’s

COT: Buss Family, Sister Act’s coworker, Huck, TurtleMan, Hall Family

YHC took us out in prayer

It is an honor as always to lead you men. I appreciate you all!

MW out

Pansies

YHC originally had the Q for the 25th, but Montross hit me up yesterday needing to swap. I was willing to help him out on short notice. My Weinke was written to be a bit on the JV side due to some injury recovery I’ve been dealing with. I’m a firm believer in in that saying “If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.” That being said, at 0530 we click in.

Warmarama

SSHx20 IC, 1 burpee, SSHx15 IC, 1 burpee, SSHx10 IC, 1 burpee, Imperial Walkerx10 IC, 1 burpee, Toy Soldierx10 IC, 1 burpee, mosey to the amphitheater.

Thang

21s; Starjacks at the top of the hill  and dips on the wall at the bottom. During the announcing of said routine there were a lot of questioning  about what I had called. Was it 20-1 or 21s? Hell, I likely said it wrong, but after explaining what is to be performed, PAX knew what I meant. The mumblechatter picked up, but what I heard was “my vagina hurts,” “geez this is hard,” “I didn’t want to sweat this morning,” and so on. So, I ditched the Weinke and went to just winging it.
We mosey over to the parking lot and YHC calls for Dirty 11s. Merkins and squats with a burpee halfway. And here we go again with the garbage chatter about what I heard previously. At this point, QIC kinda flipped and loudly made it known to the fellow PAX; “Do whatever the hell you want to do. I don’t give a s$&t. Bunch of damn pansies!” I believe those are the words said. Anyway,  I finish up and call to plank for the six. Mosey to the tennis courts and line up. Nur a court width, turn and sprint the next. Continue to the end and repeato on the way back. Next up, Karaoke to the end of the courts switching sides each tennis court. Repeat back. With a few minutes left, suicides.
Time is up.

mosey to start for the pledge

COT: Jackson Hall, Huck, TurtleMan, Wirenut’s Family, Mayor, Sargento, Flintstone, ToothFairy

YJC took us out

Moleskin: It’s an honor to lead you men as always. I want to take time again to apologize. I, for one, enjoy the mumblechatter. I’m not sure what it was this morning. I guess we all have our days. That being said, I appreciate all of you guys and I’m thankful for what I have gotten out of this thing called F3.

SYITG

MDub out

 

Trip Down Memory Lane

This month marked YHC’s 7th anniversary in this thing called F3. There’s been a lot of good memories along the way. Most have been from the mumblechatter and comradery between PAX during the workouts. Today I decided to take a trip back to some of the first routine exercises I remember from my early days in F3.

Warmarama:

SSH, Imperial Walkers, Gravel Pickers, Low slow squats all X10 IC

Mosey to the lower parking lot turd shack.
Thang

Here was the very first routine of my first post. Whoopee was the Q. Partner up and one partner will amrap an exercise while partner 2 runs up the steps, across the parking lot and back down the ramp. Switch up and repeat. Exercises were merkins and Australian mountain climbers. Mosey over to the amphitheater for some good ole Huckleberry inspired work. All PAX balls to the wall. Each will drop off the wall for 3 burpees and rejoin the wall until all have completed their turn. It sucked due to how many we had. Back in the day, there may have only been 5-6 present which made it a little less dreadful. Ok, let’s mosey over to the other pond parking lot. I was trying to remember who called this back then. I was thinking JJ??? Anyway, line up for Route 66. Bobby Hurleys and lunge walk in between.

while PAX were finishing up, YHC asked what the 5 cord principals of F3 were. I only heard 3 or so actually answer. The rest were too busy socializing. This continued on for the rest of the Q.

Now, we mosey up to the triangle by the cotton gin. Garfield, who we haven’t seen in years used this area a good bit. First corner 5 big boys, mosey to the next for 10, then to the last corner for 15. Lots of confusion again, but we managed. Mosey on up to the flag pole for The Pledge. I can remember early on that this was a forbidden task. We had a shovel flag. Why would you mosey a half mile just to say the Pledge? Moving along. Mosey over to the horse arena. Huckleberry claims this is likely what led up to the infamous Jacked Up Leg, but again, I’m on the memory lane theme. Line up at the bottom of the concrete bleachers for triple nickel. Derkins at the bottom and burpees at the top. Yes, you box jump up to the top. With time dwindling down and more on the Weinke, QIC called Omaha after 3 rounds and we took a mosey to the tennis courts. This memory was from the first time I posted outside of our general region. It was at Veterans Park with the Cape Fear crowd. PAX called it clipboard. I’m not sure the real exicon term, but we line up on the court. First in line calls an exercise. The remaining will perform said exercise while the first runs a distance and back. The next calls his own and we repeat until we ran out of time. It’s more like screw your buddies. Call something you hate and make the rest do it. Time is almost up so we fellowship mosey the last minute back to start. Lots of mumblechatter about instructions, poor communication, and other garbage. All I saw was lack of following directions given by Q. That being said, times up.

Announcements: Community Foundation Run(along with other activities that day, including a QVQ)

COT: Huck, TurtleMan, Westsides friend from church who was bitten by dang, Kelly Bird, Palmetto and Mortimer Runners

Praise report: Pony Boy starts a new job soon

Moleskin: It’s been a long 7 years. Lots of ups and downs, injuries, jacked up legs, unthinkable relays, completely stupid ideas, and mumblechatter. YHC has enjoyed every minute of it. Always an honor to lead you men!

MW Out!

 

Horrible…..and Confusing

YHC had been looking forward to lead the regions best AO in a good ole beat down. Today was the day. I had my Weinke prepared and was ready to get to work. I walk outside and felt the chill in the air and thought to myself, “my hands ain’t gonna like today.” So, I roll on to Folsom a bit early to stretch and chat before time to clock in. When 5:30 hits, we start.

No FNGs, short disclaimer

Warmarama

SSH, Imperial Walkers, Low slow squats: all x10 IC

Mosey up to the animal shelter to grab a block.

Thang

Line up at the base of the adjacent hill. The routine called was 11’s. And these were horrible. Blockees at the bottom of the hill, box jump over the block, then rifle carry the block up the hill for thrusters. Rifle carry your block back down. And yes, you box jump over your block after each blockee! Lots of mumblechatter from the PAX, myself included. This seemed to take longer than I expected, but in all honesty, we finished it fairly quick. Now, Replace blocks and mosey to tennis courts. Line up for burpee suicides. Mosey one court and back for 1 burpee, grab 5 merkins at each turn back. Mosey to the second and back for 2 burpees. Continue until you’ve reached the final court then count it back down to 1. Escalate the burpees but the merkins stay at 5.  This was a battle to get the PAX on track. The chatter here was broad and pronounced. Lots of confusion of the called routine. “Do we escalate the merkins?” “Do we stop after the last court?” “The math part is easy.” We pulled together and finally made it through.  Time is running out, so we mosey back to start.

Pledge

COT: Wichita M having baby, Sparkys dad, Bedpan traveling, our families, our country, Thanksgiving, Operation Christmas Child program and volunteers

Announcements: Christmas Party Dec 3

 

Moleskin: As always, it’s an honor to lead you men. I appreciate every one of you guys.

MDub out

Jackpot

Wirenut was discussing how the No-Q November left Old School short of Q’s. I have yet to Q at this AO and I haven’t hit the 10 Q limit this year, so I offered to grab an open one for the site Q.

Rain is in the forecast, but knowing the hard core PAX that post at this AO, they wouldn’t be intimidated by it. I roll in a little early to stretch and loosen up a little. Light rain starts up, but we were committed. When my watch struck 7, we clocked in. No FNGs, so short disclaimer and we were off.

Warmarama

SSH x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Low slow squats x10 IC

Gravel pickers x10 IC

Mosey to the courthouse entrance.

Thang

This workout was created by ideas from previous ones I participated in at this location, but with some differences.  YHC had just been doing some repairs on a slot machine(one arm bandit as we call them) for someone the other day. Plus, there’s  a huge Powerball at play today.  With that, I decided to incorporate that theme into a part of the workout. Now, we didn’t hit the jackpot monetarily, but we were all fulfilled with satisfaction as if we did when we were finished. Triple 7’s slot machine. 7  exercises 7 reps each, mosey around the courthouse block x7. Exercises are big boys, imperial squats(count just the squats), merkins, lunges(count one leg), v-ups, American hammers(count one side), and flutters(count one leg).

Short mosey to Church st. This portion has nothing to do with poker machines. Nor does the rest of the Q. Since there were only 3 PAX this morning, this part had to be switched up a bit. Start with some leg work. Nur to first light pole, karaoke one side to the next light pole then switch to the other side. Continue the rotation for the entire block. Next block lunge walk to each light post and perform 5 burpees. Continue on to the end of the block. Only 2 minutes left so we finish off with a mosey around the block back to start.

Pledge(police department)

COT: bedpans stepbrother adopted child having surgeries.

Moleskin: It was an honor to lead you men today! I’m grateful to be a part of this thing called F3.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

MW out!

Easy Peasy

YHC has been working his way back into the gloom on a regular basis. So far so good. It’s been a while since I’ve had the Q, but ready to at least pull off a strong JV, at minimal, workout.

Arrived early for a little mumblechatter and stretching.I had intended on getting our morning showers during the event, but Mother Nature pushed the rain on out of the area. My watch strikes time. No FNGs, so quick disclaimer and we get to work.

Warmarama

SSH x10 IC, mosey to the tennis courts. Mumblechatter about how we had no warm up….

Line up for the Sparky inspired routine. Sparky used a 20-1 several exercise workout with coupons quite a few times. I decided to use the 20-1 factor and apply it to something extremely simple, yet effective. It might just be the easiest written Weinke in Folsom history?

Thang

20-1: 3 exercises; merkins, Squats, big boys; start with 20 each, run the tennis court and back and get 19 each, repeato until you finish with 1 rep each. This would put the total reps at 630 and the run distance at right about 2.25 miles. It seemed so easy. I wasn’t exactly sure if this could be completed in 45, but I knew some batflippers would definitely push it and everyone else to get it done.

It’s time, so we mosey back to start.

Pledge

Namorama

Announcements, Stanley creek 5-10k, convergence at Bulldog

COT; Huck, Westside traveling, Striper’s brother, Purple Haze mom, Roundup’s baby, all  babies on the way

Always an honor to Q the greatest AO in all of the Gastonia region…..maybe even in all of eastern US regions? Blessed to among you men.

MDUB out!

Tour De Folsom…..revisited

Warmarama
SSHx10 IC
Hillbilliesx10 IC

Mosey to amphitheater

Thang

Triple Nickel time. 5 decline Merkins then to the top of the hill for 5 burpees. Rinse and repeat 5 times.
Mosey over to the ball field parking lot.
Line up for some 11’s. Jump squats on one end and lunges on the other(count 1leg).
Mosey over to the upper fishing pond parking lot. Line up for some Route 66 using Bobby Hurley’s.
Mosey on around to the tennis courts. 4 corner escalator. First corner 10 merkins, next corner 10 merkins + 20 French fries(count both arms), next corner 10 merkins + 20 French fries+ 30 mountain climbers(count both legs), fourth corner 10 merkins + 20 French fries, + 30 mountain climbers + 40 LBCs.
Mosey back to start. With a couple minutes left YHC calls on a PAX to lead us with one, Balljoint calls 5 Burpees OYO. Wichita adds in 20 merkins OYO.
Time!

Pledge

Announcements: Blood Drive August 10th, JJ5K (date unknown), Snowbird men’s retreat September 16-18

Prayer requests: Sparky’s parents, Achy Breaky’s uncle, Huckleberry, Goudelock family, Big Pappy and family, Melinda White, Clint Hudson, Wirenut’s 2.0, Stogie’s neighbor, Bedpan’s M

Moleskin; You can be out of this group for months, but when you do show back up, it’s like you were never really gone. Except for the fact your body lets you know you’ve been out. It’s always an honor to lead you men. As I mentioned during the Q, it’s crucial in today’s society for men to be MEN! “Toxic masculinity” is a term used to tear down that notion. It’s not toxic to be men. It’s biblical. Also, confidentiality is a big part of F3. What we share between each other stays our group. Trust can easily be lost. That being said, I’m thankful to be a part of this thing called F3.

SYITG

MW out!

Court Time

It was a great morning for an old school style Folsom workout. The Weinke was prepared and ready to unveil. YHC may have needed to bring it in writing. One thing about my medicine tapers, my mind gets foggy and I have a hard time thinking clearly and getting words out. Nature of the beast, nonetheless, it made for some friendly mumble chatter.

I see an FNG!

Disclaimer

Warmorama

SSH, gravel pickers, toy soldiers all x10 IC
Mosey to the tennis courts.

Thang

Four corners. Each corner has its Assigned exercise and count. This time, you will mosey to corner 1, perform exercise and return to start for 1 burpee. Mosey to corner 2, but stopping also to perform the exercise at corner 1. And so on. Every time you go through a station you perform that exercise.
Station 1, 10 merkins
Station 2, 20 big boys
Station 3, 30 squats
Station 4, 40 lbcs
Some grab a breather and some pick up the 6. Grab a partner and Line up for some Dora. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 lbcs. The Runner takes a trip the the end of the courts and back.
One final lap and mosey to the flag.
22 for the Vets.

Pledge

YHC took us out in prayer.

One way to be motivated to post is to volunteer or be voluntold to Q. I can’t remember if and when I was ever voluntold, but to avoid that possibility, you volunteer. Encouragement from your fellow PAX to just get out there one way or the other has been my driving motivation. 2020 sucked. It was hard enough to be fighting to free myself from a medication that has controlled my life for so long, but to add income loss, homeschooling, and other crap I don’t want to bore you with. Anyway, what I’m getting at, is that I need this group of men. My M even notices a difference when I’m posting regularly. I’m sure many of you share the same sentiment. I appreciate the opportunity to be part of such a great organization.

MDub out!

Cold Hands Q

So, after a while off the Q schedule, YHC told Wichita to put me down for one of a few dates available. Lucky for me, it was the about coldest day one could get. Thanks to a previous series of events during a workout where my hands had gotten so cold, they were numb and hurt for hours. That along with other non disclosed details, “Cold Hands” has kinda stuck as yet another attribute to MW’s persona. That didn’t stop my cold natured hands from getting it done.

Warmarama

SSH, Toy Soldiers x10 IC each

Mosey to the lower parking lot.

Thang

Line up at the bottom. Zombie walk of sorts back to the top. Lunge walk each leg, then grab a burpee. Continue to the end. Ease over to one side of the parking lot for some 11’s, dirty 11’s that is. Mike Tysons and Big Boys each time you cross the middle grab a burpee. Slow mosey over to the amphitheater for some hill work, Triple Nickel style. 5 dips, nur up the hill, 5 merkins, repeat 5 times. Mosey around the playground back to start.

Pledge

22 for the vets

YHC took us out in prayer

My church held a series recently on being or becoming 1 with your spouse. I know this won’t apply to some guys, but most, it will. In between each routine, YHC shared some of what I learned. We are to love our wives as Christ lives the Church. I know I fail, I’m sure I’m not the only one, it is easier said than done for some. I asked the question, “what in your marriage could you improve to strengthen that unity?” “Are you illustrating unity in front of your children?” “What is keeping you from communicating or even praying with your M?” I asked a few more along the way, but didn’t ask for answers, but for the men to think about it. I know where I struggle and I recognize what I feel uncomfortable doing. These things are what I’ll work harder on and seek guidance for. Take time to focus on your weakness or the places you fall short in upholding your part in truly becoming 1 with your M.

MW Out

Doraburpeecideescalator

YHC had a feeling the crowd would be light due to the fear of a little rain in the forecast. Driving into Folsom it was mainly a steady drizzle and 66 degrees on the dash temp. Couldn’t ask for a better weather scenario for the gloom. With 5 on hand and the clock at 0530, we get to work.

Warmarama

SSH, TOY Soldiers x10 IC

Mosey to tennis courts;

Thang,

Partner up for some Doracides. Dora is an “old school” routine that Folsom used quite a bit in the early days. With all the creativity these days, Dora hasn’t been part of many weinkes lately.
So partner 1 will perform the first exercise AMRAP while pax 2 runs a suicide. This suicide will consist of the widths of three tennis courts and a burpee will be performed at the end of each court. After the three court burpeecide pax 2 will pick up where pax 1 left off and continue adding reps while pax 1 runs the burpeecide. The reps and exercises were 100 merkins, 200 lbcs , 300 squats, 400 raise Tha roofs, 300 squats, 200 lbcs, 100 merkins.

That went relatively quick! Men are getting stronger day in and day out! With a little time left, QIC calls for 4 corner escalators. 10 merkins corner 1; mosey, corner 2 get 10 merkins, 20 big boys; mosey to corner 3 for 10, 20, add 30 squats; mosey to corner for and add 40 lbcs. With a minute to go, mosey a lap and finish at the flag.

Pledge

Prayer requests: Sister Act’s daughter, Newton and family, Christie Jones’ brother Jonathon.

I closed in prayer.

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