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You’re an idiot…

I was working on my Weinke last night (hold the jokes) and could not come up with much until I was inspired by the preblast posted by El Padrino (I think) showing me (or some likeness of me…) dancing wildly. I started scrolling thru the F3 exercises and came upon…..Travoltas!!! Here enters inspiration, even if only for the warmup. It gave me the spark I needed to get the workout together leading to a good night’s sleep. When I got up early this am, my wife looked over at me, mentioned the sudden drop in temperature, and matter of factly said, “You’re an idiot.” In my mind I responded, “Tell me something I don’t already know, woman” and smiled in the dark to my witty humor and got dressed quickly before the fartsack monster wrestled me back into bed.

Round 2 of inspiration begins….Shortly after this, I was sitting in my nice warm car gloom-dreaming all alone in the parking lot about my fartsack thinking certainly I was not the only idiot in Gaston county when all of a sudden, 7 cars came rolling in just before start time. Too late to turn back now….

Here is what I remember…

Disclaimer (see above compliments of Mhoopee)

Pledge

WU: 10 IC of each: SSH, Freddy Mercury, Squats, Burps, LBCs, Mtn Climbers, Moroccan Night Club con La Cucaracha (MNC with up on toes IC) X 25, TRAVOLTAS, then I needed some help from Spiderman reading my weinke to see 10 Burpees OYO (thanks for the eyes Spidey)

Mosey to the run-down grocery store parking lot at first speed bump and do a round of 4 corners of She Hate Me (10 lunges each leg, 10 burps, 10 Merkins) then mosey to the corner for plank until 6 arrives. Repeat at all 4 corners of parking lot with extra helping of She Hate me half-way across the back side remembering to plank at each corner until 6 arrived and I finished my planktastic meditation.

Hip Slappers X 10 IC (I love these)

Mosey around the lot facing north the whole time with Karaoke to the left and right, mosey frontward and backwards on the long sides (always facing north). I read thru the rulebook and this is acceptable since Roscoe and Anthrax were both absent.

Hip Slappers X 20 IC (did I mention I love these?)

Another round of mosey around the lot facing north with Karaoke/front and back running

Hip Slappers X 10 IC (BTW, I think I like these)

Another round of She Hate Me X 4 corners (I fought the urge to Omaha multiple times in case anyone was wondering).

Mosey back to home with 3 sets of dips X 15 IC each in front of bank.

2 laps around Pelicans/Bruster’s just to mess with everyone who thought we were going to finish on arrival to starting line.

Few minutes of Mary with 5 burpees OYO for fun.

Namorama, Announcements, COT then run to the cars. Excellent work by all pax today. Good to see the BRR challenge studs out there today (JK2 and Sargento). Great to see Short Sale out here again among the faithful Pax. Not a whole lot of mumblechatter today which I think is mostly my fault for not preparing a topic to talk about-won’t happen again. I’ll be prepared next time so bring your notebooks and be ready to be edumucated.

thanks for the opportunity to be out here with everyone-Whoopee

#bb #Folsom

7 regular pax and wait 2 FNG’s appeared in the gloom for a Sparky beatdown.  After a short disclaimer the warm up began.

Warm Up; SSH x 20 IC, Mericans x 20 IC, LBC’s x 20 IC

The Pledge

The Thang; Pax were instructed to mosey to lower parking and circle up near the blocks that someone apparently left in the middle of the lot.

Pax partner up and perform the following exercises.

P1 60 Burpees P2 Bearcrawl 20 yds 20 block curls and bearcrawl back and switch; P1 80 mericans P2 frog leap 20 yds 20 french curls frog leap back; P1 100 squats P2 crabwalk 20 yds 20 block chest press crabwalk back and switch; P1 120 flutterkicks P2 lunge 20 yds 20 block dips lunge back and switch.  There was not much mumblechatter at this point and with time almost out we moseyed the blcoks back to the upper parking lot and returned them to a pick up.  Cirlce up for mary.  It was heard that Shingle hated Sparky at this point and another comment was made about running a lap around the tennis court and of course that is what shingle picked.  I think he regretted that choice.  Once complete with the lap we circled up again to complete the pax mary.  SSH, LBC’s, and a couple more that I cant remember.

Moleskin; Tough workout and the FNG’s handled it pretty well.  In all the Pax were definitely feeling this one not long after the burpees started.

Namorama and FNG naming

BOM; Announcements, prayer requests, prayer.  Nice work men.  #DRP

Where are we???

3 PAX showed up on this nice day at Mt. Midoriyama….so lace up your shoes and lets hit the trails.  Heard some moaning and groaning but it stopped once everyone was dodging cankerworms!!

Warm-Up:

Who needs a warm-up??

The Thang:

The PAX took off from the parking lot and headed toward Big Leaf Loop…about half way through the loop, time to regroup; what better way than 25 merkins and 30 LBC’s. After the Big Leaf Loop we decided to continue on the Soccer Loop; before we started it we needed to regroup with 25 merkins and 30 flutters. Soccer Loop was a quiet run do to lack of oxygen so we regrouped once more with 25 incline merkins before the Spencer Mountain Loop.  That’s when the fun started…deep in the woods we go…great prep work for BRR with major elevation changes.  I thought I knew where we were going but obviously nobody heard the disclaimer about not to follow me.  With that being said, we missed some turns and ended up halfway up Mt. Midoriyama heading away from the AO. We all stopped looked around and said WHERE ARE WE???.  OMAHA time….back from where we just came from to find our way out…3.45 miles later we arrive at the AO.

Great work from the PAX and its ALWAYS a pleasure to get to lead

Qwest West – A F3F Scholarship Opportunity

F3 Qwests West: May 17 –  May 30
An Amazing Opportunity for the F3 College Pax

Through a F3Foundation grant, Qwest West, Inc. and F3Foundation have joined forces to offer a full, needs-based scholarship to a deserving F3 college male to join the Qwest West, May 17-30.

The Qwest West gathers young adults (18-22+) across denominational and collegial lines for a Maymester spiritual journey in the American West.  It’s a camping road trip -F3 style!  Using AOs like the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, and Yosemite, Qwest West helps students scale new heights in faith, spirituality, and leadership.

Think communion, fitness, fellowship, hikes, campfires, COTs, BOM/Ws, worship services, and foot washings.  And very few burpees.  Check it out at www.qwestwest.org and http://youtu.be/s3g2tzV6Jng

The F3 Qwests West scholarship is open to college-age males.  Applicants should be active F3 pax and have demonstrable financial need.  Interested applicants should apply ASAP by emailing Seeker (John Cook jcook@qwestwest.org) indicating interest in the F3 Qwests West scholarship and requesting a Qwest West application form.

Deadline for applying is Tuesday, April 26.  Preference will be given to early applicants who meet the scholarship criteria.  Contact Seeker with questions.

Grateful Tclaps to F3Foundation and Qwest West for providing this wonderful opportunity to the F3Nation!

F3_Stud

Who doesn’t like poker? Why not a little F3_Stud?

8 PAX braved the windy gloom for some improvement this morning.

Warm-up:
25 SSH IC
20 Hillbillies IC (Appalachian Americans)
20 Merkins IC
25 LBCs IC
25 Moroccan Night Clubs IC

Short mosey to the picnic table.

Thang:

As many rounds as time would allow, the YHC pulled out a deck of cards. There were immediately moans from the PAX and before instructions could be given, ideas were flying on what face card counts should be. In order to help keep the PAX from mutiny the Q asked one of the PAX to shuffle the deck and then quickly deflected the barrage of comments with his own plan, as follows:

Pull 1 card from the top of the deck and deal to the PAX, we are all playing the same hand, in the Stud fashion. This card would represent the number of exercises to be done, and the suite would give the exercise.

Face value for number cards with J=11, Q=12, K=13 and A=14
Hearts = Burpees OYO
Spades = Squats IC
Clubs = Merkins IC
Diamonds = WW2 Situps OYO

After each set of exercises the PAX would take 1 laps around the parking lot Approx. 1/4 mile.

Not in order:
J-Spades, 8-Hearts, J-Diamonds, 8-Diamonds, A-Spades, 7-Spades, A-Clubs, 10-Diamonds, 6-Spades.

Finished with a round of Peoples Choice Mary.

Parking Decks!

For April Fools Twitter said the downtown beat down was cancelled. It was quickly stated this was not correct. Did some of the regulars fall for this? Was it the threat of a storm that kept them away? Or were they just afraid of what Freight would deliver? 4 brave PAX were not deterred. I have been wanting to post downtown for some time because parking decks hold so many possibilities. Good walls, ramps, steps and open space!

Warm up:

SSH x 15 IC, Seal Jacks x 10 IC, Merkins x 10 IC, Peter Parker X 10 IC, WWI Situps x 15

Mosey to the deck for the Thang:

Run up steps and back down for BTTW Hip Splapper’s x 10 IC

Run steps and back down for BTTW Mtn Climbers x 10 IC

Run up steps and over to the bottom of the first ramp. Crab walk up and back down, hold for crab cakes x 10 IC. Fellowship lunge across to the next ramp. Great jokes we’ve never heard were told during this fellowship time. Bear crawl forward down the ramp and backwards back up(Joe Hendricks). Lunge to the next ramp. More jokes we’ve never heard?! Crab walks again. Lunge across for the last round of Bearcrawls. Time for Burpeethon training. Partner 1 sprints 25 yds and does 5 Burpee’s while partner 2 does LBC’s.. Switch and go for 30 Burpee’s. Mosey back for pledge and words of inspiration by Monk. A little bit of Mary-5 Burpee’s OYO, Hillbillies, and a few more.

It was great to be out this morning as I don’t get this opportunity much during the week. The parking deck didn’t disappoint! Thanks to the guys who came out to get better with me this morning and good work!

 

Pull-ups, Merkins and AB’S Oh My

 

 

Warm-up:

SSH- 15 IC

Moroccan Night Club- 30 IC

Squats – 10 IC

Pledge

The Thang:

YHC announced to the PAX that we would start on our six for an Abstravaganza oh and this is just the beginning…all exercises done with minimal breaks in between.

In and Outs with arms up -25

Freddie Mercury’s forward with arms up in seated V position – 25 /Then Backwards for 25

Crunchy Frog – 25

Wide leg sit-ups – 25

Fifer Scissors- 25

Hip Rock and Raise – 25

Heels to Heaven- 25

V-Up/Roll-ups -25

Oblique V-ups Right Side -25 /Then Left side -25

Leg Climbs Right leg – 12/ Then Left Leg 12

And to put the cherry on top….

American Hammers -50

After that joyous experience (I think my intestines are still at Poston Park) the PAX moseyed to the playground for some pull-up and Merkin action… and on to the rest of the Challenge…

Wide Pull-ups -10 then Merkins -20 – X’s 2

Chin-ups 10 then Military Merkins (elbows in) -20 – X’s 2

Close grip pull-ups -10 then Werkins -20 – X’s 2

Vaulter pull-ups right forward 10 then Staggered Merkins left forward -20 -X’s 2 (switching arms for second round)

Burnout phase- 3 of each of the above listed pull –ups paired with 5 their corresponding Merkins.

After this the PAX moseyed for a little cool down ( at this point Freight told me the Q schedule was full for the rest of the year)  then back to the flag. 3 ½ minutes left…

Floppy Disk called out – 20 Burpees OYO

2 1 /2 minutes left …Freight called out any variation of plank …so that’s what we did!

As this was My VQ and I wanted to hit it fast and hard…. today was definitely not for the faint of heart. It looked much better on paper.

COT

Proverbs 27:

17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

It was an honor to lead today men!

Tool Time

#Folsom #bb Shingle with his VQ

6 made it out for my first Q
Disclaimer
Warm up
Side straddle hop
LBC’s
Flutter Kicks
Monkey Humpers
Pledge
Grab blocks moseyed to tennis courts
Rd 1
30’s curls with blocks
Shrugs
Side raise rt. & lt arm
Front raises
Lap around court
Rd 2
Straight leg lift
Squats
Squat jumps
Down to end and back
Rd 3
Repeat round 1
5 burpees OYO
Rd 4
Repeat round 2
Partner sit ups throw legs
Partnered up to do lunge walk while partner 2 started mercians using blocks total of 150
Circled up
Dolph – CDD
Sparky – Moroccan night club
Gumby- dead cockroach
Rhodie- LBC
Hydrant – Windmills
Moseyed to trucks
Finished with side straddle Hops & ring of fire of merican x 20
Announcements, prayer requests

Thanks for the opportunity

No Vows of Silence at Martha’s House

10 PAX warmed up with SSH, Merkins, Moroccans, Toy Soldiers, LBC, then mosey to Martha’s for CDD.

The Thang
Before the beatdown some of the PAX did not hesitate to voice their distaste for running, but I was feeling charitable, so the only serious running we did was an Indian run around the baseball fields to the soccer field.

Then wheelbarrows halfway across the soccer field, then lunge-walk the rest of the field.

The fields were wet with dew, and I was still feeling charitable, so we mosied to the parking lot for four corners of abs: weezy Jeffersons, LBC, flutter kicks, and something else–it was horrible–I’ve blocked it out.

Mosey back to field for four corners: morracans, merkins, werkins, & diamond merkins.

Then to the picnic pavilion for step ups and squats.

Time’s up!

Mosey back to Snoballs for COT.

– Monk

Trail Run, Burpees, and stuff.

Today’s weather was warm and beautiful. Loving the time change which allowed us to enjoy a trail run around the Poston pond. The locals have rumored this trail has the best scenic views and wonderful landscape in the entire county. Unfortunately, I was unable to enjoy them with the pain in my side and gasping for air.

After this warm-up run, we did a little burpee practice and went from there. Here is the list:

  • Warm-up 1 Mile Trail Run
  • Teams of two, One partner runs and does 5 burpees, while partner does LBC. Total of 60 burpees
  • Very long lunge walk
  • 20 squats
  • 5 IC worst merkin ever
  • 10 pull ups
  • 2 Minute plan with random plank jacks to peter parker to parker peter
  • 20 IC crunch with flutter kick
  • one more that I can’t remember
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