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Break ‘Em Down in Belmont!

February 17, 2019 / / 0 Comments

So YHC looked at the weather on Friday afternoon and figured that we would do two things at The Yank on Saturday:

Thing one: Get under the shelter ( a pro F3 Q move form an old hand at this biz)

Thing two: Get wet. A necessary part of getting better is to minimize the effects of external factors to the extent that we can. So we did

Talked about it with prospective pax Friday evening at The Station so there was forwarning of the impending doom in the gloom for the next day. Spirits were high as we discussed the possibilities!

It went like this:

SSH X 1 minute

Merkins X 1 minute

IWs X 1 minute

American Hammers X 1 minute

WW II situps X 1 minute

Mtn Climbers X 1 minute

Elbow plank X 1 minuteback to the shelter

10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 30 squats

Run the park loop and 10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 30 squats

Ladder time as follows:

5 burpees

10 step ups each leg

15 cross legged dirkins

20 jump squats

25 LBCs

After the 5 burpees we ran the park loop and did the 10, 20 ,30 “thang” as above. Then build to the burpees, step ups and repeat. Do this all the way to the 25 mark (LBCs)

Now it was time for a Tesla Standard. The Bear Crawl Slalom! In the rain no doubt. So out from under the comfy shelter to the mercy of the elements. A little character building time to be had so we all got three times to crawl. Yes it was wet.But we got through it.

Time enough for a triple nickel. Ran the path from the fountain to the top near the shelter

Bottom of the hill: Plank jacks

Run

Top of the hill: 5 hand release merkins

this pretty well got us to the end. A few minutes for stretching to finish up (@ 3 minutes). Finished with another 1 minute elbow plank.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Wet and a little chilly but overall not a bad day to do a beat down. Everybody worked hard. Nobody complained. Good for us! pockets volunteered for the lead next week, Tiger the week after. CSAUP up next week along with a to be announced 2nd F later in the day. Stay tuned.

Yank is a great place to lead because of a great pax. Announcement coming soon on Core coming over in the spring from Metro. be ready! I hear Eminem is going to lead and rev is bringing the hair burners. Be afraid, be VERY afraid!

 

Until next time,

 

Tesla

 

Post Mary Mosey

February 17, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Warm-up:

NONE

Pledge

The Thang:
25 men went out for some fellowship and a mosey or Ruck. Some did 5 Some did more some did less, all got out of the fartsack and made each other better

COT
Announcements – CSAUP next Saturday, Rooster following Saturday
Prayers- Health for our Families
Proverbs 27:
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

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It was wet…..

February 16, 2019 / / 0 Comments

It was raining.  You never know how many will post in the rain but as usual, Folsom did not disappoint.

20 showed for a quick warm up with two catching up around the first stop of the workout.

Here’s what went down:

Two FNG’s so we went through the quick disclaimer.

Warm-Up that included 10 SSH’s IC followed by 10 Imperial Walkers IC.

Time to Mosey for The Thang

First stop for some IC work:

20 Mountain Climbers – 25 LBC’s

Short mosey to stop # 2 for a rinse-repeat of stop #1

Another mosey to the upper parking lot for some Stroganoff 22’s:

Same as 11’s except we’re adding up to 22 and alternating increasing/decreasing reps by 2:

20 Merkins – Run across parking lot – 2 Squats

Rinse/repeat until it has flipped to 2 Merkins – Run across parking lot – 20 squats (total of 110 each exercise)

Time to mosey back toward the lower parking lot with two stops along the way:

20 Mountain Climbers IC – 25 LBC’s IC (x 2)

At the bottom of the parking lot, time for some partner work:  Folsom 1-2-3 (Modified Dora):

Partner 1 – Performs exercise;  Partner 2 – Runs to grass island and back

Cumulative totals as follows:  100 Merkins – 200 Squats – 300 Flutter Kicks

Plenty of time left – we meandered to the closest covered picnic area for 3 sets of the following:

IC Dips X 15 – IC Step Ups X 20 (Rinse-Repeat for a total of 3 sets)

Time to mosey back to the Flag and finish off with some Mary from Dr. Seuss, Broke and Montross:

American Hammers – Freddy Mercury’s – Some type of awful scrunchies

Time is up.  Good work men.

Pledge.

For the FNG’s, we quickly went through the 5 tenets of F3 (well done here by the PAX)

Announcements:  50 Mile CSAUP next week; May 5 hike at Mt. Mitchell; BRR team(s); Convergence on March 30th at Folsom

Several prayer requests.

The Moleskin

The power of F3 continues to impact the men of Gaston County along with many other regions across the Nation.  Once again, I saw just how impactful you men are to others.  Great work; great encouragement.

Honored to lead this morning.

Until he next one.  See you in the gloom.  Aye!

Stroganoff

Squishy

February 16, 2019 / / 0 Comments

It was a little rainy this morning. YHC left the house knowing about a Q fail due to some miscommunication with the M. The bricks I packed for Pain Lab got hijacked so we were empty handed for the workout. Oh well, we’ll make the most of it. Thankfully Freight showed up with blocks in his bed so we used those instead. Boom!

YHC gave a disclaimer for the FNG that Voodoo brought. Keep EHing!

Warmup:

Moroccan Night Clubs x10 IC

Don Quixotes (exercise version) x11 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

The groups split up for Pain Lab and Bootcamp. Pain Labbers grabbed Freight’s blocks and headed to the secluded area at the entrance to the museum. After a little fiddling with the music we settled on Godsmack radio to set the mood.

The Deck of Death!

Spades = Dips

Hearts = LBCs

Clubs = Squats

Diamonds = Curls

We worked through the whole deck with about 20 minutes left so we had a ruck/mosey intermission and came back for as much more as we could fit in but switched the script on the exercises.

Spades = Merkins

Hearts = Dying Cockroaches

Clubs = Monkey Humpers

Diamonds = Overhead Presses

We made it through a few more rounds of these before there were about 5 minutes to go so we gathered up the supplies and went back to the start for a little Mary.

Nolan Ryans, Hillbillies, Box Cutters, LBFCs were all done. And we’re done!

Prayer Requests: Pizza Man’s M, Slaw’s foot, Watts Up’s daughter,

Announcements: CSAUP next Saturday, Mt. Mitchell hike May 5th

It was a small but fun group this morning. Way to push the rock men! Take care until next time.

 

Love is in the Air

February 15, 2019 / / 0 Comments

02/14/2019 Midoriyama
Nice, cool, gray afternoon at the JV workout. Freight and Sister Act coming in hot, let’s go!
Warmup
SSH x 10 IC
Arm Circles Large/Small, Forward/Reverse
Low Slow Squats x 10 IC
Cotton Pickers x 10 IC
Pledge
5 Burpees OYO

Mosey and circle through right parking lot. Turn right onto the road and stop at each light pole.
HEART (Since it’s Valentine’s Day! Get it? Never mind.)
Hand Release Merkins x 10
E2K, on your six, right ankle over left knee, bring left elbow to your right knee for the oblique crunch 10 each side (needs work)
American Hammers x 10 IC
Rocky Balboas x 10 IC
Tempo Merkins x 10 IC
Mosey around top parking lot and back down to bottom.

LOVE
Lap around entire soccer fields parking lot.
One legged Burpee, 5 right, 5 left
V Sandy V. Freight was asked to call these and of course there was a problem of understanding which as the Q I take full responsibility for. (The lesson here is Do Not Ask Freight To Lead An Exercise). Q Fail.
E2K, on your six, right ankle over left knee, bring left elbow to your right knee for the oblique crunch 10 each side.
Enough trying to spell words with exercises lets…
Mosey to Dog Park Hill

Triple Nickel, Up Hill, 5 Imperial Walker Squats (IW right, squat, IW left, squat. Thanks for the clarification SA). Down hill 5 CDD’s, 5 Times. The dogs in the dog park were not happy.
Mosey back to small soccer field for 80 D’s.

Dips x 20 IC, Dolly x 20 IC, Derkins x 20 IC (yes I said In Cadence Blart, you can call them for us), Dancing Bears x 20 IC (I am not coordinated enough do these so I won’t again)
Everyone on the side line at the small soccer field for …
Sprints. (Wojo’s fault.)
Sprint across AYG but do not get hurt. Sprint back. Sprint across, Sprint back.
Mosey back to flag.

Announcements: CSAUP on February 23rd, Rooster on March 2nd in Rock Hill. Q Source Sundays at 7:30 am.

Word – The disciples asked Jesus what the greatest commandments were and He said Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. We could all work on those two a little more. I know I could.

Prayer Requests: Arial for a job interview, Pizza Man’s M, Slaw’s Foot, Defib’s M, each F3 guy. All guys are encouraged to talk to someone if they need to. I have found that whatever I may be going through, there is usually an F3 guy that can help. Speak Up! Talk!

COT

*Expecting a light crowd due to Valentine’s Day family activities so I was pleasantly surprised by 9 strong. Defib fresh off a full marathon. Tyson fresh off a half marathon. Freight watched people run a full marathon and a half marathon. Sister Act posting like 7 days in a row. Dr. Seuss always among the post leaders. Blart is always tough and with a word of “encouragement.” Termite is a newer guy to F3 but has been pushing towards the front of the pack. Great to see Arial back with us today. Ash Pond was not here.

Tour of City buildings

February 15, 2019 / / 0 Comments

9 of Gastonia’s finest showed for one of the best locations in the area.

The Thang:

Pledge

20 SSH

15 Merkins

20 Imperial Walkers

5 Diamonds

Mosey to the bridge.

Lunge Walk across bridge. Many disappointed in no bear walk.

Mosey across the street and down to courthouse steps.

Plank

20 Merkins

Then everyone take a step.

20 calf raises feet together.

15 Calf raises feet apart.

Mosey to back parking lot.

Parnter up run around the parking lot meeting your partner at other side for 20 Merkins. (We did twice and I changed the plan)

Met at back corner for:

50 Squats

Bernie up the hill

15 Diamonds

Karaoke down the hill

50 Monkey Humpers

Karaoke up the hill

20 Merkins

Backwards down the hill

40 Mountain Climbers

Bernie to the top again.

20 Burpee’s

Mosey to the Uphill dead end of the prison.

15 Diamonds

Mosey back down and around to hill.

Stagier Merkins at next 4 post on the way up.  Switch which had is forward and backward each time.

Stop at the light and 5 Burpee’s.

Cross the street to bridge. Bear crawl across.

Once in parking lot, on your backs.

On my count American Hammers, Slow Motion.

Flutter’s to 40

30 Crunchy Frog’s OYO

Mosey to start.

The Moleskin:

Whatsup, continues to impress. Watch out for this guy because he might end up being the next Bulldog. All gave a great effort and was a pleasure to be part of all of you today.

Prayers for several that are ill and to all with the flu.

Thanks and Out,

Gastone

 

 

Day 6 – HIPAAPALOOZA – Rock Legends

February 14, 2019 / / 0 Comments

For Day 6 of HIPAAPALOOZA YHC promised the PAX some true Rock Legends. It was a Friday so YHC was expecting bigger crowds, 13,000 showed, well maybe it was 13. Anyways, bottled water prices didn’t increase and all that were in attendance were ready to rock!!

Disclaimer

Pledge

Warm-Up

SSH 15 IC

Merkins 20 IC

Volcano squats 15 IC

IW 15 IC

 

The Thang:

Mosey down Main st to York.

Roxanne Red light at York st so grab some Pink Floyd Wall

BTTW

Australian Mountain Climbers 10 IC

Recover but Roxanne kept her red light on so Rinse & Repeat

Recover

Roxanne had her Red light on again, damn, lets just wait. Green, GO DOG GO!

Mosey down Main to N. Chester. YHC did some Google Maps recon and saw some big rocks in the aerial shots. I had to confirm so drove out to site night before. BedPan was aware of my recon work. He was proud that someone was taking his AO seriously.

Grab some Rocks and dont be weak. Grab someting big and heavy! “Go Big or Go Home”

Overhead fellowship mosey to Snyder Pl. and Main St. Home of “Legends Bar & Lounge”

I told the PAX in the twitterverse that some Rock Legends would be present. YHC did not disappoint or lie. I held up my “Rock” in front of “Legends” Bar and Lounge Sign. Hence “Rock Legends”! I got a few laughs from that.

Time for some Dora 123

P1

100 – Overhead tricep extensions with rock

200 – Curls with rock

300 – Chest presses with rock

P2 overhead rock carry to light pole, 1 burpee overhead rock carry back swap with P1

Recover.

Drop rocks mosey to Leather and Lace.

Time for some Motley Crue: “GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS”

Lineup along fence with your backside to Leather N Lace front door

Monkey Humpers 20 IC

RnR

***Side Note, YHC has been absolutely dying to do Monkey Humpers in front of LnL for a long time. Glad I finally got the chance!!

Mosey back to legends

Pickup rock

Grab some Pink Floyd Wall

Peoples chair

Overhead Rock presses 20 IC

Recover

Peoples chair

Rock press with March 20 IC

Heard rocks drop but i didn’t say recover!

Pick it back up and lets do peoples chair for a minute as punishment

Recover.

Fellowship mosey back to rock pile. Stop at each street light  for 1 rock squat

Rock toss into rock pile

We got “Time” like Pink Floyd so let’s do some Bear Crawls up the “Time” Data Svcs. Ramp.

Rinse & Repeat

Mosey back to start

Mary – PAX choice

COT

Announcements

Prayer Requests

WOW! So much Rock pushing this AM by all! So proud of these groupies!! Not sure what BedPan had been smoking during HIPAAPALOOZA but he thought he was me??? Crazy stuff man! All kiding aside, it is always an absolute honor and priviledge to lead you guys. I hope you enjoyed the workout as much as I did. Even if you didn’t, I dont give refunds for this festival.

AYE!

HIPAA

Heartbreak at the Pub

February 14, 2019 / / 0 Comments

It was colder than expected at the PUB but 8 brave PAX showed anyway to warm their hearts with some personalized Valentine’s Day weinke’s that showed two different routes to run.  #haveityourway

Broke was scaring the P200 runners with various distance increases since the route was being changed.  Yikes!

Six chose the classic Pub route and two headed towards Martha Rivers and turned around and came back.

The Pub route has lots of elevation changes and it seemed to be a hit with some.  Monk led the way, followed by Broke and Sister Act.  Stroganoff, JJ, and YHC weren’t too far behind.

Breaker Breaker and Anthrax rocked out towards Martha’s House and returned a little staggered because Anthrax  went a little further on the route.

Finished with the Pledge of Allegiance

Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

You will run 5

Or the Sad Clown will get you.

Happy Valentines Day from the PUB!

Closed it out with a reminder to go get something for your spouse….

Announcements:  Sign up for the 50 Mile Relay CSAUP.

Prayer Requests:  Haiti, Stones and Blades, All the PAX of F3 Nation.

Always an honor to lead!

Too Many Chiefs

February 14, 2019 / / 1 Comment

Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians

Midoriyama 12FEB19
Q: Oompa Loompa
PAX: Def Leppard (R), Sister Act, Clavin (R), Chewy, Blart (R), Oompa Loompa (R)

After reading Hank’s BB, I wondered what does it take to be a Chief? Is it bravery? Integrity? Leadership? Dependability? Hmmm….getting there….I got it!!! It’s fart sacking and missing workouts! All you need to be a Chief is to call yourself one and rarely post. Right Montross?

With that in mind, I hopped in the ride and attempted to transit Gaston County’s Bermuda Triangle (Exits 23-26 on I-85). Southbound with only one car off in the ditch with its attending blue light special, it started to rain. Harder. Being a benevolent Q, I Omahed to my Rainy Day weinke in its weather protected sleeve and ordered the Pax to move cars and themselves to the picnic shelter closest to playground and pump track. After all, if I offered to keep them mostly dry, the old reliables would post. NOPE. Oompa pulls into the parking lot to a whole six vehicles counting my own.

No biggie, the hard chargers followed my instructions and with no FNGs, let’s get after it.

SSH x 10 IC
Abe Vigoda x 10 IC
Hillbillies X 10 IC
Toy Soldiers x 10 IC
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
Squats x 10 IC
Monkey Humpers x 10 IC
Mountain Climbers x 10 IC
Merkins x 10 IC
Burpees x 10 OYO
Count off- 20 count
On your six for LBCs 16 count, hold crunch for 4 breaths. Left leg up, repeat, back to LBCs, both feet on deck, repeat, back to LBCs, Right leg up. Each cycle took approximately 11 minutes.

Rinse and Repeat until time ran out. I believe we got 4 cycles. We pledged after the second. It was awful. No one had any wind left to say the pledge. YHC voice cracked on the third run of LBCs. Let PAX count the reps the third and fourth go around. Did stuff out of sequence at least once or twice. Q FAIL. Closed with another set of Burpees because Sister Act cracked on Def’s perfect form.

We had a massive overflow of Chiefs today with the low turnout at Midoriyama and Folsom. Not good. Let’s get back to our normal attendance guys.

Announcements & COT

CSAUP signups until Feb 16th with CSAUP 50 mile relay at 0400 Feb 23rd. 2nd F afterwards time & place TBD.
Rooster early March. Need more teams. P200 Mar 23rd. Spartan race April 7th. I know of two idiots involved.
Warrior Dash early June. Same two idiots with M’s involved.

Prayers for Gumby’s family in the loss of father-in-law, Slaw’s foot, sick kids, Hushpuppy & Shadrap surgeries, other various injuries and each other. I appreciate the opportunity to lead.

Romans 5:8 “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” I remember my daughter memorizing this as a 4 year old in Awanas. Each time I hear it, a shiver goes through me as I think about how this truth positively impacts our life.

YHC prayed us out.

Im not a player, I just Ruck alot

February 14, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Whoopee needed a last minute Q for Diablo Sammich as he is on call, YHC accepted the challenge.

3 HIM showed up for a morning ruck and it went something like this:

Disclaimer
Pledge
Warm-Up was put on your Rucksack

We went out on a brisk 15min pace down Riverwood Pkwy. Looks like we gotta be more careful on this very wide road as a car came within 2 feet of us with no attempt to move out of our way. We then hung a right onto Plantation Tr. where we passed a nice couple out walking their dog on this beautiful Valentine’s day morning. Found the Martha’s cut through which was a new venture for VooDoo and Watt’s Up. From there we went around Martha’s, After about 1 mile in I decided to stop at the picnic shelter where we did some step ups, 50 IC. Left out of there and made a loop around the ball fields and then back to SnoBall’s for a little extra work. YHC called Man Makers with our sacks, we did 10 OYO. Next exercise called was flutter kicks, 20 IC whilst holding your ruck sack high over your chest. Rinse and repeat. Total miles so far was 1.96 so lets get it to 2. We ended up at 2.1 at a 14:51 pace. That is a solid ruck pace!! Well done by all!!

COT

Announcements: CSAUP, Rooster, Mt. Mitchell Hike, BRR

Prayer requests: VooDoo’s acquaintance daughter Sydney at Levine’s, My friends the Brewer family recovering from miscarriage.

YHC took us out

As always great fellowship during a ruck. You get in all 3 F’s and it’s a nice break from BootCamp’s mid-week. Come out and join us!

AYE,

HIPAA

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