The Warm Up
DICCS given, a little chit chat. a little failed Q-Jacking (No names will be called out), Time…..Let’s Mosey. We head around the parking lot to back of building. We are come to a stop at Mt. Chiseled to show PAX where Mt Chiseled is located. Well, they thought we were stopping there for me to show Mt Chiseled, and I did, but Deadwood was right…I was running a little low on gas, but that is what happens when you only post 1 or 2 times a month. (note to self, work out more so Deadwood don’t call you out). Then proceeded for a short little mosey back to center stage where all the action will be taking place and the bills will start flying, where we performed the following warm up exercises.
-SSH
-Imperial Walkers
-Mericans
-LBC’s
-Calf Stretch Right (Aka..the Dana Stretch)
-Calf Stretch Left (Aka..the Dana Stretch)
Head over to Center stage to go over the morning performances
The Thang
Station 1 – Tire Flip
Station 2 – Bent over rows with cinder blocks
Station 3 – Shoulder press with cinder blocks
Station 4 – Slam ball
Station 5 – Goblet Squat
Station 6 – Gift Bag Squat – If you don’t know what this is, then maybe next time you will show up.
Station 7 – Hair Burners (everyone’s favorite)
Station 8 – Stairway to Heaven – This may or may not have involved the company ladder
Station 9 – Funky squats with a press
Station 10 – Curls
Station 11 – Manmakers
Station 12 – Triceps Extensions
Moleskine
Let me preface by saying, as this was my VQ, this BB may not be the best reading materiel for the Porcelain office chair, but hey, it was my VQ so back off, and know there will be more, just not in the month of March.
If I am truly honest, I was very nervous last night. So bad, I did not go to sleep until 1am or so. Then my youngest decided to wake up around 2am, and then again around 330am. I went back to bed and my alarms went off at 415am &430am…Well, I woke up at 450am. I run out of the house, and thinking I would be the only one onsite…Nope! Several pax decided to do a prerun and beat me onsite. Good for you guys and WELL DONE SIRS, but Nails did mention to me “If I knew we were going to run this much, I wouldn’t have done a prerun”. Sorry about that, my question to you is Will you return for another Showgirl Dance Off?
I have not made many workouts of the past year, but today made it incredible. Thank you all for showing up and showing out. The effort everyone put in was by far 120%. It seemed like a good workout as I heard a lot of groaning, moaning, and hands on the knees. I am truly honored to be a part of the organization and the Region
#F3Waxhaw4Life
Mic Drop – Showgirl Out!
Announcements
This was mentioned but I wanted to mention it as I am the Q and I have the right….so Mark This Moment – Father/Daughter dance Ballantyne Hotel – Friday, March 6 http://www.markthismoment.com/
Shop Dawg is starting up a new Q Source on Friday, May 1. – See Shop Dawg
It’s Speed for Need season. -See Deadwood or Zinfandel
Prayers for Chicken Little, as he had someone close to him pass.
Circled up, and I took us out
Woke up this morning and father time had just struck 40 on my clock. No better way to ring in a new decade than getting up @ 4:45am and getting some work in while the rest of the world sleeps. I have to start this week’s back blast thanking @Lorax and @Fallout for getting me out here 3 months ago. It only took them 6 years to convince me but they stuck with. Now three months in (having gained the ability to talk while working out) YHC is ready for his VQ.
Disclaimer provided. VQ Announced. Apologies provided. Informed the PAX that today is my 40th birthday and they’re all going to celebrate 1980 with me.
The Thang
Quick mosey over to the semi-circle astroturf area to get the blood flowing
Quick Fact: Lots of notable celebrities were born in 1980 (Macauley Culkin, Ryan Gosling, Jessica Simpson, Albert Pujols). But I love chicken and in 1980 we lost a true hero, the original Colonel Sanders. He had 11 spices in his secret recipe.
Warm-Up Exercises in Cadence:
Quick pace out to the Hot Box for some body work.
Quick Fact: In addition to going to school for acting (hence the nickname) I also played hockey. In 1980 USA beat Russia in the Winter Olympics @ Lake Placid: Score = 4-3 (also a variation of today’s date, if you’re European).
Sets of 43 for each called exercise OYO, followed by a run to the parking lot light, 5 burpees, and back. Repeat for each exercise.
Fallout with the 10 count.
Hustle over to the rock pile for some lift/runs. Pick a repping rock.
Quick Fact: Another actor who had a big year in 1980 was Ronald Reagan. He was elected president in 1980 after a fairly respectable acting career. He was the 40th President.
Sets of 40 (20 per exercise per round) for each exercise OYO. Rocks on one end, run around the circle to the portico, exercise, run back. Repeat three times:
Plank while we wait for the 6.
10 more burpees to round out a total of 40 before we leave. YHC with the 10 count.
Jog back out to the hotbox for some wall sits with air presses. 40 count.
At this point Spackler, eager to lead a portion of the workout (I did bump him to Q today) jumped in to give me a breather with a 20 count of hand release merkins.
Indian run the long way back to start.
Quick Fact: After my failed attempt at acting, I ended up with a degree in Computer Science. In 1980 a consortium of DEC, Intel, and Xerox introduced the DIX standard for Ethernet. It ran an astonishing 10Mbps. Also of note, it was not stolen from Al Gore.
Full 6MoM of 10 exercises until time is called. Each PAX contributed and called out an exercise.
Called time and COT with the Meathead men.
Moleskin
Not a lot of mumblechatter this morning. Not sure if that was due to the PAX waiting to see if I was going to screw up, or if I was just too focused on not screwing up that I didn’t pay attention. Likely a healthy combination of the two.
Shout out to Posse who drove in from F3 Waxhaw for my VQ. I mentioned this to the group but will do so again, Posse and the F3 Waxhaw group are running several ‘Q Schools’ throughout the year. Huge help for new guys like me. If you know of any new guys who are hesitant to Q and need a good push, reach out and get them signed up.
Final thanks one more time to Lorax and Fallout. These guys never gave up on me even in the face of tremendous pushback (6+ years) and finally got me over the hurdle. Keep that in mind if you’re getting resistance from guys in your circle. Don’t give up and keep pushing. If they’re like me, they’ll realize pretty quickly how important it is to find something they can do to invest in themselves. For most men my age (40), life is pretty hectic and I found that I’ve spent a lot of the last 10 years doing things for others. Primarily the M, the 2.0s, and obviously work. It’s easy to lose yourself in that routine. Find something that allows you to invest in yourself and gives you the opportunity to build fellowship with other men.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Looking forward to more.
Announcements
YHC with the closing prayer.
3 Pax for LRC to run the standard loop. Pace continues to pick up and lots of encouragement on the course today.
smithers and YHC put in weights on official scale post workout and sit atop leaderboard for weight loss competition. All comes down to Floater and see if anyone can jump to top of leaderboard.
You may not have heard, but I’ve officially posted for 2 consecutive days and without quitting the Playhouse. How long can I keep this blistering pace of commitment? Will I make it all the way to Commitment this Saturday and complete the Octuple? Sounds impossible, but the support encouragement motivation other PAX might help me get there.
15 joined me in a copycat version of Foundation’s Q couple weeks back. I had so much fun on that day that I wanted to imitate as much of it as possible.
DiCCS given prematurely with a full minute to spare.
Let’s mosey a fast lap and back to the Flag to circle up.
WARM UP
SSH’s until I shut up – I finally stopped when the crying complaining instructions we finally given. I love to hear my own voice, very inspirational.
Lesson learned on not getting everyone stretched out the way they like. Everyone needs a good stretch every so often.
THE THANG
Mosey to the front of the school.
Circle up for some low slow squats until there is only one man left. This was an epic fail. Usually you can see who is out. We stopped at 50 and they were terrible.
Mosey over to another race track we had set up. Same teams as before, but this time we would run a lap.
Everyone on your 6 to do as many BBSU’s as you can. I think the group stopped before I shat myself around 56 reps.
We still have time, let’s have each person do two laps. Yep, you guessed it. Another Loss.
Mosey to the front of the school to get the cones and get back to COT.
Moleskin
I’ve been giving consistent effort the past few months, little to none. I can give you a bunch of true and irrelevant reasons why, but who really cares? Not me. Let’s jump back in and get stupid with a bunch of clown’s great guys. Everyone did a great job of mumbling today. There are plenty of times where Gerber can run you 6+ miles, but it is nice to be in proximity to each other and hear all the nonsense. I laughed more today than I have at a site in quite some time. I can lift on my own, I can even run on my own, but being surrounded by this much stupidity is impossible to replicate. Thanks to everyone for making today such a good time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I know we don’t normally do Fast Twitch backblasts, but the feedback on Slack #run has been so favorable that I wanted to spread the joy:
“We hate your face” – RS, Private School Runners Weekly
“That was awful” – P, baldisbeautiful.com
“That workout sucked” – A, Short Arm Gazette
It’s amazing how bad it can get without leaving campus. Run from the cars up the driveway to the top of the hill on the North? side of campus. 5 burpees. Back down the driveway, bang a right and head onto the track (I imagine that I’m an Olympic marathoner when I break through onto the track). At the far end of the track, 5 burpees. Continue around the track and out the gate on the other side, across the bridge and up to the pavilion. 5 burpees. Back down that driveway, hang a right at the stop sign and up the hill to the new tennis courts (the old ones were lame). 5 burpees. Then go all the way back down and up the driveway to the first hill. The loop is about 1.5 miles. Oof. We all did 4 laps. Purell almost got 5. Alf and Christmas got into their 5th laps.
Here are your attendees:
Purell – I’m happy to report that he did not lap me. Although he said he was hurting from a good weekend out in Phoenix or something.
Horsehead – Texted me at 5:05: “you better be at Fast Twitch”. He looked really angry all morning, then said afterwards, “I’ll see you next year.”
Alf – He almost caught Purell.
Retread – He also seemed angry this morning, although he told me “good job” once when I passed him and he was the first to give me “Kudos” on Strava, so maybe we’re ok.
Fault Line – He’s a grinder. He said something funny at the tennis court stop towards the end, but I was so done that I can’t remember what it was now.
Christmas – Alf made a dad joke about Christmas during the first lap that Christmas was nice about. Christmas was the most encouraging to me as he passed me every time.
Gypsy – We went back and forth all morning. He flew by me on the track on the second lap then fell apart on the third lap, only to rally on the last lap and pass me on the way to the finish. Solid work.
Runstopper – I think he almost joined the Hawks Nest guys when we by them, but he girded his loins (which is easier in tights) and stayed after it for the full 60 minutes.
Utah – Remember when he and Mermaid used to ride together to every workout. Did they breakup?
It was fun getting heckled by the Hawks Nest crew a few times. There was not a lot of exercising going on in the hotbox when I saw them there. Lots of chatter. Except Sprockets. Teacher’s pet. I could tell that Ductwork (Q at Hawks Nest) wished he was with us.
5 men (we missed you Dancing Bear) gathered at Dreamchasers to discuss next steps for how F3 Waxhaw lives out our 3rd F (Faith). Here are a few of the highlights and things in the works:
Service projects (Site Qs Deadwood and Carb Load):
Ray of Hope (Site Qs Bottlecap and Dancing Bear):
Christ’s Closet (Site Qs Dana and Shop Dawg):
Fixing It For Christ
Communication
Qsource (Site Q Shop Dawg)
Core Principles of F3:
THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO INFLUENCE WHAT F3 WAXHAW IS KNOWN FOR . . . BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. DID ANYTHING ABOVE STRIKE A NERVE WITH YOU? WE URGE YOU TO REACH OUT AND SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP. WE ARE ALL DOING THIS ON OUR FREE TIME TO MAKE OTHERS’ LIVES BETTER. WILL YOU JOIN US?
It was soggy but there was no rain delay this morning for the first ever Bushwood AMHAP (as many holes as possible). 11 men decided “tee it up” to see just how many holes they could finish in roughly 35 minutes on a rather balmy early March morning. We teamed up in groups of two, DiCCS given not given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety)… doh!
Mosey through the first nine holes while stopping to complete the following warm up exercises at hole 3.
Since it was wet, the course was laid out as follows (do the exercises below per hole and then run to next hole, run the opposite way when you make the turn at the 1st/18th and 9th/10th holes)…
I “cradle to graved” it. Done!
MOLESKIN:
The rain held off this morning and it was actually a perfect temperature for “golf.” Everyone pushed hard and managed to finish at least 36 holes. The One Star/Bottlecap team led the charge and finished 39 holes (they actually could have done more)… well done guys! Thanks to everyone who showed up this morning and thanks for allowing me to lead. For those of you who haven’t posted at Bushwood it’s always an open invite.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Every time I queue a workout, I try to come up with something new or different as part of the workout. the PAX has so many great ideas and life brings you so much inspiration to be creative in your plan. Today, the introduction of the Tyson Fury Mile based on the fact that a heavy set boxer put on weight intentionally to handle the punches of Wilder who was taller, skinnier and punched harder than Mike Tyson.
The Thang
COT
Thanks to the PAX for the opportunity to lead the group and be a light to the world. Great workout and I look forward to seeing everyone in the gloom as we wind down the diet competition.
3rd F:
Thank you Madison for taking us out
2nd F:
March Madness is moving forward: Contact YHC or see Slack for more details on how to get involved
Numbers are down across many of the AOs. Try to reach out to pax you have not seen in a while and get them back out in the Gloom.
NMS (Naked Mole Skin)
Word went out late yesterday for a Q at the Matrix today.. Fresh off a Q in Charlottesville over the weekend and knowing I was going to put in some work today, I figured why not.. Someone has to .. Its how F3 works.
YHC figured we needed to knock out the items in the March Madness CSAUP anyway, so we could quickly get those knocked out and toss in a few extra items to round out a 45 min of F3 fun.
Swamped at work today so no time for picking at the pax. Just going to cover the basics of the 1st F.
WARM UP: BLIMPS
Burpees: 5 OYO
Lunges: 10 each leg OYO
Imperial Walkers: 15
Merkins: 20 Civilian Count
Plank Jacks: 25 OYO
Squats: 30 OYO
Mosey to Track: and do one round of Indian Runs to get the cardio going.
Lightning Q: 1 Pax calls out an exercise then runs a lap around the track as the other pax do called exercise. Two rounds so everyone has an opportunity to get a few good sprints in.
Time to mosey: We got work to do.
Back to the AO start location for a round of 4 corners or “X” or starfish missing a leg.. Whatever you want to call it, I call it Awful
Awful “X” 4 corner thing:
Center is 10 Merkins.
4 Corners are: 10 Big Boy situps, 10 squats, 10 pull ups, 10 Heels to heaven.
After each corner, you run back to center for 10 Merkins then go to the next corner until you have completed them all.
Rinse and repeat for round 2
Time to mosey to the rock pile
Little game of gypsy rock: all called exercises to 30 count and pass your rock right
Put the rocks down and run back to launch location to perform 10 knees ups on the monkey bars and return to your rock for all called exercises to 30 count and pass your rock left
Mosey back to AO
5 mins of Mary
v/r
Gypsy