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F3 Flash – Spring Into Action

17 PAX showed up to celebrate the 1st day of spring with what hoped to be a true beat down.

 

I want to give a shout out to Transporter us shared with the group his thanks to God for the ability we have to get out each day and push ourselves after seeing a man yesterday who did not have the ability to enjoy that freedom.  We should not take our health for granted and should thank Him each day we get to enjoy physical activity – either alone or with an exceptional group of men like F3.

 

The Warm Up

  • Quick mosey around CMS parking lot (mix in some high knees, butt kickers, and Spiderman Lunges for good measure)
  • SSH IC X 50
  • Imperial Walker IC X 20
  • Mountain Climber IC X 20
  • Downward Dog calf stretching

The Thang

  • Mosey across parking lot
  • Teams of 3 – 3 rounds each
    • Partner 1 = Carolina Dry Dogs
    • Partner 2 = Worm burners w/ 45lb plate x ~40 yards
    • Partner 3 = Supermans
  • Mosey around school to hill
  • Plank Jacks x 20 + LBC x 20 to wait on Six
  • Teams of 2 – 4 rounds each
    • Partner wheel barrows up hill
    • Both partners do 5 burpees
    • Run down hill/ Switch
  • Mosey to Middle School entrance
  • Teams of 2 – 4 rounds each
    • Partner 1 = 50 dips
    • Partner 2 = AMRAP Peoples Chair / Air Presses
    • Switch
  • Mosey to Parking Lot
  • Teams of 2 – 4 rounds each
    • Partner 1 = AMRAP kettle bell swings
    • Partner 2 = Quick lap around 1/2 the circle
    • Switch
  • Mosey to start
  • 20 quick LBCs to wrap up the morning

Announcements

  • Sanctuary tonight – 19:30 at Brooklyn Pizza in Wesley Chapel
    • Chapter 3 of the Book of James – Pre-reading not required
  • Fortitude – Tuesday 05:45 at Charlotte Men’s Shelter / Union County carpool meet at 05:00 at Cuthbertson Middle School

Moleskin

  • Dirty Bird showed up and lead the charge between the wheel barrows and dip stations
  • It was great to see MoneyBall back from the flu
  • Weight Loss Challenge
    • Doc crushed it – It must have been the beard
    • Shop Dawg came in 2nd with a solid showing of his own
    • The rest of us were just left licking our wounds (and apparently ice cream cones over the course of the challenge based on our results)

F3 Flash – Shoulder the Burden

10 PAX took on the sub freezing temps of Union County for a workout that forced us to shoulder each other’s burdens.

Warmup

  • Quick lap around the Cuthbertson MS parking lot
  • SSH (IC) x 50
  • Imperial Walker (IC) x 20
  • Mountain Climber (IC) x 20
  • Downward Dawg calf stretching
  • Merkins (IC) x 20

The Thang

  • Mosey to school entrance
    • Partners – Total 200 dips – 1 partner dips / other partner runs circle / switch
    • Flutters waiting on 6
  • Mosey to HS steps (20 plank jacks en route)
    • Partners – wheel barrows up stairs / run to door / return to bottom / switch – 6 rounds
  • Head to the top of the stairs
    • Partners – 1 partner in peoples chair w/ overhead presses (AMRAP) / other partner runs to bottom of stairs and back
    • Plank waiting on 6
    • 10 count
  • Indian run around bus loop to MS awning
    • Partners – wheel barrow length of awning / both do 5 burpees / switch – 3 rounds
    • 10 count
  • Mosey to parking lot
    • Carolina Dry Docs to ensure shoulders are feeling good
    • Finish with Marry – heels to heaven / WWII sit up / American hammer / LBC / flutter / LBC / raised toe touches / 1-legged scissors / pistol LBC

Announcements

  • Fortitude tomorrow 5:30 – those interested can carpool from Cuthertson MS at 4:45
  • Sanctuary tonight – 7:30 @ Brooklyn Pizza – Studying James, chapter 2

Pray

Out

Swamp Thing

17 men endured the cold temps and inspiring music for a leg day that should make walking a joy.  This may be the 1st post where the music was unanimously applauded (at least when the speaker died…).

 

Warmup

  • Short mosey around parking lot
  • 30 SSH IC
  • 20 Imperial Walkers IC
  • 20 Mountain Climbers IC
  • Downward Dog / Calf Stretching

 

The Swamp Thang

  • Mosey around both schools to High School Entrance
    • 3 stops to wait for the 6 along the way – Planks, Cotton Pickers, Bomb Jacks while waiting
  • Station 1
    • 50 Box Jumps
    • Planks while waiting for 6
    • 50 Squats
    • Planks while waiting for 6
    • 50 Jump Lunges
    • Planks while waiting for 6
    • 50 Step Ups (each leg)
    • Planks while waiting for 6
    • 50 Calf Raises on Curb
    • Planks while waiting for 6
  • Mosey to Middle School Entrance
  • Station 2
    • 50 Heels to Heaven IC (civilian count – kind of)
    • 50 LBC IC (civilian count)
    • 50 Flutters IC (civilian count)
    • 50 Supermans IC (civilian count)
  • Mosey toward parking lot
  • ~50 yard lunges
  • ~50 yard reverse lunges
  • 1 lap around parking lot

 

Announcements

  • Sanctuary tonight – 7:30 at Brooklyn Pizza
  • Debbie’s house complete (round 1) – Still looking for funding for HVAC
  • Father / Daughter dance – Friday, 3/3 at Ballantyne CC (www.markthismoment.com)
  • OCR Training – Friday, 3/3 at Kinetic Heights (5:30am) – Talk to @F3Argonaut

Good Fella led pray

Out

Sprint Toward Super Bowl 51

9 men came out to earn their Super Bowl party nachos.  If you paid attention to the pre-blast, you knew we were paying tribute to Super Bowl 51, where #12 Tom Brady was sprinting toward ring #5.  That said, today’s workout should have been no surprise.

 

The Warm Up

51 Side Straddle Hops

12 Low Slow Squats
51 Mountain Climbers
5 Burpees
51 Imperial Walkers
5 Burpees
The Thang
  • Mosey to bench
  • Split into Teams of 2
    • 102 step ups (51 x 2)
    • Partner sprints to curb and back
  • Mosey to rail
  • 12 Windshield wipers
  • Spider-Man across bridge
  • Mosey to round-about
  • 5 Burpees
  • Mosey to track
  • 6 – 51 yard sprints / 5 burpees (winner exempt)
  • 1 recovery lap
  • 6 – 51 yard sprints / 5 burpees (winner exempt)
  • 1 recovery lap
  • Split into Teams of 3
    • Sideline-Sideline sprints (5 passes each each)
    • Opposite ends – merkins / LBC
  • Mosey to cinder block pile
  • Catch me if you can around building with 2 blocks
  • Partner does 12 merkins and chases
  • Mosey to parking lot via wood trail
  • 12 low slow squats
  • Mosey to corner / jail break home
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Welcome back to Popeye who has been sidelined for several weeks.  He expressed his gratitude for an easy sprint workout and how well rested he was from his time off throughout the morning.
Bottle Cap was representing the soon-to-be Super Bowl 51 champions by rocking his old school Patriot gear.  I always knew he had good taste!
As always, Frack used F3 as his warm up and headed to Planet Fitness to pick things up and put them down immediately after Coffee-teria.

16 for a 5 team Damascus Beating

Warm Up

– Light Mosey around parking lot

– 50 SSH

– 30 Mountain Climbers

– 1 Min Downward Dog

– Walking Spider Man Stretch

The Thang

– Mosey clockwise around middle school to front of building

– Teams of 3:

* 150 Squats

* 150 Merkins

* 150 LBC

* Alternating Sprints around parking circle

* People Chair when done / wait for 6

– Mosey to Hill and grab sandbag

– Teams of 3:

* 3 Sandbag Carries up / down hill

* Remaining teammates alternate Squat / Merkin / LBC / Burpees

– 2 50 Yard Sprints

* All but winner do 5 burpees

Circle Up / OUT

Notes¿

– Welcome back Doc McStuffins and Shop Dawg

– Stuffed Crust proved he’s can deliver by beating Doc, Hollywood, Bottlecap, and Transporter in 50 Yard head-to-head sprint showdown

– Shout out to Dirty Bird who keeps showing up and pounding it out

Damascus knocks us off the ass

Today was my Q but Damascus decided he wanted to step of his game and take the VQ,  this was no easy feat. He hit this week hard, Brave, Commitment, Thursday beat down at my house.  Pretty sure he was on his 6th straight day.  So here is the work out he led and planed while his 2.0 (not so 2.0) laughed and said it was going to crush it.

Warm up
side straddle hop (40)
merkin (15)
mountain climbers (30)
LBC (25 oyo)

The Thang:

Mosey to parking circle

Station one (partners)
partner 1 run runs a lap /partner 2 does merkins
Switch and repeat
partner 1 run runs a lap /partner 2 does squats
Switch and repeat
partner 1 run runs a lap /partner 2 does planks
Switch and repeat

Mosey through trail to the track

On the track alternate pull-ups (max) and LBCs (25) on one end 15 burpees on the other – total 4 laps
If you’re waiting for the pull-ups you do plank slaps

Mosey to bridge with partner
Wheelbarrows at the far side of the bridge to the top of the stairs

At the top of the stairs partners complete a total of 100 dips

Mosey to hill

5 Hill runs with 5 burpees at the bottom

Mosey back to the parking lot + jail break last 100 yards for stretch and end

Moleskin: (written by Transporter)  So Damascus and I chatted briefly last night about his maiden voyage. Told him not to sweat it, if he ran out of a work out plan, one of us would help him out.  Not the case, no help needed and clearly everyone got there work in.  I think Stuffed Crust thought he would walk circles around his Dad’s plan and MMMMM not so much, he got destroyed like the rest of us.  I think the wheelbarrows to the school pretty much used up the tank so the 5×5’s burbee’s on the  hill was a struggle for all of us! Nice work Damascus, I’m cooked! Also learned that F3 is cheaper than Fracks Zumba membership:)

 

Announcements:

Union County F3 Shirts – f3mudgear.com/products/f3-union-county-pre-order

F3 Sanctuary- 7:30 Westley Chapel Brooklyn Pizza  Book- Act Like men.. By James MacDonald Read Chapters 1-3

David Phelps- at First Baptist Church