24 PAX including two 2.0s (Iron and Ore) posted at Dromedary this morning, as usual I didn’t have a plan, but new that wanted to go hard on the chesticles with some running in between.
COP:
SSH IC about 30
Merkin IC x 10
Plank Jacks IC x 10
Moroccan Night Club IC x 20
Imperial Walker’s IC x 20
The thang:
Modified Jack Webb, holding the plank the whole time between exercises 1 Merkin 4 Mountain climbers , 2 Merkins 8 Mountain Climbers…….all the way up to 10 merkins and 40 Mountain Climbers.
Mosey to the benches at the MS cafeteria, 5 Derkins, 10 Step Ups, 15 Dips, sprint around the track and back to benches.
Another modified Jack Webb this time from standing inch worm to plank 1 Merkin, inch worm back to standing then 4 dips, then 2 merkins/8 dips… al the way up to 10/40.
Repeat the 5 Derkins, 10 Step Ups and 15 Dips followed by another lap and back to benches.
Decided to give a break to the chest for a few minutes and did some Jack Wabs 1 Hills to Heaven/4 LBCs, 2 Hills to Heaven/8 LBCs……All the way up to 10 Hills to Heaven/40 LBCs
Mosey to far end of field PAX formed a small circle and did what started it all the classic Jack Webbs 1 Merkin/4 Air Presses all the way up to 10Merkin/40 Air presses.
Mosey back to start for some SSH and finished with 15 Diamond Merkins.
The Moleskin:
We had a great group of men this morning, solid effort by everyone, this was a very challenging workout, probably first time at any AO that 4 different variations of Jack Webb’s are done in a single workout. We did 200 Merkins as well as many triceps workouts, didn’t hear much complaining at all but have to say that the regular complainers did not attend this morning. And this was probably my first Q with less than 2 miles, actually my watch recorded 1.3 miles.
Thank you Run Flat and Goodfella for giving me the opportunity to lead, and thank you for continuing to build this site up.
Announcements:
Sand Box project on July 21st, woodworking to build furniture Shop Dog will be your QIC.
Thank you Goodfella for taking us out.
Have a great week brothers,
Doc
15 PAX posted at The Matrix this morning, this was my first post and Q at the Matrix, since I was unfamiliar with the geography of the AO decided to improvise rather than plan it, but off course had to go to a few of my go to exercises.
COP:
Gave the proper disclaimer and mosey to the back of the school behind the soccer fields.
SSH IC about 30
Merkin IC x 10
Plank Jacks IC x 10
Merkin IC x 10
6 inch Plank Jacks IC x 10
Imperial Walker’s IC x 20
LBC IC x 20
The thang:
Mosey to the front of the school and did some plank work/merkins using the wall. Facing the wall x 20, feet on the wall x 10. Heard some complaining and mumble chatter at this point.
Mosey to play ground, partnered up, as a team do 100 pull-ups, with one partner running at a time to the end of the parking lot behind soccer field and back and switch.
Was going to do Jack Webb’s, but after giving the instructions for it decided to do some Plank Webb’s instead, it went like this:
Gave disclaimer before starting that this is to failure, and plank is the rest position, told the PAX that for every time I see someone not following the instructions and resting in any other manner I would add 10 burpees to the next exercise.
Pax gather in small circle holding the plank for the entire exercise. Start with plank position, do 1 merkin and 4 shoulder taps, then 2 merkins and 8 shoulder taps, then 3 merkins and 12 shoulder taps……..all the way up to 10 merkins and 40 shoulder taps. Gave notice before hand that this exercise is to failure, you fail, you shake it off and get back into it, Plank is the resting position. I think this group really hates burpees because I saw people really pushing themselves to hold the plank when they needed a rest from the merkins and shoulder taps, excellent work.
Then we did Jack Wabs, same concept but replacing Merkins with Heels to Heaven and Shoulder Taps with LBCs.
After this we did Dip Webbs?, can’t think of a better name, did it on the curve due to the lack of half walls or enough benches, same concept as the Plank Webb’s above but replacing the Merkins with walk out merkins (Go from standing position, keeping your feet in place, walk out with your hands to a plank position do a merkin walk back with your hands to a standing position) and replaced the shoulder taps with Dips working our way all the way to 10/40.
Still had some time left so we did:
SSH IC x 20
Moroccan Night Club IC x 20
Plank Jacks IC x 20
6 inch Plank Jacks IC x 20
Flutter IC x 40
The Moleskin:
We had a great group of men this morning, I hope everyone got a decent workout and can feel it later today, decided not to do much running, since they were so many fast runners present this morning, and go heavy on the chesto instead.
Thank you Squid for taking us out.
Have a great week brothers,
Doc
Almost missed my very first Q at the Floater, overslept a little and was rushing to get there on time, pull in the parking lot about 5:27 and there was nobody, I thought that maybe the WUC Pax got scared and were hiding/fart sacking, but then about 5:29 6 guys arrive and off we went.
Mosey down the hill on Church Street, the attending PAX were dragging way behind YHC at a very slow pace, I realised then that they like to chat as they warm up into a gentle mosey, so YHC decided to give them that and slowed down. Stopped at a parking lot near the intersection of Church and 16 for COP.
COP:
Gave the proper disclaimer
Did some SSH IC about 20
Imperial Walker’s IC x 20
The thang:
Plank Webb’s it went like this:
Pax gather in small circle holding the plank for the entire exercise. Start with plank position, do 1 merkin and 4 shoulder taps, then 2 merkins and 8 shoulder taps, then 3 merkins and 12 shoulder taps……..all the way up to 10 merkins and 40 shoulder taps. Gave notice before hand that this exercise is to failure, you fail, you shake it off and get back into it, Plank is the resting position. I have to say that from all the times I have done this exercise when Qing this group has been the one that had pushed the hardest so far, no one was slacking or taking long breaks, good work!!!
Then we did Jack Wabs, same concept but replacing Merkins with Heels to Heaven and Shoulder Taps with LBCs.
Next we did 10 of each, Merkins, Wide Arm Merkins, Diamond Merkins then run back to the water tower stopping at every light and doing 5 Jump Squats I think there were about 15 lights. Mosey around the corner next to Black Chicken and stopped at the side walk that has a short wall here I introduced the PAX to something that can be call Dip Webbs maybe?, same concept as the Plank Webb’s above but replacing the Merkins with walk out merkins (Go from standing position, keeping your feet in place, walk out with your hands to a plank position do a merkin walk back with your hands to a standing position) and replaced the shoulder taps with Dips working our way all the way to 10/40.
Mosey to the front of the brewery here we started with 10 of each, Merkins, Wide Arm Merkins and Diamond Merkins then do Triple Nickel 5 LBCs at bottom, run to top of the bridge do 5 Merkins repeat 5 times.
Had some time left so decided to finish with Burpees IC x 30. Then run back to start for COT.
The Moleskin:
Proud of this group today everyone pushed hard and they worked to failure with little rest and got back to it as soon as they were ready, besides the mosey in the beginning there was no mumble chatter at all which makes me feel accomplished.
Announcements:
Christina Latini Memorial 8K, 2 Mile Walk and Virtual Run Benefiting Operation Sweet Tooth. Sign up and support our brother Olive and his family.
Third F Open Door on Sundays at a Five Stones Church on Cuthbertson Road.
Thank you Moneyball for taking us out.
Have a great weekend brothers,
Doc
This morning I truly didn’t know what to expect in terms of attendance, there were some strong Qs all over south Charlotte, leaders who I respect and when they Q I try not to miss them because they can put together some epic beat downs. At the same time I felt pressure to put together something special for whoever showed up so they didn’t regret their decision to post to my Q at Cerberus.
Talking about Cerberus, what a perfect location, right on the boundaries of 3 of the best regions of F3 land, a place where Area 51, SOB and UC blend together and we become one region to support each other and push through the pain to better ourselves.
We had 9 men show up this morning to try to tame the three headed dog from hell. The fight went like this:
Mosey and run a lap down and passed Whole foods to the end of the parking land, then going back toward launching spot, where each PAX picked a 50 pound sand bag, then mosey to the parking deck for COP:
SSH IC x 20
Plank Jacks IC x 20
Merkins IC x 20
Squats Civilian count x 20
The thang:
Grab sand bag and run to top of parking deck using the ramps, at the top do 5 sand bag burpees, instead of a jump at the end of the burpee bring sand bag over head instead. Then do SSH IC while waiting for the six.
Use stairs to go back down to first level with sand bag.
Grab sand bag run again to top of parking deck using the ramps, this time doing 10 thrusters with sand bag, once again bringing sand bag over head. People’s chair and did 40 jabs IC while waiting on the six.
Stairs down to first level with sand bag.
At the bottom of the steps do OYO 10 Merkins, 10 Wide Arm Merkins, 10 Diamond Merkins, 10 Staggered Right Merkins, 10 Staggered Left Merkins, grab sand bag, up to top level again this time using stairs, et the top do 5 over the bag burpees, and 5 sand bag thrusters. This time did some Mary while waiting on the six.
At this point I decided to introduce Cerberus to an exercise that I recently adopted, is kind of a Jack Webbs variation, where you hold the plank the entire time you are doing the exercise, start with 1 merkin followed by 4 shoulder taps increasing by one merkin and 4 shoulder taps each cycle until completing 10 Merkins and 40 Shoulder Taps, by the end of this chest and shoulders were on fire. Interestingly during this part of the workout some of the PAX where begging to go back to run the ramps with the sand bags, which I took as positive feedback for this exercise, so definitely a keeper.
Grab sand bag, go down the stairs to the first level for some Mary, still had about 6-7 minutes left, so decided to finish with another sprint to the top with the sand bag and as in the first round do 5 burpees at the top.
Head back down using stairs and head back to launch point for COT.
The Moleskin:
Honored to lead this group today, I was proud of every single one of the PAX, we run almost 2.5 miles with a sand bag up and down the parking deck and not a single time anyone put the sand bag down while going up or down the parking deck.
Alf had a strong lead throughout, followed closely by Transporter and Turkey Leg, YHC was somewhere there in between. Prohibition also had a strong performance pushing though, Das Boot the late arrival got to Cerberus just in time to grab a sand bag and do some work. Snowflake strong performance as always. Kirby and Cheddar stuck together and showed those sand bags who tha boss is.
Announcement
Brolympics coming February 24th, sign up, as competitor or volunteer.
Run Jen Run 5 K March 3rd at Symphony Park.
Richard Sheltra 5K-10K March 15th Pineville.
Thank you Transporter for taking us out.
12 men posted on this cold December morning for the 2 year anniversary of #F3Impromptu.
This workout originated in my garage while I lived in Lawson, It started by being a gear only workout, using various free weights, as well as rower, pull-up bar, jump box, slam balls, sand bags, etc, we started with Transporter, Dasher and Frack, then more wanted to join to the point that I couldn’t fit any more guys in my garage so we decided to move it to Cuthbertson Middle School and make it an official F3 workout, soon we had between 10-15 guys, shortly after we had a solid 20 guys posting for a gear workout that transitioned to a boot camp due to the number of people posting that made it challenging to provide gear for all.
This morning I pulled out of my garage and noticed there was a gentle drizzle on this 40+ degree weather, as I drive into the Cuthbertson campus I don’t see any cars in the usual parking spot, instead I see a few cars parked as close to the front entrance awning as possible and see a few guys running from their cars for cover as it was raining acid.
After a short disclaimer we did COP, it went like usual, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Merkins (At this point probably I already commented on somebody’s bad form), Plank Jacks, I think some LBCs were done too, some more plank jacks.
The Main Event:
Cant really remember what we did since I usually do no planning before my Qs (There you have UC’s best kept secret), and also for the fact that I did the first paragraph of the BB, my ADD kicked in and then forgot about it/ ignore it on purpose due to BC constant harassment asking for the BB. I recall the workout was brutal, we did a lot of chest and shoulder exercises , heard a lot of grunting, also some complaining about running exposed to the elements in between sets (At this point there was no precipitation and temp was close to 50 degrees). I think at this point I called somebody a P***y, commented again a few more times about someone’s poor form probably BC or Foundation. Then 6:15 am arrived and we were done.
The Mole Skin:
Thank you again for the opportunity to lead this group of men, thank you Bottle Cap and Hollywood for your leadership at Impromptu and all the effort that you put making this a great AO. I also appreciate our site Qs from our Western UC F3 Posse, Gator Cub and Foundation I guess Frack too (He was absent this day), and talking of leadership I cannot forget to mentionTransporter, I met him at my first F3 workout and he has become quite the leader of our group. Recalculating is a regular, I think from the guys I EHd he is the one that posts the most and not just on Group Me (RIP). Rockwell strong performance as always, he also doesn’t miss many workouts. Dough Boy I am glad he joined F3, I tried to EH him a few times a while back and he politely ignored me, I am glad he found someone with better marketing for F3. And Radar, this guy drives from Monroe to workout with us, proud of you brother, maybe we should learn from him and try to every one in a while post at AOs beyond the 2 mile radius from your house.
There were some announcements, probably Christmas Party, something about Posse pushing a convergence….
Thank you again for your support brother, SYITG
Doc
12 of SOBs finest gather this morning for a workout led by YHC. I spent some time the night before looking at some previous BBs, looking for ideas, and decided to do a combination of some of the previous The Brave workouts I have attended as well as other SOB and UC workouts, targeting to fulfill the 3-4 mile requirement but also be able to do some challenging work.
It went like this:
COP (Abbreviated version)
20 SSH IC
30 Mountain climbers IC
Mosey to the pond by Rushmore Dr., gather at the bottom of the hill, start with 10 Merkins, 10 wide arm Merkins, 10 Diamond Merkins, run a round the pond, return to the bottom of the hill run to top and touch the bushes behind first tree, run back down to bottom of hill and do 5 burpees, repeat for the next 3 trees, doing 5 burpees at the bottom each time, once finished run around the pond again and finished with 10 Merkins, 10 Wide Arm Merkins and 10 Diamond Merkins, then do some Mary (flutter) while waiting for the PAX to finish.
No rest and mosey to the Bull Ring, stop at main entrance, plank while waiting on the pax, partner up, run around the Bull Ring stopping at each building entrance partner 1 planks, partner 2 planks by putting feet on partner 1’s back and do 20 Merkins, switch and repeat, finishing back at the entrance. (80 Derkins per PAX total)
Did some more Mary while waiting on PAX to finish.
Mosey to Loch Ness, gathered at first building then:
Run 1 lap around Loch Ness, then stop and first building and do 10 Derkins, run to second building do 10 Step ups/box jumps, run to benches and do 10 Dips.
Run 2 Laps then at first building do 20 Derkins, run to second building and do 20 step ups/box jumps, run to benches and do 20 Dips
Run 3 Laps around Loch Ness, then at first building do 30 Derkins, run to second building and do 30 Step ups/ box jumps, run to benches and do 30 dips.
At this point we were running out of time so we gather the PAX at the first building, then mosey back to start point, still a couple of minutes left did some flutter, Dolly, Hills to Heaven and……DONE!.
Moleskin:
Thank you gentlemen for the opportunity to lead, this is my second Q at The Brave and felt that I had to redeem my self from the previous Q I did, since at the time I didn’t quite grasp the concept of a workout at The Brave, and people didn’t really appreciate the Burpee Fest.
Everyone pushed hard, Mario and Laronda were at the front through out the workout, strangely Thin Mint, Frasier and Haggis were at the back for most of the workout I think saving the legs for the Isabella Santos the next day, although Thin Mint took the lead at Loch Ness and I am pretty sure he lapped me and then some more. Fire Hazard strong as always stayed with Frasier I think also conserving energy to push a chariot the next day.
Lex Luthor and Fallout strong performance pushing through.
Madam Tussauds, Nardog and Soft Pretzel my BRR buddies showed their legs are still strong from all the BRR training.
Announcements:
Isabella Santos 5K next day.
Susan G Komen 5K Next Saturday morning
SOB Christmas Party December 16th, save the date.
Something about Poker.
Can’t remember anything else.
Coffeteria afterwards at Einstein’s Bagel
13 men weren’t not afraid of this Friday the 13th workout and posted at The Brave.
Mosey to the Parking lot behind Einstein’s Bagels
Short COP:
50 SSH IC
15 Merkins IC
30 Imperial Walkers IC
Mosey to the bottom level of the parking deck at the Ballantyne Village, 10 merkins at each recess, alternating running forward on a ramp then backwards on the next, till we made it to the top level.
At that point broke the news that we were not going to do an AMRAP which I believe is a staple at The Brave, there was some mumbling among the PAX and MT was mentioned a few times. Then we got to work. Did a mini Burpee Marathon doing 12 Burpees every minute for 13 minutes, with a total of 156 burpees in the 13 minutes, was aiming for 15 minutes but decided to stop at 13 since this specific exercise didn’t seem to be a crowd pleaser. I got this idea from Ice9, the first time he made us do this in UC I thought that it was so simple yet effective yet brutal.
Mosey through Ballantyne Village got on Ballantyne Commons and ran to the intersection with Ballantyne Place and used one of the parking decks, at each recess 20 LBC, alternating running forward and backwards at the ramps until making it all the way to the top.
Did some Mary:
15 Flutter IC
15 Sit Ups IC
15 Dolly IC
15 LBC IC
15 Sit Ups IC
15 Bicycle IC
15 Sit Ups IC
Planked it out facing the wall and did a 5 position exercise it went like this: hand on the wall, other hand on the wall while holding the plank, hand to the ground, other hand to the ground, then do a Merkin = 1 rep, did this 15 times IC
Peoples Chair, and did 30 air presses IC
Plank facing away from the wall and did donkey kicks followed by a Merkin, did 10 reps IC.
Mosey down to the ground level and headed back to the starting point, caught up to Mario and Stump Hugger that had a head start, did some SSH at the 521 intersection while waiting for the light to change, then mosey back to the Vine Restaurant for COT.
Moleskin:
Thank you for the opportunity to lead, what a great AO and group of men. This was my first SOB Q, and to be honest I was little nervous, since this are the common grounds for some of the F3 beasts I worked out with in the past.
Thank you Thin Mint for the invitation, and SOB men for your support.
Also I appreciate the support of my UC brothers Goodfella, Hollywood and Stump Hugger that showed up for my Q, I guess I should also include Argonaut in this group since he has become a little more UC lately.
Announcements:
Savage Race in May, Tolkien’s madness has spread through the SOB land, and it seems they are all replacing the Ultimate Mud Run for The Savage, but some may be doing both?. Since this is the first time some F3 PAX will officially participate in this race is not clear yet how everything is going to go down in terms of competition, Teams, individual, etc. Also discount coupons for F3 will be coming in the future.
Saturday January 21st, Convergence for the one year anniversary of DaVinci, multiple AOs will converge there including Stone Henge and Commitment, DaVinci starts at 6:30 am at the Chick Fil A in Blakeney, intersection of Rea Road and Ardrey Kell.
Thank you Mario for taking us out.
6 Brave men didn’t fear the 22 degree weather and got out of their warm cozy fart sacs to post in the gloom at Weddington High School.
It went like this:
COP
50 SSH IC
5 burpees
30 Imperial Walkers IC
5 Burpees
40 Mountain climbers IC
5 burpees
20 Squats IC
5 Burpees
15 Merkens
Mosey around the school to the first court yard:
20 Step ups
20 Derkens
20 Dips
Rinse and repeat
5 Burpees on your own
Mosey to the second courtyard
Peoples Chair Right leg up and 20 shoulder presses IC
Peoples Chair Left Leg up and 20 shoulder presses IC
20 Step ups with high knee at the top with right foot on bench, the switch and repeat with left foot on bench.
20 one leg squat with one foot on the bench IC, repeat with other leg.
Mosey to the back of the high school stopped at the bottom of the steps, the PAX asked if we were doing Sevens or Elevens, YHC had in mind something a little different:
Run to the benches at the top of the steps do 50 Dips, run back to the bottom and do 25 Merkens.
Run to the top again and do 50 Dips, run back to the bottom and do 15 Diamond Merkens.
Run to the top once more and do 50 Dips, run back to the bottom and do 10 Wide arm merkens.
5 Merkens on your own.
Mosey to the snack shack plank it out facing the wall and did a 5 position exercise it went like this: hand on the wall, other hand on the wall while holding the plank, hand to the ground, other hand to the ground, merken = 1 rep did this 10 times IC
Peoples Chair, and did 30 air presses and 30 jabs IC
Plank facing the wall again and repeated the exercise 10 reps IC
Did some SSH IC to see if would help me feel my fingers again… it didn’t.
Mosey to the rock pile and did peoples chair while waiting on the PAX, too cold for rocks, at this point I had no sensation of my fingers, mosey to the front of the school for some Mary:
50 LBC, 30 Bicycle, 20 Heels to heaven.
5 Burpees
Ran a lap around the parking lot
Grabbed some short wall and 50 dips IC, then did high knee step ups again 20 each leg IC and followed with 30 DIPS IC.
More Mary:
50 LBC IC
30 Flutter IC
20 Bicycle IC
Ran another lap around the parking lot
And then did Burpees IC for the last 2 minutes left, I think we did about 17 of them.
Moleskin:
Thank you for the opportunity to lead again, it was a great workout with quite a bit of emphasis on chest and triceps, definitely going to feel it for a few days. Everyone push hard today, besides some frozen fingers I think we managed to stay pretty warm. I have to say that I was surprised by Shop Dog’s speed today in one of the sprints around the parking lot, when he turns on the jets that man can move fast!!, but actually I am not surprised since this is not the first time I have seen him move this fast, in the past YHC had to get out of the way a few times for fear to get ran over, while Shop Dog flies by with his “Yell of war”.
Popeye has been regaining his speed, he has been spending most of his time recently lifting heavy, sacrificing some speed in the process, but if I ever get in a bar fight I want him by my side, also today when YHC’s hands were freezing he offered his personal warming “space” which YHC kindly declined since I really like my gloves and don’t want to have to burn them.
Bottle Cap always pushes hard throughout the workouts and his gains in speed and strengths are evident. And I think he was inclined to take Popeye’s offer to keep his hands warm.
Good Fella is one of the newer additions to F3 but he is fast and strong and looks like he has been doing this for years.
Snowflake was a beast as always, could hear some deep grunting coming from him while he was pushing his way though the workout, he also declined Popeye’s offer but I think I heard him say “not today”, which is smart since winter is coming you never know how cold it will get.
Thank you BC for taking us out, did some Cafeteria afterwards.