2 men wanted that extra 15 minutes of hard work today and joined YHC for a stroll around campus. DICCS
Warm Up
Mosey past HS around to bottom of street next to the track.
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC; Mountain Climbers x 10 IC, Plank Jacks x10 IC, Merkins x20 IC, Peter Parkers x10 IC, Merkins X 10
Thang
Rock Work:
Mosey to large HS Parking lot
Grab Lifting rock-run to first line with rock, 5 Thrusters, leave the rock, run back to start, take rock to next line, 10 thrusters, repeat to next line 15 thrusters, next line 20 thrusters, next line 25 thrusters
On the way back, same thing but with Curls
Intermssion-LBC x40 IC, V-ups x10 IC
Repeat-This time with presses, then burpees with rocks (rockies)-Only 5 each line with the burpees
Express work:
Mosey to poop path-plank work, 6 inches, etc.
T pace run up to the bench path-recover back
T pace run up to the end of the street-recover back
T pace run around the loop to the staircase
Continue back to path-Merkins x 20, Supines x 20, Merkins x 10, Supines x 20
One final sprint back up the hill, frog jump through the overhang, back to start-20 merkins while waiting
Moleskin
Can’t be hiding in the pack or dogging it when there is only three out there. The small group is a good test and in a way more mental than physical as it feels as if the other guys will definitely notice if you let up at all. The extra 15 minutes is always a bonus as well. Look, my take is that if you’re going to voluntarily wake up before 5, might as well get your money’s worth and head over early for the extra pain.
Premature must love the pain cause he has been a regular 60 minute man lately. Dude was killing it when he wasn’t telling me how sore his legs were from a week of tough Qs (I wasn’t listening anyway). Always pushing himself. Always without a shirt.
And Chicken Little seems to periodically (but not enough) like to get out of his comfort zone and venture out to the Swarm. Felt a little bad for him, not because of the workout but because with just the two of us, he had nobody else to talk to. But he tore up those hills as well.
Good day, no complaints and somehow managed a nice 4.5 mi. sweatfest
Announcements
See Impromptu
No Moseying…..DICC’s given and let’s begin.
Warm up
20 x SSH
20 imperial walkers
Various stretches for the “respects”
The Thang
Tabata style workout. Do each exercise for 45 seconds with 10 second break in between. Rinse and repeat x 6 rounds. Here are the original exercises we did but It got to repetitive after 3 rounds, so I started adding different exercises. We also did dips, merkins, flutters, skull crushers.
Exercise 1 Curls
Exercise 2: overhead press
Exercise 3: squats
Exercise 4: bench press
Exercise 5: 1 arm rows
Exercise 6: coupon swings
Exercise 7: elbow plant
Next we did a 10-1 ladders. Start with 10 of each exercise. Burpees, big Boi’s, merkins, squats. Then do 9 of each, 8 of each…ect… until you get to 1 of each.
Done!
The Moleskin
First time Q’ing Diesel was a success! Thanks guys for letting me lead. I hope I made it worth your while to wake up that early. And based on the Q’s that are lined up below in the announcements, tomorrow might be a good day to take off.
Announcements:
Quick Disclaimer, more for YHC than anyone else due to lack of posting over last couple months.
Quick mosey to campus and up to the top level of the deck for some COP.
IW x 10 in cadence
Low Slow Squats x 10 in cadence
Slow Merkins x 10 in cadence
Mosey down the stairs
The Thang:
Strider work to get the legs properly warmed up
50 % sprint 50 yards down and back
But Kickers down – High knees back
Carioca facing right, down and back (had to look up how to spell that and evidently it is also called grapevine)
4 Corners (modified due to construction work – much apologies clover for not properly reconing the AO)
Round 1 – 5 diamond pushups, run down other end of field, 10 diamond pushups, back corner next to scoreboard – 15 diamond pushups, then back new the cop cars – 20 diamond pushups – back to start
Round 2 (slight modification) – run down to far end – 5 jump squats, scoreboard – 10 jump squats, back to cop cars – 15 jump squats, back to launch – 20 jump squats.
Mosey over to bottom of ramp
Hill Sprints
Big Hill
AYG to top of long ramp, followed by 5 jump squats jumping up as high as you can. Walk back to bottom to recover – Rinse and Repeat x 3
Small Hill
AYG to top of short ramp (half way up big ramp), followed by 5 jump squats jumping up as high as you can. Walk back to bottom to recover – Rinse and Repeat x 3
Mosey to brick circle
Bench Work
10 step-ups per leg
10 dips
10 derkins
Rinse and repeat x 2
Mosey back to launch
Six Mins of Mary (actually more like 3)
Flutter x 25 in cadence
High Plank / Right Arm High / Left Arm High / Regular for total 90 seconds
Done
NMM:
Great turnout today. And the humidity did not disappoint. Cooler temps are great, but 98% humidity still makes it tough to breath.
This was YHC’s second post since the world went crazy and it was much needed to have such a great group of guys join YHC – YHC has missed the gloom more than realized.
Everyone was getting after it today. Found out that not only can Snuka run for days, but for an old guy he is pretty fast. Lorax is crazy fast and was making the hill sprints look too easy – YHC may be a weight vest for him next time.
YHC was impressed by how hard everyone was working on the hill sprints – no sand baggers today. They are sneaky hard and you may be feeling them later. You are welcome.
And thanks to the boys in blue who decided to provide extra incentive to the workout with the threat to arrest anyone who was last. Not sure if they knew someone or were just use to seeing the F3 crowd around campus. Nice to know they do appreciate what we do.
Welcome FNG Mayday – the workouts won’t get easier but you will get better. Keep coming out.
Thanks again men for allowing YHC to lead you around in the gloom this am. It is both an honor and privilege. Thanks Mermaid and Margo for asking and for your leadership.
Hops – thanks for the great takeout – saying things we are all thinking and need to hear.
Announcements:
Nothing to report – probably can start signing up for the Christmas Party soon or something.
Stay Safe
Champagne Out.
Drive By “ME” was the new chef in town cooking up a dinner for 14 PAX with two FNG’s Dinger and Suds. 16 in total. Welcome Dinger and Suds! It was great to do my first VQ
Warm Up in Cadence
The Thang
A good combination of Rock Pile workouts with some ABS. 1.6 miles of running. Starting with a Mosey to a shaded rock pile on hole number 7
Rock Pile by 7
Mosey to
Push Ups /Air Press Latter @Rudy’s Shed
Mosey to
Bus Central Counted by different PAX
Mosey to
Rock Pile by Rudy’s Shed
Mosey to
Patio
Mosey to
Rock Pile by 7
Mosey to the path back to COT
Each Light Pole
One final run to the front of the middle school and back
The Moleskine
It was a great workout, it was also great to get my first Q done. I learned counting is not easy. Thank you for the advise on counting FuseBox and Lou
Announcements
Blood Drive in October
Slack Saturday morning Workouts
For my 48th Q Sorry, that was the beginning of last BB that I had to ghost write. I wont tell you who for though. Danger was in the air this morning in Downtown Waxhaw as it was extra foggy this morning. The plan was to not cross any of the main roads as a result. So lets see if we can inflict some pain by staying around COT.
Mosey to downtown and hang a right and head over to Center Grove Baptist Church
Warm up
20 x SSH
15 imperial walkers
15 Mountain Climbers
Various stretches for the “respects”
The Thang
Start at Center Grove Church: 20 Bobby Hurley’s and then run over to Amazing Grace Lutheran Church for 20 walking lunges. Rinse and repeat until you completed 3 times.
Mosey over to new apartments at KJH for some 4 corners. Start in the center of the parking lot with a Burpee and run to a corner. Complete the exercise and return to middle for another Burpee. Repeat until you hit all 4 corners.
Corner 1: 20 Big Boi’s
Corner 2: 20 Flutters (2 is 1)
Corner 3: 20 Big Boi’s
Corner 4: 20 flutters (2 is 1)
Head over to KJH. Start at bottom of hill and run to top. There were 5 cones set up between the bottom of the hill and the top. Do a burpee at cone #1 and return to bottom of hill for 10 T-Merkins. Do 2 burpees at cone #2 and return to bottom of hill for 10 T-Merkins. Keep with that theme until you end up doing 5 burpees at the top of the hill.
Mosey over to the wall next to COT for 20 Mike Tysons….DONE!
The Moleskin
Thanks to a great group of guys who joined me way too early this morning to run around Waxhaw. I hope I made it worth your while to wake up that early. And based on the Q’s that are lined up below in the announcements, tomorrow might be a good day to take off.
Announcements:
**Posted on behalf of Queen**
21 Pax gathered on a lovely, but humid morning to tackle the beast known as Hydra. I promised several that we would have no burpees, but a ton of merkins. Here’s how it went:
COP
Brief disclaimer and off to the bus lot.
SSH X 25
Imperial Walkers X 20
Low Slow Squats X 15
Slow Merkins X 12
The Workout:
Mosey over to Knightswood. Run to the stop sign doing 12 merkins at each light post (7 light posts).
Mosey down to the bottom of the hill on Bedfordshire. Partner up for ½ pipe. Partner 1 goes to the top of one hill and does 12 air squats, partner two the other way and does 8 Dry Docks. Meet down at the bottom for 10 merkins. Repeat for 4 sets (2 each hill).
Mosey over to Queensbury. Run down Queensbury until it dead ends into Lancer, doing either 10 merkins or 16 air squats at each light post (about 12 light posts).
Mosey over to Dulverton. Run up Dulverton, once we got to the driveway with the American flag, lung walk to the next driveway and then continue running (or walking) to the top of the hill.
Head up Bedfordshire, then down the Foxworth hill. Then do triple nickel (5 air squats at bottom, 5 merkins the top), 5 sets.
Cut up through the woods and back to the launch. No time left for Mary.
Moleskin:
I do apologize for getting everybody back to launch at about 7:01. I’ve ragged on many a Q for running late so I am feeling a little hypocritical.
Great work from Proehl and Amber who were upfront. Geraldo, and Sling Shot also kept up well. Actually, this was a brutal workout, hats off to everybody, even if you had to walk part of it. The humidity didn’t make it any easier.
My favorite part was when Proehl was doing extra credit on the half pipe and was about 30 yards behind us when I called out to head over to Queensbury. Someone said that we needed to wait up for Proehl. Um, yeah, right. Ah, he’s going to be quite capable of catching up to us.
The lunge walks were in front of my neighbor’s house. He’s never done a F3 workout, but we’ve been trying to get him out for years. He’s a beast. Part of his workout routine is doing lunge walks up and down the street with a weighed vest. I had to take a pic of the group during that part to let him know that we lunge walked in his honor.
Thanks to Gummy and Sprockets for the opportunity to lead this morning.
(Pre-Disclaimer: Speed Bump’s typing skills are developing so he wrote his back blast and I am typing it up for him. Also, the workout was 100% designed by him and this is after his original plan was not working out last night and he had to create something new.)
Today was my first official Q.
For today I made a wheel of unfortunate pain with 8 different exercises.
I cut out and made a wheel, colored it, and labeled it with exercises.
When I tested it yesterday it was off balance and landed on “triceps extensions x 10” every time.
I didn’t think that would go over very well so I made a new plan last night.
Don’t worry, my wheel of unfortunate pain will be there for my next Q.
The stars were out, moon was full and bright, and great weather this morning.
There were 23 this morning. Most were for Chiseled, some were for MASH.
DiCCS were given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety) about 90 second before 5:30.
Mosey to the cinderblocks for those who needed one, mosey back to start
Warm-up:
The Thang:
Mosey back to Start
Done!
MOLESKIN:
Good job Glidah and Deadwood. I gave the chain of pain to Glidah
I like F3 because it is fun and all the guys are funny. I also like F3 because I just like to workout.
I like to go to F3 because I like to hang out with other people and most of all the F3 guys are the best of all to hang out with.
That is all for Speedbump’s first Q
DiCCS + proper social distancing
Warm-up
Mosey around the school to the back entrance of the HS. Planked while waiting for everyone to catch up.
SSH x 15 IC
MTC x 15 IC
Plank Shoulder taps x 15 IC
Plank Jack x 15 IC
The Thang
Mosey to the side cove of the MS for 3 rounds of people chair jabs x 15 IC and shoulder press x 15 IC. Then we did 3 rounds of feet on the wall shoulder taps x 15 IC and 15 Big Boy sit ups x 15.
We finished heading around the MS to the HS student parking lot for 2019 IPC week 0 workout.
24 Merkins
24 Squats
48 single count lunges
Run 400 meters
Rinse and repeat 6 times
Headed back to COT for some killer Mary
10 American Hammers IC
10 V-Ups IC
10-Big Boys IC
Rinse and repeat 2.5 times
Moleskin
Great workout by the PAX today. Not many are fans of the pre-IPC workouts I’ve been leading the last couple weeks. If we don’t push ourselves, we won’t get any better. Typically, don’t get out to Dromadary as much as I would like so it was good to see some different PAX members.
Announcements
Open Door
8:00am Saturday and Sunday via Zoom
7:30 Sunday in person (see Bottlecap for details)
2nd F at Old Meck Brewery 8/15 7:00 pm
Labor Day 1-year anniversary convergence 9/7 at Cuthbertson Middle School
Time and details will be out shortly
9 pax showed up at Calvary at 0600 for another episode of everyone’s favorite Wednesday (gear) workout. Wild Turkey showed up early for jump rope and Unplugged did the same for some yoga to stretch out the back.
The warm up consisted of the usual: 20 SSH and 15 IW.
The main event went like this:
Repeato for 5 rounds – on round 4, we did all 50 swings, then the rows, squats, merkins, and presses to keep it interesting.
2 x waiter carries (out with your weak side for :30, back with your strong side for :30) with 1:00 rest in between.
Mary: 1:00 each of (i) elbow plank, (ii) hollow body hold, and (iii) glute bridge. :30-1:00 of rest in between exercises.
Time!
Thanks to WT for the takeout.
Announcements:
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