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Workout w/Singing Frogs in the Background

It was a beautiful July morning and 9 PAX showed up to get in a workout before Hurricane Elsa arrives. The chirping and moaning frogs seemed to be extra loud today but gladly, no one complained. DiCCS given and away we go…..

The Warm-Up:

Mosey up to the Five Stones entrance and return to the parking lot. Circle up for some warm-up exercises all in 1-2-3 cadence: Sidestraddle Hop x 20, Moroccan Night Club x, 20, Speed Skaters, x20, Imperial Walkers x 2o Calfstretchers and Pantsrippers. 

 

The Thang:

While one partner functions as the timer (run backward up Mt. Chiseled and back), the other partner begins the exercises.  Each exercise is done “as many as you can” style one at a time until the timing partner returns triumphantly over Mt. Chiseled.  The exercises included all of the following. Merkens, LBCs, Curls (21s w/ coupon), American Hammers, Low Slow Squats (w/ coupon), Diamond Merkens, Shoulder Press (w/ coupon), Bobby Hurleys and ending with Kettle Bell swings. Everyone done real good with Rockwell and Recalculating leading the pack.

At precisely 6:05 am,  we are back doing a rifle carry of coupons back to the original starting point. Next, each PAX gets to choose their exercise of choice for the group. After some more grueling lifting of coupon blocks and jumping on them thanks to Fuse. Poor Loafer did not get to play this fun game as time expired just before his turn. 

 

Moleskin

My 2nd Q is now complete! Thanks to everyone for the inspiration and support. I will say that it was much easier the 2nd time. Thanks to our site leaders Loafer & Exlax for inspiring me to get out and lead a workout.

Cool Kids @ Q School

#DICCS
(Disclaimer, Cell Phone, CPR, Safety)

#Warm Up
Minimal warm-up given the different objectives of the day but we did break a sweat.

#The Thang

Very informative session and revealed many things I was not previously aware of. The material covered will be super helpful for all those that have not lead a workout yet.

– Cadence and leading an exercise in cadence discussion. Not as easy as you might think.
– From here we went through several scenarios and workout options
– Picking up the 6
– Leading the pax when you aren’t in the lead (very relevent for me)
– Planning your workout
– Scouting and reconnaissance of the AO

#Moleskin
HUGE Kudos to Chastain and his sidekicks Fuse, Paper Jam, and One Star and for putting on a great Q School.
F3 has made a huge difference in many areas of my life (physical, emotional, spiritual) and you can’t ask for a better group of men to hang out with.

Chiseled: Pre-Thanksgiving Calorie Burn

It was the day before thanksgiving and 17 PAX showed up early to get a start on burning calories so that they can consume more the next day. 

DiCCS given and away we go…..

 

The Warm-Up:

Mosey up to the Five Stones entrance and return to the parking lot. Circle up for some warm-up exercises all in 1-2-3 cadence: Sidestraddle Hop x 20, Moroccan Night Club x, 20, Imperial Walkers x 2o Calfstretchers and Pantsrippers. 

 

The Thang:

While one partner functions as the timer (run backward up Mt. Chiseled and back), the other partner begins the exercises.  Each exercise is done “as many as you can” style one at a time until the timing partner returns triumphantly over Mt. Chiseled.  The exercises included all of the following. Merkens, LBCs, Curls (21s w/ coupon), American Hammers, Low Slow Squats (w/ coupon), Diamond Merkens, Shoulder Press (w/ coupon), Bobby Hurleys and ending with Kettle Bell swings. 

After a great showing by everyone, we are back doing a rifle carry of coupons again and back to the original starting point. Next, each PAX gets to choose their exercise of choice for the group. After some more grueling lifting of coupon blocks, we finish off the last 45 seconds with “have a nice day” Next is COT and Cargo tells his story as 6th man. 

My very first Q is now complete! Thanks to everyone for the inspiration and support.

 

Moleskin

It took me a while to finally step up to lead a workout. I was inspired by one of Bottlecap’s speeches when he said that if you “pour yourself in to F3” you will realize even more of the benefits F3 has to offer and feel better about yourself too. That certainly held true for me and I’m looking forward to pouring more in (thanks Bottlecap). Also, thanks to Fusebox and Posse for helping me along in surviving this first Q and getting the Backblast posted. 

 

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A reminder of The Chicken Little organized Turkey Trot in Briarcrest and the day after Thanksgiving workout to at Impromtu led by Rudy.