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If Hobby Lobby ballons are made in China, does that make them spy ballons?

DATE: 2023-02-17 AO: _Area-51 Q: hoover PAX: geraldo, Water Works, baracus, boerewors, ductwork, Mountain Momma, Grits FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Run around the track, listen to Stone Cold plead for one more to even out the teams, do some called exercises THE THANG: Mixed bag of increasing burpees (1 – 5), while decreasing (20, 18, 16, 14, 12) merkins and heels to heaven with some running around in between. Followed by a Jack Webb tribute with inverse merkins / LBCs, we said goodbye to Smokey (he was leaving for a child’s school pickup/dropoff), then did a round of four corners despite the Q saying no more merkins, then it was off to the lacrosse field for some bear crawls, gassers, crab walks, and … MARY: LBCs, Heels to Heaven, Flutter, Boone Crunch ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive, Cul-de-sac White Claws, and the Lodge on March 3rd. COT: Ductwork with the take-out

Christ Covenant Beatdown

DATE: 2023-02-16 AO: Peak-51 Q: slim_fast PAX: slim_fast, Smokey, Spammer, strange_brew FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Recap by @spammer WARMUP: headed from launch towards Christ Covenant, stopped in a dark alley en route to start with some SSHs and IWs. Proceeded to Christ Covenant. THE THANG: ran the full length of the parking lot several times stopping to perform exercises at each light post. Several exercises had us on the ground. Not a good day to forget your gloves. MARY: headed back to launch the same way we came stopping in the same alley to perform more SSHs and IWs.  At launch we had time remaining so we grabbed some wall and did decline merkins, dips and step ups. Met Sparta at 0615. COT: Several Pax on IR. Lifting them up today. take out by @smokey

missed the rain

DATE: 2023-02-17 AO: Marvin-Miles Q: Polly PAX: bunker, frasier, Polly, HazMat, turkey_leg FNGs: None COUNT: 5
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Here comes the rain

DATE: 2023-02-17 AO: -Brave Q: wingman PAX: fire_hazard, Taco_Stand, midriff, teddyf3, One Niner, rachel, lex_luthor FNGs: None COUNT: 8 YHC was informed by dum weather apps it was going to be rainy. Plan to hit room 13. Its not raining… but we hit the deck anyways. WARMUP: Run through the decks on our way to WF parking deck. Stop for SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Potato Pickers, quick stretch THE THANG: To the basement of WF deck. Paula Abdul. 2 decks up: 10 merkins, 10 squats, 1 deck down: 20 LBC Continue to the top.
>From the top its Abdul, Paula. Two decks down: 10 diamond merkins, 10 jump squats One Deck up: 20 Flutter MARY: Heels to Heaven Box-Cuter Pretzel Crunch J-Lo ANNOUNCEMENTS: Good luck to all the runners tomorrow at Oak Island. Blood Drive Beer Run March 4th. COT: Take your positive energy into the day and spread it with others.

Have you ever seen a turtle d*ck?

DATE: 2023-02-17 AO: Kevlar Q: Orange Whip PAX: Cheese Curd, poptart, Rhapsody FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: No THE THANG: 4 rounds of strength exercises using KBs, Dumbbells, sandbags + music
MARY: it was Cheese Curd and Pop Tart so we had lots of chatter/laughter about different animal phallices, naturally. Curd talked about some video of a turtle that he watched at least 20 times and told a detailed story about a donkey he saw in a Mexico zoo that really isn’t appropriate to talk about here. Yes the big attraction at the Mexico zoo is the donkey exhibit.
We talked about the salesmanship of a man who just got “mini-vanned” by his wife and how many positives he can come up with when telling his friends about their recent purchase.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive + beer = DUI
COT: YHC

4 for 6

DATE: 2023-02-16 AO: Sparta Q: ChickenWing PAX: ductwork, ChickenWing, baracus, Popper FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: THE THANG: Ran up to 51, over to full wood, into BLTs future neighborhood, down to trabe and up weddington rd and back to cot. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Smokey took us out with Peak51

NOE – The One10

DATE: 2023-02-16 AO: Nightmare-On-Elm Q: tagalong PAX: sledge, wildturkey, Hippie, midriff FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: – Mosey to Fountains Quick warmp-up to preserve time…. – 10 Incline Merkins – 10 Merkins – 10 Squats
THE THANG: REPS EA: 30 / 20 / 10 / 20 / 30 1. INCLINE BURPEE BOX JUMPS 2. BIG BOY SITUPS 3. CHAIR PRESSES (OVERHEAD) 4. TOE TAP CRUNCH ON WALL 5. TARANTULA (JUMP LUNGE x2 + SQUAT = 1)
MARY: Yes… – 110 Big Boy Sit-Ups – 110 Toe Tap Crunches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Blood Drive (3/3) 2. Beer Run SouthEnd (3/4)
COT: 1. Prayers for the PAX traveling to Oak Island for the 1/2 and full marathon this weekend. 2. Praise for flood repairs and renovations set to begin in two weeks at the Midriff household. There may be a house party in early May to break in the new pad.. be on the lookout for details to come. lol

My Rock Buddy

DATE: 2023-02-16 AO: Shield Q: Carny PAX: Cooter2, ToeJam, Blackbeard, Bombay, Carny FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: standard THE THANG: partner up, get a buddy from the rock pile. Running, circuit work with rocks, hit core/arms/legs/chest. More running with buddy to relocate back to the school. 4 corners partner chipper of 100 overhead press, 100 partner leg raises, 100 push-ups, 200 goblet squats. Finished with a suicide sprint/burpee event and 2-3 minutes of Mary. ANNOUNCEMENTS: @toejam is raising awareness at our AO of F3 mission and purpose. Expect a weekly announcement/reading/discussion of relevant points in an effort to keep the topics in thought.

Penmanship At Its Finest

DATE: 2023-02-15 AO: -Maul Q: madison PAX: wingman, Palmolive, Olaf, kirby, chippy, teddyf3, Loogie, patent_pending, Odd Job, Chopper, Luke Crabwalker, Siagon Sam, Big Tuna FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: Mosey in the general direction of the Stonecrest fountain, stopping just before Smashburger for COP. 15 x SSH IC 15 x Hacksaw Jim Duggan IC 15 x LSS 10 x Sharon Towers Mosey to the fountain for THE THANG that was (neatly and impressively according to Patent Pending) written on the easel.
THE THANG: a/k/a The Maul Challenge Perform the written exercises in order and OYO 100 LBCs 1 Burpee 90 Squats 2 Burpees 80 Dips 3 Burpees 70 Merkins 4 Burpees 60 Sister Mary Catherines (2 = 1) 5 Burpees Run 1 lap around the 2 buildings 50 American Hammers (2 = 1) 6 Burpees 40 Carolina Dry Docks 7 Burpees 30 Jump Squats 8 Burpees 20 WWII Sit Ups 10 Hand Release Merkins 10 Burpees Run 1 lap around both buildings Perform Mary until The Six is in 10 x Cumberland County Viaducts in cadence (each side) Mosey back to launch for 86 seconds of Mary
MARY: LBC until TIME is called ( approx 86 seconds)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Be sure to have cell phone with you at all times in the event of an emergency. Pray for HS basketball player who collapsed on the court on Tuesday. Various announcements about upcoming Q’s at NoE and The Brave.
COT: Kirby

The FNG Resurgence Continues

DATE: 2023-02-15 AO: Anvil Q: lorax PAX: Erin Brokavich, Mr. Magoo, Pilgrim, lorax, Alex-Spliff FNGs: 1 Alex-Spliff COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Mosey to the turf circle for COP IW x 15 IC Mountain Climbers x 15 IC Alternating Shoulder Taps x 15 IC Merkin x 10 IC
THE THANG: Starfish from the traffic circle at the end of the Avenue of Trees. Each of the 5 times back to the circle Merkins x 15
Round 1 – back to the turf, 3 rounds of Plankjacks x 10, bear crawl the circle, Dry Docks x 10. Back to traffic circle. Round 2 – to the Hot Box, 3 rounds of Step Ups x 10, Dips x 10, Derkins x 10. Back to traffic circle. Round 3 – to the rock pile, 3 rounds of Curls x 10, Push Press x 10, Tricep Ext x 10. Back to traffic circle. Round 4 – to the patio, 3 rounds of American Hammer x 10, LBC x 10, Flutter x 10. Back to traffic circle. Round 5 – to North Face, 3 rounds of Lunges x 10, Squats x 10, Burpees x 5. Run to the top of North Face and 5 Merkins. Back to traffic circle.
MARY: Joined up with Meathead for some Glute Bridge, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: With @Hops on Q but a conflicting small group, YHC took the reigns at about 10 PM last night. Figured would be the usuals, but was quickly greeted by an FNG who was recommended from an unnamed and unposted friend and found us via the webs. YHC quickly composed a plan and figured a Starfish with the AO tour would work well. Welcome Alex or @spliff originally from Germany and works at The Joint Chiropractic in franchising. He SC to Centurion on Friday so show him some love. Great work gents.
COT: Blood Drive announced with @spackler with the takeout.