The Wise Guy

The Wise Guy

DiCCS were given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety)

1-Mile Running Warmup
(stop every .10 miles for):
•SSH x 10 (IC)
•Imperial Walkers x 10 (IC)
•Plank Jacks x 10 (IC)
•Mtn Climbers x 10 (IC)
•Merkins x 10 (IC)
•Low Slow Squat x 10 (IC)
•LBC’s x 10 (IC)
•H2H x 10 (IC)
•Jump Tucks x 10 (Civ Count)
•Mary Catherines x 10 (Civ Count)

Mosey ~.25 mile

The Wise Guy w/ Coupon:
•Curls x 20 / Run .10 mile
•Tricep Ext x 20 / Run .10 mile
•Overhead Press x 20 / Run .10 mile
•Squat x 20 / Run .10 mile
•Bent Over Row x 20 / Run .10 mile
***Repeat, but drop reps to x 10 / Run .10 mile in between again

Run .25 mile, find a spot for: Merkin / LBC ladder
(start at 10/10, work down to 1/1)

Run .25 mile,
•(50) Squat Air Presses (Civ Count)
•(25) Air Donkey Kicks (Civ Count)
•1-minute Plank

Mary to finish up:
•Dolly x 20 (IC)
•Freddy Mercury x 20 (2=1)
•Gas Pumps x 20 (Civ Count)
•Flutter x 20 (2=1)

Extra Credit:
•American Hammer x 20 (IC)
•Hip Dips  x 20 (10 each side)
•.25 mile run
•Coupon curls x 20
•Pistol LBCs right leg x 25
•Hold out both legs six inches for 10 seconds
•Pistol LBCs left leg x 25

Done!

Thanks for taking us out M (as she had been roped in for video duties this morning)

MOLESKIN:

This morning felt great.

Keep perspective in mind this week gents, you can do this.

Trojan in the Hood

DICCS given- reminder of social distancing as well as normal DICCS

Warm up

10- low slow squats

10- imperial walkers

upward dog- downward dog- calve stretch

10 SLOW merkins

 

The Thang

Slow mosey for .20 miles

20 pistol LBCS- rotating legs after 10

10 – long armed crunches

10- v- ups

20 sec star plank— Mosey .20 miles and rinse and repeat

slow mosey .15 miles for 1/2 of a therkin

1- big boy

4- merkins

4 American hammers

increase big boys by 1 and hammers by 4 each round- get to five rounds

Slow mosey .15 miles with 1/2 being backwards

20 pistol LBCS- rotating legs after 10
10 – long armed crunches
10- v- ups

5 master shredders- holding 3 second plank in between merkin- once finished hold a 10 second plank and then 20 second elbow plank

Slow Mosey .20 miles to finish second 1/2 of therkin

6 big boys

4 merkins

24 American hammers ( ugh– thanks for Chastain picking up last few rounds– chicken was hurting)

Mosey .15 1/2 backwards

20 pistol LBCS- rotating legs after 10
10 – long armed crunches
10- v- ups
5 master shredders- holding 3 second plank in between merkin- once finished hold a 10 second plank and then 20 second elbow plank…. Rinse repeat

Mosey .25 miles for

20- crunches

20- heels to heaven

20- flutters

Mosey .25 miles back to COT

Moleskin

I appreciate opportunity to lead this group this small controlled group during this crazy times of social distancing and the virus craziness. More importantly I appreciate the opportunity to do this at 6:30 verse 5:30 and right outside my door. lol….. this is spoiling me….. hahah. Our groups was kicking it hard and killing our abs when we looked up and saw TROJAN and his daughter running/creeping around 6:55-7:00ish or so they continued and waited for us at COT. Nice work to all and glad we hooked up with Trojan and his daughter at the end at a safe distance– Carley age 14 is named Pete since she is a twin — Pete and Repeat—- LOL   Have a great day boys.

 

 

April Fool’s Meathead

5 bros circled up virtually this morning over our fancy Zoom channel (thanks for setting it up, Horsehead!). 3 of us were in garages/driveways while Mighty Mite and Fallout decided to chance things by swinging their bells indoors. Blueberry (not sure what region he was from) joined for a bit, but said something about needing to be done by 6:00 and signed off before we started at 5:35 (after standard 5:00 grace period for virtual workouts).

The Thang:

  • 4 sets of 5 x left-handed swings every :30 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 4 sets of 5 x merkins every :30 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 4 sets of 5 x right-handed swings every :30 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 4 sets of 5 x merkins every :30 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 2 sets of 10 x left-handed swings every 1:00 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 2 sets of 10 x merkins every 1:00 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 2 sets of 10 x right-handed swings every 1:00 with 1:00 recovery after all sets
  • 2 sets of 10 x merkins every 1:00 with 1:00 recovery after all sets

Next, we did 4 rounds of waiter carries. Walk out for :30 on one arm, then switch arms and walk back for :30. We finished up with core work:

  • 2 x :30 hard-style elbow plank with :30 recovery
  • 2 x :30 hollow body hold with :30 recovery
  • 2 x :30 glute bridge with :30 recovery

Announcements:

  • If you’re not already on it, join the #virtual_1stF channel on Slack for details about workouts that are being held while we’re #sociallydistant. There are also similar channels for 2nd F and 3rd F activities. Stay engaged during this weird time in our lives!
  • Vevlar will be bell-focused on Friday. Check Slack for details and join Horsehead and his merry band of misfits.
  • There will be an SOB virtual bootcamp on Saturday at 6:00 or 6:30 – check Slack for details. Join us for Olympus at 7:00 where we will do double cleans, presses, and squats with some farmer carries.

Mumblechatter:

  • I think this virtual workout thing is really catching on. We had double the numbers from Monday until Blueberry dropped. If anyone knows Blueberry, tell him we hope he comes back and stays for the workout next time. If you’re going to be up that early, you might as well get swole. Horsehead said my music scared him off, but that can’t possibly be the case. I wasn’t playing Pat Boone.
  • Thanks to the pax for joining and participating in the workout. While the conditions are obviously not ideal, it’s great to get the accountability and see everyone. I’ve found that keeping the morning routine going makes things a little more normal. I also don’t find myself trying to squeeze a workout in later in the day when I should be working or spending time with family.
  • Worst lighting award goes to Rock Thrill, although he said it was intentional so we wouldn’t mock his bell size.
  • Most sophisticated award goes to Horsehead, who had airpods on. That was a great idea and allowed him to hear all of the wonderful tunes and to catch all of the mumblechatter. You can tell this was at least his 3rd virtual workout.
  • Biggest bell award goes to Mighty Mite, as usual. He was swinging/carrying a 70+# bell.
  • Nicest workout area award goes to Fallout, who was in his family room/kitchen. Thankfully, he didn’t lose his grip on his bell or put it through his ceiling on the waiter carries.

Better Together

8 men and 2 of YHC’s many 2.0’s Q’d a bootcamp in the zoom and proved again that virtual bootcamps are legit.

Thang

  • 2 minute run into our respective ‘hoods (1 min out / 1 min back)
  • Pax 1 calls an exercise
  • 2 minute run
  • Pax 1 calls his exercise again
  • Pax 2 calls an exercise
  • 2 minute run
  • Pax 1 calls his exercise again
  • Pax 2 calls his exercise again
  • Pax 3 calls an exercise
  • 2 minute run
  • etc etc

Here are the exercises that each PAX chose as we built the pyramid:

  • Tuck – merkins x 10
  • Wild Turkey – single leg Romanian deadlifts x 5 each leg
  • Fire Hazard – burpees x 10
  • Point Break – LBC’s x 10 IC
  • Geraldo – CDD’s x 10
  • Bucky – Sister Mary Catherine’s x 5 each leg
  • Bratwurst – Heels to Heaven x 10
  • Wingman – 1 minute plank

Zoomskin

Thanks to all for helping YHC Q this one.  The format kept everyone engaged and provided a good mix of exercises and running (~2.5 miles total).  We started w/ 9 PAX and at some point YHC’s 2.1 wandered into the garage and was conscripted into the workout.  As we were running down the street she was overheard muttering to herself “But I was just looking for some tape…”.

It is clear to YHC that we need these virtual 1st F workouts/2nd F hang-outs/3rd F discussions in our daily lives as a source of light as we face the growing darkness around us.  Please do everything you can to stay connected and bring others into the fold.  We are better together.

Can You Hear Me Now???

This was the first virtual workout for Bagpipe and all of YHC’s 3rd time using Zoom.  It wasn’t pretty but we got it done.

It all started when my M’s new Chromebook wouldn’t hold a WiFi signal in my garage.  We were 3 minutes into the workout before YHC realized that the PAX couldn’t hear or see me.  Uh oh.  That’s when Kirby stepped in to calm the crowd and tell a few jokes while YHC did some technical troubleshooting.  This involved (but was not limited to) logging back into the Zoom Room (is that what it’s called?) on YHC’s trusted iPhone.  We’re all set now…..wait….YHC kept getting booted from the meeting because my iPhone was using the same weak WiFi signal (duh!).  Stupid technology.  Switching to iPhone data streaming solved all the problems and off we went and here’s what we did:

COP:

-SSH x 20 IC

-IW x 20 IC

-Hillbilly x 20 IC

-Windmill x 10 IC

-LSS x 20 IC

-Merkin x 10 IC

#1:

5 minute run OYO (of course it’s OYO because this is a virtual workout).  I have no idea where everyone else went but I made it a good ways through my neighborhood and back.

#2:

5 one minute exercises:

1. Merkins

2. Heels to Heaven

3. X’s and O’s

4. Flutter

5. Plank

#3:

5 minute run OYO

#4:

5 one minute exercises:

1. Burpees

2. Dolly

3. Box Cutters

4. Chippy Cross

 

Hard stop at 0610 where Kirby took over for COT and landed the plane with the most awkward namarama on record.

Moleskin:

Overall, I think this was a success.  Had it not been for the technical difficulties at the beginning, it would have gone much better.  But it was great to see the PAX and get a good workout in.  I have not woken up before 7 am in 3 weeks.  There’s no substitute for the physical Gloom, but this will do just fine for now.  We will adapt.  We will move forward.  F3 is NOT closed.

Tagalong was the first to greet YHC this morning in the Zoom Room.  I got to watch him foam roll his back while admiring his clean garage.

Kirby and War Eagle posted “together” from a fancy shopping center and were so properly socially distanced that they had to log in on separate devices.  I enjoyed the music that was playing in the background.

Cottonmouth joined us a few minutes late after having some log in problems; which Kirby was able to resolve.  Cottonmouth jumped right in with 2 virtual feet and didn’t miss a beat.  Cottonmouth, my apologies to you.  Last night at about 10:30pm I was doing a dry run in the Zoom Room (which ultimately did no good 😂) when an Ed Hannon entered the meeting.  I had just recently read about the phenomenon of Zoom Crashing so I got scared and logged out.  I even Googled your name.  Did you know you’re the COO of a major company in the Greater New York Area?  Now I’ll never forget your hospital name. 👌

Mighty Mite gave YHC from tips from his Swole virtual Q on Monday.  Much appreciated, Mighty!  Especially the one about making sure another PAX is watching Slack to help others get logged into Zoom.  That’s why Kirby did what he did.  Cottonmouth thanks you as well.

Bucky was so excited that he couldn’t sleep last night.  He was posting about the workout at 3:22am.  Not sure but that may be why he needed to workout beside a 32 pack box of TP? 💩   He is well stocked.  Seriously though, thanks for promoting this workout and showing up to put the work in!

Tuck is a beast.  He met with every Site Q this past week to formulate the plan for these virtual workouts.  Thanks for your leadership, my friend.  I hope F3 rewards your efforts when it comes bonus time.

Brexit’s beard continues to grow during COVID.  Rumor has it Brexit is stepping up on Thursday to Q a virtual workout.  That’s awesome!  Please let YHC know if you would like me to provide you with a list of things not to do. 😂  I am creating quite a long list…

Wild Turkey was so eager that he was logged in to the Zoom Room all night.  When I logged in during my dry runs (after being stalked by Ed Hannon) I saw a pic of Wild Turkey and his M.  I tried speaking to you a few times but there was no response.  Y’all do make a good looking couple.

Wingman crushed it this morning and has been putting his skills to use lately on the interwebs to get all this virtual stuff set-up.  #virtual-1st.  Now that we have a new virtual workout calendar, that gives YHC even more opportunities to erroneously broadcast my dentist appointments and M’s travel schedule to the F3 Nation.

Soft Pretzel put in the work this am.  And he also has a sweet minivan like YHC’s.  Rock on and thanks for your leadership on the SOB board during these crazy times.  #notwhatusignedupfor

Lessons Learned:

1. Don’t cadence count.  Instead, do timed exercises or a set number of reps.

2. Do have a designated PAX watch out for problems, monitor Slack at the beginning, and help others get logged into Zoom.  Get yourself a Kirby.

3. Don’t use a Chromebook with a weak WiFi signal in your garage.

4. An egg timer would have been helpful.

5.  Do watch where you point your crotch during Dollys.  You just might be on camera.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead.  It is always a pleasure.

 

~Cooter2

 

 

 

 

A VQ during Quarantine?

I haven’t been posting back blasts for my daily solo workouts in order to stay near the top of a fictitious post count challenge (cough cough Gerber), but felt like a VQ needed a back blast.  Wild Thing has been off and on F3 for almost 2 years.  His last stint saw him going hot and heavy for two weeks before a slight torn calf muscle (initially believed to be a blown Achilles) at Commitment sidelined him (I was Qing that day, whoops!).  He’s a guy that likes the comradere and workout style that F3 brings but hates the form policing and negativity.  Which generally leads him back to working out at the YMCA having been burned out of F3 a couple times.

He reached out over the weekend about getting together for a workout.  We met on Sunday for what I called mailbox hell.  It ended up being close to 3.5 miles (would have been 2 miles in Lawson) and a burner having used the hill near my house.  We both retreated to running on our own due to conference call conflicts on Monday.  With two big back to back running days (and 4 miles on Saturday from Legalized Nuclear Hell), I was glad to see some weights when I met him at the club house (and Clorox wipes).

 

WARM UP

Mosey 1/4 mile and return to basketball courts where a speaker was awaiting us.  He asked if I’ve ever done Roxanne.  The look on my face apparently answered the question.  I said “ok, what are we doing on Roxanne and what are we doing on red light”.   His eyes got big.  “Yall do something on red light too?!”  Damn it.  Stop giving him bad ideas……”No, no, no, we don’t”.     Roxanne warm up with Merkins.

THE THANG

1/4 Mile Mosey returning to Basketball Courts.

Weighted Walking Lunge length of the court and back.

Bear Crawl length of court and crawl bear back (he originally called crab walk but Omaha’ed due to a lingering shoulder issue – hey, we have something in common!).

Using 30 lb dumbbell we did 30 curls each arm switching hands only to relieve the lactic acid burn out.

Alternating squat/clean/press for 30 total (15 each arm)

Short mosey to tables for 10 jump ups, 30 step ups, 15 each leg 1 legged step up, 50 dips, 15 derkins, 15 each leg step ups again, and 15 derkins.

1/4 mile mosey to hill near Wild Thing’s house.  3 Mailboxes.  Mailbox 1 = 1 burpee.  Mailbox 2 = 3 burpees.   Mailbox 3 = 5 Burpees.

Mosey back to basketball courts for distance partner work.  P1 runs suicides while P2 does curls up to a total of 200 100 (Used separate dumbbells).

Round 2.  P1 Runs suicides while P2 does presses.  150 total.

50 calf Raises.  15 more 1 legged step ups.  15 more derkins.

Mosey back to basketball courts for ab work to close out remaining 3 minutes.  50 flutters.  20 heels to heaven.  50 LBC’s.

 

MOLESKIN

I greatly appreciated the low mileage.  Watch said we did just shy of 2 miles, but still managed a 600 calorie burn (which is about average for me for a 45 min workout).  Doug killed it today for his “VQ”.  Kept us moving, had more planned than we could get to, and gave us a good sweat.

Everyone stay safe out there.  Glad to see small groups forming while still staying at safe distances.  The large groups scare me.  I know they say we can do under 10, but more than 4 feels like we are crossing paths too many times….just my opinion.

I’m hoping Gerber doesn’t leave a cinderblock in my window after that opening sentence (all in good fun).

 

Bushwood in the Crests

It’s Tuesday, the weather is good, and everyone could use a stroll on the greens to ease our minds and soothe our worries. Of course not everyone wants to drive all the way to Bushwood to get in a few holes, so why not bring Bushwood to the Crests?

Warmup:

  • 18 SSH
  • 18 Imperial Walkers
  • 18 Moroccan Night Clubs
  • 9 Merkins
  • Calf Stretch

 

The Thang:

  • 1st hole
    • Out – 20 Speed Skaters
    • In – 10 Burpees
  • 2nd hole
    • Out – 20 Lunges
    • In – 20 Heels to Heaven
  • 3rd hole
    • Side Shuffle
    • Out – 15 Merkins
    • In – 15 Dry Docks
  • 4th hole
    • Jailbreak out, mosey back
    • Out – 20 Big Boys
    • In – 20 Gas Pumps
  • 5th hole – AMRAP
    • In – 1 minute of burpees
    • Out – 1 minute of Tysons
    • In – 1 minute of burpees
  • 6th hole
    • Out – 20 Freddie Mercuries
    • In – 20 Lunges (10 each leg)
  • 7th hole
    • In – 10 Staggered Merkins (each direction)
    • Out – 15 Low Slow Squats
  • 8th hole
    • 12 Bear Crawls
    • 8 Lunges
    • 4 Broad Jumps
    • Mosey back
  • 9th hole
    • In – 1 minute of burpees
    • Out – 1 minute of Tysons
    • In – 1 minute of burpees

Moleskin:

Managed to get all 9 holes in and everyone’s game looked pretty good. The 6:30am tee time is nice. Gonna be tough to go back to a 5:30am start once things are back to normal. One day at a time, though, boys.

YHC took us out #cradletograve

Weights on Wynhurst

DiCCS were given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety)

Warmup
20 x SSH
15 x Imp Walkers
10 x Merkins
15 x Plank Jacks
5 x Burpees

GRAB A CINDERBLOCK!!

Reverse Ladder
8 bicep curl + 8 front raise, then 7 curl +7 raises, down to 1+1 (don’t put down coupon)

“Stations”
1 minute per station as many reps as you can, run to top of Wynhurst hill between each exercise (goal should be to get at least 20-30 reps per set).

Exercises:
Triceps Press
Rows
Chest Press
Curls
Deadlift
Shoulder Press
Squats
Repeat exercises until time

Done!

Thanks for taking us out Nails

MOLESKIN:

This morning was a great mixup from some of the run heavy workouts.  Had a few neighbors walk by and wonder why we were lifting cinderblocks in the streets

Keep perspective in mind this week gents, you can do this.

Virtual Swole

3 Pax joined together in a Zoom Meeting for the first virtual meeting of Swole.

 

The Thang:

10 Turkish Get Ups, 5 Each Side

Snatches:  Start with weak hand; 5 snatches every 30 seconds for 2 minutes.  Rest two minutes, switch hands, do the same thing.  Repeato.  Ends up being 80 total snatches.

Rack carries, 4 rounds for 60 seconds.

1 min elbow plank

1 min hollow hold

1 min glute bridge

Virtual COT

Moleskine:  YHC’s first time Qing a virtual workout.  It felt good to wake up before 7 for the first time in a few weeks.  Looking forward to seeing everyone in the Zoom Room over the next few weeks.

Udder was a minute or two late so he had the pleasure of Voodoo and YHC coaching up his form on the last couple TGUs.

A few tips for pax making their first Virtual Q in the near future;

  1. It might take a little while before pax understand how to use Zoom.  Don’t get into the weinke right at 530.
  2. Tabatas work really well in this format.  Pax can demonstrate exercises over video and everyone knows when they should be working/resting.
  3. It will be fun to get music involved someday but it should be all about the work for now.

Everybody Loves a Good Couch Burn

DiCCS were given (Disclaimer, Cell phone, CPR, Safety)

Warm Up:

  • SSH x 15 IC
  • LSS x 15 IC
  • Merkins x 15
  • Calf Stretch
  • Jimmy Dugan
  • Merkin Shredders w/ shoulder tap x 10 (why?)

The Loveseat:

  • Find a 1/4 mile out and back stretch
  • Exercises on both ends, 4 total laps
  • First lap: 10 burpees at beginning, 30 speedskaters at turnaround
  • Second lap: 10 Bobby Hurley’s at beginning, 10 Dry Docks at turnaround
  • Third lap: 10 burpees at beginning, 30 speedskaters at turnaround
  • Fourth lap: 10 Bobby Hurley’s at beginning, 10 Dry Docks at turnaround

The Ottoman:

  • 20 Pistol LBCs (both legs)
  • Run 1/2 Mile
  • Captain Therkin Web
    • 1 Big Boy Situp / 4 American Hammers / 4 Merkins
    • Increase by one on the Big Boys and by 4 American Hammers every round
    • Finish at 10 Big Boy Situps / 40 American Hammers / 4 Merkins
  • Run 1/2 Mile
  • V-Ups x 25

Extra Credit!

  • Sprint up 1/10 Mile Hill, mosey back down
  • 2 Burpees

Done!

MOLESKIN:

This morning was a burner, no pun intended!

Great way to start off the week, thanks Bango.

Keep perspective in mind this week gents, you can do this.