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Feb. 27 The VULCAN AO Peaches Beat Down

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34 PAX including 1 FNG (Welcome Hansen)

Warm-up:

  • Jump Rope x25
  • High Knees x25
  • Butt Kicks x25
  • Side-Strattle-Hops x25
  • Willie Mays x15
  • Merkins x25
  • Ray Lewis x25

~0.75mi run to Evergreen Hill

  • Set 1
    • Jumping Lunges x50 (x25 each leg)
    • Hill Run to Very Top
    • Merkins x50
    • Back Downhill to Plank until all PAX make it down
  • Set 2
    • Prisoner Squats x50
    • Hill Run to Very Top
    • Merkins x50
    • Back Downhill to Plank until all PAX make it down
  • Set 3
    • Sumo Squats x50

~0.75mi run back to HWD Central, Home of the The Vulcan AO

Mid-run drop of the flag forces all PAX into 20 burpees

Park Bench AB Beatdown Finale:

  • Flutter Kicks
  • Bunny Hops
  • Seated Crunches (aka Boat/Canoe; aka Lemon Squeezers)
  • Mtn Climbers
  • Decline Leg Lifts

Grand Finale of 5 Burpees

MEN GOT BETTER!

 

“Black Jack” at The Spartan

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A cold, damp morning couldn’t keep 11 PAX from coming out to The Spartan for a full game of “Black Jack”.  Welcome FNG, Strike

Warm Up

Mosey Access Road to Mtn. Brook Elementary

  • Side Straddle Hops – 25
  • Dips – 25
  • Mountain Climbers (Wide Leg) – 15
  • Dips – 25

Mosey to MBE tennis courts

Black Jack

PAX line up on side of tennis court #1

  • Merkin – 1
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #2
  • Big Boy Sit Ups – 20
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #1
  • Merkin – 2
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #2
  • Big Boy Sit Ups – 19
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #1
  • Merkin – 3
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #2
  • Big Boy Sit Ups – 18
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #1
  • Merkin – 4
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #2
  • Big Boy Sit Ups – 17
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #1
  • Merkin – 5
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #2
  • Big Boy Sit Ups – 16
  • Sprint to side of tennis court #1

PAX repeated until we did 20 Merkins and 1 Big Boy Sit Up.  Add it all up, you get 210 Merkins and 210 Big Boy Sit Up.

Grand Finale

  • Helicopters – 10 right side
  • Helicopters – 10 left side

Circle up. Name o Rama. FNG. Announcements. Prayer. Lead on 3.

 

The Vulcan-November 16, 2017 for Dispatch

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PAX: Wildfire, Crab Legs, Bluegrass, Walk-on, Slumlord, Sparrow, Breach, Skeletor, Guv, Cocky, Hugh, Pothole. Wrigley, Gump, Dynamite, Shunnarah, Zacchaeus, Pilgrim, Soccer Mom, Gomer, Drought, U-Turn, Bam Bam, Snowman, Matlock, Dispatch
Warm-up
  • Ray Lewis – 30
  • Willie Mays – 30
Mosey around walking path to amphitheater in two groups
  • Group 1 – Bear crawl amphitheater
  • Group 2 – Shoulder Taps
  • Group 2 – Bear crawl amphitheater
  • Group 1 – Shoulder Taps
Mosey to the field
 
Red Barchetta
 
Set 1
  • Run 100 yards and do 100 Side Straddle Hops
  • Run 75 yards and do 75 Mountain Climbers
  • Run 50 yards and do 50 LBCs
  • Run 25 yards and do 25 Merkins
  • Run 10 yards and do 10 Burpees
Set 2
  • Run 100 yards and do 100 Side Straddle Hops
  • Run 75 yards and do 75 Mountain Climbers
  • Run 50 yards and do 50 LBCs
  • Run 25 yards and do 25 Merkins
  • Run 10 yards and do 10 Burpees
Finish
  • Dolphin Kicks – 30
  • Jack Webbs 10

Soggy Bottom Monday

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Warm-up with:

Side Straddle Hops (25ct)

Imperial Walkers (25ct)

Merkins (25 ct)

Indian run to MB Village:

Burpee Tabata

Flutter Kicks (25ct)

American Hammers (15ct)

Mosey to Davenport’s parking lot:

Split into two groups with first group bear crawling to the end of the parking lot, then the second group following suit.  Then the first group duck walked back to the original position with the second group following suit.  Rinse and Repeat (x8)

Mosey to Office Park:

Partner up

Dora with merkins (200ct)

Dora with big boy sit-ups (100ct)

Hill sprints

Mosey back to MBE

CoT

9.28.17 – 16th Place Massacre – Vulcan

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Grundl on Q

SCAM’S FOMO was a real.  I have a feeling we’ll be doing this one again.

24 PAX – No FNG’s and that might be a good thing.

WARM UP – 

  • SSSH x30
  • Crab legs stretch x20
  • Calf raises x20
  • Stretch hammy, legs spread – down to right x20, down to left x20
  • Merkin x20
  • LBC’s x30

GRUNDL HILL – 

Split up in 4 teams.  Mosey to 16th Place S all the way up to the corner of 16th Place/Woodfern Drive.  Team 1 started the steep uphill 70+ yard run with teams 2-4 following.  Then walked back down (recovery) to the start.  PAX did this x5.

PAX mosey’d to the bottom of Royce Road.  PAX ran up the steep Royce and walked down x2.  Mosey back to Central Park.

TABATAs

At the amphitheater, PAX then performed 4 minutes (8 intervals) of 20 seconds of work/10 seconds rest alternating between burpee box jumps and LBC’s.  Mosey to flag for namorama, announcements, prayer.

 

9.14.17 – Vulcan

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31 PAX

1 FNG – Bluegrass

PAX welcomed former F3 Tallahassee member, Cooter, via Tuscaloosa.

WARM UP – 

  • SSH x 30
  • Merkin x 20
  • Squats x 30
  • LBC’s x 30
  • Imperial walker x 30
  • 1 lap mosey

4 STATIONS –

Divided PAX into 4 groups.  Each of the four cone stations required a different movement.  For each station, there was a cash in of 10 burpees and a buy out of a 1 lap run around the track.

  • Station 1:  10 burpees, 30 squat jumps, 1 lap run
  • Station 2:  10 burpees, 20 block thrusters w/ CMU’s, 1 lap run
  • Station 3:  10 burpees, 30 lunges, 1 lap run
  • Station 4:  40 yd Farmer’s carry w/ 53 lb kettlbell for each team member.  Plank when not performing FC.

SPRINTS – 

40 yard gassers x 10

 

Spartan Men Fear No Rain

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Photo Aug 30, 6 45 23 AM

Under threat of rain storm, F3 Spartan men welcomed YHC in force with a total of 15 PAX present including Kudzu in from F3 Jackson. These men have themselves a solid AO in Mountain Brook, AL. The PAX size was great for a little Wednesday morning deck of cards workout.

Warm-up
IC Imperial Walkers
IC Shoulder Rotations each way
IC Side Straddle Hop
IC Shoulder Taps
IC Bicycle Crunches
20 – SC Leg Lift Merkins

The Thang
The Rabbit led us into the Village where we setup right on one of the grassy islands of Petticoat Lane. With the shovel flag planted and the men circled up for all of the morning traffic to wonder at, we got it done…

DECK OF CARDS
Clubs – IC Raise the Roof
Diamonds – SC Merkins
Hearts – IC Side Straddle Hop
Spades – SC Prisoner Squats
Jokers – PAX Choice (I remember one of them…the canoe thing, followed by flutter kicks)

After 624 reps without breaks we mosey’d back to base. YHC’s original plan was to double the count on the all of the Prisoner Squats, but even pushing quickly through the deck (which we did), we were short on time.

Back at Mountain Brook Elementary School, we quietly (homes right across the street) used the brick wall to run out the clock with dips, decline merkins and pike presses.

Announcements (I can’t recall what they were…even my own announcements) were followed by Wildfire sending us off with a solid prayer. YHC did offer a few words of encouragement and advice to F3 Birmingham’s newest AO. In short: make the workouts hard, but make sure that you have fun out there too.

Thank you Spartans. I’ll be back soon.

– Fife

August 8, 2017 Vulcan Dora 1-2-3

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29 PAX GOT IT DONE this morning (quality over quantity) in the pre-dawn drizzle while a literal downpour waited in the wings and was unleashed shortly after COT.  Kudos to the crew for pushing the limits this morning!  Getting better is more fun when you can do it in a mud puddle! Welcome to FNGs Ding (YHC’s Brother-in-Law), Vet, and Bagman

WARMUP

SSH (IC) x 30

Merkins (IC) x 30

Imperial Walkers (IC) x 30

LBCs (OYO) x 30

Church Street Indian Run (1 mile total)

THE THANG

Dora 1-2-3: cumulative partner completion of 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, and 250 Air Squats while other partner sprints 60 yard gassers and back.

COOLDOWN

Fire Drill (high knees and hit the deck on “FIRE” call, roll right, Merkin, roll left, Merkin)

Name-a-rama and announcements, including upcoming Dad’s day with Ms and 2.0s, Happy Hour, and launch of Spartan AO

COT included a message about quality over quantity.  PAX (including YHC) were encouraged to make a quality investment in a friend or co-worker today with no expectation in return.  YHC was encouraged by a great morning of fellowship and hard work!

17 Men Brave Birmingham’s 1st Weekday Morning

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Economists call strong consumer enthusiasm after a recession or depression: pent up demand. Alabama lands F3 after NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, TX, TN, MS…and several other states. There were 20 PAX at the launch on Saturday and only three days later at 0530 an inspiring showing of 17 men posting – 5 FNGs. Impressive. The demand is here…and it’s on.

WARM UP
25 IC (in cadence) side straddle hops
15 IC shoulder rotations each way
25 LBC (little baby crunches) OYO (on your own)
20 SC (single count) Merkins

THE THANG
1 lap of the figure 8 pathway (about 600 meters)

“BELLE ISLE” (ancestral home of Fletch in “Fletch Lives”)
At the large pond-shaped, rust colored play top that looks like a bit to YHC like a toxic marshland (Belle Isle) we paired off. While one man makes TWO round trip sprints across the toxic marsh and back, his partner does flutter kicks to kick off the toxic mud from his high tops.
REPEAT 5 TIMES (10 round trip sprints per man). A bit of a smoker for most of us.

Mosey to the cone for a bit of relief after hell isle.
20 SC Merkins
25 IC Ray Lewis
10 OYO diamond pushups

Mosey to the amphitheater
15 right leg step ups
15 left leg step ups
20 dips OYO

“BEAR SCRAMBLE” (not a Tide reference) at the amphitheater
In partners (instructions to finish together) we scrambled up the amphitheater and then bear crawl down the grassy sides (downhill bear crawl, but as a gift to ourselves….feet first)
REPEAT 5 TIMES.

20 more OYO dips
10 OYO DECLINE Merkins

Mosey to the cone
20 SC Merkins
25 more IC Ray Lewis
Then…..something else in there I forgot about

Finish strong with 1 lap of the figure circle pathway (about 500 meters)
Name-o-rama for 5 FNGs
A few words from YHC about F3
Prayer

I aspire to write future Back Blasts of more lasting artistic merit. For now, my focus is just to Q what I can do. It was great to be with you men Tuesday morning. Iron Sharpens Iron. F3 Counts. Coming Soon: A 200 Merkin workout. Scam has Thursday’s Q.

See you in the gloom,
Barney Fife

. . .And then there was Birmingham

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More than a year in the making, F3Birmingham exploded on to the scene Saturday with 20 pax present, 14 of whom were FNGs. #TClaps to BarneyFife and Scam for putting a solid EH on their city leading up to the launch date. Mad props to Cheddar for making the trip down from Charlotte to make sure his buddy (now known as Mini) posted.

Conditions: Surprisingly sunny and about 50* – perfect weather for a launch!

The disclaimer was issued followed by a quick demonstration on how we count in F3. We then got down to business.

CoP

  • Merkins x 10 IC
  • SSH x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 9 IC
  • LBAC x 20 forward IC
  • Merkins x 8 IC
  • LBAC x 20 reverse IC
  • Merkns x 7 IC
  • Freddie Mercury x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 6 IC
  • Squats x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 5 IC
  • LBCs x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 4 IC
  • Flutter Kicks x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 3 IC
  • Mountain Climbers x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 2 IC
  • Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
  • Merkins x 1 IC

Mosey over to Y in the sidewalk near Oxmoor

  • Ski jumps side to side x 20 IC
  • LBCs x 20 IC
  • Ski jumps back and forth x 20 IC
  • Freddie Mercury x 20 IC
  • Rinse and repeat
  • Quick break the rinse and repeat two more times

Mosey over to the grassy area near Oxmoor

  • Break into 2 groups of 7 and one group of 6.
  • Group 1 Bear crawl to the tree (about 50m), mosey back to start
  • Group 2 starts as soon as group 1 finishes and group 3 starts as soon as group 3 finishes
  • Group 1 duck walk to the tree (about 50m), mosey back to start
  • Group 2 starts as soon as group 1 finishes and group 3 starts as soon as group 3 finishes
  • Rinse and repeat for about 10 minutes
  • Quick 10 count
  • Group 1 crawl bear to the tree (about 50m), mosey back to start
  • Group 2 starts as soon as group 1 finishes and group 3 starts as soon as group 3 finishes
  • Rinse and repeat for about 10 minutes

Mosey across the bridge to the #GrassyKnoll

  • Refresher on how to count
  • YHC’s trademark burpees OYO (Relax – it was just 10)
  • Asked for a couple of volunteers and we did some more burpees (Really?!?!?!) and some flutter kicks.

Countorama went off without a hitch. These boys in Birmingham learn fast!

Nameorama was wholly entertaining from start to finish! More on that in the Moleskin. . .

F3 is not aligned with any religion. Every F3 workout ends with a ShoutOut where the Q can share a quote, say a prayer of his choosing or do nothing at all. YHC, as a Christian, offered a Christian prayer. All the Q asks is 30 seconds of respect and will return that respect to other Qs. Aye.

NakedMan MoleSkin

  • YHC had the mini van all loaded up and ready to go. “Let’s take the fast car,” says Fife. A hot new Porsche with lots of open road between the house and the AO. Yes, I’ll take 2. “Absolutely,” I respond. The ride was everything my overactive imagination dreamed it would be. Then, as we eased into a parking spot, I said, “I left the flag in the van.” It was then a VERY good thing we brought the fast car.
  • The general consensus of the pax was that the day after Cinco de Mayo is a tough day to launch a morning workout group.
  • As temps warmed up, so did the mumblchatter.  As we were beginning the workout, from somewhere among the gathered pax, YHC heard, “This guy is leading the workout? He looks about 8 months pregnant.” (Editor’s Note: This is not an unfair description.) Heard later, during the crawl bears, “He moves pretty well for a pregnant man. If he keeps up all this bear crawlin’, that baby is liable to slip on out right here in the park.”
  • Some great Nameorama for a bunch of FNGs. YHC’s two personal favorites: enjoys rucking > Backpack > FannyPack. Immigration Attorney > Border wall > TheDonald
  • Then there was this fella who told us about his own personal three Fs. One of those earned our WarDaddy the name Rabbit.
  • This is a solid group of guys that looks ready to share #TheSolution with the city of Birmingham and the entire state of Alabama!