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2-10-2018 Sparrow’s Insecticide

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What doesn’t kill you can kill your friends.

Welcome Dilbert.

Disclaimer: don’t hurt yourself.

2018-02-10 07.34.39

All Gone Pest Control

Warmup

20 reps of each of these:
The first exercise is: Side Straddle Hop. Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.
The next exercise is, Prisoner squats Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command
The next exercise is, Ray Lewis Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.
The next exercise is, The Merkin Starting Position. Move. In Cadence. down up on my command
The next exercise is, Big Boy Sit-ups on your own
The next exercise is, The 21 (21 side straddle hops with a silent count. Hands need to slap on your sides in unison on the last count, or there’s punishment).
The next exercise is, 10 Burpees on your own, since the Q finished late on the 21.
The next exercise is, The Sparrow (Big boy sit up but come all the way up so that your arms can wrap your knees) Starting Position. Move. In Cadence. (Down up on my command)
The next exercise is, Crab cakes Starting Position. Move. On your own.
The next exercise is, Werewolf (just 10)- Start in a plank, downward dog to face up at the moon. Similar to dive bomber.

The next exercise is, Groiner – start in a plank, lunge up so that your legs are outside and even with your hands, then lunge back.

Mosey two laps. Talkers in the front, non-talkers in the back

Form two lines:

Indian Lunge Weave – spread out in a long line and lunge to the other side of the park. The last person in line (the indian) runs toward the front, but weaves through the PAX like cones.

Tunnel of Love (worm in the dirt style)
Bridge of Hate (crowd surfing)

Insecticide
Dying Cockroach (20) (lie on back touch opposing hand to knees
Jimmy Cricket (10)(four limb pop-up merkin.)
Dying Cockroach (20)
Jimmy Cricket (10)
Jimmy Cricket (5)

Crab vs bear teams (soccer or Braveheart)

Whamo lung walk – On Pax throws a frisbee and everyone sprints in that direction. When it lands, everyone lunge walks until you get to the frisbee. Repeat.

Amphitheater

The next exercise is, The Dip (20) Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command
The next exercise is, Decline pushups (10) Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command
The next exercise is, The Dip (15) Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command

The next exercise is, Declined pushups (10) Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command
The next exercise is, The Dip (10) Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command

Ask the PAX to pick one. They picked:
Duck Joust (knock each other over from a duck walk position)

Dora: You do Merkins while your partner runs, then switch 100 pushups total.
Marine Merkin Circle: Your feet on the next guys back. Form a circle or a line.

The Jack Web (5)
40 Flutter Kicks

Squirkin (partnered decline merkin + Squat).

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

2018-01-30 Peaches Circuit @ Vulcan

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35 PAX including 1 FNG (AWOL)

Warm-up:

  • Side Strattle Hop x25
  • Willie Mays x25
  • Frankensteins x25
  • Bum Kicks x25
  • Ray Lewis x25
  • Cross Toe Touch x25
  • LBCs x25
  • 0.5 mile Circuit Station Tour

3 Groups start at 3 seperate stations approximately 0.25 miles apart from each other:

  1. Prisoner Squats x25 -> Alternating Lunges x25 each leg
  2. Merkins x25 -> Dips x25 -> Incline Merkins x25
  3. Sit ups x25 -> Mountain Climbers x25
  • Cycled through stations twice for most people (200 REPS + 1.5 miles), a few of the elite got an extra station or two in, and a few worked their way through the cycle the best way they could

Final Circle

  • Planks waiting on AWOL to find his way back with SCAM’s assistance
  • Jump Ropes x25
  • No time to spare – 45 minutes exact!

Announcements, FNG AWOL gets easiest name of all time, and prayer/chant

Men Got Better!

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.

 

Backblast: Sparrow’s VQ

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Welcome FNG’s 

Disclaimer: don’t hurt yourself.

 

Count loud during the workout, because if you don’t the workout won’t end.

Welcome FNGs: Soccer Mom, Carpetbagger, Shunnarah

Warmup

20 reps of each of these:

The first exercise is:    Side Straddle Hop.  Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.

The Next exercise is,   Ray Lewise Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.

The Next exercise is,   Prisoner squats Starting Position. Move. In cadence, down up on my command

The Next exercise is,   Little Baby Crunches on your own

The Next exercise is,   The Merkin Starting Position. Move. In Cadence. down up on my command

The Next exercise is,   Big Boy Situps on your own

The Next exercise is,   Flutter Kicks Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.

The Next exercise is,   The Sparrow  (Big boy sit up but come all the way up so that your arms can wrap your knees and then go completely flat with your legs and back to the ground. repeat.) Starting Position. Move. In Cadence. (Down up on my command)

The Next exercise is,   Little Baby Arm Circles Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.

The Next exercise is,   One Burpee Starting Position. Move. In Cadence.

 

Mosey 1 lap around the park.

 

Field day

Split up into partners and line up between the two cones.

Partner Carry, Down and back

Wheal Barrow, Down and Back

 

The “Four Three Two (hundred)”

Find a new partner and wait for instructions.

One partner jogs to the line and back, while the other partner exercises on the ground. Switch when you get back.

Between you and your partner, you must complete:

400 Little Baby Crunches

Find a new partner and together complete

300 Squats

Find a new partner and together complete

200 Merkins

When you and your partner finish your reps, don’t hold a plank. I recommend that you either stand around lazily, or find a pair who hasn’t finished the exercise and donate some reps to help them reach their goal.

 

Any questions?

Starting Position. Move. Go.

 

 

Back to the circle.

 

Merkin Disclaimer

Each person does slow pushups for as long as they can and then hold a plank until I’m finished reading this disclaimer.

 

F3 Nation, Inc. (“F3″) is a peer-led, zero-cost non-profit workout group. F3 makes no representations with regard to the skill level of workout leaders, the safety of the exercises performed during workouts or the hazardousness of the premises upon which workouts are conducted. The men who lead F3 workouts are not paid to do so and no representations of any kind are made by F3 about their skill level. The premises upon which F3 workouts are conducted are not owned or maintained by F3. F3 makes no representations of any kind regarding their safety. Although F3 workouts vary widely in intensity, all F3 workouts tend to be rigorous and are undertaken upon uneven ground during periods of limited visibility. Therefore, there are certain dangers inherent in participating in an F3 workout. Participants must be 18 or older and are assumed to have made their own reasonable decision as to whether they should so participate. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a father or male legal guardian. F3 disclaims any and all responsibility for any individual’s decision to participate in an F3 workout. By participating in an F3 workout, an individual assumes the risks inherent in doing so. This Disclaimer and Notice is made by F3 on its own behalf and on the behalf and for the benefit of any person leading an F3 workout and/or otherwise acting for the benefit of F3.

 

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

9.19.17 – Schilling on Q – Vulcan

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BB for The Vulcan, Tuesday, September 19, 2017

32 PAX ventured out with the promise of ‘something different.’ I borrowed and outline of The Spartan and made it our own. Overall the Thang took 20+ minutes and provided a real beat down while giving everyone a say in how the workout played out.

Those who chose to get better: Walk on, Breach, Brick, Milk Man, Crabs Legs, Peaches, Hugh, High Vis, Turnbuckle, Cinco, Vet, Ding, Slumlord, Cocky, Drought, Dispatch, Commie, Bagman, Denied, Sparrow, Soccer Mom, Slider, weber, Carpet Bagger, Gomer, Pilgrim, Grundle, Pothole, Rabbit, Namaste, Wildfire. Shilling.

Warm-up:

  • 30 SS Hops
  • 20 Willie Mays
  • 20 Ray Lewis
  • 25 Imperial Walker
  • Mosey a Lap

The Thang:

The Vulcan’s version of The Spartan

Place cones 50 yards apart.  Sprint across the field, do prescribed exercise, mosey back.

Exercise: Pax choice:

8x Merkin, 6x Hand-release merkin, or 4x Maktar Merkin.

Everyone in attendance picked one of the three for their round.

Everyone starts together.  (You are reading that right. We had 32 PAX. We did 32 rounds). Men got better.

Mary:

Protractor

15x Rosalita

15x Dolly

Boat/Canoe to finish up.

 

*Announcements: I am going to take a temperature for a golf outing this Fall. Look out on Twitter for a scheduling link.

 

Until next time –

Shilling

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

 

8.17.17 – VULCAN

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38 PAX – on a SCAM-less morning, men stepped up to motivate and encourage.

6 FNG’s – Amazon, Digiorno, Dufresne, NOVA, WNBA, Yella

WARM UP —

  • SSH x30
  • Merkin x20
  • Squats x25
  • Sit ups x15
  • Run 1 lap

PARTNER UP —

Burpee “mile” – Partners perform 100 yards worth of burpees.  Partner A would perform burpee then leap.  At the end of partner A leap, partner B would perform burpee then leap.  Partners did burpees to the far cones and back.

TABATA Box Jumps

A tabata interval is 30 seconds of work (for a given exercise) with 10 seconds of rest, typically performed for 8 intervals or 4 minutes.  Mosey over to the stage.  PAX performed tabata box jumps – 20 seconds of max rep box jumps on the stage then 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.

PARTNER WORK – CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS!

PAX partnered back up at the cones with their cinder blocks (1 per team).

Next phase included 4 exercises:  1) block thrusters, 2) block sit up (lying flat on back, arms fully extended w/ block, perform sit up with arms extended to upright position with arms fully extended overhead in a press position), 3) hand release merkins 4) 100 yd sprint.  Rep scheme was “10!”.

  • 10 block thrusters
  • 10 block sit ups
  • 10 HR merkins
  • sprint to far cones and back
  • 9 block thrusters
  • 9 block sit ups
  • 9 HR merkins
  • spring to far cones and back
  • 8 block thrusters
  • 8 block sit ups
  • 8 HR merkins……..and so on, down to 1

One partner would work at a time, while the other rested.  Partners rotate through the exercises.  Partner A would do 10 thrusters, partner B 10 sit ups, partner A 10 merkins.  Then sprint together.  Partner B 9 thrusters, partner A 9 situps, partner B 9 merkins and continue to rotate accordingly down to 1.

TABATA flutter kicks

30 seconds of flutter kicks, 10 second rest for FOUR intervals

 

 

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!

July 6th Church Street Shakedown

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28 PAX showed up in THE GLOOM at THE VULCAN (AO) for YHC’s VQ, including five (5) FNGs.  Those answering the call included Turnbuckle, Shank, Scam, Choo-Choo, Cinco, DuBose, Schilling, Gomer, Rabbit, Romeo, Sparrow, Pickle, The Donald, Commy, Rebar, Wildfire, Gold Bond, Quickrete, Pew, Saluki, Tommy Lee, and Cocky.  FNGs (Doogie, Cowbell, Wilson, Wiregrass, & Skullbucket) were wide-eyed for the beatdown, but took the RedPill like a champ and stood tall in the end!  Wiregrass was looking for the Triathlon training group and found THE ANSWER at THE VULCAN.  Weinke was wielded and we’re off and RUNNING!

THE THANG

Warmups: side straddle hops x 30, squats x 30, merkins x 25, little baby crunches x 25, flutter kicks x 30, 1-mile indian run (2 lines) across creek and down “Church Street” past Trinity UMC to Dawson Baptist and back.

The Meat: All of the following done between 40 yard cones: lunge walk, frankensteins, wheelbarrow, station sprints with progressively declining number of burpees and squats at each station, starting with 10 and down to 1.  Big props to SCAM (in Chippendale) for encouraging the PAX to finish the job.  Mosey to stage.

At the Stage: Decline Merkins x 15, Dips x 15, Stepups x 20;  Rinse and repeat all three again.  The back to the SHOVELFLAG for 20 merkins.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Videography on Saturday, 7/8/17 (6:30am) for F3 Birmingham – need a big presence – might get your mug on The Show!

Word:  Group was encouraged to affirm someone today for something positive they are doing.  Encouragement is a great thing that can freely be given by leaders who aren’t afraid to lead!

Thanks to all men who posted today!

YHC, Hi-Viz