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Spartan – June 11, 2018 – Culver Road HILLS HIIT

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Monday Morning Hill HIIT Workout

Warm-up

  • Side Strattle Hop x25
  • Butt Kicks x25
  • High Knees x25
  • Willy Mays x15
  • Merkins x25
  • Ray Lewis x25
  • Jump Rope x25

Mozy 0.5 mile to Culver Road

Culver Road West (0.4 mile HILL)

  • Run up / Back pedal down
    • Prisoner Squats x50
    • Side Lunge x10ea leg
  • Run up / Back pedal down
    • Mountain Climbers x22
    • Flutter Kicks x15

Culver Road East (0.1 mile HILL)

  • Side Shuffle half / Other side shuffle half / back pedal down
    • Sumo Squats x50
    • Merkins x 25
  • Side Shuffle half / Other side shuffle half – back pedal half way down
    • Laying up slope Freddie Mercury x20
    • Laying up slope X Lifts (Flat Freddie Mercury) x10
    • Incline Merkin to T Lift with 5 hip bridges x 4 each side

Culver Road West HILL one final time / back pedal down

Mozy 0.5 mile to MBE Field

Thor (1:4, Big Boy Situp: American Hammer) – PAX made it to 8:32 before burn out

SUMMARY:

  • A mile of mozy
  • Over a mile of uphill runs and decline backpedals
  • 54 merkins for you June challenge folks
  • Plenty of core

Happy Monday – Good start to a week!

~Peaches

2018-06-05 @ The Vulcan: 40 Minutes of Hell + OT

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The tease of Nolan Richardson did not go unfulfilled. 30 PAX gathered at Homewood Central Park for The Vulcan AO at 5:30 to get better. What followed:

Warm-ups:

  • 25x side straddle hops
  • 25x prisoner squats
  • 15x willy mays
  • 25x ray lewis

0.8 mile mozy with 2 stations of 10x burpees to Edgewood Elementary

Modified Nolan Richardson 40 minutes of hell:

  • Partners split reps while there was a +/- 40 yard back peddle, bobby hurley, and jog back
    • Pull Ups: 2x max each
    • Squats: +/- 150
    • Big Boy Sit Ups: +/- 100
    • Merkins: +/- 125
  • Little Baby Arm Circles and Ray Lewis for for a 100 yards walk

0.8 mile mozy with 2 stations of 5x burpees back to Central Park

Captain Thor – 1:4 Ratio of Big Boy Situp to American Hammers – Completed 5:20

Ended to Bring Sally Up with Merkins

The Spartan 3/19/2018

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15 PAX posted Monday morning at Mountain Brook Elementary. A great Spring morning with temp in the high 50’s. Perfect for getting over any lingering consequences from St. Patrick’s Day. PAX present – Bagman, Tarbaby, Zacchaeus, Stuntman, Taiwan, Elmer, Slumlord, Breach, Elvis, Sparrow, Froggy, Pothole, Dispatch, Commie, and YHC.

Warmup

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Straight leg stretch
  • Willie Mays
  • Imperial Walkers IC x 25
  • Plank jacks IC x 25

Mosey to front of MBE – find a  bench

  • Dips x 15
  • Decline shoulder taps IC x 15
  • Dips x 15
  • Decline shoulder taps IC x 15

Mosey to MBE field for THE THANG

Bear-back 11’s – PAX line up along goal line with cones set in front 15-ish yards (hard to tell on lacrosse field in the dark)

  • 10 Carolina dry docks then bear crawl out to cone; 1 jump squat then run backwards to goal line
  • 9 CDD then bear crawl out to cone; 2 jump squats then run backwards back
  • and so on until 1CDD bear crawl to 10 jumps squats and back.
  • it was pointed out to YHC that the combination of CDDs and bear crawls was challenging, nay “sadistic”, by fellow PAX (ahem Stuntman).
  • Completion of challenge with 20 seconds of encouragement, one of YHC’s favorite practices borrowed from our F3 compatriots at THE FORUM.

6MOM interlude

  • Flutter kicks IC x 20
  • High flutter kicks IC x 20
  • Hello Dolly IC x 20
  • flip to high plank
  • Standard shoulder taps IC x 20
  • Mountain climbers IC x 20
  • Elbow plank
  • Spiderman IC x 20
  • Big boy situps x 20
  • Six inches

21’s  – PAX back to goal line with cones out 30-ish yards; count descending/ascending by 2’s . The challenge here was maintaining the wherewithal for basic computations skills under physical duress.

  • 20 merkins with sprint to cones followed by 1 LBC and sprint back
  • 18 merkins with sprint followed by 3 LBCs then back…..and so on.
  • Strong work by all PAX with extras push at the end to grind out the last sprints associated the final 2 merkins and 19 LBCs. (110 total merkins on top of the 55 CDDs for those counting)

Mosey back to MBE parking lot

  • Final ab buster – Protractor with mix of flutter kicks and six inch holds

COT

-Skeletor

 

 

 

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!

 

Just Keep Breathing – February 26, 2018

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When I first started F3, there were two things I learned quickly:

  1. Dora’s are hard
  2. Just keep moving (including breathing)

When I met F3 Rabbit at Spartan, I figured out that he likes running uphill, thus my VQ had to mash-up Dora and uphill.

10 PAX and 1 FNG braved the rain and got better together

Obligatory Disclaimer Given (don’t sue me)

Warm Up

Bear crawls around the ampitheatreIC: Side-Straddle Hops
IC: Imperial Walkers
IC: Merkins
OYO: LBC
IC: Shoulder Taps

Mozy to Mountain Brook Village

OYO: Big Boy Situps
OYO: LBC
IC: Squats
OYO: Big Boy Situps

Mozy to Rabbit’s Hill

(Dora)
50 Burpees
100 Lunges
150 Merkins
IC: 20 Merkins

Mozy to MBES

IC: Dips
IC: Incline Merkins
OYO: Step-Ups
OYO: Jump-Ups

In honor of Scam
IC: Flutter Kicks (not riding a bike!)

COT

Announcements
Name-O-Rama (we got really close to giving KneePad an awesome F3 name)
Prayer to wrap up

Side-to-Side February 21,2018

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69 Degrees with a slight breeze.  Perfect weather for 17 PAX to get better and start the day off right.  For entertainment we did a little front, back and side-to-side action on the MBE soccer field.  Good times had by all.

Special thanks to F3 Nashville’s own, Crawfish.  He made an appearance at the Vulcan and Spartan.

Warm Up

  • Burpees – 10
  • Mountain Climbers – 25
  • Side Straddle Hops – 25
  • Carolina Dry Docks – 25
  • Freddy Mercury – 25

Mosey to Amphitheater Steps

  • Bear Crawl steps

Mosey to MBE Soccer Field

Cone Drills

Set 1

  • Side to side from starting line to 1st cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side to 2nd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side to 3rd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side to 4th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side to 5th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side from 5th cone to 4th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side from 4th cone to 3rd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side from 3rd cone to 2nd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side from 2nd cone to 1st cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Side to side from 1st cone to starting line, drop to ground and back up

Set 2

  • Side to side from starting line to 1st cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side to 2nd cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side to 3rd cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side to 4th cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side to 5th cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side from 5th cone to 4th cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side from 4th cone to 3rd cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side from 3rd cone to 2nd cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side from 2nd cone to 1st cone, 5 Merkins
  • Side to side from 1st cone to starting line, 5 Merkins

Set 3

  • Side to side from starting line to 1st cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 2nd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 3rd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 4th cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 5th cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 5th cone to 4th cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 4th cone to 3rd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 3rd cone to 2nd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 2nd cone to 1st cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 1st cone to starting line, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups

Set 4

  • Side to side from starting line to 1st cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side to 2nd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side to 3rd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side to 4th cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side to 5th cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 5th cone to 4th cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 4th cone to 3rd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 3rd cone to 2nd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 2nd cone to 1st cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 1st cone to starting line, 10 Lunges

Merkins – 25

Set 5

  • Run to 1st cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 2nd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 3rd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 4th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 5th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 4th cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 3rd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 2nd cone, drop to ground and back up
  • Run to 1st cone, drop to ground and back up

Shoulder Taps – 25

Set 6

  • Side to side from starting line to 1st cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 2nd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 3rd cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 4th cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side to 5th cone, 5 Big Boy Sit-Ups
  • Side to side from 5th cone to 4th cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 4th cone to 3rd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 3rd cone to 2nd cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 2nd cone to 1st cone, 10 Lunges
  • Side to side from 1st cone to starting line, 10 Lunges

Finale

  • Side Straddle Hops – 25
  • Flutter Kicks – 25
  • Modified Merkins – 10

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

 

 

Block Party – The Spartan – 2/19/2018

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Given the recent warm weather and approaching spring break, YHC decided it was time for the Spartan to undertake some body sculpting via the lifting of heavy objects. With 20 cinder blocks in tow, YHC showed up to MBE to find a robust number of PAX punctually awaiting an AM beatdown. And they kept coming. 21 PAX eventually posted on this damp but temperate morning at MBE. A record for the Spartan to the knowledge of YHC. And one more than anticipated. Thanks to those who generously donated some of their curls and presses to their fellow cinder-block-less PAX.

Warm up

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Straight leg stretch – Left of right/right over left
  • Imperial Walkers IC x 20
  • Plankjacks IC x 20

Distribution of coupons (28.4 lb cinder block)

Mosey to MBE field

  • Block Webbs – Swole brother of Jack Webb – Incline merkin on cinder block (CB) then shoulder press from knees: 1:1 ratio, start 1:1, then 2:2, and so on – we made it to 8:8 which was to exhaustion for YHC (will work on this and aspire to 10:10 next time the blocks come out)
  • Flutter Presses – Flutter kicks IC to 5 with CB on chest; then five presses with CB, maintains six inches position while pressing beginning on second set. Can’t remember how many sets we did, I think 4.
  • Colt 45s – Curls: start at flex position go down to 90 degrees, do x reps; go to bottom or extending positon then go up to 90 degrees, do x reps; then full curl for x reps; did 5-5-5, 10-10-10, and 15-15-15.

Mosey back to MBE parking lot

Cinder Block COBRA

  • C – Curls
  • O – Overhead Press
  • B – Block squats
  • R – Run: ran length of MBE parking lot
  • A – Abs: Big boy situps
  • Did sets of each exercise as a circuit for 10, 15, and 20.

Cinder Block Shuttle Run

  • PAX number 1&2 and form two lines 10 yards apart. First PAX from group 1 does the shuttle run by picking up a CB at the other groups line, returns CB to his line, then retrieves the second CB, then returns brick to his starting spot. Meanwhile partner is doing 10 burpees. PAX from group 2 finish burpees then do shuttle run while PAX from group 1 do burpees. Rinse and repeat x 3.

Return CBs to truck and circle up

  • Merkin waterfall – 3 rounds adding one merkin each round while all hold plank position
  • Flutter kicks IC x 40

COT

-Skeletor

 

 

 

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!

Peaches Schoolyard Fun – Dec. 21, 2017

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28 PAX at The Vulcan AO

  • 0.9 mile jog for warm up to Shades Cahaba Elementary through tunnel under 31
  • Circle:
    • 25 Side Strattle Hops
    • 20 Merkins
    • 20 Prisoner Squats
    • 20 LBCs
    • 20 Ray Lewis’
  • Hill Sprint -> 10 burpees -> Recover walk down
  • 10 burpees
  • Hill Sprint -> 10 mountain climbers -> Recover walk down
  • Field Work:
    • 25 yard High Knees
    • 25 yard Backpeddle
    • 25 yard Walking Planks to your right
    • 25 yard Walking Planks to your left
  • 0.9 mile job back to Homewood Central Park
  • Circle:
    • 30 Prisoner Squats
    • 25 Big Boy Sit-ups
    • Stomach Roll right and left to sop up the mud/rainwater
    • Plank to Right Side Plank/Hip Thrusters back to Plank to Left Side Plank/Hip Thrusters back to Plank to forearm Plank and back
    • 10 Bobby Hurleys

Name-o-Rama and Announcements

Pre-dawn Police- escorted Ruck, Team Orienteering and Bag Pipe Closer

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October 7, 2017 – The Vulcan

Pre-workout RUCK
A record 11 PAX +1 took the 50-minute R/T walk just past The Vulcan statue. The +1 was on-duty Officer Kitt, who pulled up on us in the parking lot, asked what we were up to, and after about 2 seconds of thought (really) announced to this group of strangers “I’m coming”. Before we knew it, he pulled a tac vest (his weight) out of the back of his Tahoe and headed up the road with us. Kitt turned back after a while and apparently ran (in uniform) at full speed across the park field coming suddenly upon straggler Bird Dog in the darkness. Kitt transported Bird Dog in his patrol vehicle up the road at high speed to the marching PAX.

(not pictured: Slumlord)

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Warm Up

(Breeze takes down one of three shovel flags…PAX pays the price with F3 Birmingham’s flag down penalty – 20 O.Y.O. burpees)
IC Side Straddle Hop
IC Should Rotations Each Way
IC Shoulder Taps
IC Hello Dolly
IC Single Leg Merkins
IC Alabama Ass Kickers
IC Sumo Squats

THE THANG
Orienteering (not exactly, but the best way I could think of to describe it)
YHC + 4 other Q’s selected on the spot, each took (5) 6-man teams to different locations within a 2-mile R/T from Homewood Central Park. Each Q was handed an index card with his team’s destination and the work to be done along the way.

Destinations:
Homewood Board of Education Building
Spring Park (it does exist!)
City Hall
Piggly Wiggly
Trak Shack

On the way to destination AND on the way back, all on each team must complete:

50 Merkins
100 foot Bear Crawl
50 Squats
15 Burpees
50 IC Ray Lewis

At destination teams were to do an exercise of the team’s choice. The index cards also had 4 “get to know you” type questions to ask of the team members. YHC wrote up all of this voodoo, carried our team’s laminated index card and somehow forgot about the questions at the bottom of the card. Nice. But our team’s chatter was good, so the time still seemed well spent.

F3 Birmingham’s Scotty welcomed the PAX to the COT with bag pipes (video here), announcements, prayer requests, and prayer by Blue Angel.  Welcome FNG Halftime.

As always, it is a privilege to Q an F3 Birmingham workout and a pleasure to do so on Saturday at The Vulcan.

Thank you,

– Barney Fife