A windy, chilly day at Okwata with 9 PAX: Triple Shift, Snooze, Saban, Kuch, YaMamaNem, Pop Tart, Griswald, Low Notes (FNG), Catfish. Started by moseying over to the dampened lake area for a warmup with Abe Vigoda, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Continued with Imperial Squat Walkers, then moseyed over to the grass across the street to get away from the noisy wind. For the record, didn’t do much.
On to faces for Peter Parkers and plank jacks. Back up to feet for five minutes of EMOM burpees.
Moseyed over to the House of Pain for stations: Pull Ups, Merkins, Jump Squats, and Dips. 10 pullups was the timer, did 2 rounds. Moved to other side of the levee for a timed exercise with 20 Abe Lincolns at the bottom, Bernie Sanders up, 20 leg lifts, mosey back down. Rinsed and repeated for about 5 minutes.
Back to the top of the levee for an Indian run down to canal, then looped back to the parking lot for another five minutes of 10 EMOM burpees. Back to flag for COT and naming of FNG. He’s a bass player, so Low Notes was the decision.
Tag: Pop Tart
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Wata Windy Morning (Okwata 2021-01-28) – from Catfish
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Blayne is a Bitch – from Saban
I had looked on the Q sheet a few weeks back to sign up for the anniversary of my dad’s passing. Unfortunately there was another anniversary, High Rise had signed up to Q his two year anniversary. Guess it wasn’t meant to be…or was it. Early in the week, High Rise posted that he wasn’t able to take the Q so I jumped on it. Guess it was meant to be!
I arrived slightly before 5:30 and was surprised to see 9 PAX getting ready to go and one PAX already on burpee #73! Nice work Catfish. A quick disclaimer and we were off. Stayed under the pavilion to get warmed up with:
SSH X 20
Imperial Walkers x 15
Monkey Humpers x 15
Peter Parker x 15
Parker Peter x 15
Mountain Climbers x 15
10 burpees OYOMoseyed over to the mountain
Let the PAX know that this was the anniversary of my dad’s passing. My dad was a fighter. He had cancer for over 15 years of his life. And each time a new bit of cancer popped up and things got tough he pushed through and overcame. He had it in his kidney, lost that kidney and recovered. He had it in his spine, lost feeling in his legs and was assigned to a wheelchair for the rest of his days but he continued to push. He had it in his knee so they cut off his leg but he pushed on. Even after the doctors issued him his last days. He pushed on for several more months! So what I have planned is going to be tough and will take most of us the whole time to finish but push through and fight until the end!
This workout was inspired by Tinkles. It was my last workout before I found out that I had Covid. I had gone to Pontiff to support my uptown brother and this is what we did on a football field and it was really tough. I thought doing the workout up the mountain would add another element.
I guess we can call these Mountain BLIMPS. Also, for some added fun I got to the mountain early to add the names of our late Wisner Mountain grafitti artists – Puke Dick, Dog Dix, Lucid, and of course Blayne is a Bitch. This created some great mumblechatter: How did Puke Dick get his name? Is Dog Dix French and pronounced Dog Dee? Was Blayne a girl or a boy? I guess we will never know…
The Thang
Run up 25 yards – 5 burpees – run back down
Run up 50 yards – 10 burpees – run back down
Run up 75 yards – 15 burpees – run back down
Run up 100 yards – 20 burpees – run back down
Rinse and repeat for Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and Squats.
About half of us finished. From there we moseyed back to the pavilion.
COT, Count-off, Name-orama, announcements, and prayers. Prayed for everyone dealing with Covid and for everyone to be present to the loved ones that we still have in our lives. Thankful that my dads legacy can live on through F3!
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Renny Frost (Renaissance 2021-01-18) – from Catfish
Frosty morning at the Renny with 7 PAX: Heisenberg, Hokie Pokie, Tool, Fracsac, Pop Tart, Dax, and Catfish (Q).
Started with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and SSH, then warmed up the legs with a round of the Motivator. Threw in some Imperial Squat Walkers for good measure. Moved to faces for Peter Parkers and Plank Jacks.
Moved on to five minutes of ten EMOM burpees (50 total). Went back to faces for Peter Parkers and Mountain Climbers. Back to feet for 8-counts.
Moved to the fountain for Dips, Bulgarians, Derkins, Bulgarians (other leg), and Irkins. Once done with this, got another 5 minutes of EMOM burpees in. Circled up again for a leg ring of fire with Al Gore/Jump Squats. Then did a standard Ring of Fire with Merkins and an active plank (move leg/arm out in sequence). On to the back of the museum for Sunday Mornings.
COT. Coffeeteria @ PJ’s.
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“Lust For Life” – from Pop-Tart
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too…. the great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed.” – Paulo coelho
Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zGm534NqgVtL5KWIyaiJT?si=V7EPjzZcRw678K3gRi3UAwWarm Up
SSH x21
Mountain climbers with added merkins (5 x 2 )
Grass grabbers
Head rotations
Arm rotations
Self love
Knee rotations
Feet / hands
One leg stretch – 30sec x 4Low Impact workout:
Burpees x10
21 lunges 2 /1
Burpees x 10
21 crunchy frogs
Burpees x 10
21 merkins
Burpees x10
21 yards duckwalk
Burpees x10
21 V-ups
Burpees x10
21 diamond merkins
Burpees x 10
21 low slow squats
Burpees x 10
21 American hammer
Burpees x10
21 wide merkins
Burpees x10
21 dying cockroach
Burpees x10
21 supermans
Burpees x 10
21 Al Gore – 1 min
Burpees x 10
21 merkins
Burpees x10
21 penguins
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Acronyms, Blockees and Bears Oh My! – from Fracsac
10 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to Swolefest wondering what awesomeness YHC had in store. With each Pax possessing a coupon, a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:
Warmup
SSH IC x 31
GG IC x 10
Hillbillies IC x 15
Bat wings with AC, SC, OHC, MNC all IC x 15 (dancing during Moroccan NC)
Self Love to shake it all offMosey to the parking lot with a little extra room for a real #CrowdPleaser
COP 1 – Block Webbs!
1 Merkin on Coupon, followed by 2 block presses
2 merkins, 4 block presses, so forth and so on until 10 merkins and 20 block presses.COP 2: BOMBS (OYO)
Blockees x 10 (Manmaker, aka burpee with a block)
Run across the street to the cones and bear crawl the 20 yard course, run back.
Overhead presses x 20
Bear Crawl course
Merkins on the coupon x 30
Bear Crawl course
Bicep Curls x 40
Bear Crawl course
Squats x 50
Bear Crawl courseCOP 3 – BLIMPS
Blockees x 5 (Manmaker, aka burpee with a block)
Bear Crawl course
Lunges x 10 w/o coupon
Bear Crawl course
Imperial Walkers x 15 w/o coupon
Bear Crawl course
Merkins x 20 w/o coupon
Bear Crawl course
Plank Jacks x 25 on Coupon
Bear Crawl course
Squats x 30 with Coupon
Bear Crawl courseAll finished and then completed a 1 minute plank
COT
NMM
-YHC saw an opening at Swolefest and took the Q! What a great group of Pax! Sign up and bring some heat! YHC brought some simple stuff, yet none of it was easy!
-It’s great to travel to various AO’s and see other Pax! We even had a surprise visit from Pop Tart while out moseying with the dog. He stopped for some merkins and then disappeared into the gloom….
-Coffeteria at the newly reopened PJ’s on Metry Road with Pax from the View.Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this awesome brotherhood!
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The 6(12) Stomp- 1.19.2021
Last week at the 610 stomp I was reminded by Saban about how slight variations in routine can make a big impact on your mind and body. Drag yourself up at 5am, get to your usual spot, warm up and get ready for a regular beatdown involving running and/or burpees. Your mind and body anticipate all of it. One of the best things about F3 is that each PAX mixes it up, pushing us to challenge ourselves and push our boundaries.
In that spirit, I decided to mix it up. A run along the Endymion route instead of our regular Stomp route, doing 12 burpees/5 LBCs (instead of the normal 10Burpees) at 6 minute marks (6, 12, 18, etc.) 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back. The 2 extra burpees helped us all get closer to our daily MABA challenge counts, and I was exhausted afterwards (maybe it was also keeping up with Catfish’s pace). Either way, you know it’s a good beatdown when halfway through you’re sore and cursing yourself for how you designed it!
Ended right on time with CoT. Big thanks to all who came out and pushed themselves!SYITG,
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New Year / New Tunes
Gentlemen,
At Swolefest this morning, 6 PAX had the pleasure of enjoying a beatdown accompanied with a playlist of some eclectic Mardi Grad Marching Band esque type music. Jesus Juice played some songs at Wisner Mountain last Friday that got High Rise & myself feeling a little nostalgic. Then High Rise messaged me this week with some old jams he found on Amazon music, which ultimately got me inspired to create a new playlist. Some of the songs that were played this morning were questionable at best, but overall I think everyone enjoyed the lyrical change of pace. With that said, here’s the details of the beatdown:
Warmup:
- Side straddle hops – 20 in cadence
- Hill Billies – 15 in cadence
- Arm circles – 10 forward / 10 backward in cadence
- Mountain climbers – 20 in cadence
The Thang:
- Alternate 20 dips / 20 low slow squats until each PAX had done 60 dips / 60 low slow squats
- Alternate 20 curls / 20 flutter kicks until each PAX had done 60 curls / 60 flutter kicks
- Alternate 20 Carolina Dry Docks / 20 Step Ups until each PAX had done 60 Carolina Dry Docks / 60 Step Ups
- Take a lap around the traffic circle
- THE MOTIVATOR (hard to explain, but if you’ve attended a beatdown with Ethanol, you’ll know what this is)
- Alternate 20 kettle bell swings / 20 box cutters until each PAX had done 60 kettle bell swings / 60 box cutters
- Alternate 20 block merkins with alternating arms / 20 calf raises with the block until each PAX had done 60 block merkins with alternating arms / 60 calf raises with the block
- We were running close on time, so for the last set we did 30 front raises with the block / 30 plank jacks
- After that we did count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions & prayer. As always, I enjoyed getting out there with the boys & putting in some work!
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Murder Monday (Swolefest 2020-11-16)
Nice cool morning at the Swolefest with 16 PAX: Thumb War, Belloq, Triple Shift, Walleye, West Nile, YaMamaNem, Breadsticks, Jesus Juice, Kuch, Pop Tart, High Rise, Saban, Heartaquack, Tool, Sheetrock, Catfish (Q).
Warmed up with SSH, Peter Parker Peters, Mountain Climbers, and 8-counts.
Rifle carried over to the field for 11s. On the one end, blockpees, then rifle carry to the other side. On the other, crossover merkins (2 is one). Murder bunny back to the other side. Breadsticks destroyed his block in the process, so he and Saban are both officially “block crushers.” This was a real time killer, so stopped about halfway through, then circled up to grab some curls.
Moseyed to the foundry for stations – pullups, goblet squats, flutter kicks, Chest Presses, and lunges(with block). Stopped at one round due to time constraints, then rifle carry back to the starting position.
At starting position, did some block-assisted American Hammers and LBBCs. Right on time for COT.
Appreciate everyone’s efforts today, definitely did some experimentation with the 11s, and I know everyone was positively THRILLED to do Murder Bunnies again. Breadsticks was so thrilled that he murdered his block. Stud!
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Armistice 2020
I looked for a good Veteran’s Day themed WOD and found 2 that I liked. I wasn’t sure how long it was going to take to complete (particularly Catfish) so the plan was to have everyone complete WOD #1 and then transition to WOD #2 with the left over time for AMRAP. Turns out WOD #1 was all that was needed.
Warm up:
Mosey around the traffic circle and end at the second intersection. Circle up.
- SSH x 20 IC
- Windmills x 10 IC
- Arm circles fwd/rev x 10 each IC
- Hillbillies x 15 IC
- Peter Parkers x 15 IC
Tha Thang:
Everyone would need to grab a bench throughout Roosevelt Mall. The plan was to complete the WOD and record your time.
11 rounds for time
11 Mountain Climbers
11 Squats
11 Hand release Merkins
11 Box jump burpees
200 meter run (this consisted of running around the neutral ground to the bench opposite where you started)
Kudos to Catfish as he was the only PAX to complete all 11 rounds. As the time approached 6:15 PAX were instructed to head back to the flag once they had finished their respective round for some Mary.
Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, Intentions, COT.
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Swolefest 11-9-2020
5:30am on Monday morning felt like it came quickly this week. But once it hit, it was time to start off the week right with a little F3 Swolefest beatdown:
Warm Up:
- side straddle hops – 20 in cadence
- wind mills – 10 in cadence
- plank jacks – 20 in cadence
- arm circles – 10 forward, 10 backward in cadence
The Thang:
Dora 1-2-3 – partner up. One partner does the exercise, while the other partner runs a lap around the traffic circle
- 100 flutter kicks with the block (cadence count in your head) – 1,2,3, one, etc
- 200 squats with the block
- 300 curls with the block
Cool down lap around the circle
Dora 1-2-3 – again with partner. One partner does the exercise, while the other partner runs a lap around the traffic circle
- 100 standing overhead press with the block
- 200 side ab raises with the block (rotate side each time)
- 300 bent over rows with the block
Cool down lap around the circle. Then:
- Dips on the big concrete circles – 20 in cadence
- 8 count body builders – 10 on your own
Next, we did the count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions & prayer. As always, thanks for the chance to lead, fellas. It’s always a pleasure.