Tag: The Knoll

  • Case of the Monday’s

    AO: The Knoll

    Pax: 3

    Shangeaux, Snack Pack & yours truly (MegaDad)

    The Scene:

    No clouds, lot of heat from that ball of fire in the sky.  Luckily a cooling breeze picked up at the end.  Enjoy it while we can because real summer doesn’t know cool breezes.

    The Thang:

    Snack Pack was ripping out pull ups before we even started.  His punishment was lots of sprints, incline mercin and al gores until Shangeaux moseyed on up.  We were very warmed up by then.

    Since I’m a lazy Q I’ve been winging workouts. To date, no one hurt and everyone exhausted at the end.  Nothing to shout about, but that ain’t my goal every week.

    We did SSH, mosey both sides (L/R) + karaoke ad backwards.  Then to the sundial for SSH, burpees 2 ways (on ground then on the concrete wall/step) x20.  Couldn’t breathe so  Mosey to hill for up/downs on Q call.  Less breath after so slow mosey to shade for early Mary’s (bench leg throws x15).  Wall squat round robin 60 count and 20 rounds of calf raises.  40 Rep side squats and the 30 rep American hammer.

    Gettin desperate for ideas at this point but Snack Pack was finally tired enough to stop talking about all the awesome workouts the Houston guys brought.

    Jane Fonda side push ups x 12 each side

    real Jane Fonda 3 ways for the fans

    next was Jacobs ladder (aka suicides) on side walk going 10 expansion joints.  Older Asian walker guy made this a riot as he ran through us acting goofy.  Need to get an EHL on him.

    Finished with Snack Pack crunchy frog, Shangeaux legs to the sky (or at least a few inches off the ground) and MegaDad 6” montage before attempting a silly figure 8 soccer mosey back to home base.  We looked like idiots….but very hard working idiots.

    Circle of Trust and prayer for all those hurting around the country.

    PS Shangeaux is still exercising in a sweatshirt.  He’s going to be 90 pounds by mid summer if he can keep from spontaneously combusting

     

     

     

     

     

  • Soybean’s Red Stick Beatdown

    By: Soybean (F3 Memphis)

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    Conditions: 50* and perfect.

     

    Fastball and YHC arrived at the Knoll at 0645 to scope it out. There were some people setting up tents and cauldrons (?) for a party of some sort. F3 parties are a little different, so we went yogging to find an expanse of wet grass and a stash of CMUs. When we got back to the starting point, there were more tents/cauldrons and a handful of eager-looking 25-55 year-old men. We exchanged pleasantries, wondered aloud if the jambalaya was for us (apparently they cook it in huge cast iron pots like witches), then, oh look!, it’s 0659. By the time we formed a haphazard circle, it was 0700.

     

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

     

    I am not a professional

    You are participating at your own risk

    You are responsible for your own well-being

    You are here voluntarily, and you are not paying to be here

    Know your limits and do the best you can; all exercises are suggestions and can be modified

     

    Warm-a-Rama:

    SSH x20

    Imperial Walkers x15 (should’ve demonstrated that one…)

    Lil mosey to pick up the extra CMUs we needed and back to the start.

     

    The Thang: 

    YHC had the distinct pleasure of introducing the Red Stick PAX to Flora 1-2-3.

    PAX partnered up with their CMUs, and completed the following:
    100 Derkins (P1 does 10 while P2 holds decline plank; flapjack until the couple reaches 100)
    200 LBCs (holding CMU on chest or above head, P1 does 20; P2 holds legs at 6” with CMU above head; flapjack to 200)
    300 Goblet Squats (P1 does 25 while P2 holds Al Gore with coupon; flapjack to 300)

    Next, to the dismay of many, we did an Indian run for about a quarter mile, down a hill, and onto a damp expanse. The expanse is in the middle of a Frisbee golf course, and there were two dudes playing at 0700!

    Burpee Catch-Me-If-You-Can
    Same partners as before. P1 backpedals down the field. P2 does 3 burpees, then sprints to catch P1. Upon catching P1, P2 backpedals and P1 does burpees. Etc. Four rounds, with BBSU mixed in for the pairs that got done first.

    Mosey back to the start point.

    PAX lined up with their CMUs, shovel flag planted about 15 yards opposite. YHC demonstrated the bear block (bear crawl, pulling CMU forward). Then we did…
    Curls x20 – bear block 15 yd
    OH press x20 – bear block back
    Curl x15 – bear block
    OH press x15 – bear block
    Curl x10 – bear block
    OH press x10 – bear block

    Tank Tread: PAX line up in boat pose, alternating directions. We passed 3 CMUs down the line, and the guy at the end ran to the front with the CMU.

    Mary:

    Triple Crush OYO x20 (CMU curl to overhead press to skull crusher)
    American Hammer IC x15
    Triple Crush OYO x15
    American Hammer IC x15

    We had a couple minutes left, so I turned it over to the Baton Rouge PAX:
    Topanga – leg raises x20
    Big Easy – LBCs x30? 40? Lots of groans from the PAX when he never stopped going!
    30 sec plank until 0800

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    COT / BOM:

    YHC shared a quote from the Q Source about Disruption. “Leaders influence movement to advantage…Because it induces movement, leadership causes disruption.”

    “If a man calls himself a leader but does not cause Disruption by initiating movement, then he is not practicing leadership. He might be doing something else, like managing or engaging in politics, but he is not leading. He is a leader in name only until people begin to follow him to an advantageous place that he has visualized and articulated to them. A leader influences movement to advantage.”

    You can read the whole article here: https://f3nation.com/2017/11/26/disruption-f-1/
    The Q Source index: https://f3nation.com/q-source-index/

    Prayers for Money Cat’s daughters’ relationship, Duracell’s wife’s family in the loss of her aunt

    Announcements:

    **Shameless plug** F3 Memphis is hosting GrowRuck 12 in September this year. This is a weekend-long event that combines all 3 F’s with PAX from all over the South. Dredd and OBT, the founders of F3, will be there to lead a workout and leadership class. Then Saturday night, we’ll do a GORUCK Tough event together. It’s an incredible chance to grow personally and with the PAX. Get in touch with Soybean if you want more details.

     

  • Stormed the Knoll

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    Conditions: Ominous.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    Seeing how the convergence on the North Shore was taking place at the same time, the JV team stayed back and “Stormed the Knoll.”

    • Capri Lap – a little mosey.
    • SSH – 10x
    • Al Gores – 10X.
    • Merkins – 10x
    • Goofball – 10x
    • Burpees – 5

    The Thang: 

    With Tornado warnings out, we thought it would be a good idea to workout together in an open park.  And because we’re men, and this is the USA, we did.  It went like this:

    The PAX moseyed to sundial. Formed circle and performed a little arm and leg circuit.

    • 20 Merkins
    • 12 Freak Nastys
    • 20 Incline Merkins
    • 12 Freak Nastys
    • 20 Derkins
    • 10 Freak Nastys
    • 30 Al Gores
    • 30 Lunges
    • 20 Step-ups
    • 20 Box jumps

    We then went on a little mosey.  But ended back at the sundial (easier access to shelter).

    We then did my favorite.  Partnered up and did Col Trautman.  One partner runs from sundial to pull-up bars and does 5. While the other did AMRAP of the following:

    A – Arms – Freak Nastys

    L – Legs – Al Gores

    A – Abs – LBCs

    M – M workout – Merkins

    P – P workout – Planks

    We then did a couple group exercises. We broke the field into thirds and did the following:

    1. Tunnel of Love – with only 5 PAX, this was a lot of crawling.
    2. Plank Snake – a lot of running.
    3. Bridge of Hate – So this was a new one. We all laid on our backs side by side. One person then laid down (backwards… which is important… like a trust fall) and then gets passed along by the PAX. Like crowd surfing.  Dagwood was first one up. Long story short, this ended quickly and Dagwood may have been violated. We do hope he shows up again and doesn’t press charges.

    Mary:

    With the ominous clouds still a brewing, we did our Marys:

    • LBCs 20x
    • Jane Fondas – 10x each leg
    • Leg Lifts
    • American Hammers

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    COT / BOM:

    Announcements:

    Coffeeteria:

    We ordered our food and coffee. Shangeaux showed up to fellowship. Then those ominous clouds broke loose. The electricity went out (as a tornado touched down about 2 miles away). The millennial baristas were frazzled. They closed the store and went into the back of store to take cover. But the PAX stayed in the cafe, sipping our coffee, and talking about life.  Shangeaux gave some nice advice on parenting, and also explained to us how he has the best job. Ask him about it. Power came on.  Back to being men, serving our homes and community.

     

     

     

     

  • Soggy Bottom Boys at The Knoll

    Conditions: Mild temperatures, Wet, Damp, Humid, overcast. Although the rain stopped there was plenty of standing water so we could get our shoes and backsides soaked.

    ***Great post exercise story below too.  One new FNG on the way!***

      

     

    After getting over our disappointment that the rain had stopped we moseyed to the sundial for warmups consisting of Abe Vigodas, Austin Ass Kickers, 21’s and Bat Wings

    Following warm ups, we descended the Knoll to come up the other side doing lunges. The purpose of the lunges was to make the group look like Zombies from the Walking Dead. It worked.

    Assembling on the rugby pitch for Bearway to Heaven with Merkin Ladder, Q neglected to instruct the PAX to do a bear crawl between Burpee and Merkin intervals so the group just ran the first set. Rocket and Yes Dear were going fast and appearing to enjoy it so bear crawl requirement was reinstated for subsequent sets.

    Captain Thor Big Boy Sit Ups were next followed by a mosey down the Knoll so we could run up backwards 5 times doing the Bernie Sanders. Bern set in after rep 2

    Next, we moseyed to a spot with adequate mud and water for the Crunchy Frog exercise. Q’s cadence at this point sounded like a frog.

    Ending with an All You Got Run showed we had left it all somewhere back on the field with Moneycat’s car keys.

     

    Add-on by Worms:

    In the rain, lakes and mud Moneycat’s key fob fell out of his zipped jacket pocket somehow.  Most of the Pax had already left but the few remaining, Snackpack, Two-Shoes, Moneycat and Worms searched every inch of the park where we travelled and especially where he’d laid his jacket that morning but no luck. We called a known auto locksmith, Tigers Locksmith,  (an on-the-road key programming shop) but he wasn’t answering at the moment so I left a message.  We then called Popalock and they had someone on the way.   Then the Tiger Locksmith called back and said that “if you don’t have the fob then you still can’t start that car without the fob and the key”.   Fooey.    So I called the Popalock and said not to bother coming since Popalock could only open the car door to get Moneycat’s key but he’d still be stuck there since it was the key fob somewhere out there in those 96 acres of grassy knoll.   Popalock asked about the kind of car so they knew that but they failed to tell us that their guy could only get into the car and could not give him a way to drive the car.  I told Moneycat that we were not going to push him home while his engine was off and his transmission in park.  If it was in neutral I’m sure the 3 of us could grab that rear bumper and push Moneycat home since its only 12 miles to his home, but not with the wheels locked. I said no way.   So Drew of Tiger Locksmith showed up and he and Moneycat had a great time.  Turns out Drew Mulvanah is a Brother and is from New Zealand and he is very interested in F3.   He’s supposed to post with us soon!  Good work Moneycat for EHing the new man!  What a way to make friends other than over a beer!

  • The Sultan of Squat

    The Scene: The Knoll

    Conditions: Cool. Calm. Swampy.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    Prior to starting, we had a couple PAX with some interesting items: Money Cat with a Chocolate syrup bottle and Missile Toes with Rotating Push-up Bars. But, whatever, it was 0700, so we just got started. We did a little mosey and ended at some random spot in the grass. Then did the following to get ready for the big game:

    · SSH – 20x

    · Goofball- 15x

    · Bobby Hurley’s – 15x

    · Merkins – 15x

    · Al Gores – 15x

    · Burpees – 6

    We then ran backwards to sundial. Not sure why we ran backwards, but we did.

    The Thang:

    MLB’s Opening Day was this past Thursday. Seeing how Baseball is America’s pastime, we had to celebrate accordingly.

    1. Hit For the Cycle – We got into a circle at the Sundial, and started our attempt to hit for the cycle. Twice.

    · Slowjangle Biscuit (lunges in a circle) – 40x. This was our Homerun.

    · Al Gores – 30x. Triple. My legs and the fellas were mad at me. Dagwood feared I was broken and just stuck on repeat cause I just kept counting and counting and counting.

    · Merkins – 20x. Our double.

    · Freak Nastys. – 10x Our single.

    · Burpees – 5x. This has nothing to do with the cycle or baseball. But we did it just because.

    · Freak Nastys – 10x

    · Merkins – 20x

    · Al Gores – 30x.

    · Slowjangle Biscuit – 40x. At around 28, Shangeaux threw is glove at me in protest and in anger. Typical soccer player.

    2. Foul Poles – We then mosey’d across Highland Road to the baseball fields. We partnered up. One partner jogged around the fence (well, where we would assume a fence would be) from foul pole to foul pole (well, where we would assume a foul pole would be), and then sprinted back, across the outfield back to beginning foul pole. Other partner did AMRAP of assigned exercise. We did this 5 times, while doing merkins, Al Gores, LBCs, Merkins, Al Gores. We found out pretty quickly this field doesn’t drain well, and that most of the PAX aren’t baseball fans. It was a sad moment. So, I encouraged everyone to watch the Sandlot.

    3. Curse of the Bambino– We then ran to home plate. We circled up and planked, while one partner ran around the bases (well, where we would assume bases would be) for a Homerun. Once he made it home, we all did 1 merkin together. Then next guy ran, and then we did 2 merkins together. We worked our way up until we all hit a Homerun. YHC failed to tell everyone the goal was an inside-the-park homerun. So, Worms started us off with a nice Homerun trot that would make The Great Bambino proud. Dagwood got the memo and showed us his speed and slid into home plate. Unfortunately, he wasted his life playing soccer. Money Cat did swing his Choclate Syrup Bottle, which ended up being his water bottle for the day, and Missle Toes did use his push-up bars for all merkins, which is amazing.

    Mary:

    We mosey’d back to some random spot in the grass near the flag. We each led a Mary.

    · Fastball – LBCs 20x

    · Rocket – Jane Fondas – 10x each leg.

    · Dagwood – American Hammers – 30 count. I’m glad I wasn’t counting this one, cause I was in pain.

    · Workhorse – Leg Lifts – 20x. Workhorse also did these with his hands behind his head like a real man.

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    Welcome – Big Easy

    COT / BOM:

    Two praises: 1. MoneyCat winning his office Easter Basket Contest with an F3 box and winning a fitbit. 2. Worms becoming an Aggie Fan! His son got a full ride scholarship. YHC closed us.

    Announcements:

    04BA2130-8C08-43D5-B8D9-8578C8DD5C15

    E78946F0-E1BF-4355-BD9C-78FD17062990

  • A Buzzer Beatdown

    The Scene: The Knoll

    Conditions: Mosquitos and Mud.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    Warmest day of the year. But we still did our warm-a-rama.

    Started with one full lap ending at the sundial.

    · SSH – 25x IC

    · Arm cirlces (15 Fwd/15Bkwds)

    · Bobby Hurley – 15x IC. (FNG was excited about this one. Gave a little shout out to ASU, he’s alma mater.)

    · Al Gores – 10x IC

    · Merkins -10x IC

    · Burpees – 8x on own.

    The Thang:

    We did our own form of March Madness.

    1. Suicide Madness– Mosey’d to the muddy football field. We stood at football goal line. Sprinted to about 20 yd line and back two times between each of the following:

    · 64 – SSH – (Workhorse finished these at blazing speed. But, in mid-sprint about the 10 yd line, he stopped, turned around, laughed, and said he only did 32. He came back and finished the rest. We were reminded you can’t look too far ahead. All eyes on you, Virginia. All eyes on you.)

    · 32 – Merkins.

    · 16 – Al Gores – Madness really set in

    · 8 – Burpees – Gabriel was still smiling somehow.

    · 4- Burpees

    · 2 – Burpees – A lot of midwife noises here.

    · 1 minute planks

    -Flutter kicks waiting on 6 man.

    We then took a little apocalyptic tour through the woods and over the log bridge. No injuries reported.

    After the long tour, we made it back to the sundial. We did a quick set of 15 merkins, 12 Freak Nastys, 10 Merkins, and 10 Freak nastys.

    2. Col Trautman – We then partnered up and did a little Colonel Trautman. One partner ran from sundial to pull up bar and did 5 pull-ups. While other partner stood at sundial and did lunges AMRAP. We did this for 4 quarters. Felt like we were in triple OT. MoneyCat finished his last one with a dead sprint back. The crowd erupted.

    Mary:

    We were running late for Mary’s, again. But 4 PAX led their favorite:

    · Fastball – LBCs – 10x

    · Dagwood – Jane Fondas (Rt) – 10x

    · Shangeux – American Hammers – 15x

    · Snack Pack – Jane Fondas (Lt)– 10x

    We cut it close on time, but we nailed it! A buzzer beatdown.

    Mosey’d to Flag. Gabriel, still smiling, sprinted to flag. It was the fastest I’ve seen it done. And it’s not even close.

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    Welcome, Hogfish!

    COT / BOM:

    Announcements

    T-Claps to Money Cat for increasing his merkins by 400%. And for losing about 35 lbs over the last few months! Well done!

     

  • Daylight Savings at The Knoll

    Knowing that we were about to lose an hour during the coming evening, we wasted no time getting started!

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    Conditions:  Chilly, a bit wet but no rain… we thought.

    Welcome. Saw no FNGs so we skipped the Disclaimer.  (Noted that since my last Q when I was not a professional trainer, I’m still not a professional trainer.)

    Warm-O-Rama:

    Mosey – Two laps around the Field – one forward, one back.  A bit of competitive spirit kicked in, with relish.  Then for some breath-catching and stretching exercises:

    Shoulder Circles.

    Imperial Walkers.

    SSH.

    Windmills.

    SSH.

    Al Gores.

    SSH.

    The Thang:

    Mosey to The Sundial, our faithful companion, for some upper-body work.

    Freak Nasties, putting “diamonds of gold” (a Tony Horton term) on our upper arms.

    Incline Merkins, to sharpen the edges of our pecs.

    Step Ups, to vary from upper body and give us the Buns of Steel that drive our wives crazy.

    And then some Partner Plank Curls, for biceps (which are hard to hit in F3) – where one guy planks and the other does standing bicep curls with his partner’s ankles.  We definitely learned a bit about ourselves on this one… and not necessarily for the better.  (10 curls each man, except for YHC who had no partner in this odd-numbered PAX)

    Then a second round of the above to make sure we all hit our Personal Best.

    Finally some La La Leggy to hit the buns again.  A 10-count of squats and lunges and calf raises.  (Yeah, your buns needed it, and you know who I’m talking to.)

    Mosey to The Hill, our Other faithful friend.  (Not the first hill, but across the creek to the second hill.  That’s where the action is.)

    Partner Run & Windmill Merkins.  One partner runs up the hill and back while the other does windmill merkins (just google it if you don’t believe me).  Got to 50 merkins per team, which brought a lot of groans from the girls in the group (And I’m talking about Tiger Bait, whose noisy complaining must spur him on because he finished first.)

    So we cooled down with more Shoulder Circles, before one more trek up the hill:  Bear Crawl Up, Crab Walk Down.  Dagwood made a fine showing until his log roll to the finish line.  But he also finished near the front of the pack.

    Then Black Snake back to the Shovel Flag – mosey in single file, with the last man weaving his way to the front until everyone has woven once.  This one seemed to raise everyone’s enthusiasm a bit, or maybe it was just knowing that we were almost done…..

    6MOM:

    LBFC:  LBCs while doing Flutter Kicks.

    Jane Fondas (in honor of Rocket who could not be with us.  I don’t know what he thinks of Jane’s politics, but he sure likes her leg exercises)

    American Hammer, to fist-pound our way to the finish.

    Homer to Marge (leg lifts), which always makes us recall The Simpsons fondly, and which also got us facing upward just as a delicate, refreshing drizzle began.  Just God’s way of saying He’s proud of us.

    And one more set of Jane Fondas, to close out with a second tribute to Rocket.

    COT/BOM.

    Then to the coffeeteria for some Friendship building, hoping the barista wouldn’t comment on the way we smelled.

    Now don’t forget to set your clocks forward tonight!

  • Olympics @ The Knoll

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    Conditions: 66 or so. Best day yet. Still muddy.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    In honor of the winter Olympics, we did our own F3 Winter Olympic beat down (kinda).

    • Capri Lap – a little mosey.
    • Nancy Kerrigans – 10x
    • Dutch Skates – 10x. I’m positive no one medaled in this one.
    • Side Straddle Hops – 20x
    • Bobby Hurley – 15x
    • Burpees – 5x

    The Thang: 

    We mosey’d to the sundial taking the scenic route.

    1. Olympic Rings of Fire – We got in a circle (ring). We did 5 workouts. All bringing fire.
      • Slowjangle biscuit – 40x. Walking lunge in a circle in unison. Many midwife noises here.
      • Al Gores – 30x. Feelin’ the burn.
      • Freak Nastys – 20x.
      • Merkins – 10x
      • Burpees – 5x. Wheezing in unison at this point. But we went back up the ladder.
      • Merkins – 10x
      • Freak Nasty – 12x. (Goal was 20)
      • Al Gores – 20x. (Goal was 30)
      • Slowjangle Biscuit – 20x. (Goal was 40)

     

    Our goal was to finish with same reps as first round. But we switched up the routine for the last 3.  We lowered our level of difficulty and got deducted by the judges.  But we finished.

     

    1. Burpback Mountain – We mosey’d to the large hill over the bridge. Found all the puddles and planked for the 6. This was our first partner competition. It was our version of downhill skiing team event.  Or something like that. We partnered up.  One partner did burpees while the other partner ran to top of the hill (mountain) and back down. Reverso. Partners traded until got to 60.  Then planked for 6.
    2. Plank Snake – This was our group event. Kinda like a mix between bobsledding and slalom. We improvised here. The plan was to use coupons for the Bridge of Hate. But coupons were gone. So, all PAX lined up planking on the ground in a line. One PAX slalomed through everyone to end of line, and then planked, prompting another PAX to begin to run through. We did this all the way across the field. Worms went and talked to a man on a cart. He got on the cart. Then he disappeared.

    PS- Field is longer than appears.

    1. Pull-up Race – This was our final event. A little race. We ran to monkey bars. Did 5 pull-ups and then raced back to the flag. This was my time to get revenge on MegaDad. But he was fartsacking. So, the rematch will have to wait.

    Mary:

    • Pickle Pounders – 10x. A lot of people were out at the Knoll, so this was… interesting. No one made eye contact.

    *Worms came back. He was safe. He found the coupons. Not sure about the man on the cart.

    • American Hammer Rings – We sat in circle. 1 PAX did American Hammers on 4 count while the others held feet up. We went around 2 times.
    • Jane Fondas – 10x (each side)
    • LBCs – 10x

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    Welcome Topanga!

    COT / BOM:

    Announcements

    T-Claps to Tiger Bait for being the next Q at the Knoll.

     

  • Baton Rouge has a name! “The Knoll”

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    PAX: 12 — Rocket, Worms, Cat5, Workhorse, MoneyCat, Two Shoes, Bow Down, Fastball, MegaDad, FNG, FNG, FNG

    Conditions: 35 degrees. A lot of clouds. A little breeze. Chance of rain? Never.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    *Worms took a pic

    First day back after official launch. It’s Super Bowl Saturday, so we celebrated accordingly. We also celebrated global warming (cause its still cold in BR) and the winter Olympics.

    • Capri Lap – a little mosey.
    • Annie’s – 10X each arm
    • Al Gores – 10X.
    • Nancy Kerrigan’s -10x each leg. Go Merica
    • Bobby Hurley’s – 15x
    • Side Straddle Hops – 20x
    • Burpees – 5 on own – We did the clap, Hawgcycle.

    *Worms took some pictures

    The Thang: 

    The PAX moseyed to sundial. Formed circle and performed Global Warming (i.e. Al Gores and moving in a circle in unison). During movement, we also threw in 15 merkins, 20 Bobby Hurley’s, and 10 more merkins.

    *Rocket gave us a countdown. I was wheezing a little.

    Stayed at sundial and worked the pecs and tris.

    • 15 merkins
    • 10 freak nasty
    • 15 incline merkins
    • 10 freak nastys

    *Worms may have taken some more pics.

    Mosey’d to the football field. Bow Down, dressed in shorts and tee, was finally warm.

    We partnered up.

    One partner planked at goal line, the other partner did sprint/fast run 110 yds to other goal post.  Jogged back. We called them One Tens. Once back, partner switched and we washed, rinse, repeated. Our goal was 5 (each) plus 1, cause of Tom Brady’s super bowl rings.  We did 5. So, bet on the Eagles. Sorry, Giselle.  (I raced MegaDad on #5. He won. No excuses, but something wasn’t right (deflated?). I’ll get him next time.)

    *Worms met a fella

    Another mosey to warm-a-rama spot. We did tunnel of love.  Each person stands across from a partner forming tunnel with their arms.  One man bear crawls through the tunnel to the end and gets in position.  We go all the way thru until everyman has felt the love.

    *Worms took some more pics.

    Mary:

    Rocket led us for the 6 min Mary.

    • LBCs 20x
    • Jane Fondas – 10x each leg
    • ABCs – We laid on our backs with legs elevated and (tried to) write the alphabet with our feet. We did a few. But the PAX called out numbers, letters, strange grunts, and many were writing in short hand. Rocket stopped the misery.
    • Double Mountain Climbers – 10x – My ab either loved or hated this one. Hard to tell really
    • Mountain Climbers – 10x – FNG said these were Shangeauxs. Or maybe he said something else.  But it sounded like shangeauxs.
    • OOOO Marys – 10x. Thanks TP from Houston.

    *Worms definitely took some more pics. Maybe a video or two.

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    Welcome – Shangeaux, Nancy the Destroyer (T-Claps for being out there with a new knee), and Gadwood

     

    COT / BOM:

    *The fella Worms met showed up for the COT. Our next FNG?

     

    Announcements:

    • We’re meeting at Kenilworth Park on Wednesday at 5:30am.
    • At Coffeeteria we named our AO The Knoll.