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Just Another AO-Q

THE SCENE: Weather could not be better for a AO-Q Handoff
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: Some motivators got us started and we finished with DogPound cherry pickers. The men were then given a challenge to not drop the football with Blindside’s name on it…and they could not hang on to it for too long. Burpees was the punishment.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of the stairs then a MudPuppy special. 25 of six different exercises with a lap around the island in between each one. Merkins, Squats, LBC’s, CDD’s, SSH and Lunges.

Google then took over as Q. Brought us up past the Rock for some planks and then to the backbone. Split into two at the backbone and did a lil pull up action and some Bernies to the top with Merkins and Squats. Finished with 7’s up the baby hill – burpees and BBS.

MARY:
Flutters and stuff.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
21 in attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t wait for a reason to show up in the gloom. By then its too late.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2nd F lunch at Shrimp dock TODAY at 11:20. Also, Bro-lympics are coming up.

Time is a Flat Circle at The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Good weather, looks like we got a break from the humidity (@ least that’s what Mike Witcher was saying on WBIR…)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done, but over some chatter from the PAX, disclaimer still counts… I think
WARM-O-RAMA:
Typical Blindside-y warmup –> SSH IC x25 | LBAC IC x10EW | Tempo Squats IC x10
THA-THANG:
All “Timing-Type” routines this morning.

Tabata (30 seconds of work, 15 seconds of rest) x8 for 3 rounds with a lap down and around Stonehenge after each round at the SplashPad

  • Freddie Mercury
  • Imperial Squat Walkers
  • LBCs

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) 7 mins at the Bathhouse

  • 5 Pull-ups
  • 10 Merkins
  • 15 BBS

EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute) 5 rounds at the FlagPole

  • 5 Box Jumps
  • 10 Squats
  • 15 SSH

MARY:
Fellowship Mosey (TM) from Flagpole to AO turned into a JailBreak run because the AOQ (not the QIC of the workout) needed to leave early … hmm not protocol I don’t think…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 3 Pre-Ruckers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I have a Daily Men’s Devotional on the middle console of my van. My thought of having it there was that I will see it every day and read the paragraph and prayer for each day one of the times I am getting in and out of the van. Because I am not the *best* at follow-through, I usually only actually read it once or twice a week. It’s there every day and I see it, but I have stopped seeing it. It has become like a pebble in your shoe. At first, it is annoying and you notice it constantly. However, after a while, you get used to it and stopped noticing it.

All this to say, I need to be better with my prayer life. I have gone in spurts of praying every day, but it almost never lasts. Speak it into existence, right?!

Hands-Free Wednesday

THE SCENE: Should’ve worn bell bottoms, ‘cause we were in the 60s

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Gently encouraged men to consider a yearly physical.

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers IC | Grady Corns IC
  • Windmills IC l
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Splash Pad. Descending Ladder.  Do 12 exercises, take lap, drop the top. Do 11 exercises, take lap, and drop the top one.  Etc…

  • 12 — Iron Mikes
  • 11 — 4-Count Hello Dolly
  • 10 — Lunges (each leg)
  • 9 — Flutter Kicks 4Ct
  • 8 — Squats
  • 7— 4-Count Imperial Walkers
  • 6 — 4-Count Pickle Pointers
  • 5 — Box Cutters
  • 4 — Step-Ups (each leg)
  • 3 — American Hammers 4Ct
  • 2 — Squat Jumps
  • 1 — BBS

STRETCHES (Or “confessions of an uncaged starfish”—performed at the request of an anonymous PAX named after a prophylactic):

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Jesus

If It Weren’t For the Humidity, It Might Just Be Pleasant

THE SCENE: Quote from the Gloom… “If it weren’t for the humidity, it might just be pleasant.”

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done ok-ish

WARM-O-RAMA:

25 SSH IC | 10 Grady Corns IC | 5 Cherry Pickers IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Bottom of Dwayne’s Mountain. Partner up, one partner completes an exercise, and the other runs up the hill and does 1 Burpee at Dwayne. Repeat for all listed exercises. 

  • Merkins
  • BBS 
  • Imperial Squat Walkers
  • Carolina Dry Docks 
  • Flutter Kicks 
  • Jump Squats
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Monkey Humpers 
  • Jingle Balls

Fellowship Mosey™ to the BathHouse and AMRAP 10 Incline Merkins, 10 Box Jumps, 10 Decline Merkins for 5 mins until time is called

MARY:

There just wasn’t enough time 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

10 HIMs; 0 FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Being a “Good Man” is something you do, not something you are.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

IPC will be done on Mondays at the Equalizer during that horrific time

 

The VERN!!

THE SCENE:  10 of Dogpounds finest laced them up to see what the Q would bring from the mothership..
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

  • I am not  professional
  • First Q in Five Years
  • You have been warned…

WARM-O-RAMA:
Slow mosey to the upperparking lot.. 5 burpees halfway

Circle up:

Imperial Squat Walker x10

Merkin x 20

Windmill x 10

Line up for Serpintine

Mosey with hill work…then to rabbit hole with a backward bear climb up stairs .. mosey to the top and plank work while waiting for the six… mosey to the Pavillion

THA-THANG:
Introducing… “The VERN”

  • 25 x dips
  • 25 x LBC
  • run to pull up bars
  • 10 x pull ups
  • 25 x merkins
  • run back to Pavillion
  • Repeato x 5

Jailbreak back to parking lot
MARY:
@ribbed led while Q was throwing up.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Pray for our health so we can continue to be the whetstone to help sharpen other men and give the gift of F3. Pray for Ribbed’s wife and give strength to Brad who will be battling prostate cancer
MOLESKIN:
Thank you for allowing me to lead you fine men in the gloom. This was my first Q in over 5 years, so appreciate you bearing with me as I knocked some rust off. I felt it was appropriate to start my first Q back with the VERN as this was my last Q before I left charlotte back in 2017. Definitely a full-circle moment for me.  @ski-dog @jagged-pill @mayberry killed this workout and were the only ones to finish the 5 full rounds #strong.   Q felt frisky, underestimated the distance back to the shovel flag, and called for a looooong Jailbreak. Appreciate @ribbed for handling Mary as Q was dry-heaving.

Thank you for lacing them up and coming out today. Make it a great day!

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
8/6 – Workday at Cerebral Palsy Center