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I’d Rather Be Camping

QIC: Sidewinder

Date: 07/06/2019

PAX: 9-Volt, Rug Doctor, Deep Dish, Topless, Fast Lane, Snooze button, Clothespin, Schnitzel,  Wuzntme

AO: The Battery

Conditions

Dry concrete, damp grass, sweaty PAX

COP

Mosey around the dog park,  SSHx20 IC, Willy Maze Hazex20 IC, Baby arm circles Fwdx20 IC, Revx20 IC, Seal Clapx20 IC, Cherry pickersx20 IC, Windmill x10 IC

The Thang

Making it up as we go
Mosey to the 10th light pole, PAX is give a set of 2 exercises. One exercise is done at odd number poles starting with a quantity of  10 and decreasing by two.  The other exercise is done at even number poles starting with a quantity of 1 and increasing by two.
1. Merkins/Squats
2. Big boy sit ups/SSH
3. Mountain Climbers/Star Jacks
Mosey to the pavilion and pick out a bolder
1. Bolder step ups x25
2. Merkinsx10
3. Bolder curls x25
4.  Merkins x5
5. Tricep Press x25
6. Merkins x5
Mosey to the flags
1. Leg lifts x 10
2. Plank x10

COT

 For any of you who have not Q’ed a work out, consider stepping up.  This is all part of F3’s mission of invigorating male leadership and it isn’t that difficult.

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    Greenway Fun and Games – Rug Doctor – 07/03

    QIC: Rug Doctor (R)

    Date: 07/03/2019

    PAX: Bubbles (R), Clothespin, Deep Dish, Fastlane, 9 Volt (R), Topless (R), WuzntMe

    AO: The Battery

    Conditions

    Muggy and gloomy, gloomy and muggy.

    COP

    Mosey down the Greenway (Indian Run with 60lb. sandbag – two men).  Ran between Dog Park and circled up in the lower parking lot.

    SSH IC x 20
    Monkey Humpers IC x 20
    Copperhead Squats IC x 20
    Dirty Dogs (R & L) IC x 20
    Lil’ Baby Arm Circles (Forward & Reverse) IC x 20
    Cherry Pickers IC x 20
    Don Quixote’s IC x 20

    Grab the sandbag and mosey down the parking and up to the top of Hell Hill and back down to the start of the Greenway.

    The Thang

    Dora – Partner Run (Teams of 2)

    100 Burpees  – 200M Run
    200 Merkins – 200M Run
    100 Lunges – 200M Run
    200 SSH – 200M Run
    100 Squats – 200M Run
    200 High Knees – 200M Run

    Mary
    Freddie Mercury’s IC x 20
    Little Baby Crunches IC x 20
    Leg Lifts IC x 20
    Hello Dollies IC x 20

    COT

    CIRCLE OF TRUST: Building on the theme of “Fellowship” don’t pass up the opportunity to connect with other brothers.  Hold each other accountable.
    BALL OF MAN: Prayers for Fastlane’s family as the provide care for his wife’s Grandmother.  Prayers for Clothespin’s upcoming trip to Central America.

    Moleskin

    Fastlane comes prepared.  Not only does the man ALWAYS have exrta pairs of glothes he also carries an inhaler!

    News

    Fallen Five Convergence and Ruck at The Dame Saturday July 13, 2019 – No workout at The Battery.

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      A Morning of Pole Dancing – 9-Volt

      QIC: 9-Volt

      Date: 06/29/2019

      PAX: Steam Engine, Topless, Fast lane, Snooze Button, Rug Doctor, Schnitzel, Clothes Pin, Deep Dish

      AO: The Battery

      Conditions

      Moist

      COP

      Mosey to the greenway.  SSH x 20 IC,  Windmill x 15 IC, Baby arm circles Fwd x15 IC, Rev x15 IC,  Seal clap x15 IC, Forward fold x15 IC

      The Thang

      10 Poles & 10 Dances
      At pole 1 is a list of exercises with a starting quantity and an increment.  Starting with first exercise PAX proceeds to each pole adding to the quantity.  Anyone finishing early must proceed to the next pole by means of a standing broad jump until the six passes them.  After which they can mosey.  After each set of 10 poles PAX moseys to the pavilion for 1 minute intervals of (1) Star Gazers, (2) Dips, (3) Step ups. Then mosey to 1st pole and proceed with next exercise.
      1.  Merkins  Qty = 5  Inc = 2
      2. Squats     Qty = 10 Inc =2
      3. Mountain Climber  Qty = 5 Inc = 2
      4. Captain Thor  Qty = 1  Inc = 1 

      COT

       Counterama, Namerama

      Moleskin

      Nobody thought to tell Topless that Saturday workouts start at 7:00am so he was waiting when I showed up at 5:45 to do my last minute planning

      News

      Convergence at Camp Jordan on the 4th

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        Nolan Richardson Won A Natty in ’94

        QIC: WuzntMe

        Date: 06/26/2019

        PAX: Mrs Baker (R), Fastlane, Clothespin, 9 Volt (R) , Oiler, Sparky (R), FNG-Topless (R)

        AO: The Battery

        Conditions

        Muggy, but no rain. Sigh.

        COP

        Mosey to the tennis courts, back around to the dog park, added Karaoke, Bernie, high knees, then circle up at The Big Tree.

        SSH x25 
        Burpees x5 (OYO)

        ~Randy~
        LBAC x25 
        10 count
        Reverse LBAC x25
        10 count
        Military Presses x25
        ~Recover~

        3rd grades x15
        Forward Fold x30
        Burpees x5 (OYO)

        The Thang

        Modified Nolan Richardson:

        Partner up, and mosey to the start of the walkway. One PAX does exercises while the other runs to a marked lamppost, does five burpees (cos Bobby Hurley sucks), runs back and retakes exercises. Rinse repeat until all exercises finished.

        100 Half Burpees/Squat Thrusts
        150 squats
        200 high knees
        150 merkins
        200 LBCs
        200 Imperial Walkers

        1000 total reps.

        Break – Mary
        Dealers Choice:
        Flutter Kicks
        Hello Dolly
        Plank 
        Pickle Pounders
        SSH (? dealers choice, so bold option here)
        Time.

        COT

        YHC is struggling with a work situation at the moment. I’m happy, comfortable, and A-OK where I am, yet, I’m likely being moved to a better (at least on paper) position internally. This is a stretch of my skills, abilities, and outside of my comfort zone. And because of that, it’s a blessing. I have to change my mindset and embrace the challenge for what it is.

        Don’t get fat/happy. Don’t allow yourself to stay stagnant. If it makes you uncomfortable, it’s a dragon worth slaying.

        BALL OF MAN        :         Mrs Baker led us out. Prayers were said aloud, others offered silently.

        Moleskin

        First things – Topless was so named because he drove a boxtruck under the Inman Street bridge, and thus sheared the top of the truck clean off. As soon as he mentioned the Inman Street bridge, PAX in unison said “ooooh” and knew where the story was going. Bonus – it was his own boxtruck.

        Oiler and Sparky made the trek from Dalton. Good to see these guys making rounds throughout the region – this is at least the third AO that they’ve posted.

        We started the warmup mosey with four, and latecomers kept showing up. We were doubled by the time we circled up. 

        9 Volt was late – highly unusual. Also described increased pace of fast SSHs as being “meth straddle hops.” Laffo.

        PAX were in good spirits, despite the fast pace.

        DeepDish fartsacked and missed out on burpees. 

        News

        Hacksaw on Friday,  9 Volt on Q this Saturday, Convergence 7/4. Upcoming Fallen Five ruck for ruckers who ruck in the ruck channel.

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          Revenge on the rocks

          QIC: Deep Dish

          Date: 06/22/2019

          PAX:  Bubbles, Sidewinder, WuzntMe, Clothespin, Rehab, Topless,  9 Volt, Mrs Baker, Fastlane, John Doe

          AO: The Battery

          Conditions

          Rain clouds and vultures

          COP

          Mosey around the dog park
          SSH ICx20, Baby arm circle fwd ICx10, rev ICx10, sealclap ICx10,  SSH ICx15, Forward fold ICx10, Willy Maze Haze ICx10

          The Thang

          Picknic table circuit training
          Mosey to the pavillion 
          The PAX will perform a series of exercises OYO and then run a lap around the dog park
          1.  25 Merkins
          2. 20 Star gazers
          3. 15 Burpees
          4. 20 LBC
          5. 20 Rock squats
          6. 15 Military press

          COT

          Prayers for Fastlane’s grandmother-in-law, Rug Doctors knee

          Moleskin

          • Rug Doctor was a now show so the vendetta continues

          News

          July 4th convergence,  Fallen 5 convergence

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            The Battery – Moving some heavy bags

            QIC: Mrs. Baker

            Date: 06/19/2019

            PAX: Sidewinder, Deep Dish, Rehab, Clothespin, 9 Volt, Fastlane, Wuzn’t Me 

            AO: The Battery

            Conditions

            70 deg F with a very light but increasing mist. Opened up as we packed up the flags. Perfect Battery weather

            COP in the skate park

            10x Good Morning Squat in cadence, 10x Don Quixote in cadence, 10 Yoga pushups OYO, 10 / side leg swings, 8 count forward fold, 8 count left leg over fold, 8 count right leg over fold

            The Thang

            In the skate park in a loose oval

            Moving some sand bags
            Strength focus: 3 rounds, not for time

            10 per leg weighted lunge with 50# sandbag

            18 / side single leg elevated pickle pointers

            Conditioning focus: 5 rounds with “Evil Siri” keeping the time and easy listening Santana in the background

            minute 1: 50# sandbag clean and press to overhead, max reps

            minute 2: squat thrusts, max reps

            minute 3: sandbag carry for distance

            minute 4: rest

            Bonus: Merkin roundup, 10x diamond, 12x military, 14x decline, 16x freestyle

            Mary: 10 count leg lift, 20 count heel touches, 16 count LBC, 16 count Capt’n Thor 

            COT

            CIRCLE OF TRUST: 8 men getting better together. Proud to be a part of it.
            BALL OF MAN: Complete

            Moleskin

            In true Battery fashion we were fully wet from the warm-up on. Several comments about the easy listening Santana compilation including a random Nickleback duet. I may have to spend more time on the playlist.

            News

            Upcoming Convergence at Beast Ridge July 4 at 0700. 

            Fridays at Hacksaw are really taking off. The Count is continuing his World tour on Friday.

            Deep Dish has the Q next Saturday

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              Q- Gauntlet – Day 1 of 7 Straight! (Octagon of Pain)

              QIC: The Count (Respect)

              Date: 06/15/2019

              PAX: 9Volt (Respect), Bubbles (Respect), ClothesPin, FastLane, RugDoctor (Respect), FNG-Sherpa, Snooze Button

              AO: The Battery

              Conditions

              66 Degrees, Low Humidity and Partly Cloudy.  

              COP

              Warm-Up”:  We secured the AO Flags and mosey over to outfield of baseball field .  SSH, Arm Circles (forward and backward), Mountain Climbers, Slow Squat, Merkins.

              The Thang

              Octagon of Pain

              8 Stations arranged in circle 15 Yards from center (Home).  Each station is spaced 10 yards apart.  

              Center: Flutter Kicks, American Hammer, Freddy Mercury, Oblique Crunch, LBCs

              Staions: Chuck Norris Merkins, Tricep Extensions (25lb), Diamond Merkin, Squat (40lb), Hand Release Merkin, Overhead Press (30lb), Wide-Arm Merkins, Curls (25lb).

              Mode of Transportation between stations:  Bear Crawl, Lunges, Duck Walk, Reverse Lunges, Broad Jump, Lunges

              8 PAX – 8 Stations (I didn’t plan it that way)… 1 PAX per station.  6 rounds with 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10 Reps at each station.  Each round concludes with Mode of Transportation to Center: where 15 IC Reps are done for each exercise.  

              PAX line up in Indian Run formation.  Start to mosey around entire field, 1st PAX in line drops out and performs 3 Burpees, runs to back of line and calls out “SIX”, at which time the next PAX drops out and does 3 Burpees and runs to catch group.  Rinse and Repeat until all PAX do their Burpees.

              MOM’s – (10 Reps, IC) American Hammers, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks

              END EX

              COT

              CIRCLE OF TRUST:  Counterama, Namerama, Introduced FNG (Jason Butte)/ “Sherpa”
              BALL OF MAN: Closed in Prayer 

              Moleskin

              I take great pride (not in a sadistic way) in getting workouts challenging enough to get at least one PAX to “Spill Merlot”.  I take extreme pride in bringing myself to the brink or “Spilling Merlot”.  Had I food in my stomach I would spilled it, but I just had dry heaves!!!!

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                Climbing Jacob’s Ladder Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Running

                QIC: Rug Doctor (R)
                Date: 06/12/2019
                PAX: Clothespin, Mrs. Baker (R), 9 Volt (R), FNG-Rehab
                AO: The Battery

                Conditions

                A little rain…what else would you expect at The Battery.

                COP

                Mosey around the Dawg Park
                Squat Thrusts IC x 10
                LBC’s IC x 10
                Flutter Kicks IC x 10
                SSH IC x 10
                Copperhead Squats IC x 10
                Lil’ Baby Arm Circles (Forward and Reverse) IC x 10
                Overhead Press IC x 10
                Seal Claps IC x 10
                Morrocan Night Clubs IC x 10 (Are your shoulders burning yet?)
                Mosey around the Dawg Park

                The Thang

                 
                Jacob’s Ladder
                The routine involves the Pax doing one exercise proceeded by a nice long mosey.  Upon returning to the starting point the Pax does two of the same exercise followed by another nice long mosey.  This continues until the Pax has completed five of the same exercise with a helluva lot of running in between each rep.  Once five reps of one exercise is completed the Pax moves to another exercise. The exercises performed:
                Merkins
                Burpees
                Squats
                SSH
                LBC’s
                Squat Jumps
                Mary:
                Peter Parkes IC x 10
                Hello Dollies IC x 10
                30 Second Plank
                Leg Lifts IC x 14 (Thanks to Baker)
                Flutter Kicks IC x 10

                COT


                CIRCLE OF TRUST:                  On June 6, 2019, 97-year-old former Army Airborne Paratrooper Tom Rice repeated what he had done as a 22-year-old man, he jumped out of a perfectly good airplane over the beaches of Normandy, France.  Tom commented that the one big difference between last weeks jump and the one he performed on the Day of Days was he wasn’t being shot at.  Tom is more of bad-ass then most of us could ever hope to be.  In addition to Tom being a young 97, this former member of the 101st Airborne Division recently had a knee replacement.  When asked about his recent surgery Tom commented that his knee was sore but “we’ll just not think about it”.  The next time your body is saying that you can’t take anything else, you’re too tired,  or you’re too old to post, ruck, or do something completely stupid and utterly pointless, think about Tom Rice, suck it up, and get it done.
                BALL OF MAN: Prayers for Pax members who are traveling.

                Moleskin

                Not much smack talk this morning, just a lot of sweat angels left on the Greenway.

                News

                Convergence at The Dame for the Fallen Five on 13 July 2019.

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                4 CORNERS WORK OUT WITH SMURF AND MONKEY

                QIC: Fast Lane

                Date: 06/08/2019

                PAX:  Rug doctor( Respect), transplant(Respect), WuzntMe, Sidewinder(Respect), Mrs Baker(Respect), Bubbles(Respect), Clothespin, Blowout, Mustang, Sidekick

                AO: The Battery 

                Conditions

                71 Raining and Humid

                COP

                SSH IC X 20; Imperial Walker IC X 20; 3RD Grade Exercises IC X 20; Slow Squats IC X 20; Little Baby Circle IC X20; Reverse IC X 20; Windmills IC X 20; Millerty Press IC X 20; Cherry Pickers IC X 20 and Williemase Haynes IC X 20.

                The Thang

                Mosey to the play ground

                10 Pull Ups OYO X 2

                20 Squats OYO X 2

                20 Dips OYO X 25

                20 Decline Merkins OYO X 25

                20 Dips OYO X 20

                20 Decline Merkins OYO X 20

                Mosey to the Hill

                25 LBS Disks pass then Indians Run to the back of the line X 2.

                Mosey Up to the top of the hill

                Break out into 4 corners

                corner 1

                Monkey Humpers IC X25 X 2

                Smurf Jack OYO X 25 X 2

                Windmills OYO X 25 X 2

                Mosey over to  Corner 2

                Corner 2

                Over Head Press with 25 lbs weight OYO X 25 X 2

                Curls with 15 lbs dumbells OYO x 25 X 2

                Squats OYO X25 X 2

                Mosey over to Corner 3

                Corner 3

                Merkins OYO X 25 X 2

                Lunges OYO X25 each legs X 2

                SSH IC X 25 X 2

                Mosey over to Corner 4

                Coner 4

                Burpees OYO X 10 X 2

                Plank Jack OYO X 25 X 2

                Imperial Walker IC X 25 X 2

                Mosey over to Corner 1

                Mosey back down the hill to the Flags.

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                  Pavilion Beat Down

                  QIC: Sidewinder

                  Date: 06/05/2019

                  PAX: Clothespin, Deep Dish, Rug Doctor, WuzntMe, 9 Volt

                  AO: Battery

                  Conditions

                  Pleasant and 62.

                  COP

                  Shorty Mosey around dog park to parking lot in front of Pavilion.

                  Little baby arm circles forward  25

                  Little baby arm circles reverse 25

                  Overhead Presses 25

                  Seal Claps 25

                  SSH 25

                  Willie May Hayes 25

                  The Thang

                  The Pavilion Shuffle

                  100 Merkins

                  75 Calf Raises

                  50 Dips

                  50 Crunch sit-ups. (Crunch while pulling both legs towards your chest)

                  Plank till failure

                  50 Overhead presses weighted with a rock.

                  50 Curls weighted with a rock.

                  20 Burpees.

                  25 inclined Merkins.

                  25 Pull-Ups using bottom of picnic benches.

                  30 Sec squats while partner was doing high knees. 2X.

                  Finished off with suicides in the parking lot running from light pole 1 and back, light pole 3 and back, light pole 5 and back.  

                  COT

                  Talked about possible starting to look at doing some community functions to get the word out about F3 in Cleveland. 

                  [ CIRCLE OF TRUST: The terminating stage of each Workout, wherein the PAX form a circle and conduct Counterama, Namerama, Announcearama and the Ball Of Man.
                  BALL OF MAN: Congregation of two or more men in physical contact, usually (but not exclusively) in the prayer that terminates the COT. Abbr: BOM]

                  Moleskin

                  Weather was crazy nice for a Battery workout.  No rain.  

                  News

                  Asked the Pax to come out on Saturday to support Fastlane in his first Battery Q.  

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