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  • Margaritas on the Rucks week 1 – from Fracsac

    11 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Mothership. But 7 of those were posting to the Bawbwa Wawa and chose to push themselves with a ruck workout. With a couple shovel flags planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Ruck up and mosey to the Great Lawn. Dismount rucks for a quick warmup:

    IW x 15
    Abe Vigodas x 10
    GG x 10
    AC x 10 both ways
    SSH IC x 31

    Time to get down to business with the Alamo Margarita on the Rucks “Ruck ‘n Roll”. Sort of like an IPC for Ruckers!

    As many rounds as you can compete in 45 minutes:

    -Ruck Chin ups x 10 with ruck held
    -8 count body builders x 10 wearing ruck
    -Flutter kicks x 10 with ruck held
    -Brickyard x 10 (#Crowdpleaser)
    -It’s squat, curl, thrust up overhead, lunge each leg
    -Squats x 10 wearing ruck
    -100 yard ruck

    With 5 minutes left, completed some Mary with Little Bo Peep and Humpty Dumpty.

    COT with Mothership

    • T-Claps to Catfish for getting 9 and SOGO for getting 8+. Several of us were in the 7+ range

    • Big cleanup with F2 at City Park followed

    • Coffeteria enjoyed by many!

    SYITG

  • Rock’n out on 311 Day – from Fracsac

    Ok, so no 311 played, but probably should have! 3 Ruckers and 3 runners converged at Pontiff to get right. 3 ran and 3 rucked like Bosses!

    COT

    SYITG

  • Rucking Renny (Renaissance 2021-03-07) – from Catfish

    Post-ruck Renny with 11 PAX.

    Started facing the bacon and burst out the gate with 8-count bodybuilders. Went to top of stairs for deep-sea divers. On to sixes for leg lifts, hello dollies, and freddy mercurys. On feet for 5 mins of EMOM burpees (10 burpees per min)

    Back on feet for Imperian squat walkers. Circled in the road for jack webbs (to 13). On feet for an Al Gore / jump squat ring of fire (2 rounds).

    To the fountain for dips, right leg power ups, derkins, left leg power ups, irkins. Moved back to steps area for calf raises.

    Back of museum for Sunday Mornings (min 5 rounds).

    Back to front of museum for Peter Parker Peters, Dr. Ws, then 5 OYO burpees to finish.

  • Mobility is required for Momentum – from Triple Shift

    Noun – Mobility – the ability to move freely and easily

    With the passage of time, things always tend to fall into a rut or ravine…depending on how bad it gets. Because we focus so much of our time on getting physically stronger to accelerate our health, we forget that regular maintenance should always be included in that formula for peak performance. As I have been battling a nagging achilles injury for over six (6) months, it’s time, to be honest with myself and be intentional about working on my mobility. Now I know you might be thinking out loud, “but we do a stretch at Broga or when we do the Abe Vigodas or grass grabbers in our warm-up.” Well, mobility and flexibility are somewhat related but put simply, flexibility is the ability of a muscle to lengthen and mobility is the ability to control movement through a range of motion.

    WARMUP – I went through a series of slow, methodical movements of squats, butt kicks, hacky sacks, high knees, merkins, etc.

    THANG – I focused mainly on mobility exercises for the Wrists/Hands, Shoulders, and Hips. I led the PAX through the instructional videos and mobility diagrams found at GMB Fitness.

    9 Wrist Mobility & Strength Exercises for Pain-Free Hands & Wrists

    Shoulder Pain: Shoulder Exercises & Movements for Pain Relief

    Hip Exercises for Power and Mobility

    COT – I closed with a prayer of gratitude and that God would provide peace for those who are suffering and encouragement for those who are leading (that’s all of us if you didn’t know by now). In the COT, I shared a wonderful poem from Red Turtle titled ‘The Last Stop’ from F3 St. Louis. Enjoy!

    THE LAST STOP
    Bent and Broken. Wounded and Torn
    Life ripped apart by the ceaseless storm
    Crashing waves blinding the eyes
    Drowning and consuming him with pain and lies
    The clown wakes
    With Shoulders slumped and knees creaking
    It’s 6 am and he is unsure of what he was thinking
    Into the gloom, he decided to stumble and stand
    Surrounded by strangers in a foreign land
    Now he stands, the world still and silent
    Focusing the clown on a cold most violent
    “Back to comfort” whispers the clown
    Back to the warmth to lay it back down.
    The whispered words crawl around inside his head
    Telling the man to go back to playing dead
    Abandon all hope. The man is not enough.
    But as the Man thinks to turn and flee
    To abandon all of the hope he had started to feed
    His friend, like a warrior, appears out of the dark
    Hefting a brick upon his shoulder with an F3 Mark
    The warrior is filled with love, hope, and fire
    Rescuing the sad clown his singular desire
    It was an Emotional Headlock gently and routinely applied
    That had finally brought his broken brother, now OUR Man, to the Pride
    As the warrior hands the brick to OUR Man
    He grins in delight at the outcome of his Plan
    With love in his heart and hope in his eyes, he gives to OUR man a final instruction
    “This is your Coupon which you must not Drop!
    Welcome FNG, you’ve arrived at The Last Stop.”
    – Red Turtle F3STL

  • More than just a run – from Fracsac

    10 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Renaissance for a Sunday fun day. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Warmup on the steps of NOMA facing the bacon:

    Abe Vigodas x 10
    GG x 10
    IW x 15
    AC x 15 both ways

    Mosey to the singing tree via the path around big lake.

    10 Burpees OYO
    Wife Pleasers x 15

    Continue mosey around lake, stopping on back side.

    10 Burpees OYO
    Freddie Mercury x 15

    Continue mosey to secluded benches near swan boats.

    Right leg step ups x 15
    Left leg step ups x 15

    Mosey to dock with swan boats

    As a tribute to Maverick who moved to the north shore, Mucho Chesto:

    Merkins
    Diamond Merkins
    Staggered Merkins left and right
    Streamline flutter kicks

    Continue mosey toward foundry. Stop at Christian Brothers grass, felt like we were doing something sneaky….

    10 Burpees OYO
    Streamline tin snips

    Mosey to foundry for stations:
    Partner up

    Pull-ups AMRAP
    Big boi sit-ups AMRAP
    90 degree flex arm hang
    Jump the snake
    Run to track 5 burpees run back – timer

    Mosey to back of NOMA for:
    Sunday Mornings x 5

    Mosey to flag for:

    10 Burpees OYO
    LBC x 15

    Think you’re done…not!

    8 count body builders IC x 10

    Now we’re done…

    COT

    • T-Claps to Baywatch for Rucking to the Renaissance
    •. 100% participants at coffeteria

    SYITG

  • Delightfully Painful at Lake Town – from Fracsac

    4 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted in the far west reaches of the region, aka Kennah. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Warmup by starting a 1/2 mile mosey around the boat launch area and circle up near the stairs at the levee for:

    Motivator – It’s a descending gruesome broken down form of SSH’s that’ll make your calves scream but really gets the blood flowing! Follow up with:

    Bat wings x 15 each ending with Moroccan night club x 31

    Triple Nickel:

    5 SSH on one side of levee, run up and over for 5 burpees. Always facing south, so Bernie Sanders back up x 5 evolutions.

    Mosey back to main parking lot near flag for some exercises and sprints:

    Round 1: Incline Merkins x 10, sprint across lot, Bobby Hurley x 10, sprint back

    Round 2: Derkins x 10, sprint across lot, Monkey Humpers x 10, sprint back

    Mosey to the point to make use of the pier:

    BOMBS

    At each covered area of the pier, do the following IC

    Burpees x 5, then mosey to next covered area

    flutter kicks with arms Overhead (still an O) x 10, then mosey

    Merkins x 15, then mosey

    Big boi sit-ups x 20, then mosey

    SSH x 25, then mosey

    Lagniappe:

    8 count body builders IC x 10

    Mosey back to flag after 2 miles completed for a little Mary

    Tin Snips
    Crunchy frog
    LBC’s

    COT

    • Glad to see Belloq make the trek all the way out and take some great photos. He’s the best photographer in all of F3 Nation!
    •. Help us to grow the Kennah AO at Lake Town, spread the word!

    SYITG