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  • The 5-Man Army

    The Scene: The Colosseum

    Conditions: Cold again (55). Really windy. Less than average muddiness.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    It was early, windy, and chilly, so the warm-up was a little longer than normal.

    · Capri lap – we did about 5 laps in the parking lot.

    · Mosey – ran to parking lot on other side of Olympia Stadium.

    · SSH – 25x IC

    · Bobby Hurley – 15x IC.

    · Al Gores – 10x IC

    · Merkins -10x IC

    · Burpees – 7x on own.

    The Thang:

    Due to the Oscars, we did a little movie theme:

    1. Lt. Dans – I called these Aiken Legs, but a better name is Lt Dans (from Forrest Gump), cause afterwards we all felt like “we aint got no legs.” We stood on one end of parking lot and lunged to the median. Then did 10 squats. Lunged back to starting end and did 15 more squats. Went back one more time for 20 squats. These were painful, and pretty sure someone cussed at me.

    2. Speed Burps – Named after the movie Speed. While the movie had a bus, Keanu Reeves, and a bomb, we didn’t. So, instead, we did 10 burpees at each speed bump as we mosey’d back to flag. I took a Christopher Columbus route (all over the map) to make sure we hit up all the bumps.

    3. Col. Trautman – Named after the fella from Rambo. We partnered up. One did freak nasty’s AMRAP while other partner ran to monkey bars and did 5 pull-ups. We did this 4 times. And as Col Trautman said, “It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. It’s all in the past now.”

    4. Catch Me If You Can — We kept the same partners. One partner took off running backwards while the other partner did 10 merkins. After 10 merkins, that partner sprinted to catch his partner. Then swap. We went from parking lot to driveway, which we could see for the first time thanks to the sun rise. We did this 4 times. Wheezing and slouching were at an all-time high.

    Mary:

    We were running late for Mary’s. But we did it. Everyone led their favorite Mary exercise.

    · Fastball – LBCs – 10x

    · Rocket – Double Legged Mt Climbers – 10x

    · Dagwood – Jane Fondas (Rt) – 10x

    · Shangeuxs – Jane Fondas (Lt) – 10x

    · Worms – Oooh Marys – 10x

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    COT / BOM:

    Announcements

    FWIW – The 5-Man Army didn’t win an Oscar.

  • Megadad introduces “coupons”. Ug, ug, me man

    3/3/18 F3BR Back Blast

     

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    AO: The Knoll

    Q: MegaDad

    11 Pax: F3 BR, the Knoll, coupon throwing, VIDEO, 2-3-2018, IMG_6764

    I think CAT5 had an excuse, but fastball and the FNGs were fart sacking.

    It was a cool 49 degrees when we started, which was very refreshing. The cool weather also meant that Tiger Bait’s short shorts were not to be seen…also refreshing.

    -10 incline Merkens to start

    -Modified mosey to the sundial

        That is, once you arrive, run backwards to the 6th man and then sprint back to the sundial.

    I struggled at first at the sundial. What’s the count?  What exercise am I doing? That’s what I get for skipping Wednesdays.

    -10 side straddle hop

    -10 wall dips (freak nasty- when I dip you dip we dip)

    -15 Pistol squats

    Repeat the previous 3

    Next we did a spin on ring of fire. Pun intended. In a walking side squat, rotate in a circle until the Q gives an order (sit down, on your back, Merkin, Burpee, touch the outside of circle, touch Center of circle, change direction of rotation) then back to the squat walk. I think I milked this exercise for 10 minutes.  we finished with everybody doing one of each on their own.

    I felt better at this point and most were feeling the burn. Time for the hills.

    Modified mosey to the top of the hill

    -Down the hill (up/downs on Q count)

    -up the hill (up/downs on Q count)

    -Bear crawl or lawnmower down the hill

    -Bear crawl up the hill

    -modified mosey to the flag with Tapanga  out in front with me

    FETCH

    This is inspired by worms bringing cinder blocks and Tiger bait (who was down to his short shorts by this point) who brought logs last week.  

    -Grab a frisbee, football, basketball, or tennis ball and racket and a partner.

    -one throws/kicks/hits the thing, while the other fetches.

    -attempt to complete your age appropriate burpee count (20 – (decade of age x 2)= age appropriate burpee). Several peoples heads exploded at this point. Not that complicated though. If you’re 65, then 20-(6×2)=8 burpees. If your 24, then 20-(2×2)=16 burpees. If you can’t do your Burpee‘s before they get back, do it second time.

    Missile toes made me do it twice. I returned the favor.

    -Long mosey to the creek for fun with rocks (coupons).

    -find the rock you like and lineup

    -chest pass the rock as far as you can, pick it up and chest pass back. Six total throws

    -Right arm shotput, six throws

    -carry the coupon to the top of the hill

    -left arm shotput, six throws

    ROCK and roll

    In a line, on the count of three everybody throws the rock down the hill. Longest rock is done. Carry rock to the creek and plank or 6” until all finish.

    Everyone else carries the rock back up the hill for another round. Total 12 rounds. Bow down had a 5lb rock so he finished first. Workhouse has a 50lb triangle that wouldn’t roll but still managed to beat out several people. Snack Pack and Worms almost had to bring in the refs at one point. Double respect and respect for those two. Tapanga and rocket were the last two standing. Tapanga threw it further but rocket beat him back to the creek. Plus he is probably double tapanga’s age.

    -Mosey to benches.

    -box jump 90 second challenge

    70 for yours truly.

    T clap for Rockets 50

    Tiger bait did 0, but was there in spirit.  

    Mary’s (lame attempt at it)

    -bench leg lifts, 10 straight, 8 at 45 degrees and 5 at 90 degrees. No one got 5

    All out sprint back to flag. Then we died.  name o rama and Bow Down closed us in prayer. Pray that he gets through busy week with lots of tests/papers.

    Until next time men…

    -MegaDad (David Mustain)

  • Legs, Core, Stretch at the Colosseum

    Warm a Rama

    Annie x20

    Capri Lap

    Toy Soldier x20

    High Knees x15

    Butt Kicks x15

    Trunk Twist w/extension  x20

    Arm Circle  F/B   x15

    Single Arm  Arm Circle R/L x15

    The Thang

    Mosey to Stairs

    Al Gore x15

    Plank w/Leg Lifts   x15

    Forward Lunge R/L  x15

    Plank Shoulder Taps  x20

    Backward Lunge R/L x15

    Plank to Elbow x15

    Squat Hold   1 min

    Incline Merkin on stairs   x20

    LB Freak Nasty on stairs  x15

    Elbow Plank   R/L   1 Mom each

    Mosey to Playground

    In Teams   Pull Ups Merkins Leg Step Ups (10 each)

    Mary

    LBC x15

    Leg Lifts x15

    Toe Touch x15

    Jane Fonda R/L  x15

    Plank Hold   Count to 30

    Stretch

    Child Pose

    Back Extension or Pickle Planters

    Count o Rama 

    COT

     

     

     

  • Nasty at the Colosseum

    The Scene: The Colosseum

    Conditions: Dark, no rain. 72

    Warm-a-Rama:

    Goofball – 20x
    Sixty Second Arm Circles aka SSAC’s – 20x
    Toy Soldier – 20x
    Forward Lunge – 15x
    Backward Lunge – 15x

    The Thang:

    Mosey to location near the velodrome

    Arm Day!
    Merkin – Regular Stance 15x
    LBFN Little Baby Freak Nasty’s (on stairs) 10x
    Prisoner Squat – 20x
    Merkin – Wide Stance 15x
    LBFN’s- 10x
    Al Gore’s – 20x
    Merkin – Diamond Stance 15x
    LBFN’s- 10x

    Mosey back to starting parking lot

    Pull Up / Freak Nasty (stolen from Fastball Olympics)

    Team Up
    Guy 1: Run to Monkey Bars do 4 pull-up’s
    Guy 2: Freak Nasty until Guy 1 is back
    Repeat 4 times.

    Mary:

    LBC’s- 15x
    Leg Lifts – 20x
    Shoulder Taps – 20x
    Jane Fonda Right – 15x
    Jane Fonda Left- 15x
    Double Leg Mountain Climbers – 10x

    Count-o-Rama
    Name-o-Rama
    COT
    Announcements
    Tiger Bait is Q for Saturday
    * Shangeaux – decide to ‘self punish’ for being just a bit late for post. Did a few extra Merkins. Good man Shangeaux!
    * Worm’s scouted out and recruited a FNG after the PAX left the AO. His street name is “Matthew”

     

    Backblast created by Rocket.

  • 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.

     

  • Love Potion #9

    The Scene: The Coliseum

    Conditions: 60 degrees or so. Always muddy.

    Welcome

    Disclaimer

    Warm-a-Rama:

    It’s Valentine’s Day, so we set the mood and warmed up together.

    · Capri Lap – a little mosey. Ran past football field to other parking lot.

    · High Knees –

    · Butt Kicks

    · Carioca

    · Side Straddle Hops – 20x

    · Bobby Hurley – 15

    · Burpees – 5

    The Thang:

    We moseyed back to the flag.

    In light of the romance in the air, 2 PAX partnered up and committed to each other for the rest of the beat down. We had a total of 5 PAX, so Rocket and Dagwood let me be the third wheel. It was sweet and they did a good job of keeping things from getting awkward.

    1. Colonel Traut Man – One partner performed Freak Nasty’s AMRAP while other partner ran to pull-up bar (monkey bars at park) and did 4 pull-ups. And then reverso. We did it 5 times.

    2. Tammy Wynettes – I called these Tonya Wynettes. Whoops. But Tammy sang “Stand by Your Man” – so we did. One partner does merkins while the other partner does Al Gores. Side-by-side. But room for Jesus. You both count and do the rep at same time. Once you hit 10, reverso. We went to 60.

    3. Bropees – This was the first partner routine where we got to spend quality time together. Face to face. Eye to eye. We did burpees in unison. When got to the top of the burpee, we jumped and gave each other high 10s. We did 10.

    A little mosey to a curb in the driveway. This is when our partner time (date) was over.

    4. Ascending Curb Crawls – We each bear crawled from one side of the curb to the other and performed 1 derkin (with feet on curb). We then bear crawled back to other curb and did 2. We ascended until we reached love potion number 9. There were a lot of midwife noises here.

    Mosey’d back to flag for Mary’s

    Mary:

    Rocket led us for the 6 min Mary. We could have used a dry surface, but we all chose the muddy grass cause we’re men.

    · Leg raises -10x

    · Shangeauxs (Mt. climbers with knee to alternate elbow). – 10x

    · American Hammers – 10 count

    · Double Mt Climbers – 5 count

    · Jane Fondas – 10x (each side).

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    T-Claps for Dagwood for ditching fartsack and enjoying his first gloom workout.

    COT / BOM:

    Announcements

     

  • F3 Baton Rouge, AO#2. Perkins Road Park, 2-7-2018, 5:30AM

    This is our first meeting for the AO#2 in Baton Rouge.   ALL had a fine experience in the dark gloom at 0530 this morning.    Several new and exciting exercises this morning. Thanks to CAT5 for the creativity!

    Not so used to running in the dark like this but it was fun. Tried to dodge all the water puddles from last night’s monsoon season.  More rain happened shortly after we finished at 0630.  All but Worms and Gabriel had to head to work so Worms and Gabriel had coffee and donuts at Ed’s Donut shop near by. Gabriel is the FNG today.

    We had our first un-announced visitor from another AO today.   Jiffy worked out with us. He is here on business from BIRMINGHAM, AL.  THANKS to Jiffy for working out with us and giving us pointers on operating the group.  Fine young man.  He is a specialty industrial lubricants specialist and works in the Sugar milling industry and other industries.

    Exercise Cad/OYO Reps Start Time End Time Notes

    Mosey x2 Around OYO 5:30 AM Around the baseball diamond x2. End at Home Plate.

    Diamond Bear Crawl OYO Bear crawl around the bases. 1,2,3,4 Burpees at each Base.

    Ring of Fire Cad 10 In a circle, take turns of 10 merkins while others plank.

    SSH Cad 20

    Black Jack (modified) OYO 5 Cross the baseball field, 1 Merkin, cross back, 1 Burpee.

    Mosey to Parking Bars OYO

    Freak Nasties Cad 10 Dips on Parking Bars

    Incline Merkins Cad 10 Merkins on Parking Bars

    Freak Nasties Cad 8 Dips on Parking Bars

    Incline Merkins Cad 8 Merkins on Parking Bars

    Freak Nasty Cad 4 Dips on Parking Bars

    Lt Dan (“he’s got no legs”) Cad 10 10 Count – Squat, Lunge L, Lunge R, Squat, Calf Raise

    Black Snake 1 All Mosey. Last man weaves thru to Front. (like Indian Run)

    6MOM

    Mosey to Parking Deck OYO

    Homer to Marge Cad 10 Lie flat on Six. 4 Count. Lift feet 6in. Raise to vertical. Back to 6in.

    LBFC (LB Flutter Crunches) Cad 10 On Six. Lift feet. Flutter legs while doing LBC with Torso.

    Leg Lifts Cad 12 Lie flat on Six. 4 Count. Feet Up, Out, In, Down.

    Manatee (not Superman) Cad 15 Superman position. Touch left hand to left foot, alternate.

    <By Rocket> Cad 10 Rocket called a Mary exercise that I cannot remember.

    Mountain Climbers Cad 15 6:10 AM From pushup position, run in place.

  • 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.