Walmart sounds the ALARMs for low prices

DATE: 8/20/2019

TEMP: 78

WEATHER: 82% humidity. Clear skies.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

PAX: Eruzione, Walmart

QIC: Walmart

AO: Liberty Park

WELCOME/DISCLAIMER: Q gave welcome and disclaimer.

WARM-O-RAMA:

-Don Quixote x12 IC

-Cipperhead Squats x12 IC

-Merkin ×12 IC

-SSH ×25 IC

-Arm Circles (both directions) ×25 IC

 

THE THANG:

Wrecker: PAX split into teams of one. Team 1 does exercise while team 2 crosses tennis court to team 1. Flip.

-Lt Dan // Overhead Press

-Burpee broad jump // Carolina Dry Docks

-Alligator Merkins // Freddie Mercury

-Bear Crawl // Monkey Humper

-Crawl Bear // Flutter Kick

Paint the lines.

Mosey to the playground.

ALARMs: PAX do 10 reps of each of the following exercises.

ALARM 1

-Dips

-Box jumps on bench

-WWI Situps

-Run (1 lap around playground)

-Merkins

ALARM 2

-Carolina Dry Docks

-Squats

-Flutter kicks (double count)

-Run

-Merkins

ALARM 3

-Shoulder taps (10 on each shoulder)

-Gorilla Squat

-Freddie Mercury (double count)

-Run

-Merkins

Mosey to the tennis courts for suicides.

One person SSH while the other runs suicides across one court and back. Switch. Repeato, but with overhead claps.

MARY:

-LBC x25 OYO

-Freddie Mercury x25 double count OYO

-Leg Raise x12 OYO

-American Hammer x25 OYO (double count)

-High plank 1 minute

-Low plank 1 minute

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

MOLESKIN: Some mumblechatter about school starting and sports.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Be sure to respond to Boomer’s poll regarding a change to our Second F Family Day.

Mid-August DT

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Draper, PowPow, Island Time, Isaiah, Coach K, Pepper
QIC: Sally

AO: FPH
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: I guess given?

WARM-O-RAMA:
N/A

THA THANG:
Ran 5 miles

MARY:
N/A

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Done. Prayed for both love and acceleration

MOLESKIN:
Apparently it was hotter today than last week, which must be why most of our times were slower or at the same pace.

Had fun sending out a search party for (and finding) Island Time. His 1st #DT, and he got a little lost on the course. Or maybe he just needed a little extra time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. CSAUP Planning meeting Thursday either lunch or early happy hour. If you have a preference comment on the post in Band.

Is this Turtle Park?

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Tator Tot, Dr. Suess, Stingray, Ant Man, Oatmeal, Rump Roast, Coach K, Icebox, Sally, Sweet Baby, Sex Panther, PowPow, Alright Alright
QIC: F150

AO:North Lake Highlands Park
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:

WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Storm Troopers IC x14
Annie IC x12
Copperhead Squats IC x12
Arm Circles IC x12 (both ways)

THA THANG:
The Wrecker (Tennis Courts)
PAX split into 2 groups with Group 1 at one end of Doubles Line and Group 2 at other end. Group 1 performed exercise 1 until they reach Group 2 (flip)

Lt. Dan’s//Over Head Press
Burpee Dan’s//Full Curls
Alligator Merkins//Upper Curls
Bear Crawl Merkin//Lower Curls

3x5x5 (Play Ground)
Dirkins
Irkins
Pull up

Blocktanamo
Circle PAX up, each one holds his coupon out in front of them. One PAX lowers his coupon and runs around the inside of circle pushing down every ones. Then the next PAX

Flora 1, 2,3
100 Merkins on CMU/Plank with feet on CMU (10 at a time)
200 LBCs holding CMU/On your 6 feet 6inches up CMU help above chest (20)
300 CMU swings/hold goblet squat with CMU (25)

MARY:
Not Done due to Time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
All In – what does it mean to be All In? We are men who challenge one another and in doing so how are you at work, with family, friends, dating relationships, and areas of your life? Are you giving it your all at work, when you are home does your family have all your attention, in your marriage are you all in to your spouse, with friendships are you giving them everything to become better friends? 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1.     November CSAUP
2.     2nd F at Draper’s – UFC
3.     Q Source today at Burning Rice
4.     Flower Mound launch, meet at 5:40 at Burleson Park

Sorry if I miss anything

Preston Hollow Park AO Test

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Alright Alright, Rump Roast, F-150, Draper, Oatmeal, Teasip, Coach K, Sex Panther, Island Time (FNG)
QIC: Sally

AO: Preston Hollow Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH X 15 IC
IST X 15 IC
Run to the south end of the block
8-count bodybuilders x 15 IC
Run back to the starting point
8-count bodybuilders x 10 IC

THA THANG:

Partner animal crawl / run to explore the park
Partner up. Partner 1 begins bear crawling around the path clockwise. Partner 2 begins running around the path counter-clockwise.
When the partners meet, swap roles. Partner 1 begins running counter-clockwise, and Partner 2 begins bear crawling.

Repeato the entire routine x 2, changing the animal crawl on the subsequent rounds to 2) crawl bear and 3) crab walk

Additions:
1) There are 3 sets of bleachers by the path in the SW corner. Every time you pass them (both runners and crawlers) do a scale-over of each.
2) Tennis courts in the NE corner – every time you pass by them, go inside and do a loop around both courts before continuing.

All-in call to gather in the middle of the park.

Slow flutter kicks x 20 IC
Slow rugby sit-ups x 20 IC

Mosey to baseball diamond.

Bottom of the ninth:
It’s the bottom of the ninth, and your team is down. You’ve gotta put the team on your back. And by team I mean partner.
Partner 1 carries Partner 2 to 1st base. When they reach 1st, they switch; Partner 2 carries Partner 1 to 2nd. They then switch and move on to 3rd and home, “scoring” a run when they reach home after a trip around the bases.

PAX were informed their team was down by 3 runs and they had to score 4 to win. All teams completed.

Mosey back to NE corner to wrap-up.

MARY:
Done intra-workout

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Done

MOLESKIN:
Had a good time trying out a new AO. Preston Hollow Park has a lot going for it (including really nice grass), but there are also some really dark spots where you can’t even see the path you’re running on.

The animal crawl / running routine was brutal, although it seemed a little long in duration. May have to modify for the track in the future?..

The 8-count bodybuilders are a great exercise. It can be hard to remember whether the merkin or the plank jack is supposed to occur first.

YHC pulled up early as he always does for his Q’s to find a lonely man (our FNG Island Time) hanging out. Got out of the car and he said, “Is this F3?!” in the most excited voice I have heard in a while. Always great to hear from an FNG. And it turns out, based on his Saturday performance, Island Time was aptly named.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. QSource  Wednesday at 1800 and Friday at 1130. This week is about “Articulation.”
2. Our first inaugural Fall CSAUP (Name TBD) starts November 2 at 0000, launching from Flag Pole Hill.
3. 2nd F event this Saturday at Draper’s for Fight Night
4. T-shirt orders. 5 days left. Get ’em in!
5. Stay hydrated and get your electrolytes, gentlemen. These are the dog days of summer, and hydration matters.
6. Flowermound Saturday Launch this Saturday. We need ~4/5 guys to go to that, and the rest to come to the Burleson workout.

Mookie the Navigator

DATE: 8/12/2019

TEMP: 79

WEATHER: Clear, but with 82% humidity.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

PAX: Mookie, Strangler, and Boomer.

QIC: Walmart

 

AO:Oak Point Park

 

WELCOME/DISCLAIMER:Q neglected to give the welcome and disclaimer. Luckily, no injuries on this run.

 

WARM-O-RAMA:OYO stretching for 5 minutes.

 

THE THANG:4 mile run around the nature trails at Oak Point Park.

 

CIRCLE OF TRUST:PAX brought up a friend of Mookie’s named Mark who is struggling with cancer. Prayers for Mark and his family. PAX prayed for Mark and for the start of a new school year. Prayers for Boomer as he and Mrs. Boomer figure out life with their new baby.

MOLESKIN: Good Mumblechatter this morning. Walmart talked about his trip last week to Northwest Arkansas, and about his fear of ending up on a true crime podcast he had been listening to. Mookie was instrumental in providing directions for the PAX. Q is directionally challenged, which is especially bad considering today was Q’s first time at Oak Point Park.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Second F family day on August 25. Be sure to give Boomer money for supplies. PAX also mentioned doing another Second F event soon with just F3 brothers.

BLIMPS Over Glencoe

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Alright Alright, Coach K, Dr. Seuss (welcome!), Ina, Oatmeal, Pepper, Plus One, Rump Roast, Sally, Sex Panther, Special Sauce, Sweet Baby, Ultra
QIC: Teasip

AO: Glencoe #glencoefasho #makeglencoefunagain
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20

IST x 15

Daisy/Asparagus/Cotton Pickers x 12

THA THANG:
Mosey to the Tennis Court for partner BLIMPS. Partner 1 starts on the below exercises, while Partner 2 does a mini lap around the basketball court and bleachers and back to the tennis courts.

Burpees – 50

Lunges – 100 each leg

IST – 150 each leg

Merkins – 200

Plank Jacks – 250

Squats – 300

MARY:
None, as we ran out of time

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out

MOLESKIN:
YHC procrastinated on planning the workout and hung out too long for the post-game softball discussion last night, so went with the tried and true partner BLIMPS, and was immediately lambasted by Alright Alright and Coach K for not being original (gotta bring back the classics sometimes). This led to some reminiscing and sadness for #TheNest (pour one out). Not much mumblechatter during the workout. Rump Roast was quick to question how this was “making Glencoe fun again” and Pepper lamented the humidity. Great having Dr. Seuss join us as he has moved here for some sort of brain related graduate school (neuroscience? neurons?). 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Q Source Wednesday at 1800 at CFA on Hillcrest and Friday at 1130 in Preston Center. Topic is Vision for this week

2. 2nd Friday Happy Hour at ??? Inwood Tavern? Ozona? Ultra’s casa? I think TBD at this point

3. CSAUP coming November 1, more details to come.

 

Rapunzel’s Ladder

Aaarrrggghhh Oatmeal Draper Teasip Ina Coach K Sally joined Icebox for some Katy Trail Thursday action

Inspired by the fairy tales I’m reading to Annie we attempted to do Rapunzel’s Ladder, here’s the thang

1/4 mile: 5 rugby sit-ups
1/4 mile: 35 merkins
1/4 mile: 10 rugby sit-ups 
1/4 mile: 30 merkins
1/4 mile: 15 rugby sit-ups
1/4 mile: 25 merkins
1/4 mile: 20 rugby sit-ups (single count)
1/4 mile: 20 merkins
1/4 mile: 25 rugby sit-ups (single count)

Started to run short on time so we ran a mile via Native American run and then moseyed back to La Madeline

Those with watches had us just over 4 miles. Oatmeal led the pack from the get go, which was good since he was wearing a fluorescent shirt. Teasip chippendaled from the start and proceeded to yell “howdy” at about 50 people on the trail…but only 3 said hi back, made me wonder if people are freaked out by 1/2 naked men running on the KT in the dark shouting at them.

Coach K followed Teasip’s lead and also started talking to strangers…kidding, Coach doesn’t talk to anyone who isn’t a puppy at 0530

Not a lot of mumblechatter from the PAX, we were all pretty gassed at the end and we didn’t take many breaks from the action.

Legs Feed the Wolf

Date: 8/1/19

AO: Liberty Park in Plano, TX

Conditions: Hot N’ Humid

PAX: Walmart, Boomer, Eruzione, Rabbit, QIC: The (Scranton) Stranger

Warmup
Mosey around the campus
Good Mornings
10 Imperials IC
10 Squats
11 Baby Arm Circles IC
11 Reverse Baby Arm Circles IC
11 Overhead Presses IC
100 SSH IC

(with it being Coolio’s Birthday, the playlist started out with a little Gangsta’s Paradise, then rolled through some Kanye and ended with Chance)

The Thang
1) Wind sprints – With a total of 4 tennis courts, we sprinted across three and walked one. At the end of each sprint we did 10 hand release push ups and subtracted one all the way down to 0 after each run. (First sprint 10, second sprint 9, third sprint 8….)

2) Bear Crawl 11’s – Bear crawl down then crawl bear back in between each set with Split leg jumps on one end and squats on the other. Therefore, we bear crawled across one tennis court and did 20 split leg jumps (10 each leg) then crawl bear’d back to do 1 squat and worked our way through.

Mary:
Lunged the entire length of all 4 tennis courts
20 Flutter kicks IC
20 High plank ankle touches with each ankle counting for 1
20 Hand release merkins

Circle of Trust, Count-o-Rama, Name-o-Rama:

Announcements: looking to do 2 – 2nd F events in August. One being a family friendly event, potentially grilling out at a park (More info to come). The other being a guy’s hangout/happy hour at a brewery, maybe Tupps brewery in McKinney? Taking suggestions. Also, Rabbit is taking dinner and gift cards over to his friends house whose child, Caleb, had a major back surgery (they had to split his entire back open). Venmo Rabbit if you feel called to give: venmo @nathan-newsome or 469-332-6429 or just give him some cash money.

Mumblechatter was light as the humidity did a number on us but on a legs focused day, Boomer let it be known that The Legs Feed the Wolf.

Prayer requests: we lifted up Caleb after his back surgery and for the long recovery ahead of him. Also, Rabbit’s friend Corey’s father who is on hospice and could go at any moment, such a hard time for the family but also a celebration of life as they bond together through this difficult time. We also prayed for Boomer’s friend, Zach, whose dad had chest pains and is in the hospital, I am sure there is a lot of confusion and uncertainty as this came unexpectedly. In addition, I’d like to lift up my Grandmother who is in hospice with a failing heart, not sure when she is getting the call, but her heart and soul are ready.

Writing this backblast, it reminded me of when F3 Nation lost our brother Dark Visor (from F3 Alpha), their message from that event was clear: “We don’t know when we will be called home. Live life like you are dying since we all are. Make your peace with your creator. My bags are packed.” With that being said, as we grow together as Men who need a savior, my prayer is that we help equip each other not only to take on the day and grow in our faith but also to enjoy every moment we have together as brothers. My bags are packed, are yours?

Pleasure to serve,
Taylor Brasher – Strangler

Tennis Court Baseball

DATE: 7/30/2019.

TEMP: 76.

WEATHER: Cloudy and cool.

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

PAX: Rabbit, Boomer, and Eruzione.

QIC: Walmart.

 

AO: Liberty Park.

 

WELCOME/DISCLAIMER: Q is not a professional. PAX are at the workout voluntarily. PAX should modify as needed to avoid getting hurt.

 

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
IW x 15 IC
J Lo’s x 15 IC
Cotton Pickers x 15 IC
Morroccon Night Clubs x 50 IC

Native American Run for 1 mile (4 laps around the track).

THE THANG:

Mosey to the tennis courts for Baseball. Q chose a court and designated each corner as a base. PAX split into pairs. Do 80 reps per pair at each base. Partner carry along the long side of the court. Bear Crawl along the short side of the court. The team with the most complete laps around the bases wins bragging rights. PAX tied at two runs.

1st Base: Frog Jumps

2nd Base: Hand Release Merkins

3rd Base: Freddie Mercury (double count)

Home: LBCs

MARY:

Q went around the circle, letting each PAX pick an ab exercise.

American Hammer x20 IC

Flutter Kick x20 IC

Rosalita x15 IC

Leg Raise x11 IC

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

MOLESKIN: Almost no mumblechatter this morning. Q takes this as a compliment, as PAX were (hopefully) working too hard to spare breath.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rabbit reminded everyone of the plan to provide Caleb’s family with dinner. Caleb recently underwent intense back surgery, and is currently in recovery. Rabbit will post his Venmo or other method of giving him money to fund dinner. Any leftover proceeds will be given to the family. Q announced the job offer he received and accepted last week.

Hill Country BBQ and Fantasy Football

MRM backblast

Sweet Baby and Sex Panther joined Icebox and Maverick on the Ruck, talked about splash pads, fantasy football, and bbq. Sweet Baby is an expert in Hill County BBQ and will lead an expedition at some point (Sex Panther said he’d be in but if he goes we’re making him hike the whole thing in his sweet gear).

I wonder if Oo-De-Lally is going to be our fantasy football commissioner again this year? More importantly does Ant Man still have the UM boy shorts? 🤔

AlrightAlright Sally Coach K Draper Gold Digger Chairman Mao and Pepper ran, it was super humid and no PR’s were achieved

Need Q’s for this week! Would be great to see some of our VQ’s from a few weeks ago get into the regular rotation! (Stingray Draper Sweet Baby)