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Somersaults with a Tea Pot

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So close to have merlot spilled today with the somersaults. YHC was closest as a lot of the PAX wisely chose to modify the exercise.

Disclaimer given

Warmup:
15 little baby arm circles
15 reverse baby arm circles
15 forward arm circles
15 reverse forward arm circles
15 over head arm circles
15 reverse overhead arm circles
15 tea pot right 
15 tea pot left
15 Imperial Walkers
15 hill billies

The Thang:
Partner up… first team to number calls it for everyone

50 Candlestick burpees… (push up / candlestick alternate) while partner double leg hops to 10 and back
100 Merkins & Bear crawl to 10 and back
200 American Hammers & run BACKWARDS  to 10 and back 
300 Squats & somersault to 10 and back
400 plank jacks & lunges to 10 and back
500 LBCs & Crawl Bear to 10 and back
We started on this last one but time ran out: 600 ssh & run to 10 and back 

Count-o-rama, name-o-rama

COT: This text copied from another AOs backblast: “….Life is extremely tough for just about everyone right now — let’s all make a concerted effort to re-connect with those who we have not heard from in a while. Even a text message can make a huge difference these days!…” Funny as the topic of plagiarism came up in coffee afterwards.

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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Reach out

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6 strong posted this morning at Carmel High.

Warm Up
Over head claps
Seal claps
Moroccan night clubs
Half moons
Knee drives
Bird dogs
Single leg hip raise
25 SSH 4 count

The Thang
Side walk and every 20 yards do 25 LBCs
Crab walk and every 20 yards do 10 Floyd Mayweathers
Walk and every 10 yards to 10 sqauts
Crawl bear and every 20 yards to 25 SSH 4 count
Bear crawl and every 20 yards to 10 Mike Tysons
5 Burpees OYO

Homework for Pax: Give a call to someone you have not spoken to in a long time. They are not going to be around forever and one day you will miss that opportunity you could have had to talk to them one last time.

Keeping it short today,

YHC and Q – Cleveland Rocks

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Back in the Saddle

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Covid lock-down was broken today for YHC with a return to the AO.

Great to see the turnout. 11 strong.

Warm Up : 25 SSH. Yup, that was it.

The Thang:
Bear Crawl 100 yards
Walk to 10, do 10 gas pumps… walk to 20, do 20 gas pumps … all the way to endzone….
25 Merkins, crawl bear to 100 yards
Walk to 10, do 10 squats… walk to 20…. you get it
Crab walk to 10, 10 burpees…. walk to 20…. Pax getting tired – stop at the 50.
Walk to 10, 10 Monkey Humpers…. walk to 20….etc. to the 50
Wrap it up with 1 air press / 1 merkin every 5 yards and ending with 10/10.

What can YHC say. It was great to be back and hope the pax enjoyed it.

Burgundy on the call Thursday pointed out that YHC will be the only one of the 5 left in Monterey by the end of the year. It has been very humbling to have known those for the time we have spent together in Monterey. YHC is a bit reserved and had YHC not come out to Carmel High on 12/29/2018 there would have been no time getting to know any of the PAX. The PAX has lifted YHC. And for that, YHC is grateful.

Speaking of 12/29/2018… 609 days ago… Burgundy and YHC started F3 on that day – So let’s take a trip down memory lane:

The backblast from that day:

9 Pax, 3 FNGs, 1 Goal!

The twitter post:

YHC and Q – Cleveland Rocks

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Houghton, Hasselhoff & Cash

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Nothing exciting to say today folks… just the facts:

Disclaimer Given, always.

WarmUp:

All IC: Mountain Man Poopers (shout out to you, Hogs Breath… you are missed,) SSH, 1/2 jack, jumps, IW’s, Gorilla Humpers, Hairy Rockets (sotyHB!)

The Thang:

Squats with Inger Houghton

Till I say stop: Burpees but instead of Merkin do 3 plank jacks
Till I say stop: Jump Rope
Till I say stop: Reverse Crunch
Till I say stop: Mike Tysons

Jump in my Car: Burpee on “Jump into my Car” or “Get Outta my Car” lyrics, else SSH

Plankfest: 3min, rest, 2 min, rest, 1 min

Till I say stop: Run in Place

10 Start Jacks OYO

Till I say stop: Aussie Burpees
3 reps of 5 air presses, 5 merkins
Till I say stop: Gas Pumps

Hurt, Johnny Cash… Al gore on first 4 lines, plank on second 4, repeat every 4 lines.

Name-o-rama, COT

Can’t believe Flea made it out today. Congratulations on the new one!

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More than a Groiner

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Our meeting room got hijacked and let’s just say I am glad the rest of the pax did not log in to the meeting ahead of me.

Other west coast Virtual AOs started up this week and took some of the down range pax from our Saturday virtual AO. While I missed them, I really enjoyed just seeing F3 Monterey PAX on the screen. It was like old times down at Carmel High.

Warm Up:

50 SSH, 30 IW, 50 MNC, 30 Shoulder Taps, 50 Squats

Plank fest: 3 min plank, 30 second rest, 2 min plank, 30 sec. rest, 1 min plank, 1 min. high knees

This is where it was like old times. I wanted to try this out and I think it worked well. Partner up (yes, virtual partner up) and:

Partner 1 Al Gores, Partner 2 runs 20′ away from camera and does 10 Merkins. All pax halts when first group reaches 100 Merkins together.

Repeat again: P1 does Seal Jacks while P2 runs and does 10 mtn. climbers. Halt at 100.

Repeat again: P1 does Sun Gods while P2 Crawl Bears and does 10 Mike Tysons. Halt at 100.

That was it for the partnering up. I think it worked really well. I will do it again next virtual AO that I Q.

Burpees to failure. We knew Sharkbait would be the last on this one!

20 Groiners OYO (paying tribute to the meeting hijackers, if you will.)

We stayed around and chatted a little. Great to catch up with the PAX.

YHC and Q – Cleveland Rocks

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Sha la la la

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It was great to see YHC’s brother pop in to see F3 Monterey in action even if it was just virtually. He’s a big CrossFit guy. YHC got to see him in action a few years back and the camaraderie at his gym, CrossFit Distinction, seemed similar to what we have going here at F3 Monterey. Although families should not keep secrets – I will keep our monthly membership fee a secret to him.

Monterey’s 2nd Virtual workout brought out 10 strong. A big showing from F3 Peninsula’s Quick Silver. Thanks for coming out… hope to see you again next week.

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Warmup: All In Cadence… 10 hill billie’s, 10 IW, 10 Cherry Pickers, 50 Moroccan Night Clubs, 15 Gorilla Humpers, 15 Flutter Kicks, 10 Suzanne Somers, 15 Monkey Crunches

The Thang: Individual Medley consisting of Burpees, Merkins, Flutterkick, SSH.

Start with 5 reps of each exercise. 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 2 count flutter kicks, 5 SSH, start a new set every 1:30 until you finish 10 sets.

30 Mike Tysons (First one calls)
1 minute high knees
50 Plank Jacks (First one calls)
1 minute SSH
30 groiners (First one calls)
1 minute Aussie burpees
1 minute gas pumps
Air Presses & Merkins 1 to 10 … and then 10 to 1
1 minute high knees

Virtual Name-o-rama, COT (Thanks Flea for taking it.)

YHC & Q – Cleveleand Rocks

PS – Sha la la la… end of Family Ties theme song.

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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Hope everyone is doing well during the shelter-in-place restrictions.

How many of you know the TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century?”

I ventured out yesterday for a short time and I felt like Buck Rogers when he left New Chicago and ventured into old Chicago that was said to be inhabited by mutants.

Interesting how quickly and easily our minds can be persuaded to change. Everyone went from being friendly neighbors to:

OK… on to the workout:

3+ Pax posted to the latest of F3 Monterey’s Shelter-in-place workouts.

Warm Up:

3 Imperial Walkers (4 count)
6 Monkey Humpers
12 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
24 Plank Jacks (4 count)
48 SSH (4 count)
24 LBC (4 count)
12 High Plank / Low Plank
6 Gorilla Humpers
3 Squats (4 count)

The Thang:  Run, Run and Run some more.  Try to download Strava or another tracker.

Run 2 miles: setup the app to alert you every ½ mile because at each ½ mile mark you are going to stop and alternate with 10 burpees (at the 1/2 mile) and 10 Bobby Hurley’s (Squat down, slap the ground, jump up like you are taking a jump shot) at the mile.

After the two miles:

3 Imperial Walkers (4 count)
6 Monkey Humpers
12 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
24 Plank Jacks (4 count)
48 SSH (4 count)
24 LBC (4 count)
12 High Plank / Low Plank
6 Gorilla Humpers
3 Squats (4 count)

Repeat another 2 miles: every ½ mile stop and alternate with 10 burpees and 10 Bobby Hurley’s.

Bonus to those that run on hills and get 200+ feet of total elevation gain.  To really push it try to get 500 feet. 

Cool down:

3 Imperial Walkers (4 count)
6 Monkey Humpers
12 Mountain Climbers (4 count)
24 Plank Jacks (4 count)
48 SSH (4 count)
24 LBC (4 count)
12 High Plank / Low Plank
6 Gorilla Humpers
3 Squats (4 count)

Cleveland Rocks… Bidi-Biddi-Bidi-Biddi …out!

Oh… and @flea had to get an IV after this workout too:

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My Bout with Mike Tyson

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Growing up in the 80’s / 90’s we watched Mike Tyson a lot. Pure dominance when he was at the top. His line “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” is often misquoted and often appropriate. My plan of Pick up the Six workout did not go as planned but luckily it did not take a punch to the face to figure it out.

My bout with Tyson occurred in Florida when I was a member of a gym (don’t tell F3 Nation!.. and it was only for a few months.) For a brief period of time Tyson was working out there and after a session in the weight room he came out to the basketball court to play a game. I was on the sideline watching when the ball went out of bounds where I was. I grabbed the ball and threw it to none other than Iron Mike.

The idea of today’s beatdown was to complete every exercise at the same time. If you completed your reps you were to continue with the exercise until the six completed it as well.

10 Burpees OYO Pick up the Six (“PUTS”)
10 Burpees OYO PUTS
20 heal touches 4 count OYO PUTS
20 heal touches 4 count OYO PUTS
1 lap – turn around and PUTS
1 lap – turn around and PUTS
25 SSH 4 count OYO PUTS
25 SSH 4 count  OYO PUTS
10 gas pumps OYO PUTS
10 gas pumps OYO PUTS
Run to back of school by curbs behind theatre – PUTS
10 Jumps over curbs – 4 count – call # – PUTS
10 Jumps over curbs – 4 count – call # – PUTS
10 Mike Tyson’s OYO PUTS
10 Mike Tyson’s OYO PUTS
Run back to bottom of the hill behind the school PUTS
20 Monkey Humpers OYO PUTS
20 Monkey Humpers OYO PUTS
Against wall 6 decline merkins OYO PUTS
1 lap – PUTS
1 lap – PUTS
10 Burpees OYO PUTS
10 Burpees OYO PUTS
Line up on Goal line, 20 yard Crawl Bear, 60 yard Craw Bear, 20 yard Crawl Bear
Some misc. SSH, Planks to finish it off.

The PUTS workout didn’t seem to go as well as I wanted. I am Q next week – I will improve.

YHC & Q = Cleveland Rocks

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To Mr. Falconeer, with love, sally

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13 made it out to Carmel High this morning! We did some last man sprints… and wow! the sprint to get to the front was loooong with this many pax!

Disclaimer given.

Warm up: 10 Burpees, 9 SSHs 4 count, 8 LBCs 4 count, 7 IWs 4 count, 6 Merkins 4 count, 5 Sun gods 4 count, 4 Flutter kicks 4 count, 3 Copperhead squats 4 count, 2 Monkey Humpers 4 count, and… 10 Burpees (Got this one from a Priorities back blast a while ago. My execution was weak, room to improve!)

The Thang:

On to the track. Run 1/2 lap. First 50% of the PAX to reach 1/2 lap do 20 burpees …. and the rest to 5 burpees. Repeat for 4 full laps
PAX “20 burpees?”
YHC “yes – potential to do 80”
PAX, who are better at math than I am ” that’s 160 burpees”
YHC “Oh yeah, you are right… exercise!”
…a few PAX may have done 160!

50 seconds of beat down: LBCs amrap for 50 seconds, rest.

Pax choice of leg lifts or flutter kicks for 50 seconds amrap, rest.

Gas pumps amrap for 50 seconds, rest.

Heal touches amrap for 50 seconds, rest.

Elbow plank dips amrap for 50 seconds, rest.

“Hay Ya!” song Tabata… 8 sessions of squats. On the break hold low squat.

Sally is back! “Bring Sally Up” Hold plank, the hold low merkin depending on what the song says. Modify with squats which many of the pax went to eventually.

Finish it off with 1/2 laps again. First 50% of pax to 20 groiners while balance of pax do 5 groiners.

Count-a-rama, Name-a-rama (Welcome FNG Buffet), BOM

At coffee we got to chat with a falconeer! Prior to reaching out to Mr. Falconeer the PAX said that a flaconeer is one of the few jobs remaining from Mid-Evil times… it was funny as when we were chatting with Mr. Falconeer he said the same thing! To my disappointment no body tried to EH the falconeer. (Mr. Falconeer requested we not show his face as he did not want the pigeons to recognize him.)

YHC and Q = Cleveland Rocks

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Jack Donkey

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12 strong, including 2 FNGs, make it out to Carmel High today and it was fun.

Disclaimer Given

We jumped right into and only paused for a few sips of water.

Run a lap. Circle up, 50 SSH, 40 Seal Jacks, 30 Plank Jacks, 20 Low (elbow) Plank Jacks, 10 Smurf Jacks

Run 2 laps, last man sprints with the last man doing 5 SSH before they catch up.

Line up on goal line, run to 30, 5 Mtn Climbers, run back to goal line and do 1 burpee. Increase burpees by 1. First person calls it.

Last man plank sprint – Line up shoulder to shoulder. Everyone holds plank. First person runs to end of plank line and planks. Do this from goal line to the 50.

Do the same on the way back to the goal line but PAX is doing SSHs.

Line up on goal line, bear crawl to 15, do 5 squats, crawl bear (shout out to Dirty Jobs) back to goal line and do 1 LBC. Repeat increasing LBC by one. First person to 10 LBCs calls it.

Circle up, on your own: 1 arm raise, 1 merkin. Repeat to 10/10. Then hold al gore. Question from FNG DRP … “That’s it, just an arm raise, no jumping or anything?” Oh the zeal of the FNGs… you have to admire it! Pick up the 6 at the end.

Name-o-rama, BOM, Coffeeteria

YHC and Q = Cleveland Rocks

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