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LDP

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8 plus one 2.0 came out this morning to Carmel High. 2 FNGs! Welcome Mr. Brady and Craw Daddy.

After Flea tagging an F3 nations failure blog post last week YHC read a few of the Leadership Development Process (LDP) blog posts on f3nation.com. Failure is a key part of it all. So the first half of this beatdown was all about failure and the second all about bringing the Pax together.

Disclaimer given.

Warm up: run a lap. Californication arrived late and missed the lap… let’s do another lap. No more late comers which disappointed YHC cause YHC knew what was coming and would rather have run more laps.

Armies, Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers, Peter Parker’s all IC.

The thing:

Pax does all these together, in cadence, all the way to failure. Once you can’t do it any more you start running sideline to sideline encouraging the rest of the pax to keep going. To failures included: plank jacks, monkey jumpers, SSHs, LBCs, and finally plank.

Mosey to hill where we will do Bobby Hurlees at the top and Monkey Humpers at the bottom, as a group. Run backwards up the hill to Feel the Bern. Start at 5 and increase reps by 5 each time. First person to hit count calls it and entire PAX runs together.

Finally a little fun with a double elimination ping pong tourney. While 2 pax play each other rest of Pax does burpees, then SSHs and finally Al Gores for the final point. Congratulations to Burgundy who came out on top this week.

count, name o Rama, BOM

YHC and Q Cleveland Rocks

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Parking Place Platinum Prius Party

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27 Jan 2020

Q : Flea

DISCLAIMER: Given

Warmup

SSH – 50
Imperial Walkers – 20
Hillbillies – 20
Cherry Pickers – 20
Sun Gods – 10 (Overhead/Sides/Front)
–> Straight into Morrocan Nightclubs – 10

The Thang:
Black Snake over to Community Center Parking Lot
Black Snake – Like a Last Man Sprint (Indian Run) except the PAX sprinting weaves through the other PAX .

–Once at the parking lot, PAX broke up into groups
1. Merkin Leap Frog (Completed Together)
While one PAX waited in the ready position the other did the allotted merkin(s) then took his position in front while his partner completed the next set. Total quantity of Merkins/PAX was 70.

–Groups then performed one of the two excercises
2. Forward then Backward
10 Merkins
Crab Walk to first parking lot “peninsula” (word we settled on to describe
break between parking sections
Bear Crawl to second parking lot “peninsula”
10 Air Squats
Crawl Bear to first parking lot “peninsula”
Crawl Bear to start
This group finished first both times and performed exercises of choice until second team was complete

3. Squatpocalypse
20 Air Squats -> Run Across Parking Lot and back
REPEATO 5x

–After both groups were complete they took a 30 count rest and switched exercises

4. Ladder Suicides
Upon completion of the second workout teams took a 20 count rest
and promptly executed suicides between lines ascending to the first parking “peninsula” and then descending back down to start.

Black Snake back to Flags
With a few minutes left YHC executed Ring of Fire: Flutter Kicks and 50 LBCs OYO.

Ended with Number-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, COT.

F3 WODs
Platinum : The rule of treating other men the way they want to be treated.
Prius: A symbolic act of Virtue that does not itself solve a Problem.

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Game of failure

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8 strong and two 2.0s posted today at Carmel High. YHC & Q Cleveland Rocks came up with a few games to rally (trick) the PAX into working out harder. Some of the games went off successfully, others failed. YHC promises to recover from this failure and keep moving forward as this is F3 and F3 is not a destination but a process to keep being better every day.

We started 1 minute late (failure)

The Warm Up: Armies, Armies Fast, Armies Faster (IC), Cherry Pickers (IC), Imperial Walkers (IC), Copper Head Squats (IC), Overhead presses (IC), Crab (IC) SSH while YHC grabs items from van that he forgot to bring (failure)

Game One: Pax splits into teams. Two pax pulls while bear crawling a third who is on moving pads holding a rope. At 20 yard line stop, 20 monkey humpers for the pullers and 20 merkins for the person being pulled. Fourth pax is jumping rope (failure as one rope was way too small for adults) while the three pax return. Game called in middle of second round as it just was not working (failure.)

Game Two: YHC left chalk in the car for the next game (failure). Mosey to YHC’s minivan (Failure that YHC has a minivan? YHC doesn’t think so as minivans are awesome!) Mosey to ping pong table for a single elimination tourney.

While two pax play best of 3 points other pax do:
* During point 1: Burpees
* During point 2: Side Straddle Hops
* During point 3: Al Gores

I won’t tell you who won but I will say YHC was very happy with the results. Final game went down to the third point and Burgundy (respect) went in for the kill with a huge windup shot that missed YHC’s side of the table.

Mosey to track. The night before YHC looked up ‘Best F3 workout ever’ and this came up:

5 burpees, run 1/8th mile.
5 burpees, 10 merkins, run 1/8th mile
5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBCs, run 1/8th mile
5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBCs, 20 plank jacks, run 1/8th mile
5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 LBCs, 20 plank jacks, hold plank 1 min, run…

We finished it off with some last man sprints and finished on time.

Great COT / BOM prose from Psych.

YHC and Q: Cleveland Rocks

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4 4 7 of Diamonds

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Q Sharkbait 

Pax Psyc, Cleveland Rocks & Burgundy 

Warmup

SSH IC 50

Copperhead Squats 30

Imperial Walkers 30

The Thang

Four count Burpee’s 10 reps

   Sumo Squat hands in

   Chest to ground elbows tight to body

    Sumo squat

    Jump

Seven of diamonds

7 Burpees 

14 four count flutter kicks

21 Merkins

28 Squats

21 four count Imperial Walkers 

14 four count Freddie Mercury’s 

7 Burpees 

Performed on a large diamond (i.e. a square); we use the outside of a baseball field, but any large area will work. For the first round, do 7 reps of an exercise (burpees) at each of the 4 corners with a mosey (or sprint) in between corners. Each round, increase by 7 reps with a different exercise each round, for a total or 4 rounds. Round 2, 14 four count flutter kicks at each of the 4 corners. Round 3, 21 merkins at each of the 4 corners. Round 4, 28 squats at each of the 4 corners. If time allows, continue for a total of 7 rounds, decreasing the reps by 7 for each of the last 3 rounds with exercises of the Q’s choice. We will do some rounds own your own, then wait for the six each round; and some rounds we do as a group. Q’s choice.

COT

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Suicidal Blimps

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Q Sharkbait 

Pax This One Time, ADT, Flea, Beach,Stein, Burgundy & Psyc

Warmup 

SSH

Copperhead Squat

IW

Sun gods

Clowney 

Named after the Univ. of South Carolina football DE standout, this exercise involves 7 sets (per Clowneys’s college jersey number 7). The exercises are 4 jumping lunges IC followed by 4 merkins IC. Rinse and repeat this set of exercises 7 times.

Suicides

Happy Jacks 

5 side straddle hops in cadence then after the 5th one everyone does two jump squats. Like this… Side Straddle Hops IC: One, two, three, ONE! One, two, three, TWO! One, two, three, THREE! One, two, three, FOUR! One, two, three, FIVE! Quickly followed by two jump squats. Repeat 4x or until no one can breathe.

Blades of Steel

Start in plank position with hands directly under shoulders, keeping arms as straight as possible. Slowly perform merkin with only your shoulders doing the movement, no bend in your elbows. At your lowest position your shoulder blades are close together, with elbows and back still straight. Slowly raise your body with only your shoulder blades pushing away from your spine. Your shoulder blades will be slightly rounded at top once complete. Suggested to move slow.

Blimps / Suicides 3 rounds 

Hollow Hold

Superman

COT

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Some variation is the spice in life

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11 Jan 2020

Q : Flea

DISCLAIMER: Given

Warmup

SSH – 50
Imperial Walkers – 20
Cherry Pickers – 20
Sun Gods – 10 (Overhead/Sides/Front)
Morrocan Nightclubs – 10

The Thang:
Starfish
Starfish workout consists of a home base at the center where a workout out is conducted with 5 workouts at the corners and an additional one for a point. (Reference to F3 Starfish model). Exercises can be conducted in any order.

At Home Base 25 LBC’s are conducted
1st 30 Gorilla Humpers
2nd 50 Squats
3rd 50 Dips and Step-Ups
4th 30 Hydraulic Squats
5th 25 8-count bodybuilders

Upon completion of the 5th exercise and 25 LBCs PAX were instructed to execute a lap
-REPEATO-

Jack Webb
YHC ended the starfish workout a little early and conducted a little Jack Webb
1 Merkin – 4 Air Presses
2 Merkins – 8 Air Presses
3 Merkins – 12 Air Presses
4 Merkins – 16 Air Presses
5 Merkins – 20 Air Presses
4 Merkins – 16 Air Presses
3 Merkins – 12 Air Presses
2 Merkins – 8 Air Presses
1 Merkin – 4 Air Presses

Last Man Sprints – 2 for time

During the COT YHC discussed how the fear of rejection shouldn’t be a barrier to do anything in life and quoted a TED talk he had watched.

…I found that people who really change the world, who change the way we live and the way we think, are the people who were met with initial and often violent rejections. People like Martin Luther King, Jr., like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, or even Jesus Christ. These people did not let rejection define them. They let their own reaction after rejection define themselves. And they embraced rejection. …When you get rejected in life, when you are facing the next obstacle or next failure, consider the possibilities. Don’t run. If you just embrace them, they might become your gifts as well. –What I learned from 100 days of rejection

Ended with Number-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, COT, followed by a VERY LONG Coffeteria.

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The name is Mr Ed

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Q Psyc / Sharkbait 

Pax Burgundy, This One Time, Glee, Bruhaja, Great Clips, Cleveland Rocks, Red Light, Beach

Warm Up

Cherry Pickers 

Moroccan Night Clubs

SSH

Merkins

Copperhead Squats 

The Thang

Start at goal line

10 Burpee’s

10 Squats

Mosey to 5 yard line

10 Merkins

10 LBC’s

Mosey back to goal line 

10 Burpee’s

10 Squats

Mosey to 10 yard line

10 Merkins

10 LBC’s

Mosey back to goal line

Rinse and repeat adding 5 yards each round 20 rounds.

COT

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2020 – Ready, Set, Go!

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01 Jan 2020

Q : Flea

DISCLAIMER: Given

Warmup

Imperial Walkers – 20
Hillbillies – 20
Cherry Pickers – 20
Copperhead Squats – 20
Lunges – 20 each leg

The Thang: Icosahedron of Death
The past 10 years have brought immeasurable changes to the world including F3. Additionally, board games have accelerated to a new height of popularity and one element of board games is the RPG with its famous 20-sided die. As such, I felt it was the perfect element for today’s workout.

The first PAX finished with each randomly assigned workout got the opportunity to roll the dice to determine the next workout. Many burpees were accomplished as 9 seemed to be favored today.

  1.  8-Count Bodybuilders
  2.  Baryshnikovs 4-count leg exercise, in which you lunge forward (1), hop straight up on opposite leg (2), lunge backward (3) and hop up straight again on the opposite leg (4). Typically do set of, say, left-leg Baryshnikovs followed by set of right-leg Baryshnikovs. 
  3. Dive Bombers – Dive Bomber is a Merkin with your hands ahead of your shoulders after you move to down position pull with your arms to move your hands behind your shoulders then push up.
  4.  Hydraulic Squat – Begin by doing a squat, once in the squat position put your right knee on the ground followed by your left knee, next bring your right knee up followed by your left knee than stand up.
  5. (Partner) Shoulder Taps
  6.  Bulgarian Ball Busters – 20 each leg – Reverse lunge ending with a sharp knee-up. Should be accompanied by a karate sound for maximum effect.
  7.  Dying Cockroach 4-count ab exercise done lying down that involves touching hand to opposite leg, back down, then the other hand to the opposite leg. The form can vary wildly.
  8. Gorilla Humpers – Like Monkey Humpers, only bigger! Stand with feet much wider than shoulder-width, half-squat performed while grabbing the inside of your ankles. Still gets all of the burn, but it’s significantly different than your normal monkey hump.
  9.  Burpees
  10.  Monkey Drill – Sideways lunge (defensive basketball slide) palms to ground as you extend.
  11.  Imperial Stormkickers – Starts the same with arms behind the head. Bring the knees up and then extend for a front kick and back down. Then the other leg for a predetermined rep count. Basic front kick to be instructed but nothing too technical.
  12.  Flutter Kicks
  13. American Hammer
  14.  Diamonds
  15.  Freddie Mercury
  16.  Mountain Climbers
  17.  Dolly
  18. Calf Raises
  19.  SSH
  20. 400 M Sprint

During the COT YHC discussed the three M’s to take into the new year, although this topic was inspired by another F3 region

1) Meddler – meddle in someone’s life. You don’t know what you don’t know about your family, friends or F3 brothers unless you meddle in their life. Highest suicide rate in over the holidays.
2) Mover – Be a mover, you cannot meddle if you are afraid to move. If you do not listen to where your calling is, find where you are being led and join in!
3)Messenger – carry the message of F3 and your faith with you wherever you are and wherever you go!

Ended with Number-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, COT, followed by a VERY LONG Coffeteria.

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skunks

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5 posted this morning at La Mesa for the last of a series of Cleveland Rocks beatdowns and the last workout of the year. It was in the 40’s with very clear sky. Pax was happy to hear we were not doing any upper body today after Saturday’s beatdown.

Disclaimer given.

20 Cherry Pickers IC, 20 SSH IC,
20 Imperial walkers, 20 Abe Vigodas IC,
100 Moroccan Night Clubs IC

The Thang:

Run to hill, run down & plank waiting for rest of PAX to show up.  First to 25 bobby hurleys. Run back up hill and plank again. Now first to 25 Monkey Humpers. It was a bit dark on the hill so we ran around La Mesa repeating the above with a few Last Man Sprints in the mix.

Count, Name, BOM.

YHC & Q = Cleveland Rocks

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364 days

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So it has been 364 days since YHC’s first workout with F3 Monterey. There were 3 FNGs that day – Burgundy, Mr. Rogers, and Myself. Mr. Rogers went on to star in movies but Burgundy and YHC are still at it. YHC still remembers walking up to a few of the OG standing near a shovel flag and asking “Is this the free workout group?” and Sharkbait welcoming me with a huge & very friendly “yes, WELCOME!”… That morning YHC got beat to hell by the Q Croc. But YHC came back for more and more. It’s been a great ride. Thank You F3 Monterey!

7 posted today at Carmel High. Sunny with a little chill in the air. Welcome FNG Red Light!

Disclaimer Given,

Warmup: 20 armies IC,30 Moroccan Night Clubs IC, 20 arm presses IC, 20 Imperial walkers IC, 20 Wind Mills IC, 10 lemon squeezes IC, 20 LBCsIC

The Thang:

Go to hill near pool…

5 burpees… run up

5 burpees (plank until all complete) then 10 wheel of merkins… run down

5 burpees, 10 w of  merkins, 15 mtn climnbers… run up

5 burpees, 10 w of merkins, 15  mtn climbers, 20 SSH… run down

5 burpees, 10 w of merkins, 15 mtn climb, 20 SSH, 25 plank jacks, … up

5 burp, 10 w of merk, 15 mtn climb, 20 SSH, 25 plank jacks, 30 monkey humpers.. run down

PAX getting beat… last man sprints to cool down then back to the hill…

5 burpees, 10 w of monkey humpers, 15 mtn climb, 20 SSH, 25 plank jacks, … up

5 burpees, 10 w of gorilla humpers, 15  mtn climbers, 20 SSH… run down

5 burpees, 10 w of  monkey humpers, 15 mtn climbers… run up

5 burpees then 10 wheel of monkey humpers… run down

5 burpees… run up

Still time on the clock, Line up on Goal line and Bear crawl or Crab Walk to 50 with 5 SSH every 10 yards.

We circled up with 5 minutes left and each PAX called out an excersise which we did for 10 reps IC.

Count, Name, BOM, Coffee (Thanks for coming to coffee Flea!

YHC & Q = Cleveland Rocks

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