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7 of Diamonds, etc.

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4/6/2019

QIC: Vanilla

AO: Aegis: Georgetown, DE

PAX: Chappie, Chattahoochee, Doubtfire, Fireplex, Hideous, Nugget, Summit, Vanilla

Warm-O-Rama

SSH – 20 IC

Seal Jacks – 20 IC

Smurf Jacks – 20 IC

Cherry Pickers – 20 IC

Windmill – 15 IC

Circle Burp

Mosey to Georgetown Elementary for the thang!

The Thang 1: “7 of Diamonds”

Using a square of sidewalk in front of Georgetown Elementary with roughly 100 yards between the points, the PAX went through 7 rounds of pain. In each round the PAX stopped at each tip of the “diamond” to perform the given exercise and reps. Mosey transitions

Round 1: 7 Burpees

Round 2: 14 4-Count Flutter Kicks

Round 3: 21 Merkins

Round 4: 28 Squats

Round 5: 21 LBC’s

Round 6: 14 Iron Mikes

Round 7: 7 Diamond Merkins

After first 4 rounds, we broke for a third F. I read an excerpt from “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge

BY WAY OF THE HEART

“Which would you rather be said of you: “Harry? Sure I know him. He’s a real sweet guy.” Or, Yes, I know about Harry. He’s a dangerous man…in a really good way.” Ladies, how about you? Which man would you rather have as your mate? (Some women, hurt by masculinity gone bad, might argue for the “safe” man…and then wonder why, years later, there is no passion in their marriage, why he is distant and cold.) And as for your own femininity, which would you rather have said of you–that you are a “tireless worker,” or that you are a “captivating woman”? I rest my case.

What if? What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live? God gave us eyes so that we might see, he gave us ears that we might hear, he gave us wills that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live. The way we handle the heart is everything. A man must know he is powerful, he must know he has what it takes. A woman must know she is beautiful, she must know she is worth fighting for. “but you don’t understand,” said one woman to me. “I’m living with a hollow man.” No, it’s in there. His heart is there. It may have evaded you, like a wounded animal, always out of reach, one step beyond your catching. But it’s there. “I don’t know when I died,” said another man. “But I feel like I’m just using up oxygen.” I understand. Your heart may feel dead and gone, but it’s there. Something wild and strong and valiant, just waiting to be released.”

Mosey to National Guard for The Thang 2!

The Thang 2: “Grizzcalator”

PAX Complete 1 Merkin with hands on the bottom step and then 2 Merkins with hands on the 2nd step, 3 Merkins on the 3rd step, etc., all the way up to 14 merkins on the 14th step. Total = 105 Merkins

Mosey back to the AO for “Johnny Cash”

Johnny Cash: Part 1

PAX circled up and all hold 6 inches. 1 PAX at a time completes 10 Big Boys while everyone else holds 6.

Ended with Number-Rama, Name-O-Rama, & COT/BOM

Humbly Your QIC,

Vanilla

https://youtu.be/cxqXnJCCoJg

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Beaching Obamas

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20190327
Q Sharkbait
Pax Beach & Burgundy

Warm Up
SSH
IW
Hill Billies
Abe Begota
Copper Head Squats

The Thang

Mosey to the Plaza

Grateful Dead dancing bear
Basically a plank-o-rama with some stupidity mixed in. Do 5 Merkins. Rotate 360° in place to the left. Left arm up, right arm up, etc. Do 5 Werkins. Rotate 360° in place to the right. Left arm up, right arm up, etc. Do 5 Diamond Merkins. Now while in place, lift left arm and leg up, then quickly swap to right arm and leg up. Do this back and forth as quick as you can, making sure to get full extension. Now you look like a Dancing Bear!

5 rounds of Obama’s and Jonny Drama’s
Obama
In honor of the 44th POTUS, this traveling exercise consists primarily of a Bear Crawl, but after every 4 hand moves PAX must stop and perform 4 Merkins. (The 4 and 4 for the 44th, in case you needed that explained to you…)
Jonny Drama
Stand with your toes on a stair. One hand on the handrail to the side. Drop your heels below the stair, and then do a calf raise (Technically a Negative Calf Raise). Johnny Drama wanted Calf implants because his calves were not big enough – get them bigger using this. Will smoke the PAX when multiple sets of 25+ are done in workout and folks start running funny

She Hate Me
10 Lunges (20 movements)/10 Burps (Burpees without the pushup and the standing)/10 Pushups. No rest, as many sets as you can, for as long as the QIC deems necessary.
Mosey Back to the Flag’s

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Sally Hurley

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3/21/2019

Q: Chairman

PAX: Billboard, Chappie, Chattahoochie, Fireplex, Leatherman, Ruxpin, Semi, Summit, Toy Soldier, Waterfall

Warmup: All In Cadence – 25 SSH 20 Cherry Pickers 18 Windmills 18 Moroccan Night Clubs 18 Mountain Climbers Mosey to Willow to Union and back to CHOP

The Thang 1: Super Toy Soldier Set. 50 LBCs 35 E2Ks 20 Big Boys. Bring Sally Up Merkin Challenge. Bring Sally Up Squat Challenge. Hurley Merkins – OYO 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Hand Release Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Diamond or Ranger Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys 25 Merkins 25 Bobby Hurleys OYO 25 Merkins.

F3 Mesaage. Giving Thanks. Need to concentrate on what we have to be thankful for rather than what we dont have or what we want. Psalm 118:19. I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. …Psalm 34:1-3. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I sing praise to you before the gods. …Psalm 138: 1-2. I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;

The Thang 2: Suicides. Sprint to 1st line and Luitenant Danger Back Sprint to 2nd line Nur back. Sprint to grass Bear crawl to 2nd line and sprint back. Karoake to grass and back. 50 Merkins. 10 Burpees.

Circle of Trust: Number-O-Rama, Name-O- Rama, Announcements & Prayers

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Catch me if you can!

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3/26/19. Milton, DE. Nugget on Q.

Warm Up. 20 SSH, 15 windmill, 15 cherry picker. Capri lap.

Catch me if you can… partner up, person A runs to bottom of hill while person B does 7 burpees then runs to bottom of hill. If person B catches person A before the bottom of the hill person A has to do 13 burpees. (we will rotate on way back to AO.)

March Merkin Madness. 10 tricep extensions. 20 rangers. 30 hand release merkins. 40 merkins for a total of 100 merkins, ouch!

Crawl bear up Milton hill and bear crawl down just for fun.

Catch me if you can back to AO. (switch positions, same format.)

3rd F talked about a post I saw on instagram from a Pastor who’s instagram name is dad.tired. title was ‘God is using your wife and kids to make you more like him.’

Ultimate football. when team in possession drops ball they have to do 1 burpee before resuming play. at the end of the game the winning team has to do X amount of ranger merkins while losing team does twice the amount but in regular merkins. MVP was the dynamic duo of Doubtfire and Fireplex. Great push HIM!

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“Weighed Down”

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16 Mar 2019

Q: Dirty Jobs

We all recognize that life can get heavy. In those moments of heaviness, we are faced with a decision to give up or carry on. Quitting is not an approved course of action and regardless of how heavy the burdens of life may be, we commit to never leave a man behind, and never leave a man where you found him. At F3 Monterey, we train like we fight. Thus, weighed down was born.

Warmup:

  • 200 yd jog
  • 50 yd walking toy soldier, 50 yd jog
  • 50 yd karaoke, 50 yd jog
  • 25 yd walking lunges, 25 yd jog back
  • 1-minute Arm circles
  • Werkins/Air Squats 10-9-8-7-6

The Thang:

Partner WOD w/ Coupon – 1 partner runs, 1 partner works. PRIZE: Reverse High Planks.

25 yd line – 1 Partner jogs to the 25-yd line and back while 1 partner completes a combined total of 25 reps of DERKINS, GOBLET SQUATS, and 4-ct FLUTTER KICKS. Partners switch after each run portion.

50 yd line – REPEAT run/exercises but increase repetitions to 50 per exercise.

75 yd line – REPEAT run/exercises but increase repetitions to 75 per exercise.

100 yd line – Run/exercises with a combined total of 100 reps of MAN MAKERS, 4-ct ALT LUNGES, KETTLEBELL SWINGS.

Count-orama/Name-orama

Welcome FNGs KERMIT and FIGUERO!!

COT:

“If you can keep your head when all about you   
    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
    But make allowance for their doubting too;   
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;   
    If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;   
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two impostors just the same;   
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
    And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
    And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
    To serve your turn long after they are gone,   
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
    Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,   
    Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
    If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
    With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,   
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,   
    And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!” – Rudyard Kipling

Announcements:

Slack has proven to be an awesome platform for all things men and F3. Sadly, it’s a ghost town sometimes. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m speaking to you directly. We use it for male bonding, communication, and fodder. Check it out here. “Slack. Social media for men.”

It’s official! F3 Monterey has put together a team of warriors and we are taking Monterey by force on 1 Jun 19 at the Spartan Super. We plan to complete the course in 1 hour, or as close to 1 hour as possible. There is still plenty of time left to join the “F3 Monterey” team. Check out the Spartan Race here, June 1-2. Are you a Spartan? Do you want to be? For all others, at least come fake it. If interested, follow the directions below.

  • Buy the  “Entry to Monterey Super (Valid for Saturday Afternoon Race Times- 1 p.m. or Later)” Groupon.  You can save some money or get some cash back if you buy thru eBates or USAA or Samsung Pay (just today).  Groupon also seems to have some discount codes every now and then (see the current banner at the top of groupon).
  • Go to Spartan.com and sign up for the “After 1pm” race.  Go thru filling out the forms etc.
  • Eventually it will ask for a promo code and that’s where you put in the Groupon redemption code.  FYI  Additional fees at spartan added $22.10 to Groupon cost.  
  • When you go thru the menu items at spartan site it will ask you if you want to join a team (not a prepaid team).  Put in “F3Monterey”.  It will ask you a preferred start time. Most have been putting in 1:15pm but the actual start time is subject to change.

Depending on the rebates you do or don’t get it will cost you between $86-$101 to register.

Follow @f3monterey and @f3nation on twitter.

Email us at f3monterey@gmail.com


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Turkeys & B.O.M.B.S.!

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3/16/2019
QIC: ’88
Pax: Hobo, Ponch, Slice, Captain, Rapid
Turkey count: 20+ (no really, we have a flock that roosts in the trees surrounding the AO and make their way on the grass each week)

Indian Lap- Snake
20 SSH IC20 Merkins
20 Squats
50yds 2x Side shuffle
50yds 2x high knees 
40 yds 2x  Bear crawl 
40 yds 2x Karaoka
30 yds 2x Sprints
30 yds 2x Wheelbarrows
20 yds 2x Broad jumps
20 yds 2x Lunges
10 yds 2x Inch Worms
10 yds 2x Imperial Walkers


B.O.M.B.S (Partner work)
Partner 1 runs around all 8 basketball courts
50- Burpees
100- Overhead Claps
150- Merkins
200- Big Boy Sit-ups
250- Squats


Mary
20 Bicycles IC
Alphabet

COT
Spanish Count-o-rama to “¡seis!”
Name-o-rama
Ball of Man

NMM
After experiencing several weeks of wet and “cold for California” weather, we got a nice morning in the mid 40’s. This week we welcomed back our brother Slice who had posted at the inagural workout on 11.3.18 and had gone MIA since. It took a full court press from YHC and Ponch. A clown car offer from Ponch put it over the top for Slice since they live in the same neighborhood. Great to have him back! The partner setup for the bulk of the morning made for some good mumble chatter each time back at the BOMBS station.

Announcements:
Run Rocklin Run is April 7th, (Sunday). Ponch set up a team set up when you register.

Lincoln PACE Race is May 4th (Saturday) Hobo has created a team to sign up under. Look for “F3 Fitness” Hobo and YHC have signed up for the 10k.

Stitch and Rapid are both in different running events next weekend. Go get ’em guys!

VQ ALERT: Next week Hobo takes the Q!

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North, East, South and West

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March 9, 2019

QIC- Summit 

Another damp morning at the georgetown circle but that didn’t slow us from hitting double digits for the first time at the AEGIS! Great push by all men!

Warmup- 

Merkins IC 

Arm circles forwards / backwards 

SSH ICCherry Picker IC

Windmill IC

 Moroccan NC IC

Mountain Climbers IC 

The Thang-


North- 

Mosey to church lot for Abs 

Super Toy Soldier Set -In Cadence 

25- lbc, 10 e2k, 10 Big boys 

Flutter kicks 15 IC 

American Hammers – 25 IC

 Mosey back to Circle 


East- 

Mosey to Masonic Lodge parking lot.

Aiken legs set 

20 squats

20 wall jumps 

20 lunges (forward, 10 each leg)

20 split jacks 

Wrap up with each pax runs up 2 flights of stairs and back down 

Mosey back to circle 


Break for 3rdF-  ‘Say Not’ 


South- 

Mosey to opposite side of Fire Hall 

Partner up -one partner holds plank while other partner does merkins. Switch for each set of 20. 

Merkins- 

20 reg 

20 wide 

20 hand release 

20 ranger 

20 reg 

Mosey back to circle. 

 West- 

Mosey to M&T bank lot   – 

Partner up one partner does dips while other partner does merkins. Switch for each set of 10 Merkins- 

10 reg 

10 wide 

10 hand release 

10 ranger 

10 reg 

Mini Aiken legs 

10 squats

10 curb jumps 

10 lunges (forward, 10 each leg)

10 split jacks 

Mosey back to circle.


Wrap up with toy soldier set 

30 lbc. 15 e2k,  10 big boy 


CoT


3rdF- ‘ Say Not’ from Mark Battersons book ‘Play the Man’  The hardest part of the body to subdue is the tongue. So, let’s issue a gentleman’s challenge. What we refer to as locker room talk, the Bible calls sin.    Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk of course joking, which are out of place.
     Here’s a simple rule of thumb: don’t say something about someone that you wouldn’t say if they were standing here. And above all, honor your wife with your words. If you’re going tot all about her behind her back, make sure you are bragging!    There is a powerful little phrase repeated in Scripture: “ say not”     Whatever you verbalize, you give power to. When you voice negative thoughts, you’re reinforcing what’s wrong. Over time, it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.    Instead of verbalizing negativity, speak words of faith.    Instead of verbalizing complaints, speak words of praise.   When God called Jeremiah to be a prophet, Jeremiah felt overwhelmed and under qualified. He used inexperience as an excuse, and God rebuked his excuse.    Say not, I am a child. 
So Quit making excuses!I’m too old.  I’m too young. I had bad parents. I’ve made too many mistakes. I don’t have the education. I don’t have the experience. SAY NOT!       What needs to go on your “say not” list?  You can start with obscenities, foolish talk and course joking.  While you are at it, add gossiping and lying. And to top it off, quit insulting others or bragging about yourself.       If we can subdue our tongues, there is no part of our bodies we cannot control. James likened the tongue to the rudder of a boat— it turns the whole ship.       “ When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever  the pilot wants to go.  Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.”Say not!   


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Stand by your Men

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20190306
Q Sharkbait
Pax Hogs Breath & Burgundy

Warm Up
SSH 25
IW 25
Copperhead Squat 20
Abe Begota 20
Hill Billies 25

The Thang
Burpee Merkin Pyramid to 10
Begin a traditional burpee with a single push up at the bottom, then complete. Drop back down for a second burpee with two push ups, then complete. Hooah!

Mosey to the Bench at the end of the Municipal Wharf Parking

Tammy Wynetts’s
Starting position: PAX 1 assumes the merkin plank while PAX 2 remains standing beside ‘his man’ Pax 3 does dips on the bench. Exercise on Squaters count 10 reps. At multiples of 10, the partners rotate workout stations. 10 rounds.

Mosey to Old Wharf Market

Captain Thor
An ab exercise done in a 1:4 ratio. 1 big boy sit up to 4 American Hammers. 7 rounds.

COT Stay Dry and leave a positive Impact.

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Super 21 Slightly Modified

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20190304
Q Sharkbait
Pax Flea & Beach

Warm Up
25 Side Straddle Hopps
20 Imperial Walkers
20 Abe Begotas
20 Copperhead Squats
20 Hill Billies

The Thang
Mosey to the school
Super 21’s
Pike Pushups, 4 count LBC’s with 21 Monkey Humpers for rest #1-10
Derkins, Mountain Climbers with 21 Air Squats #11-15
Ranger Merkins, Gas Pumps and 21 Calf Raises #16-21
Mosey Back to Flags

COT When we say NO to one thing we are saying YES to something else. Are we spending our time and resources on the things that matter most?

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Feb 27 Backblast – Bash at the Beach

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PAX: Beach, Sharkbait, Priorities

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER: You Betcha

POSTED IN: Monterey, CA 20190227

Q: Beach

DISCLAIMER: Given

WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Copperhead Squats, Hillbillies, Calf Raises

THE THANG:

  • Mosey
  • Walking squats around the volleyball court, stopping at each corner for 30 Chilcutt Peter Parkers, 30 Merkens, and 30 LBCs. High knees running in place until all pax finish at each corner.
  • Mosey
  • Walking squats around the volleyball court, stopping at each corner for 30 Mountain Climbers, 30 Lunges, and 30 Sleeping Hillbillies (flapjack). High knees running in place until all pax finish at each corner

WORDS OF WISDOM:

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Bill Gates, Michelangelo, Mother Theresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein” —Unknown

COUNT OFF and COT

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