Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.

Free Outdoor Morning Workouts To Build Community Leaders

Blocks, Tires, and Tennis Courts

  • When: 20210427
  • QIC: Flo
  • The PAX: Goose, Hot Spot, Grits, Threes Company, Splinter, Space Cowboy, Fanny Pack, Smokey, Matlock, Microwave


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:   56 degrees

FNGs:  None

COP:  SSH, LBAC, Don Quiote, Hillbilly Terrible Ts

The Thang:

Divide into groups and split up between three stations. Each group spends 10 min at each station and then rotates.

Block Station:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Press, Squats. Twenty Reps each. Rinse and repeat.

Tennis Court Station:  11s with LBCs and Flutter Kicks. Add suicides if you finish the 11s in under 10 minutes.

Tire Station:  Partner up and complete a combo of tire jump, Burpee, and Tire Flip. Keep going for 10 min.

Mary:  WW2 Sit-Ups, Heel Taps, Plank, Terrible Ts

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Devo: Quick word from Daniel 1 about not compromising. Daniel and his companions didn’t compromise their beliefs when they were told to eat the food of the king. God blessed their obedience and faithfulness. We face situations everyday where we will be tempted to compromise. Walk the straight and narrow path and don’t stray.

Moleskin:  The tire jump/flip/burpee station was certainly the most challenging for YHC. The PAX seemed to appreciate the variety of challenges brought by today’s workout. We continue to the double-digit streak at Seismic.

Caffeine, weapons, booze and drugs

  • When: 20210420
  • QIC: Pretzel
  • The PAX: Grits, Microwave, Placebo, Jingles, Flo, Hospice, cannoli, Goose, Hot Spot, Old Flame, High Stick, Stalker, Milton, Fanny Pack, Schrute, Space Cowboy, Splinter, Muscadine, Pretzel


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Nineteen dudes did some window shopping along Richardson Square at Seismic on Tuesday, April 20. Turns out there’s a lot of ways you can get into carious kinds of trouble along our picturesque Little Main. What’s your poison? Caffeine? Pills? Alcohol? Axes? You can have it all. Here’s how it all went down.

Conditions: Clear, pleasant. Dry.

COP

SSH x2

Through the Tunnel x10

Imperial Walker x10

LBAC x 10

Partner up and step off for a string of pearls to the square to keep the group together. Once there, at the first street light by Cuppa Manna, Partner 1 ran to the second street light and held plank while partner 2 executed 25 squats. Partner 2 then runs to the third street light and holds plank, alerting Partner 1 along the way that it’s his turn to do squats. Continue until you reach Guerin’s Pharmacy for a total of 13 street lights. Return to Cuppa Manna the way we got there, subbing in American Hammers for the squats. String of pearls back to the AO for 2.5 minutes of Mary.

Count-a-rama / Name-a-rama / Pledge / COT / Loosely Gathered Collection of Man / Devo

 

Kyle Carpenter – The March Running of The Hero

  • When: 20200415
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Hospice, Old Flame, High Stick, Space Cowboy, Fanny Pack, Flo, Grits, Mary, Cannoli, Pretzel


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Nice

FNGs: None

COP:

SSH: 15 – IC

TTT: 10 -IC

Don Quixote: 10 – IC

Imperial Walker – 10 – IC

Terrible Ts – 10 – IC

Every month the men of Seismic gather to run the Hero, the AO’s monthly endurance test, in honor of a hero to one of the PAX. This month, we choose to honor Kyle Carpenter. On November 21, 2010, U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter was posted atop a building in violent Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when an enemy grenade skittered toward Kyle and a fellow Marine. Without hesitation, Kyle jumped on the grenade and somehow lived, while severely injured, to tell about it. On June 19, 2014, Kyle was awarded the nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his “singular act of courage” on that rooftop in Afghanistan. Kyle became the youngest living recipient of the award.

The Hero Workout (Version 4):

  – 20 Overhead Press

  – 20 Curls for My Wife

  – 20 Squats w/ The Block

  – 20 Merkins 

  – 20 WWI Sit-ups 

– .30 Mile Run

AMRAP

Numberama: 11

Namerama: 

Announcements: 

COT

Devo: 

Moleskin: 

Final Tour de Sakrete 2

  • When: 20210407
  • QIC: Sakrete
  • The PAX: Grits, Old Flame, Stalker, Shrute, Space Cowboy, Splinter, High Stick, Snap On, Sugar Mountain, Motherboard, Defib, Microwave


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Warm and clear

FNGs: They don’t generally show up to the Shocker

COP:  OYO prior to 0500

The Thang:

Discuss the route for this week’s Shocker.  The running portion will be behind the shops immediately to the left coming out of the garage.  Right unto W 2nd S St, Right on S Cedar, Right on W Richardson and back to garage.

Mary: She’s off on Shocker days

Numberama: 13

Namerama: Grits, Old Flame, Stalker, Shrute, Space Cowboy, Splinter, High Stick, Snap On, Sugar Mountain, Motherboard, Defib, Microwave, Sakrete

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Sort of Quite on the home front right now

Devo: Grab a can of spray paint and cover up some of the “art work” at the top of the garage.

Moleskin:   The Shocker is the same every month.  Sometimes the route is different.  25 merkins and 25 LBC at the top of the garage.  Run across the top of the parking deck.  24 merkins and LBC.  Down the stairs.  23 merkins and LBC.  Run the route.  Once back at the parking garage 22 merkins and LBC.  Upstairs.  Rinse and Repeat decreasing numbers at each stop.  Grits started out hot and no one could catch him.  Dude is unreal.

Eager To Seismic

  • When: 20210408
  • QIC: Milton
  • The PAX: Cannoli, Hospice, Stalker, Grits, Splinter, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Flo, Goose, Smokey, Microwave, Pretzel


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: 65

FNGs: None

COP:

SSH: 50 – IC (You’re welcome Pretzel)

TTT: 10 -IC

Hill Billy: 10 -IC

Merkins: 10 – OQ

Don Quixote: 10 -IC

The Thang:

5 exercise circuit. 1 minute per exercise, as many reps as possible. 1-minute rest. 5 rounds. Burpees, Curls for my wife, Squats with a block, flutter kicks and overhead press.

Mary:

Makhtar N’Diayes: 15 – IC

WWI Sit-up: 25 – OQ

Numberama: 13

Namerama: Cannoli, Hospice, Stalker, Grits, Splinter, Space Cowboy, Schrute, Flo, Goose, Smokey, Microwave, Pretzel, Milton

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Liquefaction: 4/22 at Stalker’s house. Send off for Sakrete (even if he isn’t there). Food drive at St. Paul’s: 4/10 – 0700.

Devo: What is your question you carry with you? (Am I good enough? Do I matter? Am I loved?) Where do you turn to answer that question? (Drugs, alcohol, women, porn… ect) Where should you turn to answer that question? (God)

Moleskin: Flutter kicks cause gastrointestinal issues.

Always Forward. Never Backward.

  • When: 20210311
  • QIC: Flo
  • The PAX: Lug Nuts, Grits, Splinter, Space Cowboy, Smokey, Milton, Fanny Pack, Goose, Schrute, Hospice


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:  51 degrees

FNGs:  None

COP:

SSH, LBAC, Don Quiote, Overhead Claps, BAC, Monkey Humpers

The Thang:

5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1

50 Chest Presses w/the block, 40 two-count Flutter Kicks, 30 Squats w/the block, 20 Curls for the Girls, 10 Dammits

Rinse and Repeat

Mary:  WW2 Sit-Ups, Pickle Pounders, Dying Cockroach, Terrible Ts

Announcements, Pledge, COT

Devo:  Always Forward. Never Backward.  YHC shared briefly about a Japanese Samurai and the character Christian from Pilgrim’s Progress. Both had armor on the front only.

For the Samurai, he would face his enemies going forward and never retreat. He would fight his way through the crowd, moving steadily forward, or die trying. He did not need to protect his backside because he would never retreat.

For Christian, when he faces Satan’s attack, he would not turn his back but rather trusted in the defense given to him by God. We can’t turn our back on the Enemy. Don’t let your guard down and fall prey to temptation.

Moleskin: The Pax was unusually quiet today, but the men were hustling trying to hit 10 total circuits. YHC failed to do Namearama. Q fail. I remember who was there, but the standard is to say all names. I’ll get it right next time.

The Anti-Hero

  • When: 20210309
  • QIC: Flo
  • The PAX: Lug Nuts (FNG), Grits, Splinter, Space Cowboy, Smokey, Milton, Fanny Pack, Microwave


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions:   37 degrees

FNGs:  Welcome Lug Nuts

COP:

SSH, TTT, LBAC, Don Quiote, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers

The Thang:

20 Pickle Pounders, 20 Tire Jumps, 20 Chest Presses w/block, 20 Tricep Extensions, 20 Pull-ups, Run backwards around the tennis courts. Rinse and repeat until time is called.

Mary:  LBCs and Heel taps

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Pledge, COT

Devo:  Samson was a man of great strength whom God used to fight against the enemies of his people. However, Samson was a bit of an anti-hero because he was selfish and had multiple character flaws. Two main ones led to his downfall:  pride and lust.

YHC challenged the PAX to guard their marriages, relationships and hearts from pride and lust as they are snares for all men.

Moleskin: First Q of 2021 for YHC. Running backwards is always a challenge as it works our lower body muscles in a different way. Additionally, YHC hates tire jumps and they are always tough. As Milton reminded me, I only had myself to blame.

Our FNG enjoyed himself and we look forward to having Lug Nuts back in the gloom with us soon.

 

Tennis Court Beatdown

  • When: 20210128
  • QIC: Waldo
  • The PAX: High Stick, Peg, Grits, Hospice, Splinter, Microwave, Space Cowboy, Milton


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Cool, breezy, and with light rain near the end of the workout

FNGs: None

COP: SSH x20 IC; TTT x10 IC; SSH x20 IC; Mountain Climbers x15 IC; SSH x20 IC; LBAC forward & backward OYO; Slow mosey around the armory building into the tennis court

The Thang:
-Pax circle around the tennis net…side shuffle to the right around the net, then to the left, changing direction on Q.
-Set of 11s – Squat jumps on one side; high knees IC on the other side; sprint each way between stations.
-LBCs x20 IC
-Go around the tennis court…on the long sides, do sumo squats…on the short sides, do lunge walk.
-Circle around the tennis net and side shuffle on Q again.
-Set of 11s – Squats on one side; Merkins on the other side; Burpee broad-jump from squat station to merkin station; spring back after merkins.
-LBCs x20 IC
-Go around the tennis court…on the long sides, do sumo squats…on the short sides, do lunge walk.
-Side shuffle on Q around the tennis net again.
-Squat jumps x5 OYO, then sprint to other side of court and back.  Repeat until Q says to stop.
-Return to flag

Mary: LBCs x20 IC; Ray Charles x20 IC; Flutter Kicks x20 IC; LBCs x20 IC

Numberama: 9

Namerama: High Stick, Peg, Grits, Hospice, Splinter, Microwave, Space Cowboy, Milton, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: February Q sheet is up.  Convergence at the Ditch on Saturday.

Devo: Try to keep learning.  Learn new skills and new things.  Learn more about the things you think you know well.

Moleskin: I rarely Q outside of Bedrock, but Microwave asked for some help at Seismic, so I was happy to help out.  I hadn’t worked out at Doty in a while, so I decided to keep it simple and do a cardio/leg beatdown in one small location.  Running around town is a good workout, but you can also do cardio in a small space with the right exercises.  I tried to keep everyone moving and keep the heartrates high.  The mumble chatter got lighter as we went along, so I think I succeeded.  It was great to finally lead the #tipofthespear.

Deconstructing and modifying the Cannoli Flame

  • When: 20201212
  • QIC: Pretzel
  • The PAX: Waldo, Sakrete, Grits, Microwave, Motherboard, Stalker, Fish & Chips, Sugar Mountain, Threes Company, Muggsy, Pretzel


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The Cannoli Flame is an accountability workout I created for myself years ago: Run a mile, then do 10 burpees, 20 LBCs, 30 merkins, 40 squats and 50 flutter kicks. Repeat the run and the exercises four times. For a fun Saturday at Bedrock, I had the PAX deconstruct the Cannoli Flame by running to pre-placed cones throughout the park where the exercises were performed. We also got blocks and started with 20 curls for Milton’s wife. Here’s how the rest went:

Run to first cone: Instead of burpees, we did 10 overhead press with the Beast.

Run to second cone: 20 LBCs

Run to third cone: 30 merkins

Run to fourth cone: 40 squats

Run to fifth cone: 50 flutter kicks

Then go back down the ladder by running back to the cones in order, and finally the blocks and curls. Repeat until time is called. The Wescott Park is a deceptively large space. I logged nearly four miles during the workout and most others were clustered around that number.

We broke down the Cannoli Flame at Bedrock on Dec. 12.

Mayhem’s Long Awaited Q Debut

  • When: 20201210
  • QIC: Waldo (Mayhem as Co-Q)
  • The PAX: MadDog, Grits, Sakrete, Gruber, Sugar Mountain, Stalker, City Slicker, Prius, Splinter, Chum, Easy In


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The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

Conditions: Cold, clear

FNGs: None

COP: LBAC x20 IC forward & backward; Overhead claps x20 IC; SSH x20 IC; Imperial Walkers x20 IC; Mountain Climbers x20 IC; TTT x10 IC

The Thang:
-Mosey to parking lot at front of park.
-Indian Run back to flag
-Series of stretches
-Assemble at entrance of circle w/ block
-Merkins x10 on Q; Bear Crawl to cone about 10-15 yards; SkiAbs x10 IC; Bear Crawl back
-Reverse Squats x12 on Q; Plank walk to cone; Calf Raises x20 on Q; Plank walk back; Curls x10 on Q
-Merkins x20 on Q; Bear crawl to cone; SkiAbs x20 OYO; Bear Crawl back
-Reverse Squats x21 on Q; Plank walk to cone; Calf Raises x40 on Q; Plank walk back; Curls x20 on Q
-Bear crawl to cone and back
-Stow Blocks

Mary: Rocking Chair LBCs x10 IC; WWI Situps x10 on Q; Box Cutters x10 IC; Flutter Kicks x20 IC; Heels to Heaven x10 on Q

Numberama: 13

Namerama: MadDog, Grits, Sakrete, Gruber, Sugar Mountain, Stalker, City Slicker, Prius, Splinter, Chum, Easy In, Mayhem, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Christmas drop-in at Stalker’s House tonight; Saturday workout at Bedrock; Anniversary Convergence/Party on Jan. 9; Sakrete is collecting clothes for donation

Devo: Bedrock mantra…DBAD

Moleskin: Mayhem stepped up and delivered a high quality beat-down.  In true Bedrock fashion, the pax tried to distract him with late arrivals (including one arrival during Mary), plenty of mumble chatter, and some good-spirited critiques of the exercises that he chose, but Mayhem was prepared and took it all in stride.  Looking forward to future Mayhem workouts.