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It’s Cardiac Day….of course it’s raining

  • When: 20200917
  • QIC: Waldo
  • The PAX: Splinter, Easy In, Sakrete, Opie, Gruber, High Stick, Fish N Chips, AC/DC, Double Trouble


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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: Rainy, muggy, moist.

FNGs: None

COP: SSH x25 IC; TTT x10 IC; Mountain Climbers x15 IC; LBAC forward x12 IC and backward x12 IC

The Thang:
Cardiac monthly fitness test…5 merkins, 10 squats, 15 wide merkins, 20 LBCs, 10 burpees, run around the section of parking lot that we were at….repeat for 40 minutes

Mary: N/A on Cardiac Day

Numberama: 10

Namerama: Splinter, Easy In, Sakrete, Opie, Gruber, High Stick, Fish N Chips, AC/DC, Double Trouble, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Saturday workout this week is at the Jones.  Food drive w/ St. Paul’s on October 10.  Ruck for Hunger on November 21.

Devo:  Allow yourself to do stupid stuff, like working out in the rain.  But understand when it is time to stop doing stupid stuff…so no need to stand in the rain for a long time listening to a long-winded devo.

Moleskin: In typical Cardiac fashion, it had rained most of the night leading up to the workout…and just as we were about to start, it started raining again.  The mumble chatter was great, as always.  Also, shout-out to Double Trouble for bringing the flag and joining us for part of the warm-up, despite having surgery scheduled today.

A Cardiac Pre-Test

  • When: 20200915
  • QIC: Hot Spot
  • The PAX: AC/DC, Fish and Chips, Chum. Manana, DT, Sakrete, Waldo, Spooky, Gruber, Easy In, Repo, Hot Spot


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Conditions: 72 degrees, humid and breezy

Count: 12 Pax

The Thang:

Warm up at COP: 25 SSH IC, 20 Don Quixote IC, single column run from COP around shelter and parking lot and back to COP. (Course familiarization)

Mosy to storage area: each pax assigned one cmu and two bricks and returns to COP.

OYO: 30 lbc with bricks, 25 flutter kicks IC with block overhead, 20 merkins of any style, 15 block/brick curls, 10 block squats.

Run loop with two bricks in tow around assigned course.  At flag pole pause for 5 burpees and continue course back to COP.

Rinse and repeat: AMRAP until time expires.

COT: Count, namorama, announcements, prayer requests.

BOM  and Devo (Romans 12:21)

Pledge of Allegiance

Moleskins: great chatter/banter this morning guys, enjoyed being amongst you again after a long time away.  A.O. has good numbers and a great group of guys pushing each other.  Lessons learned: everyone by me is doing this E=MC2 thing.  Sakrete takes cheat days to a whole new level,

A Q INSPIRED BY GREEN BAGS AND HOT TUB….. THUNDERSTRUCK ON REPEAT

  • When: 20200910
  • QIC: Sakrete
  • The PAX: Defib, Double Trouble, Spooky (R), Manana, AC/DC, Gruber, Fish N Chips, Waldo, Swinger, High Stick, Green Bags, Easy In, Chum, Splinter, Mad Dog, Mayhem (R)


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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: High 70’s and humidity just won’t go away

FNGs: None on tap today

COP:  YHC put his favorite AC/DC song on repeat.  Thunderstruck.  During first part of workout the song will play.  At any point during that song PAX would assume the plank position and execute a merkin every time they said Thunder during the song.  One set of failure.  When the plank is broken you are done.  Join in with remaining PAX doing assigned exercise.

While song was playing:

1 burpee OYO; 10 Bobby Hurleys on Q

2 burpee OYO: 9 Carolina Dry Docks on Q

3 burpees OYO: 8 Sumo Squats

4 burpees OYO: 7 WW1 Situp

5 burpees OYO: 6 SSH IC (led by Waldo while YHC planked)

6 burpees OYO: 5 Bobby Hurleys on Q (led by High Stick while YHC planked)

7 burpees OYO: 4 Carolina Dry Docks on Q

8 burpees OYO; 3 Sumo Squats on Q

9 burpees OYO: 2 WW1 situp on Q

10 burpees OYO: 1 SSH IC.

Now that you are warmed up.  Lets move.

The Thang:

Jailbreak to entrance to gravel parking lot.  YHC asked for a volunteer and Defib obliged.  Heading out from flag run at pace set by Defib for 90 seconds.  After 90 seconds halt and do 10 squats on Q and 10 merkins on Q.  Swinger set pace for 90 seconds.  After 90 seconds halt and do 10 squats and 10 merkins on Q.  Mad Dog set the pace for 90 seconds.  After 90 seconds halt and do 10 squats on Q and 10 merkins on Q.  Gruber set the pace for 90 seconds.  After 90 second halt and so 10 squats and 10 merkins.  Double Trouble set the pace for 90 seconds.  After 90 seconds halt and do 10 squats on Q and 10 merkins on Q.  Set up in 2 columns.  Indian run around circle where flag is and back out to entrance to gravel lot (90 seconds)  After 90 seconds halt and do 10 squats on Q and 10 merkins on Q.

Partner up with someone close to your speed.  From post beside entrance to gravel lot back to the flag.  Jailbreak race with your partner.  After each race alternate 10 squats on Q and 10 merkins on Q.

After all races were complete and gathering around the flag winners earned the right to stand around and watch the losers of the races do 5 burpees OYO.

Indian Run around gravel lot.

Mary: Thunderstruck plank merkins.  Play Thunderstruck by AC/DC again.  This time if your plank is broken run down to the light pole on right hand side and back.  Back in the fight.

Numberama: 17

Namerama: Defib, Double Trouble, Spooky (R), Manana, AC/DC, Gruber, Fish N Chips, Waldo, Swinger, High Stick, Green Bags, Easy In, Chum, Splinter, Mad Dog, Mayhem (R), Sakrete

Pledge and COT.  Yes we did that.  

Announcements: Rotating Saturday Q @ Bedrock led by High Stick;  Old Flame running the Charleston 100 in full gear starting tomorrow.

Devo:

Choose Grace

Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone. (NLT) ( Colossians 4:6 )

 

The words we choose in our everyday conversations tell the most about who we are.  If we choose a harsh tone and unkind words, it’s going to be hard for those around you to see God’s grace at work in your life. When we speak harshly it also makes it hard for those who love you to see you as a cherished child of God. Often resulting in others responding to us with negativity.  This is why it’s so important for us to choose grace in the way we communicate.  Be the one who ends the cycle of negativity in your relationships.  Let your words be a beacon of light to those around you

Moleskin:   YHC saw a workout that Green Bags did @ home where he ran for 90 seconds and stopped and did 10 merkins and 10 squats.  I 100% stole that.  YHC went to Tectonic Monday AM for a Hot Tub Labor Day Q.  I 50% stole the “warm up” from that.  Haven’t done the Thunderstruck routine in a while.  Always fun to work that in.  We are currently 5 hours post workout and I am already sore.  Great work today Gents.

OVER/UNDER @ BEDROCK

  • When: 20200827
  • QIC: Sakrete
  • The PAX: Spooky (R), Repo, Sugar Mountain, Waldo, Borland, Splinter, Easy In, AC/DC, Defib, Chowdah,


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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: Low 70’s and humid

FNGs: none today

COP:  15 TTT slow IC, Leave arms up until YHC says: 15 LBAC forward, 15 LBAC reverse, 15 over head claps 15 moraccan night club

The Thang:

PAX instructed to get one block and two bricks each.  Drop block at flag.  With bricks in hand mosey around gravel parking lot at your pace.  Once you are back @ flag hold plank until six is in.  Line up in order of completion.  5 merkins.  Number off 1-11 and remember your number.  This will be important later.

Line up in two columns.  Indian run with bricks to the bridge.  Once @ the bridge Bernie Sanders to other side then mosey back to the handicapped parking places on the right side before getting to the gravel lot.

OVER/UNDER

From earlier, number 1 takes off from parking places down to the flag where our blocks were awaiting us.  As he was in en route YHC called a number.  Remaining PAX had to decide whether the participant would do more or less curls than the number called out.  Once done the Pax would run back to remaining group.  If correct sit back and watch while the ones who were incorrect did burpees.  We rotated between 5 and 7 burpees each time.

While one PAX was doing his curls the remaining would do a variety of arm exercises with bricks.  Exercises were as follows:

Curls, Tri cep extensions, over head press, lat raises and front raises.

Mary: We didn’t have time for her today.

Numberama: 11

Namerama: Spooky (R), Repo, Sugar Mountain, Waldo, Borland, Splinter, Easy In, AC/DC, Defib, Chowdah, Sakrete

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Old Flame running the Charleston 100 in full gear.

Devo:

Armor Of God
Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. (NLT) ( Ephesians 6:11 )Do you ever feel vulnerable to attack? Are you afraid that your responses to provocation may cause you to be unrighteous? Don’t go into battle unprotected; instead, clothe yourself in God’s armor. In verses 14-18, Paul characterizes this armor as truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation.  He then finishes with the action of praying. Trust that God will equip you with the tools you need.

Moleskin:   Got to admit this worked better on paper.  The curls with block took longer than expected and had to double up on sending guys down for their turn.  It was tough to keep track of the over/unders as the morning went on.  Work was done.  Arms were hurt.

9 X 9 = 45

  • When: 20200901
  • QIC: Waldo
  • The PAX: Easy In, Mayhem, The Colonel, Splinter, Fish N Chips, Defib, Spooky, Sakrete, Chum


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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, muggy, no breeze

FNGs: None

COP: None…jumped straight into The Thang

The Thang:
-Did a circuit of nine exercises, 30 seconds per exercise.  Had a 30-second rest period after each set of nine.  Repeated the circuit until time was done (9 total circuits). The exercises were:
1. SSHs
2. Squats
3. Monkey Humpers
4. Mountain Climbers
5. Hold High Plank
6. Merkins
7. LBCs
8. Ray Charles
9. Flutter Kicks

Mary: None…ran out of time

Numberama: 10

Namerama: Easy In, Mayhem, The Colonel, Splinter, Fish N Chips, Defib, Spooky, Sakrete, Chum, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Tectonic will host this week’s rotating Saturday workout.  Old Flame will be doing a 100 mile run in full gear.

Devo: ‘If you can’t do it, don’t Q it’.  This motto held me back for a while…I didn’t want to Q for the longest time, because I was always worried I’d struggle at some point during a workout and not be able to hold up that end of the bargain.  But over time, I’ve developed ways to work around my weaknesses in order to fulfill that motto, but I wasn’t always bettering myself.  So sometimes you have to be willing to take some heat from the Pax in your attempts to better yourself.  I struggle with merkins, but if I never put them in a workout, I’ll never improve.   So in a ‘do as many as you can in 30 seconds’ type of workout, I can push myself, but not hold other Pax back.  There are ways to structure a workout that will let that happen, and I appreciate the pax for pushing me to keep my form on the plank or to not hold up my end of the deal while Qing.

Moleskin: To honor the start of September, the ninth month of the year, I decided to build a workout around the number 9.  I then realized you could fit a 9X9 circuit workout (30 seconds per exercise) into a 45 minute time slot exactly when you add in 30 seconds of rest after each circuit.  So I gave it a shot, and the pax didn’t hate me nearly as much as I expected, yet I still think we got some good work in.

Killer Tunes, Bro

  • When: 20200825
  • QIC: Pretzel
  • The PAX: Borland, Sakrete, Repo, Sugar Mountain, High Stick, Waldo, AC/DC, Peg, Floppy, EZ-In, Splinter, Mayhem, Pretzel


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The men of Bedrock were treated on Tuesday to a sampling of the greatest music to grace God’s Earth: MY music. Nine songs of pure glory, each one crafted with care by Masters of Rock. When the speaker crapped out we improvised by playing the tunes through the car stereo. Just like high school, minus the mullet and substituting the sporty little coupe for a Hyundai sedan.

Macklemore was not featured in my playlist due to his being a huge, untalented douche.

Conditions: Cloudy, mid 70s.

The Thang

Do the exercise listed next to the song while it’s playing, AMRAP style. When you need a break, take a lap around the gravel parking lot.

  • Welcome To The Jungle: Overhead Press
  • Kickstart My Heart: Dammits
  • Machinehead: Monkey Humpers (no block)
  • Hey Man Nice Shot: Curls for the Girls
  • Starseed: Freddie Mercurys (no block)
  • Midlife Crisis: Squats with Blocks
  • She Sells Sanctuary: Merkins (on block or off – PAX choice)
  • Enter Sandman: American Hammers (no block)
  • Sabotage: Lunges with Blocks

It’s Like a Dora…Without the Counting

  • When: 20200822
  • QIC: Waldo
  • The PAX: Peaches, Bob the Builder, High Stick, Motherboard, Microwave, Fish N Chips, Placebo, Mayhem, Nacho Libre, Middle School, Schrute, Three's Company, Double Trouble, Grits, Where Ya At, Show Me, Stalker


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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: Muggy, but not too hot.

FNGs: None

COP: SSH x25 IC; TTT x10 IC; Mountain Climbers x15 IC; LBAC (forward & backward x12 IC); SSH x25 IC; Mosey around a loop starting at the flag, going past the water fountain and bathrooms, down the sidewalk beside the AO, and then back into the park.

The Thang:
-Partnered up based on age (two youngest were partners, and pair up next two guys in age, all the way to the oldest).
-Did a modified Dora…one partner runs the loop that we ran during the warmup, the other partner does an exercise called by the Q…but we don’t count reps…we just do that exercise until I switch to a new one.
-Exercises were merkins, squats, flutter kicks…each round lasting about 6-8 minutes.
-After the flutter kicks, we circled back up and did SSH x25 IC.
-Partnered up based on birth date.
-Did another set of modified Dora w/ new partners…exercises were burpees, squat jumps, and LBCs.

Mary: Held plank for about a minute…that’s all we had time for.

Numberama: 18

Namerama: Peaches, Bob the Builder, High Stick, Motherboard, Microwave, Fish N Chips, Placebo, Mayhem, Nacho Libre, Middle School, Schrute, Three’s Company, Double Trouble, Grits, Where Ya At, Show Me, Stalker, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Saturday workouts are the closest thing we have to a convergence right now…so a good turnout is great to see.

Devo: Gave the Bedrock mantra.

Moleskin: I saw that this Q was open, and I had never Q’d outside Bedrock, so I decided to give it a shot.  The AO was a bit chaotic, with FiA having their Olympics and construction blocking off the horseshoe area, but luckily I was able to find a good loop to run to make the modified Dora work.  A good mix of guys from different AOs showed up, and hopefully they got their money’s worth.

Cardiac Double-Down?

  • When: 20200820
  • QIC: Waldo
  • The PAX: Splinter, Defib, Easy In, AC/DC, High Stick, Mad Dog


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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, wet, and muggy…but not quite as bad as it has been in prior weeks

FNGs: None

COP: SSH x20 IC; TTT x10 IC; Mountain Climbers x15 IC; LBAC forward x12 IC and backward x12 IC

The Thang:
Cardiac monthly fitness test…5 merkins, 10 squats, 15 wide merkins, 20 LBCs, 10 burpees, run around the section of parking lot that we were at….repeat for 40 minutes

Mary: N/A on Cardiac Day

Numberama: 7

Namerama: Splinter, Defib, Easy In, AC/DC, High Stick, Mad Dog, Waldo

Pledge and COT

Announcements: Saturday workout this week is at Fault Line.  A few different running events going on.

Devo: Be careful with your words.  We can criticize cancel culture for being over-reaching at times, but why is there a need for angry/rude/disrespectful discourse in the first place?  It’s damaging to the person/people you’re directing your words toward, and doesn’t do anything productive for you, except leaving you bitter/angry.

Moleskin: So Sakrete was unable to make this workout…but put the word out that he would show up at 4am to do the Cardiac on his own, and invited people to join him.  So High Stick, Splinter, Mad Dog, and Defib all joined him, and then followed it up at 5am with another round of the Cardiac.  Impressive work by everyone, and especially to the guys that put themselves through the grind of the Cardiac twice in one morning.

Give Sakrete a Snickers

  • When: 20200813
  • QIC: Wambach
  • The PAX: Spooky, Fish N Chips, Waldo, Sakrete, Mayhem, Easy In, Defib, Wambach


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Grab a block with handles and form two columns near the yield sign.
Indian run/walk to the wiffle ball field.
Pair up for accountability, and each pair pick a base.

Moving from base to base, the block can move or you can move, but not at the same time. One hand must always be on the block.
Place block in front
Circle around block, keeping at least one hand touching it
Lift block over head and turn around
Place block in front
Rinse and repeat until you get to the next base
At next base
10 Curls for the Girls
10 Overhead press
10 squats to the block
5K race pace around the sidewalk

Rinse and repeat until run finished at the base where you started

Head back to gravel parking lot, then Indian run/walk back to the flag

Chiabata (8 exercises, 2 rounds, 45 seconds work, 15 seconds rest)
Merkin Jacks
Bobby Hurley
Overhead Press
Flutter Kicks
Burps
Kettle Bell Swings
Monkey Hummers
Curls for the Girls

Stow the blocks

RACING AND A TOUR AROUND THE CC

  • When: 20200811
  • QIC: Sakrete
  • The PAX: Peg (R), AC/DC, Spooky (R), Placebo (R), Threes Company, Microwave, Waldo, Pretzel, Flanders, Chum, High Stick, Shrute, Mad Dog, 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: 75 degrees, sun rising, humidity already up.

FNGs: Not today 

COP:  15 SSH IC, 15 TTT X 15 to stretch our the hamstrings.  Stand one on leg and pull other leg behind to continue to stretch as instructions were given.  

Pair up.  One team of 3.

The Thang:

Everyone grab a block and place by flag

Stand side by side with your partner.  The man you are paired up with is your competition.  Everyone else lines up behind.  The races begin.

1st round.  Jail break to light pole on right side of the road.  Q will say go to initiate the race.  Loser 5 merkins.  Winner watches.

2nd round.  Jail break to fire hydrant on left side of the road.  Q will say go to initiate the race.  Winner watches as loser does 5 squats OYO.

3rd round.  Jail break to bridge and Bernie Sanders across bridge.  Winner watches as loser does 5 burpees.

4th round.  Jail break to and around top parking lot.  Finish line was the entrance to the top parking lot.  Winner watches loser does 5 Bobby Hurley.

5th round.  No race but push yourself with your partner and get to the scoreboard at back of park as fast as possible.  Everyone does 5 pull ups.

6th round. No race but get to the bridge heading to the wiffle ball field as fast as possible with your partner.

7th round.  Bernie Sanders across bridge to wiffle ball field.  Winner watches as loser does 5 WWI situps.

Line up on sidewalk that goes around wiffle ball field.  Reverse Indian Run.  Man at the front runs around wiffle ball field to catch back of pack.  PAX walk or slow jog.

Pair up with your partner and get back to the flag.  As quickly as possible.

Once back at the flag plank until 6 is in.

For the second part of the workout gather into teams of 5.  Follow instructions on the papers @ each station.  Stations and instructions in picture below.  Move as a team to complete tasks and keep count of how many stations are completed.

@ 658 meet back up at flag and stow blocks

 

Mary: 10 WW1 on Q

Numberama:  15

Namerama: Peg, AC/DC, Spooky, Placebo, Pretzel, Threes Company, Microwave, Waldo, Flanders, Chum, High Stick, Shrute, Mad Dog, Easy In, Sakrete

Pledge and COT

Announcements:  REPO VIRTURAL RUN TO RAISE MONEY FOR CAMP HANDS OF HOPE 

Devo: Follow Me
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him. (NLT) ( Mark 2:14  )

When our lives feel unsure and we don’t know what our next step should be, remember that all Jesus requires is that we continue to follow Him. No matter the circumstances of our lives, God is faithful to gently call us toward Himself.  Remain faithful to Him and He is always faithful to care for you, even in your darkest hour.

Moleskin:   YHC wanted to mix it up this AM.  The rotating Saturday BC’s are a great opportunity to try some things out.  In the preblast I requested with your HC to tag someone you would be partnered with.  The ones that did HC and the person they EHed showed up as well were paired up.  The remaining were paired up before beginning.  For the second part wanted to turn that competition into teamwork.  Everyone put in work this morning and left better for it.