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We're Not in Kansas Anymore

8/12/2023

 
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DATE: 12AUG2023
AO: Bridge House
Q: Steven Dancer [VQ! Great work!]
PAX: Crawlspace, Toll House, F-stop, 
​TP, -2, Cat Master, Slice, Snack Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Side Straddle Hops x15 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
Sun Gods x10 IC
Blenders x10 IC
Chinooks x10 IC
Chain Breakers x10 IC
HiJack-HiJill x10 IC
Crossover Toe Touches
Ray Charles Trot, with bonus Bernies, stopped at stone terraces
THE THANG:
Murkins x10 HC
Durkins x10 HC
Dips x10 HC
8 Count Body Builders x10
Plank Ups HC, with 10 sec holds between each (PAIN!)
Ray Charles Trot with more bonus Bernies on the big hill, stopped at Ray Charles
Box Jumps on stone wall x10 HC
Air Squats x10 HC
Lunges, x10 each leg
Step Ups on wall x10 HC
Skaters x10 HC
Mosey back to flag, with more Bonus Bernies
MARY:
Flutter kicks x20 HC
Dead Cockroaches x20 HC
Hello Dollies x20 HC
Body Twists (Homeruns) x20 HC
Leg Lifts x20 HC
COOL DOWN
Triceps Stretch
Butterfly
X-over Toe Touches
Hurdle Stretch (OW)
Chest Stretch
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dorothy travelling 
Ricky Bobby Q'ing next week
Still evaluating Bridge House for 6AM ruck (It was a little sketchy at 6am)
COT:
Cat Master had to leave early because of sick kids
Count-a-Rama
Name-a-Rama
#4 prayed, Pax pledged out
Toll House brought iced coffee

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Lantern Run Beatdown

8/10/2023

 
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DATE: 10AUG2023
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Toll House, Roach
PAX: 
Marty, TP, Cat Master, Rocky Top, Iris, Negative Two, F-Stop
FNGs: 1, F-Stop
COUNT: 9

WARMUP:
Roach Q'd the warmup
Neck rolls
Arm circles
Palm Trees
Windmills
1/2 mile mosey
THE THANG:
Lantern Run (based on four corners)
Pax start at one street lamp, do 6 hc mountain climbers
Sprint to next lamppost, do 6 squats, then next lamppost, 6 WWII sit-ups, and final lamppost, 6 burpees.
Pax then sprint back to first lampost, and add 2 to each, so 8,8,8,8 - then 10, then 12, then back to 10, 8, 6.
After this evolution, pax mosy to back of Veranda group building. Pax split into pairs for 100 merkins. One pax would climb stairs to the top balcony, then back down the other side while the other pax did merkins. At the bottom, the pax switched places, repeating until 100 merkins were completed.
Pax mosy back to flag.
MARY:
Roach tagged back in to Q Mary
15 imperial walkers
15 lbcs
15 plank shoulder taps, hc
15 bicycles
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Count-a-rama
Name-a-rama
GTE40 still taking registrations
Emergency contact form on Slack
F2 event being planned
Went over upcoming Q schedule
COT:
Named FNG - Chase is videographer for a local marketing group. Options were April (from Ninja Turtles) but the Pax ended up picking F-Stop
Prayer request: Toll House upcoming interview with Hunt for Wellness podcast, discipline in bedtime / morning routines
Pax seeing personal purity and continued victory over temptation
Pax going on vacation to Vermont
Q prayed out, pax pledged out
Rocky Top came through with Coffeeteria
Naked Man Moleskine
Cat Master talked about our need for transparency - that the COT is more than just prayer requests. We're here to hold one another up, and we need to feel free to be vulnerable in sharing our hurts, habits, and hangups, so that we can truly support one another, and in being supported, support others. Good stuff.


Ankle Breaker Stays True to Its Name

8/8/2023

 
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DATE: 08AUG2023
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Crawlspace
PAX: Cat Master, Cramer, Crawlspace, FunkyBunch, Roach, Rocky Top, Toll House, TP, Negative 2, Iris 
FNGs: Marty
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
SSH x 15 IC
Big Arm Circles x 15 IC
Willie Mays Hays x 15 IC
Little Arm Circles x 15 IC
Daisy Pickers x 15 IC
Chinook x 15 IC
Leg Stretch of Choice x 1 min
THE THANG:
Indian Run
Burpees x 15 OYÓ
Merkins x 15 OYO
Squats x 15 OYO
Indian Run
Mike Tysons x 15 OYO
Lunges x 15 per leg OYO
Mountain Climbers x 25 HW OYO
Indian Bear Crawl
Shoulder Taps x 15 per arms IC
Circle of Monkey Humpers x 15 IC
Sky Pokers x 15 IC
Mosey to flag
MARY:
ABCs
Superman x 30 sec
Scuba Steve x 30 sec
Hello Dollies x 21 IC
Heels to heaven x 12 IC
Plank x 38ish sec
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GROW RUCK challenge - Savannah in Oct
T-shirts
Stickers are in.
COT:
Prayer Requests:
- TP took a nasty fall on the asphalt keeping with the AO’s namesake. Let’s pray it doesn’t end up being too serious.
- Had one PAX disappear and may have splashed Merlot but not sure and let’s pray it’s not anything too serious.
- Toll House’s parents are traveling to Romania to speak/serve so let’s continue to pray for safe travels and that God does a work through them.
Crawlspace prayed out, pax recited the pledge
Toll House provided iced coffee for coffeeteria

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We're Gonna Need More Coupons

8/5/2023

 
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DATE: 05AUG2023
AO: Bridge House
Q: Toll House
PAX: TP, Roach, Crawlspace, Cat Master, 
Piggyback (F3 Macon), Hustlebarry, Tweeter 
FNGs: 3 Big Ben, Flashy, Slice
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Seal claps
Crossover
Palm Trees
Sun Gods
Toe Touch
But kicks / Front kicks
SSH (count was 20 but Q did them 4CxHC, actual count ended up being 80)
THE THANG:
Highs and Lows
High Side - Three reps of 20, then 10, then 5
  • T-Pose Merkins
  • Dumbbell Rows
  • Bicep Curls with block
  • Carolina Dry Docks
  • Overhead presses with block
  • Block dips
Cardio Intermission: CHIMPS (IC, 5-10-15-20-25-30)
Exercises done in cadence, each round increasing by five but the pax choose to drop one exercise each round.
  • Calf Raises
  • High knees
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Mountain Climbers (dropped 1st) [Why wasn't this Monkey Humpers!!! Ed.]
  • Plank jacks (dropped 2nd)
  • Side straddle hops
After round three the Q moved on due to time constraints
High Side - Three reps of 20, then 10, then 5
  • Brick Jumps
  • Ball buster squats
  • Lunges
  • Brick squat jumps
  • Bernies (3x up steep hill)
  • Goblet Squats
We only made it through one round and it was time to move on to...
MARY:
Lbcs x30 ic
Russian hammers x20 hc ic
Cobra stretch
Bicycles x 20 hc ic
Hello Dollies hc ic
WWII situps x 20 ic
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming GTE-40 in Savannah, reminder of new AO ankle breaker, F3 stickers arrived, Bridge House Saturday workout officially 75 minutes instead of 60 to give time for one hour workout
COT:
Count-a-rama, name-a-rama
Named three FNGs: Jackson, from Cincinnati, is a big Bengals fan. We named him Big Ben, obviously, but he actually does look a little like his namesake. Mike is an Air Force fighter pilot. He has a big smile, and his AF handle is Flash, so we went with Flashy. Ryan's love of golf got him tagged with Slice.  
Prayer request from Tweeter for return of students at school, Cat Master's toddler daughter not to experience the worst side effect of a genetic disorder, and Toll House to be able to order his conduct in the evening so he can go to bed earlier.
Tweeter prayed, then we pledged out and enjoyed some coffee.
As the pax departed, Roach and Crawlspace noticed a vehicle broken down in the road. It turned out to be an empty tank, and Roach had a fuel canister in his truck and the two pax were able to get the guy moving again. T-Claps to you guys. It's my hope that the F3 logo we wear will be like the superman symbol: When people see it, they'll know help has arrived.


​Say Hello to My Little Friend(s)

8/3/2023

 
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DATE: 03AUG2023
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Toll House 
PAX: Rocky Top, Roach, Cat Master, Cramer, Iris
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Neck rolls
Sun gods
Palm trees
Toe touches
X-Toe touches
Windmills
1/2 mile mosey through Ankle Breaker Forest
THE THANG:
10 Brickies
20 Brick curls
Overhead coupon carry, 100 yards
10 Grave diggers, HC
10 Elf-on-the-shelf, HC
Glasses coupon carry, 100 yards
Water break
15 WWIII sit-ups
10 American hammers w/ coupon, hc
100 yard overhead coupon carry
10 Squat jumps with coupon
20 coupon dips
25 yard coupon drag bear crawl
10 Derkins
10 Irkins
15 yard crab crawl with coupon in lap (surprisingly hard to keep the cindy from falling off)
25 yard murder bunnies
10 brickies
.3 mile shake 'n bake mosey
MARY:
20 Lbcs
20 Shoulder taps, hc
20 Homeruns
20 Box cutters
20 Bicycles, hc
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stickers for sale, need Q for Saturday, 6am pop-up ruck at the Bridge House on Saturday, Roach had praise for getting a solid school system contract
COT:
Count-a-rama, name-a-rama
Prayer requests - That one pax's daughter would be spared a serious diagnosis, beginning of school year, be disciplined
Q prayed out, pledged out
Rocky Top and Q both brought coffee, four pax stayed around for extended 2F and got hit on by some grannies who were out walking.


The Big Ocho

8/1/2023

 
DATE: 2023-08-01
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Toll House
PAX: Crawlspace, Roach, Rocky Top 
FNGs: Iris (Taylor), Kemble (Cramer), Cat Master (John)
COUNT: 7

In celebration of August 1, we've got a #8 themed beatdown!
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Oops. I let two of the FNG's bail before I got the obligatory selfie.
WARMUP:
Head to toe:
Neck rolls
Shoulder rolls
Elbow extensions
Wrist circles
Sun Gods
Palm Trees
Butt kicks
Front kicks
Toe touches
X-toe touches
Danger Zone (Side-straddle hops for the whole song, squats whenever it says "danger zone")
THE THANG:
8 1/4 mile moseys, separated by 8 evolutions
First mosey to Racoon Revolution
8 T-pose merkins
Mosey to roundabout
8 bench dips w/ jumps, 8 bench dips w/o
Mosey back to start, water break
8 squat jumps
Mosey to back lot, sprint around roundabout
8 burpees
Mosey around Veranda building, up and down second story steps, to passenger drop-off
8 4c mountain climbers
Mosey back to start for another water break (very humid but at least cooler today)
8 4c monkey humpers
Mosey around colonnade to pergola
8 burpees
Shake 'n Bake back to start
8 arm-raise merkins
MARY:
8 4c box cutters
20 second 6" leg lifts
8 4c lbcs
8 4c shoulder taps
Lewis and Clarks
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Still discussing Anchorage plans
Talked about getting TP to VQ on Thursday
COT:
Count-a-rama, name-a-rama
Named three FNGs:
John got Cat Master because the Q thought he said that instead of CAD Master
Taylor got Iris because he's (another!) eye M.D.
Kemble got Cramer because he works in finances
Prayer request made for beginning of school, a potential large contract with a school district for one of the pax, and pax travels
Ball-of-man, prayed out, but no pledge because the Q left the shovel flag and blamed it on his M.
Rocky Top came through with an unexpected coffeeteria offering, which was appreciated by all.

Cindy Crawford Was Hot This AM!

7/29/2023

 
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AO: Bridge House
Q: Crawlspace
PAX: Hustlebarry, Dorothy, Toll House, TP, Tweeter, Snack Pack, Puff (F3 Savannah)
FNGs: Roach 
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Disclaimer
Sandstorm x 30 seconds
Chinooks x 30 seconds
BAC x 11 IC
BAC Reverse x 11 IC
Imperial Walkers x 11 IC
Daisy Pickers x 11 IC
Hill Billys x 11 IC
Mosey
THE THANG:
Cindy Crawford w/ Slight Mod:
7 to 12 ROUNDS of 5 Burp-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs and 25 Mike Tyson’s
MARY:
Wooly Worm x 12 IC
Box Cutters x 12 IC
Plank Shoulders Taps x 12 IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Grow Ruck in October! (get w/ Toll House for more info)
- AO Ankle Breaker beatdown every Tuesday & Thursday @ 5:30am. Veranda Lawn
- Next Saturday’s AO Bridge House beatdown will include a 6am Ruck if you want to join!
Prayer Requests:
- Dorothy will be traveling all next week.
- School starting back.
- Toll House getting back in rhythm with sleep/school/health balance.
- Puff’s TRIPLETS in new schools and the transition with all that entails.
- Keep F3 Macon’s PAX & Brutus’ family in your prayers.
COT:
Count-a-Rama - 9 PAX including 1 FNG
Name-a-Rama - FNG named Roach (Own a company that does lawn care and pest control)
Prayed us out & pledged then Toll House came through with some Homebrew Coffeteria.

Lil' Buddy

7/27/2023

 
DATE: 27JUL2023
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Toll House
PAX: TP
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
Just me and TP today. TP doesn't like Cindys, so in the time-honored tradition of Geppetto, I lovingly crafted a little friend for him, but sadly, TP rejected Lil' Buddy and went with Big Cindy instead. 
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WARMUP:
30 side-straddle hops
Toe touches
Crossover toe touches
Cherry pickers
Palm Trees
Sun Gods
Neck rolls
Half-mile warmup mosey down Ankle Breaker Blvd
(T-Claps for TP - He did the whole warmup mosey at a brisk pace and never slowed to a walk. Clear gains!)
THE THANG:
15 cindy curls
15 cindy overhead presses
Walk circle with cindy overhead
15 WWII situps w/ block presses
15 block burpees
Walk circle with cindy overhead
15 block dumbbell rows each side
15 block squats with overhead presses
Walk circle with cindy hanging down back
15 bench dips on cindys
15 situps while moving block from lefts side to right and back
Walk circle with cindy in butler carry
30 calf presses while holding cindy
15 derkins
Walk circle with cindy overhead
10 90-degrees jump-and-turns onto curb each side (not fun at all)
15 block dips
Walk circle with cindy overhead
15 dumbbell rows each side
15 derkins
MARY:
Belly stretches
15 lbcs
15 shoulder taps
15 plank jacks
Half-mile mosey around complex (ran into the elderly man again - his name is Sherman)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nothing in particular
COT:
Count-o-Rama, Name-o-Rama
Prayer requests, TP prayed out the BoM
Pledged out
During coffeeteria a guy named Eric pulled up and asked about what was going on. We tried to EH him - we'll see what comes of it. Good practice articulating F3, though. But we really need some business cards.  
Also, big thanks to TP for keeping me from experiencing my first-ever solo F3 beatdown. See you Saturday!

Monkey Humpin Gloom

7/25/2023

 
​DATE: 25JUL2023
AO: Ankle Breaker
Q: Crawlspace
PAX: Crawlspace, Toll House, TP, Negative 2
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
STRETCH: 
Go over Disclaimer, 5 Core Prince
20 Seconds each:
Foot holds each foot
Toe Touches
Toe Touches with feet crossed each way
Deep squat hold
WARMUP:
Mosey Full Stoop Loop
Bear Hugs x 15 IC
Daisy Pickers x 12 IC
Don Quixote x 10 IC
Willy Mays Hays x 12 IC
THE THANG:
11s: 
Air Squats then Bear Crawl to SSH and Mosey Back
Water
Team 11s Ladder:
1 Team Member Does Burpees While
Other Holds Plank and Does Shoulder Taps in Between then Members Swap and Count Back Down
Water then Mosey Full Loop
MARY:
LBCs(little baby crunches) in cadence x 10
High Flutter in cadence x 10
Low Flutter in cadence x 10
High Dollies x 10
Low Dollies x 10
Canoe(modified v-up) x 10
Monkey Humpers x 10
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Continue to pray for F3 Macon & Brutus’ Family
- School’s Starting Back
- Negative 2 is Traveling w/ Family for a week
COT:
Count-a-Rama
Name-a-Rama
Prayed us out & Pledged then Toll House Came Through with Some Homemade Coffeteria.
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After the Storm

7/22/2023

 
DATE: 22JUL2023
AO: Bridge House
Q: Toll House
PAX: Dorothy, Hustlebarry, TP
FNGs: 2 (Pacifier, Snack Pax)
COUNT: 6
Strong storms moved through last night, power was still out in parts of town, and it was still raining on and off. BZ to the Pax who made it today.
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WARMUP:
Sun Gods
Palm Trees
Toe touches
Toe touches X
25 side straddle hops, HC
Mosey to Ray Charles

THE THANG:
5 Burpies
10 Derkins with feet on retaining wall
15 Dips
10 Merkins with hands on retaining wall
Mosey to Riverside
Q called an audible on the way because the steep hill next to the bridge beckoned. Pax ran up hill, then did 10 plank jacks, HC, then down the hill, then back up backwards, then 10 shoulder taps, HC
Continue mosey to riverside
Riverside started with 11s, people's chair at bottom of incline, burpies at top, but switched to 7s in order to finish on time.
Introduced "break dance" merkins, 5 HC
Mosey to switchback walkway
15 pullups on railing (the easy kind)
25 yard bear crawl
15 yard crab walk
Mosey back to flag for Mary

MARY:
30 sec 6" leg lift
20 homeruns
25 lbcs
20 bicycle crunches, HC
20 sec torso stretch
Lewis and Clarks until Q couldn't do anymore

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Count-a-rama, name-a-rama
Dorothy's son got the name Pacifier because he's a pediatric nurse. YHC thinks we should have gone with su-su, which is the Canadian nickname for pacifiers. Dorothy's neighbor ended up with Snack Pax because he works for Frito-Lay, though he nearly ended up with Toto due to his proximity to Dorothy. T-claps to Dorothy for bringing two FNGs today!  
F3Albany will pay 1 pax's registration fee if anyone is interested in going to the Friday and Saturday or just Saturday Q-Source training part of GTE-40 in Savannah on October 6-7.
AO-Ankle Breaker is officially open for business, Tue / Thursday 5:30 AM.
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COT:
Baby Ruby is doing better, looks like she'll make it. Safety in travel for Paci as he heads back to Savannah. Comfort and wisdom for F3 Macon after loss of Brutus during a workout. Crawlspace went to Macon to be with his brother Piggyback, who was one of the Pax who administered CPR.
Ball of man, Hustlebarry prayed, then the PAX pledged out.

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