12 men gathered in the humid air to get a workout in. I was pleased to see a large crowd with 3 guests, @lexluthor from Charlotte and @homeboy and @garfield from Cherokee. Warm up of weed pickers with the yogi hip thrust thrown in, finkle kicks to see who had the worst balance and LBC, [...]
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Coliseum Gladiators
10 men gathered for the morning Q, start with a warm up of weed pickers, empirical walkers, and SSH. Mosey to bus lanes with columns and I divided the group into 2 teams. Each team got a foam block. There are 14 columns from either end to the center. Each team started on one end [...]
Q-less
since COVID, my schedule has been all messed up. I tried to do a good thing by signing up for 4 or 5 Q's in advance but have been running so hard that I forgot which days are mine.... Today, again another bad habit of lately, I raced out of the house hoping to make [...]
Diego Tuesday
8 Pax and then Blackberry showed up late... CMU exercises with a short jog ( carting your own weights) 100 merkin ( sets of 2o) 150 overhead presses 200 baby crunches 250 cmu curls 300 weighted squats ( we did not get to them) It sucked that morning, the next morning , and the morning [...]
A Diego….almost
A few months ago I Q'd Ironman, brought 8 cmu block coupons, and found a juicy little exicon called The Diego. Today, somewhat last minute prep for me, we would revisit. I was tired from the long weekend and how crazy busy and distracted my life has been lately that I slowseied into the disclaimer, [...]
PE ain’t over!
since today (5/21) is the official LAST DAY of school at OPES I thought we would reflect back on what "school" is all about: Learning, Activities, Participation, and Fun/play time. 6 Pax got out of bed and got after it; Yogi, Dodgeball, Blackberry, Butter finger, War Chicken and Siri. Quick announcements and disclaimer Warm up: [...]
Lazy Dora
Pretty simple workout this morning. Started with a quick warm up then we paired up for a Lazy Dora. 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. While partner did 10 merkins the other held plank, then switch. While partner did 20 LBCs the other held 6 inch leg lifts. While one partner did 30 squats the [...]
Boat and Canoe
May 7th, 2020 Man - An adult male who accepts his masculinity, speaks and acts with maturity, embraces responsibility, functions independently, can lead a family faithfully and recognizes his accountability as an image-bearer of God. It was a beautiful brisk morning with temperatures in the 50's and a big full moon. As always the workout [...]
It was Perfect
I’m happy I could see you all this morning. Tremendous turnout - they say there were pax lined up around the block to get in to the workout. Really tremendous. Beautiful. People are saying it was the perfect workout. Haters may say it was too hard, but we know the truth. It was perfect. Beautiful. [...]
Awakening: F3 SSI returns
Awakening: F3 SSI returns 2020.05.02 With COVID-19 very much a prat of everyone’s life; the stress, fear, sickness, and unknown; we (men of F3) can come together a few times a week and just let is go. Social Distance (a term now defining 2020) was our 11th man for this “awakening” beatdown, early Sat morning. [...]
