Run, Jump, Push! Oh, and Carry!!

AO: Horizon

QIC: Maj Payne

The PAX: Sunshine, Disco, Magoo, Kombucha, Derail, Mayberry, Lightspeed, Kodiak, Einstein, Sticks (with a “Y”)

The temps have plummeted, but the cold was no match for 11 brave souls who posted in the gloom this A.M.! Lotsa running, jumping and pushing – certainly not for the faint of heart. Here’s what happened…

WU

· 15 x SSH

· 10 x IW

· 10 x WMH

· 10 x Cherry Pickers

· 10 LBAC front and rear

Thang 1

Run, Jump, Push! OYO. As fast as you can. X 4

  • Run the length of the field and back
  • 20 x Jump squats
  • 15 x Merkins
  • 10 x No push burpees

Thang 2

The circuit – count off by 5s 1x through

Station 1: Single Gravel Bucket Carry (the timer) 30 yds down and back

Station 2: Pull-Ups

Station 3: Merkins

Station 4: Rope Rows

Station 5: Big Boy Sit-Ups

Thang 3

3 x Relays across the field – keep circuit teams

  • Pax 1 Sprint, Pax 2 Al Gore, swap
  • All PAX: 20 x Merkins
  • Pax 1 Shuffle right, Pax 2 Plank, swap (special appearance by @Elvis for some Merkins)
  • All PAX 10 x No push Burpees
  • Pax 1 Shuffle left, Pax 2 Al Gore, swap
  • All PAX 20 x Jump squats

Mary

· 15 x Flutter Kicks

· 15 x American Hammers

· 21 x LBCs

COT: Christmas is Friday – no organized workouts across F3TheCapital. Be sure to head to #Olympus Saturday for a M and 2.0 friendly post-Christmas beatdown though. It’s been a year like no other we’ve experienced before, but we have also been blessed in many ways. Take time to think about how you’ve been blessed today. For some, it may be about spending more time with family, for others it could be finding a new passion. Whatever it is, it is worth it. It always is. Be good, and make it better for others.

Aye!!

Party Like It’s 1995!

AO: The General

QIC: Traveler

The PAX: @Traveler, @Citrus, @Jag – This workout is an homage to the recently crowned AFC East 2020 Champion Buffalo Bills (YHC’s hometown team), who won their first division title since ‘95.

WarmUp: 95 Side Straddle Hops. Run the length of the football field, alternating every 25 yards between high knees, butt kickers, karaoke. Then sprint back the length of the field at 80% speed.

The Thang: We celebrated the Bills’ vanquishing their demons by vanquishing our own. The 3 big numbers for this workout are:

65: As in 1965, when the Bills won the AFL Championship

25: Number of years since the Bills last won the division

4: Four straight AFC Championships in the early 90s

The PAX performed repeats of the following, each to be completed in 4 minutes:

Travel 100 yards

65 of an exercise

25 of an exercise

Plank or Al Gore until the 4 minutes are up

Round 1: 100 yard sprint, 65 flutter kicks, 25 burpees

Round 2: 100 yard backwards sprint, 65 LBCs, 25 Bonnie Blairs (each leg)

3: 100 yard sprint, 65 drunken mountain climbers (each leg), 25 jump squats

4: Backwards sprint, dips, v-ups

5: Sprint, tuck jumps, hand release Merkins

One final leg: Move down the field in 25 yard bear crawl increments, stopping to do 10 of a “rest” exercise of the PAX choice in between 25 yard segments. Exercises included squats, big boy sit ups, and hand-release Merkins.

7s: Leg raises and squats (adding up to 7 each time), with a 10 yard lunge walk in between each round.

Sprint around the track. 1 mile for every year of life YHC had lived the last time the Bills won the division…zero.

Mary: Around the horn – Freddie Mercuries, Jack Knives, LBCs.

COT:

“It’s not what you’re facing, but where you’re looking.”

We will all encounter challenges. It’s how we orient ourselves towards these challenges that defines how we’ll come out on the other side.

If we are inward looking, we can get in a spiral of pride at our successes or self-pity at our failings. But if we are outward looking, giving thanks for our gifts and offering up the obstacles we face as sacrifices for other people and to God, we can adapt to any suffering.

22 December, 2020 11:40

QIC: Chile
PAX: Infinity, Running Man
Warm Up: 20 SSHs IC, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Michael Phelps IC, 15 Little Bitty Arm Circles IC, 10 Merkins, 10 Mountain Climbers IC, 15 Doggy Paddle IC

The Thang:

Carry coupon to next corner of field (any way you want)

CLIMB (4 rounds)
C = Crab Cakes
L = Lunge
I = Imperial Walkers
M = Merkin
B = Burpee
Round 1 = 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
2 = 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
3 = 15, 12, 9, 6, 3
4 = 20, 16, 12, 8, 4

– Crab Cake – Start from crab walk position, raise right hand and left leg, touch hand to knee. Return to starting position and repeat with opposite hand/leg. In cadence.

Farmer carry coupon to next corner of field

CPR – 20 reps
– Starting position like doing curls and done all together in a 4-Count cadence: 1 = "C"url, 2 = Overhead "P"ress, 3 = Tricep "R"aise (i.e. extension), 4 = Return to starting position.

Rifle Carry coupon to next corner of field

Elf on the Shelf – 10 each arm
– Start with the block on the ground beside you. Grab the block and lift it from the ground across your body reaching up as high as you can. Like putting it on a shelf. After a set from right to left then do left to right.

Farmer carry (other arm) to beginning corner of field

Mary:
Plank – 30 round count
Dirty Dog – 10 each leg
Superman – 15 ups
6 Australian snow angels in cadence
10 Rosalitas

COT:
Every accomplishment is based on action, not on thought… yet the thought is always father to the deed. Achievement starts with an idea, a perspective, a point of view, and an attitude: the attitude that no matter what, you will do what it takes to reach your goals — and live the life you want to live.

To do that, there is a daily affirmation that is recommended to repeat to yourself, out loud. It is referred to as the Man in the Arena from a speech given in 1910 by Theodore Roosevelt.

Stand tall. Stand proudly. Don’t just say the words — feel the words:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." (end of quote)

And so: the best way to be different is to do the things other people refuse to do.

The best way to live the life you want to live is to stop worrying about what other people think.

The best way to succeed is to out-think, out hustle, and outwork everyone else.

You may not be as experienced, as well funded, as well connected, or as talented… but you can always do more than other people are willing to do. Even when everything else seems stacked against you, effort and persistence can still be your competitive advantages — and they may be the only advantages you truly need.

Dare greatly. Know victory. Know defeat.
And every day, commit to living the life you want to live.

Coupon Doubles

AO: LoCo

QIC: Shute
The PAX: Bolt, Brisket, Bobcat, MicroChip, Dial-tone, Silver, Refueler, Empire, Hoff, Gigawatt
WarmUp: SSH, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Neck Stretch, DD, Cobra Kai
The Thang Part 1: Partner up with 2 coupons and bar through

  • Cleans x15 – Partner does dips AMRAP
  • Rows x15 – Partner does Mountain Climbers AMRAP
  • Shoulder Raise x15 – Partner does SSH AMRAP
  • Rinse and Repeat

The Thang Part 2: Take coupons on a tour of the AO – 4 corners

  • Jump overs, toe taps, around the world – 10 reps
  • Overhead pulls, Nose Bleeds, Chest Press – 15 reps
  • Squat jacks, squats – 15 reps
  • Lunges, Overhead press – 10 reps

Mary: crunches, in/out, freddie mercury, scissor kicks, obliques, crunches – 20 reps each, Repeat 2x
COT: Get out and see the Christmas lights, then go be the light in someone’s life. Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, an it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let you light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Choo Choo Express

13 brave passengers took a ride on the Choo Choo Express this morning!

Thanks for the generous food donations. KEEP IT COMING!!!

AO: The Patriot

QIC: Choo Choo

The PAX: Choo Choo, Fuzz, Wedding Singer, Lucius, Cable Guy, Shirley, Spokes, Roadkill, Coconuts, Lazlo, Major Payne, Citrus, Slap Shot

WarmUp: SSH, LB arm circles, willie mays hayes, potato pickers, calf raise/shoulder press, michael phelps

The Thang: We split into 2 groups on either end of the football field. Each group exactly mirrored the other. 9 rounds of exercises each followed by a 1/8 mile run on track. For each round, we repeated all the previous rounds so it got harder as we continued along…(round 3 had three exercises, etc)

Mary: (ran out of time)

COT: an excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s 1981 Christmas Message:

“On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Christ with prayer, feasting, and great merriment. But, most of all, we experience it in our hearts. For, more than just a day, Christmas is a state of mind. It is found throughout the year whenever faith overcomes doubt, hope conquers despair, and love triumphs over hate. It is present when men of any creed bring love and understanding to the hearts of their fellow man. Let us resolve to honor this spirit of Christmas and strive to keep it throughout the year”

Merry Christmas, Fellas!!!