5 PAX for the Turkey Loop

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Warm Up: Stretching and other fun things
The Workout: This week we introduced a new route “The Turkey” which was a nice 5 mile loop.  We headed out of Ting Park and went up Main St. to Holly Springs Rd. Hooked a left on HS Rd, down to Linksland. At Linksland we hooked a left to Crossway and enjoyed some hills, on our way back to Ting.  We all enjoyed the climb on the third hill on Crossway! Well I think we all did 🙂

Post Workout: Speed work with Yogurt.  As advertised, M&W at Ting, suicides on the ramp.  (It’s fun stuff)

Announcements: Check out all the new info on Holly Springs Town site around road & sidewalk expansions.  Specifically Sportsmanship Way
Prayer: Full House’s Father- He has been in and out of hospital for 6 weeks now.

The Few, The Brave, The Nutcrackers…

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It was a cold and dark morning with temps in the mid 30’s which apparently led some to enjoy the fartsack rather than tread out into the gloom. As a result numbers were a bit lighter than normal. A fact that was being discussed as two more PAX graced the parking lot with their presence just in time for a mosey around to the basketball court where our warmup ensued.
Incidentally YHC and PAX who were nearby were nearly ensnared during said mosey by some kind of metal wiring protruding into the sidewalk. An entirely unsuitable situation for an elementary school responsible for the safety of children. A strongly worded letter may be in order. The situation notwithstanding, we proceeded…

Warm Up:

Good Mornings x10 IC
SSH x 20 IC
Daisy Pickers x 15 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles –  x 10 forward/ x 10 backward IC
Moroccan Night clubs x 15 IC
Windmills x 10 IC

The Workout:

We started by partnering up in preparation for what was soon to be revealed as one of Moby’s least favorite exercises: the wheelbarrow. Partner 1 was in the horizontal position on the way down to a previously designated turnaround point where prior to switching places, partners did 10 Hand Clap Merkins, returned to the starting point via the wheelbarrow and completed another 10 Hand Clap Merkins.
R&R substituting 10 Squats for Hand Clap Merkins – which was a welcome change of pace.
We stayed in the same location for the next challenge: a classic Dora with the same partners…
Merkins x 100
LBC’s x 200
Squats x 400
Partner 1 chipped away at the above exercises while partner 2 ran to a designated point (about 100 yards) and upon returning switched places until all reps were complete.
Mosey to the rock/ brick pile to grab a cinder block. Partners lined up with their blocks on either side of the divider in the parking lot.
Round 1 = 10 reps: Partner 1 did Curls for the girls (IC); Partner 2 did Wonder Bras; Partners left their block in place and then ran around the divider to the other partner’s block – Partner 1 then did Wonder Bras and Partner 2 did Curls for the Girls.
Round 2 proceeded in the same fashion increasing reps to 15.
Round 3 – you guessed it – same thing but added another 5 reps for a total of 20.
Return the bricks and mosey to the front parking lot just in time for Mary…

Mary:

Low slow flutters x15
Freddie Mercuries x15
Plank Jacks x15
Homer to Marge x15
Pickle Pounders x15

Announcements:

  • Details to follow via Slack & FB.
  • Q school this Thursday at Womble Park (details on Slack/FB)
  • Yard Work this Sat. at Crab Legs’ house
  • Other announcements online

Prayer:

  • Shredder
  • Crab Legs
  • Cupid traveling for work
YHC took us out with prayer.
I hope everyone got their money’s worth and got at least a little stronger for being there.
Thanks for the honor of leading you this morning. Looking forward to next week…

The Longest Balls……To the Wall

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Pax of 17 came out in the gloom at PC. Good job men.

Warm Up: Jogged over to near Planet Fitness on Lassiter Road.  A treasure chest of stolen retaining wall bricks from Target were in an SUV. Circled up for Sir Fozio Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers ( I did hillbillies), Good Mornings, and some hamstring stretches.

The Workout:

Pax paired up with one doing exercises  at bottom of Lassiter Rd while the other ran up the hill to intersection at Sunset Lake road.

Exercises to include 100 Merkins, 100 Curls For the Girls, 100 Squats, and 100 Overhead Presses. Variation of plank hold to wait for the 6.

This was repeated with 50 Merkins, 50 Curls for the Girls, 50 Squats, and 50 Overhead Presses. Variation of plank hold to wait for the 6.

Pax jogged over to behind the cleaners to hold Balls to the Wall for each Pax to perform a slow or fast 10 count.

This was repeated with Peoples Chair 10 count down the line.

Jogged over to starting area for some Mary.

Mary: 30 count low slow flutter, 30 count of pickle pounders, 30 count of superman, 30 count of alternating superman.

Announcements: Thursday Q school 6:30-7:30 Womble. Work day for Crab legs this Sunday 2-5pm. Tube socks is playing in a hockey tourney to raise money for RPD officer shot.  Smile more complain less 5K 5/11/19 9:00 am at Harris Lake.

Prayer:Crab leads, Shredder, and unspoken prays.

Mutiny+Burpees= Lots of Mumble Chatter

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PAX: LED, Fonzie, Puddles, Cupid, H1N1, Messi, Gump, Stovepipe, Modify, FedEx

EC: LED, Fonzie

 

Warm Up: After a lap around the track we circled up for SSH IC x 25, Fazio Arm Circles IC 10 Fwd and 10 Rev,  Daisy Pickers IC x 10, Stretches, and Shoulder Tap Merkins IC x 20

The Workout:

Pax ran over to the parking lot where we bear crawl 5 lines, do a burpee, sprint back to the start, bear crawl 5 lines, do 2 burpees, sprint back to the start, etc… Told the Pax to keep adding a burpee till we reach 10 burpees. We started off great but had to call an audible when we all reached 8 burpees.

After a Messi 10 count, like only he knows how, we headed to the rock pile. After picking appropriate rocks we circled up for circuits of: curls for the girls IC x 10, tricep extensions IC x 10, overhead press IC x 10, rut rows IC x 10, LBC with rock IC x 10, American Hammers w/o rock IC x 10 and some other excercises I can’t remember.

After a couple of circuits, including one on our knees, we put it all together with a flow of squat, curl for the girls, overhead press, tricep extension IC x 10. Rinse and repeat. We put the rocks back and lined up for an Indian Run to the tennis court for Mary.

Mary: Plank it out, Diamond Merkins x 10
Announcements: Check Slack
Prayer: H1N1 and Cupid are traveling this week, Stargazer, and the founding/lead pastor at H1N1 church passed away over the weekend

Strap on my strap on

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I can’t even begin to describe how the conversation came to being with regards to the title but I’m pretty sure it has nothing and everyrhing to do with what you’re thinking. 5 pax posted but 6 got stronger cause we’re more prepared to pick them up.

EC: Pikachu, Skidmark

Warm Up: 1 mile run
The Workout: Murph! 100 pullups, 200 meekins, 300 squats and pikachu with the vest.
Mary: 1 mile run
Announcements: See Pikachu’s announcements. Go to Q school.
Prayer: Shredder, Crablegs, internal battles

Leadership doesn’t mean being the best. It means bringing the best out in everyone else.

March Madness

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PAX: BlueHen, Da Business

QIC: BlueHen

The Fartsack was strong as the Q pulled into the empty parking lot. With 5 minutes to go Da Business pulled in and we were soon under way. After watching the tournament selection show the Q was motivated to put together a themed workout to get the March Madness week going. It was like old times at F3 SouthWake when we often had numbers less than five at a workout.

 

Warm Up:

Hot Lap
-ssh X 15
-good morning X 10
-windmill X 10

The Workout:

64. Merkins (10 wide grip, 10 hand release, 10 Carolina dry docks, 10 diamond, 10 regular, 14 partner merkins)
– Get your Ball (rock)
– Run to library bench with rock

32. Triceps (10 dips, 10 tricep ext., 13 dips)
-Run down library hill to clubhouse lot

16. Bicips ( 16 halfway, 16 top half, 16 full curls.
-run up Library hill, alternating with overhead cary between mailbox to stage in front of library

8. Jump up(onto stage) 8 balls to wall
-Run back to parking lot with rock

4. deconstructed burpees ( 8 merkins, 8 jump kicks, 8 jump squats)

2. Wheelbarrow
– each partner does the wheelbarrow

1. Low hold Merkin 64 count

RINSE & REPEAT RAPID FIRE in the lot

Mary: (64)

-20 Freddie
-10 six inch
-10 windshield wiper
-10 Ukrainian American hammer
-14 boat canoe
Announcements:

– considering starting a new site at holly ridge elementary/middle on Thursday at 5:30. More to come.
Prayer:

-CrabLegs, shredder, moby’s dad

Paradise City Cactus

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EC: Dumbo, Pablo, 187, Yogurt, Pikachu, Skidmark, CHiPs, Lipstick, Cowboy, Full House, Maybelline

Warm Up:  SSH IC x 20, Fazio Arm Circles IC x 10 FWD and 10 BWD, 5 Burpees OYO and Michael Phelps

The Workout:

Parking Lot – Merkin Shuffel @ 3 count

Jog  to bottom of Ting Climb and Partner-up

Partner 1 runs up Ting Climb and does 5 star jumps while Partner 2 Bear Crawls. After Partner 1 finishes Star Jumps, run and trade with Partner 2 who runs up Ting Climb and does 5 star jumps. Repeat until both Partners are at the top.

Jog back to bottom of Ting Climb

Partner 1 runs up Ting Climb and does 10 monkey humpers while Partner 2 does Backwards Crab walk. After Partner 1 finishes monkey humpers, run and trade with Partner 2 who runs up Ting Climb and does 10 monkey humpers. Repeat until both Partners are at the top.

At tennis courts –  11’s with Merkins and Mountain climbers

At the tunnel – partnered up:

partner 1 runs to end of short path and partner 2 does peoples chair

partner 1 runs to end of short path and partner 2 does BTTW

Mary:  Plank-o-rama: Pickle Pounders, Box Cutters, Merkins, Low Slow Flutters and WWII

Announcements: Q School with Banana Seat this week @ 6:30pm, Work day with CrabLegs this Sunday, Sprints with Yogurt after workouts Monday and Wednesday.  Welcome “Katniss” Brian Laman
Prayer: Chips Stepdad with his heart attack, Lipsticks Mother in Law with her Cancer

Hills for Four

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Warm Up: Various Stretching to get us loose
The Workout: PAX was on the lookout for Forceps, but with time slowing moving, it was clear our friend was not coming.  H1N1, UTI and YHC took off on feet, and Messi led us by bike.  We used a route out of the old Dawg’s playbook, and headed out Stinson to Bass Lake.  We quickly moved down Bass Lake to Holly Springs Rd and took our left on Linksland for some fun on the hills.  PAX was energetic and ready for Crossway.  We hustled up and down the hills, with a quick pit stop for YHC about half way. PAX made there way to the Crossway exit and headed back down Main St. and back to Womble.  5.5-6 Miles in all.

Announcements: Sprint Tri: Looking to start some work in the pool, check the slack channel
Prayer: H1N1 travelling to Liverpool for work. YHC MIL had mixed results from the surgery.  Please keep her in your prayers, as she will find out March 25 if she will require additional treatment beyond the surgery for her cancer.

Ascending Testicles, Boat/Canoe and Boney Bums

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Warm up

10’s –  Good Mornings, Fozzy Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Emperial Walkers, Hillbillies and Windmills.  20 SSH

The Workout

Mosey to the Wall for Ascending Testicles, BTTW and Wall sits (rinse and repeat).

3 sets of Boat Canoes during which Pikachu complained about his backside hurting from the concrete surface under his boney buttocks.

Mosey to the Rock Pile – rotate rocks between sets.

  • 5 sets of 20’s – Curls for the girls (still feeling the burn from Pikachu’s monster rock)
  • 5 sets of 20’s  – Overhead Tri-press
  • 4 sets of 10’s – Ground Pounders
  • 2 sets 10’s Windshield Wipers (lot’s of groans)
  • 4 sets of 20’s Standard Press
  • 2 Sets of 30 Ct 6 inches

Mosey to the Playground

  • Aik’n Abs: 20 LBCs, 15 American Hammers,  20 ct 6 inches, 15 Rockies,
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Standard Merkins, 20 Dips, 15 Erkins, 15 (1,2,3 ct) Shoulder tap planks
  • 30 ct Al Gore Squats and High Knees
  • Aik’n Abs: 20 Pickle Pounders, 30 Ct Supermans (alternating between Australian snow angels and Iron Man), 30 Homer to Marge (10 standard then 10 each left leg up then right leg up)
  • Aik’n Arms: 15 Hand Release Merkins, 30 ct Chillcut planks, 10 Dips, 10 Blades of Steel

Announcements:   ATT Half and Full tomorrow – Let’s get out and support our brothers

Prayer Requests:  Continued prayers for Shredder, Crab Legs, Puddles.

YHC took us out

The Ferns Aren’t Up Either

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EC kicked off at 5:15 with Piakchu and Skidmark going out on a little tour de’ Holly Springs. Not much happening in the Springs early but we did discover a missing sidewalk along Holly Springs Road. After a quick 4 miles we circled back to pick up the lads at Starbucks.

The goal today was to do some scouting for another route for U-Turn, something to change it up, add a little spice if you will. Maybelline, Warbucks, UTI, Sliderule, Pikachu, and Skidmark set off one direction while the other 10 Pax took to the standard 5 mile loop. I’m sure there was quite the conversation amongst those Pax.

The six of us set off Indian Run style. This lasted approximately .01 miles before we made a wrong turn  leaving starbucks and circled the bank. The security footage by the ATM will make for a good BB photo I’m sure. After regaining our bearings we set-off. At the bottom the hill played a quick game of right-left-center and we were off.

I think we have a new U-Turn 5 mile loop that involves no crossing of 55. Highlights from the run include how Skidmark has the worst ideas. Indian run = fail. And apparently doing a Steeple Chase is a bad idea but a Rugged Maniac is a good idea.

As we closed out the route we made a trip past both Orange Theory and O2 fitness. No balls to the wall at O2 since no one was there. We thought the ferns had talked everyone’s ears off but the sign on the door indicated that O2 does not open until 0800 on Saturday. Guess Lisa and the ferns need their beauty sleep.

Warm Up: Good mornings, high knees, butt kickers, SSH, IW
The Workout: 5 mile loop for some.

Scout run: Left below Dicks. Left at the next traffic light. Stay straight until Ivy Arbor Way. Turn left onto Ivy Arbor Way. Follow Ivy Arbor into 12 Oaks. Run about 1/2 mile turn left and then a quick right. Do a little jig right there. Follow until the end of the road and make a left. Run up the hill to the traffic circle and make a left on Green Oaks. We ran Green Oaks to Thomas Mill and then the group split. Some ran up Thomas Mill and some ran all the way Irving by the Credit Union. Met back up to compare distances at Thomas Mill and Irving. Ran down past Starbucks to O2 and turned around. Ended up with 6 miles. The new projected route will be good route with sidewalks the whole way and light traffic. No crossing 55. Will need maybe 1 more scout run laster this week or next saturday.

Mary: She wasn’t at 02 either
Announcements: Next saturday yard work at Crablegs. More details this week. Crablegs putting together a team for ALS walk. More details to follow.
Prayer: Crablegs, Shredder, Runners tomorrow at Tobacco Road 1/2  and full