Mamas Houzzzz

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FNGs:22-Pax.  2- 2.0 FNGs Dark wing Duck & Lasso
Warm Up:Plant the flag and unload trucks
The Workout:  Paint a garage(food shelter), fill pot holes in driveway.  As the pax arrived we started handing out rollers and paint trays.  A few pax started by sanding and wiping cob webs from the building while the 2.0s began painting in an organized fashion. Ha.  Once we got rolling everything became red. The building, kids, faces, my ride. Once the backhoe showed up with gravel, we lost a lot of 2.0s to spreading rocks but we pushed through.  We got 2 coats of paint on and filled the pot holes. The Girl Scout cookies were opened thanks to Tetanus, and the kids devoured them. We finished painting around 11:15 cleaned up and went to chick fil a for 2ndf.  It was great to see everyone out there and the 2.0s getting some work in.  Thanks everyone for making this successful.
Mary:None
Announcements: help snap move his office, holly springs food cupboard 3rdf event next weekend.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:pray for the organization mamas house, for the opportunity to help the community and for the fellowship the pax and 2.0s got to experience.

16 Cletus – Stronger by Merkin

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On the pre-blast, I challenged the PAX to post for multiple Merkins. After squeezing out six HCs, I was pleased to find a full parking lot at 5:25 am. EC: 187, Banana Seat, Slide Rule, UTI, Warbucks.

Warm up:

Good mornings (15), followed by Progressive versions of SSH (20)—Regular, Smurf Jack, Red Bull Smurf Jack (20)

Arm circles 10 forward, 10 backward. OK, I had to mix these in before tackling the RBSJs, just to catch my breath.

Recover on mosey to opposite parking lot.

The Thang:

Line up on curb, directly across from opposite curb.

Mike Tysons (plank, squat while in plank, Merkin) 5, 10, 15 near curb. Bear Crawl to and from opposite curb between reps.

Lunge walk to other curb, execute Circle of Merkins (left hand on curb 5; both hands on curb 10; right hand on curb 15; both feet on curb (20)). Lunge walk to and from opposite curb between reps.

 

Mosey to amphitheater:

Find a spot on the ledge. Dips 20x to warm up

Alternating dips on the ledge and People’s Chair on the wall

Find a spot on the wall. People’s chair 5, 10

 

Mosey to brick wall at back of Hunt Center:

15 Merkins to warm up

Alternating BTW and squats 5, 10, 15

 

Mary:

Popcorn through most of the PAX

American Hammers, Boat/canoe, Pickle pounders, Bobby Hurley brick up, WWIIs, Box cutters, etc. Have A Nice Day 30 seconds.

 

Announcements:

Check Slack for Mama’s House repairs Saturday morning. Community Service

UTI says he added events to calendar, linked to the workout schedule. Also, he’s packing the Third F calendar to affect our community.

Banana Seat says Q School starting Monday, incorporated into workout. Highly recommended. Coming to a workout near you soon.

Prayer Requests: Wallaby, traveling PAX, injured PAX, first responders, military, Breach family

Building a Flow with your Host Dawgpound

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It was a warm Friday morning. The parking deck kept us even warmer.  The audio visual team was up and running and streaming Sarah Beth Yoga for the Pax to get a bit of stretching.  Trying to win the day by putting the work back into our bodies.  Dumbo convinced Pablo to run hills though.  That man really loves those hills by the library.

Dumbo even brought his brother out.  Even though he is 9 years younger he refers to Dumbo as his ‘Smaller brother’.  We already had the name lined up.  First job was at a country club.  That went to caddy shack.  That went to Noonan.  Danny Noonan is the kid caddie from the moving that is trying his hardest to get the caddy scholarship.  I wanted ‘Na Na Na’, but everyone seemed onboard with Noonan.  Just don’t let Emeril ruin it for us.  That guy.

It was a special morning.  Besides building our flow we ran the stairs at the parking deck for the first time.  Pax that couldn’t (Pikachu) stayed down and did more abs.

Yoga EC: Dawgpound, Buford, Emeril, Deadbolt, Flanigan, Coal Ash, Skidmark, Redenbacher, Noonan
Running EC: Cowboy, Dumobo, Pablo
FNGs: Noonan
Warm Up:

Quick lap around the parking deck. Then we got in a U. I said circle but the space wasn’t large enough to accommodate so we had rows in a U fashion.

Started just bouncing and loosening up the legs and shoulders
Backstroke
Hinge stretch — Big toe of back foot is inline with heel of front foot. Bend at the waist. Repeat on the other side.
Leg Swings
Leg Circles Front and Back

The Workout:

We built up to a full out flow. We started small. After each progression of the flow half the pax ran the stairs the other half did some ab work.

5 Reps: — Did the right side then left. That was one Rep
Push Up one arm on bell
Row

Stairs/Exaggerated toe touches (Hand touches opposite toe while swinging the leg up)

5 Reps: — Did the right side then left. That was one Rep
Push Up one arm on bell
Row
Clean

Stairs/Midget Coookie Pouches

5 Reps: — Did the right side then left. That was one Rep
Push Up one arm on bell
Row
Clean
Squat

Stairs/Kettlebell Pull Through (In a plank position move the bell from one side to the other)

5 Reps: — Did the right side then left. That was one Rep
Push Up one arm on bell
Row
Clean
Squat
Snatch

Stairs/Midget Stand Ups

5 Reps: — This one we did the right side then after the switch during the swing we did reverse and finished with the pushup

Push Up one arm on bell
Row
Clean
Squat
Snatch
One arm Swing
One arm swing and switch hands

Stairs/Exaggerated toe touches (Hand touches opposite toe while swinging the leg up)

Mary:

2 Rounds
Midget Love Handles
Supermans — These will know be known as Flying Pikachu’s

We finished with some stretching. Gotta run some miles tomorrow.

Started with frog stretch. (In table top pulse moving our hips back to our feet.)
Leg through stretch. Like pigeon, but instead of the leg being under your body it is sticking out to the side. Bring forearms to the ground. Reach up to the sky
Runners Pose rotate to the leg that is bent for added benefits
Pigeon Pose. Rotate hip of leg bent for added benefit
Thread the needle (Start in table top put right arm under left arm. Your head should be resting on your shoulder. Bring the arm back up.)

Announcements:

Long Ass ATT Run. Blue Hen is running the whole thing this year

T-Claps (Recognition):

All pax who put up with my Kettlebell workouts. I love them and I hope everyone else enjoys kettlebells.
Prayer:

Wallaby
Pikachu
Pikachu’s wife (Cause we will be having a moody Pikachu as he goes through withdraw from running)

Those bear crawls were brutal

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: Short lap around the parking lot. SSH, Fazios, IW/HB, stretches.
The Workout: Pole 2 Pole 2 Pole 2 Pole 2 Pole 2 Pole and back again.

Pole 1: 10 burpees – bear crawl to the next pole…. and it was a long haul!

Pole 2: 15 – Plank Jacks – lunge walk to next pole

Pole 3: 20 – LBC – sprint to next pole

Pole 4: 25 – Star Jumps – mosey to next pole

Pole 5: 30 – SSH – lunge walk to next pole

Pole 6: 35 – Squats – Then back to poles 5 through 1 repeating each exercise.

Great working men encouraging each other on that last bear crawl back to pole 1.  Nicely done!

Mosey back to concession stand to finish up with peoples chair with seal claps and BTW 10 count for good measure.

Mary:  LBC, LSF, H2M, Box cuter, FM
Announcements: Possible new AO, check slack for more detail
T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone for bringing that last bear crawl round in.
Prayer: Sick PAX, Stressed PAX, Traveling PAX

Mike..Mike…Mike..HHHHHUUUMMMPPPPPDDDDDAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

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EC: @Reddenbacher, @Emeril, @Deadbolt – Ran EC in reverse.

FNGs: Mike Sheridan –  Now known as Alamo

Warm Up:
Jog to soccer field.  SSH, Good Mornings, Windmills, Daisy Pickers

The Workout:
Originally I was going to utilize the @Deadbolt special and do four corner repeats in the big parking lot followed up with some Abyss training.  But during my EC run I came up with a new plan to keep everyone moving (Pakistani Runs) and hitting all the great rides Disney has to offer.

Ride 1 – Started at the soccer field after warmups.  Balls to wall on the fence, run to midfield 15 Merkins, run to the other fence Preachers Chair. Back to midfield for Merkins.  Noticed someone standing near the bathrooms waiting on us and as we got closer realized it was @Crablegs.   5 burpees for everyone.

Ride 2 – Next stop the abyss.  One line Pakistani Run partner up on the way.   1 partner LBC’s at the top while the other partner ran down into the abyss and did 10 star jumps.  Back to the top and swap.
Round 2 partner 1 did squats while partner 2 ran down and did Merkins.  Swap.   Core work while we waited for the 6.

Ride 3 – One line Pakistani Run to the Big Parking Lot.  4 corners.  Corner 1 at the start 3 burpees.  Jog/run to corner 2 6 burpees.  Lunge walk corner 3 9 burpees.  Jog/run to corner 4 12 burpees.
Core work while we waited on the 6.

Ride 4 – Mosey to the hill behind the big parking lot.   Partner up again.  Partner 1 run to the top of the hill while Partner 2 did Prisoner Get Up Squat Jumps (PGUSJ), one of my new favorite exercises that @Dawgpound introduced to us last week.

Ride 5 – Mosey to the stairs behind the school.  5 Turkish get ups.  Run up stairs and around to the football field benches near the ticket booth.  Dips until the 6 showed up.  @Dawgpound ran us thru some of the best Russian Dips ever.

Pakistani run back to the big parking lot because @Midget for Life left his sweatshirt.  FNG was pretty tired at this point so @Dumbo stopped to provide encouragement while Pax ran ahead to parking lot entrance and did more Squats followed by the @Nemo special Goofballs led by @Midget for Life.  FNG caught his breath so finished the Pakistani Run back to the flag.

Mary:
Downward dog calf stretches.  Pigeon.

Announcements:
Thursday 1/30 4pmish – Help Snap move out of his office into storage down near @Pikachus house
Long Ass ATT run – 2/22 7am
Brought Mike into the circle to name him. After he gave us his background info I was ready to call him Hump Day but @Dumbo asked one more question.  “What was your first job?”.  Mike’s answer was “I worked at a rental car agency”.   @Dumbo appropriately named him Alamo

Feb 2nd – Greenhouse build at HS Food Pantry.  HC for a count. Don’t want to overwhelm the kid running it.

T-Claps (Recognition):
All the Pax for continuously encouraging Mike/Alamo throughout the workout.  I heard so many Mike, Mike, Mike… that thought for sure we’d name him Hump day.   Special thanks to @Midget for Life and @Dumbo for working with him.
@Dumbo for going to Central Prison on Tuesday to meet with those in prison and helping to run a bible study.  While there he found out they’ve been doing F3 3 times a day.

Prayer: @Quiver has a family friend that is 70 and was just diagnosed with ALS, @Crablegs, men at Central Prison, @Snap, @Wallaby

We Could Run a Little, We Could Run a Lot

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YHC struggled with what to plan for this workout. I wasn’t really sure what to expect in terms of runners/non-runners and Tiger Blood is one of those AOs that finds good balance in running vs bootcamp. One way to solve that: Deck of Cards.

EC: Warbucks, Pikachu, Skidmark, and 187 ran from home

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 2 laps around the parking lot. Good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, SSH
The Workout: Deck of cards with the following:

  • Diamonds: regular merkins
  • Hearts: LBCs
  • Clubs: Squats
  • Spades: Burpees

If an Ace is drawn run laps in the parking based on the value of the card before the Ace. This proved highly effective as the first Ace drawn followed a 10. Modification quickly followed.

Suicide King was supposed to be suicides but we missed it and did suicides at the end.

Mary: 10 count exercises by pax

Announcements: 2/22 Long Ass Run

T-Claps (Recognition): Da Business who said his heart was in his stomach
Prayer: Those struggling with addictions, family members young and old

Thunder’s Blood Sugar

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FNGs: Welcome FNG Squirtle – another member of the Crosby family.
Warm Up:

Side straddle hop, Non offensive plant pickers, Sir Fazio arm circle, Good morning, Hill Billies, Imperial
The Workout:

Each round was 10 exercises done for # of reps = Kubota’s blood sugar/10

Round 1
Step Ups, Squats, People’s Chair, Toe Taps, Russian Dips, Balls to the Wall, Shoulder Taps, Box Cutter, Rolling Side to Side Plank, pull up.

Mosey to rock pile and get a rock

Round 2
Overhead Press, Tricep Press, Rutrows, American Hammers, LBCs, Heal Taps, WWII, Low Slow Flutter, Homer to Marge, curls.
Reept round 2
Mary:

Around the circle for 10 counts
Announcements:

Long run on ATT 22Feb20
Prayer:

Wallaby and Family, Kubota’s friend and family

 

Pebbles to boulders

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FNGs: Not likely at 24 degrees

Warm Up: SSH, Daisy-pickers, Fazios, Flapping Birds, Imperial Walkers

The Workout: Too cold to stand around Womble, so YHC decided a field trip was in order.  Set out in a fellowship run and (taking a page out of Aquaman’s book) stopped at each intersection to build a workout, exercises = PAX choice.

Stop 1 = 10 merkins
Stop 2 = 10 merkins + 6 burpees (POTS birthday choice)
Stop 3 = 10 merkins + 6 burpees + 10 lunges
Stop 4 = 10 merkins + 6 burpees + 10 lunges + 10 monkey humpers

Proceeded to the parking deck for some ‘forest to the sea’ (bear crawl followed by crab walk) and then moseyed on to the rock pile.  PAX informed to select a ‘medium to large’ rock.  YHC noted an extremely liberal interpretation of that size range; seemed like pebbles to boulders.  PAX executed ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ (deadlift into biceps curl into shoulder press into triceps extension = 1 rep X 10).  Moved three rocks to the right for PAX choice exercises including curlz for the gurlz, shoulder press and bus driver.  Returned the rocks for the mosey back.

On the return route PAX stopped at each intersection for ab exercises, building as before:

Stop 1 = 10 gas pumpers
Stop 2 = 10 gas pumpers + 10 pickle pounders
Stop 3 =  10 gas pumpers + 10 pickle pounders + 10 snow angels (Florence demonstrated admirable enthusiasm during cadence call, and neighborhood residents are now aware of F3).
Stop 4 = 10 gas pumpers + 10 pickle pounders + 10 snow angels + 10 plank jacks

Mary:Completed the mosey back to Womble for some smurf jacks.  YHC was due for an early morning meeting, so handed the keys to Dauber and he brought it home with WWIIs, Freddie Mercurys and yoga stretches.

Announcements: Happy birthday POTS!  51 big ones.  See social media re helping at Mama’s House

T-Claps (Recognition): The Masters for joining up again for a full beatdown, no Metamucil required.

Prayer:  Alex, family friend of Florence with cancer, military, first responders, unspoken.

 

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.  Aye!

Deadbolt’s Love Affair

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If you haven’t read or listened to David Goggins’ book “Can’t Hurt Me” then you are missing out on something inspirational. Stories of Navy Seal training, ultramarathons, and overcoming childhood trauma. Listening to his story puts things and life into perspective. Ask Deadbolt or YHC about it and you gonna get an ear full of stories. As YHC journied out for EC at 0500 with the weather a brisk 28 degrees (maybe colder), stories about the book replayed in my head. As YHC mosied back at 0524, no other Pax had arrived. 0526 told a different story as cars rolled into Ting. Short disclaimer, a welcome and we were off.

EC: Skidmark

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Some kind of hip exercise I like to do to warm up, Frankensteins.
The Workout: 3 mile or 5 mile little dipper in reverse. The 6 was picked up the whole time.
Mary: Stretching
Announcements: 2/22 Long Ass Run. Yoga EC at Ivan on Friday (Yes!!!)
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Crablegs, Our military

ABStract

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FNGs:none
Warm Up:6 pax warmed up to 20 SSH, windmills, good mornings, oblique stretches
The Workout:ab workout pyramid all in cadenc one pax used an roller and we alternated as we went up pyramid

10-boat canoes

20-American hammers

30-LBC

40-mountain climbers

50-second plank and same exercises back down

11’s squats and walkout planks with 4 shoulder taps at extension

7’s side lunges and captain Thor’s.

10 each side oblique side crunches and hip raises

 

Mary:no where to be found
Announcements:q-school Monday at mutiny, mamas house pending weather
T-Claps (Recognition):pax in warm Dunkin’ Donuts planning Southwake vision.  Thanks guys
Prayer:Fumunga a neighbor recovery and wife, I’ll and injuries pax, (breach, fonzie, H1N1)