Covid-Delayed Abe 1 Year Anniversary

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH x 15, Hillbillies x 10, Imperial Walkers x 10, Fazio arm circles – 10 front, 10 back, Overhead claps x 10
The Workout: We started with a couple of the exercises I remember from my first post. Moseyed over to the pit. Bear crawl up the steps, stopping at each platform for three Murkins. Squat hold at the top for the 6. Rinse and repeat for a total of three rounds.
Next, moseyed over to the grassy hill at the back of the pit. Run up to the top, exercise, run to the bottom, exercise. Repeat. Top had 10 dips, 10 Urkins and 10 Durkins. Bottom had 10 WWIIs, 10 LBCs.
Moseyed around to the other side of the Hunt Center for a train. Pax took up plank in a parking spot. The first Pax on the end did 10 murkins and then ran down to the end of the group. The next Pax then did 10 murkins, etc. 3 rounds of this and we moved on.
Moseyed over to the rock pile for curls, chest presses and tricep extensions. Round of 15, then 10 and then 5. Returned rocks.
On our way back for Mary, we stopped at the picnic area for some more urkins, durkins and dips.
Mary: Back at the tennis courts for Mary, we did two rounds of popcorn Mary. At least two calls for burpees.
Announcements: Sign up to help spread mulch at Bass Lake. 2 hour time slots on Saturday mornings for the next few months.
T-Claps (Recognition): Special T-Claps to Yogurt for getting me out for my first post and Elton, one of our newest Pax (started last Friday), for joining and going strong!
Prayer: Martini, Pablo and Oboe for losses in their families. The nation for perseverance and wisdom.

Ultimate @ Thunder – 17Jun20

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FNGs:

None 🙁
Warm Up:

Mosey over to the pit. Circle up for SSH x10 IC, Daisy Pickers x10 IC, Frankenstein’s x10 IC.

The Workout:

Split into teams for Ultimate frisbee. First ¼ of the game 3x Merkins per drop, second ¼ 1x burpee, third ¼ 1x Turkish getup, fourth ¼ no exercise penalty.

Mary:

Not today.
Announcements:

Mulching at Bass Lake starts this Saturday and continues each Saturday until we finish.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Hardy & Florence – those guys are legit at Ultimate.
Prayer:

Baby Day. Pax suffering from loss.

Foggy U-turn

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: Good morning, SSH x 20, Merkins x 20, IW’s x 10, Hillibillies x 10, various stretching
The Workout: PAX of 20 for 5+ miles this Saturday morning through the fog.  Numerous PAX picking up the 6 along the way, nice work!
Mary: none
Announcements: sign up for mulch at Bass Lake
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Martini, Skidmark and M healthy baby and for Natty Ice’s M.

Carpex Surprise!

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FNGs: None

Announcements:  Mulch at Bass Lake – limit it to 5 at a time.
T-Claps (Recognition):  Juneteenth.
Prayer:  Families in F3.  BLM.

Wahoo took us out.

Have you lost your mind?

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Today was my first Q as AO Site Lead for Disney. It’s an honor to take this location over. It’s got a long history of beat downs and just the space you have to work with is unmatched to any other AO in SW. Overhearing conversations last week, and picking up from my last Q here that was character themed, I listened to Dawg talking about the street artists at the Park… Let’s see what we can do with that…

FNGs: NADA
Warm Up: Quick Mosey, Good Morning, SSH, Frankenstein, Sir Fazio, Overhead Claps, Seal Claps. Let’s go.
The Workout:

1st Stop: The Bowl – Q split the PAX down the middle and groups were instructed to up one side 5 merkins, down and up the other 5 merkins – That’s 1.  Continue to 5 for a total of 50 Merkins.

Regroup and form 1 line for Bataan Death March. (Those unfamiliar – Leader sprints out from line, runs to back, as he passes the line the next person up sprints out, and so on and so on..) Continued to the large lot at the School. As we made our way through the lot, Q called out corner locations as landmarks.

2nd Stop: Circle in front of the school. Count off by 2’s.

Group 1 – Plank walk around the circle curb; Group 2 – 3 corners as a group in the parking lot – Counterclockwise. Corner 1 10 Star Jumps, Corner 2 10 Squats, Corner 3 10 Plank Jacks IC.

Switch & Repeat following clockwise

Group Moved to adjacent circle’s curb – Crab walk around the circle – 3 moves, 3 baby-dips. Group 2 Back around the parking lot again for same exercises above. This is where shit hit the fan…. Everyone started complaining and I thought my plans would go off the rails… (Note to first-time Q’s. When people start bitching you usually have a stellar thang going…. Work through it… Press on…) Both groups did some level of modification and some picked up on my plans and supported with a mosey around the circle!

I tried, Hidden Mickey!

 

Enough of that. Mosey back to the flag

 

Mary: WWI x20, LBC x20 IC, 6 inch hold 10 counts (x3), LSF IC x20, HND.
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Flo-Jo. Dude powered through the first traffic circle. I think he was the only one to make it all the way around with no break!
Prayer: YHC took us out

Easing Back Into Speed

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FNGs: n/a
Warm Up: A Skips, B Skips, Karaokes, Side Jumps, Lunge jumps, alternating 10 merkins and 10 LBCs
The Workout: On the track – 2x Run 400m, 800m, 300m intervals with 200m jog as rest. First set at 24-25 sec per 100m, second set at 23 sec per 100m.

Tiger claws and Leg swings between and after each set.
Mary: 5 x Accelerators for 60m

Announcements: Mulching going on at bass lake
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Friends struggling with depression during the pandemic.

Disappearing T-Back at R4TJ

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EC: Banana Seat, Cupid, Dawgpound, Emeril, McNugget, Pikachu, Redenbacher

Noticeable abscences:  Dumbo and Mookie

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up: YHC felt like I cheated the PAX last week so we started off with 10 X SSH and 10 X Frankenstein IC

The Workout:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary: MIA

Announcements: Check Slack and FB

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for picking up the 6 today. Pikachu and Cupid for the push up the hills for YHC.

Prayer: Pablo, Particle Board, Rainmaker, Cupid, Martini. Coal Ash’s Grandma, Skidmark and his family with their new baby today, unspoken.

YHC took us out. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Silent But Deadly

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Not a whole lot of mumble chatter today at TBD as  we kept everyone moving and working hard on a drizzly Wednesday morning.

PAX: Snap, Oboe, Elton, Buford, Florence, and Hardy

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey around the soccer field followed by karaoke, high knees, butt kickers, Good Mornings, Windmills, and Fazio arm circles.
The Workout:

Mosey over to the pavillion for a descending ladder:

4 exercises done 10 times, then 9 times… all the way to 1 – merkins, jump squats, dips, and WW2s

Indian Run to the shelter by the pone for a round of tabata

4 exercises done 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest for 3 sets – Shoulder Taps, Forward/Backward Jump Lunges, Balls to the Wall, and Alternating Side Lunges

Mosey over to the rock pile:

One person called out an exercise with the rock and ran around the parking lot while the group performed the exercise.  Made it around the circle twice.

Just to make sure nobody was going to walk away with an ounce of energy, we sprinted the long way around the soccer field from the rock pile to the tennis court for some Mary.

Mary: Low slow flutter, Freddy Mercury, Box Cutters, and LBCs
Announcements: Get signed up for mulching around Bass Lake
Prayer: Pablo’s family

Moist Bear Crawls

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EC: Dumbo, Emeril, Dawgpound, Redenbacher
FNGs: none
Warm Up: Moseyed over to the Goodwill parking lot.
15 SSH
10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbillies
10 Windmills.
The Workout: Continued mosey over to the road to nowhere. It went like this:
Bear crawl from the bottom to the stop sign. 10 squat exercises. Lunge back to the bottom. 10 merkin exercises. Rinse and repeat. About half way through, some PAX decided that bear crawls might mess up their manicure, so they opted to run up to the stop light and back.
After a few rounds of this, it was time to head back. Moseyed to the Goodwill parking lot. YHC felt bad that the runners missed out on the bear crawls, so we did 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Merkins, 10 Mountain Climbers and 10 Merkins before heading back for Mary.
Mary: Started with a little yoga and runner’s stretch. 15 WWIIs, 10 Box Cutters, 10 Homer to Marges, 10 Freddie Mercurys, 10 Pickle Pounders, 10 Mountain Climbers.
Announcements: Go check out the Schoolhouse AO at Garner Magnet HS on Wednesdays. Bass Lake mulch sign up is up. We use this trail, let’s give back!
T-Claps (Recognition): Tent City for coming out from Garner! Also, everyone that faced the rain and beat the fartsack this morning.
Prayer: Martini, Pablo and Oboe for loss in families.  YHC took us out.

A Sisyphus inspired workout

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11 PAX and 1 dog posted at Disney for a Sisyphus inspired Q.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Lap around the soccer field.  Circle up for the following exercises in cadence: SSH, Windmill, Good Morning, SirFazio Arm Circles
The Workout: Mosey to the bottom of the lot to select a rock for today’s workout.  Start on walkway around the soccer field, stop at the first corner for RuttRows ICx10.  Continue around soccer fields, john cusak the rocks, until we reached the split in the path with the hill.  Partner up for a Dora 1-2-3 (shared exercises of 100 goblet squats, 200 overhead presses, 300 curls for the girls), partner 1 ran started the exercises while partner 2 ran down the hill to complete 5 merkins and run back up to switch.  Once all groups were finished, continue to john cusak around the soccer fields stopping along the way to do: Merkins with 1 hand on the rock (10 each side), Midget cookie pouches, tricep extensions.  Once we made it back to the bathroom building we regrouped with our partners to complete 2 rounds of each: partner 1 hold BTTW while partner 2 did LSF while holding the rock x10 in cadence, partner 1 hold peoples chair while partner 2 did Homer 2 Marge with the rock in their lap.  Return the rocks and back to the flag for Mary
Mary: All exercises in cadence: LSF x 20, Box Cutter x20, pickle pounders x10
Announcements: check slack and FB
Prayer: Martini’s Family, Pablo’s Family, Cupid’s Family, First Responders