FNGs: None
4 HIMs posted to GP on a perfect morning to freeze your hands on boulders. YHC brought the music box and discs. Plenty of good mumblechatter
Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings, Willie Maze Hays, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions), arm stretches, 20x3ct SSH
Mosey to rock pile.
The Workout
Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock. Alternate rocks between exercises.
3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise: Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders.
3 sets of 10x3ct: Rock Press and Skull Crushers
1 set of 10×3 ct: Windshield Wipers, Low Slow Flutter, Box cutters
2 sets of 10×3 ct Rock Spanks (with and without consent) and Single Arm Merkins.
3 holes of disc golf w/ exercises between tosses.
Each PAX took turns driving a disc toward basket (squat hold while ya wait). Exercise after a quick mosey to your disc
Hole 1 Exercises: 5 burpees and 10×3 ct LBCs
Hole 2 Exercises: 10 Merkins, 10x3ct SSH,
Hole 3 Exercises: 10 Squats, 10 Star Jumps
Prayer Requests: Gump lost his father this week, those suffering from mental or physical challenges and sickness.
Announcements: Long Ass Run next Sat, Wilmington Marathon Feb 26th and Triangle Tri in June
T-Claps – Yogurt can toss a disc a hell of a long way
Little Bit of Everything
/in Downtown Train /QIC: Fanny PackPAX: Bird Flu, Bobby Boucher, Brexit, Fanny Pack, Hasselhoff, Moose, Tetanus, Wild Turkey
YHC took the helm of the Downtown Train on a rainy, cold morning. The plan was to travel a good amount…so we did!
FNG’s: Welcome aboard Bird Flu!!!
Warm Up: Did some SSH and some Good Mornings. Went on a mosey down to the pool! We did Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies.
The Workout: Jack Squats ladder. 1 Squat = 3 squat jumps…we did that up to 5, then went back down. Headed over to Library Hill for some BOMBS! Partner up and run opposite directions on the hill, turn around and meet up for: 10 burpees, 15 Overhead Clap IC, 20 Merkins, 25 BB Sit Ups, 30 Squats. Went up and bear crawled 1 traffic circle, followed by lunge walk on the next. Mosey over to grab rocks and went to the barber shop. We did a series of 5 ct. per PAX People’s Chair, then bear crawled out to rock for a 15 ct. rock exercise. We did 15 x 2 of: WonderBra, Curls for the Girls, Rut-Row, Tricep Press…each time bear crawling back to the wall for more People’s Chair.
Mary: We returned rocks and moseyed to the garage for Mary with rain falling harder. We finished with a 1:3 Jack Webbs up to 5.
Announcements: Long Ass Run Saturday, details from Skidmark.
T-Claps (Recognition): Great to see Brexit again…and … welcome FNG BirdFlu.
Prayer: Folks with COVID, Hasselhoff’s parents. YHC took us out. An honor to lead boys!
Time to fly at the Nest
/in The Nest /QIC: FarvaPAX: @Florence/Flojoe, Finkle, H1N1, Martini, Poop Eater, Warbucks
FNGs: N/a
Warm Up: Solo EC run to scout some destinations.
At 05:30 on the dot we circled up for side straddle hops, arm circles, seal claps, arm circles reverse, overhead claps, imperial walkers, arm circles, seal claps, arm circles reverse, overhead claps. Lots of flapping done as we prepared to leave the nest.
The Workout: Time to go! Left the park and made our way over to the big hill on church st. 1 squat jump at the top of the hill, made our way to the bottom for 10 mtn climbers in cadence. Back up the hill for 2 squat jumps, back down for 9 mtn climbers. Continue the trend until we completed 4 squat jumps and 7 mtn climbers. Then we completed 25 squat jumps at the top and 25 mtn climbers at the bottom as time and legs became a factor.
Left the hill and made our way to the school steps. 1 merkin at the bottom, run up and down the steps, 1 merkin at the bottom, 2 merkins on step 1, run up and down the steps, 1 merkin at the bottom, 2 merkins on step 1, 3 on step 2, continue the pattern up the 10 steps but counting back down after 5. We all joined together at the end for 1 merkin at the top, 2 on the first step down, 3 on the next…4,5,5,4,3,2,1.
We then left the steps that made us miss the hill and went over to do rail crawls up both rails.
On to our last destination, the long ramp up to the park. We bear crawled what seemed like forever and whenever a pax stopped they did 10 monkey humpers before crawling again.
Mary: we finally returned to the nest for some Ab(ish) work. 10 monkey humpers, 20 low slow flutter, 20 homer to marge, 20 pickle pounders, 20 reverse LBCs, 10 side crunches each side, and 10 hello dollys before have a nice day.
Announcements: Long run this weekend
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Several requests mentioned and I took us out
Lots of frozen fingers at GP
/in Ground Pounder /QIC: ForcepsPAX: Forceps, HazMat, Stubs, Yogurt
FNGs: None
4 HIMs posted to GP on a perfect morning to freeze your hands on boulders. YHC brought the music box and discs. Plenty of good mumblechatter
Warm Up: 10x3cts of: Good Mornings, Willie Maze Hays, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (both directions), arm stretches, 20x3ct SSH
Mosey to rock pile.
The Workout
Circle of Rock (of course): Mosey to the Rock Pile pick a LARGE rock. Alternate rocks between exercises.
3 sets of 10x3ct of each exercise: Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders.
3 sets of 10x3ct: Rock Press and Skull Crushers
1 set of 10×3 ct: Windshield Wipers, Low Slow Flutter, Box cutters
2 sets of 10×3 ct Rock Spanks (with and without consent) and Single Arm Merkins.
3 holes of disc golf w/ exercises between tosses.
Each PAX took turns driving a disc toward basket (squat hold while ya wait). Exercise after a quick mosey to your disc
Hole 1 Exercises: 5 burpees and 10×3 ct LBCs
Hole 2 Exercises: 10 Merkins, 10x3ct SSH,
Hole 3 Exercises: 10 Squats, 10 Star Jumps
Prayer Requests: Gump lost his father this week, those suffering from mental or physical challenges and sickness.
Announcements: Long Ass Run next Sat, Wilmington Marathon Feb 26th and Triangle Tri in June
T-Claps – Yogurt can toss a disc a hell of a long way
A Mix of Complaints and Cheers
/in Crazy Ivan /QIC: Fanny PackPAX: 187, Banana Seat, Dahmer, Emeril, Fanny Pack, Full House, McNugget, Moose, Ponzi, Pumpkin Spice, Quiver, Warbucks, Yoshi
Ya know…everyone is a critic. At Crazy Ivan, it is incumbent on the Q to choose the playlist, so I always choose mine. Today, there were equal numbers of complaints versus kudos for the playlist. “Hell yeah..this is my jam”, “I’m down with Fanny on this one”, “Thowin it back…yeah!”, It’s too loud”, “what the hell are they singing?”, “This makes me wanna go bust stuff up”, “Crazy Ivan…when Fanny’s the Q, you leave angrier then when you got here.” Good stuff right there.
Warm Up: SSH x 25, Good Mornings, Seal Claps, Frankensteins, Spinal Rotation.
The Workout: This was a “recover on your time workout”, so the timer just kept going. It was a 1:15/:45 Tabata/AMRAP with the Kettlebells. During the 1:15, YHC would call an exercise. During the :45 PAX had a choice of Boobity-Boobitys, Plank Hold, Swings, or Snatches. Rest was entirely up to the PAX. Some PAX took it upon themselves to stretch, run, etc. during the :45. OK. Exercises that YHC called during the 1:15 segments were: Bell Merkins, Bridge Pullover, Bobbity Boobity, Squats, Suitcase Lift, 1 leg Deadlift, Lawnmower, Halo, Figure 8, Curls for the Girls, 1 Arm Shoulder Press, Ground Pounders, Plank Pull Through, Midget Cookie Pouch, Midget Love Handle, Swings.
Mary: Bad form plank and downward dog, with some runner’s stretches. Awful Q examplehood!
Announcements: Long Ass Run, 2/12…details on Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition): Ponzi…cotter…back out in the Gloom!
Prayer: Lots of relatives sick or injured. Emeril daughter/family with just being a teenager! YHC took us out and ended this debacle!
Owls are Bigger than I Thought
/in Disney /QIC: Fanny PackPAX: 187, Banana Seat, Bobby Dall, Deadpool, Fanny Pack, Florence Flojo, Hardy, Moose, SoftServe, U.T.I
YHC took the helm at Disney this morning promising stops at several attraction the park had to offer, so I did. 4 Thangs and plenty of Mary during this workout! During EC, 187 and I spotted an owl swoop down from the trees and land totally silent…that sucker was huge!
Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazios, Seal Claps, and Overhead Claps, then a long mosey over to the large HS parking lot.
The Workout: Started with some Poopeaters x 10 IC in honor of our K9 friend! We then partnered up for some whellbarrow/merkin ladders. Wheelbarrow your partner to parking lines, they start with 1 merkin, move, then 2 at the next…so on until hitting the 7th parking line. Finished in this area with Poopeaters x10 again IC.
Mosey over to the traffic circle in front of the HS and split in two groups. 1 group did an Indian run to the top of the hill and did 5 Star Jumps, while the other group stayed at the circle and did 15 merkins, 15 WW1’s, 15 squats, and 15 burpees. Groups switch. We did 4 rounds of this.
A quick jaunt back to the large lot to do a whole group, lunge walk, bear crawl Indian walk…let’s say. Pax in back of the line is the bear crawler until he gets to the front. All others lunge walk. Everyone got a turn.
Moseyed over to the big dark hill behind the soccer fields for a “take that hill” series. Up the hill…20 Hand Release Merkins, Up the Hill…15, Up the Hill…10.
Mary: Moseyed back to the flag for Mary for 20 counts of: LSF’s, LBC’s, Homer to Marge, American Hammers, BB Sit Ups, Freddie Mercury.
Announcements: LAR on 2/12…details on Slack. Raising money for ALS with SuperBowl Squares…reach out to Dauber. Wear Red Fridays boys! OurLegsForCrabLegs
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Lots of praises from FloJo about job situations, several Pax have sick/injured relatives. YHC took us out….glad to be back on the Q at Disney!
Was I Missed?
/in Paradise City /QIC: Fanny PackPAX: 187, Cupid, Dawgpound, Dumbo, Emeril, Fanny Pack, Lipstick, M4Life, McNugget, Mookie, Pablo, Tetanus, U.T.I
After the callout from Dumbo last week, I realized I hadn’t been to Paradise City in a bit. Well, YHC decided to throw down a “no secrets here” workout, where everyone looped the entire park more than several times. I think around 3.2-3.5 miles, depending on watches, etc. All Pax stepped up to take several turns in calling 10 count exercises at our stops along the way.
FNG’s: none.
Warm Up: Warm up lap around the entire parking/soccer field L loop. Stopped at bottom of ramp, Top of Stairs, Corner of Sportsmanship, Guardrail, top of hill by tennis courts, over by dumpsters, knee wall at top of ramp. Exercises along the way were: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins, Irkins, Good Mornings, Sir Fazio’s, Shoulder Taps…all x10.
The Workout: Split in two groups, that ran opposite directions, all stopping at the same spots, to do a PAX choice of a 10 ct. exercise. Two rounds were Indian runs, two rounds were Mosey. We finished a last round together until reaching the basketball courts…literally as time expired.
Mary: built in
Announcements: Long Ass Run Sat. Feb 12th on the ATT…details from Skidmark.
T-Claps (Recognition): Good to see Tetanus back out at Paradise City! Thanks Dumbo for the push!
Prayer: Spoken/Unspoken. Thanks fellas for the opportunity to lead!
Library Day Part Deux
/in AO Post, Downtown Train /QIC: AbePAX: Abe, Bondo, Hasselhoff, Hurts A Little, Maybelline, Moose, Pumpkin Spice, Quiver, Wild Turkey, Yogurt
Warm Up: Mosied down Library Hill to the pool parking lot. Circled up for: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies, Windmills, Sir Fazio Arm Circles (forward/back), Seal Claps, Overhead Claps.
Mosied back up Library Hill and met in front of the amphitheater.
The Workout: YHC was looking back through Downtown Train backblasts for inspiration and decided to redo a workout from Nov 2020. It’s not complicated, but it’s effective.
Thing 1: Diamond.
4 exercises, one at each corner. Start with 5 reps, increase by 5 each round, going up to 20 reps. Exercises were Merkins, LBCs, Squats and Side Lunges.
Thing 2: Rocks!
Curls for the Girls, Triceps, Ruh Rohs. 10 in cadence each. Drop the rocks, SSH x10. Repeat two more times.
Mary: WWIIs, American Hammers, Low Slow Flutters, Chill Cut Plank, Pickle Pounders. Wrapped up with some stretches and yoga.
Announcements: Donate blood! Q Source on Wed mornings at Panara
Prayer: Praises for Quiver’s sister on the mend, praises for PAX getting back in the gloom after being out with injury and illness, continued prayers for those still healing.
Moleskin: Sometimes I fall out of the habit of rising early and getting out to an AO. It gets pretty bad if I let it go on for a few days. I have found one way to cure this is to sign up for a couple of consecutive Q spots. The additional accountability that comes with knowing a group of guys is waiting for you to show up and lead is a good motivator to get out of bed. Once you’ve got that ball rolling for a few days, it’s easier to get back into the routine.
AGS It’s Not That Cold
/in Any Given Sunday /QIC: YogurtPAX: Abe, Full House, Moose, Woody, Yogurt
AGS forecast called for clear and cold. Abe with the early HC, followed by some headlocking, followed by Woody HC, Moose HC, and finally Full House on the EC/HC. All five of us showed up at 0558, right on time. Granted Full House a bathroom pass and we started our warmup. At 18 degrees, this was probably one of the coldest workouts of the year. We kept moving and everybody stayed warm.
Warm Up: 25 SSH, 10 GMs, 20 high knees, 1 minute stretching OYO for whatever YOU need before running
The Workout: With it freezing cold, I knew that the Bass Lake trails would not be muddy, but would be hard packed frozen instead. I was right. Wanted to take advantage of the connection to Sunset Bluffs. Instead of the purely traditional route of running down the Bass Lake Outfall Greenway from Womble, I decided to do a “reverse” route. From Womble, we took Stinson to Bass Lake Road and headed down to Bass Lake. Abe arrived at the parking lot first and led us down the mulch and over the bridge. Then to picnic shelter and DOWN the hill. We connected to Sunset Bluffs and ran about a mile total up the hill and back down. Finally, we took the Bass Lake Outfall Greenway all the way back to Womble.
Mumble chatter. Wolfpack stunk on Saturday. Football NFC and AFC championship games later today. Woody heading to the opera for some culture.
Mary: None
Announcements: F3 continues to run with 3-Alarm on Tuesdays. Many of you have seen the joy. I know it’s a challenging time of day, but it’s totally worth it.
Prayer: Full House’s M in pain from old root canal, surgery coming up. Prayers for all those brothers and families with Covid.
Cancun was late – but luckily not pregnant….
/in AO Post, Ground Pounder /QIC: John DeerePAX: Cancun, John Deere, Pumpkin Spice
3 Pax for a chilly Ground Pounder……..
FNGs: None
Warm Up: Seal Claps, Arm Circles, Knee 2 Chest, SSH
The Workout: Mosey down the creep path toward Veteran Park Shelter, stopping for some Merking, Burpee’s & Hill Billie’s on the way. At the Shelter, Dice Workout: 2 = Diamond Merkin (5), 3 = SSH (10), 4 = Hill Bills (10), 5 = High Knees (10), 6 = BALLS with shoulder taps (6), 7 = Squats (10), 8 = Wall Sit (10), 9 = Mountain Climbers (10), 10 = Heel Crab Touches (10), 11 = Merkins (10), 12 = Burpees (5)
Completed a few rounds then mosey to the playground bars – 1 PAX preformed 5 pull-up, the rest doing dips and inclined merkins, rinse repeat a few times. (spoke with two guys who work out together on a Saturday morning at the park and told them about F3 etc etc….)
Back to shelter for a little more dice then 5 mins YOGA (thanks Cancun) – Mosey back up the creepy path to Jones park (stopping for some regular, diamond & wide grip merkins)
Mary: American Hammers (20), Wall sit (20), Homer to Marge 10, Right leg up 10, left leg up 10, Wall Sit over head claps (20)
Announcements: nothings particular… a lot of marathons going on.
T-Claps (Recognition): We are awesome for turning up
Prayer: for our kids & John Deere international travel next week to Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Good Start
/in Downtown Train /QIC: Fanny PackPAX: 3rd Cousin, Abe, Bobby Boucher, Da Business, Fanny Pack, Hasselhoff, Hurts A Little, Moose, Quiver, Tetanus, Wild Turkey
A great start to the work week! A new start for YHC taking on another gig starting today…why not step up and lead out of the gat this morning? Ice spots everywhere…running difficult.
FNG’s: nopes
Warm Up: Did Sir Fazio’s, Frankensteins, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers.
The Workout: A quick mosey to the long stretch of non-icy road between the parking garage and end of Earp St. Suicides with Star Jumps to each light pole. 10-20-30. Mosey to the garage for some 11’s with Dirkins and Dips. A quick jaunt over to the wall for some People’s Chair x 30 IC, then 30 Prisoner Squats, then 30 SSH IC…repeato except count was 20. Followed by BTTW x 30IC, Foxhole Merkins x 30. Then repeato on that to 20 ct.
Mary: Back to the flag for Mary for LSF’s, Lunges, Pickle Pounders, and Homer to Marge.
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Moose continues to come out blazin’!!!
Prayer: All those with COVID, injured Pax.