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Not so yellow brick road

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FNGs: Trash Plate (originally from Western NY)

Warm Up: F3 mission statement and disclaimer, SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps

The Workout: The task is simple, but not easy. Mosey the length of the greenway and back, stopping at every light post for a 10-count exercise. Exercises on the way out were a rotation of merkins, WWIIs and squats. On the way back we had mountain climbers, Freddie Mercuries and walking lunges. We covered about 1.6 miles in all.

Mary: American Hammers, Homer-to-Marge, light stretching

Announcements: backpacks, Warbucks 5 year anniversary and collecting items for UNC children’s critical care.

T-Claps (Recognition): Trash Plate for coming out and joining us, and Loafer for coming out for a third time. Keep it going fellas!

Prayer: Trash Plate’s friend, Loafer’s daughter

5 Year Anniversary Q – Gamecock gave ’em 9 inches when they really only needed 6

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5 years ago yesterday I came out to Kenny’s Grave for the first time at the behest of my friends Yosef, Slots, and Wrangler.  We ran to the AO where I then got my ass handed to me for 45 minutes.  I came back though the next week.  And every week after that for some time before I decided to venture out to other AOs and explore more of what South Wake had to offer.  It will sound like hyperbole but it’s not; it was life changing.  I’m thankful for every post, ever Q, and every PAX in the last 5 years and I’m looking forward to the next 5 as well.

Being that my first workout was so memorable I looked up the backblast from that beatdown (It’ was Kenny Grave’s 2nd workout post-resurrection) and tried to emulate it as much as I could, modifying only because of my shoulder injury.  We ended up with a lot of sweaty dudes at the end and I think everyone “enjoyed” themselves.

FNGs: None today

Warm Up:

Lap around the track and to the basketball courts

Squatted seal claps x20 IC

High knees x20 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Daisy Picker x15 IC

Imperial Walker x16 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

The Workout:

We paired up and went to the corner of the court for partner hops.

Partner 1 was on their 6 holding 6 inches while partner 2 did side hops over their legs.  Two round of this.  At one point someone complained that Gamecock was giving 9″ when they really only needed 6″.  Sounds like a personal problem.

After those two rounds we did Superman broad jumps around the court.  5 pax laid down and held superman while the other man did broad jumps over everyone.  Once he was done he got down and the last man started jumping.  We did this for one full lap around the basketball court.

After that we moseyed back to the parking lot and got in two lines.  Three rounds were done where one man from each line made their way up and back across the parking lot while everyone else was doing AMRAP exercises.

Round 1 – Duck walks and AMRAP squats

Round 2 – Lunge walks and AMRAP LBC

Round 3 – Backwards job and AMRAP reverse lunges

Finally over to the pavilion to do one set of 10 box jumps and 10 step ups with each leg.  We had to cut this short due to time.

Mary:

Back to the flag to do

Protractor

Exaggerated LBC x10 IC

Homer to marge x16 IC

Announcements:

Backpack collection for foster kids – See Abe’s posts in 3rd F channel.  We’ve closing in on our 150 goal

Warbucks is gathering donations to take to UNC in celebration of his son Maddox.  He has posted an Amazon wishlist in 3rd F and will also take monetary donations.  Reach out to him for more info.

Prayer:

Phew, there were a lot today so forgive me if I forget something or someone.

Banana Seat who is recovering from illness

H1N1’s daughter who is learning to drive.  Today is day 2 so clear the roads in FV.

Finkle’s wife has a job interview

Finkle’s project manager at work who is under a lot of stress due to contract stuff.

Finkle’s 2.0 traveling from Mexico to Texas

I know I’m missing some so my apologies for that.

 

The last 5 years have been a joy and I truly have enjoyed all of it, mostly because of all of you.  I can’t wait to see what the next 5 bring.

 

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New Pavement!

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This would be more exciting if it were at Possum Trot but the track around the Kenny’s Grave baseball fields has a new coat of blacktop that makes it very easy to run on. It was so new you could still smell it. We started our lap with 4 but upon return found a bike in the parking lot that wasn’t there when we started.  Warbucks caught up not long after and, thanks to me not being able to do them, penalty burpees were not assigned.  

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

Frankensteins x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbilies x10 IC

Willie Mays Hays x10 IC

Trunk Twists x10 IC

The Workout:

We moseyed down to one of the empty lanes of parking spaces and partnered up for dora.  Since we had an odd number I joined one of the groups and just mirrored one of those guys.  

100 jump squats

200 Imperial Walkers

300 LBC

The timer was the other partner duck walking all the way to the other side of the lot and then jogging back.  The group of two finished up first because Warbucks is a jump squat machine so they helped finish up the group of 3’s LBCs at the end.

After that it was off to the hill by the big baseball field for 11s.  Sumo squats at the top and in cadence calf raises on the fence at the bottom.  It was OYO but everyone got done at the same time anyway.

Time was running short so I modified the rest of the plan.  We started down the greenway path and stopped at the first set of bleachers.  We faced up the hill and went up doing Walk Like an Egyptian.  Line up like an Indian run and take a step in to a lunge and hold it while the PAX at the back lunge walks to the front.  Once he’s there, step in to a lunge with your other leg and continue.  We made it to the top of the hill and then moved on due to time (which there wasn’t much of).

Mary:

Heel taps x16 IC

Reverse LBC x16 IC

Announcements:

F3 Family picnic on 6/24.  Check 2nd F channel in Slack for details and to sign up to bring stuff

Prayer:

Finkle’s youngest who hasn’t been feeling well.

YHC’s M who has a scratched eye that may or may not be getting infected.

Praise for my M’s grandparents who are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary as well as her grandmother’s 90th birthday

Praise for Finkle’s M for her final day at her, now former, job.

 

What a beautiful morning it was to come workout out and share the morning with you all.  It’s an honor that you come and allow me to lead you through this, truly.  

 

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Kenny’s Grave 5.25.23

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PAX: @Finkle, @GHERKIN, @Cancun, @Abacus the OG

The Warm-Up: Mosey around the parking lot, Willie Mays Hayes, Daisy Pickers, SSH, Seal Claps and Overheads

The Event: Terrible time of 11’s with rocks.  We did various rock exercises and traveled with the rocks.  Crab rock walks and bear crawl with rocks really sucked!

Mary: Broga led by @Cancun

COT: can’t remember

Crab People

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FNGs: none

WarmUp: circle up for warm o rama

The Workout: start with a medium rock from the rock pile. Sorry Sweetheart, we’re going small, next time. 11s in the hill with wonder bras and squats carrying the rock. Uphill was done backwards and it burrrrrns. Next was lightpost travel with stacked exercises and the rock on tow. Methods of travel between poles: lunge walk, crab walk, John Cusack, and bear crawl with a rock push. Exercises squats, ground pounder, and merkins.

Mary: popcorn Mary

Announcements: outreach next week with Rubiks, run the Quay, brute squad

Prayer: Rubiks coworker heart attack, Finkles youth pastor surgery recovery, gamecocks church member healing, Kitty Litter adoption process

4 corners at the grave! 4.13.23

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PAX: @Gamecock, @Pumpkin Spice, @Finkle, @GHERKIN

Warm-up: Started with Good Mornin’s, Willie Mayes Hayes, SSH, Mountain Climbers, Seal Claps, Overhead clapps and a lap around the parking lot.

Main Event:  We each picked out a medium size rock and went over to the square in front of the city gym to do 4 corners.

Corner 1: Rock exercise, R1 Colt 45s, R2 Rut Rows, R3 Wonder Bras

Corner 2: Leg exercise, R1 Squats, R2 Sumo Squats, R3, Reverse Lunge

Corner 3: Abs exercise, R1 LBC’s, R2 Big Boy sit ups, R3 American Hammers

Corner 4: Merkin exercise: R1 Merkin, R2 10 wide Merkins and 10 Peter Parkers, R3 10 Angle Grinders

Mary: Broga

Prayer Requests: @Gamecock traveling with family and friend who is a mother of 5 in coma after brain surgery, @Pumpkin Spice is speaking at a middle school event this weekend and recovering from being sick

Kenny’s Grave Upper Body from 4.06.23

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PAX: @Sprinkler, @Finkle, @Si, @Felix

Warm-Up: SSH, Mountain Climbers, Sir Fazio’s, Imperial Walkers and mosey around the parking lot.

Main Event: Did a round of decreasing Sheldon Coopers.  Exercises were Burpees, Squats, Big boy sit ups, Merkins.  Started with sets of 10 took a lap around the parking lot and came back and did 9 in a set and so on.  We stopped after set 6 and down to the ball park bleachers.  We did sets of bleacher merkins, dips, and derkins.  This part really burned the shoulders!

After we finished a few sets we continued with Sheldon Coopers doing sets 5 down to 1.

Mary: can’t remember.

Prayer requests: can’t remember

So many WWIIs

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FNGs: Nope

Warm Up:  SSH, windmill, good morning, sir fazio arm circles, frankenstein, slo-mo merkins

The Workout:  Super lazy copy and paste from a workout Abe ran here last year.  Starting from the parking lot, made our way down the greenway, stopping at every other light pole for an exercise.  Upper, Lower, Core, repeato. 

For upper, we either did a merkin sampler (5 standard, 5 wide grip, 5 diamond), or Carolina Dry Docks. 

Lower we alternated between standard squats and jump squats (Squat down, touch the ground with both hands outside the feet, then spring up to a jump).

Core was only WWIIs.  I wanted to max these out for some reason.  Mission accomplished. 

Mary:  Not much time left, so we did box cutters and LBCs…I think that’s it.

Announcements:  Nope

Prayer:  My M in her job search

Kenny’s Grave Out and Back

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PAX: @Finkle, @Pumps

Warm-up: Mosey around the parking lot.  Daisy pickers, Willie Mayes Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies

Workout: Headed over to the ball park bleachers and did 2 rounds of dips, irkens, dirkens all with a 10 count and wall sits for a minute each round.  Then we headed down the green way doing 10 count of prescribed exercise stopping at each light pole.  R&R on the way back.  We stopped at bleachers again for 2 more rounds of dips, irkens, dirkens, and wall sits.

Mary: Homer to Marge, Freddie Mercuries, boat canoes, lower back stretches, and leg stretches.

Prayer requests: @Warbucks father with back pain, @Gamecock’s father-in-law recovering from brain surgery.

Heartbreak at KG

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4 PAX came out to Kenny’s Grave. We took a field trip that an old school HIM (Yosef) once took me to. The hill at Parker Pointe pool was great for killing the legs.

Mosey
Warm up on the way to hill
Good mornings
SSH
Mtn climbers

Heartbreak 1, 2, 3’s
100 hand release merkins
200 groiners
300 squat jumps

Indian run back

Mary
Double triangle crunch
Pretzels
Out and ups
LBC’s

Great work PAX.

BS Out!