The Taper

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There was a vote yesterday between two routes YHC posted. BUT since I drew the voting maps I got to choose what we did despite Lipstick and UTI’s attempt a voter fraud.

FNGs: None but we need some
Warm Up: Count off. Red messed up the count and has to repeat K math.
The Workout: 5 miles on about the flattest course I could design.
Mary: We stretched, somewhat and counted off again.
Announcements: The sweet smell of trash has made it’s way to Fuquay so there will be a cleanup on Sunday after the ruck. It was promised to be the “most fun trash pickup ever.” See LED or Breach. Lawn Dart has made contact with a swim coach to prepare pax for upcoming tri’s. If you’re interested contact Lawn Dart. Let’s not waste this person’s time.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: YHC took us out.

Uptown Funk

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The last two time YHC Q’d at Possum Trot I was either solo or there was one other man there so imagine my delight when I pulled in this morning to find 5 other cars parked and waiting.  A good crowd came out to get strong together and to bring a new brother in to the fold.  I was “looking forward” to this workout for a couple days and was excited to see how it played out.  Hopefully everyone enjoyed their time this morning.

FNGs:

Welcome Rocky Road!

Warm Up:

After the disclaimer was given we did a  quick warmup lap around the tennis courts and then circled up for our warmup.

20x SSH IC

10x Sir Fazio Arm circles forward and reverse IC

10x Windmill IC

10x Daisy Pickers IC

10x Frankenstein IC

10x Imperial Walker IX

The Workout:

We moseyed to the gate at the top of the road that ran down along the ballfields where YHC described this morning’s fun.  The exercise I had come up with I was naming Build’em Up Ultracides.  The format was simple.  We’d do 5 count exercise and then run to a spot where we’d do those 5 again and then 10 of another.  We’d run back to the start where we’d do the 5, 10, and then 15 of another.  Run to a farther spot and… you get the picture.

The exercises were:

5 – Burpees

10 – Merkins

15 – Turkish Getups

20 – SSH

25 – American Hammers

30 – Squats

Our running points were (obviously) at the gate to start, then to the concession stand, back to the gate, down to the playground, back to the gate, down to the end of the road, and then back to the gate.

Once we got all the way to 30 we started to work our way back down, removing an exercise each stop.  We swapped the Turkish getups and merkins for time’s sake.  Even with that we didn’t get all the way through and ended with a 15 count.  I was pretty sweaty and didn’t feel like we lost anything so we headed up to the tennis courts for

Mary:

Circle up in the tennis courts for :

10x LBC

10x LBC with knees to the left and then to the right

10x LSF

10x Box cutters

Announcements:

Trash pickup this Sunday at the Prison Yard/Needmore Ruck AO site from 7-8.  Reach out to LED or Sprinker for more details

Sleep in Heavenly Peace eagle scout bed build upcoming and then need help.  More information to come on this.

Prayer:

Fram’s friend Randy from his small group who is dealing with cancer

YHC’s coworker Alan who is also dealing with cancer as well as surgery complications

YHC and my family.  It’s been a rough year filled with COVID, stress, mental health concerns with the kids, and struggling motivation for me

 

I hope you all enjoyed this morning as much as I did.  For as much as I’ve been struggling this year I always feel so much better after getting out there and seeing all your smiling, sweaty faces.  Expect to see more of me as I turn this year around, starting today.

 

Always an honor

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Interrupt Q, burpees for you. And everyone else.

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PAX: Woody, Abe, Bobby Boucher, Bobby Dall, Yogurt, Moose, Wild Turkey, Tom Tom, U.T.I, Shredder, McNugget, Bondo
Warm Up:  6 for EC – Tom Tom, Woody, Abe, UTI, Wild Turkey, McNugget.  ME Warmup – Good morning, SSH, Fazio
The Workout:  Once again I showed up with only a vague idea of what I was going to do, and almost immediately called audibles along the way.  Partnered up, moseyed to the bank where we ran a few rounds of patty-cake merkin meetups.  Moseyed to the hill for 7’s, YHC asked for suggestions and Abe shouted “WWIIs and Squats”, to which a handful of complaints were voiced regarding the wet parking lot, so of course, WWII and squats it was.  However, after more griping, the squats were converted to star jumps.

Mosey to the rail for dips, with alternating leg raises.  Mosey for sample platter merkins – standard, wide grip, diamonds.  Mosey to rock pile for Derkin Carolina Dry Docks.  Goodwill building for Balls to the Wall-Walkers:  BTTW, then “walking” uphill about 15-20 feet.  3 Rounds each.  People’s chair, 5-count each.  Back to the rail for more alternating leg-lift Dips.  Goodwill parking lot for sample platter merkins.  Mosey back to start, with a stop for 1 round of Train Track Hops.    … I think that’s it.

Everybody kicked ass today.
Mary:  Down Dog Crunches:  DD position, raise a leg up then swing it to elbow for a 4-count, return, swing to forehead 4-count, return, swing to opposite elbow for 4-count.  Both legs=1 round.  2 rounds done.    Freddy Mercury, WWI, have a nice day.
Announcements:  3-Alarm bootcamp/run, request was made for someone to be there by 5 if possible.
T-Claps & Prayer:  Bobby Boucher starting a new job today!

Tea Time Murph 8 of 52: Big Hair 80’s Rock

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Tea Time has her regulars….. great to see Moose, Cancun, Yogurt, Dusty & Foul Ball….

Deere & Cancun with some miles for EC….. Big Hair 80’s rock tunes blasting…… mumble chatter about future location as Womble is starting to become a little too busy with kids and Eastern European soccer’s moms.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: arm circles, daisy pickers, high knees

The Workout: MURPH

Mary: None
Announcements: GUMP has the Thunder Q this week
T-Claps (Recognition): Pax at the murph
Prayer: Pax at Wrightsville, unspoken

Sheepdog- 2/18/22

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Something to bring home to M; Straps and points.

Three Pax for EC and the ME at Sheepdog. 
Warm Up: Pax jumped right in the a quick mosey around the parking lot, then snaked up and down the parking lines with lateral shuffles.  Upon circling up we executed 4 rounds of SSH; 25 each IC. Between each set we did assorted arm exercises (SFAC, seal claps, overhead claps, and a combo seal to overhead). We then moved on to IW and HB & Frankensteins.

The Workout: Over to the shelter at the entrance to the schools we did a rotation of exercises including band work. Biceps, press, dips, erkins, derkins, rows, step ups, box jumps.

Mary: LBCs and Crab cakes.

Prayer: family, Pax, mental health

President’s Day 2022 – Which President is on the $100 Bill? Fanny knew the answer. 

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Warm up: Bat Wings: Fozio Arm Circles 10x forward/reverse, 10x seal claps, 10x overhead claps; repeat

Mosey to lower corner of parking deck near tower stairs. First trivia question: Which president is on the $100 bill? Fanny Pack knew: None. Benjamin Franklin was never president.

Benjamin Franklins ($100). Partner up. One partner goes to top of stairs and back while other does SSH. Shooting for 100. With required two trips per PAX to the top, most pairs far exceeded 100. Al Gore (Vice President) while we wait for the six.

Mosey around the entire building to the top corner of the upper parking deck. One each corner, I marked a pain station with a cone and printout of four denominations of currency: $5, $10, $20, $50. We kept partners for “accountability” only. We raced station to station, with the first PAX to arrive announcing the exercise that he had found.

I asked trivia question at each station. I planned for the winner to keep the printed “bills.” But, then I lost track of who won what. I was close at the end. Winners: Fanny Pack, Cornholio, Bondo, U.T.I., and Full House (see below).

$5 Lincolns: 5 burpees OYO. Where is our very own @Abe when you need him?

$10 Alexander Hamilton: 10 star jumps. Who is on the $10 bill? Even with the printout, it took a while to get this one? And was Alexander Hamilton ever president? No! Cornholio got this one. How did Hamilton die? Lost to Aaron Burr in a dual. Yes, a dual.

$20 Andrew Jackson. 20 Merkins.

$50 Ulysses S. Grant. 50 Mountain climbers. Was Grant ever president? Yes.

 

Mary: Bobby Boucher got it started with some low slow flutter while I grabbed my phone. I immediately went to Pickle pounders. An obvious shout out to President Bill Clinton. And you should have heard @Full House’s imitation: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Hilarious!

Announcements: Wilmington Marathon this weekend.

Prayer Requests: Unspoken. YHC took us out.

Happy Presidents Day. Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Hand drawn vector portraits isolated on white background.

Boulders and Balls

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FNGs: None 

6 HIMs posted to GP on a cold dry morning for boulders and balls.  YHC brought the music box and basketballs. 

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, Bus Drivers, Wonder Bras, Rut Rows and Ground Pounders.

3 sets of 10x3ct Skull Crushers and Presses

1 set each of 10x3ct Windsheild Wipers, Box Cutters, Low Slow Flutter, Freddie Mercuries,

Mosey to the B-Ball court for Heavy Balls

20 minutes of Knockout. PAX line up and try to knock the HIM in front of them out by getting the ball in the basket before they do.  If knocked out, 20 ct exercise and then return to the line.

Exercises: 20 10X3ct SSH, 10 Merkins+ 10 Squats, 20 LBCs, 20 Imperial Walkers,

Prayer Requests:   Pumpkin Spice on sabbatical with next role in question. DOA diagnosed with meniere’s disease (inner ear disorder causing dizziness) and step-father Wes battling cancer.

Announcements: CSAUP in South Cary in April, Wilmington Marathon/Half next weekend, Motor Boatin’s 1st 5K March 4/5th.

Captain Caveman 2/15/22

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EC: Dawgpound

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up:

Bounce
Foot Trace
Spinal Rotations
Fazio Arm Circles
Good Mornings

The Workout:

We had a little upper body circuit going on at the Caveman.

5 rounds of the following exercises with a lap around the parking lot in between to get the heartrate up.

10 Each Side – Uppercuts
10 Each side –  Ballistic Curls
10 Each Leg  – Side Lunges
10 Each side –  Bow Draw
20  Bent Over Rows

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Rinse and repeat.

Mary: We went around the circle and all PAX called out an exercise.

Announcements: Check Slack and FB.

T-Claps (Recognition): Stubs for helping out at LAR and getting back out in the gloom!

Prayer: Pumpkin Spice on his Sabbatical, Stub’s Dad, unspoken

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

 

Burpee Golf at Possum Trot 2/9/22

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: Can’t remember but we did something
The Workout: Multiple coupons of Heavy weight. (Sprinkler wanted something lighter) One PAX wore weight vest and flipped tire while the rest of us lifted to an I/C 20 count of any upper body exercise you wanted. One PAX threw frisbee in hopes of getting it close to tire. For every step away it was one burpee.  We repeated this cycle twice and the tire went to the other end of the parking lot and back while coupons were stationary. Ended up on over 150 burpee count before Mary. Breach will blame it on the frisbee, but we may have just been tired.
Mary: We did stuff for our abs.
Announcements: Can’t remember…check slack.  I am just typing words at this point because I cannot remember the announcements. Which is why 16-Bit is the BB Nazi and wants you to do them immediately after you Q.  Cancun should be the social media Q…Or maybe he should be the Meme Q…Those make me laugh….HAAAAAAAHHHHAAAAA!
T-Claps (Recognition): Anyone who reads this.
Prayer:  Injured PAX, unspoken, Gumps Dad passing. Breach with safe contest and reconnecting with an old friend.

Prison Yard Mini Heist 2/8/22

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH, Frankenstein’s, Hillbillies/Imperial Walkers (Moseyed and explained the heist)
The Workout: One PAX to perform heist at a time. Start at parking lot entrance at top of hill. Tire drag entire way through course. 1. Lunge walk to Tire flip, 2. Tire flip to 3. sledge swings (20 reps), Mosey to 4. OH press 40lbs kettlebell (30 reps), Mosey to 5. Curls for girls (40 reps) this is midway down clubhouse hill, Mosey to entrance tree at bottom of hill. 6. 50 rope individual rope slams. Run with tire dragging back to start at top of parking lot.  Support PAX did Bear Crawls, all styles of merkins, Crab walks, all styles of abs, Shoulder taps and supermans, SSH, Fast feet and always made sure solo tire drag PAX did NOT finish alone.
Mary: No time
Announcements:  check slack
T-Claps (Recognition): All who finished it.
Prayer: Unspoken and YHC took us out.