Vagrants in Paradise City

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FNG: none

wup- short mosey to the ramp, good morning, Willie Mayes, Hayes, arm, circles, imperial walkers, hillbillies.

Thang 1:

Bottom of the ramp, single count feet over the post. Run to middle of ramp 10 broke back irking, 10. Bobby Hurley’s run to top of ramp three Burpee‘s. Repeat on way down. And repeat for four rounds.

Thang 2

mission &  Core values In plank and quarter squat position.

Bear crawl to the middle of ramp, three consecutive broad jump Burpee‘s until we reach the top. Repeat sequence back down the ramp. Question life choices at the mid point.
Mosey back to cars

Mary: Yoga/stretch stretching

Announcements: Queue them all challenge

Prayers: LED for Spanky coming-of-age, 8 mile prayers for oldest son to find faith. Fram For Wife to find peace And know that she’s enough.

End of an Era

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FNGs: lol we can’t even get normal PAX to show up, you think we can get an FNG Warm Up: poop The Workout: mosey, poop, merkins, mosey, poop, mosey Mary: Announcements: T-Claps non-existent: Prayer: skidmark recover from illness

Confusing Q Shenanigans

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I stepped up when ‘absent slacker’ Lipstick passed the Q to me without a proper transition.  Thanks to Downrange and Dumbo for educating me before my unexpected Q.

With short notice, I went to the archives for inspiration aka Google.  I quickly found the original inaugural backblast for Paradise City via Chips and Emeril.  Complete with custom Paradise City song lyrics from one Happy Trees.

UI GENERATED PARADISE CITY SONG FROM THE ORIGINAL BACKBLAST

https://f3churham.com/take-me-down-to-paradise-city/

LYRICS BY HAPPY TREES
https://www.udio.com/songs/9hyKp7Lx6p9qsFzmmsRovq

FNGs: Nada

Warm Up: Mozy around the loop, Good Mornings, SSH, Windmills

The Workout: Partner up and DORA on the Ting Ramp – Merkins, LBCs, Squats

Mozy around the outside of the Ting Loop and down to the tunnel

People’s Chair and/or Balls2Walls while partner takes the long side of the greenway.  Switch 2x

Mary:  Good Mornings

Announcements: 2nd F Happenings, Check Slack.  Water stations for Spring Classic

T-Claps (Recognition):  Good times for 2nd F Skeet Shooting from Moose.  More to come

Prayer: Silent Prayers

This could be the start of BRR Training

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FNGs: not today.

Warm Up: Incorporated into the workout.

The Workout:  Leave Ting and head to the greenway in Arbor Creek.  Stops along the way for good mornings, arm circles, over head claps, seal claps, reverse lunge, squat.

At the greenway bridge we stopped and spent the remainder of our time on the hill that enters into Sunset Ridge.  Pax did 10 merkins and 10 IC LBCs then ran to the cul de sac for 10 star jumps.  Rinse and repeat.

On the return to Ting we stopped for additional reverse lunges, windmills and good mornings.

Finished up with the Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. 

Mary: she didn’t show up today!

Announcements: Couple of service opportunities this weekend –

  • HSFC gutter install and clean up.  
  • Travis Manion road clean up in FV.

T-Claps (Recognition): Banana Seat with his weighted vest this morning.  Pikachu, Vasoline and Gizmo with EC this morning.

Prayer:  Banana Seat’s mother had quadruple bypass last week.  Sick/injured PAX.

Paradise City 8-19-2024

Paradise City – Burpees and Speed

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EC: Full House, H1N1, Yogurt

FNGs: None, but @Karoake could be considered a Kotter

Warm Up: 5 burpees OYO, 10 GMs, 5 more burpees OYO, 25 SSH, 25 OH claps. Circled the fields and tennis courts a couple of times with minimum 5 burpees OYO at each corner, plus one exercise, including merkins, big-boy sit-ups, and OH claps.

Main Event 1: Suicides on tennis courts. Been a long time since we visited these. Recalled immediately that fenced sections are three courts wide, which worked out great.

Each run = Far sideline court 1, back; far sideline court 2, back; far sideline court 3, back.

Exercises upon completing each run = Plank jacks, shoulder taps, OH presses

Finished with one last run to far sideline court 3, Karaoke led the way.

Main event 2: Sprints on Ramp

Format: Similar to suicides – Sprint to first blue sign “Foul ball area,” walk back; Sprint to second sign, walk back; Sprint to third sign, walk back. We had time for only three, but everyone accelerated.

Mary: Stretched those hammies while they were warm.

Announcements: 3-Alarm event is on, just like every Tuesday. This week, there will be extended fellowship afterwards.

Prayer: Full House dad in hospital. H1N1 death in family and co-worker’s family.

Hope all have a productive week.

Breaking in the rain at PC

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6 HIM showed despite the inclement weather. Not too bad for a rainy Monday.

Big lap of WU exercises
GM
SSH
Windmill holds
Imperial squat walkers

Catch me if you can
P1 runs backwards
P2 does 3 hand release merkins then catches P1

Ramp suicides x3
Abs at bottom after set completed
Star crunches, RLBC’s, ARods

Parking lot 7’s
Break dancers and monkey humpers IC

Indian run back to bball court

Mary
Freddy Mercury’s
60 sec plank hold

COT with our Ruck buddies
Prayers for newborns, surgeries, hospitalized friends.
Full service as YHC took us out in prayer.

Awesome work today and thanks for the push.
BS out!

Paradise with a UTI

Wet ‘n Wild (Turkey) at Paradise City

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FNGs: I think they were scared of the thunderstorms like Downrange

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Willie Mays Haze, Daisy Pickers, Lap, SSH

The Workout:

Since I was on Q, the crazy rain, some previous day shenanigans, and the upcoming Murph the numbers at Paradise were a little lower than I’d hoped (I had a sweet playlist and everything).  The gameplan was to split into teams and have a little race of sorts.  Since we were 3… this is what we did instead.

10 Cards, A-10 were shuffled and placed on the wet pavement.  In an accountability group of 3 we used the 10 cards to randomize the following list of workouts and share the work.

  1. [Ace] Gradual hill “Ting Ramp” runs (4 times, 3 times, 2 times)
  2. Squats x50 ea
  3. Benches (box jump, step up squat, step ups) x10 reps
  4. Sea Turtles (30 ea, 20, 15)
  5. Squats x25 ea
  6. Sea Turtles (30 ea, 20, 15)
  7. Run up steep “Ting Ramp” hill (4 times, 3 times, 2 times)
  8. Squats x25 ea
  9. Star Jumps x200 group total
  10. Benches (box jump, step up squat, step ups) x10 reps

Mary:  We ran a lap around Paradise to make sure we hit the 3 mile minimum

Announcements:  Murph and more to be reviewed at the Murph or on Slack.  Run the Quay Tent on June 1 and SW Family BBQ June 9th at 2p

T-Claps (Recognition):  Pikachu for commuting to Paradise in the rain from Womble for EC.  Pikachu and Turkey for picking up the 6, who remained in the fartsack when they stopped by “on their way” to Womble for the Murph.

Prayer:  Lipstick and fam, Downrange (of course), my cousin Caroline and her family displaced by a tornado that struck their house, Pikachu’s M

B.O.M.B.S. and Core +3

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6 showed for Paradise City. 3 showed for U.F.O. while one went back home the other two manned up and stayed. Here’s the fun we had.

WU’s while long lap around
Good mornings
Frankensteins
Suit cases 3ct down
Carolina dry docks 3ct down
Mtn climbers

BOMBS – reps rd1 x5, rd2 x10, rd3 x15
5 stops: Start at court, bench, stop light, steps, ramp, back to court. Pick up 6 when done. Rd2 starts when all pax are done.

Ramp with core at bottom
Seated knee tucks
Starfish crunch
ARods

Long mosey to finish

Mary made it today and then some stretches.

Announcements and prayers were made. Rubiks took us out.

It’s nice to be back at PC leading you fine group of HIM.

BS out!

Did he just say 50 burpees?

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FNGs: Not really the place for all that…

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Windmill, Overhead Claps

The Workout:

  • Thing 1 – Mini Dora on the tennis courts.  Partner does suicides while other partner exercises, Switch, rinse, repeat.  Exercises were 50 burpees, 100 Mtn Climbers IC, 150 Star Jumps.
  • Thing 2 – Laps around Ting with stops at the ticket booth for step ups and split leg squats and a stop at the guard rail for Irkins, Dirkins, and Dips.

Mary: Stretching and a couple of laps around COT because we were real close on the promised 3 mile minimum.

Announcements: Picnic

T-Claps (Recognition): All the PAX showing up and showing out on a Monday.  Great work out there men!

Prayer: Best In Show’s MIL battling cancer.  PAX training for various races.  YHC took us out.

It’s always an honor to lead in the gloom.  I’ll try to do better next time!

Greatest Show on Turf at PC

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YHC arrived early to set up a challenging agility course under the lights at Ting. But we had a couple things to do first. 8 total PAX we’re ready at 0530. A disclaimer that we may not get the 3 mile minimum. Did we make it? Read to find out.

Warm up lap around Ting
Exercises in corners
Good mornings x10 IC
Windmills x10 IC
Air squared x10 IC
Frankensteins x10 IC

7’s on the ramp
Star jumps and monkey humpers IC

Field work on turf
Agility course
Ladder work with slides, back peddles, cuts, and sprint to finish
Exercises after each run through on both sides: merkins, squats, WWI’s

Belly sprints 100 yds – 50, 75, 90, 100%
Cool down lap around the turf field to check on the UFO men.

At this point my watch showed 2.8 so we took one mosey pass through the agility course to the other side of the field to get our 3+ miles.

Mary
American Hammers
In and Outs
Windshield Wipers

That concluded our workout.
All announcements are on slack.
Prayers for YHC daughter with broken wrist and unspoken ones.

Thanks Dumbo for the reminder on the Q and for not coming out. Hopefully you had a valid excuse. Appreciate the opportunity to Q at this ever popular AO.

BS Out!