Lungapalooza at Purple Cobra

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: Moseyed over to the Planet Fitness parking lot for Good Mornings, Windmills, Fozio Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies for 10 count. Did some 10 second stretching for the quadriceps and hamstrings.

The Workout: Lungapalooza commenced with forward lunges to various parking lot islands stopping to do standard merkins 10,20,and 30 reps. We then did reverse lunges back to starting point doing wide Merkins 10 each pit stop. Next we did sided lunges with squat with diamond merkins 10 reps each pit stop. Finally, we went back working the other side doing 10 standard merkins at each pit stop.

Pax then headed over to a curb to do 2 sets of 25 calf raises, moseyed over to the rock pile behind HT and did 21’s curls for the girls 2sets, straight arm front and side raises 15 reps for 2 sets.

We then moseyed over to in front of HT and grabbed a bench to do 2 sets of 25 reps of dips.

Mary: Popcorn Mary with various abs exercises with the Alphabet being the killer!

Announcements: Upcoming SW picnic.

T-Claps (Recognition): Promise Ring for waking up early to drive from Campbell to post!

Prayer: Warbuck’s wife’s grandmother and unspoken prayers

11 PAX for PSs at PC

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FNGs:none. Sorry for the delay on BB

Warm Up: PAX ran to back of HT for some good mornings, windmills, fozio arm circles 10 front then 10 back, imperial walkers, hillbillies and side straddle hops all in cadence

The Workout: Pain stations! PAX partnered up for 3:30 minute rounds of various exercises completing 7 stations.

Mary: Time was tight but we did BoatCanoes and Dying Cockroaches

Announcements: M4L charity event and upcoming F3 picnic.

T-Claps (Recognition): EC: Emeril and Warbucks for some running. Pablo, Coal Ash, Sarah Beth and myself for some Yoga.

Prayer: Lift up Bobby Dall’s and Promise Ring’s family having surgery and battling leukemia.

 

1 Year for Purple Cobra as a Site

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This morning 14 Pax gathered for some new and some legacy Purple Cobra site exercises.  YHC started this site 1 year ago on 9/25/2018 and for the next 5 months or so led multiple beatdowns.  Some of these were revisited today for the 1 year site special.  Thanks to all who attended!

FNGs: None
Warm Up: The usual warm up lap out and through the Cobra Sunrise Strava Segment and then back down into the parking lot near the apparently new flag location near Warbuck’s truck.

Circle up for:
Good Mornings ICx10 (done South Wake Style, YHC’s misses this way of doing it)
Hillbillies ICx20
The Windmill ICx15
Merkins OMDx20

The Workout:
We formed 1 long line for Railroad Track Indian Runs: The twisted sister of the Indian Run. Pax start in single file line. First pax drops to low plank, second pax jumps over first pax runs 5 yards and gets in low plank. Third pax jumps over both pax runs 5 yards and gets in low plank. After all pax have gone, the first pax jumps over all the pax and returns to low plank. This is continued until the destination is reached. The name derived from the pax looking like Railroad ties as you continuously hop over one another.
There was various mubble chatter about how long we would do said movement.  We did it all the way to the hill near Planet Fitness.

At the bottom of the hill we did 7’s starting with 6 WWIIs at the top and 1 Peeping Lipstick at the bottom.  This is still technically not a Turkish Gettups (most PAX’s favorite)

Mosey over to the guardrail behind Jiffy Lube and partner up.  Partner 1 did Mountain Climbers until Partner 2 finished 10 OYO of D, E, and D.  Flapjack and then repeato minus 2 each set.

Mosey over to the loading dock behind the dry cleaners.  Parter 1 did Pickle Pounders ICX20 while Partner 2 did BTTW.  Flapjack and then Partner 1 did LBCs ICx20 while Partner 2 did People’s Chair.

Form 2 Indian Run lines for a Bataan Death March back to the old flag spot.

We then circled up.  YHC pulled out his Bose Speaker to play some Tumbthumping.  Every chorus we did what resembled a Turkish Gettup with SSH done during the verses.

Mary:
American Hammers, Homer to Marge, Pamela Anderson’s
Announcements: Picnic thingy 10/12, Grow Ruck
T-Claps (Recognition): EC by Warbucks, Axe, and 187
Prayer: Unspoken
YHC took us out.

It’s truly been an honor to lead and workout with you fine men over the past nearly year and a half.  As I relocate again, this time to Raleigh, I will always think back to my roots and all the awesome memories made down in South Wake!  SYITG!

PT OUT!

Full Body Beatdown

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As promised in the pre-blast, YHC led a full body beatdown and there was an FNG. YHC rolled in around 0500 and noticed the construction crew was setup in our usual parking spot, but at 0500 there aren’t a lot of folks at Harris Teeter so a parking spot was found. I was quickly greeted by Axe and Maybelline and 0505 we headed off on an EC run. We returned to find a handful of Pax waiting to get started and 1 FNG that YHC headlocked into coming out. A quick disclaimer and we were off.

EC: Axe, Maybelline, Warbucks

FNGs: Slaughter

Warm Up:
SSH x20
Windmill x10
Sir Fazio arm circles x10 fw / x10 bw
Seal claps x10 IC
Mountain climbers x10 IC

The Workout:
Jack webbs: 1:3 up to 10:30. Arms were warm, now for some leg action.

Mosey to Goodwill parking lot and partner up, but we really didn’t need partners. We did Slow 7’s – Monkey humpers at 1st island and star jumps at the other island, lunge walking between. Legs done, now for some more arm work.

I don’t have a name for this one, but it was my creation, so I think it needs one. Staying with partners, partner 1 got into wheelbarrow and took 4 “steps” then did 1 merkin, took 8 “steps” and did 2 merkins. This repeated until each partner got to 40:10, switching as needed.

Mosey to the loading dock wall for a staple at Purple Cobra. Split into 2 groups for:

2 rounds of:
People’s Chair and Donkey Hydrants x20

2 rounds of:
BTTW and Alternating shoulder taps

Mosey to guard rail for a set of irkins, derkins, dips.

Mosey back to start for Mary:

Mary:
American Hammers x20
Low Slow Flutter x20
Box Cutters x10
Boat Canoes x20 IC
LBCs x20

Announcements:
F3 Picnic on Oct 12
ShamWow leading a Hal Higdon ½ marathon plan for HSHM. More details to be posted to social channels.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:
Chips family traveling and loss of several Troopers over the past few years in September.
Injured Pax and unspoken

I thought we were working our abs?

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Thirteen men showed up for some ab work at Purple Cobra. Thanks for the strong effort!

EC: Dawgpound, Maybelline, Warbucks, Shamwow, Emeril, Dumbo, UTI, Redenbacher

Warm Up: Lap around building, 5 burpees OYO, SSHs, daisy pickers, 20 plank jacks on your own, merkins x 15, fazio arm circles forward/backward/forward/backward, 8 burpees OYO.

The Workout: Mosey over to adjacent shopping center, bottom of steep hill. Partnered up for Dora. One partner did AMRAP of exercise while other partner ran up hill.

Exercises: 200 dying cockroaches, 400 American Hammers, 600 LBCs.

Mosey back to start for Mary.

Mary: 5 burpees OYO, plank hold for 10 count from each PAX, following exercises all in cadence: LBCs x 40, Freddie Mercury’s x 40, Dying Cockroaches x 40, Freddie Mercury’s x 40, LBCs x 25, Homer to Marge x 25, LBC’s x 25

Announcements: 9/11 stair climb tomorrow, Convergence lunch this Friday 9/13, South Wake picnic 10/12

T-Claps (Recognition): BRR guys for getting out there and getting the legs moving (UTI, Emeril,  Dawgound, Sham Wow, Warbucks, Dumbo)!

Prayer: Injured PAX

You got Jokes? I got Burpees!

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FNGs: Not Today
Warm Up: A few jokes were being thrown out as we huddled before the workout. YHC didn’t take them lightly, so we Mosey off for a quick 0.7 Mile loop.  YHC wasn’t impressed with the effort on the run and called out 34 Burpees OYO to get things started! Circled up for SSH x34, Moroccan Night Clubs x17, hold squat for seal claps x17, right into Monkey Humpers x17. Mosey to back side of HT
The Workout: We continued where we left off yesterday with the shoulder burn and found some wall on the back of HT. People’s Chair until PAX brought it in. BTW hold for 10 seconds, shoulder tap BTW x10, hold BTW for 10 seconds and then shoulder tap BTW x10. We rinsed and repeated! Mosey over by car wash to find some rail. Erkins x17, Derkins x17 Dips x34, Rinse and Repeat. Next we mosey over to the Goodwill lot for some Empty Wheelbarrow Doracides. We got into groups of 3. 2 Pax did Empty Wheelbarrow suicides using 5 parking spots (Think of a crab walk wheelbarrow 🙂 ) While the 3rd pax of the group worked on the Dora 100 Merkins, LBC’s & Squats. Upon completion I told the PAX about YHC and Peeping Tom’s exercise that made the F3 exicon, the Peeping Lipstick. We did 10 Peeping Lipsticks OYO to commemorate the induction into the Exicon (Think Turkish Get up Star Jump)
Mary: Mary was given a nice 9 minutes this morning for some Abys work. We did various excercises from our six and plank position. We ended with American Hammers x17 and my favorite Diamond Merkins x17
Announcements: Picnic October 12, 9/11 Stairclimb 0545
T-Claps (Recognition): All Pax for dealing with YHC the last two days!
Prayer: Crablegs and his family, Noah’s Ark family and wife Michelle, Pacman, Emeril’s Family

Honor to lead the last two days Men! Looking forward to more

Lipstick

13 at Purple Cobra for a long minute of exercises

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Warm Up: Moseyed over to behind the new Town Hall Burger and Beer for some Windmills, Good Mornings, Overhead claps, Fozio arm circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies and some calf and hamstring stretches.

The Workout: 1 minute AMRAP of numerous exercises followed by run from bottom of Lassiter road to cross street Matthew Drive.  Exercises included Merkins, Squats, Six inch hold, Shoulder taps, Squat Jacks, Chill Cut, Lunges, Side plank to push up, Plank elbow to knees, Speed skaters, In and Outs and Plank See Saw.  1 minute seemed much longer for some of those exercises.

Mary: Time was running short so only 2 exercise for cadence count to 25 Low slow flutter and Superman.

Announcements: 9-11 stair climb. I will have a clown car in the ready leaving Purple Cobra location. I have about space for 5 if you want in. Time TBD.  I will be heading back to Holly Springs after.

T-Claps (Recognition): EC: Warbucks, 187, Dumbo, Deadbolt, Mookie. Good work men and hope you got a good workout in.

Prayer: Unspoken prayers and Deabolt’s friend Jane as she undergoes surgery today

False Advertising for Cobra

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FNGs: none
Warm Up:

  • Quick Lap around the parking lot but not too long as the Q wanted to be sure he could cadence count
  • SSH x 20 I.C.
  • Fazio Arm Circles x 20 I.C.
  • Prisoner Squats x 20
  • Standard Merkins x 20
  • Mountain Climbers x 20 I.C.
  • Left foot over right stretches – reverse
  • Right arm across body stretches – reverse
  • Michael Phelps

Workout:

  • Pax Count was 14 – choose an accountability partner to hold you accountable on form, reps and everything else
  • Thing 1:  Deconstructed Burpee Ladder (reps were 16, 12, 8)
    • Squats
    • Leg Thrusts
    • Merkins
    • Reverse Leg Thrust
    • Squat Jumps
  • Indian Run to Bottom of Hill by Planet Fitness
  • Thing 2:   Play with cards you are dealt
    • Hearts – Side Straddle Hop (in Cadence)
    • Spades – Burpees
    • Diamond – Diamond Merkins
    • Clubs – Jump Squats
    • Face Card – Sprint to the top of the hill

Mosey back to flag for Mary / Cot

Mary:

  • Not much time but pax led Homer to Marge x 20 I.C. while YHC got his phone
  • Time’s up – 6:15 on the dot

Announcements:

  • Check slack and facebook but
  • 9/11 stair climb coming up at Carter Finley
  • Middle Creek Elementary Beautification service project Saturday morning – 187 has your Q
  • Southwake Picnic in October – more details coming

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • Welcome back for a short visit to our brother Roger Roger – we miss you in the Gloom every day
  • 187 for absolutely killing it
  • Extra Credit Crew was
    • 187
    • Axe
    • Dawgpound
    • Buford
    • Roger Roger
    • Warbucks
    • Deadbolt

Prayer:

  • Prayers for Noahs Arc M (Michelle) as she is getting treatment at the Mayo Clinic
  • The Rangers returning home (Per Darby)
  • Crablegs
  • The Carpex Pax member that lost his Mother
  • The Fishermen from Jacksonville and Fairfax Fire departments lost at sea
  • YHC took us out

What an honor to lead – thank you all

Hit the pavement.

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Nine PAX for muggy Purple Cobra. It was YHC’s first Q at this AO. Thanks for the strong effort, men.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Lap around building, daisy pickers, windmills, 5 burpees (OYO), Fazio arm circles forward/backwards, 5 burpess (OYO).

The Workout:

Divided into three groups. Each round group rotated between three exercises.

Round 1: Lap around building, Lunge Walks, LBCs

Round 2: Lap around building, bear crawl, plank jacks

Round 3: Lap around building, leap frog burpees, American hammers

Round 4: Lap around building, backwards sprints, dying cockroaches

Mary: Missed her
Announcements: Middle Creek Elementary work group, see Slack and Facebook
T-Claps (Recognition): Iceman taking military physical exam this week!
Prayer: Full House’s wife’s uncle, YHCs friend’s kid in hospital

Dawn of the Millennium

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PAX: Bobby Doll, Boogie, Iceman, Mookie, Redenbacher, U.T.I., Warbucks

EC: Redenbacher, U.T.I., Warbucks

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Started with standard warm-up lap

SSH x 20 IC
Finkle Kicks x 20 IC
Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
Bat Wings:
Sir Fazio arm circles x 10/10 IC
Seal claps x 10 IC
Overhead claps x 10 IC

The Workout: Black Snake run behind Harris Teeter to the Goodwill Lot. Partner up for Millennial workout (YHC was odd man out). Partner 1 did exercises and partner 2 ran to the bottom of the hill on Lassiter Street and back up to switch places, rinse and repeat. Goal was a total count of 2000 (1000 from the exercises and the other 1000 from running).

Exercises were:
100  Side Straddle Hops
100  Lunges
100  Bicycles
100  Merkins
100  LBC

100 Prisoner Squats
100  Mountain Climbers
100  American Hammer
100  Star jumps
100  Burpees

Black Snake run back to the circle for Mary.

Mary: On your 6 – feet elevated like 6-inch hold – spell out the alphabet in all capitol letters with your feet.

Announcements:  Mudgear order – see slack #southwake-gear channel.
Sign up to Q. #QSheet

T-Claps (Recognition): Iceman and Boogie for making their way back to the gloom.  Mookie for coming out while not yet 100%. U.T.I. and Warbucks for encouraging me to Q a workout.

Prayer: Healing for the son for U.T.I.’s friend who is currently in the hospital, families in El Paso and Dayton, Iceman on his Airforce PT test Friday, unspoken and injured PAX

YHC took us out. Was an honor to lead! Thank you HIM for the opportunity!