Time is Relative

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YHC had not done his homework and in excitement/haste had pre-blasted a start time of 5:05 EC / 5:30 ME.  Which would be fine at many of our South Wake AOs but Sheepdog has a publicized start time of 5:15 EC / 5:45 ME.  Eventually there was some mumblechatter on Slack indicating that I was a trendsetter at Sheepdog and with some indication that an early start was somewhat desired.  But…  YHC started to think about the possibility of an FNG dropping in like our newly minted Master Shake did based on the website schedule.  I didn’t want to leave a friendly new guy all alone in the gloom.  So… I walked back the messed up start time the best I could on the Facebooks and Slack.  I also committed to show up at 5:05 anyway.  Peeping Tom wanted some extra miles anyway so if someone showed up for early EC, they would find us.

ECEC:  Peeping Tom and YHC – We covered the Sheepdog EC route the best we knew it ~ 1.5 miles crossing into the neighborhood, hitting both cul-de-sacs and circling the school.  We made sure to pass the shovel flag at 5:15 (normal EC), 5:30 (messed up ME time where we caught up with Forceps), and again before 5:45 (the real deal ME time where we saw a strange shadow appear in the gloom)

         

SHREDDER!!!!

EC: Forceps joined for the last mile.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

  • Windmill (15x)
  • Daisy Pickers (15x)
  • SSH (30x)
  • Mozy around the lot and into the soccer field.

The Workout:

YHC was inspired this week by the workouts he hadn’t made.  Specifically Purple Cobras Q’d by Warbucks where he debuted the Flat Tire (Exicon pending) and TBD where Double D broke out the Coyote Ugly.  YHC let the PAX know there was inspiration from the week but didnt specifically call out the workouts by name.  Gotta keep em guessing.  Gump did inform me that Sheepdog was known as the low-key Friday workout, no need to go too crazy…  (too bad, plan already made – tv executives… am I right?)

  • No Surrenders – Hands on your head, knee down, knee down, stand up and repeat (20x)
  • Mozy to the truck gate behind the school
  • Flat Tires (by Warbucks) – We partnered up.  One partner pushed the wheelbarrow, the other was the wheelbarrow.  The Wheelbarrow moved forward 4 “steps” before completing 1x Merkins.  The Wheelbarrow continued until they just couldnt take it any more and swapped out.  The course continued the length of the rear of the school with parnters swapping as necessary.
  • Tom had the early finishers do some Turkish Getups… Oops… That’s what I get for asking him to cover while we finish up….
  • Box Jumps  on the wall (20x with minimal no pause)
  • Coyote Uglys (thank you Double D) – Partners, 3 each.  We used the picnic tables and again assumed the Wheelbarrow.  The Wheelbarrow ascended the table on their hands completing a merkin at the seat, the table top, then again on the seat and back on the ground.  Swap until each partner gets 3 each.
  • Mozy to the front of the school.
  • Leave No Man Behind (Partnees) -1 runs the inner parking lot out front, the other holds the position,swap on the return
    • Balls to the Wall
    • People’s Chair
    • Hold Plank
  • Mozy back to the flag and the soccer field
  • Rapid Fire (No Recover)-repeat until exhausted
    • Merkins 5x
    • LBCs 5x
    • Squats 5x

Combatives: OSU – Japanese word with 1000 meanings.  Means “I will do it”, “keep pushing”, does not mean any version of quit.

Dovetail led us in some blocking moves.  Not forceful, steady flow, effortless even.  Also showed us how to pair it with an offensive punch.  Now we are ready for some bar fights.  You missed out LipSync!!!

Mary:

  • Peeping Tom led us through Fozio Arm Circles (I managed to fill the workout so he couldnt do too many Turkish Getups)

Announcements:  South Wake Picnic – Oct 12th.  Sign-up sheet on Slack for food, etc.

T-Claps (Recognition):  Crablegs and Shredder are back!!!  Thanks to 16-bit for calling out this Tclap, positive things happening in South Wake.  Nice to have our brothers back.

Prayer:  Prayers for Shredder going through the loss of his Dad.  Was nice to pray with him this morning.

The Wall at Sheepdog

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PAX:  16 Bit, Banana Seat, Cricket, Sprinkler, Trojan, Beater, Martini
Warm Up:  Mosey to the back, Good Morning x 10, Windmills x 10, Daisy Pickers x 10
The Workout: 6 stations (one at each knee wall):  Station 1 – Irkins, 2 – Step Ups, 3 – Dips, 4 – Box Jumps, 5 – Dirkins, 6 – Dips.  PAX completed as many reps as possible that their current station while the 7th HIM did a lap around the track.  With the completion of the lap, all PAX rotated to the next station.  Rinse and Repeat for a total of 4 complete circuits.
Mary: LBC’s x 10, Heel Taps x 10, Homer to Marge x 10
Announcements: Labor Day Convergence
T-Claps (Recognition): Sprinkler for taking us out
Prayer: Unspoken

Uno Minuto

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The thang today featured not one but two EMOMS (do sets of exercises every minute on the minute, and any time left in the minute is rest time). YHC was fine until we stopped for combatives, then had to take a quick sec to not fall down!

Warm Up:

Mosey to the back, imperial walkers, hillbillies, arm circles, trunk twists, then 2 rounds of jog in place to high knees to butt kickers to side-straddle hops.

Workout:

EMOM 1: 15 MINUTES, 15 ROUNDS

  • 4 pullups
  • 4 pushups
  • 4 box jumps
  • 4 crunches

EMOM 2: 5 MINUTES, 5 ROUNDS

  • 5 side-straddle hops
  • 2 burpees
  • 25 meter sprint

Announcements:

9/11 stair climb

Prayer:

Noah’s Ark and family, Shredder

1 Million Punches

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YHC rolled in with about 30 seconds to spare. Slow start this morning due to attendence at a storm-delayed Brad Paisley concert the night before, resulting in about 4 hours sleep. Good thing Sheepdog is here to wake us all up.

Warm Up:

SSH
Trunk twists with arms straight out
Quick feet, to burpee on call
Balance on one foot, raise knee, then push straight back, 5 each side, then switch

The Workout:

1 Million Punches – Wing Chung punches while HIM take turns doing an exercise

  • Manmakers w/ 35# dumbbells – 8
  • 1 lap run
  • Ballerina Squats (heels up) – 10
  • 1 lap run
  • Merkins – 10
  • Long run (lap around the school)Round 2
  • Thrusters -10 (this is as far as we got with time)
  • Wobbly merkins – 10
  • Curls (with dumbbells or band) – 10

Mary:

American hammers, X-Man crunches, LBCs

Announcements:

9/11 stair climb

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:

HIIT me baby one more time

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FNGs:
Warm Up:

Mosey, then a quick warmup since I suspected we would run out of time (and we did)

Trunk twists, windmills, jump steps, then add in 2 jump steps plus knee strike.

Plank out, back in, stand up, kick

The Workout:

3 rounds, each round has sets of 30-20-10 reps with decreasing length runs (something like 400-300-200m) each set. For the sets of 30 and 20, break it into sets of 10. So for example: longest run, then 30 of each (broken into sets of 10, but no rest in between), then medium run, then 20 of each, then shortest run, then 10 of each.

Round 1:
Jumping lunges
Hindu push-ups
American hammers

Round 2
QBox jumps or step ups
Erkin
Imperial Walker’s in cadence

Round 3 (ran out of time before getting here)
Bobby Hurley
Rows with bands or TRX
Boat canoe

Combatives

Wrist locks

Mary:

5-count Pax round-robin

Announcements:

  • 9/11 stair climb coming up
  • raising for Noah’s Ark’s wife’s treatment
  • Q-Sheet! Martini has the Q next week (16th) and the 30th, so, the 23rd is still open!

T-Claps (Recognition):

Beater’s first 5-pack!

Prayer:

Noah’s ark, Crab legs, R22

Mary-Go-Round

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YHC Dovetail was out last week, Martini covered, but back into this week. Return of Gump, and new-to-this-AO Yosemite. Dovetail’s 2.0 Charizard out for another one, at his own request. A bit young at 8 to participate fully, but if he wants to get up at 5 with Dad, I can’t say no!

FNGs: none
Warm Up:

Long jog around the lot. High knees to the median, then backpedal; buttkickers to the median, then backpedal; rinse & repeat. Windmills, trunk twists, Sir Fazzio arm circles.

The Workout:

“6 minutes of Mary” (round 1): 6 exercises, 10 count or cadence, with 3 burpees after each exercise

  • LBCs (cadence)
  • Freddy Mercury (cadence)
  • Leg lifts
  • Side plank dips (10 each side)
  • V-ups
  • Low slow flutter (cadence)

then a lap around both lots

An intermission of Declining-count supersets of box jumps and dips: 12, then 9, then 6, then 3, no breaks.

6 Minutes of Mary, Round 2, so a 2x modifier (20 count or cadence, 6 burpees in between each)

Combatives

Pressure point escapes

Mary: see above
Announcements:

Paddle boarding tomorrow, 8:30 at Jordan Lake.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Suprise 11’s

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PAX:  Norm, Martini

FNGs:  None
Warm Up:  Mosey around the parking lot x 2, SSH x 15, Windmills x 10, Sir Fazio Arm Circles x 10 forward x 10 back
The Workout:  With only 2 Pax, the Pink Floyd inspired workout will have to wait for another today.  YHC called and audible.

11’s it was.

Round 1:  Derkins and Step-ups (left + right = 1) followed by a lap around the track.

Round 2:  WW2’s and Dips (IC) followed by a lap around the track

Round 3:  Urkins and Squats followed by a lap around the track

Mary: LBC’s x 10, Low Slow Flutter x 10 (IC), Crunches to the left x 10 to the right x 10
Announcements:  None
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:  Martini’s cousin – house fire, Family of soldier in Norm’s National Guard Unit

Snake Eyes

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Light crew today with only 2 sheepdogs and a pup as YHC brought his 2.0 to his first official AO.

FNGs: Charizard (he’s been to 3 of the 2.0 workouts, but this morning got up for his first early post)

Warm Up:

Mosey, SSH, trunk twists, good mornings, daisy pickers, imperial walkers, hillbillies, karaoke

The Workout:

Three dice, one determines the exercise, the other two added together determine reps. Doubles equals one lap run around the parking lot, and a corners roll means roller’s pick. Continue throwing dice until out of time. Exercises for each number were:

  1. Catalina wine press (chillicut plank with a merkin at the end)
  2. Cheerleaders (SSH, but squat on legs open)
  3. Box jumps
  4. Dips
  5. Lt. Dan
  6. 4×4 press (two 30” 2x4s screwed together for this, but pressure-treated 4x4s would have been nice and heavy. Use whatcha got.)

Combative:

wing chung striking, open-end escapes

Mary:

Low slow flutter, LBCs, leg raises, homer to marge, WWIIs

Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Shredder, Norm and Cupid traveling

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Warm Up:

Inchworms, side shuffle squats, axe kicks, crescent kicks. Money to the back, and SSH, arm circles, and shoulder rolls.
The Workout:

Decreasing-rep rounds: 15-12-9-6-3:

  • Wall step ups
  • Derkins
  • Box jump
  • dips
  • ~250m run after each round

Mary:

LBCs, side-plank pulse, pikes on the bar or knee-ups

Combatives

Blocking and flowing like water

Announcements:

Emreril’s raffle

T-Claps (Recognition):

Martini, for taking Q the past 2 weeks. Cupid for rockin the ECs.

Prayer:

Norm traveling; youth ministers’ families at H1N1’s and LED’s churches. One lost their 2-month old, one lost a husband.

Dora Returns to Sheepdog

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PAX:Norm, Yosemite, Sugar, Cupid, Gump, H1N1, Martini
Warm Up:2 Laps around the parking lot, SSH x 20, Good Mornings X 10, Cotten Pickers x 10
The Workout:Splint into teams of 2 (1 team of 3).  The goal was to complete 100 Merkins, 100 LBCs and 300 Squats.  The team of 3 completed 150, 300, and 600.  PAX 1 executed as many reps as possible while PAX 2 rand the length of the parking lot and back.  This did not take as long as expected.  Rinse and repeat.  On the second round no the exercises were changed to 200 overhead press, 200 reverse LBCs and 400 calf raises.

Once complete, Norm reviewed Rooting and Striking.  30 single strikes and 30 – 3 count strikes.

Mary:Homer to Marge, Box Cutters, Pickle Pounders, Freddy Mercury, Dead Cockroachoach, American Hammer, ABC (Vowels Only x 2), Have A Nice Day
Announcements:1776 Convergence at Womble on July 4th
T-Claps (Recognition):Norm for taking combatives and Cupid for taking out out
Prayer:Those traveling next week, unspoken