Indian Run at 8min/mile?? Ryan Hooper, 38, Dumbo

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FNGs: MFL?
Warm Up: Mosey to the top of the ramp for SSH x53 to commemorate the new 0530 start time for PC
The Workout: Lipstick Special was on the table for this crisp beautiful smelling morning. Two groups of 6 Indian Runs around the Ting Loop. We stopped at corners for arm work. First Stop Prison Step Ups x20, Erkins x20, Derkins x20, Second Stop Dips x15, 1 leg each x15. (Repeat) Third Stop  Merkins x10, Wide Grip x10, Diamond x10. Total of 3 miles completed on the circuits.
Mary: 1 minute man- Low Slow Flutters x20, LBC’s x20
Announcements: Q Swap Week. CPR Training Tuesday 6-9 at Hope Community Church
T-Claps (Recognition): Cowboy for sticking with the Lipstick Special
Prayer: Wallaby, Anyone else suffering from substance abuse. Sgt. Pepper, All Deployed

Mary Poppins

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YHC knew the rain would be involved at Paradise City for today’s workout. Time to get creative bc I hate getting soaked during a workout. Pulled in at 0540 to 1 car in the parking lot. I looked up and here comes Pikachu running across the parking lot holding 4 golf umbrellas as YHC asked him to bring. I had 5 myself. One more car rolled in with a couple mins to spare. 4PAX were ready to roll…then we see a white truck approaching follow by another car. We waited with umbrellas up as they parked. No late burpees penalized as YHC was feeling jolly. They looked at us funny when I said grab an umbrella though. This was a Mary Poppins workout. Here’s how the fun took place.

Warm Up:
Ramp mosey up/down while holding umbrellas
Top (reg) – one handed smurf jacks x20 IC
Bottom (slides) – one handed mountain climbers x20 IC
Top (backwards) – one handed imperial walkers into Hill billies x10 IC each
Bottom (carioca)- gorilla squats x10 on my up and down

The Workout:
Head to top of ramp
Box jumps and one armed dips holding umbrellas
X10 each 3 rds
Peeping Tom took a spill but was ok

Indian umbrella run to guard rails
One armed irkens w/U x10 switch arms
Monkey humpers x10 IC
3 rds

Mosey to tunnel – put down umbrellas
Ascending and decending testicles with shoulder taps x10 IC @ 30, 45, 90
LBCs x15 to let our shoulder recover
then 90, 45, 30 degrees legs on wall
Reverse LBCs x15 IC

Partner up
P1 holds Al Gore on wall
P2 bear crawl out of tunnel with umbrella (3 legged bear) to designated spot and back
Switch
Repeat but with duck walk
The plan was to stay dry and do mary in the tunnels but Lipstick busted one and we all came close to merlot. So thanks to him we got our backs wet.

Mary (Poppins)):
w/umbrellas
– 4 corners x10 reverse R&R x10
– H2M x10, 1 legged x10, switch
– Windshield wipers x10 IC

Announcements:
Christmas Day AO’s – Site Q’s call
Paradise City time change to 0530
Free CPR class coming, Dumbo has the lead
Throwback week next week. Only 1 AO open per day

T-Claps (Recognition):
No one merloted from Lipsticks bomb releases.

Prayer:
Wallaby and family
Oakwood run successful and HT support
Sprinkler family
Those spending holidays alone or minus a family member for the 1st time
Lipsticks stomach and those around him

This was a fun yet challenging workout while holding an umbrella most of the time. Hope those that attended enjoyed it.
Always a pleasure to lead.

BS Out!

December Fitness Test

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YHC is still on IR and had a fun but rough weekend on the town.  That combined made me the master of ceremonies but not the master of anything fitness related.

The numbers continue to be a challenge at good ole PC.  Even the fitness test wasn’t enough to challenge the growing appeal of Downtown Train.

FNG: No

Warm Up: Windmills, SSH, Frankensteins

The Workout:

Paradise City Fitness Test: All must be done in order. Each rep is .01 points. Each lap is also .01 points.

15 Burpees
1 Lap
20 Merkins
1 Lap
20 Squats (as close to parallel as you can get)
1 Lap
20 WW II (Non Cadence)
1 Lap
20 Scorpion Dry Docks
1 Lap

1 Lap will be around 2 parking medians.  We left the basketball court and made a left.
Then down past the cars and made a right.  Ran past one aisle then the next aisle turned
right up past the median then right and ran back to the basketball court.

Mary: She doesn’t like Paradise City anymore either.

Announcements:. Oakwood 24

T-Claps (Recognition):. Fanny Pack.  He left the workout with a Lipstick-esque urgency but returned to keep working through the circuit.

Prayer: Silence, YHC took us out

You Will Feel the Bern

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Great to be back in the gloom.  It’s been quite some time.  Pax rolled in along with some fog, and off we went.

PAX: Bernie, DOA, Full House, Snap

EC: Bernie, Full House

FNGs: None

Warm Up: 4-Corners:

Mosey to bottom of ramp – SSH X 10 IC

Mosey to top of ramp – Hillbillies x 12 IC, Good Mornings x 12 IC

Mosey to opposite side – Squats x 10

Mosey to bottom – Dips x 20

Mosey to bottom of ramp

The Workout: Suicide Tabata

Marked off 3 distances on the ramp (roughly 20 yards apart) for suicides.

  • Run to first point (cone) and back and do 5 burpees
  • Run to second point (trash can) and back and do 10 star jumps
  • Run to third point (cone) and back and do mountain climbers until everyone returns (this was pretty much Snap every time).

Started with the suicides above and then performed 8 rounds of 20sec exercises and 10sec exercises.  There were 4 sets of these with the suicides above in between each set.  Definitely felt the ‘Bern’ in this one.

Set 1: 8 times non-stop

  • Merkins – 20sec
  • Planks – 10sec

Suicide run

Set 2: 8 times non-stop

  • Squats- 20sec
  • Squat Hold – 10sec

Suicide run

Set 3: 8 times non-stop

  • Plank w/ Shoulder Taps- 20sec
  • LBCs – 10sec

Suicide run

Set 1: 8 times non-stop (alternate legs each round)

  • Static Lunge- 20sec
  • Lunge Hold – 10sec

Mosey to the basketball court for Mary.

Mary:

V-Up-Tucks x 15 IC

Frog Sit-ups x 15

Announcements: F3 Christmas Party

T-Claps (Recognition): DOA making his first morning workout

Prayer: Pilgrim’s dad and Crab Legs

Grateful to lead!

Bernie, Out!

Paradise City 12/2

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Pax of 2 for a good start to December

Snap and Breach on the Q
Warm Up: 22 Counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Squats, and Calf Raises

The Workout: 4 Corners around the soccer fields, 3 exercises at each corner stop with 22 counts for reps

Corner 1 – Merkins, American Hammers and Lunges

Corner 2- Irkins, Derkins, and Dips

Corner 3- Homer to Marge, Low Slow Fludder,  Heal Taps

Corner 4- Squat Jumps, Frakenstiens and Monkey Humpers

Corner 5- Plank Jacks, Supermans and Side Crunches

Corner 6- Step Ups, Irkins and Dips

Corner 7- Box Cutters, Pickle Pounders and Hillbillies

Corner 8- 10 Burpees

Mary:- 4 Minutes of Yoga to stretch out

Announcements: Frosty this weekend

Closed out in Prayer:

#5onit at Paradise City

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Thanksgiving week started out strong with 5 Pax doing work at the most beautiful AO in South Wake. Not sure if it is the HSHM hangover, fartsacks, or fear but the numbers were low this morning. Truth be told there is lots of strength in a small workout group. You can hide and it’s hard to overlook the 6. YHC appeared to be alone for EC but was quickly joined by Pikachu dashing from home. A late arrival clown car added two more for EC. After a little mosey of EC the 4 returned to where the shovel flag was supposed to be planted. Unfortunately the person returning the shovel flags from HSHM didn’t make it.

EC: Pikachu, UTI, Lipstick, Skidmark

1 pax rolled in at 0544 beating the bell and we were off.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 1 lap around womble with SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Windmills – all done correctly in cadence
The Workout: Stack up suicides the length of the parking lot

Round 1- 5 merkins, 10 plank jacks, 15 Squats, 20 LBCs

Round 2 – 5 plank jacks, 10 squats, 15 LBCs, 20 merkins

Round 3 – 5 squats, 10 LBCs, 15 merkins, 20 plank jacks

10 sets of agility square jumps were completed after each round, 5 in each direction

Mary: Some more IW and Hillbillies, Chillcut plank hold for 3 minutes

Announcements: Christmas party 12/14, Frosty CSAUP 12/7, Convergence this Thursday at Tiger Blood
T-Claps (Recognition): UTI with the 1/2 PR
Prayer: Quiver and his family, All Pax traveling this week for Thanksgiving and safe decision making as we approach the holiday season

Lipstick Delegation Tour Day 1

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EC: Papa Emeril, Slide Rule, UTI, Dawgpound, Cowboy, 187, Axe
Warm Up: Mosey around the lot and circle up on BBall courts.

SSH x50

IW x15

Hil x15

Plank position: Hand Release Merkins x10

Mountain Climbers x10

At this point YHC informed the Pax that it was delegation week. YHC would be Qing 5 straight days and delegating a 20min portion of the workout to a PAX member.  Day 1 UTI was choosen
The Workout:

Mosey to the rock pile and bring a rock back to the BBall courts.

On your six and air press x20

American Hammers x20

Overhead Press x20

Repeat x2

Then UTI delgated his delegated portion to Dawgpound for Rock sings. YHC had enough when Sir Dawg got up to 44 count and took the Q back over.  Rocks returned

Mosey to the bottom of the ramp and split in two groups.

Group 1: Run to staircase and go up and down 3x with Star Jumps x10 at the bottom and run back

Group 2: Hand Release Merkins x10, Merkins x10, Childs Pose for 10 seconds (Q was a little sore from the weekend) Diamond Merkins x10 Repeato until Group 1 came back.

Group 1/2 switch and repeat x2
Mary: Low Slow Flutters x20, LBC x20, Box Cutters x20
Announcements: Frosty December 7. Shirt Orders by 11/20
T-Claps (Recognition): UTI for picking up the Co-Q in the moment (wink, wink)
Prayer: Quiver’s Family, Pax running this weekend

Enjoyed it, See you at the Nut

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It’s been a long time since YHC and Pikachu co-Q’ed a workout together so we figured we give it a shot. Some mumble chatter about how many miles we were going to get in.

EC: Emeril, Dawgpound, Warbucks, Full House, Pablo, UTI, Skidmark, 187 (a little late)

Fartsacks: Mookie with the HC last night. Much like the Patriots last night he didn’t show up.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 1 lap around with SSHsx10, Good Mornings x 10, IW x 10, Hillbillies x 10.
The Workout: Indian Run Merkin Mile with 12 merkins every quarter mile.

Switch off to Pikachu:

We did some running backwards up the ramp with a variety of exercises at the top including squats, Step-ups, box jumps, Russian Dips. 1 time we did a bear crawl up the ramp. Made our way around the park and did a set of Erkins, Derkins, Dips.

Mary: Plank hold. Side crunches. Have a nice day.
Announcements: CSAUP Frosty Dec 7, Christmas Party Dec 14, Oakwood 24 hour Dec 22.
T-Claps (Recognition): Midget posting after running long on Saturday and attempting 50 miler.
Prayer: Full House’s aunt.

 

We got 3 miles and Pikachu took us out.

High Intensity Boot Camp

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YHC signed up to Q Paradise City with every intention of helping it earn its High Intensity Boot Camp badge and possible setting a distance record for the AO in the process.

Ran over to arrive at 0515 to see some ECers out there – Yogurt, Pablo, Emeril, Dawgpound, Buford, and YHC rolled out a minute late (something about waiting for Dawgpound) and got some bonus miles in.

Come show time it was clear we were going to be an intimate 8 today. 0545 came around and we were off.

FNGs: None
Warm Up:

Mosey to the ticket booth, circle up in squat hold for x10 IC Smuf Jacks

Mosey to opposite corner of park for x10 windmill IC

Mosey back to basketball court for x10 reverse merkins
The Workout:

Mosey to the bottom of the ramp. Pax were promised getting to visualize finishing HS Half in a few weeks so we spent some quality time on the ramp.

First stop – run from the concrete/asphalt change to the 1st foul ball market, do 5 star jumps, then back. Next trip up go to the 2nd market. Repeat all the way through the 5 markers.

Pax then picked up the 6 and assembled for an indian run counterclockwise around the park. We stopped at the corner opposite the bottom of the ramp for 10x Frankenstein’s and then continued our indian run back to the bottom of the ramp. During this portion pax were instructed to come up with a workout for our next set of  ramp repeats, but they were warned that if they were easy we would be doing ramp runs based on lightpoles (13 of them) instead of foul ball markers.

Dawgpound request t-merkins (hand release with shoulder blades pinched at the top) and YHC decided those were challenging enough to do at foul ball markers, so we repeated the last ramp repeats but with t-merkins instead.

Pax then assembled for an indian run clockwise around the park. We stopped at the opposite corner for imperial walkers x10 IC. We then stopped again at the guard rail for russian dips x10 IC at the request of Emeril (YHC aims to please when reasonable). We finished the indian run to the bottom of the ramp and YHC asked Yogurt if he wanted foul ball marker or light pole repeats – Yogurt selected light poles (of course – there’s a reason YHC picked him to choose!) and YHC selected squats to go with that. So we did ramp repeats to each light pole with 3x squats at each stop.

This was great, but it took quite a while. YHC got so focused trying to keep up with Snap that I noticed rather suddenly that we had only 4 minutes left. YHC called for pax to come down on their next ramp repeat and head to the basketball courts for mary – apparently this was not well received as most pax finished out the last set and took their time to the basketball court. Blaming that one on not enough blood left in the brain to understand what “stay at the bottom” means.

Mary:

Freddier Mercury x10 IC

Homer to Marge – x5 IC per leg

Pidgeon pose – x10 per leg (at the request of Emeril)
Announcements:

Frosty CSAUP December 7th – sign up:

Christmas party December 14th – location is being confirmed

After this workout the web team decided Paradise City had earned its High Intensity (Running) Boot Camp designation and that is now reflected on the website. Should help us not kill an FNG.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Snap for properly dusting YHC on the last ramp repeat. Dude is for real fast.
Prayer:

Pablo’s mom going to doctor today

Emeril’s wife is picking up his parents this weekend for them to move down/in with them

Developing a Reputation

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17 Pax mosied at Paradise City for a high intensity bootcamp. The smell was ripe this morning as Pax set off for EC and continued to linger throughout the workout. Welcome back Kotter (Pilgrim). Special appearance by Roger Roger and his truck.

7 for EC: Lipstick (early or late I’m not sure but there was one pit stop), UTI, Emeril, Full House, Pablo, Warbucks, Skidmark, and Pikachu ran from home.

Q was informed he may be developing a reputation. 2nd Q in a row that has gone longer than 3 miles.

FNGs: I’ve been told my workouts may not be FNG appropriate and the SouthWake site may need to say high intensity bootcamp.
Warm Up: Small mosey lap and circle up for 10 cc SSH, 10 squats, 10 cc lunges, 10 merkins, 10 plank jacks, 10 WWIIs, and 10 American hammers
The Workout: Catch me if you can run around the complex. Partner 1 does 5 jump squats then catches Partner 2. I full lap. Went back for the 6 as Cowboy pulled a Lipstick.

3 man Indian Run from the bottom of the ramp across the parking lot to the stairs.

1 time down 7 SSH, return to start 7 SSH (not done in Cadence)

Next time 7 SSH, 7 squats

3rd round 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 Lunges

4th time 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 lunges, 7 merkins

5th round 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 lunges, 7 merkins, 7 plank jacks

6th round 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 lunges, 7 merkins, 7 plank jacks, 7 WWII’s

7th round 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 lunges, 7 merkins, 7 plank jacks, 7 WWII’s, 7 American Hammers

Get the 6 and everyone did 7 SSH, 7 squats, 7 lunges, 7 merkins, 7 plank jacks, 7 WWII’s, 7 American Hammers together

2 groups of Indian runs back around the complex to the start.

Mary: 4 minute plank hold with Peter Parkers and 1 arm up, 1 leg up.
Announcements: CSAUP in South Wake Dec 7. Pikachu and Mookie doing Insomnia run of 13 miles starting at 3:30 AM before U-Turn (WTF)
T-Claps (Recognition): Way to kind this morning Tetnus.
Prayer: Family and community of HS after young girl was killed last week.