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How many Monkey Humpers?

FNGs:none
Warm Up:SSHx20
The Workout:Round 1 at Goodwill: Dora with suicides – 100 Merkins, 200 Star Jumps, 300 Monkey Humpers IC.  Round 2 on the hill: 3 sets of crunches with partners doing bear crawl up, crawl bear down, backward crab walk up, forward crab walk down, bull frog up and down hill.  Round 3 in the court: shoulder tapsx20IC with partner doing preachers chair, mountain climbersx20IC with partner doing BTTW.

Mary: Ab blast
Announcements:none
T-Claps (Recognition):Halfway House – great to see you out!
Prayer: Wallaby’s wife, Sham-Wow, Brexit surgery, 16Bit recovery

Jockeying for Position

There are certain AO’s where you just know there’s a better than fair chance there will be Indian Runs. Paradise City is one of them. All of us have been doing Indian Runs long enough to know what it’s like when you are unequally matched for speed in your line. Speaking as one no longer in the Clydesdale weight class, but still in the speed class…I know. During the Gloom circle this morning, several PAX asked lots of questions and tried to choose sides to show who they’d rather be with if we did this….In the end, I’d say we were all out of luck. You get what you get and you don’t pitch a fit…though Emeril tried to and got caught.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey around the upper loop soccer fields stopping at various points. At the bottom of the ramp it was SSH x 30, Good Mornings x10, Sir Fazios x 6. Then…to many groans of disapproval…a bear crawl up the full length of the ramp as a tribute to Pikachu  and his affinity for bear crawls. We moved together on the mosey down to tennis court corner where we did Imperial Walkers x 10, and Hillbillies x10. PAX were instructed to grab some rocks from the drainage pit and leave them there for later work. Some comments of surprise from the PAX as Paradise City is not known for it’s use of rocks. Many rocks were noted to be small…not the greatest rock pit, but every Q should try something new. Finished our mosey down to the guardrail for some Windmills x 10 IC.
The Workout: PAX counted off by two’s and formed two Indian Run lines going in opposite directions of the same soccer field loop. We would perform 11 reps of 4 exercises at 4 stopping points along the way and decrease by 1 rep with each lap. Bottom of ramp – merkins, top of ramp – step ups/each leg, tennis court corner – Ground Pounders, guardrail – dips. Each worked their way down to at least 7 reps, wrapping up the customary 3 miles almost on the nose.
Mary: LBC’s x20 IC, WW1 x20, LSF’s x20 IC, H2M x 20 IC, Pickle Pounders x20 IC.
Announcements: May Main Event – sign up, all info on Slack. JOCOGA CSAUP – The Iliad…coming up in a few weeks in May, a few of us will head down to support our neighbor region.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Fumunga and family with the new 2.0. Wallaby’s M. YHC took us out. Great to lead today!

Make Cletus Great Again

FNGs:Not today

Warm Up:
Nice mosey over to far parking lot. On the way, Lipstick was spotted coming down Stinson so PAX waited patiently in the parking lot for him. While we waited we did 10 SSH followed by an increasing burpee. Lipstick arrived and hid in the bushes just before 5 burpees, so we welcomed him to the party with 5 burpees. Good mornings, windmills, Sir Fazio arm circles, and squats were done.

The Workout:
Mosey to the amphitheater for 1st stop on our tour:
3 sets of 10: box jumps, erkins, dips, derkins,

Indian run to hill behind baseball fields.
Stop #2 was a repeat of a DoubleD beatdown at Possum Trot.
11’s: bear crawl uphill, star jumps at top, crawl bear down, squats at bottom

Indian run around the track to the next parking lot.

PAX lined up for a Guantanamo line across the parking lot.
-Lipstick tried to break Pikachu’s hip. Brexit questioned his return to F3.

Indian run back to tennis courts.

Still a little early for Mary, so PAX circled up for some Howling Monkeys, 2 rounds of 10 counts. Lots of grumbling when YHC called for round 2.

Mary:
PAX lay flat on their backs for a little music time. YHC turned on Flower by Moby. Sally up/Legs up straight at 60 degree, Sally down/Legs down to 6 inches. Keep heels off the floor the entire song. That was a long 3 mins 28 secs.

A little time left, so we did: homer to marge, single leg home to marge, american hammers, and have a nice day.

Announcements:
Wild Turkey birthday
SHP build delayed to 6/12 – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49aba823a3f4c61-shpncfuquay14
Spring Classic support on Sat ~8am at Bass Lake Hill
JOCOGA CSAUP sign-up – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NDNwxH89e7fCSJpJAH67Vwx-sZQb_qFTOL7a0WfjZjw/edit?fbclid=IwAR0k64t97c67KOXBZNcJfXZ1tmaSPR_byxGzTkVVDNImg-QZMJvHjL27omI#gid=0

T-Claps (Recognition):
All the PAX for making Cletus great again.
Brexit and Wild Turkey for making it back out in the gloom.

Prayer:
Brexit’s upcoming surgery

YHC took us out.

Disney: The View From The Train

FNGs: nada

Warm Up:

– Good Mornings

Bobby Boucher pulled in late.  He pre-blasted that he would be bringing his wife to the airport.  YHC elected to ignore his burpees.

– SSH

Began a run of a non-conventional loop.  Wanted to nod at the traditional Disney workout but give it a little twist.  Quick Stop by Laetner’s car as he pulled in late for 10 burpees.  He will not be ignored.  Continued on the jog and stopped at the greenway entrance.

– Squats

Return to the main lot

– Goofballs
– Frankensteins

The Workout:

Recover on the jog running towards the opposite entrance.  On the main stretch carioca both sides, quick feet on the curb.  Continued mozy until we got to the small curved lot on the opposite side of the baseball diamonds.

Main Attraction – Bearcrawl Burpee Train – Line up and bear crawl from bottom of the curved parking lot towards the top.  This is completed in an indian run fashion.  When the guy in the back reached the front a burpee was compelted.  This continued until the end of the lot.  END OF THE LOT – Run to the start and RESET!

Replace bearcrawls with lunge walks.  Backwards running got you to the front of the line.  PAX were voluntold to call the workout when they reached the front of the line.  Many of the standards were brought out.  DawgPound flexed his Exicon muscle and broke out absolustions (brutal).

Back to the main lot.  We swapped out 1 group hit the wall for Balls 2 the Wall / group 2 did a workout on the short wall.  Short wall workouts included – Box Jumps, Dips, Step Ups

Mary: Has a back muscle fetish…

  • Superman
  • Flying W
  • Flying T
  • T Merkins

Announcements:  Bed building postponed, race weekend

Reserve your spot on the Disney Q-Sheet today before its too late!!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_pUOHvqkzXJLl3PEuq-IW-R1coWr0HZsAG5tvFMq3qg/edit#gid=1502788962

T-Claps (Recognition):  Thanks to Shammy for passing the torch, looking forward to my time ahead at Disney!  Thanks to the PAX that showed for the first day.

Prayer:  YHC took us out

Shared pain through accountability

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Mosey to bottom of parking lot towards the stop sign. Placed cone for ME reference. SSH, Good mornings, Daisy Pickers, Mosey to right hand side of parking lot with grass hill. Cone #2 explained Frisbee bear crawl station.  Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies I/C.  Mosey to RR and Cone# 3 with battle rope. Explained station while in Squat hold. We grabbed the rest of the coupons and moseyed to the abyss. (2 – 25lbs DB’s, 1- 30 lbs ruck weight, 1-20 lbs phalange, 1 BAT Big Ass tire, and one little tractor tire)

The Workout: Paired off with accountability partner. Cone #1 Frisbee Bear Crawl up the hill and back down, head first both directions and hands stay in frisbees. Partner does whatever exercise they want while waiting. Cone# 2. Battle rope > Double hand OH Smash, Single alternating waves, SSH with rope. (PAX on own cadence) my group 30, 20, 10 reps. Cone #4 DB swings at the abyss, Cone #5 Weighted abs Cone#6&7 > BAT gets flipped up ALL the abyss stairs partner rotate in as needed. Little tractor tire gets pulled up to top of stairs by a strap, partner rotate in as needed. Once you leave the tire station the PAX run to Cone #1 and loop back to Cone #2 and then the stations rotate. We made one complete cycle.

Mary: Freddy Mercury’s, LBC, Reverse LBC, Full LBC.
Announcements: Runners in Wrightsville.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Bobby Bouche’s friend dealing with addiction, Deadbolt’s fraternity brother dying of heart attack, unspoken

The Pendulum

16 Pax for a variety of options at RFTJ. Those that have marathons this Saturday got in 4 easy miles, others went for 3, and the remaining ran hill repeats on Earp/Cemetery Hill.

FNGs: none
Warm Up:
The Workout: Those that have marathons this Saturday got in 4 easy miles, others went for 3, and the remaining ran hill repeats on Earp/Cemetery Hill. Ran to the top of Earp and then 5 trips up cemetery hill and back.
Mary:
Announcements: Wilmington, Volunteers needed (see Slack and Facebook)
T-Claps (Recognition):All marathoners running this weekend for keeping the legs loose. All those that ran that ran the hill repeats (Pablo was cruising!). And those working through injuries still getting their miles in.
Prayer: 1 minute of silence for unspoken prayers and reflection.

Where’s Martini’s Cell Phone?

FNGs: None
Warm Up: PAX circled up for some SSH, daisy pickers and IWs
The Workout: 2 routes available this morning, 4 miles and 5.5 miles.  17 set out on a short journey in search of some pre-marathon miles, taking it easy, or running with a ruck sack if you’re @Yogurt.  The 5 milers took old U-turn, with a trip up cemetery hill in anticipation of BRR in a few months.  The run wouldn’t have been complete without a search for Martini’s phone on the route, t-claps to @Skidmark for finding it in the grass and @Yogurt for going back for the six.
Announcements: Opportunity to help build bunk beds for Sleep in Heavenly Peace on Saturday 4/24 from 8-11.  See slack and/or LED for details.  F3 Foundation is supporting the initiative and events will take place in the Kohl’s parking lot in Fuquay.
Prayer: Good health and safety for all those running in Wilmington.

It’s Good to Be Back

“It’s good to be back.” This was said by Kotter Mr. Terrific as we finished up today’s workout with COT. You know how sometimes you know someone only means something like 60 or so %…either way, Mr. Terrific was strong pushing through today’s workout. He was not weak…if so…he would’ve just fartsacked. We we’re glad to have this guy back! Today’s beatdown was designed to be very simple, yet effective.

FNG’s: No
Warm Up: SSH x 25 IC, Good Mornings x 10 IC, Frankenstein’s, Willie Mays Haze, Seal Claps, and Moroccan Night Clubs all x12 IC. Moseyed around the back of the school for the workout.
The Workout: Very simple. Each PAX would complete 100 Single Leg Bulgarian Squats, 200 Hand-Release Merkins, and 300 Squat Jumps. PAX worked for 3 minutes at a time. When the timer went off, we did and Indian Run around the back track. Each round we added a lap for the Indian Run, up until 3 laps. All PAX worked together toward the end to pick up the 6 and bang out final reps. This took us just about the entire time.
Mary: WW2 x 30, LSF’s x 20 IC, Pickle Pounders x 10 IC. SSH x 50 IC, Good Mornings x 10 IC. Have a nice day!
Announcements: Bed Build donations and project coming up at the end of the month. Thrift store work this weekend as per Gump. Look for both of these opportunities on the 3rd F Channel. New Monthly Challenge about to hit the street…Check Slack…it’s yoga and stretching…we all need it!
T-Claps (Recognition): Mr. Terrific fearless and unrelenting in getting back after it in the gloom today!
Prayer: Pikachu’s M, Sargeant Leach (retired HSPD) battling lung issues in need of transplant. YHC took us out…honored to lead today men!

We had a few Sprinkles at the Sprinkler Q

Rolled into Disney parking lot around 5:10 this morning. Fram’s car was on scene and he was off for EC. I started unloading all my toys and Pots showed up and assisted me.  I decided last night to mix it up a bit due to all the beat downs I have received this week already. Really, I think this was just as bad as Monday-Wednesday!

FNG: Nope

Warm Up: Moseyed a lap around the parking lot. 15 of the following IC: Jack Feet, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Merkins, Fazio Arm Circles, Frankenstein’s

The Workout: Had 10 stations prepared with “Toys” coupons. 100’ Firehose drag, Pallet Push(this was a crowd pleaser), tire flip(not your average car tire either), stair stepper machine, 25 and 10lb weight station, fire hose tote, Tractor Weight framers carry one each hand 60lbs each, Fanny Packs Favorite “Olde Roy” 70lb Railroad Iron for Bench Press.

The farmers carry was the timer. 2 PAX went around the parking lot opposite ways and when they met 5 burpees. Continued to starting point. Each PAX rotated until we made it around each station once. Rinse and Repeated. We then switched things up same stations but worked different parts of your body. The pallet push, tire flip and fire hose drag were no joke!! I am spent!

Mary: 15 IC Box Cutters, then Box Cutters, Low-Slow-Flutter and then Low-Slow-Flutter.

Announcements: See Slack

T-Claps: Fram EC this am. Fram and 187 seemed to be in some sort of a competition this morning. They were both on FIRE!!! DO NOT mess with these MEN!

Prayer: Fram’s Brother going through a divorce, Crab Legs. Thank God we have the ability to get up every morning and exercise and fellowship with one another!!

Honor to Lead today! Happy Easter Gents!

Get comfortable…

FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH x20, Wind Mills x10, Hillbillies x10, Fozio Arm Circles / Seal Claps / Overhead Claps / Maracan Night Clubs x10
The Workout: Mosied over to the rock pile for round 1. PAX got a “shmedium” rock for high reps and lined up at the edge of the parking lot.

Curls for the girls x30 / Triceps x30 / Ruh Rohs x30 / Ground Pounders x30
Bear crawl to the other side of the parking lot, crab walk back to start.
Repeat x20
Bear crawl / crab walk.
Repeat x10
Bear crawl half way, crab walk back.

Mosied over to the picnic shelter for round 2 and lined up along the wall.

People’s chair – 10 count down the line for a total of 50
Balls to the Wall – 10 count down the line for a total of 50
Urkins / Durkins / French(Australian) Dips all x10
Repeat with a 5 count for the People’s Chair and Balls to the wall.

Mosied up to the concession stand for one more round of Urkins / Durkins / French(Australian) Dips, x10. Then back for Mary.
Mary: Popcorn Mary followed by a little bit of yoga.
T-Claps (Recognition): any one who didn’t let the fart sack win today.
Prayer: 187’s wife