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At the car wash

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 Great morning for a virgin Q. 16 PAX came out in resistance of the fartsack! Great job men!! 

Warm Up:

Warm up lap, Side straddle, Good mornings, arm circles, daisy pickers

The Workout:

(Mosey to the loading dock/dumpsters)

-2groups (20 count in cadence and rotating exercises)

Wall sits / Peter Parker’s

Balls to the wall / American hammers

(Guard rail by the car wash)

3 sets Merkins 10, Dips 10, Derkins 10

(Parking lot good will)

-Accountability partners

 1 partner Bear crawl to the end of parking lot, 5 Burpee‘s, sprint back

1 partner LBCs

 Total of 21 Burpee’s

Mary:

Low slow flutter, Freddy Mercury,  ridiculous boat canoes, Homer to Marge

Announcements:

Need Q for next 2.0 workout, Fritter foundation is sponsoring holly spring a food pantry. Bring canned goods and non perishables to AO’s for donation.

Prayer:

Warbucks friend Lauren for health and recovery and Dovetails friend Nathan for guidance and support at home.

Thanks for Participating..Here’s your Trophy. 9 PAX Make it Count in the Rain @ AGS

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After consuming a few too many pre and post-Derby adult beverages the night before, which parlayed into a few more during a pivotal Bruin win, YHC woke up a little groggy this morning. A quick check on instant messenger showed a text from Deadbolt, who HC’d the day before. A little rain continued outside as I grabbed my gear. Would we be running, would we be making the most of the shelters at Womble? Picked up Deadbolt and exchanged some good mumblechatter as we clown car’d to Womble. “What are you thinking, DB?  You think the rain will let up long enough to run?” and also “Who do you think will show?” The rain is always an interesting element that can have impact on AO attendance. It takes a very strong commitment to pull one’s self from the fartsack on a Sunday, especially if its raining.  Pulled up to Womble and would have thought the Town of Holly Springs was hosting an early morning soccer tourney with cars lined across the lot. The rain caused a “mogwai” effect this morning, with 9 PAX looking to raise their standard. Lots of gazelles and AGS virgins this morning- Pikachu, Skidmark, Maybelline, ShamWow, Aquaman, Dahmer. Oh yeah, and a Slide Rule, who was looking to raise his standard and join us in the drizzle. Arrived 2 minutes before start and the rain had let up. Planted the flag, exchanged some pleasantries, and then went to work for the following warm-up.

Warm Up: YHC took off and led the 8 PAX to the first picnic shelter for a round of 5 Burpees OYO. Continued the mosey to the Crazy Ivan Lot, squat hold for the six. Once all PAX were accounted for, YHC lead the group with 5 more Burpees in cadence. Continued to the other side of the lot with a series of Carioca L\R-R\L & Butt Kickers. Squat hold for the six, and performed 5 more Burpees in cadence. Light mosey back to the originating lot, with alternating lunge walks. At the last corner around the soccer fields, performed 5 more Burpees, leaving one remaining Burpee. PAX mosey’d back to the originating lot. Performed the last Burpee in cadence. 9 PAX x 21 Burpees= 189 Total (in honor of Riley Howell).

The Workout: The second week in a row putting the Lake out of play. Had to opt for a ‘dry’er’ route. Decided on the opposite route of what was run last week, which led us down Stinson. PAX would then proceed left on Bass Lake Road, with a quick up and back through Rhamkatte, with a left on Holly Springs Road onto a Right on Linksland, Right on Salem Ridge, Right up Bass Lake Road, and then left back onto Stinson to the soccer fields. Before the run, YHC had reiterrated the message from last week about raising the standard. Lots of speed out there this morning, so advised PAX that if they felt up to it, to push a little with the accountability partners we had running this morning. With that, PAX took off from Womble and headed down and up Stinson. Great mumblechatter through out, even with the hills that were served up throughout the route. The Sky Q held the rain off long enough to allow PAX to get their miles before he ordered the rain back on, while YHC (the six) finished along the soccer field fence

Mary: Stretches OYO in the shelter, with great exchanges centered on a lonely ‘participation’ trophy that was left behind from yesterday’s games. We wanted to give it to Bullseye, but had heard he was not able to claim independence from the fartsack this morning. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Announcements: Memorial Day Murph in the works..more to come.

T-Claps (Recognition): Dahmer, Aquaman, and Slide Rule making their AGS debut with solid runs. Alot of Iron Sharpens Iron going around at AGS this morning with Pikachu pushing Slide Rule to a 10K PR. Maybelline pulling ShamWow up Bass Lake on his way to a Bass Lake Rd PR. SkidMark, well….being SkidMark in picking up the six along the route and positive encouragement on the hills. Deadbolt for holding me accountable and getting me out of the house this morning and on time.

Prayer: Continued prayers for Shredder, CrabLegs, and marriages. Aquaman took us out.

504 Burpees is a lot…

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FNGs: Nope.
Warm Up: U-Turn has been bringing a full parking lot to Starbucks lately…First Mosey with high-knees and butt kickers to Wendy’s front lot. YHC realized we were right in front of the plaza entrance. Safety first, we moved one more lot over. We’ll likely circle here from now on as there was more room to spread out.

SSH IC x20

Imperial Walkers called by YHC but YHC started Hillbillies, corrected to x15

Hillbillies x10

Leg Stretching R/L, walk-arounds etc.

The Workout:

Lost count of the bikers going – maybe 5?

Others varying w/ varying routes of 3, 5+, 15 for those doing EC EC.

Following the thang, 21 Burpees OYO based on the callout for AO’s to remember Riley Howell – the hero of the UNCC shooting – who tried to stop the shooter and was fatally wounded in the process. God Speed Riley.

Mary: N/A
Announcements: Dad’s workout was this AM, Run the Quay 6/1, check channels/FB for Wrightsville registration link.

T-Claps (Recognition): Aquaman for creating his own route this morning and repeating the suicide hill climb on Irving!
Prayer:

YHC took us out. Riley Howell from the UNCC shooting and all those impacted.

Saw Lightning

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I finally got to Q Ivan.  Seems like months.  It was a big workout. I was running an experiment, zero running, and we had an honorary ceremony for Lucky. He has been a fantastic teacher to all. Especially this big guy. He pushed me when I first joined and I would always be thankful for that. The other big event was a new song was going to debut at Ivan.

EC: Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Emeril, Shamwow!, Dahmer, Skidmark, Aquaman, Bulls Eye

FNGs: None
Warm Up:
Circle Up by your bell.
50 Side Straddle Hops
15 Good Mornings
15 Fazio Arm Circles Forward and Backwards
50 Mountain Climbers

The Workout:

5 Man O Makers
20 Swings
20 Shoulder Presses
Pablo Special (Clean, Squat then Drop Lunges) From 1 to 5

Midget Love Handles
Mini Turkish Getups

50 Mountain Climbers

5 Man O Makers
20 Thrusters
20 Upright Rows
Pablo Special (Clean, Squat then Drop Lunges) From 1 to 5

Midget Love Handles
Mini Turkish Getups

There was more but since things didn’t go as planned today I’m drawing a blank.

Saw Lightning By Beck:
Mountain Climbers
Burpee on ‘Saw Lightning’
Wine Maker on ‘Struck Me Down’

Mary:
Yoga stretches:
Downward Dog
Pigeon Pose
Runners Pose
Chair Pose
Warrior I
Warrior III
Warrior I
Reverse Warrior
Tree Pose

Announcements:

Fritter Foundation won Breath Taker so checkout the Fritter Page for more information
Folks from Raleigh are going down to help rebuild along the coast.  South Wake needs to step up and represent.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Lucky for Teaching us all

Prayer:

All injured Pax
Motorboat’s neighbor
All affected in UNCC

Fresh Blood

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EC: Aquaman, 187
Warm Up: Mosey to the backlot by softball diamond.  SSH x50, Daisy Pickers x12, Sir FAC x10, reverse x10 and overhead clap x15, Demonstration of the Ski Burpee (aka J-Lo Burpee)  5OYO + 5OYO for UTI being late.
The Workout: Mosey over to Elementary side and stopped along way for BTW x15 with Shoulder Taps.  Mosey to back road by playground and partnered up.  Partner 1 crabwalked to playground and did pull ups x10. Partner 2 stayed back and SSH. (switch and repeat)  On second go round Partner 1 bearcrawled to playground and did pull ups x10. Partner 2 held plank.  (switch and repeat)  Next we mosey to the far lot and partner wheelbarrows 7 spots at a time.  Once we both did 7 spots we did 5 Ski Burpees and continued to wheelbarrow until end of lot.  We repeated this twice for the full length of the lot.  Next we mosey back to the BTW location and partner 1 BTW x15 count while partner 2 Al Gore (switch and repeat), Round 2 BTW right arm up, left arm up, regular, while partner 2 Al Gore (switch and repeat, Round 3 all PAX BTW x20 Shoulder Taps.
Mary: Nipplers x15, Mountain Climbers x15, Peter Parkers x10, LSF x10, 6 inches and 45 x10, Homer to Marge x15, Pickle Pounders x20
Announcements: Dad’s camp, Fill the Q Sheet up or you will have to continue to listen to my country cadence!
T-Claps (Recognition): All Pax for getting out of bed this morning
Prayer: Aquaman’s friend Jennifer battling cancer, Moby’s father Tom and his road to recovery, UNCC shooting, Crablegs

All these walls for my balls

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24 Pax came out this morning to get stronger. 10 for an EC run by Midget’s House. For those of you keeping up, today was Lucky Charm’s last workout at 49. #respect

With today being the last day of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month YHC wanted to appropriately theme the workout. If you haven’t yet – CHECK YOURSELF at least monthly. If you have any questions about what you are doing check with Banana Seat. Thanks for his leadership this month and his dedication to get to all of the AOs and spread the message.

EC: Banana Seat, Pablo, Dumbo, Dahmer, Aquaman, ShamWow, Warbucks, Maybelline, 187, Axe
FNGs: Welcome to FNG Cricket.
Warm Up: All ICx10 – Good Morning, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly’s, Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps. 5 Bropees (with your partner)
The Workout: Pax took a mosey down the path behind the shopping center to the end. Along the wall we did sets of Balls to the Wall and People’s Chair. Set 1 was done with all 24 Pax making a 10 count and Set 2 was a 5 count.

Pax then mosey to bank parking lot to start the second grouping. Pax start with BALLS – 5 Burpee, 10 American Hammer, 10 LBC, 10 Low Slow Flutter, & 15 SSH. Run to the dumpsters at the other end and repeat BALLS. We did this a total of 2 times at each location running between.

Finishing the previous grouping at the dumpsters, PAX and partner did alternating sets of Balls to the Wall and Squats. Total of 5 sets starting at 25 and decreasing by 5 to 10 (done twice).

Mosey back to the flag for Mary.
Mary: Low Slow Flutter ICx20, Homer 2 Marge ICx10 each leg up and ICx20 regular, Have a Nice Day.
Announcements: 2.0 Workout Saturday, F3 Dad’s Camp Registration
T-Claps (Recognition): Lucky Charm’s
Prayer: CrabLegs, Raleigh PD Office Ainsworth

It was an honor to lead you men this morning. I’ll do better next time.

VolunTold to run a Paradise City workout

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Sunday evening @Emeril  sent a text out to determine if he should go to Paradise City or Downtown Train Monday morning.

Text went like this:

Emeril-  Who has the Q at PC tomorrow?
Spreadsheet pic comes thru.  4/29/19 Emeril/Midget
Dawgpound: “Well lookie here”
Midget:  “Nice…Emeril…Let’s kill them”
Emeril: “Bullshit”
Dawgpound:  “I’m getting excited, I’ll go ahead and save it. Would love to have a Midget and Emeril Q”

FNGs: GrubHub

Warm Up: On the jog.  Good Mornings, Fire Hydrant, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Burpees

The Workout: 11’s on the hill by b-ball courts

Start with 10 hand release merkins
Indian run two groups to top of the hill
1 Squat
Keep going
Continued with occasional breaks for Burpees, Wide Grip Merkins, Homer to Marge,

Mary: Pigeon, Runners Pose, LBC’s, Clam Shells

Announcements: Southwake Dad’s workout Saturday. @Bernie and @Brony have the Q

@Yogurt continues sprint workouts after PC

T-Claps (Recognition): Cowboy for setting up the CPR class.  Gumby for completing 8k

Prayer: Crablegs, can’t recall if there were others.

Thunder at Crazy Ivan; Welcome New Fritters

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Arriving at Womble at 0445, I planted the shovel flag (more than once due to winds) and took off jogging testing a gimpy hammy before EC officially started at 0505.  I cruised in at less than 100% but not deterred seeing the glow of Noxgear and headlamps in the parking lot.  I was elated to see my future fritter brothers (Doc, Modify, Cupid and WAIT – Where was R-22?)  Did he succumb to the fart sack?  We had lost a fritter wanna-be the morning before when Beater was unable to get to Disney due to a lot of stuff going on on the home front.  Pikachu, Bullseye and Aquaman had arrived for their fritter too.  It was 0530 and keeping with all AOs, Crazy Ivan began on time, Pikachu led the PAX out toward downtown for the two-mile run.  Note: Maybelline had joined the PAX for EC after hastily parking.  Running alongside the soccer fields, we noticed a silver Pathfinder coming in hot.  I cannot confirm or deny seeing sparks coming from the bottom of the vehicle after navigating over the Womble speed humps.  The driver could have had some experience as a stuntman as he adeptly handled the obstacles.  I did some research and found he had indeed done some driving in Hollywood before.  (See pic below)  Turning around, I saw it was no one other than R-22!  He sped by me as I waved him on pointing him in the direction of the PAX 100 yards ahead of me.  It was going to be a great day knowing R-22 was fritter edible!

 

FNGs:  None and No Merlots

Warm Up:  Pikachu brought the PAX into the parking lot after a nice warm-up run.  R-22 was drenched.  Cars kept coming in to the parking lot.  Anticipating a large turn out, Dauber communicated with Pikachu the night before during the First Responder Training and solidified a co-Q game plan.  In the end, 28 PAX came ready to get “thunder-strucked!”  Dauber had PAX circle up in the parking lot and got their heart rate going with 25 SSH, 10 Seal claps, 10 T-Claps, 10 Cotton-Pickers, 10 Fazio Arm Circles (F/R) and some static arm stretches.  There would be minimal running today so the warm-up focused on arms/shoulders.

The Workout:   Weinkes were created the night before (one workout focusing on Kettle bells, the other on a boot-camp style workout) and discussed as Pikachu took 14 PAX to the adjacent parking lot starting off with build a bears.  An abundance of LBCs, Merkins and Squats were thrown in for good measure.  Dauber began the kettle bell workout with a variety of Kettle bell exercises that included Swings (25), Bus drivers (15), Lawn mowers (10 L/R), Goblet Squats (10+), Figure 8s (10 L/R), Halos (10 L/R), Sumo Squats (10+).  LBCs, SSH, Mountain Climbers were thrown in breaking up the Kettle bell exercises.  Dauber called on Sir Dawgpound sharing his expertise of executing pistol exercises. The planned list on the Weinke went by the wayside as Dauber caught sight of Pikachu coming back from the amphitheater preparing to swap out for kettle bells.  The 80’s/90’s Hair Band continued in the background while Dauber led PAX to the amphitheater for some boot-camp exercises.  Alternating left/right leg step ups; Star Jumps; Merkins; Australian Mountain Climbers; Seated Chair; Balls to the Walls.  Dauber slowed things down and got the PAX stretching with various leg stretches leading to compromising positions and salty mumble chatter.  PAX were in a good mood cutting up while executing Yoga positions like pigeon and cobra.  Mosey back to the parking lot.  Timing was off as Pikachu was leading his PAX in kettle bell movements.  Dauber audibled and began prisoner lunges in the grass protecting our sensitive knees from the asphalt.  Merkins and pickle pounders were thrown in when Pikachu asked if we were going to do Build-A-Bears.  Well of course we were!  Off to the adjacent parking lot.  Build a bears were executed (unlike other group of PAX who executed 1-8 merkins), we executed 1, 2, 4 and 8 merkins (timing you know).

Mary:  Both groups of PAX circled up.  187 did not like yours truly hanging over him while I tried walking behind him near the curb trying to get a peak at the playlist.  (Sorry 187!). Pikachu was very excited looking at his playlist and seeing how close we were to AC/DC – Thunderstruck.  Some plank stretches and plank holds/pickle-pounders were executed before we heard Bon Scott/Brian Johnson lead singer scream out the lyrics to Thunderstruck.  A burpee was executed every time PAX heard the word Thunder/Thunderstruck. For those interested, there are 34X this word is mentioned.  SSH were done during the rest of the song.

Announcements:  We discussed some key takeaways from the First Responder training PAX attended yesterday. One pearl was to know where you are at all times!  When calling 911, follow and answer the Qs of the operator – don’t provide any unnecessary verbiage (the operator is filling in set fields).  Stay calm.  Assess the situation – step back, do not just jump in – You could make things worse and become a victim.  See Slack and FB for announcements!  Come out to Ground pounder and cheer on runners for 8K and 16K.

T-Claps (Recognition):  Cowboy for setting up First Responder Training!

Prayer:  Breach (wearing Breathtaker) took us out.  Unspoken, Crab Legs, Shredder, Moby’s dad…

A Journey to the Abyss

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16 PAX, 10 for EC, decided to swallow the DRP, climb out of the fartsack, and post at Disney to get stronger.  Q was happy to see a few brothers (minus 1 fritter quitter) braving their first journey for the coveted Fritter and the best speech zero dollars can buy.

FNGs: None

EC: Doc, Modify, R22, Aquaman, Bullseye, Dauber, Dahmer, Pikachu, Pablo

Fritter Status: New fritters: Doc, Modify, R22, Cupid; Repeat fritter: Aquaman, Bullseye, Dauber, Pikachu; Fritter Quitter: Beater

Warm Up: Led by Emeril: mosey around the baseball field to the small parking lot for a light warm up and a series of stretches.

The Workout: From the parking lot, the PAX moseyed to the Abyss to get the workout started.  Q had conveniently placed two 35lb kettlebells at the top of the abyss to be used throughout the workout.  After arriving,  PAX split into 2 groups and lined up in 2 lines down each side of the stairs.  With the kettlebell, the first PAX did one shoulder press and then passed it to the next PAX in line down the stairs.  PAX were instructed to run to the end of the line down the stairs to continue passing the kettlebell until they reached the bottom.  At the bottom, 5 burpees OYO.  The PAX lined up again to repeat up the stairs but this time with two shoulder presses and then 5 burpees OYO at the top.  Once at the top, PAX partnered up to complete a Dora 1,2,3 (100 merkins, 200 WWII, 300 squats).  Partner 1 started his reps while partner 2 traveled down the abyss into the darkness where they had to complete star jumps (start w/ 5 and add 1 rep for each journey down) until all reps were completed.  PAX were encouraged to carry a kettlebell or two, to keep them company, as they descended into the abyss.  As PAX completed their reps, they were instructed to continue up and down the abyss with the star jumps until all PAX were complete.  On completed, all PAX then moseyed (some carrying the kettlebells) back to the parking lot for Mary.

Mary: All exercises in-cadence for a 20 count: low slow flutter, homer-to-marge, freddie mercury forward and reverse, pickle-pounder

Announcements: PAX are encouraged to step up to Q a workout, CPR/Safety meeting at Fire Station tonight, Check FB and Slack

Prayer: Crab legs and his status in the clinical trial, unspoken prayers…

Tearing down the walls

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It was a pleasure to lead guys.

Several showed up for ec including: dauber, doc, r22, Cupid, modify, pikachu, beater, aquaman, h1n1, Messi, bullseye, led

FNGs:Trojan – Eric Julien
Warm Up:20xSSH, 20x Moroccan night clubs,10 forward and reverse Fabio arm circles, 10 hillbilly’s, 10IW, 10 burpees OYO
The Workout:Walls of Jericho

7 exercise @ 7 reps with jog around courts inbetween

prisoner squats, run, diamond merkins,run, captain Thor’s, run, mountain climbers, run, wide merkins,run, Red Bull jacks, run, burpees

Burpee break down suicides on tennis court

bear crawl to 1st line 4 star jumps

bear crawl to 2nd line 8 squats

bear crawl to 3rd line 12 in/out planks

bear crawl to 4th line 16 merkins

Great job picking up the six guys!!

Mary:Several pax’s contributed to Mary doing the following

lbcs, LSF, boat canoes, burpees, American hammers, pickle pounders, box cutters, hello dolly, windshield wipers, Freddie mercuries

Announcements:see slack and FB. 16 k this weekend cheer on pax’s after ground pounder

T-Claps (Recognition):breach and the breath taker
Prayer:pray for several health issues among pax family and friends. Cancer, mental health.