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Baker’s Dozen at NeedMore Ruck!

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FNGs:  TWO FNGs compliments of M4L!  Welcome Allen Duncan (50 Floors) and Ken Almonds (Nail Pouch). Sprinkler loved the leadership of Dauber bringing out so many PAX to this forgotten gem in FV!
Warm Up:  After F3 story and introductions and EC (nice work Nemo, Fanny Pack, Breach and Dauber) headed out.
The Workout:  Played the back nine this morning starting off on 9 and 8.  Headed to 1-7 remembering great shots from a long time ago including shots over the pond or a layup by the tree.  I had a tee time at 8:-4 at the Neuse and definitely had golf on my mind. Great mumble-chatter with all the PAX.  Got some grilling tips from Fonzie and shared some parenting advice with Cancun (I hope it was well-received). Stopped at Breach’s for coffee-teria. Thanks brother!  Just a beautiful morning with great fellowship.
Mary:  OYO
Announcements:  See Slack/FB. Get out to HS Food Cupboard on Th.  Ultimate frisbee on Mon at Ting.
T-Claps (Recognition):  All the PAX getting it done in the month of May – great numbers.  Keep raising each other up!  Also Cancun for bringing his adorable 2.0 baby boy out.  Loved hearing his cooing during the trek!
Prayer:  Sprinkler led us out – thank you sir!  Honored to lead! -Dauber

 

1st Monday Ultimate x2

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33 Pax showed up for Ultimate under the Ting lights.  2 FNGs and several Kotters.

FNGs:

Mike Synnott; Olaf (Curling with Dauber, Ice, Frozen, Elsa!?!, Olaf!)

MJ Salamanca; Beer Pressure (Macho Nacho’s neighbor, Shredder EHed after a couple beers, Peer Pressure, Beer Pressure).

Warm Up:

Light mix of SSH, Good Mornings, HBs, IWs, SFAC, and Squated Morrocan Night Clubs.

The Workout:

Pax counted off by 4 and split into two teams.  1s and 2s on field 1 and 3s and 4s on field 2 for F3 style Ultimate Frisbee.  Every time the frisbee dropped Pax knocked out an exercise; merkins, burpees, squats, star jumps.  The scoring team called out the penalty exercise, which both teams partook.

Mary:

A couple more Good Mornings to stretch us out.

Announcements: 2nd F Panera, May Challange, Bed Builds.

T-Claps (Recognition): Lots of EC this morning & several Kotters (welcome back).

Prayer: Injured and sick Pax, our country, Pax leadership in the community, and a selfish request from YHC for God to fix the media!

Tiger Blood/Travis Manion WOD 4/29

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13 men took on Tiger Blood for the 2021 Travis Manion Foundation Workout of the Day (Wod) 

Warm Up: Mosey down to the track

The Workout: 29 squats with your weight implement of choice, run 400 meters, repeat 7 times

Mary: Quick message about TMF and the importance of carrying on the ethos of “If Not Me, Then Who”

Announcements: May Challenge in a few days

T-Claps (Recognition): FRAM for max effort during the workout.

 

Closed in Prayer:

Ooohhh Yeeeeaah!

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Today we celebrated the life and wrestling lore of none other than the Macho Man Randy Savage. Though we didn’t get to nearly as much as YHC had planned, we had a raucous group of PAX making noise all throughout the neighborhood we should be quiet in. But that’s the way the Macho Man lived…insane in the brain, flamboyant, say it if you want to, and badass to the core!

FNG’s: none
Warm Up: Good Mornings x10 IC, 10 Burpees OYO, a mosey down into the hood, and we all know that the Macho Man could party like a rock star so…Moroccan Nightclubs IC x10. Finished with a mosey to the final cul-de-sac.

The Workout: So Macho Man’s first famous feuds were with Tito Santana and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Back then, the Macho Man was smaller, high-flying, and faster. We circled up for a fast-feet/up-down progression for about 3 minutes.

We then remembered Miss Elizabeth, such an important part of the Macho Man journey,  with Pickle Pounders x20 IC and Hello Dollys x15 IC.

PAX were instructed to return up the hill stopping at every “rope” (intersection) for some exercises, because Macho Man was never afraid to go to the top rope. Street 1: Star Jumps x15, Street 2: Squat Jumps x15, Street 3: Prisoner Squats x15, Street 4: The Top Rope, 15 Burpees OYO. Finished with 15 SSH IC before exiting the hood to go to church.

At the church parking lot, we referenced yet another famous feud with The Ultimate Warrior. If you remember, whenever the Ultimate Warrior would start his “comeback” in any match he would do something like an “airpress to the spirits” or whatever. So we did Jack Webb’s 1:3 ratio up to 5.

Now how did the Warrior always enter the ring? Running. Split PAX into 2 groups. 1 Group would Indian Run around the U at the church, while the other group did a suicide sprint to a series of 6 cones. Then, groups switched roles.

We did not forget that weird period where Macho was all in to Queen Sherri. Homer to Marge x 20 IC.

A quick mosey over to the rock pile for a reminder that Macho Man had also joined forces with, then split with Hulk Hogan…the largest pythons in the world baby! Curls for the Girls x 30.

Macho Man also got married to Miss Elizabeth shortly after the feud with Hogan. A famous scene unfolded in the WWF ring with the Macho lifting up Miss Elizabeth over his shoulders. Alternating Lunges IC x20, Overhead alternating presses with rocks x 20IC.

Unfortunately, YHC started running out of time here. But we didn’t want to forget that Macho Man got SWOLE!!!! in his later years of wrestling. Hand Release Merkins x 20. We finished with a mosey back to the flag.

Mary: 10 Burpees OYO upon return. Then, the entrance song for the Macho Man, Pomp and Circumstance, guided us for 4 minutes through a plank-o-rama, finishing with 20 Good Mornings. Have a Macho Day…Dig It!!!
Announcements: It’s on! May Monthly Challenge is live tomorrow.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: POTS son, going into the Air Force. Police around our country, Delaware Cop and family after tragic incidents. Truth in Nature (Roger Roger), a ministry for boys without fathers/dads. Gillette and shoulder surgery healing, as he walked up to the COT toward the end. YHC took us out!

Cackling and Clucking on the Yard

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There are some PAX (POTS) that simply shut down the mumblechatter with burpees. YHC can typically deal with some mumblechatter during the warm ups or even Mary at some point…during the workout…nah. Those that were, according to POTS cackling and clucking (you know who you are) put in some reasonable work on the Yard this morning, so the guest Warden didn’t punish. Apparently, the pain stations equipped with many types of coupons were enough anyways…13 men…a record for Prison Yard…did the crimes and did the time at Hilltop Needmore Prison today.

FNGs: no fresh meat on the Yard today!
Warm Up: After a quick set-up with the help of the inmates, we ran a quick mosey loop followed by SSH x30 IC, Windmills x10 IC, Sir Fazio’s F/R x 12 IC, Frankensteins x10 IC, Standard Merkins x 20.
The Workout: The timer was two men, flipping the large tractor tire up the hill and carrying back to the bottom. Each man flipped up the hill once. During this, the PAX took part in various pain stations including: Kettlebell Swings, Plank Pull Throughs, Steel Mace Warrior Squats, Railroad Iron Bench Press, Pain Stick Squat, Pain Stick Curl, Pain Stick Press, Partner Pain Stick Squat and Press, Tractor Weight Shoulder Shrug, Farmers Carry with the Tractor Weights and Diamond Merkins, 4 cones for a side shuffle Burpee routine. All prisoners got to play with the toys multiple times.
Mary: Put the coupons away, followed by LSF x30 IC and LBC’s x30 IC.
Announcements: May Main Event…only two more days to sign up. Bed build info on Slack. Breach will Q a Travis Mannion workout Thursday at Tiger Blood.
T-Claps (Recognition): Lots of EC this morning…LED, Breach, FRAM, Nemo, Mookie, Deadbolt. Nemo’s first time on the Yard…looked like he’d done time before….good work!
Prayer: Shamwow! injury and hopes he or all injured PAX can get back after it! Motor Boatin’ a prayer of thanks for the accountability. Breach took us out including the moment of silence for our military and first responders on the front lines. Honored to lead this strong group this morning!

ABsolutely fantastic time at Mutiny

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FNGs: Welcome Shingles!
Warm Up: I/C SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Goodmornings, Frankesntien’s, Daisy Pickers, SFAC, 5 Burpees for not starting on time by site Q. 5 more Burpees for Norm being late.
The Workout: Everything done in tennis court. Start at net 5 LBC, Crawl Bear to mid court and stack 5 LBC, 10 Big Boy Sit-ups, Crawl Bear to end line and stack 5 LBC, 10 BB, 15 WWII, Crawl bear to fence into BTTW. Hold position for the six. BTTW slide shuffle to next court over to same position on previous court. Reverse the stack pattern with Bear Crawls back to the net. Swinging Gate to fence and did Guantanamos to the other side tennis court’s fence. Repeat Bear Crawls bears, BTTW, BTTW slide and Crawl bears. this time at the lines it was Plank hold for 15 i/c, 10 side raises, each side, 5 Oblique crunches. Swinging gate and Guantanamo’s to original start.
Mary: Complaining about Q’s direction earned 5 burpees. More Complaining earned another 5. Burpees for Breach became the catch phrase. Freddy Mercuries, Scissors, Meat Gazers, Meat Gazers w/ legs crossed, Leg Climb. 5 more burpees for good measure.
Announcements: Wilmington race
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Pots wife going into surgery on Tuesday, Unspoken and YHC took us out.

Tennis at Shady Acres

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Endo, @Fumunga, @MadDog2020, @POTS, @Sprinkler, @Breach, @Bob Barker, @Deadbolt, @FRAM, @Finkle

We had half of our PAX out today with respect and @Breach called the sight Shady Acres Retirement workout.
Warm Up: Mosey around tennis courts, Sir Fazio Arm Circles in cadence 10 forward and backward, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, toe touches, quad stretches, groin stretches
The Workout:

No Run 4 corners (adapted from @Gamecock yesterday at the Nest)  We did stacking merkins, angle grinders, plank jacks, and jack webbs.  Very nasty and our mode of transportation was doing Indian Bear Crawl Nippler Taps around the tennis court.

F3 Tennis – we had 2 teams of 5 and one ball.  Ball could only bounce once unless passed to another teammate and then back over the net.  No doubles lanes allowed and the ball had to stay in the two serving squares.  We had to do a penalty exercise if the ball was dropped or didn’t make it over the net.  @Breach racked up a lot of penalties.
Mary: We played F3 tennis till it was time.
Announcements: SIHP event coming up.  Sign-up genius available.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Deadbolt’s friend passed away suddenly, @Fumunga and M are coming up on new baby due date.

The Deck of Suck at Prison Yard

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5 Men braved the yard for a new Tactical Reaction deck of suck

Fram, Double D, Sprinkler, Dirty Pipes, and Warden Breach on the Q.

Warm Up: Started as a typical mosey around the parking lot with some 22 rep counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies and some Windmills. We moseyed back to the start to get the suck started

The Workout: The deck is most certainly stacked against us for this round

The Queen of Diamonds, ahh what a witch she was 400-meter run followed by 25 merkins, 25 Prisoner Squats and 25 LBC’s, we repeated that sequence 2 more times adding 5 reps to each exercise each time.

Time for the 2nd card of fun to be drawn, the 8 of Clubs, might as well been a swift kick in the nuts. 10 burpees, 10 Sumo squats, and 10 Lo-Slo Fludder followed by another run. Repeat this cycle adding 10 reps to each exercise, we are starting to see a very troubling pattern here.

Ahh the 3rd card, maybe, just maybe this one will not suck as bad. WRONG- it’s a burpee ladder, the timer starts at 1 min, you do one burpee then 2 and so each minute until you can no longer add a burpee and complete within the min. We modified this slightly with some mosey to fill the min, repeato for 5 mins to keep things fun and interesting.

The last card- should be interesting and wait for it…fun, right? it’s an Ace, an Ace should be worth something good. It’s more like you had a 2 on the board and now you get an Ace, not really bad, but not really good either. 400m lunges, 400-meter sprint, 100 bear crawl, 100-meter jump squats, and then we ended with a 10 parking spot build a bear.

Mosey back to the start for
Mary: Didn’t feel like we had enough abs in there so we did some modified Homer to Marge from the crab walk position, some penguin heal taps, and finished with some plank rotations.

No one passed out or perished so it was a great day in the Prison Yard

Announcements: Travis Manion WOD at Tiger Blood on 4/29.  JOCO is hosting an Oddsey CSAUP on my 22nd (Dirty Pipes has the details)

Prayer: Pray for Dirty Pipes and his family, his mother-in-law has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, pray for healing and for grace in this troubled time. Prayer for POTS and his wife as she had surgery today, pray for a speedy recovery. Thoughts and prayers for our country in these troubled times and for safe journeys for our Military and First Responders as they continue to serve on the front lines to protect us.

Ultimate Frisbee: 20 PAX Under the Lights at Ting

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FNGs: Welcome Aaron Wilkins – Originally from Cleveland, OH area, owns an appliance store.  I referenced “Clinger” from M.A.S.H. to a bunch of younger guys with no clue; “Maytag” was offered up until Bobby Dall nailed the naming with Snuggle/Snuggles!  Thanks for bringing him out Sparky.  Help him get on our socials please.  F3 Introduction and guidance discussed.

Warm Up:  Good mornings, SSH, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers, Static stretches.  Gump divided up the teams and we were off!

The Workout: 10 V 10 match this morning; very competitive; no wind – lots of great throws, catches and defense!  Exercises were called out after each score.  Lots of burpees and merkins.  Very physical today with a lot of hustle and finesse.

Mary:  Static stretching, Frankensteins

Announcements: See Slack/FB; Vicious Cycles on Wed; collection going around to buy Frenchie an alarm clock – see Breach for details.  Don’t ever forget your name BTW during name-o-Rama!  2nd F At Panera

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: UNSPOKEN;  Go Bears.  YHC took us out.  Honored to lead.  Thanks Gump for washing the pinnies!

Rocking the Wall on 3/25/21

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FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey to bus stop parking lot.  SSH, Frankenstein’s, Daisey Pickers, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Shoulder stretch all I/C
The Workout: PAX grabbed all sizes of Rocks.  Breach decided to grab a small boulder. Mosey to the RR next to splash pad. We did a wall sit and passed each of the rocks waist high to the man next and piled them up at the end, then sent the rocks back to the start. 3 rounds waist, chest and overhead. Two sets of SLT abs I/C. Back to the wall and passed the rocks underneath the legs, Overhead with press and chest press. Two sets of SLT abs. Back to the wall and bicep curl, front raise then two sets of abs.   (Martini and Norm ran more miles and joined the group for a final wall sit and COT.

Mary:
Announcements: 2nd F at Panera
T-Claps (Recognition):  Sprinkler and Breach for posting with Fram’s 4 day Q streak.
Prayer: Breach Traveling and unspoken