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Field Trip!

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Field trip day at Downtown Train! Convinced Yogurt to join me at AGS on Sunday so was glad to see him in the parking lot when I pulled in. Also please try surprised to see Cowboy and Buford. Hope you both come back to DT again!

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Jogged to Womble, 10 burpees, merkins, daisey pickers, arm circles
The Workout:

Grabbed rock and headed to shelter for following workout out:

Round 1: 20 curls for the girls, 20 tricep extensions, 20 shoulder presses, 15 curls, 15 tricep, 15 shoulder press, 10 curls, 10 tricep, and 10 shoulder press

40 SSH in cadence

Round 2: (all with rock) 10 step up each leg, 20 squats in cadence, 10 step up each leg, 20 squats in cadence,  10 step ups, 20 squats in cadence

50 LBCs in cadence

Round 3: 15 curls, 15 tri, 15 shoulders, 10 curls, 10 tris, 10 shoulders

30 SSH

Round 4: 5 step up each leg, 10 squats, 5 step ups each leg, 10 squats

50 LBCs in cadence

Return rock and headed back to DT parking lot

Mary:
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Cowboy for getting back at it and posting!
Prayer:

Rocks and Hills

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Had great weather this morning and 5 HIM showed up to push each other on a simple but strong workout with some solid mumble chatter. No EC today, flag was planted and we were off on our way.

FNGs: not today
Warm Up: quick mosey up to Main St to enjoy the lights then back to circle up for most of the usual w/u exercises
The Workout: mosey to the rocks, select a rock that works for curls, mosey to roundabout at top of Library Hill. We did 5 hill repeats, and between we did 10-pointers with rocks starting with 5, then 10 and finally a 15 count. Mosey to library lot for curls 3-ways, triceps, recover on the SSH. Mosey to return rocks and back to flag.
Mary: 2 full rounds of plank-o-rama
Announcements: Christmas Day only AO is Kung Pow
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Fanny Pack’s family for safety and healing for his M, other PAX dealing with illness and family medical issues – there’s many of us out there right now working through medical challenges for self-family-friends. Talked about the gift we get each day, to make choices about how we spend our day, how we can stay focused on all 3 Fs through the holiday, and not taking things for granted. YHC took us out.

Honor to lead this morning. Hope you all have a great holiday!

On the fly….Again

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Second week in a row rain has altered YHC’s plans at Downtown Train. Audible called and we headed to the parking garage for a make up as we go boot camp.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Two laps around parkin garage, SSHs, good mornings, hamstring stretch

The Workout:

Suicide ladders-

Round 1: WWIIs 5, 10, 15, and 20

Round 2: Squats 5, 10, 15, and 20

50 LBCs (in cadence), 2 minute peoples chair

Round 3: Lunges (R leg) 5, 10, 15, and 20

Round 4: Lunges (L leg) 5, 10 , 15,  and 20

50 LBCs (in cadence), 90 second peoples chair, 40 SSHs (in cadence)

Round 5: Leg lifts (6 inches > 90 degrees) 5, 10 , 15, and 20

Round 6: Alternating lunge jumps 5, 10 , 15, and 20

50 LBCs (in cadence), 60 second peoples chair

Mary:  None

Announcements: Christmas Party (need more sides)

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for coming out on a rainy Monday.

Prayer: 187’s wife, Fanny Packs wife, YHCs father, father-in-law, and mother-in-law

High Quality H2O

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YHC hadn’t Q’d a non-running oriented boot camp in a while and at the push of Abe I committed to branching out and Qing at least 5 workouts over the month of November. Downtown Train looked like a good one to push me out of my standard across the street Paradise City habit.

FNGs:

Welcome Bobby Boucher!
Warm Up:

SSH x20 IC

Daisy Pickers, Windmills, Sir Fazio forward/backward – all IC

Burpees x5 for a late arrival
The Workout:

Mosey to the rock pile, grab a rock that “your M would be proud of”, and mosey back to the flag.

Thing 1 – BOMB

Deposit said rock at one corner of the parking lot and mosey to the far end. We did laps of BOMB consisting of 5x Burpees, 10x Overhead Press with our rocks, 15x Merkins, and 20x Big Boy Situps. We kept at it for ~15 minutes.

Thing 2 – Cultural Visit

We John Cusack’d to the cultural center where we split into two groups. Alternating back and forth we did:

Step ups / reverse squats x2

Returned our rocks

Balls to the wall / dips

People’s char / dips

Mosey back to the parking lot

Thing 3 – Animal walks

Low slow flutter x10

Bear crawl length of the parking lot

Low slow flutter x10

Plank hold x10

Crab walk length of the parking lot

Low slow flutter x10

Plank hold x10

Homer to Marge x10

Duck walk length of the parking lot

Low slow flutter x10

Plank hold x10

Homer to Marge x10

Heels to the heavens x10

Mary:

Popcorn with favorite exercises from 4 different pax
Announcements:

TED talk tomorrow (17th), Frosty CSAUP Ruck December 5th, Beer Ruck December 12th
T-Claps (Recognition):

Aquaman, Odyssey, and Coal Ash for getting to run a real race at Shakori this past weekend.
Prayer:

187 and his M, Quiver and his family, Build-a-Bear

Library Day

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shut itFNGs: none
Warm Up: We started our journey to the library by jogging down Library Hill. At the pool, we circled up for the following: SSH x 25, Hillbillies x 10, Windmills x 10, Fozio Arm Circles x 10 (f/b), Seal Claps x 10, Overhead Claps x 10
The Workout: Jogged back up Library Hill to our destination, the library. We needed to look around for just the right book, so we ran the diamond. A different workout at each corner. Starting with 5 reps, adding 5 more each time around. Last round was 20 at each corner. Exercises were: narrow squat (feet together), mountain climbers, jump lunge squat, merkins.
Having made our way around the library, we found the section we were looking for (the rock pile). We went and checked out a nice big book. Curls for the Girls x 10, Triceps x 10 and Ruh Rohs x 10. 3 rounds of those. Then squats x 10, 3 rounds.
Having read our books, we returned them to the book drop and jogged back home for Mary.
Mary: Started Mary off with 10 merkins. Plank, arm raised, x 10 on each side. On the six for LBCs, WWIIs, box cutters, low slow flutters, Freddie Mercuries, American Hammer. Finished off with some yoga (runner’s pose / pigeon pose).
Announcements: none
T-Claps (Recognition): Coal Ash for joining me in a very cold gloom.
Prayer: 187’s family

Quiet day at DT

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Apart from the “go to” AOs, numbers have been down across the board and today DT dropped back down to the “self accountability” category in terms of attendance. Seems this is happening more often here in South Wake. I got in a couple miles EC in the cool drizzle with a run down and around Womble and returned to an empty lot. Held off until 530 and headed out. Missed Coal Ash by probably 1-2 mins. He was able to get in a nice run around town trying to track me down, and he ran into ShamWow and Bernie out for a mosey.

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Yep
The Workout: Ran the long loop over to cemetery hill for repeats. Think I did 8, lost track. Stopped at the top for shoulder work. Mosey back to lot for some rock work with fast feet laps between sets.
Mary: Nope, just hung out and caught up with Coal Ash for a couple mins. I guess that counts as 2nd F but no coffee was served.
Announcements: Nope, not much happening with F3 these days
T-Claps (Recognition): Coal Ash for making the effort to track me down
Prayer: Hope things go well for your dog in surgery and recovery Coal Ash. Reflected on how much F3 SW has changed over the past 3+ years and through the pandemic.

The Train That Never Left the Station

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EC: Redenbacher, Nemo, YHC

FNGs: Not a single one…

Warm Up:  Good Mornings, Fazio Arm Circles (>>> and <<<), Overhead Claps, Seal Claps

The Workout:

  • Mozy to the rock pile and pick out a biggish rock.
  • Cusak the rocks to the library parking lot
  • 3x (10-20 counts based on inconsistent Q) – Overhead Press, Curls for the Girls, Quiver Crushers
    • Quiver Crushers – WWI with a Rock on Your Chest, Once sitting up – Press the Rock overhead, back down, and repeat.
    • The name of the Quiver Crusher just had a nice ring to it.  No Quivers were harmed in the creation of this workout.
  • 3x (10-20 counts based on inconsistent Q) – Box Cutters, Squats with Rocks, LBCs
  • 3x (10-20 counts based on inconsistent Q) – Merkins, Squats with Rocks, Overhead/push-out with rock (name escapes me)
  • Cusak the rocks to the library parking lot.  Switch to walking Curls for Girls at the halfway mark
  • Line up and lunge walk up to the traffic circle
  • Mozy back to the parking lot aka “The Train Station”

Mary:

  • Arm stretchs over the shoulder for each arm
  • Arm stretches over the head for each arm
  • Cobra pose
  • Downward Dog
  • Runners Pose, each leg
  • 6 inch leg lifts and flutter kicks

Announcements:

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • 3rd F happenings this past weekend, especially Boo-Boo.  New PAX jusmping right in.

Prayer: Quiver’s daughter working to catch up on school work.

 

The internet has anything you could ever want.  Type it into Google and get exaclty what you are looking for (or something unexpected)… Scary…

Audio and Video are separate but aparently they go together 😀  Enjoy!

Well that was wet.

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YHC hadn’t been to Disney since maybe January or February so when the opportunity to take the Q presented itself, I took it.  Got there early for some EC and Shamwow and Dahmer already there. Just as we were headed out of the parking lot, Nemo came rolling in.

EC: Coal Ash, Sham-wow, Dhamer, Nemo

Was presently surprised when the rest of the PAX started rolling in. Great turnout with Dawgpound, Fanny Pack, Oboe, Pablo, Bobby Dall, POTs, and 187 ready to put in an effort.

FNGs: Nope

Warm Up: 10 burpees OYO.

The Workout:

Part 1: Headed to the stairs for some Dora.

100 Squat Jumps, 200 monkey humpers, 300 SSHs

Part 2: Mosey’d to the soccer fields for hallelujah suicide ladders.

Round 1: Merkins-5, 10, 15…burpee ladder when you got back to the start 1, 2, 3. When you got to far end, 50 mountain climbers. Plank hold for the 6.

Round 2: WWIIs-5, 10, 15…burpee ladder when you got back to the start 1, 2, 3. When you got to far end, 50 mountain climbers. Plank hold for the 6.

Round 3: Get-ups-5, 10, 15…burpee ladder when you got back to the start 1, 2, 3. When you got to far end, 50 mountain climbers. Plank hold for the 6.

Round 4: Get-ups (other side)-5, 10, 15…burpee ladder when you got back to the start 1, 2, 3. When you got to far end, 50 mountain climbers. Plank hold for the 6.

Mary:

Part 1: Lined up for an Indian run around soccer field.

Part 2: Circled up for two minutes of up-downs.

Announcements: Food pantry work this week. Donations for Thanksgiving.

T-Claps (Recognition): All 11 PAX. Great turnout and great effort from all.

Prayer: Family and friends of 4-year old that was hit by car.

Let’s go for a jog.

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YHC arrived just in time to find Pots waiting for others to show. As we started out for our routine DT train warm-up jog around the block, Pots asked if we could run to Womble and back as he wants to work on his running. So off we went. On the return, enjoying the cool weather and good company, we decided to keep going for a little tour around Holly Springs.

FNGs :None

Warm Up: Jog to Womble.

The Workout: Headed down Grisby to Earp. From Earp to Bass Lake around the Lowes Shopping Plaza and back to the start of DT. Total 3.5 miles.

Mary: 5 burpess
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Are you the easy group?

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5 for some ab work and hill repeats. Thanks for the strong effort, men!

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Lap, SSH, Burpees, Merkins, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies

The Workout:  Grabbed rock from rock pile and headed to traffic circle at the top of Library Hill.

Round 1: 50 LBCs in cadence, 50 mountain climbers in cadence, jog to pool area at the bottom of library hill, 1 minute plank hold, back to the top.

Round 2: WWII in cadence x 30 with rock, Freddie Mercury in cadence with rock, jog to pool area at the bottom of library hill, plank shoulder taps, back to the top.

Round 3: American Hammers x 30 in cadence with rock, heel taps x 30, jog to pool area at the bottom of library hill, homer to marge x 45 in cadence, back to the top.

Round 4: 6 inch leg hold, 120 seconds

Mary: 10 burpees OYO

Announcements: Mulching

T-Claps (Recognition): BRR and vBRR runners this past weekend.

Prayer: Nemo and his family, YHCs father-in-law and grandmother.