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18 car Choo Choo

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FNGs: Not today

18 HIMs showed up to witness what fat, slow and weak Q looks like 

WarmUp:

20 Fozzie Arm Circles, 15 Good Mornings, 20 SSH, 10 Daisy Pickers, 10 Windmills, 10 Emperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 10 mountain climbers.

The Workout

Jog around downtown block and then down to the rockpile.

While selecting a weapon of fitness, YHC learned he needs to be more clear on what the intent will be:

Although most were of respectable size, I had to question a few HIMs on their choice of rock dimensions (must of assumed we would be making caveman jewelry). 

Rotate around rocks between sets (not necessarily in this exact order).

  • 3 sets of 20’s – Curls for the girls
  • 3 sets of 20’s  – Overhead Overhead Tri-press
  • 3 sets of 10’s – Ground Pounders
  • 3 sets of 10’s – Trunk Twists

Leave rocks in the circle and jog a lap around the library and back

  • 2 sets of Rock Press
  • 2 sets of Windshield Wipers
  • 10 Rockies
  • 10 WWIIs
  • 10 Boat Canoes

2nd lap around the library

  • 20 Rock Squats
  • 20 Rock Lunges
  • 10 Star Jumps (187 considered doing these with his rock but then reconsidered)
  • 20 Plank Jacks
  • 20 High Knees
  • 10 Split Jacks

3rd lap around the library

  • 20  Merkins
  • 20 ct Chillcut Planks
  • 20 Freddie Mercuries
  • 20 H2Ms (10 standard, 5 single leg)
  • 20ct 6 inches
  • 20ct Supermans

4th lap around the library

Cusak rocks back to pile and circle up for COT

Announcements:  July 4th 1776 Convergence,  Megan Smiles Charity Event (July 20th & 22nd)- F3 SW made a commitment to support this event.  Wiggly & Slide Rule need a head count this week (Goal is to raise $2,500 which will pay for 1 child to get their smile).

Prayer Requests:  187’s friend Tom passed away leaving 8 kids behind. Prayers for his family and friends. Prayers for Dauber’s interviews. Prayers for healing: CrabLegs and Shredder.

YHC took us out.

Lucky 7’s – in Diamond Formation

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Shout out to Wiggly for providing the cones and helping put them out before the festivities began. YHC had never done a “7 of Diamonds” workout before today and the inexperience showed as improper instructions were given regarding the number of reps. Fortunately the mistake was caught before the first exercise so no harm done (except by the workout itself). Thanks to all for bearing with my shortcomings. We just might see the 7 of Diamonds again in the future.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:

Mosey around the parking lot
SSH x15 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Monkey Humpers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks – x 15 IC
Nancy Kerrigans x 10 IC – bend over with one leg back and do arm circles – switch legs
The Workout:
Mosey to the bus parking lot for…
7 of Diamonds: Repeat same exercise and reps at each of the 4 “corners” (aka cones)…
Round 1: 7 reps – Turkish Get Ups (modify to do 1 arm/leg and alternate at each corner)
Round 2: 14 reps – Americans Hammers (IC)
Round 3: 21 reps – Merkins
Round 4: 28 reps – Squats
Round 5: 21 reps – Low Slow Flutter (IC)
Round 6: 14 reps – Carolina Dry Docks
Round 7: 7 reps – Bobby Hurley’s

Mary:

Player’s Choice all the way around the horn – did some LBC’s, reverse LBC’s, Pickle Pounders, Blue Devils?, Box Cutters, WW2’s, American Hammers, Hillbillies (without doing Imperial Walkers), Windmills,  Freddie Mercuries – and more – and ended with Have A Nice Day
Announcements:
See Slack/ Facebook
4th of July convergence @ Womble Park – 7am?
T-Claps (Recognition): Wiggly brought the cones and helped put them out. What a great guy.
Prayer:
Crab Legs – bringing awareness to ALS in search of a cure
Chips family – had a Carbon Monoxide scare at the house this morning.

Burnin’ Down the…Nutcracker

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16 PAX (including 1 FNG – welcome Epcot!) showed out for some burn downs this morning. Spirits were about as high as the humidity (at least 85%) as we got things started. YHC later realized that the customary disclaimer was inadvertently omitted before the workout commenced. My apologies. I will do better next time.

FNGs: Epcot

Warm Up:

Mosey to back basketball goals & playground.
Smurf Jacks x15 IC
Daisy Pickers x15 IC
Good Mornings x10IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles X10 IC Forward/ x10 IC Reverse
Goofballs x20 IC

The Workout:

Number off 1-4 to form 4 groups of 4. Indian run with your group around the track w/ last person stopping to do 3 burpees then running to the fromt of the group. R&R until everyone did 2 rounds of burpees. 3 burpees (groups of 4)
Mosey to the rock pile & grab a medium to large rock (except for Blue Hen who chose not to over exert himself with the size of his rock).
Burn downs: 5 sets of decreasing reps (10/ 8/ 6/ 4/ 2) alternating between two exercises for each muscle group…
Arms: 5 sets of decreasing reps alternating between Curls for the Girls and Tricep Extensions – (rotate rocks between each set) – Return the rocks and mosey to the front
Shoulders: Merkins & Plank jacks
Legs: Squats & Step Ups (each leg)
We still had 10 minutes before MARY so we then moseyed to the front playground for a modified version of 4 Corners with our groups from earlier.
Corner 1: Balls to the Wall; Corner 2: Pull Ups; Corner 3: Squat Jumps x10; Corner 4: alternate between Irkins, Derkins, Dips & WW2’s.
R&R for 10 minutes then we moseyed back to the front parking lot and reprised the Burn Down theme for Mary with…

Mary:

American Hammers & LBC’s – sets of 10/8/6/4/2

Announcements:

> 3rd F community impact opportunities coming soon in Holly Springs – Contact Slide Rule & watch Slack for more info
> Ultimate at Tiger Blood this Thursday

T-Claps (Recognition):

 

Prayer:

War child’s family – 30 minute workout this Friday at Healing Transitions @ 2:30

Yes, We Do Take Requests

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EC for Bernie and Brexit who ran over from home, and for Cowboy, Abe and Nemo – thanks Cowboy for inspiring us to get in a solid run despite the late start.  Bullseye was first on scene as he was so excited tto get his hands on the brand new breathtaker.  A couple guys reached out to ask about running today and there were some request to keep he running to a minimum.  When you are riding your bike to post, with breathtaker, and going on several days in a row, I will listen to your request.  Opened with the news about Warchild, many black shirts to represent and a moment of silence

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: Regular lap around the big block, circled up for some quick w/u exercises

The Workout: Stayed right in the same spot the whole time.  Picked up rocks and circled up.  The workout was a build as we did everything ICx10 and added an exercise each round until we had 10 different exercises.  Some guys picked up on the patter, others thought it was totally random.  Either way, I like to think it was an even, consistent workout with no real breaks.  The exercise order went like this: curls, SSH, triceps, Goof Balls, Ground Pounders, Mt. Climbers, Wonder Bras, Merkins, Bus Drivers, Burpees.  So that means we did curls ICx100, SSH ICx90…all the way to just the 10 burpees, but we did them slow and in cadence to focus on form.  Time was on our side as we wrapped up, returned the rocks and circled back up.
Mary: 2 sets, all ICx10 and without letting the feet touch the ground: LBC, 6 inch hold, low slow flutter, Homer to Marge
Announcements: Mention of new AOs
T-Claps (Recognition): Great to see Coal Ash back out there today as he continues to recover – strong effort
Prayer: We took a silent 10 count for unspoken and YHC took us out

Tiger Blood (Chewbacca)

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Pax of (11) for a  Chewbacca style workout at Tiger Blood

UTI, Warbucks, 187, Pikachu, Snap, Yogurt, Axe, Da Business, Lipstick, Skidmark and Breach on the Q

Warm Up: On the move to the front of the school for 22 counts of Imperial Walkers, SSH, Frankensteins, Prisoner Squats, and Daisey Pickers

The Workout: 5 Rounds of Chewbacca style (30 secs on 10 rest between exercises) 10 cycles for each round, Mosey to a different spot around the school between rounds

Round 1 Burpees and Squats

Round 2 LBC’s and Merkins

Round 3 Jump Lunges and Frankensteins

Round 4 Low Slow Fludder and Mountain Climbers

Round 5 Side Straddle Hops and Star Jumps

Announcements:

Prayer:

Tuesday Morning Stacks

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FNGs:none
Warm Up:Mosey, butt kickers, high knees and karaoke

SSH x 25

Imperial walkers x 10

Hillbillies x 10

Daisy Pickers x 10

Good Mornings x 10

Sir Fascio arm circles x 10 forward & 10 back

The Workout:

STACKS

Run to first light pole, 5 burpees, run back to start and 5 burpees

Run to second light pole, 5 burpees and 10 mountain climber, run back to start 5 burpees & 10 mountain climbers

Run to third light pole, 5 burpees- 10 mountain climbers and 15 jump squats, run back to home, 5 burpees, 10 mountain climbers and 15 jump squats

Round TWO

Run to first light pole, 5 merkins, run back to start and 5 merkins

Run to second light pole 5 merkins and 10 WWII’s, run back to start, 5 merkins and 10 WWII’s

Run to third light pole 5 merkins, 10 WWII’s and 15 LBC’s, run back to start 5 merkins, 10 WWII’s and 15 LBC’s

Mosey to playground

3 rounds of balls to walls while partner does 5 pull ups
Mary:

10 Windshield wipers

5 homer to marge regular, left leg up 10, Right leg up 10

15 squats

20 SSH

10 carolina dry docks

10 diamond merkins

10 pickle pounders

10 windmill

 

 

5+1 Captain Thor to 10+5
Announcements: new AO starting tomorrow at Womble
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Banana seat recovery

Honestly…

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: Jog around the block, circle up in the town hall parking lot.

  • 15 x side straddle hops
  • 10 x good mornings
  • 10 x daisy pickers
  • Fazio Arms (10 forwards / 10 backwards)

The Workout I took a page from the Nemo workout book and did a variation of his rock work routine from a few weeks back. Each PAX grabbed a rock and gathered at the semicircle for some rep exercises.

  • Curls for the girls (5 x lower half, 5 x upper half, 5 x full)
  • Jog to other side for 10 Merkins
  • Jog back by way of the lower parking lot, up the stairs and back to start
  • 15 x Louganis (WWIIs w/ rock)
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back (adding a bunny hop up the stairs)
  • 10 tricep curls
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bear crawling up the stairs
  • 10 sumo squat with rock
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bunny hop up stairs
  • 15 ground pounders
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins
  • Jog back, bear crawl up the stairs
  • 10 wonderbras
  • Jog to other side, 10 x Merkins

At this point, we had some more time, so we started back with Curls for the girls, 10 merkins, then Louganis (increasing to 15), 10 merkins, and then some more tricep curls. We probably could have done another round or two, but YHC is still getting his timing right. Off to Mary.
Mary: Plank for 10, then:

  • 10 x pickle pounder
  • 10 x Australian Snow Angels
  • Outlaws (10 clockwise / 10 counter clockwise)
  • 15 x Homer to Marge
  • Have a good day

Announcements: New AO starting on Wednesday at Womble (0530).
T-Claps (Recognition): Yogurt, for getting me out to F3 in the first place, and Nemo, for giving me the opportunity to Q my first workout.
Prayer: Everyone’s parents, especially those dealing with illnesses currently.

Crazy Indian and the Medicine Ball

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VgufM9iLbI

EC: Aquaman, Bulls Eye, Cowboy, Cupid, Full House, Slide Rule.

Some PAX were still rolling in at 5:30. Thought they were all FIA, but then BAM! Crab Legs!

FNGs: Welcome STP–The Racer’s Edge. Disclaimer given.
Warm Up: Mosey to upper parking lot. Fancy feet step up on parking curbs, two steps per curb. All the way down, then all the way back up. Circle up for SSH 25x, GM 10x, the Sprinkler (arms pointed out front, in cadence left 1, front 2, right 3, back to front 4 = 1 rep). Loosens up torso. 10 Merkins, followed by Downward Dog.

The Workout: Was looking forward to applying this format. Indian 1: Kicked off the Indian-run-themed-workout using a 10 lb. medicine ball I picked at a yard sale. This exercise was requested a while back by Deadbolt–I think he called it Pass the Pill. Indian run formation, pass the ball to person behind you, then the six ran the ball to the front. Rinse and repeat. PAX passed the ball at first, but then we advanced to a blind overhead toss. The drop rule was in effect. Drop = five burpees. Was a little slow at first, but then Bulls Eye spiced things up with a drop or two. Probably caused by those gloves he was wearing! Or maybe the bad tosses? Either way, Cupid has dibs on borrowing the medicine ball for his next workout. Medicine ball ultimate?

The Good Morning Burpee was in full effect. Say Good Morning to a walker/runner, if they return the Good Morning, then we do five burpees. We got stiffed on several good mornings–or maybe just could not hear them. Finally, we got a solid Good Morning from Crab Legs as we converged on the greenway. Five burpees, finally!

Indian 2: Rail Road Indian Run. PAX planked up about two feet apart. The six jumped over each PAX, moving to the front of the line. Keep those hips down Slide Rule! Continue til all PAX have jumped.

Indian 3: And this was the toughest one. PAX does low slow flutter while the six does 10 WWIIs. Upon completing the WWIIs, the six runs to the front. I had planned to keep doing low slow flutter continuously, but that proved too much. Thus, we “rested” while each six ran to the front. This was a long round, even with only 12. There were more than single tears on this one!

Field of Dreams/Diamonds Are Forever. More Indian run to baseball dugouts, but sprint from greenway to scoring tower. Meet up at home plate, count off 1, 2, 3, 4. Ones go to first base line for Merkins, twos to second for squats, threes to third for LBCs, fours = the clock at 15 burpees. Complete the burpees and head to first, each group advance until each group did the burpees.

Only 10 minutes left and still want to do feature exercise: the Crazy Indian. Mosey around pond to amphitheater. Assume BTW position. First PAX drops to feet, runs around the wall, cues the next PAX, just like an Indian run, til all PAX have run. Lots of shaking arms–perfectly normal. Done!

Mary: No time, joined kettle bell COT
Announcements: Crab Legs shared his goals during his leave from work: spend time with family and have an impact on ALS. He announced that he will be achieving both soon, as he visits every major ballpark across the country. He’ll visit with and interview folks whose lives have been affected by ALS. He plans to share his journey and those stories via every social media outlet available. Plus, he’ll be looking for mainstream media coverage as well.
T-Claps (Recognition): Nice work by those posting EC this morning!
Prayer: Safe travels and high impact for Crab Legs and his family on their cross-country summer adventure.

Nutcracker Breakfast Club

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FNGs: Bender
Warm Up: SSH x25

Daisy Pickers x 15

Good Morning x 15

Sir Fascio arm circles x 10 forwards x 10 back

Imperial Walkers x 10

Hillbillies x10

The Workout: Kettlebells

Partner A: 10 Erkins, 10 Derkins & 10 Dips/ Partner B: single hand kettlebell swings (2 rounds)

Parner A: 10 Erkins, 10 Derkins & 10 Dips/ Partner B: Block-a-doc (2 rounds)

Partner A: Bear Crawl to ladders, sidestep ladders and jog back/ Partner B: Briefcase lifts (3 Rounds)

Partner A: Reverse crabwalk to ladders, quick feet in ladders and jog back/ Partner B: Midget love handles (3 Rounds)

Partner A: Jog backwards to ladder, backwards sidestep through ladder and jog around circle/ Partner B: Wonder Bra (2 Rounds)
Mary:

Mountain climbers x 15

LBC’s x 15

Merkins x 10

Windshield Wipers x 10

Diamond Merkins x 10

Captain Thor 5+1 to 10+5
Announcements: 2.0 workout June 8th 9am
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Banana Seat has a medical procedure tomorrow

Accordian’s Daughter

 

 

 

Core on the Run

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Monday early start we had 7 on EC with Pikachu, Skidmark, 187, Slide Rule, Axe, Cowboy and Nemo.  YHC was looking to accomodate several subtle requests so I came up with a little something new for DT and added in a new stop along the way.

FNGs: None today
Warm Up: Regular lap around the big block, circled up in town hall lot for some IC SSH, Good Mornings, Squats, Fazio Arms
The Workout:  On the jog back up Main St we went all the way to the abandoned drug store on the SW corner of Main and Holly Springs.  Why?  Because they have a wall.  We got right to business with BTTW 10 count, drop to plank hold for 10 count, Mt Climbers ICx10, and up to a 10 count squats.  Recover on a 10 count, and repeat for a total of 5 sets with the last set being to 15.  Back on the run we headed over to cemetery hill.   Squat hold for the 6 at the top.  At the top we safely dropped for a round of modified ATMs – 10 count plank hold, ICx10 shoulder taps, 10 count plank hold, 10 count merkins, 10 count plank hold.  Recover on the jog down the hill for 3 burpees OYO and climb back to the top for another round.  We did 4 climbs up the hill and upped he last round to 15 IC/count,  On the jog back to start.  Finished with over 2 miles.
Mary: 2 quick rounds LBC/Homer to Marge/6 inch hold/low slow flutter
Announcements: See Facebook/Slack for lots of unique opportunities.  Tea Time location change, Ivan/Cletus merge for COT for new month for breathtaker
T-Claps (Recognition): It was a great group out there this morning and everyone was giving a huge effort.  T-Claps to Katniss for pushing through that workout with breathtaker.  Also, I just want to say I have been doing quite a few runs with Cowboy recently and this guy is showing up, putting in the work and getting stronger every day.  Always great to be out there with you and congrats on your run this past weekend at the Quay RFTQ.
Prayer: All unspoken so we took a silent 10 count and YHC took us out.