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When do we get to do some running?

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Mosey out to Raleigh St and back. Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers / Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles / Seal Claps / Overhead Claps / Moroccan Night Clubs.
The Workout: Moseyed down to the Block on Main and circled up in the underground lot. YHC called out 7s with Australian Pull Ups down under (get it?) and Lunges up top. Next were 11s in the amphitheater. Merkins at the bottom, LBCs at the top. Wrapped things up with a mosey past Pace Yourself back to start.
Mary: 25 WWIIs, 25 Shoulder Taps, 25 Mountain Climbers, 10 American Hammers. Ended with some quick yoga.
Announcements: none today
T-Claps (Recognition): All of the Respect PAX out this morning!
Prayer: Slide Rule’s family, Stubs, 3 Alarm, FedEx’s M’s friend

Crazy Ivan 6/3

FNGs: none
Warm Up: ssh, sir Fozzy, windmill, spinal rotation, good morning
The Workout: 30 minute EMOM: 5 big boy sit up, 5 push-ups, 5 curls, 5 KB swings
Mary: box cutter, big boy set up, J Lo, LBC, cross crunches
Announcements: See Slack
Prayer: racers this weekend, best in show looking for new employment, lipsticks family, stubs, crab legs, Dahmer‘s brother-in-law

Boulder work

FNGs: none
Warm Up: usual warm o rama with some surprise merkins
The Workout: Circle to with your rock and played survivor with a set of 5 exercises, 15 reps each, and a rotation sheet each exercise. Ruh rohs, curls, triceps extension, skull crushers, overhead press. The least favorite exercise (not PAX, that’s just hurtful) got voted off each round. Didn’t help that Fram choose a boulder.

Over to the dugout for some bar hangs. 6 saw who could hang the longest while the other 6 “cheered” them on doing amrap squats.

Mary: Popcorn Mary with some upper body stretches.
Announcements: June challenge, lipstick meal train, run the Quay
T-Claps (Recognition): 7 for EC. Great showing!
Prayer: Dahmer’s family members, FedEx kids graduation, stubs family

Can You Smell the Granite?

First day of the June Challenge and dues were showing up eager to start posting some points. I haven’t written a backlist in about 2 months…but nothing like a challenge to light a fire under you…so here goes! Great to see these 11 guys out there pushing each other…while we pushed rocks today and seeing all these HIM putting in a strong pace on the indian runs!

EC: Dahmer, Bleeder, Yogurt, YHC

FNG’s: None
Warm Up: SSH x 20, Good Mornings x 10, Sir Fazio’s x 10 (F/R), Imperial Walkers x 10, Chinooks x 10, Windmills x 10, a quick mosey over to the bridge.
The Workout: Two lines, mile long figure 8 Indian Run around and through the ball fields, stopping 4 times: 5 burpees/15 merkins, 5 burpees/15 ct. BTTW, 5 burpees/15 irkins, 5 burpees/15 ct. People’s Chair.  A quick mosey together over to the rock pile and while many PAX began circling up, YHC instructed them rather to head over to the grassy hill for 11’s. There was some groaning about…

11’s on the grassy hill being sire not to wake the residents. Ground Pounders, run up the hill, Wonderers, all IC.

Once finished, we did a rock push bear crawl back across the parking lot with lots of guys picking up the 6…which I think was me today.

We circled up for some rock exercises which included two rounds of the following: Curls for the Girls x 15, Triceps x 15, Rut-Rows x 10 IC. Guys were told to grab 2 smaller hand held rocks and we did a series of 20 ct. shoulder exercises including Front Raise, Lateral Raise, and Press.

We returned rocks and returned the long way around Womble in 1 Indian Run line with a jailbreak at the end. We logged just a bit over two miles as we headed in for Mary.

Mary: LBC’s x 15 IC, LSF’s x 15 IC, Homer to Marge x 15 IC. 30 seconds of Have a nice Day!
Announcements: June Challenge underway, Help Stubs with the Meal Train on 3rd F.
T-Claps (Recognition): Sand Crab gave YHC some COT kudos!
Prayer: FedEx two boys are graduating HS!, some guidance for them as they move into the future. Prayers for Stubs, Lipstick. YHC took us out!

Don’t blow your WOD

Warm Up: SSH, good morning, sir Fozzy, spine rotation, windmill, Michael Phelps
The Workout: 6X6, 45 second work/15 second rest

kneeling press, kneeling tricep extension, figure 8, curls, rows, Yoshi

Mary: LBC, crossover crunches
Announcements: June challenge, run the Quay
Prayer: Loved ones of TX shooting victims, grateful for connection and fellowship, remembering our fallen soldiers as we look to Memorial Day

Crazy Ivan 5/6/22 – Popcorn

FNGs:  None
Warm Up:  Lap around parking lot, SSH, windmills, sir Fazios, hillbillies, imperial walkers, o/h claps, seal claps
The Workout:  Each PAX gave a kettlebell exercise including swings, tricep curl, lawnmowers, ground pounders, upright row..15 reps, 10 reps.  Lap.  Rinse and repeat completing additional kettlebell exercise with 10 reps; Lap.  Turkish get-ups, from our six nipplers, slap bells, etc.
Mary:  Yoga
Announcements:  See Slack/FB.  Memorial Day Murph
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:  Dauber led us out.

Did you hear that?

EC: Emeril, Yoshi, et al

FNGs: none

Warm Up: Circled up and discussed the route.

The Workout:

16 PAX showed up for the scooter route.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary: MIA

Announcements: Check Slack and FB

T-Claps (Recognition):  PAX picking up the 6.

Prayer: Lipstick and his family, Boy George and Bernie traveling this week for their race, Davis and his family, unspoken.

YHC took us out. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Ground Pounder-esk Caveman (2/22/22)

FNGs: None
Warm Up:The Bounce, Side straddle hop, Good morning, Spinal Rotation, Arm Circles, Foot trace 

The Workout: Circuit One rotate one to your left. 3 rounds: Offset curls, triceps, shoulder press, rows, barbarian squats, ground pounder. Circuit Two: 2 rounds; partnered up.  One partner run to shelter, 10 Erkins, 10 dips; other partner each set: Bow Draw, Lever Row w twist, 360, Rainbow, Renegade row w pass through.
Mary: Almost 6 minute abs
Announcements: See Slack
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Pumpkin Spice potential role/job change. PAX preparing for Wilmington and finishing 75hard.

A Mix of Complaints and Cheers

Ya know…everyone is a critic. At Crazy Ivan, it is incumbent on the Q to choose the playlist, so I always choose mine. Today, there were equal numbers of complaints versus kudos for the playlist. “Hell yeah..this is my jam”, “I’m down with Fanny on this one”, “Thowin it back…yeah!”, It’s too loud”, “what the hell are they singing?”, “This makes me wanna go bust stuff up”, “Crazy Ivan…when Fanny’s the Q, you leave angrier then when you got here.”  Good stuff right there.
Warm Up: SSH x 25, Good Mornings, Seal Claps, Frankensteins, Spinal Rotation.
The Workout: This was a “recover on your time workout”, so the timer just kept going. It was a 1:15/:45 Tabata/AMRAP with the Kettlebells. During the 1:15, YHC would call an exercise. During the :45 PAX had a choice of Boobity-Boobitys, Plank Hold, Swings, or Snatches. Rest was entirely up to the PAX. Some PAX took it upon themselves to stretch, run, etc. during the :45. OK. Exercises that YHC called during the 1:15 segments were: Bell Merkins, Bridge Pullover,  Bobbity Boobity, Squats, Suitcase Lift, 1 leg Deadlift, Lawnmower, Halo, Figure 8, Curls for the Girls, 1 Arm Shoulder Press, Ground Pounders, Plank Pull Through, Midget Cookie Pouch, Midget Love Handle, Swings.
Mary: Bad form plank and downward dog, with some runner’s stretches. Awful Q examplehood!
Announcements: Long Ass Run, 2/12…details on Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition): Ponzi…cotter…back out in the Gloom!
Prayer: Lots of relatives sick or injured. Emeril daughter/family with just being a teenager! YHC took us out and ended this debacle!

Who wants to do some Merkins?

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Mosied over to the Hunt Center and circled up for; SSH, Good Mornings, Wind Mills, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs
The Workout: Ran around the back of the Hunt Center and down to the pit. YHC isn’t the best at merkins, so merkins were the main course today.

7 of Diamonds (sort of)
First corner: standard merkin x7
Second corner: standard merkin x7, Copperhead merkin x7
Third corner: standard merkin x7, Copperhead merkin x7, hand release merkin x7
Fourth corner: standard merkin x7, Copperhead merkin x7, hand release merkin x7, staggard merkin x5 each side (10 total)
First corner: Copperhead merkin x7, hand release merkin x7, staggard merkin x5 each side (10 total)
Second corner: hand release merkin x7, staggard merkin x5 each side (10 total)
Third corner: staggard merkin x5 each side (10 total)

Mosied over to the hill and lined up in plank on the hill for Clockwork merkins.
12:00 x5, 3:00 x5, 6:00 x5, 9:00 x5

Hopped over the fence for:
Urkins – top rung x10
Urkins – bottom rung x10
Durkins – bottom rung x10
Durkins – top rung x10
Dips x10

Back to Womble and to the rock pile. PAX grabbed a mediumish rock and lined up on one side of the parking lot.
Curls for the girls, in cadence x30
Triceps, in cadence x30
Ruh Rohs, in cadence x30
Bear crawls halfway across the parking lot, mosey back.
Curls for the girls, in cadence x15
Triceps, in cadence x15
Ruh Rohs, in cadence x15

Returned rocks and hopped over to the picnic shelter. More Urkins, Durkins and (French) Dips, 10 each. Followed by People’s Chair with a 10 count down the line for 50 total. Repeated once more and mosied back for Mary.

If my math is correct (and it is occasionally), we did 204 merkins today.
Mary: Popcorn Mary followed by a couple of yoga stretches
Announcements: donate blood, Q source on Wednesdays at Panara
Prayer: Da Business’s surgery, PAX dealing with illness and injury