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NutCracker 8/7

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Pax:

Pablo, Shembeckler, FNG(Manziel), Slide Rule, Foghorn, DaBusiness, 187, Emril, Yogurt, Moby, Flanigan, Harbaugh, Warbucks, Peak Week, Dumbo, Breach

Warm Up:

Jog to side parking lot, imperial walkers, merkins in a 22 count rep

The Workout:

Mosey down to the industrial park, Stop at the street corner for prisoner squats x22, hit the guardrail for dips x22.

At the base of the hill partner up for wheel barrels up to the top of the retaining wall. Run around the lot and switch partners.

Round 2 bear crawl 1/2 up the hill and crawl bear the rest of the way, run around the lot to the rails, everyone grabs a rail 22x top rail merkins

Round 3 partner 1 runs to the top while partner 2 does burpees, then switch, run back around to the rails. Grab a rail last guy bear crawls under the pax down to the end.

Mosey back to the school, Stop for 22 cadence count low, slow, flutter and fast feet off the curb.

Announcements: 5year south wake anniversary at possom trot on Aug 29th
Prayer:  (Peak Weak) pray for Brandon Lawerence, had a boating accident and broke his neck. (Moby) Pray for a neighbor, young woman who was recently diagnosed with cancer

Sure didn’t feel like 67% humidity this morning

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Today’s forecast called for near record swamp ass.  It didn’t disappoint as 20 PAX took on the humidity at Paradise City.

EC:  Deadbolt, Lipstick, Crosby, Skidmark, 187, Emeril, Axe

Warm Up:  1/2 mile jog, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies,

The Workout:

Two teams of 10 PAX each.  1 PAX from each team runs to top of the ramp to perform 1st exercise .  Soon as 1st PAX returns the 2nd set leave and perform 2nd exercise.  Continue thru until all 20 exercises are complete.

While the PAX are running the ramp to do their 1 exercise remaining PAX work their way thru the exercises in order.  Every time they complete 5 exercises they turn and run to stop sign and back.

  1. MERKINS – X20
  2. LBC’s – CADENCE 10 COUNT
  3. BURPEES – X10
  4. PLANK JACKS – CADENCE 10 COUNT
  5. WWII’S – X15
  6. SQUATS – X30
  7. SHOULDER TAPS – X20 10 EACH SHOULDER
  8. AMERICAN HAMMER – CADENCE 10 COUNT
  9. ALERNATING LUNGE JUMPS X10 EACH LEG
  10. 4×4’S – Start arms raised, move to burpee position. 4 Merkins, 4 Mountain Climbers each leg.  Repeat x5
  11. OVERHEAD CLAPS – SQUAT WITH X20 OVERHEAD CLAPS
  12. BOAT CANOE CADENCE 10 COUNT
  13. SIDE STRADDLE HOP CANDENCE 20 COUNT
  14. DIAMOND MERKINS X20
  15. DIPS X25 ON THE BRICK WALL
  16. FLUTTER KICKS CADENCE 20 COUNT
  17. FREDDIE MERCURY CADENCE 20 COUNT
  18. HAND RELEASE BURPEES X10
  19. HUNDREDS – on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
  20. RUN FROM TOP OF RAMP ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TO REST OF PAX

Mary: Low slow flutter, Freddie Mercury, Pickle Pounders, Homer to Marge

Announcements: 5 year anniversary event 8/29 at Possum Trot

Prayer:   Crosby’s mom – 1 year anniversary of his sisters passing.  Peak Week – Brandon from Hope Community boating accident.

Ground Pounder 8/4

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Pax of 7 got a little bit stronger today

Warm Up: Jog 1/2 way to Veterans Park and back. Circle up for 22 reps each of Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Prisoner Squats, and Merkins.

The Workout: The main event consisted of a Tabata style workout with 30 secs of work and 10 sec of rest 2x through each of the following 4 sets of exercises.

Merkins, Mountian Climbers, Prisoner Squats, Squat Jacks

Walking Lunges, Inchworm Merkins, Lunge Jumps, Diamond Merkins

Jackknives, Boat pose, LBC’s, Boat canoes

Peter Parker Merkins, Chill Cut Plank, Bear Crawls, Plank Get-ups.

After each set pax would mosey around the baseball diamond and squat hold for the 6.

Mary: Around the world exercises of 10 reps each called out by pax members. Merkins, Ski Jump Planks, Freddie Mercuries, Wide grip Merkins, LBC’s and Imperial Walkers
Announcements: Holly Springs 1/2 marathon is getting closer to being sold out, get in now while the price is still low.
Prayer: Drapers nephew is in GA at the southeast regional little league tournament, prayers for his team to do well. Pikachu is traveling to NJ for his new job starting Mon, prayers for a safe journey and that his new position is what he expects.

We Did a Whole Lot

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Warm Up: Jog around the soccer field, circle up at start for Good Mornings, SSH, MNC, leg stretch, arm/shoulder/chest stretch
The Workout: On the jog to the big lot. As promised, we would do a whole lot.  Partnered up for accountability and started in one corner. On the jog midway up the side, stop for 12 count merkin, x2.  To next corner for 12 count squat jump 12 count, x2. Next corner for 12 count WWII, x2.  To midway and stop for shoulder taps ICx12, x2. To corner for Mt Climbers ICx12, x2.  Back to start for pickle pounder ICx12, x2.  Key was to rest on a 10 count between sets.  Did 2 laps.  Lined up and did suicide sprints out and back using the parking lot islands as the stop and turn points.  At each turn did 1 set of 12 of the same order of exercises from the lap run around the lot.  On the jog back to start and covered in the range of 2.2 miles total.
Mary: Back to start for a quick round led by Emeril
Announcements: 5 year convergance, 9/11 stair climb
Prayer: Lucky Charms, DD, Crab Legs.  New Mexico took us out in prayer including a much needed moment of silence – thank you brother for giving us all the right perspective to start the day

EC credit to 187 (great to see the progress on recovery), Mookie, The Natural, Nemo, Pablo, Axe

Credit to Emeril, Mookie and OCR for a Thunder/Disney double down

Credit to the newer guys.  We are lucky to have you and you are getting stronger and pushing all of us

OCR – go out and get the 5 pack tomorrow

 

Roadie Training w/Crosby

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Warm Up: Circle up Tennis court.

20 – SSH

10 – Good Mornings

Arms across chest 10 count each side

Arms over head 10 count each side

Jog to check out the stations & Explain.

The Workout:

1- Heavy bag(80lbs.) Carry & sprint end of tennis court and back (over head claps/hold plank/Squat while in line)

2- Heavy Rock (French Curls) 10 rep 30lbs

3- Light Rock ( Curls ) 10 rep w/rocks

4-Alt Rock ( lateral raise ) 7’s 10 or 5 lbs. Weights

5-Jail break (The Fence line)

6-Step ups (down stone wall)

7- Duck walk squats(Mick Jagger’s) around snack bar

8- Jail break (The Fence line back to tennis courts)

9-Suicides( pick up the mic) Tennis courts touch outside line of each court and back. Used 2 courts.

REPEAT  WHOLE THING 3x’s
Mary: Every other PAX called a 5 count

Diamond Merkins

American Hammers

Merkins

Steel cross

Box cutters

LBC

More Merkins!

SSH

I may have missed a few..
Announcements: 5 year anniversary of South Wake Workout Aug 29 @ Possum Trot!

Prayer: Lucky Charm, Crab Legs, H1N1, DD family

Day 1 of OCR’s 5 Pack

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Pax of 22 making sweat angels at Paradise City

EC: Emeril, Nemo, Peeping Tom, Squatter, Dawg Pound, Lipstick, 187, Axe

Shout outs:  Yogurt for grabbing the 6, Lipstick and Nemo for extra extra credit, M4L on the Q Assist, Mookie working hard on the ramp, Squatter for traveling in, Dumbo for not throwing up

The Warmup

Quick warmup jog

½ mile job with warmps – SSH x20, Imperials Walkers, Appolo Creed Burpees, Good Mornings/Windmills,

 

The Workout:

Partner Dora

Balls to the wall/Partner Dips x3 rounds

Mary:

LBC’s, Low slow flutter, Homer to Marge, Elbow to Knee crossover situps, stretches

PRAYERS:

Crablegs, Double D

Announcements:
OCR working on a 5-pack this week.

Substitute Teacher

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UTI woke up not feeling well so Nemo took a quick glance at the workout he had planned and the PAX headed out to put in the effort.  EC credit to Nemo, Mookie, 187, M4L and Axe (with and “e”)

Warm Up: Lap around soccer fields followed by circle up for SSH, Good Mornings, Fazio Arm Circles, and some leg and arm stretch.
The Workout: Over the half pipe we split in 2 groups, each taking a hill.  OYO with accountability we lunge walked up the hill, 10 count Mt Climbers at the top, jog down and 10 Shoulder Taps IC.  Repeat x5.  Back the building we alternated Balls the Wall and Squat Jumps.  Started on a 10 count, then 15 and 20.  Did the same with Preachers Chair and Dips on the benches.  On the jog to far corner of soccer fields we partnered up.  Partner 1 was on the run down the greenway to the road and back with a nice uphill to finish, while partner 2 was doing LBCs or Squats.  Each ran the hill twice and each set of partners completed 200 LBCs and 200 Squats.  Split up for Indian Run to meet back at far corner of fields.
Mary: Circled up for a quick set of LBCs, Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutters, Pickle Pounders and more LBCs.
Announcements: CSAUP this Saturday.  Lip Stick VQ Cletus tomorrow (look for some serious hill work)
Prayer: Lab Rat’s cousin’s baby still being treated, Double D and his family.  We talked about the message Double D shared at Possum Trot – the value of when we lift each other up and the video clip he posted about “Shoulder Taps”

NutCracker BackBlast 7/24

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Warm Up:

Jog around the parking lot, circle up for 22 counts of Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Merkins and WW2’s

The Workout:

Split into 2 groups for a 1:15 second 5 set count of exercises you rest with the amount of time you have left after completing your set.

Group 1: 15 reps of Squats, Merkins and Mountain Climbers

Group 2: 12 reps of Thrusters, Lunge Jumps and Bicep curls with a cinder block

Switch up

Pax together: 5 rounds of burpees 10, 10, 11, 11, 10

Group 1: 15 reps of Boat Canoe’s, LBC’s and WW2’s

Group 2: 12 reps of Shoulder tap Planks, Up and Over the cinder block and Plank Jacks

Switch up

Pax together: End with 3 rounds of burpees 10, 9 and 10.

 

Cot:

Named FNG (Warbucks) reminder of the Sasquatch this weekend in Greenville

Pax of 12 to include a FNG

@BlueHen, @TheNatural, @SlideRule, @PSI, @Puddles, @Nemo, @DaBusiness, @Dumbo, @DawgPound, @187, @Breach

Welcome FNG Warbucks

Prayer:

Ended in prayer.

Return of Stark

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PAX of 22 come out in the rain for the return of Stark and UTI’s 1 year Anniversary.  Welcome FNG Dumbo

EC: Emeril, UTI, Mookie, Nemo, Peeping Tom, Deadbolt, Midget For Life, Skidmark, Pikachu, Banana Seat, Roger Roger

Fartsacks:  Forceps

Excuse Lexicon Edition: I tweaked my knee during a workout with Pikachu last night.  Needed to rest it.

The Warmup

Quick warmup jog

SSH x20, Windmills, Imperials Walkers, Hillbillies

½ mile job with warmps – Good Mornings, Windmills, Fazio Arm Circles, Stretches

The Workout:

6 Cones were set up about 10 yards apart.  Stark instructed the Pax to bear crawl (round 1), lunge walk (round 2), Bunny Jump (round 3), Long jump (round 4) and partner wheelbarrow (round 5) to each cone and perform the exercise associated with that cone. In between sets Double Applesauce (2 column Indian Run – last PAX does 5 Merkins before running to the front of the line)

B.L.I.M.P.S

B- Burpees – Cone 1 x5 – Total = 25

L – Lunges – Cone 2 x10 – Total = 50

I – Imperial Walkers– Cone 3 x15 – Total = 75

M – Merkins– Cone 4 x20 – Total = 100

P – Plank Jacks– Cone 5 x25 – Total = 125

S – Squats– Cone 6 x30 – Total = 150

 

Mary:
x15 each LBC’s, x15 Low slow flutter, Homer to Marge x30 OYO

PRAYERS:

Crablegs

Announcements:
Lipstick virgin Q Friday @ Cletus

CSAUP in G-Vegas on Saturday