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Barbells, kettlebells and maces, oh my!

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Warm Up: Quick lap, Good Morning, WMH, Arm Circles, Spinal Rotations, T-Merkins

The Workout: 2 rounds 10 exercises Tabata, 45 seconds on; 15 second rest; DL/Press/Squat barbell complex, Barbarian Swing (mace), Suicides, Bus Driver/Wonder Bra complex (weight plate), Cone facing burpees, Renegade DB Rows, Jump Rope, Squatted DB curl/Standing curl complex, Death March (mace), KB Swing.

Mosey to Basketball court.  Game of knock out.  Losers must do 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 WWIIs before returning. 

Mary: Good morning, arm stretches, hamstring stretches

Announcements: CPR class 11/21; Volunteer spots still open HS Half. 

T-Claps (Recognition): Gump my fellow quinquagenarian

Prayer: PAX running HS Half; Deal with our addictions.  Challenge for each PAX to talk to someone about anything they are struggling with. 

Old and New School Respect

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PAX of 4 celebrated Respect Week with some 4 Corner chest, squats and core. Then we worked with some TRX and Plyometrics

BOMBS on Dragons at the Grave

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PAX: @Ham, @Gamecock, @Finkle
Warm Up: Mosey around the gym doing a warm-up exercise at each corner with SSHs, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies, Mountain climbers.
The Workout: 1st event was Welsh Dragons in the field by the gym entrance.  We substituted merkins with J-Lo’s.  Exercises were bear crawl 4 steps, J-Lo’s, plank jacks, and shoulder taps starting at 1 and going up to sets of 10.

2nd event was BOMBSL.  Since we had 3 of us we did 2 on 1 and one group was the timer running the length of the parking lot and back.  50 Burpees, 100 Overhead Claps or presses, 150 Merkins, 200 big boy sit ups, 250 Squats or lunges to give us well rounded sexy legs!
Mary: light yoga session
Announcements: CPR at Wake Chapel Church 7pm on the 21st.  Various races coming up.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Gamecock and M getting away to the mountains so praying for some pickle pounding and homer to marge action :), @Ham looking for at a job change in the future so prayers for that.

5 Farting Eagles Soaring in the Gloom at the Nest

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PAX: @Finkle, @Warbucks, @Gump, @Sprinkler, @Gamecock
Warm Up: Mosey around the park.  @Warbucks had to remind me that we already ran…We did some Good mornings, Willy Mayes Hayes, SSHs.
The Workout: We had two sets of exercises.  11s with mountain climbers and Angle grinders.  The Angle Grinders were a real crowd pleaser.  Then a mini-dora with no running.  Each PAX took turns being the timer doing people’s chair for 25 seconds while the rest of us did 100 shoulder taps, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats.
Mary: Freddie mercuries, American Hammers, Low Slow Flutters.
Announcements: Iliad this weekend, signup on slack, Holly Fest this weekend signup for afternoons needed.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Gamecock’s M traveling back from Boston.  @Finkle’s wife work issues.

Morning Watch

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Warm Up: normal warm-o-rama
The Workout: Survivor circle. Perform a set of exercises. Vote off the least favorite each round. Gump wanted to vote off people. So much for fellowship! Exercises: Carolina dry docks, dips, lunges, newtons cradle. Second thing was a line up taking turns bear crawling while the others did air presses, arm circles, seal claps. Finished off with some cheddar shredders.
Mary: popcorn Mary
Announcements: Holly fest
T-Claps (Recognition): Woody for making it out to FV
Prayer: Fumunga family friend, Finkle’s wife and school, dauber traveling

How do Furries use school bathrooms?

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    FNGs: None Warm Up: Lions don’t warm up before hunting. The Workout: used Breach’s big tire. Did and “Indian Run tire flip” around the parking lot. Included a […]

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Rocking the whole body with Bears and Bunnies at Mutiny

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PAX: @Banana Seat, @Finkle, @Abacus the OG
Warm Up: Mosey around the track, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, SSHs, Sir Fazio’s forwards and backwards.
The Workout: We were after that full body workout so we went to the rock pile to get our work done!  Started off with shmedium sized rocks and each Pax was the timer doing lunge walks around the circle drive while the other Pax did some rock work with curls for the girls and tri’s for the guys.  3 sets.  Then the timer did rock squats while the other Pax did wonder bras and rut rows. 3 sets.  Next the timer did a run down to the tennis courts and we did murder bunnies around the circle followed by more sets of rock bear crawls…LOTS of MUMBLECHATTER on this one!  LOL.  Finally to push ourselves into Mary, we ditched the rocks and moseyed back up to the pavilion and did a set of step ups, 15 each leg, on the block wall.
Mary: Low slow flutter, Freddie Mercuries, Homer to Marge, and Pickle Pounders.
Announcements: Celebrate Fuquay Varina on Oct. 1st, Long Ass Run coming up 10/22, Frosty CSAUP has been scheduled for December 10th.  More details coming on that.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Family members in FL who are getting prepared for the hurricane coming on Tuesday.

M&S 4 Corners at the Nest

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PAX: @Finkle, @Warbucks, @K I T T Y  L I T T R

Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot, good mornings, Willy Mayes Hayes, Daisy Pickers, Hillbillies
The Workout: We did 2 rounds of 4 corners around the park block with building exercises to 10.  First four corners started with M exercises.  Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Monkey Humpers, Marges to Homers.  2nd round was S exercises.  Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder taps, Squats, and can’t remember 4th one lol.
Mary: Round robin Mary exercises.
Announcements: Travis Manion coming up, Celebrate Fuquay Varina on Oct 1st.  South Wake will have a tent and booth there for recruiting.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @K I T T Y  L I T T R fundraising for his new Litter of kids.

Memorial Day MURPH 5/30/22; Honoring Yukla-27

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Warm Up: SSH, good morning…
The Workout:  Standard Murph
Mary:  Static stretches
Announcements:  YHC told the story of the crash of Yukla-27.  We honored all 24 aircrew members with individualized flags.  Many PAX took a USA flag home with the name of the downed aircrew member.
T-Claps (Recognition):  All PAX who came out for the Murph
Prayer:  YHC led us out after each PAX read the name of every crew member who died on Yukla-27, an E-3 aircraft that crashed after takeoff on 22 Sep 95, killing all 24 aircrew members on board.    – Honored to lead. -Dauber

Climbing the Mountain to Paradise City

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PAX: @Pikachu, @Dahmer, @Dumbo, @Breach, @8bit, @187, @Full House, @U.T.I., @Dawgpound, @Skidmark, @Fumunga, @Emeril, @Moose, @Katniss, @Pablo, @Redenbacher, @Woody, @Finkle
Warm Up: Mosey around the tennis courts and down the ramp.  We did our stretches on the way back up the ramp stopping at each blue sign.  Walking cradles, walking toe touches, walking lunges, walking lateral lunges both sides.  At the top we did a round of Good Mornings and then Daisy Pickers and ran back down the ramp to the East Parking lot.
The Workout: Stacking four corners 3 rounds.  Round one: Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Side planks all sets of ten.  Round two: Squats, sumo squats, lunges, Richard Simons one leg squats.  Round three: LBCs, Reverse CBLs, Flutter Kicks, ABCs in capitals.

Climbing the mountain: running the whole length of the parking lot we stopped at major cross walks and completed sets of 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mountain climbers.  Thanks @Pikachu for the cadence counts.  Very nasty and lots of chatter.

Mary: We finished with a victory lap up the ramp and around the tennis courts.
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Skidmark’s mother-in-law with covid and family in quarantine, @Pikachu and M looking to start a family, all the 2.0s starting college or getting ready to go back to grade school.