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Murph / 2

Workout cut in half due to lack of motivation, no attendance and crappy weather.  I guess half a murph is better than no murph!

Warm Up: Run 1 mile

The Workout:  50 pull ups, 100 merkins, 150 squats

Mary:  Stretching

Prayer:  For my friend Barry’s family who lost their mother to covid last weekend.

Not Enough Big Rocks

….says Pikachu! Apparently Womble Park rock selection is dwindling down and beasts like Pikachu are at a loss for finding more challenging rocks. Maybe it’s time for a field trip to “import” some other rocks from Jones Park or The Greenway???

YHC hasn’t taken the Q at Thunder since the spring and it was a great night to be back out with these good fellas! YHC came up with somewhat of a plan running a solo 5 mile EC down to Bass Lake. Several other viscous cyclists also were in attendance afterward at Thunder. Impressive double-down.

FNGs: no sir.
Warm Up: SSH IC x 30, Daisy Pickers, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Imperial Walkers, Frankenstein’s, Hillbillies all IC x 11.
The Workout: Mosey to the bandstand for a series of group split exercises. One group held either BTTW or People’s Chair while other groups did exercises including: Irkins x 20/x15 and dirkins x15, and dips x25, x20, and x15.

To the rock pile. Small handheld rocks were the first order. Pax completed a series of shoulder Press, lateral raise, and front raises with the rocks. Counts were mixed but all moves had a 30,20,and 10 count. 60 total reps per move. On to the big rocks. Each pax selected a big rock and Cusacked over the The hill by the batting cages.

YHC called for 11’s with Ground Pounders IC at the bottom of the Hill and Wonderbras at the top. At some point, Lipsync threw his rock down the hill which gave YHC an idea! All PAX would “shot-out” their rock from the top of the hill. Whichever pax threw farthestvonly had 1 burpee. Each pax thereafter would add a burpee depending on Landon position. Lip sync had 1…YHC had 8.  We completed 11’s and mosey with rocks to a nice flat section near the rock pile. Pax completed: 50 chest Press, 10 merkins, 30 chest Press, 7 merkins, 20 chest Press, 5 merkins.
Mary: To the picnic shelter for 1 more round of 10 count per pax BTTW. Finished with 15 counts of WW1, LBC’s, Homer to Marge, and LSF. Completed 11 SSH at the flag.
Announcements: Help at HS Food Cupboard this Sat.  Details on 3rd F Slack.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Wallaby has a cousin with health and family issues. Aquaman and Bullseye trip to Chicago and relatives stuck in Mexico. YHC took us out on a great fall evening.

Murph is Back

First Tea Time Murph since they closed the playgrounds back in March.

FNGs:  None

Warm Up: Run One Mile

The Workout:  Condensed murph workout since it has been so long.  We plan to ramp back to full workout over the next few weeks.

60 Pull-ups

100 Merkins

200 Squats

Mary: Run one Mile

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  Gratitude

Daylight Savings Murph

Pax of 7, highest turnout in at least a year for Tea Time.  Must have been the extended daylight motivating tonight.

FNGs:  None

Warm Up: Run one mile

The Workout:  100 pull-ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats (with some modifications)

Mary:  Run one mile

Announcements:  see Facebook/Slack

Prayer:  Health, recovery, safety

March 2 Murph

Warm Up: Run one mile

The Workout:  50 pull-ups, 100 merkins, 150 squats  (modified by cutting the exercises in half and hit Chick-fil-A instead)

Mary:  Run one mile

Prayer:  Gratitude

Modified due to rain

Pax of 3 for modified Murph today because the pull-up bars were wet.  Rain didn’t stop us from running though, followed by sets under the pavilion.

Warm Up:  Run one mile

The Workout:  Modified Murph, substituted pull-ups with burpees.  Half way through workout we figured out that following 5 burpees with 10 merkins was a bad idea.  For second half of the sets we did LBC’s instead

Total workout:  50 Burpees, 50 LBC’s, 200 merkins, 300 squats

Mary:  Run one mile

Announcements: None

Prayer:  Silent

Murph / 2

4 Pax braving cold Monday night workout

Warm Up:  Run one mile

The Workout:  50 Pull-ups, 100 Merkins, 150 squats

Mary: Run two miles

Announcements:  none

Prayer:  Silent

Modifying the Murph

Modified the first Murph workout of 2020 and plan to continue to mix it up some, replacing some of the standard exercises and include more running.

Warm Up: Run one mile

The Workout: Reduced to 50% of normal:  50 pull ups, 100 merkins, 150 squats

Mary: Run two miles

Announcements: none

Prayer: silent

Playing with a full deck

Pax of four for a workout on a cold evening.

EC:  4 miles for John Deere

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  SSH, Cherry pickers, Fazio arm circles, arm stretches

The Workout:  Started with a run to get the blood pumping to fight the cold.  Jogged along road about 200 yards, stopping at each light pole for merkins (1 at 1st pole increasing to 10 at the last.  Mosey back to pavilion for main workout, using a deck of cards to direct the flow.

Rotating through pax picking a card, then leading group in 10 reps depending on card:

  1. Merkins
  2. Diamond Merkins
  3. Balls to the Wall
  4. Shoulder Taps
  5. People’s Chair
  6. Squats
  7. Lunges
  8. Dips
  9. LBC’s

Jack:  WWII

Queen:  Mountain Climbers

King:  Plank Hold

Ace:  10 count recover

Joker:  Double Merkin Burpees

Mary:  None as we just finished the last card at the 45 minute mark and Mary was mixed in.

Announcements:  Suggly Sweater 5K this Saturday

Prayer:  Gratitude and safe travels

Dec-16 Murph

Pax of 4 on a warm night for a Murp workout.  Some modifications, but solid workout for all.  One Pax did not interact much with the group and must of been having a bad day – hope your week gets better!

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  Run one mile

The Workout: 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats

Mary:  Run one mile

Announcements:  see slack and facebook

Prayer:  Silent