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18 STRONG at The TRAIN!!

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FNG: Nope

Warm-Up: Good Mornings 15 IC, Side Straddle Hop 30 IC, 5 Burpees OYO, Fazio Arm Circles 10 IC forward & back, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps 15 IC

Workout: Split into 2 groups and Indian Run to Parking Garage and completed a lap around lower level. Split Group 1 & 2 on each side of parking spots. Each PAX was instructed to get on a white line. Started with 1 Merkin on white line and slide over to next space for 2, back to the left for 1, then back right for 3 until we reached 5.

Next was a bad idea Bearcrawl Burpee Indian Run. The Pax in rear had to pass everyone until they got to the front where they completed a Burpee. We did this until we ran out of real estate in parking lot.

Stayed in 2 groups, Group 1 ran the stairs to the top for 5 burpees while group 2 was doing AMRAP big boy sit ups. Repeated 3 times except changed top floor to Merkins and bottom floor to squats.

Then we got out of the stifling parking garage and went to the top floor.  Guantanamo’s 2 rounds and then we split up in groups again. Opposite ends of parking garage PAX was instructed to 30 IC Crab Jacks while the other PAX 30 IC Lunges. Moseyed and swapped ends. Repeated except not IC. Ikachu

Moseyed back to humidity and pollen infested parking garage. We then BTW and peoples chair with each PAX counting to 10 except last round of 20 IC.

Fellowshipped run to parking lot.

Mary: Low-slow-flutter, downward dog, various stretches, superman, Have a Nice Day

Announcements: See Slack

T-Claps: All who EC’ed, to many to name.

Prayers: Quivers Co-workers, Fonzie mother-in-law awaiting on Good News hopefully, Pikachu and his wife trying to have a baby.

 

Honor to Lead Gents!!

Tiger Blood/Travis Manion WOD 4/29

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13 men took on Tiger Blood for the 2021 Travis Manion Foundation Workout of the Day (Wod) 

Warm Up: Mosey down to the track

The Workout: 29 squats with your weight implement of choice, run 400 meters, repeat 7 times

Mary: Quick message about TMF and the importance of carrying on the ethos of “If Not Me, Then Who”

Announcements: May Challenge in a few days

T-Claps (Recognition): FRAM for max effort during the workout.

 

Closed in Prayer:

Ooohhh Yeeeeaah!

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Today we celebrated the life and wrestling lore of none other than the Macho Man Randy Savage. Though we didn’t get to nearly as much as YHC had planned, we had a raucous group of PAX making noise all throughout the neighborhood we should be quiet in. But that’s the way the Macho Man lived…insane in the brain, flamboyant, say it if you want to, and badass to the core!

FNG’s: none
Warm Up: Good Mornings x10 IC, 10 Burpees OYO, a mosey down into the hood, and we all know that the Macho Man could party like a rock star so…Moroccan Nightclubs IC x10. Finished with a mosey to the final cul-de-sac.

The Workout: So Macho Man’s first famous feuds were with Tito Santana and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Back then, the Macho Man was smaller, high-flying, and faster. We circled up for a fast-feet/up-down progression for about 3 minutes.

We then remembered Miss Elizabeth, such an important part of the Macho Man journey,  with Pickle Pounders x20 IC and Hello Dollys x15 IC.

PAX were instructed to return up the hill stopping at every “rope” (intersection) for some exercises, because Macho Man was never afraid to go to the top rope. Street 1: Star Jumps x15, Street 2: Squat Jumps x15, Street 3: Prisoner Squats x15, Street 4: The Top Rope, 15 Burpees OYO. Finished with 15 SSH IC before exiting the hood to go to church.

At the church parking lot, we referenced yet another famous feud with The Ultimate Warrior. If you remember, whenever the Ultimate Warrior would start his “comeback” in any match he would do something like an “airpress to the spirits” or whatever. So we did Jack Webb’s 1:3 ratio up to 5.

Now how did the Warrior always enter the ring? Running. Split PAX into 2 groups. 1 Group would Indian Run around the U at the church, while the other group did a suicide sprint to a series of 6 cones. Then, groups switched roles.

We did not forget that weird period where Macho was all in to Queen Sherri. Homer to Marge x 20 IC.

A quick mosey over to the rock pile for a reminder that Macho Man had also joined forces with, then split with Hulk Hogan…the largest pythons in the world baby! Curls for the Girls x 30.

Macho Man also got married to Miss Elizabeth shortly after the feud with Hogan. A famous scene unfolded in the WWF ring with the Macho lifting up Miss Elizabeth over his shoulders. Alternating Lunges IC x20, Overhead alternating presses with rocks x 20IC.

Unfortunately, YHC started running out of time here. But we didn’t want to forget that Macho Man got SWOLE!!!! in his later years of wrestling. Hand Release Merkins x 20. We finished with a mosey back to the flag.

Mary: 10 Burpees OYO upon return. Then, the entrance song for the Macho Man, Pomp and Circumstance, guided us for 4 minutes through a plank-o-rama, finishing with 20 Good Mornings. Have a Macho Day…Dig It!!!
Announcements: It’s on! May Monthly Challenge is live tomorrow.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: POTS son, going into the Air Force. Police around our country, Delaware Cop and family after tragic incidents. Truth in Nature (Roger Roger), a ministry for boys without fathers/dads. Gillette and shoulder surgery healing, as he walked up to the COT toward the end. YHC took us out!

Cackling and Clucking on the Yard

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There are some PAX (POTS) that simply shut down the mumblechatter with burpees. YHC can typically deal with some mumblechatter during the warm ups or even Mary at some point…during the workout…nah. Those that were, according to POTS cackling and clucking (you know who you are) put in some reasonable work on the Yard this morning, so the guest Warden didn’t punish. Apparently, the pain stations equipped with many types of coupons were enough anyways…13 men…a record for Prison Yard…did the crimes and did the time at Hilltop Needmore Prison today.

FNGs: no fresh meat on the Yard today!
Warm Up: After a quick set-up with the help of the inmates, we ran a quick mosey loop followed by SSH x30 IC, Windmills x10 IC, Sir Fazio’s F/R x 12 IC, Frankensteins x10 IC, Standard Merkins x 20.
The Workout: The timer was two men, flipping the large tractor tire up the hill and carrying back to the bottom. Each man flipped up the hill once. During this, the PAX took part in various pain stations including: Kettlebell Swings, Plank Pull Throughs, Steel Mace Warrior Squats, Railroad Iron Bench Press, Pain Stick Squat, Pain Stick Curl, Pain Stick Press, Partner Pain Stick Squat and Press, Tractor Weight Shoulder Shrug, Farmers Carry with the Tractor Weights and Diamond Merkins, 4 cones for a side shuffle Burpee routine. All prisoners got to play with the toys multiple times.
Mary: Put the coupons away, followed by LSF x30 IC and LBC’s x30 IC.
Announcements: May Main Event…only two more days to sign up. Bed build info on Slack. Breach will Q a Travis Mannion workout Thursday at Tiger Blood.
T-Claps (Recognition): Lots of EC this morning…LED, Breach, FRAM, Nemo, Mookie, Deadbolt. Nemo’s first time on the Yard…looked like he’d done time before….good work!
Prayer: Shamwow! injury and hopes he or all injured PAX can get back after it! Motor Boatin’ a prayer of thanks for the accountability. Breach took us out including the moment of silence for our military and first responders on the front lines. Honored to lead this strong group this morning!

Tennis at Shady Acres

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Endo, @Fumunga, @MadDog2020, @POTS, @Sprinkler, @Breach, @Bob Barker, @Deadbolt, @FRAM, @Finkle

We had half of our PAX out today with respect and @Breach called the sight Shady Acres Retirement workout.
Warm Up: Mosey around tennis courts, Sir Fazio Arm Circles in cadence 10 forward and backward, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, toe touches, quad stretches, groin stretches
The Workout:

No Run 4 corners (adapted from @Gamecock yesterday at the Nest)  We did stacking merkins, angle grinders, plank jacks, and jack webbs.  Very nasty and our mode of transportation was doing Indian Bear Crawl Nippler Taps around the tennis court.

F3 Tennis – we had 2 teams of 5 and one ball.  Ball could only bounce once unless passed to another teammate and then back over the net.  No doubles lanes allowed and the ball had to stay in the two serving squares.  We had to do a penalty exercise if the ball was dropped or didn’t make it over the net.  @Breach racked up a lot of penalties.
Mary: We played F3 tennis till it was time.
Announcements: SIHP event coming up.  Sign-up genius available.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Deadbolt’s friend passed away suddenly, @Fumunga and M are coming up on new baby due date.

The Deck of Suck at Prison Yard

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5 Men braved the yard for a new Tactical Reaction deck of suck

Fram, Double D, Sprinkler, Dirty Pipes, and Warden Breach on the Q.

Warm Up: Started as a typical mosey around the parking lot with some 22 rep counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies and some Windmills. We moseyed back to the start to get the suck started

The Workout: The deck is most certainly stacked against us for this round

The Queen of Diamonds, ahh what a witch she was 400-meter run followed by 25 merkins, 25 Prisoner Squats and 25 LBC’s, we repeated that sequence 2 more times adding 5 reps to each exercise each time.

Time for the 2nd card of fun to be drawn, the 8 of Clubs, might as well been a swift kick in the nuts. 10 burpees, 10 Sumo squats, and 10 Lo-Slo Fludder followed by another run. Repeat this cycle adding 10 reps to each exercise, we are starting to see a very troubling pattern here.

Ahh the 3rd card, maybe, just maybe this one will not suck as bad. WRONG- it’s a burpee ladder, the timer starts at 1 min, you do one burpee then 2 and so each minute until you can no longer add a burpee and complete within the min. We modified this slightly with some mosey to fill the min, repeato for 5 mins to keep things fun and interesting.

The last card- should be interesting and wait for it…fun, right? it’s an Ace, an Ace should be worth something good. It’s more like you had a 2 on the board and now you get an Ace, not really bad, but not really good either. 400m lunges, 400-meter sprint, 100 bear crawl, 100-meter jump squats, and then we ended with a 10 parking spot build a bear.

Mosey back to the start for
Mary: Didn’t feel like we had enough abs in there so we did some modified Homer to Marge from the crab walk position, some penguin heal taps, and finished with some plank rotations.

No one passed out or perished so it was a great day in the Prison Yard

Announcements: Travis Manion WOD at Tiger Blood on 4/29.  JOCO is hosting an Oddsey CSAUP on my 22nd (Dirty Pipes has the details)

Prayer: Pray for Dirty Pipes and his family, his mother-in-law has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, pray for healing and for grace in this troubled time. Prayer for POTS and his wife as she had surgery today, pray for a speedy recovery. Thoughts and prayers for our country in these troubled times and for safe journeys for our Military and First Responders as they continue to serve on the front lines to protect us.

Ultimate Frisbee: 20 PAX Under the Lights at Ting

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FNGs: Welcome Aaron Wilkins – Originally from Cleveland, OH area, owns an appliance store.  I referenced “Clinger” from M.A.S.H. to a bunch of younger guys with no clue; “Maytag” was offered up until Bobby Dall nailed the naming with Snuggle/Snuggles!  Thanks for bringing him out Sparky.  Help him get on our socials please.  F3 Introduction and guidance discussed.

Warm Up:  Good mornings, SSH, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers, Static stretches.  Gump divided up the teams and we were off!

The Workout: 10 V 10 match this morning; very competitive; no wind – lots of great throws, catches and defense!  Exercises were called out after each score.  Lots of burpees and merkins.  Very physical today with a lot of hustle and finesse.

Mary:  Static stretching, Frankensteins

Announcements: See Slack/FB; Vicious Cycles on Wed; collection going around to buy Frenchie an alarm clock – see Breach for details.  Don’t ever forget your name BTW during name-o-Rama!  2nd F At Panera

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: UNSPOKEN;  Go Bears.  YHC took us out.  Honored to lead.  Thanks Gump for washing the pinnies!

We had a few Sprinkles at the Sprinkler Q

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Rolled into Disney parking lot around 5:10 this morning. Fram’s car was on scene and he was off for EC. I started unloading all my toys and Pots showed up and assisted me.  I decided last night to mix it up a bit due to all the beat downs I have received this week already. Really, I think this was just as bad as Monday-Wednesday!

FNG: Nope

Warm Up: Moseyed a lap around the parking lot. 15 of the following IC: Jack Feet, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Merkins, Fazio Arm Circles, Frankenstein’s

The Workout: Had 10 stations prepared with “Toys” coupons. 100’ Firehose drag, Pallet Push(this was a crowd pleaser), tire flip(not your average car tire either), stair stepper machine, 25 and 10lb weight station, fire hose tote, Tractor Weight framers carry one each hand 60lbs each, Fanny Packs Favorite “Olde Roy” 70lb Railroad Iron for Bench Press.

The farmers carry was the timer. 2 PAX went around the parking lot opposite ways and when they met 5 burpees. Continued to starting point. Each PAX rotated until we made it around each station once. Rinse and Repeated. We then switched things up same stations but worked different parts of your body. The pallet push, tire flip and fire hose drag were no joke!! I am spent!

Mary: 15 IC Box Cutters, then Box Cutters, Low-Slow-Flutter and then Low-Slow-Flutter.

Announcements: See Slack

T-Claps: Fram EC this am. Fram and 187 seemed to be in some sort of a competition this morning. They were both on FIRE!!! DO NOT mess with these MEN!

Prayer: Fram’s Brother going through a divorce, Crab Legs. Thank God we have the ability to get up every morning and exercise and fellowship with one another!!

Honor to Lead today! Happy Easter Gents!

Turned out to be a nice morning considering all the storms yesterday!

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I had not even planned on having the Q. I received a text message last night and was advised the Q sheet was still open. I signed up and made some plans. Once I arrived this am we got with Red October for warm up. After that what I had planned changed.

FNG: Nope

Warm Up: Moseyed a lap around the field. Dauber warmed up with side straddle hops, good mornings, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps.

The Workout: We moseyed to the start of the parking lot. 1st round, every white line 1 Merkin and add them all the way to the end for a total of 11 with a bear crawl in between. Lunge Walk back every white line add a squat. Repeated this with different exercises.

2nd Round Crawl Bear, every white line 1 crab jack- returned Bobby Hurley’s every white line to 11

3rd round Bear Crawl, every white line Plank Jacks, every white line-returned calf raises

Next we moseyed to restrooms for some BTW, people chair, seal claps, BTW, overhead claps, peoples chair. The timer was 1 PAX ran 2 laps around the building and we rinsed and repeated 2 times.

Mary: We moseyed to the tennis quarts for LBC, Reverse LBC, Full LBC, Homer-to-Marge, Low slow Flutter and Have a Nice Day.

 

Announcements: Check Slack for the thrift store building project and Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed project build on April 24th. Sign up genius posted on slack 3rd F. Wednesday March 31st Jersey Mikes in FUQUAY ONLY, all proceeds go to Military Men in Action. This is 70% of their budget. Lunch or dinner show your support!!!

T-Claps: Fram for EC. What a Beast he is!! Everyday!

Prayers: Fedex and family has friends that has an 8 year old boy with cancer. They organized a Jeep drive by yesterday with around 50 Jeeps and managed to secure Fairview FD for the TRAIN. Nice work and what an encouragement this must have been for that little boy. Continued prayers for Doc’s daughter on the road to recovery from surgery. God is Good Fellas!!!

YHC took us out. Honor to be a part of F3!!

Surprise Q

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So this was my first day back after being out for two weeks with Covid and I was thinking I would try to take it a little easy. Ha! I arrived in the parking lot and was greeted by several PAX and a discussion began about who had the Q. Someone (I think it was FedEx or Sprinkle – or both) said YHC had the Q, to which I chuckled and uttered something along the lines of “yeah, right”. They quickly responded saying that YHC did indeed have the Q. At that moment I remembered that I had signed up to Q weeks ago – prior to getting Covid – so I jumped in and repeated part of a previous workout and improvised the rest.

Thanks for bearing with me and for the opportunity to lead – although YHC was somewhat underprepared.

FNGs: None
Warm Up:

SSH x 20 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Good Mornings x 10 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles x 10 IC
Seal Claps x 10 IC
Overhead Claps x 10 IC
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC

The Workout:

Mosey to the rock pile for a repeat of a previous Q. Everyone grabbed a rock and we proceeded to circle up for a rock exercise followed by a lap around the circle – John Cusack style.

The exercises stacked up after each lap…
Exercise 1: Curls for the Girls x 15 IC;
Exercise 2: Overhead Press x 15 IC;
Exercise 3: Tricep Extension x 15 IC;
Exercise 4: Ruh Roh’s x 15 IC;
Exercise 5: Rock Merkins x 10 on each side

Rocks were then returned after one last lap and we moseyed to the tennis courts for a modified 4 corners. Corner #1 was 10 Merkins, followed by BTTW/ bear crawl one at a time until all PAX made it to the next corner. At corner #2, we stacked the 10 merkins with 20 squats. We lunge-walked to corner #3 for stacked merkins, squats and added 30 SSH. To cap it off, we repeated the BTTW/ bear crawl until all PAX were at corner #4. Once there, we stacked the merkins, squats, SSH, and added 40 Freddie Mercuries.

Mary:

Dauber took over and stretched us out with some yoga for Mary.

Announcements:

MMIA fundraising coming up – check slack for details.
New thrift shop in Angier starting soon and needs some help on Sat., Aril 3rd. See Gump/ Slack for more details

Prayer:

YHC is glad to be back after having Covid – family has recovered.
Gump – new job is going well.