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Crazy Ivan 5/6/22 – Popcorn

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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.

April Ultimate

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18 HIM came out for an exhausting game of ultimate. Lots of hustle this morning. Can’t wait until next month to do it again.

BS Out!

Mutiny Monday Michigan & More

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FNGs:
None
Warm Up:
Warm up lap
Back peddle snake on hill
Frankensteins
Smurf Jacks
Seal claps/Overhead claps
Plank jacks

The Workout:
Catch me if you can
Pair up – P1 backwards run on track, P2 3 burpees then chase down P1, switch
Change to 5 WWI’s for lap 2

Michigan
Run 100 yds & back 5 merkins 10 hallelujahs
Run 80 yds 10 merkins 20 hallelujahs
Run 60 15 merkins 30 hallelujahs
Run 40 20 merkins 40 hallelujahs
Run 20 25 merkins 50 hallelujahs

Parking lot lieutenant dans
Crab walk with crabby Pattie’s at each parking space line 5x5IC
Bear Indian crawl around the circle (half way)
Pull ups at park and knee tucks in swings
X10, X8, X6
Bear crawl with shoulder taps at each parking space 5x5IC
Parking lot lieutenant dans

Mary:
LBCs
Reverse LBCs
Australian snow angels
J-Lo’s
Pickle Pounders

Announcements:
Shirt order, cycling returns, check slack

Prayer:
Ponsies dad, 16-bits daughter, 3Alarm surgery, Fram’s M

Great work gents. Always a pleasure to lead such a strong group.

BS out!

Uptown Funk

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The last two time YHC Q’d at Possum Trot I was either solo or there was one other man there so imagine my delight when I pulled in this morning to find 5 other cars parked and waiting.  A good crowd came out to get strong together and to bring a new brother in to the fold.  I was “looking forward” to this workout for a couple days and was excited to see how it played out.  Hopefully everyone enjoyed their time this morning.

FNGs:

Welcome Rocky Road!

Warm Up:

After the disclaimer was given we did a  quick warmup lap around the tennis courts and then circled up for our warmup.

20x SSH IC

10x Sir Fazio Arm circles forward and reverse IC

10x Windmill IC

10x Daisy Pickers IC

10x Frankenstein IC

10x Imperial Walker IX

The Workout:

We moseyed to the gate at the top of the road that ran down along the ballfields where YHC described this morning’s fun.  The exercise I had come up with I was naming Build’em Up Ultracides.  The format was simple.  We’d do 5 count exercise and then run to a spot where we’d do those 5 again and then 10 of another.  We’d run back to the start where we’d do the 5, 10, and then 15 of another.  Run to a farther spot and… you get the picture.

The exercises were:

5 – Burpees

10 – Merkins

15 – Turkish Getups

20 – SSH

25 – American Hammers

30 – Squats

Our running points were (obviously) at the gate to start, then to the concession stand, back to the gate, down to the playground, back to the gate, down to the end of the road, and then back to the gate.

Once we got all the way to 30 we started to work our way back down, removing an exercise each stop.  We swapped the Turkish getups and merkins for time’s sake.  Even with that we didn’t get all the way through and ended with a 15 count.  I was pretty sweaty and didn’t feel like we lost anything so we headed up to the tennis courts for

Mary:

Circle up in the tennis courts for :

10x LBC

10x LBC with knees to the left and then to the right

10x LSF

10x Box cutters

Announcements:

Trash pickup this Sunday at the Prison Yard/Needmore Ruck AO site from 7-8.  Reach out to LED or Sprinker for more details

Sleep in Heavenly Peace eagle scout bed build upcoming and then need help.  More information to come on this.

Prayer:

Fram’s friend Randy from his small group who is dealing with cancer

YHC’s coworker Alan who is also dealing with cancer as well as surgery complications

YHC and my family.  It’s been a rough year filled with COVID, stress, mental health concerns with the kids, and struggling motivation for me

 

I hope you all enjoyed this morning as much as I did.  For as much as I’ve been struggling this year I always feel so much better after getting out there and seeing all your smiling, sweaty faces.  Expect to see more of me as I turn this year around, starting today.

 

Always an honor

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Greatest Show on Turf

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9 PAX showed up for a Turf Show at Disney. Here’s what we did.

Warm up lap with agility around soccer field
Overhead claps x10 IC
Seal claps x10 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC
Copperhead squats x10 IC
Copperhead merkins x10 IC

4 corner stack’ems with cones and ladders on the transition
1 – Body builders x5
2 – Bonnie Blairs x10
3 – Crab cakes x15
4 – Bobby Hurleys x20

Bear crawl snake half length of field
– pax plank in line leaving some space for last guy to bear crawl weaving to front of line

Small wall exercises
Dips x10 IC, RLeg up x10, Lleg up x10
Box jumps x20
Diamond irkins x10
R&R half reps

Mary
Banana Seats (FM w/hands out) x20 IC
Heels to heaven x10 IC
Pretzel x10 IC switch sides
Protractor

Breach was called on to share his F3 story. Thanks and t-claps for your leadership.

Happy Birthday Pablo! Thanks for taking us out in prayer.

Thanks for letting me lead.
BS out!

Cold Shock on the Yard

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Much colder in the gloom today than in the recent couple weeks. Back to watching for black ice and frozen fingers. The number of inmates in the Yard was 9-er.

FNG’s: none
Warm Up: Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio’s, Frankensteins, Willy Mays Hayes, SSH.
The Workout: Counter off by 4. Each group starts at a different rotation with a choice of pain heavy implements. The rotations were: Chest/Back, Arms, Legs, Shoulders. Each rotation was 3:30, then switch on. Pax choose their implement and exercise to target the noted area.

Once all rotations complete, we took a fellowship mosey of just under a mile.

Rinse and repeat the rotations once more.
Mary: LBC’s IC x30, Box Cutters ICx25, WW2’s x 20
Announcements: Sign up to Q…you’ll be glad you did and Pax will assist you.
T-Claps (Recognition): 2 Dollars still getting after it. Was great to welcome FRAM back into the gloom!
Prayer: Praises for this brotherhood of F3 and welcoming those coming back off injury, etc.

Ultimate 10 vs. 10

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20 Men Showed Up for an Ultimate Show Down

FNGs: Sonny, now F3 Flicker, named for his awesome left-handed forehand throw, which is also known as a flick. Member of the RESPECT club at 57? Brought his own cooler, discs, and work clothes. :). Other new F3 faces to SouthWake: Sketch, MIA, Doogie
Warm Up: 25 SSH while Dauber ran and got the “pennies,” GMs x 10. Many had arrived in time to throw a few. I knew everybody was ready to play, so we got started. Disclaimer to our FNG Sonny. A few quick rules/procedures. If there’s a turnover in the end zone, you can walk it up to the goal line. Also, when “kicking off,” move up so that your clears mid-field.
The Workout: Ultimate for 35 minutes with exercises on the turnovers: SSHs, jump squats, squats, merkins. Plus, exercises upon scoring: burpees, WWIIs, merkins, and more. Final 10 minutes with no exercises except after scoring. We never really keep an official score, but it helps gauge the match. This morning, the “pennies” jumped on the scoreboard with two or three unanswered trips to the end zone. The “skins” finally settled down, shortened our throws, and got on the scoreboard. Again, unofficially, we had several ties and lead changes. Looks like my completely random passout of the pennies led to equal teams! This was fun!

Tons of great plays out there by all. Too many to remember. Lots of “jump balls” for high throws just about anywhere. Quiver tracked down a floater that looked like it was way beyond his reach. Banana Seat made some great catches but claims he can’t throw. Sonny posted in the middle and was the field marshal for the skins. He could pretty much place the disc anywhere he wanted, with a razor sharp forehand. Blue Hen and Fram knocked down multiple discs on defense. I could not shake Bobby Dall and Warbucks, who stuck to me like white on rice. Dauber had and excellent throw right down the middle to the end zone for the score. Shredder worked the edges and Mr. T worked the middle. And of course, Cupid and Roaming Gnome worked the end zone for their respective teams. Maybelline always lurking on defense, ready to knock one down. Kubota making solid throws in the middle. Great to have Sketch, MIA, Doogie join us–solid players who will join us the first Monday in 2022. Again, many good plays. Maybe we should get the TOHS footage! Meant to get a group photo, but many posted for second F at Panera, so I got one there.

Mary: No time for Mary, this was all game time.
Announcements: CSAUP The Judge this Saturday, December 11, 2021, starting at Fleming Loop Park. Also, Shop With A Cop is live on Slack. Make a donation. Kids within the local community in need will be paired with officers from the Holly Springs Police Department to go shopping for holiday presents for their families and themselves.
T-Claps (Recognition): Thanks to Dauber for sharing the Q. Especially after his pre- pre- pre-blast. I know he was feeling it, ready to play!
Prayers: Unspoken. Fram gathered in the spirit and took us out with a nice prayer.

Disney Ultimate Drills and Thrills

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Any Disc Will Do

FNGs: No, but one Kotter: @BooBoo
Warm Up: Mosey around turf fields. Circle up for 10 Good mornings, 10 Imperial walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 10×2 Arm circles, no SSHs!

The Workout: Indian run mosey to small lot near football field. Time for Seven of Diamonds. Hit the corners in this sequence: 7 burpees, 14 low slow flutters, 21 merkins, 28 squats. Because FloJo brought his disc, we had to use it! One PAX broke and another connected with the disc. Lots of good throws, lots of bad throws. Three additional burpees for every time the disc hit the ground. We did at least 21 extra burpees. Rinse and repeat until we completed two rounds of Seven of Diamonds and everyone got to throw or catch the disc in between.

Mosey to large parking lot. General Indian run with one PAX breaking out front to catch a throw. Three burpees for every drop. We did at least 21 more burpees.

The Drills: At the large parking lot, I had placed two separate lines of cones about 40 feet apart and then about 20 feet between each cone in the respective line. We split in half. We ran this drill in groups of three: PAX 2 and 3 break towards cone 1 and 2, respectively. PAX 1 connects with PAX 2 with disc at cone 1. PAX 2 connects with PAX 3 at cone 2. PAX 1 breaks to cone 3 and PAX 3 connects with PAX 1 with the disc. If the disc hits, the ground, start over. Continue until you reach the end of cones. Finally, a “fast” run back to beginning.

Line 1 had an advantage because we had FloJo’s typical Ultimate disc. Line 2 had a disc golf putter, which does not float! When Line 1 switched to the putter, we had many more struggles. After running this drill ’til we all improved, we stretched out the line of cones to increase the distance and called the last two cones the End Zone. Keep drilling, keep drilling, keep improving. Repeated until we had about 5 minutes remaining.

Mary: Mosey back to flag. Circle up for a couple of minutes of low slow flutter to the beat of BTO Takin’ Care of Business. Have a nice day!

Announcements: F3 SouthWake Christmas party tonight, Bombshell. Captain Jack announced that CarPex is expanding into a new region, to be known as South Cary. He is exploring opportunities on east side of US1 and is identifying where the SouthWake region is.
T-Claps (Recognition): UTI reminded everyone to check up on PAX who have not posted in a while. UTI connected with BooBoo and many, many more PAX via email. Like 200 or more. Check in with someone, you never know what is going on in someone’s life. They could probably use some support.
Prayer: Quiver’s sister-in-law on track recovering from cancer; Bondo’s family friend Tomer, whose ear infection caused additional damage; Lipstick’s M, who could be delivering a baby today.

Finally, don’t bother buying an Aerobie Skylighter disc,. The disc itself was terrible and the lights did not work.

Blocks, Bags, and Bells

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YHC kicked off a 7 spot Q Tour to take place in the FV this week. Most Q’s will have the feet moving quite a bit more and more as the week goes on. Sorry if you don’t like that but YHC missed out on a few key weeks of half training so…tough luck!

YHC finished up a bit of EC with Fram to see Banana Seat and FedEx at the ready! I brought some toys with me today.

FNG’s: nope
Warm Up: Good Mornings x16, Daisy Pickers x10, Sir Fazio’s (F/R) x10, Imperial Walkers x16, Seal Claps x10, Overhead Claps x10.
The Workout: I brought some coupons for dudes to use in various ways to get stronger. Cinder Blocks = Blockees, Ground Pounders, Swings, Murder Bunnies. KettleBell = Snatches, half and full swings. Dumbbells = Farmer Carry, Skull Crushers, or Bench Press. Heavy Bag = for Bench Press or Flips. 16 Total Rounds, PAX choice of exercise and coupon. Timer was 1 PAX running to shelter and back.
Mary: Mary melded into the workout. After our rounds with the coupons, we returned to the tennis courts for 11’s. Mountain Climbers and WW1’s.
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP being planned for December by 16-bit and Dauber. HSHM…run it or come encourage guys on!
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Veterans, sick or injured PAX. Reach out to fellas you may not have seen in awhile. It matters! Reach out to FNG’s you either brought or haven’t seen come back. It matters! As newer guys post more often, encourage them to step up to Q. It matters!

WE ARE THE BRUTE SQUAD

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FNGs: N/a today, this might have broken any new PAX
Warm Up: All Pax circled up for a count off and pretty standard warmup including side straddle hops, arm circles forward and reverse, seal claps, overhead claps, good mornings, imperial walkers, and hillbillies. All Pax then grabbed a rucksack or other nearby coupon plus some shovel flags for a couple of dark brutal miles on the back 9 complete with some of the steepest hills in Fuquay.
The Workout: Pax returned their coupons and circled up to count off again, this time going from 1-3 to create teams. Instructions were given as well as exercise and rep count demos for each of the 5 upcoming stations(sites). Each group starts at a station and has 15 minutes to complete AMRAP as a team. Then the group much carry an Olympic bar with two 45lb plates down the blue trail and back to the next station. Rinse and repeat until all 5 sites are complete.

Site 1

Atlas stones (2x75lb, 2x114lb)- pick up, carry down and back, then set down (that’s one), Heavy tire – flip over and back is 1, Tractor weights – farmers carry (down and back is 1), Hex bar – deadlifts, Railroad tie – bench press, Olympic bar with 45lb plate – land mines LR=1

Station 2

Keg half full of water – ground pounders, Bertha – single arm rows LR=1, Battle rope – each double arm whip =1, Tires – flip jump (flip tire, jump on tire, and hop back off), Olympic bar with 45lb plate – alternating single arm shoulder press LR=1

Station 3 –

3lb jump rope – each jump is a rep, Bag of wrenches – curls, Sandbag – curls, Tires – flip merkins (flip tire, drop down and do a merkin using the tire), Pain sticks – overhead press, Cinder blocks – blockies (burpees using the block), 45lb plate – wonder bras

Station 4

Pain sticks – partner squat, Fire hose – hose squat, Fire hose – hose stretch, then hose pull (weight plate attached to one end), Kettlebells – snatches, Log with chains – curls, Olympic bar with 45lb plates – bent over rows

Station 5

Shake weight – must be going the whole time or reps don’t count, Fire hose – tricep extensions, 5lb weights – boxing LR=1, Ab wheel – out and in is 1, Kettlebells – swings, Olympic bar with 45lb plates – deadlift

Mary: Divide into teams again for Tug of War and final solo event The Humperdink (golf cart pull using a Harness. Started with one pax then added another in the cart about every 10 ft until the Pax pulling gives out.)

T-Claps: Thanks again to everyone making the Brute Squad CSAUP a reality! 16 Brutes showed up and cranked out over a 2 mile ruck, insane hills, thousands of HEAVY reps, 4 miles carrying 45lb plates and Olympic bars, went to war with the battle rope, and took on the Humperdink. Thanks to the Brute Squad committee who helped turn a bunch of crazy ideas into an actual plan with even more crazy ideas and a heck of a shirt to go along with it!
Prayer: Breach took us out