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Visiting the crazy cat house!

FNGs: n/a Warm Up: n/a The Workout: 6 miles around Fuquay-Varina. The Q inadvertantly selected the crazy cat cafe as the destination point of the workout. Many concerns were shared and horror stories ensued. Also, the Q was 3 miles late to the workout but the PAX did not let that deter them. Mary: Stretching Announcements:  T-Claps (Recognition): H1N1 directing the workout when the Q was absent today! Prayer: Popeye’s 2.0 and M are dealing with alignments, praying for a smooth recovery on both

3 of 7 Dwarfs mine diamonds for Snow White

Warm Up: 

Thunder-hops, imperial walkers, hill billies, squats.

The Workout: Mosey between parts

Part 1: 7s with squats and goofballs (for Happy the dwarf) on the field

Part 2: Squats and Pistol squats on the fence x 7 each leg while holding the fence

Part 3: Dora at the Abyss (for 7 dwarves). 100 Diamond Merkins (for mining gems out of the abyss), 200 American Hammers I/C and 300 goblet squats

Mary: LBCs, Reverse LBCs, American Hammers, Heel taps, Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders, Australian snow angels

T-Claps (Recognition): Shooting Blanks for bringing out FNG, Timber this week

Announcements:

Continue to give the food cupboard

If interested in checking out some Australian Football you can go with Mr. Terrific to practice on this and future Mondays

April 6th is clay pigeon shooting at Drake’s, they rent shotguns if you want to keep yours clean, hosted by Moose

7k next week in honor of a young girl

Prayer: Healing for various people recovering from injuries

This could be the start of BRR Training

FNGs: not today.

Warm Up: Incorporated into the workout.

The Workout:  Leave Ting and head to the greenway in Arbor Creek.  Stops along the way for good mornings, arm circles, over head claps, seal claps, reverse lunge, squat.

At the greenway bridge we stopped and spent the remainder of our time on the hill that enters into Sunset Ridge.  Pax did 10 merkins and 10 IC LBCs then ran to the cul de sac for 10 star jumps.  Rinse and repeat.

On the return to Ting we stopped for additional reverse lunges, windmills and good mornings.

Finished up with the Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. 

Mary: she didn’t show up today!

Announcements: Couple of service opportunities this weekend –

  • HSFC gutter install and clean up.  
  • Travis Manion road clean up in FV.

T-Claps (Recognition): Banana Seat with his weighted vest this morning.  Pikachu, Vasoline and Gizmo with EC this morning.

Prayer:  Banana Seat’s mother had quadruple bypass last week.  Sick/injured PAX.

Best Crazy Ivan of 2025 so far

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, GM, Arm Circles, Take a lap. 

The Workout: Tabata 25 seconds on; 10 sec rest; 3 rounds with a lap in between: KB Swings, Deadlift, Squat w curl, Cleans (R, then L), Snatch (R, then L), Alternating Merkin on the Bell, Renegade Row with pass thru.

Mary: One round 25 sec; 10 sec rest KB Figure 8s, Around the World, Midget Love Handles & Halos. 

T-Claps (Recognition): @sardine using 2 bells for the majority of the workout. 

Prayer: My M & 2 daughters’ travel to Thailand, Cancun’s M starting new job, for PAX recovering from illness, injury and surgeries. 

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Downtown Train – 2024 Finale

FNGs: Zero

Warm Up: Franks, SSH, Good Mornings, other stuff

The Workout:  Mozy to the parking deck, Prisoner Squats followed by dips.

Mozy to Lemongrass, preachers chair followed by a few rounds of ball walkers

Box jumps up the amphitheater a few times.  Earkins Derkins Dips up the amphitheater.

Mozy around front and down the stairs.  Inverted rows and squats alternating 3x

Mozy to.top of the deck.  DORA of 100 merkins, 200 WWIs, 300 Squats.  Partner ran down and around the deck and back.  Swapping until complete.

Mozy back to flag

Mary: Box Cutters, Freddy Mercs, Homer2Marge, PicklePounders, Planks

Announcements:  Pumpkin and others starting 75 hard in the new year.  Gizmo setting goal for 1200 miles in ’25

Prayer: Pumpkins family is headed to Thailand without him.  Prayers for safe travels.

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If It Burns For 7 Years… Should You See a Doctor?

FNGs: Friendly, not new

Warm Up: SSH, Daisy Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willy Mays Haze 

The Workout: 

  • Running lap around the outside of the field – talk about how Pikachu are electric Pokemon but for some reason are OK swimming and surfing.  Not fire Pokemon though, swimming is a no go.
  • Grab Blocks and head to the soccer field.  1st, take a walking lap around the field with your block.
  • Head into the gate between both fields, drop your block for 5 burpees.  Talk about Pikachu’s Pickle.
  • Pick up blocks and follow the outside line of the field until you reach a corner.  Uneven burpees on the block, 3 each side.
  • Farmer carry the block to the next corner, switching hands half-way.  Talk about Pikachu’s Eggplant.
  • Partner up and set both blocks shoulder-width apart.  Partner 1 completes negative Merkins AMRAP while Partner 2 runs the length of both field end-zones and back.  Switch and complete 2x.
  • Carry blocks to next corner.  Talk about how Gizmo was named after Pikachu’s little soldier.  Also reflect on how much Downrange and Cancun love sausage.
  • 15x Skull Crushers
  • Carry blocks overhead to half-field, recover, carry blocks to the next corner.  Not sure what we talked about here….
  • Run a victory lap around the field.
  • Get back to last corner and partner up for Explosive Merkins.  Setup blocks accordingly.  Partner 1 does Merkins AMRAP, Partner 2 runs one of the two soccer end-zones.  Each completes 1x
  • Go to soccer field endzone and sprint to opposite endzone 1x.  Return mozy.
  • Return Blocks to their home and head to Mary

Mary:  Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutters, Poop Eaters, Pickle Pounders, Squats

Announcements:  F3 Dads Camp Seagull – https://www.ymcatriangleregister.org/personifyebusiness/default.aspx?TabID=1502&ProductID=80481896&Subsystem=MTG

T-Claps (Recognition): Support from the PAX on my 7 years.  Thanks Fellas.  Can’t say enough this group means to me.  It’s always awesome to know that I have you all.

Prayer: For those still trapped at the airport, Cancun’s wife see MealTrain https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/dn5z0l

Toughest Mile Challenge

15 PAX showed to test their strength around the track 4 times. This was brutal but we all pushed ourselves and got stronger.

We started at 0515 with a few warm up exercises. Then it was on like Donkey Kong.

Lap 1 – broad jump burpee
Lap 2 – lunge walk
Lap 3 – bear crawl
Lap 4 – run

Most guys finished up right around the hour mark. We had 3 ruckers join for COT. Maybe we can do this again to see how guys improve. Or not!

COT then prayer.

Awesome job guys. Thanks for joining me in another stupid idea.

BS Out!

Simply effective

FNGs: Warm Up: a short Jog, side straddle hops, windmill, daisy pickers, Willie mays hays, Fabio arm circles and overhead claps.

The Workout: grabbed some rocks and 7 paxs did exercises while three did three varying distance out and backs doing 2,4, and 6 burpees at each marker. Second round consists of star jumps at the markers.

in place of pull ups we did 20IC wall taps from plank, and 20IC peoples chair.
Mary: 20IC LBC, Hello Dollys, LSF, Heal taps, and Pickle Pounders.

Announcements: Even the odds Friday at Sheep Dog, f3 picnic T-Claps (Recognition): Prayer: Rubixs dad going through Chemo

cicada with eclipse glasses

What do Cicada’s and The View have in common?

Warm Up:

All exercises (x15)

  • Good mornings
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Hillbillies
  • Mtn. Climbers
  • Sir Fazio Arm Circles

The Workout:

Partner Dora was the name of the game:
1 partner ran to the stop sign and back
– 300 Squats
– 200 LBC
– 100 Merkins

2 rounds
Wall Sits
Erkins / Derkins & Dips

As we over by the half wall doing erkins derkins and dips the mumble chatter started and Nemo got to talking about the cicada’s that are all over our neighborhood. He thought it was some of the construction trucks near by the cicads were so loud! I have to admit these cicada’s are pretty loud. Next, Gizmo chimes in with “you know The View said that Lunar Eclipse has something to do with the 2 different types of cicada’s that are emerging from the ground” I didn’t think to much of it besides the fact that it’s a weird coincidence.

Nemo quickly said, “On a side note, how long have you been watching The View Gizmo?”  We all lost it and had a good laugh.

Mary:

Popcorn Marry – My favorite was Bondo’s “Alex” – A JLo combined with a pickle pounder 🤣

Announcements:

Travis Manion Foundation | Work Out of the Day – this Friday May 3rd 2024

 

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11’s turned in to 7’s

Warm Up:

All Warm Ups  – x 10

  • Good morning
  • Mtn Climbers
  • Side Straddle Hop
  • Sir Fazio Arm Circles
  • Hill Billies
  • Imperial Walkers

The Workout:

Grabbed some coupons from behind the trees at Disney and got to work!

All exercises – x 15 – 3 rounds

  • Feet in the coupon situps
  • Curls for the girls
  • Goblet Squats
  • take a lap around the parking lot

Mossied over to the round about at the high school and I thought that we had time to do an 11’s up the hill where we would do dying cockroach at the bottom and mericans at the top. 11’s turned into 7’s because I choose a very large hill …. muhahahah! Whaterver though we still pushed each other, we had great fellowship, and we started our day with some positivity!

Mary:

We didn’t have to much time for Mary but we still got 2 in:

  • Homer to Marge
  • Pickle Pounders

Announcements:

Travis Manion Foundation – Workout Of the Day is coming up

 

Prayer: