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Soggy Volleyball

FNGs: Jacob Lewis, 22. New Name 6-Feet Under. He is dating Pumpkin Spice’s college age daughter. 

Warm Up: Mosey to volleyball area. GM, HB, IW, Arm Circles

The Workout: Volleyball 4v5. 

Mary: Mosey to shelter 

Announcements: Fence painting Friday. 

Prayer: Socrates possible medical procedure; Spice’s wife traveling to Israel. 

Memorial Day Murph

FNGs: Aaron Bass (Small Mouth)

Warm Up: Took a few moments to stretch and warm up with Side Straddle Hops, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Willie Mays Hayes, and Daisy Pickers

The Workout: The Classic Murph WOD (1-mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 air squats, 1-mile run)

Mary: None

Announcements: Fence Painting at Sugg Farm this Friday. UFO moving to Womble for a few months starting in June 

T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone who pushed and picked up the 6s. 

Prayer: Loafer, Timberland, other injured PAX, our country.

Ground Pounder 2/15/2025

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Always start with some good mornings and stretching exercises to keep this Respectful bunch loose so we don’t pull something. 

The Workout: Rock exercises, wall exercises, disc golf exercises and finished with some picnic table dirkins, merkins and irkins.

Mary: Round the circle with your core exercise of choice. 

Announcements: Socrates will step up and be the co-Q for Ground Pounder!  Many thanks for Pumpkin Spice for co-Q’ing Ground Pounder for the last 1-2 years!

Ended with prayer.

Ground Pounder 2/8/2025: Dual Q with Socrates & Norm!

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Led by Socrates! Plenty of stretching and mumblechatter.

The Workout: Led by Norm!  Team work with multiple rock reps with the other member moseying to the bleachers to perform another exercise.  

Mary: Led by Socrates!

Finished with prayer.

Ground Pounder 2/1/2025

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Lots of stretches, good mornings and Sir Fozio Arm Circles

The Workout:  Two rounds of rock work followed by tall wall exercises and then on to the shorter 2-foot wall for more exercises.

Mary: Low Slow Flutters in honor or Motor Boatin’ and several other core exercises to finish it all off. 

Hopscotch Fun

Warm ups included good mornings, arm circles, side straddle hops, daisy pickers, Willy Mays Hayes, hillbillies.  
Upper body consisted of 10 variations of pushups. Seal claps, overhead claps and raise the roof. 
Lower body 1 pax would go to the end and back of the hopscotch board while the rest of the pax performed monkey humpers. When they returned the next pax went and everyone would continue exercising until everyone had a turn at hopscotch. Rest and repeat doing squats, alternating lunges and 1/2 squats. 
Core we did LBC’s, heels to heaven, box cutters, heel taps and Homer to Marge. 
Finished with an all around stretch. 

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Some can jump rope

FNGs: None

Warm Up: GM, DP, WMH, Arm Circles/Seal & Overhead Clap

The Workout: Three Rounds each circuit. 10 count or 5 each side each exercise. Someone was always on the jump rope for 100 or 50 count.  Weight plates 15# to 35# provided. PAX encouraged to modify any exercise with or without weight. 

Circuit 1: Curls, Triceps, Rows, Wonder Bra

Circuit 2: Squat to seated position on bench, Step Ups, Bulgarian Leg Squat (R&L)

Circuit 3: Derkins, Erkins, Dips

Circuit 4: Lunge, Side lunge, SL Romanian DL (R&L)

Circuit 5: Chest Press, Pullover, LSF (weight above chest) , H2M, American Hammer.

Mary: LBC, GM and return coupons

Prayer: Socrates 2.0 surgery, Praise replacement auto for Socrates, Pumpkin Spice’s M has the flu. Safe travel. 

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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Pumpkin Spice Anniversary Q

FNGs: None

Warm Up: March in step, GM, SSH, HB, IW, DP

The Workout: 2 Rounds 40 secs on; 20 sec rest; 1 Round 20 secs on; 15 sec rest

  • Wonder Bra w weght plate
  • Gorilla Row w Pumpkin Bells
  • Jump Rope
  • Ab Wheel
  • Death March w Mace Bell
  • Merkins
  • Inverted Row at playground
  • Mountain Climbers
  • Step Up at playground
  • Slam Ball

Mary: A few stretches

Announcements: @Ausfart hosting 2nd F Gun Shooting Party October 5th, 10AM. Check Slack 3rd F for volunteer opportunities

Prayer: Lube’s sister-in-law lost a close friend and a friend of a friend has a tumor; Best in Show brain tumor surgery; Praise: Motor Boatin has a job! 

Last minute Q

FNGs: None

Warm Up: GM, WMH, Frankensteins, SSH, Night Clubs, Arm Circles, Seal & overhead clap.

The Workout:

Circuit 1: Grab a rock; 3×10 count in cadence (OH Press, Triceps, Curls, Rows, Squats); One set of Wonder Bras and Bus Drivers.

Circuit 2: BTTW & Peoples’ Chair; Set 1: 10 count each PAX; Set 2: 5 count each PAX.

Circuit 3: 3×10 straight count (Derkins, Urkins, Dips, Step Ups, SL Bulgarian Squat)

Mary: LBC, WWI, American Hammer, Box Cutters, LSF, Hundreds, and some stretches. 

Announcements: Volunteer opportunities – see 3rd F; Sign up!

Prayers: Motor Boatin work and family travel.  Ausfart’s uncle has terminal cancer, Pumpkin Spice’s brother recovering from gall bladder surgery & their family is hosting an international high school student this year.  His name is Harry.