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Tabata Sweat and Christmas Soul

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Date of Q: 12/19/22

FNGs: None

Warm Up: slide straddle hops, good mornings, willie mays hayes, imperial walkers, hillbillies, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps

The Workout: 3 Rounds of Tabata all to the soulful Christmas melodies of Mariah Carey, Josh Turner, Hanson, and more. Each round consisted of 14 sets of 30 seconds ON and 10 seconds Rest. we switched between 2 different exercises to make 7 sets each.

1st Round: balls to the wall and people’s chair
2nd Round: clean/squat/press with rocks and dips
3rd Round: curls for the girls and bear crawl circles

Mary:low slow flutter, box cutters, LBCs, Homer to Marge

Announcements:None

T-Claps (Recognition):None

Prayer: Praise to Fonzi being 1 year out from Achilles injury and seeing improvement. Praise to Pumps getting back out there after back injury. Prayers for families coming together at Christmas time. Thankfulness for Him who is the reason for the season.

Crisp morning at Ground Pounder

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Warm Up: Sir Fozio Arm Circles forward and backward, Overhead claps, Daisy pickers, Willy Mays Hayes, Side Straddle Hops

The Workout: Large rock…… Curls for the girls, Wonder bras, Rut rows, Overhead tricep press, Ground Pounder.  Repeated after 1st six set.  On your six…… Chest Press, Skull crushers, Low slow flutters, Homer to Marge, Box cutters, Protractors.  Small rocks…… Individual arm curls, Shoulder presses, Lateral extensions.  Sets of 20 then 15.  Over to the small wall…… Merkins, Step ups, Dirkins, Sqats, Irkins, Step Ups, Merkins, Squats, Merkins.

Mary: PAX choice…… Freddie Mercury’s, Pickle pounders, Bananas, Dying cockroaches, Heel taps.

Announcements: Holiday Party.  Ultimate Frisbee reminder.

Prayer:  Prayers for Socrates’ brother and everyone travelling over the holidays.

Show up and Q

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Warm Up: Gump
The Workout:TRX rounds led by Gump with rounds of people’s chair, balls to the wall, squats and stuff led by HazMat and Kubota.
Mary: Around the circle a few times.
Announcements: CSAUP Saturday

We Belong – HOF Pat Benatar

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Warm Up: mosey to lower parking lot trying to make it harder for Fram to find us as he checked out the port-a-potty.  SSH, good morning, OH claps, seal claps, sir Fazios, willie mays hays , daisy pickers. Mosey back outside fence, open gates, close gates, Frankensteins, karaoke L/R back up hill
The Workout:  off the rock pile for medium rocks. John cusack to lovely coral rock parking lot for some fun.  Lots of 10c and in cadence movements including slap rock, curls, tricep extensions, rut rows, bus drivers, squats, knees Gov’t tore up from pavement doing o/h press (that was a bad idea – sorry for all PAX wearing shorts)…more rock work and then returned the rocks to the pile.  Mosey to bottom of the hill.  Bear crawl up the hill, dips on the guard rail R & R but with erkins in the guardrail. No ant hills experienced. Mumble chatter was exceptional .
Mary:  YOGA on the tennis courts. Much needed stretching.
Announcements:  HS half; support Breach at T Marion booth; Gump and I shared some wisdom from our +50 years each on this planet; I referenced the newest member of Rock and Roll’s HOF class, Pat Benatar,, men – we (all) belong in F3.  It makes us all better because of each other
T-Claps (Recognition):  Sunshine and all PAX who ran their first Marathon – AWESOME
Prayer: Breach took us out. Thank you sir!  Honored to lead.  -Dauber
2nd F Stickboy

Barbells, kettlebells and maces, oh my!

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Warm Up: Quick lap, Good Morning, WMH, Arm Circles, Spinal Rotations, T-Merkins

The Workout: 2 rounds 10 exercises Tabata, 45 seconds on; 15 second rest; DL/Press/Squat barbell complex, Barbarian Swing (mace), Suicides, Bus Driver/Wonder Bra complex (weight plate), Cone facing burpees, Renegade DB Rows, Jump Rope, Squatted DB curl/Standing curl complex, Death March (mace), KB Swing.

Mosey to Basketball court.  Game of knock out.  Losers must do 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 WWIIs before returning. 

Mary: Good morning, arm stretches, hamstring stretches

Announcements: CPR class 11/21; Volunteer spots still open HS Half. 

T-Claps (Recognition): Gump my fellow quinquagenarian

Prayer: PAX running HS Half; Deal with our addictions.  Challenge for each PAX to talk to someone about anything they are struggling with. 

Old and New School Respect

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PAX of 4 celebrated Respect Week with some 4 Corner chest, squats and core. Then we worked with some TRX and Plyometrics

A perfect day for a Ground Pounder

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FNGs: None. Warm Up: Good Mornings, Windmills, Willie Mays Hays, Sir Fazio Arm Circles forward & reverse, Side Straddle Hops.  The Workout: Medium-Big rocks rotated after each exercise.  Curls for the Girls, Rut Rows, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Ground Pounders, Rock Squats.  Repeated all exercises.  Six work: Chest presses, Skull crushers, WWII’s, American Hammers.  Chest superset without rocks (dirkins, merkins, irkins, merkins).  Frisbee Golf Putting competition.  If you miss you do Starjumps, Side Straddle Hops, Lunges, Squat Jumps, Monkey Humpers, Star Jumps.  Mary: Each Pax picked their own exercise.  

Feeling Sheepish

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Warm Up:

  • SSH
  • Burpees for Gump
  • Good Mornings
  • Windmills 
  • Carioca
  • High Knees
  • Butt Kickers
  • Mozy to track 

The Workout:

Partner up for a DORA – 100 overhead press IC, 200 American Hammers, 300 Squats

Timer was other guy running up and down the bleachers at all stairwells

Nipplers

Mozy to half wall

Earkins, Derkins, Dips

Mary:

WW2s

Homer2Marge

Pickle Pounders

Ankle Grabbers

Prayer:

FRAMs Mother In Law

5 Farting Eagles Soaring in the Gloom at the Nest

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PAX: @Finkle, @Warbucks, @Gump, @Sprinkler, @Gamecock
Warm Up: Mosey around the park.  @Warbucks had to remind me that we already ran…We did some Good mornings, Willy Mayes Hayes, SSHs.
The Workout: We had two sets of exercises.  11s with mountain climbers and Angle grinders.  The Angle Grinders were a real crowd pleaser.  Then a mini-dora with no running.  Each PAX took turns being the timer doing people’s chair for 25 seconds while the rest of us did 100 shoulder taps, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats.
Mary: Freddie mercuries, American Hammers, Low Slow Flutters.
Announcements: Iliad this weekend, signup on slack, Holly Fest this weekend signup for afternoons needed.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: @Gamecock’s M traveling back from Boston.  @Finkle’s wife work issues.