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Hills for Four

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Warm Up: Various Stretching to get us loose
The Workout: PAX was on the lookout for Forceps, but with time slowing moving, it was clear our friend was not coming.  H1N1, UTI and YHC took off on feet, and Messi led us by bike.  We used a route out of the old Dawg’s playbook, and headed out Stinson to Bass Lake.  We quickly moved down Bass Lake to Holly Springs Rd and took our left on Linksland for some fun on the hills.  PAX was energetic and ready for Crossway.  We hustled up and down the hills, with a quick pit stop for YHC about half way. PAX made there way to the Crossway exit and headed back down Main St. and back to Womble.  5.5-6 Miles in all.

Announcements: Sprint Tri: Looking to start some work in the pool, check the slack channel
Prayer: H1N1 travelling to Liverpool for work. YHC MIL had mixed results from the surgery.  Please keep her in your prayers, as she will find out March 25 if she will require additional treatment beyond the surgery for her cancer.

Beach Body Kick Off

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Perfect gloom weather this morning. YHC got there early to set out some cones and floor ladder to get back to some agility work. Four PAX was in attendance. Let’s do it.

Warm Up:
Lap around track with high knees and butt kickers
Square up
SSH x25 IC
Mtn climbers x25 IC
Matt Biondi’s x25 IC
Finkle Swings x10 IC each leg (the laces were in)

The Workout:
Ladder drills with cones at the end
– 10 squats before drill
– 10 diamond merkins after drill
– 4 rds feet – 1 rd hands

Obama 44th POTUS – bear crawl 4 hand steps then 4 merkins (11 times)
Plenty of time on YHC’s garmin so we decided to repeat but with a twist.
Crab walk 4 hand steps then 4 big boy sit ups (11 times)
H1N1 said we can call this the Obama AND Michelle

Mosey over to the rock pile
Rock curls for 5 mins
– AMRAP for 45 secs on, hold rock 15 sec rest, R&R
Jello arms to follow on the mosey back to warm up area

Mary:
Not So Lazy Boys (10 sec count back, then right, then left, then back)
Side star crunches, knee up x10 IC, switch sides
Exaggerated LSF x20 IC
6 inch cork screws x20 IC

Name-o-Rama was totally skipped this morning. Guess we all knew each other well and didn’t think about it.

Announcements:
Q school next Thursday @ 6:30 Womble Park Ampitheater, slack and FB has the rest

Prayer:
FedEx family, 9 yr old passed away last week, H1N1 travels, Norm training 12 weeks this summer, Norm’s friend passed away from HS, Cupid’s grandma recovery

PAX discussed starting a 3-5 mins wrap up at end of each workout to discuss nutrition with help of Banana Seats M. More details to follow.

Cupid will have the VQ next week with some H1N1 assistance. Way to step up so quickly.

Great work out there. Getting those beach bodies started now will pay off in a couple quick months.

BS Out!

No Rain at Mutiny

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March 11, 2019 / Mutiny/ QIC: Fedex

Pax: Norm, H1N1, Modify, 16-Bit, Cupid, Messi, Potts, FedEx

 

Warm Up: After a lap around the track, Pax circled up for

– SSH x 25

– Fozio Arm Circles  10F/ 10R

– Imperial Walkers x 10

– Hillbillies x 10

– Stretches

– Monkey Humpers x 10

The Workout: Told the Pax that we will start with high knees and that every time your QIC says “down” we do a burpee. We start off slow but I don’t think the PAX was very happy when I said “down” three times in a row! Twice! After we caught our breath we did 10 shoulder tap Merkins in cadence.  We mosey to the parking lot to bear crawl 3 parking spots then crawl bear back and do a squat twist to the R/L. Told Pax that we will do this 10 times OYO but had to call an audible half way through because of all the chatter.  After catching our breath again I told the Pax that we would be doing a lunge, squat then burpee all the way down the parking lot. We mosey to the playground for 2 sets of pull-ups x 10, swing crunches x 10 ( like TRX but your feet are on the swing), and star jumps x 10. We finished with dips, urkins, derkins and sprints and then an Indian Run to the tennis courts for Mary.

Mary:

LBC x 10

Americian Hammers x 10

Knee Crunches x 10

Have a Good Day

Announcements:

Break the Silence 5K Walk/ Run

Run the Quay

Prayer:

Potts friend from HS fire department that passed away from rare cancer

Cupid’s Grandmother who’s had 3 surgeries

Stargazer, one of Fedex twins, is going through a difficult time right now

Yoga in the gloom

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Late post due to Wrightsville prep; had literally no time until now!

7 PAX out for a Wrightsville-friendly session of wristlocks and yoga.

Warm Up:

Side straddle hops, Frankensteins, Sir Fazzio arm circles, Michael Phelps, good mornings, Mahktar N’ Diayes.

CQC

Wristlocks: hammerlock, pickpocket, diamond arm bar

The Workout:

Vinyasa yoga

Mary:

LBCs and WWIIs in the final 2 minutes
Announcements:
Prayer:

Shredder’s surgery in a half hour, safety for Wrightsville runners, family who lost their 9-year old son.

 

U-Turn

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Warm Up:8Pax’s showed up as the rest of the group got ready for the half and full at Wilmington.
The Workout:standard U-turn
Mary:NA
Announcements:Wilmington Race today
Prayer:The family of crab legs buddy that past away yesterday. Injury free race for the Pax. 1st responders.

Possum Trot – The House Always Wins

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Warm Up:

The temp was forecast for 22 but we arrived to a balmy 28, perhaps we were already warm enough? Just in case, we started with some good mornings to loosen up the back, some side-straddle hops to get the heart beating, and a quick tour around the tennis courts with the request to grab a rock on the way back.

The Workout:

Craps! Using a pair of dice, the rules are simple. Each PAX would have turn to roll the dice. Before rolling they called out their exercise of choice and then gave them a toss. If the roll was a 7 or 11, the pax did 7 or 11 burpees, respectively. If the roll was a 2 or 10, the pax ran one lap around the tennis courts. If the roll was anything else, they did that count of whatever exercise was called. If the roll was not burpees or a run, the called exercise remains live and you get to roll again. You keep rolling until you hit 7, 11 or 2, 10.

I don’t think anyone kept count, but we did some curls for the girls, tricep extensions, something where you grab your ankles and squat, merkins, a crab-position-touch-your-hand-to-your-foot thing (which was much more difficult than it sounded), and many burpees. A few laps were run as well.

Mary:

Once everyone had their rolls of the dice, we worked our way into the tennis courts and circled up. A few minutes of yoga-inspired stretches loosened us up and kept us warm. Then we ran through the circle and talked for a minute about what the phrase “Leave good evidence of a life well lived” means to you. Lots of great answers that showed the true depth of the men who show up in the gloom.

Announcements: Wrightsville is this weekend

Prayer:

  • Prayers for Shredder to have a successful surgery and quick recovery.
  • Prayers for everyone running this weekend to stay healthy

11 Guys came out to sing the famous song, “The woods are alive with the sound of
 Spring Peepers!!!”

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Warm Up

A fun jog around Clubworx to circle up in the roundabout for warm up consisting of: SSH, daisy pickers, good mornings, imperial walkers and various stretches

 

The Workout

Jog to the tennis courts

Bear crawl, merkin suicides (somebody called “Gents on the Fence” as the waiting on the 6 exercise
 I’m sure it was Banana Seat)

Duck walk, LBC suicides (Please note that R22 called “Burpees” as our waiting on the 6 exercise this go round)

Jog to the rock pile

Rotating rock exercises consisting of curls for the girls, ruh rows, shoulder press, shoulder taps and triceps extensions) with a jog around the circle as the time keeper

11’s with dips and derkins under the pavilion

 

Mary

WWII and Have a Nice Days (with meditation, prayer and reflection)

 

Announcements

Wrightsville this weekend and U-Turn will still be open

7th Annual F3 Raleigh Mule is on Saturday

NC Spring Classic 8K and 16K April 27th. Get 10% off with F3SW2019

 

Prayer Request

Crab Legs; DD and Shredder and other injured brothers

Taper Mode Edition

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Great turnout for U-turn this morning as Pax are gearing up for WB and Tobacco Road. 187, LED, Sliderule, Warbucks, Boy George, Skidmark for some extra miles at the beginning.

Warm Up: some quality dynamic stretching
The Workout: standard 5 mile loop and picking up the 6.
Mary: coffee and stretching
Announcements: WB I think is next weekend. 5k Friday night for Crablegs. Wear red. Banana Seat will post details. 2.0 workout.
Prayer: lots of pax with injuries. Buford, shredder, Double D, Crablegs. Recent losses of family and friends. Lipstick’s mother in law. Too many. Enjoy the time with 2.0 today. We are blessed.

Burnin’ Down The Quads

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9 men came out in the gloom to pick daisies, sing, and dance.

Just kidding; we worked out.

Three newcomers to Sheepdog, (not FNGs though): Cupid, Yosef, and Mufasa (from Carpex, at Cupid’s invitation). Mercy was taken on the PAX for the second half due to wet ground and the presence of cover at the front-side of the school, so 2nd F at Dunkin would be a drier affair.

Warm Up:

Mosey around the school. Imperial walkers and hillbillies, followed by leg sweeps, Sir Fazzio arm circles, Michael Phelps, Good Mornings, and round of monkey humpers to limber up the hips

The Workout:

5-to-25 squats and 25-5 merkins, changing by 5 each round, with about a 35-yard sprint between each set, e.g. 5 squats; sprint; 25 merkins; sprint; 10 squats; sprint; 20 merkins.

Then ran back around front, and did 10 squats and 10 OYO butterfly situps, followed by a sprint around the round-about. Rinse & repeat 2 more times.

Combatives started with Wing Chung punches: 30 singles, 20 doubles, and 20 triples, and then moved on to a couple of handshake techniques, because you never know when someone’s going to come at you with a vicious left-handed knuckle-squeezer (not really, but it’s useful and simpler to start with handshakes than a knife).

Mary:

Stretching (since we don’t do a good job of this, and because core had already been worked in). Practiced tension-release stretching (holding tension in the stretch for 10-30 seconds, then relaxing int a bit deeper stretch. 3x).

Announcements:

Wrightsville half, first 2.0 workout Saturday at 9. If you’re interested in the Sprint triathlon this summer, join the Slack channel.

Prayer:

The Courtine family at the unexpected loss of their 9-year-old son; Shredder; Yosef’s high BP, wants to get more regular working out; Mufasa’s mom is going through a divorce; in general, marriages in turmoil

A moist “circle merk” with the Japanese Express

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16 men got to business on a fine drizzly morning in the Quay.

7-8 got their EC in and apologize gents but I didn’t catch the role call for that one before we left out or when we got back in

Warm Up: Broke up the mumble chatter, stayed put and circled up the Pax for the following

20 – SSH, 10 Good Mornings…nice and deep-like, “Fonzie”-arm circles 10 front/10 back, 10 Imperial walkers right into (kinda) 10 Hillbillies, and 10 Windmills

The Workout: Now that the gang was all loose and pleasentries exchanged it was time to get down to why we all left our warm bodied ladies back in the fartsack….

“Circle-Merk” – Pax partnered up and ran opposite directions around the tennis courts to meet 1/2 way where each would perform a Merkin exercise (from list below) then continue in opposite directions to meet back at original starting point for another Merkin exercise (from list below)…. rinse and repeat

10 – Broke back merks

10 – Japanese Express (partner 1 in squat hold, holds partner 2’s feet at shoulder height (wheelbarrow hold like) while partner 2 does merks)

10 – Patty cake merks

 

Partners then grabbed a rock and headed to base of hill for a Dora.

Partners completed the following reps (200 curls/tri ext, 200 LBCs/American hammers, 200 overhead press/chest press) at base of hill while other partner climbed Mount QuaRina and completed the following on the guard rail at top (10-irkins, 10-dips, 5/5 one legged squats off rail)

Mary: Pax dropped their rocks off at the pile and mossied to Mary in the courts for the following –

15 – Peter Parkers/15 – Low Slow Flutters/15-WW2/20 – Reverse LBCs/10 each downward dog stretches into right leg then left leg scorpion Merkins

 

Announcements:

Blue Ridge Relay, Wrightsville 1/2 coming up – the Friday night before is a 5k – come support Crablegs!

 

Prayer:

Shredder’s healing, Crablegs continued prayers, Coal Ash calf (and ankle?) injury at start of workout today, Moby’s dad