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Ground Pouder with lots of mumblechatter

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: The basics starting with Good Mornings.

The Workout: On to the rock pile.  2 sets of big rock exercises.  Then on to the big all for some preacher’s chairs, calf raises, and merkins.  Back to small rocks to burn out the biceps, triceps and shoulders.

Mary: Finished it all off with a solid plank hold.

Announcements: Ground Pounder needs a Q the next 2 Saturdays

Prayer: Socrates was back and looking strong!  Prayers for other PAX going through personal situations and surgeries.  

Rumble at Thunder

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Warm Up: Very Short Mosey to the pavilion and then some 22 counts of SSH, Franeksteins, Daisy Pickers, and Windmills. 

The Workout: A full-body set of 

100 Squat Crunches

90 Side Straddle Hops 

80 X-Planks

70 Skaters

60 Plank Rows

50 Lunges

40 Leg Raises

30 Homer to Marge Kicks

20 Freddie Mercuries 

10 Burpess

Finished up with some Broga while the muscles were warm 

Announcements: Triple Ruck Challenge, Manion WOD Sat May 2nd 6:30a at Ting 

Closed in Prayer:

Braved the cold at Ground Pounder

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FNGs: none

The Workout: Lots of rock work.   Big rocks rotating each time.  2 rounds.   Then small rocks to burn it out.   Preachers Charlie and calf raises.  Then Dirkins Merkins Irkins and tricep presses.  

Cold night of Thunder is better than waking up for a 5:30 am workout

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: 2 rounds of popcorn

The Workout: Pick out 2 smallish rocks for 1 round of exercises, return rocks and get large rock or a round of exercises, return cold rock and move to pavilion to finish the workout without freezing our hands.

The Standard is the Standard

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: GM and other exercises

The Workout:

Grab a coupon – KB, Slam Ball or Dumbbell

3 rounds of each, 7 reps

Circuit 1: Curls, Triceps, Rows, WB, Squat, DL, GP

Circuit 2: Step Ups, Bulgarian Leg Squats, Kevin Harts

Circuit 3: Irkins & Dips

Circuit 4: Inverted Rows

Mary: Some stretches and around the circle abs

Announcements: Check 3rd F

Prayers for our Nation. 

Rock the Body

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7 Rocked-the-body at Ground Pounder. Grateful for the cool mist.
warm up: GM, WMH, Windmill, Frankenstein, Arm Circles,

large rock & 2 small 

3 rounds w large rock – curls, triceps, rows, wonder bra, rock-the-body.
3 rounds w small rocks: hallelujahs, lateral raises, goof-balls, L-raises

2 rounds standing core large rock : halos, MLH, around the world (small), figure 8 (small), rock chop.

Mary: 5 minutes of stretching

Good work @Flip Phone @Mr. Terrific @HazMat @Lube @Socrates Noah’s Ark and YHC.

Praise and prayers for Socrates daughter and new granddaughter. Prayers for all PAX recovering from illness or injury.

T-claps day 74 for several 75Hard PAX.

Ground Pounder 2/15/2025

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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!

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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

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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

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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.