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11-18-22 Agility, Speed, Balance, and the Lady Bug Warmer

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EC 3m Bleeder, Yogurt

EC 2m Abe, Bobby Boucher, Woody

Warm-up

Side stepping: Follow the perimeter lines of the tennis court. One lap right foot forward, one lap left foot forward. Head to other tennis court. Follow the interior lines of the tennis court. Shoulders facing square to net, travel up and back the lines on both sides of the net.

Fancy feet: Step up on curb, alternating feet, while traveling. Right foot first up the parking lot. Head back down, change sides, fancy feet left foot first.

Head to Ivan lot to continue warmups: GMs x10, SSHs x50. It was at this time that Woody exclaimed that it was so cold that his Johnson was shriveled up to about the size of a ladybug. 

Main Event

ME Balance: Head to edge of amphitheater stage for balance exercises. 1-foot 4-count step-ups; Up 1, hold 2-3, down, that’s 1. Second foot never touches the ledge. Next: Calf raises with toes on ledge.

ME Agility: Mosey to softball parking lot. Fancy feet around perimeter.

ME Agility: At least four times through agility ladder, mixing with more fancy feet and many lunges. Ladder steps: left/right run; bunny hop; out/in both feet simultaneously (like and SSH); one more. Ladder stayed in middle and we did figure eights around, using the parking lot curb for fancy feet and path for lunges.

ME Speed: Sprint to marker. Must be going full speed at marker. Decelerate.  Back to marker for exercises.

Five sprints, five sets of exercises: B.L.I.M.P.S: 10 burpees, 20 lunges, 30 imperial walkers, 40 merkins, 50 plank jacks, 60 squats (didn’t have time for squats).

Mary

Balance: Tree position yoga

Announcements: Upcoming CPR class, HSHM Saturday

Prayers: Woody’s dad, Bird Flu’s wife and newborn

Block on Main Loops

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Mountain Climbers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Chinooks
The Workout: PAX moseyed over to the Block on Main for a four corners workout. A different exercise at each corner with a mosey in between. The four corners consisted of upper (merkins, mountain climbers), core (WWIIs, LBCs, etc), lower (squats, squats, squats) and then dips (regular and French). 25 counts each. We managed to get in five rounds before heading back for Mary. PAX did a sprint along Avent Ferry on the way back, just for fun.
Mary: Popcorn Mary, with favorites such as Homer to March, Ankle Grabbers and Freddie Mercurys.
Announcements: Frosty CSAUP coming up Dec 10th. CPR class this evening.
T-Claps (Recognition): Bleeder and Bobby Boucher for EC
Prayer: PAX with ailing family and friends. The girl killed in the parade last weekend.

Full Steam ahead at Downtown Train

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FNGs: Tripod!

Warm Up: Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins, Sir Fazio Arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps

The Workout: Mosey over to the rock pile.  Get medium size rocks, 15 to 20 reps the Q says. Cusack over to the amphitheater grass. Q splits group into 2.  Group #1 does AMRAP of specified exercise, Group #2 does a lap around the Cultural Center. Curls for the Girls, Overhead Press.  Change of plans. Group #1 does AMRAP of specified exercise, Group #2 holds  Wall Sit until done. 2 Rounds with Ground Pounders and Ruh Rohs maybe? Sorry, I should have done this day of. Another round, Group #1 dips at the picnic tables, Group #2 balls to the wall.  Return the rocks.

Mosey in front of Town Hall.  2 rounds of fast feet on the steps in cadence followed by merkins and diamonds.

Mosey back to parking lot for Mary and stretching.

Mary: 10+ minutes.  YHC called out some various standards, Freddie Mercury’s, WWIIs, and others. Then to popcorn Mary as 10 minutes of Mary is a long time. Some stretching to finish it off.

Announcements: Nov 21 CPR class. Respect week coming up. Others I may be forgetting.

T-Claps (Recognition): Stickers and Sunshine for 2 mile EC. Thanks for the accountability!

Prayer: Runners heading to Richmond this weekend. Unspoken. Apologies if I forgot others.

6 Friends bested Chandler and conquered the rain

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: Mosey to the end of the parking lot, bottom fell out so moseyed to the picnic shelter. Good mornings, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins and Sir Fazio Arm circles

The Workout: B.O.M.B.S incoming.  Partner up, 50 Burpees, 100 Overhead Claps, 150 Merkins, 200 BBSUs and 250 Squats.  Partner #1 works on the exercise, Partner #2 runs a lap from picnic shelter around both tennis court enclosures and back to the shelter to swap and repeat.

Finished it off with a few rounds of dips on the picnic tables and wall sits on the… well… posts.  Post sits?

Mary: Popcorn Mary around the group, Homer to Marge, WWIIs, Pickle Pounders, Box Cutters, Breakdancing Bear and American Hammers. These were followed by some stretching to close it out.

Announcements: CPR class Nov. 21st Sign up!  Holly Springs Downtown Advisory Board survey out, help shape the future of Downtown Holly Springs!

T-Claps (Recognition): Jellybeans first EC outing with Abe, Bleeder and YHC

Prayer: All the PAX traveling to Richmond for the marathon this weekend. Safe travels for Bleeder and his family through the storm. Unspoken.