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Burpees are NOT a Stretch!

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Brisk morning at Awesome Possum. YHC had no idea what to expect for my first Q at the Trot, but coming over the hill and seeing some FNGs made it something special! Norm and Martini stayed for warmup then hit some miles and were back in time for COT.

FNGs: Yes! Endo, False Start, SIR Shanks-a-lot
Warm Up: Warm-o-rama with SHHs, Good Mornings, Willie Mays Haze, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Newton’s Cradle, Michael Phelps
The Workout: Event 1 Rock Ping Pong: Partner up with one rock and line up at the edge of the parking lot. One partner performs the exercise then starts pushing the rock across the parking lot. Other partner takes a lap around the tennis courts and meets the partner on the other side. The goal is a competition with your partner for the end position of the rock. Exercises were 20 each curls for the girls, triceps extensions, overhead press.

Event 2: Survivor Series: Start with a round of exercises and each round vote off the group’s least favorite. Starting exercises were 20 each merkins, fire brigade lunge, turkish get-ups, star jumps, Carolina dry docks, squats. Order of eliminations round 1: turkish get-ups, round 2 (oh shoot we’re out of time): merkins and star jumps, complete round 3 with the last four.

Mary: Let’s see who’s still with me. Silent count Mary. Q leads the cadence but no total count. Anyone that stops over or under, add on 5 exercises. 20 each box cutters, LBCs, Homer to Marge

Asked POTS to lead some stretching while I grabbed my phone for name-o-rama. I come back to find everyone doing burpees. Honestly… privileges revoked POTS!

Announcements: Super Bowl squares for HSPD First Aid Kits
T-Claps (Recognition): I saw solid efforts by Endo, False Start, SIR Shanks-a-lot.
Prayer: Roger Roger’s family friend battling breast cancer, Country and leaders, Gamecock’s daughter’s 3rd birthday, WCPSS in person classes

6 V 6 Ultimate at Ting under the Lights

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FNGs: none
Warm Up:  SSH, Good am, Frankensteins, static stretches
The Workout:   Very fast paced game with lots of scores resulting in many 10 c exercises including merkins, monkey bumpers, ssh, LBCs, etc.  Very intense at times as we heard tremendous cheering support from the PAX jogging at PC.
Mary:  OYO
Announcements:  Super Bowl Squares fundraiser – See Dauber on slack/FB
T-Claps (Recognition): All the PAX for taking the red pill, running through the 32 degree temps; thankfully the rain held off
Prayer: PAX injured, UNSPOKEN, US leaders, military; YHC took us out

Super exited to be back in the gloom under the lights; honored to lead men. – Dauber

 

 

Dice, Dice Baby

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FNGs: none

PAX: @Finkle, @Norm, @Martini, @Gamecock, @Fumunga
Warm Up: Quick warm up lap around the park, followed by Sir Fazio Arm Circles F/B, Michael Phelps, Daisy Pickers, Good Mornings, Quad stretches, and calf and hamstring stretches.
The Workout:

Event 1: Dora at FV Middle School.  Splitting up into teams we ran the bus loop and partners would do exercises.  As a team we did 100 merkins, 200 lbc’s, and 300 squats.

Event 2: Stair climbs.  We started by bear crawling up the flight of stairs.  At the top we did 1 minute of lunges.  On the way back down we did either irkins or derkins.  At the bottom we followed up with a lucky roll of the exercise cube and did whatever exercise it landed on.  Unfortunately, @Martini had to roll 20 Burpees.  We did 3 sets of stair climbs.
Mary: We took a quick jog back to the parking lot to end with a 10 count of Outlaws and Boxcutters.
Announcements: SB raffle for the HSPD First Aid kits
T-Claps (Recognition): Great to have @Fumunga back out after an injury.
Prayer: @Fumunga and M with the pregnancy and for everything to keep progressing well and with a healthy pregnancy.  @Finkle shared about new requirements at work and lots of projects needing to be closed out.  @Finkle led them out.

Rolling 14 Deep Through Holly Springs

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I wasn’t sure how many PAX would show for U-Turn with 25 degree weather @ 6am.  I noticed 5 HC’s Friday evening and figured a few more would show but 14 is STRONG considering how many of these PAX are posting on weekdays, have families, have exhausting careers, etc., etc, and of course the cold a$$ weather.  There were also another 5 PAX that either ran EC or went on a 9-mile run beginning at U-Turn as well (@Lipstick, @Skidmark, @Maybelline, @Katniss, @FullHouse, @187).  For the most part, the 6am U-Turn crew stayed together throughout the run and also afterwards at Panera for 2nd F.  Man did we own those streets rolling 14 deep through Holly Springs.

FNGs: none today

Warm Up: quick parking-lot mosey to get the blood flowing, 20-seconds Michael Phelps, 10x Good Mornings, 10x Daisy Pickers, 10x Frankensteins, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Hilly Billy’s, 25-30 Merkins

The Workout: 6mi total: exit Panera, L on Grand Hill Place towards Target, L on New Hill Rd, R on Irving Pkwy, L on GreenOaks Pkwy, crossover Hwy 55 onto Ballentine St., R on Elm Ave, R on Grigsby to the backside of Womble, cut through softball fields to tennis courts, L on Stinson, R on Grigsby, R on Raleigh St, L on Holly Springs Rd, crossover Hwy 55 to New Hill Rd, R on Grand Hill Place, and back to Panera.

Mary: no time today

Announcements: Kettle Bell Snatch Challenge begins Monday, @Fanny Pack hosting 2021 1stF leadership and planning session Monday night 8pm-9pm

T-Claps (Recognition): all U-Turn PAX that got 6+ miles in prior, during, post ME

Prayer: comfort and strength for Lipstick and his family for the loss of his Aunt.  Dumbo took us out with another great prayer and I believe this is the 3rd week he’s taken us out @ U-Turn in a row

Sheepdog 1/22/2021

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PAX:  Farva, Shredder, Martini

FNGs:  None Today

Warm Up:  Lap around the lot and the ususals:  SSH, Arm Circles, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers

The Workout:

PAX split into 2 groups.  PAX 1 or each group performed 5 burpees while the remaining PAX held People’s Chair against a column. Switch.

Round 2:  4 Burpees, Round 3:  3 Burpees, Round 4:  2 Burpees, Round 5:  1 Burpee

Headed to the knee walls – PAX 1 Performed 10 Erkins while the remaing PAX performed LBC’s.  Switch

Round 2:  8 Erkins, Round 3:  6 Erkins, Round 4:  4  Erkins, Round 5:  2 Erkins

Back to the columns – repeat starting with 4 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 2 Burpees, 1 Burpee

Knee Wall – repeat starting with 8 Erkins, 6 Erkins, 4 Erkins, 2 Erkins

Shredder handled the combatives – Kicks

Mary:  Sit-up variations

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  State of the Nation

Kenny’s Grave 1/21/21

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PAX:  Spoonman, Finkle, Gamecock, Yosemite, Martini

FNGs:  None Today

Warm Up:  Lap around the lot and the ususals:  SSH, Arm Circles, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers

The Workout:

PAX split into 2 groups.  PAX 1 or each group performed 5 burpees while the remaining PAX held People’s Chair. Switch.

Round 2:  4 Burpees, Round 3:  3 Burpees, Round 4:  2 Burpees, Round 5:  1 Burpee

Headed to the tables – PAX 1 Performed 10 Erkins while the remaing PAX performed LBC’s.  Switch

Round 2:  8 Erkins, Round 3:  6 Erkins, Round 4:  4  Erkins, Round 5:  2 Erkins

Back to the Wall – repeat starting with 4 Burpees, 3 Burpees, 2 Burpees, 1 Burpee

Table – repeat starting with 8 Erkins, 6 Erkins, 4 Erkins, 2 Erkins

With a little time left performed BLIMPS and BLIMP

Mary:  Everyone got a shot to call out an exercise

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  State of the Nation

Those rocks are like ice…

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PAX: @Finkle, @Fannypack, @Gamecock, @Martini, @Norm, @Spoonman, @Yosemite
Warm Up: Took a quick lap around the public gym stopping at each corner and did 20 SSHs, 10 mountain climbers, 10 good mornings/10 daisy pickers, and 10 Frankenstein’s.
The Workout:

Event 1:  Rockzercise

Each PAX went and grabbed a rock.  I may or may not have purposefully grabbed a big one!  We started with sets of 10 and built by adding 5 to each exercise going up to 25.  Caveat, switch to the left each time so that everyone could experience my big rock.  We did these exercises tri-cep extensions, overhead presses, rut rows, and bus drivers.  In between sets to get the blood flowing to the fingers we did seal jacks corresponding with the amount in each set…10, 15, etc.

Event 2: 11’s

We travelled back to the pavilion and did 11s with an ab exercise and then a leg exercise.  We started off with lbc’s and peoples chair, then finished it off with Outlaws and slow and steady deep squats.

Event 3: The final push

We went over to the wall and did 2 rounds of ascending testicles first with a 5 count from each PAX and then a 10 count.  Between those sets we did 20 lunges each leg.

Mary: Began with two rounds of Homer holds, a version of homer to marge with one leg up holding for a slow 10 count.  E2K’s with a 10 count cadence on both sides, 10 count cadence of reverse lbc’s, and 10 count cadence of box cutters.  Ended with have a nice day.
Announcements: New monthly challenge is coming soon, Q sheet sign-ups, and Ultimate at Ting on Monday.
T-Claps (Recognition): Great to have @Fannypack come out from the big city of HS
Prayer: Praises today!, @Yosemite’s M just got a new job, @Fannypack’s son’s birthday

It’s only 5 more burpees

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Warm Up: Mosey around the tennis courts and came back to do a round of good mornings, daisy pickers, Sir Fazio Arm circles f/b, Michael Phelps, tri-cep stretch, shoulder stretches, and Frankensteins all in cadence ten count.
The Workout:

Event 1: It’s too difficult…lol

Starting at the first parking space we bear crawled to the next and did a merkin.  For a total of 10 but each time we come to another parking line we added a merkin building up to 10 merkins.  The last ten parking spots we did a typewriter or side bear crawl if there’s such a thing and then lunges both legs equaling one up to ten.  To top it off and keep the blood flowing we did 20 SSHs in cadence.

Event 2: Mosey to the rock pile and we did three rounds of 10 each: overhead press, tri-cep extensions, curls for the girls, and bus drivers.  Between the 2nd and 3rd set we did a round of seal claps to let our fingers thaw and get the blood flowing.

Event 3: Lucky number 20 – using a fantastic gift from my M we rolled the cube of exercises starting with 20 burpees, 20 jump squats, 20 merkins, 25 lbcs, 20 SSHs, and 1 minute plank hold.

Event 4: To finish it off we did a round of tennis court suicides with a sprinkling of exercises in between two rounds.  This one provoked a little bit of mumblechatter!

Mary: We did round robin style with @Pots and @Sprinkler both voicing for 5 more burpees which brought our count to 30 burpees for the morning.
Announcements: Hilltop Needmore food drive ruck coming up in a couple weeks.  Date will be posted soon.  Also, trash pickup being led by LED (can’t remember date/time/place).
T-Claps (Recognition): @Norm and @Martini for EC
Prayer: For our country, @Norm and family traveling to FL.

Turf War Averted

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PAX:  The usual suspects – Norm (EC), Gamecock (EC), Kitty Litter, Finkle, Martini (EC)

For a cold and wet moring, YHC had a shelter workout planned.  Upon returning from EC, the lot was full of cars.  Unfortunatley this was due to the group of ladies that has started workign out at Falcon Park on Tuesday mornings.  As it was raining, they had congreagated and began their workout under the shelter.  Immediately upon returning from EC, the mumble chatter started about this being F3’s turf, however no PAX was brave enougth to try and run them off.  This was probably a good thing.  Getting our tails kicked by a bunch of women would not help future EH efforts.  (Norm did mention something about showing up early the next time it is raining to reserve the shelter)

Warm Up:  YHC had to adjust on the fly.  We left our beloved Falcon Park and headed over to the middle school.  SSH, Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Daisy Pickers, Frankensteins

The Workout:  Nest Man Up under the shelter of the bus lane.

PAX 1 took off for a lap around the bus loop.  The Next Man Up called an exercise for the remaing PAX to perform.  When PAX 1 returned, PAX 2 took off for a lap.  Next Man Up called an exercise. Continued until all PAX took a lap.

Completed 4 rounds.

Indian Run back to the back to Falcon Park with a loop around the track and lot.

Mary:  Handled during the workout, but we did complete some stretching

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  Finkle has family dealing with COVID

It’s Chest Day Broseph

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It was a cold morning right above freezing. All PAX arrived right on time…

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Short lap then SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willie Mays Haze, Good Mornings, Michael Phelps
The Workout: Chest burnout with all sorts of merkins. 3 sets of 5 reps each exercise, and a short lap between if needed for a break. Diamond, Shuffle, Peter Parker, Hover, Dirkins, Explosive/Hop. Second activity was leg circuit with one PAX as the timer doing 25 squats. Others performed either single leg squat, calf raises, monkey humpers until the timer finished. Rotate exercise. Two rounds of this. Another two rounds with speed skaters, long jump, and squat jumps.
Mary: Heels to the heavens, boxcutters, Freddie Mercury, bear stands, pickle pounders, American Hammers, LBCs
Announcements: Goal tracking is active
T-Claps (Recognition): Finkle, Martini, And Norm for showing up on a cold morning. Fumunga for the virtual follow along.
Prayer: Family and Friends with COVID, Fumunga’s surgery, safety of community and country