FNGs: none
Warm Up: GM, Fozzy Arms, SSH, windmill, Spinal rotation, Imperial Walker
The Workout: 4 rounds, 45 sec work, 15 sec rest. 8 bell exercises. Rows, tricep extension, figure 8, plank row, curls, KB swings, midget cookie, ground pounder.
Mary: popcorn
Announcements: bed build June 12
Prayer: military and first responders
FNGs:None 9 pax for EC 16 pax’s joined the beat down.
Warm Up:SSH, good mornings, imperial walkers with squat, fazio arm circles
The Workout:
With rock in hand, we lined up along parking lot.
Murdered bunnies two parking spots did 4 merkins cusack back to start.
Murder bunnies 4 parking spots, 4 squats cusack back.
Murder bunnies 6 parking spots 4 ground pounders, cusack back.
repeat this for 2 more iterations upping reps to 8 and 12 reps
Made way to hill at ball fields where we did 8’s of 1-leg squat at bottom and Turkish getups at top, while running backwards up hill.
At shelter we did 3 sets of wrk in seeking and dips increasing reps from 5-10-15.
Mary: LBCs, side kicks, pickle pounders, Peter parkers, heel taps, 6in – hello dollies, to 45 deg hello dollies and then windshield wipers. Last exercise captain Thor’s 1-2 up to 8-16 reps
Announcements: Derek Davis race June 12. SHP June 12th. Joco csaup May 22nd
Prayer:FedEx mother, injured pax’s.
PAX of 15, with quite a few for EC, decided to swallow that red pill and post at Disney, “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Q was happy to see a strong showing of men this morning, especially when they could have posted at Tiger Blood for 90 minutes of running in circles around the track, boring…
EC: Cupid, Dahmer, UTI, Quiver, Deadbolt, Pablo, 187, [Lipton and Midget with the Murph, which does include 2 miles]
FNGs: None
Warm Up: All exercises in cadence: SSH x20; Imperial Walkers x10; Hillbillies x10; Windmill x 10, Sir Fazio Arm Circles 10F, 10R, Seal Claps and Overhead claps.
The Workout: PAX lined up in two groups for an Indian run that led them through the small parking lot near the community center entrance and then around the back of the school to the ticket booth and entrance area of the MCHS football stadium to do 2 sets of 10 each: Derkins, Irkins, and Dips. PAX partnered up to complete a triangle circuit of pain that included running over to a large set of steps (abyss’s step sister) and completing a set of Burpees at the bottom, running up the stairs and down the walkway to complete a set of monkey humpers, then running over to and down a smaller set of stairs back to the beginning to complete a set of Star Jumps. Reps for each exercise started at a 10 count and reduced by 1 repetition for each completed loop. Most PAX were able to complete 5-6 loops before Q called time and headed back toward the flag. On the way to the flag, Q stopped at the back of the school for some additional exercises. Partner#1 held “Balls to the Wall” while partner #2 did a 10 count IC of an exercise; partners switched places and repeat. Exercises were mountain climbers, shoulder taps, Merkins, and American Hammers PAX regrouped into an Indian Runs back to the flag for Mary.
Mary: All exercised done in cadence: Pickle Pounders x20; Homer to Marge: 10 regular, 10 right leg up, 10 left leg up; HAVE A NICE DAY!
Announcements: None
T-Claps (Recognition): All the PAX posting, bringing out new and old faces
Prayer: Countdown’s father’s death anniversary, India, Laettner’s lab work
EC:There was 22 plus people running EC. So yeah I don’t have the names here.
FNGs:Pile Driver
Warm Up:
Circled Up and bounced while I went over the Disclaimer. Did a count off to have an understanding on how many Pax where there.
Mosey to the field and circle up.
Bat Wing
Fazio Arm circles Forward
Fazio Arm circles Backward
Seal Claps
Overhead Claps
Ralphies
Good Mornings
1 Burpees
2 Burpees
3 Burpees
4 Burpees
5 Burpees
The Workout:
Moseyed to the Bus Drop off. We split up into pairs and then a pair took one of the three islands.
Run in opposite directions around the island. When you met your partner do 7s counting down of Broke Back Shoulder Tap Merkins. Every time you meet you decreased the number. We went down to 1. Once that was wrapped up we did laps around the island. Partner A did bear crawls and Partner B did Lunge walks. When Partner A needed a break Partner B took over the bear crawls and Partner A did lunges. After one lap we switched to Gorilla Walks and Lunges.
Mosey to the wall for mobile balls to the wall. The pax waiting held their Squat Hold. As pax held balls to the wall and moved down the length of the wall.
Moseyed to the playground and split up in three groups. One group went with Emeril to the hill. One group with Flanigan to the play ground and the last group with me to the wall. The hill group was the timer. 5 trips up the hill running backwards. The folks against the wall held squat while lifting up one leg and switching. The playground group did pull ups. Once the 5 trips where completed group one went to the wall. Group 2 to the hill and group 3 to the playground. Repeat until all groups ran the hill.
Then we made our way up the stairs. We then found our original partners and wheelbarrow to the flag pole/stop sign.
Mary:
Circled up for Mary:
Did a modify Onnit 6 minute Abs:
Plank Hold
Peter Parkers
Mountain Climbers
Big Boy Sit-ups
Freddie Mercuries
Russian Twists
Bowl
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:
All unspoken prayers
33 Pax showed up for Ultimate under the Ting lights. 2 FNGs and several Kotters.
FNGs:
Mike Synnott; Olaf (Curling with Dauber, Ice, Frozen, Elsa!?!, Olaf!)
MJ Salamanca; Beer Pressure (Macho Nacho’s neighbor, Shredder EHed after a couple beers, Peer Pressure, Beer Pressure).
Warm Up:
Light mix of SSH, Good Mornings, HBs, IWs, SFAC, and Squated Morrocan Night Clubs.
The Workout:
Pax counted off by 4 and split into two teams. 1s and 2s on field 1 and 3s and 4s on field 2 for F3 style Ultimate Frisbee. Every time the frisbee dropped Pax knocked out an exercise; merkins, burpees, squats, star jumps. The scoring team called out the penalty exercise, which both teams partook.
Mary:
A couple more Good Mornings to stretch us out.
Announcements: 2nd F Panera, May Challange, Bed Builds.
T-Claps (Recognition): Lots of EC this morning & several Kotters (welcome back).
Prayer: Injured and sick Pax, our country, Pax leadership in the community, and a selfish request from YHC for God to fix the media!
FNGs: None
Warm Up:
SSH x20 IC
Daisy Pickers x10 IC
Frankensteins x10 IC
The Workout:
5+ miles (Great job picking up the 6!)
Announcements:
May Challenge
T-Claps (Recognition):
See above
Prayer:
Fumunga is a dad! Prayers for his wife and new baby and for rest.
Gump – recovering from Covid
Today we celebrated the life and wrestling lore of none other than the Macho Man Randy Savage. Though we didn’t get to nearly as much as YHC had planned, we had a raucous group of PAX making noise all throughout the neighborhood we should be quiet in. But that’s the way the Macho Man lived…insane in the brain, flamboyant, say it if you want to, and badass to the core!
FNG’s: none
Warm Up: Good Mornings x10 IC, 10 Burpees OYO, a mosey down into the hood, and we all know that the Macho Man could party like a rock star so…Moroccan Nightclubs IC x10. Finished with a mosey to the final cul-de-sac.
The Workout: So Macho Man’s first famous feuds were with Tito Santana and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Back then, the Macho Man was smaller, high-flying, and faster. We circled up for a fast-feet/up-down progression for about 3 minutes.
We then remembered Miss Elizabeth, such an important part of the Macho Man journey, with Pickle Pounders x20 IC and Hello Dollys x15 IC.
PAX were instructed to return up the hill stopping at every “rope” (intersection) for some exercises, because Macho Man was never afraid to go to the top rope. Street 1: Star Jumps x15, Street 2: Squat Jumps x15, Street 3: Prisoner Squats x15, Street 4: The Top Rope, 15 Burpees OYO. Finished with 15 SSH IC before exiting the hood to go to church.
At the church parking lot, we referenced yet another famous feud with The Ultimate Warrior. If you remember, whenever the Ultimate Warrior would start his “comeback” in any match he would do something like an “airpress to the spirits” or whatever. So we did Jack Webb’s 1:3 ratio up to 5.
Now how did the Warrior always enter the ring? Running. Split PAX into 2 groups. 1 Group would Indian Run around the U at the church, while the other group did a suicide sprint to a series of 6 cones. Then, groups switched roles.
We did not forget that weird period where Macho was all in to Queen Sherri. Homer to Marge x 20 IC.
A quick mosey over to the rock pile for a reminder that Macho Man had also joined forces with, then split with Hulk Hogan…the largest pythons in the world baby! Curls for the Girls x 30.
Macho Man also got married to Miss Elizabeth shortly after the feud with Hogan. A famous scene unfolded in the WWF ring with the Macho lifting up Miss Elizabeth over his shoulders. Alternating Lunges IC x20, Overhead alternating presses with rocks x 20IC.
Unfortunately, YHC started running out of time here. But we didn’t want to forget that Macho Man got SWOLE!!!! in his later years of wrestling. Hand Release Merkins x 20. We finished with a mosey back to the flag.
Mary: 10 Burpees OYO upon return. Then, the entrance song for the Macho Man, Pomp and Circumstance, guided us for 4 minutes through a plank-o-rama, finishing with 20 Good Mornings. Have a Macho Day…Dig It!!!
Announcements: It’s on! May Monthly Challenge is live tomorrow.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: POTS son, going into the Air Force. Police around our country, Delaware Cop and family after tragic incidents. Truth in Nature (Roger Roger), a ministry for boys without fathers/dads. Gillette and shoulder surgery healing, as he walked up to the COT toward the end. YHC took us out!
A balmy morning at the Happiest AO on Earth. YHC wasn’t sure to expect with only 1 HC (U.T.I) and 1 other EC’er (Emeril). So to my surprise after getting back from EC…the whole Fritter Foundation and a huge clown car of 12 Oaksers pulled in! 17 Men gathered at Disney to take a ride to the dark corner known as “the Abyss”. I love this place!
FNG’s: none
Warm Up: SSH x40, Good Morning x a lot, 10 Burpees OYO, Windmills x 10, Sir Fazio’s x 12 (F/R)
The Workout: A mosey over to the Abyss, PAX partnered up for some BOMBS. 1 Partner descends into the darkness, completes 10 Star Jumps, while PAX on top do AMRAP exercise and then switch roles. Exercises were: Burpees, Outlaws, Merkins, Big Boy Sit Ups, and Squats. Plank hold for the 6.
We then moseyed over to the high school where a couple of divergent hills lay before us. At the meeting point of said hills, we did Shoulder Taps IC x10, and Hand Release-Release Merkins x 10 IC. We then used the same partner groups to run to the top of each hill, return, and meet in the middle where we did Shoulder Taps x10 IC as a team for round 1, then did the Hand Release-Release Merkins x 10.
3 Indian run lines back to the flag for Mary. Lot’s of picking up the 6…great work men!
Mary: Monkey Humpers IC x 20, Hand Release-Release Merkins x 20, Monkey Humpers x 10 IC, Hand Release Merkins x 10. Pickle Pounders x 10 IC, LSF’s x 20 IC, LBC’s x 20 IC, Homer to Marge x 20 in varied cadence.
Announcements: Sign up end today for the May Main Event.
T-Claps (Recognition): The PAX for showing up. YHC can tell you it gives great confidence to a Q when a crowd shows up!
Prayer: Wallaby and his M. Shamwow! with injuries. YHC took us out. A great day and an honor to lead!
There are certain AO’s where you just know there’s a better than fair chance there will be Indian Runs. Paradise City is one of them. All of us have been doing Indian Runs long enough to know what it’s like when you are unequally matched for speed in your line. Speaking as one no longer in the Clydesdale weight class, but still in the speed class…I know. During the Gloom circle this morning, several PAX asked lots of questions and tried to choose sides to show who they’d rather be with if we did this….In the end, I’d say we were all out of luck. You get what you get and you don’t pitch a fit…though Emeril tried to and got caught.
FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey around the upper loop soccer fields stopping at various points. At the bottom of the ramp it was SSH x 30, Good Mornings x10, Sir Fazios x 6. Then…to many groans of disapproval…a bear crawl up the full length of the ramp as a tribute to Pikachu and his affinity for bear crawls. We moved together on the mosey down to tennis court corner where we did Imperial Walkers x 10, and Hillbillies x10. PAX were instructed to grab some rocks from the drainage pit and leave them there for later work. Some comments of surprise from the PAX as Paradise City is not known for it’s use of rocks. Many rocks were noted to be small…not the greatest rock pit, but every Q should try something new. Finished our mosey down to the guardrail for some Windmills x 10 IC.
The Workout: PAX counted off by two’s and formed two Indian Run lines going in opposite directions of the same soccer field loop. We would perform 11 reps of 4 exercises at 4 stopping points along the way and decrease by 1 rep with each lap. Bottom of ramp – merkins, top of ramp – step ups/each leg, tennis court corner – Ground Pounders, guardrail – dips. Each worked their way down to at least 7 reps, wrapping up the customary 3 miles almost on the nose.
Mary: LBC’s x20 IC, WW1 x20, LSF’s x20 IC, H2M x 20 IC, Pickle Pounders x20 IC.
Announcements: May Main Event – sign up, all info on Slack. JOCOGA CSAUP – The Iliad…coming up in a few weeks in May, a few of us will head down to support our neighbor region.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Fumunga and family with the new 2.0. Wallaby’s M. YHC took us out. Great to lead today!
FNGs: nada
Warm Up:
– Good Mornings
Bobby Boucher pulled in late. He pre-blasted that he would be bringing his wife to the airport. YHC elected to ignore his burpees.
– SSH
Began a run of a non-conventional loop. Wanted to nod at the traditional Disney workout but give it a little twist. Quick Stop by Laetner’s car as he pulled in late for 10 burpees. He will not be ignored. Continued on the jog and stopped at the greenway entrance.
– Squats
Return to the main lot
– Goofballs
– Frankensteins
The Workout:
Recover on the jog running towards the opposite entrance. On the main stretch carioca both sides, quick feet on the curb. Continued mozy until we got to the small curved lot on the opposite side of the baseball diamonds.
Main Attraction – Bearcrawl Burpee Train – Line up and bear crawl from bottom of the curved parking lot towards the top. This is completed in an indian run fashion. When the guy in the back reached the front a burpee was compelted. This continued until the end of the lot. END OF THE LOT – Run to the start and RESET!
Replace bearcrawls with lunge walks. Backwards running got you to the front of the line. PAX were voluntold to call the workout when they reached the front of the line. Many of the standards were brought out. DawgPound flexed his Exicon muscle and broke out absolustions (brutal).
Back to the main lot. We swapped out 1 group hit the wall for Balls 2 the Wall / group 2 did a workout on the short wall. Short wall workouts included – Box Jumps, Dips, Step Ups
Mary: Has a back muscle fetish…
Announcements: Bed building postponed, race weekend
Reserve your spot on the Disney Q-Sheet today before its too late!!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_pUOHvqkzXJLl3PEuq-IW-R1coWr0HZsAG5tvFMq3qg/edit#gid=1502788962
T-Claps (Recognition): Thanks to Shammy for passing the torch, looking forward to my time ahead at Disney! Thanks to the PAX that showed for the first day.
Prayer: YHC took us out