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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

My Eyes are Closed…but I Can Still See It!

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Always a lot of great 1-liners at Ground Pounder! Today, did not disappoint to that end. It was a cold and bright sunny morning at Jones Park, but even the flaming ball that is in the sky could not compare to the brightness (or tightness) of Pikachu’s pants! At one point, Shredder mentioned he had to close his eyes whilst running behind Pikachu due to the brightness, but could somehow still see (hence…the title of this BB). Other great 1-liners of the day:

“I think I’m lactating” – Shredder. “We all need to sign up on that Q Sheet so this jackass can’t Q here anymore” – Pikachu. “All my rocks are frozen to the ground” – Frenchie. “I’m just gonna pick up that slab of concrete” – Farva. “Small, medium, large. You must’ve missed something that day in elementary school” – Shredder.

FNG’s: – nope

Warm Up: SSH x 25, Daisy Pickers, Sir Fazio’s F/R, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies all x 10, and Good Mornings x 21 (much to the agreement of Shredder and Pikachu).
The Workout: Now for the disagreement to begin. YHC decided to try something new to me today to ensure that all PAX chose appropriate sizes of rocks. You see…there’s been just a bit of mumblechatter recently that PAX aren’t choosing large enough rocks and that Farva could sit there and juggle with all other men’s version of “large” rocks. So each PAX were instructed to get a large rock from the familiar pile, a not as large but let’s say medium rock from the not so shiny but newer rocks down on the end of the trench, and finally, two small rocks that could be held and controlled in each hand. Each time PAX got a rock from the trench, they paid an entrance tax of 5 burpees. With rocks ready to go and circled up, we performed the following routine (rocks sizes denoted by L, M, S):

Shoulder Press, L x30, Wonderbras, M x25, 1-2’s, S x 20

Curls for the Girls, L x 30, Curls for the Girls, M x 25, 1-2’s, S x 20

Chest Press, L x 50, Alternating Merkins on Rock, M x 25, 1-2’s, S x 20

Rut Rows, L x 40, DeadLifts, M x 20, Bent over Flys, S x 20 (think it was somewhere in here where the agreement was made not to let YHC Q anymore)

Ground Pounders, L x 30, Ground Pounders, M x 25, Front Raises, S x 20

Rock Spanks w/o Consent, L x 20, Rock Spanks w/ consent, M x 20, Diamond Merkins, S x 15

PAX returned each set of rocks with a return penalty of 5, 10, and 15 merkins, respectively.

Wall of Pain time. We did a 15 count per PAX People’s Chair, followed by Prisoner squats x 50 (didn’t get to legs in rock circle). Finished up with a 10 count per PAX Ball to the Wall.

Mary: All in Cadence. LBC’s x30, Homer to Marge x25, WW1 x20, Good Mornings x 15
Announcements: New Monthly challenge coming, starting Monday. It will be 15 mins. of AMRAP KettleBell Snatches or Jump Squats, with a focus on form and explosive movement. 1st F planning on Monday night via Zoom, 8-9 PM.
T-Claps (Recognition): Pumpkin Spice for accountability and drive with YHC to complete last monthly challenge set as EC.
Prayer: Pumpkin Spice and Shredder have neighbors and friends struggling significantly with COVID. Lipstick and family for travels and peace in time of losing his aunt. My M for more restoration and healing. Saddiq and his grieving over loss of brother. YHC took us out…and I will be back to Q this great AO!

Bearly Curling to 777

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Mid-week YHC noticed that Cletus didn’t have a Q signed up so I took it. Always great to take the shot at Qing a no-nonsense bootcamp that doesn’t require any equipment or mileage minimums. Pretty chilly this morning – weather app said feels like of 11. I think we warmed up everything but our finger tips……

In the pre-blast thread there was some conversation about being light on the legs for the sake of long runs on Saturday – YHC put together something that looked light on the legs to me but the post-CoT chatter showed some disagreement. Oh well, I try.

FNGs:

None today – a shame.
Warm Up:

Mosey down to the end of the parking lot and circle up

SSH x20 IC

Good Morning x10 IC

Sir Fazio x10 fowards/backwards IC

Daisy pickers x10 IC

Goofball x10 IC
The Workout:

Mosey to  the middle parking lot/rock pile. Some grumbling when pax were told to pick up a rock – I promised that we wouldn’t hold onto it for very long.

I dropped one cone ~50ft down the parking lot and the other another 50ft down.

Pax dropped their rock at the starting end and did 7 Chillcut Plank Jacks IC. We then bearly curled (bear crawl pushing the rock out in front of you) to the middle cone where we stoped for 7 Merkins. Curl to the end for 7 squats and then we curled our way back to repeato. YHC challenged pax on the name of this setup and sadly no one knew it – Tripls 7s. We repeated with bearly curling for three total rounds and then ditched the rocks and completed the 7 rounds with a mosey in between.

We then moseyed to the center of the baseball fields for Preacher’s Chair – originally attempted a 10 count IC down the line but that seemed like a bit much so we modified to straight counts. Followed by 30xIC balls to the wall, then 30x IC preacher’s chair, then ascending testicals with 10x merkins flat, 10x at 45 degrees, and then 5x (or hold) handstand merkins at the top.

Mosey back to the flag/tennis court avoiding the ice along the way. We circled up with 6 minutes to go for Mary.
Mary:

Freddy Mercury x30 IC

Side plank – hold or crunches, x10 IC each side

Homer to Marge x10IC, x10IC each single leg – the mumble chatter got a bit intense….

Pickle Pounders x30 IC

LBCs x30 IC
Announcements:

Wear red on Friday – YHC gave a recap for why we do what we do at Wrightsville. 7x red shirts + 1x red toboggan (that’s a hat around here for all you transplants) meant 40 burpees. YHC was accompanied by most pax in attendance for these following CoT.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Everyone who posted in the cold this morning – if you can get through winter the rest of the year will be easy! Great #s all around the region this morning + a solid 2nd F at Panera following the beat downs.
Prayer:

Praises for many pax – Lipstick and his family, Katniss’ co-worker, Crab Legs for his inspiration. YHC took us out.

Staying Dry with Camp Gladiator

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FNGs: Not Today
Warm Up: Lateral Stretch, Spine Wrap, Spinal Rolls, Squat arm stretch, inch worm to runners pose, hand/wrist stretching
The Workout: 1st Circuit 45/15sec intervals 4 sets 1) Battle lunge 2) Loaded Beast 3) Merkin/row with mace in hand  2nd Circuit 45/15sec intervals 4 sets 1) 2 squat switch spots to dragon lunges with bow draw 2) Monkey Crawl 3) Windmill 3 reps each hand  Grand Finale: 3 straight minutes of 360 swings
Mary: Abby work
Announcements: Long Ass Run March 27th
T-Claps (Recognition): All who posted on this cold rainy/thundery Tuesday in January
Prayer: Pumpkin Spice friend Mike in ICU

Evolution of Man Race… Sort of…

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PAX: Lawn Dart, Bondo, Pikachu, Skidmark, UTI, Emeril, Full House, Dumbo, Lipstick, Snap
Warm Up: Mosey around the lower parking lot and head to the basketball courts for SSH, hillbillies, windmills, daisy pickers, Fazio, Frankensteins, and goofballs
The Workout:

Broke into teams and did two laps of modified scout runs.  Scout sprinted as far as he wanted and dropped down to do mountain climbers until the rest of the group caught up.

Did the evolution of human race in the lower parking lot.  Did an exercise from one row of parking space to the next.  The exercises were bear crawls, duck walks, lunges, hops, and run to the end.  As soon as you got to one end, a team member repeated the set of exercises coming back.  It was harder than I though it would be so the focus for most seemed to be just getting through it more than competing for speed.  It took longer than expected so the planned punishment for the losers never happened.

Instead, we finished the workout with 4 corners.  At each corner, we started the exercise and waited for the 6 to be in before doing another 10-count.  Exercises included balls to the wall, wall sit, and dips.

Mary: Emeril didn’t want to get wet so we did plank exercises until the bell: shoulder taps, one arm holds, mountain climbers, and nipplers.
Announcements: Something about upcoming Q’s?
Prayer:  Lipstick’s aunt passed away over the weekend, prayers for the whole family

There are plenty of not stupid people apparently…

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PAX: Steamboat, Buford, Dawgpound, Tetanus, Tush, 16 Bit, Pikachu, Wahoo, Koolaid, Spinman, Midget for Life, Moped, Emeril, Pipes, Super Spreader, Chaps, Dahmer, Pots, Pumpkin Spice, Wiggly, Snap

Apparently this one never published, was stuck in Drafts folder.  Oh well, better late than never.

Weather called for rain and cold this morning, Crazy Ivan was the only option with a roof over your head so I decided to make a call to divide the ranks into stupid and not stupid.  21 showed up so I guess there still hope for F3 South Wake.  Or maybe we’re just the weak ones…  Regardless, I was happy to work hard and stay dry this morning!

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey around the lot and then SSH, Sir Fazio, Frankenstein, daisy pickers, windmills, and mountain climbers.
The Workout:

Stairs and Sharing: We partnered up and one Pax ran up the stairs while the other worked on curls for the girls, triceps extensions, squats, and LBCs with a twist.  Partners switched off until they had combined for 100 of each exercise.

Grumbling Legs: We went halfway down the parking lot with front lunges and finished the lot with side lunges.  Then came back halfway with side lunges the other way and finished it with back lunges.  It wasn’t a popular one especially since the kettlebells came with us.

Tabata: 30 secs on, 10 secs off.  3 sets of halos, figure 8s, deadlifts, and Midget love handles

Mary: Midget cookie pouches, boobity boobity with a 6″ hold, plank rows, pickle pounders and a 90 second plank with shoulder taps, nipplers, and mountain climbers mixed in.
Announcements: Monthly Challenge
Prayer: Fumunga just had surgery, and friends struggling with Covid.

My Triple Crown @ AGS

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I look for 3 things when I’m running around Holly Springs in the early morning hours: deer, money, and athletic balls (I’ve found baseballs, golf balls, lacrosse balls, and lots of tennis balls).  During EC at AGS with Skidmark and Pikachu I happened to mention this to them because as Skid was pulling into Womble we had noticed 3 deer crossing over Stinson into the woods.  A few minutes prior to this I had found a lacrosse ball running around Womble that I held onto the entire workout.  I rarely ever find money (but I have found loose change running through parking lots and I found (2)-$20 bills running past Mattress Firm near the start to U-Turn over the summer).  Post-workout I was jogging back home and less than a mile from my house I found a $1 bill on the side of a street curb just waiting for me.  I hit my own Triple Crown.  Truth be told, I’d trade in that Triple Crown to see the elusive Albino Deer just once…

FNGs: none today

Warm Up: Twas’ 25 degrees out so we quickly knocked out 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Frankensteins, 10x Good Mornings, and 10x Daisy Pickers

The Workout: 6.5mi around Holly Springs that I’ve known deer to be hanging out in the early morning eating breakfast (this included cruising down Bass Lake Rd and all the way up Salem Ridge, the intersection of Crossways and Kingsport Dr, front yards on Elm St at Ballentine St intersection, and finally the infamous corner of Stinson and Grigsby St).

Mary: no time today unfortunately

Announcements: Long ass run cancelled for next week.  Plans underway for a 22-mile run at ATF in March.  Wilmington Marathon pushed out until April.

T-Claps (Recognition): Skid and Pikachu knocking down EC and a running workout post-race day.

Prayer: @Lipstick and family for the loss of his Aunt, everything @Forceps has going on, the loss of the 14yr girl in the youth group @Shredder had mentioned a little while ago

Bulbasaur, the best starter

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The last of YHC’s Pokemon Q’s was here and the best was saved for last – Bulbasaur, the grass starter. This was also YHC’s favorite starter and warranted what turned out to be the hardest workout.
FNGs:

None today – would have been a good one to flex on but c’est la vie.
Warm Up:

SSH x10 IC

Hip hinge x10 standard and x10 w/each foot forward

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Sir Fazio x10 IC forwards and backwards
The Workout:

Tabata style – 60s on, 15s off

We built up to some complex movements:

Clean

Jerk

Clean & Jerk

Repeat those three three times through

Burpee

Single Arm Swing

Snatch

Burpee Snatch

Repeat those four three times through

Inspired by Dawgpound’s link in 1st F and combined with YHC’s desire to break down complex movements, we then broke down the Turkish Getup.

First 1/3 of the movement (lying prone to arm underneath)

Second 1/3 of the movement (from arm underneath to leg folded underneath)

Third 1/3 of the movement (from leg folded underneath to fully standing)

Full Turkish Getup

We repeated these all two times through and then did the full Turkish Getup for one more set.
Mary:

We were smoked – the Turkish Getups were brutal.

Yoga – downward dog, shoulder needle thread, forward fold, slow roll up
Announcements:

Wear Red on Friday – OurLegsForCrabLegs is back.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Skidmark for pushing us all to be better on OurLegsForCrabLegs and helping us remember why we do what we do.

Laettner, Cupid, Emeril, and Dawgpound for completing the Pokemon challenge. They earned their Poffins (aka muffins) – great work guys!
Prayer:

Our country, our pax to be the leaders and men that they are called to be.

Tag, You’re It

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Pax of 6 sharing the Womble playground with some kids who were playing tag.  Looks like they were having more fun than we were.

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:

SSH, Cherry pickers, good morning, fazio arm circles

The Workout:

Starting at the rock pile:

4 sets of five exercises:

10 curls

10 triceps presses

10 lunges

10 upright rows

10 shoulder press

 

Next to the playground for 25% of a Murph workout:

25 Pull-ups

50 Merkins

75 Squats

 

To the pavilion for a dice game.  Pax took turns rolling 2 dice and leading 10 reps of the corresponding excercise:

  1. Double Merkin Burpees
  2. Diamond Merkins
  3. Balls to the Wall
  4. Shoulder Taps
  5. People’s Chair
  6. One leg step ups
  7. Lunges
  8. Dips
  9. LBC’s
  10. Mountain Climbers
  11. Plank Hold

Mary:  10 minutes, rotating around the circle calling out a core exercise.

Announcements:  See Slack/Facebook

Prayer:  Kubota’s friend who’s wife recently passed away and for those suffering with covid.

Squirtle on the Track

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The second Pokemon Q of the week was dedicated to Squirtle, the water type starter. Squirtle is the 7th Pokemon in the Pokedex, so in honor of that we were going to be doing 700m repeat at short interval pacing. Those familiar with track work know that this is quite difficult (800m is the transition between short and long interval) so this was lined up to be a hard workout.

Had a good flurry of HCs the night before so it looked like we were going to get a good showing – the 10 pax that showed did not dissappoint that feeling, including some that are not regulars at the track. Great to see this AO gain a little bit of popularity.

YHC didn’t send out a watch workout to program – rather I was committed to keeping everyone realtively together and instruct on the fly.

FNGs:

Not today!
Warm Up:

Mosey to the track

Mosey lap around

SSH x10 IC

Daisy Picker x10 IC

Good Morning x12 IC

Grab some fence – side to side and front to back leg swings x6 IC each leg

Tiger claws x10

The Workout:

Pax split into two groups of 5 for an indian run of 400m (1 lap). Mosey to the 100m mark for the start of the 700m at short interval pace (the remaining 3/4 of that lap + one more). Pick up the six and indian run another 500m to recover. We repeated this for 4x 700m repeats – there were some good efforts in those repeats with multiple hacking instances after the finish, but sadly no merlot.

After a nice fellowship lap to cool down we lined up for some 100m strides. There was a bit of competition and it was opened up quite a bit. YHC called for 3 in honor of the three starters but Full House must’ve wanted to make sure Pikachu didn’t get left out and called for a 4th. I’m not one to dissappoint so we did a 4th.

Mary:

Mosey back to the flag for some yoga. Downward dog, forward fold, and a very fart filled happy baby.
Announcements:

Long ass run moved to March 27th based on new Wrightsville date. Refocuse of Wrightsville on Our Legs for Crab Legs – wear red on Fridays!
TED talks are online. Last one was kinda weak but the others are great – check them out! https://photos.app.goo.gl/DkR2igUggkb7V5tY9
T-Claps (Recognition):
Red (Red, not Redenbaucher) for really showing up today to support Emeril and Dawgpound. Pax of the year material there boys.
Prayer:
Our country. YHC took us out with a request that pax go out and act on the leadership skills they are gaining.