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Bounds & Strides

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FNGs:

Nope.
Warm Up:

Warm up lap with SSH x20 IC, 5x burpees, 10x Daisy Pickers IC, 10x Merkins, and 10x Frankensteins.

The Workout:

We moseyed over to the large parking lot where YHC lead the group through a lap with some cone markings. Pax did an exercise of their choosing x10 in the far corner from the cones – exercises repeated each lap.

After the first lap the next three laps had pax bounding through the first half of the cone runway. The following three laps were counterclockwise and had pax striding through the entire length of the cone runway.

Pax took a cooldown around the course and then met at the bottom of the road coming off the ramp. After a squat hold it was a jailbreak to the basketball court via the road.

Mary:

We circled up on the courts for a little yoga – runner’s pose and pidgeon pose.

Announcements:

RUNE

T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Modify as Needed

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YHC started the pre-blast talking up the route on Crossway but I had to modify my route and cut through the greenway. Cowboy decided to join me and it was great catching up with him along the way.

EC: Aquaman, Bernie, Boy George, Coal Ash, Cupid, Dawgpound, Emeril, Pablo, Redenbacher, Skidmark

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up: Say Whaa

The Workout: Reverse Turkey Leg was the route

 

 

 

 

 

Mary:  MIA

Announcements: Rune, check Slack and Facebook

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Pablo, Particle Board, Rainmaker for the loss of their mother. Cupid for the recent loss of his Gran Dad. Unspoken.

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead

2,000 Rep Dora, Sheepdog Style

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FNGs:N/A
Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot and circle up. Started with side straddle hops, good mornings, fozzy arm circles forward/reverse, and daisy pickers with a clap behind the back.
The Workout: Partner up for Dora: 100 squats, 200 merkins, 300 LBCs, 400 jump ropes (normal for most, fancy Double Dutch if you’re Gump!)

Mosey to the back for the kickboxing that was mentioned in the pre blast

Surprise another Dora! 100 chair kicks, 200 back kicks, 300 front kicks, 400 jab cross combos

Mary: About 4 minutes of embrace the suck holding plank and doing variations including 1 arm up and repeated up/down chill cut
Announcements: Signup to mulch in Holly Springs, reach out to Breach for opportunities to support Veterans
T-Claps (Recognition): Pikachu running 5 miles to get to Sheepdog, doing EC, and  running home after the beatdown
Prayer: Martini and his family, others that have lost loved ones recently, friends and family that are sick

Shelter

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Solid pax of 13 for a wet, wild & moist Thunder…..

FNGs: welcome Chris Yerxa – CAPRI
Warm Up: Mosey to amphitheater, Crosby warmed up the team with some SSH & Arm Circles
The Workout: We got our dancing shoes on:

Thunder Struck – SSH during verse, Merkin on Thunder, Double Merkin Burpee on Thunder Struck

Rebel Yell – Alt Leg Homer to Marge on verse, Diamond Merkins Chorus (more more more), LBC during bridge

Imagine Dragons Thunder – DIPS, Hold Down during verse, Up on ALL the Thunders

Roxanne – Superman hold on verse, 1/2 burpee on ‘Red Light”, Merkin “Roxanne”

Music Break: PAX Cadence Count Balls to the Wall / Wall Sit PAX cadence count x 2 / PAX Cadence Count Balls to the Wall

Sally – Squat Hold and jump up over head clap on the UP

Eminem/Rihanna Love the Way You Lie – Hold BOAT with claps during Rihanna, left/righ side LBC during Eminem

Mosey to Tennis Courts (not the shelter)

Mary: Box cutters whilst wating for all the PAX to mosey from amphitheater.

In 30 x cadence “crab” heel taps, 30 x cadence American Hammers, 30 x Diamond Merkins

Announcements: John Deere, Crosby + Beth running beer mile back to PYRC

T-Claps (Recognition): good job Capri

Prayer: Various thoughts and prays for recent bereavements and unspoken for Fumunga spouse.

10 seconds to spare

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YHC was pretty excited to be returning to the gloom with his fellow brothers after 3 months of quarantine.  I wasn’t looking forward to the early wake-up call, hence I showed up at 5:29 and 50 seconds.  However, we started on time!

FNGs: I would have been in trouble if we did, considering there was no time for a pre-claimer.
Warm Up: Couple Loops around Ting with stopping points for SSH x25, IW/HB x10, Mountain Climbers x15
The Workout: Coach wasn’t happy with the performance over the last 3 months and called for 30 minutes of Suicides.  We started on Court 1 and did our first set of suicides with 5 merkins at the start line each time. Coach was displeased with the lack of hands touching the white lines and called for a second set of suicides with 5 merkins.  Coach was happy with that round and took us out of Court 1. On the way out a friendly Pokemon noticed our direction was towards Court 2 and said “It would be cruel if we go to the next court and do the same thing”.  Pokemon must have known the Coach to well and called it out! Court 2 we switched it up and did the suicides with 5 burpees. Coach wasn’t happy with the amount of time it took and called for a second set with Turkish Get Ups. Still not happy with the time, he called for a fast round of only suicides.  We left Court 2 and headed for Court 3, cause why not?  Court 3 only had 2 tennis courts, so we had to step it up a notch. Suicides had to be completed in less than 90 seconds. The first one was so close, at 92 seconds. The next one was an all out by the Pax. Coach was so proud of his men, he told them we could do a cool down lap around ting at an 8:30 pace
Mary: Yoga
Announcements: F3 Dad’s Camp is happening, Rune
T-Claps (Recognition): PAX putting in some serious miles last week! We had a lot of weekly distance PR’s!
Prayer: Draper’s Father, Wallaby, Pablo/Particle Board/Rainmaker & Martini’s Families who lost their Mother’s this past week

Dirty 30

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After a few weeks of 29.9’s during CoT, YHC’s 30th birthday (and the loss of hate status) was finally here. 19 pax and 1 pup came out to help celebrate with a beatdown.

FNGs:

None today.
Warm Up:

Mosey across to the old Ivan parking lot.

SSH x30 IC

Sir Fazio x15 forward x15 backward

Imperial Walkers x15 IC

Hillbillies x15 IC

Mosey down to end of the parking lot (towards the pond)
The Workout:

5x Burpees at the end of the lot

Crab walk halfway up the lot

30x of an exercise of the sheet

Mosey to end

5x Turkish getups

Bear crawl halfway down

30x of an exercise on the other sheet

Mosey to end

 

Sheet exercises were Merkins, Diamond Merkins, Wide Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Shoulder Taps IC, and Merkins for the first sheet. For the second they were Jump squats, alternating reverse lunges, side straddle hop, squats, alternating lunges, and jump squats.

We removed the bear crawl and crab walk for the last two rounds because we were running out of time.
Mary:

Sadly we ran out of time to close out with a song, so we settled for 30x Low Slow Flutter IC and 30x LBCs IC.
Announcements:

Rune continues – next week is team Skidmark’s rest week.

U-Turn and Disney are looking for site Q’s. Step up and lead!

2nd F after Cletus – thanks Skidmark & Banana Seat for the coffee and donuts!
Prayer:

Pablo, Particle Board, and Rain Maker’s mom passed recently. Check Slack 3rd F for arrangement details.

Martini’s mom.

Full House’s wife’s uncle and former colleague passed this week.

Hardy has four staples in his head from a ninja training accident. Florence’s friend Alex continues to recover.

An honor to lead this morning men – thank you for the encouragement and accountability for another year!

Ultimate in the Pit

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Tonight’s workout was pre-blasted as ultimate frisbee and clearly that was popular with the pax based on the 18 people that showed up to play. Turf fields were reserved but the pit across stinson and down the hill had plenty of open space. After a quick Alpine sighting we began.

FNGs: Puberty & Do-si-do – welcome men!
Warm Up:

SSH x10

Daisy pickers x10

Sir Fazio Arm Circles x10
The Workout:

Ultimate frisbee. First half of the game was 3x merkins everytime the disc hit the ground, second half was 3x squats. Scoring squad called an exercise for eveyrone to do – Fumunga called burpees multiple times.
Mary:

Not tonight
Announcements:

RUNE continues – remember you can’t win in the first week, but you can certainly lose.
T-Claps (Recognition):

FNGs Puberty and Do-si-do for coming out on a hot evening. Skidmark for getting them out there.
Prayer:

Fantastic message from Breach about Travis Manion foundation and how important that type of work is especially now with everything going on in our country.

Pablo/Particle Board/Rain Maker’s mom – see 3rd F channel for arrangement details.

A Proper Backblast

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10 Pax presented themselves this fine morning to exercise the mind, body, and spirit. Joyful comradery and scholarly conversation was abundant this morning as Pax navigated along the route honoring Ursa Major. Members of the organization supported and encouraged each other the route. The conversations, while scholarly and thought provoking, also allowed for debate. We concluded with a trust circle that gave gentlemen the opportunity to share their feelings in safe and secure place empowered by fellow men. We enjoyed tea at Starbucks at the conclusion.

EC: Emeril, Banana Seat, Cupid, Full House, Pikachu, Skidmark

FNGs: Unfortunately no
Warm-up: Calisthenics: Mountain People, Regal Wayfarers, Appendage circles, Mountain ascenders
The Workout: Ursa Major 5.2 miles
Mary: Yoga
Announcements: Rune
T-Claps (Recognition): Full House just pushing through
Prayer: McKeon family, Full House’s wife’s uncle, Martini’s mom

Crazy 8’s

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Day 1 of Rune and the Q opened up the Paradise City for the option of 3 mile EC beginning at 0500. Lots of Pax started before 0500 for EC, more beginning at 0500, and a few more for 0505. As always Paradise City is a minimum 3 mile workout. Money well spent this morning.

EC: Mookie, Full House, Cupid, Aquaman, Roger Roger, Dumbo, Dawgpound, Katniss, Emeril, Pablo, Pikachu, Skidmark

FNGs: None

Warm Up: There was no warm-up. 1st lap was part of the workout.

The Workout: Crazy 8’s. Made a figure 8 with 8 stops and 8 reps of an exercise at the stop.
Stop 1: Merkins
Stop 2: Squats
Stop 3: Plank Jacks
Stop 4: Star Jumps
Stop 5: LBCs
Stop 6: Reverse Lunges
Stop 7: Hillbillies
Stop 8: Burpees

1st lap was a fellowship mosey to get all used to the order. Laps 2-4 was a 2 group Indian Run split into team Pikachu and Team Skidmark. Laps 5-6 was a 3 man catch me if you can Indian Run with 3 merkins. Indian Run group was randomly selected.

Mary: Finish out with some stretching

Announcements: Rune

T-Claps (Recognition): All that EC this morning

Prayer: Pablo’s mom, Full House’s wife’s uncle, Clay, Cupid’s Grandfather, Dawgpound’s BIL, PSI, CHIPS, and other members of the police force and first responders.

Old School, New School, Doppelgängers, and Disappearances

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The use of heavy music was pre-blasted by YHC today for my first kettlebell Q at Crazy Ivan.  We moved not so heavy weight a lot of reps and listened to heavy music most of the time. 13 pax showed up on another rainy and humid morning under the garage for some 40/10 tabata kettlebell work. We had 6 in attendance for EC (3 running including YHC/3 yoga) with one disappearance for the main event. Where did Emeril go???

FNG’s: None
Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Sir Fazios, and Frankenstein’s with a 2 loop mosey around the deck.
The Workout: 40/10 tabata with 8 exercises planned for 5 rounds but YHC called an audible for popcorn instead of final round.  This was a great mix of pax I don’t often see, so YHC wanted to test the creativity of the group for the final round… they did not disappoint!

4 Round Exercises were: Halos, Clean/Jerk/Press, Kettlebell Merkin, Swings, Midget Love Handles, Goblet Squats, Figure 8’s, and Lawnmowers.

The playlist stayed heavy throughout. At one point, the Dawgpound asked if a Metallica song was Godsmack.  The pax corrected him and went on to say that the song was new school Metallica (if by new school we mean 1997). Fonzie then says, “man, if that’s new school we should put on some Hanson or the Monkeys.” Playlist eventually turned to a lighter track with the  Foofighters that the Dawgpound guessed correctly followed by a 16-bit comment of “this playlist is kinda psychotic”. YHC responded, “yeah I know   I like it!” At the same time YHC mentioned that Boy George is a doppelgänger for Dave Grohl of the FooFighters.  Apparently, Boy George Has heard this before.  Then some actual old school Metallica Seek and Destroy came on.  Now that’s 1983. Of course, 16 bit says, “isn’t it all really old school nowadays?”   Good point.

Audible called to popcorn for pax to call 15 reps of anything including Mary moves. Exercises were: kick throughs, 2 rounds of Midget Cookie Pouches, standard merkins, 6 inches, LSF’s, Shoulder Press, Boobity-Boobitys, H2Ms, chest presses, LBC, and of course Lucky Charms calls burpees to just about blast us out!

Mary: Box Cutters, Pickle Pounders
Announcements: Sign up/pay up for the RUNE. Some guys are heading out at 0630 from Hilltop Needmore Park on Sunday for some adopt the highway action.
T-Claps (Recognition): LED for picking up YHC’s shovel flag as the blasting rain was coming in…good lookin’ our!
Prayer: Pax with moms in Hospice including Pablo’s family and Martini. My daughter Julia.  Thanks for letting me take the lead today fellas!