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Who needs Arms to run a Marathon?

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EC: Standard Loop  Warbucks, Maybelline, Nemo & Full House

Warm Up: Loop around Soccer Field; Circle up for Standard Merkin x10, Good Mornings x10, Imperial Walkers/Hillbilies x10, FAC x10 + Reverse x10, SSH x51 and Mountain Climbers x15.  Count off
The Workout: Mosie over to the half pipe for Jack Webb + Burbees, Top of Half Pipe was Burpees and Bottom was Jack Webbs in increments of 3.  We increased by 5 Jack Webbs/round and then went back down.  4 rounds total (1-5, 5-10, 10-5, 5-1).

Now that we were really warmed up and the PAX understood that we don’t need to feel our arms to run Wrightsville! We mosied over to the side lot with the metal benches.  EMDD: Erkin x10, Merkin x10, Derkin x10 and Dips x10 regular x10 left leg up and x10 right leg up.  2 Rounds

Mosied over to lot by the baseball fields and did chill cut (elbow)plank hold indian jog in groups of 7 (2 Rounds) Hold plank and person in back keeps moving to the front of the line.

Mosied over to Stairs and did x10 Star Jumps at top and bottom, with partner wheelbarrow up the stairs (alternate partners at each landing)

Mary: Pickle Pounders x16, Homer to Marge x16, Pickle Pounders x12, SSH x49
Announcements: Sign up for Purple Cobra while Warbucks is out the next couple weeks. Wrightsville? Head down for the 5k even if your not running on Saturday to support CL
Prayer: Warbucks Wife is having Surgery next week. YHC MIL is having Surgery today for Ovarian Cancer

Little Squirts

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8:40 on a cool, wet Saturday morning and Bluehen, Hard Hat, Speed Racer, Emeril, Potter, Q-Bert walked throughout Womble planning the first of many monthly 2.0 workouts.  Pucks, ropes, hoola-hoops and flags were spread throughout the park.  Around 8:50 the PAX and their 2.0’s started to trickle in.   Quite a few 2.0’s had already been to some workouts and had names but there was a big group of FNG 2.0’s in the mix.  A great first turn-out.

 

Warm Up:  Quick jog around the tennis courts.  Time to get the 2.0’s riled up.  First exercise Fortnite’s Hype kicked off by Bluehen.  Second exercise Floss led by Q-Bert.  Into evolution of Kid:  Planks, Monkey Humpers, Squats, Duck Walk, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Jumping Jacks

The Workout:

Jog down to back parking lot. Emeril pointed the 2.0’s onto one of 2 sides of the parking lot.   Bin full of hockey pucks in between the groups.  1 2.0 per team ran to the pin and retrieved a hockey puck and returned and dropped it into the hoola hoop circle.  While the kids raced to grab a puck the PAX did push-ups and squats.  Emeril brought more pucks than he thought so at one point 2.0’s were asked to grab 2 and then 3 pucks at a time.   Yellow card was ready to move on to a new exercise so him and a couple other 2.0’s grabbed the bin and brought it back to their side.  Automatic disqualification for his team and 10 SSH as punishment.

Next up bear crawl capture the flag

PAX put in their flags and bear crawled up the parking lot while the 2.0’s ran around capturing their flags and taking them back to the hoola hoop circle.  2.0’s quickly won.  10 burpees to the PAX as punishment.
2.0’s were up next as they put the flags on and did a duck walk while the dad’s did a 1 legged hop to try to catch them.  2.0’s won so 10 burpees to the PAX as punishment.

3 sets of indian runs back to the tennis courts area for 2.0’s vs PAX in Tug a War.  Matches started with multiple 2.0’s on one end and Flanigan on the other.  2.0’s won.  5 Merkins for the PAX.  Second match pitted Moby, Beater and Bubba vs teh 2.0’s.  2.0’s won. 5 Merkins for the PAX.  Third match pitted 6-7 PAX vs the 2.0’s.  2.0’s won again.  Everyone does 5 Merkins

Mary:

LBC’s,  Boat Canoe’s
Announcements:

See Slack channel for announcements
Prayer:

Dovetail took us out

Taper Mode Edition

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Great turnout for U-turn this morning as Pax are gearing up for WB and Tobacco Road. 187, LED, Sliderule, Warbucks, Boy George, Skidmark for some extra miles at the beginning.

Warm Up: some quality dynamic stretching
The Workout: standard 5 mile loop and picking up the 6.
Mary: coffee and stretching
Announcements: WB I think is next weekend. 5k Friday night for Crablegs. Wear red. Banana Seat will post details. 2.0 workout.
Prayer: lots of pax with injuries. Buford, shredder, Double D, Crablegs. Recent losses of family and friends. Lipstick’s mother in law. Too many. Enjoy the time with 2.0 today. We are blessed.

When all else fails, bring in the pain sticks

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Pax of 12 rounded out the final W for Flanigan and breach at the nutcracker handing over the throne to norm and wiggly. Breach was under the weather… but a true warrior and showed up hauling some pain sticks

YHC (EC) wanted to lead a beat down that wouldn’t be forgotten to blue hen (EC), slide rule, da business, norm, wiggly, short pole, fromunga, Smithers, Cupid, UTI and breach

Warm Up: jogged around parking lot at the school, met in front for SSH x 20 IC, daisy pickers x 10 IC, morracan night clubs x 20 IC and some leg stretching
The Workout: split into groups of three. One ran counter clockwise around lot with pain stick to his partners who bear crawled/ reversed lunges clock wise. Q had a few cards in his pocket that were randomly called out;

wide grip merkin x 16

hand release merkin x 15

monkey humpers x 17 IC

SSHx 100

calf raises x 100

standard merkin x 25

Oblique crunches x 15 IC

smurf jacks x 25 IC (chilcutt plank jacks)

carolina dry docks x 14

Mary: final beat down was the Bruce lee named after the martial artist who did these core exercises daily in sets of three

american hammers x 10 IC

leg raises x 10

lbc x 20 IC

heel Touches x 10 IC

boat canoes x 10 IC

100’s

pax thought we finished after set one, managed to squeeze one more round out

Announcements: dads 2.0 this Saturday 8:45 at womble, q source todaybat Starbucks, slide rule opening up donation wallet to ALS
Prayer:crab legs, Smithers starting a new job, lipsticks mother in law, norm has national guard this weekend

taken out by YHC

 

It’s been a great run at the nut. Happy to fill in when needed

Flanigan out

Just a bunch of guys merkin’ off

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13 for a strong showing at Downtown Train.  UTI had breathtaker and is putting in the work this week for a strong final push for ALS fundraising.

EC Nemo and Coal Ash for a great 2.15

Warm Up: Jog 0.4 mile, circle up SSH, Good Mornings, Goof Balls, Windmills, Arms
The Workout: Mosey to rocks select 1 for high rep bis/tris. Mosey to library lot. 3 stations, jog between as noted below. Station 1 – 4 sets curls ICx10, triceps ICx10 with recover on 10 count between 2 and 3. Station 2 – 3 sets (2 sets 2nd time) ATMs 10 count plank hold, ICx10 shoulder taps, ICx0 tempo merkins, 10 count merkins with recover on the 10 count. Station 3 4 sets ICx15 Fazio Arms forward, 10 count hold, ICx15 Fazio Arms reverse with recover on 10 count. With jogging between each we did following order 1-2-1-2-3. Return rocks and mosey to start.
Mary: A couple quick sets LBC, low slow flutter, homer to marge and American Hammers
Announcements: 2.0 workout this Sat at Womble at 9.  Chance to triple down with U Turn, Ground Pounder then 2.0 (probably will see many calls for various EC as well), other check FB and Slack
Prayer: Moby’s Dad and family, Jimmer going through eye surgery, recent 8th grader fell to the flu so pray for family and friends and also for good health, YHC took us out

Valentine’s Day 11’s massacre

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PAX of 17 for EC and 28 for main event came out to experience a Valentine’s Day 11’s Massacre and pursue the coveted fritter.  #FrittersAin’tEasy

EC: Pablo, Lipstick, Banana Seat, Wiggly, Banana Seat, Straight Cash, Chips, Nemo, Pumpkin Spice, Yogurt, Lucky Charms, Particle Board, Emeril, Peeping Tom, Coal Ash, Pikachu

Warm Up: A quick jog around the soccer field.  Circled up at the flag: SSH IC x 20, IW IC x 15, HB IC x 15, Fazio Arm Circles IC 10 forward and 10 back, good mornings IC x 10

The Workout: PAX split into 7 groups of 4 and did an Indian run over to the high school main entrance.  2 rounds of 10 Merkins, Derkins and Dips while we waited for the 6 to arrive.  PAX remained in their Indian run groups and did 11’s on the road/hill that goes between the school entrance and Middle Creek Park Ave: Burpees at the bottom/Star Jumps at the top.  PAX then split into 2 groups to Indian run back to the flag for Mary.

Mary: Pikachu had the PAX do plank shoulder taps while the Q got is phone, Q resumed: LSF IC x 15, Freddie Mercury IC x 15, have a nice day

Announcements: Check FB and Slack, Meg Smile

Prayer: friend of banana seat with medical issues, Full House’s father, Shredder, Marriages, Unspoken prayers

Wet morning, will they come?

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Pax of 8 came to the nutcracker, Flanigan (YHC) wanted to bring some memeries for his second to let Q

Norm, peak week, slide rule, breach, pac man, wiggly and da business came for some entertainment

Warm Up:jogged around parking lot, circled up for SSH x 20, hillbillies x20, Moroccan nightclubs x 20, good mornings x 10
The Workout:even numbered pax grabbed some cinders and John cusacked to the track from front lot. Half way, did 10 squats with blocks. Kept on moving, Heard some moaning from the blocks over head, knew it would be a good start to the day

split up in groups of 4, dropped 4 blocks in opposite corners of the track, later out the beat down; corner one wonder bras with blocks x20, reversed lunges to next corner, 20 merkins, jogged along straight away to corner, 20 squats with blocks, wheel barrowed to corner, LBC x20 (IC slide rule!!!) jogged back to first corner, repeat. Goal was four laps, got in 3.5, clocks a ticking

John cusacked blocks to bricks, hope they stay put. Jail breaker to front of school to circle up
Mary: LSF x20, dying cockroach x 10, 20 merkins
Announcements: 2.0 workout this Saturday at bond park with carpex. They will host 3rd Saturday of the month, south wake has the first Saturday  starting in March, emeril and blue hen have the Q
Prayer: shredder and princess cut who was on mind and haven’t seen in some time. Anyone who knows his where about a or contact info, let’s reach out to him.

 

Breach took us out

PS- breach and I have one more Q at the nut before norm and wiggly begin to crack some

All Aboard!

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There’s something special about being out there for the launch of a new AO. Was an honor to open Downtown Train this morning. This new AO offers start time with EC 0505 and hard start 0530.  Central location, and looking forward to the day the parking deck is open for business (and when I say business, I mean a whole new dimension of South Wake boot camp style beatdowns).

Downtown Train disclaimers:

  1. The areas we will use include houses, and we must always be aware of our cadence and mumble chatter as to not become a nuisance to any of our neighbors.
  2. The area is pretty packed with roads and buildings.  This introduces a safety risk and we must never be complacent as we work our way on, across, up, down and around these roads.  There are more people out driving at this time than we might think.  We must look out for them and each other.

First official HC was Peeping Tom.

First official excuse lexicon/fartsack was Deadbolt with a 4:29am slack post “both feet hurt this morning” – all good, nice to get that 1st fartsack out of the way early. Mondays are tough sometimes.

1 on hand for EC as YHC introduced a route that takes us up Cemetery Hill, out on Holly Springs Rd, down to 55, around the pole and back.  2.15 miles, really good hill early on. Lots of excitement as I returned to the lot to see a solid TURNOUT at the ready to put in some work. Dauber showed off his selfie skills to get the whole group in the shot.

11 #HIM were on hand and at the ready as we gathered in the public lot, now to be known as the “start lot” and got ready for the launch.  “All Aboard!”

Warm Up: On the jog to warm up we headed up Ballentine, across Main, left on Raleigh, left on Center, left on Avent Ferry and circled up in the main municipal lot.  Did a warmup set that included SSHs, Fazio Arms ICx10 F and R, Mt. Climbers, Goof Balls (a Nemo classic), Arm Stretches

The Workout: On the jog towards Library Hill with a stop along the way for some happy feet both directions followed by some little box jumps on the curb. On the jog down Library Hill and circle up in the lot at the pool. Jack Webbs 1:3 to 10:30 and we set up on the grass next to the filter room. A few thought the grass was pissed stained and that was the smell, but the stains were from the chemicals and the smells were from a more immediate source. Either way, we knocked ’em out. No fire ants to deal with so that was a plus. Recovered on the jog back up Library Hill (BS, that ain’t no recovery jog). Mosey to the south side Library lot for a set of Plank Indian Run with Bear Crawl from the back. When you reach the front you call a plank exercise and next man is on the bear crawl. Mosey to side Library lot for a set of classic build a bears. 6 times around your spot stopping at each corner for 2 merkins. Need to add that we did some filler sets of SSH ICx30, 40 then 50. On the jog back to start lot.

Mary: Solid set of plank-o-rama

Announcements: Check the slackbooks, upcoming 2.0 workout

Prayer: Several items of prayer and praise and YHC took us out

 

Record Attendance at Ivan

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It was a big day.  Record attendance at Ivan, Clydesdale duel and Fritter shirts are in.

Warm Up:

Quick lap around the parking lot and then circled up for the following:
Side Straddle Hop
Mo Rocking Night Club
BatWing
10 Fazio Arm Circles Forward
10 Fazio Arm Circles Backward
10 Seal Claps
10 Overhead Claps

The Workout:

Well there was a lot more people than, the workout the Q had planned, could handle.  Audible to the following Dora to get things started.

Partner Up.  Each Pax in the group did 100 Swings, 60 Pistol Rows and 60 Bench Presses.  While one pax was doing the exercises the other pax John Cusack, Tricep Extension or Bicep Curled themselves around the parking lot.

We then circled up to the following.  I’m going to miss something so I apologize ahead of time.

10 Man O Makers.  Boy I love this exercise.
Midget Love Handles
Seated Shoulder Presses
Flat on your back Kettlebell raise with crunch
Mini Turkish Getups.  This is a fantastic Ab exercise.
LBCs
Low Slow Flutter Kicks
Low Slow Pickle Pounders
Midget Love Handles

Mary:

Yoga stretches to prepare ourselves for the duel to follow Cletus.

Announcements:

ATT Run tomorrow.

Prayer:

Jimmer who had eye surgery.
Moby’s dad
Crab legs
Burford and his recovery
Shredder
Everyone to have a healthy run tomorrow.

Mt. Kiliman Springs

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Warm Up: 5 Burpees OYO because we needed to get the blood flowing.  SSH x 25; calf and arm stretching, Monkey Humpers x10
The Workout: YHC gave no clear direction on what was about to happen and just asked the PAX to follow him.  Began Mosey to leave Ting Park. Stopped at Red light for Diamond Merkins x10, then continued with 65% up hill to Dominos. 10 Burpees OYO at Dominos while PAX came in.  Half Marathon Pace down Crossway to neighborhood Pool, Pickle Pounders x15.  Continued down Crossway with a 10k pace to next stop sign and prison yard squats x10.  First hill of crossway was spotted and YHC went over a few fundamentals of running up hills.  60% up first hill and squat hold for the six.  YHC then discussed technique for running down hills and we moseyed 70% downhill and then 50% up next hill and met at the top of creekvista.  Pax was then introduced to Mt. Kiliman Springs.  YHC gave direction to 60% downhill and 70% backup hill using the fundamentals we just discussed around running hills.  10 burpees OYO at the top.  Rinse and Repeat with 60%/70% flip flopped and pickle pounders x15 at top.  PAX then started a recovery run back towards Main St. with stopping points at the stop signs.  Pax was soon to discover we lost Nemo and a search party was released to “Find Nemo” Thanks Banana Seat, 187 and UTI for heading back.  Rest of PAX continued down Crossway back to Dominos and Squat hold for the six.  YHC then told PAX to 1K Pace down his favorite stretch in Holly Springs back to Ting Park.  Once at Ting we did a quick uphill to the Stadium and back to the lot for COT.

 

Was a pleasure leading you Strong Men this morning and I hope you all had as much fun as I did! Let’s go concur the day!

Announcements: Long ASS ATT run this Saturday
Prayer: Shredder (were pulling for you brother and hoping for no surgery), Our Brother Crablegs and all those battling ALS