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Land mine at Downtown Train

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Warm Up: DT standard run loop, followed by Good-mornings, Windmills, Fozio Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies all in 10 count. Finally 20 count of side straddle hops.
The Workout: Headed over to the parking deck where eventually we encountered a feces landmine. Good news, nobody stepped in it.

1st station: PAX all partnered up to do suicides while other was doing 4 exercises. Pax changed out when each completed the evolution of suicides. The  4 different exercises were shoulder taps (each time you hit your left shoulder was 1), low slow flutter ( each time left leg came up was 1), merkins, and WWII’s. All exercises were 100 reps in total.

2nd station: This is were we encountered the turd. PAX all grabbed some wall for Peoples Chair followed by Balls To The wall in an indian run type fashion around large pillar.

3rd station: Partners Wheelbarrowed to a pillar approximately 15-20 feet, PAX then did a 10 count of squats, partners switched out to next pillar (same distance) did 20 squats, partners changed out Wheelbarrowed to next pillar for 30 count squats and then the final Wheelbarrow was followed with 40 squats.

4th station: PAX walked over for some rest to just outside the parking deck and grabbed a retaining wall for 3 sets of 25 dips.

 

Mary: Each PAX did a 20 count of abdominal wall exercises.
Announcements: Watch out for human poop in the parking deck. If you poop in the parking deck please throw it out.
T-Claps (Recognition): Nemo EC for a couple of miles prior
Prayer: Pumpkin Spices son going off to college, mass shooting victims and unspoken.

 

Good work men!

Hand Cramps

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12 PAX for a bricktaculous workout at KG. YHC filled the trunk with some red bricks last night for a not so FNG workout. Overachiever started this Monday so he was the freshest PAX member to join us at KG. YHC returned from EC with 3 minutes to go. PAX grabbed a brick for each hand and away we went.

EC:
2.5 miles: Cupid, H1N1, Messi (bike), Overachiever, Banana Seat

HC/Fartsack:
Norm – alarm problems

Warm Up:
Get bricked for warm ups
Laps around parking lot with carioca and some butt kickers.
Air squared x20
Windmills x10
Stretches w/o bricks
Sir fozio arm circles 10F 10B
Good mornings x10

The Workout:
Partner up and then mosey over to the baseball field
Brick-barrows – Take turns with partner brickbarrowing base to base. Squat hold when complete. All PAX went back to 3rd base to help bring in the six.
Lunge walk the bases with bricks overhead. Brickees X5 at each base. Squat hold for the six.

Mosey back over to the parking lot
Brick-a-sides
P1 runs to cones and back with bricks, 4 distances (tap the ground with brick when changing directions)
P2 does exercise called with bricks AMRAP
1-Bricklers (nipplers)
2-Hammer Curls
3-Morning Wood
4-Triceps
Hand stretches once completed

PAX was pretty smoked but lot of time left on the Vivoactive. So we circled up with our bricks.
Brick flys x20 IC (fly out to side, down, then out to front, down = 1)
Plank jacks on bricks x20 IC
Hand release merkins with brick extensions out to side for the release x10

Mary with bricks of course:
American Hammers x15
Boat Canoes x15
WWI’s x15
Have a nice day!

T-Claps (Recognition):
YHC called out the 6 to hear a little about them. However, we just did this with Dovetail so the next HIM inline was Boy George. He was returning to the gloom since Oct 4, 2018. BG got his name because he use to play in an 80’s hard rock cover band. F3 has helped contribute to his strong running ability. BG accomplished a double marathon, a 100-miler, some ultra’s, etc. BG showed some emotion as he realized what he’s been missing in the gloom. Awesome work my man and welcome back!

Announcements:
Events and Runs coming up, Dads 2.0 workout this Saturday, Dads Camp, TC Awareness month coming to an end.

Prayer:
16 bits MiL’s husband had foot amputated
Praise for Boy Georges wife finishing dental school with honors
H1N1 work travel
UNCC families
Cupid’s friend having back surgery
Banana Seats good friend Brandon had a heart attack a couple weeks back
Crab Legs and injured PAX

YHC thought of the 3 Little Pigs story when loading the bricks up last night. The house stood strong once made with bricks. They make us stronger during a workout just like making a foundation stronger. We need to build a strong group of friends that will support you, such as F3. HIM to lean on during life’s struggles. Sharing this metaphor was a bit different but hopefully you get the idea.

It was a great day to be at Kenny’s Grave. I hope all the PAX got stronger and pushed outside your limits. It was almost a Q merlot near the end of suicides but held strong. Only 1 brick was destroyed by Messi. Thanks for letting me lead again guys and for the company this week.

BS Out!

Why do we do this again?

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22 PAX posted for YHC’s Q. On the drive we all were regretting not fart sacking this morning when the rain was coming down sideways, but we all still showed up in numbers and a couple that have gone missing at U-Turn for a while. Dahmer even brought an FNG to the party. Welcome Lumbergh!  Going for the extra extra, Pikachu and Skidmark got soaked on a 5 Mile EC.

 

Warm Up:

High Knees & Butt Kickers

SSH IC X 15

The Goof Ball IC X15

Daisy Pickers IC X10

Fazio Arm Circles IC10 F/R

Michael Phelps; L/R, R/L

The Workout:

The U-Turn… Some found their way through this ball of yarn for the 5k, the rest went the distance for 8k.

Mary:

Left her waiting.

Announcements:

Helping Shredder in the afternoon – double check slack because of the rain may audible for a cozy spot watching Tiger tear it up.

Prayer:

Silent Prayers, Those who couldn’t be with us and for the Ferns, YHC took us out.

This is Spinal Tap

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11 PAX made it out to the virgin Q this morning to enjoy a Spinal Tap inspired workout.  The new Q even brought a few old faces out in to the gloom for the first time in a while.  The weather was perfect even if the hill was a bit soggy.  5:30 came as everyone was milling around.  No FNGs.  Let’s do this.

Warm Up:

Lap around the baseball fields with high knees and butt kickers sprinkled in.  Circle up in front of the basketball court for the warmup

15x SSH

10x windmills

10x Moroccan night clubs

Arm and leg stretches

The Workout:

Mosey to the rock pile where everyone was instructed to get a rock and then John Cusacked to the big hill by the lower baseball field.  On the way over those that weren’t familiar with Spinal Tap were told that Nigel Tufnel was know for rock music and an amp that goes to 11.  So, with our rocks, we went to do 11s on the hill.

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With rocks in hand we start at the top of the hill with turkish get ups and did Bobby Hurleys at the bottom.  If anybody’s rock hit the ground they owed 11 diamond merkins on the rock.  No one was caught without their rock though so this never came in to play.  YHC was glad to hear no mumble chatter and just some grunts and groans as the guys were working out.

Once everyone was done with their 11s we John Cusacked over to the pavillion where we paired up (one group had three) and picked a picnic table.  The groups were to take turns doing Roman situps (reverse situps hanging off the edge of the table) with the rocks.  Did sets of 10, 15, and 10 switching off between doing the exercise and holding the partners legs.  The group with 3 had one member doing WWIIs AMRAP while the other two occupied the table.

Once everyone was done we did a quick set up irkins, dirkins, and dips (rock in laps for an extra challenge) and then headed back to the rock pile to return our rocks.

Mary:

In celebration of Modify’s chocolate shop being in the final 4 of the Indy’s best chocolate in the triangle we did 4 burpees OYO

15x American hammers

10x homer to marge

10x Freddy Mercury

10x box cutters

10x pickle pounders

Announcements:

Check Facebook and Slack

Modify’s chocolate shop nominated for best in the triangle.  Link to vote here.

Banana Seat talked about the importance of checking yourself monthly for testicular cancer.  Women do it for breast cancer and, as it is the leading cause of cancer in men, we should check ourselves regularly as well.  This month’s breathtaker charity is for testicular cancer

T-Claps (Recognition):

Banana Seat and Dawgpound both donating their NCAA poll winnings to testicular cancer charities

Prayer:

Norm took us out.

Banana seat has a CT scan this afternoon.  Prayers that the results are favorable

Crablegs and Shredder

 

What an honor it truly was to lead this group of men this morning.   I’m thankful for the opportunity.  Until next time.

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Twinkle and Shimmy

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18 PAX for a KG beatdown. Lots of visitors to South Park. Making new memories together, how sweet. Lots of mumble chatter today but YHC let the boys cut up some. Let’s play!

Warm ups:
Black snake run around track and rec center ending near court.

-Stretches
-Squatted morracan night club into overhead claps into out front claps x10 IC each
-Deconstructed burpees (10 squats, 10 leg thrusts, 10 Merkins, 10 leg thrusts, 10 up jumps) put it together for 5 oyo burpees proper form
-Jump lunges x10 IC
-Carolina dry docks x10 IC

Grab 3 rocks total for exercise
Circle of American Hammers with rocks
-pax sits in circle facing out. Passes 3 rocks around circle while doing AH. YHC haults, rest, R&R other direction

Mosey over to agility ladders

Ladders: 2 groups at opposite sides
one man does ladder down, burpee at end, turn around come back. Q will call ladder exercise down and different one back
PAX does called exercises AMRAP until group is complete
Rd1 Worst merkin ever
Rd2 Prisoner squat
Rd3 Nipplers

Cones – partners meet in middle, run opposite of each other doing cone pattern to other side of circle for back broke merkins x10 and switch (back broke style is the bottom man does the merkins with partners planked feet on top of upper back causing resistance) 3 rds for total of 60 reps per person

Mary
X-men ups x10 
J-Lo’s x10 IC
Exaggerated LSF x10 IC

Verse: 2 Corinthians‬ ‭9:15
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
Take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas and share with our families. We focus on gifts for others but we should be focused on the only gift given to us that matters, Jesus.
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Announcements
Lots of options on Friday, Q sign up sheet, WB training, Q school video/link, Frey Daddy run to support healing transitions, Wolfie help

Prayer request
DD family, Ausfhart, Crab Legs, R-22‘s teacher friend, Chip’s co-worker died right after retirement. 

As always, great to be a part of such a fine group of HIM. Hope you got your monies worth today. 

BS out

Snake

F3 Breakdancing Bust

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13 total PAX posted at Kenny’s Grave. We had 3 that showed a couple mins late so YHC was feeling gracious and PAX did 3 burpees for the penalty. 12 Oaks clown car rolled in to join the KG fun today. Here we go.

Warm up – lap around parking lot with normal agility exercises
Use parking curbs for high knees, 2 passes
Over to tennis courts for some ladders, 3 passes on double ladders

Air squared x25 IC
Shoulder taps x15 IC
Hand release merkins x15
Breakdance R spins, L spins 10 each (this was a bust)
Was hoping at least one HIM would know how to sweep the leg. Had laughs trying.
Slalom x15 IC

Partner up similar size
– Partner carry suicide (free throw line, back, half court, back, far free through line, back, full court, recover) Switch partners
– Ladder wheel barrows with quick hands in boxes. Switch partners (3 rounds variations)

Evolution of man
– Crab walk length of court, exercise at other end, jog back to start: reverse plank jacks x10 IC
– Bear crawl, “” proper merkins x10 IC
– Duck walk, “” monkey humpers x10 IC
– Lunge walk, “” star jumps x20
– Broad jump, “” burpees x10

Mosey back to flag for Mary

Mary
Thor – up to 7 with 1:2 ratio
Pretzels – each side x10 IC
V-holds – 3 rds OYO

Verse
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5:16-18‬ ‭
– Simple requests from God. Praying for others should be in our daily routine. We are very blessed in our lifestyles and should rejoice in what we have and not what we don’t have.

Announcements
CSAUP this Sat 6 A.M. Womble, Christmas Party Sat 6-10 M4L crib, WB training, U-turn, Q school Jan 13 @2 Womble, slack…seriously guys, Messi Q, Sliderule debut of yoga at 0515 Womble

Prayers
– DD dad and wife, Ausfahrt recovery, Crab Legs, unspoken

13 PAX
Sliderule, 16-bit, Messi, H1N1, Modify, Norm, Moby, Slots, Natty Ice, Blue Hen, the Dogpound, Buford, Banana Seat

Don’t Grab the Crunchy Leaves

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A great turn out in December as Wrightsville training is in full swing. Numerous distance PRs – kudos to Pac-Man, Doc, and Dovetail (who not only distance PR’d but was out picking up the six too). More than a workout.

Warm Up:

SSH x15 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Mountain Climbers x10 IC

Merkin x10 IC
The Workout:

All the 3 milers got talked into 5, so 5-15 miles. T-claps to 187 & Skidmark for 15 and running us down.
Mary:

Individual stretches
Announcements:

CSAUP next Saturday. Will look for someone to Q U-Turn if there is interest – has to be someone committed to picking up the six during run.
Prayer:

Ausfahrt – recovery from motorcycle accident. Keep your eyes out for ways we can help the family in the coming weeks/months.

Fantastic 2nd F after. Great work men – always a privilege.

No Curb Sharing

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Cold and clear in the gloom today. PAX of 7 got warm rather quickly. Here’s how.

Warm up lap in parking lot with Carioca
Stretching
SSH x25 IC
Frankenstein’s x15 IC
Proper squats x25 IC

Burpee mile on track
Run .25 do 12 burpees, repeat 3 more times. Total 1 mile 48 burpees

Wheel of merkins – use curb and no sharing. 10 each, total 40 merkins
Baby dips x20 IC

Curb side hops with sumo squat in between curb line 4:1. 10 sets
Rinse and repeat with forward/backward hops over parking curb and squat

Air press shoulder taps 1:4 ratio. Stopped at 7:28 ratio for time

Mary
Febreze – 2 big boy sit ups, 6 inch hold in up position, 10 air presses. 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50
Windshield wipers x15 IC
Boat Canoe x10 IC

Announcements
CSAUP dec 15, dec 1 Nemo’s Christmas party and dec 29 potluck, WB training, Crab Legs planning to run 5k at WB. Banana Seat has approval for all runners in the Saturday race to run as support.

Prayers
DD family, Crab Legs, holiday sadness for some, Natty Ice wife had a mis-carriage two weeks ago and maybe no more kids due to complications, Joe (Pastor) with heart surgery Norm and Chickenfoot request.

As always it’s great to lead such a fine group of HIM. Seize the day!

BS out!

Thanksgiving Convergence

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Kenny’s Grave was excited to see all the cars pulling in the gloom on a Thanksgiving Thursday. Disney had come to town for a visit as well as others that may not typically post. Either way, we had 24 HIM show up for a sweaty before stuffed workout.

A few men got in some EC. Great job!

Warm up:
Lap around the park with some high knees and butt kickers to get our legs loose. Carioca once we exited the track. Switch after the turn.
YHC instruct two lines at the end of parking lot. Slides/shuffles down the two combined white parking space lines then forward to the next set and slide opposite direction. Do this all the way down the go right into the agility ladders. We had four quick loops to stay on the ladders. Then we moseyed over toward the b-ball court parking area for some warm up exercises.

Focus on form :
Red Bull Smurf Jacks x20 IC (fast)
Windmills x10 IC
Plank jacks x20 IC
Ranger merkins x20 IC

Main Event: YHC lead a TURKEY workout
T – Thunderstruck right out the gate
U – Up/Downs x10
Grab a rock
R – Railroads jumps with rock
K – Knerkins x15 : on my down and up
E – Elevens on hill (rock elf on the shelf/WW2’s)
Put rocks back
Y – Y raises like Superman but letter Y
Thanks to Pikachu on the reminder. Had to pick up Y after Mary since YHC forgot how to spell.

Mary:
V-ups
Protractor into LSF into Freddy Mercury

Verse – Thanksgiving
“Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107:8-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Announcements:
Official region for SW Jan 1, CSAUP Dec 15 @ 0600, Nemo Xmas party food cupboard Dec 1, Pablo POTluck Dec 29, cape fear dec 1 rehab house see M4L

Prayer request:
Crab legs, season safety, travelers, Buford surgery, web ex baby, martini baby, Moby baby (in-progress), DD dad prayers, troops and those that cannot be with family during the holidays

During COT, some PAX gave words of thanks. I’m thankful for the opportunity to lead a great group of men on this day and everytime I’m chosen to lead. We all have some many blessing and hope we recognize them more each day. Let’s express our gratitude and thankfulness to those around us. Have a great day with whomever you are spending this holiday with.

BS out!

Possum Trot BB

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26 pax showed up in slightly above freezing temp to give thanks for ability to workout

 

Warm Up:lap around tennis courts, 20 SSH IC, 10 good mornings IC,10 cotton pickers IC,10 fazio arm circles forward and reverse IC, 20 Ralph is IC, partnered up at middle of lot. Each partner worked their way to end of lot and back with 8 shuffles forward, burpee, 4 shuffles backwards, burpee, repeat to end and back to the middle.
The Workout:1 partner grabbed rock. All made way to bottom of hill. Cumulative did 100 reps of each exercise: rutroos, curls,overhead press, squats and 50 busdrivers, while the partner climbed the hill and did 5 erkins derkins and dips. Partner returned rock while the other ran around the tennis court, 20 count IC balls to the wall
Mary: 10 World War IC, 20 American hammers IC, 10 boat canoes IC,  20 mountain climbers IC, 10 pickle pounders IC, 7 count absolution IC, 20 count balls to the wall with shoulder taps  IC, 20 mountain climbers In Cadenc
Announcements: Convergence at Kenny’s grave Thanksgiving Day 6 a.m.

There’s a Christmas party poll on Facebook Site Q is open if theres a volunteer.

M4L looking for guys to go down south and rebuild a house from the hurricane samage onDecember 1st meeting at Exit 319 on 40 I’m guessing.
Prayer: Noah’s Ark and crab legs health.

Safe travels for all over the holiday.

Be thankful for everything we have the ability to exercise our minds and bodies and