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Not so Terrible Twos

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Sparky and Dovetail in the house. Turned it into a good co-Q.

Warm Up:

Circles, working down the body; SSH, then seal hops, then cross-legs; Frankensteins, and a short mosey

The Workout:

Circuit:
Sparky named these “Poppy Squats” (poppin’ a squat). Wide legs, 4-count down, then back up, but don’t lock out the knees, so you stay in constant tension.
Pulse Lunges in cadence
Box jumps
Spiderman pushups with travel across the knee wall.

Sparkly took over from here, being considerate of Dovetail’s broken and torn wrist with some Homer to Marge, Hello Dollys, Freddy Mercury, and then some traveling squats in cadence, and finally some slow bicycles followed by side planks.

Dovetail led through the circuit for a second time, then to the parking lot for suicides, one person in plank hold while the other sprinted by two parking spots, then jogged backwards, and switched. Went 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2.

Combatives:

Broke down wing chung punches and blocks

Mary:

We swapped off for Mary with Butterfly sit-ups, Not-quite-lazy-boys, and heel pulse-ups, then lying-down hillbillies, and ending with pushups while Dovetail modified by doing pickle pounders.

Prayer:

Our country, citizens, and eventual president.
Dovetail found a house in AZ, but we have to be out of ours in Fuquay by Nov. 18, but kids have school until Dec. 18, and so far no place to stay for the interim. Prayers that works out, as well as AZ school decision. Finally, Dovetail’s MRI came back and showed a torn ligament and probably also a fracture, so it’s a bad time for the wrist to be not up to par.

Soft Knees

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It was great to catch up with so many Pax I haven’t seen in a while. There was some uncertainty about the amount of Pax that would show based on previous numbers so I was quite surprised when the amount of cars in lot kept getting bigger. We even managed to get Lipstick out of his holiday slumber over on Melody Lane. My legs were sore this morning so the amount of running and leg work would be minimal which is bad news for shoulders and arms.

EC: Fanny Pack, Skidmark

FNGs: One today thanks to some quality EH Wednesday by Dovetail, Shamwow (who whipped out is goldendoodle), and Skidmark. Plus who doesn’t love a free workout. Welcome Boo-Boo
Warm Up: IW x 10, Hillbillies x 10, Fozio Arm Circles x 10 F/R, SSH x 49 in cadence. Don’t ask.
The Workout: I made sure bring out my some of my favorites this morning. Jack Webbs and Burpees. Oh ya there was an abbreviated merkin clock in there too.
Mosey to the rock pile and the Pax were instructed to grab a rock they could lift over their head about 300 times. We were going to preform these in the grass but a majority of Pax started to mosey into the parking lot so I figured why not. Knee pads were required for some.
Jack Webbs at 1:3 Merkin:shoulder press up to 10 merkin:30 should press
Jacob’s Ladder 1(1 rep up to 7) with burpee rock jumps. So a burpee and when you come up you grab your rock and press it over your head. A variation of mosey to one end of parking lot and back between sets.
Back to Jack Webb’s because of course we have to come back down.  Start with 9 merkins:27 shoulder press and work back to 1:3. I think at this time Mary was requested. Apparently they have never seen how I do Mary.
Finish with 8 and 9 Burpee rock jumps.
Return rock
Mary: We arrived at the tennis courts at 0606. Plank hold with a variation of exercises until 0615. Exercises included Mountain Climbers, Plank Jacks, Peter Parkers, Side Crunches, and a merkin clock at 12, 9, 6, and 3. Quizzed Pax during plank hold on the 5 core principles and the mission of F3 (Fanny Pack led the charge).
Announcements: No mulch, Look for TED talk this week
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Nemo and his family, Dovetail moving to Arizona, Members of the community battling depression, anxiety, and deteriorating mental health.