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Time to Tabata with some Thunderstruck sprinkled in!

Posted on February 20, 2019 | 2 minutes | 284 words |

Date: 2/7/2019 QIC: WWW AO: Rush Hour PAX: Disco Duck, Quiver, Theismann, Traffic Cone, WWW On my quest to Q once a week which is my personal leadership challenge, I want to ensure the routine is well developed and not so vanilla. I try to think of routines to push the PAX. Read on to see what I decided. We mosey up to Mr. Paige’s sculpture for some warm-up. Warm-ups: GM, calf stretch with merkins x10 between each calf stretch, Sir Fazio, seal claps, overhead claps, air presses. [Read More]

Time to Tabata with some Thunderstruck sprinkled in!

Posted on February 20, 2019 | 2 minutes | 284 words |

Date: 2/7/2019 QIC: WWW AO: Rush Hour PAX: Disco Duck, Quiver, Theismann, Traffic Cone, WWW On my quest to Q once a week which is my personal leadership challenge, I want to ensure the routine is well developed and not so vanilla. I try to think of routines to push the PAX. Read on to see what I decided. We mosey up to Mr. Paige’s sculpture for some warm-up. Warm-ups: GM, calf stretch with merkins x10 between each calf stretch, Sir Fazio, seal claps, overhead claps, air presses. [Read More]

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You Had To Be There

Posted on February 20, 2019 | 3 minutes | 550 words |

At approximately 05:29, 11 PAX were patiently waiting for one more. One more, who had jumped at the opportunity to pick up a last minute Q due to the previous Q’s illness. This one more, who will remain un-named (rhymes with Noshowisco), allegedly had a sick 2.0 and would not make it. When Ezekiel asked if anyone wanted to pick up a last minute Q, Yogi and YHC spoke up simultaneously. [Read More]

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(((5x5)x5)x9)

Posted on February 19, 2019 | 1 minutes | 166 words |

Pre-Blast 11+1 for bridge work at FWD Wonder bread appeared out of nowhere The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run to the circle, weave the balls, 1 lap each backwards run, karaoke in and out. Circle up for: GM, WM, runner’s stretch, Achilles stretch, plank hold (10 sec around the circle). The Thang Run to the bridge. Stop twice along the way to plank hold (10 sec around the circle). [Read More]

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Mathletics

Posted on February 19, 2019 | 2 minutes | 332 words |

Eleven HIMs gathered in the fairly well lit, narrow parking lot of Annie Jones Park expecting a limited-run boot camp workout. This is, in fact, what was to be delivered to said PAX. First exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. In a well-disguised foreshadowing of things to come, a high knee/karaoke mosey to the lot next to the tennis courts for… Warm Up SSHs, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Overhead Claps, Plank Jacks & Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]

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R-O-C-K in the F-o-D

Posted on February 19, 2019 | 2 minutes | 421 words |

This is my rock, there are many like it, but this one if mine… …my rock is my best friend, it is my life, I must master it like I master my life… …w_ithout me, my rock is useless, without my rock, I am useless._ After a two-week, work-related hiatus, it was great to be back in the gloom this morning. Particularly when it is at the finest AO in West Cary on a Tuesday morning – Field of Dreams. [Read More]

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ATMs, The #4, 8-Count Absolution

Posted on February 18, 2019 | 2 minutes | 300 words |

5 for a Largemouth EC run with an a little extra on the front end and a little less on the back end. Michelob, Denali, Chanticleer and YHC all followed. 5 x 2 for the Main Event **Warm Up **Mosey across the street for some Good Mornings, Windmill, SSH, Imperial Walkers. Mosey to the large parking lot **Thang 1 **ATMs in all four corners. Alternating Shoulder Taps x15 IC, Tempo Merkins x10, Merkins x5. [Read More]

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Millennial Mayhem

Posted on February 18, 2019 | 3 minutes | 440 words |

‘Twas a lovely morning on the border of Cary and Apex, where Miss Laura Duncan once cooked some chard on a stone. 18 men gathered to pay tribute to the Millennial generation with a goal of 2000-count exercises: 1000 reps and 1000 meters of running. Dodging the expected deluge of rain, we had a fine time in the cool, soggy gloom…one might even say “moist.” YHC had found the Millennial workout on the Exicon and thought it would be a great way to challenge the PAX to a well-rounded beatdown. [Read More]