The Showcase Showdown

17 contestants heard the call to “come on down” to WEP for a cool morning workout. 5 pax posted at Laces Out for a 5+ mile cruise to the Land of Parting Gifts.  11 others stayed close to home base for Bob Barker’s first run at the Q. Sadly… he didn’t bring along any of Barker’s Beauties, but he did bring a showcase of fabulous workouts.

The Thang:

Warmup:

  • Half lap around WEP

COP:

  • SSH  30x
  • Merkins  15x
  • IW  25x
  • Mountain climbers  20x
  • Squats  25x
  • LBC’S  20x

Mosey  to tree line

  • Karaoke to the 4th tree, run back.
  • Side shuffle to the 4th tree, run back.
  • High knees to the 4th tree, run back.
  • Suicides to 4th tree.
  • Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to playground

Partner up. First partner does lap as other partner does an exercise.

  • Squats
  • Merkins
  • Mountain Climbers
  • LBC’S

Mosey to center of the park

  • SSH  25x
  • Merkins  10x
  • IW  25x
  • Freddy Mercury  20x
  • Russian Twists  15x

COT

Moleskin:

 

 

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Laces In My A$$

21 PAX showed up for a Cardio Smack Down this morning.  Laces Out did their thing and darted to Baxter for “The Loop”.  The Laces In Gang was treated to slightly more cardio than normal and explored every inch of WEP.

The Thang:

  • ½ Lap around WEP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 IM’s
  • 15 Merkins
  • 15 C.D.D’s
  • Arm Circles – Big and Little.

Mosey to Tree Line by the Parking Lot

  • Lunge to Fourth Tree/Run Back
  • Side Shuffle
  • Karaoke
  • Suicides

Rinse and Repeat.

Mosey to the Hill

  • Durkin Pyramid.  5, 10, 15, 15, 10, 5 – Sprinting the hill in between each set.
  • Plank O’Rama – including “SuperManz” and Parachute.

Mosey to the Playground and Pick a Partner.

  • Partner 1 Runs a Lap / Partner 2 does LBC’s then switch.
  • Second set is Dips
  • Third sets return to LBC’s.

Circle Up – Pick a Number and Pick an Exercise.

Mosey Home.

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The Board O’Pain

On a steamy morning, 14 men appeared through the early morning haze to experience a little pain at The Fort.  The grass was wet and the air was thick… perfect for working up a sweat.

The Thang:

In his first drop at the Q… Mater hauled the group to the middle of WEP for the warm up:

– Side Straddle Hops (x25)

– Merkins (x25)

– LBC’s (x25)

– Imperial Walker (x25)

– Ram’s Head Merkins (x10)

– Freddy Mercury’s (x20)

– Side Straddle Santini’s (x25) – that’s the new name for a 2nd set of SSH.

Hand off to Flacco.

Mosey to the playground for the introduction to the Board Of Pain. The BOP had 24 cards taped to it with exercises on each one. One guy would grab a card, announce the exercise and sprint around the playground. Meanwhile, the pax would do the exercise, churning out as many as possible until the selector returned. Then, the next guy in the circle would select and run. Repeat until all 24 cards were called out.

The work (in no particular order):

– Mountain Climbers

– Peter Parkers

– Parker Peters

– Superman Merkins

– Squats

– Jump Lunges (aka Mary Catherine Gallaghers)

– Burpees

– Donkey Kicks

– Bomb Jacks

– Maktar N’Jai

– Grave Diggers (right)

– Grave Diggers (left)

– Russian Twists (aka Mail Order Brides)

– Jump Squats

– In Outs

– Turkish Get Ups (alternating sides)

– Mr. Miyagi’s

– Plank Walks

– Jump Tucks

– Plank Jacks

– Carolina Drydocks

– Backward Lunge with Knee Raise (right)

– Backward Lunge with Knee Raise (left)

– Sumo Squats

Mosey to COT

Moleskin:

Great job by Mater in his first Q. He threw out the Rams Head Merkin… not sure if this was props or a diss on the Tarheels. In order to keep his house from getting egged… we’re gonna go with the latter.

Also of note, if you see C-SPAN wearing a light blue shirt… it does not mean he’s a fan of UNC… it means he’s a fan of Rice Krispies.

T-Claps to Beast for showing major ups on the Jump Tucks. He proved today that white men CAN jump and moved himself into lottery pick position for any F3 pick-up basketball games.

At COT, there was mention of a 5K that was serving brats after. Something about family friendly and beer. Not sure if anyone picked up on that. If you have more info… please share it with the group.

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Cool Runnings

The weather was perfect and the feedback on Decibel’s Tuesday beat down had the group off to great start. 25 Pax’s enjoy a late September morning in August, cutting down the sweat and increasing the intensity.

The Thang: Laces In: Q – CSPAN
Extremely slow walk to circle up.
A few minutes of stretching, low speed calisthenics, and some side-Santini-hops for good measure.

Slow mosey to playground.
5 sets OYO = 10 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 20 dips with a lap around playground.
Very little chatter

Slow mosey to WEP hill without a statue and many wonderful trees with leaves.
Several series of lounges, bunny hops and duck walk with rifle straight out in front of you with a 50% run back down
Crowd woke up
Split into partners with races uphill over a series of different events and speeds all with a 50% rest on the downhill.
Plenty of calisthenics and boxing moves to offset the heavy breathing or so called rest period

Trucker got us for 10 bomb jacks – “That’s what….”

Crab Cakes was willing to knock Fun House out to win final sprint up the hill, unsure who won that fight.

Clydesdale: Q – Menthol

5.5 mile run at ~ 9 min pace.

Gazelles: Q – Red Banjo

5.5 mile run ~7:30 pace with 4 hill repeats at the end –
10 merkins
10 squats
10 side-Santini-hops
between each hill repeat.

Cake Boss reminder for F3 on Friday morning at Starbucks

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