Air Fryers & Movie Stars

Air Fryers & Movie Stars

Date: 2025-04-02 AO: anvil Q: Snuka PAX: Point Break, Brockovich, Puddin Pop FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Moseyed to the front of Church 15 Low slow squats 15 Imperial Walkers 15 Merkins 15 Plank-Jacks 15 LBC’s 15 American Hammers Runners Stretch
THE THANG: 5 rounds of circuit exercises…
Front of Church- 5 Burpees -Run to the Meathead group 10 Reps each arm with Kettlebell -Run to Hot Box 10 Step-ups, 10 dips, 10 Durkins
Mileage- 2.5 miles
The main discussions were about air fryers and old actors!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Prayers for Voodoo’s father who just passed away.
Thanks Unplugged for the take-out.

Day of the Rangers WOD

Date: 2025-04-02 AO: sacs Q: Cheese Curd PAX: Roulette, taggart, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: I full ruck lap
THE THANG: see WoD MARY: we did it
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, blood drive
COT: using the prescribed weight is not fun. Good push today Welcome site FNG Taggart

Why u gotta be so Negative? Week1

Date: 2025-04-01 AO: swift Q: drive_by , bratwurst PAX: citgo, fleetwood, Moth, frasier, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), drive_by, tagalong, Brisket, bunker, Wolverine, Gump, bratwurst, Cheap Seats FNGs: None COUNT: 13 WARMUP: 10 minute jog to our starting spot, 5 rounds of stretches
THE THANG:
Negative Splits -Week1
4 PAX of the 13 did their own thang which I’m sure was non-stop running :running: , but for the remaining 9, it was and out and back, negative splits sessions on the Carolina Thread trail, connecting BCP to the greenway.
6 total rounds of glorious brutality:
First 5 rounds- Time: out for 3 minutes, back for 2:45 Effort: out at 10k pace, back at 5k pace
Last round- Time: out for 2 minutes, back for 1:50 Effort: out at 10k pace, back at 5k pace
Breaks fluctuated a bit, based on necessity. :grimacing:
Moseyed on back to meet up at the bank.
MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, April 12, sign ups still open, Run around Kings Mountain in Sept, 12 bucks to register.
COT: drive_by took us out
Great effort by all, thanks for being a part of my first Q, bratwurst tagalong Wolverine Brisket Cheap Seats fleetwood Gump Moth

AK hill

Date: 2025-03-31 AO: firestarter Q: kirby PAX: Franky, C3P0, Odd Job, Roulette, Point Break, Hawkeye FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Mosey around and do some warmup on green fake grass. THE THANG: Go to rock pile grab 3 rocks. Chase Franky up the AK hill. Rotate groups lifting then we did a gas pumper derkin ladder. C3P0 caught on and counted well. This was a fun one for me and I am trying to bring new and old ideas together on beatdowns. MARY: during ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hawkeye is having a get together the final game of ncaa basketball COT:

Who let this guy Q?

Date: 2025-04-01 AO: bagpipe Q: lex_luthor PAX: Blue Tent, Pepsi, Cooter2, Rousey, war_eagle, Pilgrim, madison, wildturkey, taggart, Roulette, lex_luthor FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: Ran around the parking lot while a few guys got out of their cars. Real savages show up on time for the workout :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: THE THANG: I was ready for 8 guys to show up and we ended up with 11 – awesome Tabata style today with 11 stations of fun 1 – Shuttle run pulling a tire side to side 2 – Thrusters – with 50lb sandbad 3 – Row – with 50 lb kb 4 – Reverse Lunges 5 – KB swings – 45 lb kb 6 – Heels to Heaven 7 – Drag tires through the parking lot 8 – Sit up with punch at the top 9 – Burpees 10 – T Merkins 11 – Bunny hop sprawl We got 3 full rounds in with an indian run between set 2 and 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mtn rumble – Sept 12th. Early sign up option is only $12

Meat & Potatoes FT

Date: 2025-04-01 AO: fast-twitch Q: turkey_leg PAX: Alf, retread, marge, Watchita, jet_fuel, ductwork, deep_dish, turkey_leg, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 8 Sold group of 8 HIMs got their meat and potatoes Fast Twitch workout today. Hill repeats on rising meadow 7s as a warmup, partner loops on rising meadow for the main event, and a Smokerrise Hill kicker at the end. Classic FT, with plenty of exercises and Mary interspersed with the six hilly miles. Q had planned for an AYG out and back to Starbucks, but will save that one for next time. Nice work and a shweaty time was had by all.

Making it up on the fly

Date: 2025-04-01 AO: falcon-crest Q: Cheese Curd PAX: ickey_shuffle, puddin_pop, MARTA, Bootlegger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: mosey to the second parking lot, IW SSH, runners stretch and merkins
THE THANG: the goal today was to make it into the neighborhood and do a full loop, and decided to get some pain stations on the way
Merkins, abs, squats were on the menu. Everytime we stopped we got some in. We also got some calf raises, dips and steps
Nothing craz, just an out and back
MARY: yeah, we got our abs in today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive
COT: thanks for the opportunity to lead. Small group today, seems like everyone is doing different things.
Quiet group, but we kept moving so not tons of time to chat.
Congrats to Ickey who was getting after his first bootcamp in ‘25 and clearing some lung cob webs.
Marta is as in for the pre and post run!
Pudding declared no decline merkins
Bootlegger was silently doing the work
Great work by all, some days you don’t need a plan, hell getting to the AO was my plan today, everything else just worked out!

Soccer

Date: 2025-03-30 AO: soccer Q: Orange Whip PAX: Moondance, King, Christmas, Joshee10, Kellen Dargle, National Treasure, Orange Whip, Level10, Jose Varela, jrr_tolkien, Tormund, Pearce, Crystal FNGs: None COUNT: 13 Two competitive games, both teams won one each.
That is all

FunFriday with a Sub

Date: 2025-03-28 AO: joust Q: hopper PAX: Header, ChickenWing, baracus, jet_fuel, ductwork, geraldo, marge, hopper, puddin_pop, @limey, @day-z FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: Mosey to the lacrosse field entrance for the usual suspects (IW, Squat, Sharon Towers)
THE THANG: The PAX ran down Sardis Ln, around the ArborWay hood and onto the CCS campus for a myriad of exercises and runs, plus 2 rounds of the “Merkin Circle”
It’s been a minute since hopper stepped up as the #FunFriday substitute-Q but the PAX did not disappoint with the mumblechatter or toilet humor. Great group of men that put in some work to start the weekend.
MARY: There was some stomaché
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive
COT: hopper with the takeout

Monday Speed Humps

Date: 2025-03-31 AO: base-camp Q: ductwork PAX: Circuit City, Mr. Magoo, thunder_road, O’Tannenbaum, Smash, ductwork, @limey FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Mosey to the end of Strawberry Ln for COP (IW, Hillbilly, Plank, Merkin, Mtn. Climber, LSS, Sharon Towers)
THE THANG: – Head back up Strawberry with a stop at each speed hump for rotating merkins and squats – Triple Nickel between the last 2 speed humps (merkins and LBC). Was it uphill both ways? – Mosey to the Rock Pile… curls, shoulder press, tricep extensions (15 each x3 rounds) with a lap in between – “Wall-tar Jaiye” #crowdpleaser and People’s Chair with shoulder presses.
MARY: Flutter, Dolly, Plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None
COT: YHC with the takeout and prayers for OT’s daughter (knee surgery)
base-camp is always a solid start to the week. Great group this morning the thanks for putting up with the running (over 2.5 miles). Appreciate the opportunity Mr. Magoo and thunder_road