Mary Munford Elementary
Two young FNGs joined a nine-man PAX of bootcampers and walkers in the warming gloom. Warmarama. Four-corners on the stone dust track. Partner wind sprints on the tennis courts. Just for fun, a penalty kick soccer shoot out with a very lopsided outcome. Ring of fire. FNG 1: Peter Grigg, age 12, dubbed “Nacho Libre” FNG 2: Jimmy Grigg, age 9, christened “Wolfgang”
Seven strong PAX for a beatdown and 4 walkers took off at 5:30 on their various routes. The bootcampers did: COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Donkey Kicks. Mosey to Triple check spot for just that: Carolina Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks, run to fence & back. Then over to field for 11s on the soccer field. Exercises were: HRMs and WWIIs. Over to the tennis courts: Several rounds of sprints and exercises, then over to covered pavilion: sets of Pole Smokers, merkins, and Burpees. Back to flag for American Hammers to close us out. NMS: Always good…
9 eager beavers broke from the sack for bowl of hot Gumbo on a surprisingly brisk first morning of Spring. 3 others took to the mean city streets for some miles. This is how the bootcamp went: Mosey to the blacktop for COP, including various IC exercises to get things warmed up despite the brisk breeze. THANG: Triple Check with People’s Chair, HRMs and run to fence and Bernie back. Four Corners with 10 werkins, 20 2-ct Freddies, 30 2-ct Mountain Climbers and 40 Bobby Hurleys (and a Duke trivia session hosted by HoneyDo (and failed by Faceplant)) Free Throws…
Four bedraggled men, dealing with too much pollen and too little sleep, found their way to Mary for a 45 minute beatdown. Four other randos were sauntering around while we four commenced at 0530. Here’s what happened. COP warm up on the blacktop Beast! on the tennis court. 6 sets of excercises with 6 modes of travel, with 6 stops along the way. Round 1: Run and Squats. // 2: Lunges and Merkins // 3: Bernie Sanders and WW2s // 4: Side Shuffles and Carolina Dry Docks // 5: Bear Crawl and Monkey Humpers // 6: Run and Burpees .…
Nine fine gentlemen, at least 2-3 of which are very bald and 1 of which has more hair than ever, gathered for 45 minutes of Mary this fine morning. The clock hit 0500 and off we went. COP on the Blacktop. Deadman hang // helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Ukrainian Soldiers // Merkins // Elbow Plank Punches // High/Low Boats + Flutters Four Corners on the Blacktop: 10 Squats each corner // 20 Merkins x4 // 30 LBCs x4 // 40 SSHs x4. Bonus Round! 5 Burpees x 4. Mosey to the picnic tables Triple Check #1: P1:…
Yeah, it was that kind of workout for the 10 of us. Lots of fun, no serious injuries, and coffee was great afterwards. Upchuck took us out.
Eight boot campers and two walkers met and then dispersed at 0530 in the white, powdery gloom this morning. This is what went down after Bodo’s woke up the neighborhood with his Volvo horn; Slow, cautious mosey around to the NW corner of the schoolyard for: COP: DMH, Reach for the stars, DQ’s, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Russian Ukrainian Israeli American Soldiers, Merkins head over to picnic tables and complete: 10 x dips, 10 x step-ups, 10 x dips, 10 x step-ups, 10 x incline merkins Mosey over to the main school entrance and partner up for: Lunge/Squats switching with…
Two tardy men arrived just seconds after the clock struck 05:30. The rest of the PAX was nowhere to be found, so we took to the school and neighboring streets in search for the HIMs! First we checked the school block, nope! Once we got back to the COT area we headed out east, then west into the streets, but had no success in locating our 45MOM PAX! Once we got back to the AO we decided to run our own workout. Warmarama! Deadman Hang, Arm Circles, Copper Head Squats, among others I cannot recall. The Thang 3 sets -…
Cold, rain, miles, and misery: the perfect combination for a CSAUP to kick off 2025. Here is how it all went down: 20 Ruckers and a few straight through runners (Doozy and Big Rig) set worth, with the remaining 16 or so Pax joining Hitch for beatdown #1. Hitch Beatdown (stretch session). Dude. Thank you. Hitch basically warmed us on under the amphitheater and did helped get us ready for the run. Interesting side story: During the stretch session, a popping sound, followed by smoke came from Beaver’s head. Well, turns out his battery in the headlamp exploded. Damn dude!…
YHC was hitting every red light as he made his way up Three Chopt and down monument on his way to meet his friends for a morning workout. YHC pulled up to the school at 5:29:30 excited to see all his friends. YHC opened the car door and could hear snickering from barely audible jokes. All YHC wanted to do was spread fitness joy. After a long 10 seconds YHC launched the workout heading up Wiletta to Kingscrest. We completed an extended and interrupted COP. YHC had to contented with a great deal of verbal resistance this morning. Therefore, YHC…