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Tis the Season for Burpees

5 Pax braved the cold, dark, wet gloom for a holiday burpee festival. Missing several regulars, but the 5 held it down. Piggie forgot his gloves for hopefully the last time, but he showed some grit by not modifying any of the beatdown. Here is what happened. Warmup: SSH Cottonpickers …

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Singing Optional

A motivated group of 11 showed this AM for a 40 degree Widow Maker beat down.  Of course a VQ seems to also lend itself to better participation.  I’m not sure if it’s for support or the car crash phenomenon OR both but today was Tom Jones VQ time. Warm …

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Dropping the Hammer at Big Creek!

YHC (The Hammer) simplified his beatdown from his VQ, but it still was challenging! No Man Left Behind! – during Bojangling, any stragglers were retrieved by the Q. Pull-ups are always a challenge! Every muscle group targeted again, though. Warm-up – 10 mins. Mosey to Track Carioca P90x Punches P90x …

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Frostbitten

The roosters came out to crow at the rising #Rubicon sun, but all they saw was moon, a full moon in fact. It seems these chickens are not so smart, because a chicken born with the God-given instinct of self-preservation stays in the coop until sunrise. The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is …

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Crew of two

Small turn out (2) did not stop us from working hard this morning in Norcross. Here’s the breakdown of the beatdown: Mosey down to field…then In cadence: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Cotton Pickers 11s: 1 Burpee then run to other side of field and 10 Monkey Humpers 11s: Merkins – Squats …

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Better Late than Never!!!

Mosey around the lot.  Slide left, slide right.  Circle up for a quick dose of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Cotton Pickers.  The thang… Mosey to State Bridge…stop at the corner benches.  20 step ups (10 each side), 20 dips.  Rinse and repeat.  Head to Greenway.    Lunges halfway through the mosey …

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Pass the Q

After a note from the Body last night saying that he had caught the dreaded “Fartsack flu” from DV, YHC thought it might be a light crowd, but 6 PAX showed up at the Creek ready to defy Cantore once again and start the day off right!  Here is how …

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Balls to the wall for hours

WARMUP Mosey over to the pool parking lot.  Side straddle hop, windmill, hillbillys & Mike Tysons (YHC botched the 5-count again, maybe we need a little help from Charlotte!) THE THANG -Merpee Mile.  10 merkins at each cross street, 10 burpees at each speed hump -Mosey back to the playground area, people’s …

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King’s field is named

The conditions were fine – 24 degrees, clear skies, wind speed negligible. 11 Pax assembled at the Widow Maker for their favorite Saturday activity. This is an account of what they did. Mozy over to the ball fields for a warm up of (all in IC) SSH Windmill Cotton Pickers …

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