9 men posted on this beautiful 4th of July to jump start their independence day celebrations.   While setting up on the track YHC ran into a former NB High football standout and invited him to join us.  He declined, but the pax would not take no for an answer.

Warm-O-Rama – Sprinklers x10 IC, Windmills x10 IC, Sun Gods x10 IC, Imperial Walkers x10 IC, Various leg stretches.

Thang – Mosey to side of school – 20 Dips, 15 Irkins, 15 Dirkins, 20 Step Ups, Moseyed to track.  At the track Mr. Roboto extended a 2nd invitation and shortly after we got underway we had a new addition, Chris Brown AKA Spigot.  The 7 of Diamonds consisted of 7 rounds of 7 Burpees, 14 Merkins, 21, Squats, 28 LBCs, 21 Airpresses, 14 Hydraulic Squats, & 7 Freddy Mercuries.  We then gave Spigot the option of sprints or a 1/4 race.  He opted for the sprints and we did 4 50 yard races.  We then headed to the covered area for 75 calf raises, 20 Dips, 15 Irkins, 15 Derkins, & 20 Step ups.

Mary – Low Slow Flutter x20 and  Hip Flexors

COT/BOM – We closed with name-o-rama and a short prayer.

Cuddy

5 men & Rusty posted on this beautiful spring morning. While maintaining an adequate distance from each other and with no FNG’s we jumped right in with…

Warm-O-Rama
Good Mornings x 10 IC
Sun Gods x 10 IC (Forward and Back)
Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
SSH x 20 IC
Downward Dog

Thang
We moseyed to the parking lot at Boykin Field where we started with 11’s with Squats one end and Merkins on the other. After completing this we did a Dora 1-2-3 with 100 Burpees, 200 Air Presses, and 300 LBC’s. We then gathered the cones and made our way to the covered area on the other side of the school. There we did 50 Calf Raises (10 each step) and then found a box where we did 20 Dips, 20 Oblique Crunches, 15 Irkins, 15 Derkins, and 20 Bulgarian Split Squats (10 each leg). We then Lunged to the back for a Raccoon Crawl (The benches were slick causing several slips and one fall.). We then made our way to the front for another round of Dips, Oblique Crunches, and Calf Raises before Moseying back to the parking lot.

Mary
Low Slow Flutter x 20 IC
Various stretching exercises.

COT/BOM
We closed with Name-O-Rama and a short prayer before heading to Carolina Bagel for takeout and an appropriately distanced parking lot picnic.

Cuddy

7 men posted on this beautiful spring morning to start their day. While maintaining an adequate distance from each other and with no FNG’s we jumped right in with…

Warm-O-Rama
SSH x 20 IC
Abe Vigoda’s x 10 IC
Good Mornings x 10 IC
Sun Gods (Sobriety Style) x 10 IC (Forward and Back)
Cotton Pickers x 10 IC
Downward Dog

Thang
We moseyed to the track and all safely crossed the higher than normal water at the bottom of the creek. We ran two laps with 25 Merkins before each. We then made our way to the end zone where we split into teams for a Dora .25-.50-1-2-3 comprised of 25 Burpups, 50 Lunges (each leg), 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, & 300 Squats with a 100 yard run (50 down and 50 back) before switching. We then made our way back to the track where we completed our Merkin Mile (Wide Merkins this time) with a timed race for the last ¼ mile. 2 Fingers and Unicorn were well ahead of the pack with 2 Fingers clocking in with a Bear record time of 1 minute and 8 seconds (give or take a second or two). We then made our way to the covered area on the other side of the school. There we did 75 Calf Raises, 20 Dips, 20 WWII, 20 Bulgarian Split Squats, 20 Dips, 75 Calf Raises, & 20 Step ups. Since Winthorpe started cleaning his shoes YHC thought it only appropriate for take the longer road back to the front parking lot to keep any grass from getting on his shoes. After a few groans, we made it back just in time for a brief…

Mary
Various stretching exercises.

COT/BOM
We closed with Name-O-Rama and a short prayer before heading to Carolina Bagel for takeout and an appropriately distanced parking lot picnic.

Cuddy

• WHAT: The Bear
• WHERE: New Bern High School
• WHEN: Saturday 3/28 Gather 6:55, Start 7:00 Hard Stop 8:00
• WHO: Any man or FNG
• WEATHER: Perfect
• WHY: This may be one of our last workouts for a while.




Cuddy

4 men posted on a beautiful Leap Day morning. While warming up YHC relayed a few fun facts. First, is that the Gregorian calendar specifies that there will be a leap year every year that is divisible by 4, UNLESS it is also divisible by 100, but not by 400, in which case it is not a leap year. The UNLESS is necessary to align calendar years with solar years because there are 365 days 5 hours and 48 minutes in a solar year which is slightly less than an even 365 days and 6 hours. Second fun fact. There is an Irish tradition dating from the 5th century that on leap day women are allowed to initiate dances and propose marriage. If the proposal is refused then the man was/is expected to buy a silk gown. After some mumble chatter we continued with…

Warm-O-Rama
Butt Kickers x 10 IC 4CT
High Knees x 10 IC 4CT
SSH x 20 IC 4CT
Sun Gods x 10 IC 4Ct (Forward and Back)
Downward Dog

Thang
We Moseyed to the track where we found 4 cones placed 50 yards apart in the shape of a diamond which was perfect for a 7 of Diamonds.  We did the same exercise at each cone with the number of reps growing by 7 each round. We did 7 Burpees, 14 Merkins, 21 WWIIs, and 28 Squats. This gave us a total of 280 exercises with only 85 left. Merkins were selected with a ¼ run before each set of 20 with the first set having 5 extra to get to 365. We then found the goal post for 5 pull ups, before making our way to the covered area for 48 Calf Raises to complete the “year”. At the covered area we also did 20 Dips, 20 Step Ups, 15 Irkins, & 10 Derkins before Lunging to the back for a few Raccoon Crawls before moseying to the front for….

Mary
LSF x 20 and various stretches

COT/BOM
We counted off and closed with a short prayer.

I appreciated the opportunity to lead and hope that everyone made it through the day without having to purchase any gowns :-).

Cuddy

• WHAT: The Bear
• WHERE: New Bern High School
• WHEN: 02/29/20 Gather 6:55 Start 7:00 Hard Stop 8:00
• WHO: Any man or FNG
• WEATHER: Clear and Warmer than this morning




Cuddy