Seeing Ghosts

BEATDOWN. 4 stations on the Hill to Nowhere – bottom, first corner, second corner, summit.   Station 1: Rockees x 10, Curls x 10, Overhead Presses x 10, Tricep Presses x 10 Station 2: Diamond Spider Merkins x 15 Station 3: Knee...

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A Simple Day at the Country Estate

BEATDOWN. Super simple workout.     Starting on the bridge for the walking trail between Reynolda Village and the WFU campus, which goes over the part of Silas Creek that flows into Lake Katherine, do 5 Flying Squirrels.   Run towards...

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No Workout for Old Men

BEATDOWN. Reverse Blockee Peleton from the dumpsters to the far playground.   Repeat this routine until the first person finishes: + Run a lap on the track + Pullups x 20 + Blockover Burpees x 20 + Thrusters x 20 + Side-to-Side Merkins x 20...

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Is That My Wife

Since we’re at an elementary school, we should practice simple ABCs and counting.  Do the A exercise for 1 rep and run up the hill and back.  Do the A exercise once, the B exercise twice, run up and back.  Do the A exercise once, B twice, and C...

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Microwaved Potatoes

Sour Mash has some really weird friends.   BEATDOWN.   Every minute on the minute, the exercise changes.  Rest when you want to rest.  You versus you.   Mountain Climbers Curl / Press / Tricep Raise Dead Bugs Shoulder Tap Spider...

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An Old Favorite

BEATDOWN.   There are 5 stations, each with a weighted exercise and a non-weigthed one, located on The Hill to Nowhere.  If you have the rock, do the first exercise; else, do the second exercise.   Each PAX was instructed to ascend the...

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Stupid People of Winston-Salem

BEATDOWN. 4 stations in a straight line down the side parking lot of Calvary.  Stop at each station, do the exercises.  When complete with the round, run uphill to station 1 and start again.   Station 1 (burpees): 10 Double Clap Burpees...

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Mom Jokes

BEATDOWN. Warmup We did stupid stretching stuff because the old men would whine if we didn’t.   Real Work Switch exercises every minute.  Rest when you need to. Blockees Curls Coupon Thrusters Side-to-Side Merkins Corkscrews   3MOM...

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Carole Baskins’ Revenge

BEATDOWN. Run a square (West End, Brookstown, Carolina, Clover), stopping at each intersection for 4 exercises.  Start with 5 reps at corner 1, then increase by 5 at each of the following corners.  At the 4th corner, reverse direction and begin...

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Et tu, F3?

Dear reader, please afford your humble correspondent some artistic liberty and creative license here.  Although the Meadowlark area does not yet hold the prestige of the great city of Rome, let us remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day –...

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Professional Jerks

WARMUP.   SSH, Burpees, Whirlies, Michael Phelps, Hillbillies   BEATDOWN. Each round builds on the previous round, but then comes back down (like the stairs of a temple).  For example, the exercises in round #3 would be: 1-2-3-2-1. At the...

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Not Ready for Primetime Beatdown

WARMUP.   SSH, Michael Phelps, Whirlies   BEATDOWN. All PAX who showed up on time randomly picked an exercise from a deck of about 90 cards and the number of reps ranging from 5 to 22.   Round 1 – 15 reps: Lawn Mowers Round 2...

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