Monthly Archive December 2024

Red Light District Loops

Date: 2024-12-17 AO: fast-twitch Q: Benny PAX: Alf, hopper, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), ductwork, geraldo, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 6 WARMUP: After a quick veteran disclaimer stating that we would have fun and the pax would likely not like YHC after the workout we went off to the red light district. THE THANG: Pretty simple loops around the roughly 3/4 of a mile loop of the red light district with stops at the 3 main intersections for 5 merkins, 5 lbcs and 5 jump squats. Rinsed and repeat till around 6:05 then off we went back to the ABC Store. Sorry for repeating your q from months on end Ductwork, crazy day at work the day prior putting my 2 weeks notice in at my current job meant I had to come up with a workout plan quick on our way to the red light district. Option 2 would’ve been the mermaid. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast Twitch will be closed on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, anyone in the area looking to run go converge with Swift on Christmas Eve and keep an eye on slack for any convergences.
YHC sent an email out for Q’s going into 2025, took Ductworks approach of scheduling out 6 months in advance. The slack dates should be set up by the end of the weekend. COT: Astro with the strong takeout

The Island of Misfit Toys

Date: 2024-12-18 AO: the-maul Q: teddyf3 PAX: kirby, Odd Job, ToeJam, super trooper FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: short mosey to Jersey Mikes parking lot. SSHX10, IWX10, PPX10, calf stretch, merkinsX10 THE THANG: Mosey to behind HT for some speed bump work – 6 speed bumps X7 merkins & 7 squats Mosey to the back wall for wall squats and 25 air press Mosey to side of building parking lot for Mary. Mosey to rock pile for some lifting
MARY: plenty ANNOUNCEMENTS: SOB Holiday Party Friday at OMB – Ballantyne- 5PM COT: I took us out. Thanks Kirby for your leadership this past year.

Carol of the (Kettle)bells

Date: 2024-12-18 AO: meathead Q: ickey_shuffle PAX: Emoji, high_tide, MARTA, Soul Glo, Unplugged, voodoo FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Various stretches etc. THE THANG: On the twelfth day of lift-mas my favorite Q gave to me: 12 snatchers snatching 11 sumo squats 10 mowers mowing 9 triceps extensions 8 lungers lunging 7 upright rows 6 Romanian deadlifts 5 kettlebell swings 4 high pulls 3 goblet squats 2 clean and presses And 1 slow good morning
It was both a lot, and enough to only use up about 38 minutes meaning carries and Mary are needed to fill the allotted time. Still couldn’t fit TGUs in though, maybe next Christmas. Not including the Sots press was my gift to the PAX. I hope the Christmas playlist added to your enjoyment of the holiday season.
MARY: Outsourced ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Joint with Anvil

Another great year of WAM

Date: 2024-12-18 AO: wamrap Q: Orange Whip PAX: Alf, Mile High, O’Tannenbaum, Horsehead, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 5
WARMUP: we don’t
THE THANG: Big circle around Whole Foods -merkin -jump squat -leg lifts/jack hammer -decline -supine pull ups -burpee broad jumps 5 and add 5 each time
MARY: Another great year of the toughest or easiest workout in A51. Go hard, or don’t.
Lots of laps, lots of laughs and lots of dead things in the parking deck.
This year we found a cup full of poop, remnants of a fire in the stairwell, giant moths, a wide variety of condoms (for her pleasure) and so much more.
Alf posted an estimated 48 times, breaking his old record :open_mouth: and the yearly leaderboard looks very similar to last year with Rachel and OT taking the 2 and 3 spot, respectively.
Week 52 was taken from us with Christmas coming, but it’s well deserved considering the difficulty compared to other Wednesday workouts :eyes: :kissing_heart:
Certainly appreciate the brotherhood which was much needed personally for me at the end of this year.
Keep finding guys to bring out, 2025 is coming and life ain’t getting easier.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve at Rea farms workout. Stay tuned for more details
COT: Horsehead

Ruckmas

Date: 2024-12-18 AO: sacs Q: Cheese Curd PAX: wildturkey, Starch, geraldo, Roulette FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: 1 heavy lap on the track THE THANG: after every day, heavy(ruck and sandbag) down and up stairs 12 Day of Ruckmas all movements with ruck 1-Get up 2- Lunges (& sandbag) 3- merkins 4- big boy sit ups 5- squats (& sandbag) 6- flutters 7- swings 8- curls 9- high pulls 10- Mtn climbers 11- American hammers 12- ruck burpees
I cool down heavy lap
MARY: yep ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: thanks Roulette for taking us out. We are brutally hard on each other, but the love is strong. Keep pushing, keep picking the guy up, and have some fun and laughs along the way!

The 12 plus 0 Days of Christmas

Date: 2024-12-17 AO: bagpipe Q: war_eagle PAX: kirby, wildturkey, Hawkeye, Roulette, Rousey, Starch, madison, Cooter2 FNGs: None COUNT: 9 I believe it was C3PO who was recently lamenting typing up a long slackblast only to realize it was done on an expired Slack page that wouldn’t let him submit it. I can now sympathize and I ain’t retyping the whole thing. WARMUP: Mosey to the parking deck at Ballantyne Village. Standard warm up at the deck entrance as we dodged cars turning in. THE THANG: YHC laid out 12 days of exercises on Level 5 and 12 days of exercises on Level 6. Broke out into 3 teams of 3 Pax. Do exercise on Level 5, run up to Level 6 and do corresponding exercise. Day 1 was 10 reps (5 on each level), Day 2 was 20 reps (10 on each level) until Day 12 of 120 reps (60 on each level). Most teams made it through 8 days. Lots of merkins, squats, Kraken burpees, core, etc. MARY: J-Lo’s, big boi’s, plank jacks ANNOUNCEMENTS: – SOB Holiday Party at SOB Friday night at 5:00. – Xmas Eve convergence at Bagpipe. Check Slack but start time looks to be 6:30. – Timekeeper with meaningful conversation after Bagpipe. COT: YHC took us out.

2K Christmas miracle

Date: 2024-12-17 AO: run Q: frasier PAX: bratwurst, das_boot, Gold Digger, Hippie, midriff, soft_pretzel, tagalong, Wolverine, Moth. Teddy. FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: we move it around the office park till we got to the bowling where we did some dynamic warm-ups. THE THANG: since my helper elf was not feeling well today we decided to build off of what we did last week. We did 2K repeats at same hard effort. Mosey recovery until everyone’s heart rate could get below 140 and repeated. We got a total of four reps in. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: there is a convergence next Tuesday, where we will run around and look for Christmas lights wearing inappropriate tights. COT:

Christmas Balls

Date: 2024-12-17 AO: falcon-crest Q: Hops PAX: taggart, Emoji, Snuka, Huddle House, Clover, puddin_pop, spackles, jet_fuel, deep_dish, marge, Bootlegger, MARTA, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 14 Christmas-themed mumblechatter abounding this morning at the workout formerly known as Hawks Nest. Puddin’ Pop was LIFO, claims he couldn’t find his keys, but we all know he had extra paperwork this morning. Huddle told me I shouldn’t have waited for him #learnalesson Snuka came dressed as an elf, but not an angry one. Clover was talking of shitty kitties. Spackler fired up his GMC sleigh and blew exhaust from his tailpipe right up MARTA’s. Merry Christmas, kid. No one picked Fuel for partner work, so I bailed him out. You’re welcome. Taggart, who posts more than anyone already, was getting after it. Dish was somewhat quietly putting in the work while discussing with Marge as to Clemson’s chances against McConaughey University on Saturday. Forgot Emoji’s favorite thing about F3 – the selfie pax picture with his smiling mug in the front left foreground. #cobains Bootlegger’s parting remarks to YHC were ‘don’t forget the backblast’. 10-4. I do like Christmas (though much prefer Thanksgiving). There is a dude whose title (not name) is the namesake of the holiday. The entire world has been numbering the years from his birth for centuries. There’s roughly 2.5 billion folks on the planet that say they follow him/his teachings. Do you know him? Sort of? Curious? Either he is who he said he was or he wasn’t. If he is, it’s a really big deal for all of us. If not, doesn’t matter a whole lot. Lots of people of varying beliefs and dispositions like his teachings. Not nearly as many liked the title he claimed for himself.
363 days until next year’s festive fixture known as the A51 Christmas Party.

How could a loving God allow so much suffering?

Date: 2024-12-10 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: citgo PAX: Gump, frasier, soft_pretzel, tigerrag, bratwurst FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Great conversation on a hard question. Although we may never know the exact “Why” behind suffering, three things are important to remember 1. God’s original creation was perfect, and there was no suffering. Adam and Eve’s sin brought disorder and a broken relationship with God that includes suffering. 2. We may not know why, but we cannot say that God does not care as He sent his Son into the world to die on the cross for our sins. 1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 3. One day this broken world will be made new and eternal life is available to all who believe. “And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬
And #3 is a great preview for soft_pretzel covering chapter 12 tomorrow – “How could a loving God send people to hell?”

Deck the Halls…again

Date: 2024-12-13 AO: the-brave Q: tuck , midriff PAX: Chastain, wingman, Olaf, Cheese Curd, frasier, SweetWater, midriff, Emoji, bunker, citgo, kid_rock, soft_pretzel, The Worm, Hawkeye, rock_thrill, das_boot, fire_hazard, kirby, bratwurst, Chopper, Hippie FNGs: None COUNT: 35 WARMUP: nope THE THANG: 4:20 pax run for 6 decks and return to AO / 5:30 run the other 6 decks= total of 9.5 miles for all 12 decks, 78 burpees and a bunch of Mary
MARY: yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: nope COT: thanks Kirby and those that spoke up. Another well executed event. So many more comments on slack and so many names missing. If you are one of them… get your pax stats up and open up the SB and add yourself!
Happy Holidays!!