Whiteboard of pain / tariffs ……
Date: 2025-04-10 AO: the-phoenix Q: Franky PAX: Hippie, wildturkey, midriff, Roulette, teddyf3, Pepsi, kirby FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: run a lap around a parking lot. Then a quick executive decision to roll out sweeping tariffs, aka white board of pain / tariffs – April version. THE THANG: work down the board ….. MARY: nope. ANNOUNCEMENTS: WHT is this weekend – sign up. And we are collecting money to send Kirby to a photography Bootcamp. Go fund me page is coming soon. COT:
Arnold said KB’s keep you young.
Date: 2025-04-09 AO: swole Q: Unplugged PAX: MARTA, Emoji, flipper, Uncle Leo FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH IC Around the World Good Mornings Swings High Pulls LSS IC Prying Squat Arm Circles Halos
Marth complain that the warm up was too long. So got on with the thang.
THE THANG: #1 – 1H ABCs 10 rounds. – C&P L, C&P R, 2-Rack Squat-R, Bell down, C&P R, C&P L, 2 Rack Squat L. That’s one round.
#2 – Humane Burpee – 15 Swings, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins – 15,9,9, – 15,8,8, – Down to 15,1,1, This killed on mumble chatter.
#3 – Carries Suitcase with Lawnmowers to Waiter Carry. 2X
#4 – 1 round of Voodoo complex in honor of Voodoo’s dad.
MARY: -Bulldogs -Flutter Press ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, Beer ruck in May, Blood in June
COT: YHC took out the combined Anvil/Meathead crew. Coffee courtesy of MARTA….thanks brother.
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Marth complain that the warm up was too long. So got on with the thang.
THE THANG: #1 – 1H ABCs 10 rounds. – C&P L, C&P R, 2-Rack Squat-R, Bell down, C&P R, C&P L, 2 Rack Squat L. That’s one round.
#2 – Humane Burpee – 15 Swings, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins – 15,9,9, – 15,8,8, – Down to 15,1,1, This killed on mumble chatter.
#3 – Carries Suitcase with Lawnmowers to Waiter Carry. 2X
#4 – 1 round of Voodoo complex in honor of Voodoo’s dad.
MARY: -Bulldogs -Flutter Press ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, Beer ruck in May, Blood in June
COT: YHC took out the combined Anvil/Meathead crew. Coffee courtesy of MARTA….thanks brother.
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Winter’s last call
Date: 2025-04-09 AO: anvil Q: lex_luthor PAX: Point Break, Rousey, lex_luthor FNGs: None COUNT: 3 There were some concerns that it was going to be a “no gear” workout when we started. These concerns were put to rest as we made our way to the library and proceeded to pull tires, swing kb’s, and deadlift sandbags. The winter weather was back this morning but that did not deter Point Break and Rousey from coming out and moving around for a full body beatdown. Side note – the boys from Meathead were happy to share coffee with the crew. All around a great morning
Only a machine would come up with this
Date: 2025-04-09 AO: sacs Q: Starch , wildturkey PAX: wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: Did a lap with a ruck to get warm up as we realized that neither of us brought a speaker. No fear as YHC pulled up some rock on Spotify, and it was enough to somewhat distract us from the pain.
THE THANG: WOD: “Grind & Go” – screw you to both Cheese Curd and ChatGPT
5 Rounds: – Sandbag Front Squats x 15 – Ruck Push-ups x 20 – Sandbag Ground-to-Overhead x 10 – Ruck Russian Twists x 30 (15/side) – 400m Run without Ruck/Sandbag – 400m Ruck and Sandbag Walk
Cash Out: Flutter w/ Sandbag hold x 1:00 Ruck Overhead Hold x 1.00
Then we hit time. At half a mile per round, we ended up with over 3 miles between this and our warm up.
MARY: She was there
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, Mountain Rumble
COT: Lord, help us the choose the good and suffer well
THE THANG: WOD: “Grind & Go” – screw you to both Cheese Curd and ChatGPT
5 Rounds: – Sandbag Front Squats x 15 – Ruck Push-ups x 20 – Sandbag Ground-to-Overhead x 10 – Ruck Russian Twists x 30 (15/side) – 400m Run without Ruck/Sandbag – 400m Ruck and Sandbag Walk
Cash Out: Flutter w/ Sandbag hold x 1:00 Ruck Overhead Hold x 1.00
Then we hit time. At half a mile per round, we ended up with over 3 miles between this and our warm up.
MARY: She was there
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF, Mountain Rumble
COT: Lord, help us the choose the good and suffer well
Master’s week traditions
Date: 2025-04-09 AO: wamrap Q: Alf PAX: Alf, Orange Whip, double_e, Horsehead, Ledbetter, poptart, rachel FNGs: None COUNT: 7 It’s Master’s week. Master’s is nothing if it’s not tradition and so is WAMRAP.
They have the Green Jacket. We ran the Green Monster They run no commercials. We run non-stop. They have double bogeys. We have Double E They have pimento cheese sandwiches. We have Poptart Dustin Johnson has hot blond, Paulina Gretzky. Orange Whip has Karoline Leavitt Tiger Woods had Rachel Uchitel. We have Rachel They have amateurs who come in fresh and kick ass. We have Led Better. (I did offer a name change to “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”, which was denied) Jim Nantz uses a lot of hair gel. I’ve been known to partake in some hair gel. The Masters has caddy’s; guys no one notices who lug heavy bags around. We have SACS. Some guys miss the cut. OT and McGee missed this week. They have Amen Corner. We have Horsehead praying us out
They have the Green Jacket. We ran the Green Monster They run no commercials. We run non-stop. They have double bogeys. We have Double E They have pimento cheese sandwiches. We have Poptart Dustin Johnson has hot blond, Paulina Gretzky. Orange Whip has Karoline Leavitt Tiger Woods had Rachel Uchitel. We have Rachel They have amateurs who come in fresh and kick ass. We have Led Better. (I did offer a name change to “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town”, which was denied) Jim Nantz uses a lot of hair gel. I’ve been known to partake in some hair gel. The Masters has caddy’s; guys no one notices who lug heavy bags around. We have SACS. Some guys miss the cut. OT and McGee missed this week. They have Amen Corner. We have Horsehead praying us out
for spackles
Date: 2025-04-08 AO: falcon-crest Q: spackles PAX: Erin Brokavich, Grits, Snuka, Huddle House, Bootlegger, Slingshot, Mikeoelz, Tuna, Focker, MARTA, puddin_pop, spackles FNGs: None COUNT: 13 Lucky 13 for the triple triple nickel at falcon-crest. 3.2 miles. Bootlegger Grits
Frasiers fun but dumby idea
Date: 2025-04-08 AO: fast-twitch Q: frasier PAX: Benny, citgo, jet_fuel, marge, ductwork, deep_dish, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Frasier gave a typical veteran disclaimer that he cares about our safety but isn’t responsible we got towards rounding run near rising meadow. THE THANG: Pretty simple, hill repeats 3 times up and down through some of raintree’s favorite parts by Rising Meadow, Slim Fast hill aka raintree by the country club, ghost runner hill on 4 mile creek, and a gut checking finish on Windbluff by all minus YHC who was out of breath after 4 mile creek. MARY: None since Frasier had us come on in . Strong work by everyone today joined at the end by Astro at COT who is ready to crush Boston. No Cheese Curd sitting today probably fartsacked after he knew Frasier would keep us busy today. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Waxhaw Trail fest is this weekend, last call to sign up I believe is tomorrow, check slack for details. Reach out to people in F3 who hasn’t posted in awhile and those in general who likely are going through a lot. You never know what someone is going through until you ask. COT: Frasier with the strong takeout
Ladybugs
Date: 2025-04-08 AO: soccer Q: Orange Whip PAX: jrr_tolkien, Level10, BobbyFischer, Joshee10, Kellen Dargle, Orange Whip, Jose Varela, Christmas, Mile High, National Treasure, Phil Britto, King, Pearce, Tush 2.0 FNGs: None COUNT: 14 Two fun games – close again.
National Treasure had the goal of the game with an incredible header off of a Pearce corner. Heeeeee’s back…well hopefully because he had a knee tweak at the end that did not look good :pray: it’s not Sunday soccer without NT out there so heal up soon!
He and Kellen were both on their defensive games as usual.
King played longer than usual.
One of my 2.0s came out and put on some good hustle, though not exactly a soccer player (like his dad)
He commented that he thought Mile High was 30 because he was so fast, called Phil “the wavy haired guy”, thought Christmas was the best player and asked why I yelled at Josh :joy: :joy: :joy:
On that note, we almost lost Josh again but he manned up and came back into the game and played great soccer…gotta feed the beast more passes!!! Love Josh’s passion that’s for sure.
Jose V, made a great defensive stop from my 30 yarder into the middle of the goal, too bad he was on my team :joy: :blush: :face_holding_back_tears: 😥 :sob:
Fun day and tough ending with the injury. I’m out next week with Spring break and then we have Easter the following, so we have to get some HC’s going!
National Treasure had the goal of the game with an incredible header off of a Pearce corner. Heeeeee’s back…well hopefully because he had a knee tweak at the end that did not look good :pray: it’s not Sunday soccer without NT out there so heal up soon!
He and Kellen were both on their defensive games as usual.
King played longer than usual.
One of my 2.0s came out and put on some good hustle, though not exactly a soccer player (like his dad)
He commented that he thought Mile High was 30 because he was so fast, called Phil “the wavy haired guy”, thought Christmas was the best player and asked why I yelled at Josh :joy: :joy: :joy:
On that note, we almost lost Josh again but he manned up and came back into the game and played great soccer…gotta feed the beast more passes!!! Love Josh’s passion that’s for sure.
Jose V, made a great defensive stop from my 30 yarder into the middle of the goal, too bad he was on my team :joy: :blush: :face_holding_back_tears: 😥 :sob:
Fun day and tough ending with the injury. I’m out next week with Spring break and then we have Easter the following, so we have to get some HC’s going!
April Madness
Date: 2025-04-08 AO: bagpipe Q: Starch PAX: kirby, Roulette, taggart, war_eagle, Hawkeye, Pepsi, wildturkey, Circuit City, Blue Tent FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: 10 pax showed up in the gloom for a post March Madness beatdown. Most of us showed up sober though it was hard to tell for a few.
Moseyed to the parking lot by the courtyard. SSH Hillbillies IW Mountain Climbers Runners Stretch Merkins
THE THANG: Did a lap around Loch Ness with some work on each of the patios – 1 minute walk sit – 20 step ups (10 per side) – 20 split squats (10 per side)
Headed across the bridge for some planks and shoulder taps while we waited for the 6
Went to the bottom of the hill by the Campbell’s building. Found kirby wandering around all alone. After much deliberation, we decided to call out so that he could join us.
Partner up, one partner runs to the base of the bridge and back while other partner does: – Merkins and Caroline Dry Docks – Flutters and American Hammers
Moseyed back to Loch Ness for some – Derkins – Dips – Ierkins (incline merkins – it’s a thing)
To the Chase Bank parking lot for box cutters (S/O war_eagle for some brilliant cadence calling)
Attack the hill back to launch where we stretched for the remaining 2 and a half minutes. Got in a little over 2.25 miles and
We can’t show up to “take care of ourselves” if we’re not gonna stretch and recover well. Let’s avoid injury (as best we can) so we can show up for those around us by taking the 2-4 minutes we need to stretch out and be sure we’re good for the next one.
Strong work this morning gents :muscle:
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF this weekend
COT: Prayers for all those with cancer and their families – especially Bruce. Prayers to the Worm as he recovers. May all those who suffer find solace and fortitude in Christ.
Moseyed to the parking lot by the courtyard. SSH Hillbillies IW Mountain Climbers Runners Stretch Merkins
THE THANG: Did a lap around Loch Ness with some work on each of the patios – 1 minute walk sit – 20 step ups (10 per side) – 20 split squats (10 per side)
Headed across the bridge for some planks and shoulder taps while we waited for the 6
Went to the bottom of the hill by the Campbell’s building. Found kirby wandering around all alone. After much deliberation, we decided to call out so that he could join us.
Partner up, one partner runs to the base of the bridge and back while other partner does: – Merkins and Caroline Dry Docks – Flutters and American Hammers
Moseyed back to Loch Ness for some – Derkins – Dips – Ierkins (incline merkins – it’s a thing)
To the Chase Bank parking lot for box cutters (S/O war_eagle for some brilliant cadence calling)
Attack the hill back to launch where we stretched for the remaining 2 and a half minutes. Got in a little over 2.25 miles and
We can’t show up to “take care of ourselves” if we’re not gonna stretch and recover well. Let’s avoid injury (as best we can) so we can show up for those around us by taking the 2-4 minutes we need to stretch out and be sure we’re good for the next one.
Strong work this morning gents :muscle:
MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF this weekend
COT: Prayers for all those with cancer and their families – especially Bruce. Prayers to the Worm as he recovers. May all those who suffer find solace and fortitude in Christ.
Stirring the pot
Date: 2025-04-08 AO: swift Q: drive_by PAX: fleetwood, Gump, Wolverine, drive_by, fire_hazard, flipper, soft_pretzel, None FNGs: 1 None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: mosey run for 10mins to get the blood flowin’, then 5 sets of stretching exercise (the usual) 1- on toes: straight, out, and in 2- on heels: straight, out, and in 3- high knees 4- butt kickers 5- players choice
THE THANG: 7 PAX found themselves at the Bull Ring for a bit of “Stir the Pot”.
Negative splits- 5 rounds: 4 @ the Bull Ring, 1 on the way back
Round 1: 3:15 counterclockwise around the ring at 10k pace 2:55 back at a 5k pace
Round 2: 3:15 clockwise around the ring at 10k pace 2:55 back at a 5k pace
Round 3 & 4, same as round 1 & 2
Round 5: took the long way back with the same negative splits
Headed back to COT with a nice victory lap :trophy:
Thanks to flipper for keeping us on track timing wise and pushing us the whole way.
Proud of seeing everyone put forth a LOT of effort :muscle:
Gump, fleetwood, Wolverine perfect attendance so far for April, keep it up!!
flipper, soft_pretzel, fire_hazard, thanks for keeping solid paces throughout.
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF this Saturday, sign up closes Thursday
COT: Starch took us out
THE THANG: 7 PAX found themselves at the Bull Ring for a bit of “Stir the Pot”.
Negative splits- 5 rounds: 4 @ the Bull Ring, 1 on the way back
Round 1: 3:15 counterclockwise around the ring at 10k pace 2:55 back at a 5k pace
Round 2: 3:15 clockwise around the ring at 10k pace 2:55 back at a 5k pace
Round 3 & 4, same as round 1 & 2
Round 5: took the long way back with the same negative splits
Headed back to COT with a nice victory lap :trophy:
Thanks to flipper for keeping us on track timing wise and pushing us the whole way.
Proud of seeing everyone put forth a LOT of effort :muscle:
Gump, fleetwood, Wolverine perfect attendance so far for April, keep it up!!
flipper, soft_pretzel, fire_hazard, thanks for keeping solid paces throughout.
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: WTF this Saturday, sign up closes Thursday
COT: Starch took us out