Inversion
Date: 2025-09-02 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: bratwurst PAX: frasier, madison, citgo, Gump FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Part 1 – Start by assuming the statement is either true or false, then explore what else must be true to make it so.
Example 1: Business Strategy
Claim to Prove: “If we reduce customer churn, revenue will increase.”
1. Assume the claim is true.
For revenue to increase, it must also be true that:
The cost of retaining customers is less than the cost of acquiring new ones.
Retained customers either keep buying or increase their purchase volume.
Competitors don’t simultaneously pull customers away faster than we retain them.
2. Test the assumptions:
If these hold, reducing churn does lead to higher revenue.
If they don’t, reducing churn alone may not guarantee revenue growth.
✅ Inversion shows that the claim’s truth depends on underlying business conditions, not just the churn metric.
Example 2: Personal Decision-Making
Claim to Prove: “Exercising three times a week will make me healthier.”
1. Assume the claim is true.
For this to be true, it must also be the case that:
The exercise chosen actually improves cardiovascular or muscular health.
Nutrition, sleep, and recovery aren’t neglected.
The exercise frequency is sustainable and doesn’t cause injury.
2. Test the assumptions:
If these hold, then exercising three times a week leads to better health.
If they don’t (e.g., exercising but also smoking heavily), the claim may fail.
✅ The assumption reveals hidden conditions that determine whether the action (exercise) achieves the desired outcome (health).
Example 1: Business Strategy
Claim to Prove: “If we reduce customer churn, revenue will increase.”
1. Assume the claim is true.
For revenue to increase, it must also be true that:
The cost of retaining customers is less than the cost of acquiring new ones.
Retained customers either keep buying or increase their purchase volume.
Competitors don’t simultaneously pull customers away faster than we retain them.
2. Test the assumptions:
If these hold, reducing churn does lead to higher revenue.
If they don’t, reducing churn alone may not guarantee revenue growth.
✅ Inversion shows that the claim’s truth depends on underlying business conditions, not just the churn metric.
Example 2: Personal Decision-Making
Claim to Prove: “Exercising three times a week will make me healthier.”
1. Assume the claim is true.
For this to be true, it must also be the case that:
The exercise chosen actually improves cardiovascular or muscular health.
Nutrition, sleep, and recovery aren’t neglected.
The exercise frequency is sustainable and doesn’t cause injury.
2. Test the assumptions:
If these hold, then exercising three times a week leads to better health.
If they don’t (e.g., exercising but also smoking heavily), the claim may fail.
✅ The assumption reveals hidden conditions that determine whether the action (exercise) achieves the desired outcome (health).
Hugh Forest beatdown
Date: 2025-09-02 AO: fast-twitch Q: marge PAX: hopper, Alf, jet_fuel, flipper, Benny, retread, Mr Brady, deep_dish, marge, grasshopper FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: *Benny posting on behalf of Marge. After a strong detailed disclaimer of what the workout was going where many pax decided to ignore Marge plans of hands touching the ground of we went to Hugh Forest. Deep Dish and Hopper decided to meet us along the way to join us for the workout in there neck of the woods THE THANG: Hill repeat is Marge neighborhood with Merlin’s and squats mixed in. Enough time for 3-4 rounds then return back to launch. MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: BRR this weekend, reach out to Hoover if interested in serving on the Area 51 board. COT: Marge with the takeout
1 Convergence: 4 Epic Workouts
Date: 2025-09-01 AO: base-camp Q: Snuka , voodoo, Cheese Curd PAX: wildturkey, geraldo, hoover, thunder_road, Unplugged, snowflake, voodoo, Cheese Curd, midriff, MARTA, Franky, O’Tannenbaum, retread, Snuka, Mountain Momma, Mr. Magoo, Benny, Spyglass, Limey, Cesar FNGs: None COUNT: 20 Not to start out a SB on a sour note, but A51 Q’s have been talking about this convergence for weeks, next time we will let the pax know sooner!!
Either way, a Preblast was sent out and the respective workouts were set up.
THE THANG: choose your own adventure and feel free to switch along the way
Q’s: KB – Voodoo (4) / BootCamp- Snuka (8)/ Gear- Cheese Curd (5) / Running- Franky and Midrift (2)- Limey was in between bootcamp and Gear
Not sure what everyone did, but the AO was covered by every group.
Marta and Hoover for the after workout refreshments
Marta was presented with a pretty cool coffee/ customized towel and Voodoo got is respect T shirt
These workouts are about more than pushing your body or doing something hard. Yes, we all did something we wanted to do for 60 mins, but more importantly, we all came together to BS and tell stories in the end.
I assume good times we had, so go enjoy the day!
COT: thank you Mtn Momma for taking us out. Thanks Hoover for sharing a personal story about something within us own family. To those unspoken prayers or life struggles, you have brothers in this circle that will listen, not judge, please reach out, and talk to someone, no one has to go it alone!
Either way, a Preblast was sent out and the respective workouts were set up.
THE THANG: choose your own adventure and feel free to switch along the way
Q’s: KB – Voodoo (4) / BootCamp- Snuka (8)/ Gear- Cheese Curd (5) / Running- Franky and Midrift (2)- Limey was in between bootcamp and Gear
Not sure what everyone did, but the AO was covered by every group.
Marta and Hoover for the after workout refreshments
Marta was presented with a pretty cool coffee/ customized towel and Voodoo got is respect T shirt
These workouts are about more than pushing your body or doing something hard. Yes, we all did something we wanted to do for 60 mins, but more importantly, we all came together to BS and tell stories in the end.
I assume good times we had, so go enjoy the day!
COT: thank you Mtn Momma for taking us out. Thanks Hoover for sharing a personal story about something within us own family. To those unspoken prayers or life struggles, you have brothers in this circle that will listen, not judge, please reach out, and talk to someone, no one has to go it alone!
Alarm fail
Date: 2025-08-31 AO: donut-ruck Q: Cheese Curd , Broken Arrow PAX: Broken Arrow, Cheese Curd FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: With different start times, Broken Arrow had a few miles to get moving
THE THANG: BA had a plan, I just followed. Then walked him home
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: just ended it by staring at an owl that flew down to say hi. BTW, BA thinks he can speak owl… not sure the owl understood his call.
And Geraldo stood us up… alarm fail
THE THANG: BA had a plan, I just followed. Then walked him home
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: just ended it by staring at an owl that flew down to say hi. BTW, BA thinks he can speak owl… not sure the owl understood his call.
And Geraldo stood us up… alarm fail
Ballantyne Backyard Disc Golf
Date: 2025-08-22 AO: the-brave Q: midriff PAX: soft_pretzel, fire_hazard, madison, frasier, wingman, Taco_Stand, teddyf3, Hippie, kirby, Finkle FNGs: 1 Finkle COUNT: 11 Mini-Swift for the first half of the workout, frisbee golf for the second half of the workout. We had a fun time.
Franky brought his neighbor out – a Buffalo Bills fan and we named him Finkle.
Franky brought his neighbor out – a Buffalo Bills fan and we named him Finkle.
Chicken Run: A Global Affair
Date: 2025-08-30 AO: chicken-run Q: midriff PAX: Franky, soft_pretzel, Lasso, Doublemint, drive_by, HazMat, Rubbermaid FNGs: None COUNT: 8 This morning we had an international crew on the streets: Vietnam :flag-vn:, the UK :gb:, Croatia :flag-hr:, and the USA :us: all represented.
Global summit, but with more sweat and less diplomacy. We took the hills of Raintree to task, celebrated Rubbermaid s birthday :tada:, toasted Doublemints daughter turning 1 :birthday:, and let the Week 1 college football chatter fly :football::fire:.
Hills, fellowship, milestones, and football — Chicken Run delivered it all.
HazMat is still running
Global summit, but with more sweat and less diplomacy. We took the hills of Raintree to task, celebrated Rubbermaid s birthday :tada:, toasted Doublemints daughter turning 1 :birthday:, and let the Week 1 college football chatter fly :football::fire:.
Hills, fellowship, milestones, and football — Chicken Run delivered it all.
HazMat is still running
Broga and B!+chin
Date: 2025-08-30 AO: davinci Q: Palmolive PAX: kirby FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: It was all warm up.
THE THANG: Did a mosey that more resembled a walk to the playground at Blakeney. Stretching and Mary were on the weinke, and a lot of jaw flapping.
MARY: Up and overs and flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pray for doublemint’s friends as they face difficult times
COT: Midriff took us out
THE THANG: Did a mosey that more resembled a walk to the playground at Blakeney. Stretching and Mary were on the weinke, and a lot of jaw flapping.
MARY: Up and overs and flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pray for doublemint’s friends as they face difficult times
COT: Midriff took us out
End of an Era
Date: 2025-08-30 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: Mountain Momma, voodoo, MARTA, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 5 The weather…fantastic. The playlist…forgettable. The weinke…absolute grind. With this backdrop, five pax chose discomfort this morning as we vanquished the latest spreadsheet. The ABC program has been an exercise in stamina across relentless reps covering our meat and potatoes moves. While YHC isn’t exactly sad it’s over, he will miss the acute focus on deltoid development. Weinkes of the past have definitely targeted shoulders, but not many had a greater than one double press per minute of workout ratio. Intense. Mumblechatter today was strong and free flowing as usual. The kickoff of college football always provides ample topics, but things took an interesting turn when we covered the merits of cheese. In one tangent, t-claps to Mountain Momma for offering up the most creative ‘death row’ last meal YHC has ever heard…basically an entire block of cheese and a loaf of bread, which when paired with an electric chair would turn you into a human-sized mozzarella stick. Equal parts delicious and disgusting. With that, let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, one-handed swings (5x e/s), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Modified ABC Complex EMOM (20 min.) · Double cleans (2x) · Double front squats (3x) 2) Sorta Fibonacci Sequence of Double Presses (7 sets) · 2x / 3x / 5x of double presses each set 3) Double Carries! · Several rounds of up and back to the side curb with double bells – we worked in waiters, racks, and shrugs for good measure MARY: One round of a glutebridge, which took us to 60 mins. on the dot ANNOUNCEMENTS: – :briefcase: Labor Day Convergence (9/1) See Slack for details…there should be a gear option for those so inclined – :us: 9/11 Memorial Workout (9/6) 2,200 steps at Piedmont High School in Union Co. (see Slack for details) – :drop_of_blood: Next Blood Drive (10/3) (details to come on Slack) – :pray: Continued prayers for The Worm as he tackles recovery – :tada: Enjoy the loooong weekend, fellas! Go sports! COT: Geraldo took out the joint groups in the COT
Bag of Tricks
Date: 2025-08-30 AO: davinci Q: C3P0 PAX: das_boot, Odd Job, T1000 FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: mosey THE THANG: circuit with 12 stations & big dice to randomize MARY: in circuit ANNOUNCEMENTS: probably COT: numbers are low at DaVinci where is everyone (as if im one to complain 🤔)
