The Final Chapter (only of nuggets)
Date: 2025-12-27 AO: chicken-run Q: soft_pretzel PAX: Rubbermaid, Rob Rosenthal – Drive By, HazMat, Franky, das_boot, gumbo, soft_pretzel FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: No THE THANG: Longview – fence jumping and house gawking MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Prod and next week’s launch of Super Bowl COT: joined by C-3PO and Johnny 5 for one final time in the shadows of Petsmart. Palmolive runs in last minute and does the final burpee!
A Set of Ruckers, A Proposal, and a Colorful Sombrero…Only One of Which Was Indecent
Date: 2025-12-27 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: flipper, The Worm, Mountain Momma, Wabbit, Toto, beaver, hoover, Schedule C, Blanks, Gapper FNGs: None COUNT: 11 As the pax descended upon Olympus this morning, they were enveloped in a thick fog – the kind you’d see in some sort of horror movie. However, it turned out the only thing that got murdered today were excuses. This iteration of Clean ‘Em Up featured our same lovely six elements, but across an added set for even more delightful pain. It wasn’t exactly enjoyable, but the satisfaction of slaying another week of this beastly weinke brought out the best in the pax. Speaking of the pax, it was a great turnout today. Though it was hard to see early on, by the time the fog lifted we had close to a dozen folks lifting heavy things and putting in work. Wabbit/Flipper won the early bird awards and YHC joined soon thereafter. Toto continues to seemingly abide by the rules of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village in that he doesn’t seem able to leave The Villages, but always a pleasure to have him join us virtually. Hoover and The Worm cruised in and fueled the mumblechatter as they always know how to do. Moreover, The Worm brought an absurdly large and colorful sombrero, which apparently is more of a nod to Arizona line dancing vs. your more traditional Texas version. The more you know. Great to have Beaver for a second week in a row, but YHC was glad we didn’t have to do Sharon Towers again this week, as YHC truly is terrible at doing things “in cadence”…this is why we hold the prying squat for “about 10 seconds” and YHC ends it when he sees fit. Mountain Momma came in HOT (as he warned) and regaled us with his good news of his engagement – congrats, man! Truly ‘a Festivus miracle’ as Hoover said. The future Mrs. Mountain Momma is a lucky lady, indeed. YHC finally got to meet the esteemed Blanks today – great to sweat alongside you today, brother. Lastly, Gapper and Schedule C, who completed an unannounced pre-ruck before 0700, left us to join The Rock, but after finding those pax elusive (honestly, where do they go? Calvary itself seems large enough, but who knows?), they joined us for a ruck-improvised gear beatdown (modify as needed, gentlemen). Great to meet you both and we hope to see you more regularly in Area 51. Mmmmkay, that’s enough chatter here, 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) Voodoo Complex (3 sets) – Voodoo complex (1x round e/s) – Voodoo complex (2x rounds e/s) – Voodoo complex (2x each exercise, but 1x round e/s) 2) Clean ‘Em Up 2.0 (4 sets) – Double clean (6x) – Double squat (6x) – Double snatch (6x) – Double press (6x) – Double swing (6x) – Double renegade row (6x e/s) 3) Swings & Chest Complex (5 sets) – Swings – L (10x; subtract 1x each set) – Chest press (10x) – Swings – R (10x; subtract 1x each set) – Merkins (10x) 4) March In Place w/ Double Bells – A couple variations of suitcase and racks for ~30 sec. each set 5) Five Alive Complex (2 sets) – Dealift to upright row (5x) – Lawnmower rows (5x e/s) – Reverse lunges (5x e/s) MARY: With ~20 seconds left we had just enough time for…nothing ANNOUNCEMENTS: :tada: F3 15 Year Anniversary Workout (1/1) at 0800 – see Slack for details. Hoover is apparently doing a ruck option COT: Flipper took out the joint groups in COT
The Final DaVinci
Date: 2025-12-27 AO: davinci Q: C3P0 , Palmolive PAX: Palmolive, C3P0, T1000 FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Palmolive started on time & YHC a few minutes after with my 2.0 T1000
THE THANG: Palmolive eager to get in some miles did reconosance running to The Super Bowl AO and back.
YHC & T1000 searched the site from end-to-end for the other DaVincians😔
We passed by the cinderblock pile by Target ran to MyGym to hit the stairs to do declined rows & say hello to the yoga ladies one last time. Did step-ups and derkins at the fountains & did Mary & pull ups at the cushy playground before heading back to COT for one last circle around the PetsMart parking lot and around BestBuy
ANNOUNCEMENTS: new year new site we’ll miss you DaVinvi 😢❤️
COT: We didn’t sync up with Palmolive until afterward so the two site Qs held a perfect record of never posting together while being site Qs. Maybe there’s something symbolic in that
T1000 & YHC searched the site in vain, alas we were the only ones there – but we still got in some work & had a last pass through the site to save up the memories. There have been so many but it will be good to see new places & new challenges with the start of a new year
Thank You DaVinci you served us well 💪❤️
THE THANG: Palmolive eager to get in some miles did reconosance running to The Super Bowl AO and back.
YHC & T1000 searched the site from end-to-end for the other DaVincians😔
We passed by the cinderblock pile by Target ran to MyGym to hit the stairs to do declined rows & say hello to the yoga ladies one last time. Did step-ups and derkins at the fountains & did Mary & pull ups at the cushy playground before heading back to COT for one last circle around the PetsMart parking lot and around BestBuy
ANNOUNCEMENTS: new year new site we’ll miss you DaVinvi 😢❤️
COT: We didn’t sync up with Palmolive until afterward so the two site Qs held a perfect record of never posting together while being site Qs. Maybe there’s something symbolic in that
T1000 & YHC searched the site in vain, alas we were the only ones there – but we still got in some work & had a last pass through the site to save up the memories. There have been so many but it will be good to see new places & new challenges with the start of a new year
Thank You DaVinci you served us well 💪❤️
How long can you hold?
Date: 2025-12-27 AO: bagpipe Q: Starch PAX: Blue Tent, Hawkeye, Cheese Curd, wildturkey, Rudy, taggart, ToeJam FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Mosey to the parking lot in front of Loch Ness: SSH, IW, hillbillies, Plank, Runners Stretch
THE THANG: Head to first building: Planks until you can’t hold When you drop (or your form slips), burpees until the last pax drops 10 burpees 10 derkins, 10 merkins, 10 ierkins
Next building: Wall sit until failure When you drop, jump squats until last man falls 10 jump squats 10 step ups 10 squats
At tables: 6 inch flutter hold until fail LBCs when done 10 LBCs 10 American Hammers 10 heels to heaven
At rock pile: Overhead hold til fail OH press when you drop 10 OH Press 10 Curls
At fit trail: Pull up hold til failure When you drop, bent over rows with rock 10 bent over rows 10 curls
Back to launch for some cocaine bears and burpee broad jumps
Then wrapped up with a .3 mile run so ToeJam’s watch would tell him he got 1.5 miles
Time was called as we wrapped up with a 15s plank.
MARY: Yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl starting at the Bowl at 6:15am on 1/3
COT: Lord, help those who struggle and those who feel alone during the holidays
THE THANG: Head to first building: Planks until you can’t hold When you drop (or your form slips), burpees until the last pax drops 10 burpees 10 derkins, 10 merkins, 10 ierkins
Next building: Wall sit until failure When you drop, jump squats until last man falls 10 jump squats 10 step ups 10 squats
At tables: 6 inch flutter hold until fail LBCs when done 10 LBCs 10 American Hammers 10 heels to heaven
At rock pile: Overhead hold til fail OH press when you drop 10 OH Press 10 Curls
At fit trail: Pull up hold til failure When you drop, bent over rows with rock 10 bent over rows 10 curls
Back to launch for some cocaine bears and burpee broad jumps
Then wrapped up with a .3 mile run so ToeJam’s watch would tell him he got 1.5 miles
Time was called as we wrapped up with a 15s plank.
MARY: Yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl starting at the Bowl at 6:15am on 1/3
COT: Lord, help those who struggle and those who feel alone during the holidays
You said nobody would show
Date: 2025-12-27 AO: centurion Q: snowflake PAX: Snuka, Hawkeye, Wu Tang is for the children, Point Break, Cheese Curd, lex_luthor, RIP FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: buch of things to stay close for 2 young pax that slept in
THE THANG: head over to the shopping center for things. Then rock things. Then things by the aquatic center
Head home
MARY: I think we did
ANNOUNCEMENTS: PROD next Friday
COT: good work, have a great day
THE THANG: head over to the shopping center for things. Then rock things. Then things by the aquatic center
Head home
MARY: I think we did
ANNOUNCEMENTS: PROD next Friday
COT: good work, have a great day
DaVinci Tour
Date: 2025-12-26 AO: davinci Q: C3P0 PAX: Hawkeye, Wu Tang is for the children FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: circle PetsMart lot in case we get any stragglers, no luck. THE THANG: run do some reps run some more. Made our way up Mt Vesuvius (backwards x3) and to playground after that. And back. Lots of planking side planking burpees and more MARY: and then some ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd to last DaVinci 😢 COT: good to meet WuTang & have sone fun with Hawkeye keeping the bar high for us all
12/26 – Post Christmas Joust
Date: 2025-12-26 AO: joust Q: Tuna PAX: jet_fuel, marge, Tuna, Limey & Daisy FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Ran 2 miles up to five
15 Side stratel hops 15 imperial walker 15 hill Billy 10 merkins 15 mountain climbers Stretch
Track & workout each end 12 & 6: 30 seconds Pull ups 30 seconds lunges 30 seconds jump squats 30 seconds merkins 30 seconds wide arm merkins 30 seconds Carolina dry docks
Stairs: 30 seconds heels to heaven 30 seconds Freddy Mercuries 30 seconds Bog boy sit ups 30 seconds mountain climbers 30 seconds heels to heaven 30 seconds fludders 30 seconds box cutters 30 seconds elbow to knees 30 seconds squat Kick – Shaun T style
Bench work: 3x 10 steps on each side 20 dips 30 seconds of back rows
Wall sit with 50 shoulder press in cadence
15 Side stratel hops 15 imperial walker 15 hill Billy 10 merkins 15 mountain climbers Stretch
Track & workout each end 12 & 6: 30 seconds Pull ups 30 seconds lunges 30 seconds jump squats 30 seconds merkins 30 seconds wide arm merkins 30 seconds Carolina dry docks
Stairs: 30 seconds heels to heaven 30 seconds Freddy Mercuries 30 seconds Bog boy sit ups 30 seconds mountain climbers 30 seconds heels to heaven 30 seconds fludders 30 seconds box cutters 30 seconds elbow to knees 30 seconds squat Kick – Shaun T style
Bench work: 3x 10 steps on each side 20 dips 30 seconds of back rows
Wall sit with 50 shoulder press in cadence
Holiday cheer
Date: 2025-12-24 AO: _sob Q: frasier , PAX: bunker, Franky, grasshopper, Gump, hairball, midriff, Polly, soft_pretzel FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: THE THANG: We wondered and Jolly ourselves for 6.6 miles. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Have a great Christmas and remember those who are less fortunate. COT:
Bells and Bags at The Maul
Date: 2025-12-24 AO: meathead Q: voodoo PAX: Uncle Leo, Blanks, The Worm, Unplugged, flipper, Mountain Momma, Toto, madison, lex_luthor, ickey_shuffle FNGs: None COUNT: 10 10 pax circled up on the foreign asphalt of Stonecrest Shopping Center this morning to celebrate Christmas in the company of our fellow convergees. There were about 40 pax in total across the various workouts (boot camp, rucking, running, and bells/bags).
WARMUP: SSH x 20 IC 5 swings e/s IW x 15 IC 5 high pulls e/s Sharon Towers x 10 IC 5 cleans e/s 2 prying squats 10 2-handed swings
THE THANG: Workout 2 of Week 2 of Clean ‘Em Up. 4 sets of 6 reps DCL/DSN/DJK/DFS/DSW Complex, chain, hydrox (1/4/1), pax choice – hardest.
Double static holds – overhead, rack, farmer x :20 each x 3 rounds.
Bag work: 5:00 EMOM of DL/Clean/Squat/Press x 5
Bag holds: Bear hug, cradle, shoulders x 3 for :20 each
5:00 EMOM – Voodoo Complex 1/1/2/1/1 5:00 EMOM – 20 swings
Elbow plank until time ran out. 1:00 plus
MARY: elbow plank until time ran out (1:00+)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some happy announcements were made
COT: Midriff took out the combined group
WARMUP: SSH x 20 IC 5 swings e/s IW x 15 IC 5 high pulls e/s Sharon Towers x 10 IC 5 cleans e/s 2 prying squats 10 2-handed swings
THE THANG: Workout 2 of Week 2 of Clean ‘Em Up. 4 sets of 6 reps DCL/DSN/DJK/DFS/DSW Complex, chain, hydrox (1/4/1), pax choice – hardest.
Double static holds – overhead, rack, farmer x :20 each x 3 rounds.
Bag work: 5:00 EMOM of DL/Clean/Squat/Press x 5
Bag holds: Bear hug, cradle, shoulders x 3 for :20 each
5:00 EMOM – Voodoo Complex 1/1/2/1/1 5:00 EMOM – 20 swings
Elbow plank until time ran out. 1:00 plus
MARY: elbow plank until time ran out (1:00+)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some happy announcements were made
COT: Midriff took out the combined group
X MAS Eve Convergence (38ish total for 3 workouts)
Date: 2025-12-24 AO: the-maul Q: SweetWater , PAX: Gruden, Hawkeye, taggart, Icarus, wildturkey, Runstopper, war_eagle, C3P0, ToeJam, Hippie, Bagman, RIP, Squirrel, Wutang FNGs: None COUNT: 16 WARMUP: Runners Stretch, Down dog, cobra, squats, Michael Phelps, air press and other proper warm ups THE THANG: AMRAP w Partner. 1 does exercise, 2 runs, then flapjack. 3-5 minutes per exercise. Q discretion on time. Front Raise Farmers Carry Squat Press KB Swing Slam Ball Man Maker Sumo Goblet Ab roll out or Ab mat sit up MARY: a few breaks ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl AO starts 1/3/26
COT: midriff took us out
COT: midriff took us out