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