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
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
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!
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.
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?”
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!!
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!!
Bad Ideas for a Monday
Date: 2024-12-16 AO: swole Q: flipper PAX: Uncle Leo, ickey_shuffle, Floyd, voodoo, The Worm, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 6 As pre-blasted, with no spreadsheet providing guidance, the PAX were completely unprotected from YHC’s particularly deviant sensibilities. Prior to yesterday, the plan was going to be very upper body focused (soccer arm prevention ftw), but then instagram’s algorithm stepped in to really much things up. Spoiler alert, avoid influencer published complexes unless you’re really good at awkward movements…
WARMUP: SSH, IW, Around the world, Prying Squat, Worm-Inspired Synovials THE THANG:
KingKong complex – Gorilla Row, Gorilla Clean, SeeSaw Press, Gorilla Snatch, renegade row. We did that 1x, 2x, 3x, 3x, 2x, 1x
Heavy Bell work: swing, high pull, overhead press, squat. Did that 1x 2x then 2 of each, then 3x, then 3 of each, then 4x , then 4 of each…. Then back down to one.
Porpoise Complex two times through
Heavy marches in cadence to 10, right and left rack, then right and left farmer.
MARY: minute of elbow plank ANNOUNCEMENTS: n/a COT: So grateful to have TheWorm back in the gloom with us today, YHC took us out
WARMUP: SSH, IW, Around the world, Prying Squat, Worm-Inspired Synovials THE THANG:
KingKong complex – Gorilla Row, Gorilla Clean, SeeSaw Press, Gorilla Snatch, renegade row. We did that 1x, 2x, 3x, 3x, 2x, 1x
Heavy Bell work: swing, high pull, overhead press, squat. Did that 1x 2x then 2 of each, then 3x, then 3 of each, then 4x , then 4 of each…. Then back down to one.
Porpoise Complex two times through
Heavy marches in cadence to 10, right and left rack, then right and left farmer.
MARY: minute of elbow plank ANNOUNCEMENTS: n/a COT: So grateful to have TheWorm back in the gloom with us today, YHC took us out
The search continues
Date: 2024-12-16 AO: run Q: frasier PAX: bunker, Hippie, wingman FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: THE THANG: we kept up with the theme of looking for Christmas lights. We only found 58 houses, but several of them were very impressive. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: hope to see a lot more out next Monday at 5:15. We will hopefully get into triple digits. Regular time with coffee to follow at Starbucks if you want. COT: