Christmas Balls

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.

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?”

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!!

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

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:

No running today

Date: 2024-12-16 AO: firestarter Q: Cheese Curd PAX: wildturkey, Roulette, Hawkeye, madison, Starch, transporter FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Pros here today… they know the drill.
Run to the target parking lot for some SSH, IW, 1 legged burpees and just like that we lose Transporter to the gas station. Jog to the gas station for around the work Merkins, squats and Monkey humpers when Transporter rejoined us.
Grab some blocks (just enough)
4 – 3 rep station of various exercises 10 exercise per. After 2 rounds we run to the end of the lot, something we ran back, other times we stopped to do an excessive amount of Marry 1) curls, shoulder to shoulder, sit up press 2) burpees (1 time with a press/ the other jump over), thruster, lung 3) deadlift, bent over row, over head press 4) upright row, push press (shake the baby) and squats.
Run back to Jennie’s, 20 dips, 20 total step ups, 10 decline, 10 incline. 1 lap around the building and repeat
Jay-lows los to finish it off
YHC took us out
Congradulations to Starch, Wild Turkey and Roulette for completing and telling stories from the weekend.
Good seeing this crew. Site Q told me at 5:18, he was skipping :slightly_frowning_face: .

Cold Kettlebell R&D

Date: 2024-12-14 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: voodoo, taggart, Unplugged, Emoji, ickey_shuffle, The Worm, Floyd, Omaha, Sweetchuck FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Although the allure of the fartsack was as strong as its aroma this frigid morn, ten pax chose discomfort and got better. Awesome to have Emoji’s neighbor, Sweetchuck, join us and great to have Taggart come in hot for another week. And, yes, The Worm’s triumphant return this week provided a shot in the arm for all of the pax to tackle, what a diplomatic pax would call, “an idiosyncratic weinke”. Armed with nothing but a clean sheet of paper, YHC went to work trying out some new combos and moves ‘for science!’ this week. All told, the weinke kept us moving and if you didn’t like one exercise, we quickly jumped to something else. Be forewarned, more wackiness is in the pipeline for next week’s beatdown – should be up-tempo and equally groan-inducing. Let’s get into this week’s recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Deadlift/Cleans (3 sets) – Single bell deadlift to deadlift clean (5x e/s) 2) Swing Circuit (3 sets) – A: Two-handed swings (15x); swing squats – thanks, Flipper! (10x); one-handed swings (5x e/s) – B: Two-handed swings (15x); merkins (10x); renegade rows (5x e/s) 3) ‘Hoodoo’ Complex – A: One-handed row; swing; clean; snatch; OH lunge (1x e/s) – B: Repeat A 2x – C: Double each element in A 2x times before moving to the next (1x e/s) 4) Offset Presses (1 set) – Kneeling two-handed presses (5x e/s) 5) Carries – Suitcase – Racked w/ lunges – Waiter – Suitcase w/ shrugs 6) Hinge EMOM (6 min.) – A: Sumo Squat (10x) – B: SLDL (5x e/s) – C: Good Morning (10x) MARY: – Plank (45 sec.) – Glutebridge (45 sec.) – Anchored Leg Raise (10x) – Chest Press (10x) ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Not a whole lot on the immediate horizon, but apparently Geraldo’s karaoke is still setup if you’re wandering around Matthews this weekend – Prayers unsaid for brothers silently hurting – Continued prayers for The Worm for rest and recovery COT: Joined Geraldo and the men of the Rock for COT

Let’s go.

Date: 2024-12-14 AO: davinci Q: kirby PAX: Palmolive, C3P0, midriff, soft_pretzel, Odd Job FNGs: None COUNT: 6 To quote the greatest singer of all time Taylor Swift we had to “shake it off”. Deck the halls recovery edition. WARMUP: Dynamic on the run THE THANG: Mosey to Rea farms and do silly exercises along the way. Got 4 plus today and kept it mobile. Got 3 good mornings and did 15 burpees or Kirbys. MARY: Flutter and big boys ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve work out. Christmas party 20th. I still identify as Transslender. COT:Yep

Out and Back

Date: 2024-12-12 AO: sparta Q: geraldo , hopper PAX: geraldo, hopper FNGs: None COUNT: 2 THE THANG:
hopper & I arrived at the parking lot and Full House was nowhere to be found. ductwork hard committed last night but wasn’t able to join us because he was taking care of business.
That said, we contemplated and decided on Route 51 out and back. It was a brisk 4 miles as the temps dropped compared to this time year yesterday.
We talked the busy Christmas party season and families.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None

Two Dice Guys

Date: 2024-12-12 AO: peak-51 Q: Spammer PAX: Spammer, lois FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: Walked to the end of the Seaboard Parking lot for some SSH and Merkins THE THANG: Paint the Parking spots. using a wooden dice each Pax rolled a number in every parking spot and performed that number of exercise. Repeat until all parking spots are covered. Repeated x3 with different exercises each itteration. MARY: Met up for a quick COT with sparta early, then finished our last round. Followed up with a warm beverage from Breakmans. ANNOUNCEMENTS: n/a

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