Circles, swings, & Spotify interruptions
Date: 2024-11-20 AO: meathead Q: high_tide PAX: Emoji, MARTA, Uncle Leo, Unplugged, taggart, voodoo FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: SSH (side straddle hop) Get Back Up drill (still, #crowdpleaser)
THE THANG: Total Tension, Week 4, Day 2: Double Clean – Press – Squat – Renegade Row Singles of each, except: pyramid the presses and rows to 7 and back down. Also, Q substitution of bent over rows for renegade rows, at pax discretion (that’s something you don’t hear often)
Swings: 25 two-hand swings 10 double swings 15 double swings 15 double swings 10 double swings 25 two-hand swings
MARY: 10 pullovers, with optional press Freddie Mercury, in cadence, regular-slow-regular
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Christmas party – 12/8 at Geraldo’s house (thank you, brother!). More details somewhere on slack. – Western Carolinas – Paper Jam is organizing another recovery trip this Saturday (11/23) – Turkey Fest – Bootcamp and running options for Thanksgiving. Other AOs closed.
COT: Way to battle through the elements, men, and get in a tough but good workout today. What elements? Let’s see: the rain, the M high jacking the Q’s Spotify playlist, the boys of Anvil showing us their a$$es (sell those wares elsewhere), and the clock (who gets up at 4:50, amIright, taggart?).
Glad to have Taggert join us today as Meathead site FNG, after posting to Falcon Crest yesterday as a true FNG. T-claps, brother. :clap: :clap: :clap: Stick with it. It doesn’t get easier; you get stronger. And you’ll have a lot of fun and meet a lot of great guys (and knuckleheads :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:) along the way.
Fine, I’ll say it. Despite my dislike of the rain, I’m glad to have joined you men this morning. It’s always worth it.
Aye. :facepunch:
THE THANG: Total Tension, Week 4, Day 2: Double Clean – Press – Squat – Renegade Row Singles of each, except: pyramid the presses and rows to 7 and back down. Also, Q substitution of bent over rows for renegade rows, at pax discretion (that’s something you don’t hear often)
Swings: 25 two-hand swings 10 double swings 15 double swings 15 double swings 10 double swings 25 two-hand swings
MARY: 10 pullovers, with optional press Freddie Mercury, in cadence, regular-slow-regular
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Christmas party – 12/8 at Geraldo’s house (thank you, brother!). More details somewhere on slack. – Western Carolinas – Paper Jam is organizing another recovery trip this Saturday (11/23) – Turkey Fest – Bootcamp and running options for Thanksgiving. Other AOs closed.
COT: Way to battle through the elements, men, and get in a tough but good workout today. What elements? Let’s see: the rain, the M high jacking the Q’s Spotify playlist, the boys of Anvil showing us their a$$es (sell those wares elsewhere), and the clock (who gets up at 4:50, amIright, taggart?).
Glad to have Taggert join us today as Meathead site FNG, after posting to Falcon Crest yesterday as a true FNG. T-claps, brother. :clap: :clap: :clap: Stick with it. It doesn’t get easier; you get stronger. And you’ll have a lot of fun and meet a lot of great guys (and knuckleheads :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:) along the way.
Fine, I’ll say it. Despite my dislike of the rain, I’m glad to have joined you men this morning. It’s always worth it.
Aye. :facepunch:
Heavy Hills and Magic #44
Date: 2024-11-20 AO: sacs Q: Roulette PAX: Cheese Curd, Starch, wildturkey, hoover FNGs: None COUNT: 5 YHC legs are still smoked from Snake Eyes davinci VQ and C3P0 lunge death march… So I figured why not go full ’tism and do some heavy hills will a little birthday celly mixed in… WARMUP: Rucks and Sandbags if you got’em we’re going off campus THE THANG: Leisurely stroll through the hills of Raintree on our way to the Shopping Centre by the athletic field Our magic # of the day was 44, that is how many years YHC has been spinning on this rock come Saturday 44 SB Floor Presses 44 SB Bent Over Rows 44 SB Curls 44 SB Pull Throughs w/merkin Mosey back to SCMS for some Mary MARY: The theme continued with some 4 count Mary 22 LBCs 22 Glute Bridges 22 Flutter 22 Pistol Crunches Some dude snuck up on us like a Ninja but refused to join in our fun… ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jingle Bell run to support the Arthritis foundation, Nov 23 in Uptown… Area 51 Christmas Soiree at geraldo pad COT: Thanks and appreciate for the beautiful moist morning, requests for healing and comfort for The Worm and his family as he recovers…
marvin
Date: 2024-11-19 AO: blakovery Q: frasier PAX: bunker, wingman, frasier FNGs: None COUNT: 3 run to marvin and come back.
fight talk elon musk
fight talk elon musk
Around and around we go …
Date: 2024-11-19 AO: run Q: Wolverine PAX: bunker, Brisket, midriff, citgo, frasier, fleetwood, jello, Drive-by, Tag-along, Moth FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: 1 mi mosey w dynamic stretching THE THANG: 400’s, 800’s, 1200 ladder and back down. Striving for Zone 5 with good recovery in between. MARY: 1 mi cool down ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Eleanor is back!
Chapter 9
Date: 2024-11-19 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: frasier PAX: citgo, Gump, bratwurst FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Challenging discussion on Chapter 9 led by frasier
We WILL meet next Tuesday during Thanksgiving week. Chapter 10 is Open for discussion leader unless Gump confirms.
We WILL meet next Tuesday during Thanksgiving week. Chapter 10 is Open for discussion leader unless Gump confirms.
There’s no Tom Petty workout playlist on Spotify
Date: 2024-11-19 AO: skunk-works Q: Mountain Momma PAX: stonecold, Header, Cottonmouth, lois, Smokey FNGs: None COUNT: 6
WARMUP: the usual, with adding Nordic Tracks after SSH
THE THANG: ring of fire with laps. Each PAX took a turn calling an exercise and rep count. Bells passed to the left around the circle for 6 sets of the called exercise. Lap in between each round
Got introduced to the Farouck Balsura, which is Freddie Mercurys hospital name. Similar exercise, only harder.
MARY: a round of core exercises. Tough not to hit feet with your neighbors on dolly presses in the ring formation
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Turkey Jam on Thanksgiving Christmas party at Geraldos on Sun Dec 8, there’s an appetizer signup in mumblechatter Metro blood drive Jan 4 at community matters cafe Tennessee lost to Georgia on Saturday
COT: Praise for Header’s son Jordan for finishing his college soccer career despite a broken arm Praise for Carson in DC and prayers for a shield lock for him with men of strong faith as he seeks a Bible preaching church
WARMUP: the usual, with adding Nordic Tracks after SSH
THE THANG: ring of fire with laps. Each PAX took a turn calling an exercise and rep count. Bells passed to the left around the circle for 6 sets of the called exercise. Lap in between each round
Got introduced to the Farouck Balsura, which is Freddie Mercurys hospital name. Similar exercise, only harder.
MARY: a round of core exercises. Tough not to hit feet with your neighbors on dolly presses in the ring formation
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Turkey Jam on Thanksgiving Christmas party at Geraldos on Sun Dec 8, there’s an appetizer signup in mumblechatter Metro blood drive Jan 4 at community matters cafe Tennessee lost to Georgia on Saturday
COT: Praise for Header’s son Jordan for finishing his college soccer career despite a broken arm Praise for Carson in DC and prayers for a shield lock for him with men of strong faith as he seeks a Bible preaching church
Touch of the ‘Tism (Snake Eyes VQ)
Date: 2024-11-16 AO: davinci Q: Roulette PAX: ToeJam, Starch, Odd Job, kirby, Franky, Rehab, midriff, SweetWater, Loogie, super trooper, Palmolive, Snake Eyes Q FNGs: None COUNT: 13 SOB PAX from stonehenge converged on davinci to post for young Snake Eyes VQ… The mumble chatter was lively as the anticipation set in… Snake Eyes delivered the disclaimer with minimal hazing and we were off… Somewhere behind Target the mumble chatter was no where to be found, Snake Eyes had delivered… Thank you to all the PAX for posting -R WARMUP: Mosey behind Pet Smart/BB to loop around to Chase bank. Side Shuffle, Karaoke, Frankenstein, Torso Twist THE THANG: Mosey to the back of Target for alternating light pole work 10x Merkins, 10x Big Boys, at the end 10x Wall Jumps Mosey to the Hill for Triple Nickel 5x Burpees, Sprint Up the Hill, 5x American Hammers… Repeat 5x Mosey to the Yoga Studio Stairs 5x Up/Down, Run Stairs, Plank for the six hold 10s… Repeat 3x Mosey to the Playground 10x Pull-up/Supine, 10x Dips, 10x Step-up… Repeat 3x MARY: We did a round of PAX calls it Mary in between the Yoga studio Stairs and the Playground… In hindsight this may have been a bad call even with a low 10 rep count… midriff turn was especially ’tism worthy… ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jingle Bell run Nov. 23 see channel for details, Turkey Jam run Thanksgiving day morning COT: Snake Eyes took use out for his first Q
We Three Pax of Calvary are, Swinging KBs We Traverse A-Near (?)
Date: 2024-11-16 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: MARTA, Emoji FNGs: None COUNT: 3 A trifecta of F3 Gear legends took to the pavement today to obliterate Week 3 of Total Tension. Armed with double bells, we tore through the opening rhythms of the weinke and rounded out the back half with copious (and varied) swing arrangements as well as some goofy KB movements that YHC found on the social media. Mumblechatter kept the pax humming and involved a story from Emoji about an amputated foot spilling out in a Disney World hotel that nearly ended up in a lawsuit. You never quite know how the conversations are going to turn in these beatdowns. The pax humored YHC by trying to guess the dumb mystery theme of the playlist (hint – ladders might have been involved). Solid early morning lift and great to see Emoji back out (and decked in the latest F3 Area 51 workout threads, no less). Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Total Tension Sets (Double KBs) – Cleans | Presses | Squats | Renegade Rows format – Start 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x and ladder up the Presses to 7x (and then ladder down) while keeping the other exercises at 1x each 2) Pelosi Ladder 3) 10 Minutes of 10 Things for 10 Times Each (10 min. EMOM) – A: Swings (10x) – B1: Snatches (10x) – B2: Sumo Squat (10x) – B3: Lawnmower (10x) – B4: Transformer Squat (10x) – B5: SLDL (10x) 4) Alternating Swings (20x) 5) Dumb Mini-Weinke YHC Found on Instagram (30 sec. AMRAP for each followed by brief rest) – Double Gorilla Cleans – Front Lunge Passthrough – Double Bentover Rows – Double Swing Cleans to Push Press – Hamstring Bridge w/ Heels and Alternating Arm Press 6) Static Holds (30 sec. total e/s) MARY: Nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Western NC service oppy next Saturday (11/23) – see mumblechatter channel for details – F3 Holiday Party on 12/8 – check Slack for details – Prayers for The Worm for recovery COT: Joined with the pax o’ The Rock for COT and a boy band pic courtesy of some behemoth’s lanky arms
Pushing the distance
Date: 2024-11-15 AO: nemo-resideo Q: Roulette PAX: Starch, ToeJam FNGs: None COUNT: 3 ToeJam wants to get 4 miles in for this workout, it’s doable but will require some shuffling… WARMUP: mumble chatter THE THANG: 3.5 miles of Rucking in 60 minutes MARY: Who’s that? ANNOUNCEMENTS: Be excellent to each other COT: fire_hazard took us out
Holes in the clouds
Date: 2024-11-14 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: flipper, Polly, bunker, frasier FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: 3 for PreRun THE THANG: picked up a Frasier for a jaunt around the Villages after the usual warmup, fun had by all as we managed to thread the needle and deal with minimal rain. MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: pray for TheWorms recovery COT: YHC