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F&$# the DMV: Don’t Let The Gov’ment Steal Your Joy

AO: westeros
Q: Detective Pikachu
PAX: Salpal, Grape, Spinal Tap, Pep, DintyMoore, Vector, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Zero Dark Thirty

WARMUP: Mosey to Clay Pit. Shuffle-run between bases
Grapevine-run between bases

THE THANG: Kickball!
Pax got one pitch. Fouls were outs. Every 3 outs = 10 burpees. At 100 burpees, Pax switched to squat jumps

Winner: Team 2
Play of the Game: Salpal throwing out Toolman to prevent a tie
Man of the Match: Spinal Tap for his honesty when thrown out

ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of 2nd F events coming up. I think every Friday for the rest of the month has a 2nd F event. 3rd F challenge for November coming soon.

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Bomber Burpees

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Cream Cheese, hambone, Hayes Carll – Solo Cup, Papa Bear, Recharge, Tim the Toolman, Vector, ThePuzzlah, Abacus 🧮
FNGs: 1 Abacus 🧮
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Gloomious

WARMUP: mosey to top parking lot
– 10 L&S Merkins
– 10 Michael Phelps
– 10 L&S Squats
– 10 WMHs
– 10 burpees w/ plank jacks

20 burpees total (approved modifications shared for the remainder of the workout!)

THE THANG:
Mosey to Small Field
3 Groups –
– Group 1 does 15 burpees (descending)
– Group 2 does 15 v-ups (descending)
– Group 3 does 15 coupon swings (descending)

+ 120 burpees

140 burpees total for workout

MARY:
Broga with thoracic stretch followed by high plank to downward dog and finish in sphinx with a couple toe touches and good mornings to finish

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Night Moves w/ @chunks next Thursday
Last Friday in October @timthetoolman hosting dinner
#octoburpee challenge continues
F3 Game Night @firefox house October 23rd

COT: prayers for Solo Cups friend facing a surgery soon and for healing

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Octoburpee, Stairs and Yoga

AO: handsomizer
Q: Chunks
PAX: Pep, Supernova, Right Said, Salpal, Freakonomics, Natural Ice, caprate, Spinal Tap, Grape, Rocket Mortgage, Cuban Missile, slumlord, Mario (F3 Huntsville), DoubleMint (F3 Richmond)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS:
Cool, Dark and a little foggy

WARMUP:
41 SSH
Right over Left
Left over right
WMH
Good Mornings
Little baby Arm Circles forwards and backwards

THE THANG:
10 Burpee Buy In – Focus on Form Don’t Rush

Pass the Speaker mosey to Stairs

10 Burpees at top of Stairs

Mosey Down Stairs

10 Burpees

Stairway to Heaven – Push up on each step to top – Jog across each landing

10 Burpees

Mosey Down Stairs

10 Burpees

Lunge up to first landing

10 Burpees

Both Feet Each Step

Squat each step

Partner Up Wheel Barrel

Switch Partner Up Wheel Barrel

10 Burpees
Mosey to Bottom of Stairs

10 Burpees
Run to Top of Stairs

10 Burpees

Mosey to Startex
10 Burpees
Octoburpee Challenge complete

Transitioned to Active P90X Yoga – Downward dog, Warrior 1, 2 and Reverse Warrior
MARY:
5 mins of Dealer Choice
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Night Moves Next week on 10/12
Firefox Game night
Toolman SSH on 10/27

COT:

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BurpeeClock-Alypse

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Esposa, Rocket Mortgage, moneyshot, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Grape, Michelin Man, Focker, NFT, Black Lung
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Nigh Perfect

MUSIC Toto’s fourth studio album released in March of 1982 was played cover to cover.

WARMUP: SSH, Arm Circles, Squats, Willy Mays

THE THANG: Burpee-A-Clock-Alypse
5 Burpees every minute on the minute with a variety of “resting” exercises in between each set. Pax ran over 1 mile, lunged a good distance, and got in a sneaky amount of mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Octoburpee in full force

COT:Prayers were lifted for @Monsterbiscuit and the new 2.0, @MichelinMans current case, and YHC’s company going through lay offs and restructure.

Thank you again for the opportunity to lead!

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Purging Fires of Burpees

AO: atlantis
Q: Salpal
PAX: Bareback, sooner, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Optimal for the purging fires of burpees.

WARMUP: Quick mosey, WMH, Good Mornings, Squats and Merkins

THE THANG: Big Boy Burpee Blackjack. 2 stations. Alternate between increasing sets at station 1 of BB Situps starting at 1, and decreasing sets of burpees at station 2 starting at 20. Mosey between stations. 210 total burpees, 210 total BB Situps.

MARY: Did some back stretches instead.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Some yo momma jokes. Octoburpee well underway.

COT:
@Bareback and his father=in-law.
@sooner for work
all other unspoken intentions

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Coupons and Futbol

AO: titan
Q: Detective Pikachu
PAX: Freakonomics, preacherman, Sherlock, Right Said, Chunks, Pep, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Almost Autumn

WARMUP: Standard Items (Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Baby Arm Circles)

THE THANG: 4-station circuit hitting Upper Body, Lower Body, Core, and Cardio
Round 1: bench press, squats, flutter kicks, block mosey
Round 2: curls for the gurls, deadlifts, crunches, farmer’s carry
Round 3: overhead press, weighted Alabama Prom Dates, mosey
Finished with a great, quick game of association football

ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots of 2nd F coming up. Stay tuned to Slack for deets

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Touch the Trees

AO: the-knoll
Q: Sooie
PAX: AAA, DB, El Capitan, Ex-Pat, G-string (Eli Kresta), Hot Stuff, Malibu, morning star, Pebbles, Sooie, Wolfpack, Bumble Bee, Big Red, Link, Wrenaldo, Monkey (FNG) [all 2.0’s]
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS:
60 degrees, light of the moon, perfect!

WARMUP:
Top to bottom warm-up:
Yes/No/Maybe’s
BAC
BBAC
Overhead claps
imperial walkers
SSH
OYO Shake out

THE THANG:
Thang 1:
Breakdancer Merkin countdown from 5. X2 air presses between. Plank for the six’s

Thang 2:
Touch the trees in the Knoll, perform exercises at each tree:
Mtn Climbers
Big boy sit-ups
Iron mikes
Plank
Floor to ceilings
Burpees
Jog down hill/Politician back up
Crawl bear down/ Bear crawl up (#FatBearWeek)
Step ups
Spicolli’s
DID’s
Mosey to the rest of the trees
Hang until you can’t x3
Hold a low squat between hangs 30 seconds

MARY:
Pax picked the exercise 15 reps
Flutter kicks
Happy crunchy Frogs
Leg lifts
Hold legs 6″ above the deck for 1 minute
Spell the alphabet with your legs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Octoburpee!

COT:
YHC reminded Pax that pain is temporary. Shared prayer requests. Prayed. Enjoyed some Sooie Brewie.

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202303

AO: iiipillars
Q: Pep
PAX: Grape, Tackle Box, Baguette, Black Lung, Two Face, It’sJUSTLunch, Go Fish, Formica, swiffer, Hagis, harbaugh
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: clear and cool

WARMUP:
– little baby arm circles – 10
– little baby arm circles (reverse) – 10
– seal claps – 10
– overhead claps – 10
– Moroccan night clubs – 10
– good mornings – oyo

THE THANG:
Dora
– each exercise : 200 reps
– burpees
– prom dates
– fire hydrants
– American hammers
Squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Octoburpee challenge

COT:
Baguette: grandma (Mary) surgery
Swiffer: friend who lost a baby
It’s just lunch: friend (Jerry) in hospital after car accident.

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Elden Ring George RR Martin Tribute

AO: westeros
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Spinal Tap, Chunks, DintyMoore, Detective Pikachu, Supernova, Black Lung, Pep, Hayes Carll – Solo Cup, hambone, Salpal, Tim the Toolman, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Legendary

WARMUP: Pax skipped through the initial warm up tutorial and proceeded as Leeroy Jenkins straight to Stormviel Castle. In route Pax encountered ravenous rats, after a 10 burpee battle that resulted in our death and respawn at the Startdex.

THE THANG: Over 2 miles of running to the top of love circle and 110 burpies. We laughed, we cried, we did some pull ups, squats and dips, a dragon killed us with a meteorite. A typical day in the Lands Between.

Rannis Rise and Glintstone Dragon Adula were conquered. Pax gained the Moonveil Katana.
The journey to become Elden Lord is far from complete.

P2 TBD?

MARY: 3 minutes of straight WW1s

I am always honored for the opportunity to lead

Onward and Upwards
-Natty

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Nintendo 64!

AO: handsomizer
Q: Grape
PAX: Slumlord, Frasier, Natural Ice, Salpal, Spinal Tap, Freakonomics, Rocket Mortgage
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: early mist to cool us down

WARMUP: 10 SSH
10 LBAC F
10 LBAC R
10 OH claps
10 Seal claps
10 Moroccan night clubs
10 OH press
10 IW
10 Hillbillies
Mosey to bottom of steps

THE THANG: 64 reps each on the way up the stairs, 16 on each landing, then run back down and start together on next exercise

Newton’s Cradle
Irkins
No hand merkins
T ups
Elbows to knees
No surrenders
Dips
O squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewsday Tuesday, night moves on 10/12, octoburpee begins Monday

COT: prayers for @salpal travels
Prayers for @slumlord business partner Ronnie
Prayers for @natural_ice with layoffs at work