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Eight Reliving 1979

Date: 2026-03-19 AO: greenmachine Q: Cowboy , PAX: Shania, Esposa, Black Lung, Focker, Betty Ford, Movin On Up, moneyshot FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Fine Fine Finely Warmer
WARMUP: Good Mornings OYO, SSH, LBC (forward and backwards) with slow lunge, Don Quixote, Mosey to Amphitheater. Divide in 3 groups THE THANG: 3 Rounds of 3 Exercises, Dora 100 Merkins, Box Jumps up, 3rd Man Loop as Timer 200 Palm Squats, Box Jumps, Timer 300 Dips, Ditto Plank for six between each round Line up at Stairs : Bunny Hop up burpee at each landing. Mosey back with a planned stop at intramural field for sprints – New fence around it so had to improvise. Back side of Lipscomp Athletic Complex at hill – Mosey down sprint back up x2 Back to stardex Mary till the end
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Monster Mile April 23, see clack for rest
PLAYLIST: Hits from 1979 – My HS graduation music.apple.com/us/playlist/1979/pl.u-leyllaJCxgZkbN
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7th Manniversary of Toothless 🦷

Date: 2026-03-05 AO: greenmachine Q: Toothless PAX: Focker, Esposa, Pep, Sherlock, Grape, Black Lung, Cal Worthington, Betty Ford, Topanga FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Clear sunrise, breezy, not too warm, felt like 30A. Perfection.
WARMUP: – 49 x SSH – 7 x Good mornings – 7 x Scorpions
THE THANG:
7 Rounds of Tabata – 45s on, 15 off – High knees, squats, burpees, butt kickers, prisoner squats, peter parkers, iron mikes
Six-Seven’s – Perform 6 and 7 reps of two exercises respectively at every 10 yard line – Broad jump, hand release merkins for 6, WW2’s for 7
Repeat 7 Rounds of Tabata (mod burpees to low plank)
Stairway to 7 – Stair runs up & down all the way to the end – After each, do an increasing count of burpees, add 1 per round
MOLESKINE: YHC was gassed by this one – I pulled the plug a little early on the stairway to 7. We only got through 5 rounds when we probably could have made 7, but as they say if you can’t do it don’t Q it! Folks were big fans of year 8 Toothless who threatened penalties for exercise infractions or dropping during the low plank of tabata. Perhaps a precursor of what is to come :smiling_imp: Finished up by draining the thermos of some excellent anaerobic natural processed coffee. :coffee:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Holy smokers soon – Merkin Madness – Many other good things in the Slack post!
COT: – Praise and prayers around those battling leukemia – Prayers for those taking on a 50k this Saturday! For weather and injury free endurance! – YHC shared a learning of this last year, that it’s the little habits that can make you or break you. Don’t shy away from the hard but right choice in the small things because those compounding choices build momentum for the big things.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Q4PxR9KwkV62jZ86GZ9iI?si=b48993d308b5458b – The PAX loved this one – in reality it wasn’t close to all 7 minute songs but they were picking up what I was putting down with the 70’s rock ballads!
As always, it was an honor to lead men! Looking forward to the next 7 years with you!
— Toothless :tooth: , start date March 8th, 2019
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Texas Independence Day (v.5)

Date: 2026-03-03 AO: middle-tooth Q: sooner PAX: Cal Worthington, DrRupp, Toothless, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Young and Restless, Chunks, Pepsi, Matador FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Warm up
Preview – ​Side-Straddle Hops: 28 Reps (IC) — Texas was the 28th state. ​Imperial Walkers: 18 Reps (IC) – Battle of San Jacinto lasted 18 minutes ​Hillbillies: 18 Reps (IC) — total Commemorating 1836.
​The Alamo Circuit –
Station 1: 13 Days of Glory (The Escalator) ​Perform as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) for 13 minutes. No stopping. ​13 Texian Burpees (The “Texian” Burpee: Add a star-jump at the top). ​13 Merkins (Standard). ​13 Air Squats (Deep and disciplined). ​13 Big Boy Sit-ups. Run “Scout” lap after every full set.
​Station 2: The “Come and Take It” Ground-and-Pound ​Buddy Carry / Fireman’s Carry: 50 yards (Swap at the halfway mark). ​Alternate (if no buddy): Bear Crawl 50 yards. ​The Penalty: If anyone stops moving during the Bear Crawl/Carry, the whole PAX performs 5 “Santa Anna” Slaps (Carolina Dry Docks).
​Station 3: San Jacinto Sprint (The Decisive Victory) ​Mirroring the 18-minute battle that won independence: ​18 murder bunnies. 18 bunny hops ​36 Mountain Climbers (Double-count, for the year 1836). ​Sprint to the “Line in the Sand” (Pick a landmark 50 yards away). ​18 Monkey Humpers (In honor of the confusion of the Mexican retreat). Repeat x 2
The Lone Star Core
​The “Brazos” Plank: Hold for 60 seconds. During the hold, call out one name of a Texas hero (Travis, Bowie, Crockett, Houston, Seguin).
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LinkedIn Lunatics

Date: 2026-02-24 AO: middle-tooth Q: SalPal PAX: Matador, Esposa, Betty Ford, DrRupp, sooner, Toothless FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Frosty
WARMUP: Lap around track, 11s (pullups and Lt Dans)
THE THANG: Perpetual Motion Routine, 1 PAX was timer with kettlebell, remaining PAX deconstructed burpees.
MARY: Plank meeting, dealers choice.
MOLESKINE: Don’t be a LinkedIn Lunatic.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Merkin Madness, After Hours, Texas Tuesday next week with sooner, The Merchant Murder Mystery Night, Grow School on March 14th with Derby at insane_train. Check Slack for more.
COT: Betty Ford travel, Toothless family needs
PLAYLIST: – Warmup: Watsky, x Infinity – Thang: Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers
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Olympics

Date: 2026-02-13 AO: greenmachine Q: Focker PAX: Pep, Shania, Black Lung, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Esposa, moneyshot, Sherlock, Purple Tiger, Sardine FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: crisp with closing sunrise
WARMUP: various stretchy stretches
THE THANG: Celebration of Olympics! EVENT 1 – bobsled 20,40,20,100: Bear Crawl down 10 Merkins Crab Walk back 10 jump squats increase by 10 everytime EVENT 2 – Hockey Start on goal line. Sprint to 20 yd → 5 hand release merkins Backpedal to goal line → 5 lunges Sprint to 40 yd → 10 hand releases Back → 10 lunges Sprint to 60 yd → 15 hand releases Back → 15 lunges EVENT 3 – BIATHLON COMBO Broad jump across field 1 minute wall hold 20 bird dogs each side 20 heel lifts Repeat continuously for time.
MOLESKINE: Pep complaining about obvious truth espoused by Esposa
ANNOUNCEMENTS: nothing special except Slack!
COT: Put away your cynicism and enjoy the Olympics. A time to let sports overcome differences and show America is still the best country around (except when it comes to VO2Max, Norway has us on that)
PLAYLIST: Rocky
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3 minutes is a long time. Trust me

Date: 2026-02-05 AO: greenmachine Q: Shy Guy PAX: Pep, Shania, Betty Ford, Topanga, Sherlock, Black Lung FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: A brisk 21 degrees
WARMUP: SSH Tempo Squats Tempo Merkins Mosey
THE THANG: 3×3 Perform mode of transportation to the 15 yard line and back until 3 minute timer goes off. Pace is about 90% capacity, Followed by isometric core for 3 minutes.
Exercises: Burpee broad jumps Recover: plank Bear crawl Recover: side plank Sprint/backwards run Recover: side plank Shuffle Recover: 6 inches
MOLESKINE: Pep covered my 30 seconds of tardiness and started us off with his favorite exercise: Side Straddle Hops The idea for the workout was originally to be a Norwegian 4×4, a VO2 max workout, but changed last minute to accommodate the chosen exercises. Nobody wants to burpee broad jump for 4 minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Slack COT: Brandolini’s law: the energy required to refute misinformation is an order of magnitude greater than the energy required to create it. I applied this to other parts of our life. Cheating on your diet for a couple days seems like it takes 2 weeks of working out to recover from. The repercussions of anger are hard to mend even if you just lose your temper temporarily. Succumbing to temptation is easy but takes divine intervention to remove sin from your life.

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Boogie Wonderland at MiddleTooth

Date: 2026-02-10 AO: middle-tooth Q: Cowboy PAX: DrRupp, Toothless, sooner, Pepsi, Betty Ford, Topanga (Scott) FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: High 40s, almost balmy in comparison to recent outings.
WARMUP: Easing in with some Bro-ga, we did all of the things: downward Dog, Cobra, reaching for the sky et al. Then some SSH with a double-time at the finish. Slow and Low Squats with emphasis on both Slow and Low. And finally some intros to JumpShots and Cowboy GiddyUps.
THE THANG: Choose Pairs and Mosey to the back of school Dock. 1. Pairs do 50 Total of Mike Tysons with partner jumping on the dock and down to run the circle loop. FlipFlop R&R with Jump Shots, R&R with Mike Tysons again this time to 30 2. 11s at the Front of School GiggyUps at the bottom – Iron Mike at the top – Partners start on opposite ends With 5 Slap Merkins in the middle when you meet your partner Mary: Supine Planks, WW1 MOLESKINE: Grateful was the word of the day that stuck out.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokes 2/19
COT: Gaze at the moon and acknowledge how small we are in a great expanse AND yet chased down by a Maker.
PLAYLIST: Cowboy’s High School Playlist. Most all by Cover Bands. Of course when YHC was in high school there was no such thing as a playlist. We called it a Mix Tape. music.apple.com/us/playlist/middletooth2026/pl.u-leyll88cxgZkbN
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Cold but not as cold as next week

Date: 2026-01-22 AO: greenmachine Q: Pep PAX: Squatter, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Esposa, Shania, Black Lung, Focker, Sherlock, Yalp FNGs: 1 Yalp COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Cold but not cold like next week
PLAYLIST: F- : no playlist.
WARMUP: – imperial walker – Good morning – Willie mays Hayes – Hillbillies
THE THANG: Travel around sideline of field Pax moving in a line, last man up runs to the front (Indian run) Movements – mosey – Lunges – Bear crawl – Bernie – Sideways – Duck walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – leanpax : “you’ll feel better in the morning to reject short term gratification”
COT: – yalp mom in stage three cancer
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ImpromptQ For The Win! Score of 21-0

AO: greenmachine
Q: Toothless
PAX: Esposa, Michelin Man, Pep, Betty Ford, Shania, Sherlock, Blanks (F3 Legacy)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Crispy & clear, as in the thin layer of ice in the parking lot

WARMUP:
20 x Side Straddle hops to salute the shovel flag
Mosey to field
At goal line, to 10 yd line and back:
– A-skips
– B-skips
– Karaoke
– Low shuffle
– High knees
– Butt kickers
– Sneaky gorillas

THE THANG: Offensive Drives :football:

Three rounds of full-field travel, broken up every 10yds for a first down reset (exercise) that adds up as you go

Drive 1
Travel mode: Broad jumps
Every odd first digit = dry docks starting with 10
Every even first digit = merkins starting with 10
e.g. 10yd = 10 dd’s, 20yd = 10 merks, 30yd = 15dd’s, 40 yd = 15 merks, etc
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Drive 2
Travel mode: Lunges
First 50 yds = happy crunchy frogs (e.g. 10yd = 10, 20yd = 15, etc)
Next 50 yds = WWI’s (e.g. opp 40yd = 10, opp 30yd = 15, etc)
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Drive 3
Travel mode: Bear crawl
First 50 yds = supermans
Next 50 yds = leg raises
5 perfect burpees after the six gets in

Salute the Fans
Stairs! Run up, across, down, across, up, etc. SSH while waiting to start, next man starts when man ahead tops the first flight. Repeato 3x, SSH for the six.

Return to Startex for a brief round of Mary & Broga.

MOLESKINE:
It was an honor to impromptQ! TBH maybe even better than being scheduled since there was no chance to spend too much time planning, which is good for me. The PAX were generally mumbly in a way that effectively made up for the lack of a speaker. Good chatter and effort by all.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack!

COT:
Prayers for Pep’s job. Also, from YHC, I shared that it can be easy to make our problems the problems of those around us with our attitude. We can be sharp, short, or hurtful based on what we’re going through. That’s only human, but the reminder and encouragement is that we’re not promised any number of days with our people, and we should take each opportunity we’re given to appreciate what our people mean to us. Problems come and go, but the people in our lives will last longer and mean much more in the end. Think I said it better in person but that’s the gist.

As always, it was an honor to lead! Glad folks enjoyed the coffee – it was another FIL roast, which is always one of a kind! (Ethiopia, natural processed, Guji region, medium-light roast :coffee:)

SYITG next time!
— Toothless :tooth:

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Reindeer Games

AO: greenmachine
Q: Puzzlah , DintyMoore
PAX: Pep, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Michelin Man, Esposa, Sherlock, Topanga, Black Lung, Works for a Guy, Grape
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: tropical on the north pole

WARMUP: run a lap

THE THANG:
First reindeer game was a mile race last man up. First lap: 10 elf burpees before the chase, then 10 reindeer kicks, 3rd North pole hammers, 4th lap grinch humpers.

Then, second race: a sprint ladder, 10 sprint, 90 jog; 20 sprint, 80 jog; etc.

After sprint, 10 merkins then lunge walk until 6 joined and team jogged in reindeer formation to end zone.

Mosey back to start and big boy situps to end.

MOLESKINE: enjoyed finishing up month of partners at green machine with the guy who brought me to F3.

Thought I recorded, but alas, i didn’t, we had 17 so sorry if i missed your tag. It was dark. I did one scan through the list and this is what i came up with. You can edit and add yourself in.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: