Partner Smartner

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Papa Bear, Pep, Sherlock, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Vector, Wolfpack, 1 DR from Blount County TN
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Dark and Crisp

WARMUP:
Mosey around Start Ex
– partner up at parking lot
– Over/Under – 1 min each

Part 1
– Partner 1 sits on 6 with arms out to side doing heel taps in front
– Partner 2 jumps over arms/legs in clockwise manner
Part 2
– Partner 1 alternates low/high plank
– Partner 2 jumps over then crawls under
Part 3
Bear Crawl Tag – if your hand is touched then you leave the game area and do 5 burpees before re-enter

THE THANG:
Mosey to Playground
Dora Dora Dora
Same partners – partner 1 runs building perimeter while partner 2 does below
50 pull-ups
100 push-ups
150 squats
200 american hammers

MARY:
Mary – Go – Round for 10 minutes w/ each Pax choosing their favorite

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Join #nonoisenovember

COT:
Upcoming travel and family dynamics surrounding those opportunities.

Go Burpees for Donuts

AO: bomber
Q: Firefox
PAX: Subway, Papa Bear, Recharge, Cream Cheese, Michelin Man, DintyMoore, Vector, Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, sooner, Oatmeal, PeteTheCat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12.5
CONDITIONS: No complaints

WARMUP:
– SSH x 15
– Good Mornings x 10
– WMH x 10

THE THANG:
To prepare folks for Game Night tomorrow, I adapted the rules of a fun, family game called Go Nuts for Donuts. But rather than collecting a variety of donuts, PAX were attempting to collect a variety of exercises.

6 cards, each showing a specific exercise and number of reps were displayed in a row, numbered 1 through 6. PAX were split into 5 teams and given a set of cards, also numbered 1 through 6. One member from each team held a plank and selected the number from their cards corresponding with the exercise they wanted for their team that round. If no one else picked the same number, their team “won” the exercise. If any teams picked the same number, those teams had to do 15 burpees instead. Meanwhile, all other PAX did SSH.

Exercises included (with variable but not trival rep counts):
– Merkins
– Decline Merkins
– Iron Mikes
– Buzzsaw Planks
– Jump Squats
– Drop Squats
– Monkey Humpers
– Pull-Ups
– Hanging Leg Raises
– Bear Crawl around the circle
– Crawl Bear around the circle
– Split Squats
– Plank Jacks

We did 12 rounds of this. For reference, Team 2, consisting of me, @sooner, and @tim_the_toolman did a crawl bear circuit, 20 pull-ups, 30 monkey humpers, 30 jump squats, 40 iron mikes (each side is a half), 40 buzzsaw planks, and 40 merkins to go along with 75 burpees (Thanks, @sooner )

Fun was had by ~all~ me.

MARY:
– 4 rounds of 10 WW1s and a Hollow Body Hold

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Did I mention Game Night?
– Family-friendly shindig at casa de @tim_the_toolman Oct. 27

COT:
– My mom’s speedy and smooth recovery from knee surgery
– Peace and comfort for all those suffering and/or under threat due to violence overseas

Donut Den donuts were consumed by many. Star Bagel was had by some.

Other observations:
– @PeteTheCat showed up and startled many a PAX with aggressive friendliness. @sooner was not a fan. Pete was wise to avoid the HBH but did try to sneak in for some donuts.
– I’m pretty sure there was at least 1 team that exceeded their burpee quota today (looking at @michelin_man and co)
– @oatmeal used some very subtle tactics to dissuade other teams from picking the same exercise as him. It only worked some of the time
– The 30 pull-ups card was in high demand and led to a lot of burpees, for some reason.
– Gratitude to @oatmeal for picking up all the cards

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

Bombs on The Hill

14 pax broke a sweat at Titan this morning, in the gloom that with each passing day lingers just a bit more. Hambone and Porcelain got Centennial ready for us with a two mile run before the main event.

Pax: T-Cell, Huggie, DaVinci, Hi-Viz, Keep the Change, Softwood, Hambone, BnB, Bicentennial Man, Porcelain, Right Said, Tiny Dancer, Crab Legs, Harvey Updyke (QIC)

Warm-O-Rama:

Disclaimer followed by a mosey to the southern end of the main field, where the pax circled up for some limbering. Got things started with:

  • SSH x 25
  • WMH x 20
  • LBAC x 20
  • Reverse LBAC x 20
  • Good Mornings x 10

Thang:

At the request of DaVinci, the pax ramped up the intensity level with an Indian Run that took us counterclockwise around the lake, ending at The Hill west of the Parthenon. Distance: 0.7 miles.

At the base of The Hill, we regrouped for an explanation of the next ~23 minutes. The pax partnered up, and did B.O.M.B.S. (a distant cousin of Dora) on The Hill. One partner stayed at the base and worked on the reps while the other partner ran up and back down The Hill. Partners worked together to cumulatively perform:

  • Burpees x 50
  • Overhead Press x 100
  • Merkins x 150
  • Big Boy Sit-Ups x 200
  • Squats x 250

Per MapMyRun, The Hill appears to be exactly 0.1 miles round trip, so depending on how many times each pair swapped out, everyone ran another 1.0-1.2 miles up and down the hill in addition to their share of the above reps.

Back to the sidewalk near the JT statue for…

Mary:

Pax lined up on their sixes and starting at the southern end, called out an exercise and counted us off for 15 reps each. Worked our way up the line, skipping every other pax in the exercise choice. Choices included (might be missing one):

  • LBCs
  • Flutter kicks
  • Freddie Mercuries
  • Box cutters
  • Big boy sit-ups
  • J-Los

CoT:

  • First Friday lunch this Friday, 11:30am at The Cookery
  • Grow School coming up in September, more details coming soon
  • Prayers for Tiny Dancer’s colleagues Ben & Jeff, who are recovering from injury and dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Five for coffee and CFB @ Three Bros.

Honor to lead you men this morning, thanks for kicking off your Wednesday with me.

No trees were harmed in the making of this workout.