BlackLung Monday Mayhem #1

AO: westeros
Q: Black Lung
PAX: Spinal Tap, Crawlspace, Vector, Firefox, Pep, Chunks, Wolfpack, Siri, Natural Ice, Salpal, Grape, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Chunks decided that once a month, Westeros is holding a “Monday Mayhem” with intentionally difficult workouts. I was honored to be invited for the inaugural event and did my best to deliver.

CONDITIONS: Cold and dreary
WARMUP: non-existant
THE THANG:
Burpee apocalypse (10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3)
Run to tennis courts

Ab blaster:
30 WWIs, 30 4-ct flutter kicks, 20 leg lifts, 100 mountain climbers, 30 WWIs, 25 flutter kicks, 15 leg lifts, 50 mountain climbers, 20 WWIs

Tabata: (40 seconds exercise, 20 seconds rest); 3 sets per round (9 minutes):
Round 1: Jump Squats, Burpees, WWIIs
3 Tennis Court Sideline Suicide Runs

Round 2: Iron Mikes, Hand Release Merkins, LBCs
3 Tennis Court Sideline Suicide Runs

Run back to start just in time for 20 more hand-release merkins (~80 total) and 10 more burpees (~100 total)

Always a pleasure to lead. Thanks to Chunks for the invitation.

Oh, oh, it’s MAGIC

AO: titan
Q: Vector
PAX: Black Lung, Chunks, Detective Pikachu, DintyMoore, Firefox, Freakonomics, Good Morning America, greyalbum, hambone, Natural Ice, Pep, preacherman, Right Said, Salpal, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, 15-Love
FNGs: 1 15-Love
COUNT: 18
As is often the case with a Vector Q, the workout planning involves weeks of theme playlist curating and then a frantic 24 hours of “crap, how do I create a workout to match my super cool playlist?” So, in that spirit:

While many may try to use instant supplements or crazy muscle building ideas to get swole, you can’t rely on magic to get fit. So in honor of Harry Houdini, born 150 years ago in 1874, I present a different kind of magic to get y’all in shape.

CONDITIONS: Damp yet perfect

WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot to the far side of the Parthenon. Willy Mayes Hayes x 10, LBAC x 10, Seal claps x 10, Overhead Press x 10, Reverse LBAC x 10, and Good Mornings x 10 OHO

THE THANG:
MAGIC #1 – 150 reps of each exercise and a run around the Parthenon between each:
M – Merkins
A – Alabama Prom Dates
G – Gorilla Humpers (which I had to example multiple times . . . hmm)
I – Iron Mikes
C – Carolina Dry Docks
(Fair amount of mumbling that each leg should not count only 1/2 on these exercises . . . I did not waiver).

MAGIC #2: 150 reps but no running in between due to time
M: Mountain Climbers
A: Ass Kickers
G: Great Form Squats
I: Incline Merkins
C: Crunches (Little Baby)

Ended at time – welcomed FNG 15-Love a recently married tennis fan EH’d by Detective Pikachu.

PRAYERS: To Grey Album on impending adoption and associated stress, friend Yuri and family facing pancreatic cancer, and others I forgot (apologies!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hunger Games this weekend, Hike/Ruck with 2.0s to give M’s a break – see Slack for deets.

Honored to lead and that you all continue to tolerate my Q-uirkiness (see what I did there?) in leading . . . SYITG
Vector

First Tortoise & Hare of 2024

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: MySpace, Right Said, Chunks, Skeet, Hacker (Franklin), baggervance, bluemule, Decaf, Judy, Woodpecker, D Pole, Wookie, Goldie Locks, Army Surplus, Yak, Frozen, Lost & Found, Evel Knievel, Sunshine, Neanderthal, Peach Pie, Princess, Tatter Tot, Iron Flush, Mittens, Mr. Krabs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 27
CONDITIONS:
Slippery, Sloppy, 46 degrees

WARMUP:
SSH, Squats, WMH, IW, Stretch

THE THANG:
3 Miles loop, Intervals (2 min run / 1 min walk)
All in time of 38:19
45 seconds of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Great first run for this class!

Winter Wonderland

AO: westeros
Q: Grape
PAX: Chunks, Pep, Black Lung, Red Skull, MySpace, Uke (F3 Geneva, IL), DintyMoore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: cold, but not that cold

WARMUP: 1 mile run to find dry ground
SSH
LBAC F
LBAC R
Seal claps
OH claps

THE THANG: Today was about doing the same thing over and over

Dora 1-2-3-4
100 Squats
200 Newton’s cradle
300 OH Press
400 WWI’s
(Did anyone realize we spelled snow?)
Partner ran up the hill and back down (wouldn’t call it a sprint, too dangerous)

3 minutes of Lt. Dans to end

ANNOUNCEMENTS: hunger games on 1/27
H’ville has @chunks on Q on 1/27 as well
Prayers for Uke and @myspace on their pending children

🍇

Line of Sadness

AO: hendersonville
Q: Sunshine
PAX: Pep, Splitter, Cuban Missile, Hair Band, Chunks, Disc Jockey
FNGs: 1 Disc Jockey
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:
Sub-freezing w/ strong winds

WARMUP:
Mosey, Abe Vigodas, Imperial Walkers, SSH

THE THANG:
3 Stations, 3 exercises at each. PAX complete 5 reps of each exercise. After finishing Station 3, return to Station 1, completing 10 reps. Reps increase by 5 each round. Repeat until Mary.

Station 1
-Merkins
-Dips
-Shoulder Taps

Station 2
-Bolt 45s

Station 3
-Big Boys
-American Hammers
-Leg Lifts

Mary
-Ring of Fire (2 rounds, 2 Merkins each)
-Captain Thors (4 rounds)
-SSH
-Plank till the end

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Turn It Up To 11!!!

AO: greenmachine
Q: Toothless
PAX: Focker, Grape, Goose, moneyshot, Chunks, Betty Ford, Topanga, Rocket Mortgage, bluemule, Cowboy, Black Lung, Sherlock, Pedialyte, Esposa, monster biscuit, DintyMoore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Clear, still dark, crisp like a cold seltzer (definitely not a cold beer these days #leanpax 👀)

WARM-O-RAMA

In lot to catch stragglers
– Side straddle hops x 30
– Willy mays hays
– High knees
– Windmills
– Butt kickers
– Carrot pullers
– Mosey to field

THE THANG

11s V1
– Hand-release merkins
– Squat jumps
– Mosey to 20 yd line, Bernie back

11s V2
– Big boy sit-ups
– Prisoner squats
– Mosey to 20 yd line, Bernie back

4 Corners
Partnered, Dora style, one exercise at each corner, wait for six before rotating to next corner.

Travel exercise was to run out to 50 yd line, side shuffle across field, Bernie back to end zone, then shuffle back across goal line.

– 50 Body builders
– 100 Supermans
– 200 Dry docks
– 400 American hammers

MOLESKINE
The side shuffles were a crowd “pleaser”, with several “compliments” along the way. “That’s where I’m most likely to be sore, in one of those muscles right in here” – Black Lung, as he gestures to his pelvic box 👀

Playlist was a set from the Rock Band video game. Witnessed Grape and Focker reliving their glory days as singer and drummer 🎤 🥁 🎸

CIRCLE OF TRUST
– Grape shared
– Dinty is moving down street to finished renovation, details for moving day to come

Shield Lock
This is a group of 3-5 guys who are consistently spending time with one another, ready to lock shields in support against life’s challenges. Do you have one? Are you investing in those relationships outside the family structure that will be there through ups and downs? I encourage you to build those relationships before you need them, you’ll be glad you did.

f3nation.com/q/shield-lock/

‘24 Kickoff: Discover you have abdominals

AO: westeros
Q: Hair Band
PAX: sooner, Pep, Siri, Chunks, Black Lung, Natural Ice, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Sherlock, CubCadet, bluemule
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: chilly willy

WARMUP:
50 SSHs
Cherry picker-good mornings
Calf stretches
Imperial walkers
Hillbillies
Air presses
Michael phelps

MARY:
5min Hair Band Mary (rest position V sit)
Each exercise goes to 24

THE THANG:
Run to love circle
Stop along the way for

– Marion Barbers on bridge
– 24 Metronomes at top of first hill where grass & gravel is

Do a wrap around love circle

Ascend Love Circle
– plank till all in
– 24 j-los with elbow knee tap

Run back to start-x
WW1s til all in

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– #leanpax is in full swing!
– Brewruck Saturday after Leanpax ends

The First Buffalo

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: Chunks, Ultratecht, 40 Minutes, greyalbum, The Bobs, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Third Coast, Goose
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Cold

WARMUP: forward fold, willie mays hays, cherry pickers, elbow stretch

THE THANG: Mosey around the block
Elevens: squats/ merkins, SSH/ WW1
Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Hendersonville Launch 1/13 contact chunks for details
– Get FNGs!
-Please share Q signup sheets to Buffalo & Tora channels
-Fleet Feet Green Hills 5k this Saturday, free merch give away

Merkins? Nah

AO: atlantis
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Crawlspace, Toothless, Chunks, hambone, Siri
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: “Nipply” – Clark Griswold

WARMUP:
SSHs
Calf stretch
WMHs
ROL/LOR touch toes
Cat/cow
Air press
Michael phelps

THE THANG:

Mosey to jungle gym
Partner up
1 partner does happy box dips (box jump, happy crunchy frog, tricep dip) while other runs 2 laps around water tower, trying to reach 100 reps of HBDs. Plank when finished

Once complete mosey to swing set
Partners switch off b/t iron mikes & rows. Partner 1 does 20 iron mikes (10 per leg) then switches with partner 2. Go until 200 total reps, 100 per leg

Mosey back to start-x

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Natty Ice Titan Special

AO: titan
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Good Morning America, Grape, Supernova, Goose, greyalbum, Chunks, Detective Pikachu, Black Lung, Crawlspace, porcelain, Sherlock, DintyMoore, Salpal, Red Skull, bluemule, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: A perfect 25F

WARMUP: SSH and Stretching

THE THANG:

Thing 1: Running Grapevine Burpee Apocalypse
A combination of @grape ‘s caboose is loose run while carrying the speaker, and @bluemule ‘s traveling burpee apocalypse. Pax ran exactly 1 mile and performed 55 burpees.

Thing 2: Classic Hilly Titan 11’s Now with 4 Bonus Bearcrawls

Pax took advantage of the fantastic hill with 11’s consisting of LT Dans at the Base and WW1s at the top. With one caveat, Pax had to bearcrawl up the hill 4 of the 10 times of their choosing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Hendersonville is Rising! YHC was given a funny cowboy hat. Leanpax sugar/alcohol detox is in full effect!

This mornings playlist was a group effort of alternative rock starting with @chunk ‘s request for higher by Creed. I shamelessly added in a Green River Ordinance radio hit at the end.

Thank you all for the opportunity to lead!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29voKYmyRYmogocBIhkezt?si=745bbcfe6cbc4e69