Soft Start New Year 2025 – Lovin’ The Loop

AO: detention
Q: Cowboy
PAX: Esposa, Deep State, Donkey Hammer, Accounts Receivable, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Works for a Guy, Matador
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Balmy , Warm for a December Day

Disclaimer,
WARMUP: SSH, Baby Arm circles front and Back, Air Press, Squats, Good Mornings, WMH, Imperial Walkers, High Knees, Butt Kickers, Fire Hydrants, Baryshnikov Squats,
Capri Lap around the Loop
Some Parking Lot Work: Sprint 50%, Sprint 75%, Skip there a back, Bernie

THE THANG: Paired Up Dora
As a Pair do 100 Merkins, 200 Little Baby Crunches, 300 Air Press Squats. With Loop Lap at each Quarter of Each Round.
As a Pair do the exercise together and at quarter completion of that set run the Loop in opposite directions. (ie at 25, 50 75 of 100s; 50,100, etc of 200s)
5 Slap Merkins where you meet on the Loop. Return. Finish set.

Parking Lot Shuffle between Cars, 5 Burpees at the end.
Mary: 10 Fire Hydrants, 10 Donkey (Hammer) Kicks

MOLESKINE: This week feels like 2025 has already started. It is a soft start to the New Year.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lean Pax Starts 1/6, Convergence at Titan Wednesday am 6:00, JuiceDay (alternative to BrewsDay during leanPax) 1/7.

25 Days of Christmas 2024

AO: detention
Q: Movin On Up
PAX: Deep State, Pedialyte, Mistah Mistah, EZ-Go, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS:
– Pure Christmas Joy with the tunes to match

WARMUP:

– 20 SSH
– Willy Mays Haze
– Right over Left
– Left over Right
– Quick warmup mozy

THE THANG:

Thang
– 1 is 1 for everything and adds as you go
– Under pavilion so change the sprint. Add each one
– SSH for the 6

25 Days of Christmas:

1 Sprint
2 body builders
3 diamond mercans
4 jump squats
5 jlos
6 big boys
7 burpees
8 WWIs
9 star jumps
10 Mike Tyson’s
11 mercans
12 American hammers
13 heel touches
14 lunges
15 dry docks
16 side squats
17 hill Billy’s
18 high knees
19 Alabama prom dates
20 air press
21 lbcs
22 mountain climbers
23 calf raises
24 imperial walkers
25 shoulder taps

– SSH for 6

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Lean Pax starting January!

Get it

AO: detention
Q: Winona
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Donkey Hammer, EZ-Go, Topanga, Uncle Jerry, Works for a Guy, Pedialyte
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: 50 and clear

WARMUP: stretches

THE THANG: run to the Ag center
7s up the driveway
Burpees bottom and WW1 top
Run the loop
Stop and push out 50 merks
Run the loop
Stop and squat 100
Run the loop
Stop and 50 flutters
Run back to the playground
5 sets
5 pull ups, 20 squats, 10 V ups
Sprints
Core wrap up

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: turkey trot

COT:

270 to Win

AO: detention
Q: EZ-Go
PAX: Works for a Guy, Accounts Receivable, Winona, Movin On Up, Donkey Hammer, EZ-Go, Matador, Mistah Mistah, Uncle Jerry, Deep State, Pedialyte
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful

WARMUP:
Trump Twists
Kamalalunges
26 4ct American Hammers

THE THANG:
*Grab a block
The electoral college is a key tenet of the system of American government. In order to understand it, you must experience it. And experience it we did.

For each BLUE state – BLOCK SQUATS
For each RED state – MERKINS
For each SWING state – BURPEES

Alabama: 9 merkins
Alaska: 3 merkins
Arizona: 11 burpees
Arkansas: 6 merkins
California: 54 squats
Colorado: 10 squats
Connecticut: 7 squats
Delaware: 3 squats
District of Columbia: 3 squats
Florida: 30 merkins
Georgia: 16 burpees
Hawaii: 4 squats
Idaho: 4 merkins
Illinois: 19 squats
Indiana: 11 merkins
Iowa: 6 merkins
Kansas: 6 merkins
Kentucky: 8 merkins
Louisiana: 8 merkins
Maine: 4 squats
Maryland: 10 squats
Massachusetts: 11 squats
Michigan: 15 burpees
Minnesota: 10 squats
Mississippi: 6 merkins
Missouri: 10 merkins
Montana: 4 merkins
Nebraska: 5 merkins
Nevada: 6 merkins
New Hampshire: 4 squats
New Jersey: 14 squats
New Mexico: 5 squats
New York: 28 squats
North Carolina: 16 burpees
North Dakota: 3 merkins
Ohio: 17 merkins
Oklahoma: 7 merkins
Oregon: 8 squats
Pennsylvania: 19 burpees
Rhode Island: 4 squats
South Carolina: 9 merkins
South Dakota: 3 merkins
Tennessee: 11 merkins
Texas: 40 merkins
Utah: 6 merkins
Vermont: 3 squats
Virginia: 13 squats
Washington: 12 squats
West Virginia: 4 merkins
Wisconsin: 10 burpees
Wyoming: 3 merkins

Then MARY:
270 to win – 30s increments of low plank, right side plank, left side plank, six inches, and v-ups until 270 s had elapsed

MOLESKINE:
What an educational experience we all had. I feel so prepared for the election tomorrow!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tennessee Tussle and F3 Half Marathon this weekend

COT:
Pray for our leaders (Romans 13)

Always a pleasure, thanks for allowing me to lead.
-EZ

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

AO: detention
Q: Focker
PAX: Topanga, Mistah Mistah, Matador, Movin On Up, Uncle Jerry, Pedialyte, EZ-Go, Winona, Accounts Receivable
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Almost long sleeve time

WARMUP: SSH, squats, dive bombers

THE THANG: grab coupon
Tabata work. 50 sec on, 10 off.
3 rounds of each exercise group then run top loop
Round 1: thrusters and flutter kicks
RUN
Round 2: rows and WW1
RUN
Round 3: swings and heel lifts
RUN
Round 4: burpee jumps and planks
RUN
Round 5: curl to press and crunchy frogs

MOLESKINE: mid to low Mumblechatter today due to progressing core difficulty noted. Lots of gas passing also due to core work

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chili time on 10/20! See slack ^^^for details

COT: prayers for traveling, prayers for Esposa to be back soon (we all miss you), prayers lifted for those who were in the hurricane path

Better later than never backblast

AO: detention
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Cal Worthington, Deep State, EZ-Go, Movin On Up, Mistah Mistah, Michael Freiburg, Pedialyte, Topanga, Uncle Jerry
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: 68 degrees, 90% humidity – moist

WARMUP:
W/u:
ssh, high knees, loop

Mobility work:
Cat/cow
Thoracic rotations
High plank -> right/left foot forward (rotate, wiggle hips, knee down, bends towards and away from knee,l)
Prone snow angel
Prone scorpion
Down dog to up dog
Side lying shoulder rotation
Jane Fondas
Supine pigeon
Straight leg raises – R, L, B

THE THANG:
Wall sit with block, rows, bubkas x 3 rounds
Alt block merkins, block lunges, pull ups x 3 rounds
Block thrusters, squat jumps, block dips x 3 rounds
Return blocks
underhand rows x 25
Hanging knees to chest x 10

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
nashville-half-marthaon
October 26 marathon- Nashville Half Marathon
November 9 half marathon – F3 Brentwood
November 30 trail half marathon- Fiery Gizzard

COT:
Welcome back, Cal Worthington. Always great having you back in the Shire. Have fun at Disney.

Pistol Pete!

AO: detention
Q: Grape
PAX: Black Lung, Winona, EZ-Go, Pedialyte, Works for a Guy, Movin On Up, Mistah Mistah, Michael Freiburg, Deep State, Natural Ice, Matador
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: doesn’t get better than this in Nash

WARMUP: SSH, WMH, LBAC, Moroccans

THE THANG: in honor of Pete Sampras’ first grand slam title on 9/9/1990, we did a bunch of running and burpees

S- 14 suicides
A- 90 Alabama prom dates
M- 64 merkins
P- 15 prison cell merkin burpees
R- 30 regular burpees
A- 40 ab thrusters
S- 45 SSH and 44 squats

5 MoM

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 and 9/14 convergences

COT: prayers for Mistah Mistah’s friend, for Natural Ice interview, for EZ-Go’s sick household

:grapes:

Nobody said it was EZ (Go)

AO: detention
Q: EZ-Go
PAX: Average Size, Works for a Guy, Topanga, Mistah Mistah, Donkey Hammer, Grape, Accounts Receivable, Winona, EZ-Go, Pedialyte, Deep State, Movin On Up, Old Maid, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS:
Average August

WARMUP:
Broga Flow: cobra, downward dog, right hand right foot/right hand stretch upward, warrior 1, rinse and repeat on left side

THE THANG:
*grab a coupon

Block work:
50 – squats
40 – block rows
30 – block mercs
20 – triple arm killers
10 – 8 count bb
5 – bubkas
Repeat x2

CrossFit Lyon Workout :woman-lifting-weights::
5 rounds:
10 squat cleans
10 thrusters
10 burpee chest-to-bar pull-ups

Mary:
*Choose your own adventure
2 min 6 inches
20 WW1
1 min low plank
20 Supermans
20 WW1
20 1-leg Alabama prom dates

MOLESKINE:
Big crew, big sweat, big gainz!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
cruelhall Convergence with handsomizer on Sept 6 at Geodis
gullivers-travels-challenge is alive and well

COT:
Kids back in school, prayers for new school year
Praise for Average Size new job!

Endless Summer Vibes

AO: detention
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Pedialyte, Movin On Up, Winona
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Soupy (Pennsylvania Dutch term for thick/heavy)

WARMUP:
5 Inchworm Merkins
10 Imperial Soldiers
10 Bushwackers
5 Good Mornings

THE THANG:
Thang 1 –
100 Air Squats
80 Dips
60 LBCs
40 Merkins
20 Lunges
10 Pull-ups
20 Lunges
40 Merkins
60 LBCs
80 Dips
100 Air Squats

Thang 2 –
DORA
100 curls
200 American hammers
300 coupon press
200 Supermans
100 coupon swings

MOLESKINE:
Free workouts are better than paid workouts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
brewsday tomorrow at 12South Taproom

YHC will be back for cruelhall on Friday

gullivers-travels-challenge ongoing and 80% still attainable but time is running out.

COT:

Double Nickel Next Level

AO: detention
Q: Wedding Singer
PAX: Spinal Tap, Winona, Deep State, Topanga, Focker, Average Size, EZ-Go, Accounts Receivable, Donkey Hammer, Movin On Up, Works for a Guy, Wedding Singer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: No Rain!

WARMUP:
Disclaimer
Core Principles
Mission Statement
Credo

SSH x 55
T-Ups x 5 each side

THE THANG:
Mosey to shed for coupons

11 Blockees
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
44 Block Curls
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
44 Block Curls
55 Derkins
Lap

Ladder down as time allows
I think some PAX were motivated to surpass the bar set by Movin On Up when I led this first iteration on my 55th birthday on May 31st. I think he and a few others Works for a Guy Deep State EZ-Go and maybe more got through about 3 rungs back down the ladder before time was called. Strong work to all!

Store coupons (at least those that we didn’t crush to powder on our bare hands!

Mosey to wall for a short minute of Balls to the Wall

Final 2 minutes spent introducing folks at detention to the fun that is Guantanamo. Clearly a PAX favorite from all the mumblechatter as we made a full circuit.

MOLESKINE:
YHC would encourage everyone to take a few minutes to read the cliff/spark note about last week’s State of the Nation broadcast, or watch the full recording (even on fast speed if you’d like!)

F3 is a leadership organization, and we need to keep that at the front of our minds as continue to encourage, support and push each other. It’s not just about sweating together on the gloom, but it is about striving to become better HIM for each other, our families and community.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Free F3 Brentwood half marathon on 11/9. Hit up Ponzi for details

COT:
Thanks to Deep State for the kind invitation to join y’all, and thanks for welcoming me! I look forward to coming back again soon.

Stay strong and keep singing
Wedding Singer