Beggin’ for a Leggin’

AO: greenmachine
Q: SalPal , Wolfpack
PAX: Cal Worthington, Shy Guy, Esposa, Purple Tiger, Cowboy, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Mid-50s. Shorts and t-shirts for sure.

WARMUP: I propose we delete this section, if you need a warmup, come early. Sorry Pep, no SSH.

THE THANG: I got everyone’s limbs lubricated with split squats and weighted wall sits. Wolfpack aroused our heart rates with sprints, lunge walks and bear crawls. We climaxed with ring of fire squats and burpees.

MOLESKINE: Innuendo, Split Speakers, Indigenous People, Typical Pep Bit ft. Cowboy “Is this ?” Also coffee this morning ripped. 11/10.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hair Band deigned to drive in and announce 3rd volunteer and donation opportunities, see slack. 2nd F Christmas party, see channel. F3 After Hours. Grow School. See slack, see slack, see slack.

COT: For those suffering, intentions unspoken.

5:40 free men’s workout

AO: cruelhall
Q: Works for a Guy
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Matador, Esposa, Harry Caray, Pedialyte, EZ-Go, Tinkertoy, Works for a Guy, I am missing someone. Who am I missing??? I was a bit discombobulated with the late wake up.
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: brisk but not cold

WARMUP: I don’t know. I wasn’t there

THE THANG: yo boy woke up at 5:33 so that was awkward

But anyway I pulled up at 5:40:

Get block

11s with dips and burpees – farmers carry in between

20 each

curls
Overhead press
Squats
block pick ups

Run – 5 pullups

Tricep extensions
Rows
calf raises each leg
WWIs

Run – 10 pullups

Repeat once

Time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: turkey day at the Hall. 7am. EZ-Go has way too many pancakes for it.

COT: continue to pray for Dale Clay and family

HAIL HYDRA

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice , Chunks, Squatter
PAX: Pep, Esposa, SalPal, Grape, Topanga (Scott), Focker, Cowboy, Young and Restless, Hipster, Wham-O, Betty Ford
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Low 40s and perfect

WARMUP: NO SSH FOR YOU Pep!!!
Why warm up when you can run to the track :man-shrugging:

THE THANG: The 3 Heads of Hydra

Squatter kicked off the first 15 minutes with a simple and effective concept

Start at 0m
10 merkins, 10 burpee broad jumps, 10 air squats, 10 lunges, 10 flutter kicks, bear crawl to the 100m line, run the rest of the track (picking up the 6), and rinse and repeat.

YHC took over at 5:45

Starting at the end of the field with performed 30 SSH – (My psyop to get the full PAX into cadence was a complete failure)
10 8-count body builders, 20 Big Boy Sit Ups and we ran to the other side of the field to rinse and repeat.

Now that we are over Ocotburpee, 8 count body builders are all the rage.

Lastly Chunks closed us out.
Sprints up the hill, sets of Perfect Merkins, Burpees :pinched_fingers: the perfect way to close out a beat down before ending with some light stretching.

MOLESKINE: IMHO – Co Qs should be about keeping the momentum high and not planning to much as team. Mission accomplished

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Percy Warner Accent this Saturday, f3 Afterhours/Afterdark/NightF3 next Thursday, Turkey Trot in Crieve Hall, Grow School in December

COT: Prayers for the Clay Family, Lifting up Hipster, and for all of us to lean into community as we are not built to grow/thrive on our own.

I am thankful for you guys!
-Natty Out

All typos courtesy of me writing this out and not using Chatgpt

Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up

AO: cruelhall
Q: Tinkertoy
PAX: Matador, Works for a Guy, Esposa, Kraut, Pedialyte, Harry Caray, Focker, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Optimal at 56*

WARMUP:
Dynamic: mosey/toy soldier/donkey kick/side lunge.
Static: GMs/bow to ground/hand to sky/broga/squat to straight leg

THE THANG:
3 rounds
-30 step ups (15 each leg)
-lunge down
-mosey back
Hold plank until all in or go for an extra round

3 rounds
-25 chair squats
-low prisoner walk down
-mosey back
Hold plank until all in or go for an extra round

3 rounds
-20 pistol squats (10 each leg)
-side lunge down
-mosey back
Hold plank until all in or go for an extra round

Beep test (20meters)
-go until no one is left
Jog around test until all in

Marry abb circle for 3min.

MOLESKINE: Focker would rather run than participate in leg day. Works for a Guy defeated the beep test. Matador and Harry Caray honorable mention.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Butterball run

COT: Prayers for Dale’s family and community as they deal with sudden loss. Reminder that life is fragile. Prayers for Pound Puppies family as his work travel picks up.

We’re Too Saxy for this Q

AO: greenmachine
Q: Firefox , Grape
PAX: Wham-O, Betty Ford, Hipster, Topanga, Esposa, Works for a Guy, Black Lung, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Saxy

WARMUP: Grape led us on a long mosey around the block (accompanied by some sweet, sultry, saxy sax songs) and back to Startex for:
– SSH
– Imperial walkers
– Hillbillies
– Good mornings
– LBAC
– Overhead claps
– Seal claps

THE THANG: Today is National Saxophone Day. The Saxophone was invented in the 1800s by Adolphe Sax, who was born on November 6, 1814 and went on to live a life full of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Sax.

To celebrate National Saxophone Day, PAX moseyed to the football field and partnered up. 1 partner did an exercise in the endzone while the other bear crawled 20 yards and back. Each exercise was accompanied by a true/false trivia question. Wrong answers increased the bear crawl distance by 5 yards (each direction).
– S – SSH; The Saxophone is a woodwind instrument – True
– A – ?; Adolphe Sax was Austrian – False, he was Belgian
– X – X-jumps; Kenny G is best known for playing the alto saxophone – False, he primarily plays the soprano sax
– O – Overhead Press; Richard Nixon was a saxophone player – True, he could play 5 instruments
– P – Pop Squats; A saxhorn is another name for the saxophone – False, it’s another family of instruments invented by Adolphe
– H – Hand-release Merkins; Adolphe Sax invented 8 types of saxophone – False, he invented 14 different types
– O – Ohno’s (skaters); The name of the saxophonist for the Electric Mayhem (from the Muppets) is “Lips” – False, it’s “Zoot”
– N – Newton’s Cradle; The smallest saxophone is only 12 inches long – True, it’s called a soprillo
– E – Elbow plank jacks; The most expensive saxophone ever purchased was made of plastic – True, it belonged to Charlie Parker

The bear crawl stretched out to the 30yard line but by the end had come back to the 20.

PAX did 18 burpees and 46 Iron Mikes (each side is a half) for the year 1846 when the saxophone was patented.

Pax then did 45 merkins for the 45 pound heft of the contrabass saxophone (which is over 6ft tall)

Mosey back to Startex. 2 separate 47 second hollow body holds for the 47 minute world record of the longest note ever held on a saxophone.

MOLESKINE:
– Sadly, I did not get to share one more factoid, the largest gathering of simultaneously playing saxophone players involved 1875 musicians.
– Kudos to Betty Ford for guessing our theme during warm-up
– Props to Pep Esposa and others for throwing out many other saxophone-related names and references
– Grape link that sweet, saxy playlist in the thread, please!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Check Slack

COT:
– Thoughts prayers to marriages, new phases in life, and safe travels

Mid Terms

AO: greenmachine
Q: Hipster
PAX: Cowboy, Focker, Shania, Squatter, Topanga, Grape, Esposa, Chunks, Movin On Up, Matador, Black Lung
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Cool and damp

WARMUP: Quick WAR

THE THANG: TEST TIME

AMRAP 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds, 8 sets of each movement, recording # of reps for each set:

– Mercans
– Sit Ups
– Squats
– 2 Count Flutters
– Dips

BEEP TEST – run a lot until you can’t

MOLESKINE: The next test day will be the end of January, start training now!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack

COT: TAPs for Grape, Ginger, Hipster, and urrybody else going through stuff.

Deck of Horrors!!!! Ft. Cotton Eye Joe =?utf-8?q??= 🃏🪕

AO: cruelhall
Q: Toothless
PAX: Tinkertoy, Smokehouse, Focker, Esposa, Donkey Hammer, Kraut, Matador, EZ-Go, Harry Caray, Michael Freiburg
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Clear and crisp, but mild feeling for the temp.

WARMUP:
– Side straddle hops x 31
– Werewolfs (aka Downward Dog into Cobra and back) x 10
– Scorpions x 10
– Zombie walk out & back

THE THANG:

First, obligatory Burpee Thriller, listen to Thriller and do a burpee every time you hear the signature “thriller” in the chorus or something scary in the lyrics

Deck of Horrors!!! :wolf: :spades: :diamonds: :clubs: :heart: :male_vampire:

To the pavilion, circle up and get ready to pull cards.
– Add 10 to digits (2-10)
– Royals trigger a flat 10 reps of a harder exercise
– Aces have their own deviltry

Spades :spades:
– Digits = Squats
– Royals = Squat Jumps
– Ace = Broad Jump around the square
Clubs :clubs:
– Digits = LBC’s
– Royals = V-Ups
– Ace = 200 American Hammers (single count)
Hearts :heart:
– Digits = High Knees
– Royals = Hopping Hillbillies
– Ace = Cotton Eye Joe (High Knees with words, Hillbillies with instrumentals)
Diamonds :diamonds:
– Digits = Carolina Dry Docks
– Royals = Diamond Merkins
– Ace = Bear Crawl around the square

Back to post at 5 mins out for Howler Monkeys, I.e. monkey humper ring of fire

MOLESKINE:

Instructions were for the next man pulling a card to do half the reps before getting up to pull the card so we keep it moving. That worked once we got the hang of it.

The Aces were obviously everyone’s favorite, and the mumblechatter peaked during Cotton Eye Joe as predicted. Fan favorite, sure to be repeated soon! Honestly I was pretty wiped by the time we got there but we made it through.

We completed all but 4 cards! That brings the total reps to very close to the following full counts:
– 144 x Squats
– 30 x Squat Jumps
– 144 x LBCs
– 30 x V-Ups
– 144 x High Knees
– 30 x Hopping Hillbillies
– 144 x Dry Docks
– 30 x Diamond Merkins

Not counting the Aces, that’s 700 reps of good work, more than the standard Dora, and the Aces were some good work too. Way to keep it moving men!

Coffeeteeria was a smashing success with a co-brew from Toothless and Esposa, with Esposa bringing gatorade and even Twisted Tea for the road…well not for the road but you get it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– f3dads workout was this AM!
– Esposa on Q for Halloween, or for the daring, handsomizer will be aiming for the local in-workout record of 315 burpees

COT:
– Prayers for the family Focker was visiting with their newborn experiencing complications
– Prayers for Prayers for YHC (Toothless) for the move to Crieve Hall in December and the current home selling in the meantime

As always, it was an honor to lead, men! Thanks for having me out, and I’ll be seein’ ya!

— Toothless :tooth:

Hammer Time

AO: greenmachine
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Cowboy, Betty Ford, Black Lung, Esposa, Matador, moneyshot, Pep, Pepsi, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: crisp

WARMUP:
Extended old guy warm up
– 400m jog
– Broga
– Cocaine bear crawls/crawl bears
– Walking imperial walkers
– Walking hillbillies
– Jane Fondas
– Pike Ups
– Straight leg raises

THE THANG:
– 100 yard run with burpees at every 10 yard marker x 2
– Two rounds if run 100 yards with exercises at 10 yard marker – 10 jump squats, 20 hand release merkins, 30 Carolina dry docks, 40 LBCs, 50 mountain climbers, 40 flutter kicks 2 count, 30 APD, 20 calf raises, 10 v-ups
– 20 yard forward lunges
– 20 yard reverse lunges
– 20 yard side lunges x 2

Circle burp for the entirety of “I Know a Little “ by Lynard Skynyrd with SSH in between.

Mary till 6:15: Side plank x 2, J. Lo’s

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack for upcoming events: 2.0 workout, The Struggle, Burpee. Beat down

COT: moneyshot closed us out with prayer.

Thank you, Cowboy for the chance to come spend the morning with the men of greenmachine . It was an honor to lead this group.

Tour de Crieve Hills

AO: cruelhall
Q: Focker
PAX: Esposa, Accounts Receivable, Pedialyte, Pepsi, Tinkertoy, Donkey Hammer, Finger Dust, EZ-Go, Harry Caray, Fortran
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: some would say perfect. Finger Dust would say a tad chilly

WARMUP: various active stuff (high knees and the sort)

THE THANG:
-indigenous people run to bottom of Cochran. Catch-me-if-you-can with partner going backward up hill while other partner does squats and WW1 then sprints to catch up
-mosey to grassy hill in ag center
-10 squats—>sprint up—>20 ww1–>back down
-10 merkins, 10 squats—>sprint—>20 heel lifts
-10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 monkey humpers—>20 crunchy frogs
-10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 monkey humpers, 10 dry socks—>sprint—> 20 Ww1
-indigenous people run back to start
-sprints and jogs of various %
-2 minute low plank

MOLESKINE: thank you men for entertaining me with the long journey today. Covered almost a 5K. LOL, lots of love

ANNOUNCEMENTS: octoburpee , f3dads , and come out for F3 After Dark

COT: step back and assess where you’re at. Complacent? Make a change

Chipper Jones

AO: greenmachine
Q: Tinkertoy
PAX: Pepsi, Pep, Sherlock, Shy Guy, Betty Ford, moneyshot, Esposa, Topanga, Focker, Cowboy, Squatter, Shania, 3 Tenors, LB, Mic Drop
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Ideal Fall morning

WARMUP: GMs, WMH, DD walk the calfs, cobra, bow to ground, hand up, thread through, arm circles, Phelps, scorpion, t-spine opener, mosey

THE THANG:
Partner off split reps as desired
work (hold)

80ish pullups (high plank)
1/4 mile lap together
100 burpees (high plank)
1/4 mile lap together
100 merkins (high plank)
1/4 mile lap together
1/8 mile walking lunge (bear crawl)
1/8 mile lap together
200-300 air squats (Alabama prom dates)
1/4 mile lap together

MOLESKINE: Man’s proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and ought to be a hero. -Mike Mentzer

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Octoburpee / Nov. & Dec. Co-Q at greenmachine (points system prize awarded) / Join nutrition and post to lock in on your daily fuel

COT: Pep interview process and career discernment