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

Overhead Watch

Date: 2026-02-02 AO: detention Q: Tinkertoy PAX: Esposa, Grape, Movin On Up, Donkey Hammer, Andrew McDermott, Pepsi, Pedialyte FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Brisk. Right around freezing.
WARMUP: Jog, Frankenstein, Side lunge, Knee2Chest, Good mornings, LBACs
THE THANG: -Partner 1 holds one of Andrew McDermott’s KB (coupons were frozen to ground) over head while partner 2 works -Start each work with a lap -26 hand release merkins -26 WW1s -26 burpee -26 merkins -26 LBCs -26 stripper burpee
-Plank until all in
-CircleThrust with 3 KBs until time
MOLESKINE: Coldish. Sweat thanks to burpees.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Esposa co-worker friend dealing with POA legals. Andrew McDermott father and neighbors father still without power. Elderly in general without power becoming dangerous.

The hearty three

Date: 2026-01-29 AO: greenmachine Q: Pep PAX: Shania, Esposa FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Cold but not windy
WARMUP: – SSH (obligatory) – Imperial walkers – Willie Mays Hayes – Good mornings
THE THANG: Deck of death Suites: – diamond: wide grip merican – Heart: American hammers – Spade: lt Dan – Club: diamond merican
Caveats: – numbers 2, 3, 4 are run around parking lot – Face cards are 15 count – Aces: wild – flipper if card chooses exercise and count
COT: Oops didn’t do it. My fault. Too focused on the chairs Shania had and the fancy coffee brought by esposa and Shania

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

MLK

Date: 2026-01-21 AO: middle-tooth Q: sooner PAX: Toothless, DrRupp, Squatter, Firefox, Esposa FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Theme: MLK Day – Grit and Service Conditions: 15°F (Teens) – KEEP MOVING, not really that bad.
I. WARM-O-RAMA (5 MINS) Constant motion to prevent injury. Side Straddle Hops: 39 Reps (IC) Imperial Walkers: 39 Reps (IC) Mountain Climbers: 39 Reps (IC) Windmills: 39 Reps (Slow)
II. THANG 1: THE “1963” LADDER Focus: Endurance and the March on Washington. The Bottom: 19 Hand-Release Merkins The Journey: Run to the bottom of the hill/lot. The Top: 63 Side Straddle Hops The Return: Bernie back Repeat: 3 Rounds.
III. THANG 2: THE “381” MONTGOMERY GRIND Focus: Perseverance (Honoring the 381-day bus boycott). Setup: Partners A & B. The Drill: Partner A starts Lunge Walking toward the far curb. Partner B performs 5 Burpees, then sprints to catch Partner A. The Swap: Once caught, they swap roles. Add one burpee each time. Duration: Continue for 10 minutes. No sitting, no stopping.
IV. THANG 3: THE “39” CIRCUIT Focus: Honor Dr. King’s 39 years. Native Peoples run around the loop. At the shed, do… 39 Air Squats 39 Big Boy Sit-ups (Substitute American Hammers if ground is icy/wet)
End with 2 minutes of plank listening to the intro to “I have a Dream”

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:

BACK on Q

AO: detention
Q: Accounts Receivable
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Esposa, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Young and Restless, Tinkertoy, Peabody
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Clear, windy, cold

WARMUP: Side-straddle hops, yoga stretches, merkins

THE THANG:
Indian run around neighborhood loop.
Grab blocks and head to playground

5 rounds of:
26 Overhead press
30 sec dead-hang
10 corncob rows
20 4 count merkins
Run the hill

MARY:
Round Robbin core exercises for 5 min

MOLESKINE:
Prayer for health for fam members
Prayer for our marriages
Prayer for guidance as we head into 2026

Strength and honor

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:

Hanukkah – A Celebration of Lights

AO: middle-tooth
Q: sooner
PAX: Barney, Cowboy, DrRupp, Topanga, Young and Restless, Betty Ford, Esposa, Moped (DR – Athens GA)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Active Warm up to the sounds of Jack Black and Adam Sandler

8 Crazy Nights

Each night, we play the dradel and light a candle. The dradel sets the rep count by 4 multiples of 4: ש (Shin) = 4, נ (Nun) = 8, ה (Hey) = 12, ג (Gimel) = 16. Eight squat buy in for the night. First part of the night is to run out on the field and do eight menorah Maccabees (aka plank jack burpee with a star jump). Each pax returns to the new exercise equipment that no one has used yet and picks something new completing the number of reps dictated by the dradel. Can’t do the same exercise twice.

After each nights game, plank for the pax. Gemini attempted to give us hebrew blessings. It worked about half of the time. The PAX was not impressed.

A very educational Hanukkah playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5kfbpR6ApGjEQYAHoyr0ci?si=ncW9H7FuSBGgyHMRgw2FAw&pi=ulG2ud86TwOLs

Lots of announcements, see slack

Prayers, Sami & Darren, victims of gun violence

Esposa really liked the coffee and was the most knowledgeable about Jewish tradition and culture.

12 Days of Squatmas

AO: cruelhall
Q: tampalibra
PAX: Esposa, Donkey Hammer, Focker, Pedialyte, Tinkertoy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
SSH x 50
Squats SL x 10
Late penalty burpees x 20

THANG:
12 Days style – 1 rep of the first, 2 reps of the 2nd + 1 rep of the first, etc

Intentionally threw a ton of new movements focused on foundational strength, taking care of core, low back, and shoulders.

Rx: 30lb block

– Pistol hop (from a sitting position, holding block, single leg get up with power hop). 1 each leg.
– Worthy squats (Squat with straight arm block hold, we’re not worthy at the bottom)
– Referee jump. Modify to Iron Mike if needed (2 is 1)
– Around the world deep squat (4 each side, block around your noggin and back)
– Tennessee Wedding Dates (Hold top of APD with block overhead, reach it back down behind head and back up)
– Haunted tower (plank feet on bench and block in front, hands step up onto block and back down. 6 each side)
– Block pullover (Press block out front, back in, hinge it over your head and back (like you’re taking off a sweater))
– Thruster
– Angel crunch (crunchy with a block and on the picnic table)
– Ground 2 OH (block go on ground now block go overhead)
– Hinge squat (block squat, hinge and like your six at the bottom and back down)
– Plank reach (low plank, reach and touch block, rocking at full extension to extend further