Tag: Hambone

Posted on

The Stronghold

Date: 2026-10-01 AO: The Stronghold Q: hambone , PAX: Tinkertoy, hambone, Young and Restless, Red Skull, Epcot (F3 Tulsa), Barney, Dan and Dave, 12 of 4:13’s Finest FNGs: None COUNT: 19 CONDITIONS: Dark, but not dark enough that I could completely pop out of the dark…but close enough
WARMUP: No.
THE THANG:
Phase 1) Take off running and get limber.
Commence sit up protocol. We reached 67, but pax decided to stop. Restart sit up protocol. Team made it to 24 sit ups before we needed to mosey.
Phase 2) Take off running and commence next phase of exercises
Commence squat protocol for 87 squats. Switch protocol back to sit ups for 60 more.
Revert to squat protocol for 50 more.
Phase 3) Take off running and head to shuttle run area
Shuttle area protocol–run down and back. Repeat as instructed.
During shuttle protocol, failures of effort were noticed. The team proceeded to burpee protocol for 24.
Shuttle protocol resumed with new rules–don’t let hambone beat you. The crew gave solid effort.
Phase 3) Return to StartEx – Part 1
Team proceeded to move out towards StartEx. Team needed to pause and do 30 more situps to wait for pax.
Phase 4) Return to StartEx – Part 2
Return to StartEx and commence burpee protocol for 30 burpees.
Time.
MOLESKINE: There is no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ML Rose oct 21 donations, etc
COT: prayers for healing, family friends passing, children, and going forward with heads held high.
PLAYLIST: HA no.
Posted on

[The Discipline] The Discipline

Date: 2026-09-30 AO: The Discipline Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Creatine, Butterfingers, Dilbert, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 5 I forgot my headlamp, and then I went back to get it, and then we did some ruck shuffling to keep up the pace.
Well done, and welcome to Goat Knuckle.
Posted on

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Creatine, Happy Trees, Horizon, Goat Knuckle FNGs: 1 Goat Knuckle COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: COLD (just kidding, but not bad)
WARMUP: lots of warmup–in fact, Goat Knuckle inflicted this pain on the baseball team later on.
The pax did many bag carrying and movement exercises–good job, crew.
Posted on

Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Red Skull, Barney, Decaf, Young and Restless, Right Said, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Wham-O, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: 54 degrees and dark! Perfect running weather
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm up: SSH, IWs, Squats, Stretches.
THE THANG: Split into two groups: Group 1) Those who choose to bring their best effort and a positive attitude; Group 2) Those who choose to treat this opportunity like a punishment and deliver a pathetic effort with a bad attitude.
After everyone chose to be part of Group 1, we did what we all came to do….RUN!!!
MARY: Worked our way down from 10 reps to 5 reps of Burpees, Squats and WWIs.
MOLESKINE: Every day we get to choose how we will show. Our effort and our attitude are both 100% within our control. Choosing joy and a spirit of gratitude can change everything.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 007 is this Friday. Registration will close today. Its not too late to be part of this epic experience.
Posted on

[The Castle] The Castle – New duration – The Castle is now 1 hour

Date: 2026-09-26 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Creatine, hambone, Steely, Dr. Brown Slip, Happy Trees, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Barney, Makita, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: friggin perfect
WARMUP: SSH, typewriters, arm circles
THE THANG: the 1 hr thang TABATA Round 1 – 1 min 40 sec on and 20 rest Stretchy band back pull Heavy bat shoulder rotation Curls Gas pump Abyss merkins Front raised shoulder hold 10 sec at a time 80 lb Sandbag squat thrust 30 lb Kettlebell swing toss as far as you can 55 lb Side lunges 100 lb Tombstone carry
Mosey to Makita car to fetch the frisbee
Round 2 – 30 sec on and 10 sec rest
5 v 5 Ultimate frisbee
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: lots of mubblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots happening in October
COT:
PLAYLIST: various high energy songs
Posted on

Tortoise and Hair – Run #2

Date: 2026-09-22 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Hipster, Wham-O, Decaf, Barney, Red Skull, hambone, Right Said, Young and Restless, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Dolce Mille, Unc, Heart Song, Sausage Man, Bedazzel, Floyd, Spaghetti-O, DeVito, Hootie, Good Luck Charlie, Cheese Wiz, Strike Out FNGs: None COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: The Last Day of Summer!!
WARMUP: Regular Pre-Run Warm-Up
THE THANG: RUN!!!
MARY: Post-Run Beat Down delivered by Wham-O
MOLESKINE: It is not a good look when your second run is slower than your first run. It is a good indicator of bad attitude and/or effort. We have four weeks left to get these men where they need to be.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 007 is Friday 10/2. Sign up at jointhestruggle.com
Posted on

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-21 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Happy Trees, Horizon, hambone, Creatine, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Warm but appears to be getting cooler, thankfully
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, arm circles, typewritters
THE THANG: Mosey to the middle of the baseball fields where we spent the full time with some heavy objects
Tabata: 1 min on 20 sec rest 7 stations
100 lb tombstone – carry 40 ish feet, set it down, repeat 30 lb kettlebell oblique sitting twist 45 lb curls 25 lb big boy situps 80 lb bleacher stands climb up and down uneven abyss merkins 55 lb heavy bag on a rope pull up from top bleacher seat (about 15-18′ of pulling), drop to ground, repeat
mosey back to Startex.
MARY: none, finished 10 sec over time
MOLESKINE: lots of good mumblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack, join my Wounded Warrior Ruck team Oct 10
COT:
PLAYLIST: Rock
Posted on

[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Happy Trees, hambone, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Strutter, Dr. Brown Slip, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Still hot WARMUP:
THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: