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Horizon’s VQ

Date: 2026-03-16 AO: iron-giant Q: Horizon PAX: Butterfingers, Dilbert, hambone, Mr. Pancake, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:38:cold_face: Winds 16 Gusting 24 @ 270
WARMUP: SSH x20 Frankensteins x 10 IC Willie Mays Imperial Walkers x 10 IC Good mornings
THE THANG: Burpees x 10 Mosey Merkins x 10 IC Alabama Ass Kickers x 10 IC Mosey Diamond Merkins x 10 IC Mosey Carolina Dry Docks x 10 IC Fast Walk Makhtar N’Diayes x 20 IC Slowsey Crunch x 25 IC Dolly x 15 IC World War I x 20 Slowsey Burpees x 8 Mosey Merkins x 10 IC Alabama Ass Kickers x 10 IC Mosey Diamond Merkins x 10 IC Mosey Flutter Kicks x 12 IC American Hammer x 12 IC World War I x 25
MOLESKINE: How does hambone define a fast walk? Butterfingers hit the head midway…doors were unlocked.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: offthebooks Tuesday 5:30am Station Camp near the obstacle course Thursday 5:30am Whites Creek High School after-hours Tuesday 7pm Granite State of TN map bottom of the hill north of the capitol building
COT: Mr. Pancake starting new job soon Mr. Pancake’s daughters dance competition Horizon down range Friday visiting parents for a week
PLAYLIST: Gloomy silence and the occasional grunt

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Through the Fog

Date: 2026-03-09 AO: iron-giant Q: Butterfingers PAX: Horizon, Steely, hambone, Butterfingers FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: foggy to start and somehow foggier when done, temp was decent (low 50s?)
WARMUP: side straddle hops, good mornings, Willie Mayes, mosey around the lot
THE THANG: a circuit (x4) of: the sled (more like bulldozer today), man makers, dead lifts, curls or overhead press. Then mosey to the pavilion for upright merkins, dips, decline merkins. Pull ups both forehead and curl to 5 (x3), back to the pavilion for dips, upright and decline merkins, then exercise on your 6: WWI, least beneficial sit ups, American hammers, cobra stretch, Superman’s. Mosey back to start for some squats, merkins, and burpees.
MOLESKINE: got foggier, and it was a mix of sweat and fog condensation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tuesday OTB at Station Camp HS obstacle course. Merkin madness continuing
COT: prayers for hambone family, Steely employee of the year nomination, Mr. Pancake job possibility, Horizon forthcoming wedding for his daughter.
PLAYLIST: Enjoy the Silence
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Misty Monday

Date: 2026-03-03 AO: iron-giant Q: Mr. Pancake PAX: Dilbert, Butterfingers, Horizon, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Cool Mist
WARMUP: SSH Mosey to the Pavilion
THE THANG: 3 Round Picnic Table Circuit Alternate Step Ups Dips 1 legged squats Incline Merkins Box Jumps
Core Work and stretching, with some Moseys mixed in.
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Merkin Madness
New AO at Whites Creek
COT: hambone family
Mr. Pancake job search, final interviews
PLAYLIST:
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Not Much Iron, Not Much Giant

Date: 2026-02-24 AO: iron-giant Q: hambone PAX: Horizon, Mr. Pancake, Butterfingers FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: colder than a witch’s tit
WARMUP: 1/2 mile run
THE THANG:
1. Pull Up masters–pull ups overhand, drop set underhand 2. Run mile loop with stops for simple exercises 3. Carry 88lb KB or 70KB while partner planks
MOLESKINE: Happy birthday, Mr. Pancake! House rules say you have to Q on your birthday, but you get a mulligan this year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers for health
PLAYLIST: suffer in silence

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5 HIMs attacked the Icy Iron Giant!

Date: 2026-02-02 AO: iron-giant Q: Mr. Pancake PAX: Butterfingers, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Squatter FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: A balmy 26 degrees with icy parking lot.
WARMUP: 25 Side Staddle Hops 10 high knees 10 butt kicks 10 leg swings 10 hip circles Arm Circles
THE THANG: 5 Workouts x 10 reps x 5 rounds 1. Overhead Squats 2. Coupon (kettlebell) Swings 3. Coupon Lunges 4. Overhead Press 5. Merkins
Mosey in between rounds with coupon carry
COT: Prayers for those without power and those working to restore it.
Prayers for families dealing with casualty after sledding accident.

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Marry Go Round the Bags

AO: iron-giant
Q: Cross-stitch , Dilbert, hambone
PAX: Dilbert, hambone, Brown Slip, Country Parkour, Mr. Pancake, Concretia – F3 Paulding, Butterfingers, Steely, Hammer (2.0), Tony Shoemaker
FNGs: 1 Tony Shoemaker
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Freezing Cold

WARMUP: qtr mile mosey

THE THANG: 10-3 3-4 ladder. I forget the order (with sandbags): burpees, squats, presses, merkins, rows, curls

MOLESKINE: prayer for your F3 brothers who may be going through some tough times and having to make tough decisions

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Rotational Stations

AO: iron-giant
Q: Steely
PAX: hambone, Dilbert, Butterfingers, Steely
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: 32 degree and a slight breeze

WARMUP:
25 Side-Straddle Hops IC
10 Arm-Circles Forward/Reverse IC
10 Forward hand claps IC
10 Overhead hand claps IC

THE THANG:
The PAX rotated through 8 stations of exercises(Curls, Dips, Overhead Press, Squats, Merkins, Step-Ups, Pull-Ups/ standing Rows, flutter kicks) using a Tabata timer of 1 minute per station and a 10sec rest to rotate. Then a 4 minute rest between cycles. We cycled through the stations 3 times. During the 4 minute rest PAX took a slow Mosey around the parking lot. Finished with everyone’s personal selected ab exercise.

MOLESKINE:
10 seconds to rotate wasn’t long enough

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Dilbert and his son are headed to Indy to watch Monday night football. Safe travels!!

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Simple Instructions

AO: iron-giant
Q: hambone
PAX: Mr. Pancake, Dilbert, hambone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: 36 and raining

WARMUP: Simple .2 mile job

THE THANG:

(NOTE: all sandbags were 60, 70, or 80 lbs. Sandbag rotation command in effect)

1, 2, 3, …, 13 of:
Merkins
Sandbag Deadlifts
Sandbag Squats

1, 2, 3, …, 10 of:
Dips
Squats

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of:
Sandbag lunges
Sandbag pulls
Hangs

Head back to the end for:

45lb plate drivers
45lb overhead hold

MOLESKINE:

1. Harder than YHC thought; workout was meant to be relatively easy. First round was supposed to go to 15, but I happily modified.
2. Dilbert uttered “I want to go back to bed” (paraphrased) during the 6th set of sandbag pulls. That’s the closest I’ve seen a man leave a workout and literally go back to bed since Poppa Lock did it at bomber.
3. Mr. Pancake showed no quit, but perhaps some regret.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: noneya

COT: Prayers for Station Camp (location may be wrong) girl paralyzed and trampoline park. Life changing, and not in an easy way.

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RELAY

AO: iron-giant
Q: Steely
PAX: hambone, Butterfingers
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Foggy

WARMUP:
25 IC Side Strattle Hops
10 Arm Circles forward
10 Arm Circles reveres
10 Merikans
Mosey

THE THANG:
Spread out even distances down the parking lot.

Each PAX had the privilege of choosing their exercise.

The PAX at the start began with ten reps of selected exercise and then ran and tagged the next PAX where he took over that exercise we continued this rotating exercises and completed three rounds before heading for a mosey to the pavilion where we performed 10 count hangs three times then 5 count hangs with legs elevated twice and 10 IC dips. Mosied back to the flag, finished with some abs.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Have a Happy and blessed Thanksgiving

COT:

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Pain Pyramid

AO: iron-giant
Q: Steely
PAX: hambone, Butterfingers
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Cold!! 42

WARMUP:
Mosey around the lot
20 Side Stratton hops IC
10 Arm Circles Forward and Reverse IC
Willie Mays Hays OYO
Good Mornings OYO

THE THANG:
Round One:
1st guy runs to the crosswalk and performs 5 Burpees
2nd guy does weighted overhead press
3rd guy does weighted curls
Rotate until all three have completed each exercise
Round Two:
1st guy runs to the crosswalk, 5 burpees; then to the stop sign and 10 squats, returning in reverse order
2nd guy weighted standing rows
3rd guy weighted deadlifts
Rotate until all three have completed each exercise
Round three:
1st guy runs to the crosswalk, 5 burpees; then to the stop sign 10 squats; and then to the end of the lot for 20 Merikans. Returns in the reverse order.
2nd guy weighted squats repeated until runner returns
3rd guy weighted tricep extensions
Rotate until all three have completed each exercise
Completed two more rounds following the reverse order of the runner and weighted exercises

After we have complete our pyramid of pain we moseyed over to the park benches
10 step ups on each leg OYO
10 pull ups OYO
10 dips OYO

Moseyed back to the start
20 flutter kicks IC
10 count IC Superman’s
Abdominal stretch

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: