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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-10-19 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Creatine, Under the Table, hambone, Goat knuckle, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: cool but only for a min
WARMUP: SSH, that’s all we got to work quickly
THE THANG: TABATA TIME 1:30 on 20 sec rest
1st round – Heavy bat – Squats 80 lbs – WWII with 20 lb – Upright row 45 lbs – Shoulder press 40-80 lbs – Lunges – Man maker 55 lbs
In between sets 2 and 3 90 seconds Kettlebell swings Flutter kicks IC x 25
Repeato the TABATA but round 3 went 1:10 sec on and 20 sec off
MARY: 50 sec plank
MOLESKINE: Lots of sports talk and mexican flatulance leaving hambone
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PLAYLIST: 90’s Rock

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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant – Deadlift what???

Date: 2026-10-12 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Goat knuckle, hambone, Dilbert, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: perfect for lifting, 55 degrees, no wind
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, Willie May Hays, typewritters, Arm circles
THE THANG: Deadlifting pax – 135 lb 30 times The other Pax (the on deck pax choosing a workout) Repeato at that weight
Deadlifting pax – 225 up to 10 times (this proved to be really hard with the fat bar). The other Pax (the on deck pax choosing a workout) Dropped the weight back to 135 and up to 10 times
Then hambone and YHC each grabbed a 45 lb plate for each hand and farmer carry about 100 yards (about 50 there and 50 back). Goat knuckle and Happy Trees did curls until we get back.
Switch
MARY: sit up and touch your left ankle then right for the last two min for time.
MOLESKINE: Good chatter and fellowship
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack
COT: kids going back to school
PLAYLIST: F3 rock and rap hits

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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-10-05 AO: Iron Giant Q: Happy Trees , PAX: Happy Trees, hambone, Dilbert, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: little cool but nice
WARMUP: good mornings Phelps Willie mays
THE THANG: F3 Ruck + Merkin Beatdown — 45 Minutes Q: Happy Trees Warm-Up — ~5 minutes 1. 25 Side Straddle Hops — in cadence 2. Good Mornings / Good Morning Stretch — 1 minute OYO 3. Willie Mays Hays — 10 each side Main Beatdown — ~35 minutes Use rucking/walking between stations to keep everybody moving. Station 1 – 20 Merkins – 30 Squats – Ruck / weighted carry Station 2 – Curl Set #1 — ruck curls; if too heavy, hold at halfway position – Lunges Set #1 — ruck on; bodyweight to modify – 60-second Wall Sit Station 3 — Core & Back – Supermans — 1 minute – Hollow Hold — 1 minute – Dead Bugs — 10 each side – Ruck / weighted carry Station 4 – 20 Side Straddle Hops – Curl Set #2 – Lunges Set #2 – Ruck / weighted carry Station 5 – 60-second Wall Sit #2 – Lunges Set #3 – Walking Curl Hold — Curl Set #3: hold the ruck around halfway through the curl position while walking Finish — ~5 minutes
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[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.
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[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
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-14 AO: Iron Giant Q: Horizon , PAX: hambone, Happy Trees, Horizon, Creatine FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: low 70s
WARMUP: Good mornings, Willie Mays, SSH, Mosey
THE THANG: Carried sand bag of your choice, 40lbs – 60lbs. Trek down highway 76 to Byram Drive working our way to Stadium Drive. Along the way we had multiple stops doing the following: Curls Overhead press Man makers Bent over rows Squats Merkins
Along the trek, some lunge walking
MARY: plank
MOLESKINE: “I like to hear bags down” “I’m glad I didn’t carry the 80lb bag”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: friend Rob and his wife
PLAYLIST: sounds of early dawn
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-07 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, FNG that Dilbert EH’d FNGs: 1 FNG that Dilbert EH’d COUNT: 2 Tclaps to Dilbert for always EHing!

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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-08-31 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Dilbert, Horizon, Happy Trees, Creatine, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: I thought nice, but ended up warm. A few weeks of summer left
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, arm circles, type writters
THE THANG: Round 1 of 6 exercises – 10 reps each Curls, Squat, upright row, bent over row, over the shoulder throw and heavy bat obliques After 10 reps of each we did 2 min of kettle bell swings and 2 min of heavy BBSU Round 2 – Repeato 1:30 of kettle bells and 1:30 of heavy BBSU Speed walk to the end Calf raises back -40 raises then walk back Round 3 – Repeato 1 min of kettle bell and 1 min of heavy BBSU Round 4 – Repeato 30 sec of Kettle bell and 30 sec of heavy BBSU
MARY:None – we grinded until the end
MOLESKINE: decent mumblechatter on various topics
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack, keep giving F3 away, and Oct 5th 5K supporting Wounded Warrior
COT: Prayers for the travels some PAX have coming up
PLAYLIST: F3 Rock hits
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-08-24 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: Horizon, hambone, Steely, Happy Trees, Creatine FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant – Roll of the Dice

Date: 2026-08-17 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Dilbert, Horizon, Under the Table, Beary Queen – BQ, hambone, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Very warm, kind of hot with a light breeze
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings
THE THANG: 100 lb Medicine Ball
The PAX roll the digital dice for what they make the PAX do for 70 seconds. While they did that the dice roller picks up the stupid ass 100 lb medicine ball that hambone brought for us and puts it on the tailgate. Roll it off, and do it again.
Here is what we did
R1 70 sec Triceps ext R2 70 sec Bent over row R3 70 sec BBSU R4 70 sec Bent over row R5 70 sec Bent over row R6 70 sec Squat R7 70 sec Triceps ext R8 70 sec Squat R9 70 sec Coupon Curl R10 70 sec Over the shoulder throw Quick walking break – a few walking lunges and calf raises back to startex. R11 70 sec Pain Maker R12 70 sec Side Straddle Hop R13 70 sec Coupon Curl R14 70 sec Pain Maker R15 70 sec BBSU R16 70 sec BBSU R17 70 sec Bent over row R18 70 sec Squat R19 70 sec Over the shoulder throw R20 70 sec BBSU R21 70 sec Pain Maker – hambone did not start the timer on purpose to make us do more…. LOL R22 70 sec BBSU R23 70 sec Side Straddle Hop R24 70 sec BBSU R25 70 sec Romanian Deadlift R26 70 sec BBSU
MARY: None
MOLESKINE: Just some good chatter about staying and keep coming to F3
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack
COT:
PLAYLIST: Dilbert’s rock/rap mix