Impossible/Manly/Murder Mile

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Betty Ford, Toothless, SalPal, Pep, Cowboy, Pole Dancer, Works for a Guy, t-cell, Black Lung, moneyshot, Young and Restless, Esposa, Matador, Shania, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
CONDITIONS: Moist

WARMUP: Drive your car to the workout

THE THANG:
400 meter burpee broad jump :burpee:
400 meter lunge :leg:
400 meter bear crawl :teddy_bear:
400 meter “run” :man-running:

MOLESKINE: -the bear crawl makes the burpee broad jump feel like the lunges
-Works for a Guy unsurprisingly took the crown
-everyone was under one hour!
-coffee, Purity chocolate milk, and Donut Den treats provided (thanks Toothless!)
-one of my new favorite traditions is this horrible mile
ANNOUNCEMENTS: see ya next year!

COT: I think everyone wrestled with their respective higher power during the bear crawls

Holy Week 2025

AO: greenmachine
Q: sooner
PAX: t-cell, Grape, Pep, Matador, moneyshot, Black Lung, Esposa, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Focker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Glorious and Maundy

WARMUP: dynamic

THE THANG:

“AI can’t make this up”

Palm Sunday – Palm Swap – split up into two groups, line up in plank on opposite sides of the field, last pax sprints to front of opposite line until both lines meet in the middle

Stations of the cross – 12s: star jumps and crunchy frogs; travel is beak crawl/crawl bear; 10 yards

Maundy Thursday – Washing of the feet; stairs

Good Friday – lunge walk and 2 x double plank burpees at 10 yards; 60 yards

Holy Saturday – ring of fire

Easter – up downs to “christ the lord is risen today”

MOLESKINE:
Easter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Grape is singing in his church choir and he invites you to come see him sing. He’s a tenor.

COT: Matador’s international students event

Back to High School

AO: greenmachine
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: moneyshot, Pep, Black Lung, Betty Ford, Shania, Esposa, LB
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Drizzly

WARMUP: Mosey through the field house and onto the track for a lap, dynamic warmups and stretching on the field

THE THANG: reworked exercises back from my high school soccer and track days;

1. Corners!

Run diagonally across the field, corner to corner. Exercise on the corner, karaoke the width of the field to the next corner, exercise. Repeat ad nauseum.

Exercises x20:
– Merkins/Dry Docks
– Squats/Iron Mikes
– Supermans/Lateral Supermans
– WW1s/Diamond Sit-ups

2. Stair Jumpers (stadium steps)
– jump up one stair at a time, right leg
– one stair at a time, left leg
– one stair, both legs
– two stairs, both legs
– three stairs, both legs
– two stairs, both legs
– one stair, both legs

Mosey to the parking lot and 10 minutes of Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: BBQ Sunday, Night Moves in East on Saturday

COT: Prayers for my wife and puppy as they recover from their respective surgeries, folks dealing with storm damage, those on the job hunt.

Appreciate the hospitality from the Green Machine crew!

Playlist: Passin’ Me By Radio
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E8ENeNzGVJ3Q3?si=1108794c46db4ab3

Animal Movements

AO: greenmachine
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Cowboy, Esposa, Hipster, Betty Ford, t-cell, Canned Heat, moneyshot, Shania, Ronaldo (2.0), Leonardo (2.1)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Solid

WARMUP: Lap and arm exercises

THE THANG:
Animal Movements
Working across the field, go halfway for each exercise and switch. Some evolution/Darwinism from smallest to largest animal.

Animal 1 and 2
Inchworm :worm:
Crab walk :crab:
1/2 Bernie

Animal 3 and 4
Frog Jumps :frog:
Leaping Lizard :lizard:
1/2 lap

Animal 5 and 6
Duck walk :duck:
Donkey Jumps 🫏
1/2 Bernie

Animal 7 and 8
Coyote :wolf:
Kangaroos :kangaroo:
1/2 lap

Animal 9 & 10
Bear Crawl :bear:
T. rex :t-rex:
1/2 Bernie

Finished with 10 minutes of ultimate football with Ronaldo scoring two goals (woops) touchdowns

MOLESKINE:
Great to be at green machine with my boys. Good to see Hipster on this side of the river.
Appreciate the opportunity from Cowboy to appreciate and use parts of our body that we overlook. #staysore

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LentPax, Game Night, MarchMerkin, Night Moves, Biscuit Run

COT: Tactisquatch from Black Rifle on Brew today

What Piqued My Interest in 2024

AO: greenmachine
Q: Cowboy
PAX: Focker, Michelin Man, Esposa, moneyshot, Grape, t-cell, Cowboy, Canned Heat, Betty Ford, Shania
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Balmy You Say? 60 something
PLAY LIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/2024-cowboy-listen/pl.u-b3b889eHL5zqDp
WARMUP:
SSH
General Stretch OYO – WMH, Good Mornings
Sit Spread legs lean forward – oops the parking lot is wet, darn let’s go to the field

Grab Coupons, 3 total and mosey
Yog to encircle the Mustang at the 50yardline.
Stretch – Sit Spread legs lean forward
Left heel to nuts –
Right heel to nuts
Low WMH – Hands down 2x count IC

THE THANG:
Circle Up – Every 2 reps pass the coupon to the right (quickly modified to every 5). After passing the coupon run to sideline and back. Rounds as follows IC.
30 Squats. 40 Lunges, 50 Thrusters, 60 Kettle Swings (squats)
Elbow Dips at Benches on each sideline bench.
Go to Benches
Elbow dips both or 1 leg
Elbow dips run across when a guy gets there one man runs across the field. When the teams are flipped hold till the 6
Push Ups Bent Elbows

Run to the Stairs at Stands
The PAX holds a plank till their turn.
Crawl Bear up stairs and then run up stands, across, down and back to start
Hold Plank
Rinse and Repeat the stands run.
Back to Star Deck
Mary. Dealer’s Choice

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 25K Merkin Challenge, March mini challenge Merkin Ladders of 10 Per Day, Lean Pax in the last days.
PRAYERS:” for Cowboy’s Friend Richard,

CCM is all around us

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Works for a Guy, Good Morning America, Firefox, moneyshot, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Esposa, Grape, Canned Heat, Sherlock, Steak Knives, LB
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: hot, comparatively

WARMUP: various stretches while the PAX were educated about the start of CCM in the Jesus Movement of the 60s and 70s with even artists like Bob Dylan taking part in CCM’s early formation. Describing how CCM really encompasses lots of genres and not just soft rock/pop.

THE THANG: mosey to hill.
Every PAX takes turn running up (Bernie style) while group does various waiting exercises (squats, merkins, SSH, prom dates, heel lifts). Q took time to describe formative artist Keith Green as well as early CCM theme of adventure/excitement (as manifested by “Go West Young Man” by MWS and “Great Adventure” by SCC)
Mosey to football field
10 yard crab walk
10 Burpees
20 yard bear crawl
20 Squat jumps
30 yard lunges
30 WW1
40 yard broad jump
40 Flutter kicks
50 yard sprint
50 Merkins
Back down the ladder
Mosey back to start and dealer’s choice Mary

MOLESKINE: #mumblechatter consisted of “I haven’t heard this” Grape or “man I haven’t heard this since high school” Cowboy or just good ole silent adoration.
Genuinely thank yall for indulging me today. These are the formative songs of my youth (and current life TBH)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax

COT: prayers lifted for selflessness, Grape and his wife in time of uncertainty, and Cowboy and his best friend in his season of cancer

Gen Z’s Icy Tears

AO: greenmachine
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: moneyshot, Cowboy, Focker, Puzzlah, Shania, Betty Ford, Mermaid (F3 Knoxville), preacherman, Leather Boobie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: quite warm… comparatively. preacherman didn’t even need gloves.

WARMUP: side straddle hops and imperial squat walkers while Cowboy put up the flag.

PLAYLIST: Gracie Abrams. :fire: Michelin Man asks Betty Ford and Puzzlah why Gen Z music is so sad?

THE THANG:

1. First Nations Run. Pass the present (a 20lb ruck plate. Welcome Shania to the world if nashville-rucking) back and the last man runs it back to the front. Drop the present and do a burpee. YHC and AOQ Cowboy seems to keep dropping the present… I think we ran 1 mile.

2. Mosey to end zone. Partner up. One partner runs to 20, does 3 Star jumps, and runs back. Other partner does 100 reps of a series of exercises. We did merkins, WW1s, squats, lunges, flutter kicks, Jane fondas, and then merkins for the 6. Focker noted that the playlist seemed repetitive. Perhaps Gracie Abrams music needs more plot twists like her dad’s TV shows?

3. Do #1 again.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: leanpax. Today is half way! YHC fell off my diet the last two days and his back on today.

COT: pray for Antioch. Several others mentioned.

Lord, thank you for the power and privilege we have and guide us to use those gifts not to build our own thrones but to build your kingdom.

Repetitive Back and Forth Movement Will Not Back the HIM’s Spirit

AO: greenmachine
Q: SalPal
PAX: DintyMoore, Cowboy, moneyshot, Michelin Man, Shania, Works for a Guy, Canned Heat, Grape
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Yes

WARMUP: Mosey to Football field. Start with 5 BBSitups at endzone, bearcrawl to 10 yard line, 1 Lt. Dan, mosey back to endzone. Repeato, add 10 yards and 1 Lt. Dan each time (think bear crawl Agassi’s) until getting to the other endzone.

THE THANG: Same as warmup, except 5 burpees at the endzone and burpees every ten yards.

MOLESKINE: no music, lots of panting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Leanpax, NYD convergence, Juice-Day.

COT: Choose joy, do hard things, be a gift to others.

Sally out.

Burpee-O’Clock-Alypse

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Best Boi (F3 Hill Country), moneyshot, Young and Restless, Jeremy Vanslyke, SalPal, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Grape, Hanes, Topanga, Natural Ice, Dirty Dozen, Canned Heat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Humid and Steamy

THE HORRIBLE THANG: Burpee-O’Clock-Alypse

YHC kicked off the morning with an interval timer set to chime every 60 seconds, signaling a simple yet brutal plan: 5 burpees every minute on the minute for 45 minutes. In between each set of 5 burpees, PAX were graciously given the “opportunity” to catch their breath with a resting exercise called out by YHC. These included light stretching to start, followed by multiple rounds of a Free People’s Run, squats, lunges, Lt. Dans, bear crawls, crab walks, and LBCs.

The soundtrack for this beatdown was none other than Dave Matthews’ magnum opus, Crash, which eventually transitioned to Under the Table and Dreaming after some lag in the latter half of the album. This change tested not only our physical endurance but also our mental toughness.

Overall, there were absolutely no groans or complaints. Each call of “five burpees” was met with cheers and applause (or something close to that), and a new record of 225 burpees was set. YHC is hopeful that future F3 PAX will take on the challenge to push that record to 230 and beyond.

MOLESKINE: DO HARD THINGS

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tn Tussle and Q School!

COT: F3 does not Suscribe – but we do lift up prayer!

Natty Out