Tag: Movin On Up

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Eight Reliving 1979

Date: 2026-03-19 AO: greenmachine Q: Cowboy , PAX: Shania, Esposa, Black Lung, Focker, Betty Ford, Movin On Up, moneyshot FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Fine Fine Finely Warmer
WARMUP: Good Mornings OYO, SSH, LBC (forward and backwards) with slow lunge, Don Quixote, Mosey to Amphitheater. Divide in 3 groups THE THANG: 3 Rounds of 3 Exercises, Dora 100 Merkins, Box Jumps up, 3rd Man Loop as Timer 200 Palm Squats, Box Jumps, Timer 300 Dips, Ditto Plank for six between each round Line up at Stairs : Bunny Hop up burpee at each landing. Mosey back with a planned stop at intramural field for sprints – New fence around it so had to improvise. Back side of Lipscomp Athletic Complex at hill – Mosey down sprint back up x2 Back to stardex Mary till the end
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Monster Mile April 23, see clack for rest
PLAYLIST: Hits from 1979 – My HS graduation music.apple.com/us/playlist/1979/pl.u-leyllaJCxgZkbN
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Paraphernalia Pump

Date: 2026-03-02 AO: detention Q: EZ-Go PAX: Deep State, Movin On Up, Andrew McDermott, EZ-Go, 8 Ball, Matador, Esposa, Pedialyte, Donkey Hammer, Toto, Pound Puppy FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Spittin’
WARMUP: Mosey to pavilion with various workout paraphernalia (:arrow_left: did you know how that was spelled)? 25 SSH
THE THANG: Station 1: Complexes with Kettle Bells 5 kb to chin 5 Rows 5 Power clean 5 Squat press 5 Good mornings X3 rounds
Station 2: Paraphernalia Pump Station 1 – Sandbag Squats Station 2 – KB Turkish getups Station 3 – Weighted vest burpees Station 4 – Triple arm killers w bumper plates *Tabata – 120s on, 20s off
Had a whole station with burpees and sprinting still to go, but didn’t get to it…
MOLESKINE: It was great to get out there and throw heavy things around – good for the soul.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Merkin Madness (check slack for details)
COT: Pray for my family, wife’s been dealing with medical stuff for the past month
PLAYLIST: Sweating to the Oldies
Love yall :v:EZ
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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.
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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

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12 Days of Christmas

AO: detention
Q: Focker
PAX: Deep State, Esposa, Topanga (Scott), Accounts Receivable, Matador, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Harry Caray, Andrew McDermott, Michael Freiburg, Kraut, Florida Man
FNGs: 1 Florida Man
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: cold cold cold

WARMUP: stretches, snow angels, toy soldiers, reindeer run

THE THANG:
1 curl with descending/lift the kid to bed
2 thrusters lift the trees
3 sit ups with bag
4 pull throughs/slide the box
5 squats/lift the box
6 crunchy frogs
7 overhead presses/lift the kid
8 squats
9 flutters
10 descending merkins/fill the sweater
11 lunges fill the pants
12 120 plank

Followed by 3 sprints and some gut work

MOLESKINE: FNG Paul getting out after Butterball Crawl. Excellent job Pedialyte and EZ-Go on the connection!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 51 weeks for us to brainstorm on Butterball Crawl improvements and advertising

COT: prayers for Andrew McDermott friend and Harry Caray mother.

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Emergency Q

AO: detention
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Movin On Up, Cal Worthington, Pedialyte, Esposa, Tinkertoy, Kraut, Harry Caray, Fortran, Deep State, Michael Freiburg, Focker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS:
48 degrees, dark

WARMUP:
easy short loop, old man stretches

THE THANG:
short jog to Sir Winston Church Hill

11’s – atomic merkins at the bottom, jump squats at the top

short jog back to the start
Tabata 40 seconds on/15 seconds off- multiple rounds of Jane Fondas, SLR, imperial walkers, hillbillies, calf raises, Freddy Mercs, shoulder taps

MOLESKINE:
Thanks for letting me be the emergency Q. We made it up as we went but the energy level was high. Most animated coffeeteria I’ve seen in a while.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Crieve Hall Butter Ball Crawl this Thursday. Run starts at 7am. Coffee and pancakes after. Bring the whole family. EZ-Go sent out a sign up for planning purposes. $5 donation encouraged. We will also meet up Wednesday night for prerun planning and putting out signs. I’ll send out a time when I know it.

COT:
Thinking about Deep State ‘s aunt and Dale Clay.

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Mid Terms

AO: greenmachine
Q: Hipster
PAX: Cowboy, Focker, Shania, Squatter, Topanga, Grape, Esposa, Chunks, Movin On Up, Matador, Black Lung
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Cool and damp

WARMUP: Quick WAR

THE THANG: TEST TIME

AMRAP 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds, 8 sets of each movement, recording # of reps for each set:

– Mercans
– Sit Ups
– Squats
– 2 Count Flutters
– Dips

BEEP TEST – run a lot until you can’t

MOLESKINE: The next test day will be the end of January, start training now!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack

COT: TAPs for Grape, Ginger, Hipster, and urrybody else going through stuff.

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Upper and Lower

AO: detention
Q: Focker
PAX: Esposa, Matador, Accounts Receivable, Mistah Mistah, Pepsi, Tinkertoy, Fortran, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Uncle Jerry, Andrew McDermott, Finger Dust, Kraut, Harry Caray
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS: start with your hoodie, take off within five minutes

WARMUP: dynamic stretching

THE THANG: upper body first
12 rounds of “pump you ups” AKA
1 minute of:
5 pull ups
10 hand release merkins
15 dry docks

Mosey to bus hill for lower body
10 jump squats
15 lunges (single count)
20 Alabama prom dates
Run up hill
10 feet together squats
15 monkey humpers
20 hip flexor pumps
Bernie hill
10 star jumps
15 Smurf jacks
20 frog pumps
Sprint 100%
Repeat one more time

Mosey to start for my choice of gut work

MOLESKINE: good upper body pump today. Gonna be lots of men walking sideways through doors. Booty cheeks and quads definitely gonna be sore.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: too many to mention! Check Slack you dummies

COT: thankful for Topanga (Scott) and his example. Prayers for his mom in this time. Andrew McDermott’s sister upcoming surgery. Shoutout to Mistah Mistah on the new addition tomorrow!
Thankful for my wife who continues to be gracious and patient with me as we celebrate 7 years today.

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Get the Led Out

AO: detention
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Uncle Jerry, EZ-Go, Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Esposa, Focker, Michael Freiburg, Movin On Up, Tinkertoy, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: 65, moderate humidity

WARMUP:
1st warmup – ssh, wmh, gm
2nd warm up – walking imperial walkers, walking hillbillies, side shuffle left, side shuffle right, easy jog
3rd warmup – broga including down dog to up fog, cat/cow, squat rotations, runners stretch with a twist, prone snow angels, prone scorpions, Earl Fondas, SLR

THE THANG:
Bus hill: 10 jump squats and 20 APD top, jog to bottom, alligator merkins uphill halfway, then 20 lunges, then jog to top x 4 rounds

Playground: rounds of 5 bubkas, 10 v-ups, 20 J. Lo’s. till finish

MOLESKINE:
Contentment. May we strive to find it.

Deep State states friend, Daniel.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Major announcement coming to cruelhall this Friday.

Heads up for a July 4 convergence at handsomizer.

Thanks for the chance to lead and sweat with you guys today.

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Coupon Carry

AO: detention
Q: Focker
PAX: Deep State, Young and Restless, Pedialyte, Movin On Up, Average Size, EZ-Go, Esposa, Donkey Hammer, Topanga (Scott), Pound Puppy, Peabody
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: dynamic football warmup

THE THANG: grab large coupon for the group and mosey to bottom of bus loop.
One PAX goes backward up hill while others race to the top and do exercises while waiting. Then back to bottom and switch PAX
Navy seals
Burpees
Wall sit
Ww1
Inch worm merkins
Sit throughs
Flutter kicks
Deep squats
Dry docks
Slow heel drops
Diamond merkins

Mosey to playground and one PAX rifle carries coupon to top of ramp while other PAX work
Pull ups
Jump squats
Dips/skull crushers
Lunges
Navy seals

MOLESKINE: good solid work to loosen up our bodies for the week ahead. Good Mumblechatter, yet still difficult

ANNOUNCEMENTS: looking forward to Topanga (Scott) leadership and thank you Deep State!

COT: a call to appreciate the moments we have with our families because time is fleeting