“Die Hard” – A Christmas Workout

AO: greenmachine
Q: Matador , EZ-Go
PAX: Shy Guy, Esposa, Hipster, Cowboy, Chunks, Grape, Topanga, Matador, Pep, EZ-Go, The Merchant
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: As cold as Christmas on the 30th floor of a skyscraper with the windows blown out

WARMUP: OYO party: SSH, Good mornings, Willie Mays, broga, etc

THE THANG: DIE HARD

Ascend 30 floors up Nakatomi Tower
-Run the Bleachers many times

Survive against terrorist-thieves, lead by Matador
Start in Endzone 
Bearcrawl (thru glass) to 50 yard line
20 burpees (climb up elevator shaft)
Peter parker to other endzone (crawl thru AC vent)
50 calf raises bc your feet hurt from glass
Bearcrawl back to 50 yard line
20 burpees
Peter Parker to original endzone
50 calf raises

Hostage Rescue Relay, lead by Matador
Partners — 1 person doing SSH while waiting
1 person sprint out to 30 yards
30 high knees (escaping down 30 floors)
Sprint back, switch places
Do this a bunch of times. There are many hostages

Hans Gruber hangs and falls to his death, lead by EZ-Go
Partners – 1 does a dead hang until failure
Other partner does V-Ups
Switch and do again, many times

The Final Shot, lead by EZ-Go
Reginald VelJohnson (Al) shoots final terrorist for John McClane
Partners – 1 of you takes the bullet (burpees) – the other… shoots the shot? Somehow related to the plot (full sprint across field and back) 

MOLESKINE: spoiler: they’re not actually terrorists, they’re just regular old German thieves.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: this is what slack is for

COT: prayers for challenges related to divorce, family hardships during Christmas travels. Gratitude for Shy Guy’s new baby.

The Great Shave Deception

AO: titan
Q: Squatter
PAX: Chunks, hambone, CubCadet, Pep, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:
Windy 42 degrees

WARMUP:
SSH
Michael Phelps
Butt-Kickers
WMH-Runners Stretch-2Buck
Good Mornings

THE THANG:
Indian Run w/ speaker

15 minutes of
5 Pull-ups
10 Merkins
15 Squats

Coupon work in cadence
Curl to OH Press 4 ct
Body Builders 8 ct
Slow Thrusters 8 ct
Deadlift to Row 4 ct
BB Sit-ups 4 ct
Flutter kicks 4 ct
Lunge walk/OH walk w/ coupon
Rinse Repeat til 615

MOLESKINE:
Squatter still has a beard. You can’t believe anything you see online these days. But as promised the PAX saw a beardless Squatter as they passed around his drivers license pic from 15 years ago.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Christmas Party 12/12
Christmas Eve Titan Workout – 2.0 friendly
New Year’s Eve Titan Workout – AOQ change

COT:
Prayer and Coffeteria at Star Bagel

Vector 8th Qversary – A Sampling of the Past

AO: bomber
Q: Vector
PAX: Chunks, CubCadet, DintyMoore, Firefox, Papa Bear, Pep, Sherlock, Strutter, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
To celebrate a slightly belated 8th Anniversary for YHC (I was EH’d by Ebola in Nov 2017 and had a hambone Q’d beatdown to introduce me to this non-cult cult), I decided to celebrate the musical tradition of sampling by sampling from my first Q. Vector from 8 years ago didn’t give me much to work with, but, like most sampled tunes, the end result is often worse than the original . . .

CONDITIONS: Slightly chilly but warm in our hearts

PLAYLIST: Legendary songs that sampled other works along with the originals

U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer (which samples . . .)
Super Freak – Rick James
Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (which samples . . . )
Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
S.O.S. – Rhianna (which samples . . .)
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Don’t Stop the Music – Rhianna (which samples . . . )
Wanna be Starting Somethin’ – Michael Jackson
Anxiety – Doechii (which samples . . . )
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye

WARMUP:
Taken from my first Q in March 2018:
GM x 12, WMH x 12, IW x 12, Squats x 12, LBAC x 12, RLBAC x 12

THE THANG:
The Original Vector Q Workout:
[Side note – 1) not sure how you do “reps” of bear crawls, 2) bear crawls AND burpeees? Jeez 2018 me, not cool.]
1) Bear crawl x 12
2) Dips on benches x 12
3) Pull-ups x 12
4) Burpees x 12

The Sample: Taking the original and making it better? worse? indifferent?
DORA with partner
Burpees x 100
Pull-ups x 200
Dips x 300
Run around Rec Center with a Bear Crawl on the last leg

Mary:
Did the 2018 Mary of Elbows to Knees L and R side x 12 each and followed by sampling to make better with “real” bicycles x 12 each side.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Grow School 12/6 (tomorrow)
2. Holiday Party Hair Band house 12/12 6p
3. Night Moves/After Hours 12/18

COT:
Words of gratitude, praises, prayers. Many prayers and gratitude for Pep’s new computer (like there was A LOT of discussion about this). Appreciated the arrival of HRS Chunks-N-Stuff and that they did not leave once they heard 200 pull-ups and 100 burpees on the docket! Thankful for all the HIM who came out and continue to push me to be harder, better, faster, stronger (see the Kanye sample I threw in there?). SYITG, Vec

Stand by your man

AO: titan
Q: Puzzlah
PAX: Choo Choo, Spinal Tap, Pep, DintyMoore, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Lovely Day.

WARMUP:
SSH, Arms, Legs

THE THANG:
Last-man up to the Dog Park Hill with some lunges to give us a chance to come together.

“Stand by Your Man” –Changed last minute from playing Tammy Wynette on a loop to songs that have “Stand” in them

Pair Up, work simultaneously, alternating between workouts every 10 reps:

– 100 Merkins
– 100 Squats

Run a lap

– 200 Incline Merkins
– 200 Step Ups

Run a lap

– 100 Decline Merkins
– 100 “Boston Cream Pie” Split Squats because I can’t speak

Last man up back to start

MOLESKINE:
Keep pushing through the cold days, !

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

6:30 AM 2.0 Friendly Christmas Eve Beatdown

COT: Mental health, connection, Stand by your guys (and gals).

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35DQP5Wce4YSDoNIPP7A53?si=ons7vQFFQc6_Xc2qgV-cgw

WEIGHTsteros workout 1

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Tim the Toolman, bluemule, Vector, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice, Pep, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Red Skull, Right Said, Squatter, The Merchant, Juicy J, 0, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: effin’ cold

WARMUP: nope

THE THANG:

1. Warm up lap
2. MM creates 3 groups. MM’s group is the timer. Do 30 of each and then rotate to next station. 2x through.
-Station 1- curls / tricep extensions
-Station 2 – lunges (each leg is 1) / squats
-Station 3 – bent over rows / OHP
3. 5 Sprint break
4. Repeat #2
5. 5 sprint break (including a RE-moralizing decades staggered run)
6. Mary for time

Thanks for letting me lead. WEIGHTsteros begins.

Thanks

AO: bomber
Q: Firefox , CubCadet
PAX: DintyMoore, Black Lung, Papa Bear, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Vector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Mumblechatter. Mosey up to parking lot.
20 SSH
15 FLBAC
15 RLBAC
10 air presses

THE THANG: Firefox
20 iron mikes (each side is a half)
20 jump squats
20 monkey humpers

Repeat.

Tortoise and Hair. PAX partnered up at one of the parking lot. One partner did a traveling Lt. Dan. The other did 10 jump squats and murder bunny to catch their partner. Swap and repeat to the end of the parking.

Repeat for the full length of the parking lot.

CubCadet Mosey down to circle

New partners. Dora: 100 incline merkins, 200 dips, 300 4-count flutterkicks. Runner runs up to main drive and back.

Round robin mary with lots of some exclusionary rules, one of which was “Firefox doesn’t get to pick”.

MOLESKINE:
– 8 for 8 coffeeteria plus all five members of H.R. Chunksnstuff.
– DintyMoore talked about random encounters with naked people. Everyone else took detailed notes.
– It’s worth noting for posterity that CubCadet is thankful for his body and thinks we should all be thankful for his body.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Converge at handsomizer next Friday. bomber will be closed!
– Party at Hair Band’s place

COT:
– Much gratitude
– Safe holiday travels

Beggin’ for a Leggin’

AO: greenmachine
Q: SalPal , Wolfpack
PAX: Cal Worthington, Shy Guy, Esposa, Purple Tiger, Cowboy, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Mid-50s. Shorts and t-shirts for sure.

WARMUP: I propose we delete this section, if you need a warmup, come early. Sorry Pep, no SSH.

THE THANG: I got everyone’s limbs lubricated with split squats and weighted wall sits. Wolfpack aroused our heart rates with sprints, lunge walks and bear crawls. We climaxed with ring of fire squats and burpees.

MOLESKINE: Innuendo, Split Speakers, Indigenous People, Typical Pep Bit ft. Cowboy “Is this ?” Also coffee this morning ripped. 11/10.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hair Band deigned to drive in and announce 3rd volunteer and donation opportunities, see slack. 2nd F Christmas party, see channel. F3 After Hours. Grow School. See slack, see slack, see slack.

COT: For those suffering, intentions unspoken.

Monster Ballads

AO: titan
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Spinal Tap, Puzzlah, Young and Restless, Pep, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Papa Bear, Juicy J, Squatter, G Money
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: very very perfect

PLAYLIST: https://youtu.be/_qLBSwrBiBs?si=LguU0WFsEF5ecEbK

WARMUP: Extremely slow SSH cadence practice…… we still need ore practice. Then we did some typical warm ups and stretching.

THE THANG: Another Big Dumb Thang
Mosey to the front of the Parthenon

5 Burpees
10 Derkins (decline merkins)
20 Merkins
30 Incline Merkins

Run around the circle and WWIs while we wait for the 6
YHC Called out cadence merry for an “active recovery” flutter kicks, LBCs

5 Burpees
10 Iron Mikes (each leg is half)
20 Bulgarian Split Squats
30 Jump Squats

Run around the circle and WWIs while we wait for the 6
YHC Called out LBCs, Freddy Mercurys, and Jane Fonda in cadence.

We rinsed and repeated this until our time was up – No breaks no stops, just chest, merry, legs, and more merry.

MOLESKINE: We came to work out – push it for 45 minutes and get the hardest part of your day behind you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 After Dark or night moves or whatever….. its Thursday Night. Go to it!

COT:

17 NOV 2025

AO: westeros
Q: bluemule , Papa Bear, DintyMoore, Spinal Tap, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Sherlock
PAX: bluemule, Sherlock, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, Pep, DintyMoore, Papa Bear
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Cold but manageable

WARMUP: YHC had a house alarm go off five minutes before start – false alarm but it required leaving and having everyone else step in to Q!

THE THANG:
The PAX all stepped up for a no-notice Q while I went to check the security alarm!
-Dora: 100 mountain climbers, 200 LBCs, 300 squats, one PAX does exercises and one runs around the loop
-Playground: Rounds of several calisthenics including burpees, pull-ups, merkins, and dips.
-Sprints: Self-explanatory

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Night Moves this Thursday, and Thanksgiving run next week

COT: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

HAIL HYDRA

AO: greenmachine
Q: Natural Ice , Chunks, Squatter
PAX: Pep, Esposa, SalPal, Grape, Topanga (Scott), Focker, Cowboy, Young and Restless, Hipster, Wham-O, Betty Ford
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Low 40s and perfect

WARMUP: NO SSH FOR YOU Pep!!!
Why warm up when you can run to the track :man-shrugging:

THE THANG: The 3 Heads of Hydra

Squatter kicked off the first 15 minutes with a simple and effective concept

Start at 0m
10 merkins, 10 burpee broad jumps, 10 air squats, 10 lunges, 10 flutter kicks, bear crawl to the 100m line, run the rest of the track (picking up the 6), and rinse and repeat.

YHC took over at 5:45

Starting at the end of the field with performed 30 SSH – (My psyop to get the full PAX into cadence was a complete failure)
10 8-count body builders, 20 Big Boy Sit Ups and we ran to the other side of the field to rinse and repeat.

Now that we are over Ocotburpee, 8 count body builders are all the rage.

Lastly Chunks closed us out.
Sprints up the hill, sets of Perfect Merkins, Burpees :pinched_fingers: the perfect way to close out a beat down before ending with some light stretching.

MOLESKINE: IMHO – Co Qs should be about keeping the momentum high and not planning to much as team. Mission accomplished

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Percy Warner Accent this Saturday, f3 Afterhours/Afterdark/NightF3 next Thursday, Turkey Trot in Crieve Hall, Grow School in December

COT: Prayers for the Clay Family, Lifting up Hipster, and for all of us to lean into community as we are not built to grow/thrive on our own.

I am thankful for you guys!
-Natty Out

All typos courtesy of me writing this out and not using Chatgpt