Welcome FNGs

AO: titan
Q: Chunks
PAX: preacherman, Salami, SalPal, Sherlock, Natural Ice, Young and Restless, Papa Bear, Freakonomics, Doublemint (F3 RVA), Hipster, CubCadet, Spinal Tap, Black Lung, DintyMoore, Crawlspace, Pep, Cowbell (DR), Fanny Pack (DR), OJ, Kincade, Carrot Top
FNGs: 3 OJ, Kincade, Carrot Top
COUNT: 22
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP:

42 SSH = my age!

THE THANG:

The PAX voted and Yacht Rock was the playlist choice.

Pass the speaker run towards Love Circle.

Took a hard right on 29th and headed back to the hill next to the Parthenon.

Count off 1s and 2s. Partner up. Each partner group picked an exercise for the rest of the PAX while they were the timer and ran up and down the hill. Once everyone had a turn as the timer, mosey to the lawn in front of the Parthenon.

Round 1 25% to the other side and 1 burpee and back
Round 2 25% to the other side and 2 burpees and back
Round 3 50% to the other side and 3 burpees and back
Round 4 50% to the other side and 4 burpees and back
Round 5 90% to the other side and 5 burpees and back

Mosey back to startex with a sprint to the finish.

4 Mins of mary left with some up and downs with burpees

Always an honor to lead.

3 FNGs were welcomed to the crew: Carrot Top, OJ, and Kincade

MOLESKINE: 95% of men over 35 will never sprint again. We will not be a part of that statistic.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack

COT: Prayed out!

Rice is Nice

AO: handsomizer
Q: Firefox
PAX: Natural Ice, Salami, Old Maid, caprate, FakePaw
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Damp

WARMUP:
– 20x SSH
– 15x FLBAC
– 15x BLBAC
– 15x Air Presses
– 15x Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: YHC was given a gracious welcome by the handsomizer regulars, and I returned that by bringing gifts of rice.

Part 1: Indigenous peoples run around the stadium bring a rice bag up to the front of the line and passing it back.

Part 2: PAX partnered up over at the picnic benches on the turf patch. Pairs did a rice bag pass during an exercise

– Step-ups on the picnic benches (passing the rice bag at the top of the step-up) – 3 minutes
– Sit-ups (toe-to-toe, passing the rice bag at the top of the sit-up) – 3:30 minutes
– Squats – 3:45 minutes
– WW1 (toe-to-toe, bringing the rice bag up over your head when coming to the ground and then passing it at the top of the sit-up) – 5 minutes!

Part 3: Plank hold for 3:45 minutes during “Hold On” by the Alabama Shakes

Part 4: 45 sec on, 15 sec off
– Bench flutters (3 rounds)
– Bulgarian split-squats (2 rounds)
– One-legged stand-ups (2 rounds)

Part 5: PAX got back into pairs. One held a hollow body hold while the other ran with a rice bag. Each PAX ran twice (significantly shortening the run for the second round).

Part 6: 1 minute of shoulder tap plank jacks.

MOLESKINE:
– Lots of good mumblechatter time during the run and partner exercises
– What wore down the most during those WW1s? Core or arms?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Hot wings challenge with The Merchant

COT:
– Job changes and the soul searching that accompanies coming to a career crossroads.

It was a pleasure joining and leading y’all this morning!

Tortoise & Hare, Run #4

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Salami, Chunks, Crawlspace, Dan Tanna, Purple Tiger, Barney, Young and Restless, Decaf, Poker Face, Hello Kitty, By Design, All Wheel Drive, Hot Water, Greyhound, Fresh Start, Hoop Dreams, Richie Rich
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: 46 degrees and dark

WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretching

THE THANG: RUN!! 3 miles plus more to pick up the six or some extra special time in the circle with Chunks for extended Mary.

We had several PRs today – Greyhound at 22:05, All Wheel Drive at 27:45 and Y&R with a new PR!

MOLESKINE: This class continues to put forth a great effort on Tuesday mornings. 7 out of 9 4:13 Strong men beat their average time today and 9 out of 9 of them crumbled during Mary, led by Chunks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Only two more opportunities to get out and with the class. Don’t miss out.

The annual 4:13 Strong Standing Strong Dinner is Thursday 4/24 at Rocketown. A few F3 seats remain so if you are interested, let me know.

COT: Prayers for family, wisdom, strength and endurance.

Pi Day Pain

AO: handsomizer
Q: Old Maid
PAX: Freakonomics, Salami
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS:
Clear and perfect

WARMUP:
Good Mornings OYO
Willie Mayes Hayes OYO
31 SSHs
14 Imperial walkers
14 Hillbilly walkers
Baby arm circles (14 each direction
Mosey

THE THANG:
We celebrated March 14, also know as Pi Day , with all focus on our favorite mathematical constant π 3.14159…

Round 1
31 big boy sit-ups
4 burpees
1 run up the stairs
59 lunges (29 each leg + 1)
(Run down stairs)

Repeat once

Round 2
31 merkins
41 low plank
59 shoulder taps (29 each side + 1)

Repeat once

Round 3
3 sprints
14 jump squats

Repeat 3 times

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
– Prayers for Salami’s job uncertainty and job interviews
– Prayers for my wife’s grandfather

Animal Movements

AO: bomber
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: hambone, CubCadet, Vector, Chunks, Crawlspace, Puzzlah, Pep, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Poppa Lock, Salami
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Near perfection

WARMUP: mosey to south green tee box
10 Merkins
Arm and Leg warmup routine
10 Merkins

THE THANG:
The HIMs of greenmachine completed this Q last week- it was only slightly modified for Bomber lot incorporate the #merkinmadness since no one posted at GM. The goal was to test the animal prowess of the two PAX.

Animal Movements
Animal 1 and 2
Inchworm :worm:
Crab walk :crab:
10 merkins

Animal 3 and 4
Frog Jumps :frog:
Leaping Lizard :lizard:
10 merkins

Animal 5 and 6
Duck walk :duck:
Donkey Jumps 🫏
10 merkins

Animal 7 and 8
Kangaroos :kangaroo:
Coyote :wolf:
10 merkins

Bear Crawl :bear:
T. rex :t-rex:
10 Merkins

Mosey back to start X for Mary – pit stop for extra merkins and dips.

MOLESKINE:
Be a positive light to someone in your world today. Lots of pain and hurt (outside our workouts) in the world and people need that one caring friend.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NightMoves next Thursday
New 4:13 cohort starts next week

COT: Always a pleasure to lead, SYITG

Come Sail Away

AO: the-castle
Q: The Merchant
PAX: Chunks, Dilbert, hambone, Salami, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Cold as hell

WARMUP: SSHs, little baby crunches, BACs, BAC BACs

THE THANG:
Each song on the playlist, we repeat one exercise the whole song, and do one harder exercise each time we hear the name of the song. 1m rest between songs.

Sail: SSH, burpee when you hear “sail”

Ain’t No Sunshine’: Hold plank, push up when you hear “no”

River: Sit ups, V up when you hear “river”

Some Nights: SSH, burpee when you hear “nights”

Beggin’: Hold plank, push up when you hear “beggin’”

Beat It: Sit ups, V up when you hear “beat it”

Human: Squats, burpee when you hear “human”

Jog to top of hill and back

I Don’t Care Anymore: Hold plank, push up when you hear “I don’t care”

American Woman: Sit ups, V up when you hear “woman”

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

COT:
Prayers for job searches and friends with sudden job changes

Oh Hill No!

AO: the-castle
Q: Strutter
PAX: Chunks, Pep, hambone, SalPal, Son of Red Skull, Salami, Tea Party, The Merchant, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Not raining! As promised.

WARMUP: The warmup consisted of the following exercises, all in cadence:
20) SSH’s
20) Imperial Storm Troopers
40) Arm Circle Complex
A short Mosey to the base of the hill.

THE THANG: Run to the top of the hill and return for an exercise. We performed these in sets of 3.
The first 3 trips were paired with 10) merkins IC.
The next 3 trips up the hill featured 10) American Hammers IC.
The 3rd set of hill climbs were followed by a merkin complex consisting of 10) merkins OYO (that fulfilled the 70/day requirement of a few of the Pax), 10) Wide Grip merkins IC, and 10) Diamond merkins IC.
To

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Start leanpax

AO: westeros
Q: Pep
PAX: Vector, CubCadet, Hair Band, Grape, Young and Restless, Puzzlah, Salami, Black Lung, SalPal, Michelin Man, The Merchant, Tim the Toolman, DintyMoore, Blueprint, sooner, bluemule, Sherlock, Boomerang
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS:
Cold.
Did I already say cold?

WARMUP:
– imperial walkers
– Hillbillies
– Good mornings

THE THANG:
-trivia pep guardiola theme
– hold plank till right answer is called
– pax with right answer tells us how many burpees to do

– Dora:
– Timer : run the circle at the school drop off
– 100: pull ups
– 200: windshield wipers
– 300: fire hydrants

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– JUICE day (?in place of brews day)
– Leanpax (bagels are processed food)
– Aoq bootcamp (coming quarterly)