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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-07 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Gunnfighter FNGs: 1 Gunnfighter COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: The best weather in the history of all time, comparatively speaking.
WARMUP: SSH, GMs, WMHs, hip flexor stretch
THE THANG: Run to pedestrian bridge and back. 10 push ups every .25 miles on the way there, incremental burpees on the way back every time YHC felt like it… about every .3 mile. Got to 9 burpees by straightaway. All you got run back to startex to finish.
MOLESKINE: 6 years in to F3 and 9 months as AOQ I had an FNG at a Q for first time ever. :face_holding_back_tears:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check the general page for some events going on.
Possible night moves locally.
PLAYLIST: FooSlingers
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-31 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: gross again
WARMUP: runway and standards
THE THANG: 10 sets of Sally (5 pull-ups/10 merkins/15 squats w/coupon/20 LBCs w/coupon) and a shakeout mosey to runway and back
MARY: 50 curls, 50 calf raises, 50 hammers and lunge walk the coupons back home
MOLESKINE: it was dark until it wasn’t
ANNOUNCEMENTS: possible east side night moves upcoming. Keep a lookout for date
COT: sunrise, sunrise
PLAYLIST: my latest Shazams which begs to know when and where I shazam’d some of them
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-24 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum, Hot Route, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Very nice
WARMUP: Mosey, grab dumbbells from car and bring to gym, SSH, arm circles, grab coupons.
THE THANG: Hinge/Pull/Push/Squat
Partner up for stations. 10 reps of each exercise then rotate to next station. All PAX does 10 squats with coupons.
25, 20, 15 lb dumbbells and 35 lb kettlebell for use with below
Circuit 1. – Deadlift – Row – Y press – Gob squat
Circuit 2 – Good morning – Bicep curl – Merkin – Sumo squat
Circuit 3 – Dumbbell/kettlebell swing – Hammer curl – Laying chest fly – Suitcase squat
MARY: 5 burpees
GRIDIRON COFFEE TALK: Trees. We talked a whole lot about trees. Not the fun ones either, just trees we saw in yards. Oak is a fan favorite, every other tree apparently sucks bad.
PLAYLIST: Apple Music 90s Indie rock playlist. Some PAX knew some songs, I did not
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: ok, considering mid August
WARMUP: up the hill and back down
THE THANG: to the secret garden for 10-1 (or 55) reps of merkins, sumo squats, crunchy frogs and dips. Then mosey runway to the big gym for sale format of pull-ups, table crunches, rows and curtsy lunges
MARY:
MOLESKINE: we went fishing for the sunrise and pulled him out of the water
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff on channels, event(s) at Cornelia this weekend and/or next
COT: school lunches
PLAYLIST: dream sequence EOB’s Blue Morpho music.apple.com/us/album/blue-morpho/1874551790
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Our Little Group Has Always Been, And Always Will, Until the End

Date: 2026-07-20 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Vanilla Ice , PAX: Ultratecht, Vanilla Ice, Pixar FNGs: 1 Pixar COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Thicc
WARMUP: 100 Blockees
THE PRE-THANG 101 Side Straddle Hops Walkabout to shake out legs 101 SSHs (again)
THE THANG Pax 1 — Mosey with @JacobMarley (42# Chain)
Pax 2 & 3 AMRAP — 10 Merkins / 10 Squats / 10 Big Boy Sit-ups
Rotate, Rinse, Repeat for time.
MARY: Al Gore Hold 90 Seconds
FNG Naming Johnathan Beebee (sp?) (805-471-3752) works in creative tech. Inspired in his youth by Pixar. There’s your name. Came thisclose to being named “Netanyahu”.
Slack invite sent.
COT: :white_check_mark:
Love you, men. Enjoy your new books from F3 Nation. :punch:
:ice_cube:
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-07-13 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), g-string FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Once upon a time in 1942… Harrison Ford was born
Warm-Up 1. SSH – 20 IC 2. Willie Mays Hays 3. Good mornings 4. Cherry pickers – 10 IC 5. Imperial Walkers – 10 IC 6. Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward 7. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch 8. Mosey to runway and back
The Thang “Air Force Ones” 1. Burpee broad jumps 2. Squat thrusters with coupons
“Indiana Jones” Temple Escape – Suicides – hold plank and then slow side mountain climbers – bear crawls
Tabata (1 min on, 30 secs off) – Set x 2 1. The Whip (tricep extensions) 2. Excavators (gravediggers) 3. Grail Kneels (reverse lunges) 4. Lift the treasure (Coupon curls)
“Han Solo” Tabata (1 min on, 30 secs off) – Set x 2 1. Millennium Falcon Merkins (wide grip) 2. Lightspeed rows 3. Rebel hammers 4. Wookie hangs (pull-ups) and crunches
Kessel Run with throne sits (12 parsecs) – alternate between pax until time is up
Cool Down / Stretch (5 min) 1. Downward Dog 2. Cobra Stretch 3. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-07-06 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, The Bobs, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: We’ve gotten to the time of the year where you can assume extreme humidity or rain. It was the former.
WARMUP: Mosey Slow and low good mornings in to squats Hip dips Kickbacks Slow and low pistol squats
THE THANG:
Below exercises with 30 second rest between supersets.
Deadlift with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Reverse lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds alternating side lunge
B stand squat with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Glute bridge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Step ups with coupon (keep leg on bench) 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds box jumps or jump squats
Curtsie lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds sumo squat
Calf raises on coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds ski downs
Repeat first 5 supersets and return to circle for stretches then done.
MOLESKINE: Banana
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No new local announcements, but check the other channels.
COT:
General gratitude.
PLAYLIST:
Gabriel and Dresden live from Electric Zoo NYC 2011
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-06-15 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, g-string, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Giving Tree, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: as good as it gets for mid-June
WARMUP: mosey and normal stuff
THE THANG: 3 supersets, 2x through, 45on/15off and a lap around the high grasses Single leg prom date Explosions Fruit roll ups Crab toe touch
Globe jumps Curtsy Supermans Around the clock lunges
Wide/diamond merkins Slow n low squat Ski abs Kristie Yamaguchis
MARY: n/a
MOLESKINE: just the weather. Pretty damn nice
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Night Moves Friday? Third Coast
COT: good coffee, good conversation
PLAYLIST: not a good one by any means. I’m disappointed in myself mainly. music.apple.com/us/playlist/90s-summer/pl.u-KVXBY7VT0MjAk
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-06-08 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, g-string FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: humid
WARMUP: mosey, ssh, leg stretches
THE THANG:
Drop rest core circuit 30 seconds of work with 20 second rest, drops to 10 second rest 2nd time through and no rest for third and final set.
1. frog leg crunch 2. American hammers 3. Freddie mercuries (1-2-3 pause) 4. Leg lifts
Sevens – start with 6 strength workouts and 1 cardio, end with 1 strength and 6 cardio. Each exercise is 30 seconds of work and 10 second rest.
Strength 1. Boat pose shoulder press 2. Lateral lunge 3. Merkin with knee drive 4. Sumo squat to row 5. Crunchy frogs 6. Reverse lunge knee drive + press Cardio 1. Speed skaters 2. Power jacks 3. Burpees 4. Mountain climbers (8 count with merkin) 5. Ski downs 6. Box jumps
25 step ups each leg to end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: look out for a night moves announcement in the near future
COT: gratitude for some good news for a friend of Third Coast
PLAYLIST: preDM
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The Murph

Date: 2026-05-25 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , SalPal PAX: SalPal, Hipster, Natural Ice, Chunks, Squatter, Right Said, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Giving Tree, Spinal Tap, Hipster Jr. and Hipster junior junior FNGs: 1 Hipster Jr. and Hipster junior junior COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Bit muggy
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: The Murph