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40 years of Ladders

Date: 2026-03-09 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, Third Coast, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Foggy, but generally have no idea how to dress for a workout this month.
WARMUP: Mosey put to track and back with standard fare.
THE THANG:
Ladders in the following format:
– 10 seconds of workout 1 – 10 second rest – 20 seconds of workout 2, 20 seconds of workout 2 – 20 second rest – 30 seconds of workout 3, 30 seconds of workout 2, 30 seconds of workout 3 – 30 second rest – 40 seconds of workout 4, 40 seconds of workout 3, 40 seconds of workout 2, 40 seconds of workout 1 – 30 second rest – 50 seconds of workout 5, … – 30 second rest – 60 seconds of workout 6, …
Ladder 1: Core (low and slow)
– Workout 1: marches with arms up mimicking a shoulder hold – Workout 2: inchworm with a pause in high plank – Workout 3: cross-body mountain climbers – Workout 4: dead bugs – Workout 5: shoulder taps – Workout 6: wall sit
Ladder 2: Plyo (HIIT)
– Workout 1: power jacks – Workout 2: alternating front kicks from squat – Workout 3: side shuffle to side lunge – Workout 4: speed skaters – Workout 5: ski downs – Workout 6: burpees
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: Songs from albums released in March 1986
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Bonus Workout

Date: 2026-02-23 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree, greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold
WARMUP: Mosey out to track, SSH, hillbillies, imperial walkers, mosey back to start.
Core Drop Rest: repeat following exercises with 15 minutes rest between workouts. Second time through rest drops to 10 seconds, third and final time there is no rest… just 2 minutes of work.
American Hammers Frog Leg Crunch Freddie Mercury Flutter kicks
THE THANG:
Exercise 1 for 30 seconds Exercise 2 for 30 seconds 15 second rest X3 Bonus Exercise (cardio) for 1 minute
1. Thrusters 2. Alternating reverse lunge 3. BONUS: 1-2-3 Heisman
1. Bear crawl 2. Merlins 3. BONUS: Up Downs
1. Deadlifts 2. Alabama prom dates 3. BONUS: Duck walk with coupon to 180 squat jumps
Curls, rows, overhead tricep extension, and overhead carries.
Cool down stretch and end.
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March Merkin Madness plus a lot more on general channel.
COT:
PLAYLIST: No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
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Groundhogs Day

Date: 2026-02-02 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hot Route, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold
WARMUP:
SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies Mosey Arm circles, good mornings, Willie mays hays
THE THANG:
5 burpee buy-in
5 cones were set up about 30 feet apart from each other. PAX does workout 1 at first cone, drop coupon, sprints to next cone and back, picks up coupon and overhead carries coupon to cone 2 for exercise 2. Continue through exercise 5, sprint to starting cone and back, grab coupon and overhead carry to start.
Exercises: 1. 10 thrusters 2. 20 reverse lunges with coupon (2:1 first time through, 1:1 second) 3. 30 Squats with coupon 4. 40 Side lunges with coupon 5. 50 deadlifts with coupon
2x
5 burpee buy-in for 10 minute plank EMOM:
1. 60 second plank 2. Overhead press 3. 50 second plank; rest for 10 4. Bicep curls 5. 40 sec plank; rest for 20 6. Dips 7. 30 sec plank; rest for 30 8. Rows 9. 20 sec plank; rest for 40 10. Merkins
Quick shoulder and leg stretch before end.
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Prayers to those still impacted by the storm.
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1st of the Year

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: greyalbum, Goodwill, Giving Tree, Hot Route, Space Baby, Ultratecht
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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12 Days of Christmas

AO: toratoratora
Q: Squatter
PAX: 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Space Baby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Crisp

WARMUP:
SSH
High knees
Butt-kickers
Stretches
Mosey

THE THANG: 12 Days of Christmas
1 Manmaker Burpee
2 Squat Jumps
3 Pull-ups
4 Coupon Thrusters
5 Navy Seals
6 Tricep Extensions
7 Bent-over Back Rows
8 Curls To Shoulder Press
9 Imperial Walkers
10 Mountain Climbers
11 Carolina Dry Docks
12 Christmas Burpees

Run til time

MOLESKINE:
Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking about yourself less and others more. Thinking about others and serving others builds community. Serving yourself builds a cult.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Eve workout at Titan 6:30am. Kids welcome.
New Years Day convergence at 4:13 Strong

COT:
Ended with prayer and coffee

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Frostbite Four Corner Contest

AO: toratoratora
Q: Space Baby
PAX: greyalbum, 40 Minutes, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Chilly, felt like 22

WARMUP:
– SSH – 20 IC
– Mosey
– Willie Mays Hays
– Good mornings
– Cherry pickers – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward
– Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch

THE THANG:
The Thang – 4 corners (30 min)
Spin the wheel app
1 min exercise at each corner
Blocks in the middle

Round 1 – lunge to next corner
Winner – squats
Losers – jump squats

Round 2 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – merkins
Losers – burpees

Round 3 – 50% mosey to the door and then back to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Swings with coupons
Losers – Skullcrushers with coupons

Round 4 – broad jumps to next corner
Winner – flutter kicks
Losers – mountain climbers

Round 5 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – shoulder taps
Losers – Carolina dry docks

Round 6 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

Round 7 – lunge to next corner
Winner – LBCs
Losers – V-ups

Round 8 – side shuffle to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Present press (overhead press) with coupons
Losers – Elf on the shelf (gravediggers) with coupons

Round 9 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – WWIs
Losers – Freddie Mercurys

Round 10 – 50% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – American Hammers
Losers – American Hammers with coupons

Round 11 – lunge to next corner
Winner – mountain climbers
Losers – Plank jacks

Round 12 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Prayer for holiday stress and patience

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Sprinting into the void…..

AO: toratoratora
Q: Hipster
PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, The Bobs, Hot Route, 40 Minutes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Brisk, baby. A few flurries to start the festivities.

WARMUP: Typical WAR, mosey to the tarmac, do a lil more.

THE THANG:
Part 1 – VO2 Max Work
– Max effort run for 400-ish meters
– Light mosey back to start line, catch your breath
– Repeat-o X3, then mosey back to StartX

Intermission – 3X dead hang to failure from pullup bars

Part 2 – Lunge Circuit
– 40ish yards of walking lunges, side lunges, pulse lunges, and pulsed Lt. Dan’s

MOLESKINE: How bout this weather, eh?! I’m never quite sure what to put here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Urrybody goin through stuff, thanks for sharing guys, it’s so important to get things off your chest.

Remember to be intentional with your mental and physical health, especially as the gravity of the holiday season starts to suck you in like Joseph Cooper circling Gargantua.

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Where it all began

AO: toratoratora
Q: Chunks
PAX: Space Baby, greyalbum, Hot Route, 40 Minutes, Ultratecht, Squatter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Wet, Dark and Fall Like

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

Running

Moving Coupons

More Running

No Burpees or Abs (didn’t feel like getting wet)

MOLESKINE:

Big thank you to the men of ToraToraTora, for welcoming me into the fold 3 years ago. F3 has impacted my life in so many ways. It all started here and I’m so grateful. Keep doing what your doing HIMs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Space Baby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Forward Fold, Willie Mays Hays, Arm Stretches

THE THANG: 100 eps with rub every 25 reps: Curls, Press, Squats, SSH

2 trips of lunges

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fridays By The River this week at Riverview Pavillion this weekend.

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Fresh Legs

AO: toratoratora
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Hot Route, 40 Minutes, Space Baby, Ultratecht, Goodwill, LongCut, Invictus, dude from Sacramento
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Humido

WARMUP:

Mosey
SSH
WMH
Imperial walkers
Hillbillys

THE THANG:

Back to stardex

3 mins as many cycles as you can do
5 Burpee 10 Merkin 15 squat

DORA – partner runs to 2nd building and back

150 squat jumps
150 overhead thrusters
150 kettle bell swings

Group lunge walk out to 2nd building and run back

Group broad jump out to water fountain and back

DORA cont’d at picnic tables
10 each leg Bulgarian split squats while partner does high knees
15 Step ups while partner does air squat

COT
Announcements
Prayer

Playlist:
Artist: Susto
Album: My Entire Life

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: