Tag: Works for a Guy

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Return to Cruel Hall

AO: cruelhall
Q: ccr
PAX: Pedialyte, EZ-Go, Donkey Hammer, Works for a Guy, ccr, Fortran, Young and Restless, Mistah Mistah, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: I perfect fall morning with a very light sprinkle on the drive in

WARMUP: As predicted by Donkey Hammer, we started slow. Some SSH, leg stretches, arm circles and a quick yoga flow….all set to the legendary Careless Whisper.

THE THANG: An oldie, but a goodie. We performed three full rounds of ULTAS. Four sets of each exercise…Upper Body, Lower Body, Total Body, Abs and Sprints. Ended with the ever efficient 30 seconds of flutter kicks before time was up.

MOLESKINE: awesome being back out with you gentlemen after a summer hiatus. Appreciate Donkey Hammer dragging me out. Playlist theme was live shows the family went to this summer with one exception…. careless whisper…because George Michael is dead. Pedialyte wins the award for not knowing a single song on the playlist! I will post the playlist for those that requested and want to gain some street cred

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10 year Anniversary convergence tomorrow am at Stonewall (Sevier Park). 6-7am. Come out and celebrate a decade of greatness.

COT: We prayed for the pets in Springfield, OH and for open-mindedness and respect during the upcoming sprint toward the election. Whatever way you lean, get out there and vote!!

Cheers,
CCR

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Pistol Pete!

AO: detention
Q: Grape
PAX: Black Lung, Winona, EZ-Go, Pedialyte, Works for a Guy, Movin On Up, Mistah Mistah, Michael Freiburg, Deep State, Natural Ice, Matador
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: doesn’t get better than this in Nash

WARMUP: SSH, WMH, LBAC, Moroccans

THE THANG: in honor of Pete Sampras’ first grand slam title on 9/9/1990, we did a bunch of running and burpees

S- 14 suicides
A- 90 Alabama prom dates
M- 64 merkins
P- 15 prison cell merkin burpees
R- 30 regular burpees
A- 40 ab thrusters
S- 45 SSH and 44 squats

5 MoM

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 and 9/14 convergences

COT: prayers for Mistah Mistah’s friend, for Natural Ice interview, for EZ-Go’s sick household

:grapes:

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Second chances

AO: greenmachine
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: t-cell, Triple Pane, moneyshot, Wolfpack, Topanga, Works for a Guy, Legal Eagle, Hanes, Michelin Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Real nice.

WARMUP: Mosey to the football field and stretch.

THE THANG:

Five rounds of…
– Run 200 yards
– 30 Air Squats
– Run 200 yards
– 30 Merkins

PAX had a certain amount to complete the exercises each round…
R1: 6 minutes
R2: 5:30 minutes
R3: 5 minutes
R4: 4:30 minutes
R5: 4 minutes

Mosey back to flag (Sprint up hill)

Squats Ring of Fire to 5
Merkins Ring of Fire to 5

Mary
4 rounds of 30 seconds work, 15 seconds rest of…
– American Hammers
– Straight leg raises

MOLESKINE:
Michelin Man and Legal Eagle got scared and decided to do their own thing following a ChatGPT half marathon training plan that Legal Eagle has deemed “The best training plan I have ever, in my life, ever, come across. It was amazing!”

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergences are coming. Prepare!

COT: Messed up last time I was invited to Q here and had to back out night before… grateful to Focker for giving me a second chance. Reminder to PAX to take second chances when they’re given, be open to handing them out when you can and perhaps take the time to seek them out for yourself as well.

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Nobody said it was EZ (Go)

AO: detention
Q: EZ-Go
PAX: Average Size, Works for a Guy, Topanga, Mistah Mistah, Donkey Hammer, Grape, Accounts Receivable, Winona, EZ-Go, Pedialyte, Deep State, Movin On Up, Old Maid, Pound Puppy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS:
Average August

WARMUP:
Broga Flow: cobra, downward dog, right hand right foot/right hand stretch upward, warrior 1, rinse and repeat on left side

THE THANG:
*grab a coupon

Block work:
50 – squats
40 – block rows
30 – block mercs
20 – triple arm killers
10 – 8 count bb
5 – bubkas
Repeat x2

CrossFit Lyon Workout :woman-lifting-weights::
5 rounds:
10 squat cleans
10 thrusters
10 burpee chest-to-bar pull-ups

Mary:
*Choose your own adventure
2 min 6 inches
20 WW1
1 min low plank
20 Supermans
20 WW1
20 1-leg Alabama prom dates

MOLESKINE:
Big crew, big sweat, big gainz!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
cruelhall Convergence with handsomizer on Sept 6 at Geodis
gullivers-travels-challenge is alive and well

COT:
Kids back in school, prayers for new school year
Praise for Average Size new job!

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Double Nickel Next Level

AO: detention
Q: Wedding Singer
PAX: Spinal Tap, Winona, Deep State, Topanga, Focker, Average Size, EZ-Go, Accounts Receivable, Donkey Hammer, Movin On Up, Works for a Guy, Wedding Singer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: No Rain!

WARMUP:
Disclaimer
Core Principles
Mission Statement
Credo

SSH x 55
T-Ups x 5 each side

THE THANG:
Mosey to shed for coupons

11 Blockees
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
44 Block Curls
Lap

11 Blockees
22 4-count Flutters
33 Thrusters
44 Block Curls
55 Derkins
Lap

Ladder down as time allows
I think some PAX were motivated to surpass the bar set by Movin On Up when I led this first iteration on my 55th birthday on May 31st. I think he and a few others Works for a Guy Deep State EZ-Go and maybe more got through about 3 rungs back down the ladder before time was called. Strong work to all!

Store coupons (at least those that we didn’t crush to powder on our bare hands!

Mosey to wall for a short minute of Balls to the Wall

Final 2 minutes spent introducing folks at detention to the fun that is Guantanamo. Clearly a PAX favorite from all the mumblechatter as we made a full circuit.

MOLESKINE:
YHC would encourage everyone to take a few minutes to read the cliff/spark note about last week’s State of the Nation broadcast, or watch the full recording (even on fast speed if you’d like!)

F3 is a leadership organization, and we need to keep that at the front of our minds as continue to encourage, support and push each other. It’s not just about sweating together on the gloom, but it is about striving to become better HIM for each other, our families and community.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Free F3 Brentwood half marathon on 11/9. Hit up Ponzi for details

COT:
Thanks to Deep State for the kind invitation to join y’all, and thanks for welcoming me! I look forward to coming back again soon.

Stay strong and keep singing
Wedding Singer

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Encore

AO: cruelhall
Q: Winona
PAX: Topanga, Accounts Receivable, EZ-Go, Works for a Guy, Mistah Mistah, Donkey Hammer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:
Cool
WARMUP:
Stretches
THE THANG:
Native American run around the block
11s on the bus hill
Burpees at the bottom and WW1s at the top

5 sets
5 pull ups
20 squats
10 v ups

Sprints
Flutters
Plank
Burpee burnout
MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: prayers for pound puppy and family for family member in hospice.

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Once Upon a Time in 13 Rowdy Colonies

AO: greenmachine
Q: Hair Band , Black Lung
PAX: Dumpster Fire (F3 Naperville), Pebbles, moneyshot, Hipster, McAfee, The Merchant, Rocket Mortgage, Works for a Guy, Natural Ice, bluemule, DintyMoore, Dilbert, Good Morning America, Cowboy, El Capitan, Wolfpack, SalPal, Hair Band, Sparrow, Tim the Toolman, Black Lung, Esposa, Grape, Country Parkour, Under the Table, Haggis, Strutter, Chunks, Michelin Man, Focker, Fake Job, Late to The Party
FNGs: 2 Fake Job, Late to The Party
COUNT: 34
CONDITIONS: bright and swampy

WARMUP:
30 SSH, 5 Good Mornings, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats. 10 LBAC, 10 Reverse LBAC, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies.
Thing 1: Burpee Apocalypse (10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

THE THANG:
A salute to the 13 colonies.
1. 10 New York Yurpee (Burpee Variation. Merkin at bottom of burpee is a clap-merkin and on up portion there are 2 tuck jumps per burpee).
2. 30 Virginia V-Ups
3. 50 South Carolina Side Straddle Hops
4. 30 Rhode Island Iron Mikes (2-count)
5. 30 New Hampshire Hand Release Merkins
6. 50 New Jersey Jump Squats
7. 50 Connecticut Crunches
8. 35 Maryland Merkins
9. 50 North Carolina Dry Docks
10. 50 Massachusetts Mountain Climbers (2-count)
11. 50 Georgia Gorilla Humpers
12. 50 Pennsylvania Plank Jacks (2-count)
13. 50 Delaware Dips

Run half lap around the track and start from the top. 3 rounds.

Total reps 1776.

MOLESKINE:
This workout was a beast sprung most from the tortured mind of Black Lung
We had 5/34 men completely finished the work out
We finished by reading the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence & saying the pledge of allegiance

Preamble: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
– SalPal requests prayers for his baby on the way and his baby they just pulled from daycare

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U.S. Open

AO: detention
Q: Grape
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Donkey Hammer, Esposa, Mistah Mistah, Movin On Up, Winona, Works for a Guy, Pound Puppy, Lockjaw
FNGs: 1 Lockjaw
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: a little warm for sleeves

WARMUP: normal shoulder burner:

20 SSH
10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbillies
10 LBAC F
10 OH Press
10 OH Clap
10 Seal claps
10 Moroccan night clubs
10 LBAC R

THE THANG: Mosey to the hill and fake like we’re going to climb the hill all morning, then mosey to the shed to get some coupons

Practice hitting BOMBS
Blockees- 25
OH Press- 50
Merkins- 75
BBSU’s- 100
Squats- 125

Mosey

Work on throwing DARTS
Dirkins- 25
APD’s- 50
Regular squats- 75
Thrusters- 100
SSH- 125

Mosey

Just enough time for a short PUTT
Pulls- 5
Unders- 5
Thrusters- 5
T-Ups- 5

ANNOUNCEMENTS: hunger games coming up

COT: prayers for the PAX

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Happy Accidents

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Haggis, moneyshot, Works for a Guy, sooner, FeelTheBerns, Esposa, LorelaiG, Squints (DR)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: pleasant with a great view of the sunrise

WARMUP: Lots of hip flexor activation

THE THANG: mosey to the track where we did Noah’s Ark (duck walk, frog jump, gorilla walk, bear crawl, bunny hop)

100 m sprint 80 drydocks, 80 monkey Humpers, 80 leg lifts
200 m sprint 40,40,40
400 m sprint 20,20,20
200 m sprint 40,40,40
100 m sprint 80,80,80

MOLESKINE: “ running fast is the hardest workout”- FeelTheBerns
Like most workouts, we know Esposa wasn’t counting his reps since he was talking most of the time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA

COT: do justice, love kindness, walk humbly

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#Cruellhall is a prison

AO: cruelhall
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Works for a Guy, Topanga, Cal Worthington, Michael Freiburg, Focker, Matador, Berry Brooks (ATM), Esposa, blackwidow, EZ-Go, Winona, Pedialyte, @mistamista
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
14 strong were out for my first day as AOQ at cruelhall. Great morning to get out and sweat with you guys.

CONDITIONS: cool, cloudy…perfect for solitary confinement in a prison style workout

WARMUP: Easy jog to grab a bar of soap(concrete block).Mobility warmup including SSH, WMH, Michael Phelps, thoracic rotations, runner’s stretch, DD to UD, prone snow angels, supine pigeon, Jane Fondas, single and double leg heel taps over soap block.

THE THANG:
– Jailbreak: run around school to the playground for 2×5 pull-ups and bubkas. Back to the prison yard at the start.
– Juarez Valley circuit of alternating soap merkins, soap overhead LBCs, single leg squats and soap curls. Started with 20 reps and worked our way down to one.
– Another jailbreak around the school back to the playground for hanging knees to chest and v-ups x 2. Back to prison.
– 40 second high plank -> 40 second crab -> 40 second side planks
– Finished it up with 3 sets mountain climbers, goblet squats, and man makers till finish

MOLESKINE: EZ-Go left big shoes to fill. I will do my best to uphold the standard he set moving forward.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 Workout on 6/8 which has passed. 70+ were out for a great workout including my 3 now named @horsesaw, @mulescrewdriver and @chickenwrench

COT: It’s an honor to lead this group and I’m excited for what the future has in store for cruelhall. The suggestion box is open. Please drop me a line with any ideas.