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IronPax hangover – from Thighs
After our AO did IronPax, it was a bit of relief to go back to our usual pace of workouts. (;
We started the beat down with a warmup:
15x Jumping Jacks
7x Cherry Pickers
7x Windmills
10x Sun Gods (each arm)
7x Merkins
7x SquatsThen we mosey-ed to the amphitheater.
At the top of the stairs, we began 11s to the bottom of the stairs.
Burpees starting at 1 at the top of the stairs.
Bobby Hurleys at the bottom of the stairs.After a good 15 min of that, we turned to our usual figure 8 workout. We would go down a set of stairs and up the other. At the top of every stairs, we did a set of exercises.
Bonny Blaires
Merkins
Ab X-tensions
Starting at 15 per set, then going to 10, and finally w/ 5 per.Finally, we mosey-ed over to the light poles and did a quick final workout of station work. Each light pole was a station, starting a 1 per set and moving to only 4 per set.
Bobby Hurleys
Hello Dollies
Bonny Blaires
Pike UpsAfter that set, we ran back to the start and did a set of ab workouts.
We ended with the usual close out, sending us off with a prayer to make a difference in lives of those around us.Looking forward to next time!
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Lib-Tards ASSEMBLE! – from Bushwacker
So I was trying to keep up with Russo all morning. I really thought I had him for a while there. I thought there was no way he could beat me. I was wrong. In fact, I was foolish to think that I was ever in competition with one of the princes of the F3 sweat kingdom!
WARMORAMA
X10 IC: SSH, TRUE Abe Vigotas (Mr. Shooter;), IWs, Torso Twists, LRCs
THANG
Being we three, 1 man did cumulative 100 SMKs (1is1), 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 SSHs
Meanwhile, in a rotating fashion amongst the three amigos, 2 men slalomed the columns, ran up the stairs and returned.Mosey to bus stop for:
X10 IC: Hop Overs, Freak Nasties, DerkinsMosey to Tunnel where, in mirror image of the 1st routine, two men performed rounds of Freddy Mercurys and American Hammers while each man individually ran down the ramp, did 3 Burpees, Bear Crawled up the opposite ramp, did 3 SSHs, backwards ran back down the ramp, then turned and ran up the ramp to the start.
No Mary, as we squeezed all the juice (and sweat) out of the 45 minute beatdown. And being a good steward of our time together, QIC landed the plane just in time for COT
COT
Count, name, Steve prayed us out in an inspired fashion that likely impressed the Bible Study out of Russo, with intentions for Jose, Katie, and her family in their trials.I’m sorry to have missed Pelican, though I suspect some conspiracy to avoid a Splashpad that would demand a pound of flesh (or sweat), but I appreciate getting in the trenches with the Shmedium Wacker and my fellow Raider. Until next time, gents…..
SYITG
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Swamp Sweat: The Humidity Hustle with Usual HIMS at the A1C – from Jose10k
In the sticky, hot air, this workout keeps it simple. Start with 5 minutes of warmup stretches to shake off the sluggishness. Then dive into a set of “11s” on a ramp: Freak Nasties at the top, Merkins at the bottom, with every journey down and up testing your agility—backward runs, karaoke, side steps, sprints, and more. Once done, tackle the classic Lt. Dan to the bottom and back up. Finish strong with 10 minutes of core work at the top. COT. Sign up to Q boys!
Thanks for the read/post this morning. When is the cold front going to come? Where’s Fletch? When is Bushwacker going to post? These questions and more, next week… -
Acrogym – from Paradox
Non expanding recreational foam (NERF).
Sounds harmless. Sounds goofy. Sounds, dare I say , fun. But what if YHC told you an individual spent major portions of their life playing with the aforementioned materials and never once asked what it stood for. Now before you go and title my biography “Blissful Ignorance “ let’s go deeper. What if that same individual led an entire sophomore classroom in a riot after answering a teacher “nerf or nothing“ as an answer to an algebra problem. Lots of self worth tied up in a hidden acronym right? That’s the depth of emotional trauma YHC found himself experiencing after learning of the truth about NERF. How many more acronyms were out there, hiding in plain site, ruining lives??Are there others who have been hurt like this? This could happen to anyone!!
Two options were left , stew in my rapidly expanding negativity or let it fuel a recreational campaign so that no man would ever be hurt by an acronym like this again.
So PAX, today I bring you…
ACROGYM!
DUKE !
Convert that DOS to film and Roll the beautiful footage!9 Tuesday Tuff regulars at the stage with light hints of fall weather.. (no sudden movements, we don’t want to spook it)
YHC moseyed in from a quality control check on Settlement porta potties, reporting to the pax that all were aging like fine wines.
Props to the men who weathered both the sweet and sour Valve beatdowns of Saturday and Monday, many well earned groans were heard in warmups. Valve enjoyed hearing the sweet symphony of weakness leaving their bodies.We headed into yonder loop with a standard issue Indian Run 3 Apollo drop off.
YHC struggled to find true acronyms named bands or songs so I went all in for a REM mile and peppered the pax with some of their top hits. Goose smelled the competition like a shark with blood and was warming up the neurons connecting Apollos and “Man on the Moon” while giving VH1 level behind the scenes info on their videos. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I found out REM and Depeche Mode existed in the spring of ‘24….everybody hurts, even Goose sometimessss.
Tha THANG
Split into teams
-teams designate a Speaker/writer
(Man must be gifted in writing and moseying simultaneously)Classic 1/2 numbering stacked up the trivia titans of Americas Best Goose & Suckle (sounds like a really weird bar in Austin…a story for another time) .
They looked around nodding like the trivia version of the 85 Bears linebacker core and YHC had to intervene before someone got hurt.
Somewhat more evenly balanced teams were restored and YHC would serve as live corespondent.
Rules:
-Introduce the Acronym.
-Each team mumbles incoherently then runs in opposite direction to complete 10 jump squats and 10 merkins then run back all while discussing what the acronym stands for.
-Writes answer on board (in a timely and legible manner)
-reveal , winner with most correct words/pointsWinner
LBCs/SSHLoser
10 ThrustersTie – 7 burpees
Journal Observations
-I was never offered a bribe for hints which was honorable although significant amounts of snark, board holding, and “cursive writing” were frowned upon.
-Team AB approach:
Step 1: hey does anybody know this one?
Step 2: ask Maneater if he is in IT?
Step 3 : wildly accept guesses on the run back while AB initimidates the other team with his LL stats.-Team Goose approach
Step 1: Listen in awe at Honeysuckle’s clear logical thought process and bottomless tech vocabulary.
Step 2: repeat step 1 and fill in the gaps with hieroglyphics.Let’s begin:
LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission RadiationTeam Goose off to a solid start with what will be the only perfect score. Team AB with 3/5 and ate a thruster sandwich, a bit unfair here as HS deals with “sharks with freaking laser beams” as part of his defense contract
BASE (jumping)
Building , Antenna, Spans, and EarthTie Game
Most of the processing speed over at Team AB went to congratulating themselves on making the E “Edge”. Ronnie protested that true courage entails not putting limits on where one can BASE jump.
****Musical Interlude ***
REM
End of the World
IW on Song
Goosie On “End of the World”*Lenny Bruce checks under his bed for Goosies
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans ApartSome great chatter over at Team Goose led to a win followed by a flatulent Pope captcha on his father’s own coupon. Can concrete hold scent particles, only Alan Turing knows.
ZIP (code)
Zone Improvement PlanTie game as both teams secured “zone” and later spawned a potential “guess that zip code” mini beatdown.
JPEG
Joint Photographic Expert Group-teams had broken down into crude insults and resume inquiries at this point . No hint of joint expert groups on either side.
TASER
Thomas A Swifts Electric Rifle-most of the chatter here concentrated on potential for Thomas Rosyters All Natural Bee Rifle – patent pending. Just know if you roll into Rienzi unannounced that he’s packing.
Throwback sprint finale:
DOS (as in MS-DOS)
Disc operating systemBoth teams were close enough here to avoid thrusters and the plant siren was calling 6am.
Ronnie passed along Animal to Meat for reckless endangerment while his chest hair alone worked its way up the “voter distraction” list.
Intentions for continued medical work up for mutiple 2.0s
COT and Valve prayed us out
Postscript:
Bacronym to the Future
PAX,
This is Dox writing you from the year 2054, inside the Rienzi stronghold that is now Merica.
We remain the last of our species rebellion in the great ChatGPT war.
We are safe at the moment, between waves of CAPTCHA mediated extermination by the artificial intelligent enemy.
Professor Suckles patented Bee Laser (Blaser) has the stronghold secure and keeps the GPT drones away.President Wells still leads the human race as he was a pioneer in spotting AIs weakness to understand the futility of passive aggressive unnecessary emails. It was our biggest breakthrough since the war began , allowing us to pinpoint other computer blindspots and communicate under their RADARs with ancient JPEGs and DOS files.
Slowly the remaining members of the human race realized that a small band of men had actually unknowingly been training to beat the CAPTCHA test. You see, AI could scope the width and depth of the internet, calculate algorithms at an instant, and even produce a hi res images of your friends with bicep veins. But gradually we began to find that the gaps of AI knowledge were actually the cornerstones of male bonding.
AI couldn’t decipher the unspoken message of a Nicolas Cage GIF. AI didn’t know why LBC methane labeled as “airport cheese” gets a laugh everytime. There is no processor for understanding why an educated man would make “Turn Down for What” his anthem. Not enough RAM to see why a 10 second video of a snapping Turla could become a lifelong inside joke.
But it was just there.
Outside of the ones and zeroes, in the gloom of our shared suffering and in the image of our creator we gained our edge.
That’s why you men must continue to sharpen the irons of F3 Thib.
One day in the future the CAPTCHA will be at the door.
And when it ask if ye be man or bot?
You will know ..
It’s NERF or nothing .
SYITG
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The OLD and the NEW!! – from Shooter
Well today provided some Old, as well as New faces at the Scramble!! With Ecitebike returning from a recent Granny visit the New was expected but when Ringo showed through the darkness we had us an Oldie but goodie..
YHC quickly got the Pax started with the warmup of a mix 10IC, 15IC, and 20IC.
SSH, arm circles, grass grabbers, toe touches, and Superman’s..2 Ruckers
3 10 min milers
3 8 min milers.Returned and closed out!!
Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!
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Finish It! The Worst Version of 11’s – from Squints
Mosey Around the Fountain to Warmups
• Abe Vigodas x 10
• Grass Grabbers x 10
• Side Straddle Hops (SSH) x 10
• Arm Circles (Forward & Reverse) x 11 each
• Shoulder Taps x 10
• Peter Parkers x 10Mosey Near the Lake for Thang 1 (2 Rounds)
• Right Leg Step-Ups x 10
• Left Leg Step-Ups x 10
• Gas Pumpers x 10
• Monkey Humpers x 10Thang 2: Route 66
• MerkinsMosey to the Levee for the “Worst Version of 11’s”
Exercises:
• Bottom of Levee: Donkey Kicks
• Top of Levee: Burpees
Movements:
• Bear Crawl to the Bottom
• Bernie Sanders to the TopMosey Back to the Flag for Circle of Trust (COT)
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Election Interference – from Steve
Well, the day has finally come. Would Tank make it through this final stretch without having an aneurysm or a heart attack? Quinnipiac polls had it at 50-50 odds. But of course we all knew that if the 100 miler or the Beast or the 2 Murphs a day couldn’t kill him, this election was also unlikely to.
But not everything went smoothly yesterday – over at Granny’s we had some election interference with an unregistered voter named “Excitebike” attempting to cast a vote outside his district (and state!). Apparently, Excitebike (who could provide no proper identification), is in the process of Northshore naturalization and, after a pending move from Katy, TX within the next year, we will be seeing a lot more of him. So of course Granny welcomed him with open arms and we took off for the polling booths scattered down Girod Street towards the lake.
Add an exercise at each intersection for two short ladders:
R – Ranger Merkins x10
E – E2K x20 (2:1)
P – Peter Parkers x30D – Donkey Kicks x10
E – E2K x20 (2:1)
M – Merkins x30Once at the lake we did some sea wall business (Bulgarians, Freaks, Step Downs, etc.) and then over to Rips for some stair business (climb the stairs 4x skipping steps, calf raises), until finally it was time to head back for our last ladder:
I – Iron Mikes x10 (2:1)
N – Never Cross Dolly x20
D – Derkin x30The remaining 3 intersections were simply stops for merkins cuz… well, ‘Merica.
Back at the flag, we made sure there were no chads left hanging, as we closed it out with a quick Mary and COT. Russo took us out with prayers for healing our country and especially prayers for Jose and his family as they deal with the loss of Katie’s mom.
Welcome Excotebike, looking forward to more posts with you, brother. As always, appreciate the opportunity to lead and to get better out there with you gentlemen.