sparta O’Doyle rules, or in this case Doyle

Date: 2024-08-23
AO: sparta
Q: Peanuts
PAX: Megatron, Finch, Atlas, Hoolihan, Crop Duster, Mounthe, Nano, I-Beam FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

WARMUP: the appearance of I-beam warmed me up personally but for the rest of the pax we did SSH; WMH; MP; LBAC; DD; WGS; CK; CP
THE THANG: Split into 4 teams. Start in the middle of the field and travel to it with you team to all 4 stations (both goal lines and both sidelines) each travel is different method: MB; BM; FL; BL. At each destination do 50 of the assigned exercise: KBS; IC; curls; OHP. After you finish rifle carry back to middle and do 10 burpees and move out to next station. Upon completing all 4 stations run a lap. Return to middle and rinse/repeat but double the number of reps for 100 the second time and so on and so forth MARY: we did 90 curls in a circle
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11; prayers for Dunder; Mounthe’s M; Atlas’ family.
COT: Got to see a fun moment for the Doyle family. If you don’t know them they apparently are from Warrenton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenton_Doyle

Tags: sparta, Megatron, Finch, Atlas, Hoolihan, Crop Duster, Mounthe, Nano, I-Beam

theaerie It’s Fri-yey

Date: 2024-08-23
AO: theaerie
Q: Lonestar
PAX: Chasqui, Stewie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3

WARMUP:
Warm up
Side straddle hops
Michael Phelps
Imperial walkers
Picking cherries
10 yd Frankenstein
10 yd high knees
THE THANG:
Walk 1 straight 100yd jog turns and sprint other 100 yd laps – 6x stopping for Beatdown at 50 with below -5 burpees, 10 merkins, 20 squats
-10 seated jump squats, 10 bench dips, 10 derkins
-50yd rifle carry & back

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Saturday beat down at 7am Gainesville Promenade

9/11 stair climb
COT:
In boiling water, carrots become soft, eggs become hard but coffee beans change the water – Be the influence like the coffee bean!

Tags: theaerie, Chasqui, Stewie

compound Let’s Go to Target – By BEARCRAWL

Date: 2024-08-21
AO: compound
Q: Poe
PAX: Hightower, Big Bird, Rambler, Yardbird, Roddick, Popeyes, Skidoos, Cactus FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, LBACs, Michael Phelps, IW, Cherry Pickers, WMH, Down Dog, WGS, Cobra, lap around field

THE THANG: Mosey across parking lot and through closest garage

Bear Crawl District Ave to Target, about 1/4 mile, stopping every so often for an exercise

Stroll to garage, run to top, merkins, run down to “grass,” B-O-M-B-S, back to garage, run to top, squats, run down to “grass,” dips, step ups, mosey back to field

MARY: LBCs, side plank dips, starfish

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 stair climb, HH 8/22 in Burke, AT hike weekend of 10/18

COT: one of my first workouts in 2018 was the 400M bear crawl and I couldn’t do it (not even close). 6 years later it was very doable. Keep making progress every day.

Tags: compound, Hightower, Big Bird, Rambler, Yardbird, Roddick, Popeyes, Skidoos, Cactus

olympus Disruption to the Norm

Date: 2024-08-22
AO: olympus
Q: Hightower
PAX: K-Pop, 5K, Po, Crop Duster, Peanuts, Toolbox, Blue Steel, Gadget, Pop Fly, Monk, NOAA, Higgins, Mounthe FNGs: None
COUNT: 14

WARMUP:
Dynamic stretching, then fellowship jog into rear courtyard to stretch a bit more.

THE THANG:
Fellowship jog towards Lake Braddock, stopping a few times for merkins, air press, calf raises, and more merkins. Total we got in around 2.5 miles.

MARY:
LBS & Penguin taps

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2F tonight at Glory Days
Sept 11 stair climb
Prayers for Doodles, Dunder and Mounthe’s M in their recovery

COT:
Break from the Norm, need a little Disruption to get uncomfortable to grow and learn. For some it’s just coming out to F3, for others it’s doing things out of the normal routine. Thanks for helping me prepare for 1/2 marathon, I really don’t enjoy running.

Tags: olympus, K-Pop, 5K, Po, Crop Duster, Peanuts, Toolbox, Blue Steel, Gadget, Pop Fly, Monk, NOAA, Higgins, Mounthe

edge_of_reason ThunderSMASH

Date: 2024-08-22
AO: edge_of_reason
Q: Quip
PAX: Lindy, Pirmanti (F3 DR-VA)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3

WEATHER:
a cool 55°

WARMUP:
10cc SSH
10cc Mt Climbers
10cc apagotas
10cc squats
10cc hillbillies

THE THANG:
Burpees to Thunderstruck (33 total count)

10reps 20yds 10reps… (and run to the endzone and back):
Squats cc
Mt climbers cc
Am hams cc
Ssh cc
High jumps
(x3 with mix of running, bear crawls, crab walks, karaoke, crawl bears, lunges, reverse running, side crab walks)

Filler with:
10 burpees oyo
Merkins to Roxanne
10 burpees oyo
5 moguls cc + 5 burpees oyo
10 burpees oyo

MARY:
30 sec
Superman
(Freddie) Mercury 15 cc
Al gores
Side planks
High Plank

Total of 68 burpees were completed, no pax were harmed in the making of this beatdown.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/5 PT test at Edge of Reason
9/11 stair climb at Lincoln memorial

COT:
-Prayers for a newer pax Broadway in VA who just lost his M
-Quip’s job switch/search

Tags: edge_of_reason, Lindy, Pirmanti (F3 DR-VA)