Can’t Spell Awesome without EMOM

DATE: 2023-01-31
AO: Delphi
Q: I-Beam
PAX: Juneau, Obadiah, Hightower, Lightyear, Ashe, Peanuts, Bluegrass, Wham-O, Nano, Rambler, slider, Rocket FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: SSHs, WMHs, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Michael Phelps THE THANG:
PAX started in a circle around the speaker that played a power hour mix that changed songs every minute, keeping us energized for an old-fashioned EMOM of the following: 4X Burpees
8X Merkins
12X Air Squats
Mosey around the field within ear shot of the speaker to hear when songs changed. Q tried to call out the song changes to keep everyone honest.

We finished 28 rounds so that PAX completed over 100 burpees, 200 merkins, and 300 air squats. MARY: 1 burpee to grow on
ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE 2023
COT: Shared for those in attendance, but YHC is very thankful for his F3 brothers.

No more burpees (ha! just kidding)

DATE: 2023-01-31
AO: General
Q: Lazlo
PAX: 2 percent, Fairweather, Hard Knox, Moneyball, Yardbird, XL, Toolbox, Booking, bogey FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
The Q woke up this morning thinking, “Hello February! No more burpees!” Then he remembered there are 31 days in January. Back to the drawing board. So we knocked out a few burpees today, but in small doses. Official count that might or might not be accurate: 84 burpees

WARMUP: SSH, willie mays hayes, imperial walkers, Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers, downward dog. 2 burpees before each set, except for 5 penalty burpees for the last set (thanks @Hard Knox!). [Count: 15 burpees]

THE THANG:
PAX lined up on the goal line and took turns picking a target yard line, and a method of travel. Whoever finished first could name the next target/travel, but had to do 3 burpees first when the rest of the PAX started. (The rest of the PAX were still doing 3 burpees to move the count, but not during the race.) All PAX picked a movement, with @toolbox and the Q picking twice. Things I remember:
Crab walk, alligator crawl, broad jump + sprint, high skip, bear crawl, Spider Man crawl, frankenstein walk, lunge walk, Lt Dan,
Grand Finale: 100 yard bear crawl back to the start. This stirred some mumblechatter but the Q heartily approved. (Burpee count: 33)

Part 2: Dora. Based on the episode that had an EMOM timer for burpees. (And, as @2 percent reminded us, Map killed the Monkey. I don’t think they use this one for re-runs.) PAX partnered up for 100 Bonnie Blairs (hard way), 150 WWIs, and air presses until time was out, with all PAX stopping whatever they’re doing for 3 burpees on the minute. (Burpee count: 36)

Burpee total: 84

MARY: sets of flutter kick, hello Dolly, gas pumpers without heels touching the ground

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl squares, Grow Ruck

COT: I shared that my sister passed away about a week ago. Not much wisdom was included. But it’s something my family and I are dealing with. What seemed important was the show of love and support from my F3 brothers, and affirmation that we are there for each other. Sincere thanks to all of you.

Hard Knox BB from 1/10/23

DATE: 2023-01-10
AO: General
Q: Hard Knox
PAX: 2 percent, Jenner, Moneyball, Shocker, The Lawn, XL
FNGs: @Kvetch
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: The usual. SSH, Overhead Press, LBAC, M. Phelps, I. Walker, Windmill, Hillbilly, Cherry Picker, W.M. Hayes, D. Dog, C. Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch.
THE THANG: DORA – 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 lbcs. EPPY – after baseline “death lap”, teammates take turns motivating each other to run faster. Result – several teams beat previous time. No 3rd lap needed. Mosey / cool down / fellowship lap instead. MARY: Flutterkicks, Mountainclimbers, and more Flutterkicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Growruck coming up! Contact @horshack
COT: Sometimes you can go faster, and farther together. Look for opportunities to work as a team today. Nice job everyone!

Challenger Disaster by the Numbers

DATE: 2023-01-30
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Chile, Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WarmUp: Imperial Walkers, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Grady Corns, and 10-1 Motivators.

The Thang: Challenger Disaster by the Numbers

7 Bonnie Blairs IC
7 Crew members perished

53 SSHs IC
53 degrees: the coldest space shuttle flight before Challenger, in which Thiokol engineers identified failure of the primary O-rings in the booster rockets.

18 CDDs IC
18F:Low temperature overnight

25 Reverse Lunges IC
25F:Temperature measured on the left SRB

8 Burpees
8F: Temperature measured on the right SRB

36 OH Claps IC
36F: Ambient air temperature at time of launch

11 Derkins
39 Squats
11:39 EST: Time at which the Challenger started its final launched.

73sec Wall Sit
73 seconds: time after takeoff when the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart off the coast of Cape Canaveral

Did some more exercises to stay warm:
7 Bonnie Blairs IC
20 Mountain Climbers IC
18 CDDs
8 Burpees
25 Reverse Lunges IC
20 Seal Claps IC
20 Derkins
20 Copperhead Squats

Mary: Flutter Kicks, Penguin Crunches, Sweat Angels, American Hammers, Side Crunches, and Plank Pose.

CoT: Throughout the workout YHC reflected on some of the engineering and management lessons learned from the Challenger disaster. It is imperative on all who work with information that affects other peoples’ lives to adhere to strict standards of excellence—to not give in when management pressure becomes intense, but to stand by our principles.

“The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them. The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’” – Ronald Reagan

The Dora 700

DATE: 2023-01-30
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Disco
PAX: 3 mile, Gherkin, Kodiak, Poe, Purple Rain, vplaxico
FNGs: Attaché, FNG Trifecta
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: M Phelps, Abe vigoda, SSH, redneck Walker, CP/WMH, D Dog, Cobra, Childs pose, Worlds greatest stretch, choice THE THANG: pair up Dora-style
50 Blockees – Run
100 Merkins of choice – Bear Crawl
150 Chest Press – Railroad Ties
150 Couon squats – Carioca
150 seal claps – Frankenstein
100 Breakdancers – Murder bunnies

MARY: Flutters, J Lo, F Mercury
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl Squares, Super Bowl party, etc.
COT: DNF