thepatriot Easy Like a Monday Morning

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: thepatriot
Q: Lazlo
PAX: Ice Tea, Prestige, Strange Brew, Lucius, NASCAR, Bob the Builder, bogey, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Walker, Couch Potato, My Space, Bone, Maguire, Rim Fire, citrus, DoorDash, Big Short, Runner Up, Wedding Singer, CableGuy, Smokey, Piano Man, Hops FNGs: None
COUNT: 24
It was not too cold. The forecast was for rain but there was no rain. And the PAX had an extra hour to sleep in. The Q really couldn’t think of anything to complain about. So there was really no point in easing into things today.

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, michael phelps, cherry twists, willie mays hayes, tempo squats, down dog, lower body stretch time

THE THANG:
Bear crawl 100 yds, 100 SSH IC (flutter kick until the PAX are finished) Bear crawl 75 yds, 75 BWS (little bitty twists until the PAX are finished) Bear crawl 50 yds, 50 bonnie blairs (easy way) (flutter kick) Bear crawl 25 yds, 25 no surrenders (LBTs)
Bear crawl 10 yds, 10 bobby hurley’s (flutter kick)

Then the PAX stayed together for:
Lunge 5 yds, 5 perfect merkins (repeat to the 40)
Lunge 5 yds, 5 absolutions (alternate sets with flutter kicks) back to the goal line

MARY: American hammers, toy soldiers, dirty dogs, straight-leg mule kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt, coat drive, toy drive

COT: The Q was talking to a college buddy over the weekend. He’s doing well in life by most outward measures. But he’s also overweight and going through his second divorce and clearly needs people to lean on. It was a reminder of how lucky we are to have this group. Thank you for being part of it.

Tags: thepatriot, Ice Tea, Prestige, Strange Brew, Lucius, NASCAR, Bob the Builder, bogey, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Walker, Couch Potato, My Space, Bone, Maguire, Rim Fire, citrus, DoorDash, Big Short, Runner Up, Wedding Singer, CableGuy, Smokey, Piano Man, Hops

thefarm 100 Merkins and Experimental Exercises

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: thefarm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Moneyball DR F3 Hampton Roads, Moonshine, Running Man, Trilogy, Landing Strip FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WarmUp: SSHs, WMHs, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Grady Corn, Rockettes, Michael Phelps, and Mosey.

The Thang: We completed 5 rounds of 20 Merkins for 100 total, mixing in the following exercises in between: Round 1:
– 20 Merkins
– Squats
– Raise the Roof shoulder presses
Round 2:
– 20 Merkins
– Donkey Kicks
– Step Ups
Round 3:
– 20 Fist-Bump Merkins
– LBACs
– Mosey
Round 4:
– 20 Merkins
– Wall Sits 60s
– Bonnie Blairs
– 30m Bear Crawl
Round 5:
– 20 Merkins
– Foot-Bump Squats
– Glute Bridge Hold
– Single-Leg Glute Bridge Holds

Mary: Caterpillar Sit-Ups 30m, Supermans, Side Crunches, Hands of the Clock, American Hammers, Box Cutters, J-Los, and Plank hold.

Announcements:
– Moneyball has the Q Wednesday.
– The Grunt this Saturday, carpool spot TBD.

CoT: “What our culture calls a mid-life crisis is actually a Sad Clown’s effort to self-prescribe a remedy for his joyless inertia. Instead of filling the holes in his life, the Sad Clown concludes that he is a man whose wife and job are making him unhappy when, in fact, he is an unhappy man with a wife and a job.” – Dredd and OBT in Freed to Lead

Tags: thefarm, Moneyball DR F3 Hampton Roads, Moonshine, Running Man, Trilogy, Landing Strip

tg10 Speed skating doesn’t look this hard

Date: 2025-10-27
AO: tg10
Q: Lazlo
PAX: Rim Fire, Gherkin, Hobbyhorse
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: nope
THE THANG:
EMOM timer. Every minute run forward 30 yards and backwards 30 yards, do 10 perfect merkins, the Bonnie Blair’s (knee touches the ground) until the minute is up. Each leg counts, total BBs is your score. MARY: haha nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: uh uh
COT: you can do anything for 10 minutes

Hobbyhorse 118 :trophy::trophy:
Gherkin 116 :fire::fire:
Lazlo 114:fire::fire:
Rim Fire 101:fire::fire:

Tags: tg10, Rim Fire, Gherkin, Hobbyhorse

horizon-ao Halloween at F3

Date: 2025-10-31
AO: horizon-ao
Q: sticks
PAX: 3 mile, Poe, Kodiak, Disco
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
– 20 Side Straddle Hops (SSH)
– 15 Arm Circles (forward/reverse)
– 10 Frankenstein Walks (kick out legs like a zombie)
– 20 Goof Balls (or Jumping Jack-o-Lanterns)
– 10 Ghoul Mornings (similar to good mornings, but arms crossed like a ghost) THE THANG:
Circuit Workouts: Zombie Shuffle, Pumpkin Swings, Coffin Sit ups, Spider Crawls, Graveyard Burpeess, Thriller Merkins MARY:
– Coffin Sit-Ups
– Ghostly High Knees
– Frankenstein Walks
– LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grunt
COT: Enjoy fellowship and coffee around this Halloween holiday

Tags: horizon-ao, 3 mile, Poe, Kodiak, Disco

social-distance Rested and ready

Date: 2025-11-02
AO: social-distance
Q: Wedding Singer
PAX: Breach, Bone, Spokes, Popeyes, Piano Man, Brian Tuma(F3Refi GSONC), Booking, Gambler FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
THE THANG: 6 miles, 43 merkins
ANNOUNCEMENTS: we announced we are not a church group
COT: we don’t do that

Tags: social-distance, Breach, Bone, Spokes, Popeyes, Piano Man, Brian Tuma(F3Refi GSONC), Booking, Gambler