It was a festive atmosphere at The FORGE as Mystery Box made it’s annual holiday appearance. We had 9 strong ready to put in some work while enjoying some amazing music . Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:
Mosey to the abandoned school for warm-up: Jazzercise, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, BOC’s, and we are good. To the customary back of the school location for the main event:
One PAX pulls an exercise out of the box then grabs the medicine ball and runs to the top of the hill and back. The remainder complete that exercise for the duration:
Burpees
Crawl Bear
WWII Sit-ups
Crunchy Frogs
Murder Bunnies
American Hammers
Broad Jump Burpees
Hello Dollies
Sprints with 10 seconds rest
V-ups
Smurf Jacks
Shoulder Taps
Back to the flag – finished off with a minute or so of ab exercises.
COT and YHC took us out
Final Thoughts: We had some tough pulls this morning! L Woods was falsely accused of making up challenging exercises. Overall, I think we got a well rounded beatdown. Lots of great holiday themed workouts to check out this week and next…………..Look for a Mystery Box return sometime next year!
Tag: #SOJ
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Frosty Run
It was cold that day, COLD I tell you. Bullseye and YHC headed to the flats of Riverdown until YHC had to reroute the course for a warmer restroom. 4ish miles.
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wear your BROWN pants
The NOS cold-weather ruckers brought along our beloved 60# Sandy for an up-hill down-dale trek across new terrain. The promise was something challenging enough that wearing brown pants might hide the fact you shat yourself in the process. The goal was to use fingers of woods behind/between neighborhoods to circumnavigate an apartment complex near SPFP – and we succeeded in that goal. Also it turns out there are some really lovely open hardwood spaces to walk through in these back neighborhood nomansland areas. Enjoyed the banter as PAX tried to figure out where they were during the ruck, and felt challenged with some deep thoughts at Einstein. Until next time, yours AYE! ~DTH
COMING UP:
- 12/23 NoToll – Rosie’s annual 12 Days beatdown down and gift exchange
- 12/25 Forge – DTH Christmas Whoopin
- 01/01 Dogpile – New Years Convergence starting at 0700
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Rubba Dub Dub
9 grown-boys showed up to The Alamo this morning. As Flyboy so eloquently stated in the group text, “Not sure where exactly I draw the line but this morning was definitely on the f*** that side of the line.” It appears that several other also found themselves on that side of the line as YHC was the only RounTrey rep.
WARAMARA – Moseyed to the other side of the horeshoe. Gave the mission, stretched out and got into it. Side note, do you still take baths? If not, at what age did you stop? Answer in the comments please.
The THANKG – The PAX took an XL mosey throughout the neighborhood to appreciate the lights. QTY (10) exercies at each major intersection with some sprints mixed in. We also made some strategic stops along the way to make sure that the Fart-sackers knew the WE knew where they lived.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Rosie’s 12 Days of Christmas
PRAYERS/WINS
- Spread the word about F3!
- We can’t win ’em all. Keep showing up!
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Welcome Freezerburn!
12 HIMS showed up on perhaps the coldest morning of the year and pushed through the gloom, welcoming NOS’s newest FNG, Freezerburn, whose name was well earned thanks to the brutal temps and bare hands. After a short mosey and warmerama, YHC fired up the box timer and a ’90s/early-2000s rap playlist that drew mixed reactions but kept things moving.
The beatdown featured a long kettlebell grind followed by a hill Dora up Mountain Chaplain. The frosty morning concluded with waiter carries across the parking lot.
The Thang:
Mosey around parking lot
Warmerama:
SSHs, cherry pickers, jazzercise, copperhead squats, merkins, world war 2s
Boxtimer one minute work/ 30 second rest, alternating arms
Curls, american hammers, side arm extension, front arm extension top tricep extension
Hill Doras, one partner suitcase carries kettlebell up hill, alternate 100 x swings, 200 x rows, 300 x squats
End with parking lot waiter carry
Announcements: Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas, Christmas Q at the Forge brought to you by DTH
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Rock N Roll Does it Bigger
The last two weeks of Rock N Roll have been a mystery……………but with a lot of the regulars back in action, it was time for another epic beatdown. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.
To the basketball court for Warm-ups: Alabama Prom Dates, Flutter Kicks, Rosalitas, Hand Release Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Don Quixote’s, Helicopters, BOC’s, Hillbillies, Lunge Walk, Karaoke, Bernie Sanders, Knee Pulls, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Broad Jumps. I might have missed a few.
Mosey to the Parking lot for Exercise One: MEGA Beast
8 rounds, 8 stops, 8 count exercises. We used the two large parking lots for our field, which meant a lot of running
Round 1: Merkins
Round 2: Squats
Round 3: American Hammers
Round 4: Carolina Dry Docks
Round 5: Pickle Pounders
Round 6: Ball Dippers
Round 7: Jump Squats
Round 8: Heels to Heaven.
Mosey back to the flag, finishing exactly on time!
COT and YHC took us out
Final Thoughts: Did not think that the MEGA Beast would take up the entire workout………..luckily, did not have anything else planned. Strong effort by the PAX pushing through! It was a great morning with lots of mumble chatter and “that’s what she said” zingers. Always a good time at Rock N Roll.
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The Cinderblock Schlong
Three HIMs joined YHC for Day 2 of his mini-takeover of NOS, as he makes his way through Qs at The Forge, Bon Iron, and Huge Bells, because, as they say, good things come in threes. The morning kicked off with a continuation of the cinderblock beatdown from The Forge. After some solid work with coupons, YHC finally showed mercy and put them aside… at least until Monday.
It’s unclear whether the PAX appreciated the coupon-centric workout, though DTH’s mid-workout creation (which resembled either a stone phallus or a middle finger) may have offered some insight. The morning wrapped with a solid coffeeteria shared between Rosie and YHC.
The Thang:
Warmerama:Side straddle hops, ukranian soldiers, don quixotes, arm circles, copper head squats, merkins, Freddie mercuies, flutter kicks
COP 1: Quadruple check: Timer rifle carries and walks around median. Rest of pax do cinder block squats, curls, and plank pull throughs
COP 2: Mosey to church parking lot, 11s with big boy sit ups and flutter kicks
COP 3: Mosey back to bus parking lot, four corners
Ring of fire with each pax member picking a merkin.
Announcements: Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas (December 23); Also, DTH will be delivering some Christmas Day pain as he Qs the Forge on the 25th.
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Isolation
Ah, YHC forgets OC’s slogan on the t-shirt, isolation in masturbation perhaps, but not as crude. Where to begin….balls and shaft? I recognize a kinship. Christmas party masturbation unemployment? Let’s start with the lounge, shall we –
10 regulars joined up for a Lounge-type workout. some might say not full lounge, but YHC felt with the chill in the air, keeping moving would be best. Mosey to bottom Twin Team. Warm ups. Slight jog up the hill, dora back down. Mosey to neighborhood street – Love Hill with lunges. Mosey to bus loop – 1 curb crawl. Mosey to basketball courts – 15 minutes of OC’s flat-ball basketball.
The lounge mentality was on full display today and it was glorious. Too many laughs to recount. Join us if you can boys, it’s a hoot. Thanks to Last Call for providing refreshments. I’m taking my ball and I’m going home.
-Singer
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Muck Fichigan
11 grown-boys showed up to run around this morning at Satan’s Hill. After trashing the University of Michigan, here’s what went down…
WARMARAMA – XL mosey to Futon and Heist’s houses to judge their Christmas decor and say what’s up to the Fawn in the Lawn. Back to the parking lot for the mission and stretches.
COP#1 – “Build-a-Beast” style circuit
- Round 1 – LOTS of running, (45) Merkins throughout
- Round 2 – LOTS of running, (45) Squats throughout
- Round 3 – LOTS of running, (20) Burpees throughout
COP #2 – Pullups, Dips and Merkins on the playground
Passed it to Mudslide for a 5-minute broga session.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas
- Gift exchange
PRAYERS/WINS
- Prayers for grateful hearts
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Timberwolfs Gauntlet
On a crisp winter morning the 10 of the 12 PAX aligned at the local middle school track. No snow days off at this workout it was time to get down to business. Simply put it was a good day to sleep in, but it was too late to turn around now. Like a true millennial the Q had consulted the only person what will always respond to his questions his wife. Just kidding he talked to his preferred data center environmental killer Grok on what to do for this workout. After a half jog around the track and a light warm up (Side strattle hops, Imperial walkers, Merkins, Light stretch and Arm circles) they got straight into the meat and potato’s of the workout.
The Task simple. 4 laps around the track. 4 Corners of fun. Corners were constant
- Corner 1: 10 Burpees
- Corner 2: 20 Merkins
- Corner 3: 30 Air Squats
- Corner 4: 40 LBCs
The laps how ever came with increasing and different difficulty
- Lap 1: Spring on straights of Track and Walk on curves
- Lap 2: lunges on straights of Track and Karaoke on curves
- Lap 3: Bear Crawl on straights of Track and bakwards jog on curves
- Lap 4: Spring on straights of Track and Walk on curves, but mid way around the curve do 5 more squats
The Beatdown ended with some core.
The 10 PAX had persevered and performed valiantly. Out of the darkness 2 additional PAX appeared in Rudy and BoBerry. Due to scheduling difficulties (being a tad late) they couldnt find the others on the track and instead ran around the parking lot (I think?). As a free workout group I think the only solution to this problem would be angel investor to get us some night vision goggles. Just a thought. Feeling accomplished they ended the workout as all do in F3.
Announcements: Rudy double feature Friday and Monday in SOJ. Rudy to post fundraising information for a great cause his family is supporting. Reach out to him for additional details
COT/Prayer Requests
On the topic of the season of giving just going to throw out a bible verse I read that hit home the other night. Read if that is your type of thing. Acts 20:35
Additional local news. If anyone likes to hunt. Seen in the Trey is a 20 foot tall 6 point buck . Its origins are unknown and scientists are saying it might have mythical other wordly properties. It seems to find a new victims front lawn daily this week. Additionally, it seems to have a tamer who may not ever sleep and can sneak onto your property at any moment. More news at 11. Just SOJ things