Alphabet Soup Season

Alphabet Soup Season

QIC: Slowpitch

Date: 12.10.2025

PAX: @Tonka (WB, EC Ruck), @Rollback (EC Burpees), @Ziffel – Zibi Wozniak, @dr.toot (WD), @cruiser, @subfloor, @wahoo, @slowpitch

It was a cold morning and what better season is there than soup season!? Not only did we get some warm soup in our bellies, but we were also able to learn the alphabet at the same time. Some would say, that’s a 2 for 1 special.

Warmup:

Side straddle hops, abe vigoda, whirley with a clap, the dr.toot stretch (or the stretchy stretch as toot calls it),Michael Phelps, and overhear claps.

The thang: 

What is alphabet soup without covering all 26 letters? The alphabet was broken down into 4 groups, 2 groups of 6 and 2 groups of 7. The workout was Tabata style so each workout was 35 seconds on, 12 seconds off.

For Group 1 and 2, each group was completed twice and then a light active recovery lap after. Group 3 and 4 was completed once with a lighter active recovery lap.

• Group 1: A-F
  • Alternating Lunges
  • Burpees
  • Carolina Dry Docks
  • Diamond Merkins
  • Elbow 2 Knee
  • Flutter Kicks
• Group 2: G-L
  • Gorilla Humpers
  • Heels to Heaven
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Jump Squats
  • Kraken Burpee (Burpee with 3 merkins)
  • LBC
• Group 3: M-S
  • Merkins
  • Newtons Cradle (Plank and alternating arm lifts forward)
  • Overheard Claps
  • Plank Jacks
  • Quick Feet (with a drop on “drop” as optional)
  • Ranger Merkins
  • SSH
• Group 4: T-Z
  • T’s on the ground laying on your chest
  • Upright Rows
  • V-Ups
  • WWII’s
  • XY’s (Flutter kick with a Hello Dolly)
  • Y-Squats
  • Zebra Kicks

Announcements

• F3 Christmas Party on Friday the 12^th and concert afterwards.
• 12 Pains of Christmas at WIB tomorrow the 11^th (held at The Speakeasy)
• Zesty has the Q at Alcatraz on Saturday the 13^th
• 19^th at Urban Assault we will celebrate Rollback’s 50,000 burpee (WOW!)
• Tonka has the Q at Mayhem next Wednesday the 17^th

Prayers

• Peace all over the world.
• Difficult times during the holiday season.
• North High School incident and for all schools to be a safe place for students, teachers and faculty.
• Praise – Last week that Rollback’s M will be on the IV antibiotics and beginning of 2026 doctors will be in network with new insurance kicking in.

nmm

• Tonka and I enjoyed some fellowship this morning with a pre-ruck. As we were leaving, Rollback warned us to “watch out for any cayote’s” (very encouraging). You know what they say, all you have to do is outrun the people you are with…well I would have been toast if we came across a not so friendly animal.
• Rollback ate burpees for breakfast and some alphabet soup for lunch. He also challenged me on Monday for bringing a weighted vest for a pre-ruck but not wearing it during the workout. Challenge accepted today. Only thing is, Rollback makes these workouts look too easy, vest or not.
• Ziffel showed up on Ziffel time and was ready to work. At one point during a “light” active recovery lap he kicked it into 5^th gear and sprinted in front. Tonka saw this as a challenge and the 2 were off. No idea who won though but I did see a fist bump.
• toot is an inspiration. Just wakes up in the morning, makes everything look easy, toots in the process and heads out to make a difference during the day. We did get some “ELEVEN” during warmups.
• I finally had the courage to tell Cruiser he looked exactly like a friend of mine, ran like a friend of mine and that it was a good thing. I told him as much and that my friend and former roommate played major league baseball and Cruiser went on to tell me he played a couple years of ball himself.
• Subfloor is another inspiration. Him and Cruiser were chatting away about football and you would have thought he didn’t work out at all because he makes all the exercises look too easy.
• Wahoo was wearing a Redskins (oh wait Commanders) sweatshirt. YHC was wearing a Giants toboggin. On a light active recovery lap, I think he told me that the Giants suck (some friendly smack talk for this week’s game). He also asked if we were going to make it through the alphabet and I proceeded to tell him that there is no letter left behind.

Thank y’all for letting me lead today.