Buncha Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Buncha Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire

QIC: Tonka

Date: 12.17.2025

PAX: @Starfish (RIRO) @Zima (RIRO) @Wahoo @Rollback @dr. toot @van.gogh @Subfloor @Spamalot @Workbench @Slowpitch @cruiser @Tonka

We’re withstanding a week whelmed with wintry weather without a wee wish for warmer wandering. YHC whimsically welcomed whomever PAX whatever we wake to weatherwise Wednesday. Whatdoyaknow, without winds, yet wholly a winter waste, which even the white witch was willingly withdrawing while waiting for woolier weather. What would one want whatever worldwide beside woodfire for warmth while wayfaring west to workout at Mayhem?

Fire it is.

Preblast holiday tunes in the winter wonderland vein:

@Rollback rings, you bet I’m listening
bring the pain, PAX are bristling
It’s a horrible fright
Tonka’s Q at first light
crying in a Mayhem wonderland

Spoiler: crying did occur.

MS. CP. Perfecto.

WRM

SSH/MT CLB/AV/WHIRLY

Little to no instruction. Follow me.

THANG

Simple, but deadly.

FORMAT

1. Run a lap around Jamison Park, reverse peloton style. PAX at the rear performs one burpee and jail break sprint to the front of the line.
2. Circle up at start for a Ring of Fire round.
3. Repeato for 45min

RING OF FIRE ROUNDS

PAX held static position while one rotating PAX performed called exercise until all participated.

1. PLANK W/ 20X MERKINS
2. AL GORE W/ 15X JUMP SQUATS
3. 6IN W/ 10X BOX CUTTERS
4. PLANK W/ 10X DIAMOND MERKINS
5. AL GORE W/ 10X DC BONNIE BLAIRS
6. ELBOW PLANK W/ 20X PICKLE POUNDERS

fin

MARY

none

COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The week of being experimented on by @cruiser continues tomorrow 12/18 @ Distillery and wraps up Saturday 12/20 at Alcatraz

50,000 Burpee Special Friday 12/19 @ Urban Assault w/ @Rollback!!!

Greenest this week 12/20

PRAYER REQUESTS

@Slowpitch as he grieves the loss of his mother and travels to Florida tomorrow for funeral

@cheerio and @Total Recall grieving the loss of their father

YHC took us out expressing gratitude for the men in the circle and their friendship and how they make me better.

NMM

Pretty pleased how the format worked timing-wise. The lap was the perfect distance to get each PAX a turn at the jail break and we finished round 6 right at time. Better to be lucky than good they say.

I will say 12 PAX makes for a brutal ring of fire. None survived the static holds. Crying employed. Many lives lost.

@Starfish RIRO and got in nearly 2mi during the beatdown. This man is a #Runner. He was so comfortable in the rings of fire he might as well have been picking a guitar and leading singalong. He also pimped @dr toot for his lack of RIRO action. #BA

@Zima had a full blown cheery Christmas shirt complete WITH sleeves. The grinch’s heart is bursting with holiday spirit. By the end he was calling YHC simply “toy truck”, so I might have exhausted that cheery streak. Don’t be sad it’s gone, be grateful it happened.

@Wahoo was heard saying “oh shiiiiiienanigans” – father of small children, ladies and gentlemen. He has mastered the science of the warmup by sitting in his climate controlled vehicle with heated seats. If the goal is warm muscles, I don’t know why anyone would do different. He also dubbed this workout “simple but deadly”.

@Rollback is fighting off a cold and brought a weinke to fulfill his responsibilities as siteQ and communicate with the PAX. It said, “Lost voice. Have cold. Zima’s fault. More burpees.” The rest of him was fully operational though as he and @slowpitch put on a Bonnie Blair clinic. This man need speak no words to lead by example.

@Dr Toot set the standard for the reverse peloton runs and was often the first sprinter. He was pleased with the turnout of >=11, which always puts pep in the WD step.

@Van Gogh AKA “Mr. Fungus Nail” ruined the ambiance as all the PAX were enjoying the lovely crescent moon with a tinge of orange in the dusk sky we hear – “Oh look at the big yellow toenail!”

@Subfloor called for a body destroyer ring of fire. Just barely got cut for time. This man was first through the reps each round which sucks because your smoked and still holding for the rest of the ring. T-claps for the extra mental workout.

@Spamalot may have pronounced a banishment of the Q at COT. Not sure how binding it is, but never underestimate the power and sway of the #Spamtan. YHC is looking into legal representation to protect my 4th CP rights. I found an attorney on Google named Tom Boylan to sue and reverse the verdict. I like my chances.

@Workbench brought the house down with his pickle pounder “20 PUMPS” MC. Note to self, pickle pounders in a ring of fire is a bad idea. He crushed the beatdown as if he never took a day off proving he could probably still line up at tight end and show out. There is something in this man’s gene-code that is banned as a performance enhancing drug in some countries.

@Slowpitch is a self dubbed “has been, never was” but he’s really a “right now, here to stay”. Flexing that college athlete talent and bringing that extra push and crispness we all strive for.

@Cruiser and others from VI were still T-rex arms from Cruiser Labs at VI (first installment of cruiser week). The reader will notice: no pulling exercises today. That’s all I have to say about that.

@Rollback you never spoke up to ask for the keys, so I kept them.

This was a lot of fun. Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Tonka