{"id":26233,"date":"2026-01-01T10:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=26233"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:58:56","slug":"the-reset-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2026\/01\/the-reset-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reset: 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"243\">New Year\u2019s Day didn\u2019t come with fireworks \u2014 it came with <strong data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"242\">26s<\/strong>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like 11s &#8230; but more &#8230; much more.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"570\">The PAX circled up for a brief (cough) warmup and onto the Thang, where they quickly learned this wasn\u2019t a standard ladder. Instead, we stepped into the misery of <strong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"401\">25\u20131, 24\u20132, 23\u20133 \u2026 all the way down to 1\u201325<\/strong>, a grind that rewarded patience, math skills, and grit.\u00a0 The work was broken into five segments, each one changing just enough to keep bodies guessing and minds engaged.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"885\">For the 25-1 &#8230; 21- 5 portion, we did <strong data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"614\">merkins and jump squats<\/strong>, easing no one into anything. As the reps descended and ascended, legs and chests started questioning life choices. The second segment doubled down on leg burn with <strong data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"812\">jump squats paired with rows<\/strong>, proving early that nothing about this workout was going to be balanced.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1325\">Just when arms were smoked, we shifted again \u2014 <strong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"956\">rows to high knees<\/strong>, forcing tired upper bodies to stabilize while heart rates spiked. Then it was <strong data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1069\">high knees and shoulder press<\/strong>, where lungs and shoulders negotiated terms of surrender that were immediately rejected. The final stretch brought it home with <strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1234\">shoulder press and Bonnie Blairs<\/strong>, a closing act that demanded full commitment after everything else had already been taken.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1545\">By the time the last rep was counted, the PAX had pushed through <strong data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1411\">650+ total reps<\/strong>, not including the bonus <strong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1450\">curl reps<\/strong> that showed up like an unexpected tax bill \u2014 painful, unavoidable, and ultimately good for us.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1743\">We finished emptied but upright, reminded that the new year doesn\u2019t start with resolutions \u2014 it starts with work. The Reset wasn\u2019t symbolic. It was earned. And every man walked away better for it.<\/p>\n<p>After a failed attempt at Biscuitville (opened later today), all 5 PAX converged at Starbucks for some coffeeteria.\u00a0 Aye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Year\u2019s Day didn\u2019t come with fireworks \u2014 it came with 26s.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like 11s &#8230; but more &#8230; much more. The PAX circled up for a brief (cough) warmup and onto the Thang, where they quickly learned this wasn\u2019t a standard ladder. Instead, we stepped into the misery of 25\u20131, 24\u20132, 23\u20133 \u2026 all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"q":"Madoff","date":"1\/1\/2026","pax":"Ziggy Stardust, Tonka, Blind Date, Drip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26233"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26237,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26233\/revisions\/26237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}