Month: June 2019

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Wet Bomber

PAX:

Cub cadet, Nanny, Crawspace, Porcelain, Hi viz, Tiny dancer, Bicentennial Man, Vector, Pumpkin spice, T cell, PA, Bad boy (QIC)

Temp: 70 Degrees, and rain…lots of it. LOTS OF IT.

LOT’S OF RAIN.

COP:

High knees  x 20 IC
SSH x 20 IC
BABY ARM CIRCLE  x 20 IC
Seal claps x 20 IC
Willy Mays x 15 IC
Before mosey, wanted to get a slight burn.
1 Air press – 1 wide Merkin
2 Air press – 2 wide Merkin
3 Air press – 3 wide Merkin
etc…up to 10
The Thang:
Mosey to driving range poles:
Partner up – Rotating pole between partners.
PAX 1: Bar Craw to first pole while
PAX 2 Lieutenant Dan lunges to next pole
Alternate until completed.
Mosey to Playground:
Stay in partners –
Round 1:
50 pull ups
100 dips
Round 2:
100 merkins
200 squats
Extra credit:
Pull-ups till burn out while partner planks. Drop more than 5 seconds, you’re done.
Mosey back toward parking lot only to stop at the bottom of the hill.
PAX to sprint to top of hill and perform 5 burpees. Slow mosey back to bottom. Plank and wait.
Rinse and Repeat x 3

 

MARY:

American Hammers x 30 x IC

Announcements:

  • Leadership luncheon is June 21st @ Cafe at Thistle Farms. How to deal with difficult people buy Dr. Jerry Hickson. Please RSVP to T-Cell by June 17th.
  • July 4th bicentennial mall. 1 hour
  • September 14th 5 year workout. #strivefor100

Prayer requests:

  • Gillian – Heart valve replacement complications.
  • Cub cadet friend named Alecia – Has breast cancer
  • Penny loafer wife has cancer, please pray for their family.
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TVGuide VQ coQ @ TheForge

Pre-Party: 3rdDegree led Staples, Kermit, and Nimbus doing some yoga-inspired work in the downpour with the medic pumping the Aggressive Spa mix.

21 PAX in attendance for the main event: Kermit, Staples, Stats, Numbtucks, Mursa, Nimbus, Mickey Mouse, Mufasa, Topper, CheezWhiz, Sex Ed, Lovie, Mic Drop, Sprinkles, Pocahontas, Gaylord Focker, TVguide (VQ coQ), 3rd Degree (coQ), and 3 FNGs – Ohh Ship, Back Ho, and G.I. Jane got after it.

Warm-up/Disclaimer:

  • SSH IC x 20
  • Squat Thrusts IC x 20
  • Tempo Merkins IC x 15
  • Mountain Climbers OYO
  • Good Mornings
  • Willie Mays
  • ShowMe Lap

Thang 1: Bataan Death March
Kicked off a Bataan Death March with a 5 burpee buy-in to start. Pax start their mosey from the Mill Creek bridge behind the HS football field, the last man completes 5 burpees before sprinting to the front of the line. Rinse. Repeat. Threw in a few speed bumps along the way: bump #1 – 10 merkins, bump #2 – 10 Iron Mikes (each side is a half). We death marched all the way to the middle school soccer fields.

Thang 2: Doracides

Dora + Suicides = Doracides. Yes, it’s as terrible as it sounds. A slightly modified version though, partners shared the following: 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. Mode of transportation was suicides, with a burpee at each cone x3. Immediately following the Doracides, we got in one more Bataan Death March lap around the entire soccer field. Ensuring everyone got their fair share of the suck.

Plank and wait for the six. Closed out the march with 5 more burpees for the entire group. Next up, 3rdDegree beat down.

Thang 3: Bearcrawl Suicides
More partner work. This time bearcrawl suicides. Partner 1 hangs back to stretch out whatever they want. Qs orders – insert mumble. Partner 2 begins with bearcrawl to the first cone, then crawlbear back. Repeat 3 times to complete suicides. Flapjack. This one sucked.

Thang 4: The Royal Burpee

  • Single Shot Jack – 5
  • Double Shot Jack – 5
  • Clap Burpee – 5
  • Mountain Climber Burpee – 5
  • 180 Burpee – 5
  • Insert Fog Of War – memory (and body) fading quickly, was there more?

To end the thangs, we performed some Banana Supermans.

CoT/Numbers/Names/FNG Naming

What we learned: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Stepping outside of your comfort zone is key. It’s how we experience new things in life. It’s how we confront our fears. It’s how we become stronger leaders. After a few good words by 3rdDegree, we tightened up our CoT for prayer.

Bullhorn: (memory still foggy)… this Wed 6/12 – 2ndF opportunity for lunch in Nashville. Open to all, hoping to get the Nolensville PAX that work downtown together for some grub around noon. Watch for more details on slack.

Post Party: 3rdDegree led Numbtucks, Staples, CheezWhiz, Stats, & TV Guide to perform a 20 burpee ante for each FNG. 6 rounds of 10 burpees on the minute, totaling 60 burpees. Aye!

Beereteeria: Altidore came through with a special drop off delivery of some Good People IPA. Cerveza Salute in full effect to celebrate TV Guide’s first Q. Also big thanks to Numbtucks and CheezWhiz for providing the traditional Coffeeteria. A good day indeed.

– TV Guide, out.

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#cruelhall 6.7.19

17 PAX braved the conditions for a good little AMRAP to start the weekend.

PAX: Big Stick, Floppy Disk, Bagger Vance, Dupree, Black Widow, AR, CCR, Dine ‘n Dash, Master Splinter, Moving on Up, Atlas (my hero), Yard Sale, PSL, CAPS LOCK, Dmish, Prevac, Razorback (Q).

Conditions: Wet and it got wetter.

Tunes: My old and insufficient speaker was the target of much complaining. But I’m cheap and she’s been with me for a lot of good years.

WOR: Mosey to bottom of bus hill for some SSH, GM, WMH, BACs, OH and seal claps, merkins, squats, spidermans and a couple hill sprints. Then mosey to covered court for…

THANG: AMRAP because YHC wasn’t in physical or emotional shape to bark orders all morning. The white board (which will return) listed the following exercises (alternating between the two options each round), and PAX were instructed to complete as many rounds as possible in our ~35 remaining minutes.

  • 10x pullups / horizontal rows
  • 20x merkins / Carolina dry docks
  • 30x squat jumps / split squat jumps (15x each side)
  • 40x LBCs / reverse crunches
  • 50x hillbillies / Imperial walkers (25x each side)
  • (4x) * (round number) 8-ct body builders (so 4, 8, 12, 16… for those of you who were Rick Singer customers)
  • Baseball lap

Pretty good pace by the whole group, who eschewed the covered court after round 1 in favor of the wet playground. I think the cardiovascular elite tallied 6 rounds total (or close to it). Back to the parking lot right around 6:15. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Several challenging health situations discussed this morning – let’s keep those families in our prayers and remember to serve and encourage them when and how we can.

First Friday lunch is today @ 11:30 at the Cookery.

Pleasure to be with you men this morning.

#wps

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6/6/19: Big Boy Burpee Pyramid

Location: Atlantis

Conditions: Low 70s, humid

QIC: Pumpkin Spice

PAX: Crawlspace, DFrost, Vector, YHC

THE THANG

In the usual fashion, disclaimer was made and the PAX moseyed around the field and then entered the field on the west side for some Warmorama.

  • SSH x 15
  • Imperial Walkers x 15
  • LBAC x 15
  • Moroccan Night Clubs x 15
  • rLBAC x 15

After we were sufficiently warm, we took our places on the sideline and did a pyramid workout using the telephone poles that are ~100 feet apart. PAX ran to Pole #1 and did 5 Burpees, then Bernied back to the start line and did 10 Big Boy Situps. They then ran to Pole #2 and did 10 Burpees, and Bernied back to the start for 10 BBS. Continue the pattern for Poles # 3 and # 4 with 15 and 20 Burpees at each and Bernie back to the start line for your 10 BBS. Then finish the pyramid by working down again for Poles #3, #2, and #1 with 15, 10, and 5 Burpees at each.

After completing the Big Boy Burpee Pyramid, the PAX moseyed back around the field with an AYG 300m sprint to the Pizza Hut. PAX partnered up and while one partner did AMRAP Steve Irwins, the other ran around the water tower. PAX tagged up and changed roles. Next up was AMRAP Swerkins while partners ran around the water tower. Once both partners had ran twice and did both exercises, we made our way back to the shovel flag for 90 seconds of Freddie Mercury before all was said and done.

MOLESKIN

  • A small but quality workout today out at Atlantis. Mumblechatter included discussion on David Goggins and what it means to push yourself beyond the mental barriers you put on what your body is capable of. You can do at least 1 more rep than you think, you can hold proper position without going to your knees for 5 more seconds, and you can exercise with perfect form even when your body wants to take shortcuts. You won’t get better if you don’t push yourself!

BULLHORN

  • June Leadership Lunch – JUNE 21, 11:45a-1p
    • Cafe at Thistle Farms on Charlotte Ave.
      Discussion on how to deal with difficult personalities by Dr. Jerry Hickson. He’s an excellent speaker and leader. Well worth your time to attend.
      Lunch will run $20/person and can pay Vector.
      Need final count by June 17 (planning for 15-20 but room for more). RSVP using the link on Slack.

– Pumpkin Spice

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Bama Beat Down at The Pound

GLOOM FACTOR: 73 Degrees 90% humidity

 

21 PAX: Nibus 1500, Show Me, Staples, Double Bird, Kermit, Pollywog, Voyeur, Mufasa, Sex Ed (color run), FNG Professor X (respect), Barney Fivel, Gaylord Focker, Hush Puppy, TV Guide, Mic Drop, Creeper, Mursa, Typo +, Swinger, Mickey Mouse, QIC Stats.

 

Disclaimer

 

WARMUPS:

Show Me Lap

17 X SSH IC

17 X Slow and Low Squats IC

GM & WMH OYO

17 Tempo Merkins IC

Explained the significance of the number 17 as the same number of Football National Championships won by the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide. At this time the mumble chatter was accelerated to full speed which resulted in a quick 10 attitude adjustment burpees.

To further drive home the significance of the number 17 PAX moseyed to the covered picnic area for a round of 17 DIDs.

Thang 1

In honor of Bear Bryant and his 6 National Championships Pax partnered up and completed 6 rounds of Bear Brawls in the lawn adjacent to the pain ground. (each Pax Bear Crawled 6 times)

Thang 2

On the first day of the Alabama’s “4th quarter conditioning program” players run 16 110 yard sprints with 45 seconds of rest between each sprint. Due to time constraints we did 8 110 yard sprints with 45 seconds of rest.

Pax proceeded to the Amish store parking lot by Lunge Walking the Bridge.

Thang 3

Pax shuttle ran each parking spot with a Burpee at the entrance of each spot and a Bobby Hurley jump a the front of the spot. This was in recognition of Terrence Cody’s two blocked field goals in a win over the Tennessee Volunteers in 2009 in route to Nick Saban’s first National Championship.

MOM

Pax moseyed back to the parking lot and circled up with 4 minutes to spare.

17 Flutter Kicks IC

17 American Hammers

17 LBCs Normal and both sides.

 

CoT, Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama

  • Welcome FNG Professor X
  • Prayers for Soccer Mom
  • Prayers for Barney’s final interview.

Galatians 6:9 – So let us not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

Pax were encouraged to choose what is good not what is easy, with the truth that we are empowered to do good with the help of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Always an honor to lead.

YHC -Stats

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6 June 1944

Temp : 72 and Muggy

Gloom Factor : Nil

PAX: Paco, Puddles, Lockbox, T Rex, Stretch, Boo, Juice, Big Country, BnB, Bad Boy, Reveille, Red Skull, Hot Route, Bagger Vance

QIC: Bagger Vance

Mosey to STEM lot for WOR:
SSH X 13 IC
Squats X 13 IC
WMH X 13 IC
Merkins x 13 IC

THANG
6 – 6 – 19 – 44
Run 400 M

6 Burpees
6 8 Ct Body Builders
19 Squats
44 Flutter Kicks IC
Run 400M

6 Burpees
6 Man Makers
19 SGL LEG Lunges
44 Hello Dollies IC
Run 400M

6 Burpees
6 8 Ct Body Builders
19 Jump Squats
44 Dragon Flags/Heels to Heaven
Run 400M

6 Burpees
6 8 Ct Body Builders
19 SGL LEG Side Lunges
44 Superman Plank IC
Run 400M

At this point Boo and Lockbox were jawing pretty obnoxiously about who was fastest.
We stopped on the run back on the back sidewalk to pair off and sprint to a pole at some 200M away. While the rest of us had some good natures fun YHC left Juice back to fire the starting gun and see who was faster Boo or Lockbox. While Boo claims a KY Derby like foul on Lockbox, the record shows that Lockbox took race one. (By the way, Juice smoked them like a 4 alarm fire, dude is quick.)

Slowsey back to startex where we had time for some plank for the 6 and 20 Flutter Kix IC.

TIME

NMM:
Today we honored the brave souls who fought for our freedom and that of the world at Normandy 75 years ago. Most of the guys in that circle of trust would have been on the front lines had they been around 75 years ago. It’s pretty amazing when you’re around the 18-25 year old set how courageous our grandfathers & great grandfathers were in the face of the Axis of Evil. Thank yall now and forevermore.

BH:
First Friday Lunch tomorrow. Location : TBD.
Prayers up – Offshore and fam are fostering a child beginning any day now.
Ludwig, Penny Loafers and Dupree’s Ms and their roads to recovery.
Stretch’s granddad Ed.
CAPSLOCK MIL
All those traveling.
June 21 Leader’s lunch Q’d by Vector. Hit me up for details.

YHC,

BV

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Titan 6-5-2019: 2 Escalators

14 successfully navigated the early-morning set-up at Centennial Park for Carrie Underwood’s upcoming one-song concert.

Gloom Factor: Nil. 60 degrees. Light wind.

PAX: Harvey Updyke, Hipster, Trapper Keeper, Cub Cadet, Right Said, Porcelain, Crawlspace, Blue Mule, Snapshot, Siri, Defrost, Pumpkin Spice, Black Lung

QIC: Hi-Viz

WOR:
Mosey to south lawn. SSH X 15 IC, Monkey Humpers X 10 IC, Air Presses X 10 IC, LBAC X 10 IC, Reverse LBAC X 10 IC, Good Mornings X 10 IC.

THANG:
Mosey to the Big Hill for a four-exercise, 25-Rep Escalator: Prisoner Squats, Merkins, Jump Squats, Burpees.

Mosey to the Elipse for a second, 50-Rep Escalator: SSH, Jane Fondas (25 Each Side), Hi-Knees, Flutter Kicks.

Mosey to the cars for Dealer’s Choice Mary.

Done.

COT/BOM: Strong work all around. Excellent effort and solid attention to form across the board. Kotters to Snapshot and welcome to the Hipster, who made the trek from the East side.

Don’t forget Vector’s Leadership Lunch on 6/21 at Thistle Farms. Details on Slack.

NMM: Remember: F3 is more than a workout and there are plenty of guys out there who need this, and we need them. This is the perfect time of year to circle back on friends/family you’ve been meaning to EH, with plenty of light at 5:30 and ideal temps. Let’s keep up the momentum.

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III Pillars – 06.04.19 – “Leggy”

5 hit up the Pillars of Three for a fiery assault on the lower body.

QIC: Princess Aurora

PAX: Bad Boy, Boone’s Farm, DFrost, En Fuego

THE THANG:

Medium mosey over to the track for a proper warmup in the COP:

  • SSH x 15
  • Jane Fondas R/L x 20
  • Alabama Prom Dates x 20
  • WMH x 20
  • LBAC F/R x 15

Each PAX gets three cones and lines up along the end of the field. PAX were instructed to take 10 Lunges forward, drop a cone, and repeat x 2. This was to adapt the workout to each man’s kinesiological tendencies and ensure all were doing the same number of reps.

Lining back up at the start, PAX then performed the following progression, lunging between cones:

  • Starting Line: 10 Merkins
  • Cone 1: 20 Merkins
  • Cone 2: 25 Merkins
  • Cone 3: 30 Merkins
  • Sprint back and plank/Air Chair for six

Round 2 was Jump Squats (#crowdpleaser) and Round 3 Big Boy Sit-Ups. For the final round, it was 30 Merks at Cone 1, 30 Jump Squats at Cone 2, and 30 BBSUs at Cone 3.

Skip on over to the playground for some pull-up action. Each PAX calls an exercise for the group and performs 15 Pull-Ups. RnR for round 2 with 8 reps.

After a quick gathering of the cones, the group made their way to the bottom of the side ramp to torch the legs one last time with Bernie Sanders up the hill x 5.

Mosey back for Mary:

  • Flutter Kicks
  • Leg Raises
  • LBCs

COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:

The howling was strong during the lunge ladder, and it reached a crescendo during those 30 Jump Squats. There was certainly much cursing under my breath and some jelly legs. Bad Boy even crapped himself a little.

BULLHORN:

  • Prayers for Penny Loafers’s M and praises and continued prayer for the improved condition of Aaron whom Bad Boy has mentioned was in a skateboarding accident a few weeks ago
  • June 21 – Leadership lunch brought to you by Vector – HC by June 17
  • July 4 – Convergence at Bicentennial Mall
  • Late July/Early August: Social Ruck CSAUP
  • September 14: 5th Anniversary Workout – Save the date!
  • Late October/Early November: TN CAN RUCK 002!
  • Be on the lookout for some site upgrades and other new initiatives to help connect the PAX and disseminate information

PA out.

 

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Nolensville/Franklin Convergence #2 – The Forge – 6/1/19

PAX (30, including 6 FNGs): Stirrups, Macaroni, Stats, Little Miss Piggy, Maytag, Pope, Hot N Ready, Cheese Whiz, Torch, Beeker (FNG), Shoota, Oregon Trail, Old Hickory, Creeper, 3rd Degree, Staples, Waterboy, Double Bird (FNG), Smokey (FNG), Show Me, SexEd, Pocahontas, Topper (FNG), Chubbs (FNG), Reboot (FNG), Hoser, Cowbell, Nimbus, Gig ’em, Tebow

We’ll have to run it by our attorneys to see if Franklin can take credit for all six FNGs for #Franklin150 – decision pending.

Mosey to football field for disclaimer & Warm up:
SSH, IW, Merks, Squats, 30s stretch oyo, Burpees
(the free stretch may have thrown some PAX – “what is this?” “what do I do?” – comfort zones abandoned already)

THANG 1 (Tebow QIC):

1.1) Side Shuffle Suicides: from goal line, shuffle 5-yd increments and back, ending at the 50 yd line – 1 burpee every direction change (fyi, this was a lot of shuffling; not mad about it)

1.2) Triplet under the bleachers:
10-1 reps of
steel beam pull ups, low plank MC, iron mikes
(merlot spotted shortly after)

1.3) With partner at midfield for Dora style work:
Partner 1 exercises (MC merkins x 50 / AH x 100 / jump squats x 150)
Partner 2 runs to the fence (approx. 80 yds) for 2 burpees over the fence (“Trump burpees” as suggested by PAX, has a nice ring) and back, switch (scale: burpee + 2 tuck jumps x2)
Then, one final trip to the fence all together

THANG 2 (Gig ‘Em QIC):

After jumping many fences Tebow passed the baton to Gig’em. Pax were grateful.

2nd warmup: Mosey around track. Bearcrawl bleacher section. Rinse and repeat.

2.1) Partner up. One partner planks for 60 seconds. Other partner amraps burpee side jumps over planking Partner. Switch. Rinse and repeat. This was rough. Pax pressed through.
2.2) Mosey around track. Crabwalk bleacher section (approx 80 yards). Karaoke across field to underneath bleachers.
2.3) Partner up: Pull-up holds for 20 seconds. Other partner does 7 hand release Merkins. Switch. 5 sets each. 10 HRM on set five. Last pull-up hold is to failure. Excellent effort by all. Mosey to field.
2.4) Stay with partner: in style of Dora, one partner does big boy sit-ups while the other partner canary hops for 20 yards. Does five burps. Crawl bears back to goal line. Switch. Repeat 3 times. Mosey to other side of track.
2.5) 200 yard sprint. Shoota references track experience and suggests we stagger lanes to make fair. Suggestion box was closed. Maybe next time. To the sled.
2.6) 5 pax at a time took turns & unleashed fury on the Nolensville Knights blocking sled.
Intensity was off the charts. Great seeing men getting after it. Nice finisher.

Grateful for the opportunity to lead you men. What a great AO. See you in September boys. Keep stretching because there is no growth in the comfort zone.

 

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Barney, the Dinosaur from our Nightmares

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Conditions: Hot and beautiful, just like us.

Pre-Party: 3rd Degree led Barney, Nimbus and Staples in 9 rounds of 6 pull ups, 4 Iron Mikes and 2 toes to bar.

17 PAX put on some weight including:  Altidore, Mickey Mouse, Nimbus 1500, TV Guide, Tebow, Hot N Ready, Cheese Whiz, Staples, Polar Express, Typo+, 3rd Degree, Double Bird, Creeper, Inspector Gadget, Stats, ShowMe, and Barney Fievel (QiC).

Disclaimer

Warm up:

After a quick ShowMe lap around the parking lot, the PAX circled up for the following exercises IC: 15 SSH, 12 Squats, 30 seconds of GM, Al Gore, and WMH OYO.

We’re kinda warm, but we ain’t sweating yet. Let’s change that, shall we? PAX busted out 10 burpees on the minute for 3 minutes.

Thang 1: Weighted Cooper (3 laps)

10 reps of each of the following exercises performed with coupons between laps. Meant to be a well-rounded routine with one exercise for legs, one for chest, and one for core.

  • Baryshnikov Squats: Legs rotated out to the sides, hips opened, heels raised, then squat.
  • S2S Merkins: Place one hand on coupon and other hand on ground, perform one merkin, switch hands, repeat.
  • Weighted American Hammers

Thang 2: Pull-Ups and Weighted Overhead Presses

PAX we’re given 10 seconds to partner up. One partner performs AMRAP overhead presses with the coupon for as long as it takes their partner to bust out 10 pull-ups. Switch roles. Rinse and repeat for 3 rounds.

Thang 3: Sally Challenge (Squats)

PAX perform squats in cadence to the tune of “Flower” by Moby.

Mary

Circled up for some GM, Tebow stretches, LBCs, crunchy frogs, warhammers, and a few others. Fog of War was a bit thick at this point.

Post-Party: 3rd Degree led Stats, Altidore, ShowMe, and Cheese Whiz in partner merkin work. 70 merkins each.

CoT

Announcements:

Continue to pray for Soccer Mom and pray for Creeper as he leads his flock in some community work.

-BF-