Month: April 2024

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Slow down

AO: the-knoll
Q: Timber
PAX: Siri, FLO, morning stār, The Merchant, G-string, Ex-Pat, The Banker, Pebbles, Timber, Sooie, matthew hayes, Lunch Lady, Bumblebee (2.0), Fish Biscuit (2.0), Tonks (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Birthday Vibes

AO: atlantis
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Pole Dancer, DintyMoore, Puzzlah, Toothless, CubCadet, Schnauzer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: shoulder work, good mornings, Willy mays Hayes, long mosey around the park

THE THANG:
Thing 1
100 Air Squats
80 Lunges
60 Freddy Mercuries
41 Burpees
60 Freddy Mercuries
80 Reverse Lunges
100 Air Squats

Thing 2
Merkins to every PBJ (41) reference

Mosey cool down then Mary to finish

2.0 inspired birthday workout playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tX2NFlXBMCAoK9etLyGLn?si=RTMB16aWRMeLW6UXoLiuNQ&pi=u-JAlt3I8GQJWK

MOLESKINE: thanks for celebrating 41 years with me.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
#Plankpril Continues
Bring an FNG next week 5/2
Ultimate Frisbee convergence 5/9
Official launch the-castle
Official launch pain-train

COT: Prayers for Toothless baby no. 2 and happy, healthy checkups

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You Can Do Anything for 10 Minutes

AO: the-knoll
Q: SalPal
PAX: The Banker, Timber, Sparrow, matthew hayes, Sooie, Pebbles, morning stār, The Merchant, Ex-Pat, El Capitan, G-string, FLO, Rubics (sp?) and Birdman, very brave 2.0s
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
CONDITIONS: Shoe-gonna-get wet

WARMUP: Non-existent

THE THANG:
“Life isn’t measured in moments, but in the moments that take our breath away. Now give me ten burpees.””
“”Black Lung”” “1. 10 minutes: 10 burpees, EMOM
2. 10 minutes: 2 minutes on, 30 seconds off plan
3. 10 minutes: interval sprints
4. 10 minutes to do ~50-75 yards of burpee broad jumps

MARY to close.

MOLESKINE: T-Claps to the 2.0s sprinting to give us the distance for our run, and to everyone for dragging their broken bodies through the 40 degree wet grass. Sooie brought some of that sweet sweet jet fuel to close.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next week, big things happening at both atlantis and the-knoll, bring men out that need the fitness, fellowship and faith.

COT: All intentions spoken and unspoken; practice gratitude today fellas. 5 thank yous and praises for every 1 sh*tty thing you say. Show the world and your community you chose joy.

Green Sally Out

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Final Tortoise & Hare for Class 2

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Right Said, bluemule, Decaf, Michelin Man, Longhorn, Skeet, Hacker (Franklin), Detective Pikachu, John Deere, Yak, Frozen, Westside, Pacer, C#, Triple Sevens, Blitz, Sgt Meatball
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
CONDITIONS: A perfect morning for a run. 43 degrees, a beautiful sunrise, a train and a locked gate.

WARMUP: Westside took us through our warmup – SSH, IW, Stretches, Squats and Tappy-Taps

THE THANG: Pair up – each 4:13 Strong man picked an F3 running partner and set a goal time for the run. The pairings seemed to work well as today was our fastest run of the class. We were “All In” by 34:00 with 7 out of 8 4:13 Strong men setting a new PR.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is this Friday, 11:30am. Come celebrate what these men have accomplished and stick around for some lunch and fellowship. It is one of the best ways to spend your Friday lunch hour.

COT: Red Skull closed with a prayer.

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On one leg…

AO: detention
Q: Accounts Receivable
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Deep State, Esposa, EZ-Go, Matador, Movin On Up, Pedialyte, Topanga, Winona, NA
FNGs: 1 NA
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: 39 and clear

WARMUP: various stretches

THE THANG:
Whole body blast – (8 rounds of 3 exercises) For each exercise decreasing reps of 21,18,15,12,9,6,3,1
Burpees
Lateral lunges
Iron crosses

Grab coupons
20 squat thrusters with curl
10 Peter Parker Merks
Run short lap
Repeat 3 times

Mary-
Various core exercises and finish with 3 min plank.

MOLESKINE: pray for Eddie in early stages of separation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA

COT:

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420

AO: the-castle
Q: Chunks
PAX: hambone, Pep, Right Said, Dilbert, Straight Racket (F3 Bowling Green, KY), Redline (Lucas from Bowling Green), Skeet, McAfee, Chicken Chaplain, Redline
FNGs: 2 Chicken Chaplain, Redline
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Colder than the rest of the week and drizzle

WARMUP:

Mosey around the AO
Circled up under the shelter
4 exercises for 20 reps
SSH
Imperial Walkers
LBAC – FWD
LBAC – Reverse

THE THANG:

Partner Up for a DORA
140 – Burpees
140 – Big Boy Situps
140 – LT Dans

Partner ran the tennis court perimeter.

Dealer’s Choice Mary to finish

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Launch of F3 Bowling Green 4/22

COT: Excited to see the growth in Bowling Green and Hendersonville.

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A Freight Knot

AO: pain-train
Q: Sooie
PAX: G-string, Siri, Sooie, Timber, Wolfpack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: 65 and humid. Not too shabby for Spring in Middle TN.

WARMUP:
Imperial walkers 10x
Good Morning’s OYO
Keep ’em Ups 10x of each
Shoulder taps
Side shoulder taps
Front shoulder taps
Horizontal scissors
Scissor chops
BAC
BBAC
Don Quixote’s 10x

THE THANG:
12 lbs weighted vest was worn by a PAX at all times throughout the workout. Handoff had to be initiated by one of the un-weighted PAX. Each PAX wore the weight once.

Exploratory Mosey to 9 square court. PAX were rewarded with 15 sets of 1 pull-ups EMOM. Squats in between sets.

Mosey back to the caboose.
Conductor/Cargo/Caboose around the inside track in which PAX carried a picnic table around the playground in a rotating fashion. 1 PAX was at the front (Conductor), 1 PAX held a plank on the table (Cargo) 1 PAX was at the back (Caboose). Other 2 PAX followed with lunges. Rotated every 30 seconds.

Mosey to the stage. Performed 10ish Wallkout Merkins. Feet low on the wall, merkin. Feet walk up the wall, merkin. Walk a little higher, merkin…and back down.

Mosey to the turf. 2:48 plank while reviewing F3 mission/core values/credo. Collapse.

MOLESKINE:
Starting out as young men, we learn to carry our own burdens. As we get older, we learn to look out for others who need help carrying their burdens. And sometimes we have to carry each other. Ultimately we have someone who is strong enough to carry all of our burdens.

“Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you”
Psalm 55:22

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Plankril continues
Knolliversary 5/2 BYOK
Pain train launch 5/10 spread the word!

COT:
Prayers offered.
Coffeeteria and mumblechatter at #pain-train is par excellence! Siri realized his life long dream of becoming a standup comedian. Rarely have I laughed so hard that I couldn’t laugh anymore…the humor was the Mary!

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Its the end of the world

AO: greenmachine
Q: sooner
PAX: t-cell, Oatmeal, Black Lung, Focker, moneyshot, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Haggis, NFT, Rocket Mortgage, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: it’s the end of the world… Pleasant temperatures and mild humidity, but massive radiation and deadly spore outbreaks

WARMUP:
A standard active sooner warm up

THE THANG:
The world has laid waste to your city. Every day is a fight for basic survival.
“Ab city”
– Fifty LBCs
– Fifty “dolphin kicks”
– Fifty hammers
– Fifty WWI
– upon finding a mangled, mutated t-cell… Added 50 happy crunchy frogs… Note, t-cell actually had turned into a frog from the radiation

Every gas station has been sacked. Homes sit empty. Store fronts shattered. A new world awaits in the great beyond.
DORA
– Groups of 3
– Two travel… one by bernie, one by mozie
– One stands watch… 100 x mike tysons; 200 x iron mikes; 300 merkin-jacks (cut short for time)

After the end of the end of a great journey, a eutopia is found deep in the heartland. The pax observed the start of the age as follows
– sprinting at increasing speed x 4
– a bit of yoga/dad stretching
– plank-pril

MOLESKINE:
Leg day!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See slack

COT:
Comfort and healing, leadership and loving kindness

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Concrete vs Steel

AO: thestronghold
Q: Chunks
PAX: Shocker (Mark Holmes), Dan Tanna, Young and Restless, toga, Grape, Dan and Dave, Skeet, Decaf, Red Skull, Right Said, Frozen, C#, Blitz, Sgt Meatball, Westside, Pacer, Triple 7, Yak, Wes (DR Seattle)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
CONDITIONS: More than Pleasant

WARMUP: No Warm Up – Played the Song “Great Day to Be Alive” as a 4 min warning and opportunity to stretch

THE THANG:

TRIVIA Concrete vs Steel

Divided the 4:13 men into their fraternities and divided the rest of the PAX

Must perform a Burpee before answering the question
Q1 – Core Principles of 4:13 Strong
13 SSH
Q2 – Mission of F3

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 2 – Bible
Q1 – Noah’s Sons Names
BOMBS – Starting at 5 and adding 5 reps each exercise
Q2 – How many years were the israelites enslaved

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 3 – Finances
Q1 – Reasons to save money
BOMBS – Starting at 10 and adding 5 reps each excercise
Q2 – Who needs a budget

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Round 4 – Work
Q1 – What does OSHA stand for
BOMBS – Starting at 10 and addeing 5 reps each excercise
Q2 – What are two free things you can bring to the job

2 Column Caboose is Loose run with YHC setting the pace

Stopped at stop sign and walked back to the Startex together.

Last Question for 5 points:
What are the requirements to graduate 4:13?

Group stuggled to answer this question, so we settled it with a Ring of Fire won by West Side.

Game ended in a tie for the first time.

Always honored to lead at 4:13. Thanks, Chunks

SIGNING DAY 4/26 AT 11:30 AM! Come support these men as they start the real work at their new jobs.

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Puff, Puff, Pass

AO: atlantis
Q: Puzzlah
PAX: SalPal, Toothless, Pole Dancer, Schnauzer, Grandpa Bear (DR), Uncle Rico, Tuna (DR), Redeye (DR)
FNGs: 3 Uncle Rico, Tuna (DR), Redeye (DR)
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Dank

WARMUP: Indian run to find an entrance to the field. Tossed the rugby ball around a bit in the dark.

420 theme here:
4 exercises, 20 reps each:

20 ssh
20 shoulder taps
20 mountain climbers
20 Burpees

So fun, we did it a second time and did the world’s greatest stretch while we went through the rules for the Thang.

THE THANG:

Deep inhales all around.

400 m run to the fence
20 merkens
20 lunges (L+R = 1)

Do that 4 times

When we finished, did a little pole run:
Ran Forward to the first pole, then ran backwards to the start (50 out, 50 back)
Ran forward to the second pole, then ran backwards to the start (100 out, 100 back)
Ran forward to the third pole, then ran backwards to the start (150 out, 150 back)
Counting is hard in this state, so all distances are made up.

Moseyed back to the flag and finished with 6 minutes of Mary.

MOLESKINE:
This Q does not condone, advocate, or judge anyone’s partaking in the events surrounding today’s theme of 420. But, good vibes, good buds, and good times were had by all. Grandpa Bear joined us from Louisville, brought two of his work colleagues, Uncle Rico (who lives in Green Hills) and Tuna (didn’t catch where he was from), and they picked up Redeye in the lobby of the hotel as they were leaving. Only my second Q, so grateful to have the support of SalPal, Toothless, and Pole Dancer to guide our 3 FNGs and helping me through some cadences.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
atlantis Bring a friend May 2.
Ultimate Frisbee May 9 (did not catch where)

COT:
Went from a silly Q to serious discussion of Passover, wrestling with the challenges we face (discretion), and the power of Hope. Redeye opened up about the challenges he has faced and inspired all of us to seize every opportunity we have to be better men and to overcome the odds. Prayers for jobs, families, clarity, safe travels, and health and happiness.