Month: June 2024

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Crazy

AO: atlantis
Q: Grape
PAX: SalPal, Firefox, Schnauzer, Puzzlah, Pole Dancer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: typical shoulder burner to help YHC’s shoulder be ready for all the burpees that were to come

20 SSH
10 LBAC F
10 OH Press
10 OH Clap
10 Seal claps
10 Moroccan night clubs
10 LBAC R
9 burpees for Puzzlah being 3 minutes late and missing the first 3 exercises (see, 3×3 makes 9, so we did 9 burpees, get it?)
Mosey to the big parking lot

THE THANG: SalPal asked me to be psychotic, so we had a crazy workout

Partner work, one partner runs while the other does the exercises. The twist is that every time both partners had completed an exercise, then both had to do burpees before moving on. Then repeato sans burpees until time. Key is constant motion

C- Carolina dry docks
R- regular squats
A- ab thrusters
Z- zebra kicks
Y- IYT’s

Mosey to startex for 5MoM

MOLESKINE: really enjoyed the vibe at Ramblin’ Joes and appreciate 100% PAX participation in coffeeteria

ANNOUNCEMENTS: night moves, 5k, check slack

COT: prayers for SalPal M in job hunt and pregnancy
Prayers for Pole Dancer M in job hunt
Prayers for Firefox and relationship with parents

:grapes:

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Happy Accidents

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Haggis, moneyshot, Works for a Guy, sooner, FeelTheBerns, Esposa, LorelaiG, Squints (DR)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: pleasant with a great view of the sunrise

WARMUP: Lots of hip flexor activation

THE THANG: mosey to the track where we did Noah’s Ark (duck walk, frog jump, gorilla walk, bear crawl, bunny hop)

100 m sprint 80 drydocks, 80 monkey Humpers, 80 leg lifts
200 m sprint 40,40,40
400 m sprint 20,20,20
200 m sprint 40,40,40
100 m sprint 80,80,80

MOLESKINE: “ running fast is the hardest workout”- FeelTheBerns
Like most workouts, we know Esposa wasn’t counting his reps since he was talking most of the time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA

COT: do justice, love kindness, walk humbly

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Happy Accidents

AO: greenmachine
Q: Focker
PAX: Haggis, moneyshot, Works for a Guy, sooner, FeelTheBerns, Esposa, LorelaiG, Squints (DR)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: pleasant with a great view of the sunrise

WARMUP: Lots of hip flexor activation

THE THANG: mosey to the track where we did Noah’s Ark (duck walk, frog jump, gorilla walk, bear crawl, bunny hop)

100 m sprint 80 drydocks, 80 monkey Humpers, 80 leg lifts
200 m sprint 40,40,40
400 m sprint 20,20,20
200 m sprint 40,40,40
100 m sprint 80,80,80

MOLESKINE: “ running fast is the hardest workout”- FeelTheBerns
Like most workouts, we know Esposa wasn’t counting his reps since he was talking most of the time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA

COT: do justice, love kindness, walk humbly

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The Return of Bagger Vance

AO: thestronghold
Q: baggervance
PAX: Chunks, Hair Band, Natural Ice, Skeet, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Red Skull, Decaf, Dan and Dave, Mayday (F3 Omaha), Cabana Boy, Moon Walk, Tealfin, Midnight Club, Practice?, Night Light, Chef Boyardee, Cruise Line, LifeSaver, Dr. Seuss, Skechers, Double Flush, Pick Me!
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: A perfect 63 degrees with a beautiful sunrise. Rumored to be the last nice day for a while.

WARMUP: Circle up in the parking lot for a standard warm-up consisting of SSH, IW, HBW and some fancy stretching. Take off for a brief run which included some side shuffle and skips.

THE THANG:
Meet on the basketball court for some movements to half court and back. Bear Crawl + Crawl Bear x 2, Inch Worm, Worm Inch.

To the block pile, every man grabs a block. Block work included Merkins with feet on the wall, Murder Bunnies, Redrum Bunnies, Blockies, OH Press, 1 arm OH Press, Block Swings, Lung Walk, Rifle Carry, March back to block pile to drop off the blocks.

Meet in the circle for a little BV Yoga before time was called.

MOLESKINE: Good energy this morning. It was nice to see some of the 4:13 Strong guys push hard and complete the work instead of giving up and stopping short like they would have done a couple of weeks ago. Progress is being made!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day for this class will be Friday, June 28 at 11:30am.

COT: Prayers for fallen 4:13 Strong men, families and our city.

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OTB around the park

AO: offthebooks
Q: hambone
PAX: Dilbert, Country Parkour, Under the Table, Bloodshot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Sunny AF but kinda cool

WARMUP: fat guy shuffle (FGS). Dilbert thinks it may be offensive, but the fattest pax by height and weight (yhc) approves of the name.

FGS down to parking lot for SSH, good mornings, arm circles, presses, toy soldiers

THE THANG: parking lot fun in a box.

Round 1 – bear crawl, side crawl, crawlbear, side crawl, 5 squats—repeat 3 times

Round 2 – lunges, side squats, reverse lunges, side squats, 5 merkins—repeat 3 times

We then did the FGS over to the hill by the baseball field. Dilbert managed to yell at s woman about F3 and scared Bloodshot in the process.

Run down, bernie back up—do it 5 times—for two rounds. Situps if youre fast.

Pax then jailbreaked 2 the end. Country Parkour was sandbagging, but then actually sprinted a bit and moved fast AF. Under the Table almost caught him!!

MOLESKINE: Always be EHing, even if it’s a random woman.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: prayers for tha kids

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My Eras Tour

AO: titan
Q: Puzzlah
PAX: DintyMoore, Spinal Tap, Old Maid, Tim the Toolman, Salami, SalPal, Michelin Man, Elmer (DR from Raleigh), Escobar (DR)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Reminiscent of the glory years

WARMUP: Mosey around the park. Stretch: World’s Greatest Stretch, Calves.

THE THANG:
My eras were an attempt at 4 decades of fitness, so 4 sets of workouts that were organized around my athletic endeavors of hockey, basketball through high school, football through college, Rugby through my 20s, and a classic F3 dora that got edited for time. I would have incorporated a lot more sprinting (suicides, 55s, etc.), but I have been working through some foot pain (Thanks to Spinal Tap for the recs that I will try out).

Hockey/Plyometric station:
– Broad Jump
– Speed hop
– skaters
– skaters with a pause
– launch off one leg into a sprint

Basketball/Lower Body station:
4 rdsx10 reps each of:
– Air Dramas (Squat then extend up onto your toes)
– Hold squat shoulder circuit (Palloff press)
– Iron Mikes
– Tuck Jumps

Football/Full Body:
38 Up Downs going around the circle like Dan Campbell in that Hard Knocks episode.

Rugby-ish:
4 rds of:
– Bear crawl 10 m
– 10 Dancing Bears
– 10 Merkins
– Sprint Back 10 M

F3 pivot to a few rounds of partner lateral runs 20 m, while partner does plank shoulder taps, then Freddie Mercuries, then SSHs. Not quite enough time for a Dora.

about 8 minutes of Mary back at the flag.

Described some of the srummaging techniques that I pivoted away from during coffee that I will come back to in the future after some encouragement.

MOLESKINE:
As I was looking at the environs on Google Maps to plan out the Q, I noticed that the landmark that our alphabet overlords highlight is the Taylor Swift Bench. I didn’t know it was there and didn’t bother to seek it out, but modern stardom, longevity, and fandom/activism were discussed. A bird that had seen better days awaited us where I put down cones to warn us of what was to come.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2.0s welcome at bomber on 6/14
Salami Dash at the Castle 5k that includes tickets to future Nashville SC game
f3nashville.slack.com/archives/C3MSWGATT/p1718203308939989
COT: Prayers for travel, discretion with new work opportunities, and Pep DR in San Francisco.

Appreciated this fine group of HIMs for my first Q at Titan working through some beginner’s trudge.

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Celtics in 4

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: Topanga, Oatmeal, sooner, moneyshot, Toothless, DrRupp, Focker, Warning Track
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Warm and Dry

WARMUP: Indian Run around the park while the lead dribbled a basketball; 10 burpees for the group if you lose the dribble.

THE THANG: Circuit set adding one exercise each cycle. No running in between if someone made a free throw- we were 1/5.

10x Burpees
Run

10x Burpees
25x Merkins
Run

10x Burpees
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
Run

10x Burpees
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
100x LBC’s
Run

10x Burpees
25x Merkins
50x Lunges
100x LBC’s
150x Squats
Finally made a basket- no running!

Played pickup for the last 20 minutes. In the words of Topanga, “Look for layups- shooting isn’t the answer.”

MOLESKINE: Toothless has an egg on his ankle and is questionable for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, along with Porzingis

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The 2.0 Workout has no affiliation with the Middle Tooth AO

COT: Prayers for Toothless’ stepmom and family, Larry Allen’s family, and for Topanga’s wedding anniversary

Playlist: I post ’em even when they’re bad- songs from the TD Garden playlist;

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Zwp9ID7VuHfaksm0U8XZj?si=824d80a3204a4d9a

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Tortoise & Hare v4

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Hacker (Franklin), Natural Ice, Chunks, Right Said, Hair Band, Decaf, Longhorn, SalPal, Cabana Boy, Moon Walk, Tealfin, Midnight Club, Clean Plate, Practice?, Night Light, Chef Boyardee, Cruise Line, LifeSaver, Dr. Seuss, Skechers, Double Flush, Pick Me!
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: Absolutely Perfect. 57 degrees with a beautiful sunrise.

WARMUP: SSH, Squats, Hill Billy Walkers, Stretch, WMH.

THE THANG:
Partner up and RUN! We had three PRs this morning, and everyone was in by 45:10. Cruise Line did 1.6 miles with a 30lb Ruck and was waiting for everyone at the finish line.

Circle up for some Mary while we waited for the six to come in. We did PAX choice and made it about 1/2 around the circle before calling “Time”.

COT: Prayers for perseverance, wisdom and courage.

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Brought to you by AI

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: Ultratecht, Culture Shock, Long Cut, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Yogging

THE THANG: Three blocks, 45 seconds per exercise with 15 seconds of rest in between. Twice through each:

Upper Body
– Push-ups
– Dips
– Plank Shoulder Taps
– Pull-Ups
– Supermans
Lower Body
– Squats
– Lunges
– Calf Raises
– Wall Sits
– Box Jumps
Abs
– Plank
– American Hammer
– Bicycle
– Leg Raises
– Mountain Climbers

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Crazy Train!!!! :pain-train:

AO: pain-train
Q: Toothless
PAX: Wolfpack, The Merchant, Timber, FLO, Nubbins, Pitmaster, Cheeks, Pitmaster
FNGs: 1 Pitmaster
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Sublime, almost crisp at 61º which was a blessing given the previous days of the week

WARMUP:
Everyone grabs a Cindy, carry it to church parking lot
30 x SSH
12 x Willy Mays Hays, 2 each side
30 count x Toe Touch
30 count x Flamingo, both sides
10 x Michael Phelps
10 x Scorpions OYO

THE THANG: Four Corner Dora

Partner travels around 4 corners of the main lot with a mosey/shuffle/mosey/shuffle per the 4 sides. Wait for group 6 to change exercises (low plank/pick up reps).

Complete the following as a pair:
– 50 x 10 Count Body Builders w/ Block, i.e. Blockee Builders
– 100 x Goblet Squats
– 200 x Curls
– 300 x Bench Press

MOLESKINE: Modified a bit for time to not rotate between corners for the exercises as originally planned since the cindy carry ate some time on both ends.

Now you know what you were feeling all of yesterday, but Timber has to be feeling it more than most as he went beast mode and crushed 2/3s of our pair’s reps and some of yours too! Pitmaster was knocking out reps with great form too on day one, great to have him out and to learn from his expertise in golf, whiskey, and barbecue, truly the good time trifecta.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– f3dads event on Saturday which was now yesterday, 77 attended!

COT:
– Prayers for Pitmaster’s friend Joe
– Prayers for G-string & his new 2.0
– Prayers for the tragedy that occurred recently there at Red Caboose Park

As always, it was an honor to be out at the pain-train, good to see some faces again and meet some new ones! Keep up the great momentum, men! You’ve got a great group and a great AO.

See You In The Gloom,
— Toothless :tooth: