Author: F3 Nashville Backblasts

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Tortoise & Hare – The Last Run

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Chunks, Barney, Decaf, Michelin Man, Strutter, bluemule, Young and Restless, Touchback, Speechless (Bryan), Hair Band, Baby Bop, Step Back, Purple Rain, Napoleon, 1 Star, Black Jack, Cow Pie, Cool Runnings, Clorox, Big Mama
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21
CONDITIONS: 77 degrees and HUMID!

WARMUP: Black Jack was invited to lead the warmup due to his demonstration of poor effort and poor attitude. He brought the poor energy into the circle and offered an uninspiring warmup. After a couple of attempts, the warmup responsibility was taken from him and order was restored.

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN! The final run for this cohort before they move into the Work Phase of the program. Five out of Nine 4:13 Strong men set a PR today! Also posting a new PR was Young and Restless!

MOLESKINE: As men approach the finish line, they have the tendency to let up and coast to the finish. The challenge was made today to not be those men…to give the best effort of the six weeks today for the final run. We had five men accept that challenge!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is Friday, 8/22 at 11:30am. Come celebrate with us and enjoy some Hot Chicken and Mac & Cheese.

COT: Prayers for guidance and wisdom as the men are interviewing and considering job offers.

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Detour Ahead

AO: the_eddy
Q: Stubs
PAX: Chunks, Lady Liberty, SalPal, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Pitmaster, Squatter, Legos, Sooie, Natural Ice, Gecko, Salami, Siri, Choo Choo, Grape, DintyMoore, Wolfpack, FLO
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: sticky

WARMUP: none

THE THANG: a slightly longer ruck than initially planned.

MOLESKINE: “Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually THE Path” – Katherine Wolf

A fitting quote for the official kick off of the Eddy.
Much like life we encountered some detours this morning.

Thank to everyone who joined us today to officially launch The Eddy
Apologies for going 8 mins over.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 50 mile CSAUP coming up
F3 dads event in October
As always check slack

COT: prayers and coffee

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Lot of Running Q!!

AO: the-castle
Q: Pep
PAX: Strutter, hambone, Dilbert, Goodwill, Squatter, 1,2,3,4,5
FNGs: 5 1,2,3,4,5
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Muggy

WARMUP: Run greenway

THE THANG:
Wreck-Tangle:
Partners – one partner half running the rectangle (half of the field) while other partner does slower travel
Slower Movements:
– Endzone side: Komodo dragon
– Sideline: inch worm (inch forward, push up, jump up)
– Midfield: lunge twith
– Sideline: bear crawl

11’s at hill:
– iron mikes
– Burpees

MOLESKINE:
– 5 guys from First Baptist showed up after looking for exercise + connection

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– csaup: 50 miler on Aug 29 – ask chunks
– Next month (October) – night moves

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Rainy Wednesday

AO: devilsden
Q: McAfee
PAX: Meat Sweats, Skeet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Raining

WARMUP: OYO

THE THANG: Rounds of-
10x swing
10x squat
10x clean+jerk
10x squat thrust
10x offset merkins

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spartan Race 10-4
Huge kudos to Skeet for getting the partnership with NAHT started, make sure to sign up!

COT: the power of positive vibrations

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Everybody at Bomber’s Working for the . . .

AO: bomber
Q: Vector
PAX: Pep, Firefox, CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, hambone, Papa Bear, Topps, Steampunk, Grifter
FNGs: 1 Grifter
COUNT: 10
Today’s workout celebrates those glorious two days, Friday and Saturday . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend (the days, not the singer).

CONDITIONS: Perfectly warm and humid

WARMUP: SSH x 20, LBAC x 20, Overhead press x 10, Seal claps x 10, RLBAC x 20, WMH x 10, Good Mornins x 10, Imperial Walkers x 20

THE THANG:
7 exercises at the wall — spelling out, you guessed it, “weekend.” 100 reps and then run rec center cul-de-sac between each exercise.

Wall Jumps
Erkins
Elbows – Hands
Knees of the High Variety
Excellent Form Squats
Newton’s Cradle
Dips

Ended with a quick TGIF – 5 each of
Tuck Jumps
Gorilla Humpers
Iron Mikes
Freddy Mercs

THE TUNES:
Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) – Katy Perry
Saturday Night – Bay City Rollers
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting – Elton John
Finally Friday – George Jones
Weekend – Wet Willie
Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees (from Saturday Night Fever, get it?)
Saturday – twenty one pilots
Livin’ It Up (Friday Night) – Bell/James

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Three Ring Circus next week at titan atlantis and bomber

COT:
– Words of gratitude given
– Praises for health, family, and prayers for CDC colleagues who faced the shooting of their offices last Friday

MISCELLANY:
– Kudos to hambone who finished the exercises first — his reward? Extra Tuck jumps.
– Kudos to Papa Bear Topps and Steampunk for helping move a Firefox dresser. Rumor was it was filled with board games, and those things can be heavy.
– Kudos to CubCadet who tackled Night Moves last evening and then climbed out of bed to hit Nashville’s most respected AO.
– Welcome to Grifter (Travers), who lives in the Nations and was looking for a workout group to help with accountability and provide a social outlet. He’s traveled the world from Bali to Sri Lanka to India (by motorcycle) and clearly has some interesting and enlightening tales to tell. He also is into cryptocurrency, runs a short-term rental business, and has a 2.1 due soon. Hope to see him back again soon.

Honor leading the PAX who continue to make me stronger and better. SYITG, Vector

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Dawg Days of August

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hair Band, greyalbum, Elroy
FNGs: 1 Elroy
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Ideal. Clear and cool

WARMUP: Moseying down the hill and stopping at the stations:
SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG: Find a park bench or picnic table:
• Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
• Incline Merkins – 15
• Decline Merkins – 15
• Dips – 20
• Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Run up the path to the secret cave and stop for 20 squats + 20 merkins. Finish moseying to the playground

At the playground (rotate through until time)
• Pull-ups – 10 (modify with rows using a bar if needed)
• Burpees – 10
• Plank Hold – 1 minute

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia on 9/13 at Cornelia Fort. East side HH is the works — please vote on Hot Route’s post

COT: Hair Band’s father’s health and friend who will soon be a father. TAPs for each of us to remain consistent, grounded, and to be lights to our communities

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The big 39

AO: handsomizer
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Black Lung, Freakonomics, Salami, Red Skull, Cuban Missile, caprate, Spinal Tap, One Star
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Steamy

Warm-Up
We kicked things off with 39 Side Straddle Hops in cadence, then rolled through the usual suspects: cadence merkins, arm circles, seal claps, overhead presses, Moroccan nightclubs, and a sprinkle of imperial walkers mid–shoulder burn just to see if they’d help or hurt (jury’s still out). Closed with some light stretching.

The Thang – Part 1
Mosey to the top of the stairs.
– 13 8-count body builders
– 13 WWIs
– 13 jump squats
– Run down and up the stairs.
– Repeat 3x for a total of 39 reps per exercise.
The Thang – Part 2
Run to the benches.
– 13 dips
– 13 incline merkins
– 13 elevated Alabama prom dates
– Run to Benson Ave and back.
– Repeat for good measure.
Finisher
Cadence 8-count body builders, mosey back to StartEx, cadence Mary, and—you guessed it—more 8-count body builders.

COT
Grateful for another lap around the sun and for the men who showed up to start the day right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Triple Threat Convergence – Three Ring Circus next week at titan atlantis bomber

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A lot of Shaqs, not many Stephs

AO: thestronghold
Q: Purple Tiger
PAX: Hipster, Right Said, Barney, bluemule, Red Skull, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Wham-O, Woodchuck,
FNGs: None
COUNT: 25
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Shut Up and Curl

AO: greenmachine
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Grape, Cowboy, Pep, moneyshot, Black Lung, Focker, Esposa, Shania, Ryan L, Michelin Man, LB; 1 Call (Downrange)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Acceptable

WARMUP: There’s no warmup

THE THANG:

The companion piece to last weeks Legzzz workout. This week we did Armzzz.

1. Indian Run (opposite direction as last week) around Lipscomb Sport’s Complex.
2. Armzzz Dora – Partner Up. 1 Partner does: 200 Overhead Press. 300 Rows. 400 Curls. 300 Bench Press. 200 Tricep Dips. Other partner: Runs to the light pole and does 2/4/6/8/10 Star Jumps. Switcheroo.
3. This week, everybody had a coupon. We took turns scheming to get the lighter ones.
4. Fin.

NEWS AND NOTES:
1. Esposa questions my great musical taste and commitment to my wife at the same time?!?!?!
2. Grape (Tomahawk) did not let the circle be broken.
3. Black Lung was my partner (again). And was late (again). Sigh. The symmetry of the universe.
4. @1Call, our downrange guest, was much quieter than Cal Worthington last week.
5. Ryan L (Shyguy) injured himself. Did Siri feel pain?
6. Shania aka @MIFLAW aka Man I Feel Like a Woman really needs to wear his helmet to the workout for safety.
7. Focker was present in Sherlock’s place. He upgraded his coupon several times.
8. Cowboy brough extra coupons, to give Focker choices.
9. Pep pepepepepepepepepepepepeepepepeepep.
10. moneyshot tried to star jump nut block me several times.
11. @LB with the quick out after coffee.
12. Michelin Man Shut up. Part Deux.

Three runners joined us for COT!

MOLESKINE:
Megan Moroney Essentials on Apple Music

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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The Filthy fifty

AO: 1stf
Q: Strutter
PAX: CubCadet, SalPal, Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Humid

WARMUP: Run to the top of the Capital steps, take in the view, and run back down to the TN map.

THE THANG: We found the 4 corners of the TN map. Corner 1 10 merkins IC Corner 2 10 SDS IC Corner 3 merkin complex each round was unique. (Wide grip, diamond, handshake, hand release, Makhtar N’Diaye) Corner 4 10 squats IC Each trip around the map was a different mode of transportation. Round 1 mosey Round 2 duck walk Round 3 Bernie Round 4 sprint Round 5 combo of 1st 4 rounds. Mary 30 LBC IC and a penalty run up the steps for SalPal (tardiness).
Von Elrods for post workout ACR.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 50, TN Tussle, next Night Moves September 18th.

COT: unspoken prayers, jobs, Pax.