Author: F3 Nashville Backblasts

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Nine Lives

AO: cruelhall
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Donkey Hammer, EZ-Go, Mistah Mistah, Matador, Pedialyte, softserve, Topanga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Pristine

WARMUP: SSHs, LBAC, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hays, Mosey

THE THANG:
Borrowed from Right Said
9 exercises, 9 reps, run a lap (roughly 400m today, then delete an exercise
1. Merkin
2. Burpee
3. LBC
4. Squat
5. 2-ct mountain climber
6. Side Straddle Hop
7. 8-count Body Builder
8. American Hammer
9. Iron Mike

Mosey back to StartEx

MOLESKINE: Always a pleasure to be in the Shire. Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: gullivers-travels-challenge ongoing. Visit other AOs to extend your comfort zone and see what’s happening around Nashville.

COT: Good thoughts for all the dads remaining intentional with the start of school and routines and busy schedules.

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Sprintsssss

AO: atlantis
Q: Siri
PAX: Toothless, Wolfpack, SalPal (retired), Strutter, Tea Party
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS:

Dry ground, wet air :trident:

WARMUP:

Jog around park with skips, side shuffles, karaoke. Stop and do merkins in cadence – accomplished 50 4-count merkins during warmup.

THE THANG:

Sprints/speed work around the parking lot. Sprint long stretches, jog short stretches. X4 laps. 2 minute dynamic rest in between with 30s jump squats, 30s high knees, 30s low plank mtn climbers, 30s Freddie mercuries.

One round of Bear crawl to Pizza Hut, Lt. Dan back

MOLESKINE:

Sorry Wolfpack :leg:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

9/11 Convergence somewhere
9/14 10th Birthday celebration of F3 Nashville at Stonewall

COT:

Prayers for undisclosed prayer requests.

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Toothy Tuesday

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Goose
PAX: sooner, DrRupp, Oatmeal, Toothless, moneyshot, Cowboy, Hanes, Starblade Mcoy, Steak Knives
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: steamy

WARMUP: Willie mays hays, cherry pickers, arm stretches, arm circles

THE THANG:
– 2 laps Indian runs
– 100 merkins and ww1 in 25 rep increments with run in between reps
– Lunges down and back with 10 squats every 5 strides
– Dora: 250 ssh while partner runs
– Jailbreaks
– Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Tuesday Brewsday tonight 430pm at 12 south taproom

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Tortoise & Hare, Episode 3 of 6

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Decaf, Young and Restless, bluemule, Chunks, hambone, Focker, Natural Ice, Michelin Man, Longhorn, Judy, Right Said, Crawlspace, SalPal (retired), Speed Walker, Baby Boy, Light Weight, Five Points, Temper Tantrum, Unc, Tampax, Skid Mark, Long Way, Trajectory
FNGs: None
COUNT: 24
CONDITIONS: 73 degrees, low humidity, beautiful sunrise – a perfect day for a run.

WARMUP: Assign PAX to their pace groups and begin the standard warmup – SSH, Squats, HBWs, Stretches

THE THANG: Every man was assigned a group to run with. It was the task of each man to stay with the assigned group. Doing so would ensure a Personal Record time for every 4:13 Strong man. Four were successful, six could not do it.

Congrats to Speed Walker (25:49), Five Points (26.23), Baby Boy (26:27) and Temper Tantrum (28:58).

Thank you to all of my Pacers for setting and holding the bar.

MOLESKINE: The 4:13 Strong men are in week 4. This has traditionally been the hardest week of the 40 Day, not because we do anything different, but because the men become comfortable and over confident. Please keep the 4:13 Strong men in your prayers this week…they all need it!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day for this class will be Friday 8/30 at 11:30am. Join us, help celebrate what our men have accomplished and enjoy a delicious lunch of Hot Chicken with Mac & Cheese.

COT: Prayers for strength, healing and endurance.

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Endless Summer Vibes

AO: detention
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Pedialyte, Movin On Up, Winona
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Soupy (Pennsylvania Dutch term for thick/heavy)

WARMUP:
5 Inchworm Merkins
10 Imperial Soldiers
10 Bushwackers
5 Good Mornings

THE THANG:
Thang 1 –
100 Air Squats
80 Dips
60 LBCs
40 Merkins
20 Lunges
10 Pull-ups
20 Lunges
40 Merkins
60 LBCs
80 Dips
100 Air Squats

Thang 2 –
DORA
100 curls
200 American hammers
300 coupon press
200 Supermans
100 coupon swings

MOLESKINE:
Free workouts are better than paid workouts

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
brewsday tomorrow at 12South Taproom

YHC will be back for cruelhall on Friday

gullivers-travels-challenge ongoing and 80% still attainable but time is running out.

COT:

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I Hate Math

AO: westeros
Q: CubCadet
PAX: Tim the Toolman, Red Skull, Pep, Vector, Hedwig, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Natural Ice
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Sweat thru the shirt during warmups

WARMUP: 6 pax carried 1 picnic table to the corner just because. Then last man up mosey almost to the school, turn around back to corner. Standard warmups (SSH, WMH, GM, LBAS, Squats, etc).

THE THANG:
– Pax lined up youngest to oldest (math), counted off by 3s to make teams. .
– Three teams of 3 going for max reps of exercises with movements up / down hill (to port-a-potty as marker).
– Pax A does dips at top while Pax B jogs down to Pax C who was doing BBSU at bottom. Pax B tags out Pax C who Bernies up to tag out Pax A…continue for 13 minutes. Change exercises to Merkins at top, squats at bottom for 13 more minutes.
– Team of Spinal Tap Vector and Hedwig won, 1532 to 1403 to 1252. (lots of math). Their prize was to run with medicine ball to stairs and back to flag (conspicuously missing due to bluemule “software update”)
– Rest of pax moved picnic table back then did dealer’s choice Mary, before winning team joined us.

MOLESKINE: Mental challenge was keeping track of the numbers in the song titles. All songs had numbers in title. Vector missed at least one, which means the Q won :face_with_rolling_eyes:
– Fifteen, 1000 Nights, Summer of 69, 100 Years, 3 AM, 57 Channels, 1979, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Positively 4th Street, 25 or 6 to 4, 365 = 3677 (last math)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vector is back. We missed you. Though westeros is not technically the most RESPECTed AO in Nashville, you do the math. Pep has a theory he will share about us old people. He’ll share.

COT: Prayers for a good week of leadership and fellowship. Hedwig and his wife having big tests for 2.0. Thanks for the chance to lead.

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Pass the torch at The Castle

AO: the-castle
Q: Strutter , Sunshine
PAX: Chunks, Dilbert, Red Skull, hambone, Strutter, Sunshine, 88, Project, Double Dribble, Rough Rider
FNGs: 2 Double Dribble, Rough Rider
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Glorious. You should have been there!

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Hanging with the dudes

AO: pain-train
Q: Sooie
PAX: Cheeks, El Capitan, Siri, Sooie, Sparrow, Timber, Wolfpack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: muggy as an August in Nashville with a few pleasant breezes

WARMUP:
head to toe stretching
BAC
BBAC
WMH OYO
mosey to 9-square coliseum

THE THANG: HANGING OUT!
Partner up for modified Dora.
Partner 1 jogs/runs/sprints 1 lap of the 0.25 mile loop.
Partner 2 dead hangs.
Then switch.
4 times for 1 mile for each PAX.
If you drop from the bar, 5 reps of the following depending on what lap you’re on.
1 – Burpees
2 – American Hammers
3 – imperial Walkers
4 – Lunges

Mosey back to pain-train. Each partner does 2 sets of 5 Nordic Curls. End with Ring of fire (compound interest) to 5. Recovery breathwork for 3 minutes.

MOLESKINE:
Good to be back at the pain-train after a brief hiatus. Reminder/encouragement to live with intentionality for something greater than ourselves and beyond the tyranny of the urgent.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
gullivers-travels-challenge! Visit other AO’s. Make new friends! Meet friends you didn’t know you knew!

COT:
Prayers spoken and lifted. Enjoyed some of that wonderful Lupus Brewpus :wolf: :coffee: :tm:! Mumblechattered about crocs and Stanley cups.

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Simple and Complex movements

AO: thebuffalo
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Daylight, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Thick

WARMUP:
Simple Movements
shoulder routine, wall sit challenge, high/low plank hold

THE THANG:
Complex Movements
2 rounds x 20 reps
1. Merkin —> Downward Dog —> DryDocks
2. Crunchy Frogs —> American Hammers —> Flutter Kicks
3. Squats —> Single Leg DL —> Single Leg Line Hop
4. Alabama PDs —> V-Ups —> Heel Touches
5. Shoulder Taps —> Incline xMerkins —> Mtn Climbers

MOLESKINE:
A hamstring injury altered my original plan for this Q but made the best of limited mobility

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Take advantage of an opportunity to visit another AO as part of gullivers-travels-challenge with extra encouragement to visit thestronghold with accountability partners.

COT:

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Go See Cal!

AO: cruelhall
Q: Cal Worthington
PAX: Mistah Mistah, Donkey Hammer, blackwidow, Accounts Receivable, EZ-Go, Matador, Focker, Pound 🐶
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:
Moist :droplet:

WARMUP: X20
SSH
Imperial Walker
Toy Soldiers
PIckUp
Touch Yo’ 👣
Stay down 4 stretch
Worlds Greatest Stretch

THE THANG:
Catch me if you Can Burpee Edition
Chase your partner to bottom of hill, stop and do a burpee when you catch them. Run it back up the hill to parking lot.

Mosey to covered Area with picnic bench
Set of 11’s – Burpees / 📦 Jumps

Mosey to Parking Lot 4 ⭕️ Sprints x20
T Clap Merkins
Big Boys
Sumo-Squats
Flutters IC
Freddy Mercuries IC

Close out w 5 Burpees for #merica 🇺🇸

COT:
Thank you for rolling out the red carpet for me the last several weeks that I have been with y’all!! I have enjoyed every AO, every workout, every conversation and every playlist…well there was actually only one that wasn’t my cup of tea but I digress!! F3Nash has everything a pac could ever ask for woth a perfect mix of beat down, camaraderie and banter mixed in to make it spicy! I leave you with this thought “WHO ELSE NEEDS THIS”. Our mission is to grow and the “why behind grow” is the fact that there are men all around us who need this and don’t even know it!! You have something special and my challenge to on you is to keep looking for those who need what F3Nash has to offer!! :heart_hands: Cal Worthington