Author: F3 Nashville Backblasts

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#Cruellhall is a prison

AO: cruelhall
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Works for a Guy, Topanga, Cal Worthington, Michael Freiburg, Focker, Matador, Berry Brooks (ATM), Esposa, blackwidow, EZ-Go, Winona, Pedialyte, @mistamista
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
14 strong were out for my first day as AOQ at cruelhall. Great morning to get out and sweat with you guys.

CONDITIONS: cool, cloudy…perfect for solitary confinement in a prison style workout

WARMUP: Easy jog to grab a bar of soap(concrete block).Mobility warmup including SSH, WMH, Michael Phelps, thoracic rotations, runner’s stretch, DD to UD, prone snow angels, supine pigeon, Jane Fondas, single and double leg heel taps over soap block.

THE THANG:
– Jailbreak: run around school to the playground for 2×5 pull-ups and bubkas. Back to the prison yard at the start.
– Juarez Valley circuit of alternating soap merkins, soap overhead LBCs, single leg squats and soap curls. Started with 20 reps and worked our way down to one.
– Another jailbreak around the school back to the playground for hanging knees to chest and v-ups x 2. Back to prison.
– 40 second high plank -> 40 second crab -> 40 second side planks
– Finished it up with 3 sets mountain climbers, goblet squats, and man makers till finish

MOLESKINE: EZ-Go left big shoes to fill. I will do my best to uphold the standard he set moving forward.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 Workout on 6/8 which has passed. 70+ were out for a great workout including my 3 now named @horsesaw, @mulescrewdriver and @chickenwrench

COT: It’s an honor to lead this group and I’m excited for what the future has in store for cruelhall. The suggestion box is open. Please drop me a line with any ideas.

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Trip to the Zoo – Animals on the loose!

AO: the-knoll
Q: Pebbles , Sooie
PAX: Sooie, Nubbins, Timber, AAA, Wolfpack, El Capitan, Pebbles, Sparrow, Malibu, Ex-Pat, Fish Biscuit, Tonks, Iowa, IceBox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: Warm and damp

WARMUP:
Mosey around the backstop
Disclaimer given
Bac’s – Bac-Bac’s
Don Quioxte’s
Slow Merkins
Slow Squats
Stretch on your own

THE THANG:
THANG 1
2.0s picked an animal then pretended to be that animal while running around distracting the PAX doing station work. 2min at each station.
1. Dips
2. Swing pull ups
3. Jump Squats
4. Pull ups
5. Lunges

THANG 2
6 cones set 50yds apart. Do 6 reps of an exercise then sprint to next cone. (Burpees, WWIIs, Merkins, Lt Dans, Partner Carry x2)
Bear capture the flag
Toilet Tag
Bear Tag

MOLESKINE:
Reflection on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Good reminder that the things we struggle with, while not to minimize them, pale in comparison to what those men did to earn our freedom.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome Nubbins to the-knoll! Looking forward to many more beatdowns together.

T-claps to the one and only morning stār for completing THE STRUGGLE last night. Congrats to all those men who did a very hard thing together.

COT:
Intentions given and Sooie prayed for all.

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6/6 Beatdown

AO: atlantis
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: CubCadet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
CONDITIONS: Hot and Muggy

WARMUP: Mosey around the perimeter, active warmups, and light stretching as we navigated to the Pizza Hut

THE THANG: Per instructions from SalPal we put on a nice beatdown to kick off a sweaty month at Atlantis. Sets of plyos separated by a run around the tank, adding one exercise each cycle

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

fin.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: None.

COT: Dedication is easy when its easy- and hard when its hard. Put in the effort when its hard and reap the rewards!

TUNES:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PXraB53kZEAmOO6EXX3Wr?si=2bf95e09d9c64820

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Tortoise & Hare v3

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Decaf, bluemule, Hacker (Franklin), Chunks, hambone, baggervance, Michelin Man, Hair Band, Longhorn, Right Said, Judy, Cabana Boy, Moon Walk, Tealfin, Midnight Club, Clean Plate, Practice?, Night Light, Chef Boyardee, Cruise Line, Skechers, Double Flush, Dr. Seuss, Pick Me!
FNGs: None
COUNT: 25
CONDITIONS: A perfect 72 degrees with a beautiful sunrise over The Stronghold

WARMUP: Some extra encouragement was needed to get the circle formed this morning. Once we were all in the circle, we did our simple stretches and warmup: SSH, Squats, IWs, WMH, Stretch

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!

MOLESKINE: Despite having an F3 partner who was tasked with setting the pace, most 4:13 Strong men took off on a 1/4 mile sprint and left their partner behind. Once we made the first turn past the smoke stack, 4:13 Strong were out of gas and had trouble keeping up with their partner. What a great example that being consistent is more important than being fast.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 002 kicks off tomorrow night at 9pm. We have 10 4:13 Strong men and 10 F3 men that are embracing the challenge.

COT: Prayers for encouragement, strength and consistency

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Packing and Slacking

AO: the-knoll
Q: Pebbles , Sooie
PAX: AAA, El Capitan, Ex-Pat, Malibu, morning stār, Pebbles, Sooie, Sparrow, The Merchant, Timber, Wolfpack, Bumblebee (2.0), Link (2.0), Smoltz (2.0), Mucchi (2.0), Fish Biscuit (2.0), Tonks (2.0), Gabby Cat (2.0), Foxy (2.0), Big Red (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
CONDITIONS: perfect late spring morning

WARMUP:
mosey around the backstop.
Motivators from 7
BAC’s
BBAC’s
Slow Merkins
Slow Squats
Mosey to the flood table

THE THANG:
Pack Your Bags
2.0’s shared their ideal vacation spot and the 1 exercise they’d pack with them.
Total of 16 rounds of the exercises. 30 seconds on 30 seconds off. Had to run to catch our flight after we packed 9 bags.

Thang 2: Slacking
We setup a slack line and traversed it in various ways performing various exercises while waiting for to cross.

Thang 3: Game time
Infection
Toilet tag

MOLESKINE:
Reminder that unstructured time is great and sometimes it’s good to just do nothing together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
El Capitan AOQ FOR THURSDAY’S AT THE KNOLL! El Cap has been at the knoll since the beginning and always brings joy, encouragement, hardwork, and dedication! Looking forward to all that he’ll bring as AOQ! Baby G-string born last week!

COT:
Prayers lifted and offered!

Coffeeteria with bananas for all from Pebbles ! Chocolate Milk for the 2.0’s. :boar: :coffee: :tm: for the adults!

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Ultimate!

AO: iiipillars
Q: wardas1
PAX: t-cell, Go Fish, Tackle Box, princessaurora, Grape, gov’t mule, Pep, Two Face, YumYum, moneyshot, Haggis, It’sJUSTLunch, Baguette, ironlung, Harbaugh, Full Monty, Fannie, Secret Stash, Howitzer, Swiffer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 21
CONDITIONS: humid

WARMUP: 30 of a lot of different things to try to make this feel like an actual workout

THE THANG: ultimate!

MOLESKINE: I believe the skins defeated the shirts, though it was a hard fought battle. No one knows the rules, and you know what, that’s ok.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 workout today!

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Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: Ultratecht, 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Culture Shock, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Arm stretch, Cherry Pickers x2

THE THANG:
-Indian run around big loop
-100 Merkins, Squats, and LBCs in 25 set increments with run to between sets.
-Dora: 300 SSH while partner runs
-Lunges
-Circle Of Mary

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Sneaky Murph

AO: westeros
Q: Grape
PAX: bluemule, DintyMoore, Michelin Man, Pep, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Breadsticks, Hedwig, Wedding Singer, Poutine, Griswold, The Pharmacist, Spear
FNGs: 3 Griswold, The Pharmacist, Spear
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: great weather for no sleeves

WARMUP: typical shoulder burner

THE THANG: sneaky Murph
Ran to the top of Love Hill and stopped at various points to do Merkins, completed 200

Took in the sunrise with several other groups of lovers

Ran back down to the playground with stops at various points to do squats, completed 300

Pull ups to failure at the playground

Back to startex with a sprint along the way

MOLESKINE: really glad we had a moment to catch our breaths at the top of the hill, it was great getting to take in the sunrise over Nashville with brothers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 workout on 6/8! Check f3dads for more details, but come on out!!!

COT: praises for Hedwig for landing the job, prayers for Breadsticks as he moves in 2.5 weeks, prayers for Pep for work travel (or maybe Comi-Con, who knows)

:grapes:

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Exploration in White House

AO: offthebooks
Q: Chunks
PAX: hambone, Under the Table
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Perfect Beatdown conditions

WARMUP:
Stretching and surveying the new park

THE THANG:
Short mosey to get the blood pumping and staying close for hambone to find us.

Round 1
20 Squats
20 Reverse Lunges
20 Merkins
20 Big Boy Situps

Another mosey around the park

Round 2 – Hambone joined us
20 Squats
20 Merkins
20 Big Boy Situps
5 Burpees

Longer mosey around the park and found a trail through the woods. Walked on the uphills and mosey on the downhills.

Round 3
20 Squats
20 Merkins
20 Big Boy Situps
5 Burpees

5 Mins Mary
Flutter kicks
Box Cutters
Plank
Big Boy Situps

Lots of options at this park and excited to see White House grow. Be on the lookout for next weeks preblast. Dilbert will be sharing.

We’ve also found our coffeeteria spot with the best name. BAD ASS Coffee.

Always a pleasure and honor to lead.
MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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[maypull-up] Final Pull-Up Test

AO: may-you-pull-up
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Good Morning America
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
CONDITIONS: rainy

WARMUP: oyo arm circles, t claps, lat stretches

THE THANG:
Pull-up test
GMA: 14
Hair Band: 10

MOLESKINE:
I felt like I had a couple more in me but I had a very hard time holding on to the bar and my biceps were still sore from Black Lung’s stronghold workout Thursday.

T-claps for GMA for going from 8 to 14 pull-ups!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Family, work, and health