Author: F3 Nashville Backblasts

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No Pushing, No Shoving

AO: bomber
Q: Firefox
PAX: Black Lung, Vector, Cream Cheese, Pep, Crawlspace, DintyMoore, Pop-A-Lock, Chunks
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Pleasantly cool and clear

WARMUP:
– 20x SSH
– 20x Imperial Walkers
– 20x Hillbillies
– OYO Good Mornings and WMH

THE THANG:
Thang 1: Mosey to upper parking lot and partner up. 1 PAX holds a Hollow Body Hold, the other runs a suicide (do we have an alternate name for this?), and swap. 3 rounds total.

Thang 2: Staying in pairs, 1 PAX holds a static hold position while the other does an exercise, then swap. 3 rounds total per exercise.
– Table Top (bridge) and 10x/side alternating toe touches
– High Plank and 10x/side knee tuck donkey kicks
– Hollow Body Hold and 15x WW1s
– Reverse Plank and 15x/side reverse plank leg raises

Thang 3: Mosey down to the (well lit) playground. Staying in pairs, 1 PAX does 10x hanging leg raises while the other does Plank Jacks. 3 rounds total.

Thang 4: Mosey back to Startex. 1 PAX does box jumps on the wall while the other runs a Bernie up the drive to the stop sign and back. 2 rounds total.

Thang 5: A nice relaxing, meditative Hollow Body Hold for the final 2.5 minutes.

MOLESKINE: The goal was lots of core/full body engagement. There was no theme except for the absence of merkins and burpees and other exercises that aggravate my elbow… or was there? Perhaps there was a story told in the playlist that was almost completely divorced thematically from the actual workout?

ANNOUNCEMENTS: All the things. Check the calendar. There’s chili on there somewhere.

COT:
– Pop-A-Lock’s father
– DintyMoore’s M’s family visit
– Vector’s son and M travels
– Those suffering from Hurricane Helene (Look into NC/FL Disaster Relief Funds, American Red Cross, or any other forms of support that you’re able!)
– Those suffering from ongoing and escalating conflicts overseas

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Squat Pyramids

AO: mistymountain
Q: McAfee
PAX: Sanders, Transporter, Flash, Mt Man Brandon, Craig, Randall
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: easy breezy

WARMUP: OYO stretching

THE THANG: Squat Pyramids from DD x2
Offset Merkins for the last 3 minutes had us all toasted

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: praying for safe fall break travels, healing for the sick/injured, and comfort for those in distress.

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Time to Workout!

AO: greenmachine
Q: sooner
PAX: Cowboy, moneyshot, Betty Ford, LorelaiG, Zelenskyy, t-cell, Black Lung, bluemule, Hanes
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Fall!

WARMUP: mozy to track and do some active stretching

THE THANG:

Plank circuit- 1 minute each
– plank jacks
– mountain climber
– alternating plank jacks
– jump mountain climber
– alternating shoulder taps
– high plank hand shuffle
– high-lows
– T jump merkins

Track interval ladder up and back down, 100 meter resting mozy
– 100
– 200
– 400
– 800

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday was yesterday… There is a chili cook-off in a few weeks… Mini-Convergence at iiipillars next Tuesday. Don’t show up to middle-tooth because we won’t be there.

COT: Thinking about NC

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Wolverine

AO: thestronghold
Q: tampalibra
PAX: Red Skull, Chunks, Dan and Dave, Ponzi, Ripcord, toga, bigbang, Grape, Patty, Right Said, Ginger, Crocket, C Sharp, Catfish, Zorro, Snapper, Old MacDonald, Pearl, Humble Boxer, Filet O’Fish, Dreamcast, Big Country, Vera Wang, Slab, Ten Pack, Speedway
FNGs: None
COUNT: 27
First. We didn’t finish the workout and that drives me crazy. I’ll take that as poor leadership there are a few things I should have adjusted BUT I’ve done this workout solo and even Q’d it a few times (starting at 200 reps) so I know it can fit in. I don’t like not finishing things, personal pet-peeve of mine :sweat_smile:

Exercises are to be done in sets of 25 reps. After completing 25 reps, run to the designated spot and do 3 burpees. After the 3 burpees, run back and continue with exercise.

175 curls
150 big boi situps
125 Overhead Press
100 Kettlebell Swings
75 Merkins
50 We’re not worthy’s
25 Blockees

The 200 rep set would have been Bonnie Blairs but I knew that was not going to happen and I’ve been doing Squatober so my legs barely work anyhow and decided to cut it :joy:

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Street soccer rnd 2

AO: atlantis
Q: Subway
PAX: Oatmeal, Pole Dancer, SalPal, Schnauzer, Young Pawn, Toothless, Puzzlah
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: 57 – foggy and fun

WARMUP: Mosey with equipment to lower parking lot. Stretches and pot shots on goal with penalties for misses

THE THANG: 4v4 soccer – very bouncy ball

MOLESKINE: music.apple.com/us/playlist/ea-sports-fc-24-soundtrack/pl.d698e9b318a94aebad31b5d9913a3891

ANNOUNCEMENTS: too many to remember- check channels

COT: Rosh Hashana- happy new year – reflection on goals for next year!

SYITG
Subway

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Penalty burpees for no HC and burpees for no Merchant show

AO: titan
Q: Pep
PAX: Midwife, preacherman, Right Said, caprate, DintyMoore, Sherlock, Firefox, Young and Restless, SalPal, Salami, Spinal Tap
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS:
cool. comfortable fall day

WARMUP:
burpee penalty:
– each pax with no HC 10 burpees
– all pax 10 burpees for Merchant
run the square

THE THANG:
Dora at the playground:
– 100 pull ups
– 200 windshield wipers
– 300 firehydrants
7’s at the hill: burpees + hand release merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– pain lab: Salpal led on Saturday mornings in North Nashville
– chili event:
First Annual F3 Chili Cook Off!
Wolfpack is on Q and leading the charge.

When: October 20th. 1-3pm
Who: PAX, M, and 2.0s!
Where: Riverview Pavilion Shelby Park
maps.app.goo.gl/GuFX8ZRRX5iEJgKb8

COT:
– prayer for Midwife in his job search

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FIFA Legends ( Part 1)

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Subway
PAX: Pole Dancer, Oatmeal, Toothless, Betty Ford, Schnauzer, DrRupp, Topanga, sooner
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: 63 – clear skies

WARMUP: Mosey, stretches

THE THANG: Dribble around the PAX, then 5 on 4 concrete futsol (street soccer). Game was close, ball was bouncy. Goals resulted in 10reps of scoring teams choice for defending team; scoring team 10 reps of ab work chosen by defending team. Final score – doesn’t matter- no ACLs were torn- victory for all!

Game 2 – atlantis this Thursday
MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brewsday today

COT: Prayers for those in Western North Carolina affected by Helene.

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Tortoise & Hare, S5E2

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Papa Bear, Pop-A-Lock, Chunks, Crawlspace, Right Said, Young and Restless, SalPal, Hair Band, Speedway, Zoro, Filet O Fish, Ol’ McDonald, Crockett, DreamCast, C Sharp, 10 Pack, Pearl, Snapper, Slash, Vere Want, Humble Boxer, World Tour
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: 66 degrees and humid

WARMUP: Standard Pre-Run Warm-Up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches

THE THANG: Get into assigned pace group (led by at least one F3 man). We had a total of five groups: 26:00, 28:00, 30:00, 32:00 and 34:00. Things went even better than expected with 10 of 14 4:13 Strong men reaching a new PR, one of which was a new course record for the class of 25:12.

MOLESKINE: It is much easier to push yourself and do hard things when you have someone doing them with you. Thank you to my F3 brothers for slowing down and encouraging the 4:13 Strong men. We had a huge lift in confidence today with so many new PRs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 003 is 11/1. This is a Friday night so no need to worry about work the next day. Stay tuned for more details. If you are ready to lock in your spot, let me know.

COT: Many prayer requests for endurance, strength and perseverance.

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Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, Invicutus, Longcut
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: forward fold, Willie mays hays, arm stretchs, cherry pickers

THE THANG:
-Dora: 300 squats, Imperial walkers, calf raises, SSH while partner runs
-lunges: 2 trips down and back
-Arm Circles and over head press 50 reps each
-Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: prayers for any victims of the severe weather recently

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Because It’s My Destiny To Be The . . .

AO: westeros
Q: Vector
PAX: Grape, DintyMoore, Chunks, Pop-A-Lock, SalPal, Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Right Said, Pep, Young and Restless, Hedwig
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Conjuring up this week’s theme, I felt we all needed a little bit of a push to make us better, because as “the kids” say, “No PAIN, no gain.”

CONDITIONS: Painfully pleasant, start of autumn, gloomy morning

WARMUP: To start the pain, we did W-O-R for the duration of Depeche Mode’s extended remix of “A Pain That I Am Used To.”
30 SSH, 30 LBAC, 30 Air Presses, 30 RLBAC, 30 Squats.

To reflect the missing HCs from the PAX, the group had to do 9 burpees. Then we repeated the above until end of song . . . 8 minutes later.

PLAYLIST:
A Pain That I Am Used To – Depeche Mode
King of Pain – The Police
Pain Lies on the Riverside – Live
Joy and Pain – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? – Culture Club
Pain – De La Sol (f. Snoop Dogg)
Hurts So Good – John Cougar
Sucker for Pain – Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

THE THANG:
PAIN #1: 50 reps of
Prisoner squats
Ass Kickers
Imperial Walkers
Normal Julgarian Split Squats (“Free Julgaria!”)
Then sprint up and down hill.
Repeat.

PAIN #2: 50 reps of
Plank Jacks
Alabama Prom Dates
Incline Merkins
Normal LBCs
Sprint the hill.
Repeat.

Mosey to Startex for Mary where a grand time was had by all

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brewsday Tuesday this week – Check the Slack

COT: Prayers for Chunks on the passing of his grandmother and SalPal as his wife navigates restarting work life. Was fantastic to have SalPal back out, as his special brand of saltiness fit the theme perfectly . . . Thankful as always for all of the HIM who push me and each other to be better. SYITG, Vec