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Bomber – 05.11.18 – “Friendly Friday”

QIC: Princess Aurora

The PAX: T-Cell, Third Person, Reveille, Porcelain, Vector, Ebola, Cat Scratch Fever, Famine (FNG), Stevie Ray (WD, Chapel Hill), Hambone, Hawkeye, Mickey Mouse, Gables (FNG), The Baptist, Lemon, Binary, Lunch Lady, Right Said, En Fuego, The Jeweler

Today was the inaugural Friendly Friday in F3 Nashville, and the PAX were out in full force as 21 descended upon Bomber for a beatdown suitable for all abilities.

THE THANG:

After a mosey around the parking lots along with some agility drills, it was time for the COP, disclaimer, and a brief intro to F3:

  • SSH x 20
  • Squats x 20
  • WMH x 16
  • Merkins x 10
  • LBAC F/R x 15

First F: If we don’t take care of our equipment what use will it be for good? As leaders, we need to better ourselves in order to have lasting impact on our communities. So let’s better ourselves with 11s (scaled to abilities as promised)

  • Charlie: Merkins on Knees, Quarter squats (?)
  • Bravo: Merkins, Squats
  • Alpha: Hand Release Merkins, Jump Squats

Mosey down to the lower lot.

Second F: Leaders need others to teach, others to learn from, and others to both hold accountable and be held accountable by. So grab a buddy, and line up across the curbs.

  • Round 1: P1 bear crawls across parking lot while P2 performs Merkins. When P1 reaches other side, he performs Merkins while P2 bear crawls to him. Repeat going back to start but with Clerkins.
  • Round 2: P1 crawl bears across lot while P2 performs Lt Dans. When P1 reaches other side, he performs Clerkins while P2 crawl bears to him. Repeat going back to start but with Jumping Lunges aka Iron Mikes. Bravo and Charlie are Lunge Walk and Mosey, respectively.

Now form two lines with partners lining up next to each other, and commence Double Applesauce (two-man Indian Run) out of the park and down Murphy. Halt when everybody’s gone once, and reverse it back the way we came.

Quick mosey to the playground and form four groups of five. Group 1 picks an exercise for the rest of the PAX to complete while, as a team, they knock out 75 pull-ups. Rotate until all groups have gone.

Mosey back to start, incline plank on the wall to wait for 6, and then 10 Irkins in cadence to close it out.

Third F: Leaders without virtue are dangerous people, so some sort of belief system founded upon faith in something outside of yourself is imperative to have positive impact in our communities. Whether it’s the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, or just the Golden Rule, we need to live third.

COT/BOM.

MOLESKINE:

  • It was a treat to see some faces I had not seen in a while. Binary, The Baptist, Lemon, and The Jeweler: please don’t be strangers.
  • Welcome to Kevin Dee aka Famine! He is a doctor and assistant professor at Vanderbilt in the infectious diseases division. It’s fitting that these guys in infectious diseases are really spreading F3 amongst their peers. That’s 6 ID guys who’ve been named by my count!
  • Welcome to Anderson Green aka Gables! He is a Sumner County native and works in commercial real estate. Thankfully, he did not defriend YHC after bugging him for weeks to come to a workout. The allure of a friendly workout was too much to pass up! Friendly Friday success!
  • Worth noting is that The Jeweler, while absent, has not lost a bit of fitness.

BULLHORN:

  • Memorial Day Convergence with F3 Franklin at Concord Rd YMCA. Expect Murph.
  • Due to some conflicting events, I’m working on a new date for the Brew Ruck, but it’s looking like 6/30 or 7/7. Will report as soon as finalized!
  • 9/15 will be a very special Stonewall as we celebrate our 4th anniversary.  Get it on your calendar now.
  • And while your calendar is out, go ahead and mark 9/22 for a one-time CSAUP. More details will be revealed in the coming months, but you won’t want to miss.

Men, it’s always a pleasure to lead and be led by you. Thank you.

PA out.

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CPR for CCR

Better late than never.  Actual Date 5/8/2018

Q: Skidmark

PAX: Black Lung, Too tall, Cathy, Big Stick, Pop-a-Lock, Venus, Capslock, Dr. Smart, Big Bang, Edible Arrangements, Off-shore, Bagger Vance, CCR, Floppy Disk, Calf-Killer, Donuts, PSL, Dupree, Prevacid (FNG), Goose (FNG)

21 Pax showed up for a refresher course on Basic Life Support. We started with a mosey up to the house for some warm-o-rama.

WOR: SSH, Squats, Windmills, Baby arm circles, seal claps, overhead press

Thang:

PAX partnered up as live support is a team effort. Seeing as we have had a PAX brought to medical attention recently, it seemed fitting that we should all have some idea of what to do in a medical emergency.  The first step in any emergency situation is to assess the scene for safety so we took a mosey to the bottom of the loop to assess for any signs of danger.

Next, it’s time to see if the victim has a pulse and/or is breathing on their own.

-10 second pulse/respiration check = 10 Burpees

No pulse. Activate the emergency response system and get an automatic external defibrillator (AED). Start compressions at 100 beats per minute 

-1 PAX ran the long speedbump loop back to the stables to get the AED, while the other did 100 merkins (50 Derkins with feet on the chains, 50 Irkins with hands on the chains).  Flapjack.

After the second rescuer returns, it’s time to start 2 rescuer CPR. For this we took a mosey to the playground.  2 Rescuers can give compressions and breaths at a rate of 30 compressions to 2 breaths.   Time for some PUMPS.

Pullups 30 – Windsprints 2

Up-Downs 30 – Windsprints 2

Merkins 30 – Windsprints 2

Plankjacks 30 – Windsprints 2

Squats 30 – Windsprints 2

Five rounds of 30:2 at 100 beats per minute is about 2 minutes.  At this point, it’s time for another pulse check. Since we have an AED we can let it assess if a shock is needed.   

10 second pulse check = 10 burpees

The AED says it’s time to shock, gotta charge to 200J.

100 flutter kicks and 100 LBCs per PAX to charge to 200.

Shock delivered pulse returned.  We can no deliver rescue breaths if needed until EMS arrives.  Mosey to the parking lot.

Mary: Flutter kicks, Box Cutter’s, J-Lo’s x15 each.

Time

Mumblechatter: “What is the difference between a Burpee and an Up-Down?!”

Welcome to new PAX Prevacid and Goose. Glad to have you guys out!

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The Burp Tour, and other Fun Things

Gateway (burp) Island Tour

Q:Yosef
PAX: Mr. Roboto, CDL, Schnitzel, Grohl, Scraps

Warm up lap (even though it was pretty warm this morning)
X12 IC SSH
X10 Daisy Pickers
X10 Annie’s
X10 Good mornings

Cash in with ATM (modified to x30 alternating shoulder taps x20 merkins)

Mosey to the new benches, x15 Derkins, x15 squats

Mosey to new building, used the parking lot for Circle Burp and Bulgarian Nutbusters. Also did quick paced step-ups around the parking curb.

Mosey to 3 way intersection for core burn: x25 WWII situps, x50 Scissor kicks, x50 Bicycles

Sprint to next intersection: Circle Burp

Mosey the long straight stretch to the next intersection. Finished last 1/3 as Politicians.

Aiken Legs: x15 burpees, x20 split lunges x30 squats

Mosey back to starting lot.

Finished w/ circle burp, COP with call your favorite ab exercise and reps. Included 6inches, Lolitas (rosalita’s), American Hammers, WWI’s, Bicycles, and crunchy frogs +2 AYG sprints to finish.

BoM, CoT.

Bullhorn: Top Gun is coming next Thursday in honor of its 32nd anniversary (5/16/18). You don’t want to miss it. If you’re interesting in watching it, holler at YHC

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Lightning Strikes The Hill

PAX: Big Stick (QIC), Goose, Frugal Macdoogal, Money Shot, Owl Bait (F3 Charlotte), Black Lung, Foxtrot, Hacker, Funyuns, Big Bang, Lunch Lady, Skidmark, Venus, Cowboy, Bagger Vance, FNG Wonderland

WOR:
Mosey up to the football field.

SSH x 20, Good Mornings x 15, WMH x 15

THANG:
10 Squats then Sprint 100 yards.  Repeat x 5

Long mosey over to the tennis courts.  Line up on baseline for shuttle sprints

2 Merkins, then 8 shuttle sprints (baseline to net = 1 sprint).  Repeat with 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 sprints before lightning forced us to go inside.  We have a lightning detection alarm we call Thor at the Hill that goes off when there’s lightning in the area – he started screaming so we moseyed to the MS gym.

10 irkins then 10 sets of bleacher jumps (10 steps each set) followed by 10 derkins.

Mosey to the opposite wall and wall sit and wait till all in.

Suicides Rounds One and Two: Sprint to mid court and back, bottom of bleachers and back, top of bleachers (at the top of bleacher you would do 10 merkins) and back.  Every time you crossed mid court you would do 2 burpees.

Suicides Rounds Two and Three: Same as above but 20 dips at the top of the bleachers and two merkins at mid court.

Suicides Rounds Four and Five: Same as above but 5 burpees at the top with nothing at mid court.

Mosey to the top lot.

Flutter kicks x 61

COT

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12 PAX at Titan 09 May 2018

PAX: Blue Mule on Q, Crawfish, Right Said, Hawkeye, Drone, Brother-In-Law, Third Degree, Princess Aurora, T-Cell, Porcelain, Reveille, Hacker (welcome from Jacksonville)

Nice weather. Sun is up. It’s the start of sweat season rather than gloom season.

Long mosey around the park over to the pavilion.

Warm-o-rama: Squats, good mornings, Willie Mayes Hayes, baby arm circles.

DIDs: Decline pushups, incline pushups, dips. Rep scheme: 3, 6, 9, 12, 3, 6, 9, 12, 3, 30 seconds match on each.

Mosey over to the large Greek pavilion.

11s: In front of the large steps. Burpee box jumps and decline pushups. Start with 10 burpee box jumps and move down from there. Got the PAX all huffin’ and puffin’.

Mosey over to the large parking lot.

Wind sprints – sprint across parking lot, do 10 merkins, sprint back across parking lot, do 10 merkins, rinse and repeat and change merkin count to 8, rinse and repeat and change merkin count to 6.

Mosey over to the parking area for mary.

Mary: Flutterkicks x50, Freddie Mercuries x20, American hammers x20, LBCs x20, mountain climbers x 30.

That’s all she wrote gentlemen. Simple but effective. That was a lot of moseying, sprinting, and merkins.

SYITG

Blue Mule out.

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Field of Fun

10 PAX: NumbTucks (QIC), 3rd Degree, A Bomb, Berney, Nimbus 2K, Barney Fievel, Creeper, Show Me, Pope, Hushy Puppy (FNG).

Today felt like a new day at the Broken Wheel (Berney showed his face after the elections & another visit by the Pope), we looked around and realized we hit double digits with almost an all Nolensville crew (But I think we are going to adopt the Pope).

WOR:
Run around baseball field with some slides & high knees.
Circle up with:
25 SSH
10 Good Mornings
10 Willie Ms
10 Cherry Pickers
20 Scrots (GreeseTrap Squats)
25 Air Presses
15 Baby Arms Circles forward and backward

THANG:
Native American Run (PC) to the soccer fields

Super 10 (taking it easy on the new guys usually Super 21): 1 Merkin followed by 1 WWI, then 2 of each, then 3, then….you get the idea. Stop at 10

Field of Dreams or Pain, whatever you want.  Home base does 15 burpees, bear crawls to first, first does AMRAP of Squats until Home reaches first, then bear crawl to second, second base is pumping out Merkins until first relieves second base, second bear crawls to third, while third is doing LBCs until second reaches them, third to home for 15 burpees. Go around until home base crew reaches home.

Native American Run back to parking lot.

MARY:
Ring of Fire: High Plank with each person doing 10 Merkins around the circle
25 Flutter Kicks (IC)
20 Alabama Prom Nights
20 Box Cutters
High Plank to end

Except for the QIC forgetting to introduce FNG it was a good morning. Thanks Hush Puppy for joining us. Broken Wheel is gaining ground with a lot of potential.

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50’s x 5

9 PAX: Umbrella (QIC), Offshore, Edible Arrangements, CAPSLOCK, Dr. Smart, Razor, Olan Mills, Black Widow, Numbtucks

It felt like summer to the 9 PAX who made the right choice to post at The Racetrack Wednesday morning.

WOR:

Mosey to and around the track with side shuffles each direction, high knees and butt kickers.  Circled up in the mid field for:

20 SSH, 10 Good Mornings, 10 WMH, 10 BAC, 10 RBAC, 10 Air Presses

Thang:

Count off in 2’s and partner up.  One partner runs the track loop while the other partner commences performing the following movements and flapjack through completion:

50 – Burpees Over Beam

50 – One Legged Squats (1 right leg squat + 1 left leg squat = 1 One Legged Sq)

50 – Manmaker (Merkin + 2 shoulder tap + 1 squat + 1 lunge each leg = 1 Manmaker)

50 – Pullups

50 – Toe to Bars (Modify with Knee to Elbow or Knee Raises)

Wait for the Six with LBC or WWII’s

Sprint the track – first half running forward, last half of loop running backward.

Mosey to the parking lot for Tabata x 4 rounds of Merkins and Tabata x 4 rounds of Squats.

Mary:

25 Flutter Kicks, 25 LBC’s, 25 Alabama Prom Dates, 10 Good Mornings

Coffeeteria followed.  Great work by these 9 men today.  It was a privilege to lead them today.  God Bless.

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Broken Wheel @ 2RPM

11 Pax, including Willy Loman from F3Nashville, F3 Franklin and F3Murfreesboro grace Broken Wheel’s second edition this AM with beautifully clear skies and 52 degrees.

When YHC came up to the lot there were a couple pre-partying with 12 Burps a Minute for 10 minutes. I tagged along for 4 rounds, nice and warm.

After the usual MC, a FNG, now named “Creeper” came strolling in as we rolled at 5:30.

Quick lap around the lot, then WoR with 15 SSH, 10 SJ, 10 Tempo merkins and 10 Tempo Squats followed by 10 Good Mornings OYO. Disclaimer at this point and preparatory encouragement for the suck that was to follow.

The THANG:

5:10:15 pullups, Merkins and Squats x 4 rounds with last round Maxing and squatting to the 6

1/3 mile track loop with speedbumps of crawlbear up baseball complex stairs (it’s kinda my thing), 15 Copenhagens on picnic table benches, lunge walking across small bridge, Monkey Humpers to the 6 and then crawlbearing back (at this point Pop-a-Lock asked what YHC had against bearcrawling….Nothing, absolutely nothing).

Back at the pavilion: 5:10:15 Derkins (decline Merkins), Copenhagens and Sitdown standups x 4 rounds with last round Maxing and squatting to the 6.

1/3 mile track loop with speedbumps of crawlbear up baseball complex stairs after Irish Dancing the bleacher steps x15, mosey, lunge walking across small bridge, Monkey Humpers to the 6 and then lunge walking back.

Then the main event, bearcrawling (you’re welcome P-a-L) the long bridge and then crawlbearing back across. Many PAX suffered through without breaks though the mind was screaming to stop. Way to go Men! Flutter till the 6.

Minute of Mary with Flutter kix x15IC, Tempo Superman x 15IC, American Hammer with Tempo Changes x15IC, and floating Starfish x 10IC to finish the burn.

Count, Name, Shout-out!

Remember to keep Spicoli in your prayers as he battles the last week of main Chemo and Radiation (still posting no-less! #What’sYourExcuse?) Props to Noble Virus as his wife expects 2.0 #2 and for the PAX about to dominate the Heavy coming up.

Pax in Attendance: FNG Creeper, Numbtucks, ShowMe, Pop-A-Lock, Blood Clot, Funyons, Nimbus 2000, Sterno, Noble Virus, Pope (no joke), YHC

Coffeeteria provided by Numbtucks, including our very own F3Nolensville 4-for-$1 Goodwill mugs. Classy!

Remember Psalm 126:5-6 and Romans 8:28. Our tears and sweat are not wasted. There is a good harvest that comes later.

3rd Degree OUT!

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Century Club

12 PAX: Frugal Macdoogal (QIC), Prevac, Yard Sale, PSL, DMish, Floppy Disk, Blue Mule, Umbrella, Bagger Vance, Venus, Dupree, Life Champ

Long mosey to the other side of the Ellington

WOR:

SSH x 10, Good Mornings x 10, WMH x 10, BAC x 10, RBAC x 10, Overhead Claps x 10

THANG:

Mosey to the bottom of the hill at the 3 way stop on Marchant for the Century Club workout:

10 Flutter Kicks at the bottom, then run up the long hill (about 175 meters)

90 American Hammers at the top then run back down

20 Deep Squats at the bottom then head back up

80 Hip Thrusters at the top

30 Single Leg Donkey Kicks at the bottom

70 Mountain Climbers at the top

40 Merkins at the bottom

60 Gorilla Humpers at the top

50 Carolina Dry Docks at the bottom

50 Jump Squats at the top

40 Gorilla Humpers at the bottom

60 Merkins at the top

30 Mountain Climbers at the bottom

70 Single Leg Donkey Kicks at the top

20 Hip Thrusters at the bottom

80 Deep Squats at the top

10 American Hammers at the bottom

90 Flutter Kicks at the top

Plank and wait

Long Mosey back to the parking lot for COT

 

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96,348 Hours of Pure Marital Bliss

PAX: Bicentennial Man, Princess Aurora, T-Cell, Bad Boy, Porcelain, En Fuego

QIC: En Fuego

6 PAX greeted the 41 degree gloom at Westeros this morning – ready, willing and able to celebrate YHC’s 11 year wedding anniversary.   PA plants the Shovel Flag, 5:30 arrives, and with that, celebration commences…

Kick it off with 9 burpees, then mosey throughout AO, making four pit stops along the way for 6 burpees, 3, burpees, 4 burpees and 8 burpees – representing the 96,348 total hours of official marital coverage that has been outkicked by YHC.  PAX then huddle, disclaim, knock out a couple additional warm-ups, and details of how this anniversary party is going down are given.

Like any great marriage, we first partner up.  Then, 3 rounds of exercises focusing on the numbers 11 (years) and 132 (months).

Round 1:  Start at bottom of parking lot along Bowling entrance; Partner 1 Bernie Sanders to top, perform 11 hand-release merkins at top and then back to bottom.  Partner 2 is doing burpees.  Flap-jack until Partner 1 and 2 have collectively knocked out 132 burpees.

Round 2: Same starting point; Partner 1 forward run to top, perform 11 Lieutenant Dans and then back down; Partner 2 is doing storm squats (imperial walker with 2 added squats, 4-count = 1 rep; PA calls T-Cell out for poor form, at which point we realize we have 3 different forms going between the three PAX).  Flap-jack until collective 132 storm squat reps reached.

Round 3: Mosey to playground; same flap-jack theme, exercises being 11 pull-ups and 132 dips.

Mosey back to bottom of parking lot hill for one AYG up the hill.  10 strides in and its PA and a cloud of gloomy dust.

Three minutes of Mary, COT and YHC officially shuts the party down.  Great work by all the PAX – on average each knocking out 96 burpees, 66 storm squats, 66 dips, 22 Lieutenant Dans, 22 pull-ups and 22 hand-release merkins while traversing 1.71 miles worth of AO.

Honor to have led and appreciative to live out the gloom with each of you.  Remember our calling as leaders begins in our homes – may we choose to be intentional in embracing and owning that leadership mantle.

En Fuego