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Nolensville’s 1st CSAUP: The Gauntlet!

 

F3 Nolensville was started April 2018 with our first AO, Broken Wheel. One year later, we’ve grown to a total of 4 AOs and have welcomed dozens of new PAX. We continue to grow and sharpen each other in Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.

Today, we take our next step and launch our first CSAUP. This challenge consists of 5, 15-minute AOs spread out across an 8 mile course designed by YHC. Ready for a little Tour de Nolensville? LET’S ENTER THE GAUNTLET!!!

Conditions: A warm morning in the country. Rain in the forecast, but it held off for us. We started at 5am sharp by bowing our heads and inviting the Holy Spirit into our midst.

28 PAX threw down, including: Barney Fievel (YHC), Sterno, 3rd Degree, Nimbus 1500, Tebow, Playboy, Hustler (FNG), BoyBand, Ebola, BigBang, Torch, Pope, BloodClot, Hot ‘N Ready, Creeper, Mr. Opus, Kermit, Staples, TV Guide, Inspector Gadget, Little Miss Piggy, Mickey Mouse, Altidore, Cheese Whiz, Stats, Show Me, Gaylord Focker, and Old Hickory.

AO #1: The Forge

Led by Barney Fievel (YHC)

PAX moseyed to the football and numbered off into 1s and 2s. Each group went to opposite goal lines (AKA “zero yard line”) and performed the following routine:

Typewriter-style bear crawl/crawl bear-heavy workout. PAX perform 5 merkins, bear crawl across the football field. Perform 5 jump squats before side crawling 10 yards and crawl bearing back to the original side of the field. Repeat until 15 minutes are up. How far did you get?!

AO #2: Defiant

Led by Sterno

This guy always brings the heat. Today was no exception.

10 burpees on the minute for 4 minutes just to get your mind right.

Line up and perform the following exercises after bear crawling forward about 15 yards. Crawl bear back to start before transitioning to next exercise.

Exercises:

      1. Merkins x 10, rinse and repeat
      2. Carolina Dry Docks x 10, rinse and repeat
      3. Werkins x 10, rinse and repeat
      4. Diamond Merkins x 10, rinse and repeat
      5. Hand-release Merkins x 10, rinse and repeat

AO #3: Broken Wheel

Led by 3rd Degree

Start the Broken Wheel portion of the morning’s festivities with an all PAX Bear Crawl and Crawl Bear the Mill Creek Bridge. Classic.

Mosey to the lot.

At the lot, with the time left, partner up for some Coupon work. TClaps to Kermit for obtaining and marking the new cinder-block coupons! F3 Nolensville baby!

P1 and P2 perform the following routine:

      1. P1 AMRAP Blockees while P2 BooBoo Bear Crawls to light 1 then switches legs and Boo Boo crawls back to P1, then flap jack. Coupon-less PAX complete the BooBoo bearcrawl there and back, then AMRAP burpees.
      2. All Pax Broken Wheel Mosey to the 2nd light with 15 rep single leg hops then 3 HRCs, then swap single leg until back to start

COT: supplied Gatorades were passed around while 3D exhorted the PAX about the strength that’s evident when we are broken. Suffering and adversity provide an opportunity for the strength inside to become evident when outwardly broken, which can also encourage onlookers. No matter your personal obstacle, Adapting and overcoming IS possible.

Illustration: 3D recently saw character and strength of will in some running partners. They ran arm in arm, not due to affection, but one was blind. They didn’t sit on the sidelines complaining about their “disability” but instead worked hard and got after it despite their circumstances. The other runner showed strength in character to serve their friend by pacing themselves off their partner and providing guidance.

AO #4: The Pound

Led by Tebow

After some debate with the groundskeeper over who the park really belonged to, Tebow reset 10 cones and PAX partnered up for a burpee heavy routine.

One partner planks while the other partner performs 6 burpees, jumping over the planking partner after each burpee. Switch, then advance to the next cone and repeat. 10 cones/rounds total means each PAX got 60 burpees in.

AO #5: The Forge (Final Round)

Led by Nimbus 1500

Bear Brawl Suicides. PAX partner up on the goal line/zero yard line. One partner bear crawls forward to the 10 yard line, while their partner places hands on their shoulders and provides resistance. Once 10 yard line is reached, switch and bear crawl back to goal line. Repeat going up by 10 yards each round. Routine ends on the 50-yard line.

CoT

-BF-

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The Hill 5/2/2019

PAX: Frugal Macdoogal (QIC), Big Stick, Money Shot, Renegade, Joey Freshwater, Boy Band, Foxtrot Talks A Lot, Too Tall

We’re getting close to the 2 year mark at The Hill, so QIC thought I’d reintroduce the group to hills around campus.

Here’s what went down:

Disclaimer

Mosey down to the track for a warm up lap them meet in the middle for WOR.

SSH x 10, GM x 10, WMH x 10, FBAC x 10, RBAC x 10

For the rest of the time, we did variations of 11s QIC would call 10s x 2s (we would go total 10 reps of 2 different exercises by increasing/decreasing by 2 and running a hill in between reps – starting with 2 reps/run hill/8 reps until 8 reps/run hill/2 reps).

10×2 Round 1: Merkins, Run Softball Hill, Squat Jumps

Mosey to the hill between track and soccer field.

10×2 Round 2: Carolina Dry Docks, Run Hill, Gorilla Humpers

Mosey to drive by buses.

10×2 Round 3: Squat, Run Hill to Stadium, Dirkins

Mosey behind baseball field to playground.

10×2 Round 4: Pullups, Run Hill to Baseball Field, Donkey Kicks

Mosey back to top lot.

Flutter Kicks x 50

LBCs x 30

COT and continued prayers for Ludwig and his wife’s upcoming surgery, Spicoli, and Charlie with SAGE at FRA.

We ended 10 minutes early in order to spend some extra time together, something that we’re going to do once a month in order to continue to grow in fellowship with one another.  Boy Band shared a little bit of his life story – where he’s from, meeting his wife when she was in 7th grade,  how he got to Nashville, etc.

Till Next Time,
Frugal

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Racetrack 2019-5-1

PAX: Double Check, Dr. Smartt, Bagger Vance, Olan Mills, Umbrella, Penny Loafers, Leatherneck, Blackwidow, Offshore, Backlash

QIC: Boone’s Farm

 

WOR:

  • SSH x20
  • WMH x10
  • LBAC x10 F/R
  • Merkins x10

Thang:

Mosey up hill around parking deck with some merkins along the way, finishing at stairs by outside parking lot.

7’s on stairs: burpees at bottom, APDs at top

Mosey inside parking deck, at each level do exercise followed by backpedal up ramp, run straight away, RnR all the way to top. Repeat on the way back down only no backpedal. Exercises included merkins, jump squats, LBC, American hammers, Flutter kicks

Mosey back to start right on time.

Great work by all.

 

Continue to pray for Ludwig’s wife Kate with new tumor growth, surgery upcoming.

 

This Saturday Leatherneck hosting monthly 545 ruck with breakfast after at First Watch (Franklin RD Brentwood).

Also, Saturday Nolensville CSAUP (see Slack general channel).

 

Always an honor,

BF

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Hot n’ Sweaty “Birthday Sets”

May 3, 2019

Gloom: cloudy 65°

PAX:  BearBack, Bicentinial Man, Blue Mule, King Poopa(FNG), LunchLady, Porcelain, RightSaid, Tcell, Toothless, Trapper Keeper,

QIC: Crawlspace

Warm up: quick jog to the parking lot, set of 33 side straddle hops, Willie Mays Hayes, squats, lil baby arm circles, air presses, reverse lil baby arm circles etc…

Work: Indian run the greenway with interval “birthday sets”:

  • 33 merkins
  • 33 burpees
  • 33 jump squats
  • 33 side straddle hops
  • 33 second plank

Then sprint back to the flag for Mary!

Mary: leg raises, sit ups, hello dolly, world war 1’s, heel taps, lbc’s,

COT: Support Porcelain as he proudly represents F3 and raises money for the Iron Man foundation! Let’s get that F3 logo on his chest where it belongs.

SYITG,

YHC Crawlspace

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The Girls at 413

Beautiful morning at The Stronghold this am with the HIM of F3 Nashville and the HIM in training of 413 Strong.  There was a bit of sadness hanging in the air as we found out that since our last post 4 of the 413ers had made the easy decision and left the program.  That’s how life goes sometimes.

Temp: 68
Gloom Factor: Nil
PAX:

Play Station, Khakis, Black Widow, Sir Topham Hat, D’Mish, Hot Route, Danosaur,  CAPSLOCK, Reveille, Paw Patrol, Legally Blonde, Red Skull, Mitch, Jersey Money, Big Cat (F3 Chapel Hill), Dubs, Toga, Shaq, Lil Jon, Baby, Bagger Vance

QIC: BV

Grab some Coupons and return to the circle for Disclaimer.  Oops, someone wasn’t listening…Burpees while we wait.

Mosey to the STEM Building lot with Coupons passing them between partners who held them in various positions…Regular, Hallelujah, Middle School Prom.

Fall out for WOR:

SSH x 13 IC, WMH, x 13 IC, IW x 13 IC, HB x 13 IC

Thang:

EVOLUTION I

To the rails for Fran

21, 15, 9 Pull Ups (Rows) and Thrusters.

Had to sub out for Merkins not Rows R1 due to poor recon from the Q.  Good news is we found some other railing options by the cafeteria where we continued R2& R3.

One girl, Fran, down and two more to go…

EVOLUTION II

Barbara 5 Rounds

20 Pull Ups (Rows)

30 Merkins

40 LBCs

50 Squats

Rest 3 Minutes…except we ran and planked for the 6 for our rest.

All in, good mosey back to StartEx for our third and final sweetheart of the day…

Mary –

Flutter Kix x 13 IC

4 Merkins

Ola Binary x 13 IC

4 Merkins

FKix x 13 IC

4 Merkins

Ola Binary x 13 IC

4 Merkins

Hold Plank final :30

TIME

NMM: Well done this AM men.  Shaq, that one was for you…Red Skull I am sorry for NOTHING.

Today marks a rap on our Third class or is it Fourth with 413? Regardless, it was a lot of fun.  Praying for each of you to go do great things and live out the role only YOU can play in God’s Larger Story.

BH:

The Buffalo stampedes tomorrow at Shelby Park Community Center 0530.

The Gauntlet on Saturday 0500 Nolensville HS.

Memorial Day “Embrace the Suck” CSAUP is only 25 Days away.  Get ready for the Mayhem…

0500 Murph

0600 HERO WOD

0700 5 Mile Speed Ruck

YHC,

Bagger Vance

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Gauntlet Buy-In with BlackJack

‘Twas a beautiful morn’ in Nolensville for 19 PAX to come play some BlackJack in preparation for The Gauntlet.

PP in the Park: 8 strong to PP in the park.  Bear-Crawl, Crawl Bear the “Bridge and a Smidge”.  Plus NumbTucks got in an early morning Ruck.

PAX: Stats, NimbusXX, Kermit, Mickey Mouse, Tebow, TV Guide, 3rd Degree, Creeper, CropDust (FNG), NumbTucks, Staples, Mr Opus, Peaches, ShowMe, Inspector Gadget, BeerGoggles, Mufasa, RoadRash, Typo+ (QIC).

Mosey, Disclaimer

Warmups:

SSH x10 IC

LBAC x10 IC

rLBAC x10 IC

 

**50 Squat Buy-In in order to play BlackJack.  OYO.

 

Q told the PAX that we’re in for more Gauntlet training, so we’re going to mix in plenty of Cardio today.  Q explained the workout, moseyed to the Track and the PAX got busy.

With BlackJack, we do two exercises with total reps equal to 21.  20 reps at station one.  Run to station two on the opposite site of the track.  1 rep at station 2.  Run the rest of the track back to Station 1.  19 reps, run, 2 reps, run.  round complete.

Station 1: Burpees

Station 2: WarHammers

 

PAX did an AWESOME job and gave it their all!  Most made it down to 14/7 and I am proud to have led them.

Q called it at the end of 14/7 lap and did some Mary to the 6.  Mosey back to parking lot.

 

Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, COT

19 strong today prepping for Gauntlet.  YES, YOU CAN DO GAUNTLET.  NO EXC– USES.

Q reminded everyone, as he likes to do,  that you never know what someone is going through.  Be kind, loving, and a good friend.  Prayed as close.

 

**Welcome FNG Crop-Dust!

https://gph.is/2pLBo1d

 

Several did a Post-Party and lots did Coffeteria.

 

Q always enjoys leading this amazing group of HIMs.  You push me to be stronger, not just in the workouts, but in life.

 

TYPO+

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Death by Cochran

15 total PAX (13 actually completed the workout) showed up in the early morning gloom. Spring has settled in and the level of sweat has been increasing with each workout as the early morning temperatures rise.

QIC: BoyBand

PAX: Black Lung, Pope, Razorback, Yard Sale, PSL, CCR, Brother-at-law, Duvall (Willy Lowman from Seattle), CAPSLOCK, Too Tall, Red Skull, Dupree

Bagger Vance (left before the workout, but after a speed ruck) and Big Stick (showed up late and couldn’t find us until the last minute of Mary).

We started with a lap around the church and then settled in for…

WOR: SSH x20, Good Mornings, Willy Mays, Baby Arm Circles forwards … Black lung arrives… 10 Burpees, Baby arm circles backwards, overhead claps

Thang:

Mosey over to the Cochran hill for a duplication pyramid.  At each light post (there are 6 total) we performed an increasing number of the following 4 exercises:

Burpees – Squats – Merkins – WWIs

The sequence was as follows:

1-2-4-8-16-32 on the way up

32-16-8-4-2-1 on the way back down -> Flutter kicks for the 6

While the pain and dizziness left us seeing double, it was time for Cochran suicide runs.  Stop at each street light and return to the bottom. 1 Burpee at each stopping point to mark the stop. We completed 6 of the 8 possible stops before we ran out of time.

Mary: Almost didn’t make it, flutter kicks for the 6 and then 1 minute of low plank

Thanks for letting me lead, good to see everyone out there.

SYITG

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Westeros – Monday Funday

PAX: The Nanny, Pumpkin Spice, Blue Mule, Trapper Keeper, Cub Cadet, Vector, Crawlspace, Hi-Viz, Bicentennial Man

WOR: Mosey to the basketball court behind the school, AKA The Crab Trap for some SSH, WMH, Good Mornings, Statue of Liberty, arm circles, Moroccan night clubs and squats. We counted off partners and took a mosey to the hill circle by the gym.

THE THANG(s):

Thang 1: Partners traveled the loop in a clockwise fashion with partner 1 performing a modified Obama, more like a George W, by bear crawling and doing 2 merkins for each hand move. Partner 2 ran the length of the loop until they caught back to partner 1. PAX performed a 5 Lt. Dan Handshake (Danshake) and swapped roles.

Thang 2: Brief mosey to the playground area for 7s with Burpees and Inverted rows on the swings (aka Steve Irwins, aka Underows, aka Down unders)

Thang 3: PAX finished with 5x hill sprints, every minute on the minute with the last taking us back to the parking lot. Sprints were ~50yd uphill.

MARY: There was no Mary, instead we opted for 4 mins of cool down stretching. YHC has battled more injuries this year than in many previous and I have been thinking hard about ways to work in stretching and recovery into both workouts and non-workout time. I have thoughts and would love to hear those of other PAX as well.

BULLHORN:

  • Reminder that Porcelain is running the Ironman 70.3 very soon and is looking for fund raising $$$. F3 body art coming if we meet a $300 goal as a collective PAX.

 

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The Heart of DEFIANT

Pre-Party: YHC led Typo+ in a 5 Pull-up, 7 Merkin and 9 Iron Mikes (each side = 1) on the minute x 10 rounds routine. Warmed up!

black and white heart GIF

5 PAX in attendance: Typo+, NumbTucks, Altidore, Old Hickory, & 3rd Degree (QiC)

Warm-up/Disclaimer:

  • ShowMe Lap
  • SSH IC x 25
  • IW IC x 15
  • Inchworm stretch Merkins OYO x 8
  • WMH
  • GM

Thang.1:

Mosey to back of school and while running a lap around the “heart” YHC explained the concept for today: split into 2 groups (one with 3) and while P1 does AMRAP of the called exercise, P2/P3 run a lap around the heart. But you have to enter and exit the Heart from the same side.

We did:

  • H: Humpers (The Monkey variety)
  • E: Everest (Mountain Climbers)
  • A: Angle Grinders
  • R: Reverse Lunges
  • T: Turkish Get-ups

Each lap was ~0.2 miles and took ~1.5 minutes.

black and white heart GIF

Thang.2:

Now that the calisthenics portion is complete, let’s sprint!

We sprinted from one end of the heart to the other through the middle with various MOT: AYG Sprint with mosey around the border back to start with speedbump of 20 APD with feet on a ball, Round 2: same as before but speedbump was 20 derkins with feet on ball, Round 3: 10 Merkins then AYG Sprint, Round 4: Karaoke while facing school to midway through heart then turn and AYG to other end. Round 5: Same as 4 but to the other side. Round 6: Bear Crawl to midpoint then AYG, Round 7: Crawl Bear then AYG

Finished off the PAX with a brief review of HEART with 5 reps of each exercise in the acronym.

valentines day heart GIF by Geek & Sundry

Mosey back to center of the heart for:

CoT/Numbers/Names

What we Learned:

  • LMP Brass knuckling Numbtucks’ forearm Saturday may have helped…
  • Altidore has grit…stayed after it all morning.
  • YHC shared from a couple inspirational sources recently…SpiderMan may get knocked down, but he always gets back up.
  • More importantly, Jesus encouraged his fearful disciples by saying, “Take Heart, don’t fear…”
  • This Saturday, you might feel at the end of your endurance or strength, you might get knocked down physically, mentally or emotionally, but GET BACK UP! Take Heart…Enter the GAUNTLET and be reforged into something greater.

BullHorn:

  • The Gauntlet is coming this Saturday, 5/4/19 F3Nolensville’s first CSAUP event. Today was in prep for that…it will be 2.5-3 hours, ~8 miles, 5 AOs, endless memories and EPIC MumbleChatter…Are you in?
  • Memorial Day CSAUP including preparty Murph set for 5/27/19. Brentwood YMCA, Preparty, Hero of the Day Workout 6-7, then Ruck Post-party.
  • RagDoll is planning our first ever F3Dads local event for May 19th, Sunday afternoon. Free event with kid-friendly 45 minute workout with fellowship time afterwards. Message RagDoll for more info..
  • Make sure to sign up for Q slots for F3 Nolensville’s 4 AOs on 159.203.165.130/ under Q Sign up (created a link in this sentence) or I will gladly take them all!

Stay on the Path…3D-out!

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Hang in there!

PAX: Black Widow, Umbrella, Offshore, Toga (QIC), Backlash, Leatherneck, Boone’s Farm, Olan Mills

Eight redwoods showed up to get better this morning.., and maybe stretch their arms out a little bit.  Here’s how it went down:

Circle up for quick disclaimer and mosey to park for warmup COP… the usual stuff.  Head to playground for Day 2 of Marine PFT HIT Workout:

Complete 30 secs of each duo of exercises for three rounds then 45 sec rest before switching stations:

Station 1: Pull-ups, hanging knee raises

Station 2: Pullover, Hanging windmills

Station 3:  Rows, hanging flutter kicks

Station 4: Pushups, Hanging leg lowers

Station 5: Curls, hanging leg raises

Mosey back to parking lot for 4×100 yard sprints

COT with YHC taking us out

Announcements:

4:13 class finishing this week!  Good luck to the class on interviews!

0545 Sat. ruck with breakfast at First Watch on Franklin Rd to follow

NMM:  It turns out that hanging leg raises, windmills and flutter kicks all pretty much look like the same thing after a couple of rounds.  YHC’s posture looks much better after being racked for 18 rounds hanging on some monkey bars.  That said, the PAX got after it, and it was a pleasure to lead.

Stay Classy,

Toga