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Partner Grinder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goodwill, Space Baby, Bryce Perham
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Clear, calm, and collected

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch. Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Overhead Press
• American Hammers
• Repeat x2 (total 3 sets)

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia (9/13) at Cornelia Fort

COT:

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F3 Pokémon Adventure

AO: pain-train
Q: Natural Ice
PAX: Siri, Wolfpack, Juicy J (JBowman), El Capitan, Pitmaster, G-string, Sooie, Derby, FLO, The Banker, Motorola, Cheeks, Roadkill, Half Lyfe, Timber, Natural Ice, sideswipe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: Incredible

WARMUP: We kicked off with the usual Warm-O-Rama

SSH, Merkins, Squats, Arm burn out of ArmCircles, Seal Claps, OHP, and Moroccan Nigh Clubs

THE THANG: We started the Q just like every other day. But hold up—I couldn’t contain my furry—I hit pause on the hype and switched gears. Surprise, fellas! The Pokémon Theme Song blasted through the airwaves, and we were off on a totally unexpected journey through Kanto! (Yeah, I’m that guy.)

After getting hyped, we grabbed our Pokéball coupons (cinder blocks) and made our first big decision: choose our starter Pokémon. Pax chose Squirtle (I was pretty disappointed), but we demolished our rival using Tackle (Blockie Block Burpees) over and over. He didn’t stand a chance.

With Pallet Town behind us, we grabbed our coupons and moseyed into the wild. We encountered a Caterpie—and how do we catch it? 8-count Body Builders with a block, of course.

We trained hard and crushed Brock’s gym with Cinder Block Curls and more Blockie Burpees to claim that first badge. Tackle for the Win

Next, we hit up Lavender Town, where we got a little creepy with Ghastly and his ghostly minions. We didn’t stand a chance with WW1s and Block Lunges, but the grind was real.

Then, we hustled to Cerulean City for the Misty showdown—but first we trained. Squats, Dips, and Incline Merkins powered us through. We got that badge and still had time for some LBCs to round out our Pokémon experience.

Throughout the whole journey, we ran a 3/4-mile mosey with our coupons in tow and hit multiple sets of Blockies, Curls, LBCs, Squats, Dips, Incline Merkins, and Derkins as well as a bunch of things as needed.

Great work by all the PAX— it was an absolute grind, and you crushed it. The Pokémon journey may have been a troll surprise, but we’re all stronger for it. Onward to the next adventure, Trainers!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Night Movies at 7 pm this Thursday kicking off at the TN State Map

Bellevue is crushing it!
Thank you again for the opportunity to lead!

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90’s Summer Morning Beatdown

AO: thestronghold
Q: Hipster
PAX: Tebow, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), tampalibra, Red Skull, Dan and Dave, Right Said, Barney, toga, Chunks, Natural Ice, Purple Tiger, Young and Restless, Decaf, Wham-O, Napoleon, Step Back, Cowpie, Blackjack, Puppy Chow, Big Mama, One Star, Clorox, Cool Runnings, Beyonce, Purple Rain, Old Made
FNGs: None
COUNT: 27
CONDITIONS: Pleasantly Moist

WARMUP: Classic WOR, grab a coupon

THE THANG: Name That Tune – 90’s Hip Hop Hits

Blockey buy-in (10 I think?), start the music

Each song we are moving around campus, carrying the coupon.

At each stop – Around the Worlds waiting for the 6

Once all in – 413 PAX has the chance to name artist and title. Correct answers reduce # of blockeys, incorrect answers add more.

There were 8 or so stops around the Stonghold, with a smattering of correct answers, averaging about 7 blockeys per stop, with some WW1’s mixed in for good measure.

Back to the startex for the blockey/WW1 finisher.

MOLESKINE: Lively PAX this morning, decent showing with Name That Tune considering most of these pups hadn’t yet been born.

Thanks to the F3 guys who added some extra support and encouragement for the slower PAX, great group effort all around.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 50 miler coming up

COT: Prayers for 413 families going through some stuff, and the current class to stay focused and persistent. Always an honor to lead!

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Shut Up and Lunge

AO: greenmachine
Q: Michelin Man
PAX: Grape, Pep, moneyshot, Black Lung, Cowboy, Cal Worthington, Shania, Michelin Man, Esposa, Sherlock
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Good Will Bunting

AO: atlantis
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: Squatter, SalPal, Oatmeal, sooner, Subway, Puzzlah, Toothless, Siri
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: dusty

WARMUP: mosey around the field, active warmups

THE THANG: KICKBALL!

Started off with Last Man Standing- one pitch, if you get out, you join the pitcher in the outfield. Last batter to get out wins. Immediately had to add people to the outfield due to Oatmeal’s lack of hustle.

Switched to standard kickball where we ended in a tie! (boooooo)

Highlighted by some superb batting from Toothless, an opportunity to improve fielding abilities from Siri, and a true masterclass in bunting from both squads. Everyone was red from burpees in the dirt after every hit.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The dreaded Tennessee Tussle is scheduled! Get excited to form teams of four so we can improve on our finish from last year!

COT: Prayers for health, the passing of loved ones, and career adversity. Always thankful for the PAX providing a welcoming space to share our struggles, emotions, and triumphs together.

PLAYLIST: Quickly threw together selections from the top results on Spotify for “baseball walk up music.” Turns out the youth these days only pull from two categories for walk up tunes- rap made after 2019, and classic rock. Go figure.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7s1ndsDyA98ixKLciTIWmt?si=a8978b92ede548b9

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Fun and Games Part 2

AO: the-knoll
Q: Stubs
PAX: Wolfpack, Derby, Ex-Pat, Gold Digger, Half Lyfe, Malibu, morning stār, Pebbles, Stubs, Legos, the judge2.0, top gun2.0, rubix 2.0, samwise 2.0, Iowa 2.0, Blackhawk 2.0, bumblebee 2.0, Federer 2.0
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: 70 and beautiful

WARMUP:
5 mins

12x SSh
12x Bacs
12x bacbacs
6x slow squats
6x slow merkins
Good mornings OYO
Willie Mays Hays OYO
Slow mosey to stop sign

THE THANG:
Deck of cards 25 mins
Round 1
18 cards
Hearts = hand release merkins
Diamonds =dips
Clubs= Carolina Dry Docks
Spades = Step ups

Round 2
18 cards
Hearts = hammers
Diamonds = Diamond Merkins
Clubs = Crunches
Spades = Squats

Deuces were wild so we had some burpees

Last 15 mins ultimate frisbee!

MOLESKINE:
Trying to keep the fun going for the last week before my twins go back to school and soak up the summer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tussle and other events upcoming this fall. Check slack.
Ruck at the Eddy officially kicks off 8/18
COT:
Silent Prayer, coffee and chocolate milk

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1000 Rep Challenge

AO: titan
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: SalPal, Chunks, CubCadet, Firefox, Papa Bear, Pep, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Vector, Natural Ice, Young and Restless, caprate, Good Morning America, Cal Worthington, Wolfpack, hambone, Golden Shower
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: Pristine

WARMUP:
Mosey and traditional warm-up

THE THANG:
100 Merkins
100 Squats
100 Step Ups
100 American Hammers
100 Dry Docks
100 SSHs
100 Monkey Humpers
100 Heel Touches
100 Iron Mikes
100 Dips

Run a lap at every 50 reps

MOLESKINE:
Planning is essential and plans are useless

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP 50 Mile

Night Moves

COT: It’s always a pleasure to lead, thanks for the opportunity and for all the positive vibes from Natural Ice

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Tortoise & Hare #4

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Young and Restless, Decaf, Barney, bluemule, Michelin Man, Wham-O, Chunks, Right Said, LIGHTNING(Devario Parson), Speechless (Bryan), Bubbles (Tyler Slaughter), hambone, Hipster, Old Maid, Step Back, Beyonce, Puppy Chow, Purple Rain, Napoleon, 1 Star, Black Jack, Cow Pie, Cool Runnings, Clorox, Big Mama
FNGs: None
COUNT: 26
CONDITIONS: Perfect for a morning run

WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Windmills, Squats, IWs, Stretches

THE THANG: Partner up and RUN!!! We had two 4:13 Strong men set PRs today at opposite ends of the clock. Cow Pie came in with a new class record of 24:04 and Big Mama finished in 40:30, shaving 15 mins off his first 3 mile time.

MOLESKINE: 26 men running 3 miles on a Tuesday morning at The Stronghold…what an amazing way to begin the day. Thank you to all my F3 brothers for coming out today! It was great to have the regulars and to welcome Bubbles (Tyler Slaughter), LIGHTNING(Devario Parson) and Speechless (Bryan) to the Tortoise & Hare!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 50 Mile CSAUP on 8/29…still time to put a team together. If you have a team with an open spot, there are several 4:13 Strong men that have expressed interest in joining in. Let me know and I can connect you.

COT: Prayers for family, school, strength, wisdom and endurance.

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Fun and Games Part 1

AO: the-knoll
Q: Stubs
PAX: Étouffée, AAA, Derby, El Capitan, Gold Digger, Half Lyfe, Malibu, morning stār, Papa Bear, Pebbles, Sooie, Sparrow, Stubs, Tebow, Judge 2.0, Bumblebee 2.0, creek runner 2.0, Bookeorm2..0
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
CONDITIONS: A beautiful 65 degrees with light fog

WARMUP:
15x SSH
12x Bacs
12x BacsBacs
12x Overhead press
10x slow squats
Willie Mays Hays OYO
Mosey to stop sign and back

THE THANG:
Baseball (30 Minutes/4x around bases)
5 teams
1B merkins
2B Squats
3B American Hammers
Home plate – Hold Squat
Runners as timers
MOT rounds 1 and 2 bear crawl from home to 2nd (approx 40yrds)
MOT rounds 3 and 4 politician around bases (approx 80yrds)

Head back to playground for epic round of Mary with 20 sided dice roll to determine # of reps.
Got through 16 pax with various exercises and many high rolls but thankfully only 5 burpees

MOLESKINE:
In this time of transition back to school etc take time to slow down and really enjoy the moments with family. For those who start next week Enjoy these last days of summer with family
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check slack
The Monday Morning Ruck (the eddy) official kickoff 8/18
COT: prayed us out. Praise for sparrows family on finalizing adoption

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The highest good is like water

AO: the_eddy
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Stubs, FLO, Choo Choo, Legos, Jon King
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Let’s go ahead and hit pause on the morning temp. 72 is perf for a ruck

WARMUP: “The highest good is like water.”

THE THANG: Rucked across the road to Percy and back. Strava says 3.38km today. Only 22m elevation gain. Easy peasy.

MOLESKINE: Too many spiderwebs in the front row for my taste.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Slack… check it!

COT: I’m another year wiser today and anytime I need some Wisdom I pull out the Tao Te Ching. Here’s my favorite and most meaningful chapter:

Chapter 8
The highest good is like water
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao
In dwelling, be close to the land
In meditation, go deep in the heart
In speech, be true
In ruling, be just
In business, be competent
In action, be aware of the time and season
No Fight
No Blame