let’s workout but really let’s play games

AO: atlantis
Q: sooner
PAX: Oatmeal, Pole Dancer, Young and Restless, Schnauzer, Siri, Red Skull, Right Said
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: glorious

WARMUP: brief mozy followed by active stretching

THE THANG:

Ab circuit to start
50 crunches
25 4 CT Freddie Queens
50 leg lifts
30 big boys
50 alternating horizontal arms

Speed ladder work while oatmeal set up the field

Ultimate

MOLESKINE: my face hurts

ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff happening next week

COT: grief, healing, inspiration

Ultimate!

AO: atlantis
Q: Grape , Oatmeal, sooner, Tea Party, Pole Dancer
PAX: Oatmeal, sooner, Tea Party, Pole Dancer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: Indigenous peoples run with a disc

THE THANG: Ultimate, 3v2, Pole Dancer and Tea Party traded off being full time offense

MOLESKINE: there were some amazing catches, lots of diving, some questionable rules (always), and tons of fun. Oatmeal and sooner won, and they both had Pole Dancer and Tea Party on their team at some point, so I was the only true loser. To add insult to injury, YHC lost his car keys in the big field, and is typing this BB from the back of an Uber. Live and learn.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 and 9/14

COT: prayers for God to be in control

The Rocky Road to Dublin…er….West Park

AO: atlantis
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: Schnauzer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
CONDITIONS: A perfect 50

WARMUP: Joint Mobility, Mosey around the fields, active warmups and stretching

THE THANG: Been on an Irish kick after a conversation with Toothless over the weekend, so set this workout to some of my favorite Irish folk and punk tunes.

As for the exercise, my 32nd birthday meant sets of 32 exercises separated by a run around the tank.

Burpees
Supermans
Squats
T-Rex
Dips
Mountain Climbers

Then tried out a new song-based challenge, The Rattlin’ Bog. For each layer of the bog, add one pushup. It was an ill-advised choice to pick an extended version of the song, when after 6 minutes we were tasked with a total of 105 pushups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QO8bWGNPyo…

PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kORRE4ZxEEPJjmgFdvKVf?si=fe68591bc0c1421a

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 convergence & 10 Year Nashville Anniversary

Cones and Toys

AO: atlantis
Q: Wolfpack
PAX: Toothless, CubCadet, Schnauzer, DintyMoore, Pole Dancer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Fall… is that you???

WARMUP: Mosey around the park and back to the flag for some shoulder warm ups and OYO GMAs/WMHs

THE THANG:
3 exercises. 4 sets each. 40 second work. 20 second rest.

Round 1
– Cindy Shoulder Presses
– Reverse Snow Angels
– Weighted Lunges

1 lap around parking lot

Round 2
– Merkins
– Palms Up Cable Pulls
– Single Leg Kickstand Deadlifts

Jog to baby Pizza Hut

Bonus round!
– Dips
– Mountain Summits (Gonna rename these to Everests)

Jog back to flag. ALL IN!

MOLESKINE: With school coming back the “Can you help me with my homework?” requests have begun. Really has made me start thinking again on how much our kids rely on us to help set routines and offer our support. So just a quick reminder that there are those that rely on us and it’s important to try and think ahead on what we can do for them, whether that’s our kids, significant others, co-workers, friends, and even ourselves.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots coming in September!

COT: Silent reflection for prayers both said and unsaid.

Sprintsssss

AO: atlantis
Q: Siri
PAX: Toothless, Wolfpack, SalPal (retired), Strutter, Tea Party
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS:

Dry ground, wet air :trident:

WARMUP:

Jog around park with skips, side shuffles, karaoke. Stop and do merkins in cadence – accomplished 50 4-count merkins during warmup.

THE THANG:

Sprints/speed work around the parking lot. Sprint long stretches, jog short stretches. X4 laps. 2 minute dynamic rest in between with 30s jump squats, 30s high knees, 30s low plank mtn climbers, 30s Freddie mercuries.

One round of Bear crawl to Pizza Hut, Lt. Dan back

MOLESKINE:

Sorry Wolfpack :leg:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

9/11 Convergence somewhere
9/14 10th Birthday celebration of F3 Nashville at Stonewall

COT:

Prayers for undisclosed prayer requests.

1500 Meter Swim

AO: atlantis
Q: SalPal
PAX: Pole Dancer, Toothless, Puzzlah, Three Stooges, Cable News, Schnauzer, Wolfpack, Tea Party
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: F*cking swampy as sh*t

WARMUP: Assorted delays to make sure we had all HCs

THE THANG: 1 Mile swim to Frothy Monkey with playing in traffic, DORA @ Frothy Monkey (51 burpees, 51 diamond merkins, 51 jump squats), swim back, DC mary.

MOLESKINE: Really grateful for the way this group has come together. I always enjoy my Ramblin’ Joes with my F3 bros.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pikachu Move, Gulliver, September events.

COT: Parents and families navigating adoption & fostering.

Back 2 School!!! :books:

AO: atlantis
Q: Toothless
PAX: Pep, Schnauzer, SalPal, Siri, Puzzlah
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: True to it’s name, we were underwater at atlantis – swimming through the air

PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04KkhaUX0fj1nwynplCZMW?si=cf8ef8f2c4844cbb

WARMUP:
– 30 x SSH
– 10 x WMH (oyo)
– 10 x Windmills
– 15 x Overhead Claps
– 15 x Seal Claps
– 15 x Moroccan Night Clubs
– 15 x Imperial Walkers

THE THANG:

School Bus Route
Start with a one-mile Indian run “school bus” with stops along the way. Head around the park perimeter toward Morrow and the rec center, turn right and follow outer path all the way around by the river and almost to post before cutting across above the fields to the treatment plant.

Every time the rotation completes 2x the stop sign comes out and the PAX have to give 10 Prisoner Squats. After all, schools are basically prisons. Aim for 100+ squats, 10+ stops.

Core Subjects
Split into groups, post up at each station with 1 group running around the water tower as a timer. The other groups split up and go to 1 of 4 stations, performing an exercise until the runners return.

English
– “Apart” vs “a part”
– Hello Dollys, spread those legs “apart”

Math
– Ratios, multiplication
– Captain Thors 1:4 ratio of Big Boy Sit-ups to American Hammers

Science
– Inertia
– J-Lo’s, it takes force to stop movement in a given direction

History
– First public school in the country predates the country’s founding
– Boston Latin School founded in 1635
– 1 Clerkin, 6 Supermans, 3 Peter Parkers, 5 Mountain Climbers

Detention
Once PAX complete each station and are back to their “homeroom”, they serve detention. Complete 20 burpees. SSH in silence to get out of detention, otherwise 20 more burpees, repeat til successful.

Mosey back to post & stretch til time

MOLESKINE:

You would think with this small of a group of PAX and as sharp as they all are that we would have gotten out of detention in one go, but alas! Turns out this Breakfast Club did not want to part ways, so they stayed in detention til the end. YHC was merciful and cut 5 burpees from the penalty each time, leading to a total of 50 burpees to close out the workout.

Also YHC was surprised that no one recognized the Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks songs that played during our core subjects round, including the fabled I’m Just a Bill.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Announced the 5k which looks like it went well
– HUGE announcement about the goings on this week at atlantis, HC for an AOQ transition!! :trident:

COT:
Prayers for…
– Siri’s work dynamic and conversation
– SalPal’s wife’s career journey
– Schnauzer’s wife’s friend who lost her husband while expecting their second

As always, it was an honor to lead men! See you this Thursday!!! :trident:
— Toothless :tooth:

Tour de Nations

AO: atlantis
Q: Schnauzer
PAX: SalPal
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
CONDITIONS: 70 degrees, high humidity

WARMUP: SSHx20

THE THANG:
Run to Treaty Oaks.
Run the loop with 20 air squats, 20 lunges, 20 push ups. x2
Run down Lousiana. Bear Crawl random hill.
Back to West Park for 10 dips x2 in pavilion. 30 step ups.
More running. Tabata air squats. More running back to parking lot.
Sprints x 10
Deep squats x10
Mary

MOLESKINE: 2.64 miles when all said and done. Very hot and humid. Originally planned for basketball mid-workout but audibled due to wet courts and few PAX. We went off campus for a bit, but returned to West Park quickly because we wanted to be near the guy who sprints around the baseball field every morning.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dash at the Castle 5K. Geodis Park, Saturday 7/27
Night Moves at Bicentennial Park, Saturday 7/20 at 1830

COT:
Prayers for healthy pregnancy
Prayers for injured and downrange PAX
Prayers for Schnauzer’s wife’s friend who recently lost her husband

Coffeeteria at White Bison

It’s not back to back frisbee when the week in between is cancelled

AO: atlantis
Q: SalPal
PAX: Detective Pikachu, Chunks, sooner, Cable News, Subway, Three Stooges, Tea Party, Hair Band, Toothless, Pole Dancer, Dr. Stoogie (sp?), Lotso
FNGs: 2 Dr. Stoogie (sp?), Lotso
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: Damp and moist.

WARMUP: Misc stretches + fence jumps.

THE THANG:

3 burpicides to give the illusion of a proper workout. Then, ultimate frisbee!

MOLESKINE: Call out your favorite moments in the comments.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1st F: Brew Ruck, Night Movez, GEODIS 5k, Gulliver’s Travels
2nd F: Sooie Party, Hunger Games

COT: Lotsa prayers – family difficulties, work, kids, changes in living situation, career. Keep offering it up fellas.

The Fourth F

AO: atlantis
Q: Firefox
PAX: SalPal, Pole Dancer, sooner, Oatmeal, Subway, Siri, Toothless
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Misty with a light haze of bugs

WARMUP: Mosey down to the farthest field, plus some SSH, WMH, and GM.

THE THANG:
Part 1: F3 Disc Golf
All PAX were given a disc golf putter. A Kanjam goal was set at the other end of the field. PAX had to get their disc into the goal in as few throws as possible.
– Lunge walk to the landing spot of your first throw
– Bear crawl to the landing spot of your second throw
– Murder bunny to all subsequent landing spots until complete
We multiplied the best and worst scores to determine how many burpees to do, which I believe ended up being 3 x 5 on the first pass.

We repeated this except doing bear crawls to the first landing spot and murder bunnies thereafter. Results were much better with us doing 3 x 4 burpees on the second round.

Thang 2: Ultimate!
Between points, scoring teams did 10 merkins, scored-upon teams did 5 burpees.
SalPal Pole Dancer Toothless and Subway (shirts) versus YHC, sooner Oatmeal and Siri (pasty white skins). It was a back-and-forth affair to start until Team PWS started pulling ahead. Shirts made a nice mini-run at the end.

MOLESKINE: Thanks for the push to pivot on the plan today. The real birthday Q at bomber tomorrow!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oh so many. Check the calendar. Off the top of my head:
– Hunger Games
– Brewsday farewell to Bareback
– Night Moves
– Run at Geodis

COT:
– Disappointment to process and new challenges to navigate for SalPal and family
– Road trip well wishes for Toothless

Thanks for the opportunity to lead! Post any favorite moments/plays in the thread!