Category: Middle Tooth

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25th Birthday Soiree

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Cowboy, Young Pawn, sooner, Topanga, moneyshot
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: chilly, columbian ground

WARMUP:

25 SSHs
25 lbacs
25 hill billies

THE THANG:
Sprint down and back (=2)
25 low and slow 4 count squats
sprints
25 iron mikes
Sprints
25 burpees
Sprints
25 merkins
Sprints
25 jlos
Sprints

Sprints
25 drop squats
sprints
25 bohemian rhapsodies/sir elton johns/back & to the side lunges
Sprints
25 hand release merkins
Sprints
25 plank jack burpees
Sprints
25 happy crunchy frogs
Sprints

(I think we accidentally only did 24 sprints 🫤)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Brew Ruck this Saturday!! Check #nashville-rucking for details
– lent is in season
– 4:13 dinner has been announced for April 11th

COT:
– each man shared a prayer request. Prayers for physical health, mental health, Ms, and work

This Q was a pleasure to lead, I’m extremely grateful for each man who was there and helped me start this next trip around the sun off on the correct foot.

Rock on,

Hair Band

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Staying Warm by the Fire 🔥

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Toothless
PAX: Topanga, sooner, Rocket Mortgage, monster biscuit, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Black Lung, Firefox, moneyshot, Young Pawn
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Crisp and clear, some mumblechatter about it being too cold and being ready for spring. The Q was prepared to address this concern.

TUNES: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/459qwYOyQ4j1hCmtMHFZsC?si=aHk7_t1wRMOsKetBfl43wQ&pi=u-KhB6nvHMTeuB

WARMORAMA

– SSH x 30
– Active warmups down lot to light pole

THE THANG

PAX count off forming three groups

– Group 1 does an Indian run for 2 laps
– Group 2 does an exercise on the ground
– Group 3 does a standing exercise around Group 2

All shuffle when G1 returns. Runners to the ground, ground stands up, and standing group runs.

Do four sets (2 mins AMRAP in each station based on runners):
1. Hand Release Merkins, Tree Huggers
2. American Hammers, Burpees
3. Carolina Dry Docks, Lt. Dans
4. Big Boy Sit Ups, SSHs

Circle up for…

Rings of Fire 🔥

Thunderstruck
– High and low plank, up or down on “thunder”
Roxanne
– SSH / Burpees on “Roxanne”
Flower (Bring Sally Up)
– Squats, up or down as directed

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Night Moves at Frothy Monkey in the Nations Wednesday at 1800 hours
– Last 2 weeks of #leanpax

MOLESKINE:
It was an honor to have a little homecoming back to #middle-tooth. Everyone showed up for corporate 😆 The men all pushed themselves this AM and I dare say managed to stay warm!

— Toothless 🦷

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Christmas Q

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Rocket Mortgage
PAX: moneyshot, Cowboy, sooner, Oatmeal, Topanga, TheShield, Esposa
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: 24 Degrees. Beards were icy

WARMUP: The usual. Mosey’d to tennis courts for some additional butt kickers, high knees, skips, and karaoke. It was hard not to be merry.

THE THANG: 11s on the tennis court. 1st set: Merry Thrusters and Bethlehem Star Jumps. 2nd set: WW2s and burpees.

Ran a lap around the circle and stopped at bleachers for 50 step ups, 40 dips, and 20 decline merkins.

COT: Prayers for traveling families and those lonely during the holidays. ✌🏼

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A Very Grateful Q

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Pole Dancer
PAX: Oatmeal, Subway, Young Pawn, Toothless, Cowboy, Topanga, Betty Ford, moneyshot, Bad Boy, Rocket Mortgage, TheShield, sooner, monster biscuit
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS:
Clear, Crisp 29

WARMUP:
Static warmups with good mornings, willie mays, and cherry pickers. Comfortable mosey around the school/field, followed by active warmups of hammy scoops, A-skips, b-skips, skips for height, and quad stretches.

THE THANG:
Set of 20 exercises, followed by lunges from sidewalk to sidewalk. I swear they lengthened the soccer field since my last Q. Completed three reps- kicked off with burpees, mountain climbers, and dips respectively.

Mosey back to the parking lot for Ring of Fire set to a short rendition of Truckin’ (5 mins).

MARY:
Like Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, there was a Legion of Mary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming convergence, boxing day workout, New Years Q from @toothless, and Brewsday next week if I remember correctly

COT:
Prayers for various relatives, friends, and PAX recovering from illnesses and ailments right before Xmas, and for gratitude and strength to help those in need.

SOUNDTRACK
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kN3ZI91qB19W7Bs9xO6qY?si=1b50a0590fd74cf4

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Loving you was like Red

AO: middle-tooth
Q: t-cell
PAX: Focker, Young Pawn, Toothless, Michelin Man, Chariot, moneyshot, Oatmeal, Betty Ford, DrRupp, Subway, sooner, FeelTheBerns
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS:Warmer than expected. Lots of Red. We were in our Red era. Then the power of TSwift took over and we let her take us where she wished as we fired up the Red album.

WARMUP: 22 SSH, some GM and WMH, followed by some baby arm circles and squats.

THE THANG: Long mosey down Granny White, so much so that MM thought we were headed back to Lipscomb. Wrong. Headed to the Hill!

11’s with 2 exercises = 22 (fuzzy T Swift math) Burpees at the bottom, drop squats up top.

Mosey over to the pavilion where we worked out next two either a dead body or a man sleeping. We will never know, we had DID business to attend to. 25 dips, 20 inclines, 15 declines for 3 rounds.

MARY: No time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brewsday, Gobbler, check the Slack

COT: Grateful for Fockers vulnerability and sharing over some recent victories and growth. He’s a true HIM.

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In Defense of Middle Earth! :swords: :one-ring:

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Toothless
PAX: Breadsticks, Pole Dancer, Esposa, sooner, Betty Ford, Rocket Mortgage, Young Pawn, Hair Band, Focker, Transfer (F3 Birmingham)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Prime. Starry. Brisk. Medieval. The stuff of legends.

WARMUP:
– SSH (Scarecrows) x 20
– Cherry pickers (Carrot pickers) x 10
– Willy Mays Hays (Eaves dropping) x 10
– Windmills x 10
– Michael Phelps (Brandybucks) x 10
– Good mornings x 10

THE THANG:
10 burpees
Mosey out to the school drive through
10 burpees

Dwarf Workout
10’s, from lower entrance to basketball goal, Bernie up mosey down
– Burpees (Forge Bellows) (45 total here)
– Lunges (Striders)

10 pull ups
Bear crawl to upper entrance

Elf Workout
10’s from upper entrance to basketball goal, Bernie out mosey back
– Carolina Dry Docks (Bow Benders)
– Jump squats (Branch Grabbers)

10 burpees

Hobbit Workout
10’s, from school entrance to swings, mosey both ways
– 4 count American hammers (Pint Passers)
– Swerkins (Wheelbarrows)

The Q didn’t keep an eye on time and we ran out of it! Ran back to Post to the Shire pub tune of The Green Dragon.

Mad T-Claps to @breadsticks who came IN COSTUME AS A HOBBIT.

Also props to those intrepid PAX who made sure to round out their 100 burpees for the day during coffeeteeria, graciously provided by @sooner, when I left them 15 short due to time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Night Moves this Thursday @ 6, come early to park
– Side Straddle Hops this Friday @ 7, see #2ndF for details
– Bunch of other things coming in October, check that calendar!
– Of course, #octoburpee continues

COT:
– Prayers for Betty Ford’s 3 mo who is sick
– Prayers for wisdom for Hairband with a potential job opening
– Prayers for Bareback, his father in law, and their family

>From _The Return of the King_:
> “What do you fear, lady?” he asked. “A cage,” she said. “To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

Remember that today is all we have in this life, and even that is not for granted. I’m glad you all came to get better this morning, but don’t let it stop there. Take the strength you build here and bring that back to your friends, families, communities, and workplaces. Make the most of the time we’re all blessed with in the ways that matter most.

— :tooth:

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Playground Games

AO: middle-tooth
Q: Chunks
PAX: Oatmeal, sooner, Bad Boy, Young Pawn, Subway, Hair Band, Gump (F3 Kansas City), bluemule
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
Lackadaisical mosey around the parking lot
41 SSH
Left Over Right
Right Over Left
Willie Mays Hayes
Good Mornings
13 Forward Little Baby Arm Circle
13 Reverse Little Baby Arm Circle
13 Moroccan Night Clubs
13 Overhead Press
Shake out the Arms

Pass the Speaker Caboose is Loose Run to Playground
PAX struggled with directions of “Pass the Speaker”
It was dropped once, so 5 Burpees were done.

THE THANG:
Thang
Bear Crawl in a line around playground

Duck Duck Goose
Chase around the playground
Circle Up – Hold Plank
Get caught 5 burpees, group 5 Merkins
Don’t get caught 5 Merkins, group 5 burpees – Select again
Once you’ve either been caught or not SSH till everyone else has gone

Mosey to Tennis Court
Divided into teams for Rock Paper Scissors
Line up facing each other middle of center court
Winner must chase and tag the loser before reaching the end of the far court
1’s stayed in place while the 2’s rotated to face another 1

Mosey back to StartEx
1’s were O’s and 2’s were X’s
Tic Tack Toe
5 Merkins and Two Burpees
Run and place your token
Run back to tag partner
Go until either CAT or winner

Another lackadaisical mosey around the parking lot

Circle up for 5 mins of Dealers Choice

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announcements: Sooner on Q at atlantis Thursday. 4:13 Strong first workout with new cohort this Thursday.

TAPs: Hairbands great grandmother, great aunt and uncle dealing with lots of health concerns and far away from other family. Bad Boy’s brother in law Josh. Oatmeal’s friends wife diagnosed with breast cancer. Young Pawn stepping out to have some crucial conversations with his manager.

We were able to pass out an F3 business card to a guy who stopped by at the end of the workout and wanted to know more about what we were doing.

Thanks for the honor to lead.
COT:

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III Pillars – 06.13.23 – “TueCon IV”

 

20 HIM converged at III Pillars for TueCon IV and a no-frills full-body workout in sublime conditions.

QIC: Princess Aurora

PAX: Batter, Black Lung, El Capitan, Feel the Berns, Fodder, Formica, Grape, Grisham, Oatmeal, Old Crow, Pedialyte, Pep, Ringo, Siri, Sooie, Sooner, Subway, Yum Yum, Zelenskyy

THANG:

Mosey to track for Warm-o-rama

  • SSH
  • LBAC F/R
  • WMH
  • Half-Groiners
  • Y’s
  • T’s

Upper Body

Jack Webb from 1 to 10. (55 Merks and 110 Air Presses total)

Mosey to swing set for Pull-Ups x 40. Break up as needed with Ab Thrusters in between sets and to wait for six.

Lower Body

Mosey to the “Little Mountain” to warm up the legs with Bernie x 4

AMRAP 15′ – Groups of three rotating through

  • Major Dans (Iron Mike-Drop Squat)
  • Alabama Prom Dates
  • Lap around track

Core

AMRAP in 8′. 15 reps each.

  • BBSU
  • Lift Overs
  • Heels to Heaven
  • Heel Taps
  • Jane Fondas L
  • Jane Fondas R

AYG back to flag then COT/BOM

MOLESKINE:

Great to see some familiar faces and some new ones as well. This morning’s weather was absolutely fantastic and enough to make me forget how crappy the workout was.

BULLHORN:

Announcements:

  • 6/15 – Gentlemen’s Cornerly – 1900-2100 at 438 Melrose Ave (Inside Woven Goods)
  • 6/16 – Open Tab – 1730 at Fat Bottom
  • 6/20 – Pep on Q at iiiP!
  • 6/28 – Night Moves – 1930 at Capitol Steps with post-Q hang at Von Elrod’s
  • 7/4 – Independence Day Convergence – 0600 at Sir Ellington

TAPs:

  • Sooner’s ultimate buddy’s shoulder
  • Martin family
  • Siri’s upcoming exam and child

PA out.

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Covenant – 03/28/2023

10 men gathered on the morning after the tragedy at Covenant, a mile and a half away from where tragedy unfolded, to remember the lost and hurting, and to work out some anger (or maybe that was just the QIC)

PAX: Rocket Mortgage, Cowboy, FeelTheBerns, Moneyshot, DrRupp, Pole DAncer, Sooner, Subway, Nomad (Very Important Visitor from NW Arkansas), Detective Pikachu (QIC)

Some liberties were taken to spell out Covenant with exercises after the Warmarama. 27 reps each (9 for each of the three children lost yesterday in the tragedy)

Claps
Overhead press
V-ups (happy crunchy frogs)
Emperial Walkers (imperial walkers)
No-hand merkins (hand release merkins)
Alabama Prom Dates
Nordic Jacks (mountain climbers)
The Ring of Choice – 1 pax at a time chose an exercise to do 27 of. Pax held plank while waiting

We did many (>6?) laps of the Green Hills Park loop. Each loop was around 1/3 of a mile, so we ran over 2 miles.

Pray for the victims, pray for their families, pray for their friends, classmates, teachers. Pray for our country’s leaders, and pray that they will do the right thing(s).