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8 HIM showed up Monday morning to get a little better today than they were yesterday.  Weather was perfect 50 degrees and the only gloom present would have been self induced.

PAX: Offshore, En Fuego, Boone’s Farm, Leatherneck, Black Widow, Olan Mills, Penny Loafers, Umbrella (QIC)

WOR:  Mosey the long way to Brentwood High football field and track for:

24 x SSH, 24 x BAC forward and reverse, 24 x squats and a few good mornings and WMH OYO while Q laying out the Thang.

Thang:

Today we honored SSF Edwardo Loredo who sacrificially gave all on 6/24/2010 leaving behind a wife and three children.  The workout today first posted in his honor on 12/31/12 and consists of the following:

6 Rounds:

24 Merkins/24 Squats/24 WWI’s/400m run – we subbed in the WWI’s for walking lunges.

Upon completion of 6 rounds of work the PAX moseyed to the goal line of BHS football field for 4 x 50 yard sprints followed by 3 x 100 yard sprints to close out the Thang.

Mary:

24 x J-Lo’s & 24 x Flutters

COT: Closed out the morning with a reflection from yesterday’s gospel reading at mass taken from John 21 when Jesus reappears to the disciples as they are fishing.  He asks them how many fish they have caught and as they respond “none”, he instructs them to cast their net on the other side of the boat.  When they do, their haul is so large they can’t get it back in the boat.  The takeaway for me was this….How many times do I try to do things my way as the disciples were when they were fishing?  When I consistently try to do things my way, my results are often like the results the disciples were having on their own.  But once Jesus got involved, their nets overflowed.  What would happen if we all died to ourselves a little bit more this week and asked God to be a bigger part of all aspects of our lives?   Just this week…

It was an honor to lead this morning.

Peace out,

Umbrella

The first ever running of The Buffalo was a great success.  13 strapping men turned out to see what Shelby Park had to offer.  We have only scratched the surface my friends.

PAX: Hipster; Tampa Libra; Razorback; Ludwig; Sidewalk Prophet; White Cloud; Dick Whitman; Hot Route; Vector; Princess Aurora; Pumpkin Spice; Hambone; Brother at Law (QIC).

WOR: Jog the long away around the tennis courts, through the parking lot, and back through the playground to the parking lot for some…

Side Straddle Hops x20; Good Mornings x10; Willie Mays Hays x10; LBAC w/ lunge x10; reverse that x10; Slow and Low Merkins x10.

THANG: Mosey to the tennis courts for DORA 123 partner suicides.  Partner 1 runs a suicide (all 3 alleys and back) while Partner 2 starts work on Dora: 100 merkins total; 200 LBCs total; 300 squats total.  Plank and wait for the six.

Mosey down the winding stretch of Shelby Ave south of the community center to the Mission Picnic Pavilion for the following:

1 set of DIDs (10 decline merkins; 15 incline merkins; 20 dips)

30 seconds AMRAP Split Squats

Rinse and repeat on opposite leg

30 seconds AMRAP box jumps

Then do that whole super set over again.

Mosey back out of the park up Shelby Park Greenway, which is a real bastard.  Stop at each alcove to gather the troops, with planks and merkins performed while waiting.

6 MOM: Only had a few minutes left, so finished it up holding some high plank.

Announcements: An excellent first day at The Buffalo.  3 FNGs came out and were named (Sidwalk Prophet; Dick Whitman; White Cloud).  Many thanks to the Crieve Hall and West Side residents for bringing them out and coming to support us.  We have more FNGs ready to come as well, so there will be plenty more where that came from.  We got a nice little taste of what this AO has to offer but we’re only scratching the surface.  The one constant is that brutal hill coming back out of the Park.  That’s not going anywhere.

It’s been a really great 18 months for YHC being involved with F3 and launching an East Nashville AO has been on my to do list for about 12 of those months.  So excited to finally get it going and so appreciative of everybody’s support.  Especially my main man Hot Route, whose support finally made the East AO happen.

Second East Nashville AO?  Hipster is ready to launch a Cornelia Fort AO next.  Let’s do it!

Many thanks to Hipster for the coffee.  Great coffeteria after.

The drug dogs (bomb dogs?) at Shelby Park Community Center were very reassuring and reminded us that we were safe.

Shouts to the first officer on the scene who yelled at us as we mosey’d.  Turned out he was nice though and thought we were rucking.  I told him to join us, he said “This is what I’m doing at 530 am on Friday’s.”  Touche.

I led us out with a short prayer expressing my gratitude for F3 and all that it does for me.  Sentiments outlined above.

Brother at Law

Bad boy, black lung, edible arrangement, the jeweler, Bagger, me and the San Antonio guy   Rounded out the crew this morning

The 80’s play list with the JobRocker was in full effect…… Freeze frame – J Geils Band , Hot for Teacher – Van Halen, What I Like About You – The Romantics Footloose – Kenny Loggins , Would I lie to you – eurythmics , Take on Me – Aha, The Power of Love – Huey Lewis, Let’s go crazy – Prince, The Bird- The Time, She Blinded me with Science -Thomas Dolby, Dancing with myself – Billy Idol, Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves, Let it Whip – Dazz Band, America the Beautiful- Ray Charles to finish..

We began at the dog park because Stonewall was shut down for a festival. Mozy to gather BV on Leland and then back up Gale across 12th to side grassy knoll area. 

25 SSH, 10 GM, 10 WMH,  10 cobra stretch’s, 10 back arches, 10 merkins, 10 Baby arm circles, 10 air presses, 10 seal claps

Mozy down gale to Belmont and enter the soccer field area. 

The thang:

80 count ladders between end lines, thus a ‘tribute to the 80’s’ .

1st set

20 merkins,run, 60 squats

40 merkins, run 40 squats

60 merkins, run 20 squats 

2nd set

20 Fence holding leg ups, run, 60 line jumps (back & forth count as 1) 

40 fence holds run 40 line jumps

60  fence holds run  20 line jumps

3rd set

20 Dry docks, run, 60 Jump ups

40 run 40

60 run 20

4th set 

20 Sit ups hands thru fence, run 60 air presses with coupon

40 run 40 

60 run 20

Quick soccer penalty kick interlude. 

BV had 3 remarkable saves, brought back memories from high school. 

Mozy back to grassy knoll. 21 burpees to commemorate 21 year old who gave his life to save others in Chapel Hill, NC this past week. 

Quick hustle back to dog park and close in circle. 

Foxtrot talksalot

PAX: Money Shot, Razor, Big Stick, Frugal MacDoogal, Renegade, Zinfandel (F3 Charlotte), Razorback (Q).

CONDITIONS: Couldn’t be better.

WOR: Mosey to and complete one lap around football field. West goal line for the following: SSH x50, Good Mornings x10, WMH x10, BACs x10, Hillbillies x50, Scorpions x5 each side, Merkins x10, Squats x10, Butt Kickers/High Knees/Heel Taps x10 in place. On to the NW corner of the field for…

THANG: X sprints with exercises in the 4 corners of the field. Starting at NW corner x5, run to SE corner x10, run to NE corner x 15, run to SW corner x20, run back home = 1 round (1 full field X sprint + 50 reps of exercise). We completed 8 rounds with the following exercises: HR merkins, jump squats, V-ups, Carolina dry-docks, split squat jumps (that was a burner), box cutters, close-grip merkins, squats. Aspired to 9 rounds but Q inserted some much needed (for me) 60-second rest breaks between rounds. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Razor heads out on tour next week and will be on the road for a month. 5/1 in Chattanooga and, for those degenerate PAX among us, also in Atlantic City on 5/4. Good luck on the road brother.  

Lots of open Q spots at The Hill in the weeks ahead.

Pleasure to be with you men this morning.

#wps

Location: Bomber

Conditions: low 50’s and misty

PAX: Princess Aurora, Porcelain, Bareback, Toothless, Hambone, Pumpkin Spice, Harvey Updike, Hi Viz, Right Said, Gus, and Bookworm. (I know i forgot one of you – sorry!!!)

QIC: Tiny Dancer

Part 1: Modification of Zachary Tellier Hero WOD

Mosey up to the parking deck where we completed the following:

10 burpees

10 burpees, 25 merkins

10 burpees, 25 merkins, 25 WW1’s

Mosey down to playground for the Rosary

Part 2 – Rosary – The Sorrowful Mysteries

(QIC would announce the Sorrowful Mystery then PAX would complete a series of workouts while contemplating said Mystery as follows:

1. Agony in the Garden – 40 merkins, 10 pull-ups, 15 squats, 20 burpees, mosey around the gym
2. Scourging at the Pillar – (we scaled back the reps due to apparent time constraints) 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 10 burpees
3. Crowning with Thorns – rinse and repeat,
4. Jesus Carries the Cross – rinse and repeat
5. The Crucifixion – rinse and repeat

Every Rosary is finished with a prayer entitled “Hail Holy Queen” wherein we ask our Blessed Mother to pray for us to her Son. Accordingly, for our Rosary, I found a rendition of the prayer by the University of Notre Dame’s folk choir performed on Monday after news of the Notre Dame fire broke. Though I had some technical difficulties with the blue tooth connection between my new iPhone and my old speaker, we completed the following while the beautiful and haunting song played:

• each Pax began with a dead hang with chin above the bar until muscle failure and then planked. Once all PAX were planked, QIC led a series of calls for low plank, high plank, and 10 merkins until the song finished.

Mary – dealer’s choice

Hambone – LBC’s

Porcelain – V ups

Due to time constraints, QIC had to cut Mary short to remind PAX of Peter learning from Mary Magdalene that Christ’s tomb was empty on Easter Sunday. Though none of the other disciples believed her, Peter got up and ran to the empty tomb, where he found Christ’s burial cloths rolled up in a separate place. See John 20:1-9. In honor of Peter’s faithful response, PAX sprinted back from the playground to the parking lot.

PAX were reminded during COT that, whatever you believe regarding Good Friday, Christ’s actions on that day are the ultimate acts of sacrifice and selflessness; true men are givers, not takers. Be a faucet, not a drain!

Welcome Gus and Bookworm from Memphis!!!

It was an honor to sweat with and to share my faith with you this morning. You are all inspirations to me. Have a blessed Good Friday and Easter Sunday!

Baker’s dozen for a beautiful morning of garage work at The Racetrack. BV and Bigbang showed up after an unsanctioned 10K (less a few steps for BV while he took a bio break). But I digress…

PAX: Bagger Vance, Penny Loafers, Razor, Life Champ, Black Widow, CAPS LOCK, Double Check, Dr. Smartt, Big Bang, Offshore, Tampa Libra, Boone’s Farm, Razorback (Q).

Conditions: Mint.

WOR: Mosey to usual parking lot, SSH x 15, GM x 15, WMH x 15, BACs x 10 forward and backward, Mountain Climbers x 15, Merkins x 10, Squats x 10. Starting at the bottom of the west staircase…burpees x 5, up the stairs, burpees x 5, down east staircase, burpees x 5, up the east staircase, burpees x 5, down the west stair case, burpees x 5. Heart rate = elevated.

THANG: Starting at bottom of each ramp of the parking garage, perform 20 reps of exercises below, sprint to top of ramp, slow mosey recover to bottom of next ramp. Each round was 5 sets of exercises/sprints.

Round 1 – Legs: squats, squat jumps, reverse lunge, split squat jumps, tuck jumps. Sprint forward up ramps.

Round 2 – Arms: HR merkins, Carolina dry-docks, close grip merkins, Caroline dry-docks (FYI I lack creativity), merkins. Sprint backward up ramps.

Round 3 – Abs: V-ups, cockroaches, LBCs, box cutters, windshield wipers. Side shuffle up ramps.

Round 3 finished about 90 seconds before 6:15, so we hustled back to home base and arrived about 1 minute over time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Leadership lunch later this month at Crievewood Baptist. Monitor Slack for more details from Dupree/BV.

Razor confirmed that The Skunk is an AO and people show up and do exercises there from time to time. If you’re interested. 

Pleasure to be with you men this morning.

#wps

April 6, 2019

CHALLENGE  — Numbtucks laid down the challenge!  NO EXC– USES – weather is glorious and time to show up (except for you, Show Me–it’s good, we got this).   If 20 or more PAX show, then Numbtucks promised 100 burpees plus 10 for every PAX over that.      GET READY FOR SOME BURPEES!

TWENTY THREE PAX got outta that fartsack and joined together.  Not sure if this is most ever here, but it is definitely the most this Q has seen.
Conditions: Glorious.  enough said.

PAX who made it:  Ragdoll, Cheezwhiz, (FNG) Beer Goggles,  Mr. Opus, 3^rd Degree, Tebow, Stats, Typo +, TV Guide, Sterno, Hush Puppy, Best Balls, Numbtucks, Staples, Road Rash, Barney Fievel, Playboy, Kermit, Mufasa, Altidore, Old Hickory, Nimbus 1500, and Little Miss Piggy (QiC)

PreParty:  Getting ready for Gauntlet –Barney Fievel took 11 PAX for a mini-tour d’ Nolensville — 4 miles with a couple speed bumps

Warm up:  Light jog around the parking lot once. Light jog around the parking lot once.
OK already, I know…it was a rough start for the Q this morning getting a little distracted by the stragglers streaming in from the preparty 🙂  Sorry guys.    Disclaimer given.
Circle up: IC baby arm circles x10 each direction, Cherry pickers IC x 15, Michael Phelps OYO
On the line:   20 yards of toy soldiers, butt kicks, long lunge

Grab the coupons (2 small ones each): Travel to lot next to soccer field:  Mosey carrying the coupons
SPEED HUMP!    here’s where QiC started drawing the ire of the PAX –let’s get some Monkey Humpers going IC .   As QiC drew near 20 count, it became apparent that a full on revolt was taking place.   So what to do….more humpers! Ended with 50,  feelin those hamstrings.  Carry on to the parking lot

Thang 1:     Cha-Cha Slide in tall plank
The hardest thing about this might have been just getting everyone in place–Q should not have been so ambiguous.  Next time just circle up.  ughhh
Plank and do what the song says . Just cut the mumble chatter and listen in 🙂

Mosey  to soccer field with coupons

Thang 2:       Shoulder thang– partner up
Kermit showed his lack of soccer skillz and set the mark for the travelling partner
Partners alternately work toward: 60 reps of Lateral raises, Front raises, bent over reverse flys, shoulder presses
MoT for other PAX:Duck walks, Lunges, Skanks, Bear Crawl

Thang 3:     MANMAKERS!  — circle up with coupons   x20

Thang 4:      No man left behind!   On the line, All together-
Q called out random number and corresponding PAX annouced an exercise, Q set the reps.  MoT was Alligator crawl — progress 10 yards each time and stay together
Burpees x 10, sidestep Merkins x 8 each side, WWI x8 IC, Squats x 40, Good Mornings x 8 (thx TV Guide)

Mosey back to start with coupons

CoT:  Numbers/Name-o-rama including FNG naming – Welcome “Beer Goggles” who has 4 children and an Optometrist for a wife!
Prayer requests:  Soccer Mom -things are rough right now, Barney’s friend Bobby (cancer), friend David whose baby passed recently,  Numbtuck’s church member,  LMPs mother in law with breast cancer (MRI next week)
Announcements:  Gauntlet May 4 — Forge preparties x 45 min going fwd, Warpath next weekend ! ,  2^ndF- being considered for Barney’s house prior to Gauntlet
Romans 5:3, James 1:2-3 “pure joy when you face trials…perserverence”  Often we feel like every time we take 2 steps fwd, we take 1 back and keep getting knocked down — how do we continue on –lean on your brothers (and God and you faith).  We do a lot of partner work to remind us of this. Prov 17:17 “a friend loves at all times , and a brother is born for a time of adversity”   Psalm 133:1

Thanks for the chance to lead in a group of amazing men!